A deeply personal account of my love affair with techno/rave/hardcore/breakbeat music circa 1990-1994. 

The phrase came about from a mate who came over, saw all the flyers (for club nights I was too young to go to) stuck all over my bedroom walls, and called me a rave kid. Yeah, that's me.

Rebooted with fresh artwork. More to follow.

Autobiography Of A Rave Kid Series

SPKRBRKRLST

Mixes listened to and to keep 2

Hardcore

Compilation mixes of my favourite tracks, old and new, from the world of hardcore, jungle and drum & bass. Mostly my own vinyl and CD rips alongside more recently acquired digital, initally put together with DJay 2 following the demise of my turntables; however most stuff I do nowadays is sequenced for maximum rollout potential, cheeky edits and ting - audacity/ableton live.

Selectabwoy's Old Skool Hardcore/Jungle/D&B Mixes

Hazy Grooves

Brawther - SLAPCAST065

Wrapping up this year, I recorded a special techno set in my studio in Hamburg with some of my favourite tracks released in 2021.

Featuring artists such as Thomas Schumacher, Monika Kruse, Patrik Berg, Sam WOLFE, Layton Giordani, Matt Sassari, Will Clarke, Balthazar & Jackrock, Maketech, Diode Eins, Joris Turenhout, ZAJON, Konfusia and many more.

Tracklist

1. Mha Iri - A Million Lightyears
2. Konfusia - Indication
3. Dale Fairbairn - Live Through the Night
4. Matt Sassari - Honda (D-Unity Remix)
5. Diode Eins - Existenz
6. Spencer Dunning - Three AM
7. SAM WOLFE, Andrea Garcia - Prison Break
8. Joris Turenhout - Need a Rave
9. Bruce Zalcer - Are We Dreaming
10. Thomas Schumacher - Interlinked
11. Monika Kruse - Latex
12. Drunken Kong - Trace
13. ZAJON - The Circle
14. Balthazar & JackRock - Psychedelic
15. Zusan - Constrained
16. The Reactivitz - Hydra (Metodi Hristov Remix)
17. Joyhauser - Pigment
18. Layton Giordani - Hyper World
19. Return Fall - Diliriant
20. Thomas Schumacher, Caitlin - You Belong Here (Maketech Remix)
21. Patrik Berg - Living the Lie
22. Will Clarke - Sometimes You Gotta Let It Go
23. Rebūke - Clarity
24. SAMA - Distorted Identity
25. Tiger Stripes - Rocket
26. Nina Kraviz - Skyscrapers (HI-LO Remix)

Wrapped - Studio Mix - December 2021

Heading up Part Three and the final week of our mega Winter Mix Drop are Hughesee & Louise Plus One 

Distant Planet's Louise Plus One & Hughesee have both been DJ’S since the ’90s.You can catch them frequently playing vinyl sets representing a wide range of styles including Acid House, Techno, Breakbeat Hardcore, Jungle Techno and Jungle/DnB old and new. Over the years they have played at events such as Rupture, Jungle Syndicate, Live Evil, Calling The Hardcore, West Yorkshire Jungle Collective, Mash Up The Dance (Nomadic Gardens), Freekuency Festival (Portugal), and Deeper Understanding/LWT parties in London. As well as hosting all-night parties at The Venue M.O.T in South Bermondsey & daytime family-friendly events at the Fox & Firkin in Deptford and the Royal Sovereign pub in Hackney.

Their event Distant Planet has a YouTube channel that captures the essence of their events as well as holding live streams way before lockdown, they have been regularly showcasing resident DJ’s and friends. They have also participated in live streams events with other venues such as Fold London and Fox & Firkin, Lewisham.

The two also host a weekly show Thursday mornings 9-11 am on
Koollondon.com

https://soundcloud.com/distant-planet-promo
https://soundcloud.com/louise-plus-one
https://soundcloud.com/dj_hughesee

https://www.youtube.com/c/distantplanettv
https://distantplanet.dance/



Tracklist:
Nebula II – Benzine Fiend | Reinforced Records
Skanna – Nightstalker EP B2 | Skanna
Whitehouse Crew – Where the Sun Don’t Shine | KVA
Tango – Timebomb | Formation Records
The Noise of Art – D-Stomp | Suburban Base
S & A – Volume 1 | Homegrown Records
Tango & Ratty – Final Conflict (Remix) | Tango & Ratty
Original DJ Vibes – All Crew (Mix 1) | Sensi Records
Noise Factory – Out Of My Mind | 3rd Party
Studio Pressure – Jump | Certificate 18
Fast Floor – 1000 Phons | Smooth Recordings
Wax Doctor & Jack Smooth – A New Direction (93 Mix) | Basement Records
First Prodject – The Bleach Up (Whitehouse Crew Remix) | ULR One
Beyond The Future – Disillusioned | Paradise Records
Mind Therapy – Dark & Wantem Side (Dwarde Wantem Darker Remix) | Dubplate
DJ Vibes – Obsession (Music’s So Wonderful) | Asylum Music Inc

Certain Sounds Winter Mix Drop 2021

Louise Plus One & Hughesee - Jungle Techno Selection|Certain Sounds Winter Mix Drop 2021 |Part Three

Belgium’s Amelie Lens and Glaswegian duo Slam discuss working together, the digital era of DJing, veganism, eating healthy and more.
Our host Gesine Kühne took the chance to bring together these two generations of iconic Techno DJ’s to meet each other online after their collaboration, a conversation ensued which dived deep into their feelings about working together, eating healthy and the possibilities that have been brought to the table for DJ's through modern technology and more.

Please note - this podcast was recorded remotely over the internet so please excuse any sound quality reduction experienced while listening. 

Watch! EB.TV Feature - Amelie Lens

Amelie Lens & Slam - Collaboration, Health and DJ'ing

Certain Sounds very own K Super bringing in a wave of Mid 90's Jump Up for our final mid week mix in the drop!

@k-super
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Tracklist :
The Dynamic Duo - The Music Book | Joker Records
Swoosh - Opinion | Back 2 Basics
Ray Keith & The Dynamic Duo - Get Ill | Joker Records
The Dynamic Duo - Sad Story | Joker Records
Ill Figure - Untouchable | Suburban Base 
Military Police - Darkside | Dread Recordings
Swift - Old Song | Suburban Base
The Dream Team - The Ride | Joker Records 
Mystic - Breakthrough | Rinse Out
DJ Kane - Lets Go To Work | Trouble On Vinyl
MC/R Movement - Dig It | Freeform
Mikey James - Bad People | East Side
Ill Figure - 4 Steps | Intalex Productions

K Super - 90's Jump Up Selection | Certain Sounds Winter Mix Drop 2021 | Part Three

Second of the 5K celebrations, final mix of the year: a re-imagined, alternate Platinum Breakz ... inverted, if you will. Forgive the Tenet reference :)

The starting point here was Lemon D's This Is LA, a bonus track from the US PB1 release, which would have made it into the first mix had I realised in time. Choosing the rest was a piece of piss, but that 'exclusive' element provided by Unofficial Ghost et al was missing - so the selection is bolstered with a couple of unreleased dubs that emerged more recently on Infra-Red and Deep Jungle (Your Sound VIP is a no-brainer, and I'm sure Another Dimension was  destined for Headz). Add to that a few Razor's Edge joints and some classic Rufige Kru flavour - Manslaughter '96 (cheekily borrowed from Reinforced, as it first appeared on the flip of the Metropolis dubplate), and the mighty Fury from Saturnz Return - and we're good to go. Let's skirt over the fact Pressin' On came out on PB2, Hidden Agenda deserve a couple of spots this time around. The final line-up:

Goldie - Still Life (Photek Remix)
Source Direct - The Cult
Digital - Niagra
Alex Reece - B-Boy Flavour
Hidden Agenda - Pressin' On
Hidden Agenda - On The Roof
Alex Reece - Basic Principles (Wax Doctor Rollout)
Photek - The Rain (Photek Remix)
J Majik - Your Sound (Photek & Digital VIP)
Lemon D - This Is L.A.
Goldie - Fury (The Origin)
Goldie - Manslaughter (Rider Proto '96)
Dillinja - Ja Know Ya Big
Goldie - Jah (Peshay VIP Rollers Mix)
Dillinja - Another Dimension
Peshay - Represent
J Majik - Tranquil
Wax Doctor - The Step
Doc Scott - Blue Skies

Big up all those messaging, enjoying and supporting my soundcloud endeavours - whether I know you IRL or not, it's appreciated more than you know <3 

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... soz I'm out of room :)

Catch you in 2022!

Selectabwoy: Platinum Breakz Inverted

Selectabwoy's Platinum Breakz Inverted Mix [5K Followers 2/2]

Recorded on Friday March 4th 2011 for the 20 Years of Planet E event. 

Paul Woolford Planet E @ Berghain / Vinyl-only month at the club / 4/3/2011

For the eighth Rave Kid mix I inadvertently created the love-letter to 1993 hardcore that I'd been meaning to do for almost 30 years. 

I cannot understate the influence of the Sublove Galaxy shows on me around that time, so when selecting from this era it's hard not to make a mix that sounds like a rehash of Jody Wisternoff's selections, but the digging has been deep and think I've got the balance right, for my own personal tastes at least (what else do I have?). It all deserves a few words, so some honourable mentions among the selection follow - frankly I could talk about them all at much greater length but I have got other things to do y'know ;)

4 Hero's 'Journey From The Light' had to come first. It's hard to express the impact this one had on me - an absolute masterpiece of imagination, sampling creativity and engineering ability. All four tracks on the EP are beyond superb, each utterly unique, and I've called them all my favourite at various points over the years, but really it has to be this one. Having heard JFTL twice on the radio in early Jan '93, it felt like an eternity waiting for the official release, pestering the Replay staff every Saturday to no avail (although picking up Enforcers 2 in the interim went quite some way to alleviate the agony). To paraphrase the words of many others, Journey From The Light will *always* sound like the future. 

Basement Records, dominating the jungle techno sound in these golden years, come next - it was hard to pick a couple of tunes not present on the Sublove tapes, but here they are. Sending 'Breaks The Unbreakable' out to Ciaran, I still have that tape you made mate, 'apologies for poor sound quality as all my records are fucked because I scratch with them' :) Tek-9's Rude Bwoy Remix... been wanting to drop those incredible opening pads in a mix for so long - a sorely overlooked, foul-mouthed gem from Dego; always conjures memories of picking up the 'Return of Tek-9' EPs in HMV for 49p each on a trip to Bath with my Mum. 'Sheet Metal' is one of those I've not heard in many sets, an unabashedly ravey darkside gem. Bay B Kane's 'Nowhere' - absurdly ahead of its time, interestingly the only amen-led track here. 'We don't need a crowd to have a party'.. *sigh*... Megadrive's classic Mega 2 and Rhythm For Reasons on Formation, a pair of absolute killers with one foot in the rave era, eternally looking to the future. Being quite the Nebula II superfan I can't not mention the X-Plore H-Core Remix, a particularly deranged darkcore workout even by their standards - absolutely brutal rave stabs, Dirty Harry sample and that LFO breakdown. God-damn!

Closing out with the hugely-underrated Untouchables 'It's Alright' (a relatively new one on me) and then Metal Heads' beautifully poignant 'Kemistry' as the only possible bookend to equal the 4 Hero intro. No words left for that one and I don't think you need them.

Enjoy the mix <3

4 Hero - Journey From The Light [Reinforced]
Top Buzz - Maintain Her [Basement]
Wax Doctor - New Direction ('93 Remix) [Basement]
Tom & Jerry - Nine Lives (Mind Out Tube Mice) [Tom & Jerry]
Sonz Of A Loop Da Loop Era - Breaks The Unbreakable [Suburban Base/Moving Shadow]
Blame - This Piano Track [Moving Shadow]
Space Cube - Mental Terror [Edge Records]
Tek-9 (feat. Paul MG) - Rude Bwoy Run Tings (Lightweight Leave Da Dance Remix) [Reinforced]
DJ Randall - The 'R' [Reinforced]
The Mental Block - Sheet Metal [First Cut Records]
Bay B Kane - Nowhere [White House]
Megadrive - Mega 2 Side A [F Project]
Chemical Vacation - Real Style [Vicious Pumpin' Plastic]
Citadel Of Kaos - E-Z Man [Kikman]
Rhythm For Reasons (feat. DJ Nexus) - Music In Search Of The Light (DJ SS & EQ Remix) [Formation]
Nebula II - X-Plore H-Core (Remix) [Reinforced]
The Untouchables - It's Alright [White House]
Metal Heads (feat. Diane Charlemagne) - Kemistry [Synthetic Hardcore Phonography]

AOARK Mix Series
https://soundcloud.com/selectabwoy/sets/autobiography-of-a-rave-kid

Selectabwoy: Autobiography Of A Rave Kid Part VIII

Autobiography Of A Rave Kid Part VIII

Jumping Jack Frost & Mc Mc @ One Nation United States of Drum & Bass Part 1 - 1997

Dj Slipmat & stevie hyper d & mc mc @ elevation / crystal palace centre

Dr S Gachet + Stevie hyper D + Mc Mc @ elevation / crystal palace

Jumping Jack Frost & Mc Navigator Set 2 @ Jungle Rock UK Jungle Quake - 1995

A rare Sunday upload from me: the final part of the aquatic jungle series. Been sat on this one far too long, it was put together back in early 2023, but the weather's too good not to share it. Ambient/atmospheric jungle is the perfect summer soundtrack for me, and these watery bastards are about as close to a Bukem-style mix as I've got so far.  There's a nice variety of styles on this one ... hope you enjoy it.

Aurora 3 - The Whale Song [Zebiv 1996]
Eze-G - The Waves [Street Beats 1994]
Kloke feat. Tim Reaper - Ocean Currents [Tempo 2021]
Aquarius & Tayla - Soul Searching [Good Looking 1995]
Nebula - Rolling Waves [Scientific Wax 2020]
Apollo Two - Atlantis (I Need You) (Philip D Kick Bootleg) [Self-Released 2012]
Dillinja - Deadly Deep Subs (Remix) [Deadly Vinyl 1994]
Djrum - Waters Rising [R&S 2017]
Overlook - River's Edge [UVB-76 2017]
Adam F & Slipmaster J - Sea of Destiny (Remix) [Lucky Spin 1994]
Aquarius - Aquatic [Good Looking 1994]
Eze-G - Worlds Of Confusion ('94 Remix) [Unatural Light 1994]
A Guy Called Gerald - The Nile [Juice Box 1995]
Tim Reaper & Comfort Zone - Pacific [Banoffee Pies 2021]
Tim Reaper - Subaquatic [Parallax Recordings 2019]
Nut-E-1 - Underwater Fireworks [Bear Necessities 1993]
Nebula - Submarine [Scientific Wax 2013]
Aphrodite - Sea Mortar [Aphrodite 1993]
Greenleaf - Deep Water [Self-Released 2016]
Orca - Intalect [Lucky Spin 1994]
Alley Cats - Drifting (Coco Bryce VIP Remix) [Cat In The Bag 2019]
Dexxtrous - Aquarius [Infra-Red 1993]
Mouly & Lucida - The Abyss [Timeless 1996]
Aquasky - Dezires [Moving Shadow 1995]
G-Force - Proximity (Original '94 Mix - Washing Machine Rinse) [Self-Released 2021]

https://soundcloud.com/selectabwoy/sets/the-aquatic-jungle-series


Aquatic Jungle (Part Five)

Jumping Jack Frost & Mc Mc @ Elevation & Reincarnation - 3rd Birthday - 18/12/1993

WARNING 🔞
"This mix contains some highly & only inflammable SKYLAX RECORDS material & requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Parents are urged to learn more about House Music before exposing their young children to it."

https://www.mixcloud.com/RinseFrance/hardrock-striker-02-juillet-2018/

● HARDROCK STRIKER (SKYLAX RECORDS / FR) ●
Inspiré par la new - wave, le post punk, l'italo et le chicago sound ; l’homme derrière Skylax Records (et tous les sub - labels Wax Classic, Stay Underground It Pays, A Fistful of Wax, Cosmic Club, Warehouse Classics ...), HARDROCK STRIKER est un des acteurs majeurs en France des musiques électroniques depuis plus de 20 ans. Il a été le premier à faire jouer des artistes tels que Daniele Baldelli, Beppe Loda et bien entendu son partenaire, veritable légende vivante de la house music DJ Sprinkles. 

Le but de ces soirées est à l'image du label : Rammener une "vibe" old school voire vintage dans l'univers sclérosé et repetitif de la musique house. Il a sorti plus d'une centaine de disques vinyls notamment celui de DJ Sprinkles (resident advisor album of the year 2009) «Routes not roots » et ceux de #JasonGrove (la tuerie deep house 2012) «3.1.3.4.EVER» et (rebelotte en 2014 avec) «SKYLAX ». Ses dernier single en date "Supreme Striker" ; sa déclaration d'amour à la musique made in UK qui a bercé son enfance ainsi que "BLEU BLANC HOUSE", son projet littéralement HOUSE avec son compère de toujours Signal ST ont été rapidement SOLD OUT. 

Le re-press du #KatWilliams "That track by kat", un de ces tracks fetiches (parmi tant d'autres!) qu'il a sorti en 2002 (16 ans déjà) accompagné pour l'occasion de remixes par F_ckthegovernment.ltd est devenu un incontournable classic joué par Ricardo Villalobos, Raresh, Derrick May. 

A l'occasion des 20 ans du label, une double compilation retrospective Skylax House Explosion selectionné & mixé par DJ Sprinkles & HARDROCK STRIKER (qui ne comporte que des tracks issus du catalogue de SKYLAX RECORDS, certains déjà sortis et d'autres complètement inédits) est sortie via Kompakt Records. 3 vinyls exclusifs (Skylax House Explosion I, II et III) accompagnent ce double CD ne comportant là encore que des inédits issus du catalogue pléthorique de SKYLAX signé par le maître Move D, Octo Octa, Lauer, Jason Grove, Flabaire, Lady Blacktronika, Signal ST et bien d'autres. 

Véritable carton dans les charts à l'heure actuelle, plébiscité pour son oeuvre par des medias aussi prestigieux que The Wire: Adventures In Modern Music GROOVE-Magazin Resident Advisor Ransom Note TSUGIWorldwide FM DJ Mag Mixmag ou encore Boiler Room. 

● RA http://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/hardrockstriker
● FB https://www.facebook.com/skylaxrecords
● SC https://soundcloud.com/hardrockstriker

● Boiler Room https://boilerroom.tv/recording/collections-skylax
● RA https://www.residentadvisor.net/reviews/22621
● Ransom Note https://www.theransomnote.com/music/interviews/artist-to-artist-dj-sprinkles-hardrock-striker/
● DJ MAG https://bunker.djmag.com/music/skylax-house-explosion
● Groove https://groove.de/2018/06/07/groove-173-moodymann/

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Rinse France * Hardrock Striker Skylax House Explosion

tracklist avail within this catalog: 

https://www.discogs.com/label/330-Pacific-Records

Peach 012 - DEEP DIVE: Pacific Records

This one's personal. 
Humour me for an hour or so and take a journey back to the early 90s, where my future love of jungle/D&B began. Before I had the courage and financial means to venture into indie record shops, I was seeking out breakbeat rave gems nestling on commercial dance compilations like Deep Heat and Thin Ice, watching toytown rave (doubtless resentfully) aired on TOTP, loving hoover noises on Dance Energy, picking up bargain 7” and cassette singles in Woolworths, HMV and Rival, and taping early Kickin, XL and Rising High records off my schoolmates. Although I’ve brushed some of the cheesier stuff under the carpet, this is an authentic selection of some all-time favourite tunes from back then, and it was an absolute joy to put together. Last track honours go to Acen's 'Close Your Eyes', the first track that had me shelling out the full £3.99 for the 12", included in its entirety for the wonderful final breakdown. 

Importantly, this mix reminded me of the time I had a compilation tape made for me by Lez, my Dad’s band manager, who understood precisely the kind of noisy futuristic music I was bang into. I must have been around 15. Opening with Baby Ford’s ‘Fetish’, it was the first place I heard Beltram’s ‘Energy Flash’, Spectrum’s ‘Brazil’, Techno Grooves ‘Christ!!!’ plus a load of other great Euro Techno. Damn, that mixtape has a lot to answer for, it was pure gold. RIP Lez, and Dad - this mix is for you. 

Altern-8 - Infiltrate 202 [Network 1991]
Friends Of Matthew - Out There (Technomix) [Pulse-8 1991]
The Ragga Twins - Mixed Truth [Shut Up And Dance 1992]
Family Foundation - Express Yourself (Original Don mix) [380 Records 1992]
SL2 - DJs Take Control [XL 1991]
Messiah - There Is No Law (New York Stylee) [Kickin 1992]
Messiah - There Is No Law (Rap Edit) [Kickin 1991]
Baby Ford - Fetish (Mainmix) [Insumision 1992]
Moby - Go (Rainforest Mix) [Outer Rhythm 1991]
Shut Up And Dance - Autobiography Of A Crackhead [Shut Up And Dance 1992]
Rum & Black - I'm Not In Love [Shut Up And Dance 1990]
Smith & Mighty - Too Late [Three Stripe Records 1992]
Rebel MC - The Wickedest Sound [Tribal Bass 1991]
Carl Cox - I Want You Forever (Full On Mix) [Perfecto 1991]
Joey Beltram - Energy Flash [R&S 1991]
Earth Leakage Trip - Virtuality [Rising High 1992]
Messiah - Temple Of Dreams [Kickin 1992]
Silver Bullet - 20 Seconds To Comply [Tam Tam 1989]
Wishdokta - Evil Surrounds Us [Kickin 1992]
A Homeboy, A Hippie & A Funki Dredd - Start The Panic (Future VIbes Mix) [Rising High 1991]
2 Bad Mice - Hold It Down [Moving Shadow 1991]
Nebula II - Seance [Reinforced 1991]
One Tribe featuring Gem - What Have You Done (Is This All) (Tribestrumental) [Inner Rhythm 1992]
Acen - Close Your Eyes (XXX Mix) [Production House 1991]

Rest of the series: https://soundcloud.com/selectabwoy/sets/autobiography-of-a-rave-kid

Selectabwoy: Autobiography Of A Rave Kid

Autobiography Of A Rave Kid Part I

My second retrospective voyage into the soundtrack favoured by my 16-year-old self - this time I had my sights firmly set on 1992. Loads of different vibes on this one from proto-jungle and darkcore through hard acid techno to euphoric breakbeat rave. So many memories associated with these tunes! Enough words though, gonna bang the mix up and do some reminiscing in the comments. Hope you enjoy listening as much as I did making it :)

Kicks Like A Mule - Number One (Tribe Mix) [Tribal Bass]
Rebel MC - Jahovia [Tribal Bass]
Code 071 - A London Sumtin' [Reinforced]
Ragga Twins feat. Junior Reid - Shine Eye Gal [Shut Up And Dance]
The Prodigy - Jericho [XL]
Sublove - One By One [Earth Recordings]
Dave Angel - Bounce Back [R&S]
Sonic Solution - Void [R&S]
Force Mass Motion - Techno Blast [Rabbit City]
DJ Crystl - Suicidal [Lucky Spin]
Manix - Hardcore Junglism (Isms And Scisms) [Reinforced]
Nebula II - Flatliners (Remix) [J4M]
Morgan Wild Project - Analog Flash [Buzz]
Coda - The Acid Test (Late Night Mix) [Peacefrog]
Nebula II - Peace Maker [Reinforced]
Kev Bird - This Is A Trip [Basement]
Hedgehog Affair - Heaven Sent [Basement]
Nasty Habits - Mayday, Mayday [Reinforced]
Nasty Habits - Dark Angel (Remix) [Reinforced]
Moby - Go (Amphetamix) [BITE Records]
MC Lethal - The Rave Digger (DJ SS Bad Boy Foundation Mix) [Network]
Mastersafe - Tarzan Meets Jane [Formation]
Sonz Of A Loop Da Loop Era - Peace & Loveism [Suburban Base]
DJ Trax - One Man One DJ [Moving Shadow]
Project One - Come My Selector (Tuffhead Mix) [Rising High]
B.R.O.T.H.E.R. Movement - Concrete Jungle Dub [Tribal Bass]
Acen - The Life & Crimes Of A Ruffneck [Production House]
The House Crew - We Are Hardcore (Remix) [Production House]
Mastersafe - Everybody [Formation]
Acen - Trip To The Moon (Part 1) [Production House]
X-Static - My Inspiration [Production House]
Rufige Cru - Menace [Reinforced]

Rest of the series: https://soundcloud.com/selectabwoy/sets/autobiography-of-a-rave-kid

Selectabwoy: Autobiography Of A Rave Kid Part II

Autobiography Of A Rave Kid Part II

Third retrospective selection of hardcore jungle. We're going back to 1993 with some serious darkcore/techno flavour, I’ve dug deep for exactly the kind of selection my 17-year-old self would have approved of. Enjoy :)

Xenophobia - The Phoenix [Joint Effort]
Scott & Keith - Deranged (Bonus Drums) [Reinforced]
Ratty - Bouncing [Formation]
Johnny Jungle - Johnny (Bad Influence Remix) [Dee Jay]
Wax Doctor - Another Direction [Basement]
Lemon D - Pursuit Thru The Darkness [Planet Earth]
Techno Bros - We Are...... Techno Bros [Basement]
Polygon Window - Supremacy II [Warp]
Miranda - Back To The Future [Liquid Wax]
Liquid Aliens - Are You Sure I'll Be Ok? [Liquid Wax]
DJ Lee - Want Your Love [Impact]
DJ Smokey Joe - Boomzabang [Strategic Dance Initiative]
Two Dark Troopers - Darkcore [Basement]
Tango & Ratty - The Killer (PA Mix) [Steel Fingers Heritage]
DJ Solo - Darkage (All Night Remix) [Production House]
Space Cadet - Are U Aware [Sapho]
Manix - The X-Factor (Director's Cut) [Reinforced]
A Guy Called Gerald - Darker Than I Should Be [Juice Box]
DJ Junk - Monsters And Demons [Junk]
Undercover Elephant - Commence With The B-Line (Elemix) [Bogwoppa]
Vibes & Wishdokta - Rush My Heart [VW]
Foul Play - Finest Illusion (Illegal Mix) [Section 5]
DJ Phantasy - Satan Was An Angel [Liquid Wax]
Metalheads - Saint Angel [Synthetic Hardcore Phonography]

Rest of the series: https://soundcloud.com/selectabwoy/sets/autobiography-of-a-rave-kid

Selectabwoy: Autobiography Of A Rave Kid Part III

Autobiography Of A Rave Kid Part III

Tweak-A-Holic 5 is here!

A wee something to cheer you up and see you through another weekend of distance from your friends and loved ones. Features old favourites from Madonna, Janet, Lime, Five Star, D-Train and a few surprises...

Enjoy! (and stay safe)

Tweak-A-Holic 5

Compiling tracks for the 4th in my Rave Kid series got me thinking about what separates these from the beardier Evolution of Hardcore proto-D&B mixes, and as I scanned over a handful of my fave Sy and Slipmatt tapes from '93 the answer was crystal clear: great big huge blatant samples, rave riffs, breakbeats with stomping kickdrums, acid lines and the odd chipmunk. Mixed it up with a bit of darkside/jungle techno of course, but it's the cheerfully stomping exuberance of Wishdokta et al that's central to the vibe here. Anyway, I shan't dissect this too much, just pop it on nice and loud and enjoy the weekend yeah? L8rzzzz X 

Tom & Jerry - Yamming Snacks Like Shaggy [Shell]
Cool Hand Flex - Mars (Uncle 22 Remix) [In Touch]
DJ KP - In The Jungle [Vicious Pumpin' Plastic]
The Untouchables - N'Joi This [Tough Toonz]
The Dok - I Want You ['89 Revival]
Heartless - Tubular Breaks (Original Mix) [Heartless]
Frantic & Impulse - Volume 1 Side B1 [Homegrown]
DJ Phantasy - Take My Soul [Liquid Wax]
Naughty Naughty - Volume 1 Black Side [Naughty Naughty]
SDR & Subsonic - Watch Dis Space [Juice Box]
Johnny Jungle - Johnny (Dance Conspiracy Remix) [Dee Jay]
Wax Doctor & Jack Smooth - Unfriendly [Basement]
T.H.C. - Dark Zone [Awesome]
Sven Vath - Ritual Of Life (Breakbeat Mix) [Eye Q Records]
The Dubster - Lighter Shades Of Dark (Mix 1) [No Noise]
E.K.U.D.C.M. - Ultra Jungle (All Nite) [Hard Disk]
Naughty Naughty - Volume 2 Purple Side [Naughty Naughty]
LTJ Bukem - A Couple Of Beats [Good Looking]
Moby - All That I Need Is To Be Loved (Speed Trance) [Elektra]
Space Cube – Live Is Picnic [Edge Records]
Tek-9 - Real Love [Reinforced]
Manix - Turn Away Skull [Reinforced]
4 Hero - In The Shadow (Sundown) [Reinforced]
D'Cruze - Want You Now [Suburban Base]

Rest of the series: https://soundcloud.com/selectabwoy/sets/autobiography-of-a-rave-kid

Selectabwoy: Autobiography Of A Rave Kid Part IV

Autobiography Of A Rave Kid Part IV

Rave Kid Part Five. 
Been wanting to do this one for a while - it's less ravey, more trancey/technoey/housey - but still a very personal early 90s selection, hence its inclusion in this series. Downloads now enabled, enjoy! 

Transformer 2 - Pacific Symphony [Sonic]
Moby - Go (Delirium Mix) [Bite]
Rhythm Invention - Chronoclasm [Warp]
Psychotropic - Hypnosis [O2]
Time Warp - Bird Rave [ESP] 
The Future Sound Of London - Stolen Documents [Jumpin' And Pumpin']
Coda - The Acid Test (Early Morning Mix) [Peacefrog]
Nexus 21 - Self Hypnosis [Network]
LFO - You Have To Understand [Warp]
Techno Grooves - Christ!!! [R&S]
GTO - Pure (Energy) [Go Bang!]
Nico - Field Of Vision [ESP]
Meng Syndicate - Sonar System (Speedy J Remix) [Music Man]
Jam & Spoon - Keep On Movin' [R&S]
Nightmares On Wax - A Case Of Funk [Warp]
Colin Dale - Kowtow (F.X.T.C. Mix) [Perfecto]

Rest of the series: https://soundcloud.com/selectabwoy/sets/autobiography-of-a-rave-kid

Selectabwoy: Autobiography Of A Rave Kid Part V

Autobiography Of A Rave Kid Part V

Been idly planning this one for a while. All credit to Greg @kolanut for the inspiration - after listening to his excellent space/illness themed mixes a while ago, I knew I was going to have to do an aquatic concept mix at some point. 

Why water? Like many other Pisceans, I don’t buy into the astrology bullshit whatsoever. However, there's something special about the overlap between music and water in nature that I love in both a literal sense - tracks that feature the sound of raindrops, waves crashing etc. - and as an abstract. Evidently I’m not the only one - the ‘floaty’ aesthetic of some of the more ambient side of D&B lends itself nicely to an aquatic theme. Granted, I’ve no idea whether tracks titled ‘River Of Dreams’ or ‘Mysteries Of The Deep’ would conjure up the same vibe under a different name, but it really doesn’t matter. Most of these tunes I’ve known for a long, long time – for me the titles are inextricably linked to the music and so form part of the narrative here.

Thinking about it, I’m not even sure why it took so long to get around to this mix, as planning and executing it was possibly more enjoyable than any other I’ve done. Working with a specific theme provides a nice excuse to bring together styles and producers that on the face of it might not seem an obvious match, the main task being to figure out some kind of continuity. It was also a great opportunity to trawl the internet for watery track titles and discover a handful of hitherto unknown pearls. Rest assured I’ve got plenty more set aside :) 

Enough words, dive in!

Jack Ruby - Ocean Dreams [Knowledge 1994]
Plasmic Life - Water Baby [Brain 1994]
LTJ Bukem - Rainfall [Good Looking 1995]
Sounds Of Life - Currents (S.O.L. Remix) [Certificate 18 1995]
Ganja Kru - Mash Up Da Place [Ganja 1994]
New Jack Pimps - Water Jelly (Amen Lick) [Steppa'z 1994]
Wishdokta - River Of Dreams [2001 1994]
Boymerang - The River (VIP) [Regal 1997]
Matrix - Slow Drift [New Identity 1996]
Intense - Streams of Thought [Creative Source 1995]
Digital - Niagra [Metalheadz 1996]
DJ Die - Hydroponics [Full Cycle 1995]
Studio Pressure - The Water Margin [Photek 1995]
Natural Mystic - Slow Waves [Moving Shadow 1996]
Sounds Of Life - Intellect [Certificate 18 1994]
Aquarius - Dolphin Tune [Good Looking 1994]
Pure Science - Drifting [Strictly Jungle 1994]
St. Etienne - The Sea (PFM Remix) [Heavenly 1996]
Aquarius - Wave Forms [Looking Good 1995]
Jack Ruby - Global Torrents [Knowledge 1995]
Unit 1 - Atlantic Drama [Creative Wax 1994]
PFM & Tayla - Submarine Tune [Okbron 2020]
Dom & Roland - Hydrolicks [Moving Shadow 1997]
Dillinja - Deadly Deep Subs (Remix) [Razors Edge 1996]
DJ Solo feat. J.T. - Pressure (Peshay Remix) [Mo Wax Excursions 1996]
Capone - Mysteries Of The Deep [Hardleaders 1996]
Shogun - Nautilus (Mouly & Lucida Remix) [Renegade 1996]
Blame - Neptune [Moving Shadow 1996]

Part Two here https://soundcloud.com/selectabwoy/aquatic-jungle-part-two
Part Three here https://soundcloud.com/selectabwoy/aquatic-jungle-part-three
Part Four here https://soundcloud.com/selectabwoy/aquatic-jungle-part-four?in=selectabwoy/sets/djay-mixes-jungle-d-b

Lots more mixes here https://soundcloud.com/selectabwoy/sets/djay-mixes-jungle-d-b

Aquatic Jungle (Part One)

Onwards with the aquatic jungle and I've gotta tell you, this one is pretty special to me, so I've been sitting on it for a few weeks. I've had some incredible post-millennium tunes such as Aquatica and Dark Water in my shortlist since the inception of this series, so this marks my first foray out of the 90s: selecting D&B and some halftime bits from across the last two decades with a handful of 90s tunes spliced in. Bit of an epiphany really as most of this selection comes from an era that I have long overlooked in favour of the 92-97 sound. Yes, you may question the 'jungle' of the title but once you coin a name and a template you're stuck with it - besides that, it's all jungle to me mate :)

Sending this out to Josh @the-roadblock, Olly & Ell @wiseguisedjs, Ciaran @rough-culture, Greg @kolanut & Paul @distantworldtransmissions. Big thanks to Dave @twohungryghosts for the G-Force download and to the DOA forummers for a bunch of excellent water-themed suggestions in an old thread I discovered, accordingly a few tracks in here are new to me, keeping it nicely fresh for my ears. Big ups everyone, enjoy the mix ... don't forget your shark repellant

Danny Breaks - Aquatica [True Playaz 2000]
Breakage - Voyage [Digital Soundboy 2015]
Peshay - On The Nile [Metalheadz 1996]
Jonny L - Tychonic Cycle [XL Recordings 1996]
The Basic Influence - Rainforest [Hardleaders 1996]
Grooverider - Rivers Of Congo [Higher Ground 1998]
G-Force - Proximity (ASC Remix) [Free Download - 2HG Soundcloud 2018]
Om Unit - Peninsula [Not On Label - Submerged 001 2020]
Halogenix - Her Waves [Critical Music 2014]
Equinox - Coastal Vision (Nebula Remix) [Subtle Audio 2016]
XRS Land - Secrets Of The Floating Island [V Recordings 2001]
Nebula - Distant Shores [Scientific Wax Digital 2009]
Mark System - The Diver's Dream [Warm Communications 2011]
Om Unit - Swimming Dragon (Ital Tek Remix) [Civil Music 2011]
Nebula - Atlantic Drift [sYncoPathic Recordings 2008]
DLR - Tugboat [Dispatch 2013]
Blocks & Escher- Breaking the Waves [Metalheadz 2018]
Fracture & Neptune - Hull Breach [Astrophonica 2009]
Dom & Roland - Storm [Moving Shadow 1996]
Gremlinz & No Rules - Water [Cylon Recordings 2015]
Heist - Great White [Metalheadz 2014]
Mampi Swift - Jaws (The Demolition) [Charge 2000]
Budoka - Under Water [.shadybrain Music 2007]
X-Men - Swordfish [Eastside 2000]
Double O - Dark Water [Wreka Music 2010]
Om Unit - Deep Sea Pyramid [Civil Music 2013]
Dub-One - Pressure of 10,000 [Soothsayer 2009]
Poseidon - Tensions Of The Sea [Looking Good 2000]

Part One here https://soundcloud.com/selectabwoy/aquatic-jungle-part-one
Part Three here https://soundcloud.com/selectabwoy/aquatic-jungle-part-three
Part Four here https://soundcloud.com/selectabwoy/aquatic-jungle-part-four?in=selectabwoy/sets/djay-mixes-jungle-d-b

Aquatic Jungle (Part Two)

The aquatic voyage continues, here's part 3 of 4. Prepare to submerge yourself as we drop the tempo to a little over 160 and join the dots between halftime/footwork, hardcore, jungle & early D&B. Stuffed to the gills with percy tunas for your listening pleasure :)

Phillip D Kick - Drips [Astrophonica 2020]
Swift & Zinc - Dezire (Z Mix) [2000AD 1994]
Korin Complex - Winding River (Coco Bryce Remix) [Myor 2020]
Dead Man's Chest - Liquid 94 (Pt.2 Nautilus) [Western Lore 2019]
4 Horsemen Of The Apocalypse - Drowning In Her [Tone Def 1993]
Philip D Kick - Drown [Astrophonica 2018]
Junglord - Oldman River [Self-released 2013]
Roni Size & Krust - Tribetoon [Mo Wax 1995]
PFM - One And Only [Looking Good 1995]
Krust - Touch [Full Cycle 1995]
The Bombsquad - Freebase (D.O.P.E. Remix 1) [Rugged Vinyl 1993]
Phillip D Kick - The Riviera [Astrophonica 2020]
Universal Love - Killer Whale (Dub Plate) [Strictly Hardcore 1995]
Ani & Beau - The Whale Song [Jungle Sky 2019]
Dillinja - Follow Me [Kickin 1994]
Mouly & Lucida - Aquarium [Code-001 1995]
Photek - Consciousness [Metalheadz 1995]
Machinedrum - SeeSea [Ninja Tune 2013]
Om Unit & Sam Binga - Transatlantic [BUNIT 2015]
Aquarius - Drift To The Centre [Looking Good 1995]
Studio Pressure - Relics (Plaid Remix) [Certificate 18 1996]
Orca - Underwater Science [Lucky Spin 1993]
Richie Covers - Blue Ocean [Blue Ocean Records 1994]
Killer Motive - Pacific Heights [Street Beats 1996]
Sounds Of Life - Currents [Certificate 18 1994]
Subject 13 - Oceans [Creative Source 1996]
DJ Rap & Voyager - Abyss [Proper Talent 1995]
The Basic Influence - Still Waters [Hardleaders 1996]

Part One here https://soundcloud.com/selectabwoy/aquatic-jungle-part-one
Part Two here https://soundcloud.com/selectabwoy/aquatic-jungle-part-two
Part Four here https://soundcloud.com/selectabwoy/aquatic-jungle-part-four?in=selectabwoy/sets/djay-mixes-jungle-d-b

Aquatic Jungle (Part Three)

Last of the Aquatic Jungle series (for now), uploaded today to celebrate the 4000 follower milestone. Big up the 4K, massively appreciate the support! 
Come back tomorrow for more ;)

Cryogenics - Aquarius [Minus 32 2014]
Breakage - Roller [Digital Soundboy 2015]
Threshold - When It Rains, It Pours [AKO Beatz 2019]
Senses - All Over [Subtle Audio 2005]
Overlook - Misty [Repertoire 2016]
Source Direct - A Made Up Sound [Metalheadz 1995]
Gremlinz, Jesta & Rumbleton - The Drift [Metalheadz 2018]
Tim Reaper - Sounds Of Life [Subtle Audio 2017]
Tim Reaper - Lake Volta [Skeleton 2016]
Fanu - Tales From The Sea [Breakin 2005]
Deep Blue - Oceans Above Life (ASC Remix) [Offshore Recordings 2009]
Nebula - Sea Of Dreams [Sci Limited 2010]
ASC - Oceanography [Subtle Audio 2016]
Dub One - The Great Ship [Scientific Wax 2018]
Spirit - Fathoms [Fresh 86 1998]
Digital - Lower Depths [Photek Productions 1997]
Blocks & Escher feat. Jennifer Hall - Sea [Metalheadz 2018]
Djinn - Pressure [Foundation X 2017]
X Nation - Infinite Waters [Foundation X 2018]
Nebula - Dolphin Jazz [Scientific Wax 2016]
DJ Trax - 20,000 Beats Under The Sea [Tempo 2017]
Phuture T - Atlantis [2HG Timeline Retro Series 2017]
Nebula - Slipstream [Scientific Wax 2016]
Cryogenics - Hydra [Minus 32 2014]

Part One https://soundcloud.com/selectabwoy/aquatic-jungle-part-one?in=selectabwoy/sets/djay-mixes-jungle-d-b
Part Two https://soundcloud.com/selectabwoy/aquatic-jungle-part-two?in=selectabwoy/sets/djay-mixes-jungle-d-b
Part Three https://soundcloud.com/selectabwoy/aquatic-jungle-part-three?in=selectabwoy/sets/djay-mixes-jungle-d-b

Aquatic Jungle (Part Four)

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Home of my own mixes - predominantly jungle/hardcore with the odd bit of D&B, plus eclectic sample-digging, breaks and hip-hop, techno & electronica. 

Pre-2001, all mixes vinyl; Post-2016, all mixes digital (DJay 2); Post-2018, Ableton Live. Why? Why not?
I've got an old skool DJ's mentality, early influences ranging from Sublove, Ratty, Randall & Hype to Coldcut, DJ Juice, MK & Primo.  In the early 00s I turned my back on D&B, retired my turntables in favour of family/work commitments, and got into funk, soul, reggae and so on... a lot of this driven by curiosity around the sample roots of hardcore and jungle.  Forward another decade and an early mid-life crisis saw me messing around with virtual decks on my phone, and later acquiring a vinyl ripper, with one vision in mind: making mixes.
Although I'm partial to the odd DJay or vinyl mix when I get the chance, the progression into Ableton Live was a simple means to an end.  My ideas stretch further than the limitations of my physical collection and real-time mixing, and by sequencing I can pick, choose, chip away and structure mixes at my leisure. Which I do... a lot :)

Wait, there's more ... an absolute stack of classic golden era/old skool hip-hop/turntablism, jungle and d&b, hardcore, techno and house mixes retrieved from my dusty tape & CD archives.  This includes (by my reckoning) the most exhaustive collections of classic Full Cycle and Sublove Galaxy Radio shows, live Ruffneck Ting jungle tapes, loads of studio & compilation mixes, all manner of rave tapes, and so on. 
Use the playlist shortcuts (top of spotlight) to find your way around. 

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