Choonage  mastery once more  , Chemical Vacation get my vote ;)

Absolutely sublime mix mate. Quality from start to finish. File under 'Definitive'!

Superb selection as always geezer. Thx for the shout out :-)

Incoming! For years thought this was ease your mind 🤷🏽‍♂️

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

On with the Rave Kid series. I've had this one planned for ages, but frankly, there's just not enough hours in the day for all this wonderful music. It is a sequel of sorts to Part 4, happy stomping breakbeat hardcore jungle techno. You know damn well what I'm talking about. A feel-good selection inspired chiefly by three much-loved rave tapes - DJ Sy's excellent Obsession 'Battle of the Scratchmasters' set, and a pair of Ellis Dee and Sy cassettes (Club Adrenalin maybe) picked up at Glastonbury '94, which got utterly rinsed over the course of a fortnight's camping holiday in Brittany. Naturellement, the tracklist is also heavily influenced by numerous Ratty, Slipmatt and Sublove mixes of that era. What a time to be alive and 18! 

SDR & Subsonic - Watch Dis Space Part 2 (Digital Pressure Remix) [Shoebox]
DJ Seduction - Really Dark (But Not Too Dark Mix) [Impact]
Tango - Future Followers (VIP Mix) [Tango & Ratty]
Eze-G - Stepping Up [Unnatural Light]
DJ Krome & Mr. Time - The Slammer (Nookie Remix) [Suburban Base]
Static Substance - Seventh Hour [Impact]
Frantic & Impulse - Untitled (Volume 1A) [Homegrown]
Double X-Posure - Deep As Fuck [Not On Label]
DJ Red Alert & Mike Slammer - In Effect [Slammin' Vinyl]
Naughty Naughty - Untitled (Volume 2A - Yellow Side) [Naughty Naughty]
Tango & Fallout - Intrigue [Tango & Fallout]
Criminal Minds - Drums Of Doom (Slipmatt Remix) [Outlan UK]
Jack 'n' Phil - Unity (Instrumental Mix) [Basement]
Intense - The Quickening [Rugged Vinyl]
Intense - Paradox [Rugged Vinyl]
Fast Floor - 1000 Phons [Smooth Recordings]
International Rude Boyz - Drum Programme [Formation]
Out Of Order - Stung [Not On Label]
Remarc - One 4 Da Vibes [Dollar]
Overdubb - Eruption (3D Mix) [Impact]
The Dok - Strings Of Life '94 ['89 Revival]
Nookie - Shining In Da Darkness [Reinforced]

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Selectabwoy: Autobiography Of A Rave Kid Part VI

Autobiography Of A Rave Kid Part VI

Hmmmm. Where were we ... 

DJ Krust - Asian Love Dance [Virgin]
Engineers Without Fears - Rhythm [Dee Jay Recordings]
Fugitive - Mind Games [Underdog Recordings]
Chaos & Julia Set - Natural High (Parts 1 & 2) [Recoil Records]
DJ Mayhem - U.L.F. (Signal Generator Remix) [Basement]
FBD Project - Gesture Without Motion (Unreleased '94 VIP) [Bang-In-Tunes]
Gwange - New Creation (Unreleased Alliance Remix) [Sublogic Recordings]
4 Hero - Angry People [Reinforced]
Project A-KO - Surgically Removed [Reinforced]
Deep Blue - The Helicopter Tune (Fantasy 3) [Moving Shadow]
Roni Size - Det-Strumental [Vinyl Experience]
Cortae - Short Term Memory Loss (Part 1) [Not On Label - SAD 1T]
Foul Play - Beats Track [Moving Shadow]
Teknarchi - Flashback [Fokus Recordings]
Fast Floor - Mind Sweeper [Smooth Recordings]
JMJ & Richie - Case Closed [Moving Shadow]
DJ Crystl - Inna Year 4000 [Freakout]
LTJ Bukem - Atmospherical Jubilancy [Good Looking Records]
Future Sound Of Hardcore - Desire (Original Mix) [Dee Jay Recordings]
Dexxtrous & Sudden Def - Forgotten Souls (The Remix) [Infrared]
Bukem & The Peshay - 19.5 [Good Looking Records]

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Selectabwoy: Evolution Of Hardcore Part VII

Evolution Of Hardcore (Part VII)

Continuing my hardcore revival, I've made a return to the Rave Kid series... such is my enthusiasm for this music right now that I've smashed out four new volumes already, and feel like I've got more in the tank. Been sat on Part 7 for a few weeks, and must confess I've been enjoying it massively: a selection drifting somewhere between my favourite Ratty, Sy & Slipmatt tapes with a few personals that I've been keeping back. So much creativity and energy packed into these old tunes, love it.

DJ SS - A New Breed Of Ravers [Formation]
Wax Doctor & Jack Smooth - Rock To The Groove [Basement]
Lemon D - Parazone (Part 2) [Planet Earth]
International Rude Boyz - Paragone [Formation]
Under Graduates - Into Da Future (Massive Mix) [Camden Tunes]
Naughty Naughty - Untitled (Volume 10A) [Naughty Naughty]
Eternal - Eternal (Carl Cox Remix) [Underground Level Recordings]
Oaysis - Incredible Bass (Slipmatt Remix) [Formation]
Frantic & Impulse - Untitled (Volume 1 Track B2) [Homegrown]
Smith Inc - Jungle (Remix) [Absolute 2]
Johnny Jungle - Johnny (Slipmaster J Mix) [Dee Jay Recordings]
Citadel Of Kaos - Warped [Boombastic Plastic]
Naughty Naughty - Untitled (Volume 6AA) [Naughty Naughty]
The Joker - The Joker [Skanna]
Cool Hand Flex - Ya Buzzin' [Suburban Base]
Internal Affairs - Stylin' [Reinforced]
Electronic Experienced - No. 303 [Basement]
On Remand - Controllin' (Tango Remix) [Underworld Vinyl]
Johnny Jungle - Flammable (DJ Hype Remix) [Suburban Base]
Warped Kore - The Power [White House]
DJ Mayhem - Fierce [Basement]
DJ Hype - The Trooper [Suburban Base]
Tango - Factor 5 [Formation]
Acen - Window In The Sky (Nino's Night Remix) [Production House]

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Selectabwoy: Autobiography Of A Rave Kid Part VII

Autobiography Of A Rave Kid Part VII

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
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Selectabwoy: Autobiography Of A Rave Kid Part VIII

Autobiography Of A Rave Kid Part VIII

A sequel of sorts to last week's effort, essentially a bunch of leftover tracks way too good to ignore. 
1993 hardcore all the way baby!

DJ Rap & Aston - Vertigo (Tumbling Mix) [Suburban Base]
Static Substance - Ghetto People (Remix) [Impact]
Bash Street Kids - Fuzzyfelt [Moving Shadow]
Bay B Kane - Giant Steps [White House]
4 Hero - In The Shadow (Sunrise Remix) [Reinforced]
Techno Brewster & DJ Iceman - Dream On Tangerine [Invention]
Space Cube - Live Is Picnic (S.F. Acid Mix) [Edge Records]
Tom & Jerry - It Comes A Dime A Dozen EP - AA2 [Tom & Jerry]
System A:D - Daringa Street [Homegrown]
Subwoofer Agte - Hymn (Edge/Rabbit City Remix) [Underground Level Recordings]
DJ Mayhem - Damage [Basement]
Secret Squirrel - Commence With The B-Line [Bogwoppa]
Hyper-On Experience - Lords Of The Null Lines [Moving Shadow]
Foul Play - Ricochet [Oblivion]
Manix - Alright Wid Me [Reinforced]
DJ Spice - The Groove [Soapbar]
Top Buzz - Worldwide Epidemic [Basement]
Force Mass Motion - Force Format [Rabbit City]
DJ Hype - Hardswing (DJ Hype & Uncle 22 Remix) [Suburban Base]
New Decade - Statue Of Gold [Out Of Romford]
Haute Control - Drum & Bass Collision [Candidate]
Tek-9 - You Got To Slow Down [Reinforced]
DJ SS - Don't Come No Ruffer (Ruff Mix) [Formation]
EQ - Void Of Xtasy [Formation]

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Selectabwoy: Autobiography Of A Rave Kid Part IX

Autobiography Of A Rave Kid Part IX

G'day. Had a few quiet weeks due to much life admin & the arrival of two kittens! Anyways ... here's Rave Kid Part Ten ... continuing with that happy/stompy hardcore jungle techno flex. OOF!

Show some love with the comments/reposts and I'll see if I can get Part XI uploaded before June! 
Big ups :)

L.S.G. - L.S.G. [Superstition]
DJ Ivan - Untitled (Techno Mix 2) [Vicious Pumpin' Plastic]
Smith & Brown - Life's Just So [Homegrown]
Dark & Moody - Untitled (Volume 1 B2) [Dark & Moody]
Sound Of The Future - Fearless Wonder [Formation]
S & A - Untitled (Side A) [Homegrown]
Naughty Naughty - Untitled (Volume 7A) [Naughty Naughty]
DJ Red Alert & Mike Slammer - In Effect (Remix) [Slammin' Vinyl]
Spicelab - Cold Chillin' [Harthouse]
Mysteron - U Don't Know [Timeless Recordings]
Skanna - Untitled (Nightstalker EP A2) [Skanna]
Foul Play - Open Your Mind [Moving Shadow]
Ironik - Fantasy (Light Mix) [Deep Seven]
Space Cube - Time To Kill [Force Inc]
Double X-Posure - Go With The Flow [DX Vinyl]
Aurora - Firin To The Core [Homegrown]
Gappa G & Hyper Hypa - Information Centre (DJ Hype Remix) [Ruff Kut!]
DJ Krome & Mr Time - Into The Night [Suburban Base]
SMD - Untitled (Volume 1A) [SMD]
Secret Squirrel - The Magic Flute [Bogwoppa]
SMF - Surrender Retreat [Rugged Vinyl]

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Selectabwoy: Autobiography Of A Rave Kid Part X

Autobiography Of A Rave Kid Part X

EZ. Picking up where Part X left off, here's another blend of happy/dark breaks and 4/4s to propel you into the weekend, rushing hard. Last of this Rave Kid batch, for now, going out with loads of personal faves in this one ... it was the Jonny L Black Label into Iron Plate mix that pretty much finished me off lol. Hope you enjoy it!

The Rood Project - The Morning After [White House]
Tronik House - Straight Outta Hell (Simon Bassline Smith Remix - Dubplate Remake) [Unofficial]
Aurora - Firin On All Cylinders [Homegrown]
Jonny L - Hurt You So (Bootleg Mix) [Not On Label]
DJ D.Lux - Iron Plate [Brain Progression]
The Prodigy - Weather Experience (Top Buzz Remix) [XL]
Naughty Naughty - Untitled (Volume 5A) [Naughty Naughty]
Wishdokta & Eternal Bass - Eternal Expression [Volatile Recordings]
Acen - Window In The Sky (Krome & Time Bad Up Remix) [Production House]
Rotating Heads - Dark Secrets (Wishdokta's Mash-Up Mix) [Wide Eyed Records]
DJ Edge - Edge Test [Edge Records]
Rufige Kru - Terminator II [Reinforced]
Pascal & Sponge - I Got You (Ezee Boy) (2 Sinister Remix) [Dark Horse Records]
DJ Edge - Phazor B5 [Edge Records]
Jonny L - Transonic [XL]
Darkman - Darkman (Johnny Jungle Remix) [Formation]
Metronome - Warning (Mix 1) [Serious]
Foul Play - Open Your Mind (Tango Remix) [Moving Shadow]

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Gonna be switching up my genres for the next few mixes, eyes peeled :)

Selectabwoy: Autobiography Of A Rave Kid Part XI

Autobiography Of A Rave Kid Part XI

Tracklist

DJ Mayhem - Storm Trooper [Basement]
Tango & Fallout - Intrigue [NMI International]
Defender - Second Wave [Gyroscope]
Chemical - Sub Sector [Basement]
Nookie - Gonna Be Alright (Cloud 9 Remix) [Reinforced]
LTJ Bukem - Demon's Theme [Good Looking]
Cool Hand Flex - Go Insane [In Touch]
Mixrace - Mixrace Outta Hand [Moving Shadow]
Coolhand Flex - Wip Lash [De Underground]
Defender - Feel It (Bass) [Gyroscope]
The Sorcerer - Temperature's Rising [Paradise]
Fourth Dimension - Infection [ADR]
Free Spirit - Thrive [Incite]
The Sorcerer - Spellbound [Paradise]

May 1993

Fantasy - Fusion Studio Mix - May 1993

https://www.hardscore.com/?p=9495

01 Elementz Of Noize – Sightings – Emotif

— Mix starts —

02 Mampi Swift – Journey – Charge
03 ???
04 Scorpio – Trouble – V Recordings
05 ???
06 Adam F – Circles (Andy C remix) – F-Jam
07 Mampi Swift – The 1 – Charge
08 Mask – Better World – Dope Dragon
09 Shimon & Andy C – Quest – Ram
10 Shogun – Slipstream (Technical Itch Remix) – Renegade Hardware
11 Ed Rush – Sabotage – Metalheadz
12 Dillinjah – Unexplored Terrain – V Recordings
13 IQ Collective – Transmission – Trouble On Vinyl
14 Kraft – Just Roll (V.I.P) – Charge
15 Concept 2 – No Mistake – Ram
16 Swift – Load – True Playaz
17 Scorpio – Li-Li – V Recordings
18 Mampi Swift – Twisted – Charge
19 Nookie feat. Robbie Craig – Funk Be The Flavour (Ganja Kru Remix) – Labello Blanco
20 Roni Size & Reprazent – Brown Paper Bag – Talkin’ Loud
21 Swift – Dreams – Breakdown – Kool FM The Fever LP

Livemix

Mampi Swift – One In The Jungle [6th June 1997]

Tracklisting


JMJ & Richie - Case Closed [Moving Shadow]
The Invisible Man - The Bell Tune (Dubplate Mix) [Unreleased]
???
Midi Magic - Calm Before The Storm (Dubplate Mix) [Unreleased]
Eze G - Worlds of Confusion [Unatural Light]
Johnny Jungle - The Devoted Drummer [Suburban Base]
Apollo Two - Atlantis (I Need You) (LTJ Bukem remix) [Good Looking]
Cloud 9 - You Got Me Burnin' (Ray Keith & Nookie remix) [Moving Shadow]
Engineers Without Fears - Spiritual Aura [Dee Jay]
Deep Blue - The Helicopter Tune (Fantasy #1) [Moving Shadow]
DJ Nut Nut & Pure Science - The Rumble (Boom Shaka Mix) [Production House]
Spirits From An Urban Jungle - White Lightning [White House]
Danny Breaks - Volume 2 (Dubplate Version) [Unreleased]
Desired State - Beyond Bass (remix) [Ram]
Swift & Zinc featuring Steve B - Dezire (Z Mix) [2000 AD]
Q Project - Champion Sound (Alliance remix) [Legend]
Lucida - Tunnel Vision [Production House]
DJ Rap & Aston - Get Rushed [Suburban Base]
LTJ Bukem & Peshay - 19.5 Reprisal [Good Looking]

18th February 1994

Peshay - Fusion - 18th February 1994

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]

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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]

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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]

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Selectabwoy: Autobiography Of A Rave Kid Part III

Autobiography Of A Rave Kid Part III

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]

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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

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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. 
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