I’m only 19 seconds in and and im loving this !

Rider was the undisputed heavyweight champion of jungle drum & bass during '96 and '97.  Check this out

Grooverider & Cleveland Watkiss - Metalheadz Sunday Sessions - March 1996

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

Bab.B.Kane - Bagpipes In Effect [Kikman]
DJ's Unknown - Vol.3 (A) [Homegrown]
Druid & Vinylgroover - Kounter Attack Pt1 [Hectic]
Ramos, Supreme & Sunset Regime - Sunshine (The Pa Kua Mix) [Hectic] 
Ravers Choice - Ravers Choice 1 (A) [Ravers Choice]
Hedgehog Affair - The Pipe [Sound Entity]
Technological Terror Crew - Polaris [Deathchant]
DJ's Unknown - Vol.3 (AA) [Homegrown]
LTJ Bukem & Peshay - 19.5 [Good Looking]
A-Zone - Calling The People [White House]
Subnation - Scottie III (Remix) [Future Vinyl]
Swift & Zinc Featuring Steve B - Dezire (Z Mix) [2000 AD]
The J.B. - Simpin [Back 2 Basics]
Future Primitive - We're Flying (DJ Vibes & Wishdokta Remix) [Kniteforce]
Druid & Vinylgroover - Summertime Vibe 94 (The North End Mix) [Hectic]
Dougal & Micky Skeedale - Zurich [Die Hard]
Ramos, Supreme & Sunset Regime – Crowd Control (Slipmatt Remix) [Hectic]
Naughty Naughty - Volume Seven (A) [Naughty Naughty]

Summer 1994

DJ Sy - Sounds Of The Scratchmaster - Summer 1994

New Hardcore &amp; Jungle | 6 December 2022

New Hardcore & Jungle | 6 December 2022

Tracklist

DJ Monita & K-Rox - Dancehall Ram [Unreleased]
DJ Nut Nut - The Rumble (Mad Ragga John Remix) (Drum + Bass) [Production House]
DMS & The Boneman X - Sweet Vibrations [FX]
DJ Monita & K-Rox - The Bommer [Unreleased]
Ellis Dee - Junglist Warrior [CAT]
The New Cru featuring General Pecos - Run Come (Original Mix) [Labello Blanco]
"Mickey Finn The DJ" dubplate  [Unreleased]
Dead Dred - Dred Bass [Moving Shadow]
DJ Krome & Mr Time - The Licence [Tearin Vinyl]
Barrington Levy & Beenie Man - Under Mi Sensi (Jungle Spliff) (X Project Remix) [Greensleeves]
New Blood - Worries In The Dance [London Some'ting]
Dopestyle - You Must Think First!! [Ganja]
Dem 2 Ruff - Nice Tune [Not On Label - DRM 2 RUFF]
Cru-L-T - Bassline Jungle Music [Not On Label - CUR 001]

19th August 1994

Micky Finn - Unity - 19th August 1994

First uploads of 2023, so let’s make them good ones, right?

"Back with a sound that hits you like thunder, did you miss me? I wonder."

As pioneers of the UK breakbeat/jungle scene, I doubt Smiley & PJ need any introduction. This two-part mix compiles many of my favourites from their extensive back catalogue, including the seminal LP ‘Dance Before the Police Come’ in its entirety.

Part 1 focuses slightly more on their rap roots. Part 2 leans towards the breakbeat sound that saw the rave scene adopting them back in the early 90s.

Part 1 Tracklist:

Shut Up & Dance - £20 To Get In
Shut Up & Dance - Rap's My Occupation
The Ragga Twins - Wipe The Needle
Shut Up & Dance - 5, 6, 7, 8 (Original Mix)
Shut Up & Dance - White White World
Shut Up & Dance - This Town Needs A Sheriff
Shut Up & Dance - This Town Needs A Sheriff (Remix)
Rum & Black - Fuck The Legal Stations
Rum & Black - Wicked (Remix)
Nicolette - O Si Ne Ne
Shut Up & Dance - The Green Man
Rum & Black - Tablet Man
Shut Up & Dance - Cape Fear
Shut Up & Dance - Autobiography Of A Crackhead
Shut Up & Dance - Runaways
Shut Up & Dance feat. The Ragga Twins - Java Bass
The Ragga Twins - Spliffhead
Adé - Summer Breeze
Shut Up & Dance - Dance Before The Police Come (Remix)
Shut Up & Dance - Dance Before The Police Come
Cedric Winkleburger & The Yellow Blueberries - Take It Easy (Original)
Shut Up & Dance - Rest In Peace (Rap Will Never)
Shut Up & Dance - Because Of My Vocals
Shut Up & Dance - On A Street Level

Part 2 https://soundcloud.com/selectabwoy/shut-up-dance-retrospective-mixtape-part-2

Shut Up & Dance Mixtape (Part 1)

Shut Up & Dance Retrospective Mixtape (Part 1)

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

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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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