For our 905th RA Podcast, we're proud to welcome Goldie, one of the most famous, talented and important electronic music artists of all time. Starting out as a graffiti artist, he eventually made music under the name Rufige Kru, helping push the then-nascent genre of jungle forward with tracks like "Krisp Biscuit (Power)" and "Terminator." The latter was released under the name Metalheads, which would later become the name of his label (with a z instead of an s). Metalheadz—which he cofounded with DJ Storm and the late Kemistry—celebrates its 30th anniversary this year and remains the defining outlet of drum & bass, the genre that grew out of jungle that Goldie helped invent with records like 1995's massive crossover album Timeless (alongside countless other classics). He's a producer, DJ, actor and all-around celebrity, a huge personality in UK electronic music.

Goldie is also RA's guest curator this month, and his tenure starts with this mix. We'll have more to come starting this week—check our editor's letter later today for more information—but for now, here's a survey of drum & bass past and present from a man who helped invent the genre. With plenty of new Metalheadz material plus a healthy dose of older tracks, these two hours lay out the history of Metalheadz, drum & bass and its various subgenres, from twinkling liquid to rumbling techstep. It's the first part of a month celebrating Goldie's legacy, and we can't wait to show you the rest.


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James Boyle aka Breakage is one of the most respected DJs and producers in the game. Having been releasing music for almost 15 years now, he's a master when it comes to production; crafting weighty yet refined music that crosses the realms of techno, dubstep, jungle and drum & bass in equally impressive measures. Currently putting the finishing touches to his album, forthcoming on the legendary https://soundcloud.com/digitalsoundboy imprint, we are honoured to have Breakage step in for this weeks i-DJ and be the first to take part in our definitive i-DJ questionnaire. 
https://soundcloud.com/breakage

Tracklist:
Total Fitness - Eden At night
Breakage & Burial - Vial
Kinzy - Elevation
Die & Dismantle - Over the Edge
Hodge & Facta - Visions
Corticyte - Modulate
Mella Dee - Talkin
Breakage - ???
Breakage - Treading Water (Jakwob Remix)
Rude Kid - Saturday
Clare Maguire - Ain’t Nobody (Breakage’s Suck It Up Mix VIP)
Breakage & Dismantle - Ass Up!
Fixate - Alive
Breakage - Natty
Lynx - Bees Knees
Taelimb & Conscience - Public Eye
Breakage - Come With It
Threshold - Combo 4 (Disarae Remix)
Skeptical - Playground Chat Back
Sam Binga - Steppin

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Doc Scott - Breakbeat Experiments - Mixmag Live - Volume 22 (1996)

Uncle Dugs - 04 July 2025

https://www.hardscore.com/?p=1380

01 The Prodigy -G Force – XL Recordings
02 A Guy Called Gerald – Anything – Sony
03 Desired State(s) – Turn On – Karma Records
04 I.C.P. – Free & Equal (Bonus Beats Mix) – Raiders Records
05 LTJ Bukem – Delitfol (A2) – White
06 Sys’tem X – Wind It Up (Bumpy Instrumental Mix) – Subversion Records
07 Break The Limits – Paranoize – Break The Limits
08 New Era – New Era – Great Asset
09 D’Cruize – I Believe – Boogie Times Records
10 Goldfinger – No Sell Out (Defender Mix) – Blaag Records
11 Toxic – Club Quest – Contagious Records
12 Desired State – Dance The Dream (George Kelly Dub Mix) – Dance Wax
13 Masters at Work – Just a ‘lil’ Dope – Cutting Records
14 Low Noise Block – Rave In A Bedroom
15 The Witch Doctor – Sunday Afternoon – Mutant Records
16 Project One – Smokin’ – Rising High Records
17 Isotonik – Different Strokes – Orange

This mix was recorded on Jungletrain, 8th July 2007 [EXT064]

DJextreme - 1991 Hardcore Vol.4

dBridge presents Exit Records: The Aptitude Show - 09 July 2025

Tracklisting:
Stooge - Untitled
Love Dove Jay - The Hitchcock Storey
DJ Seduction - The Twist
DJ Peshay - Gangster
Flat 47 - Haemoglobin
DJ Dub Rush - Now U Know
D-Force - Original Bad Boy
DJ Phantasy - Do You Wanna Ride?
Bounty Killaz - Killa Instinct
Swift & Zinc - Krazed
DJ Gunshot - Regulators
Da Dogz - Non Stop
The Dude - Wild Trip
Dopestyle - Bad Bwoy DJ
DJ Scoobie - Wait 4 The Bass (Drum & Bass Remix)
Cool Hand Flex - Bass Injection
Mafia - What Ever
Rus De Tox & Teebone - Selectors Roll (Tom & Jerry Remix)
Babylon Timewarp - Durban Poison '95
Lionist - Strikly Dub Plate (Pt. 1)

Tim Reaper - BTTO Radio October 5th 2025

How Should I Start - Bay-B-Kane (Ruff Guidance Records 1992)
Magic Acorns - Higher Octave (Pro One Records 1992)
Dance Mutha - Shaggy Ridims EP - Ruff Ryder (Kickin Records 1993)
Rough & Dangerous (Out Yer Bass Mix) - 3rd Degree EP - Syko & Mak (PM Recordings 1992)
Timelapse - DJ.B & E.Z.M (Industrial Noize Records 1992)
The Fire - Noise Factory (3rd Party 1992)
Freak Sexy Style - Wiz (Absolute 2 Records 1992)
Penelopes Theme - The Anthill Mob (Anthill Records 1992)
Do Me - Old Trainers EP - Eze-G (No Label 1992)
Dark Man - Bad Man EP - Ronnie B (Pure Bass Records 1992 / 1993?)
Easy - The Fourth Excursion - SMF (Rugged Vinyl 1992)
Music Box - Old Trainers EP - Eze-G (No Label 1992)
Barefoot... (Take Me Up) - Re-Edit To Taste EP - Slice (PM Recordings 1992)
Be Free - Dream (Deja Vu Recordings 1993)
Techno Fever - Old Trainers EP - Eze-G (No Label 1992)
Deep Love - As Dark As It Gets EP - Darkman (Formation Records 1992)
Peace & Loveism (4 Hero Remix) - Sonz Of A Loop Da Loop Era (Suburban Base 1993)
A1 - Volume 1 - Hellrazor (Hellrazor 1993)
Redseal - Goldseal, Redseal, Rocky & Squidge EP (Headhunters Recordings 1993)
A2 - Volume 1 - Hellrazor (Hellrazor 1993)
Untitled - K-Time EP - Kenny Khegoe (Absolute 2 Records 1993)
Goldseal - Goldseal, Redseal, Rocky & Squidge EP (Headhunters Recordings 1993)




Hardcore Jungle 1992 - 1993  Mix 7

Tracklist

Seba & Lotek - Sonic Winds [Looking Good]
Studio Pressure - The Water Margin (95 VIP Mix) [Unreleased]
Blame - Neptune [Moving Shadow]
DJ Fokus - On Line (DrumnBass Mix) [Dee Jay]
JMJ & Richie - Free La Funk (PFM Remix) [Moving Shadow]
Intense - Motions [Way Out]
Funky Technicians - The Essence [Timeless]
Wax Doctor - Cool Breeze [Creative Wax]
The Spirit - Mendacity [Timeless]
Jonny L - This Time (Cool Dub) [XL]
Universal Traveller - Midnite [Dee Jay]
The Chameleon - Just Close Your Eyes & Listen [Good Looking]
Source Direct - Complexities [Good Looking]
J Majik & Peshay – Start It Again [Unreleased]
Source Direct - Secret Liaison [Good Looking]

Thanks to Oldtree for the tape rip

LTJ Bukem - Kiss 100 FM - 4th October 1995

Legendary compilation from pioneering darkcore label Face Records - here's the Grooverider mixtape. Tracklist on discogs is in wrong order, correct version courtesy of JJ @deepinsidetheoldskool. Enjoy!

DJ Mayhem - Inesse (Ray Keith Remix)
Clone Inc - Mood Swing
Johnny Jungle - Johnny
The Full SP - The Process
Fallen Angels - Oh Yeah (Back 2 Basics V.I.P. Remix)
Wax Doctor - Logical Progression
Complex State - Revival
The Full SP - Raw Basics (Tango remix)
Hardware - Class Of 94
Hardware - Nightstalker (V.I.P. Mix)
Covert Operations - Mission Impossible (Edit Mix)
Complex State - Sax Fiend 

https://soundcloud.com/selectabwoy/sets/various-jungle-drum-bass-mixes

Grooverider: Face Of The Future Mixtape (1994)

E-Tek - World Domination (Babylon Mix) [E-Tek]
The Vinyl Vandals - Headstrong [Warrior]
Urban Shakedown - Assassinator [Urban Shakedown]
4 Hero - Time To Get Ill [Reinforced]
Guided Missile - Guided Missile (Hard Dance Mix) [Suck It And C]
Signs Of Chaos - Crackerjack [Rising High]
The Black Dog - Vir²L [General Production Recordings]
Noise Factory - Behold The Jungle [Tam Tam]
Pierre Point - Tonnerre [Bass Sphere]
Sound Fusion - Sound Fusion 1 (Hyper Mix) [Not On Label - F-S-P-01]
3.V. - Game Boy [The One After D]
Gestalt - The Majican [Not On Label - DRB 01] 
Double T & Mister E - Multi Coloured Lazers [Break The Limit]

(Demo DAT Pressure - Q-Tex)

Q-Tex - Natural High [23rd Precinct Recordings Ltd]

Energizer 2 - Untitled (B) [Energizer]

(Mastermix - Paul Russell)

>> intro
Project One - Smokin' [Rising High]
2 Bad Mice - Hold It Down [Moving Shadow]
Tronikhouse - Up Tempo (The Groove Rider Mix) [KMS]
DJ Blatant & The Master Programmer - Blatants Theme [Spare Beat]
Phenomania - Who Is Elvis? (+9 Remix) [Flying International]
Buster Gut - Find Someone (Mix 1) [Rammed & Rockin]
2-X-Treme - Breakhoven [Empire]
Bass Construction - Too Sexy To Dance [Elicit]
Acen - Close Your Eyes (Optikonfusion!) (Remix I) [Production House]

Jambo ! - Another Day [Wonka Beats]

3rd March 1992

Colin Faver - Kiss 100 FM - 3rd March 1992

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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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Grooverider: Face Of The Future Mixtape (1994)

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