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

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 2 Tracklist:

Shut Up & Dance - Derek Went Mad
> Shut Up & Dance - The Art Of Moving Butts (Remix)
Shut Up & Dance - Genesis
Rum & Black - ESQ
Adé - Free The Soul (Club Version)
Shut Up & Dance - Lamborghini (Remix)
Rebel MC feat. Tenor Fly - Comin' On Strong (Shut Up & Dance Ragga Mx)
The Ragga Twins - 18" Speaker
The Ragga Twins feat. Junior Reid - Shine Eye
Shut Up & Dance - The Movie Soundtrack
Rum & Black - Slaves
Nicolette - Single Minded People
Nicolette - Udi Egwu
Rum & Black - Zombies At Dawn
> The Ragga Twins - Hooligan 69 (Remix)
The Ragga Twins - Hooligan 69
Rum & Black - I'm Not In Love
Shut Up & Dance feat. Peter Bouncer - Raving I'm Raving
Shut Up & Dance - Death Is Not The End
> Shut Up & Dance - A Change Soon Come (Instrumental)
Shut Up & Dance - A Change Soon Come
> Shut Up & Dance - Save It 'Til The Mourning After
Shut Up & Dance - Save It 'Til The Mourning After (Original 7" Edit)

Part 1 https://soundcloud.com/selectabwoy/shut-up-dance-retrospective-mixtape-part-1

Shut Up & Dance Mixtape (Part 2)

Shut Up & Dance Retrospective Mixtape (Part 2)

Second compilation mix of this Friday is Emotif's legendary compilation from earlyish '96, giving a definitive snapshot of techstep: futuristic, brutal, uncompromising. An important precursor to the likes of Torque - most of the tracks here are from Nico, Trace & Ed Rush, with Doc Scott, Cronic Crew (Krust), The Limit (Grooverider) & Raw Deal/Elementz of Noise along for the ride. Whether or not you know this LP I strongly recommend you stop whatever you're doing and get stuck in. EZ.

The Limit - Get Stoned
Skyscraper - The Difference
Rollers Instinct - Haze
Ed Rush - Check Me Out
Doc Scott - Machines
Cronic Crew - Black Marbles
Rollers Instinct - The Mutant
Raw Deal - Headless Horseman (Elementz Of Noize Steppin' On Headz Mix)
Hydro - The Zone
Skyscraper - Mach II
Skyscraper - Liberty One
Hydro - Tha' Bomb Shit

https://soundcloud.com/selectabwoy/sets/selectabwoys-jungle

Selectabwoy: Tech Steppin Mix 

Selectabwoy's Tech Steppin Mix

For the fifth installment in the There & Back series, I've put together this multi-genre mix that involves lots of crate-digging to join the dots between electro, breaks, UK garage, jungle techno, and bass music. I'm really proud of this mix and hope you enjoy it as well - how often do you find artists as disparate as @jensen-interceptor @nitefleit @yorobi @rusko @burakasomsistema and more all on one mix?

Read more about this mix: https://sonicrampage.org/blog/2024/10/pearsall-presents-there-amp-back-005-may-bass-explorations-1996-2023/

Other mixes in the series: https://soundcloud.com/sonicrampage/sets/there-back-2024-crate-digging

Recorded in Berlin, June 2024
100% Vinyl
(56:45, 134 MB, 320 BPS MP3)

Tracklisting:

01. Jedi Knights - Dance of the Naughty Knights [Evolution]
02. The Chemical Brothers - Get Up On It Like This [Freestyle Dust]
03. Metro - To A Nation Rockin' (Peter Tall Megatrix Mix) [Bassex]
04. Sedona - Coast (Acid Sex Mix) [Rampant]
05. Luz1e - Escapism [Mechatronica]
06. Nite Fleit - Bad Blood [International Chrome]
07. Skuum - Forza [Strictly Strictly]
08. Jensen Interceptor - Smoke [Weapons of Desire]
09. Sticky - War Rhythm [Social Circles]
10. Teebone - Fly Bi ft. Sparks & Kie [White Label]
11. So Solid Crew - Haters (Instrumental) [Relentless]
12. Entourage Crew - Terrible (Instrumental) [Solid City]
13. Yorobi - Motherless Child [Sneaker Social Club]
14. Mani Festo - Immersion Tactics [Warehouse Rave]
15. Denham Audio & Borai - Pocari Sweat [Sneaker Social Club]
16. Dexorcist - Rage Signal [Ecstasy Garage Disco]
17. Electronic Experienced - The Breaks [Parallax]
18. DJ Mujava - Township Funk (Sinden Remix) [La Musique Fait La Force]
19. Skream - Blipstream (Buraka Som Sistema Remix) [Hollertronix]
20. Rusko - Hold On (feat. Amber Coffman) [Mad Decent]

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There & Back 005: May, Bass Explorations 1996 - 2023

EQ50 crew takeover the airwaveslive from RINSE HQ for a day of chats and mixes

EQ50 x Kool FM - Flight B2B Mantra B2B Sweetpea w/ Chickaboo

https://www.hardscore.com/?p=6208

01 Hellrazor – Volume 1 (B1) – Hellrazor
02 Nookie – Shining In Da Darkness – Reinforced
03 Jim Polo & Neil Vass – Rolling Energy – Dark Horse
04 Smooth But Hazzardous – We Are The Creator – Sound Entity
05 Life On Mars – Volume 2 Side A1 – Absolute 2
06 Nookie – Gonna Be Alright (Cloud 9 Remix) – Reinforced
07 Eat Life – Give Me What I Want – Plastic Surgery
08 DJ Trace & Ed Rush – Clean Gun – LuckySpin
09 DMS – Mind Wreck (Fusion Remix) – Production House
10 Aphrodite – Dub Motion – Aphrodite
11 DJ SS – Breakbeat Pressure (String Of Life Mix) – Formation
12 China White – In And Out – Vicious Pumpin’ Plastic
13 DJ SS – The Pulse (Darkside Mix) – Formation
14 The Brothers Grimm – Sign Of The Times – Production House
15 DJ KP – Vol.2 A (Untitled) – Vicious Pumpin’ Plastic
>> SMF – Guillotine – SMF / Rugged Vinyl
16 Renegade – Midnight (Original 92 Mix) – Unreleased
17 Smith Inc – Music & Life – Absolute 2
18 Undercover Elephant – Psycho Sounds Remix EP Side B2 – Bogwoppa
19 Lennie De Ice – We IE – IE
>> Hardnoise – Untitled – Music Of Life
20 PBB – Lets Go (Remix)
21 Wots My Code – Dubplate – XLR8
22 PBB – Lets Go (Remix)
23 Chris Energy – Dark Corners – HNR
24 DJ Distroi & Boykz – Dark Side – Flyte
25 Unknown Artist – Side AA2 (Awfully Dark) – Pure Energy PE 001

Thanks to the original uploader (Strongforce?)

DJ Trace – Don FM 105.7 [Early 1993]

My copy of this set came from the "2 Hours Of Hardcore" doublepack with DJ Phantasy but this was probably released by Reincarnation as well.

Tracklisting

Side A

DJ Trace & LTJ Bukem - Teach Me To Fly (Instrumental)
DJ Edge - The Remix
Persons Unknown - Release Yourself
Doc Scott - N.H.S (Disco Remix)
Rhythm For Reasons - Arabian Nights (Remix)
Tango - Time Bomb (Remix)
Rhythm For Reasons - Heavy On Your Head (Remix)
Nookie - Gonna Be Alright (Cloud 9 Remix)
Rhythm For Reasons - Music In Search Of Light (Remix)

Side B

Sound Of The Future - Fearless Wonder
Kid Andy & Nickle Bee - The Return Of Zorba
Manix - Alright Wid Me (Tek 9 Remix)
Kid Andy & Nickle Bee - Pain
DJ Krome & Mr Time - The Slammer
Wax Doctor - A New Direction
Neuromancer - Pennywise (2 Twisted Mix)
Wax Doctor - Another Direction

Donovan Bad Boy Smith - Live @ Reincarnation 'Set ??' - 10th July 1993 - Side A

Part IV continues the journey of lesser played gems with a few bigger, well known tracks mixed in, from 1991 at The Eclipse.

Fantasy UFO - Mind Body & Soul
MUM - Water Paradox
Angel Ice - Girls Come Later
X-es - Do You Wanna Dance
Silkey B - Absured (Red Zone Mix)
Megatron - Insanity
Qube45 - The Sequal
PLB System - No Time
Anticapella - 2/231
Freefall - Feel Surreal
The Prodigy - Charly (Original Mix)
2 Bad Mice - No Respect
Overnite - The Time Has Come
Dub Wise Two - Bad Boy Bass ep (B1
Fierce Ruling Diva - Trance Europe Express
Frequency - Where is Your Evidence?
Reese - Funky Funk Funk
A Homeboy, A Hippie & A Funki Dredd - Total Confusion
Shake Inc - Mona Lisa
Praga Khan - Out Of Control
Headbangers - Inch By Inch
Turntable Hype - The Mario Brothers (Rotterdam Pinballs)
C.Y.B.E.R.F.U.N.K. - Live At The Wunderbar
Platform One - Private Terrain
KA 22 - Metamorphism (Party Mix)
Dilemma - Spaceparadox
Second Phase - Mentasm (Beltram And Mundo Remix)
Two DJ\'s - Tone Zone !
Unity - Unity (Let The Rhythm Remix)
Modular Expansion - √5
Rozalla - Faith (In The Power Of Love) (1991 Teknokraft Mix)
Tronikhouse - The Savage And Beyond-Savage Reese Mix
The Sound Of Now Vol 1 - Rave Extravaganza
Channel X - Double Defused
DV8 - This Beat Is Over
Shades of Rythm - Armageddon
Random Noise Generation - Hysteria
One Tribe - Is This All (Instinctimental Mix)
Kirk Smith - The Journey
The Genesis - Crazy Bout You
Open House - Resonance
DJ Space - The Visitor

The Eclipse Digging Deeper Tribute Pt IV - 1991

Part V continues through the lesser played gems in 1991 at The Eclipse, Coventry.

Transcendence - Magique Noir
Random Noise Generation - Falling In Dub
Platform One - Orphean
Xray Xperiments - Into The Future
Supermatic - Bumrush The Sound
Primal Scream - Dont Fight It, Feel It (Scat Mix)
Kenny Larkin - Rubbernotes
T.D.C. - Can You Feel It (Totally Def Mix)
DBM - Real Dream
Altern 8 - Give It To Baby
Carl Cox - Hardcore Massif!
Technotronic - Work It (Dub Mix)
Excalibur - Only One
Is That It - State Of Mind
Vienna - Tell Me
4 Slots For Bill - Focus
Inner City - Unity (Reese North Of Watford Mix)
Musicology - Obsessed
Paperclip People - Gypsy Man (He's A Hobo)
Indo Tribe - I've Become What You Were
Metronome - Voyage To The Bottom Of The Bass
X-Men - Phaze 2
Leftfield - Not Forgotten (Hard Hands Mix)
How II House - Time 2 Feel The Rhythm
Bizarre Inc - Playing With Knives
DJ Dick - Weekend
Eon - Fear : The Mindkiller
Sil - Windows
Cedric Winkleburger & The Yellow Blueberries - Take It Easy
External Group - Gravity
Project XYZ - Its Just An Ecstasy
KA-22 - Dance Motherfuckers
Frequency - Xanadu
S.L. Troopers - Movement (Inst)
DSK - What Would We Do
Frank De Wulf - Butterfly
PSI - Psikotic
Voodoo Child - Voodoo Child
Cubic 22 - Night in Motion
Techno Grooves Mach 4 - Instinct
Speedy J - Journey
Moby - Go (Analog Mix)
Dave Angel - Planet Function

The Eclipse Digging Deeper Tribute Pt V - 1991

Recorded at the Heat event at The Crypt, Hastings on 11th August 1994.

Tracklisting

Side A

Unknown Artist	?? 0:00
DJ Ruffkutt & Formula 7 - Guava
Boogie Times Tribe - My Soul
Lick Back Organisation - Manic Musik
Brainkillers - Screwface
Jungle Terror Productions - Terror In The Jungle
Potential Bad Boy - You Know Here
Back 2 Basics - Horns 4 94
Unknown Artist - Gunshot
Terry Tee - Don't Boast (Try To Be Humble)
Roni Size - It's A Jazz Thing (Electric Boogie Mix)
Mad Dog - Rumbled
The Dream Team - Over You
Red One - Alive 'N' Kickin'
Flatliner - The Big Bang
Higher Sense - Cold Fresh Air
A-Zone - Calling The People (Remix)

Side B

DJ Monk & Wynee - Sweetest Thing (Mix 1)
Amazon II - Deep In The Jungle
Aladdin - Warm & Easy
SDR & Subsonic - Watch Dis Space Pt II
Renegade - Terrorist
Renegade - Terrorist (Groove Rider Remix)
Gimp - Your Mind (DJ Rap Mix)
A-Zone - Safety Zone (Remix)
DJ Rap - Spiritual Aura (DJ Rap Get Raw Remix)
Skool Of Hard Knocks - Kan U Feel It
Da Dogz - Non Stop
Dead Dred - Dred Bass
X Project - Banana Boat Man (Unreleased Dubplate Mix)
The Source - Horns Of The Ghetto (Remix)

DJ Rap - Love Of Life 'Queen Of The Jungle' - 11th August 1994 - Side B

Ray Keith @ Bang in Tunes, The Eclipse 03 04 92

RACH, originally from Oxford, discovered her passion for jungle music in the early ’90s, influenced by The Prodigy, rave culture, and jungle techno. After moving to Sheffield in 2000, she explored hard house and techno, performing at local venues before stepping back for family life.

In 2012, she reconnected with jungle through her partner, DJ King Chuga, and reignited her mixing journey in 2022, inspired by artists like Mantra and the Rupture sound.

Her breakthrough came in 2023 with her debut set at the EQ50 event and co-founding Unity Underground Sheffield, a grassroots jungle/DnB collective. Since then, she’s played across major UK cities and supported top names in the scene. Her sets fuse old-school and modern jungle, celebrating the culture’s full spectrum.

#099 - RACH - The Ruthless Raver

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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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