The festive season is here and I just hit 2 million plays, so it's a double celebration. Now if, like me, you think that nothing says Christmas like a bit of soul-crushingly dark techstep then I'm sure this festive offering won't disappoint. Indeed, this idea is one I've been sat on for a while; my mixing habits have definitely slowed this year but I really wanted to grind a decent one out before 2025. 

The mix rationale then. Caught up somewhere between my 500th listening of Trace & Ed Rush's legendary '97 One In The Jungle set, and the preceding year's Tech Steppin compilation, I found myself asking a simple question. What if the legendary (and it really is fucking legendary) 'No U-Turn Experience' mix had been made a year earlier? Why don't you ponder that for a minute, grab a large Baileys, pop this on and kick back. Merry Christmas.

PS. I couldn't post this up without a big shout to Nico @messingaboutwithsounds. His interview with Bailey earlier in the year gave a fascinating insight into the formation of this scene. What a dude. If you missed it and this is your kinda thing, well, it's essential viewing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cdPwJ4d5Jw

Ed Rush, Trace & Nico - Mad Different Methods [Nu Black]
Lemon D - Break It Up [Reinforced]
Ed Rush - Guncheck [No U-Turn]
T.Power - The Mutant (Rollers Instinct Remix) [SOUR]
M.T.S. - Assembly Line [Juice]
Photek - The Seven Samurai [Photek Productions]
Teebee - Kung Fu [Self Released]
DJ Trace - By Any Means Necessary (Unreleased VIP) [Deep Jungle]
Skyscraper - The Difference [Emotif]
Ed Rush - Killamanjaro [Prototype]
Source Direct - Exit 9 [Source Direct Recordings]
Cybotron feat. Dillinja - Threshold [Prototype]
Skyscraper - Mach II [Emotif]
Perfect Combination - Pressures (Nico Remix) [Saigon]
DJ Die - Live And Direct [Full Cycle]
Rufige Kru - Dark Metal [Metalheadz]
Ed Rush - What's Up (Alternative Mix) [No U-Turn]
Skyscraper - Liberty 1 [Emotif]
DJ Trace - Mid Town Method (Level II) [Emotif]
Tanya Louise - Deep In You (Ed Rush & Nico Mix) [Multiply]
Model 500 - The Flow (Alex Reece Remix) [R&S]
Dillinja - Brutal Bass [Metalheadz]

Related listening
The One In The Jungle No U-Turn Experience - Trace & Ed Rush with MC Navigator, Feb 1997 https://on.soundcloud.com/G1gHZzzA91MYyWvV9
My Tech Steppin Compilation Mix https://on.soundcloud.com/mgVwSUJD5aob1Rs87

The No U-Turn Experience '96 [2M Plays Xmas Special]

Law live @ AMEN Jungle Boat Party, Lisbon 2024

DJ Trace presents Return to the Source! A 2-hour ‘90-’91 rave special packed with breakbeats, proto-jungle, and hardcore anthems. Rare cuts, pirate radio energy—lock in!

Tracklist:
Satin Storm - 1999 - White label 
LFO (The Leeds Warehouse Mix) - Warp 
Quadrophonia – Quadrophonia - Streetbeats 
Friends Of Matthew – Out There - Pulse 8 
The Beginning - Stingray (Stinger Mix) - Beat Freak Records 
Nicolette - Single Minded People - Shut Up & Dance 
Hibrid – Hypnotizin - Mega Blast Records 
Bug Kann & The Plastic Jam – Made In Two Minutes (Rave mix) - White label
Blapps Posse – Don't Hold Back '91 - Tribal Bass 
Trak 1 – For This - Ozone Recordings 
Epitome Of Hype – Ladies With An Attitude - Big Life 
Rebel MC Featuring Tenor Fly – The Wickedest Sound - Desire Records 
Spectrum - Brazil (Lenny Dee & Eric Kupper Remix) R & S 
Noise Factory - Imperative - Ibiza Records 
Fantasy UFO - Fantasy (Masters Of The Universe Remix) - XL 
DMS – Love Overdose - Production House 
Second Phase – Mentasm- R & S 
Frank De Wulf – Moral Soundabuse - B-Sides Volume IV - Music Man 
The Future Sound Of London – Papua New Guinea - Jumpin' & Pumpin' 
Language – Renegade - Boss Records 
Lennie De Ice – We Are I.E. - I.E. Records 
DJ Trace - Inception - Orbital Records 
Orbital – Chime - FFRR 

https://www.rinse.fm/episodes/trace-21-01-2025-2300-2/

Trace: Return to the Source  90–91 Special - Kool FM (18.02.25)

Music to take you off to the outer reaches... Crisp studio mix from label owner PHD and MC DRS circa 1999. Perfect combination of deep atmospheric ambience and melodies, tough beats, rolling basslines and DRS's lyrical stylings driving the vibe forwards...
PHD had a cache of wicked tunes (some still sadly unreleased) that never quite had the same exposure as the rest of the GLR camp but stood tall in their own right. Some exceptional music makers feature on this mix as well as appearing across the Ascendant Grooves release catalogue. One of those mixes that has never dated and still gets regularly aired. Enjoy...

1 - Distant Minds - DP
2 - Paradox - PHD
3 - Sentience - Future Engineers
4 - Cyber Genetics - PHD
5 - Motions - DP
6 - Insight - DP
7 - Perceptions - Future Engineers
8 - Telemetry - Future Engineers
9 - Classified - Funky Technicians
10 - Key Elements - Aural Imbalance

PHD featuring MC DRS - Ascendant Grooves Recordings - 1999 Studio Mix

https://www.hardscore.com/?p=12156

01 Quicksilver – Lord Of The Flies – Rugged Vinyl
02 Aquasky – Opaque – Passenger
03 Deep Blue – Close Your Eyes – Over/Shadow
04 3rd Phaze – Many Phazez – C.I.A.
05 Seba – Ryu-Ki
06 Inner-Vations – United Earth – Cadence
07 Louis Street – 2nd Flava – Louis Street
08 Mystic Moods – Cosmic Fusion – Basement
09 Alaska & Nucleus – Project Two – Nexus
10 Spirit – Solar Glide – Timeless
11 PHD & MC Conrad – Progression Sessions – Looking Good
12 The Collektive – Ambient Nature (Inst) – Higher Limits [Promised Land Vol.3]
13 Odyssey – Ritual – 720
14 Arkarna -The Futures Overrated (DJ Pulse Club Mix) – Fume
15 Minds At Large – Whats It All About – Choicest Music

DJextreme – Smooth Grooves Vol.12

Stepping up for a guest show on Energy1058 - Darkside takeover selection - Mostly 93/94 rough and ready. Shouts out the Energy chatroom massive and anyone that locked on...

01 Agent 24K – Interference 1993
02 Essence Of Aura - Can I dream 1993
03 Warped Kore - The Power 1993
04 Secret Squirrel - MindWinder (The Brain Stretch) 1993
05 DJ Buz - Slave 1994
06 Champa B - Attitude 2025
07 DJ Fokus - Get A Bearing 1994
08 Eze G - Funky People 1993
09 Tango & Fallout – Violator vol 1 - Side B 1993
10 Double Dipped And Dr. G. – It's Emerging 1993
11 FBD Project - Deepadance 1993
12 DJ Nut Nut - DJ Nut Nut + Pure Science – Virtual Reality 1994
13 EQ – So Damn Tuff (Remixed By Ray Keith) 1993
14 Bizzy B – Close Your Eyes 1993
15 Corruption - Flurocarbon EP - untitled 1 1994

DJ Mafs - 26th March 2025 - Darkside Takeover on Energy1058

Tracklist:
1. Nookie - Celebrate Life - Reinforced Records (1994)
2. Leon Mar - Angel - Subviral (2025)
3. Mouly & Lucida - Chilled - Timeless Recordings (1995)
4. Doc Scott - Far Away (Fourteen Flavours Of Funk) - Metalheadz (1995)
5. Phaze 1 - Phaze 1 - Odysee Records (1995)
6. Peshay - Vocal Tune - Good Lookings Records (1994)
7. Digital - Touch Me (95' Agony Mix) - Timeless Recordings (1995)
8. Octave One - Chillin' Out - 31 Records (1994)
9. Nookie - The Blues - Reinforced Records (1994)
10. Axis - High Point - Looking Good Records (1998)
11. X Files - Intensity - Basement Records (1995)
12. Wax Doctor - Cool Breeze - Creative Wax (1997)
13. Kid Lib - Shroom Lagoon - No Amen Records (2022)
14. Nebula - Universal Connection - Scientific Wax Retro (2023)
15. Dave Wallace - Bladerunner - Vinyl Fanatics (2023)
16. Leon Mar - Spheres - Subviral (2025)
17. Mac-V - Jujurainfall - Subtle Audio (2025)
18. Sdr & Subsonic - Mixed Emotions - Shoebox Records (1996)
19. Phd & Mc Conrad - 3 By Four - Ascendant Grooves (1997)
20. Nothing - Forces Of Nature - Okbron Records (2022)
21. Intersperse - Haunting Winds - Good Looking Records (1999)
22. Equinox - Hard Meditation - Stand Firm Hi-Fi (2015)
23. Seba & Paradox - Swirl - Seba & Paradox (2021)
24. Nebula - Surrealism - Scientific Wax (2017)
25. Future Engineers - Shattered - Renegade Recordings (1997)
26. ASC - Repetition - Spatial (2023)

The Undadog Positive Vibes Show 14th April 2025

Tracklisting:
DJ Spice - Brand New (In My Brain Mix)
N Leigh - Dark Troubles
DJ Hype - The Trooper (Bizzy B Remix)
DJ Dub Rush - Nemesis
Static Substance - Seventh Hour
Original DJ Vibes - Let The Beat (Move Your Body)
Big Vern, Evil Ed, Ram & Flight - Ruffer Than A Lion
Roger Johnson - The Drum 'N' The Bass
DJ Gershwin - The Mighty Piano (Bug Out Mix)
Majistrate - Pressurous
Fusion - Live Good
Soundclash - Armed & Dangerous
DJ Tamsin - Clockwise
LDJ - Sandman
The DJ Atom - Energy Sauce
The Junglites - Who De Bombo Clart
Persian Prince & Budda Q - Dynamic Flux (Long Time Mix)
SDR & Subsonic - Anytime
FBD Project - Breakin'Up 'N' Rollin'Out 94 (Neil Trix Future Beyond Dance Re-Edit)
Ruffkutt - Heavyweight Vol. 2A
R-Type - Love Is Blind
Special K - Deep In Space


Tim Reaper - BTTO Radio May 4th 2025

The Official DNB Show Hosted By Madcap
on Mi-Soul Radio 11-07-25 (Edited with NO ADS)

1995 Special Part 1

Track list:

1. Tek 9 – Slow Down (Nookie Remix) – Reinforced Records
2. Spinback & Q-Project – Rikers Island (Dream Mix) – Legend Records
3. Aquasky – Dezires – Moving Shadow
4. The Rising Sons – Body & Soul – Creative Wax
5. Essence Of Aura – Let Love Shine Through – Moving Shadow
6. PFM – Love & Happiness – Good Looking Records
7. PFM – One & Only – Looking Good Records
8. JMJ & Richie – Universal Horn – Moving Shadow
9. Ils & Solo – Sweet Sunshine – Looking Good Records
10. Studio Pressure – Fusion – Photek
11. Fokus – Brave New World – Lucky Spin Recordings
12. MC MC – Seventh Sense – Outcry Recordings
13. Danny Breaks – Easy Pt. 1 – Droppin’ Science
14. The JB – Back 2 Life (The Dedication) – Back 2 Basics
15. Run Tings & Liftin’ Spirits – Come Easy – Suburban Base Records
16. Roni Size – Fashion – V Recordings
17. Danny Breaks – Vol.2 (EZ Rollers Remix) – Droppin’ Science
18. Marvellous Cain – Hitman (Marvellous Cain Remix) – IQ Records
19. Roni Size – All The Crew ‘Big Up’ (95 Lick) – V Recordings
20. DJ Hype – On That Dust – Ganja Records
21. Andy C – Roll On – Ram Records
22. London’s Most Wanted – Girls Dem Want It (Re-Lick Mix) – Philly Blunt Records
23. Gappa G & Hyper Hypa – River Nijer (Nookie Remix) – Ruff Kut! Records
24. S.O.S – Space Funk – Timeless Recordings
25. DJ Trace – Final Chapta (Rollers Mix) – Dee Jay Recordings
26. The Committee – Final Conflict (Tango Remix) – Creative Wax
27. MA2 – Rollers Music – Formation Records
28. Dillinja – The Angels Fell – Metalheadz

Madcap on rotation with Jumping Jack Frost & Donovan Bad Boy Smith Fridays / 9pm-11pm www.mi-soul.com

Next show: 25/07/25

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I've been working on primarily bass house right now, but I decided to slip in a drum and bass for fun since it uses a lot of the same sound design.

Eric Graham - Razer

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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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The No U-Turn Experience '96 [2M Plays Xmas Special]

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