There & Back: 2024 Crate-Digging Mix Series

I'm kicking off a new mix series for 2024! Every month I will do a new one hour(ish) mix devoted to some serious crate-digging. For January I'm starting with a rollers special ... enjoy!

Read more about the mix here: https://sonicrampage.org/blog/2024/01/pearsall-presents-there-back-001-january-rolling-drum-n-bass-1994-1996/

Recorded in Berlin, January 2024
100% Vinyl
(67:16, 154 MB, 320 KBPS MP3)

Tracklisting:

01. Roni Size - Fashion [V Recordings]
02. P-Funk - Return of the Funksta [Frontline]
03. Kolective 4 - His Majesty [No Sell Out]
04. DJ Solo - Deal Wid It [Production House]
05. Adam F - The Bible [Section 5]
06. Cool Hand Flex - Step to It [De Underground]
07. DJ Nut Nut - Message from Jah [Deep Jungle]
08. Undercover Agent - Dubplate Circles (Remix) [Juice]
09. DJ Zinc - So Damn Fresh [Ganja]
10. Just Jungle - Listen Tune [Trouble on Vinyl]
11. Aladdin - Warm & Easy [Aladdin]
12. Hardware - Dreamin of You [Frontline]
13. Essence of Aura - Northern Lights [Moving Shadow]
14. Hidden Agenda - Is It Love? [Metalheadz]
15. Lemon D - Urban Style Music [Metalheadz]
16. Shogun - Just for You [Renegade]
17. DJ Solo & DJ Aura - Wreckin' Shit [Mo Wax Excursions]
18. Frank de Wulf - Drums in a Grip (Wax Doctor Remix) [Harthouse}
19. Soundman & Don Lloydie - Greater Love ft Elizabeth Troy (Grooverider Hardstep Mix) [WEA]
20. Mental & Dangerous - Send Me [Soundclash]
21. DJ Krust - Future Talk [Full Cycle]
22. Skool of Hard Knocks - Wid Da B-Boyz [Grand Larceny]
23. Maldini - Rap Season [Trouble on Vinyl]
24. DJ Rap - Switch [Proper Talent]
25. DJ Dextrous - Moonlight [AKO Arcade]

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There & Back 001: January, Rolling Drum & Bass 1994-1996

Crate-digging is fun! This is a mix I've done, originally planned for, uh, February, where I've made a mix of UK techno (loosely defined), which covers all angles, which means that the mix starts off pretty stripped-down and minimal, then goes through some chunky modern acid house, then into some bass-heavy dub and jungle influenced techno that could only come from the UK, some more loopy hardgroove-style stuff, then steadily more banging and intense, right up to some classic London acid techno, modern industrial techno from Perc and, finally, my own extremely uncompromising track ‘Crossbones’! 

Enjoy!

The previous mix in this series: https://soundcloud.com/sonicrampage/there-back-001-january-rolling-drum-bass-1994-1996

If you enjoy this, check out Fake Berghain in my Spare Room: https://soundcloud.com/sonicrampage/fake-berghain-in-my-spare-room-epic-4-hour-techno-journey-100-vinyl

Blog about the mix: https://sonicrampage.org/blog/2024/05/pearsall-presents-there-back-002-february-uk-techno-2010-2024/

Recorded in Berlin, May 2024 (lol)
100% vinyl
(103:51, 250 MB, 320 KBPS MP3)

Tracklisting:

01. Pinch - Croydon House [Swamp 81]
02. Boddika & Joy Orbison - Tricky's Team [Nonplus]
03. Inland - Fluxus [Counterchange]
04. Drone - No Future (Giant Swan Remix) [Sector 7 Sounds]
05. Fear-E - Silk [Acid Avengers]
06. Paranoid London - Nobody Watching ft Mutado Pintado [Paranoid London]
07. Jerome Hill - Walk the Plank [Hypercolour]
08. Nightwave - Acid Mouse [Balkan Vinyl]
09. Posthuman - Shifter [Balkan Vinyl]
10. Mella Dee - Dev Green [Warehouse Music]
11. Mumdance & Logos - Dance Energy (89 Mix) [Tectonic]
12. Mani Festo - Sleepless in West Norwood [Lobster Theremin]
13. Om Unit - Prophecy [Om Unit]
14. Trevino - Spin Away [3024]
15. Mella Dee - Run That [Shall Not Fade]
16. Rob Stow - Chug [Don't]
17. Fear-E - Puro [Dark Entries]
18. Ben Sims - Rippin' & Skippin' [Deeply Rooted]
19. The Advent - Human Form [Klockworks]
20. LSD - Process 11 [Monnom Black]
21. Jerome Hill - Bunker 7 [Craigie Knowes]
22. Luke's Anger - GTO Style [Don't]
23. Chris Moss Acid - Querida [Balkan Vinyl]
24. Asquith - Love is a Mystery [Asquith]
25. Mall Grab - Positive Energy Forever [Looking for Trouble]
26. Pearsall - Underground Sound [Sonicrampage]
27. Division One - Pitch Invasion [Syntax Error]
28. Dax J - No Redemption [Monnom Black]
29. Bad Boy Pete - Dub Signal (Biri n' The Geezer Remix) [Planet Techno]
30. Chris Liberator & Sterling Moss - Acid Techno Wah Wah [WahWah]
31. Chris Liberator & Sterling Moss - Rocksteady [Stay Up Forever]
32. Perc - 240 Volts [Perc Trax]
33. Dynamo City - Urban & Free (Perc Remix) [Stay Up Forever Remix]
34. EDMX - 153 Mission [Ship Wrec]
35. Pearsall - Crossbones [Sonicrampage]

There & Back 002: February, UK Techno 2010-2024

A little tribute to one of my favorite labels of recent year's, @jeromehill's peerless Super Rhythm Trax! Featuring a whole bunch of retro-flavored chunky, funky, quirky, acid, house and techno.

Read more about the mix: https://sonicrampage.org/blog/2024/06/pearsall-presents-there-amp-back-003-march-super-rhythm-trax-2014-2023/

Recorded in Berlin, May 2024 (lol)
100% vinyl
(55:49, 128 MB, 320 KBPS MP3)

Tracklisting:

01. Chrissy - We're Movin' [Super Rhythm Trax] @chrissytrax
02. Cardopusher - Mental Jobs (NYC Mix) [Super Rhythm Trax] @cardopusher
03. Luca Lozano - Summer of Love (Endless Mix) [Super Rhythm Trax] @lucalozano
04. Yuri Suzuki - Radar System [Super Rhythm Trax] @yurisuzuki
05. DMX Krew - Bleepology [Super Rhythm Trax] @dmxkrew
06. Black Girl / White Girl - 5XXXI (Luca Lozano & DJ Steve Sheffield Bleep City Remix) [Super Rhythm Trax] @officialbgwg
07. Mike Ash - Oh Three [Super Rhythm Trax] 
08. Masc - It's Good [Super Rhythm Trax] @theshadowchild
09. Matt Whitehead - Seeing Red [Super Rhythm Trax] @matt-whitehead
10. Mike Ash - Uprocking [Super Rhythm Trax]
11. Jerome Hill - Combustion Zone [Super Rhythm Trax] @jeromehill
12. Cardopusher - Variant [Super Rhythm Trax]
13. Type-303 - Protocop [Super Rhythm Trax] @type-303
14. Andreas Gehm - There [Super Rhythm Trax]
15. Masc - Nine Oh [Super Rhythm Trax]
16. Dance System - Break It Down [Super Rhythm Trax] @dance_system
17. Jerome Hill - Knock Knock [Super Rhythm Trax]
18. Fear-E - KRS [Super Rhythm Trax] @fear-e
19. Dexorcist - Mercury [Super Rhythm Trax] @dexorcist
20. Jared Wilson - Plate Mining [Super Rhythm Trax]

There & Back 003: March, Super Rhythm Trax 2014-2023

For the fourth mix in 2024's There & Back series, I'm exploring the more obscure side of the classic 90's techstep drum n' bass sound, focusing on b-sides, remixes, and album tracks. Luckily for me, this is a very rich vein to mine! Tons of cool tracks featured on this mix ... enjoy!

If you liked this mix, more in a similar vein: https://soundcloud.com/sonicrampage/sets/techstep-darkside-drum-n-bass

Read about the mix: https://sonicrampage.org/blog/2024/07/pearsall-presents-there-and-back-004-april-techstep-b-sides-remixes-album-tracks-1996-1999/

Recorded in Berlin, June 2024
100% Vinyl
(70:49, 170.6 MB, 320 KBPS MP3)

Tracklisting:

01. Mampi Swift - The Journey [Charge]
02. Usual Suspects - Contortion [Renegade Hardware]
03. Eat Static - Interceptor (Decoder Remix) [Planet Dog]
04. Dom & Roland - Dumbo [Moving Shadow]
05. Ed Rush & Nico - Comatone [No U-Turn]
06. Future Forces Inc - Bypass [Trouble On Vinyl]
07. Future Forces Inc & Nico - Chase [Saigon]
08. Ed Rush & Optical - Millennium [Virus]
09. Grooverider - Rainbows of Colour (Optical Remix) [Higher Ground]
10. Ed Rush & Optical - Medicine (Matrix Remix) [Virus]
11. Bad Company - Forgotten [Bad Company]
12. Dom & Roland - Homicide [Moving Shadow]
13. DJ Kane - Bruton [Riddim Track]
14. DJ Krust - Resistance [V Recordings]
15. DJ Krust - The Last Day [Full Cycle]
16. Decoder - Tension [Elementz]
17. Andy C & Shimon - Genetix [Ram]
18. The Kraft - Synthetic [Frontline]
19. Trace & Nico - Copies [No U-Turn]
20. Doc Scott - Swarm [Metalheadz]

More Techstep Mixes

There & Back 004: April, Techstep B-Sides, Remixes & Album Tracks 1996-1999

Just a quick mini mix I've made as a promo for a Berlin free party this weekend. See you there!

01. DJ Krust - Not Necessarily A Man [V Recordings]
02. Special K - Danger [Trouble On Vinyl]
03. DJ Rap - Rumble [Proper Talent]
04. DJ Zinc - Reach Out [True Playaz]
05. Remarc - In Da Hood (Remix) [Suburban Base]
06. A-Sides - Punks (Rewind Selector Mix) [Strictly Underground]
07. Aphrodite - Style from the Dark Side [Aphrodite]
08. DJ Die - Play It For Me [V Recordings]
09. DJ Zinc - On Fire Tonight (Remix) [Ganja]
10. Adam F - Circles (Andy C Remix) [F-Jams]
11. Dillinja - Soul Control [V Recordings]
12. Renegade - Tear Out [Dread]

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Pearsall's Seshington Flakturm Takeover Promo Mix [Classic Jump-Up 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]

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

This year's crate-digging project continues with this fun tribute to stuff that happens below 130 bpm. I've never really been a house head, but I do have some bits and pieces, so I really enjoyed putting together this mix. It's a pretty serious crate-digging project, connecting the dots between modern lo-fi house, weird electro, acid house, late 90's London tech-house, old skool deep house, and all kinds of other stuff. Lots of fun!

Blog post coming soon.

Check out the other mixes in the series here: https://soundcloud.com/sonicrampage/sets/there-back-2024-crate-digging

01. Mall Grab - Liverpool Street in the Rain [Looking For Trouble]
02. Intimacy - Grid Projector [Vector Works]
03. DJ Longdick - Nightscape [E-Beamz]
04. Phyzikal Flex - Policies [Doom Chakra / Parallax]
05. Type-303 - Hey Listen! [I Love Acid]
06. Elec Pt 1 - Summer Time In Coloniae [Happy Skull]
07. Skee Mask - Trackheadz [Ilian Tape]
08. Head High - What You Want [Power House]
09. Martyn - Newspeak [Dolly Dubs]
10. Maya Jane Coles - What They Say [Real Tone]
11. Joy Orbison - Ellipsis [Hinge Finger]
12. Boddika - Steam [Swamp 81]
13. Blackdown - Halcyon Skies (Rollage Mix) [Keysound]
14. Hugo Massien - Broke the Cycle [17 Steps]
15. Special Request - Forbidden [Houndstooth]
16. UNKLE - Celestial Annihilation [Mo Wax]
17. CJ Bolland - Starship Universe [Internal]
18. L/F/D/M - Beaks in Zen [Midnight Shift]
19. Chrissy - Like A Fantasy [Chiwax]
20. The Usual Suspects - Daydreemin' [End Recordings]
21. Plantastik - At Last [Kickin]
22. Luca Lozano - Boss Moves [Running Back]
23. DJ Slyngshot - Battlecat [Yappin]
24. Luca Lozano & DJ Fett Burger - Electric Blue [Sex Tags UFO]
25. Basement Jaxx - Slide Slide [Atlantic Jaxx]
26. Jerome Hill - Harlesden Shuffle [Super Rhythm Trax]
27. Jedi Knights - One for MAW [Universal Language]
28. Mood II Swing - All Night Long [Groove On]
29. The Wamdue Project - In The Back of Your Mind [Strictly Rhythm]
30. Krimp - House of Pain [Strictly Rhythm]

There & Back 006: June, Fun Under 130 BPM 1996-2023

I really love the techstep drum n' bass sound of the mid to late 90's, so here's another exploration of the more obscure side of this era, focusing on b-sides, remixes and album tracks from some of the scene's best-known names, as well as some more obscure artists. Some of these tracks I've NEVER heard in anyone else's mixes, but IMO they are all stone killers. Enjoy!

Read more about the mix: https://sonicrampage.org/blog/2024/11/pearsall-presents-there-amp-back-007-july-more-techstep-b-sides-remixes-amp-album-tracks/

Here's the previous There & Back dedicated to more obscure techstep sounds: https://soundcloud.com/sonicrampage/there-back-004-april-techstep-b-sides-remixes-album-tracks-1996-1999

The rest of the series: https://soundcloud.com/sonicrampage/sets/there-back-2024-crate-digging

Tracklisting:

01. Think About Mutation - Visions (Source Direct Remix) [Motor]
02. DJ Trace - The Beacon [Volume]
03. Capone - Guess Who [Hard Leaders]
04. Dom & Roland - City [Moving Shadow]
05. Babylon Zoo - The Boy With The X-Ray Eyes (Goldie Armageddon Babylon Mix) [EMI]
06. Hydro - Tha Bomb Shit [Emotif]
07. Trace & Nico - Damn Son [No U-Turn]
08. Lemon D - Chainsaw {Metalheadz]
09. Dillinja - Vicious [Test]
10. Elementz of Noize - Other Side of Town [SOUR]
11. Renegade - Eastern Promise [Dread]
12. Decoder - Quake [Tech Itch]
13. Paradox - A Certain Sound (Remix) [Renegade Hardware]
14. Spider Net - Awake [No U-Turn]
15. Future Forces Inc - Neitherworld 6 [Rawkus Primitive]
16. MTS - Hard Disk (DJ Zinc Remix) [Juice]
17. Dylan - Virus [Droppin Science]
18. Boymerang - You Like It Like That [Regal]
19. Sun Electric - Eya (Future Forces Inc Hardware Mix) [Apollo]
20. Cyba Space - Life feat Shanie (Dom & Roland Remix) [Cyba]

There & Back 007: July, More Techstep B-Sides, Remixes & Album Tracks 1996-1999

I've always loved the UK Funky sound - it's as if classic American funky house was kidnapped and taken to a South London council estate and fed on a strict diet of soca, African percussion, dubstep, grime, UK garage, and broken beat in order to produce something that was completely London and absolutely, compulsively danceable. Great music! I have had a bunch of these records for years without ever making a full mix, so I thought it was time to fix that. Enjoy!

More mixes in the There & Back series: https://soundcloud.com/sonicrampage/sets/there-back-2024-crate-digging

More on the mix: https://sonicrampage.org/blog/2024/12/pearsall-presents-there-amp-back-008-august-uk-funky-2008-2011/

Recorded in Berlin, September 2024
100% Vinyl
(60:10, 142 MB, 320 KBPS MP3)

Tracklisting:

01. Cooly G - Up In My Head [Hyperdub]
02. DVA - Natty [Hyperdub]
03. Altered Natives - Love Switch Off [Eye4Eye]
04. Untold - Just For You (Roska Remix) [Hotflush]
05. Hard House Banton - The Music [Spoilt Rotten Entertainment]
06. Emvee - Nocturnal [Wireblock]
07. Doc Daneeka - Mario's Mushrooms [PTN]
08. Mosca - Square One (L-Vis 1990 Remix) [Night Slugs]
09. Sticky - Look Pon Me ft Natalie Storm [Mixpak]
10. Cooly G - Narst [Hyperdub]
11. Girl Unit - IRL (DVA's Hi Emotions Remix) [Night Slugs]
12. Lil Silva - Against Yaself [Night Slugs]
13. Champion - Bongoshot [Formula]
14. MJ Cole - Flux Riddim [Prolific]
15. Martyn - Viper (London's Arches Edit) [Brainfeeder]
16. Beneath - Prangin' [Keysound]
17. Walton - Cool It VIP [Keysound]
18. Lil Silva - Funky Pulse [DDJS Productions]
19. Lone - Pineapple Crush [Magic Wire]
20. DJ Zinc - Wile Out feat Ms Dynamite [Bingo Bass]

There & Back 008: August, UK Funky 2008-2011

For the 9th mix in my There & Back series of crate-digging mixes, I return to the golden era of old skool hardcore, 1992-1994, for some serious crate-digging efforts! It's crazy to think that these tunes are now 30 years old, but of course there's no sign of them ever settling down. I wanted to really do some digging, so I've pulled out a premium selection with lots of obscurities and rarities, and I've tried to minimize obvious anthems in favor of some lesser-known bangers. Enjoy!

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

01. Dr S Gachet meets Funky Junky - Logans Run [Funky Junky]
02. Technosaurus - One Day We'll All Be Free [Parallax]
03. DJ Wax - Moments So Dark [8205]
04. Fast Floor - On A Level [Smooth]
05. Electronic Experienced - V-10 Overload [Basement]
06. Space Cube - Outbound [Riot Beats]
07. Bass Ballistics - Fantasy (Unknown Version) [Masterpiece]
08. N-Joi - Drumstruck [deConstruction]
09. Urban Shakedown - Burnin Passion (Camden Mix) [Urban Shakedown]
10. Tek 9 - Partz One & Two (Manix Remix) [Reinforced]
11. DJ AKA - Farside [Soapbar]
12. Secret Squirrel - Seeing is Believing [Bogwoppa]
13. Lewi Cifer - 99 Red Balloons [Daddy Armshouse]
14. Uncle 22 - On Top of the World [Pure NRG]
15. Enforcer - Dam Tuff (Remix) [Awesome]
16. Rhythm Section - The Chainsaw (Hard Mix) [Rhythm Section]
17. Ellis Dee - Can't Believe It's Real [Silent Justice]
18. Ellis Dee, DJ Krome & Mr Time - Free the Feeling [New Dimension]
19. Harmony & Xtreme - Temple of Doom [Section 5]
20. DJ Gwange - New Creation [Legend]
21. Out of Order - Right Guard [White Label]
22. Q-Tex - Equinox, Celebration, Essence, Integrator [Evolution]
23. Lemon D - Pursuit thru the Darkness [Infrared]
24. DJ Seduction - Really Dark (But Not Too Dark Mix) [Impact]
25. Citadel of Kaos - Drums of Freedom [Boombastic Plastic]

There & Back 009: September, Hardcore 1992-1994

For the 10th mix in the There & Back series, I go deep joining the dots between different bass music styles over time, via a heady mixture of grime, dubstep, electro, breakbeat, UK bass, and even bits of bassline and Jersey club. Phew!

Recorded in Berlin, December 2024
100% Vinyl
(88:36, 203 MB, 320 KBPS MP3)

Read about the mix: https://sonicrampage.org/blog/2025/01/pearsall-presents-there-back-010-october-more-bass-explorations-1996-2023/

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

Tracklisting:

01. Double Clapperz & EGL - Sha Ni Kamaeru ft Ralph [Ice Wave Records]
02. Last Japan - Storm Trooper [Signal Life]
03. Basic Rhythm - Your Love [Type]
04. NA - Brass Claim [Fade to Mind]
05. Leon P - Baile Grime [Sector 7 Sounds]
06. Wen - Switch [Soundman Chronicles]
07. Beneath - Illusion [Keysound]
08. Quartz - Alchemy Burn [System Music]
09. Photek & Pinch - Acid Reign (Pinch's Dubplate Version) [Photek Productions]
10. Bengal Sound - Never Mind [Bandulu]
11. TMSV - Altered [Perfect]
12. Om Unit - Snagged [Om Unit]
13. Om Unit x Martyn - Tracksuit Dub [3024]
14. Martyn - Rhythm Ritual [Ostgut Ton]
15. Dave Clarke - The Woki [deConstruction]
16. Joy Orbison - Off Season [Hinge Finger]
17. Genaside II - Narra Mind (Armand van Helden's West Coast Mix) [ffRR]
18. Jammin' - Tug o' War [Bingo Beats]
19. Trends & Boylan - Carnage [Sneaker Social Club]
20. Boylan & Slimzee - Reinforced [Slimzos]
21. Killjoy - Let's Go (4x4 Mix) [Sector 7 Sounds]
22. R1 Ryders - Cyber [R1 Ryders]
23. Boddika - Syn Chron [Naked Lunch]
24. Instra:Mental - Delta Zone (Advance) [NonPlus]
25. Keith Tucker - Other Worlds [Mechatronica]
26. Luz1e - Exploration of the Mind [Lobster Theremin]
27. Randomer - Smokin [Long Island Electrical Systems]
28. Icicle - Anything [Tempa]
29. Goth-Trad - Departure [Deep Medi Musik]
30. Cosmin TRG - Since Last Night [Tempa]

There & Back 010: October, More Bass Explorations 1996-2023

After the multi-genre mash-up that was There & Back 010 I decided to get more specific for the 11th edition in 2024's crate-digging mix series; in this case to really dig into and explore DJ Zinc's brief but really awesome run of producing breakbeat garage in the early 2000's. Those of you who have been following my mixes for a while will know that I'm a huge fan of DJ Zinc - as far as I'm concerned, he's one of the best electronic music producers of all time, and since it's been 13 years since I made a tribute to him I thought it was worth pulling together another tribute mix, this time dedicated to his brief but super fruitful era of early 2000's breakbeat garage. Why? Well, not a very complicated answer: these tracks are great! Enjoy!

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

Read about the mix: https://sonicrampage.org/blog/2025/01/pearsall-presents-there-back-011-november-dj-zinc-breakbeat-garage-2000-2004/

Recorded in Berlin, December 2024
100% Vinyl
(55:14, 127 MB, 320 KBPS MP3)

Tracklisting:
01. Menta - Sounds of Da Future (DJ Zinc Remix) [Bingo Beats]
02. Wookie - Back Up Back Up Back Up (DJ Zinc Remix) [S2S]
03. Jammin - Roll With Da Flava [Bingo Beats]
04. DJ Zinc - 138 Trek [True Playaz]
05. DJ Zinc - 138 Trek (VIP Mix) [White Label]
06. Jammin - That's the Way [Bingo Beats]
07. Jammin - Kinda Funky [Bingo Beats]
08. Jammin - Go DJ [Bingo Beats]
09. Jammin - Point 23 [White Label]
10. Jammin - Broken Point [Dump Valve]
11. DJ Zinc - People 4 (Bingo Mix) [Polydor]
12. Swoopes - Treats [Runnin]
13. Shox - Monkey (Mix 1) [Runnin]
14. Jammin - Tonka [Bingo Beats]
15. Dynamite MC - Topped Up [Strong]
16. Jammin - Hello [Bingo Beats]
17. Shelltoe - Whoa! [Runnin]
18. The Streets - Has it Come to This? (Zinc Distraction Edit) [Locked On]
19. DJ Zinc - Sea of Tranquility [True Playaz]
20. DJ Zinc - Flim (Zinc Breaks Mix) [Bingo Beats]

There & Back 011: November, DJ Zinc Breakbeat Garage 2000-2004

Happy hardcore is a funny one - a byword for the cheesiest dance music known to man, with the tackiest aesthetic. Whistles, white gloves, glowsticks. Saucer-shaped eyes, rictus grins, pumping fists. Hi-vis vests, cycling masks full of Vicks vapo-rub, tracksuits. As hardcore split into jungle and happy hardcore, and jungle went on to become drum n’ bass to critical plaudits, happy hardcore continued on its defiant path, not cool in the slightest and happier for that.

For the final mix in my There & Back series, I've delved into the early days of happy hardcore to deliver a mix of massive tunes. These tracks are so good, so much fun, and they just lift my mood whenever I slap on this mix (which is a lot in the last month since I made this). Instant sunshine. Enjoy!

Read more about this mix: https://sonicrampage.org/blog/2025/02/pearsall-presents-there-back-012-december-early-happy-hardcore-1993-1995/

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

More hardcore mixes: https://soundcloud.com/sonicrampage/sets/hardcore-rave

Recorded in Berlin, December 2024
100% Vinyl
(59:31, 140 MB, 320 KBPS MP3)

Tracklisting:
01. Naughty Naughty - Rich in Paradise [Naughty Naughty]
02. DJ Mixmatt - R.P.T. (Rushin' Piano Track) [Man from UNCLE]
03. 2 Croozin - Life [Remix Records]
04. Heartless - Right Now [Heartless]
05. DJ Ham - And Higher [Kniteforce]
06. Higher Level - I Need You Now [Zodiac]
07. Smith & Brown - Do It Now [Homegrown]
08. DJ Force & The Evolution - Escape the Feeling [Kniteforce]
09. Happy Tunes - Pounding Beats [Happy Tunes]
10. Kriston - Got to Get Up [Just 4 U]
11. DJ Seduction - So In Love (Vibes & Wishdokta Remix) [Impact]
12. SMD - SMD1 (A) [SMD]
13. Naughty Naughty - Never Felt This Way [Naughty Naughty]
14. DJ Red Alert & Mike Slammer - Feel So Real [Slammin Vinyl]
15. Seduction & Dougal - It's Not Over [Impact]
16. Billy 'Daniel' Bunter & JDS - Let It Lift You (Vibes & Wishdokta Remix) [Just Another Label]
17. Jimmy J & Cru-L-T - Take Me Away (Slipmatt Remix) [Remix / Kniteforce]
18. Oaysis - Incredible Bass (Slipmatt Remix) [Formation]
19. Crowd Pleasers - Volume Three (Side B) [Crowd Pleasers]
20. Billy 'Daniel' Bunter & D-Zyne - Ride Like the Wind ft Gem [Universal]

There & Back 012: December, Early Happy Hardcore 1993-1995

American in Berlin! I've been a dj since 1997, playing across a wide range of dance music genres, as you can see from the variety of mixes. I love it all! 

Want recommendations? Drop me a DM and I'll hook you up. 

I sometimes play at Berlin clubs, but mostly I am a hardcore vinyl collector and bedroom mixer. Check out my blog at www.sonicrampage.org/blog