Lawrence Dunster, better known by his pseudonym Pounding Grooves, is a London techno artist. He has also released under a number of other names such as Lawrie Immersion and Crusty Mills.

Dunster's music career began at the age of 16 as a guitarist and songwriter in several bands with which he toured all over Europe. However, he increasingly turned to electronic music and released his first techno records in the mid-90s. The success of his releases made him a sought-after DJ and live act worldwide.

Dunster has already released over 150 records, both on his own labels Pounding Grooves, Routemaster Records, Patten Play, Fresh Grind, Shark and Fukt, but also on numerous others such as Fine Audio Recordings, Planet Rhythm, Tortured, CLR, Countdown 2000, TechnoPassion, SUF, Subvert, Max/Min, Hydraulix, Smitten and Compressed. He made remixes for well-known artists such as DJ Rush, Michael Burkat, Digital Primate, D.A.V.E. The Drummer and Steve Stoll.

In 2000 he founded the mastering studio Curve Pusher and a year later the vinyl pressing plant Curved Pressings.

Pounding Grooves Live @ Ground Zero Festival, Bussloo, Netherlands 05-07-2008

Pounding Grooves Live @ Dial T For Techno, Leiden, Netherlands 16-04-2004

Pounding Grooves Live @ Citadela Dark Dog Boby, Centrum Brno, Czech Republic 23-11-2002

Pounding Grooves Live @ Bad Robot Techno Experiment, The Cavern, Exeter, UK 11-08-2006

Pounding Grooves Live @ Awakenings, Graansilo, Rotterdam, Netherlands 12-05-2006

Pounding Grooves - Live Set - 2003

Pounding Grooves - Fine Audio DJ Mix Series Volume 04 - 2000

Recorded on YouTube.
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/kaBJvm8wkJA?si=rcczZ0KqQjW6QBf0
Mix is a bit rough and ready. Some of these vinyl's are raw and harsh af! Love it. All tracks are from the Pounding Grooves labels. Track list below:
1. 15
2. 32
3. 12
4. 26
5. 24
6. 16
7. 24
8. 28
9. 13
10. 11
11. 33
12. 18
13. 36
14. 31
15. 21
16. 29

Colin H - Pounding Grooves 100% Vinyl Set (Classic Techno)

Tracklist:

1. Inner-self - Jeff Mills
2. July - Frederik Almquist
3. Sterac - Literon
4. Free ride - Hertz
5. Melting Point - Ken Ishi
6. The start it up - Technasia & Joey Beltram
7. Circus - Jeff Mills
8. Orange - Ritchie Hawtin
9. The Blunted Boy Wonder - Steve Stoll
10. Casa - Jeff Mills
11. Untitled - Pounding Grooves 18
12. The Bells - Jeff Mills
13. Pride (it's time) - Jay Denham
14. August - Jamie Anderson
15. MIntage - Michel de Hey vs. Literon
16. Joplin - Bryan Zentz

Finally [old school vinyl techno set]

This year I'm kicking off a new mix series to celebrate the first 25 years of this century: 21st Century Music! Each mix will contain only music from this century. To kick things off, here's a mix of proper techno music from the beginning of the century. This is very personal for me, as this is a point at which I was really engaged with techno - listening to it, dancing to it, thinking about it, and playing it. This is the point when I was a student at Edinburgh University, and I was visiting the (sadly no longer with us) Studio 24 on Calton Road practically every weekend with friends to enjoy techno clubs like Dogma, Pillbox, Apex, Subtle Logic, and more. 

This was a time when techno was really fun and interesting, the time of 'hard grooves', of funky techno, of high impact, danceable music, before the walls of minimal closed in and techno got really, really boring for a while. There's been a revival of this style in recent years (see my Stranger tribute mix, for instance), which is not surprising, because this style of techno is just so much more fun than minimal.

Enjoy!

More techno mixes: https://soundcloud.com/sonicrampage/sets/techno-mixes

Read more about this mix (including my essay Edinburgh Techno Daze): https://sonicrampage.org/blog/2025/05/pearsall-presents-proper-techno-2000-2005-21st-century-music-001/

Recorded in Berlin, March 2025
100% Vinyl
(79:53, 183 MB, 320 KBPS MP3)

Tracklisting:

01. John Selway - Acid Morning [Aciieeed!]
02. Bryan Zentz - D-Clash (Slam Remix) [Intec]
03. Black Odyssey - The Stand [Blackflag]
04. Joris Voorn - Shining [Sino]
05. Eric Borgo & Dani Konig - Konetic [GoodLife]
06. Umek - Voices of Africa (Voice 2) [Primate]
07. Co-Fusion - 6 Angles [Pro-Jex]
08. Dave Clarke - Before I Was So Rudely Interrupted (Part 1 for the Floor) [iCrunch]
09. Sterac - Sinosphere (John Thomas Remix) [Sino]
10. Andrew Richley & Ryan Rivera - Backbiting [Primate]
11. Sonic Perverts - Slag [Punish]
12. Robert Hood - Outlast [M-Plant]
13. Technasia - Nebula Dance [Technasia]
14. Umek - Beroxan [Consumer Recreation]
15. Steve Rachmad - Zero ID 2 A1 [Zero ID]
16. Christian Smith & John Selway - Giant [Bugged Out!]
17. DJ Misjah - Nova [Zync]
18. Mike Wade - Evolution [Archetype]
19. Punisher - Seduction [Seismic]
20. Sonic Perverts - Strip City [Punish]
21. Pounding Grooves vs DJ Jerome - Scratch [Fine Audio]
22. DJ Misjah & Groovehead - Trippin' Out (DJ Steph K & K-Drive Remix) [X-Trax]
23. Lochi - Acid Junkies [Routemaster]
24. Technasia - Acid Storm [Technasia]
25. The Advent - Ice Planet Theme [Kombination Research]

Blog

Proper Techno 2000-2005 [21st Century Music 001]

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All sets on vinyl, mostly (dub) techno, minimal and deep house. Artwork hand-drawn by Cornelis James. Check his work at www.instagram.com/cornelisjames/# 

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

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