BIG WORM vs THUMPA @ CHAPEL OF CHAOS 5TH BIRTHDAY

Here's part 1 of my deep dive into one of my favourite D&B labels of all time, Back 2 Basics! Set up by JB aka Jason Ball in 1993, the label would run to 2008 with nearly 100 vinyl releases and more albums, mix CDs etc. Being a midlands lad myself I have grown up with this label and bought everything I could 96 onwards. 

The label released music from JB, Spice, Dred Bass, Twisted Individual, Decoder, Ascend, Ned Ryder and loads more and was a really important part of my teenage years as a DJ and raver! Enjoy this look into their 94/95 releases...

Thumpa - Let's Go Back 2 Basics Part 1 (1994 - 1995 Jungle)

A fast and furious mix of some of my favourite 00s makina, powerful riffs and squeaky samples galore! This music is so fun to mix and I can really layer tunes over each other and ride the mix!

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Thumpa - Sounds Of The North East (Makina Classics)

Back with more dusty 92-94 faves on vinyl with music from Bizzy B, Noise Factory, Cool Hand Flex, Dr S Gachet, EQ, DJ SS & more...don’t watch the mixing I’m still tired from the weekend 😂

THUMPA - NOW ARE YOU READY FOR SOME BLUDCLART JUNGLE TECHNO VOL 3 (100% VINYL)

My mixes are like buses, you wait months for one then 2 turn up in the same week! Really enjoying digging into my record collection lately with loads of Formation, Bizzy B, F Project, Basement Recs and more. Go run up the bludclart jungle techno!

Thumpa - NOW ARE YOU READY FOR SOME BLUDCLART JUNGLE TECHNO VOL 4 (100% VINYL)

Event Details
Date: Friday, December 12, 2025
Location: Lakota, 6 Upper York Street, Bristol, BS2 8QN
Times: 10:00 PM to 4:00 AM (last entry at midnight)
Genre: Drum & Bass (D&B)
Age Restriction: 18+ 
Lineup
The event features Headliners: DJ Hazard, Majistrate, Ruffstuff & Pleasure
Hosts/MCs: Dreps, Funsta, Swifta, Kennith, RC, and more

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Thumpa - The Golden Age DJ Comp Entry

Join us as we return to the Doncaster Warehouse! Featuring PREDATOR & LEVIATHAN flying in from the Netherlands exclusive! UK headliners including SCORPIO & HUGE EXCLUSIVE CLARKEE flown in from Spain!
The excellent Tomorrow’s World residents and the best of new talent! 90’s hardcore, Millennium, Industrial, hard trance and new gabber.

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Thumpa - Tomorrows World 22nd November Doncaster Warehouse Promo Mix (Classic Ibiza Trance)

A random Thursday night mix looking at the amazing 1996 era where jungle was slowly morphing into jump up drum & bass, heavy rap samples and super wobbly basslines! All mixed on vinyl...

Thumpa - We Call It Jump Up Jungle (1996 Jump Up Jungle Vinyl)

Just in time for the weekend, here’s volume 2 of We Call It Jump Up Jungle! Another 60 mins exploring the sounds of late 95 into 96 jungle jump up music, rap samples galore and rude basslines!

Music from Shy FX, DJ SS, Brockie, Mask (Roni Size), Coolhand Flex, Daz and labels like Splash, Formation, Ebony, Back 2 Basics, Dope Dragon and more. Go hit play and jump about a bit! 🔋

Thumpa - We Call It Jump Up Jungle Vol 2

Here's my live set from Coventry last night! Only 2 decks so not as lively as my other sets but I had fun dropping some faves from the golden era!

Thumpa LIVE @ Standard Procedure 06.12.25 (2007 - 2015 Classic Jump Up)

Home of DJ Thumpa 
I AM NOW PRETTY MUCH RETIRED FROM DJ'ING AS AT DEC 2025…I’LL DO THE ODD SET IF ASKED.
THANK YOU FOR 27+ YEARS OF SUPPORT AND 15 YEARS ON SOUNDCLOUD! IT IS NOW TIME TO JUST BE A RECORD COLLECTOR AND BEDROOM DJ...
IF YOU ARE DESPERATE TO GET IN TOUCH PLEASE EMAIL DJTHUMPA@HOTMAIL.COM


2025 sets (taking limited dates)

01/02/25 Drum & Bass Classics, London
28/02/25 Drum Fusion, Coventry
01/03/25 Birmingham Children's Hospital Fundraiser. Birmingham
15/03/25 Pump, Burton On Trent
22/03/25 Tomorrow’s World, Doncaster
29/03/25 DNB Shellaz, Birmingham
12/04/25 Bassman & Friends, Birmingham 
20/04/25 Crooked House, Shrewsbury
25/04/25 Sumo Beatz, Colchester 
03/05/25 Drum & Bass Classics, London 
07/06/25 Unity (vinyl set), Coventry 
28/06/25 Industrial Drumz, Birmingham 
05/07/25 Formation Records Rooftop party, Leicester 
12/07/25 Bassman Birthday Bash, Birmingham  
12/07/25 Fuse Festival, Lichfield
09/08/25 Bassface, Birmingham 
05/10/25 Riverdance, London 
02/11/25 Bellyman Show, London 
15/11/25 Hardcore Technology, Newport
22/11/25 Tomorrow’s World, Doncaster 
06/12/25 Standard Procedure, Coventry 
12/12/25 Splitting Frequencies, Bristol
26/12/25 Drum Fusion, Coventry 
27/12/25 Splitting Frequencies, Malvern
31/12/25 Midnight Frequencies, Birmingham  

2024 sets:

26/01 Be Happy, Leicester 
27/01 Drum & Bass Classics, London 
27/01 Future Drum & Bass, Milton Keynes
27/01 Raveology Children’s Hospital Fundraiser, Birmingham 
10/02 Paragon, Leicester 
10/02 Darkside, Glasgow
17/02 Happedaze, Sunderland 
24/02 Bassface, Birmingham
02/03 OnlyBass, Birmingham
16/03 Reprobeats, Manchester
29/03 Random Concept, Birmingham
30/03 Bassface, Birmingham 
27/04 Drum & Bass Classics, London 
05/05 Onset Of Bass, Bristol
25/05 Random Concept, Northampton
28/06 Duck D&B, Birmingham
30/06 Basstrap live stream, Birmingham 
13/07 Fuse Festival, Lichfield 
27/07 Basstrap, Oswestry
03/08 Rave Hart, Cannock
23/08 NoughtyCulture, Leicester
24/08 Drum & Bass Classics, London
24/08 Drop The Knife Charity Event, Birmingham
25/08 Crooked House Festival, Lichfield 
31/08 Bassman & Friends, Birmingham
27/09 Dark In The Jungle, Birmingham
28/09 Drum & Bass Classics. Birmingham
18/10 Stimulation, Ripley
20/12 Complex, Burton On Trent


My name is Thumpa and I've been DJ'ing since 1996. I've played at Westfest (the biggest indoor rave in the UK), Pandemonium (Holland), Slammin Vinyl, Breakin Science's 'Drum & Bass Classics', Random Concept, DNB Collective, HTID & HTID In The Sun, Shadow Demon, Hardcore Heaven, Uproar, Hardcore Heaven Weekender, Raver Baby, Ravers Reunited, FINRG (Finland), Codex (Japan), Fantazia, Madness Industry (Holland), Mokum (Holland), Cenobite (Holland), Dimensions Of Darkness (Holland), Hardcore Underground, Freeformation, Vibealite, Uprising, Distruxshon and hundreds more including gigs in Japan, USA, Canada, Spain, Netherlands, Hungary, Finland, Germany and for every major rave promoter in every corner of the UK. I now play D&B, classic D&B / jungle and old skool with the occasional hardcore set.

Any mixes you can't find might be at https://hearthis.at/rebuildmusic/ or http://www.mixcloud.com/OllyThumpa

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