Return 2 Source
Fri 20th August 2021 9pm to 5am
Suki10c, Birmingham
Authentic 90s rave all night!

Regular 90s rave events starting Summer 2021 in the Midlands UK with a varied music policy, 91/92 breakbeats, 90s happy hardcore & jungle, drum & bass and a bit of techno and trance all under one roof. One room, One vibe, let’s return 2 the source.
Situated in the 160 capacity Suki10c, this event will return to the days of mixed music arenas at raves with everything under one roof as long as its 1990 to 1999!

Tickets
🎫 tinyurl.com/f2u6kf6d 🎫

The lineup:

DJ DRUID
(93/94 Fusion set)

DJ FALLOUT
(92/93 Quest Fibre Optic set)

VINYLTRIXTA
(97-99 Happy Hardcore set)

PAUL O
(Uprising Ruffneck Mixin Chicken)

DELITE
(94/95 Diehard Happy Hardcore set)

CRUZE
(91/92 Rave set)

THUMPA
(94 to 96 jungle set)

Hosted by MC FRIKSHON

EVENT LINK

Cruze - Return 2 Source 20th Aug 2021 B'ham Promo Mix (91/92 Rave)

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I AM NOW RETIRED FROM DJ'ING AS AT NOV 2025 AND NOT ON SOCIAL MEDIA
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...
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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 
30/08/25 TBC
04/10/25 TBC
05/10/25 Riverdance, London 
15/11/25 TBC
22/11/25 Tomorrow’s World, Doncaster 

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

Loving music. That´s pretty much it :)

Important years

1992 - 1994

1996 - 2001





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