The live sets from our launch event in Birmingham!

Event 2 is taking place Friday 1st April, Suki10c, Birmingham. Be there!

Tickets & lineup:
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Return2Source Live Sets 20.08.2021

Thumpa  @ Return 2 Source 20.08.2021 Birmingham

Fallout @ Return 2 Source 20.08.2021 Birmingham

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Friday 1st April 2022 - Suki10c, Birmingham

We return for our 2nd event with a packed lineup of 90s hardcore, rave, happy hardcore, jungle and drum & bass legends! 100% 90s rave ALL NIGHT, tickets only £13.00.

The lineup so far:

SCOTT BROWN
(Exclusive 1996 - 1999 Evolution / Twisted Vinyl set)

THUMPA
(Helter Skelter Drum & Bass Anthems set)

More TBC...

EVENT LINK & TICKETS

Return 2 Source 1st April 2022 Promo Mix (Helter Skelter Drum & Bass Anthems)

Aardshock

Ramos -  Ardshokk 4 - 1997

Part one of my look at the music played at the legendary Club Kinetic and Fibre Optic in 1994 all mixed on vinyl...enjoy!

Thumpa - Club Kinetic & Fibre Optic Anthems 1994

SMD - #3 (A) [SMD]
 Oaysis - Incredible Bass (Awaited Mix by Slipmatt) [Vicious Vinyl - VIC 003]
 Hedgehog Affair Part 5 - The Pipe [Sound Entity]
 Fat Controller - In Complete Darkness [Uphoria]
 Dougal & Mickey Skeedale - Zurich [Diehard]
 Man From Uncle - Powerclass [Man From Uncle]
 Naughty Naughty - Volume 8 (Green Side) [Naughty Naughty]
 Ramos, Supreme & Sunset Regime - Crowd Control (Slipmatt remix) [Hectic]
 DJ Dougal & DJ Vibes - Dance With Me [Not On Label - DAV 001]
 Ramos, Supreme & Sunset Regime - Gotta Believe (Heaven mix) [Hectic]
 DJ Dougal & DJ Vibes - Feel Free [Not On Label - DAV 001]
 Brisk & Intense - Get Live (Stu J Remix) [Man From Uncle]
 Mercurial - Feel The Energy [Prophet]
 The Groove Gangster - Let Yourself Go [Soundscape]
 DJ Seduction - So In Love (Happy Stomp Mix) [Impact]
 Ramos, Supreme & Sunset Regime - Sunshine (The Pa Kua mix) [Hectic]
 Druid & Vinylgroover - Summertime Vibe 94 (The North End Mix) [Hectic]
 Ravers Choice - Ravers Choice 1 (A) [Ravers Choice]
 Druid & Vinylgroover - Kounter Attack PT 1 [Hectic]

DIE HARD

Dougal - Diehard - 03.06.1994

Time for something a bit different to go with the nice weather, this week some new breakbeat hardcore 90's style, lots of amazing new tracks from the likes of kniteforce, kniteforce whites, knitebreed, return of the vibe, time tunnel etc, enjoy !

Tracklisting:

01. Kingsize - Dream Tracking (Eternity Remix)
02. Kingsize - Get My Loving (Blame "Shadow" Remix)
03. Jimmy J & Cru-l-t Feat Jennifer Bolton - Somewhere
04. DJ Jedi - Dance The Night Away
05. DJ X-Cess - Get Yourself Together
06. DJ Vibes & Hattrixx - Lift Your Soul
07. Borai & Denham Audio - Make Me
08. Sub Fundation - Evento 201
09. Gridzone - Why Not? (Ant To Be Remix)
10. DJ Vibes & Hattrixx - Wherever You Are
11. Alex Jungle - Not Good Enough For Me
12. DJ Pooch - Dig Dis
13. Ghost Unit - Take Me Up
14. Ghost Unit - 4 O'Clock In The Morning
15. Opius - Original Don Gorgon Combination
16. Alex Jungle - All Of This (Piano No.5)
17. DJ Demo - Inner Axis (Parkus Darkus Remix)
18. Sub Fundation - The Real Awakening
19. Cru-l-t - I Can't Forget (Liquid Remix)
20. DJ X-Cess - Heart Beat
21. Sunny & Deck Hussy - Battered Mars Bars
22. Jack In Box & Darwin - Give Me The Sunshine (Breakbeat Mix)
23. Gridzone - Purely Science
24. Jack In Box - Summer (Remix)

DJ A.K. - New Breakbeat Hardcore Mix 25.02.22

Almost didn't happen this week and this might be the last mix I upload for a few weeks thanks to covid and a few other issues but anyway some great tracks from the mid ninties, lots of personal favs and a few vinyl's I haven't played for a while, enjoy !

Tracklisting:

01. Midas & Vinylgroover - You Take Me Away
02. J.D.S. - Higher Love
03. The Specialist - Key To Paradise
04. Ballistic - Operata
05. Silk Cuts 1 - Side B
06. Double Trouble Vol 2 - Everday
07. The Specialist - Lost In Paradise
08. DJ Desire - Sumaki (Jimmy J & Cru-l-t Mix)
09. DJ Erick & Tactic - Bring The Noise
10. Rab S Concept - Euro Stop/Stomp
11. DJ Phobia - Earthquake
12. Jon Doe - Feel The Energy
13. Silk Cuts 6 - Side A
14. The Omen - Let The Music Take Control (Radio Mix)
15. 2 Croozin - Don't Hold Back
16. Double Trouble Vol 2 - Moving To The Beat
17. Antisocial - Get Into Love
18. Evolve - Sugar & Spice
19. Undercover Elephant - E-Dam
20. Critical Mass - Burning Love (DJ Weirdo & DJ Sim Remix)
21. Jimmy J & Cru-l-t - I Want To Be Forever

DJ A.K. - 95 - 97 Hardcore Mix 26.03.22

Hard Dance Enthusiasts - Old Skool

Dj Sy - Vibealite - Hard Dance Enthusiasts  Rewind

RAMOS--HELTER SKELTER - NIGHTLIFE 1999 A.D (TECHNODROME)

European Techno Night @ Club Kinetic.

Loftgroover & MC Ruff

Loftgroover & MC Ruff @ Club Kinetic - (European Techno Night) - 1.10.93

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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 
05/10/25 Riverdance, London 
02/11/25 TBC
15/11/25 Hardcore Technology, Newport
22/11/25 Tomorrow’s World, Doncaster 
06/12/25 Standard Procedure, Coventry 
31/12/25 TBC

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