My extensive look at where jump up music came from, starting in 1994/1995 with the pioneers like DJ SS, Zinc, DJ Rap etc, moving through the years from Zen and Twisted Individual to Hazard and Clipz, Original Sin and Taxman and hopefully into the 2010's DJ Guv, Majistrate and more.

Hope you enjoy the ride!

Thumpa - The Jump Up Chronicles Mixes (History Of Jump Up)

A new mix series looking at the origins of jump up drum & bass! We go all the way back to 1995 / 1996 to pioneers Zinc, Shy FX, DJ SS, DJ Rap, Micky Finn & Aphrodite, The Dream Team, Krust and more...digging deep into my vinyl collection. Enjoy!

01. DJ Zinc - Super Sharp Shooter
02. DJ SS - Black
03. DJ SS - Rollidge
04. Urban Shakedown - Some Justice '95 (Arsonist Dub Mix)
05. Dead Dred – Dred Bass
06. DJ Rap - Hardstep
07. Rude Bwoy Monty – Steppa's Anthem
08. DJ Rap - Smartstepper
09. Rude Bwoy Monty – Warp 10 (Heavyweight Mix)
10. The J.B. - Go Back, Way Back
11. DJ Zinc - On Fire Tonight
12. DJ Rap - I Can't Turn Back
13. Shy FX - Funkindemup (DJ Krust Remix)
14. Roni Size - Dayz
15. Tekniq - The Riot
16. DJ Zinc - Pranksters
17. The Fugees - Ready Or Not (DJ Zinc Remix)
18. Prisoners of Technology - Trick of Technology
19. B-Jam - Funkula (DJ Hype Mix)
20. DJ Krust - Set Speed (DJ Krust Remix)
21. Majistrate - Step On VIP
22. DJ Hype Ft MC Fats - Peace, Love & Unity
23. Blackstreet - No Diggity (Urban Takeover Vocal Remix)
24. Busta Rhymes - Woo-Ha!! Got You All in Check (Origin Unknown Remix)
25. MA3 - Those DJs
26. Special K - Damger
27. Shy FX - The Message
28. The Dream Team - Raw Dogs Relik
29. A-Sides - Punks (Rewind Selector Mix)
30. Shy FX - This Style
31. DJ Zinc - Reachout
32. DJ Rap - Rumble

Thumpa - The Jump Up Chronicles Vol 1 (1994 - 1996)

The mix series continues with another 2 hours of 90s wobblers covering 1997 to 1999! Lots of my favourites here from my early days of buying records and playing my first ever gigs aged just 16!

01. Trend - 2 Degrees
02. Mask & Swabe - Cash Till
03. Micky Finn & Aphrodite - Bad Ass
04. The Riddler - Ain't No Way
05. The Dynamic Duo - Invasion
06. Special K - Only One
07. Dope Skillz - No Diggidy
08. Substance - LF Ant
09. Swoosh - The Way / Ya Rockin'
10. The Eliminators - Raw Hide
11. Barry Boom – Stand And Deliver (Micky Finn & Aphrodite Remix)
12. DJ Red - Enter Da Dragon
13. Mulder - Don't Believe
14. Mental Power - Gold (Remix)
15. By Reasonable Force – Platinum
16. Tekniq - One Style
17. Scorpio - Trouble
18. Sappo ft Bassman - Ding Dong Bass (Remix)
19. Tribe Of Issachar – Tribal Natty 97
20. Aphrodite – Style From The Darkside
21. Vinyl Syndicate – Man Of Steal
22. Mask – Mad Professor
23. Splash Collective - Rebels
24. Scorpio - Li Li
25. Cool Hand Flex - Demons
26. Goodfellas - Radar
27. JB & Ascend – Ladies & Gentlemen (Remix) 
28. Brockie & Ed Solo - Dangerous
29. Alibi & Leo - The Don
30. Tribe Of Issachar ft Top Cat – His Imperial Majesty
31. Lion Of Judah - Exodus
32. Air Movement - Cuttin' Saw
33. Undercover Agent - Crazy Shit
34. Brockie & Ed Solo - Represent
35. DJ Hype - Closer To God
36. Prisoners Of Technology - Delikutt Beats
37. Twisted Individual - Robotix
38. Rayner - Nightcaller
39. Majistrate - Interface
40. DJ SS - Dual Voltage 99
41. JB - Say What
42. M/CR Movmment ft Accidental Heroes - You With Me Now
43. Shy FX ft UK Apachi - Nuttah VIP

Thumpa - The Jump Up Chronicles Vol 2 (1997 - 1999)

Wow what a difference a year or 2 makes! In 1999 dancefloor drum & bass transitioned from bouncy feel good tunes to moody, teeth gritting stinkers. Jump up took a back seat to the new sound championed by Bad Company, Ed Rush & Optical and more...but there were still some names pushing the wobbly sound. Twisted Individual carried on his trademark sound along with new boys Hazard, Zen and more, here in the midlands JB & Spice were releasing quality music on their Back 2 Basics label.

I had my first proper club gig in 2000 playing a lot of these records, these records are not in great condition so there's a couple of skips and rough sounding mixes, apologies but these records have been battered! 

01. 2DB, Swamp Monster & Jungle Whore - Jumbo Fish Cake
02. Dope Skillz - In The Flow
03. JB & Spice - Ghost Train
04. Twisted Individual & APB - Gatorbite
05. Swanee & Undacut - Sweetest Hangover (DJ Hazard Remix)
06. DJ Hazard - Darkside
07. DJ Die - Timing Mechanism
08. Zen - Illusion
09. Twisted Individual - Fire Ant
10. Roni Size - Hopscotch
11. Dope Skillz - Moonwalking
12. Pleasure - Ripcord
13. DJ Hazard - Year 2000
14. Zen - Turnstyle
15. JB - Dred Bass VIP
16. Twisted Individual - ZX Spectrum
17. Brockie & Ed Solo - Echo Box
18. Zinc - Pitcher
19. Kamanchi - Hey DJ
20. Krust - Freak Show
21. Roni Size - Playtime
22. Drunken Masters - Deep In The Underground (DJ Hazard Remix)
23. Drumsound & Bassline Smith - Original Badboy
24. Benny Blanco - Remember Me (From The Bronx) (Twisted Individual Remix)
25. DJ Hazard - Active
26. Roni Size ft Rahzel - Out Of Breath
27. DJ Zinc - Reach Out (2002 Remix)
28. Twisted Individual - Sore Throat
29. Rhythm For Reasons – Bringing Back
30. Twisted Individual - Robotics (Remix)
31. DJ Zinc - Ska
32. JB - This Style
33. Scorpio - AAA
34. Brockie, DJ Kane & Ed Solo - Stampede
35. Twisted Individual - Nail Bomb
36. Dillinja - Grimey
37. Swanee & Undacut - The Way I Do (Down Town Mix)
28. Distorted Minds - Delirious

Thumpa - The Jump Up Chronicles Vol 3 (2000 - 2002)

By 2002 the jump up scene was absolutely kicking again after a quiet year or 2, Hazard was coming through the ranks as a serious producer, supported by Hype, Andy C & more. Generation Dub and Taxman were making waves with releases on Formation and Propaganda and the king Twisted Individual dropped 'Bandwagon Blues' after hearing 'T-10' by Distorted Minds. In Bristol a producer called Clipz was getting rewinds from Grooverider. Wobbly jump up was here to stay...

01. DJ Hazard - No 6
02. Generation Dub - Sexy Beast
03. Probe & Sylo - Gimme Some More
04. Probe and Sylo - Battle Royale
05. DJ SS & Twisted Individual ft Skibadee - Deal With The Matter
06. Roni Size - Fassy Hole
07. Splittin´ Atoms - Bulletproof Monk
08. G Dub - Flute Thing 
09. Twisted Individual - Rusty Sheriff's Badge
10. Drumsound & Bassline Smith - Get Through (Distorted Minds Remix)
11. DJ Hazard - Rubber Chicken
12. J Majik, Futurebound & Wickaman - Pitbull
13. Infrared vs Gil Felix - Capoeira
14. Clipz - Funk Physics
15. Distorted Minds - We Can't Stop (Grimey mix)
16. DJ Hazard - Human Mind
17. DJ Zinc - Steppin Stones
18. Generation Dub  - Return Of The Body Snatchers 
19. D Product & Surge - Bounce the Bass
20. Nightwalker - Head Nod
21. 2DB - Musical
22. Twisted Individual - Hand Grenade (Drumsound and Bassline Smith Remix)
23. Taxman - Evasion
24. DJ SS - Those DJs (Hazard Remix)
25. Krust - Follow Da Vision
26. Twisted Individual - Pull My Finger
27. G Dub - Hawaii 5-0
28. Twisted Individual - Bandwagon Blues
29. Distorted Minds - T-10 - Dillinja Remix
30. Skyver & D Jon - Beastie General
31. DJ Hazard - Bubbles
32. Generation Dub - Champagne Cocktails
33. Twisted Individual - Basket Case
34. Distorted Minds - Searchin
35. Generation Dub - July B
36. Clipz - Cuban Links
37. Twisted Individual - Heavy Metal
38. Ghost - Missdirection
39. JB & Benny Blanco - Flight 411
40. Clipz & Krust - Brainwash
41. Clipz - Cocoa
42. Surge - Movin On
43. Zen - Time Crisis
44. Fresh - Foreigner
45. DJ Hazard - Wonkey Donkey

Thumpa - The Jump Up Chronicles Vol 4 (2003 - 2004)

After 18 months I finally got round to mixing volume 5 of my Jump Up Chronicles mix, covering the amazing 2005 - 2006 era! 

By 2005 Hazard had cemented himself as the hottest D&B producer around and artists like Clipz, TC, Simon Bassline Smith & Drumsound and many more were firing out jump up material played by everyone from Pendulum to Bryan Gee to Andy C to Nicky Blackmarket to Bailey. Much to the disgust of the purists, jump up was going nowhere.

Check out volumes 1-4 here - https://soundcloud.com/thedjthumpa/sets/thumpa-the-jump-up-chronicles

Tracklist soon...

Thumpa - The Jump Up Chronicles Vol 5 (2005 - 2006)

Diving straight into one of my favourite eras, the 2007/8 period! By this time jump up was everywhere, Taxman and Original Sin were firing out anthems monthly, Hazard released the HUGE Machete Bass EP, TC's 'Evolution' became the album of the year and Modified Motion, Connecta and Heist were dropping high pitched bassline wobblers all over the gaff. Love it or hate it...this is jump up baby!

Thumpa - The Jump Up Chronicles Vol 6 (2007 - 2008)

Volume 7 of my in depth look at the history of jump up music! In 2009 it was all about Original Sin, Taxman, Serum, Pleasure and newcomer Sensai. DJ Fresh and Sub Focus were dominating the charts with melodic feel good D&B and the raves were packed!

01. Street Fighter - Bionic Commando (DJ Clipz Remix)
02. Artificial Intelligence - Pigeon Hole
03. Friction - 3rd Degree Gurns (Still Gurning VIP)
04. Recluse - Bangin The Walls
05. Slum Dogz - Bad (VIP Mix)
06. Harvest - Supernatural
07. DJ SS - We Came To Entertain (Sub Zero Remix)
08. DJ Fresh - Talkbox
09. Sub Zero - Spin Doc
10. Slum Dogz - 8 Ball Hustler
11. Sub Zero - Coming Up For Air
12. Crystal Clear &Cabbie - Cold Blooded
13. Dillinja - Shiners
14. Heist - Unicron
15. Vague - Play the Game
16. Taxman - Harry's Revenge
17. Clipz - Offline VIP
18. Prisoners of Technology - Trick of Technology (Sub Zero Remix 1)
19. Harvest - Militant
20. DJ Hazard - Wicked So
21. Tyke & Prestige - Awful
22. Majistrate - Bug Crusher
23. GP & WU - Bomb Threat
24. Sensai - Dungeon_Master
25. Connecta & DNK - Wolves
26. Nicol & Majistrate - Pirahna
27. Harvest - Waiting Room
28. Sensai - Virus
29. Jaydan - King Of Miami
30. Taxman - Evasion (Remix VIP)
31. Heist - Dregs At The Bottom
32. A Sides - One DJ
33. Tayza - Firefist
34. Drumsound & Simon Bassline Smith - R U Ready
35. Serum - Rat Trap
36. DJ Hazard - Psychedelic
37. Sigma - Front To Back
38. Taxman - Unreal
39. Interface - Get Lo
40. Recluse - Rat Hunt
41. DJ Pleasure & Origin - D Day
42. Serum - Concrete Donkey
43. Original Sin - 8 Figure Bass
44. Jaydan & Sub Zero  - Brain Freeze
45. Majistrate - Plank Bass
46. Supreme Being - Just Teasin
47.Serum - Souped Up
48. DJ Hazard - Platinum Shadows
49. The Prototypes - Cascade
50. Crystal Clear - Itzalot (Dub Mix)
51. Drumsound & Simon Bassline Smith - Can You Feel It
52. Plasta - Nylon Shoutz
53. Sub Focus - Rock It

Thumpa - The Jump Up Chronicles Vol 7 (2009 - 2010)

Entering very aggy territory with volume 8! 2011 - 2012 was a time of massive change in jump up as the tunes got harder and higher pitched. Lots of massive tracks here from big names like Pleasure, Jaydan, Majistrate, Heist, Serum and more. Coming up the ranks were names like DJ Guv, Konichi, Dominator and others...the new wave of jump up had arrived and it was fucking angry...

Thumpa - The Jump Up Chronicles Vol 8 (2011 - 2012)

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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 
12/07/25 Bassman Birthday Bash, Birmingham  
12/07/25 Fuse Festival, Lichfield
05/10/25 Riverdance, London 
22/11/25 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