Thumpa - The Lighter Side Of Drum & Bass (classic 90s atmospheric / chilled D&B)

A new mix series from me looking at the origins and pioneers of liquid / chilled D&B 1993 onwards!

01. Justice - Soothe My Soul 94
02. Skanna - This Way
03. Roni Size And DJ Die - Music Box (Original Mix)
04. Invisible Man - Skyliner (Remix)
05. Axis - One In Ten
06. The Alliance - Virtual Heaven
07. Dave Wallace - Expressions, Part 2
08. Nookie - Celebrate Life
09. LTJ Bukem - Coolin Out
10. PFM - Danny's Song
11. The Invisible Man - The Bell Tune
12. Digital - Spacefunk (Future Bound Remix)
13. Omni Trio - Trippin' On Broken Beats (Carlito Mix)
14. Intense - Time Space Continuem

Thumpa - The Lighter Side Of Drum & Bass (Classic 90s Intelligent D&B Jungle)

Another session of 90s chilled and liquid D&B classics and faves!

01. LTJ Bukem - Atlantis (I Need You)
02. DJ Crystl - Meditation
03. Roni Size - Its A Jazz Thing (Electric Boogie Mix)
04. Ruff With The Smooth - Twisted Girl
05. Peshay - The Piano Tune
06. Nookie - Reminise
07. Helen T - Diverse City
08. Phantasy & Smooth - Dream On
09. Big Bud - Millenium
10. Carlito - Cascade
11. Tekniq - True
12. Ken Ishii - Stretch (Shogun remix)
13. Spirit - Solar Glide
14. Source Direct - Secret Liaisons
15. Essence Of Aura - So This Is Love '96

Thumpa - The Lighter Side Of Drum & Bass Vol 2 (Classic 90s Intelligent D&B Jungle)

Another session of intelligent jungle from the mid 90s!

01. LTJ Bukem & Peshay - 19.5
02. Aquarius - Dolphin Tune
03. Axis - Dusted
04. PFM - One & Only
05. Dr S Gachet - Remember The Roller
06. Omni Trio - Who Are You? (Aquasky Remix)
07. Q Project & Spinback - 2010
08. Q Project - Solar System
09. Intense - Motions (VIP mix)
10. PHD & The Funky Technicians - Above And Beyond
11. PFM - The Eleventh Hour
12. The Invisible Man - Stormfields
13. Artemis - Elysian Fields
14. Shogun - Pegasus
15. Peshay - On the Nile
16. Total Science - Forcefield
17. Helen T - Jake's Progress

Thumpa - The Lighter Side Of Drum & Bass Vol 3 (Classic 90s Intellingent D&B Jungle)

More chilled vibes from the collection!

01. Q Project - The Instrumental
02. PFM - Dreams
03. DJ Trace - By Any Means Necessary
04. DJ Crystl - Mind Games
05. Adam F - F Jam (Cool Down Mix)
06. Hyper On Experience - East Coast Vibes
07. Big Bud - Freedom
08. JMJ & Richie - True Colours
09. JMJ - Gravitational Pull
10. Doc Scott - Tokyo Dawn
11. Blu Mar Ten - Futureproof
12. Breeze - Field Of Dreams

Thumpa - The Lighter Side Of Drum & Bass Vol 4 (Classic 90s Intelligent & Chilled D&B Jungle)

Back with another hour of beautiful atmospheric jungle from the 90s! Would love to play some of these sets out, if you're a promoter get in touch! djthumpa at hotmail dot com

01. PFM - The Western
02. Doc Scott - Far Away (Fourteen Flavours of Funk)
03. Wax Doctor - Cool Breeze
04. Sunshine Productions - Lonely
05. Wax Doctor - Finer Things
06. JMJ & Flytronix - In Too Deep
07. PFM - Wash Over Me
08. Rogue Unit - Dance Of The Sarooes (Nookie Remix)
09. Wax Doctor - Step
10. Digital - Touch Me (94 Original Mix)
11. Higher Sense - Out There (Origin Unknown Remix)
12. Aquarius & Tayla - Soul Searching
13. Photek - Consciousness
14. Helen T - Stay Calm

Thumpa - The Lighter Side Of Drum & Bass Vol 5 (Classic 90s Intelligent & Chilled D&B Jungle)

Back with more 90s jungle, this time its atmospheric amen smashers from Essence Of Aura, Photek, DJ Trace, Oblivion, PFM & more...

01. DJ Trace - Miles High
02. Orca - Intalect (Promised Land VIP Mix)
03. Oblivion - Lush
04. The Sentinel - Heavy Vibes
05. Unknown Artist - Street Beats Volume 5AA
06. JMJ & Richie - Free La Funk (PFM Remix)
07. Essence Of Aura - So This Is Love
08. Oblivion - Sands of Time
09. Aladdin - We Enter (Deep Forest Dub VIP Mix)
10. Fallen Angels - Frequency (VIP)
11. Basic Influence - Still Waters (Run Deep Mix)
12. Nautilus - Shogun
13. Source Direct - The Crane

Thumpa - The Lighter Side Of Drum & Bass Vol 6 (Classic 90s Atmospheric D&B Jungle)

Another dive down into the 94-97 deep, atmospheric and intelligent jungle!

01. DJ Trace - Coffee (Full of Flavour Mix)
02. Jazz Juice - Jazz Juice
03. Peshay - World of Music 
04. Codename John - Deep Inside
05. The Sentinel - Genesis
06. Chameleon - Close Your Eyes
07. PFM - Cruising Detroit
08. New Balance - Reflections
09. Wax Doctor - Heat
10. Bang-in Tunes - FBD Project - She's So (Revisited)
11. Jonny L - Tychonic Cycle
12. E-Z Rollers - Bad Up
13. Source Direct - Modem

Thumpa - The Lighter Side Of Drum & Bass Vol 7 (Classic 90s Intelligent & Atmospheric D&B Jungle)

Vol 8 of my 'The Lighter Side Of D&B' looking at 100% atmospheric amen smashers from the 90s!

Rest of the series here...

01. 4 Horsemen - Drowning in Her
02. Roger Johnson - Street Beats Volume 1AA
03. Oblivion - Night Windows
04. Bay  B  Kane - Addictive
05. Bang-in Tunes - Journeys
06. The Full SP - The Process
07. The Truper - Volume 3A
08. Natural Mystic - Got To Have Ya
09. The Sentinel - Awakening
10. Digital - Touch Me (95 Agony Mix)
11. Unknown - Street Beats Volume 5A
12. DJ Crystl - Give It Up
13. Tango & Fallout - Revelation (Fallout Mix)
14. Bang-in Tunes - Gesture Without Motion (94 VIP)
15. Alaska - The Vortex

Thumpa - The AMEN Side Of Drum & Bass Vol 8 (Classic 90s 100% Atmospheric Smashers)

Delving further into the 'lighter' side of D&B with a slight diversion down the more obscure / atmospheric sounds...

Hope you've enjoyed this mix series so far!

01. Ed Rush - I Wanna Stay In The Jungle
02. Peshay - Gangsta
03. DJ Gunshot - Black Magic
04. 4 Hero - Universal Love (Metalheads Remix)
05. Studio Pressure - The Water Margin 
06. The Truper - Volume 2A
07. Dillinja - Brutal Bass 
08. Trinity - Chapter 19
09. Intense - Time Space Continuem
10. Peshay & Roger Johnson - Crazy Day Dreams (Original Dubplate Mix)
11. Chaos & Julia Set - Use Of Weapons Vol. 1 (Unreleased Mix)
12. Intensity - Generations
13. Stakka & K-Tee - Rugged n Raw
14. Red One - The Futurist (Ant Miles Remix)
15. Source Direct - Stonekiller
16. Source Direct - Mind Weaver
17. B.L.I.M. - Jeamland (DJ Trace's World)
18. Footloose - The Anger
19. Source Direct - Street Wars
20. Technical Itch - Concious

Thumpa - The Obscure Side Of Drum & Bass Vol 9 (Classic 90s Intelligent & Atmospheric D&B Jungle)

Home of DJ Thumpa 
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