Found my old hard drive with all my 2008 / 2009 stuff on from when I was playing UK hardcore and freeform! I went to HTID Heaven & Hell in Feb 2008 and Summer Gathering 2008, both at the Custard Factory, and they were some of the biggest and best HTIDs I'd ever been to!

Here's some of my absolute FAVES from this era across hardcore and freeform, really enjoyed putting this together so I hope you enjoy listening...

01. Phaze 4 - You're Never Gonna Know (Sy & Unknown Remix)
02. Dougal & Gammer - Guitar Hero
03. Darren Styles ft Andrea Britton - Show Me The Sunshine
04. Dougal & Gammer - Rock This
05. Hixxy - Sacrifice
06. Eclipse - Making Love Forever (Ham Remx)
07. Gammer - N+ 
08. Frisky & Hujib - Get Away (Gammer Mix)
09. Brisk & Ham - Crazy Love 2008
10. United In Dance - 1234
11. Sy & Unknown ft Ben Williams - Don't Wanna Let You Down
12. Darwin & Rampant ft Ant Johnson - No More (Marc Smith & Gammer Remix)
13. Cube::Hard & Chwhynny - Out Of The Light, Into The Fire
14. Sharkey, Odyssey & Arkitech - Black Rain
15. S3RL - Here We Go
16. Sharkey - Pumpin Religion

Thumpa - HTID Event Hardcore Anthems 2008 / 2009 Volume 1

Hardcore Will Never Die! 💊
Peace ✌️ ☮️  Love🕊 ❤️ Unity 🤝 Respect 🙏 No rock Stars....No Ego's just pure vibes 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
Big Shouts to Aaron Fazer Outburst Mizx Outburst Phill Restall Kurtis Amo DJ Sy Scott Brown Joe Hienrich Andrew Cutter Paul Magpie303 Dean Ogden Steve Foster DJ Thumpa Mark Breeze MC Magika MC Adger Micheal Hogan Dean Bailey Torstan Proton Hahn Chris HTID Toppo Hixxy the B.O.S.S Brisk  Pal Ramos Supreme Scott Atrill (Vinylgroover) Adam LOTM MC Wotsee MC Marley Vibesey Colin Bell DJ AK DJ Des Nick Manning Dougal MC Whizzkid KJ Batey John Farragher Jase Fase Dionne John Scott Tait Scott Fallon Bishop Chris Howell (Kniteforce) Slammin Sammi Cael Nuggz Danny Jenkins 'Tish' Vincent Jason 'UFO' Holloway Andy Pav Sharkey Bananaman Jakka-B Remember the Rave Mike Wolley Colin HQ Shauna Rachel Vega Kaylene Sc@r Mozz Narkotik Dan Flounders Clarkee DJ Cruze JJ27Raverbsby Dan Johnstone DJ Mizz-T zjack Webster and many many more........

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...
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 
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

🦾LIVE FOR THE HARD STUFF🦾
Hard techno, Schranz techno. Hardcore, power stomp, old school D&b.