The legendary club Quest in Wolverhampton was rated as the best club for hardcore old skool rave from late 91-93 with a who's who of guest DJs including Carl Cox, Phantasy, Ratty, Sy, Stu Allan, Loftgroover, Dave Angel, Slipmatt, Fabio, Tango, Pilgrim, Ned Ryder and loads more. After hammering the tapes from 92/93 during lockdown I thought it was only right to put up a tribute to late 92 / early 93 tunes played at Quest during 93 where the darkness was seeping through the jungle...

bookings - djthumpa@hotmail.com

Enjoy!

01. Nookie - Kaos
02. LTJ Bukem - Demon's Theme
03. Satin Storm - I Think I'm Going Out Of My Head
04. Doc Scott - VIP Drumz
05. 4 Hero - In The Shadow (Sunrise Mix)
06. Wax Doctor - A New Direction
07. Johnny Jungle - Johnny (Dance Conspiracy Remix)
08. Kev Bird & Wax Doctor - On A Roll
09. Nookie - Drummer Of Doom
10. Smooth But Hazzardous - Push Up The Levels
11. EQP - Crackman The Return (DJ Ron Remix)
12. The Anthill Mob - The Hooded Claw (Tango Remix)
13. Two Dark Troopers - Darkcore
14. Jim Polo & Neil Vass - Rolling Energy
15. Tango - Timebomb
16. Tango & Fallout - Intrigue
17. DJ Hype - Shot In The Dark (Gunshot Mix)
18. DJ Hype - Weird Energy (Hells Bells Mix)
19. DJ Solo - Darkage
20. Peshay - On The Firm
21. Red Alert & Mike Slammer - Ganja Man
22. Red Alert & Mike Slammer - In Effect
23. DJ Rap & Aston - Vertigo (Tumbling Mix)
24. Vibes & Wishdokta - Obsession
25. Conquering Lion - Inah Sound
26. Coolhand Flex - Hold Back
27. Origin Unknown - The Touch
28. Bizzy B - Twisted Mentazm
29. Metalheadz - Terminator
30. The House Crew - Euphoria (Nino's Dream)
31. Bizzy B & Peshay - Merder Style
32. DJ Solo - Axis

Thumpa - Let's Go Back To Quest! (92/93 Hardcore / Jungle Techno)

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I AM NOW PRETTY MUCH RETIRED FROM DJ'ING AS AT DEC 2025…I’LL DO THE ODD SET IF ASKED.
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 
05/10/25 Riverdance, London 
02/11/25 Bellyman Show, London 
15/11/25 Hardcore Technology, Newport
22/11/25 Tomorrow’s World, Doncaster 
06/12/25 Standard Procedure, Coventry 
26/12/25 Drum Fusion, Coventry 
27/12/25 Splitting Frequencies, Malvern
31/12/25 Midnight Frequencies, Birmingham  

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

My new Channel 4 Jungle/Breakz/Drum'N'Bass/Dancehall/Moombahton/Twerk/Trap/Grime/Drill and more....

Watch out 4 my Alter Ego  ------> Chris Blaze

hardcore, terror, rave, early, house, techno, acid, jungle, and everything inbetween these styles
no hardstyle, edm or radiohits.. never!
underground is the sound!