My 3rd and final look at the amazing Accelerated Culture years 2001 to 2005, some absolutely insane events and a truly golden era of drum & bass!

For this mix I keep it pretty much anthem free and look more at the tracks that didn't quite achieve classic status, but they still BANG!

I hope you have enjoyed my extended look at one of my favourite periods in D&B, you can always donate at paypal.me/keepmixing if you like my sets.

01. Fresh - Floodlight
>>>Pascal - Hold You
02. Total Science - Lightweight
03. Bad Company - Mass Hysteria (Hive Remix)
>>>DJ Zinc - Ska (Remix)
04. Moving Fusion - Star Sign
05. Calyx - Wasteground
06. Ram Trilogy - Brain Wash
07. DJ Hazard - Hold it
08. DJ Marky & XRS - Rotation
09. Capone - Blue Laser
10. Bulletproof - Filthy Sinner
11. The Streets - Has It Come To This? (High Contrast Remix)
12. Shy Fx - Plastic Soul
13. Break & Squire - The Filth
14. Twisted Individual - Hand Grenade (Drumsound & Bassline Smith Remix)
15. Futurebound & Jaquan - Blind Cobblers Thumb
16. DJ Hype - True Playaz Style
>>>Zen - Kebab Knife
17. Moving Fusion & Fierce - Nows The Time
18. Dillinja - Forsaken Dreams
19. DJ Hazard - Imagination
20. Shy FX & T-Power - Feelings
21. Chase & Status - The Druids
22. Pendulum - The Terminal
23. Q Project - Ask Not (VIP)
24. Krust - Kloakin King
25. Ray Keith - Mia (Missing In Action)(Ft Lea)
26. Manix - Hardcore Junglism (Total Science remix)
27. Clipz - Slippery Slopes
28. DJ Fresh - Foreigner (Original Mix)
29. Twisted Individual - Bitch Muzzle
30. Calibre - Fire & Water
31. Tommy Knocker - People All Around
32. Universal Project - Vessel
33. Dope Skillz - Alarmed
34. DJ Fresh - Signal
35. Twisted Individual - Gusset Gravy
36. Adam F - Original Junglesound (Switch Mix)
37. Sub Focus - X-Ray
38. Zen - Turnstyle (Baron Remix)
39. DJ Hazard - Rubber Chicken
40. EZ Rollers - Ready For Love (Clipz)
41. Distorted Minds - T-10 - Dillinja Remix
42. Jammin - Go DJ (DJ Zinc Remix)
43. Influx Datum - Back For More
>>>Pascal - Johnny (BC remix)
44. Ram Trilogy - The Map
45. Hive & Keaton - Bring It On
46. Zinc - Hidden Track

Thumpa - Now That's What I Call Accelerated Culture Pt 3! (Classic D&B 2001 - 2005)

Bounce DJ .. Co-Promoter of Re-Call Bounce, Donk Queen Mix series founder.. multi genre styles - UK Hardcore,.. Jungle.. D&B.. Trance 

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