My first look at the tracks played at North in the Technology room 1997 to 2003, mainly at The Void but also Lakota and venues in Rhyl too. DJs like M Zone, Mark EG, Vortex, Sharkey, Marco Cucchia were playing the sound of European hard trance and very early hardstyle to us nutters in Stoke!

Tracklist:

01. Tony-H - Sicilia...You Got It (Trapani Mix)
02. Odyssey Of Light - Metal Master (Solid Sleep Mix)
03. Push - Universal Nation (DJ JamX & DeLeon's "DuMonde" Remix)
04. Commander Tom ft DJ Mars - Trip To Mars
05. Mojave - Space (Kay Cee Remix)
06. Superspy - Supernatural V1
07. Green Court - Moonflight (Pulsedriver Remix)
08. Junk Project - Control 99 (Phuture Punk Timebase Mix)
09. Kai Tracid - Destinys Path (Energy Mix)
10. Slotmachine Allstars - Flashback
11. The Green Martian - Industry
12. DJ Taucher - Bizarre (Extended Club Mix)
13. Jonah - Sssst... (Listen)
14. Nightclub - French Kiss (DJ Scot Project Mix)
15. Warp Brothers vs Aquagen - Phatt Bass (Warp Brothers Bass Mix)

Thumpa - ST1 2ET (North Void Trance Classics 1997 - 2003 Part One)

M - Zone - Live In Deutschland - Side A

M - Zone - The Edge Technotunes Vol.7 Series 2 - Side B

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High BPM, dark acidic beats are served on this weeks show as we close our retrospective series with the sounds of Freeformation!

https://www.keepingtheravealive.com/podcast/episode-633

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Tracklist
Helix & Fury - E=Xy2
DJ Energy - Take Me Up (Energy & Sharkey Remix)
Safe N Sound - Got That Rush
CLSM & Cube Hard - See You On The Other Side
Oli G - Jasmine (Helikaon Vs Ephexis Remix)
DJ Energy - Freaky Faze - Mercblood
Bang The Future - Body Slam
Cube Hard - Hold The Beat (Gammer Remix) 
CLSM - John Peel Not Enough (Fergus Mayhem Mix)
DJ Energy - Waves Of Desire
Ephexis - Sick Seduction
Lost Soul ft. Dark Angel - Sacrifice
Helix & Fury - Insane Asylum
Kevin Energy vs A.B - Check This Shit Out
AC Slater & Brak - Party People
AG Systems - Unda Ground
Sharkey & Eclipse - Outta Control
Jonny Go Go - Violet Skies
Rampant, Xero & Arkitech - Tree 1 Pussy 0
Sharkey, Eryk Orpheus & Kevin Energy - Hit Ya Hard 
Helix - Now Control
Marc Smith - Encounters

KTRA Episode 633: Freeformation

Druid & MC Sharkey @ UD - Beyond Your Wildest Dreams (07/06/1996)

violette

Dual DeStress  The Chosen (Orginal mix)

Total Control - Blowing Up A Beachball!

Jay Prescott & Mark EG (Back To Your Roots) @75 Club - Birkenhead - 20-2-16

Sharkey--HELTER SKELTER & NORTH – TECHNODROME TOUR

Mark EG - Live @ Country Club, UK - Part 2

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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