I played a Renegade Hardware set at a gig 2 weeks ago and it got me thinking, wouldn't it be cool to do a mix of the origins of dark / neuro / techy drum & bass where darkside drum & bass was born?

So I did...

01. DJ Trace - Definition Of Living (1995)
02. DJ Trace - Lost Entity (London Side) (1993)
03. Ed Rush - Bludclot Artattack (1994)
04. Ed Rush, DJ Trace & Nico - Droid (1996)
05. Nico & Fierce - Input (1996)
06. Trace & Nico - Squadron (1996)
07. Source Direct - Stonekiller (1996)
08. Trace & Nico - Damn Son (1997)
09. Doc Scott - Machines (1996)
10. Dillinja - Threshold (1996)
11. Dom & Current Affairs - Drones (1997)
12. Dead Calm - Identity (Dom & Roland Remix) (1997)
13. Dom & Roland - Aliens (1996)
14. Dom & Roland - The Storm (1996)
15. Ed Rush - Comatone (1996)
16. Ed Rush - The Raven (1996)
17. Dom And Roland - Mechanics (1997)
18. Adam F - Metropolis (1996)
19. Ed Rush & Nico - Technology (Boymerang Mix) (1997)
20. NeoTech - Valves (1997)
21. Ed Rush & Nico - What's Up (1996)
22. T.Power vs DJ Trace - Mutant Revisited (1996)
23. Dom & Optical - Concrete Shoes (1997)
24. Dillinja - Silver Blade (1997)
25. Doc Scott - The Unofficial Ghost (1996)
26. Source Direct - Capital D. (1997)
27. Fierce & Future Forces Inc - Constant (1997)
28. John B - Sight Beyond (1996)
29. Optical - The Shining (1997)
30. Dillinja - Acid Roller (1997)
31. Skyscraper - Mach II (1996)
32. Skyscraper - Liberty One (1996)
33. Future Forces Inc - Dead by Dawn (1996)
34. Ed Rush & Nico - Proton (1997)
35. Ed Rush & Fierce - Locust (1997)
36. Genotype - Extra Terrestrial (1997)
37. Dylan - Witchcraft (1997)
38. Twisted Anger - Woodsnake (1997)
39. Dylan - Turbulence (1997)
40. Nasty Habits - Shadow Boxing (1996)

Big up to Trace, Dom, Nico, Ed Rush, Optical, Doc Scott...

Thumpa - The History Of Really Fucking Dark Drum & Bass (The Beginnings 1993 - 1997)

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2024 sets (check my socials for more info):

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 TBC
24/08 Drum & Bass Classics, London
24/08 Drop The Knife Charity Event, Birmingham
25/08 Crooked House Festival, Lichfield 
31/08 TBC
27/09 Dark In The Jungle, Birmingham


2023 sets:

21/01 Tim Ryan's Birthday Bash, Birmingham
28/01 Drum & Bass Classics, London
29/01 Bellyman Show, London
04/02 Shadow Demon Valentines Ball, Birmingham
11/02 Explosive Bass, Walsall
24/02 Onset Of Bass, Bristol
02/03 Nicky Blackmarket & Friends, London
17/03 Fack Abaat, Coventry
18/03 NoughtyCulture, Leicester 
25/03 OnlyBass, Birmingham
25/03 Raveology, Birmingham
23/04 Bellyman Show, London
30/04 Random Concept 18th B'day, Northampton
13/05 Drum & Bass Classics, London
27/05 DNB Collective, Birmingham 
24/06 Flashback, Birmingham
02/07 Bellyman Show, London
08/07 Fuse Festival, Lichfield
18/08 Jungle Splash, London
27/08 Crooked House Festival, Lichfield
02/09 Chapel Of Chaos, Birmingham
03/09 Bellyman Show, London
15/09 Totally Lost It, Manchester 
15/09 Next Hype, Birmingham
30/09 Random Concept, Northampton 
14/10 Drum & Bass Classics, London
21/10 Core Blimey, Stafford
28/10 Bassman's Halloween Bash, Birmingham
28/10 Sisterhood Birmingham, Birmingham
11/11 Private booking
25/11 Stu Allan Memorial, Manchester
03/12 Bellyman Show, London
15/12 Totally Lost It, Manchester 
16/12 Dazed, Coventry
22/12 25 Years Of DJ Hazard, Birmingham 
23/12 Paragon, Leicester
31/12 Raveology NYE, Birmingham


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