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Member Since: 28-Feb-03 04:46 AM
Rank: 1571
Rated 1328 releases, average: 4.38
Location: London - UK
Profile: Retired old raver / come out of retirement on occasion. Been into the electronic scene since the early 80's. Pretty much open minded (a slight exaggeration) about most music in general (also like non-electronic music). With extra passion for the older tunes. First love was electro but got heavily into house when electro was overshadowed by the pure hip hop movement, & fashionable rare groove in the mid to latter part of the 80's. Still love and listen to the old skool though - all the electro, & some hip hop.

Favourite period is from 1988-1992 acid house to hardcore techno. Specifically was/am into detroit techno/techno/new beat/belgian techno/house/chicago house/bass n bleep/acid house & old hardcore 1991.

Started to lose interest when the music became too fast & cheesy like happy hardcore/ragga jungle - and those f@king, really annoying, noisy, talentless MCs (which killed the rave scene here in the UK for me & whom played a part in putting me off going to events towards the end), and ridiculously fast gabber (i.e. speedcore), circa late 1992 onwards. (Bloody helium/chipmonk vocals! Over use of samples & skittery tinny beats - I like breakbeats but they've got to be solid and reasonably structured). Although I did enjoy some early 90s slower paced industrial/hard techno played at certain UK clubs ie early Eurobeat 2000 >> Frankie D, T23, HMS, The Producer, DJ Clarkee, DJ Warlock, Aztek etc before it turned really gabbery. Knowledge >> Kiss FM's Colin Dale, Colin Favor, Loftgroover etc, Logic "spin-off from Knowledge", and the funky, hard techno which was being played at Lost >> Steve Bicknell and the occasional national & international guest.
Also listened to many a London pirate radio station from back in the day and recorded shows on tape (and went to some of their raves too) including; Sunrise FM, Centreforce 88.3FM, Dance 93.0FM, Fantasy 98.0FM - frequency taken over by Chillin' FM in 1991, Chillin' 97.85-98.0FM - one of my faves, Rave FM - forgotten its frequency :(, Weekend Rush & Pulse 90.6 FM, Innocence FM, Hardcore FM, Eternity FM, Storm FM, Impact 88.2FM to name just a few. Fantasy, Chillin', & Pulse were probably my favourite stations as they played more techno than the rest, including New Beat & european stuff too. It wasn't just your breaks, hardcore & jungle.

Pirate radio djs at that time - The Stroller, Mad Axe, Barry G, Shadowfax, DJ Anton & Helium (The European Technomeister), DJ Ranks, Silk Kut, Easy E, Easy M, EZ-O, DJ Sham, Jazzy J, Joey G, Larry Jazz, Sudden Impact, DJ Clipper, A-Z, Chris Paul, Action G, DJ Squirrel, DJ Tricks, The Rhythm Doctor, Enzyme, DJ Dove, DJ Wiz, DJ Bird, The Spirit, Derek B, Richie Rich, Action G, The Artful Dodger (no, not the UK garage act), Jesse Jay, Virgo 28, Nick Powers, Jeff B, DJ Freshtrax, DJ Jay Dee, & another techno head Dizzy Dee...too many to mention!

A tad sentimental here but, out of all of what is said above, the best times I had were from 1988-1992. Great in 1988/89/90 and brilliant in 1991...it was a totally crazy time, there will never be a time like it again I feel.
Breaks mixed with belgian & early dutch techno mixed with new york freestyle, acid house with the emerging uk hardcore. Detroit techno classics, new beat/hardbeat, ambient, balearic, hip house & italo (not necessarily in that order) under the same tent or club roof , without anyone questioning the sounds only truly enjoying the vibe, eclectic and fun times!

There's good and bad in every music genre but current mainstream urban; over saturated pop R&B/current pimpin' hip hop-rap/ reggaeton/ bhangra/dancehall/bashment/champagne bubblin', flashy, egomaniac, posy, bling bling, f***ing b*****ks scene isn't my cup of tea - when music is secondary, and image, money, & bad attitude is paramount (Kissing me teef, tsssk!). Don't get me started on this modern day watered down, mass produced commercial trance, progressive,, club anthems, Ibiza, Ayia Napa or Faliraki bullshit shite & more shite either.

Like some modern techno although I hardly buy any of it anymore, probably because I'm not so much on the pulse as such these days, and I'm in debt :o((

Most of my records were stolen quite a few years back so looking to slowly & gradually (if ever) get some back!

I don't buy anything from ebay (I REALLY MEAN THAT, I'LL RE-ITERATE, NO EBAY PLEASE. SO DON'T SPAM ME PLEASE!!!! IN FACT I'M GETTING SICK AND TIRED OF RECEIVING EBAY RELATED SPAM - I'M LIKELY TO REPLY RUDELY, WITH AN IRATE EMAIL OR BETTER STILL A SLAP WITH A LARGE, WET, COLD FISH - PREFERABLY A QUALITY, PUTRID KIPPER !!!) as I can't be dealing with bids, only direct offers, if any please. I have no paypal account and I also only buy from within the UK. If offering, give a price otherwise I'm going to ignore it, and don't expect me to always reply (I'm not being rude) as my wantlist is mainly a reference. Peace!

N.B. The following list is far from finished or comprehensive, so I'll be adding more labels in due course :(

If it ain't before 1993 it ain't old skool!

Record labels I have interest in, fascinate me, respect, appreciate, or just blatantly like or have liked at one time or another, are:

// R & S Records - Belgium / R&S (UK)>> probably my favourite electronic label from the late 80's to early 90's, in fact ever - best Techno released on this label in my opinion.

Here are the rest in ascending order (not by preference) >>

1st Bass/UK
3RD Party/UK
21 Records
430 West/USA
786 Records/UK
80 Aum/Netherlands
Absolute 2/UK
ACV/Italy
ADR (After Dark Recordings)/UK
Antler-Subway/Belgium
Area Code Records/USA
Atmosphere Records/USA
Atom Communications/Belgium
Automation/UK
B.T. Associated/UK
B12/UK
Bad Ass Toon/UK
Basement records/UK
Bash Records/Germany
Bassment Records/USA
Bass Overdose Records/UK
Bass-Sphere/UK
Beat Box International/Belgium
Beat Farm Records/UK
Big Beat/USA
Big Time International/Belgium
Bigshot Records/USA
Bizarre Records/UK
Black Dog Productions/UK
Blapps Records/UK
Bonzai Records/Belgium
Boogie Times/UK
Breaking Bones/USA
Brooklyn Groove Productions/USA
BTB Records/UK
Buzz Records/Belgium
Catt Records/UK
Champion/UK
Chill/UK
CIM Records/Belgium
City Limits/USA
Citybeat/UK
Cluster Records/UK
Crash Records (Germany)
Complete Kaos/Belgium
Contagious Records (2)/UK
Coolin Records/UK
Cooltempo/UK
Cutting Records/USA
Cyclotron/Germany
Dance Ecstasy 2001/Germany
Dance Mania/USA
Dance Opera/Belgium
Dancefloor Records/USA
Dance Record Attack/Belgium
Debonair Records/USA
Deconstruction/UK
Deja Vu/UK
Desire Records/UK
Detroit House/UK
Diki Records/Belgium
Direct Beat/USA
Direct Drive/USA
Disko B/Germany
DJ International/USA
D-Jax-Up-Beats/Netherlands
Dynamix II Records/USA
D-Zone/UK
Earth Recordings/UK
Edge Records/UK
Elektro Sounds/USA
Elicit/UK
Elite Records/UK
Empire Records/UK
Entity Records/UK
ESP Records/Netherlands
Exit Records/USA
Experimental/USA
Fabulous/UK
Fast Forward/UK
FFRR/UK
Ffrreedom/UK
Fokus Recordings/UK
Force Inc/Germany
Formation Records/UK
Fourth Floor/USA
Fragile Records/USA
Freaky Records/Netherlands
Fresh Records/USA
FX Records/UK
Gertie Records/USA
Gherkin Records/USA
Go Bang! Records/Netherlands
Great Assett/UK
Groove world/USA
Grooveline/USA
Grove Street/USA
Guerilla Records/UK
Hard Hands/UK
Hardcore Records - UK
Hardcore Urban Music (H.U.M.)/UK
Hardware/UK
Harthouse/Germany
Hithouse Records/Belgium
Holy Ghost Inc./UK
HPF Records/Belgium
Ibiza Records/UK
Idlers/USA
IE Records/UK
Incognito Records/USA
Industrial Strength/USA
Infonet/UK
Infrasonic/UK
Injection Disco Dance Label/Netherlands
International House Records/USA
Invasion Recordings/USA
J4M Records/UK
Jack Trax/UK
Juice Box/UK
Jumpin' & Pumpin'/UK
Kaos Dance/Belgium
Kickin Records/UK
KLF Communications/UK
KMS/USA
KMS (UK)
Kool Kat/UK
Little Giant Music/UK
Limited E Edition/UK
Liquid Wax Recordings/UK
London Records/UK
Lower East Side/Netherlands
Mackenzie/Belgium
Mendoza/UK
Mental Radio/Belgium
Metroplex/USA
MG Records/Belgium
Mighty Force/UK
Mikki-House/Belgium
Mine The Rhythm/UK
Moving Shadow/UK
Music Man/Belgium
Mute/UK
Muzique/USA
N.B.S. (New Belgian Sound)/Belgium
Network Records/UK
Next Plateau/USA
Novamute/UK
Nu Groove/USA
OH Zone/UK
One Little Indian/UK
Optimism Records/UK
Orbital Records/UK
Out Of Orbit (2)/UK
Outer Rhythm/UK
Overdrive/Germany
Peacefrog/UK
Perception Records/UK
Planet Core Productions (PCP)/Germany
Planet E/USA
Play It Again Sam/Belgium
Plus 8/USA
Pod Communication/Germany
Powertraxx Records/USA
Production House/UK
Pulse 8/UK
Purple Heart Records/UK
R&S Records/Belgium
R&S (UK)
Rabbit City/UK
Radioactive Lamb/UK
Rave 55/Belgium
Rave Age Records/USA
Raw Bass/UK
Reachin Records/Uk
Recherche/Uk
Reel To Reel Productions/UK
Reinforced Records/UK
Rephlex/UK
Republic
Retroactive
Rham Records/UK
Rhythm King/UK
Rhythm Records/Netherlands
Rhythm Section Recordings/UK
Rising High/UK
S.O.R/UK
Sapho Records/UK
Say No More/Belgium
Satin Storm/UK
See Saw/Netherlands
Shockwave Records/USA
Shut Up And Dance Records/UK
Smokin' Records/USA
Sound Entity/UK
SSR/Belgium
S.T.D. Records/Belgium
Stage Records/UK
Stealth Records/Netherlands
Strategy Records/UK
Street Sounds/UK
Strictly Hardcore/UK
Strictly Underground/UK
Suburban Base/UK
Tam Tam/Savage Records/UK
Target Records - Belgium
Techno Kut/USA
Thunderpussy/Netherlands
Tic Tac Toe/UK
Tommy Boy/USA
Tone Def/UK
Transmat/USA
Trax/USA
Tresor/Germany
Tribal Bass/UK
Trigger Records/Germany
Triple Helix/UK
Tuff City/USA
TZ/Belgium
Under World/USA
Underground Connection (UC)/UK
Underground Level Recordings (ULR)/UK
Underground Resistance (UR)/USA
Urban/UK
Urban Acid/UK
USA Import Music/Belgium
Vendetta/USA
Vinyl Solution/UK
Warehouse Records/USA
Warlock/USA
Warp/UK
Warrior's Dance/UK
Warrior Records/UK
Westbrook Records/USA
Westside Records
Westworld/UK
Who's That Beat?/Belgium
ZTT/UK



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Tigers In Space - Untitled Revolution - 30-Jun-06 09:22 AM
One of DJ Hype's first proper 'ardkore offerings, a step away from his earlier bleepy breakbeat / techno co-productions with member groups "The Scientist" & "Kicksquad" which were more playful or melodic. This was also produced prior to the churning out of his mega fast, chopped up, jungle creations he was renowned for circa 1992 onwards.

Another co-production, this time, with Danny O'Shea & Mike James,"Untitled Revolution", is a brutal, tense nightmare of gritty darkness & paranoia. Sampling & messing up the "Fairy Dust" synth as the main theme, accompanied with snippets of dialogue from one of Martin Luther King's speeches, and some mind bending, seemingly scratched, electronic buzzing / hoover chaos & analogue bleeps. The whole track has a tense urgency helped along by the hard, relentless, steppy beats. Old school happy or piano ravers beware, this is definitely not for the faint-hearted.

"The Revolution Continues" is slightly stripped down & less vigorous with some of the samples left out, but still continues in the same psychotic vein.

"Wait 4 Me!" Is a slower, less urgent track than the other tracks, that said, it doesn't take away the neurotic nature of the sound. The track Sounds like a psychiatric patient's take on detroit inspired UK techno, thrown into a tumble dryer for good measure. Utilising, undulating analogue, bleepy synth sounds, over a simple, mid-tempo, syncopated, steppy break beat. The distressed, off-key female vocal sample "wait for me" incorporated amongst the madness makes perfect sense as this adds to the disturbing vibe of the track.

If some of Strictly Underground's roster wasn't actually that underground sounding, this particular release certainly is & imho, encapsulates the true meaning of the term "hardcore" & pre-dates many productions even under the "dark-core" style.

Roel Butzen - Violent Wake Up - 03-Oct-05 11:46 AM
Slammin' belgian techno of the highest order which does not pull any punches whatsoever, a riot of a tune from start to finish. Tough bassline and dirty, stormin' riffs, psycho stabs, screeching effects, slammin' driving beats getting the heart pumping, and the ominous female vocal "THIS IS YOUR WAKEUP CALL" on the intro and at the end of the track. A "violent wakeup" with an alarm clock? More like a sledgehammer round the face! In a good way of course!

"This Years Itch" is another slammer but this time it's predominantly hoover infested, if a little empty of bass and lacking in depth, production wise. The "get busy" samples can get a bit tiresome aswell, but not so bad in the mix.

West A.C. is a total contrast to the other two bangers featured on this release. Mellow and deep is the order of the day here, with a really sweet & funky bassline, grooving along to a bubbling 303 and soothing strings with a distant chime sound giving it that eerie, chilled effect. Deep acid house come ambient techno is a close enough description of this...Shouldn't be overlooked and is worth a good listen, nice.

Fallout - The Morning After - 16-Mar-05 11:19 PM
This release truly makes the hairs at the back of my neck stand on end! So deep, so etheral, so funky, and so emotional. This was absolute heaven in 1989 "the summer of love" and brings back so many memories and emotions of that time I sometimes feel myself welling up whilst listening to it nowadays, no exaggeration! A masterpiece in its production and the choice of sounds, melodies and hooks, with one of the most infectious basslines ever made in house music. Original house music which for me is the defining track for the "UK summer of love". It just doesn't get any better than this...

Wax Doctor - New Direction / Herbal Tekno - 26-Feb-05 11:12 AM
A Basement Records repress of the classic Wax Doctor release, unfortunately minus the third track 'Protoplasm' which appeared on the original "BRSS11" release in 1992.

Basement Records didn't only release breakbeat hardcore, jungle, & drum n bass, but techno too. This release is another example of that, typically encompassing both the breakbeat and techno spectrum.
"New Direction" is one my favourite releases from the Basement Records staple, it has a four to the floor rhythm structure as well as breaks, a bassline akin to something coming out of Detroit, deep strings and stabs. The BPM is around the 140 mark. Quality hardcore with a progressive vibe going on.
"Herbal Tekno" is a purer techno track, with layers of deep, dark, murkier sounds, 303 driven with a progressive feel also. Both tracks played by techno djs - Colin Favor/ Colin Dale who supported this label and above artist/s, and played by Loftgroover who incidently recorded for above label too.

Gentry Ice / Adonis - Do You Wanna Jack / Lost In The Sound - 26-Jan-05 03:52 AM
Possibly overlooked Gentry Ice's offering here, which is a mistake on my behalf, also produced by the multi-talented Adonis. Quality early deep house music here with electro influences. The 303 is used mainly as a bassline which doesn't evolve greatly as many other acid basslines did around that period, keeping it simple and funky. This production focuses more on deep, hypnotic, synth melodies, hi-hats, complex hand claps, and chanting melodies. The "Dub mix" being less vocal and shorter in duration. Really overlooked in my opinion and worth tracking down...also available on the "Jack Trax-Vol 4 compilation", although it only features the "Club Mix".

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