Drum and bass MCs – A serious study

On the Content and Contribution of MCs in British Drum ‘n’ Bass Feature ArticleAlistair Fraser Maynooth University (Ireland) Abstract Drum ‘n’ bass music has received some attention from academics but the contributions of MCs who perform onstage alongside DJs in live events and broadcasts needs further consideration. In response, and using MC lyrics, secondary interviews and… Continue reading Drum and bass MCs – A serious study

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Some excellent oldskool blogs

A Massive list of some of the best oldskool house, techno rave hardcore and jungle blogs websites and information

You want some other blogs about the period 1988 to 1998? Look no further. Blogs come and go so some of these links may need updating. Let us know if they do, and any others we should add to the list. Some might link to moody MP3’s. Avoid these, we can’t take any responsibility for the content of these sites!

12INCH RARE MAXIS
1988 – 1998
7 & 12 Inch Massacre
80SMAXIS-MISTERNOCHE
90s Dance Music Blog.
90s-dance-hits.com
A North Country Bhoy
ACID TED
Across The Kitchen Table
alain’s Site : My best music For people (update)
And This Is What You Get When You Least Expect It
Anything OldSkool
Archived Music Press
Audio Out
BANGIN OLDSKOOL
Barbarism Begins At Home: Ride – Nowhere (1990)
Beatbird
Beats For The Planet
better sounds believing
Big Box of Tapes
Boards of Electronica
bootlegs4u:
BRIT POP E DINTORNI..
Castles In Space
cathedrals of sound
CD/Tape pack Concept’s Blog
Chemical Beats
Class of 808
CLUB JDC
Club Maxi 80’s 90’s.: 12” Vinyl
Da Househead
DANCE MUSIC FOREVER
DISCO DANCE Classics: N’Trance
Discotrax 90’s 00’s
DJ N1 Blog
Energy Flash
Eurodance
EURODANCE-90
Eurodance-90s
Everything Starts With an A…
Fantastic Something
FEEL THE BEAT.
Finest Def Mix: Deep Dish
FLASH HOUSE
Forced Laugh
Freewave: Rave
History is made at night
holyfuckingshit40000
House-Classics
I Hate The 90s
I was a Teenage Shoegazer
indie.fference(indi.fer.uhns)
italian dancefloor
J.Bo Tapes
J.F.G.C. (Jus Fookin Great Choonz)
Klub 90’s: clock
Love In Spurts
Love In Spurts: The Frank & Walters – Trains, Boats and Planes
Madchester Rave On
MALGOSSNO1 TapePack Collection
Maloqueiro de Condomínio: Hardcore
Methods of Dance
Mix Collectors
MiXeS fOr ThE mAsSeS Blog
Music Is A Better Noise:
music ruined my life
Muzik | STATE OF BASS
My House Is Bigger
NEW-BEAT – HOUSE – TECHNO – TRANCE
Nineties Club CD Maxi Singles
Ninetieshouse
NO BREASTS NO REQUESTS
Old School House Music 1990-2000
Old School Mixes
Old School Sensation
Old Skool Jungle – Old School Hardcore – Drum and Bass – Drumtrip
Old Skool Mixes…House, Hardcore & Techno
Only 320
Order to Dance… for those who know the score …
Pops and Scratches
Pops N Crackles
Pure Club Classics
Pureclubclassics.blogspot.com
Pushblog
Pushstuff
RaveMaxx: Bizarre Inc – Playing with knives
Raver’s Choice
Reactiv-8
Sashas Retro Emporium
Shots of Freedom
Shut Up …and Dance
Soundaboard: The Clash
Space-Disco.3000 – funky house
Spinster’s Rock
Step to the Beat
Strictly Oldskool
Switching To The Vapour State
Techtech2009
The Acid Grandads
The Acid House
THE BANK | philadelphia pa (1988-1998)
The Beat Pop, New Wave, Post Punk Funk, Italo, Disco, Psych, Krautrock
The History of Acid House: I was there – Were You? PT.1
The Music That Nobody Likes
The Nomads Tent
The Power of Independent Trucking
The United States of Braindance
themusicthatnobodylikes.tk
This River Never Will Run Dry – indie music mp3 download blog shoegaze alternative post rock rare tracks
Tykal’s Vinyl Rips
Unreleased Digital – Sasha And Digweed Old Skool Prog
Uplifting Garage House Music
Weekender
wez’s old skool tuna tunez
What’s Nex?: Unreleased jungle tracks by dj nex
Wilfully Obscure
Wonderful World Of Dance
Work It To The Bone
And This Is What You Get When You Least Expect It
Come Fine Yourself
Side Stepping The Mainstream
Illegal Smoking Robot
bootlegdownloads.net
shadowboxing.org
I was a Teenage Shoegazer
A-Sides, B-Sides, and Seasides
Not Forgotten
Bagging Area
the (new) vinyl villain
Nuff Vybes
Burning The Ground: DjPaulT’s 80’s and 90’s Remixes
SE16’s Big Beat
Finest Def Mix
dj’aead – the vault – past, present, future…
Fun With Vinyl
The Home of UltraTraxx
Slammin Vinyl | Rave Tape Packs
Turbobit Discogs 1531
The Isle Of Deserted Pop Stars
Welcome To Wherever You Are
MIXRIOT
Early 90s Techno
DJ Mix Retro Rewind
heregoestherollercoaster
myvinyldreams
And This Is What You Get When You Least Expect It | ATIWYGWYLEI
always just breaking apart
Off The Beat(EN) TRAX
909originals

Old Skool

Artists

2 Bad Mice
808 State
DJ Anne Savage – Superstar International DJ / Producer / Presenter – Official Website
DJ Clockwork
DJ Ian Ossia
DJ Ian Ossia
DJ Jedi
DJ Ralph Lawson
DJ Slipmatt
DJ Welly
The Orb
DJ Euphoria

Books

All Crews
Raving 89
DJHistory.com Books

Clubs

Ark, Leeds. 1991-1997 | Future-Past
Back 2 Bowlers
expletive undeleted | rock’n’roll tales and dusty old records
Fantazia
Galactica
Obsessed
Orbituary
Quadrant Park
Shelleys
The Four Aces Club
Future-Past
The Orbit The Uk’s Legendary Techno Club
The Warehouse
raveskool.com, The Art of E-commerce

Films

The CHILLING FIELDS (1999)
High on Hope
They Call It Acid
Weekender
Faces Indie Jungle – The Movie
One More
Oldschool Renegades™

Flyers

B2VOS Flyer Gallery – Home
borosix.co.uk
Hyperreal
Old Skool Flyers Funky Foo
Phatmedia.co.uk
Raveflyers.co.uk
s_J_Large – Photobucket

Forums

Back To The Oldskool

Magazines

Britain’s erstwhile rave culture – Times Online
Clubbers who raved hard in the 1990s find it’s just as good second time around – Times Online
Dance, Music, Television: A PhD Thesis by Stuart Borthwick
Generator Magazine
How Madchester put the E into enterprise zone… | Music | The Observer
Knowledge | Back To The Old Skool
LSD ISSUE 2 – BOOTING OFF THE DOORS
Mixmag
Mixmag | Classic Features
Mixmag apologise about Charly killed Rave
muzik magazine
Rave New World – Dissertation on the Acid House & rave scene
The birth of rave | Music | Observer Music Monthly
Trance encounter: Can it really be 25 years since acid house was born? – Features – Music – The Independent