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
Tag: jungle
Dego 4 hero – Simon Reynolds view
Energy Flash: hardcore 4 Heroes ( # 1 of 1). Worth linking to this, as ever Simon Reynolds is spot on ie “Some of the tracks are well crafted, yes. But for the most part, those records are cringey to me – I cringe. I hear all the mistakes. I hear mistakes all over… Continue reading Dego 4 hero – Simon Reynolds view
Mixmag April 1994 – Is Jungle Too Ruff?
Mixmag | APRIL 1994 – IS JUNGLE TOO RUFF?. This article is now 20 years old. It’s an argument that wasn’t solved then, and hasn’t been since. Words: Jane Headon Photos from Jungle Fever: Donovan Published in Mixmag April 1994 With the precision of a wire cutter, jungle music has divided the rave scene down… Continue reading Mixmag April 1994 – Is Jungle Too Ruff?
DJ Break live on club nation @ bowlers Asylum
Here’s one we haven’t seen before. About 1.45 there’s a brave lad in a Liverpool shirt. About 4.50 there’s a bit of a rough mix into No Diggity as well. Check out the tags for more Bowlers posts
Energy Flash site: 22 years of Rude FM Interview
Flashback is back
https://www.facebook.com/ultimatereunion The best rave since oldskool was new skool. 1st Dec HMV Institute Birmingham. #hwnd
The best drop ever
We’ll go into our problems with Ravealation in another post. However this is just a brilliant drop The tune is J and L – Midnight on Strictly Underground records. DJ Is Mark Ryder, boss of SU. WE think this is Easter 1995, it’s definitely Wembley Conference Centre. He’d already played a mellow version of this… Continue reading The best drop ever
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
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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
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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
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Films
- The CHILLING FIELDS (1999)
- High on Hope
- They Call It Acid
- Weekender
- Faces Indie Jungle – The Movie
- One More
- Oldschool Renegades™
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Flyers
- B2VOS Flyer Gallery – Home
- borosix.co.uk
- Hyperreal
- Old Skool Flyers Funky Foo
- Phatmedia.co.uk
- Raveflyers.co.uk
- s_J_Large – Photobucket
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Forums
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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
More Pirate Radio
Energy Flash. PIRATES OF THE AIRWAVES director’s cut The Wire, 2008 From the brilliant Energy Flash blog. Also get the book here.
Pirate radio rave tapes: ‘You can’t Google this stuff’ | Music | The Guardian
Pirate radio rave tapes: ‘You can’t Google this stuff’ | Music | The Guardian. This is a must read interview with the man from Tape Crackers