.----. .-----. .----. .-----. .--------. .--------------------. ( home )( intro )( gigs )( radio )( mixtapes )( barticle@hotmail.com ) '----' '-----' '----' '-----' '--------' '--------------------' .--------------------------------------------------------------------. | <prev> -< 22-03-01 accelerator 057 >- <next> | | .----------------------------------------------------------------. | | | "an a-z of rave: tronik house to urban shakedown" | | | | this year i'm taking an alphabetical look at early 1990's rave | | | | music: old skool hardcore and jungle plus cheesy top-40 dance! | | | :----------------------------------------------------------------: | | | the penultimate part of the a-z of rave kicked off with a huge | | | | early moody techno classic from kevin saunderson - recorded as | | | | tronik house - followed by 5 fantastic old skool hardcore cuts | | | | from the 2 bad mice, both their own tunes and their remixes of | | | | old skool anthems. next up was mickey finn's mix of u96's 'das | | | | boot' (a movie-inspired techno track that stayed at the top of | | | | the german chart for several weeks back in 1992) and then came | | | | urban hype starting with the oft-neglected original version of | | | | their cheesy chart smash - complete with the namecheck for the | | | | firemen of trumpton - and continuing with two lesser-known and | | | | rather nice mellow tracks of theirs from the same year. mickey | | | | finn returned to close today's show in style (in collaboration | | | | with aphrodite) with the huge anthemic track - 'some justice'. | | | '----------------------------------------------------------------' | | -< set track-listing >- | | 01 'up tempo' (original reese mix) - tronik house [k.m.s. '92] | | 02 'bombscare' (original mix) - 2 bad mice [moving shadow '91] | | 03 'hold it down' - 2 bad mice [moving shadow '92] | | 04 'music takes you' (2 bad mice remix) - blame [moving shadow '92]| | 05 'future sound' (2 bad mice remix) - phuture assassins [s.b. '92]| | 06 'helicopter' (2 bad mice remix) - deep blue [moving shadow '94] | | 07 'das boot' (mickey finn instrumental) - u96 [m&g records '92] | | 08 'a trip to trumpton' (radio edit) - urban hype [faze 2 '92] | | 09 'the feeling' (7" edit) - urban hype [faze 2 '92] | | 10 'teknologi' (ambient house mix) - urban hype [faze 2 '92] | | 11 'some justice' (concrete jungle mix) - urban shakedown ['92] | | .----------------------------------------------------------------. | | | tracks 02 and 04 (plus the original mix of 11) can be found on | | | | 'old skool da-ze', my fab alphabetical old skool rave mixtape! | | | '----------------------------------------------------------------' | '--------------------------------------------------------------------' .----. .-----. .----. .-----. .--------. .--------------------. ( home )( intro )( gigs )( radio )( mixtapes )( barticle@hotmail.com ) '----' '-----' '----' '-----' '--------' '--------------------'