.----. .-----. .----. .-----. .--------. .--------------------. ( home )( intro )( gigs )( radio )( mixtapes )( barticle@hotmail.com ) '----' '-----' '----' '-----' '--------' '--------------------' .--------------------------------------------------------------------. | <prev> -< 30-11-00 accelerator 038 >- <next> | | .----------------------------------------------------------------. | | | "an a-z of rave: noise factory to oceanic" | | | | this year i'm taking an alphabetical look at early 1990's rave | | | | music: old skool hardcore and jungle plus cheesy top-40 dance! | | | :----------------------------------------------------------------: | | | as usual today's a-z programme was quite a mixed bag, starting | | | | with a wicked jungly tune from noise factory and continuing in | | | | a similar style with nookie (with the opening track from the b | | | | side of my recent old skool mixtape - plug!). there was a fair | | | | amount of classic vocal charty choonage too with several songs | | | | from oceanic (including the massive 'insanity' which peaked at | | | | #3 in the uk top-40), from nomad (whose 'devotion' topped that | | | | by getting to #2) and from n-trance (with 'set you free' which | | | | also reached #2 when it was remixed in '95). i also played two | | | | top cuts from nu-matic on the xl label, including the vivaldi- | | | | sampling 'spring in my step', and an absolute classic from nrg | | | | not to be confused with the baby d tune i played in september! | | | | (or the original version of the song by the korgis from 1980!) | | | '----------------------------------------------------------------' | | -< set track-listing >- | | 01 'can you feel the rush' - noise factory [ibiza records '93] | | 02 '(i wanna give you) devotion' - nomad feat. m.c.mikee freedom | | 03 'higher than heaven' - nomad [rumour] [rumour]-^ | | 04 'shining in da darkness' - nookie [reinforced records '93] | | 05 'i need your love' (real hardcore mix) - nrg [chill recs '92] | | 06 'set you free' (original mix) - n-trance [a.a.t.w. '94] | | 07 'spring in my step' (edit) - nu-matic [xl recordings '92] | | 08 'hard times' - nu-matic [xl recordings '92] | | 09 'wicked love' - oceanic [dead dead good '91] | | 10 'reality' - oceanic [dead dead good '91] | | 11 'ambition' - oceanic [transmission '93] | | 12 'insanity' (dream tripper mix) - oceanic [dead dead good '91] | '--------------------------------------------------------------------' .----. .-----. .----. .-----. .--------. .--------------------. ( home )( intro )( gigs )( radio )( mixtapes )( barticle@hotmail.com ) '----' '-----' '----' '-----' '--------' '--------------------'