Rave Classics

• Citizen Kaned: "Set Me Free"
• The Movement: "Jump"

"Frequency" - Altern8
"Android" - The Prodigy
"Paupau New Guineau" (or however you spell it) - Future Sound Of London
"Nightmare" - Kid Unknown
"James Brown Is Dead" - LA Style
"Close Your Eyes" - Acen
"Right Before" - Project One
"The Green Man" - Shut Up & Dance
"Give It Up" - The Goodmen
"Back Again" - Run Tings
"Peace And Lovism" - Sonz Of A Loop Da Loop Era
"Hyperreal (Orbit)" - The Shamen
"Dildo" - Interactive
"Mindcontroller" - 80 AUM
"Dominator" - Human Resource
"Go" - Moby
"Euphoria" - The House Crew
"Lords Of The Null Lines" - Hyper-On Experience
"Let Me Be Your Fantasy" - Baby D
"31 Seconds" - Origin Unknown
"Music 4 Da People" - Yolk
"Music Takes You (original and 2 Bad Mice remix)" - Blame
"DJs Take Control" - SL2
"There Is No Law" - Messiah
"Outta Hand" - Mix Race
"Weekend" - DJ Dick

Perhaps I should let someone else name a few...

Absolutely cutting edge, intense and powerful.

Thanks for all your helpful contributions. For these kind acts I'll treat you all by NOT posting that bathtub shitter picture again. =;-D>

Now that's just being silly isn't it?

And a not so famous one Rising High Collective - "Tangled In My Thoughts"

Plus a Bajillion others that I can't remember

It's like 10 pounds or something in my nearest HMV. so tempting.

actually 10 euros maybe, even better.

we yung kidz do the same with the azzido da bass dooms night timo maas remix.

Cheers for clearing that up for me!

Krome & Time kicks mucho arse. What did they call "This Sound Is For The Underground"'s flipside? It sampled drums from Rebel MC and featured vocals intoning: "She keeps on running away..."

Krome and Time - "The Slammer"
CJ Bolland - "Horsepower"
Top Buzz - "Living in darkness"

More controversially:

Hixxy and Sharkey - "Toytown"
DJ Brisk - "Airhead"
Wedlock - "I'm the fuck you man"
Scott Brown and Rab S - "Now is the time"

Early 90s i reckon - it has vocals that go 'take it easy, take it easy..' over a hardcore-ish / breakbeat rhythm

and of course,

2 Unlimited - Get Ready For This

I know I asked that K&T question, but I couldn't recall its answer!

(1) How many of you were off your heads on E dancing to these tunes at raves/clubs in the late 80's/early 90's/whenever and how many of you have since assimilated those now sanctified tracks into your sonic vocabulary via Reynolds or whoever? In parenthesis, when I listen to "Energy Flash" straight it sounds a bit DULL to my ears, however, when I take an E the theme tune to Rainbow sounds ineffably cosmic.

(2) Do you still like them when you're NOT off your head and dancing in a rave/club?

(3) If you ARE still out there dancing and getting out of your heads, can you recomend me some wicked DJs/Artists/whatever? Please?! Where and who is the cutting edge you funky people!

Educate me.

I recall when someone released a rave version of that Rainbow theme tune! Part of that "Kiddie Techno" era featuring versions of Trumpton, Rainbow, Sesame Street, Aphex Twin's Pac-Man tune, etc. etc.

(2) I like them for the same reasons, and also because nostalgia is creeping in with regard to that era.

(3) I don't know because I have even less interest in clubs and drugs than I had then. And I no longer listen to new stuff so obsessively.

But as for singling out "Get Ready for This" as 2 Unlimited's finest work, well, a million cheerleaders can't be wrong.

808 State - Cubik
Bizarre Inc - Playing With Knives
High Lonesome Sound System - Champion Sound
Digital Boy - Gimme A Fat Beat
Channel X - Rave the Rhythm
Rio Rhythm Band - Carnival de Casa
Voodoo Child - Voodoo Child (Moby's only good track, ever)
Jump - Funkatarium
Brothers in Rhythm - Such A Good Feeling
Brothers Love Dubs - The Mighty Ming
Twin Hype - Do It To The Crowd
Eon - Spice

Bizarre Inc. - Raise Me (Ascension Mix)

I think it's mixed by Eon and it's the first track on their Energique album.

no-one mentioned one track by Nookie, esp. 'Give A Little Love (Manix remix)' or 'Its Gonna Be Alright' or the legendary 'Nicholas Parsons'

also

Doc Scott 'NHS'
Metalheads 'Terminator'
Danse City 'Melba'
? 'Patti Doesnt Have A Mink Coat'
UHF 'UHF' (produced by Moby)
Fantasy UFO 'Fantasy'
Meat Beat Manifesto 'Radio Babylon'
Shut Up & Dance - EVERYTHING
Blame 'Music Takes You' - various mixes

also, 'Hardcore Uproar' was NOT by Moby but by two guys under the name Together...sadly i think they're both now dead which is a shame

actually that reminds me that the cut I heard more than anything else during my raving days ('89-'92) was:

Phuture - "Acid Trax"

can anybody here identify any of the tracks?

"Lenny Dee is a native of New York. He started his career in 1984 DJing in a local roller disco in Brooklyn NYC at the age of 17. Lenny Dee is recognized as one of New York's earliest Techno pioneers. His earlier music consisted of Disco, Electro-Body, High Energy and early House. In 1989, Lenny's musical exploits brought him to Europe, which changed his direction once again. Lenny Dee's DJing career propelled him to be one of the most sort after International Techno DJs in the world. In a Time where DJs remained local for the most part, he became the number one International DJ in Germany, Scotland, France and Switzerland with his new sound - Hardcore Techno - a sound that he is still known for today. Lenny launched Industrial Strength Records in the U.S.A. in 1991 with PCP's 'Mescalinium United', becoming the first Hardcore Techno label in the world and one of the first Electronic Labels in the U.S.A. On a personal front Lenny's productions have always been diverse from his signature hardcore, to techno, house and beyond."

This looks a bit like doing a "hiphop classics" show on a New York station and only playing westcoast tracks.

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As part of XL Recordings's 15th anniversary, the label are finally ready to reissue some of their early Hardcore and Rave classics for the first time on 12" vinyl and as digital downloads.

Coming out in batches, the first three are in the shops as of today and they are:

THE PRODIGY What Evil Lurks
XLXV 1501 (originally issued as XLT 17 in 1991)
You read that right! The legendary first single which was deleted shortly after its release and never made available again until now. The 12” reissue also features two other rare songs, ‘We Gonna Rock’ and ‘Android’ as well as the original version of ‘Everybody In The Place’.

LIQUID Sweet Harmony
XLXV 1503 (originally issued as XLT 28 in 1992)
After borrowing some money from a friend to put out the first Liquid record, Eamon Downes hit the top with 'Sweet Harmony', a No. 15 UK chart hit. Despite several other strong records, Liquid are still best remembered for this piano driven rave classic.

JOHN + JULIE Circles (Round And Round)
XLXV 1505 (originally issued as XLT 18 in 1991)
The late Lee Newman and Michael Wells formed Greater Than One in London, circa 1985. The group was created to explore art through performance, recordings and installations. In 1990, they started releasing singles as GTO (because it was easier to spell) and Tricky Disco (to explore more techno and house music). As the rave scene of 1991 exploded, Newman and Wells started releasing singles as John + Julie, Church of Extacy and Signs of Chaos. They would also later release albums and singles as TD5, The Salami Brothers, and Technohead.

Coming very soon to 12", and already available for download are:

JONNY L Ooh! I Like It
XLXV 1502 (originally issued as XLT 44 in 1992)
Jonny L debuted with straightahead rave staples like “Hurt U So’ and ‘Ooh! I Like It’ before returning to his hardcore breakbeat origins with highlights of 1997 in the drum'n'bass arena with the 1997 ‘Piper’ single and ‘Sawtooth’ LP.

SL2 DJ’s Take Control
XLXV 1504 (originally released as XLT 24 in 1991)
The first of three successful singles released on XL by DJ’s Slipmatt and Lime. Originally released on the bands’ Awesome label, this track was later re-issued on XL and reached No. 11 in the UK charts. This wasn’t their only foray as ‘On A Ragga Tip’ scored them an amazing No. 2 position and ‘Way In My Brain’ reached No. 26.

There's more to follow over the next three months from the likes of Junior Vasquez, Tommy Musto, Lenny D, Moby and, of course, more from The Prodigy.

manix - feel real good

i think i lost my 12" of Nu-Matic 'Spring In My Step' :(

Okay apparently not (or at least Lenny Dee's bio makes no mention of it.) I've been belaboring under this misapprehension for years haha

(2mb MP3 download)

I've only ever heard it on a pirates tape from about 1994, it's a pretty stripped down "darkside" tune, with two main samples from the film Candyman - one is the "I hear you're looking for the candyman, bitch" quote and the other is a sample of a woman screaming, which is looped over the bassline for most of the track. Have had a good dig around in Discogs etc, but cannot find anything which fits the bill. Any ideas?

lyrics are something like:

"Come with me
tonight's the night
can't you see i'm gonna be with you
...
I aint gonna wait no more"

it's one of these tracks

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/tracks/B0002SG6U8/ref=dp_tracks_all_1/202-4999498-1500632?ie=UTF8#disc_1

Jeff Mills - The Bells
The Nighttripper - Tone Exploitation
DJ Funk - XTC
CZR - Deep Into The Vibe
Deee-Lite - D.M.T. (Supa DJ Dmitry & DJ Silver Remix)

http://cgi.ebay.ie/Jamma-Candyman-AUDIO_W0QQitemZ4840444482QQcategoryZ58641QQcmdZViewItem

http://catswhiskas.me.uk/listen.htm

^^ dinky dink

you miss the cheeky frank de wulf sample on this shortened clip though

could anyone please recommend me some mid-tempo (130 bpm or lower) rave tracks like charly (alley cat remix)? thanks!

Jonny L - Hurt U So

House Crew - Euphoria (Nino's Dream)

Euphoria is 140+ BPM tho

Bombscare - 2 Bad Mice

SL2 -DJs Take Control
80 AUM - Mindcontroller
Human Resource - Dominator
Messiah - There Is No Law
Zero Zero - Zeroxed
The Scientist - The Bee
Altern8 - Frequency
Tronik House - Up Tempo
B.T.B - Bad Base
Mark Summers - Summer's Magic
DJ Dick - Weekend
The Shamen - Pro-Gen
Mark One - Hoovers and Spraycans
Shut Up and Dance - The Green Man (Rum & Black mix)
Liquid - Sweet Harmony
First Project - Right Before
Kid Unknown - Nightmare

(Some of those are a bit over 130)