AHH yes 94. Great year for me I was getting into the darker side in 93 so when jungle exploded onto the scene. I still loved me hardcore but after dancing to it for 4 years I needed something different. Yes it wasn't for everyone but I loved it. I was at Dreamscape 10 at the legendary Sanctuary where all these tracks were played. Great tracks, great memories again Jake
Some great toons and memories there, 94 was when I started to drift from the rave scene as it started to die out, but still listening to the toons at 54 and even now dropping into the techno scene
These videos are belting mate! The perfect antidote to a sh*t day at work! An lesser known artist I don't think you've covered from around 92 is The Saucer Crew, specifically a track called Do they Exist, quite ahead of its time, on Holy Ghost Inc. Cheers 🍻 🎧🔥🔥
Jake, Absolutely been loving these episodes, I don't want then to stop! its not just the great tunes you cover, its your philosophical approach, love it! I'm so grateful I found your channel. takes me back to much much better times. Thx Bud.
You are such a breath of fresh air - top man. Ever noticed how mark from rave shed drops some of you featured tunes on his friday night show? Both of you keep the feeling alive and kicking - huge respect to you both - worlds a better place with you both doing your thing, thank you.
Nice... I guess sometimes you hear tunes for the first time in ages and it reminds you of them, so you reach for them off the shelf 😊. Mark's channel is quality...I really enjoy his mixes and energy. His record collection is epic.
@rave-vinyl-reminiscence completely agree. It takes time, planning and commitment to do what you both do, just for the love of the music and the memories. So thank you.
Love your music we did a pirate radio station in Southend on sea for ten years desire fm I was with premier fm for ten years as well official Southend sparkle c keep up with your good work I like how you tell us everything
Nice. Some more gems from 94. Force and Evolution- perfect dreams, Ramos and supreme - gotta believe (heaven remix) mercurial - feel the energy to name a few.
What an episode Jake mate!! Friggin buzzin me socks off here! Can't remember if I told you, but I was out of the scene in 94. Bloody wished I carried on a bit longer now. All these tunes are new to me. Going straight to Discogs now. Pure class mate, loved it 👍👊
This might sound controversial but in my opinion hardcore became jungle which became dnb. This is the way. Happy hardcore was an offshoot that effectively left the 'scene'. One thing that confirms this is that the majority of hardcore DJs carried on into dnb. Rider, frost, hype, finn, randall, ss, kenny ken, doc scott to name a few. Over the years dnb acknowledged its roots in the hardcore scene with countless remixes and samples from the 91-94 era.
Yeah that could make sense mate... It was so blurry at one point that it can be hard to trace any exact roots and lineage... but that's pretty much how it went. I'm gonna do a 'Darkside' episode of 93/94 stuff soon... ....so many seeds can be heard in that stuff.
Not controversial at all for me, this was exactly how it went. By the time I moved to Sheffield in late 93, it was all jungle/dnb. And the vibe was very different (dark) which is why I ended up gravitating to house, mainly cos I actually like dancing!
@@shaunc9488 Snap! That is what happened to me in London - the scene (from my perspective) went from Hardcore, 91/92 to Hardcore Junglism, 92 to Jungle, 92/93 to Darkcore, 93 to D&B, 94+. I loved dancing and it so happened that the gorgeous women all happened to be into U.S./UK House and U.S. Garage at the clubs I went to. So I followed them and the music there.
I was in San Antonio in 92 and 94. Same routine. Sleep all day. Get woken up at about 6 by the woman in the karaoke bar downstairs singing "I can't liiiiiiiiive if living is without yooouuu", see Tony at Bar Tamesis for a burger, few beers and then out. Ran out of money after about a week both times. Knew nothing about that balearic culture in 92, gutted when I got there and realised there was no one playing hardcore anywhere that I could find! You might hear On A Ragga Tip in a disco if you were lucky! Fully adjusted in 94. Another great video mate.
Hiya, me again😂 you were right I did like the 94 mix, but cant say I loved it like the 3 years before, i think like a lot of people say the scene was changing in 94-95 it was never what I call true hardcore again. Can someone please invent time travel i want one more night in the Underground of Sterns....
Awsome channel mate👌👌 force and evolution taking me right back to temptation/united dance in Stevenage🤟🤟 I’m so glad to have been a part of it all in early 90s it’ll never be repeated like that but at least we had it👊
Morning Earthjake....!! 1994 by this time I thought that Hardcore was definitely going through its first of many mitosis and your tunes were moving towards the bouncing happy stuff that to be honest weren't my bag and were just the original tunes from 91-93 sped up and stitched together, mind you I didn't mind some of the SMD, Naughty Naughty releases also the Hectic stuff, Ramos & Supreme and the Sunset Regime were decent enough.. Personally I was bang into the Techno side now (Carl Cox, Colin's Dale & Faver et el.) and even went to some early Drum & Bass nights which were huge in Bristol, likes of DJ Die, Krust, Roni Size & Jody (he of Way out West) but the attitude was a bit more menacing, not so many happy faces.. to quote Mad P from Top Buzz 'D- A- R- K Dark'...lol. Great mix though geez, love the Higher Level tune, it'll be interesting to see where you go on 1995. Anyway Stay Gold Ponyboy....☺
Ha 😆 Yeah that was definitely a common formula at this point...stitching together and speeding up existing tunes. There were lots of quality...more serious stuff in 94, but like I said I avoided all the Basement tracks and some of the other quality tunes already featured in previous episodes. 95 is going to be an interesting challenge 🤔😊 Cheers for tuning in 👊
Great video again and great tracks althrough I dont remember too much about 94. I was helping a mate with his mobile disco in the evenings and being subjected to more commercial dance tunes. Towards the end of 94 I got in to the jungle scene and boom I loved it!
You ain't alone mate. Labyrnth was my weekly salvation post 94 - no aggro, just great tunes, people and vibes. Wicked club, Joe put on some proper parties despite the "music politics and BS". HWND.
Awe 94, the last year for me. Maybe a couple 95’ers afterwards from GLR… I’ll always be a 91 to 94 Hardcore collecting enthusiast. Thanks for the vid as always. Respect.
Alright Jake! Really interesting episode and a very divisive year for many!! Loads of the old headz had turned there back on hardcore and moved to the house scene. I actually embraced both, in fact ,because of buying both house and hardcore it represents the largest percentage of the 2000 tunes I own!! Interested to see where you take it for 1995!! Respect as always!! 👍🎶
Cheers Paul 👊 Yeah all true mate...and very similar to my own path. The 95 episode is going it be an interesting... and tricky one ... but it needs to happen as part of the story 👍
Another great selection there Jake. I think I prefer the original Mystic & DJ Fire than the True Luv version but it's still up there. High on Life and Higher Level monster tunes for me. I ended up liking some Happy Hardcore but deffo jungle going through the 90`s and then it was club anthems as the years went by. Memories eh!
Top notch selection for 94 Jake. Brought back great hazy memories of World Dance's at Lydd, Dreamscape's at the Sanctuary & Fusion's down at Rhythm Station in Aldershot to name a few of the raves we did that year. Enjoyed your passionate eloquent descriptions as always too. Hope all is well with ya mate & look forward to the next vlog. Respect 👍🏻👊🏻
@@rave-vinyl-reminiscence yea it was a great little club that, even the car park vibes after were good too 👍🏻 probably raved alongside ya then Jake. Used to get on the platforms & bust some moves 😂 👊🏻
Not sure if anyone has commented yet on that 'wishy-washy sound' made by playing 2 identical tunes simultaneously (but a micro second out) which you described, but a couple of pirate DJ's I knew back in the day used to refer to it as 'flange'. For those guru's that might know the official term, please don't shoot the messenger 😉
I too thought hardcore (as we knew it) would never end but after that summer it felt truely over (for me anyway😭) as the jungle/happy split was well established and I wasnt really inspired by either style. It was a magic ride from summer 91 to 94 tho 😎
You're not on you're own there, I felt exactly the same way. I can only thank the likes of Stu Champman, DJ Nee, & Luna-C (amongst many others) who brought the nuskool (oldskool) vibe back around the early 2000's.🎶🎶 Edit: big shout out also to the Soundcloud/ TH-cam crew (Paul Cronin, Nicky Allen DJ Crip & D.J Mark C) who also pushed their own take on the original hardcore sounds, who then led others to do the same. Top respects to them!! 🫵🏼
Loved these series, very entertaining, so many good tunes from around this time you could put hours and hours worth of content out.. Tru Luv is a brilliant tune but in my humble opinion the original on Impact records was the better one... Love that Question mark tune, remember Slipmatt used to hammer that one, never knew that was Red Alert and Mike Slammer.. funny how things still pop up all these years later👍
Another great show Jake - I really don't know these tunes. By 1994 (aged 21) I had gotten into U.S. & UK House, U.S. & UK Vocal House and U.S. Garage, taking me to places like Turnmills/Ministry etc. It is very nice to hear this stuff - seeing as I was not there.
Thanks for the support mate. That's nice that you're hearing these tunes for the first time 😊🙏 You'll recognise some of the cheeky house tracks I sneak into the next episode then 😉😋
For me it started going downhill in 93. I’d gone to a couple acid house things around 89-90 as it evolved into rave (nothing major), but 91 was the pinnacle as it was still so new and only had a relatively select type of number and people going. 92 was decent but then I found it getting too big/commercial in 93-95 and losing that special feeling, especially with the big events like tribal gathering (I liked it but wasn’t the same really). A lot of newbies were going (think I was a rave snob by then 😂) and a lot more dickheads. Saw a load of fights at tribal gathering in 93, mostly between dealers, but also massive gangs were steaming through different areas stealing off everyone (even sweaty hats). We saw machetes being smuggled in around one part of the fence and it just affected the atmosphere. Some good sets though including the sonz of a loop pa. Rave/hardcore gave me so much though whilst it lasted and kept me and my mates mostly out of jail for a few years (though I did go in in 95 and 96 🙄). We were definitely very lucky to have been around at that age at that time (I turned 18 in 91) and many generations don’t get to experience something so unique, raw, groundbreaking and absolutely mental!!
Love it Jake. Keep up the good work. Content suggestion. You did a tribute to Slipmatt ....how about a tribute to Tango? Total legend and ill bet you've got a good stash of his stuff. Cheers Ollie aka the Knackered Raver lol
Loving the channel mate another fab mix n great memories I think the drums used in the 2 ?? Near the end of the track is taken Johnny jungle flammable ❤
Can you recreate LTJ Bukems blend of two TIC TAC TOE records from Dreamscape 4 ? I always thought it was a different version but later found out he'd mixed the same record together with a slight delay. The two same tracks played together makes the choon sound EVEN better on a whole different level 🙌
I'll have to have a listen to that...sounds interesting 🤔 I'll search it up. Only problem right at this moment is that I only have one copy of TIC TAC TOE
When the happy harcore started coming out it was the end of an era for me,but the start of a new trip with techno and going to clubs like club UK in Wandsworth and deep space (colin dale/favour) Also really got into collecting 88/89 acid house as id just missed out on that by a couple of years.
Me too - I think 1994 as I was at college in Wandsworth back then, yes, Club UK was not bad- not specifically my kind of music, but had a few good night there with friends who loved that Jeff Mills Techno sound.
Higher Level were of course Krome & Time. 1994 was the year that got me into Rave music starting off with Jungle then slowly discovering what eventually got termed Happy Hardcore as the scene started to split.
The change in 94 was incredibly abrupt. Over night the whole thing changed. In Australia the crowd changed and it was hard to find anyone into it for the music and not just there for the drugs. Then came the scurge of happy hardcore.
And also Gabba House too - I had a mate who used to travel to your neck of the woods - Bali etc, and he was bang into Gabba House, a little too hard for me. Fascinating post again, I agree with you, crowds could just change over a short period of time.
Good stuff. Watched a few of these now. Recognise at least half these tunes but I really can’t make sense of the way my music taste took me. First taste of electronic was 808 state then whatever they played on their sunset 102 show. All the time we were collecting flyers in Manchester and I was religiously buying eclipse/edge cassettes. My favourite early era was what we called “darkness”, all the sinister jungle by JJ frost etc. all the time we would have house tapes too and go to mainly house nights. Around 94 I went full house but later got back into jungle a bit. Happy hardcore was never for me but I distinctly remember a split of genres, especially noticeable when you bought a festival tape pack
Yeah mate I hear you. I think that things were developing and changing so fast, that there was hardly time to find your feet with a genre before it moved forwards again.
@@rave-vinyl-reminiscence definitely. One of my all time favourite sets is when the hitman and her went to the eclipse. Carl cox and phantasy. That 92 era was incredible
Great post - yes, it was Darkness/Darkcore from early 1993 (Hardcore > Hardcore Junglism > Jungle > Darkness/Darkcore) and then a split also in 1993 to Happy Hardcore and Techno (although forms of Techno never really went away and is a big thing even now). In 1993/94 I went down the House route too and was really loving Handbag House (Tribal Records and Club 69, etc). It is wonderful to think that you were going down a similar House route in Manchester at that time - this is why I love Jake's channel, incredible!
@@jaydunstan1618 nice. We were going to house nights in 93 yet somehow it always seemed to be called old school despite most of the tunes being no more than 2 years old. I then listened to renaissance the mix collection and never wanted to go to an “old school” night ever again. Around 96 I made a new set of friends. Between us we liked house and jungle. I was always keen to hear the new house stuff but so many loved the early 90s stuff which I was a bit sick of by then. Listened to a tape of it all again today and loved it. In fairness, Dave seaman Shelley’s 91 is one of my all time favourites
When the scenes split I went down the German techno route, it did me well until around 97 when I first heard Goa trance for the first time. Since then on ive not changed. Goa for life♥️
Hiya. Fab selection! Have had to add a few to my wantlist, so thankyou. Would like to reciprocate. Rare as hens teeth & bloody 'pensive but... Doughbwoy & Crashead- Two evil eyes ep. Either track.
Just looked threw my tunes lol not many at all got all the other years 1989 1993 lol must of had a year break 😅 1915 and up but I did have (Eliss D Big Up Your Chest) Tune ❤ I'm still looking 🫂 (Ruffians hight spirit my brother got given this tune who got it pressed keep this close to my Hart 🤎 Fond memories bro love.. Ricky Remxes
@@rave-vinyl-reminiscence I've got a few on disscogs as a collector not a seller so I'm just looking threw them need to add more on ther e but to busy playing them 😆 1🤎 hope you still carry this on its been perfect it has a good factor feeling 😉 👍🏼
In 94 I bought the Dreamscape 14 tape pack just for Dougal's set. Then to save walkman batteries I'd listen to the flip side rather than rewind the tape. And that's how I discovered Jungle via DJ Hype ..and then onto dnb until about late 98. Did you get iinto jungle and dnb in that year too? Sounds like you tried your best to follow hardcore to its end without being sucked too much into Happy Hardcore. Darkside kinda put me off hardcore in 93 but that's what led to Jungle it turned out. I missed all these tracks you are playing but had plenty unwanted exposure to Happy Hardcore (which had its moments.. Complete Darkness, Marusha from that Dougal tape for eg.. but it was never for me).
Yeah the darkside stuff was a different beast altogether... personally I really liked it. I'll be doing an episode on it some time soon...so hopefully you'll enjoy the stuff I play 👊
Dj Ratty The Edge November Spectacular 👌as dark as 1993 gets. I didn’t like much from 1995, but when 1996 came round with jump up I was hooked again. Recently I bought a bit of vinyl and the guy that sold it me messaged me about a jungle label he runs. It’s ragga style, like 1995, but all brand new. The label is Box Fulla. Some was free, I bought the rest of it and did a mix tape. I have to admit to listening to that mix a lot.
@@ness-ee burial leviticus dead dred spiritual aura helicopter tune deadly deep subs original nuttah the trooper screwface inner city life presha iii tom and jerry stuff to name a few 👍
Yeah they absolutely were... but for these episodes I purposely didn't use any tunes that I've featured in previous episodes...and the SMD tunes were played in the Slipmatt video 👍😊
94 wasn’t the best year for me personally. This is the year it got messy,cheesy and fast. I was a dj in the scene working alongside Dj Tango in the studio and playing out but this was the year I lost interest.
That first mix was banging dude ...well all the mixes you've been putting together on your stream, your the best mixer I've heard on you tube ever ...its a pleasure listening to you put these tunes together your a proper DJ and I love your passion for this music, your the highlight of my week so far and love the old pictures too,.wow how young we were back then ....take me back please ffs😅 👍❤️
Thank you mate...I'm glad you're enjoying the journey 😊🙏 Yeah it's been a while experience for me, rummaging through old pictures and casting my mind back to each year. As blurry as those memories are. Cheers for the ongoing support 👊
Tasty Mix there. 30 years on and still love these tunes. 😁👍❤
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AHH yes 94. Great year for me I was getting into the darker side in 93 so when jungle exploded onto the scene. I still loved me hardcore but after dancing to it for 4 years I needed something different. Yes it wasn't for everyone but I loved it. I was at Dreamscape 10 at the legendary Sanctuary where all these tracks were played. Great tracks, great memories again Jake
Nice one pal cheers 👊
Yeah there was certainly plenty to choose from by 94...wherever your tastes were leading you.
Some great toons and memories there, 94 was when I started to drift from the rave scene as it started to die out, but still listening to the toons at 54 and even now dropping into the techno scene
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These videos are belting mate! The perfect antidote to a sh*t day at work! An lesser known artist I don't think you've covered from around 92 is The Saucer Crew, specifically a track called Do they Exist, quite ahead of its time, on Holy Ghost Inc. Cheers 🍻 🎧🔥🔥
Cheers pal 👊
I just checked that Saucer Crew track out... it's deep 😎
Some absolute slammers in there, takes me right back, Nostalgia is a beautiful pain.
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What a saying 'Nostalgia is a beautiful pain', incredible phrasing...I totally feel that!
@@jaydunstan1618 yeah agreed mate 👍
Mystic & Fire - True Luv (remix) what a absolute banger 💥 to start it off 👌
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Jake, Absolutely been loving these episodes, I don't want then to stop! its not just the great tunes you cover, its your philosophical approach, love it! I'm so grateful I found your channel. takes me back to much much better times. Thx Bud.
Ah thank you mate ...
I'm glad you're here 👊❤️
I have no plans to stop for a long time yet pal 😎
You are such a breath of fresh air - top man. Ever noticed how mark from rave shed drops some of you featured tunes on his friday night show? Both of you keep the feeling alive and kicking - huge respect to you both - worlds a better place with you both doing your thing, thank you.
Nice...
I guess sometimes you hear tunes for the first time in ages and it reminds you of them, so you reach for them off the shelf 😊.
Mark's channel is quality...I really enjoy his mixes and energy. His record collection is epic.
Cheers for the nice feedback 👊❤️
@rave-vinyl-reminiscence completely agree. It takes time, planning and commitment to do what you both do, just for the love of the music and the memories. So thank you.
It's worth the effort my friend... thank you for your appreciation 🙏❤️
Looking forward to hearing the full set
Wow that Druid & Vinylgroover is brilliant - great mix! Ravers Choice - tingles UP MY Spine!!!!!
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Love your music we did a pirate radio station in Southend on sea for ten years desire fm I was with premier fm for ten years as well official Southend sparkle c keep up with your good work I like how you tell us everything
Cheers pal 👊
Foul play wot a tune and baby d casanova omino trio my favourite song ever
Yeah top notch mate 😎
Another fun filled episode. 94 was more about techno for me than hardcore. The last great year!
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Nice.
Some more gems from 94.
Force and Evolution- perfect dreams, Ramos and supreme - gotta believe (heaven remix) mercurial - feel the energy to name a few.
What an episode Jake mate!! Friggin buzzin me socks off here! Can't remember if I told you, but I was out of the scene in 94. Bloody wished I carried on a bit longer now. All these tunes are new to me. Going straight to Discogs now. Pure class mate, loved it 👍👊
Cheers Jason 👊❤️
Some of them might cost you a few quid these days...happy hunting 😊😎
Lovely selection! 1994 another great year. Some of my all time faves there esp True luv remix and of course Everyone can be 🙌🙌🙌
Glad you enjoyed 😊👊
This might sound controversial but in my opinion hardcore became jungle which became dnb. This is the way.
Happy hardcore was an offshoot that effectively left the 'scene'. One thing that confirms this is that the majority of hardcore DJs carried on into dnb. Rider, frost, hype, finn, randall, ss, kenny ken, doc scott to name a few. Over the years dnb acknowledged its roots in the hardcore scene with countless remixes and samples from the 91-94 era.
Yeah that could make sense mate...
It was so blurry at one point that it can be hard to trace any exact roots and lineage...
but that's pretty much how it went.
I'm gonna do a 'Darkside' episode of 93/94 stuff soon...
....so many seeds can be heard in that stuff.
Not controversial at all for me, this was exactly how it went. By the time I moved to Sheffield in late 93, it was all jungle/dnb. And the vibe was very different (dark) which is why I ended up gravitating to house, mainly cos I actually like dancing!
@@shaunc9488 ha 😆... true
@@shaunc9488 Snap! That is what happened to me in London - the scene (from my perspective) went from Hardcore, 91/92 to Hardcore Junglism, 92 to Jungle, 92/93 to Darkcore, 93 to D&B, 94+. I loved dancing and it so happened that the gorgeous women all happened to be into U.S./UK House and U.S. Garage at the clubs I went to. So I followed them and the music there.
Slipmatt was one who didn’t go that route tho 👍🏼😉
When High of life dropped 🔥🔥🔥 ....goosebumps !!!
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Yes yes Jake - loving what you’re doing here mate 👍🏻👍🏻
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Nice selection mate. I think my favourite from 94 has to be Higher Level-High Spirits, so euphoric!
I was in San Antonio in 92 and 94. Same routine. Sleep all day. Get woken up at about 6 by the woman in the karaoke bar downstairs singing "I can't liiiiiiiiive if living is without yooouuu", see Tony at Bar Tamesis for a burger, few beers and then out. Ran out of money after about a week both times. Knew nothing about that balearic culture in 92, gutted when I got there and realised there was no one playing hardcore anywhere that I could find! You might hear On A Ragga Tip in a disco if you were lucky! Fully adjusted in 94. Another great video mate.
Ha 😆 the poolside Karaoke singer 😂
Hiya, me again😂 you were right I did like the 94 mix, but cant say I loved it like the 3 years before, i think like a lot of people say the scene was changing in 94-95 it was never what I call true hardcore again. Can someone please invent time travel i want one more night in the Underground of Sterns....
Yeah mate...we could set up a Rave Tourist business, going back to get mullered in the underground.
We looked like legends in 94, danced like legends, if i did these moves now id be shot humanely 😂😂
Ha 😆 👊
Have just downloaded sunshine and gotta believe remixes Ramos, after looking for the Kroger and time, similar happy sunshine chewns !🎉
Wicked show as always, reverse for me had sykick for time, never heard that Druid track grabbed a copy 15 dabs. Thanks Jake 👊🙌
Ha 😉 different journey, same destination. Nice one mate 👊😎
Nice 1 Jake, some top tunes you played in this episode.
Reminds me of Saturday nights in Madisons Bournemouth - Hard'n'fast with Stu-J and Storm 😎🤜🏻
Glad you enjoyed them mate 😁👊
Good music and a lot of good things where said
Awsome channel mate👌👌 force and evolution taking me right back to temptation/united dance in Stevenage🤟🤟 I’m so glad to have been a part of it all in early 90s it’ll never be repeated like that but at least we had it👊
Absolutely mate 😊❤️
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Just what I was feeling when I watch jakes channel, United dance was such a buzz!
Peaked up starts with a really pitched up Italo banger from 92, Jennifer Lucas - Take On Higher
Ahhh yes ...so it does 👍
Cheers 👊
High on life! What’s tune! As has been said, 94 was probably the last decent year before it all starting going jungle & D&B. Sad.
Yep 😊👊
Morning Earthjake....!! 1994 by this time I thought that Hardcore was definitely going through its first of many mitosis and your tunes were moving towards the bouncing happy stuff that to be honest weren't my bag and were just the original tunes from 91-93 sped up and stitched together, mind you I didn't mind some of the SMD, Naughty Naughty releases also the Hectic stuff, Ramos & Supreme and the Sunset Regime were decent enough.. Personally I was bang into the Techno side now (Carl Cox, Colin's Dale & Faver et el.) and even went to some early Drum & Bass nights which were huge in Bristol, likes of DJ Die, Krust, Roni Size & Jody (he of Way out West) but the attitude was a bit more menacing, not so many happy faces.. to quote Mad P from Top Buzz 'D- A- R- K Dark'...lol. Great mix though geez, love the Higher Level tune, it'll be interesting to see where you go on 1995. Anyway Stay Gold Ponyboy....☺
Ha 😆
Yeah that was definitely a common formula at this point...stitching together and speeding up existing tunes. There were lots of quality...more serious stuff in 94, but like I said I avoided all the Basement tracks and some of the other quality tunes already featured in previous episodes.
95 is going to be an interesting challenge 🤔😊
Cheers for tuning in 👊
@@rave-vinyl-reminiscence Well I'm sure you're up to the challenge good sir...
Great video again and great tracks althrough I dont remember too much about 94. I was helping a mate with his mobile disco in the evenings and being subjected to more commercial dance tunes. Towards the end of 94 I got in to the jungle scene and boom I loved it!
Ta mate 👊
Yeah a huge movement over to jungle at this point hey. Conversely it didn't carry me.
Bit like Marmite the ol' jungle was hey 👊
Another great episode, makes me wanna dig out my happy hardcore vinyls. Looking forward to your 95 selection.
Thanks mate.
Go grab em 😀😎
When the scene split I went the happy hardcore route went to labrynth most weekends around this period 94/95
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You ain't alone mate. Labyrnth was my weekly salvation post 94 - no aggro, just great tunes, people and vibes. Wicked club, Joe put on some proper parties despite the "music politics and BS". HWND.
Awe 94, the last year for me. Maybe a couple 95’ers afterwards from GLR… I’ll always be a 91 to 94 Hardcore collecting enthusiast. Thanks for the vid as always. Respect.
Yeah for sure mate...
I'm only just gonna be able to squeeze the 95 episode out...there's wasn't much at all.
Alright Jake!
Really interesting episode and a very divisive year for many!!
Loads of the old headz had turned there back on hardcore and moved to the house scene.
I actually embraced both, in fact ,because of buying both house and hardcore it represents the largest percentage of the 2000 tunes I own!!
Interested to see where you take it for 1995!!
Respect as always!! 👍🎶
Cheers Paul 👊
Yeah all true mate...and very similar to my own path.
The 95 episode is going it be an interesting... and tricky one ...
but it needs to happen as part of the story 👍
Another great selection there Jake. I think I prefer the original Mystic & DJ Fire than the True Luv version but it's still up there. High on Life and Higher Level monster tunes for me. I ended up liking some Happy Hardcore but deffo jungle going through the 90`s and then it was club anthems as the years went by. Memories eh!
Cheers mate 👊
Yeah I'm with you on that...the original is the one of I had to choose 😎❤️
Awesome mate you capture the reason,the vibe and music of this special few years meant so much for us that lived through that time, respect
Cheers mate 👊❤️
Top notch selection for 94 Jake. Brought back great hazy memories of World Dance's at Lydd, Dreamscape's at the Sanctuary & Fusion's down at Rhythm Station in Aldershot to name a few of the raves we did that year. Enjoyed your passionate eloquent descriptions as always too. Hope all is well with ya mate & look forward to the next vlog. Respect 👍🏻👊🏻
Cheers Andy 👊
Yeah Fusion at the Rhythm Station...we used to go there too in 94 👍😎
Good gigs they were ❤️
@@rave-vinyl-reminiscence yea it was a great little club that, even the car park vibes after were good too 👍🏻 probably raved alongside ya then Jake. Used to get on the platforms & bust some moves 😂 👊🏻
Without a doubt mate 😆
You've probably told me where you were from and what you were on, numerous times.
Thank you, great episode. 👍
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Absolutely ❤ High On Life!!! Such a many good memories with this track 😅 Big TY for upload & actually TY for the channel ✌️
Thank you mate 👊❤️
Not sure if anyone has commented yet on that 'wishy-washy sound' made by playing 2 identical tunes simultaneously (but a micro second out) which you described, but a couple of pirate DJ's I knew back in the day used to refer to it as 'flange'. For those guru's that might know the official term, please don't shoot the messenger 😉
Yeah that could fit the bill.
I used a flange effect in my amp sometimes when playing guitar...it's good for Pink Floyd stuff 😎
This channel is a goldmine of history
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I too thought hardcore (as we knew it) would never end but after that summer it felt truely over (for me anyway😭) as the jungle/happy split was well established and I wasnt really inspired by either style. It was a magic ride from summer 91 to 94 tho 😎
You're not on you're own there, I felt exactly the same way. I can only thank the likes of Stu Champman, DJ Nee, & Luna-C (amongst many others) who brought the nuskool (oldskool) vibe back around the early 2000's.🎶🎶
Edit: big shout out also to the Soundcloud/ TH-cam crew (Paul Cronin, Nicky Allen DJ Crip & D.J Mark C) who also pushed their own take on the original hardcore sounds, who then led others to do the same. Top respects to them!! 🫵🏼
Similar for me - by early 1993 I was out of the hardcore - and getting into House.
All great tracks 👌🏻
Loved these series, very entertaining, so many good tunes from around this time you could put hours and hours worth of content out..
Tru Luv is a brilliant tune but in my humble opinion the original on Impact records was the better one...
Love that Question mark tune, remember Slipmatt used to hammer that one, never knew that was Red Alert and Mike Slammer.. funny how things still pop up all these years later👍
I agree mate... If I had to pick with the Tru Luv/Love tracks...the original would be the winner 👍
Another great show Jake - I really don't know these tunes. By 1994 (aged 21) I had gotten into U.S. & UK House, U.S. & UK Vocal House and U.S. Garage, taking me to places like Turnmills/Ministry etc. It is very nice to hear this stuff - seeing as I was not there.
Thanks for the support mate.
That's nice that you're hearing these tunes for the first time 😊🙏
You'll recognise some of the cheeky house tracks I sneak into the next episode then 😉😋
My favourite year for hardcore. Wasn't into happy hardcore but loved techno. DJ CLarkee, Brisk, Scorpio etc
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@@rave-vinyl-reminiscence did you ever find yourself in the technodromes at Raves?
@@palmlifeuk3553 occasionally... Techno wasn't my complete cup of tea if I'm really honest
bit more dexi and crack and were game on ....... still not heard my tainted luv ( woo yeah allright ) BANGER.
What's this Tainted Luv track you keep mentioning mate? 😆
Let's bottom out if I have it... once and for all 😂
As we go 4/4 to the floor in 94 !! the folk in the road !!!!
For me it started going downhill in 93. I’d gone to a couple acid house things around 89-90 as it evolved into rave (nothing major), but 91 was the pinnacle as it was still so new and only had a relatively select type of number and people going.
92 was decent but then I found it getting too big/commercial in 93-95 and losing that special feeling, especially with the big events like tribal gathering (I liked it but wasn’t the same really). A lot of newbies were going (think I was a rave snob by then 😂) and a lot more dickheads.
Saw a load of fights at tribal gathering in 93, mostly between dealers, but also massive gangs were steaming through different areas stealing off everyone (even sweaty hats). We saw machetes being smuggled in around one part of the fence and it just affected the atmosphere. Some good sets though including the sonz of a loop pa.
Rave/hardcore gave me so much though whilst it lasted and kept me and my mates mostly out of jail for a few years (though I did go in in 95 and 96 🙄). We were definitely very lucky to have been around at that age at that time (I turned 18 in 91) and many generations don’t get to experience something so unique, raw, groundbreaking and absolutely mental!!
Mad looking back hey... at how fast it all appeared...evolved....then vanished
Good comment. I’m of the same opinion. 93 became too ‘nightclubby’. I was out by 95 but have always maintained a distant interest 👊
Superb analysis - I was a RAVE Snob too!!!!!!!!
Loving the channel, mate. Keep up the good work.
Thanks mate 👊❤️
Saved the best til last , sweet n happy tune!😊
Yeah it's a nice one that hey 😊👊
Love it Jake. Keep up the good work. Content suggestion. You did a tribute to Slipmatt ....how about a tribute to Tango? Total legend and ill bet you've got a good stash of his stuff. Cheers Ollie aka the Knackered Raver lol
Thanks mate 👊
And yes... A Tango episode will 100% happen at some point. That's guaranteed 😎
@rave-vinyl-reminiscence it's a no brainer right! Nice one Jake and look forward to that.
That higher level tune is def my favourite from your selection.
God knows what it sounded like at normal speed ?? 😮 you had it well pitched down.
Yeah mate exactly...
It's off the scale fast if you crank it up.
Loving the channel mate another fab mix n great memories I think the drums used in the 2 ?? Near the end of the track is taken Johnny jungle flammable ❤
Thank you mate 👊❤️
And cheers for that info.
That’s a great tune with some great remixes
Yeah the Tango Remix is off the charts good 😎
Thanks man, good video.
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Where did the last 30 years go? Great mix as always
Time man....
There have been periods in life for me where months have felt like years ...
...and yet, as you say 30 years feels like it's shot by 🤷
Can you recreate LTJ Bukems blend of two TIC TAC TOE records from Dreamscape 4 ? I always thought it was a different version but later found out he'd mixed the same record together with a slight delay. The two same tracks played together makes the choon sound EVEN better on a whole different level 🙌
I'll have to have a listen to that...sounds interesting 🤔
I'll search it up.
Only problem right at this moment is that I only have one copy of TIC TAC TOE
When the happy harcore started coming out it was the end of an era for me,but the start of a new trip with techno and going to clubs like club UK in Wandsworth and deep space (colin dale/favour)
Also really got into collecting 88/89 acid house as id just missed out on that by a couple of years.
I used to get down to Club UK in Wandsworth myself 👊
@@rave-vinyl-reminiscence final frontier on Friday,went most weeks
Club uk. The manager asked my girlfriend to speak to him about.... glad l didn’t . Got busted a week later . Phew!
@@jimking8391 It was raided a few times.
Me too - I think 1994 as I was at college in Wandsworth back then, yes, Club UK was not bad- not specifically my kind of music, but had a few good night there with friends who loved that Jeff Mills Techno sound.
Great stuff mate got any ideas for other series? Loving the channel what u gonna do when you've shown all ya tunes?
Cheers pal.
Yes loads of ideas 😎
I won't be running out of tunes or ways to use/mix/share them for a LONG time yet 👊
Higher Level were of course Krome & Time. 1994 was the year that got me into Rave music starting off with Jungle then slowly discovering what eventually got termed Happy Hardcore as the scene started to split.
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The change in 94 was incredibly abrupt.
Over night the whole thing changed.
In Australia the crowd changed and it was hard to find anyone into it for the music and not just there for the drugs.
Then came the scurge of happy hardcore.
Yeah it was mad how quickly things shifted
And also Gabba House too - I had a mate who used to travel to your neck of the woods - Bali etc, and he was bang into Gabba House, a little too hard for me. Fascinating post again, I agree with you, crowds could just change over a short period of time.
There was no way, that anybody couldnt get up from the smackiest of pills and stomp to Summertime vibe
Ha 😆
Good stuff. Watched a few of these now. Recognise at least half these tunes but I really can’t make sense of the way my music taste took me. First taste of electronic was 808 state then whatever they played on their sunset 102 show. All the time we were collecting flyers in Manchester and I was religiously buying eclipse/edge cassettes. My favourite early era was what we called “darkness”, all the sinister jungle by JJ frost etc. all the time we would have house tapes too and go to mainly house nights. Around 94 I went full house but later got back into jungle a bit. Happy hardcore was never for me but I distinctly remember a split of genres, especially noticeable when you bought a festival tape pack
Yeah mate I hear you. I think that things were developing and changing so fast, that there was hardly time to find your feet with a genre before it moved forwards again.
@@rave-vinyl-reminiscence definitely. One of my all time favourite sets is when the hitman and her went to the eclipse. Carl cox and phantasy. That 92 era was incredible
That's a blast from the past...The Hitman and Her !!
Great post - yes, it was Darkness/Darkcore from early 1993 (Hardcore > Hardcore Junglism > Jungle > Darkness/Darkcore) and then a split also in 1993 to Happy Hardcore and Techno (although forms of Techno never really went away and is a big thing even now). In 1993/94 I went down the House route too and was really loving Handbag House (Tribal Records and Club 69, etc). It is wonderful to think that you were going down a similar House route in Manchester at that time - this is why I love Jake's channel, incredible!
@@jaydunstan1618 nice. We were going to house nights in 93 yet somehow it always seemed to be called old school despite most of the tunes being no more than 2 years old. I then listened to renaissance the mix collection and never wanted to go to an “old school” night ever again. Around 96 I made a new set of friends. Between us we liked house and jungle. I was always keen to hear the new house stuff but so many loved the early 90s stuff which I was a bit sick of by then. Listened to a tape of it all again today and loved it. In fairness, Dave seaman Shelley’s 91 is one of my all time favourites
When the scenes split I went down the German techno route, it did me well until around 97 when I first heard Goa trance for the first time. Since then on ive not changed. Goa for life♥️
Wow - Goan/Goa Trance - that was Gabba right....?
Hiya. Fab selection! Have had to add a few to my wantlist, so thankyou. Would like to reciprocate. Rare as hens teeth & bloody 'pensive but...
Doughbwoy & Crashead- Two evil eyes ep. Either track.
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Yeah that's a crazy tuuuuune 😎
Just looked threw my tunes lol not many at all got all the other years 1989 1993 lol must of had a year break 😅 1915 and up but I did have (Eliss D Big Up Your Chest) Tune ❤ I'm still looking 🫂 (Ruffians hight spirit my brother got given this tune who got it pressed keep this close to my Hart 🤎 Fond memories bro love.. Ricky Remxes
Interesting when you put then into order of years...you can see where you're biggest love lies.
@@rave-vinyl-reminiscence I've got a few on disscogs as a collector not a seller so I'm just looking threw them need to add more on ther e but to busy playing them 😆 1🤎 hope you still carry this on its been perfect it has a good factor feeling 😉 👍🏼
Got all my electro n hip hop all from school dayz
Lots and lots and lots more to come mate 😊 ❤️
In 94 I bought the Dreamscape 14 tape pack just for Dougal's set. Then to save walkman batteries I'd listen to the flip side rather than rewind the tape. And that's how I discovered Jungle via DJ Hype ..and then onto dnb until about late 98. Did you get iinto jungle and dnb in that year too? Sounds like you tried your best to follow hardcore to its end without being sucked too much into Happy Hardcore. Darkside kinda put me off hardcore in 93 but that's what led to Jungle it turned out. I missed all these tracks you are playing but had plenty unwanted exposure to Happy Hardcore (which had its moments.. Complete Darkness, Marusha from that Dougal tape for eg.. but it was never for me).
Yeah the darkside stuff was a different beast altogether...
personally I really liked it.
I'll be doing an episode on it some time soon...so hopefully you'll enjoy the stuff I play 👊
Dj Ratty The Edge November Spectacular 👌as dark as 1993 gets. I didn’t like much from 1995, but when 1996 came round with jump up I was hooked again. Recently I bought a bit of vinyl and the guy that sold it me messaged me about a jungle label he runs. It’s ragga style, like 1995, but all brand new. The label is Box Fulla. Some was free, I bought the rest of it and did a mix tape. I have to admit to listening to that mix a lot.
… I forgot to say. DnB in 98 👌
@@ness-ee yeah Ratty hit the darkside for sure
Personally this is my favorite year for hardcore. Infect Me by Future Primitive is boss
Yes mate, agreed, it's right up there with the stand-outs!
94 jungle is the cream of the crop imo.
Hardcore was good until 95 with the 4/4 beats
Think of the tunes from 94 that they still play today… being with you, the terrorist, spiritual aura, legendary 3 etc…
@@ness-ee burial leviticus dead dred spiritual aura helicopter tune deadly deep subs original nuttah the trooper screwface inner city life presha iii tom and jerry stuff to name a few 👍
We can blame the criminal justice ⚖️ Bill for that I remember freedom fighters going underground ❤😊
High on life oooooft what a choon
Is that a time frequency sample or was it from something earlier
Yeah great hey ❤️
Not sure on that one mate.
3:35 - I had that tape deck! It died as the gears in the mechanism were made out of plastic and the teeth stripped off :(
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I think I had that (or one similar too)!!!!!!!
Hmmm I wonder if I like 91 92 hardcore break beat so much because I can’t move fast enough for anything that came later?
The super high tempo stuff doesn't lend itself well to old gits like me that's for sure 😆
The super high tempo stuff doesn't lend itself well to old gits like me that's for sure 😆
I know you can't include all the classics, but the SMD Vol 1-4 series was very typical of the 1994 hardcore kick-drum breakbeat sound.
Yeah they absolutely were... but for these episodes I purposely didn't use any tunes that I've featured in previous episodes...and the SMD tunes were played in the Slipmatt video 👍😊
@@rave-vinyl-reminiscence Can't belive I missed your Slipmatt video! ? Must be something wrong with my algorithms! Watching it now!
94 wasn’t the best year for me personally. This is the year it got messy,cheesy and fast. I was a dj in the scene working alongside Dj Tango in the studio and playing out but this was the year I lost interest.
Well you were in good company by the sound of it mate 👊😎❤️
Kroger 😂 no Krome , I’m an old Kroger , technology , I spend all day typing shit?😂
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That first mix was banging dude ...well all the mixes you've been putting together on your stream, your the best mixer I've heard on you tube ever ...its a pleasure listening to you put these tunes together your a proper DJ and I love your passion for this music, your the highlight of my week so far and love the old pictures too,.wow how young we were back then ....take me back please ffs😅 👍❤️
Thank you mate...I'm glad you're enjoying the journey 😊🙏
Yeah it's been a while experience for me, rummaging through old pictures and casting my mind back to each year.
As blurry as those memories are.
Cheers for the ongoing support 👊
4 to the floor vol 2 ❤❤❤
Nice hey ❤️