Old Skool RAVE/HARDCORE BREAKBEAT 1990-1994

[Jwccs46]

Hey yall,

I don't post much on here but I've been a huge fan of the dubstep sound for 4-5 years now and funny enough with the movement aligning itself with techno more and more as time goes on, I've developed a strong preference for old school rave music..not sure really how that happened but it did. I'm interested in getting into the sound of rave before it splintered into hardcore and jungle, Not really interested in acid house/new beat/pre 1990, and not interested in straight up jungle rollers of '94 onwards. Just lookin for that sweet spot of crazy rave, Manix's tunes pretty much sum up what I'm looking for: jangly epic piano rolls, bouncy breakbeats, hilarious female vocals, hoover sounds are a plus. Bonus points if you can send me in the direction of some dark ravey tunes (minor key based tunes) Not sure really how to start since this stuff is 20 years old now (and still sounds way crazier than most dubstep). We have any fans here? any recommendations on where to start? Just been grabbing random mixes from random places. Thanks, oh, and PLUR!!

[jack_swift]

classic

[the lone raver]

[Jwccs46]

Dude THAT'S what's up. Exactly what im looking for.

[jsml]

[cityzen]

^'88, but still.^

[Shum]

Listen to the Uncle Dugs show on Rinse.

[oddfellow]

[Majin]

[cityzen]

^^That whole album is BIG!

[kingGhost]

Had to put on my headphones for this thread.

That Babylon Timewarp tune is a belter

[exper]

Rufige Cru - Menace (Best hardcore EP ever...)

http://youtu.be/uyS9ostYsrk

[djfred]

sonic92 - proper piano tunes

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MEEGKHO0

Track listing:

0:00:00 01 - Basement Promo ??? (Possibly Nighshift - High Life)
0:04:54 02 - Jason Joy - Free Your Body (Piano Mix)
0:08:18 03 - TBPM - Visions Of Rhythm
0:11:36 04 - UDG - Heaven
0:14:39 05 - 3rdep - To Be With You
0:17:12 06 - Outta Kontrol - Let The Music Take Your Mind
0:19:28 07 - High Society - ???? White Label
0:21:39 08 - ???? - White Label
0:24:30 09 - Dougal - Y Know (What You Want)
0:27:18 10 - Chemical - Disturbance
0:30:45 11 - Structural Damage - Loosing Control
0:33:30 12 - 2-X-Treme - White Label
0:38:20 13 - Dreamscape - I Am The Creator
0:42:37 14 - Hallucogen 10 - White Label
0:43:06 15 - Zhana - Sanctuary Of Love (Acca)
0:47:51 16 - Agent Orange - Sounds A Bit Flakey To Me (Original Piano Mix)
0:49:53 17 - ????
0:53:22 18 - Aurora - Moons and Melody EP
0:55:02 19 - Expression - Fantasy
0:57:00 20 - Epitome Of Hype - Let The Freak (D Zone Remix)
0:58:30 21 - Omer & Crooks - Got To Make It
1:01:02 22 - Smaller Than Zero - White Label
1:04:00 23 - Vitamin E - White Label
1:05:07 24 - Intoxicate - Intoxicate EP
1:08:16 25 - Equinox - Feels Like Heaven (The Beginning)
1:11:00 26 - BPM - Love Generation
1:15:06 27 - Sector 7 - Dub House
1:18:27 28 - Vanilla Essence - ????
1:21:34 29 - Spaced - Deeper
1:24:20 30 - Nightshift - HighLife
1:25:17 31 - Colette - Loverman
1:27:34 32 - Back To Front - 3am
1:30:12 33 - Attika - I Like
1:32:50 34 - Global Method - Good Life (Orbital Mix)
1:38:06 35 - 2 Much - If Ya Not Dancin
1:39:55 36 - Circus Of Sphere - Stir The Pulses
1:44:42 37 - Jigsaw - Hardlife
1:46:31 38 - Hallucogen 10 - White Label

part 2:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UCNYOYQ9

[jsml]

Can't believe I forgot to include Hackney Hardcore in my above post, so here:




Pretty much anything off Strictly Underground Records is amazing to be fair.

Also, this:

[dj $hy]

DIS! Oh my days - flashback to being in my bedroom with a single deck playing this getting high!

Blessings for the mix BT!

[wheez-ie]

[TSH-Tim]

above ^

[south3rn]

Bonus points if you can send me in the direction of some dark ravey tunes (minor key based tunes)

i just put this record on

[TSH-Tim]

its like a jukebox here

[_cheef_]

The great thing about old skool rave stuff is that a lot of it is mixable with dubstep!