"Brutal-8-E" was a huge rave anthem back in the early nineties. Although the original version is very recognizable, I love the Jungle Brutalism Mix with its tougher breakbeat and that ragga emcee... timeless! The Trance Mix is hilarious, you can almost see...   click for more

Air horns, divapellas, rave synths, breakbeats... it's gotta be Altern-8! This is the first Altern-8 single I ever bought back in the day (1992) when rave and Taco Bell were the only things aimed at maladjusted teens like me. "E-Vapor-8" sounds much...   click for more

Altern 8 made huge steps in their sound in the early nineties. In 1993, they went from creating that candy breakbeat rave stuff to the dark Moving Shadow-type tracks we have here (although you could also consider it jumping on someone else's...   click for more

Breakbeat rave at its finest. This 1992 cemented Altern 8's position as the more underground alternative to Prodigy. So many anthems here and a couple sleepers that I'm rediscovering. Sure, all the songs start off the same, but you got to...   click for more

"Hypnotic St-8" was far from Altern 8's finest hour (way too cluttered), but the saving grace here is the Joey Beltram Remix of "Infiltrate 808" which mixes classic house elements with Altern 8's rave-y synths. You could conceiveably play this mix without...   click for more

Watch ya bassbins! This digital version collects both versions of the Vertigo single from 1991, which means you get the awesome b-side "Re-Indulge". It's a gorgeous Amen-break track that will induce instant e-face. Speaking of b-sides, "Real Time Status" is pretty...   click for more

Azzido Da Bass' 1999 electro-house classic "Dooms Night" (quite groundbreaking in retrospect) gets reissued again, but this time, with remixes seemingly targeted to Lab heads. Switch leads it off with a very literal, clean and lean translation of the original. Judging...   click for more

Electro house classic from 1999. "Dooms Night" is like the audio manifestation of Battlestar Galactica's Cylons (I know, nerdy reference). Tracks like these paved the way for the current hard hitting electro scene (and even dubstep to some extent...   click for more

Kenny Dope's Dopewax is a legendary underground label to say the least. Since 1990, it has released somewhere in the range of 100 singles, everything from original productions to white label style releases. This comp collects 15 of those highlights from the...   click for more

Moby may have drank the commercial kool-aid, but his later success was built upon his groundbreaking early nineties work. "Go" was the apex of those years, achieving undisputable anthem status. For a song born in the rave years, "Go" has surprisingly...   click for more

No, this is not a remake of MJ's "You Are Not Alone" (though how awesome would that be?), it's an updated remake of OLIVE's worldwide 90's hit. This track was so so huge when it came out that everybody from Oakenfold, Roni...   click for more

This song was a house staple for several years from 1992 up until the late nineties. Utilizing the vocals from First Choice's "Let No Man Put Asunder," "Break of Dawn" brought together disco, old-school house and breaks. Check the Original Mix for...   click for more

SL2, aka Slipmatt & Lime, were early cult-heroes in the early nineties Rave-Breakbeat scene with their groundbreaking 1991 crossover hit "DJ's Take Control." They brought a happy-ragga sound that still comes across to this day. 1992's "On A Ragga Tip"...   click for more

Mid-nineties rave-era records like this will always have a soft spot in my collection. This was a big record on the 6 x 6 label and featured the anthem "Bells of NY" (the House 2 House Mix is the popular one here)....   click for more

"Help My Friend" didn't reach the status of "Bells of NY," but it's a cool slice of 1994 UK deep house. The song is delivered in 3 movements, check number two, that's my favorite. Also includes an old school style mix by...   click for more