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ROB'S TOP OLDSKOOL TRAX
(part 2)

 

Here's the second half of the tunes.

Only the best goes into this chart; major or deepest underground label,
I'm picking from a huge range of tunes out there, with quality always chosen above hype.

 

26 Together
Hardcore Uproar
[FFRR]
Much-copied groove from the rave pioneers
27 Quadrophonia
Quadrophonia
[ARS]
Classy euro cut with premier stereo effects
28 Prodigy
Fire (Sunrise version)
[XL Recordings]
Sampled Crazy World of Arthur Brown
29 LFO
LFO
[Warp]
The cut from the Pioneers of the Hypnotic Groove
30 Ruff Rider
Dance Mutha
[Kickin]
Grant Nelson classic, from the Shaggy Ridims EP

31 Rhythm Quest
Closer to All Your Dreams (Piano mix)
[Network]
Banned multi-style cut with airhorn chorus
32 Skin Up
A Juicy Red Apple
[Love]

Brilliant anti-drugs message a la rave

33 NRG
Never Lost His Hardcore
[Chill]
Crafty choon later bastardised as house remixes
34 Praga Khan
Phantasia Forever (P.K. Do One More)
[Profile]
Underground, overground, floating free
35

Force Mass Motion
Explosion
[Rabbit City]

Michael Wells goes it alone
36

Yolk
Music 4 Da People
[OHM]

Under the counter, but never over the top
37 Messiah
Temple of Dreams
[Kickin]
Followed the shadowy There Is No Law
38

Sy-Kick
Music in the House
[Hamster]

Pruned from the Knowledge EP

39

Shades of Rhythm
The Sound of Eden
[ZTT]

Early house classic to use a rave break
40 Oaysis
Incredible Bass
[Formation]
Swamped by the hype over its Heaven Rmx flip

41 Kicks Like a Mule
Number One
[Tribal Bass]
Oft-overlooked follow-up to the top tenner
42 Hackney Hardcore
Caught With a Spliff (We Are ...  mix)
[Strictly Underground]
Powerful breakbeat cruncher from Mark Ryder
43

Brainstorm Crew
Pick Up the Pace
[Formation]

The early Formation classics mixed up
44

Dark Syndicate
Do It Jah
[Rising High]

Top slice of ragga skanking near the end.
45 Terrorize
It's Just a Feeling
[Hamster]
Throws in every rave cliché in the book

46 Audio Assault
Bum Rush the Show
[Rising High]
Acid track from the quality Planet 303 EP

47

Third Mind
Beans and Barley
[Kickin]

Ralph P Ruppert on production control
48 Manix
Try to Love Me
[Reinforced]
Impossible to keep the oldskool heroes down
49

Hackney Hardcore
Dancehall Dangerous (remix)
[Strictly Underground]

Has that organ section comes in
50 Cleptomaniacs
Positive Feedback
[Fokus]
Awesome house/hardcore hybrid

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