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, |
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 |
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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 |
Michael Wells goes it alone | |
36 | Yolk |
Under the counter, but never over the top | |
37 | Messiah Temple of Dreams [Kickin] |
Followed the shadowy There Is No Law | |
38 | Sy-Kick |
Pruned from the Knowledge EP | |
39 | Shades
of Rhythm |
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 |
The early Formation classics mixed up | |
44 | Dark
Syndicate |
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 |
Ralph P Ruppert on production control | |
48 | Manix Try to Love Me [Reinforced] |
Impossible to keep the oldskool heroes down | |
49 | Hackney
Hardcore |
Has that organ section comes in | |
50 | Cleptomaniacs Positive Feedback [Fokus] |
Awesome house/hardcore hybrid |
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