When people ask me what kind of music I like I usually just say ‘techno’, but electronic dance music is hard to describe to people who don’t already ‘know’. It’s got such a long history of being the soundtrack to young people transgressing the boundaries of modern, urbanized life – creating something new, something their own. It’s also a particular history I’ve had the pleasure of sharing and participating in with a few of my closest friends while growing up…
I just found this amazing mp3 archive of electronic dance music dj mixes from the late 70’s onward. In The Oldskool Series: Study of EDM from House to Hardcore 1964-2003, 2rip posted, interviewed, researched and wrote an essay on the major djs, artist, tracks, and people who were there played/related to in the mix – for over 40 mixes:
This project has really built up over time. When I was transitioning into college nearly a decade ago I had seperated a lot of my vinyl collection by year and made a series of mixtapes. These recordings sat in my archive unreleased for years when I decided to post them on my podcast page. The first one I ever posted (which is actually the 4th episode) had a story behind it about what was taking place in the scene at that time.
Each mix led to a story and before I knew it I was ordering books, watching videos and conducting my own research by scheduling interviews. All of this studying led to me identifying major points in time for EDM circuits around the world. This project has become my current pride and joy and if there is anything any of you can do to help drive traffic and stimulate interest I would be very grateful.
The series is not quite finished and I may even go back sometime and fill in a lot of the missing pieces. Feedback is always encouraged but my goal with this is to educate those who simply do not know much about the foundation of our scene and also to bring back that feeling of nostalgia for those of us who were there for all of these exciting points in time.
My fave mixes are from 1993-1997 – Techno Rave Candies, Pure X Rave Enhancer, Rave Krispies – these are artists and tracks my friends and I listened to in sweaty warehouses, large ‘massives’ and summer desert parties.
Over 407 tracks spanning 40 DJ mixes. Pure gold.
Track listing:
- Kraftwerk – Numbers
- Kraftwerk – The Robots
- Cybotron – Alleys Of Your Mind
- Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Welcome To The Pleasuredome
- The Salsoul Orchestra – Ooh I Love It (Love Break)
- The Salsoul Orchestra – Ooh I Love It (Original 12″)
- Skyy – First Time Around
- Instant Funk – I Got My Mind Made Up
- First Choice – Let No Man Put Asunder
- Laid Back – White Horse (Ultimix)
- Jesse Saunders – On & On
- Farley Jackmaster Funk – Funking With The Drums Again
- Housemaster Boyz – House Nation
- Ron Hardy – Baby, Baby, Baby, Aw Shucks
- Kenny “Jammin” Jason & Fast Eddie – Don’t Want It
- Jillian Mendez – Get Up
- Nitro Deluxe – This Brutal House
- M. Doc & Steve “Silk” Hurley- It’s Percussion
- Risse – House Train
- LNR – Work It To The Bone
- Farley Jackmaster Funk – Love Can’t Turn Around
- Ce Ce Rogers – What Is House Music
- Jamie Principle – Your Love
- Mr. Fingers – Can You Feel It
- Kevin Irving – Children Of The Night
- Phuture – Acid Trax
- Farley Jackmaster Funk – The Acid Life
- Bam Bam – Where’s Your Child?
- Fast Eddie – Acid Thunder
- TOT – What U R
- The Garden Of Eden – Garden Of Eden (7″ Mix)
- A Guy Called Gerald – Voodoo Ray
- Yazoo – Situation
- Corporation of One – Real Life
- Sueno Latino – Sueno Latino
- Marshall Jefferson – Open Our Eyes
- Rhythm is Rhythm aka Derrick May – Strings Of Life
- Ce Ce Rogers – Someday
- Oval Emotion – Go Go (Deep Destruction Remix)
- Drum & Bass – I Love You
- Black Riot – A Day In The Life
- Royal House – Can U Party (Todd Terry B-Boy Remix)
- 2 In A Room – Take Me Away
- Underground Resistance – Jupiter Jazz
- Simon Sed – Criminal
- Outlander – The Vamp
- Joey Beltram – Energy Flash
- Joey Beltram – Jazz 303
- Orbital – Chime
- Tasti Box – Rush
- Cybex Factor – Die Schopfung
- Trilithon – Choice
- Orbital – Omen
- Rabbit in the Moon – Out of Body Experience
- God Within – Raincry
- Future Sound of London – Papua New Guinea
- Bedrock – For What You Dream Of
- Havana – Ethnic Prayer
- Grace – Not Over Yet
- Unknown – Unknown
- Jam & Spoon – Age of Love (Watch Out For Stella Club Mix)
- Prodigy – No Good
- Codene – Hilton Park
- Vol 2 – Turbo Sound
- Ramos & Supreme – Crowd Control
- Prodigy – Out Of Space
- Subdoh – Seduction
- Yolk – Bish Bosh
- Unknown – Mayday Anthem
- Tyrrany – Off Me Head
- Unity – Unity (FSOL remix)
- Rufige Kru – Fabio’s Ghost
- Q Bass feat. Skeng Gee – Gun Connection
- Dubplate Remixes – Simply Rolling
- Brainkillers & Lewi Cifer – Hurt Me
- Roni Size – Fresh
- Ravers Choice – Side B
- Roni Size – The Refresher
- LTJ Bukem – Bookworm
- LTJ Bukem – Logical Progression
- David Bryce – Logical Reprise
- Bodysnatch – Euphony
- Brainkillers & Lewi Cifer – On A Different Mission
- Xenophobia – The Phoenix
- 4 Hero – Mr. Kirk’s Nightmare (1990)
- 2 Bad Mice – Bombscare (1989)
- Stakker – Humanoid (1989)
- Rufige Cru – Darkrider (1992)
- Holy Noise – I Am A Nightmare Walking (1992)
- Aphrodite – Raw Motion (1992)
- Subject 13 – Armageddon Countdown (1992)
- DJ Spice – The New Stylee (1992)
- DJ Sparks – Hang Dem High (1992)
- 2 Bad Mice – Underworld (DJ Hype Remix)(1993)
- LTJ Bukem – Demon’s Theme (1991)
- Mystic Phases – Don’t You Feel It
- Angel Moraes – I Like It feat. Octavia Lamber
- Suburban Soul – Do My Thing
- Balance – The Dance (Off Da Beat Dub)
- Funky Green Dogs – Reach For Me (De Dum Dub)
- Mark Walker & Joe Issa – Better Place
- Enrico Mantini – Kill & Go
- Enrico Mantini – Everday & Night
- Bass is Base – The Spirit feat. Syndicate
- Last Americas – Look Listen Love (Robotman Mix)
- Nick Jones & Acei Carter – Shake It
- K.E.L.S.E.Y. – This Way (Deep Mix)
- Joey Negro – Feel It
- Speedy J – Flashback
- Psyance – Motion
- FUSE – Technotropic
- Moby – Go
- Kenny Larkin – We Shall Overcome
- Fellows – Last Laugh
- Moby – Drug Fits The Face
- Biosphere – Fairy Tale
- Hardfloor – AM Trip
- Sven Vath – Barbarella
- Da Sampla – With A Piece of Ice
- Acid Jesus – Move My Body
- Underground Resistance – Nocturbulous
- Robert Armani – Circus Bells
- Eric Idle & Richard Wilson – One Foot In The Grave (Wireless Mix)
- Mark Van Hoen – Battery Ending
- Control X – Ambient 4
- LFO – El Ef Oh
- Aphex Twin – Shiny Metal Rods
- Moby – Bad Days
- Beaumont Hannant – Utuba
- Autechre – Chatter
- F.U.S.E. – Slac
- Control X – Babylon
- Plastikman – Plastique
- Jaydee – Plastic Dreams
- With It Guys – Let The Music Take Control
- Strategy – High Energy
- Sourmash – Pilgrimage To Paradise (Barrel Beat Mix)
- Nico – Darkstar
- Jagga – Finito
- Golden Girls – Kinetic (Frank De Wulf Remix)
- Humate – Love Stimulation
- Armand Van Helden – Break The 80s
- Brooklyn Queen Express – Musek (Roc Hard Mix)
- Roxy – Love To Do It (Danny Tenaglia Remix)
- Syncopation – All Washed Up
- Cajmere – Brighter Days feat. Dajae
- George Morel – Don’t Give Up
- Praxis – Turn Me Out
- Angel Moraes – I Like It
- Smooth Touch – Take A Trip (Erick Morillo Remix)
- The Daou – Are You Satisfied?
- Nerk – Nok 1
- Tok Tok – Snack 1
- Hardfloor – Into The Nature
- Floppy Sounds – Ultrasong
- Slam – Positive Education
- Robert Hood – Untitled
- DJ ESP aka Woody Mcbride – Slow Mo
- Christian Vogel – Time
- Hardfloor – Beavis At Bat
- Paul Johnson – Bouncing Bed Springs
- Paul Jonson – Tenacious
- Soup – Exposure
- Funk D’Void – Jack Me Off
- 2 Bad Mice – Bombscare
- DJ Icee – Gotta Get Some
- The Freestylers – Don’t Stop
- DJ Icee – Tricks Theme
- Silicon Valley Def Stars – Phat Phuzz
- Thursday Club – A Place Called Acid
- Lionrock – Packet of Peace (Chemical Brothers Remix)
- Anoesis – Trouble Down Groove
- The Crystal Method – Keep Hope Alive
- Chemical Brothers – Chemical Beats
- The Woodshed – Reefaman Cometh
- P-Funk – P-Funk Era
- Alex Reece – Pulp Fiction
- DJ Pulse – Let You In (Wax Doctor Remix)
- 88.3 feat. Lisa May – Wishing On A Star
- Aphrodite – Wanted It More & More
- Richi & Jmj – Free La Funk (Pfm Remix)
- Jon The Dentist – France (DJ Trace & Ed Rush Remix)
- Roni Size – Secrets
- Bigga World – My Perspective
- Adam F – Metropolis
- Aquasky – Images
- Li Kwan – Point Zero
- Luxor – Superstitious (Nursery Mix)
- Coloured Vision – Violet Rain
- Albion – This Is For
- DJ Jamo & Jack Knives – Strings Of Heaven
- Skylab – Accident
- Scot Project – U (I Got A Feeling)
- Armand Van Helden – Mecca Toast
- Norty Cotto – Time To Rock A Party
- DJ Sneak – Throw Your Hands Up
- Da Mongoloids – Spark Da Meth (Bangin Like A Benzi Mix)
- Aleem – Filtri Organi
- Ruffneck – Everybody Be Somebody
- Boris Dlugosch – Keep Pushin’ (Pushin Mix)
- Freestylers – Don’t Stop (Deep Energy Mix)
- ATFC – In & Out Of My Life (Lab Rats Dark NIght Vocal)
- That Kid Chris – I Believe
- DJ Slugo – Balls
- DJ Slugo – Track Is For The Men
- Unknown – Beat That Shit Up
- DJ Godfather – Playa Haters In Dis House
- Twighlight 76 – Roll It, Ride It, Shake It (12″ A Side)
- DJ Deeon – Where The Hoez (Uh Oh)
- Dance Mania – T-N-E = Taris
- Big Daddy Rick – Hoe Bend Over
- DJ Godfather – Pump
- Unknown – Giggle Dat
- Big Daddy Rick – Beyond The Inferno
- Big Daddy Rick – Balloons
- Twilight 76 – Roll It, Ride It, Shake It (12″ A Side)
- DJ Nasty – Where Them Hoes At
- DJ Slugo – Wouldn’t You Like To Be A Hoe
- Farley Jackmaster Funk – Beat That Bitch With A Bat
- Aleem – We Try To Do Our Best
- Tipple – The Drift
- DJ Gordon – Moonshine Boogie
- Victor Calderone – Price Of Love
- BBC Click – I’ll Do 4 U (Peter Presta Remix)
- Chupher – Funk 2 Nite
- Freespirit – Twilight
- Clanger – Seadog (Way Out West Remix)
- Chakra – I Am (John Digweed Remix)
- Noel Sanger – All We Are (1997 Mix)
- Vortexion – This Side Down
- Matrix & Dom – The Vandal
- Calyx – Narcosis
- DT – Checkmate
- Flex Camp – Style Wars
- Aphrodite – Acid Junky
- EZ Rollers – Tough At The Top
- Future Cut – Plastic
- DJ Tek – The Year 2000
- David Alvarado – T.O.
- Two Right Wrongans – Straight Ahead Then Take The Next Wrong
- Adam X – Deepest Memory
- Omega Man – Imaginary Trip
- Vincenzo – King’s Last Ride
- Solomonic Sound – Seeing Clear
- Kenny Hawkes – Sleaze Dubbing
- Mannequin Lung – City Lights
- Freestyle Man & Morris Brown – Remedy
- FreQ Nasty – Taking Liberties
- Raw Deal – Oscillators
- Tonic & NG – Phoenix
- Tonic & NG – San Siro
- BT & Tsunami One – Hip Hop Phenomenon
- Lenne de Ice – We are I.E.
- Inner City – Good Life (Way Out West Remix)
- DJ Volume – Unknown
- DJ Volume – Get Loose (Sharaz’s 4:20 Remix)
- Pull’s Plastic Playground – 4 On The Floor
- Huda Hudia – Drop The Bass Now (Woofer Candy Mix)
- Romanthony & DJ Predator – Clap Ya Handz
- Joshua – Remember
- Miguel Migs – Easy Does It (Discoteque Mix)
- Aka Electric – My Sweet Meat
- Brooks – Inside the Heads
- Petalpusher – Breakin It Down (Migs Dub)
- Atjazz – Come & Play
- Kerri Chandler – I Know
- Blaze – Lovelee Dae (Primitive Dub)
- Romanthony & DJ Predator – Music Mind
- Kamasutra – Burnin
- Hardsoul – Fight The Feeling
- Celeda – Let The Music Use You Up
- Jose Nunez – Hold On (Jazz N Groove Dub)
- Ministers De La Funk – Believe (Dub)
- Junior Jack – My Feeling (Kick N Deep Mix)
- Paul Jacobs – Happy Days (PJ’s Unreleased Mix)
- Michael Moog – That Sound (Full Intention Dub)
- Gambafreaks – Down Down Down (Vocal Mix)
- Pete Heller – Big Love (Dronez Mix)
- Green Velvet – Flash
- Percy X – Worklife
- Frank Dubois – Buckled
- Steve Stoll – Thirty
- S.O.L. – Solaris
- Mijk van Dijk & Thomas Schumacher – Delivery
- Ade Fenton – The Stalker
- Yousef & Sharam – Into The Groove
- Heckmann – Stahlwerk
- Gerd – Arkest’s Blaze
- Sender Berlin – Nana (Alexander Kowalski Remix)
- Futurebound – Sustain
- Accidental Heroes – Dragster
- Konflict – Cyanide
- The Ganja Kru – Ghetto Brother
- System 3 – Gatekeeper
- Accidental Heroes – Elements
- Red One – Strangled Duck
- DJ Freedom – Chainsaw
- John B – Gollum vs. Poison Arrow
- 3 Phase feat. Dr. Motte – Der Klang Der Familie (King of Spin Remix)
- The M&M’s – Four Play
- Timo Mass vs. Ian Wilkie – Twin Town (Main Mix)
- Joshua Ryan – Pistolwhip
- Dj Remy – Backstabber
- Mea Culpa – Spiritual Light
- Aurora – Hear You Calling (Fire & Ice Remix)
- Transa – Enervate (ETS Remix)
- LoSoul – Lies Watch Your Lift
- Reactor Music – Holes In Space
- Terry Lee Brown Junior – Fever
- Loudeast – Thank You (Jack Mix)
- Luke Slater – Body Freefall, Electronic Inform (Counterplan Mix)
- Hakan Lidbo – Televinken
- Get Fucked – De Icing
- Rob Mello – Love Nasty
- Jackmate – The Jacker
- The RC Groove Project – The Sermon (B. McCarthy Remix)
- Silicone Soul – Nosferatu
- Brothers Vibe – Manos Libre
- Homebase – Constant Love
- DJ Jacq – Symbolism
- Retroflex – Moments Resistance
- Pound Boys – Time Baby
- Silicone Soul – Chic O Laa (H Foundation Mix)
- GBR X-Perience – Put Your Hands
- Matea & Matos – Got A Message (DJ Sneak Remix)
- Fondue – Pump The Boogie (Pumpin Dub)
- Statis Revenger – Happy People
- Soul Providers – Rise
- Layo & Bushwacka! – Side A
- Afterburn – Frattboy
- Mainline – Narcotic
- Steve Gibbs – Azure
- James Holden – Horizons
- Filter Tip – Liquid Lunch
- Gus Gus – Purple (T-World Remix)
- M.I.K.E. – Someone Somewhere
- Sonorous – Glass Garden
- Anjunabeats – Volume 1 (AnjunaDeep Mix)
- Mr. Oizo – Flat Beat
- Dreem Teem – The Theme
- Nicole – Runnin Away (E-Smoove Remix)
- 187 Lockdown – Gunman
- Baffled Republic – Bad Boys (Blouse & Skirt Remix)
- Boris Dlugosch – Hold Your Head Up High (Julian Jonah)
- Somore – I Refuse
- Sneaker Pimps – Spin Spin Sugar
- Tori Amos & Armand Van Helden – Professional Widow
- Ultra Nate – Free (Rip Up North Remix)
- Coco – I Need A Miracle (Sol Brothers Remix)
- Dsk – What Would We Do?
- Momu – This Is Momu
- Sensei – I’m The Only One
- Orange Krush – Swerve On
- Karsh Kale – Distance (Might Junn Remix)
- Beber Tamra – Traveling (Koma & Bones Remix)
- Apex – Jump Funk
- Meat Katie – Lapdance
- DJ 43 – Pepper Spray (DJ Infiniti Remix)
- Robin Fox – I See Stars
- Backdraft – Demons
- Markus Guentner – Aepfel & Birnen
- Sutekh – Dumpster
- Betrieb – Gobe Landschaft Mit Kuh
- Peter F. Spiess – Symbol Shift
- Goldfish Und Der Dulz – Couch Legere
- Bjoern Stolpmann – Being So Nice
- Audision – Gamma Limit
- Dick Richards – Breathe
- Savvas Ysatis – On The Hook
- Hakan Lidbo – Wiretripping
- Charles Dodge – He Destroyed Her Image
- Oskar Sala – Elektronische Impressionen, Nr 2
- Tod Dockstader – Eight Electronic Pieces #8
- Tod Dockstader – Assembly
- Laurie Spiegel – Appalachian Grove
- Vladimir Ussachevsky – Wireless Fantasy
- Oskar Sala – Elektronische Impressionen, Nr 1 (scratch in reverse)
- Jurgen Driessen – Counter Culture
- Sleepfreaks – PHB
- Pako & Frederik – Hidden Obsession
- Cevin Fisher – Love You Some More
- POB & Boyd – Luna
- Max Graham – Bar None
- Salt Tank – Eugina
- Goldenscan – Sunrise (Ronski Speed Remix)
- Joker Jam – Innocence (Chillout Intro)
- Shine – Feelings (DJ Tandu Remix)
- Lillian – You Give Me Music (Jaimy & Kenny D remix)
- Hardy Heller & Ray Boye – Lovin’ (Fred Numf & Five Point-O remix)
- Matt Darey – Liberation (Deep Mix)
- Agnelli & Nelson – Vegas (Fear & Loathing Mix)
- Mark Norman – Return 2 Eden
- Patrick Reid – Splat
- Free State – Release (Dirt Devils Remix)
- Members of Mayday – 10 in 01 (Paul Van Dyk Club Mix)
- Ralphie B – Massive
- Cygnus X – Superstring (Rank 1 Remix)
- Insigma – Open Our Eyes (Odyssey One Mix)
- Klubbheadz – Discohopping (Dub Foundation Mix)
- Reverend Mike Crawley – Pow!
- Klubbheadz – Work This Pussy
- Soulman – Put Your House
- The Ultimate Seduction ‘96 – Organ Seduction
- The Difference – Funny Walker (Da Techno Bohemian Remix)
- Club It – Real Stuff
- Lords Of House – The Beat Is Back
- Pulzemaster – U Got To Be There (Damon O’Conner Remix)
Visit The Oldskool Series: Study of EDM from House to Hardcore 1964-2003 to download the dj mixes with these tracks in them.
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