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A podcast celebrating 90’s pioneers of club music

  1. 2025-12-18

    Ep 28: 90's Chicago House feat. FFRR

    FFRR (Full Frequency Range Recordings) sits right at the fault line where Chicago house crossed the Atlantic and rewired the UK. While the name itself comes from Decca’s post-war high-fidelity recording tech, the label’s real cultural impact landed decades later, when London Records relaunched FFRR in the mid-to-late ’80s as a home for emerging club music. At that exact moment, Chicago house was exploding, raw, drum-machine-driven tracks from pioneers like Frankie Knuckles, Jamie Principle, Marshall Jefferson, and Lil’ Louis were reshaping dance floors, and the UK was hungry for it. FFRR became one of the key conduits for that sound. By licensing, releasing, and heavily promoting Chicago house records in Britain, the label helped translate a gritty, underground Black American club culture into a mainstream UK rave and house movement. Tracks like Baby Wants To Ride, French Kiss, and Tears didn’t just chart — they educated an entire generation of DJs and clubbers. In short: Chicago invented it, FFRR amplified it, and UK dance culture was never the same again. Tracklisting: 01. Club House - Deep in My Heart (Funky House Version) 02. T-Empo - Saturday Night, Sunday Morning (T-Empo Mix) 03. Mighty Dub Katz - Magic Carpet Ride (Andy Mowat Remix) 04. Jamie Principle - Baby Wants to Ride (X-Rated Version) 05. Prince & The New Power Generation - My Name is Prince (LP Version) 06. Orbital - Belfast (Sasha vs The Light Remix) 07. Together - Hardcore Uproar 08. Sterling Void - It’s All Right (House Mix) 09. Salt-N-Pepa - Push It (Remix) 10. Degrees of Motion - Shine On 11. Sex-O-Sonique - I Thought It Was You (12 Inch Mix) 12. Mighty Dub Katz - Magic Carpet Ride (Club Mix) 13. DSK - What Would We Do? (Clay & Deller’s ‘Industry Standard’ Mix) 14. Sagat - Fuk Dat (Raw/Radio Edit) 15. Tinman - Eighteen Strings (Full On Kitchen Mix) 16. Utah Saints - What Can You Do For Me (12 Inch Mix) 17. Quake - The Day Will Come 18. The Good Men - Give It Up (DJ Quicksilver Remix) 19. Goldie - Inner City Life (Rabbit in the Moon’s Vocalic City) 20. Crescendo - Are You Out There   BUY ALL THINGS FFRR: https://www.beatport.com/label/ffrr/22511

    1h 11m

  2. 2025-11-15

    Ep 27: 90's Hard NRG feat. Tinrib Recordings

    This episode salutes one of the wildest and most instantly recognizable labels of the 90s underground: Tinrib Recordings. Founded by Captain Tinrib (Jon Bell) around 1995, this wasn’t your polished trance label, it was hard house with a grin and a gut punch. Tinrib fused hard house, acid techno, and hard trance with a hint of circus chaos into a sound that was as theatrical as it was floor-destroying. Everything about Tinrib screamed personality, from its cheeky artwork and nautical puns to its unapologetic wall-of-sound production. It was the sound of late-night warehouses and too-loud systems, where the fun was as important as the drop. This mix celebrates that era: the Captain, the crew, and the records that made the Tinrib fish swim forever upstream! Tracklisting: 01. D.R. Base - Piranha 02. D.R. Base vs Karim - Barracuda 03. D.R. Base - Beat the System (V.A.T. Remix) 04. Chris C & M-Zone - Mackerel - Lord of Remix 05. D.R. Base - Don’t Stop 06. Fierce Base - Power Trip 07. Captain Tinrib - Manta (Hot Bird 3 Mix) 08. The Captain & Pete Wardman - Bimbobop 09. Weirdo - Photic Zone 10. Captain Tinrib - 2001 - The Final Frontnose (Weirdo Remix) 11. Weirdo - Shake Me 12. Captain Tinrib & Steve Thomas - Get Down 2000 13. The Captain & Max Alien Thing - The Duster 14. The Captain & Karim - Up In the Air 15. Commander Tom - Eye Bee M (Captain Tinrib Remix) 16. Opal - Hoover Groover 17. D.R. Base vs Karim - N.W.A. (Hard as Nails Mix) 18. Ganesh - Captain Tinrib’s Back Again 19. Captain Tinrib - Blue Oyster (Captain Tinrib Remix) 20. Stimulant DJ’s - Hoovertime (Captain Tinrib Remix) 21. The Captain & Karim - Show Them We Can Do This

    1h 17m

  3. 2025-11-06

    Ep 26: The 90's "Electronica" Hype

    In the 90's, North American record labels wanted their cut of club culture and while the artists were solid, the labels - in their infinite wisdom - wanted to make as much money as possible so they came up with the term "Electronica". An umbrella to sell a rapidly growing but hard-to-categorize movement: techno, house, trip-hop, drum & bass, and big-beat all living under one shiny word. Where “techno” sounded cold and niche, “electronica” was sleek, futuristic, and accessible, a way to present artists like The Chemical Brothers, The Prodigy, Underworld, and Fatboy Slim as the next wave of pop culture rather than club subculture. It described a sound that fused analog grit with digital polish, where machines could feel human and rebellion could groove. It wasn’t just about beats; it was about a generation discovering that laptops and samplers could be as expressive as guitars and drums — and often a hell of a lot louder on the dance floor. So, we're going to revisit some of these seminal artists in this episode. Let's pack our bags, jump in our Delorean and head back in time to explore. Tracklisting: 01. The Crystal Method - Comin’ Back 02. The Crystal Method - Now is the Time 03. Orbital - Monday 03. Underworld - Surfboy 04. The Chemical Brother- It Doesn’t Matter 05. The Chemical Brothers - Chemical Beats 06. Fluke - Squirt 07. Underworld - Rowla 08. Front 242 - Happiness (Underworld ‘Dance’ Mix) 09. Fluke - Reeferendrum 10. Underworld - Pearl’s Girl 11. Leftfield - Phat Planet 12. Faithless - Tarantula 13. Faithless - Insomnia (Monster Mix) 14. Orbital - Lush 3-2 15. Orbital - Halcyon + On + On 16. Fluke / Nine Inch Nails - Setback / The Perfect Drug (Spacetime Continuum) 17. Fluke - Amp 18. Faithless - God Is A DJ 19. Leftfield - Open Up 20. The Crystal Method - Cherry Twist 21. The Crystal Method - Keep Hope Alive 22. Leftfield - Space Shanty 23. Underworld - Cowgirl 24. Nine Inch Nails - The Perfect Drug (Plug) 25. Depeche Mode / Madonna - Barrel of a Gun (Underworld ‘Hard’ Remix) / Ray of Light (Sasha’s ‘Ultra Violet’ Remix) 26. Propellerheads - Bang On! 27. Moby - James Bond Theme (Extended Mix) 28. My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult - Bad Life (Kemek the Dope Computer Mix) 29. Geek Ghastly - Rage Against the Terror   NEXT EPISODE: TINRIB RECORDINGS

    1h 36m

  4. 2025-10-18

    Ep 25: WEMF According to Jon the Dentist

    Do you remember WEMF out of Toronto? Jon the Dentist does!  WEMF was one of the early big-deal outdoor electronic music festivals in Canada and ran annually from the mid-’90s onwards. It was originally formed as a collaboration between Destiny Productions and Boscaland Records (Jon the Dentist's label) and was called "The World Trance Music Festival" but quickly grew beyond just a trance festival.  At its peak it drew thousands, spanned multiple days, and offered a wide palette of trance, house, hardcore, goa-psy, drum’n’bass. In short: a key part of the golden-era rave / festival culture in Canada.  In this episode, Jon the Dentist will take us on a journey through his memories and music of that festival and how it came to be.  Tracklisting: 01. Depeche Mode - PIMF 02. X-Press 2 - London Express 03. Hardfloor - Trancescript 04. Hardfloor - Bang the Acid 05. Storm - Storm Animal 06. Trope - Amphetamine (2001 Remix) 07. Casseopaya - Carma in an Ocean of Joy (DJ Misjah Remix) 08. DJ Misjah - Karin’s Paradox 09. LSG - Let’s Go Fishing 10. Human Resource - Dominator (Armin Van Buuren Extended Remix) 11. Jon the Dentist & Ollie Jaye - Imagination (Untidy Dubs) 12. Barabas & OD1 - House Forever 13. Well Paid Scientists - High Noon in Gotham City (Jon the Dentist ‘Big Club’ Mix) 14. Miss DJax - Ghost Train 15. Jon the Dentist - Terminate (Yves de Ruyter Remix) 16. Push - Strange World 17. Union Jack - Two Full Moons and a Trout (Freedom Fighters, Domestic & Pixel Remix) 18. Blank & Jones - After Love 19. Vincent De Moor - Sunflower 20. Blank & Jones - The Nightfly 21. Commander Tom - Are Am Eye 22. Adam F - Metropolis 23. Beatsole -

    2h 19m

  5. 2025-10-04

    Ep 24: 90's Techno + Acid Trance feat. Prolekult Records

    Prolekult was a UK underground label that thrived in the early–mid ’90s, known for pushing raw, uncompromising progressive techno and acid trance. Its releases carried a darker, edgier energy compared to mainstream club records of the time, often leaning into stripped-back grooves, hypnotic builds, and politically tinged artwork that gave the label a distinctive identity. Prolekult became a cult favorite for DJs who wanted something deeper and heavier for late-night sets, standing out alongside other imprints like Hooj Choons and Additive. Though relatively short-lived, the label’s catalog left a strong mark on the underground, and many of its 12"s are still highly sought after by collectors today - especially the coveted "Prolekulture" double LP!  Tracklisting: 01. Francis Dubois - Fembot 02. Yellowknife - Pitch Bend 03. Joshua Collins - Rain 04. Snitzer, Humate & Mc Coy - Oh My Darling, I Love You 05. Peace Division - So You See Me? (Sshh Remix) 06. Gardner & Thomas - Control (Blackwatch Remix) 07. Spinning Atoms - Summer School 08. DJ Randy - Techno Train 09. Bad Man - Lover Man (Another Mix) 10. Dream Plant - The Mighty Machine (The Kinki Roland Remix)  11. Wippenberg - Neurodancer (White ’n’ Wood Remix) 12. Razor’s Edge - Sleepless (Barrel Beat Remix) 13. Sourmash - Pilgrimage to Paradise (The Hardfloor Remix) 14. Traumatic - Acid Voices (Mandala Remix) 15. Jon the Dentist - Acid Phases 16. House Trap II - High on the Edge (Chris Liberator Remix) 17. Chris Liberator - Soul Mantra 18. DJ Randy - Overmodulate 19. DJ Randy - Digital Mass 20. Jones & Stephenson - The First Rebirth (Original Mix/Red Jerry’s ’94 Remix) 21. Spinning Atoms - Bubble Memory 22. Gee Shock - The American (Crashing Dad’s Car Remix) 23. Lawrie Immersion - Crusty Mills SH101 24. Chris Liberator - Typhoon 25. Watchmen - Cut the Midrange (The Chris Liberator Remix) 26. Snitzer, Humate & Mc Coy - Oh My Darling, I Love You (Heavy Mix) BUY ALL THINGS PROLEKULT: https://www.beatport.com/label/prolekult/

    1h 36m

  6. 2025-09-20

    Ep 23: 90's Hard House feat. Tidy Trax

    Today’s episode is long overdue - we’re diving into the history of Tidy Trax. If you were around in the 90’s club scene, you already know how influential this label was. Tidy didn’t just release records; they defined an entire movement of hard house and UK club culture. From legendary DJs to iconic sleeve art, Tidy shaped the sound, the look, and the attitude of a whole generation on the dancefloor. So buckle up, because it’s finally time to give Tidy the deep dive it deserves. Bonus: exclusive airing of the brand new remix of "Imagination" by legendary Ollie Jaye, under his Lone Wolf guise.  01. Hyperlogic - U Got the Love (Mondos ‘Poolside Pumper’ Remix) 02. Hyperlogic - Only Me (Doug Laurent Remix) 03. Paul Kershaw - I Believe In Life 04. Ollie Jaye - Imagination (Lone Wolf Remix) 05. Benedict Brothers - Honey Child (Sapphire & Steel Remix) 06. Tony De Vit - The Dawn (Paul Janes Remix) 07. Anne Savage / Cunaro & Dean - Real Freaks (UK Gold’s ‘Fourplay’ Remix) / It’s About Time (UK Gold Remix) 08. Brain Bashers - Do It Now (Barabas & OD1 Remix) 09. Red Hand Gang - Gotta Keep On (Time 4 Gettin’ Down) (Jon the Dentist Remix) 10. Ingo - Ready 4 Dis 11. UK Gold - Cause the House Gets Warm 12. Jon Bishop - Stalker (Hoodlums Remix) 13. John Whitemann - Can’t Beat the System 14. Barabas & OD1 - Jack of Klubz (Tidy Boys Remix) 15. Lisa Lashes - Lookin’ Good 16. Lisa Lashes - We Came, We Saw 17. Smokin’ Bert Cooper - Getting Warm 18. Andy Farley - Destroy the Sound 19. Dyewitness - What Would You Like to Hear Again (Ian M Remix) 20. Dyewitness - Observing the Earth (Ian M Remix) 21. Ian M - Dreamer 22. Artemesia - Bits & Pieces (BK Mix) 23. Tony De Vit - Are You All Ready? 24. The Guv’nors - Busted 25. Jon Bishop - I’m In Control (Smokin’ Bert Cooper Remix) 26. Stimulant DJ’s - Are You Serious? 27. Stimulant DJ’s - Hoovertime 28. The Originator - Give It All You Got (Lisa Lashes Remix) 29. Anne Savage - I Need U BUY ALL THINGS TIDY TRAX: https://www.tidytrax.co.uk/

    1h 46m

  7. 2025-08-19

    Ep 22: 90's Uplifting House According to Ollie Jaye

    Ollie Jaye is a veteran DJ whose rise to prominence came via a decade‑long residency at the iconic Hippo Club in Cardiff—one of the UK’s seminal hotspots for trance, hard‑house, and euphoric dance music. Ollie helped shape the club’s fierce identity and championed the era’s signature sound: uplifting, relentless, and unapologetically massive. But Ollie’s not just about nostalgia, he still throws down with that same electricity. Case in point? This mix! He drops an expertly sequenced blend that feels like a hug and a hands-in-the-air moment.  This isn’t just a playlist. It’s a love letter to the '90s, where piano riffs, gospel vocals, and thunderous breakbeats collided under strobe lights and UV paint. Ollie curated it with the same instinct and passion that once packed the Hippo Club, only now it’s bottled for your headphones. This is also a resurrection of Ollie's "Ode to Hippo" series he initially published a few years back. Do check out the Trance mixes if you can find them!  From Tin Tin Out to Dancin’ Divaz, CLS to JX, this mix is for anyone who’s ever danced with strangers at 3 a.m. and felt like they belonged. Let's go! Tracklisting: 01. Aquarius - Let's Get Down (Luvdup Remix) 02. Suzi Carr - All Over Me (Delorme Remix) 03. Mory Kante - Yeke Yeke (Hardfloor Remix) 04. Tin Tin Out - Strings For Yasmin 05. Bizarre Inc - Playing With Knives 06. Escrima - Train Of Thought 07. Porn Kings - Up To No Good 08. CLS - Can You Feel It? (Perpetual Motion Mix) 09. Brothers in Rhythm - Such A Good Feeling 10. Prince - Good Life (Dancin' Divaz Mix) 11. Berri - The Sunshine After The Rain (Dancin' Divaz Mix) 12. Baby D - Let Me Be Your Fantasy 13. Camisra - Let Me Show You 14. Space Monkeys - Keep On Trippin' On 15. Jon of the Pleased Wimmin - Passion (Tin Tin Out Remix) 16. Signum - Coming On Strong 17. JX - You Belong To Me 18. Grace - Not Over Yet 19. N-Trance - Set You Free

    1h 58m

  8. 2025-07-23

    Ep 21: 90's Hard Trance According to Aaron Olson

    In the neon-drenched underground of the 1990s, hard trance exploded like a warehouse rave on steroids, faster, louder, and unapologetically euphoric. Born from the fusion of German techno precision and acid-fueled intensity, it pushed BPMs to nosebleed levels and flooded dance floors with relentless energy. Think thunderous kick drums, snarling synth stabs, hypnotic buildups, and breakdowns so dramatic they made the ceiling feel like it was about to lift off. Hard trance didn't just soundtrack the party, it was the party. From Frankfurt to London, Ibiza to Toronto, its adrenaline-pumping sound became a staple of late-night sets and all-night festivals. It gave ravers a second wind at 4 a.m. and inspired DJs to push the limits of sound system punishment. Its influence still echoes in today’s techno, hardstyle, and psytrance scenes, but nothing quite hits like the raw, unfiltered chaos of ‘90s hard trance. It wasn’t subtle, it was a full-body assault. And I loved it for that. I was particularly partial to the more plucky-pad ran records over the euro-sounding riffs so I've spent some time cultivating as many of those cuts as I could for all you 90's rave fiends!  Let's go! Tracklisting: 01. Jon the Dentist & Ollie Jaye - Music Takes You High 02. Mexican vs Harry Diamond - Spectrum (Heavy Duty Hard Mix) 03. Nick Sentience - Discotech 04. Prime Mover - Black Dogs (Extended Mix) 05. PH1 - Sizzling Love 06. John ’00’ Fleming - Alpha 5 (Olmec Heads Remix) 07. Olmec Heads - Spiritualized 08. Members of Mayday - 10 in 01 (Paul Van Dyk Club Mix) 09. DJ Arabesque - The Vision (BK & Nick Sentience Remix) 10. Agnelli & Nelson - El Nino 11. Dariush - IRA 12. New Order - Blue Monday (Starwash Mix) 13. DJ Ufuk - R2-D2 (DJ Ufuk Remix) 14. The OT Quartet - Hold That Sucker Down (Aquagen Remix) 15. Saccoman - Metamorph (Part Two Mix) 16. Armin Van Buuren - Blue Fear 17. BT - Flaming June (BT vs PVD Mix / Paul Van Dyk Remix) 18. BK & Dave Randall - Trace 19. The Generator - Where Are You Now (Moonman Remix) 20. Signum feat. Scott Mac. - Coming on Strong (Hyperlogic Remix) 21. Taiko - Silence (Club Mix) 22. Fire & Ice - Forever Young 23. Age of Love - The Age of Love (Jam & Spoon ‘Watch Out for Stella’ Mix) 24. Blank & Jones - Cream (Paul Van Dyk Remix) 25. Binary Binary - 1999 (Paul Van Dyk Remix) 26. Prototype - Soundpiercing 27. DJ Taucher - Child of the Universe (Extended Club Mix) 28. Olmec Heads - Lift Off 29. BK - Revolution (Alphazone Remix) 30. Alphazone - Stay (Original Mix / James Lawson Remix) 31. Delirium feat. Sarah McLachlan - Silence (John Summit Remix) 32. Mauro Picotto - Lizard (Megavoices Mix) 33. Snap! - Rhythm Is A Dancer (CJ Stone Club Mix) 34. Culture Beat - Mr. Vain (A1 Mix) 35. DJ Scot Project - O (Overdrive) 36. Kai Tracid - Trance & Acid (Extended Mix) 37. CJ Bolland - The Prophet (Shockwave’s ‘New Arch’ Mix / Original Mix) 38. Signum - What Ya Got 4 Me (Kumara Remix) 39. Praga Khan - Injected With A Poison (Space Frog’s ‘No Way Out’ Mix) 40. Alphazone - Flashback (Dave Joy Remix) 41. Warp Brothers vs Aquagen - Phatt Bass (Warp Brothers ‘Phatt’ Mix) NEXT EPISODE: 90's Uplifting House According to Ollie Jaye

    2h 56m
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A podcast celebrating 90’s pioneers of club music

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  • Creator
    The Record Drop
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2025
  • Episodes
    28
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