Friday, February 22, 2008

DISCOGRAPHY TO ENERGY FLASH a.k.a. GENERATION ECSTASY

The expanded/updated 2008 edition of Energy Flash does not contain the Discography in the original 1998 version. Partly this was for reasons of space, but also because during the ten years since the book came out, the unevenness of the original discography became steadily more apparent, and the idea of rectifying that (let alone expanding it to cover the last decade) made me go all weak at the knees. I also felt that there is such a vast amount of thorough discographic material on the web nowadays -- Discogs, obviously, but just about every genre and sub-style of dance music has its unstintingly meticulous and comprehensive discographers at work -- that I felt it was redundant to include a discography, especially one so partial and slanted to my own tastes. Still, for those
those who feel the absence, here is the original discography.



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Notes:

1/ Damn near every record mentioned in the text is included here, plus a good many that weren't but are nontheless either important or worth hearing. The discography is divided up according to the chapters of the book, and their corresponding genres/eras.

2/ Flipside or EP tracks are listed if i/ no A-side was given priority or ii/ if the track is especially excellent or notable. Specific mixes are noted if appropriate.

3/ Within any individual artist's oeuvre, the releases are listed in chronological order.

4/ Single artist albums, including anthologies of that artist's work, are listed alongside the single and EP releases; genre compilations and DJ mix-CD's are listed at the end of each chapter or subsection, and listed in order of excellence (the best, or most useful introduction to that genre, comes first).

5/ DJ names are alphabetized according to their second, defining name -- e.g. DJ Hype is under 'H'.

6/ If the artist name is a pseudonym or alter-ego, the artist's real name or most well-known alter-ego is listed in parentheses. Exceptions are when an artist is the focus of a subsection: then the whole oevre is listed together, with alter-egos in alphabetical order.

7/ The releases are not dated, unless the release date diverges drastically from the timespan of that chapter.


1/ A TALE OF THREE CITIES: Detroit Techno, Chicago House and New York Garage, 1980-90

DETROIT TECHNO

Ancestors

Kraftwerk
Autobahn (1974; Elektra 1985)
Trans-Europe Express (Capitol 1977)
The Man-Machine (Capitol, 1978)
Computer World (1981; Elektra 1988)

Detroit pioneers/the Belleville 3

Juan Atkins:
Cybotron--Interface (Ace anthology)
Model 500--"No UFOs"
--"Off To Battle" (both Metroplex)
--Classics (R&S anthology)

Derrick May
Rhythim Is Rhythim
--"Strings Of Life/Move It/Kaos"
--"Nude Photo/The Dance"
---"The Beginning/Drama/Salsa Life"
---"It Is What It Is/Beyond The Dance"
---Beyond The Dance (Cult Mix)/Sinister" (all Transmat)

Innovator: Soundtrack For The Tenth Planet (Network anthology)

Kevin Saunderson
Inner City
--"Big Fun"
---"Good Life" (both Ten)
Reese
---"Just Want Another Chance" (Incognito)
Reese & Santonio
---"The Sound" (KMS)

Kevin Saunderson, Faces & Phases: The Kevin Saunderson Collection (KMS/Network)

Detroit Compilations

Retrotechno/Detroit Definitive (Network)
Techno! The New Dance Sound Of Detroit (Network/Ten)

CHICAGO HOUSE

Ancestors
Donna Summer
"Love To Love You Baby" (Oasis 1975)
"I Feel Love" (Casablanca, 1977)
Once Upon A Time (Casablanca, 1977)

House Anthems and Jack Tracks

Fingers Inc--Another Side (Jack Trax)
Farley 'Jackmaster' Funk & Jessie Saunders feat Darryl Pandy--"Love Can't Turn Around" (DJ International/London)
The It--"Donnie" (DJ International)
Master C& J--"In The City (Devil Mix)" and "(Insane Mix") (State Street)
Mr Fingers--"Washing Machine/Can You Feel It" (Trax)
Jamie Principle--Baby Wants To Ride" (Trax)
Ralphi Rosario feat.Xavier Gold--You Used To Hold Me" (Hot Mix 5)

Compilations

The House That Trax Built (Trax)
Classic House 1 to 3 (Mastercuts)
The House Sound of Chicago Vol 1 to III (ffrr)
Jack Trax 1 to 5 (Indigo)
Jackmaster 1 to 5 (DJ International/Westside)

Acid House

Classic Acid Trax
Adonis & The Endless Poker, "The Poke" (DJ International)
Armando, "Land of Confusion" (Westbrook)
Bam Bam, "Where's Your Child" (Westbrook)
Mike Dunn, "Magic Feet" (Westbrook)
Fast Eddie, "Acid Thunder" (DJ International)
Laurent X, "Machines" (Trax)
Phuture, "Acid Tracks/Your Only Friend" (Trax)
Sleezy D, "I've Lost Control" (Trax)
Tyree, "Acid Over" (DJ International)

Acid Compilations

Classic Acid: Definitive Acid House Mastercuts Volume 1 (Mastercuts)
Acid II: Sound Of The Underground (DJ International)
Bam Bam: Best of Westbrook Classics (Tresor)


NEW YORK GARAGE

Ancestors

Double Exposure, "Ten Percent" (Salsoul)
Dinosaur L [Arthur Russell], "Go Bang!" (City Beat/Sleeping Bag)
First Choice, "Doctor Love" (Salsoul)
Loose Joints [Russell], "Is It All Over My Face" (West End)
Arthur Russell, " Let's Go Swimming (Rough Trade)
Peech Boys, "Don't Make Me Wait" (West End)
Various Artists, West End Story (West End)
Salsoul's Greatest 12" Hits Vol. 1 (Salsoul)

Strictly Rhythm

After Hours, "Waterfall (3-AM Mix)"
Hardrive, "Deep Inside"
House 2 House, "Hypnotize Me (Trance Mix)"
Photon Inc [Pierre], "Generate Power"
Phuture [Pierre]
---"Inside Out"
---"Rise From Your Grave"
DJ Pierre, DJ Pierre anthology
Various Artists, This Is Strictly Rhythm
Strictly Rhythm -- The Album
Strictly Rhythm -- The Second Album

Miscellaneous Post-Disco/Freestyle/Proto-house

Nitro Deluxe
---"Let's Get Brutal (Cooltempo)
---"This Brutal House" (Cutting/Cooltempo)
---"On A Mission" (Cutting Records)
Various Artists Nu Groove -- A Compilation (Network)

Todd Terry
Black Riot, "Warlock/A Day In the Life" (Champion)
CLS, "Can You Feel It (In House Dub)" (Strictly Rhythm)
Masters At Work
---"Alright, Alright"
---"Dum Dum Cry" (both Fourth Floor)
Orange Lemon, "Dreams of Santa Anna" (Bad Boy, 1988
Royal House,
--"Can You Party"
--"Party People"
--Can You Party (all Idlers)
Swan Lake, "In the Name of Love/The Dream" (Bad Boy)
Todd Terry Project, To the Batmobile Let's Go (Sleeping Bag)
Youngbloods, "You Got Me Burnin' (UK Deep Mix)" (Strictly Rhythm)

Hip House

Fast Eddie,"Hip House"
---"Yo Yo Get Funky" (both DJ International)
Tyree,"Hardcore Hip House" (DJ International)







2/ LIVING A DREAM: ACID HOUSE AND UK RAVE, 1987-89

Adamski, LIVEANDIRECT (MCA)
Bang The Party, "Release Your Body" (Warrior Dance; Transmat)
Baby Ford
---"Oochy Koochy"
---"Chikki Chikki Ahh Ahh" (both Rhythm King)
---'Ooo' The World Of Baby Ford (Rhythm King/Sire)
Black Box, Ride On Time (Deconstruction)
Bomb The Bass, "Beat Dis" (Rhythm King)
Ce Ce Rogers, "Someday" (ffrr)
Coldcut, "Beats + Pieces" (Ahead of Our Times)
----What's That Noise (Ahead of Our Time)
D Mob, "We Call It Acieed" (ffrr)
E-Zee Possee, "Everything Starts with An 'E'" (More Protein)
Humanoid, "Stakker Humanoid" (West Side Records)
Jolly Roger, "Acid Man" (Ten Records)
Frankie Knuckles, "Tears"
---"Your Love" (both ffrr)
Landlord, "I Like It (Blow Out Dub)" (ffrr)
Lil Louis & The World, "French Kiss"
---From the Mind of Lil Louis (both ffrr)
M/A/R/R/S, "Pump Up The Volume" (4AD; 4th & Broadway)
Nightwriters, "Let The Music Use You" (fffreedom)
Phase II, "Reachin'" (Republic)
Raven Maize, "Forever Together" (Z/EMI)
Raze, "Break 4 Love" (Champion)
Raze presents Doug Lazy, "Let It Roll" (Atlantic)
S'Express
-- "Theme From S'Express"
---"Hey Music Lover"
--- Original Soundtrack (all Rhythm King)
Starlight, "Numero Uno" (Citybeat)
Sueno Latino, "Sueno Latino" (Expanded Music)
Ten City
---"That's The Way Love Is"
---"Devotion" (both Atlantic)
Turntable Orchestra, "You're Gonna Miss Me" (Republic)

Compilations
A History Of Dance Music (Deconstruction)
Classic Balearic: Definitive Balearic Beats Volume 1 (Mastercuts)





3/ 24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE: MADCHESTER, POSITIVITY, AND THE RAVE'N'ROLL CROSSOVER, 1988-91

Manchester

A Guy Called Gerald
"Voodoo Ray" (Rham)
Hot Lemonade (Rham)
Automanikk (CBS 1990)

808 State
Quadrastate (Creed Records)
"Pacific State" (ZTT)
Ninety (ZTT)/Utd. State 90 (ZTT/Tommy Boy)
Ex:El (ZTT/Tommy Boy)

Happy Mondays Squirrel and G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People... Bummed (Factory)
"WFL" ["Wrote For Luck" Paul Oakenfold Remix]
"Madchester Rave On" EP
"Step On"
Pills 'N Thrills & Bellyaches
Yes Please! (all Factory)

Jon Hassell vs 808 State "Voiceprint" (All Saints)

The Stone Roses The Stone Roses
"Fools Gold"
"One Love/Something's Burning" (all Silvertone)
Second Coming (Geffen)

T-Coy "Carino" (Deconstruction)

Positivity Punks and Rave'n'Rollers

Adamski "Killer" (MCA)

The Beloved "The Sun Rising" (WEA)
Happiness (WEA)

EMF "Unbelievable" (EMI)

Flowered Up "Weekender" (Heavenly/Columbia)

The KLF "What Time Is Love?" (KLF Communications)
The White Room (KLF Communications)

Primal Scream "Loaded" (Creation)
"Come Together (Andew Weatherall Remix)" (Creation)
"Higher Than The Sun (A Dub Symphony In Two Parts)" Screamadelica (Creation; Sire)

The Shamen En-Tact (One Little Indian/Epic)
Boss Drum (One Little Indian/Epic)








4/ 'ARDKORE, YOU KNOW THE SCORE: THE SECOND WAVE OF RAVE, 1990-1992

BLEEP AND BASS

Warp

Coco Steel and Lovebomb "Feel It"
Forgemasters "Track With No Name"
LFO "LFO"
Frequencies (Warp; Tommy Boy)
"What Is House EP"
Nightmares On Wax "Dextrous"
"Aftermath"
A Word of Science: The Ist & Final Chapter
Sweet Exorcist "Testone"
C.C.C.D
Tricky Disco "Tricky Disco"
Tuff Little Unit "Join The Future"
Various Artists Pioneers of The Hypnotic Groove

Miscellaneous Bleep and Bass

Ability II "Pressure" (Outer Rhythm)
Energise "Report to the Dancefloor" (Network)
Forgemasters "Stress" on "The Black Steel EP" (Network)
Rob Gordon Rob Gordon Projects (Source Records anthology)
Ital Rockers "Ital's Anthem/Science" (Bassic)
"One Day" (Outer Rhythm)
Nexus 21 "Logical Progression" (R&S)
Orbital "Chime/Crime" (OhZone/ffrr)
"Satan/Belfast" (ffrr)
Rhythmatic "Take Me Back (Robert Gordon Edit --'With Extra Bass')" (Network)
"Frequency Remix/Demons" (Network)
Unique 3 "The Theme" (Ten Records)
"Weight For The Bass/Musical Melody" (Ten Records)
Jus' Unique (Ten Records)
XON "The Mood Set EP" (Network)

Bleep Compilations

Technorave 2: Trance Atlantic... The Wave of the Future (Network/Next Plateau)
Breaks, Bass and Bleeps Vol 1 (Rumour)


SHUT UP AND DANCE

Nicolette "Waking Up"
Now Is Early
Ragga Twins "Illegal Gunshot/Spliffhead"
"Wipe The Needle/Juggling"
"Hooligan 69"
Reggae Owes Me Money
"Mixed Truth"
Rum & Black Without Ice
Shut Up And Dance "10 pounds To Get In"
"20 pounds To Get In"
"Derek Went Mad"
Dance Before The Police Come!
"Autobiography of A Crackhead/The Green Man"
(feat. Peter Bouncer) "Raving I'm Raving"
Death Is Not The End
Various Artists Shut Up And Dance (SUAD)


BELTRAM/BELGIUM

Joey Beltram/Second Phase
Beltram "Energy Flash" (R&S)
Beltram/Program 2 "The Omen" (R&S/Order To Dance)
Joey Beltram Classics (R&S)
Second Phase "Mentasm" (Outer Rhythm/R&S)
Miscellaneous Belgian hardcore
Cubic 22 "Night In Motion" (Big Time International)
Frank De Wulf
"The Tape" on "The B-Sides Volume Three"
"Magic Orchestra" and "The Tape" on "The B-Sides Remixed"
DJPC "Inssomniak" (Hype)
Holy Noise "The Noise (X-Treme Sounds)" (Hithouse)
Human Resource "The Complete Dominator" (R&S/Order To Dance)
Incubus "The Spirit " (80 Aum/I.M.C)
L.A Style "James Brown Is Dead" (XYZ Records; Arista)
Meng Syndicate "Sonar System" (Hithouse)
Mundo Muzique "Acid Pandemonium" on "Tranztechno EP" (R&S)
Outlander "The Vamp" (R&S)
Praga Khan "Rave Alarm" (Beat Box)
Ravesignal III "Horsepower" (R&S EP)
Rhythm Device (F. De Wulf) "Acid Rock" (Music Man)
Set Up System "Fairy Dust (Centripetal Mix)" (Big Time)
Techno Grooves "Techno Slam" on "Mach 4" (Hotsound EP)
T99 "Anasthasia" (Who's That Beat/XL)

Belgian Hardcore Compilations

XL Recordings: The Second Chapter (XL)
80 Aum Records: The Diamond Series (80 Aum Records)
Reactivate Volumes 1 to 5 (React)
In Order To Dance III and : 4 (R&S)

CHART BUSTING POP RAVE AND BRITISH BRUTALIST TEKNO

Altern 8
"Infiltrate 202 (The Vertigo EP)"
"Activ-8 (Come With Me)"
"Frequency"
Full On..Mask Hysteria (all Network)

Bizarre Inc "Playing With Knives" (Vinyl Solution)

Congress "40 Miles" (Nush)
DJ Carl Cox "I Want You (Forever)" (Perfecto)

Eon "Spice"
"Fear: The Mindkiller"
Void Dweller (all Vinyl Solution)

G.T.O "Pure" (Go Bang, 1990)
"Listen To the Rhythm Flow" (React)
"The Bullfrog" (React)

John + Julie [G.T.O] "Circles (Vicious Mix)" (XL)

Liquid "Sweet Harmony" (XL)
Manix "Feel Real Good" (Reinforced)

N-Joi "Anthem"
"Adrenalin EP"
"Mindflux/Malfunction" (all Deconstruction)

Opus III "It's A Fine Day" (PWL International)

The Prodigy "Android" on "What Evil Lurks EP"
"Charly/Your Love"
"Everybody In The Place"(all XL)
Experience (XL; Elektra)
Music For The Jilted Generation (XL; Mute, 1994)
"Firestarter" (XL; Mute, 1996)
The Fat of The Land (XL; Maverick, 1997)

DJ Seduction "Hardcore Heaven" (Ffrreedom)

Shades of Rhythm "Homicide/Exorcist"
"The Sound of Eden"
"Extacy"
Shades of Rhythm (all ZTT)

Shaft "Roobarb & Custard (Dr Trip & Bob Bolts Mix)" (Great Asset/ffrr)

Skin Up "Ivory (Blockbuster)"
"A Juicy Red Apple" (both Love)

The Shamen "Ebeneezer Goode" (One Little Indian/Epic)

SL2 "DJ's Take Control/Way In My Brain"
"On A Ragga Tip" (both XL)

Smart E's "Sesame's Treet" (Suburban Base)

Urban Hype "Trip To Trumpton" (Faze-2 Records)

Utah Saints "Something Good" (ffrr/London)

Chartcore Compilations

The Third Chapter: Breakbeat House (XL)

RISING HIGH

A Hippy, A Homeboy and A Funki Dredd
"Total Confusion"

Church of Ecstasy [GTO] "Confess To Acid Remix"

The Hypnotist
"The House Is Mine"
"Hardcore You Know The Score" and "Night of The Livin' E-Heads" on "The Hardcore EP"
The Complete Hypnotist 91-92 "Let Us Pray"

Project One (The Hypnotist) "Cheeba EP"
"Roughneck EP"

Signs of Chaos [GTO] "Crackerjack EP"

Various Artists
--Techno Classics Volume I
--Progressive Hardcore Vol 1

KICKIN

The Scientist (DJ Hype) "The Exorcist"
" The Bee"
Messiah "20,000 Hardcore Members"
"There is No Law"
Wishdokta "Evil Surrounds Us"
Xenophobia "Rush In The House/The Wobbler"
Various Artists Champion Sound: The Best of Kickin' Volume 1


BREAKBEAT ARDKORE

Bad Girl "Bad Girl" (Ibiza)
Blame "Music Takes You (2 Bad Mice Remix)"
"Feel The Energy (4 Hero Remix)" (both Moving Shadow)
Bodysnatch "Revenge of the Punter EP" ( Big City)
Bolt "Horsepower" (label unknown)
Bug Kann and the Plastic Jam "Made In Two Minutes" (Optimum Dance)
Citadel of Kaos "Vol 3: It's Not Over" (Boombastic Plastic)
The Clepto-Maniacs "Positive Feedback EP" (Fokus U.K.)
Lenny D Ice "We Are I.E." (De Underground)
Desired State "Dance The Dream Pts III & IV" (Out of Romford)
Dica & DJ Big Vern "Desire" on "Weekend Rush EP" (Boogie Beat)
DJ's Unite "DJ Unite Vol 1/Fourplay" (XL)
"Bass Penetrates" on "DJ's Unite Vol 3" (Impact)
The Dragonfly "Hard Like A Criminal" on "The Dragonfly EP #1" (BTB)
Dub 2 "Bad Man (Tuffness Mix)/Sensi Tip" (Big City)
E "I've Got A Little Black Disc With Me Tune On It " (white label)
Edge "Compnded" on "Edge Records#1 EP" (Edge)
Energy Zone "Jungle Zone EP" (Rising High; Instinct)
Foul Play "Vol2: Survival/Dubbing U" (Oblivion)
Genaside II "Narra Mine" (Passion Music)
Globe & the Hardcore Massive "Anthem" (White House)

Holy Ghost Inc "Mad Monks On Zinc"
"Nice One Boy/Magnet/Psycho-Missus" (all Holy Ghost)

House Crew "Keep The Fire Burning"
" Maniac (The Final Conflict)/We Are Hardcore (Magic Fantasy Mix)
"The Theme (Ozomatli Remix/Euphoria (Nino's Dream)
(all Production House)

Hyper-On Experience "Fun For All the Family EP"
"Assention" and "Imajicka" on "Keep It In the Family EP"
(both Moving Shadow)

Kicks Like A Mule "The Bouncer (Housequake Mix)" (Sm:)e)

Krome & Time "This Sound Is For the Underground (E5 Remix)/Manic Stampede(DJ Hype Sandringham Road Mix)"
"The Slammer"
(both Suburban Base)
Jonny L "Hurt You So" (Beechwood; R&S)
Manix "You Held My Hand" and "Never Been To Belgium (gotta rush)" on "Bad Attitude EP" (Reinforced)
Mastersafe "In Your Eyes" on "Aspirations EP" (Formation)

Mixrace "The Future Is Before Your Eyes/Too Bad For You" (Moving Shadow)

Noise Factory
"Set Me Free/Bring Forward The Noise"
"We Have It/Warning Dub" (both Ibiza)
"Set Me Free Remix/The Fire/Skin Teeth"
"My Mind/Be Free"
"Survival", "Futuroid", and "Breakage#4" on "The Capsule EP" (all 3rd Party)

NRG "I Need Your Lovin'" (Chill)

DJ Phantasy & Gemini "Vol 3: Ruff Beats Producing The Bass" (Han)
"The Hippodrome" (Han)

Nick Power +DJ Ku "Mus Get Dark/Love Survives" (Ruff Tuff & Wicked Stuff)
Powerpill [Aphex Twin] "Pacman" (ffrr)
Psychotropic "Hypnosis" (O2 Records)

Q-Bass "Hardcore Will Never Die"
"Dancin' People" (bothl Suburban Base)

Ratpack "Searching For My Rizla" (Big Giant Music)

Rhythm Section "Feel The Rhythm (Comin On Strong)"
'Dreamworld" on "Midsummer Madness EP (both Rhythm Section Recordings)

Run Tings "Back Again/Something to Dance To" (Suburban Base)

DJ Seduction "Sub Dub" (Impact)
Sly T & Ollie J "Underground Confusion"

Sonz of A Loop Da Loop Era "Far Out (Original Scratchadelic mix)"
"Peace + Loveism (4 Hero RMX)"
"Bust That Groove" on Flowers In My Garden mini-LP
(all Suburban Base)
Sublove "Hyper Active" on "Twisted Techno EP" (Earth Records)

Tek 9 "Del Die Gogo/Just A Dream" and "Del Die Remixes"
"You Got To Slow Down" on "Return of Tek 9" EP
(all Reinforced)
Timelapse "Sued For a Sample/Indian Dream" (Out of Romford)
DJ Trax "Infinite Hype" and "We Rock The Most" on "1 Man 1 DJ EP" (Moving Shadow)
2 Bad Mice "2 Bad Mice/No Respect" (Moving Shadow)

Urban Shakedown "Assassinator/Do It Now/There is No Other/Quasar"
"Some Justice/Ruff Justice" (both MCG)
Yolk "Music 4 Da People" (Ruffbeat)
WRK "Work It/The Corker Remix" (Great Asset)

Breakbeat Ardkore Compilations

Classic To the Core Vol One and Vol Two (Bass Section)
The History of Our World Part One: Breakbeat & Jungle
Ultramix (Sm:)e)
Edge Records (Edge)
Rabbit City Compilation (Rabbit City)
Base For Your Face (Suburban Base)
A History of Hardcore: Suburban Base and Moving Shadow (Joint)




5/ FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT TO PARTY: SPIRAL TRIBE AND THE CRUSTY-RAVER MOVEMENT
1992-96


Spiral Tribe/Megadog Crusty-Rave/Goa Techno

Children of the Bong Sirius Sounds (Planet Dog)
The Drum Club "U Make Me Feel So Good" (Guerrilla)
Juno Reactor Beyond The Infinite (Blue Room Released)

Hallucinogen
Twisted (Dragonfly)
The Lone Deranger (Twisted)

Loop Guru Duniya (Nation/Waveform)

Spiral Tribe "Breach The Peace EP"
"Forward The Revolution EP" (both Butterfly Records/Big Life)

Various Artists
Feed Your Head and Feed Your Head Volume 2
Planet Dub (all Mammoth/Planet Dog)
Return To The Source
Return To the Source: The Chakra Journey
Return To The Source: Sacred Sites (all Positiva)
Goa Trance 1 to 6 (Rumour)


6/ FEED YOUR HEAD: INTELLIGENT TECHNO, AMBIENT AND TRANCE, 1990-96

WARP (and affiliated artists' releases on other labels)

Autechre
Incunabula
Amber
"Anti EP"
"Anvil Vapre"
"Garbage"
Tri Repetae (Warp/Wax Trax/TVT)

The Black Dog/Plaid/Balil
Balil "Nort Route" (Planet E)
The Black Dog "Virtuality" EP
"Age of Slack"
"It Felt Like It/Seers + Sales/Dog Solitude/Apt/Chiba"
(all Black Dog Records)
Parallel (GPR)
Bytes
Spanners (both Warp/TVT/Wax Trax)
The Book of Dogma (2007 compilation on Soma, first disc is the legendary early EPs, second disc the EPs for GPR later released as Parallel; reviewed by SR here)
Plaid "Scoobs In Colombia" (GPR)

Aphex Twin
AFX "Analogue Bubblebath" (Mighty Force; TVT, 1994)
Analogue Bubblebath 3 (Rephlex)
Aphex Twin "Digeridoo/Analogue Bubblebath 2" (R& S)
Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (R&S)
Selected Ambient Works Volume II (Warp; Sire)
Classics (R&S)
I Care Because You Do (Sire; Warp)
Polygon Window Surfing On Sine Waves (Warp/Wax Trax/TVT)
"Quoth EP" (Warp/Wax Trax/TVT)

Warp Compilations
Artificial Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence II


EARLY CHILL OUT, AMBIENT TECHNO AND AMBIENT DUBThe

Grid "Floatation (East West)
The KLF Chill Out (KLF; Wax Trax)
The Irresistible Force Flying High (Rising High)
Pete Namlook Air
Silence (both Fax)
The Orb "A Huge Evergrowing Pulsating Brain That Rules From the Centre of the Ultraworld"
The Orb's Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld
"Blue Room"
u.f.orb
"Assassin"
(all Wau! Mr Modo/Big Life)
Live 93 (Island Red Label)
Ultramarine Every Man and Woman Is A Star (Brainiak)
United Kingdoms (Blanco Y Negro/Sire)

Chill out etc Compilations
Excursions In Ambience 1 to 4 (Astralwerks)
Ambient Dub Volumes 1 to 3 (Beyond)

TEXTUROLOGY"/INTELLIGENT TECHNO

Bandulu Guidance (Infonet)
Beaumont Hannant "Tastes and Textures Vol-1" to "Vol-3"
Texturology (both GPR)

Future Sound of London "Papua New Guinea" (Jumpin' & Pumpin')
Lifeforms (Virgin)

Global Communications 76 14 (Dedicated)

Orbital
"Halcyon" on "Radiccio EP"
Orbital
Snivilisation (all Internal)

Reload/Link [Global Communications)
The Theory of Evolution (Evolution/Warp)


TRANCE

Arpeggiators "Freedom of Expression" (Harthouse)
Commander Tom "Volume One: Are Am Eye" (Noom)

Hardfloor "Hardtrance Acperience"
The Best of Hardfloor (both Harthouse UK)

Jam & Spoon "Tales From A Danceographic Ocean EP" (R&S)
Triptomatic Fairytales 2001 and 2002 (Epic)

Mundo Muzique "Andromeda" (R&S)

Sven Vath Accident In Paradise (Eye Q/Warners)

Trance Compilations
Berlin 1992. Der Klang der Familie (Tresor/Novamute)
Harthouse. The Point of No Return Chapter 1 (Eye Q/American)
Novamute: Version 1.1 (Novamute)
The Sound of The Hoover (TEC)
Trance Europe Express 1 and 2 (TEE/Volume)




7/ SLIPPING INTO DARKNESS: THE UK RAVE DREAM TURNS TO NIGHTMARE, 1991-93

PRODUCTION HOUSE/BLISS-2-DARK

Acen
"Close Your Eyes"
"Close Your Eyes (Optikonfusion)/Close Your Eyes (The Sequel)
"Trip To The Moon Pt 1"
"Trip II The Moon (The Darkside)"
75 Minutes (on Profile, US only CD)

Baby D "Let Me Be Your Fantasy CD-7 (also on Sm:)e)
D-M-S "Vengeance/Love Overdose Remix"
"S.O.S./Mindwreck"
DJ Solo "Darkage/Axis"
Various Artists The Best of Production House (Production House)

REINFORCED (and affiliated artists' releases on other labels)

4 Hero
"Mr Kirk's Nightmare" (Reinforced 1990; Sm:)e)
"Headhunter EP"
In Rough Territory
"Where's The Boy" EP
"Journey From the Light" EP and "Journey Remix" EP
"Golden Age EP" and "Golden Age Remixes"

Metalheads [Goldie] "Terminator/Kemistry/Knowledge/Sinister"
(Synthetic Hardcore Phonography)

Nebula II
"Seance/Anthema"
"X-Plore H-Core/Peacemaker"

Nasty Habits [Doc Scott] "Here Comes The Drumz" and "Dark Angel" on
"As Nasty As I Wanna Be EP"

Rufige Kru [Goldie] "Darkrider/Believe/Menace/Jim Skreech"
"Ghosts of My Life/Terminator II"

Doc Scott "NHS" and "NHS EP VOL 2 REMIX"
"Surgery EP" (all Absolute 2)

Sudden Def "Let It Hit/Fall Like Rain (Madness To My Method)"

Reinforced compilations
Callin' For Reinforcements
The Definition of Hardcore
"Enforcers" EP's 1 to 5

MISCELLANEOUS DARKCORE

Bay-B-Kane "Hello Darkness" (Ruff Guidance)
Boogie Times Tribe
"The Dark Stranger/Real Hardcore Pts 1 & 2"
"The Dark Stranger (Q-Bass Remix/Origin Unknown Re- Remix) (bothl Surburban Base)

D'Cruze "Want You Now (DJ SS + EQ Remix)" (Suburban Base)

DJ Crystl "Warpdrive" (Dee Jay )
"The Dark Crystl/Inna Year 3000" (Force Ten)

Edrush "Bludclot Artattack" (No U Turn)

Foul Play "Finest Illusion" (Section 5)
4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse [Foul Play] "Drowning In Her" (Tone Def)

DJ Hype "Shot In The Dark (Gunshot Mix)/I Can't Understand It (Scratch The Fuck out of the Beginning Mix)" "Shot in the Dark Remixes/Weird Energy"
"The Chopper" on "Subplates Vol 1" Various Artists EP
(all Suburban Base)

Hyper-On Experience "Lords of The Null Lines" on "Deaf In the Family EP" r
"Lords of the Null Lines (Foul Play Remix)" 10 inch
(Moving Shadow)

Johnny Jungle "Johnny Remixes" (Suburban Base)

Kaotic Chemistry "Kaotic Chemistry EP"
[2 Bad Mice] "Space Cakes/L.S.D./Illegal Subs/Drum Trip II" "Space Cakes (2 Bad Mice Remix)/Vitamin K/Illegal Subs (Krome & Time Remix)
(all Moving Shadow)

Megadrive "Demon" on "Taking Control EP" (Formation)
Origin Unknown "Valley of the Shadows" (Ram)
Remarc & Lewi Cifer "Ricky" (Dollar)
Satin Storm "I Think I'm Going Out My Head" (white label)
Subnation/Ray Keith "Scottie (Ray Keith Remix)" (Future Vinyl)
Trace "Lost Entity" (Lucky Spin)

2 Bad Mice " Underworld/Tribal Revival/Pitch Black/Mass Confusion" (Moving Shadow)
2 Bad Mice/Kaotic Chemistry Kaotic Chemistry (Sm:)e anthology)

X Project "X Project (Aled Jones 'Walking In The Air' mix)" (X Project)

Darkcore Compilations
The Dark Side and The Dark Side II (React)
Suburban Base and Moving Shadow Present: The Joint LP (Joint)
Hardcore (Leaders of the New School) Hardleaders III: Enter The Darkside (both Kickin')




8/ THE FUTURE SOUND OF DETROIT: UNDERGROUND RESISTANCE, +8, AND CARL CRAIG, 1990-96

UNDERGROUND RESISTANCE (and UR-affiliated artists' releases on other labels)

Drexciya
"Deep Sea Dweller"
"The Unknown Aquazone" (Hyperspace)
"The Bubble Metropolis"
The Quest (double CD anthology)

Suburban Knight "The Art of Stalking (Stalker Mix)/The Worlds (Transmat)
"Nocturbulous Behavior"
(with Mad Mike) "Dark Energy"
"By Night"

Underground Resistance
"Sonic EP"
"Waveform EP"
"Elimination (remix)/Gamma-Ray"
"Riot EP"
"Fuel For The Fire"
"Punisher"
Revolution For Change
"Fury/Cyclone"
"Death Star/The Force/Planet X"
"Jupiter Jazz" on "World 2 World EP"
"Galaxy 2 Galaxy " double-EP

World Power Alliance [UR]
"Kamikaze"
"The Seawolf"
"Belgian Resistance"

X-101 [UR] "Sonic Destroyer/G-Force"
X-101 X-1O1 (Tresor)
X-102 X-102 Discovers The Rings of Saturn (Tresor)
X-103 Atlantis (Tresor)

Mike Banks, Jeff Mills, Robert Hood post-UR solo releases

Robert Hood Internal Empire (Tresor)

Jeff Mills
Waveform Transmission #1
Waveform Transmission # 3 (both Tresor)
"Cycle 30" (Purpose Maker)
Live At The Liquid Room--Tokyo (React DJ mix-CD)
The Other Day (Axis anthology)

Red Planet [Mike Banks] "Red Planet 1" to "7" (Red Planet)

The Vision [Robert Hood] Waveform Transmission #2 (Tresor)

+ 8 (and +8-affiliated artists' releases on other labels)

Circuit Breaker "Overkill/Frenz-E"
Cybersonik "Technarchy"
"Thrash"
Final Exposure "Vortex"
F.U.S.E "FU2"
Dimension Intrusion (+8/Warp)
Plastikman Sheet One (+8/Warp)
Musik (+8/Warp)
Speedy J "Pullover"
Ginger (+8/Warp)
Teste "The Wipe (Sonik Dub)" (Probe/+8)
Vapourspace "Gravitational Arch of 10" maxi-EP ((+8/ffrr)

Various Artists
--From Our Minds To Yours
--Blueprints For Modern (Techno)logy Vol 1



CARL CRAIG AND HIS ALTER-EGOS

Carl Craig "The Climax" (Retroactive)
"Warp Me In Its Arms" (Retroactive)
"At Les" (Planet E/Eevolute)
Landcruising (Blanco Y Negro)
More Songs About Food and Revolutionary Art (Planet E)

Innerzone Orchestra "Bug In The Bass Bin" (Planet E)

Paperclip People "Throw" (Planet E)

Psyche/BFC Elements 1989-1990 (Planet E anthology)

Rhythim Is Rhythim "Kao-Tic Harmony" (B/side of "Icon") (Transmat/Zomba)

69 Six Nine: The Sound of Music (R&S anthology)

Various Artists Intergalactic Beats (Planet E)


MISCELLANEOUS NINETIES DETEROIT ARTISTS AND DETROIT-PURISTS



Dave Angel Classics (R&S)
Daniel Bell/DBX "Losing Control" (Peacefrog)
John Beltran Earth & Nightfall (R&S)
Dave Clarke Archive One (Deconstruction)
Dark Comedy [K.Larkin] "War of The Worlds" (Transmat)
Kenny Larkin Seven Days (Art of Dance/Elypsia)
Model 500
--Deep Space
--"Sonic Sunset" EP (both R&S)

Tronikhouse [Kevin saunderson] "Uptempo/Mental Techno/Spark Plug"
"Straight Outta Hell" (both KMS/Network)

Compilations
Tresor II: Berlin Detroit -A Techno Alliance
Tresor 3: New Directions In Global Techno (both Tresor)
The Deepest Shade of Techno I + II (Reinforced/SSR Crammed Discs)
True People: The Detroit Techno Album (React)
World Sonic Domination Volume 1 and 2 (Generator/Kickin')


BASIC CHANNEL/CHAIN REACTION

Basic Channel
Cyrus "Inversion/Presence
Maurizio "M6"
Maurizio CD anthology (both M)
Phylyps "Phylyps Trak/Phylyps Bass"
Various Artists Basic Channel CD

Chain Reaction

Monolake
"Cyan I/Cyan II"
"Lantau/Macao"

Porter Ricks
"Port of Transition/Port of Call"
"Port of Nuba/Nautical Nuba"
Biokinetics anthology

Resilent "1.2/1.1"

Vainqueur Elevations anthology



10/ ROOTS 'N FUTURE: JUNGLE TAKES OVER LONDON, 1992-94

DJ Aphrodite "You Take Me Up" (Aphrodite)
A-Zone (Aphrodite) "Callin' All The People" (Whitehouse)
Babylon Timewarp "Durban Poison" (Intense)
Bodysnatch "Just 4 U London" (Big City)
Andy C "Slip 'N Slide" (Ram)
C-Biz "Crowd Says Rewind" (Big City)
Cloud Nine [Nookie] "You Got Me Burnin' (Ray Keith & Nookie Remix)"
(Moving Shadow)
Code 071 "London Sumtin'" (Reinforced)
DJ Crystl "Let It Roll" (Dee Jay)
Dead Dred "Dred Bass" (Moving Shadow)
Deep Blue "The Helicopter Tune" (Moving Shadow)
Desired State (Andy C) "Beyond Bass" (Ram)
D-Force "Original Bad Boy" (Slammin' Vinyl)
DMS & Boneman X "Sweet Vibrations" (Production House)
Dope Style (DJ Hype) "You Must Think First" (Ganja)
Engineers Without Fears "Spiritual Aura" (Dee Jay)
Family Of Intelligence "Champion of Champions" (Kemet)
Ganja Kru (DJ Hype) "Computerised Cops (Pascal Remix)" (Ganja)
Gappa G & Hyper Hyper ""The Information Centre Remixes" double 10 inch (Ruff Kut/Entity)
DJ Hype "Rrrroll da Beats" (Suburban Base)
Hyper-On Experience "Thunder Grip" on "Deaf In The Family EP" (Moving Shadow)
Jo "R Type" (Awesome)
Krome & Time "Ganja Man" (both Tearin' Vinyl)
Leviticus "The Burial" (Philly Blunt/V Recordings)
MA1 "Rollin' With The Punches" (Formation)
Marvellous Cain "Hitman (Asend & Dead Dread Remix)" (Suburban Base)
M-Beat "Shuffle" (Renk)
M-Beat featuring General Levy "Incredible" (ffrr/Payday)
DJ Nut Nut & Pure Science "The Rumble" (Production House)
Phuture Assassins "Roots 'N Future (Make Dem Know Mix)" (Suburban Base)
Q Project "Champion Sound Remix" (Q Project)
Renegade feat. Ray Keith "Terrorist" (Moving Shadow)
Shimon "Predator" (Ram)
Shy FX with Gunsmoke "Gangsta Kid" (SOUR)
Slipmatt "Breakin' Free" (Awesome)
Sonz of A Loop Da Loop Era "What The..." and "What The... Remix" (Suburban Base)
DJ SS "Breakbeat Pressure EP's 1" to "3" (Formation)
2 Bad Mice "Hold it Down/Waremouse/Bombscare" and "Remixes"
( Moving Shadow)
UK Apachi with Shy FX "Original Nuttah" (SOUR; Moonshine)
The Untouchables "Vol 2: Take Me Away" (Whitehouse)

Jungle Compilations
Drum & Bass Selection 1 and Selection 2 (Breakdown)
Renegade Selector Series 1 (Re-Animate)
The Best of Jungle (Production House/P.H. Division)
Jungle Massive 3 (Labello Blanco)







11/ MARCHING INTO MADNESS: GABBA AND HAPPY HARDCORE, 1992-97

GABBA

Annihilator [Scott Brown] "I'll Show You My Gun" (Mokum)
DJ Dano "Fukem All" (Mokum)
Lenny Dee "Blood of An English Muffin" (Industrial Strength)
Dye Witness "Only If I Had One More" (Midtown)
Euromasters "Alles Naar De Klote [Everything Is Bollocks]"
"Amsterdam Waar Lecht Dat Dan?" (both Rotterdam)
The Original Gabber "Pump That Pussy" (Mokum)
Knightvision "Knight of Visions" (Ruffneck)
Rotterdam Termination Source "Poing" (Rotterdam)
The Speedfreak For You (Shockwave)
Sperminator "No Woman Allowed" (Rotterdam)
Technohead [G.T.O.] Headsex (Mokum)
Turbulence Vs Terrorists "Six Million Ways to Die" (SS/PCP)

Gabba Compilations

Hardcore Terror Vol 1: The Dutch Masters (Rumour)
Technohead: Mix Hard or Die
Technohead II: Harder & Faster (both React)
Battlegrounds: A Collection of Hardcore Cyberpunk (Mokum/Roadrunner)
F**king Hardcore Pt 1 to #4 (Mokum)
The Ruffneck Collection Part I to V (Ruffneck)


HAPPY GABBA AND SCOTTISH BOUNCY TECHNO

Bass Reaction "Technophobia" (Evolution)
Bass-X "Hardcore Disco" (Evolution)
DJ Paul Elstak "Luv You More" (Stip Records)
Charlie Lownoise & Mental Theo
"Wonderful Days" (Master Maximum)
Party Animals "Aquarius"
"Have You Ever Been Mellow"
"Hava Naquila" (all Mokum)
QTEX "Equazion" (Evolution)
The Rhythmic State "Soap On A Rope"
"No DS Allowed" (both Massive Respect)
Search & Destroy "Iron Man" (Mokum)
Stingray & Sonicdriver "As Cold As Ice" (Dwarf)
Technohead "I Wanna Be A Hippy" (Mokum)

HAPPY GABBA AND SCOTTISH CHEESYCORE COMPS

Hardcore Cheddar: The Dutch Masters Vol 2 (Rumour) Make 'Em Mokum Crazy: Popcore (Mokum/Roadrunner)
Rezerection: The Awakening of '95 (Evolution)
Twisted! The Best of Twisted Vinyl Vol 1 (Twisted Vinyl) Gold: The Best of Evolution Gold (Evolution Gold)

ENGLISH HAPPY HARDCORE

DJ Ham & DJ Poosie "Masterpeace" (Knite Force)
Hixxy & Sharky "Toytown" (Essential Platinum)
Jimmy J & Cru-L-T "Six Days" (Remix Records)
DJ Reno & Eatsum presents The Kidz
"I've Got Something In Me (Trancey Mix)" (Happy Trax)
Slipmatt, Sy & Unknown "In Effect The Remixes" (Slammin' Vinyl)
Vibes "Music's So Wonderful" (white label)

Happy Hardcore Compilations
Happy Anthems: Volume Four (Rumour)
Speed Limit 140 BPM Plus Seven and Eight (Moonshine)
Happy Anthems Volume One (Rumour)
Happy Hardcore (Jumpin' & Pumpin')

TERRORCORE

D.O.A. New York City Speedcore (Industrial Strength/Earache)
Nasenbluten "100 % No Soul Guaranteed" double-EP
(Bloody Fist/Industrial Strength)
Signs Ov Chaos [G.T.O.] Frankenscience (urban cyberphunk) (Earache)

Terrorcore Compilations
Industrial F**king Strength (Industrial Strength/Earache)
Terrordome I to VI (edel)


PCP AND ITS SUB-LABELS DANCE ECSTASY 2001 AND COLD RUSH(plus affiliated artists releases on other labels)

PCP

Mescalinum United
"Into Mekong Center"
[The Mover] "Symphonies of Steel Part 1"
"Symphonies of Steel: The Second Level"

The Mover
"Frontal Sickness" and "Frontal Sickness" Part 2
The Final Sickness

Spiritual Combat [The Mover] "Hellrazor EP" (R&S)

Various Artists Frankfurt Trax: House of Techno Vol 1
Frankfurt Trax Vol 2: House of Techno
Frankfurt Trax Vol 3: The House of Phuture
Frankfurt Trax Vol 4: The Hall of Fame
Frankfurt Trax Vol 5: Defenders of the Faith

Dance Ecstasy 2001
Inferno Bros. "Slaves To the Rave Remixes"
Inferno Bros. "Slaves The The Rave (First RaveAge Rough Mix)" on the "Most Wanted Bootleg"
Reign "Chapter II: The Zombie Leader Is Approachin'"
Renegade Legion "Dark Forces/Torsion"
Test "Overdub"
Trip Commando "Temple Tunes Vol. 1"
Various Artists A Dance Ecstasy 2001 Compilation

Cold Rush
Freez-E-Style/Pilldriver "Protectors of Bass"
Mover/Rave Creator "Astral Demons/Rave the Planet"
Rave Creator/Cypher "Lights Sound Action"/Doomed Bunkerloops" double EP
Various Artists "Doom Supporters/The Last Judgement Part One" double EP


12/ AMERICA THE RAVE: US RAVE CULTURE, 1990-97

BROOKLYN AND NEW YORK

Looney Tunes "Volume 1" EP (Nu Groove)
Frankie Bones "Bonesbreaks, Volume I" (Under World)
D.H.S "House of God/Holo Voodoo" double-EP (Hangman)
Flowmasters "Energy Dawn EP" (XL)
Moby "Go" (Instinct)
Various Artists Brooklyn Beats (Easy Street)

SAN FRANCISCO/HARDKISS

The Drum Club "Drums Are Dangerous (Drugs Are Dangerous Remix by Robbie & Gavin Hardkiss)
Hawke "3 Nudes In A Purple Garden"
"3 Nudes (Having Sax On Acid)"
Compilations and DJ Mix-CDs
Delusions of Grandeur
California Dreaming (ffrr)
Weekend: A Gavin Hardkiss Mix
Yes: A Scott Hardkiss Mix (Hardkiss/Moonshine)
Mixed Messages: A Robbie Hardkiss Mix (all Hardkiss/Moonshine)

FUNKY BREAKS/WEST COAST AND FLORIDA BREAKBEAT HOUSE

The Crystal Method "Now Is The Time" (City Of Angels)
Vegas (Outpost/City of Angels)
DJ Icey The Funky Breaks DJ mix-CD (ffrr)
Simply Jeff Funk-Da-Fried DJ mix-CD (City of Angels)
DJ John Kelley Funky Desert Breaks and Funky Desert Breaks 2 DJ mix- CD's (Moonshine)
Wink
"Higher State of Consciousness (Tweekin Acid Funk)" (Strictly Rhythm)
Left Above The Clouds (XL/Nervous)

Compilations
U.S. Homegrown
The American Dream Vol 2 (both City Of Angels)
Best of House Music: Volume 7: Funky Breaks (Sm:)e)
Sunshine State of Mind: A Collection of Florida Underground Electronic Music (ffrr)




13/ SOUNDS OF PARANOIA: TRIP HOP, TRICKY AND PRE-MILLENIUM TENSION, 1988-97

Ancestors/DJ Records

Depth Charge "Depth Charge"
"Bounty Killers" (both Vinyl Solution)
Meat Beat Manifesto "Radio Babylon" (Play It Again Sam)
Original Fire (Nothing/Interscope anthology)
Renegade Soundwave RSW 1987-1995 (Mute anthology)

BRISTOL

Massive Attack
Blue Lines (Wild Bunch/Circa)
Protection (Circa)

Portishead Dummy (Go Beat)

MO WAX

DJ Shadow "In/Flux"
"Lost and Found"
"What Does Your Soul Look Like"
Endtroducing

Various Artists Royalties Overdue:The First Chapter
Headz
Headz 2A and Headz 2B

NINJATUNE and affiliated artists' releases on other labels

Coldcut Journeys By DJ mix-CD (JDJ)
Coldcut & DJ Food Fight/DJ Krush
Cold Krush Cuts/Back In the Base (Ninja Tune double mix- CD)
Funki Porcini Love, Pussycats & Carwrecks
DJ Vadim USSR Repetoire (The Theory of Verticality)

Compilations
Flexistensialism: The Joy Of Dex
Funkjazzticaltricknology
If Ya Can't Stand Da Beatz, Git Outta Da Kitchen
Organised Sound (Jazz Fudge Recordings [DJ Vadim's label)

EAST COAST HORRORCORE HIP HOP/Wu-Tang extended family

Genius/GZA Liquid Swords (Geffen)
Ghostface Killah Ironman (Razor Sharp Records/Epic Street)
Gravediggaz 6 Feet Deep (Gee Street)
Method Man Tical (Def Jam)
Raekwon Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... (RCA)
Sunz of Man "Soldiers of Darkness" (Wu-Tang Records)
Wu-Tang Clan Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (Loud/RCA)

TRICKY

Nearly God Nearly God (Durban Poison/Island)
Starving Souls "I Be The Prophet" (Durban Poison/4th & Broadway)
Tricky "Aftermath (Hip Hop Blues)"
Maxinquaye (both 4th & Broadway)
Pre-Millenium Tension (Island)
Tricky Vs. The Gravediggaz "The Hell E.P" (Island)




14/ WAR IN THE JUNGLE: INTELLIGENT DRUM & BASS VERSUS TECHSTEP NOT FORGETTING HARDSTEP, JUMP-UP, AND NEUROFUNK 1993-97


AMBIENT JUNGLE/ARTCORE

A Guy Called Gerald
"Nazinji-Zaka"
"Darker Than I Should Be/Gloc (Remix)"
Black Secret Technology (all Juice Box)

Blame & Justice "Anthemia/Essence" (Moving Shadow)

LTJ Bukem "Music"
LTJ Bukem remix of Apollo Two "Atlantis (I Need You)" (both Good Looking)

E-Z Rollers
"Rolled Into One/Believe" (Moving Shadow)
"Believe (Foul Play Remix)" (Moving Shadow)

F.B.D. Project "Gesture Without Motion" on "Enforcers 6" (Reinforced)

4 Hero Parallel Universe (Reinforced)

Foul Play "Vol 3: Open Your Mind"
"Open Your Mind (Foul Play Remix)" "Vol 4: Being With You"
"Being With You (Foul Play Remix)" (all Moving Shadow)

Goldie Timeless (ffrr)
Metalheads [Goldie] "Angel" (Synthetic Hardcore Phonography)

Jamie Myserson "Find Yourself" on "Enforcers 6" (Reinforced)

Omni Trio "Vol 2: Mystic Stepper (Feel Good)"
"Mystic Stepper (Feel Better) (Foul Play Remix)"
"Vol 3: Renegade Snares"
"Renegade Snares (Foul Play Remix)"
- "Vol 4: Rollin' Heights/Thru The Vibe/Original Soundtrack"
"Vol 5: Soul Promenade"
Vol 1: The Deepest Cut (all Moving Shadow)
Music For The Next Millenium (Sm:)e)

Plasmic Life "Vol 1: Water Baby" (Brain Records)

Compilations
Routes From The Jungle: Escape Velocity Volume 1 (Circa)


INTELLIGENT DRUM & BASS/FUSIN JUNGLE/JAZZSTEP/LIQUID FUNK

Adam F "Circles" (Section 5)
Blame & Justice "Nocturnal/Nightvision" (Moving Shadow)
LTJ Bukem "Horizons" (Looking Good)
Da Intalex "What Ya Gonna Do" (Flex)
D'Cruze "Lonely" (Suburban Base)
Hidden Agenda "Is It Love?" (Metalheadz)
Jacob's Optical Stairway
[4 Hero] Jacob's Optical Stairway (R&S)
PFM "One & Only" (Looking Good)
Photek
"Form & Function Vol 2" (Photek)
"The Water Margin" (Photek)

Alex Reece "Basic Principles/Fresh Jive"
"Pulp Fiction" (both Metalheadz)

Spring Heel Jack "The Sea Lettuce"
There Are Strings (both Rough Trade)
68 Million Shades (Trade 2/Island)

Tek 9 "Slow Down (Nookie Remix)" on "Enforcers 8 (Reinforced)

Dave Wallace "Expressions"
"Waves" (both Moving Shadow)

Compilations
LTJ Bukem Presents: Logical Progression (Good Looking/Looking Good/ffrr)

MINIMALIST DRUM & BASS

Amazon II (Aphrodite) "Big Boo Yaa" (Aphrodite)
Danny Breaks
"Droppin' Science Vol 2"
"Droppin' Science Vol 3: Firing Line"
(Breaks remix of Safari Sounds)
"Droppin' Science Vol 4: Long Time Comin'"
"Droppin' Science Vol 5: Step Off" (all Droppin' Science)

DJ Die & Roni Size "11.55" (Full Cycle)

Dillinja "Sovereign Melody" (Deadly Vinyl)
"Deep Love Remix"
"You Don't Know/Warrior" (both Logic)
"The Angels Fell" EP (Metalheadz)
"Muthafucka/Sky" (Phillly Blunt)
Dillinja with Bert "Lionheart" (Deadly Vinyl)

88-3 feat Lisa May "Wishing On A Star (Urban Shakedown Dub Mix) (Urban Gorilla)

DJ Krust "Set Speed" ( V)

MA2 (DJ SS) "Hearing Is Believing Remix" (Formation)

NC & Asend "Take Your Soul" (Second Movement)

Northern Connection "The Bounce" (Back 2 Basics)

Roni Size & DJ Die "Music Box" (Full Cycle)
Roni Size "Timestretch/Phizical" (V)
"Dayz" (V)
Roni Size/Reprazent "Share The Fall (Grooverider's jeep style mix)/New Forms (Roni Size Remix)" (Mercury)
New Forms (Mercury)

DJ SS "United (Grooverider Remix)/Rollidge" from "The Rollers Convention EP Part 3" (Formation)

Tek 9 "We Bring Anybody Down" (Reinforced)

Compilations
DJs Unite Vol 2 (Rogue Trooper/Death Becomes Me)
Music Box (Full Cycle)
Highly Recommended (Formation)
V Classic (V)


JUMP UP/GANGSTA HARDSTEP/RINSERS AND ROLLERS

B-Jam "Funkula (DJ Hype Remix)" (No Smoking)
Blackman "Bastard" (Redlight)
Gang Related/Mask "Ready Or Not" (Dope Dragon)
H.M.P [Pascal] "Runnin's" (Frontline)
Joker "Raw Dogs Relik" (Suburban Base)
Keen "The Battle Frontier" on "Keen Remixes" (Formation)
L Double & Shy FX "The Shit" (Flex)
Origin Unknown [Andy C] "Truly One" (Ram)
Remarc "RIP (DJ Hype Remix)" (Suburban Base)
Shy FX "The Wolf" on Shy FX Presents THE FORMULA (Ebony)
Soul Jah "21212" (Hard Leaders)
Splash "Babylon" (Dee Jay Recordings)
Swift "Jus' Roll (VIP Remix)" (Intalektive)
The Terradome "Soldier" (Dope Dragon)
DJ Zinc "Super Sharp Shooter" (Ganja)

Compilations
Pure Rollers (Breakdown)
Still Smokin' (Ganja/Frontline)
Drum & Bass Selection 3 and Selection 5 (Breakdown)
The Speed of Sound (Ram)

TECHSTEP AND NEUROFUNK

Boymerang "Still" (Prototype)
Codename John [Grooverider] "The Warning" (Metalheadz)
Dom & Roland "The Planets/Dynamics" (Moving Shadow)

Ed Rush
"Force Is Electric/Gangsta Hardstep"
"Guncheck/Force Is Electric Remix"
"Mothership/Defect"
Ed Rush/Nico "Sector/Comatone"
Ed Rush/Trace/Nico "Mad Different Methods/The Droid"
(all No U Turn)

E-Sassin "The Enemy" (Sound Sphere Recordings)
Adam F "Metropolis" (Metalheadz)
Jonny L "Obedience/Piper (Grooverider Remix)" (XL)

Krust "Genetic Manipulation"
"Soul In Motion" (both Full Cycle)

Nasty Habits [Doc Scott] "Shadow Boxing" (31 Records)

Photek
"The Hidden Camera" (Science; Astralwerks)
"Ni Ten Ichi Ryu" (Science)
"Still Life" [remix of Goldie track] (Razor's Edge)
Modus Operandi (Science/Astralwerks)

Procedure 769 "Lethal Dosage" (Reinforced)

Rollers Instinct "The Mutant Remix" [remix of T-Power's "Horny Mutant Jazz"] (SOUR)

Doc Scott "Drumz 95 (Nasty Habits Remix)" (Metalheadz)

Source Direct "Snake Style" (Source Direct)
"A Made Up Sound/The Cult" (Metalheadz)
Controlled Developments (Science/Astralwerks)

DJ Trace "Lost Entity Remix/Jazz Primitives" (Lucky Spin)
"Mutant Revisited" (Emotif)
Trace/Nico "Amtrak/Squadron" (No U Turn)

Compilations
Torque (No U Turn)
Techsteppin' (Emotif)
Grooverider Presents: The Prototype Years (Prototype/Sony)


16/ FUCK DANCE, LET'S ART : THE POST-RAVE EXPERIMENTAL FRINGE, AKA IDM,
1994-97


Miscellaneous Art-Tekno aka IDM

AFX "Hangable Auto Bulb EP" and "EP 2" (Warp)
Aphex Twin "Girl/Boy EP"
Richard D.James Album (both Warp)

Bedouin Ascent Science, Art and Ritual (Rising High)
Music For Particles (Rising High)

Doctor Rockit "Ready To Rockit EP"
The Music of Sound (Clear)

µ-Ziq Tango N 'Vectif
Bluff Limbo (both Rephlex)
Lunatic Harness (all Planet µ-Ziq/Hi-Rise/Astralwerks)

The Sidewinder Colonized (Mille Plateaux)
[Techno Animal]

Squarepusher Feed Me Weird Things (Rephlex)
"Port Rhombus"
Hard Normal Daddy (all Warp)

Techno Animal Re-Entry (Virgin)

David Toop Screen Ceremonies (The Wire Editions)
Pink Noir (Virgin)

Compilations Electro Juice (Sabotage)
Lo Recordings VOL 2: Collaborations
(Lo Recordings)
Invisible Soundtracks (Leaf)


LUKE VIBERT and his alter-egos

Plug 1 "Visible Crater Funk
Plug 2 "Rebuilt Kev" (both Rising High)
Plug Drum'n'Bass For Papa (Blue Angel Records; Nothing)
Luke Vibert Big Soup (Mo Wax/ffrr)
Wagon Christ Throbbing Pouch
"Rissalecki EP"
"Redone EP" (all Rising High)

MOUSE ON MARS
Vulvaland
Iahora Tahiti (both Too Pure)

MILLE PLATEAUX and its sister labels Force Inc and Riot Beats

Biochip C "Hell's Bells EP" (Force Inc, 1992)
Christophe Charles Undirected 1986-1996
Gas Gas

Microstoria Init Ding (Mille Plateaux; Thrill Jockey)
_snd (Mille Plateaux; Thrill Jockey)

Oval Systemisch (Mille Plateaux/Thrill Jockey)
94 Diskont (Mille Plateaux/Thrill Jockey)

Cristian Vogel Beginning To Understand
Specific Momentific

Compilations
In Memoriam Gilles Deleuze
Modulations & Transformation II
Rauschen 3 to 10 (Force Inc)
Electric Ladyland I to IV

ALEC EMPIRE/DIGITAL HARDCORE

Atari Teenage Riot Burn Berlin Burn (DHR/Grand Royal)

EC8OR EC80R (DHR)
All of Us Can Be Rich (DHR/Grand Royal)

Alec Empire
Generation Star Wars
Limited Editions 1990-94
Low On Ice (The Iceland Sessions)
Hypermodern Jazz 2000.5
(all Mille Plateaux)
The Destroyer (DHR)

Compilations
Rough and Fast (Riot Beats)
Harder Than The Rest!!! (DHR)
Chapter 1: Noise and Politics (Capitol Noise)

DJ SPOOKY/ILLBIENT

Byzar Gaiatronyk vs The Cheap Robots

DJ Spooky
Songs of A Dead Dreamer
Viral Sonata

Sub Dub Dancehall Malfunction

We As Is
(all Asphodel)

Various Artists--Valis 1: Destruction of Syntax (Subharmonic)
--Incursions In Illbient (Asphodel)


OUTRO: NINETIES HOUSE AND BIG BEAT, 1990-97

PROGRESSIVE HOUSE and ALBUM-ORIENTED HOUSE

Faithless Reverence (Cheeky)
Jaydee "Plastic Dreams" (R&S)

Leftfield
"Not Forgotten (Outer Rhythm)
"Release The Pressure" (Hard Hands)
Leftism (Hard Hards/Columbia)

Lionrock "A Packet Of Peace"
An Instinct For Detection (both Deconstruction/BMG)

The Pied Piper "Kinetic (The Orbital Mixes)" (Absolute 2)

Underworld
"Rez "
Dubnobasswithmyheadman (both Junior Boy's Own)
"Born Slippy NUXX" (Wax Trax/TVT)
Second Toughest In The Infants (Wax Trax/TVT)

Compilations
Guerilla In Dub (Guerrila)

HARDBAG, NU-NRG, EPIC HOUSE, TECH-HOUSE

BT Ima (Perfecto/Kinetic/Reprise)
Faze Action Plans & Designs (Nuphonic)
Felix "Don't You Want Me" (Deconstruction)
Robert Miles Children (Deconstruction/Arista)
Way Out West "The Gift" (Deconstruction)

Compilations
Electronic Warfare (Plink Plonk)
Junior Boys Own Collection (Junior Boy's Own)

THE FUTURE SOUND OF CHICAGO: RELIEF AND CAJUAL

Gene Farris "Farris Wheel" (Relief)
The Fruity Green (Force Inc)

Green Velvet "I Want To Leave My Body/Flash" on "Portamento Tracks"
"Flash Remixes" double-12 (both Relief)
"The Stalker (I'm Losing My Mind)/Help Me" (Relief/Yeti)
"Destination Unknown EP" (Relief)

DJ Rush Doing It To Death (Force Inc)

Compilations
The Future Sound Of Chicago (Cajual/Relief/Ministry of Sound)

US HOUSE AUTEUR-PRODUCERS AND MIX-CDS

Bucketheads "The Bomb EP" (Strictly Rhythm)
De' Lacy "Hideaway (Deep Dish Remix)" (Deconstruction)
Deep Dish Artists Penetrate Deeper (Deep Dish/Tribal UK)
Funky Green Dogs Get Fired Up (Murk/Twisted)
Masters At Work Masterworks: The Essential Kenlou House Mixes (Harmless)
Murk The Singles Collection (Tribal America/IRS)

Armand Van Helden "The Funk Phenomena" (Henry Street/ZYX Music)
"Professional Widow" (remix of Tori Amos) (Atlantic)
Greatest Hits (Strictly Rhythm)

Compilations
Collective Sounds of Prescription (Prescription)
Jazz in the House (Slip & Slide)
Hard Times [Roger Sanchez mix-CD] (Narcotic/Hard Times)

DAFT PUNK
"Da Funk/Musique" (Virgin)
Homework (Virgin)
"Disco Cubizm" (Remix of I: Cube) (Versatile)

SPEED GARAGE

A Baffled Republic, "Bad Boys Move in Silence" (One step/catch)

Da Stylus, "Crazy" (Mecca)

Double 99 "RIPGroove" (Satellite Recordings)
--- "Jump" (Ice Cream)

Todd Edwards--"Push the Love" (i! Records)
-- remixes of Saint Germain's "Alabama Blues"
-- "Never Far From You" (i! Records)

Fabulous Baker Boys -- "Oh Boy" (Multiply)

Gant -- "Sound Bwoy Burial (187 Lockdown Dancehall Mix)"/All Night Long" (Positiva)

Scott Garcia feat MC Styles, "It's a London Thing" (Connected)

KMA, "Cape Fear" (KMA)
---"Kaotic Madness" (KMA)
--- Recon Mission EP (Locked On)

Lady Penelope & Abstrac, "Deeper (Part 2) (Emita Sounds)

Tina Moore, "Never Gonna Let You Go (Kelly G Remix)"

187 Lockdown, "Gunman" (EastWestDance)

Ramsey & Fen, "Underground Explosion" (on The Off-Key Experience EP) (Very Important Plastic)
-- "Love Bug" (bug records)

Soundscape, "Dubplate Culture" (Satellite)

Strictly Dubz IV, "Small Step (London Dubz)" (Nice 'n' Ripe)

Underground Distortion, "Everything Is Large" (Satellite)

Speed Garage Compilations

Tuff Jams Presents: Underground Frequences Vol 1
(Satellite)
The London Dream Team in Session (4 Liberty)
EZ of Freek FM Presents: Underground Garage Flavas (Breakdown)
187 Lockdown Presents... Sunday Flavaz Volume One (Logic)
Uptempo--The Sound of Speed Garage (Death Becomes Me)
Tuff James Vol. 1 (Ultra)

CHEMICAL BROTHERS AND BIG BEAT

Beachcomas -- Expletive Deletive / It's Eggyplectic (Bolshi)
-- Planet Thanet (Bolshi)
-- The Big Tuddy Sessions (Bolshi)

Bentley Rhythm Ace -- "Return of the Carbootechnodiscohardcore Jumble Roadshow" on Late Train 2 Bentley On C EP) (Skint)
-- Bentley Rhythm Ace (Skint; Astralwerks)

Chemical Brothers Exit Planet Dust
"Loops of Fury"
"Setting Sun"
Dig Your Own Hole (all Junior Boy's Own/Astralwerks)

Cornershop, "Brimful of Asha (Norman Coook Remix extended version) (Beggars Banquet)

Environmental Science, "The Day the Zak Stood Still Part 2/Killa rooster" (Fused and Bruised)

Fatboy Slim Better Living Through Chemistry (Skint; Astralwerks)
"Everyboyd Needs a 303/Everybody Loves a filter" (Astralwerks)
"Rockerfeller Skank" (Skint/Astralwerks)
You've Come A Long Way Baby (Skint/Astralwerks)

Lionrock, "Rude Boy Rock" (Concrete)

Lo-Fidelity Allstars, How To Operate With A Blown Mind (Skint)

Monkey Mafia, Shoot the Boss (Heavenly)

Jean-Jacques Perrey, "E.V.A. (Fatboy Slim Remix)" (Vanguard)

Rasmus, "Mass Hysteria" EP (Bolshi)
"Motherfuckin' Beats" (Bolshi)

Req, One (Skint)
-- Frequency Jams (Skint)

Various, "Donuts #2 Album Sampler EP (Bolshi)

Wildchild, "Renegade master 98 (Fatboy Slim Old skool mix)" (hi-life)

Big Beat Compilations

Brassic Beats Volume One and Volume Two (Skint)
Brassic Beats Volume 3 (Skint/Sony)
Donuts (Bolshi)
Live At The Social Volume 1 and Volume 2 (Heavenly)
Used and Abused (fused and bruised)
Nu skool Breakz (kickin)
Back 2 Mono (Wall of sound)
Wall of sound - the Second XI (Wall of Sound)

5 comments:

  1. real sick. thanks for all the knowledge. big ups for music historians.

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  2. How funny. I was just about to start reading the 2008 edition for the first time and was going to get in touch about such a list. Ten pages in and my book/playlist prayers have been answered.

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  3. Just wanted to say, I read original release of energy flash way back in 1999, at a time when I really needed to know i wasn't the only person who cared about where the music had come from and was heading to. Meanwhile, other DJs and clubbers in the scene I was in were trying to cover their ignorance by implying it was somehow anal or even sacrilege to apply 'muso' journalism to acid techno/free party music. Perhaps it was that sense of righteousness that kept them playing the same 20 or so songs every weekend. Anyway, I loved your book, and it means something to me, and I wanted to say. So, Thanx once again, from JimiJokk

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  4. Hello from the future :). Thanks for this post. Love the tunes.

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