A thousand and one thanks to Pearsall (of excellent blog Sonicrampage) for letting me know about this gem from back in the day. It seems that it was originally released on CD as a magazine promotion, mixed by early pioneer DJ Fury.
Anyone familiar with classics like Lemonade Raygun will partly know what to expect, but this brilliant set actually goes all the way from oldskool trancecore to piano-and-amens happy hardcore. I missed out on a lot of the less-happy tunes at the time (and also never realised that Billy Bunter was responsible for Let It Lift You!), so this was both a superb listen and quite an education.
01. Helix – Testament
02. Cortex – Eurosis
03. DJ Fury & Helix – Y Not
04. D-Zyne & Fury – Hyperhydrosis
05. Justin Time – The No. 1
06. Helix – Helixia
07. DJ Fury – Droppin’ Bombs
08. Different Vibe – Can You Feel It
09. Billy Bunter & JDS feat. Gem – Let It Lift You
10. Highlife & Style – Bits and Bobs
11. We 3 – Groovy Dimensions
12. N-Zo & DJ Invincible – Trippin’ On Sunshine
Check out Pearsall’s original post for the download link, plus a very tasty-looking hardcore techno set (that I haven’t had a chance to listen to yet).
This really is awesome stuff, I already have this mix on tape somewhere I think (that’s cassette tape, they used to be around in the 80’s haha) some belters on here, droppin bombs being my fave :). Shows age 🙁
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Thanks for posting this Jon – got a few other old bits from Dream Magazine that I could post, including this great Billy Bunter/Rob Vanden mix cd.
Awesome Sauce, cheers Pearsall 🙂
No worries Chip 😉
If you like that, this post has some other old skool goodies. 😀
Yeah man, i’ve been raping your oldskool stuff 😉 Spreading the word in my wake…
Oh-My-God.
Just finished listening to this, its just banging tune after banging tune… Had to look at my MP3 player everytime the next track kicked in for the track name. lol
No worries Chip, glad you are liking it! 🙂
Thinking about reviving my Rampage Turbo series to get some of my old freeform records an airing …
Do it bro! 😀
I have a copy of Ultraworld5 by Eclipse on vinyl i’ve been dying to do something with. 😀
Yeah, I’m definitely going to give it a go at some point, just picking out the tunes at the moment.
I actually used Ultraworld 5 on Rampage Turbo 4, if you’ve not heard that mix: http://sonicrampage.org/blog/2008/10/pearsall-presents-rampage-turbo-4/