How Deep can you go!? The 90s Underground Dance Music thread

Just been reissued.

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Great thread. I had difficulty answering how old i was to a mate last night, who also wasn’t sure how old he was. We agreed 43 and 44 :joy:

Seems like this is where i should be. Can’t say i get nostalgic tho, it’s forward thinking music and i like looking back to look forward.

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There was a time when playing « rolling and scratching » in a set was considered highly underground…

This one also had its moments of glory in our sets…

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Now this is my kind of thread, I was in it to win it back at the height of the UK rave scene, pretty much worked all week to stay up all weekend… here’s a couple of my all time faves…

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Pretty much cliche but deep …
Time for some Pina Colada :stuck_out_tongue:

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I kinda want to get copies of all the tracks in this thread and make a mix. :upside_down_face:

The break and the “31 Seconds” sample were included in a Future Music magazine CD. I can’t say Original Unknown took them from that CD; the break is obviously a classic. The friend I collaborated with through our teens and I made a track with the same break and vocal. Theirs was better and obviously became a hit, but the pairing of samples made us feel really “one-upped”, but also that we had taste. I doubt either of us have a recording of “our version”.

(Wikipedia says they did use the samples from the Future Music CD :smiley: Valley of the Shadows - Wikipedia)

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This is one of my favourite early 90s trance/progressive/house tracks when no one was quite sure of genre yet :wink: The descending melody is just so beautifully hypnotic, and the whole track has this joy inducing ‘naive’ positivity about it. Plus I had one of my most hallucinatory experiences listening to this track at sunrise in the Welsh hills many years ago.

And today I discover this amazing remix by the Orb, and a new addition to the playlist! Intention is to make another mix soon :wink:

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To the OP, love your Nostalgia tapes mix. The 90s house sound is so special.

Would love to hear more mixes from you or anyone else. The only DJ I follow who regularly dives deep into the 90s is DJ Estimulo.

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Thank u! Timeless music :wink:
Here’s a couple more mixes I think you’ll like I recorded a few years back under another alias:

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Nice! Trainspotting 90s Odyssey Part 1 already sounding great :relieved:

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When you grow up listening to 90s house/techno, it’s hard to forget that sound, and the influence it has over you and how you hear and produce electronic music.

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Sweaty, sexy deep house, Terry Hunter BOMB

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Early Mark Broom… my quest for digging continues

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Just sharing some love for underrated 90’s producer Dave Yanu, aka Slide. Only put out a few releases, but these rocked my world.

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Lovely stuff, added it to the playlist :+1:

I often see artists that just seem to have suddenly stopped producing, I always wonder what their story is…
Loving the 3rd track Fractal, going in the playlist.

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