Early 90's Techno/Rave Underground Mix... - What LA sounded like in the early 90's

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Posted by DjWoody on Jun-02-2011 19:07:

Early 90's Techno/Rave Underground Mix... - What LA sounded like in the early 90's

I recorded this mix LIVE on Memorial Day 2011. It was done in one shot, unrehearsed, unplanned, straight out raw, dirty, uncensored. It was not meant to be serious at all, it was more of fun spur of the moment occasion and I didn't want to kill my mood by starting all over. And as a matter of fact, I like the mix with all the fuck ups. lol...

My goal for this mix was to showcase what the LA Underground was like nearly 20 years ago when I first got into the scene. Several of these songs became huge commercial hits, while many remained underground.

I'm sorry the mixing is rough because I haven't mixed many of these records in nearly 20 years!!! As you can tell, some of the songs are straight up from vinyl and you can hear some of them skip. Back then the songs were short and straight to the point. Most songs didn't have long intros or were even DJ friendly. Even though the mixing is not all there, the memories it brought back are priceless. I still remember playing some of these tracks at very dark warehouses parties industrial Santa Ana, all the way to Downtown & South Central LA. Ahhh the memories.

Hope you guys like it, and can't wait to hear some of your favorite memories from back then. Wait! Some of you we're even born yet! hahahahahaha jk

- Woody

Dj Woody - 90's Rave - The Sound of LA's Early 90's Techno Underground by djwoody

1.- The Minute Men, Norty Cotto - Bingo Bongo (1989)
2.- Human Resource - Dominator (1991)
3.- Joey Beltram - Energy Flash (1990)
4.- Maurice - This Is Acid (K & T Mix) (1989)
5.- Cubic 22 - Night In Motion (1991)
6.- DHS - House Of God (X-Energy Remix) (1990)
7.- Booming Support - Rode Schoentjes (1991)
8.- Channel X - Rave The Rhythm (1991)
9.- T99 - Anasthesia (1991)
10.- This Side Up - Burning Up (1992)
11.- Altern8 - Activ8 (Come With Me) (1991)
12.- LA Style - James Brown Is Dead (Deadly Remix) (1991)
13.- Machel - Come Dig It (Vission & Lorimer Remix) (1995)
14.- Rozalla - Everybody's Free (To Feel Good) (1991)
15.- Sound Factory - Understand This Groove (12" Mix) (1992)
16.- Set Up System - Fairy Dust (1991)
17.- SL2 - Dj's Take Control (Dj Seduction Remix) (1992)
18.- The Age Of Love - The Age Of Love (1990)
19.- House Crew - Keep The Fire Burning (1991)
20.- The Prodigy - Charly (Alley Cat Mix) (1991)
21.- Bizarre Inc - Playing With Knives (1991)
22.- Sequential - Psychotronic (1992)
23.- Power-Pill - Pac-Man (1992)
24.- Shades Of Black - Return Of A Simple Song (1992)
25.- The Ultimate Seduction - The Ultimate Seduction (1992)
26.- 2 Bad Mice - Bomb Scare (1991)
27.- Kicks Like A Mule - The Bouncer (Housequake Mix) (1992)
28.- Ohm - Tribal Tone (1992)
29.- Pleasant Chemistry - (Lets Have Some) Sax (1995)
30.- Interactive - Dildo (1992)
31.- Mainx - 88 To Piano (1992)
32.- Immaginazione 2* - La Musica Del Futuro (Techno Version) (1992)
33.- N.U.K.E. - Nana (1992)
34.- Acen - Close Your Eyes (Optikonfusion! Mix) (1991)
35.- Dj Seduction - Let The Music Take Control (1992)
36.- Smart E's - Sesame's Treet (Krome & Time Remix) (1992)
37.- Rotterdam Termination Source - Poing (Remix) (1992)
38.- Alpha Team - Speed (Remix) (1992)
39.- Xenophobia - Rush In The House (1992)
40.- Waxmaster - Wax Scratch Track (Original Mix) (1994)
41.- Techmania Rebel - Circus Beat (1995)
42.- The Pump Panel - Ego Acid (1994)
43.- Kadoc - Nighttrain (1995)
44.- Robert Miles - Children (Dream Mix) (1995)
45.- Libra Presents Taylor - Anomaly - Calling Your Name (1995)

Posted by david.michael on Jun-02-2011 19:13:

Looks like a fun one

Posted by Scrittah on Jun-02-2011 21:29:

Re: Early 90's Techno/Rave Underground Mix... - What LA sounded like in the early 90's

quote:
Originally posted by DjWoody
23.- Power-Pill - Pac-Man (1992)

Listening now.

Posted by DJ RANN on Jun-02-2011 21:35:

Re: Early 90's Techno/Rave Underground Mix... - What LA sounded like in the early 90's

quote:
Originally posted by DjWoody
3.- Joey Beltram - Energy Flash (1990)
4.- Maurice - This Is Acid (K & T Mix) (1989)

6.- DHS - House Of God (X-Energy Remix) (1990)

9.- T99 - Anasthesia (1991)
10.- This Side Up - Burning Up (1992)
11.- Altern8 - Activ8 (Come With Me) (1991)

14.- Rozalla - Everybody's Free (To Feel Good) (1991)

17.- SL2 - Dj's Take Control (Dj Seduction Remix) (1992)
18.- The Age Of Love - The Age Of Love (1990)
19.- House Crew - Keep The Fire Burning (1991)
20.- The Prodigy - Charly (Alley Cat Mix) (1991)
21.- Bizarre Inc - Playing With Knives (1991)
22.- Sequential - Psychotronic (1992)
23.- Power-Pill - Pac-Man (1992)

25.- The Ultimate Seduction - The Ultimate Seduction (1992)
26.- 2 Bad Mice - Bomb Scare (1991)
27.- Kicks Like A Mule - The Bouncer (Housequake Mix) (1992)

34.- Acen - Close Your Eyes (Optikonfusion! Mix) (1991)
35.- Dj Seduction - Let The Music Take Control (1992)
36.- Smart E's - Sesame's Treet (Krome & Time Remix) (1992)
37.- Rotterdam Termination Source - Poing (Remix) (1992)

39.- Xenophobia - Rush In The House (1992)

43.- Kadoc - Nighttrain (1995)
44.- Robert Miles - Children (Dream Mix) (1995)
45.- Libra Presents Taylor - Anomaly - Calling Your Name (1995)

Woody, you just made my day. THANK YOU!!!!
Scratch that; Month.

One of the really interesting things from this was how much itI used reminded me of my early raving days in London - Used to have most of these tracks on oldschool mix tapes, recorded at the legendary Raves like Helter Skelter and Labarynth in the UK. Those tapes are sadly long gone so you've done me a serious favor.

I literally have not heard some of these tracks for 15+ years:
22.- Sequential - Psychotronic (1992)
23.- Power-Pill - Pac-Man (1992)
25.- The Ultimate Seduction - The Ultimate Seduction (1992)
39.- Xenophobia - Rush In The House (1992)

So many good memories, both of my underground raving days (tracks from the early 90's) and my first real clubbing experiences in proper clubs, with the tracks in the mid 90's.

One particular memory stands out: Being in the camden palance in London at a night called Clockwork Orange and Children was played for the first time in the UK from the first dubplate ....getting goosebumps just thinking about that moment

The bizarre thing that sturck me how much you associate it with LA then - if you'd have played the first two thirds to me, and hadn't told me it was from LA, I would have though you had found one of my old London rave tapes.

Again, thanks Woody. Gonna shake your hand at PVD

Posted by Vernon Wanderer on Jun-03-2011 00:58:

Nice one, Woody. Instant D/L.

This shall be interesting.

Posted by Sushipunk on Jun-03-2011 01:58:

Wow, there's some stuff in here I haven't heard in years

Definitely grabbing this, nice one.

Posted by Magenta Street on Jun-03-2011 09:22:

cool !!!

Posted by Magnetonium on Jun-04-2011 02:52:

Superb mix, some of my favourite oldskool techno classics here Classic! I gotta do a mix of my own in this style sometime

Posted by nefardec on Jun-04-2011 03:55:

flipped through this... pretty awesome. the sound is great, love how punchy it is. will listen in full later. too bad there are so many jingles in it though!

Posted by Teezdalien on Jun-04-2011 06:07:

Nice one.

Posted by DjWoody on Jun-06-2011 18:29:

Thanks guys! I got lots of requests for a deep house/classic house mix. I promise I'll do it sometime this summer.

@nefardec Sorry about the jingles/drops. I had to put them on so someone wouldn't claim it as theirs. I hate drops and didn't used to put them on EDM mixes, but sadly enough, people have claimed my work as theirs before. Lesson learned.