A few weeks back, Dyzphazia of Freeformatted asked me to name my 10 favorite trance tracks of all time; here was my answer:
In the interests of sharing, here are those ten tracks for you to listen to and enjoy.
The bit where General Levy comes in and does jungle classic ‘Incredible’ is a real goosebumps moment. Awesome to see so many of the biggest names in UK urban music jumping around with huge grins like excited children.
Jungle is love, jungle is life.
Here’s the original video for Incredible:
Pearsall presents Rampage Turbo 22: Qygeneration
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Mixed in Berlin, September 2014
(58:38, 134 MB, 320 kbps MP3)
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Style: Psychedelic Freeform from the Washington Wizard, Qygen
So, this is happening tomorrow night:
Yep, it’s the premiere of volume 22 in my Rampage Turbo series of freeform mixes – a special hour-long tribute to the psychedelic freeform wizard of Washington state: Qygen!
To whet your appetite, why not journey back to Rampage Turbo 21 or 20?
As ever, on the Freeformaniacs show on HappyHardcore.com radio.
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19:00–21:00 in UTC+01
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Pearsall presents Robmatic (Classic Techno)
Pearsall presents Robmatic
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Mixed in Berlin, August 2014
(59:36, 136 MB, 320 kbps MP3)
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Style: Classic Techno & Acid
Pearsall presents Rampage Turbo 21 (Specially Substanced)
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Mixed in Berlin, June 2014
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Style: Freeform Hardcore – A tribute to the Finnish darklord, Substanced
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Pearsall presents Eurotrash 5: High-Speed Emotions
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Eurotrash 5: High-Speed Emotions by Pearsall on Mixcloud
Mixed in Berlin, June 2014
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Style: Classic European Hard Trance from those glorious mid-90’s days!
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Mix Ideas for 2014
Here are some of my ideas for mixes for 2014, across acid, house, techno, bass, dubstep, drum n’ bass, hard trance and freeform! I meant to write this, but I have failed to do so by now, hence I just recorded it into my phone and uploaded it to Soundcloud. C’est la vie.
Have a listen and give me your feedback!
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Sunday Sounds: RIP DJ Rashad
Sad news this morning, as it has been announced that pioneering Chicago footwork dj/producer DJ Rashad has passed away at his Chicago home:
Chicago footwork pioneer DJ Rashad has died. While an official statement has not yet been issued, the news was broken and confirmed by Rashad’s close friends, including DJ Godfather and Chance the Rapper. Rashad, who was 35, was due to perform tonight with DJ Godfather and another longtime collaborator, DJ Spinna, at Detroit’s Inhale Art Expo.
Update: The Chicago Sun-Times reports that DJ Rashad was found dead by a friend in a West Side apartment early Saturday afternoon and pronounced dead at the scene shortly after. An autopsy is scheduled for Sunday. A drug overdose is suspected.
Nice tribute from Om Unit:
Whenever a musician passes away, I think that it’s always best as a fan to remember them through their music, so here are a few of my favorite tunes and mixes of his:
Sure, this is one day late. But appropriate given my Boddika mix that I posted on Saturday!
This (excellent) tune has just hit wax in time for Record Store Day, with the sad result that the usual Discogs hustlers are already selling it at farcical markups.
(I just hope I will be able to score a copy for a sane price)