{"id":5644,"date":"2024-01-31T08:10:41","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T07:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/?p=5644"},"modified":"2026-03-31T14:10:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T13:10:58","slug":"pearsall-presents-there-back-001-january-rolling-drum-n-bass-1994-1996","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/2024\/01\/pearsall-presents-there-back-001-january-rolling-drum-n-bass-1994-1996\/","title":{"rendered":"Pearsall presents There &#038; Back 001: January, Rolling Drum n&#8217; Bass 1994-1996"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/mixes\/thereandback\/Pearsall-ThereAndBack001_January_RollingDNB1994-1996.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mixes-upload.pearsall.workers.dev\/mixes\/thereandback\/Pearsall-ThereAndBack001_January_RollingDNB1994-1996.mp3\">Pearsall presents There &amp; Back 001: January, Rolling Drum n&#8217; Bass 1994-1996<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><em>right-click, save as to download<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1732887579&#038;color=%23291e1b&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/sonicrampage\" title=\"Pearsall\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">Pearsall<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/sonicrampage\/there-back-001-january-rolling-drum-bass-1994-1996\" title=\"There &amp; Back 001: January, Rolling Drum &amp; Bass 1994-1996\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">There &amp; Back 001: January, Rolling Drum &amp; Bass 1994-1996<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Recorded in Berlin, January 2024<br \/>100% Vinyl<br \/>(67:16, 154 MB, 320 KBPS MP3)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mixes-upload.pearsall.workers.dev\/mixes\/thereandback\/Pearsall-ThereAndBack001_January_RollingDNB1994-1996.cue\">Cue file<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/mixes\/thereandback\/Pearsall-ThereAndBack001_January_RollingDNB1994-1996BIG.jpg\">Big cover<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Direct link to the file:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/mixes-upload.pearsall.workers.dev\/mixes\/thereandback\/Pearsall-ThereAndBack001_January_RollingDNB1994-1996.mp3\">https:\/\/mixes-upload.pearsall.workers.dev\/mixes\/thereandback\/Pearsall-ThereAndBack001_January_RollingDNB1994-1996.mp3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tracklisting:<\/p>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"1\">\n<li>Roni Size &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/release\/14988-Roni-Size-Fashion-Step-Up\">Fashion<\/a> [V Recordings]<\/li>\n<li>P-Funk &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/release\/2172914-P-Funk-Return-Of-The-Funksta-Mindstresser-Its-A-P-Thang\">Return of the Funksta<\/a> [Frontline]<\/li>\n<li>Kolective 4 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/release\/247566-Kolective-4-The-Terminator-His-Majesty\">His Majesty<\/a> [No Sell Out]<\/li>\n<li>DJ Solo &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/release\/150165-DJ-Solo-Deal-Wid-It-Made-In-London\">Deal Wid It<\/a> [Production House]<\/li>\n<li>Adam F &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/release\/237565-Adam-F-The-Bible\">The Bible<\/a> [Section 5]<\/li>\n<li>Cool Hand Flex &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/release\/662202-Flex-Step-To-It-Cling-Tone\">Step to It<\/a> [De Underground]<\/li>\n<li>DJ Nut Nut &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/release\/14381058-DJ-Nut-Nut-Message-From-Jah-Check-This-Out\">Message from Jah<\/a> [Deep Jungle]<\/li>\n<li>Undercover Agent &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/release\/155744-Undercover-Agent-Dub-Plate-Circles-Remix-What-Does-It-All-Mean\">Dubplate Circles (Remix)<\/a> [Juice]<\/li>\n<li>DJ Zinc &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/release\/978-DJ-Zinc-Volume-Seven\">So Damn Fresh<\/a> [Ganja]<\/li>\n<li>Just Jungle &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/release\/17902-Just-Jungle-Pause-Tearout-Listen-Tune\">Listen Tune<\/a> [Trouble on Vinyl]<\/li>\n<li>Aladdin &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/release\/242881-Aladdin-Warm-Easy-Geni-Of-The-Lamp-Mix\">Warm &amp; Easy<\/a> [Aladdin]<\/li>\n<li>Hardware &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/release\/17901-Hardware-Dreamin-Of-You-Lix\">Dreamin of You<\/a> [Frontline]<\/li>\n<li>Essence of Aura &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/release\/93264-Essence-Of-Aura-Foul-Play-Two-On-One-Issue-8\">Northern Lights<\/a> [Moving Shadow]<\/li>\n<li>Hidden Agenda &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/release\/4003-Hidden-Agenda-Is-It-Love-On-The-Roof-The-Flute-Tune\">Is It Love?<\/a> [Metalheadz]<\/li>\n<li>Lemon D &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/release\/5552-Lemon-D-Urban-Flava-Pt-1\">Urban Style Music<\/a> [Metalheadz]<\/li>\n<li>Shogun &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/release\/107362-Shogun-Just-For-You-Paparazzi\">Just for You<\/a> [Renegade]<\/li>\n<li>DJ Solo &amp; DJ Aura &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/release\/15671-Solo-Aura-Take-Heed\">Wreckin Shit<\/a> [Mo Wax Excursions]<\/li>\n<li>Frank de Wulf &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/release\/20995-Frank-De-Wulf-Drums-In-A-Grip\">Drums in a Grip (Wax Doctor Remix)<\/a> [Harthouse}<\/li>\n<li>Soundman &amp; Don Lloydie &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/release\/688218-Soundman-Don-Lloydie-With-Elisabeth-Troy-Greater-Love\">Greater Love ft Elizabeth Troy (Grooverider Hardstep Mix)<\/a> [WEA]<\/li>\n<li>Mental &amp; Dangerous &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/release\/628994-Mental-Dangerous-Send-Me-Untitled-Untitled\">Send Me<\/a> [Soundclash]<\/li>\n<li>DJ Krust &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/release\/14470-DJ-Krust-Future-Talk-Quiz-Show\">Future Talk<\/a> [Full Cycle]<\/li>\n<li>Skool of Hard Knocks &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/release\/195209-Skool-Of-Hard-Knocks-In-Da-Jungle-Wid-Da-B-Boyz\">Wid Da B-Boyz<\/a> [Grand Larceny]<\/li>\n<li>Maldini &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/release\/12924-Maldini-Flav-EP\">Rap Season<\/a> [Trouble on Vinyl]<\/li>\n<li>DJ Rap &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/release\/17705-DJ-Rap-Outlaw-Candy-Switch-Intelligent-Woman-On-A-Positive-Vibe\">Switch<\/a> [Proper Talent]<\/li>\n<li>DJ Dextrous &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/release\/25281460-Dextrous-Moonlight-Moonlight-Remix\">Moonlight<\/a> [AKO Arcade]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Welcome to 2024!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m excited to launch a new monthly mix project for 2024 called There &amp; Back. <\/p>\n<p>I work several days a week from a co-working space near Rathaus Schoeneberg, which is about a half hour walk from our home, so the concept of the series is to make a new mix each month that would cover the journey there and back (geddit?). As a dj, I think of myself mainly as a kind of archivist, building mixes that explore different aspects of electronic music. I&#8217;m not ever going to be a big name dj or whatever, but I can and do and will share my passion for music with people. <\/p>\n<p>Therefore, with each mix in this series I&#8217;m going to try to come up with a different theme or idea to make connections and to draw together ideas by digging through my (amply-stocked) shelves.<\/p>\n<p>Each monthly edition will also have a cover featuring an image shot on my walk, which will also show the evolving seasons. Why not?<\/p>\n<p>For this first mix, I&#8217;ve decided to indulge my love of rolling drum n&#8217; bass with a selection of rollers that were produced from 1994 to 1996; I&#8217;ve also tried to make it a little bit different from my typical fairly strict sub-genre mixes by mixing together stuff that I would normally keep separate, so that this mix has everything from Bukem-style atmospheric rollers to funky drum n&#8217; bass to ragga-inflected 1994 stuff to rap-sampling jump-up, and more. It&#8217;s a pretty cool selection, in my opinion!<\/p>\n<p>The genesis of this mix is a bit of a funny (and embarrassing) story &#8211; in December I was due to play at a Thursday night <a href=\"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/tag\/parallax\/\">Parallax<\/a> party at Lauschangriff in Friedrichshain. I&#8217;d agreed with Vali that I would play first, since I had to work the next day and I was tired. It was all cool, I would play at 22:00, play two hours, then go home. All good. The only problem was that Vali was sick so wouldn&#8217;t be there.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/parallax_party_image.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"690\" height=\"588\" src=\"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/parallax_party_image.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/parallax_party_image.jpg 690w, https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/parallax_party_image-300x256.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Anyways, it was 20:30 and I was putting my son to bed, was just about to head to my office and sort through my records and head off to the club, when I checked my phone, and saw a message from Vali from a half hour before, asking if I was all set up and good to go.<\/p>\n<p>So I replied that everything was cool, I was just about to finish getting ready and would head out.<\/p>\n<p>He replied almost immediately that I was already supposed to be playing for a half hour.<\/p>\n<p>Gulp.<\/p>\n<p>I double-checked the flyer and sure enough, it was starting at 20:00, I&#8217;d agreed with Vali to play then, but somehow in my mind I&#8217;d shifted it two hours later.<\/p>\n<p>Not good!<\/p>\n<p>So in a blind panic I went to my office and just grabbed the top layer of records off the pile I&#8217;d made on the floor, dumped it in a backpack, and ran out the door to a cab. Not ideal since the party was in Friedrichshain, which is far from where I live in south-west Berlin!<\/p>\n<p>In the end I showed up 90 minutes late for my set (argh!) and found that Chromz and Justie had already started playing back-to-back while they waited for me to show up. They were very nice and shuffled their own times to let me play for an hour, so I stepped up and just threw a set together using what I had in my bag. <\/p>\n<p>And, strangely enough, the set was really fun to play and turned out well! I had a bit of a random selection of tunes, but surprisingly it worked well mixing between different styles of drum n&#8217; bass, and I had some really nice feedback after the set. This was a real lightbulb moment, and led to me putting together this mix. <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m quite happy with the mix, it&#8217;s not 100% technically perfect, but I like the vibe of it, and there are some great tunes on here.<\/p>\n<p>I hope you enjoy it as well!<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a little clip from the party, featuring DJ Chromz:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"652\" height=\"1159\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/062y-JXBWVg\" title=\"A little clip of DJ Chromz playing at the Parallax party at Lauschangriff in Friedrichshain, Berlin\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Next month: modern UK techno<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first edition in a new crate-digging mix series, starting with an exploration of rolling drum n&#8217; bass from 1994 to 1996<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5650,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,263],"tags":[13,209,261],"class_list":["post-5644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mixes","category-there-back","tag-drum-n-bass","tag-jungle","tag-there-and-back"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/tracklist_cover.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5644"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5922,"href":"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5644\/revisions\/5922"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonicrampage.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}