Early Hardcore 019

019 digs back into the strange territory where house, techno, trance and hardcore were colliding before anyone had completely decided what rave music was supposed to be.

This one deliberately moves across the spectrum rather than sitting at a single tempo. There are some serious pieces of history buried in here: Moby – Go, Future Sound of London – Papua New Guinea, D-Shake – N.U.F.O. (Fluffy Mix), Major Problems – Overdose (The Final Trip) and LDC – Wir schicken dich ins All, alongside less obvious selections from E.B.Y., Link, Eat Static, The Effect, Holographic, Tellurians, Andromatic, Barracuda and others.
The second half starts tightening the screws, becomes harder, and the dreamy early-rave atmosphere increasingly gives way to the tougher European sound that was feeding directly into hardcore.