Pillz Vol. 7

Have you had your Pillz Vol. 7? The elusive unnamed and unknown artist reaches number seven in their series of oldskool hardcore mash ups. 'All Night Long' wraps hoover stabs around a thick, rolling breakbeat, paying tribute to the late Tango and other 92 era heroes of hardcore. 'Horny Hardcore' is the ruffneck rudeboy of this EP, the frequent refrain of 'one time for the foghorns' punctuates rapid and continuous stab switches and key changes, a guessing game for sample spotters and a huge burst of nostalgic rave energy all in one! Take these pillz daily! Available on vinyl and digital

   

Dirty Carpets Vol. 2

Dirty Carpets Vol. 2 cos you know you wanted more after the first instalment! Well, here it is, an absolute treat for lovers of that foundational rave sound going all the way back to 1990!

Shake n Vac Warriors 'Kick It With A Beat' takes it back to the super early days of Breakbeat Rave/Hardcore- think of the Kickin' Records style, championed by DJ Hype and Grant Nelson- crisp Hip Hop beats sped up to around 130BPM with strong Belgian Techno overtones. Overlord Dyson 'Get Back' (Shake n Vac Warriors Remix) continues along those lines- very much in the style of The Scientist/Kicksquad/Tigers in Space with quintessential oldskool hardcore breaks that sound so good, and an army of hoovers making melodies that could tear down walls!

The Rave Generation Lost Highway

 

It's been a while so, as a warm up for the Hall of Fame podcast, I scratched an itch and put together a little selection. It may be a bit rough around the edges but I prioritise enjoyment over perfection.

Some of you may get the Lost Highway reference. The image above is meant to allude to it and I think chatGPT did a pretty good job. Anyway, lengthy ramble over. Link to the 'mix' below plus tracklist 

https://hearthis.at/tariq-ziyad/the-rave-generation-lost-highway/

Borai & Denham Audio-Make Me

DMS-Exterminate (Dee Sub Remix) 

KAOTIC CHEMISTRY-Drum Trip (Wheeler Rebuild) 

SR & Digbee-Body Swerve 

The House Crew-We Are Hardcore (Lipmaster Ratpack Remix)

Hooverian Blur-Old Gold 

DAWL-Pump Up The Noise 

Traffik-Dreamland 

The Panacea-Hysterie 

dYstance-Rewindz 

Ellis Dee-Dance Factor (Boykz & Chapman Remix)

Tango & Ratty-Tales From The Darkside (The DJ Producer Remix)

Ellis Dee-Rock To The Max (Boykz & Chapman Rem)

lain Clifton, Jason Higgs, John Emery - New Sound

Ivy Lab-12345

Bounty Killaz (Pulse + Wax Doctor)-Brighter Future

Jedi & Stormtrooper-ReEnergize 

Rave Alarm-Danny 

3PeaceSweetz' new album is an ode to the London 'Pirate Radio'

"Weekend Rush is repackaged to present the album as an authentic ‘Pirate Radio’ experience; complete with crackle and static. A window into the world of the (semi)fictional Sweetz FM." - My Pet Flamingo

The magic trio of Enzo Van Baelen, Jerome Sabourin, Thom Hosken, better known as 3PeaceSweetz, return with an amazing album, kind of incing the cake on their very own 'Innersense' LP, which came out three years ago. The very fresh installment goes out under the title 'Weekend Rush' , and this time you should expect the unexpected. Advocators would claim that this work is even higher and upgraded in contrast with 'Innersense'.

'Weekend Rush' feels like the right ode to the Pirate Radio ethos and the good old days of the 90s raves inspired by London's underground scene as UK has been always in the forefront of this groundbreaking movement. The transcendal LP draws on various influences from oldskool dubplates, white labels and radio stations such as Kool FM, Don FM, Dream FM, but to name a few. Thus, the well known Vaporwave label of My Pet Flamingo passed the baton to the 3-piece act to bring something inimitable. And the stars align for the boys, as the album goes down a storm.

Suffice to say that the co-founder of the label, Enzo Van Baelen, has been part of the golden 'Pirate Radio' rave era from back in the day, so in order to promote this new material, he delivered a mix premiering the album and incarnating the 'pirate' spirit in conjunction with their contemporary nu-rave sounds.

"Locked on, tuned in. It’s the sound of the Weekend Rush. ***** This ‘Sweetz FM’ mixed version of Weekend Rush was put together by Enzo Van Baelen, using white label lathe cuts of tracks from the album and a pair of Technics 1210 turntables. Visuals by Jay Sabourin using an Eyesy Video Synthesiser. Mastered by Thom Hosken. Album artwork by Zer0 れい. *Some of the details are fictional, some of the lyrics are borrowed, but all of the tracks were made by 3 Peace Sweetz. We hope you’ll enjoy this flashback to the pirate radio era."

'Weekend Rush' is comprised of 11 original tracks, with our personal highlight 'Brand New' being the poster child for the whole work. It originally comes out on digital format, limited cassette and Vinyl. The digital and cassette versions of the album come with a ‘mixed’ version of the album, by Enzo Van Baelen. Recorded on two Technics 1210s using white label ‘lathe cuts’ of the tracks. The cassette version is already sold out and the 'translucent yellow with black splatter' Vinyl copies are obviously on high demand.

We can realise that the description 'vaporave' is the key to the spirit of 3PeaceSweetz, as Enzo and his team are in progress of a documentary about Vaporwave under the title 'Nobody Here'.

In a nutshell "the album is repackaged as a 'Pirate Radio' style set. It leans heavily on the classic Jungle and breakbeat sound, with a modern VapoRAVE twist" as officially stated. Worth every single penny and deserving the best of reviews, 'Weekend Rush' is apparently one of the toppest and proud releases of 2023. Feel free to add it in your music life.

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