Dance Planet previously featured in March down in Cornwall. This time we see Dance Planet return to where it all began for them in Birmingham.
Given the location perhaps it's no surprise to see this event was predominantly drum & bass in the main arena and on the tape pack too. Admittedly I would have probably avoided a predominantly drum & bass event in Birmingham at the time given the violence you'd get at such events, but let's not let that get in the way of this make believe 1995 raving journey.
We don't quite have as many new for 1995 drum & bass tunes as the March event, but still a decent amount:
Special K & Ruff Kut - Chopsticks
Firefox - Bonanza Kid
DJ Rap Feat. MC Hooligan - Hooligan
Cutty Ranks - Limb By Limb
L Double - Mad Funk
The Specialist - Garbage DJ
Dream Team - The Ride
Jazz Vibes - Lucky
Dillinja - Hoes & Tricks
The Specialist - Twisted Amen
Beenie Man- Gimmie Di Gal
Tarzan - Informer
S.O.S. - Space Funk
Alex Reece - Pulp Fiction
Q Project & Spinback - Rikers Island
Krust - Maintain
H.M.P - Runnin's
DJ Fallout - Major Respect
The Spice - Dimension
DJ SS - Niceness
Noise Gate - Noise Gate
Danny Breaks - Rollin
Shy Fx - Who Runs Tings
DJ Hype - On That Dust
Just Jungle - Very Last Drop
The most notable of these was "Pulp Fiction" by Alex Reece which would be a pretty big record of its time. The most played drum & bass tunes were "The Lighter" by Sound of the Future and "Hearing Is Believing" by MA2 which both appear 6 times. Not the first time either have been the most played and unlikely to be the last.
I've posted the only happy hardcore set to be both in the main arena and on the tapes which is Dougal & Vibes. The notable thing about it is that it's the first recording to my knowledge to feature MC Live Lee. The DJ/MC combination of Vibes and Live Lee became quite legendary in the late 90s and this is where it seemingly all began.
Amongst the hardcore DJs is Mastervibe who was also a drum & bass DJ. I read in an interview that he only played hardcore to bulk up the bookings and would have played drum & bass all the time if he got enough bookings for it. There is also DJ Bunjy who would be better known as a drum & bass DJ in later years.
Scorpio and Producer played a back to back set which really shows an ever widening gap between hardcore and gabber. I can't find a tracklisiting for the set. Likewise the Clarkee set shows a widening gap and tracklist has many gaps though does include "Love U More" by Paul Elstak so not completely separate yet.
Unsurprisingly the new for 95 hardcore tunes are much thinner on the ground, but there were a few:
Sensi Tize - The Anthem
Sub State - Take Me Up
Happy Tunes & Hixxy - Feels So Good
Knightvision - The Realm
El Bruto - Hypnotizing
Smile - Cut The Midrange
Lockjaw - In My Brain
Helix - N.D.E
Justin Time - Lose Control
Alchemist & Fade - Kick Your Legs
DJ Bass D & DJ King Matthew - Damn The Deejay
There is no tune that's played more than twice, no surprise given the mixture of DJs pulling off in different directions that we have.
The fact we could still have this variety in Birmingham of all places is one of the big reasons I look back on 1995 so fondly. OK for all I know the main arena could have completely cleared out when Vibes & Dougal came on, but if we let the tapes do the talking which is all we can really do then that's how it was.
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