Slammin Vinyl @ The Rhythm Station, Aldershot 30/06/1995

 

Jimmy J

We're half way through the year and making our 2nd visit to Slammin Vinyl at The Rhythm Station. It's actually the 4th Slammin Vinyl of the year but such was the choice of raves in 1995 we've had to skip a couple.

There's a first for the raving journey of 1995 so far, a Jimmy J tape. Jimmy J was my favourite DJ back in the day. I've not heard that many tapes of his compared to other DJs, but the ones I've heard have all been excellent and this one is no exception.

I mistakenly thought it was Jimmy J who ran Slammin Vinyl at the time. He ran the record shop of the same name but it's since become apparent the record shop was a different entity to the promoter. 

What perhaps appealed to me about Jimmy J over other DJs is he was the one who kept the breakbeats going the longest. The first Jimmy J tape I owned was from Hysteria 9 later on in 1995 and that always stood out to be more breakbeat led than the other hardcore tapes. There are 4 tunes which appear on both tapes which are:

Richie Whizz - Song Of Angels

Evoke - Runaway

DJ Desire - Sumaki

Happy Tunes - Sanctuary Of Love

All 4 are new for 1995 as are the following tunes on this mix:

2 Xperience - Sweet Dreams

Luna C - 5.5, The Hurricane

Elsewhere it's all happy hardcore DJs, though DJ Unknown does include some drum & bass in his set including the ever familiar "The Lighter" by Sound of the Future and "Hearing Is Believing" by MA2 which you just couldn't escape in 1995.

Also worth noting is the Ramos set where 9 of the 11 tunes on the first side of the tape are new for 1995 tunes which are:

Semtex - Bounce Alert

Bertocucci Feranzano - E-Motion

DJ Norman - Get Up And Dance

G.B.T. - Betta Run

G.B.T. - Skyride

UFO - Abduction

Supernova - Partizan

Speedloader - Guilty As Hell

Sunset Regime - Tribal Chant

There's plenty more new for 1995 tunes which were:

DJ Hixxy & Lady Trixxy - World War 1

Discofrisco & DJ Inferno - Get Down Everybody

Casio Brothers - Last Anthem

DJ Pooch - Live For The Future

Eruption - Drop The Beat

DJ Pooch - Volume 10 Side A

DJ Skorp & DJ Pila - Oohh God Damned I'm Great

DJ Paul Elstak - Boom Boom

DJ Ham - Let Yourself Go!

Eko - Be On Your Way

DJ Fade - Music Is My Life

Midas - Magic Tears

Saturnalia featuring DJ Vinylgroover - License To Party

Midas - More Hits Please

DJ Demand - Let's Go!!!

DJ Ham & Poosie - Thinking About U

Jon Doe - On A Chill Tip

Mr Hyde - Release Me

There are 2 tunes which are the most played of the night appearing in 5 sets each. There's "Disco Hardcore" by Seduction which has been doing the rounds for some time now. The other is "Now is the Time" by Scott Brown which is a bit of a surprise given it was around when we kicked off on New Years Eve 6 months ago.

As we reach the half way point of the year its fair to say we've seen a lot in this short space of time. We've seen the end of Carl Cox and Top Buzz. We've seen the beginning of Essential Platinum and UK Dance which in turn has given us landmark record "Toy Town" and Force & the Evolution cut down to Force & Styles. We've also had Vibes & Live Lee on tape for the first time.

At the same time the spirit of 94 lives on evident by "Now is the Time" being played a lot, DJ Unknown mixing hardcore with drum & bass records from 94 and Jimmy J keeping the breakbeat alive.

There's no doubt more to come and I look forward to seeing what the rest of the year brings us.