For the 3rd time this year we go to Helter Skelter at The Sanctuary in Milton Keynes.
As mentioned previously Helter Skelter made up the bulk of my tape pack collection in the 90s. At some point in 1996 I made my way onto their mailing list where I could order tape packs directly from them. There came a point maybe a year or so later that I decided to start backfilling my collection as opposed to just ordering the latest one.
Not all of them were available though and this particular event was one of those. Some time later Helter Skelter put on their newsletter they had some older tape packs back in stock so I tried again. This time I succeeded in getting all of the tape packs I order except this one, so I'm in new territory here.
It was the main area tape pack I tried to get as opposed to the Technodrome one, yet the set I've decided to post comes from the Technodrome one.
The Music Maker was a DJ who pretty much only played at Helter Skelter in the Technodrome. His sets were basically anything goes as long as it was hard and fast. You would also hear the words "The Music Maker" frequently throughout his set. I found this typically crazy Music Maker set very enjoyable so decided this should be the one I post, particularly as we're unlikely to find him at other raves.
Also in the Technodrome was Brisk and I remember seeing that and questioning whether he played a techno set for the occasion. The answer is no, it's a typical Brisk set that starts with the Dutch and Scottish records and ends with the English ones and starts in typical Brisk style with "Jiiieehaaaa" by Diss Reaction. The music was more closely aligned in 1995, but what you'd hear in the main arena vs Technodrome in later years would be completely different.
The main arena was mainly happy hardcore with 8 sets vs 4 drum & bass sets. A notable thing about the previous 2 Helter Skelters was the lack of new for 1995 tunes. This time however there are many more.
These are the hardcore ones, many of which appeared in the Ramos set:
Happy Tunes - Fantasy
Juicy Cuts - Vol.1
Terrible Twins - Cained & Able
Love Nation & Justin Time - Music Is Ecstacy
Happy Tunes & Billy Daniel Bunter - Raging Desire
Suburban Delay - Regenerator
GBT Inc. - Burn Mother Fukka
Supreme, Sunset Regime & Mr. Hyde - Breakout
D-Zyne & Fury - Sing It
Ramos, Supreme & Sunset Regime - In The Place To Be
Ramos, Sunset Regime & Jammin - Nothing But Living
Hixxy & Bananaman - Forever
Highlife - Is This Happiness?
Alk-E-D - Home
Sonicdriver - Died In Your Arms
Eruption - Don’t Stop
Ultimate S.T. - Momentum
Genaside - Mutations
Suburban Delay - Alpha Buzz
The Beatsquad - Roll The Drum
DJ Waxweazle vs. Guitar Rob - Spread Your Wings
Jee-Beat Squad - Rythum
Genaside - Nuclear
DJ Hixxy & Lady Trixxy - One Spliff
Hixxy & Lady Trixxy - Attitude
One of note here is "Juicy Cuts Vol.1" which is a reworking of "Love You More" by Paul Elstak. I would speculate this will be what we're hearing from now on as opposed to the Paul Elstak record in sets.
The most played record is "On Top" by A Sense Of Summer which appears in 4 of the 8 sets.
These are the new for 1995 drum & bass tunes:
Shy FX - This Style Relick
The Dream Team - Watch Out
The Ganja Kru - Bring The Horns
Missing - Rewound Riddim
Basic Influence - Still Waters
Souljah - Down With The Lites
Renegade - Eastern Promise
Lemon D - Wu Tang
Pascal - True Grit
Timebase - Funky
Ed Rush - What’s Up
Roz - U Can Be My Lover
Daz - Liquidizer
Tango - Understanding
Dr S Gachet - Remember The Roller
Although we are seeing hardcore and drum & bass in the same arena, you do sense a bit of friction between the 2 scenes when Magika says they play drum & bass on Radio 1 but not hardcore and they should do because hardcore is just as big.
He had a point at the time, but I don't find it amusing in a way because I recall at a Helter Skelter in 1999 he said during a hardcore set that it isn't just about hardcore, it's also about drum & bass now. He's basically been a drum & bass MC ever since and has also since stated how he didn't like the direction hardcore had taken by the time he left. Again though he had a point.
One more Helter Skelter to go this year and I'm sure it will feature.
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