Pearsall's There & Back Mix Series: 2024 Crate-Digging Adventures

[Pearsall]

hey! I wanted to share with you this year's mix project of mine, which is all about crate-digging across multiple genres. The project is called There & Back because originally the idea was to do 1 hour mixes that roughly corresponded to walking to and from my office (it's about a half hour each way), but in the end it kind of got away from that ...

First up is the fifth in the series, which I've only just put online, despite recording months ago. That's life! For this one, I've done an eclectic mix of bass music over time, covering everything from funky West Coast acid breaks to modern electro to dark UK Garage to slowed down jungle techno to hybrid bass styles. I'm really proud of this one, because it chops up a whole bunch of 130-140 bpm bass music styles in one mix, in a fun and (hopefully!) cohesive way.

Pearsall presents There & Back 005: May, Bass Explorations 1996-2023



some more words about it: https://sonicrampage.org/blog/2024/...ere-back-005-may-bass-explorations-1996-2023/

Recorded in Berlin, June 2024
100% Vinyl
(56:45, 134 MB, 320 BPS MP3)

Tracklisting:

01. Jedi Knights - Dance of the Naughty Knights [Evolution]
02. The Chemical Brothers - Get Up On It Like This [Freestyle Dust]
03. Metro - To A Nation Rockin' (Peter Tall Megatrix Mix) [Bassex]
04. Sedona - Coast (Acid Sex Mix) [Rampant]
05. Luz1e - Escapism [Mechatronica]
06. Nite Fleit - Bad Blood [International Chrome]
07. Skuum - Forza [Strictly Strictly]
08. Jensen Interceptor - Smoke [Weapons of Desire]
09. Sticky - War Rhythm [Social Circles]
10. Teebone - Fly Bi ft. Sparks & Kie [White Label]
11. So Solid Crew - Haters (Instrumental) [Relentless]
12. Entourage Crew - Terrible (Instrumental) [Solid City]
13. Yorobi - Motherless Child [Sneaker Social Club]
14. Mani Festo - Immersion Tactics [Warehouse Rave]
15. Denham Audio & Borai - Pocari Sweat [Sneaker Social Club]
16. Dexorcist - Rage Signal [Ecstasy Garage Disco]
17. Electronic Experienced - The Breaks [Parallax]
18. DJ Mujava - Township Funk (Sinden Remix) [La Musique Fait La Force]
19. Skream - Blipstream (Buraka Som Sistema Remix) [Hollertronix]
20. Rusko - Hold On (feat. Amber Coffman) [Mad Decent]

 

[Pearsall]

here's a rare house mix from me (with a little electro / breaks detour part of the way through)

Pearsall presents There & Back 006: Fun Under 130 BPM, 1996-2023 – Sonicrampage

01. Mall Grab - Liverpool Street in the Rain [Looking For Trouble]
02. Intimacy - Grid Projector [Vector Works]
03. DJ Longdick - Nightscape [E-Beamz]
04. Phyzikal Flex - Policies [Doom Chakra / Parallax]
05. Type-303 - Hey Listen! [I Love Acid]
06. Elec Pt 1 - Summer Time In Coloniae [Happy Skull]
07. Skee Mask - Trackheadz [Ilian Tape]
08. Head High - What You Want [Power House]
09. Martyn - Newspeak [Dolly Dubs]
10. Maya Jane Coles - What They Say [Real Tone]
11. Joy Orbison - Ellipsis [Hinge Finger]
12. Boddika - Steam [Swamp 81]
13. Blackdown - Halcyon Skies (Rollage Mix) [Keysound]
14. Hugo Massien - Broke the Cycle [17 Steps]
15. Special Request - Forbidden [Houndstooth]
16. UNKLE - Celestial Annihilation [Mo Wax]
17. CJ Bolland - Starship Universe [Internal]
18. L/F/D/M - Beaks in Zen [Midnight Shift]
19. Chrissy - Like A Fantasy [Chiwax]
20. The Usual Suspects - Daydreemin' [End Recordings]
21. Plantastik - At Last [Kickin]
22. Luca Lozano - Boss Moves [Running Back]
23. DJ Slyngshot - Battlecat [Yappin]
24. Luca Lozano & DJ Fett Burger - Electric Blue [Sex Tags UFO]
25. Basement Jaxx - Slide Slide [Atlantic Jaxx]
26. Jerome Hill - Harlesden Shuffle [Super Rhythm Trax]
27. Jedi Knights - One for MAW [Universal Language]
28. Mood II Swing - All Night Long [Groove On]
29. The Wamdue Project - In The Back of Your Mind [Strictly Rhythm]
30. Krimp - House of Pain [Strictly Rhythm]

 

[Pearsall]

Another one, on a more, uh, aggressive tip. Dark drum n' bass action!



Words: https://sonicrampage.org/blog/2024/...y-more-techstep-b-sides-remixes-album-tracks/

Tracklisting:

01. Think About Mutation - Visions (Source Direct Remix) [Motor]
02. DJ Trace - The Beacon [Volume]
03. Capone - Guess Who [Hard Leaders]
04. Dom & Roland - City [Moving Shadow]
05. Babylon Zoo - The Boy With The X-Ray Eyes (Goldie Armageddon Babylon Mix) [EMI]
06. Hydro - Tha Bomb Shit [Emotif]
07. Trace & Nico - Damn Son [No U-Turn]
08. Lemon D - Chainsaw {Metalheadz]
09. Dillinja - Vicious [Test]
10. Elementz of Noize - Other Side of Town [SOUR]
11. Renegade - Eastern Promise [Dread]
12. Decoder - Quake [Tech Itch]
13. Paradox - A Certain Sound (Remix) [Renegade Hardware]
14. Spider Net - Awake [No U-Turn]
15. Future Forces Inc - Neitherworld 6 [Rawkus Primitive]
16. MTS - Hard Disk (DJ Zinc Remix) [Juice]
17. Dylan - Virus [Droppin Science]
18. Boymerang - You Like It Like That [Regal]
19. Sun Electric - Eya (Future Forces Inc Hardware Mix) [Apollo]
20. Cyba Space - Life feat Shanie (Dom & Roland Remix) [Cyba]

 

[Pearsall]

One from earlier this year - a grab-bag of UK techno stuff



Tracklisting:

01. Pinch - Croydon House [Swamp 81]
02. Boddika & Joy Orbison - Tricky's Team [Nonplus]
03. Inland - Fluxus [Counterchange]
04. Drone - No Future (Giant Swan Remix) [Sector 7 Sounds]
05. Fear-E - Silk [Acid Avengers]
06. Paranoid London - Nobody Watching ft Mutado Pintado [Paranoid London]
07. Jerome Hill - Walk the Plank [Hypercolour]
08. Nightwave - Acid Mouse [Balkan Vinyl]
09. Posthuman - Shifter [Balkan Vinyl]
10. Mella Dee - Dev Green [Warehouse Music]
11. Mumdance & Logos - Dance Energy (89 Mix) [Tectonic]
12. Mani Festo - Sleepless in West Norwood [Lobster Theremin]
13. Om Unit - Prophecy [Om Unit]
14. Trevino - Spin Away [3024]
15. Mella Dee - Run That [Shall Not Fade]
16. Rob Stow - Chug [Don't]
17. Fear-E - Puro [Dark Entries]
18. Ben Sims - Rippin' & Skippin' [Deeply Rooted]
19. The Advent - Human Form [Klockworks]
20. LSD - Process 11 [Monnom Black]
21. Jerome Hill - Bunker 7 [Craigie Knowes]
22. Luke's Anger - GTO Style [Don't]
23. Chris Moss Acid - Querida [Balkan Vinyl]
24. Asquith - Love is a Mystery [Asquith]
25. Mall Grab - Positive Energy Forever [Looking for Trouble]
26. Pearsall - Underground Sound [Sonicrampage]
27. Division One - Pitch Invasion [Syntax Error]
28. Dax J - No Redemption [Monnom Black]
29. Bad Boy Pete - Dub Signal (Biri n' The Geezer Remix) [Planet Techno]
30. Chris Liberator & Sterling Moss - Acid Techno Wah Wah [WahWah]
31. Chris Liberator & Sterling Moss - Rocksteady [Stay Up Forever]
32. Perc - 240 Volts [Perc Trax]
33. Dynamo City - Urban & Free (Perc Remix) [Stay Up Forever Remix]
34. EDMX - 153 Mission [Ship Wrec]
35. Pearsall - Crossbones [Sonicrampage]

 

[Pearsall]

I'm a big fan of Jerome Hill, so earlier this year I did a mix of tracks from his Super Rhythm Trax label. Fun!



01. Chrissy - We're Movin' [Super Rhythm Trax]
02. Cardopusher - Mental Jobs (NYC Mix) [Super Rhythm Trax]
03. Luca Lozano - Summer of Love (Endless Mix) [Super Rhythm Trax]
04. Yuri Suzuki - Radar System [Super Rhythm Trax]
05. DMX Krew - Bleepology [Super Rhythm Trax]
06. Black Girl / White Girl - 5XXXI (Luca Lozano & DJ Steve Sheffield Bleep City Remix) [Super Rhythm Trax]
07. Mike Ash - Oh Three [Super Rhythm Trax]
08. Masc - It's Good [Super Rhythm Trax]
09. Matt Whitehead - Seeing Red [Super Rhythm Trax]
10. Mike Ash - Uprocking [Super Rhythm Trax]
11. Jerome Hill - Combustion Zone [Super Rhythm Trax]
12. Cardopusher - Variant [Super Rhythm Trax]
13. Type-303 - Protocop [Super Rhythm Trax]
14. Andreas Gehm - There [Super Rhythm Trax]
15. Masc - Nine Oh [Super Rhythm Trax]
16. Dance System - Break It Down [Super Rhythm Trax]
17. Jerome Hill - Knock Knock [Super Rhythm Trax]
18. Fear-E - KRS [Super Rhythm Trax]
19. Dexorcist - Mercury [Super Rhythm Trax]
20. Jared Wilson - Plate Mining [Super Rhythm Trax]

 

[Pearsall]

I've always loved the UK Funky sound, and I have had a bunch of these records for years without ever making a full mix, so I thought it was time to fix that. Enjoy!



01. Cooly G - Up In My Head [Hyperdub]
02. DVA - Natty [Hyperdub]
03. Altered Natives - Love Switch Off [Eye4Eye]
04. Untold - Just For You (Roska Remix) [Hotflush]
05. Hard House Banton - The Music [Spoilt Rotten Entertainment]
06. Emvee - Nocturnal [Wireblock]
07. Doc Daneeka - Mario's Mushrooms [PTN]
08. Mosca - Square One (L-Vis 1990 Remix) [Night Slugs]
09. Sticky - Look Pon Me ft Natalie Storm [Mixpak]
10. Cooly G - Narst [Hyperdub]
11. Girl Unit - IRL (DVA's Hi Emotions Remix) [Night Slugs]
12. Lil Silva - Against Yaself [Night Slugs]
13. Champion - Bongoshot [Formula]
14. MJ Cole - Flux Riddim [Prolific]
15. Martyn - Viper (London's Arches Edit) [Brainfeeder]
16. Beneath - Prangin' [Keysound]
17. Walton - Cool It VIP [Keysound]
18. Lil Silva - Funky Pulse [DDJS Productions]
19. Lone - Pineapple Crush [Magic Wire]
20. DJ Zinc - Wile Out feat Ms Dynamite [Bingo Bass]

 

[Pearsall]

Here's a little pre-Christmas present from me to you: a ripping selection of old skool hardcore, made in the glory years of 1992 to 1994! All year I've been digging deep into the crates for my mix series 'There & Back', and this mix is a real spotter's selection, filled to the brim with amazing obscurities and banging classics. Enjoy!



01. Dr S Gachet meets Funky Junky - Logans Run [Funky Junky]
02. Technosaurus - One Day We'll All Be Free [Parallax]
03. DJ Wax - Moments So Dark [8205]
04. Fast Floor - On A Level [Smooth]
05. Electronic Experienced - V-10 Overload [Basement]
06. Space Cube - Outbound [Riot Beats]
07. Bass Ballistics - Fantasy (Unknown Version) [Masterpiece]
08. N-Joi - Drumstruck [deConstruction]
09. Urban Shakedown - Burnin Passion (Camden Mix) [Urban Shakedown]
10. Tek 9 - Partz One & Two (Manix Remix) [Reinforced]
11. DJ AKA - Farside [Soapbar]
12. Secret Squirrel - Seeing is Believing [Bogwoppa]
13. Lewi Cifer - 99 Red Balloons [Daddy Armshouse]
14. Uncle 22 - On Top of the World [Pure NRG]
15. Enforcer - Dam Tuff (Remix) [Awesome]
16. Rhythm Section - The Chainsaw (Hard Mix) [Rhythm Section]
17. Ellis Dee - Can't Believe It's Real [Silent Justice]
18. Ellis Dee, DJ Krome & Mr Time - Free the Feeling [New Dimension]
19. Harmony & Xtreme - Temple of Doom [Section 5]
20. DJ Gwange - New Creation [Legend]
21. Out of Order - Right Guard [White Label]
22. Q-Tex - Equinox, Celebration, Essence, Integrator [Evolution]
23. Lemon D - Pursuit thru the Darkness [Infrared]
24. DJ Seduction - Really Dark (But Not Too Dark Mix) [Impact]
25. Citadel of Kaos - Drums of Freedom [Boombastic Plastic]

 

[Pearsall]

For the 10th mix in the There & Back series, I go deep joining the dots between different bass music styles over time, via a heady mixture of grime, dubstep, electro, breakbeat, UK bass, and even bits of bassline and Jersey club. Phew!



Recorded in Berlin, December 2024
100% Vinyl
(88:36, 203 MB, 320 KBPS MP3)

Read about the mix: https://sonicrampage.org/blog/2025/...010-october-more-bass-explorations-1996-2023/

Tracklisting:

01. Double Clapperz & EGL - Sha Ni Kamaeru ft Ralph [Ice Wave Records]
02. Last Japan - Storm Trooper [Signal Life]
03. Basic Rhythm - Your Love [Type]
04. NA - Brass Claim [Fade to Mind]
05. Leon P - Baile Grime [Sector 7 Sounds]
06. Wen - Switch [Soundman Chronicles]
07. Beneath - Illusion [Keysound]
08. Quartz - Alchemy Burn [System Music]
09. Photek & Pinch - Acid Reign (Pinch's Dubplate Version) [Photek Productions]
10. Bengal Sound - Never Mind [Bandulu]
11. TMSV - Altered [Perfect]
12. Om Unit - Snagged [Om Unit]
13. Om Unit x Martyn - Tracksuit Dub [3024]
14. Martyn - Rhythm Ritual [Ostgut Ton]
15. Dave Clarke - The Woki [deConstruction]
16. Joy Orbison - Off Season [Hinge Finger]
17. Genaside II - Narra Mind (Armand van Helden's West Coast Mix) [ffRR]
18. Jammin' - Tug o' War [Bingo Beats]
19. Trends & Boylan - Carnage [Sneaker Social Club]
20. Boylan & Slimzee - Reinforced [Slimzos]
21. Killjoy - Let's Go (4x4 Mix) [Sector 7 Sounds]
22. R1 Ryders - Cyber [R1 Ryders]
23. Boddika - Syn Chron [Naked Lunch]
24. Instra:Mental - Delta Zone (Advance) [NonPlus]
25. Keith Tucker - Other Worlds [Mechatronica]
26. Luz1e - Exploration of the Mind [Lobster Theremin]
27. Randomer - Smokin [Long Island Electrical Systems]
28. Icicle - Anything [Tempa]
29. Goth-Trad - Departure [Deep Medi Musik]
30. Cosmin TRG - Since Last Night [Tempa]