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This is a re-recording of one of the sets I played at our anniversary party in January 2026, celebrating 25 years in the events game. It´s not a „best of 25 years“, that´s nonsense trying to achieve in an hour-long mix. It was a selection for a certain slot in the course of the party, so that defined the overall vibe, what to leave out to avoid redundancy etc..
Still, I wanted to represent that early era, present a core, an essence of the drum´n´bass sound and not stray to far into all the niches that I usually love to explore. So it really brings together many highlights of our first decade (mostly), important tracks for the genre or specific subgenres and quite a few tracks, that were centrepieces of our nights. So it´s a bit educational as well, I added some notes to the tracklist, in case anyone cares.
01 – Björk – All Is Full Of Love (Chris SU Remix): Start with the general message: Why do I play music to people in clubs for half of my life? To spread love, admittedly a very special kind. In our first years, I was „the liquid guy“ that added other vibes to the dark stuff, rowdy jump-up or frantic jungle. The tiniest dancefloor is big enough for a large range of emotions.
02 – Marcus Intalex – Temperance: One of Marcus´ iconic anthems as a solo artist. Special one for the SAB family, that mourned his passing intensly.
03 – John B – Up All Night (Epic Mix): As epic as it gets, everyone knows a version of this tune. John has an unmatched level of uniqueness in dnb, creating own subgenres and a recognizable trademark sound.
04 – D.Kay & Epsilon – Platinum: This was another local anthem, trancey combined with very rowdy breaks that always made the crowd explode. Sad that the two didn´t carry on producing.
05 – Omni Trio – Renegade Snares (High Contrast Remix): The original and the Foul Play remix were peak jungle. HC´s remix is so incredibly uplifting: „Take me up!“
06 – Alex Reece – Pulp Fiction (Lynx 2010 Edit): Hard to believe nowadays that the original created the dominating formula of drum´n´bass with just one track. Minimalistic, stripped down beats and a simple Reese bass instead of the frantic beats of jungle.
07 – Nine Inch Nails – Closer (John B Rock God Remix): NIN had a huge influence on me as a teen. So before John created this bootleg remix, I actually used to mix the song from the vinyl album into a dnb track for a few years, which was always difficult af.
08 – DBridge – True Romance: I liked how switching to it works and the long mix with the Closer synths plays out.
09 – Adam F – Metropolis (Remix): The original was another defining Metalheadz track of the Blue Note era.
10 – Marcus Intalex & Spirit – Crackdown: A posthumous release. Two legends capturing the essence of Drum´n´Bass. And ‚The Worm‘ is a favorite break of mine.
11 – Bad Company – The Nine: Massively overplayed many years ago, but I wanted to include a BC track and I think it works well in the context.
12 – Bungle – Cocooned: Bungle is one of my fav producers, this one was extremely popular at our events for a few years.
13 – Mist:i:cal – Mistical Dub: At least a collab with Calibre included in the mix. A real Soul:r classic. Perfect combination of a roller with a laid back dub vibe.
14 – Roni Size – Snapped it (Krust Snapshot Remix): Full Cycle & especially Krust couldnt be avoided, so this minimal killer keeps everyone stepping.
15 – Ed Rush & Optical – Kerbcrawler: That was a very popular roller, unsual for the neuro inventors and I was surprised it still works today. And actually I googled the meaning of the title for the firt time just now.
16 – Zinc feat. Ms Dynamite – Wile Out (DJ Marky & S.P.Y. Remix): Check: Zinc. Check: Marky. Two more producer kings and the iconic voice of Ms Dynamite, only in the breakdown though.
17 – Bladerunner – Back To The Jungle: Just briefly mixed in, this was a staple secret weapon in my crate for a long time.
18 – Digital – Deadline (S.P.Y. Remix): For many years, everytime the synths came on, hands went up and the crowd was shouting excitedly. Outstanding tune. Halftime style without people noticing. SPY´s remix fit better in the mix.
19 – Photek – Sidewinder: The don needed to be included and this was a fitting track, although it´s not „classic Photek“.
20 – Sonic & Silver – Rocket Launcher: I wanted to switch the vibe for the last bit and went for the niche housey influenced sound that Sonic & Silver mastered so well but remained quite rare.
21 – J Majik ft. Loleatta Holloway – 24 Hours: J Majik was at the core of this style. I still remember visiting a rave in Valencia where he (?) played it before it came out and the crowd going absolutely mad. My vinyl is very worn off, so I searched for digital versions, but then I really didnt like their sound, so you can here my crackling copy in the mix.
22 – Cookie Monsters – Keep it Coming: Fairly unknown secret weapon on Infrared. Only 3 tracks ever released by that artist, surely was a collab project.
23 – Zinc – Higher Zinc: Strange decision to end the set with a bootleg of a non-dnb classic. But it´s Zinc working with Hudson Mohawkes banger.
