hi guys

A big shout to the Smiling Corpse crew for asking me to take part in their long-running Dead Happy Podcast series. I was of course delighted to take part, especially because by a funny coincidence this was both episode 23 of the series as well as volume 23 of my own Rampage Turbo series. Since I have a pretty comprehensive collection of freeform vinyl, I was asked if I could provide a bit of a history lesson in the freeform sound, and I was very happy to oblige!

What you have here is 100 minutes of some of the finer tunes from the early days of the freeform sound – basically, these were the building blocks behind what we enjoy today. I didn’t want to just repeat Bonkers 2 to 5, so with this mix I really tried to dig a bit deeper, which is why there is everything from pitched-up hard trance from X-Cabs and Jon the Dentist to Choci’s unique brand of acid trance madness and early tunes from Kevin Energy and Sharkey, as well as some of the lesser-known releases from labels like Digital Beats and Bonkers. Hopefully this gives you a coherent overview of the evolution of this music that is, at the same time, also completely fucking rocking.

Enjoy!

Pearsall presents Rampage Turbo 23: Dead Happy History Lesson
visit my site to download the mix

Mixed in Berlin, September 2014
100% vinyl!
(97:18, 223 MB, 320 kbps MP3)

Style: A true Freeform History Lesson

Tracklisting:

01. X-Cabs – Avalon (Hook)
02. Jon The Dentist – Phase IV (Dream Inn)
03. Intersepter – Dream I Had (M-Zone’s Wake Up Call) (Teach Yourself Techno)
04. D-Zyne & Fury – Dreamin’ (XY2)
05. Tripswitch – Tic Tac (GBT)
06. Cortex – Space Junk (FDN)
07. Shanty & Distressed Frequencies – Forward Motion (Digital Beats)
08. Jon Doe – Mandlebrot (Electric Kingdom)
09. The Merry Pranksters – Stoned Longterm (Acid Test)
10. DJ Choci – Mitsubishi Landings (Destination Venus Mix) (Cannon)
11. Choci & The Powder Front – Come Into My World (Destination Venus Mix) (Public House)
12. Q-Tex – Viroid (Evolution)
13. Penguin Conspiracy – Welcome To The Future (Digital Beats)
14. Helix & Fury – Y Not (Stompin Choonz)
15. Hard Trance – Undiscovered (Evolution)
16. DJ Eclipse – Distornord (D.A.T.A.)
17. Digital Maneuvers – Terranova (Bonkers)
18. DJ Energy – Warped Reality (Nu Energy)
19. DJ Energy – Waves Of Desire (Nu Energy)
20. Robbo & Jon Doe – Produce The Bass (No Trix)
21. UFO – Inner Sanctum (Hectic)
22. Metropolis – Liquid Nights (Essential Platinum)
23. Sharkey & Trixxy – Therapy (Bonkers)
24. DJ Fury – Droppin’ Bombs (GBT)
25. Menace II Society – Cougar’s Bass (Digital Beats)
26. Jonny Go Mental – Killer (Bonkers)
27. Ramos, Supreme & UFO – Terminator (GBT)
28. DJ Energy – Take Me Up (Nu Energy)
29. Energy & DNA – Termination (Remix)
30. Lab 4 – Stungun (Secret)

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