From 1989 onwards, Richard was an obsessive collector of house and techno music, frequenting legendary London record shops such as Fat Cat, Silverfish, Trax and Red Records. He took record buying trips to New York to find second-hand disco, house and techno 12”s, which were lying around in bargain bins. The selection for this compilation are his own personal favourites from that era. Back then, electronic dance music was young, innocent and fun; it hadn’t been analysed, theorised and fragmented into the multi-genre industry it is today

What you hear on this compilation reflects what he was playing at that time; joining the dots between ambient, techno, tribal house, breakbeat and early trance productions from the UK. Much house and techno from the US, Belgium, Germany and Holland has been well documented, but some of the more obscure British productions are lesser known and need to be showcased.

Hopefully, these tracks will inspire and educate a new generation of electronic music fans who weren’t born then and also trigger some acid flashbacks for the older ravers as they take a trip down memory lane.

TRACK LISTING

A1 Centuras - Tokyo
A2 Bandulu - Amaranth - Love Lies Bleeding
B1 Strontium 90 - Rave On The Congo
B2 Orr-some - We Can Make It
C1 Biff'um Baff'um Boys - Bombing
C2 Epoch 90 - V.l.s.i. Heaven (Zone Mix)
C3 Mind Over Rhythm - Kubital Footstorm (Global Beatmix)
D1 Dream Frequency - Dream The Dream
D2 As One - Isatai
D3 Uvx - Elevator (Trancefloor Transporter)