Garage

187 Lockdown was a British speed garage act, comprising Danny Harrison and Julian Jonah. The duo produced one album, with four singles released from it, and remixed many songs towards the end of the 1990s. The duo also recorded under a number of other aliases, such as Gant, Ground Control, Nu-Birth and M Factor. Of these, M Factor was the most commercially successful, notching up a […]

Day #2 of “Vinyl A Day’ where I pick a classic played by Judge Jules on BBC Radio 1 live mix sets.   Setting you up for your Saturday night is 1998’s “Ripping It Up” by Committe which was first featured in ‘Live from Bar M , Ibiza’ in July.  […]

Ruff Driverz were the aliases of British DJ / remixers Brad Carter and Chris Brown. The duo also recorded under the names 2000BC and Transit. In the late 1990s, the duo scored six dance hits in the UK. Two of these were also major successes on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in the United States, where they were released on Tommy Boy Records. The flamenco-inspired “Dreaming” (featuring Katherine “Arrola” Ellis and credited as “Ruff Driverz Presents […]

Mr. Spring (real name Tim Hannigan) is possibly the leading innovator in Irish DJ culture and specifically electronic music. He is the number one pioneer of dance music and technology and the first published electronic artist in Ireland (although unconfirmed). “Voyager 1.56 (Filter Kings Mix)” was played by Judge Jules […]

Double 99, also known as R.I.P. Productions, were a UK garage duo which consisted of members Timothy Andrew Liken (Tim Deluxe) and Omar Adimora. They are best known for their sole UK chart hit single “RipGroove”, which reached No. 14 in its second release on the UK Singles Chart in 1997. The Original Mix is based on a series of […]

Italian all star group Andrea Remondini, Massimo Chiticonti, Mauro Picotto, Riccardo Ferri make up CRW. Mauro Picotto’s father ran a mason’s yard called CRW, a name Mauro would use as a pseudonym for his trance side-project. “I Feel Love” reached number 15 in 2000 in the UK charts.  

The Morphanage is the Dutch trance/electronic duo, comprising Lex van Coeverden and Rene van der Weyde. The duo is most remembered for its other guise as Atlantic Ocean with the hit single “Waterfall” from 1993.

Serious Danger (born Richard Philips) is an English garage and record producer. It reached the UK top 40, peaking at No. 40 on the UK singles chart, and also reached No. 1 on the UK dance singles chart in December 1997. “Deeper” uses the hook and bassline of the 1991 song “Liquid […]