Hype Archive

World Dance – Access All Areas (A Dedication)

World Dance – Access All Areas, a VHS that will no doubt bring home a million memories of sitting in front of the television in amazement. Trying to spot your mates looking wasted in the crowd or even attempting to piece back memories of events……… In a similar stance to early Fantazia recordings, the promoters

Tape That – United Dance Impact Records Showcase

Looking back at the golden era of classic tape packs with Jamie from Section 23 – this episode focuses on United Dance, an extremely popular event held at the Stevenage Arts & Leisure Centre. Causing an Eclipse to outshine The rave scene in Cambridge between 1992 and 1994 was incredible and dominated mainly by Stuart

TOTD: Dopestyle – Fade Away

Today’s tune is possibly my favourite track on Hype’s Ganja Records alongside the Wu-Tang sampling ‘Tiger Style‘. Very simple and quite minimal in comparison to some of Hype’s work around this time, the track’s focal point comes from a sampled vocal taken from the Junior Byles‘ roots reggae track of the same name. Add into the mix an

Drumtrip TV Show #2 – DJ Elevate

Drumtrip TV Show #2 featured DJ Elevate. It was a great selection with quick mixing and even a little bit of Hype-esque scratching too. Track List Omni Trio – Future Frontiers Cloud Nine – Jazzmin Wots My Code – Dubplate Lords Of The Null Lines – Disturbance (Tango Remix) Under Rhythm London – Sub Circle (Remix) –

Eazyflow – Early 1993 Dark Side Mix

This might be the second mix of Eazyflow we have featured, this one thunders out some classic darkcore styles with some total classics like Shot In The Dark and Terminator, alongside few more obscure bits in the mix. Following on from the early 93 mix I posted a couple of weeks ago which was on

Better Days – Jungle Flyer and Ad Archive

A new site has popped up online offering a host of vintage rave flyers, new release adverts and more from around 1994 to 1996. I do the miss the designs of flyers like these, especially the old Fantazia and Dreamscape ones that look like across between Gamesmaster and The Lawnmower man. Early 90’s CGI was