I recorded this from the radio around 1996. I was blown away by the music played in this recording, some of it I heard on here for the first time and then hunted the tracks down over the years, for instance the 4 hero remix of DJ Krush’s ‘Meiso’. I wasn’t a regular listener of Midlands Underground (broadcast from Wolverhampton) and I didn’t always have tapes to record the shows either. I think this was the first time I found the station on the airwaves and this was also the first time I heard of Chilly and Rudie B. This set had an impact on me and was responsible for opening me up to some of the deeper styles of Jungle/DnB. It’s also interesting to listen back to the adverts on the show!
Here’s some links I found from having a quick search on the internet. Please check them out:
- https://www.thepiratearchive.net/midlands-underground/ – more info and sets. This is where I downloaded the newspaper clipping
- https://www.youtube.com/@iffypops/videos – there’s some recordings here from Midlands Underground amongst some other radio recordings
- https://www.mixcloud.com/matt-baker16/midlands-underground-107fm-intelligent-drum-and-bass-1998-reworked-by-dj-dogga/ – check out the mix and the story behind the mix which was influenced by a recorded show on Midlands Underground
I hope you enjoy.
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