If you’re into hardcore and on twitter then you probably are following, have followed or being followed by the pretty much legendary DJ Billy Bunter (@DJBillyBunter). I have long had a problem with a lot of todays UK Hardcore. So much of it revolves around the Hixxy, Re-Con and Darren Styles kind of tip. So many new tracks I hear on www.trackitdown.net are all of this style of hardcore. While a lot of it is good and well done, it just gets over played and made. This essentially is what caused me to really stop pushing to get out and DJ. I just hadn’t been really happy with the music as a whole. Not to say that I don’t love some of the new stuff coming out, its just a general bleh I feel about it.
Enter Billy “Daniel” Bunter to twitter. It first struck me as odd that I get an email from twitter saying he is following me. I figured it was just some random spammer, so I checked twitter and it was really him. Then I figured he would do the normal promoting stuff most everyone does. While yes he does that, he does a lot more. His general excitement and enthusiasm is infectious. Pretty much always positive thoughts and ideas. Nice to see this, especially someone that has been around as long as he has in music. He still gets up every morning excited about what is upcoming. This has honestly for all the “spam” he puts started to get to me, in a good way. I started getting excited again. Then problem though, was the music was still the same. This got me to thinking of what got me into hardcore in the first place all those years ago.
The mix: I started digging around for old mixes, old CD’s, anything I could find online to stream or download. After listening to quite a bit of the old stuff, it struck me that a lot of the newer music as lost all ties with what made it great in the first place. I understand the need to push forward and progress, but when you lose all sight of where you came from it can be a bad thing. So my hope with this mix is to get people to take a bit and look back at the past so they can know the future. It’s not all about clever software tricks, hell everyone has the same “gear” now. Part of the reason for everything being similar. It used to be music was made with what ever gear you could afford or get you hands on. Now everything is just a download away, but I’m falling off the rails a bit. I say to all DJ’s and Producers of what ever music it is you are into, take a moment and go revisit the music that got you into and excited for what you do now. With that I present my new mix. (below)
Dj Dijitek – Remember The Past To Know Your Future
14 older tracks to help re-live a little bit of the essence of hardcore. I really hope people enjoy it as much as I did making it. Nothing but a HUGE grin ear to ear while picking out the tracks and putting them together. So much diversity overall between them. Enjoy. Hit me up on twitter @Dijitek and let me know what you think, good or bad.
Track list (you should already know them when you listen):
1. Here I Am
2. Falling Over the Moon
3. Like a Dream
4. You & Me
5. Rush Hour(VG mix)
6. Love of My Life
7. Wonderland (VG+DNA mix)
8. Head in the Clouds
9. Juicy Cuts 7
10. Follow Me (Sy mix)
11. Body Slam
12. Wonderful World (Brisk mix)
13. Eye Opener (Brisk 99 mix)
14. Take me to Wonderland (.44 mix)
