HD Mixtapes

A soulful 100-minute mix of house and garage tunes from San Francisco’s Suiki Lor, recorded April 10th, 1995. The set features tracks from Romanthony, Deep Dish, Jovonn, Time Warp, X-Fade, Lovestation, Louie Balo Guzman, The Brotherhood Of Soul, and Reggie Hall. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZRs...

Heavy Acid / Hard #Trance excursion from Berkeley, California's Thomas Trouble, proprietor of the old Trance & Jungle Factory on Telegraph Ave. Featuring tracks from Rollercoaster, Vintage Millennium, Commander Tom, Forkman, R4R, Comma, Watchman, and Scot Project. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pYa...

Classic #Goa #Trance journey from the San Francisco’s Jason Green, recorded in 1997. Featuring tracks from Athena, X-Dream, Technossomy, Juno Reactor, The Delta, and Shakta. www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6f5...

Pumping house and techno mix from Virginia's Speed Demon released in 1996. Featuring tracks from Little Louie Vega, DJ Sneak, Trancesetters, The Footclub, Dave Clarke, and Tronco Traxx. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmUq...

Dynamic mix of Hard House and Trance from San Francisco's DJ Denise released in January of 2000. Featuring tracks from Wax Trax, Chris C, DeeJay Hyde, Junkfood Junkies, and Jonah. www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9ky...

San Francisco's John Howard with the closing set at a club called Together which was held on Tuesdays in the basement of 1015 Folsom. Together routinely featured members of Dubtribe, John Howard, the Wicked Crew, and Mark Farina. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHwp...

Marvelous late 90's hard #trance / acid trance mix from San Francisco's Mystre (Frequency-8) released in 1999. Featuring tracks from Baby Doc, Commander Tom, Cygnus X, Loveclub, Yum Yum, and Mars and Mystre. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Gx1...

San Francisco's Carlos returns to Hawaii for another dope live set complete with his signature scratching and positive vibes. Featuring tracks from Subliminal, Nuyorican Soul, Global Communication, El Mariachi, Lil' Mo' Yin Yang, DJ Kaos, Saeed, and Tyree. #house www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioRh...

just discovered that @hdmixtapes.org exists. and of course they have the zig-zag tape. formative tape for me, one of the handful i never got rid of hdmixtapes.org/mix/danny-th...

Excellent #trance / progressive house set from San Francisco's BioJeff recorded live at an unknown event sometime in 1998. Featuring tracks from Tilt, Skynet UK, DJ Ron E, Tilt and Paul Van Dyk, Zanzibar, Tin Tin Out, Transa, Cascade, and Taylor. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzej...

Randall live at The Edge at "First Birthday Party" on September 18th, 1993. Featuring tracks from Orca, Foul Play, Hyper-On Experience, Johnny Jungle, Studio Pressure, JMJ & Richie, DJ Crystl, Pascal, and LTJ Bukem. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYnj...

Epic tech house / techno journey from San Francisco's Graeme (Funky Tekno Tribe) recorded in February of 1997 and commemorating Graeme's then 10 year career as a DJ. Featuring tracks from The Electric 10, DJ Vibe, Space Bunny, Future Funk, and Metro Dade. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAhg...

UK's Slipmatt live at The Edge "Saturday Night Special" on September 25th, 1993. Featuring tracks from Johnny Jungle, LTJ Bukem, Bizzy B, Andy C, Origin Unknown, M-Beat, and more! www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXUF...

Brilliant mix of hypnotic, tribal, acidic rhythms that largely sits somewhere between house and techno from LA's DJ Trance recorded live in March of 1995. Featuring tracks from N-Joi, Plastikman, DJ Trance, Darwin Chamber, Moby, and Eat Static. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bui-...

Fantastic hardcore breakbeat / #jungle set from Ray Keith live at The Edge at "Middle Of The Month Mania'" on October 9th, 1993. Featuring tracks from Goldie, Chanté Moore, Studio Pressure, and Skanna. www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4oH...

Massive #Breaks mix from Southwest Florida duo Mike & Charlie released in 1998. Featuring tracks from DJ Crack, Brad Smith, Tony Faline, Mike & Charlie, Dastrix, Kriminal Base, Kelly Reverb, Afrika Bambaataa, and more. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP_q...

San Francisco's Mars and Taj live at a Frequency 8 party on August 21st, 1999 celebrating F-8's third vinyl release (Mars & Mystrë - Electric Blue). The first 20 minutes of Side A is the end of Mars' set and Taj finishes things out the remainder of the tape. #trance www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRHb...

Hypnotic #techno journey from LA's Jason Splat released in 1997. Featuring tracks from Polaris, Woody McBride, Abe Duque aka Alt An Tagen, DJ Hell, Kamasutra, and Joey Beltram. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO66...

Nice mix of chunky, stripped down #house and #acid tunes from Seattle's Michael Manahan released in 1995. Featuring tracks from Ya Ya, Nail, Tribal Infusion, Yellow Sox, Tesox, and James Christian. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOEl...

Fabio live at The Edge with an unknown MC sometime in 1996. Featuring tracks from Peshay, LTJ Bukem, Spring Heel Jack, Digital, Big Bud, and Ken Ishii. www.youtube.com/watch?v=viCX...

Top notch funky / acid breaks mix from Charlotte, North Carolina's Dave Gibson recorded 31 years ago on August 17th, 1995. Dave Gibson was a resident DJ at Club Mythos in NC, and part of the Carolina Soul System crew. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhv0...

Killer acid breaks set from Scott Henry recorded live at Love Dove in 1996. Featuring tracks from Keoki, Lionrock, 808 State, Eurythmics, Rennie Pilgrem, Lazer Worshippers, and Josh Wink. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuW2...

Vote For Next Friday’s Tape! Thought it might be cool to get some community input on what tapes get posted. I have a short list of some interesting mixes, some of which have never been posted online before. No signup required, just pick three tapes you want to hear. 👉 hdmixtapes.org/request-line

Nice mix of Breaks, Acid, Progressive House and Trance from the Bay Area's DJ Liquid released in 1996. Featuring tracks from Smashing Pumpkins, Bandulu, Sunscreem, Everything But The Girl, CL McSpadden, Akuma & DJ Lost Boy, The Prodigy, Bryan Deleon, and Havana. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiTb...

Excellent hardcore breakbeat / jungle set from UK's DJ Ratty live at The Edge "Saturday Night Special" on October 16th, 1993. Featuring tracks from Roni Size, Fast Floor, Bounty Killaz, DJ SS, Q Project, Wax Doctor & Jack Smooth, DJ Phantasy, and more! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pd7X...

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Fantastic 100 minute mix of trance / progressive house from New York's Superstar DJ Keoki from 1993. Featuring tracks from Trancemission, Swirl, Ramin, DJ Edge, The Luna Project, Moby, Wildchild, and Ravebase. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnkW...

Heavy, unrelenting techno mix from New York's Dylan Drazen released in 1998. Ninety-odd minutes of the kind of techno that was moving through Klang, Taksi, Music Man, and Monoïd at the time. Featuring tracks from Christian Morgenstern, Oliver Lieb, and Cherry Bomb. www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3lb...

Heavy and powerful drum n bass set from DJ Hype recorded live at an unknown event in 1997. Featuring tracks from DJ Die, Krust, DJ Hype, Stakka, K.Tee, Shimon, Andy C, Scorpio, and Aphrodite, Micky Finn. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIFr...

Fantastic house / tech house set from the UK's "Evil" Eddie Richards recorded live at a private party in San Francisco on September 22nd, 1996. Featuring tracks from Steve Bug, Kerri Chandler, Inner City, System 7, Laurent Garnier, Schatrax, Nail, and Roy Davis Jr. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Cnz...

New York legend Frankie Bones delivers two hefty slabs of hardcore and acid on the 41st release of his long running Factory series. Featuring tracks from Sven Väth, Marc Acardipane, Sulfurex, Zone 1, and Emmanuel Top. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnG5...

JJ Frost live at an unknown event sometime in 1997. Must have been an amazing show because there are a ton of rewinds on this one. Featuring tracks from Origin Unknown, DJ Die, Future Forces Inc., DJ Zinc, Aphrodite, Micky Finn, Roni Size, Shimon, Andy C, and Scorpio www.youtube.com/watch?v=F27u...

Fantastic #breakbeat mix from Florida's DJ Fixx (Kaleidoscope Music, Bottom-End Records) recorded live at The Play House on October 8th, 1997. Featuring tracks from The Crystal Method, Hal 9000, Toxik Twins, Sava, and Friction & Spice. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUBC...

Jeno live at Pure Space on Thursday, July 6th, 1994 at the DNA Lounge in San Francisco. Another HDM Exclusive you won't find anywhere else! Featuring tracks from Curious George, Pleasure Dome, DJ Food, The Believers, George Morel, Omega Man, The Daou, and Psychic TV. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3isN...

cool but have you listened to the treasures on buff.ly/2TD2xKD today? Seriously, I do not use the word 'treasure' lightly, so sending huge amounts of appreciation to @hdmixtapes.org 💜 coz this kind of archival work is tough.

Killer live set from Fabio from 1997. While Techstep was sweeping through most drum n bass sets that year, Fabio keeps the selection wide open. Not sure where this was recorded as I believe The Edge closed its doors in 1994. Anyone know? www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmSO...

Nice progressive #house set from John Digweed live at an unknown event sometime in 1995. If you listen closely you can hear the crowd in the background. Featuring tracks from Patrick Prins, Yosh, Bum Bum Club, Kimball & Dekkard, Mothers Pride, and First Joy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJux...

Exceptional #acid / #techno mix from Nigel Richards. Most of these tracks have aged extremely well and still sound amazingly contemporary. Featuring tracks from DBX, Neil Landstrumm, Mory Kante, Teste, Bandulu, Slam, and Nico. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ptz...

Brilliant #acid / #trance / #breakbeat mix from Los Angeles's DJ Trance (Jason Blakemore) released in 1995. Featuring tracks from Sub Sub, Matt Darey, Caucasian Boy, Eat Static, 808 State, Mory Kanté, The Orb, Darwin Chamber, Humate & Rabbit In The Moon, and AtomTM. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aie-...

Awesome live sets from Dieselboy and Dara at Bassrush 3. This one is a dub (presumably from an In-Ter-Dance tape) with decent sound quality. Featuring tracks from Liftin Spirits, Sappo, DJ Rap, Photek, Dope Skillz, Method Man, and DJ Zinc. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hX8o...

Absolutely stellar atmospheric drum n bass mix from LTJ Bukem released back in 1995. Featuring classic tracks from Photek, Danny Breaks, Source Direct, PFM, Chameleon, and Wax Doctor from the golden age of jungle. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HtG...

Bumpin' #house / #breaks set from Denver's Greg Eversoul circa 1996. Featuring tracks from Dj Voodoo & The Liquid Method, Future Funk, S.U.A.D., M5, HMC, and Jamvana. www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8YY...