ROAR Rave Pods

** Hope you like the Mampi Swift artwork from our brilliant new recruit, DnB Illustrated AKA LORA JONES. Go seek out her rave art on Insta https://www.instagram.com/dnbillustrated/?hl=en and official website: https://www.dnbillustrated.co.uk/ ** ROAR combines old school and upfront for the first time today as we welcome drum and bass stalwart MAMPI SWIFT as we celebrate 30 years in the business and 25 years of his label CHARGE RECORDINGS with what is his most in-depth interview EVER. In this brutally frank and honest three-parter stripped across a week, Swift – AKA PHIL ANIM – will chart the major ups and downs...

In this fascinating episode, Ruffneck AKA PATRICK VAN KERCKHOVEN talks about how, taking inspiration from UK and US music in the late 1980s, he accidentally helped create the blueprint for the current massive Dutch rave scene which regularly hosts huge hardcore festivals and multi-arena events, by first failing to make Chicago house, and then creating a load of aliases to his famous label to make the scene appear bigger than it was. Patrick will also tell how Scottish rave Rezerection where he’ll be appearing at a reunion later this year became a second home for him in the ’90s, and...

ROAR meets CHRIS PAUL, leading ‘90s musician, DJ, producer and Top of the Pops Star with ISOTONIK, who started his career as a cop before becoming the UK’s most prolific promoter, sometimes putting on up to five raves a weekend, including most famously his successful ORANGE event and even spun rave tunes for the QUEEN MUM and PRINCESS DI! In this in-depth one-part interview, Chris talks about how, as a DJ at CAMDEN PALACE and THE HIPPODROME, he bought acid house to the masses and created a generation of ravers, created buzzy rave brand Orange with a little help from...

** HIXXY WILL BE JOINING US FOR A LIVE WATCH-A-LONG WHEN THE EPISODE GOES OUT AT ITS LATER TIME OF 8PM (WEDNESDAY) FOR YOU GUYS TO HAVE A NATTER AND ASK HIM ALL THOSE BIG BURNING QUESTIONS OF YOURS ** Our in-depth four-part interview with HIXXY rounds up as we get the four-beat happy hardcore don’s take on the current upfront hardcore scene after a difficult year of not playing out, why it’s ended up where it is, and where it might go next after the pandemic is over. Hixxy AKA Ian Hicks also takes a load of your questions....

DJ HIXXY shows how he has remained one of the top dogs of the rave scene with another fascinating journey through the ups and downs of his career and the hardcore genre. Starting with happy hardcore in a perilous state at the turn of the century, the DJ, producer and promoter AKA IAN HICKS talks about the disaster that was HELTER SKELTER Millennium Jam, how his trance-influenced RAVER BABY label helped the rebirth of happy hardcore, explains where the term ‘UK Hardcore’ originated, and revisits his success putting on events under the HTID brand. Plus, despite Ian being sick of...

DJ HIXXY dives deeper still in part 2 of his four-part ROAR interview, as the South Coast happy hardcore don reveals the incredible story of how he broke his neck TWICE in the ’90s and how it has impacted upon his ability to perform ever since. Hixxy AKA IAN HICKS also discusses the impact of ecstasy and game-changing nature of Slipmatt’s SMD1 on the rave scene, talks about how he created the hugely successful Bonkers compilation, and addresses the mid-90s scene split and the later artist meeting to save hardcore, which included suggestion of a name change for the genre....

Happy Hardcore don and Bonkers creator HIXXY AKA IAN HICKS sits down for a full and frank four-part interview with ROAR where no stone is left unturned. In this special first episode which is dedicated to the recently deceased rave producer friend SQUAD-E and sees Ian pay tribute to his close friend ahead of his interview the renowned South Coast rave artist discusses the role his area played in the creation of four-beat hardcore, and what attracted him to the more uplifting sounds. Taking in his early days as a music-obsessed teenage raver and DJing out for the first time,...

ROAR wraps up our two-part interview with jungle originator KENNY KEN, bringing you yet another fascinating insight into the history of a genre currently undergoing an exciting resurgence. First harking back to the ‘90s, Kenny AKA KEN DELSOL talks about the 1994 split between jungle and hardcore and how jungle found massive worldwide success after it morphed into what we know as drum and bass but admits the scene has had issues with “two faced” people. Kenny also tells how he hung up his raving boots in the mid-2000s to focus on his career, including producing, which he says he’s...

One of the original junglist originators KENNY KEN is welcomed onto ROAR for a fascinating and unashamedly outspoken two-part romp through his incredible life and career. Having spent much of his younger years in and out of Her Majesty’s Pleasure for low-level criminality, Kenny AKA KEN DELSOL tells The ‘90s Rave Podcast how accidentally finding the early rave scene helped him turn his life around, admitting: “Without it I’d either be in prison…or dead.” Telling the story of how he went from how he went from a sweaty raver who manned London’s tube stations in the week and idolised the...

Rave and Radio King of the Northwest STU ALLAN completes his interview with ROAR by giving his take on the birth, death and rebirth of happy hardcore, and how his shows on Piccadilly Radio and Key 103 inspired a generation of new ravers. Plus Stu tells how he’s managed scene politics and discusses how he’s coped without gigs during the pandemic. Watch Donate ENJOY ALL THIS GREAT RAVE CONTENT? IN THAT CASE WE NEED *YOUR* SUPPORT TO KEEP GROWING AND DEVELOPING! With lots of big plans and costs increasing, we have a new membership scheme where you can support us...