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Top 20 Techno 90s Rave Tunes

Written by Bill G

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Runners Up/ Honorable Mentions

XPansions – Move Your Body (Elevation) (1990)

Xpansions featured Richie Malone, who was also in the group Marradona. I’m not sure of “Move Your Body” qualifies as “rave” or “acid house” or “Euro House” or maybe even hip-hop but what the hell. Love the vocals: “I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, dance while the record spins…!” “Move Your Body, higher, higher, hi-hi-higher!” Perfect example of that midpoint between the 80s and 90s when people started to experiment with music again.

Marradona – Out of My Head (1993) / Awesome 3 – Don’t Go (Kicks Like A Mule Mix) (1992)

Two decent piano rave anthems. The piano stuff would get played out quickly, but at the time these were fun little dance numbers. Marradona (Richie Malone was also in that group) sounds unmistakably Italian in this one. Kicks Like A Mule’s mix throws in all sort of breaks between Julie McDermott’s singing.

2 Bad Mice – Bombscare (1991)

This was huge at the time. Massive breakbeat song punctuated with the sound of a bomb exploding. As Discog says: “Formed in 1991, 2 Bad Mice are widely credited as among the first U.K. hardcore acts to begin heavily incorporating breakbeats into their style. Produced by Rob Playford from Moving Shadow, the group’s influential approach to sampled beats — cutting them up into shards of rhythm and rearranging them in novel combinations is generally considered the blueprint from which jungle’s characteristic manipulation of breaks was assembled.” No surprise that Playford later ended up in Goldie’s group Metalheadz.

Apotheosis – O Fortuna (1991)

This one you were more likely to hear at a goth club (Barbarellas?) than a warehouse rave, but what the hell. Somebody once said it was like raving with sharp knives instead of glow sticks. That sounds about right – Carl Orff’s classic “Carmina Burana” is worked to advange in this bizarre little tune that was either loved or hated. I personally loved it. As soon as they released it the folks who own the rights to Orff’s stuff (his family) weren’t too happy. That’s why the record is hard to find these days. (You might get lucky if you pick up the Radikal techno compilation CD, like I did).

80 Aum – Mindcontroller (1991)

Messiah – There Is No Law/ I Feel Love

Kicks Like a mule – Number One

Channel X – Rave the Rhythm / A Million Colours

Phantom – The Abyss

The Movement – Jump

“Y’all some jumpin motherfuckas” – rather standard club tune but I like the use of the f-word in it.

Praga Khan – Injected with a Poison

“Injected with a poison… we don’t need that anymore”. Good classic from Praga Khan, who was also involved with LofA.

Mix Factory – Take Me Away (N-Trance 24 Hour Mix) (1992)

This one was popular enough that it got some radio airplay. Some girl bellows out “Take me Awayyyyyyyyyy”… and while I admit that it eventually gets too repetitive, it’s a staple of the “radio” rave stuff that was tolerable (before they ruined everyting with Bob Acosta and that stupid “Set you Free/Planet Soul” claptrap). But let’s not go there – it’s right down there with that Banana Phone song.

Bill Gordon

Start Raving From The Beginning!

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182 Responses to “Top 20 Techno 90s Rave Tunes”


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  1. Garry says:
    July 17, 2012 at 7:40 am

    nice one top one get sorted……that’s a typical english type sayin
    ….nice one …well thanks mate….top one….sorta the same but also number 1….get sorted ….well sort of self explanatory…get wrecked, stoned, hammered, bolloxed, caned

    great times and great sounds

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  2. Edsel Arcibal Calamba Laguna Philippines says:
    September 7, 2012 at 11:27 pm

    Im so impress in the sound of the oldskool especially those sound that will surely catches your attention , Its amazing and make a big crowd of dancers going too hype………………………..Dj Academy Philippines…….

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  3. Samantha says:
    November 3, 2012 at 4:13 pm

    Bill, I also was at UCF in Orlando from 1991 – 1996! I know every song you posted in yr awesome article here. My good friends opened up the Abyss & that was our hang out for the time it was there. Just wanted to tell you thank you for the walk down memory lane!! With husband and kids now I sure needed it! Thanks again, Sam

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  4. Lainie says:
    November 11, 2012 at 2:57 am

    Hi – thanks for the trip down memory lane…I do a bit of dj work on the side – and have the lord of acid one in my mix. I like the momentary ‘what the f***’ face the clubbers get and then they get it. But there is one song on my old mix-cds from that time that I also play that people love and I can’t for the life of me remember who did it – can anyone help? I know it will all come to me when I know, but for the moment it’s alluding me – should have been more clear-headed in those rave years… ;)

    The two main lyrics are:
    I’m on a mission from God, listen all you suckas, and
    WHFD start the panic.

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  5. Haystack says:
    November 27, 2012 at 2:45 am

    These are some great tunes – I revisit the 90-94 techno stuff fairly often, but I totally forgot about Return of the Living Acid “Get Funky” – amazing! Does anyone remember a tune that started with the Roger Miller sample that would end up years later in that annoying Hampster Dance song? It was on a comp I had back in the day & would love to hear it again, even if it’s a cheesy novelty song!

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  6. Haystack says:
    November 27, 2012 at 9:00 pm

    Yes! That’s it – thanks Bill!! I guess I must have faintly recalled those tunes were on the same comp. Nice to hear them again all these years later …

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  7. Jay says:
    March 1, 2013 at 10:30 pm

    did i miss josh wink’s higher state of consciosness somewhere?

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  8. Kenneth says:
    March 25, 2013 at 6:09 pm

    We would like to introduce you to a little thing called STEREO.. First the bass… Then the hihat and snare osv osv. Can someone remember some of this lyrics ?

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