Ten artists bringing back the old-skool
Rave like it's, erm, 2015
4 Paul Woolford’s Special Request
Paul Woolford introduced his Special Request moniker back in 2012 to explore the sound of original pirate radio. Through a series of solid releases, it has come to epitomise the very best of the rave renaissance. Alongside his own work as Special Request, Woolford has been on remix duty under the alias for the likes of R Kelly, Duke Dumont, Tessela and Jungle. This rework sees his bass-heavy twist on Lenny Fontana's 90s classic 'Chocolate Sensation'. With a string of shows already scheduled for the summer, including Bestival, he looks set to turn the festival season old-skool once again.
5 Zomby
Zomby has been quiet on the production front of late, if not on Twitter, but snuck his '92 remix of Jungle's 'The Heat' onto the special edition of the band's eponymous debut earlier this year. As you would expect from the man behind the mask, the track is much closer in era to what you would expect from a band with the name Jungle than their own music.
6 Redlight’s Animal Youth
Redlight has come a long way since his Bristol days; as his recent Essential Mix suggested, which pulled almost entirely on exclusive and unreleased material from his Lobster Boy Recordings. Under his Animal Youth alias – which featured heavily – gone is the tongue-in-cheek silliness of '9TS (90s Baby)', and in comes the likes of 'Equinox', which is all rolling breaks and wallowing low end. The tune has been kicking about since last summer, but the 4AM mix, which was a highlight of that Essential Mix, is getting a release later this year.