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Mix: Planet of the Drums - Awakening

  • Writer: Admin
    Admin
  • Nov 30, 2017
  • 4 min read

FOUR MEN - ONE MISSION

It happened during the summer of 2000. North America’s most prominent drum and bass DJs joined forces to create the legendary crew known as PLANET OF THE DRUMS. Using their combined muscle to push drum and bass music into the spotlight of the main stage they toured tirelessly for well over a decade, fronted by the vocal rhyme animal known as Messinian. Their incessant drive and motivation helped set the groundwork of the scene that exists today.

Feeling their work completed, the team turned their focus to personal projects and the PLANET OF THE DRUMS program was retired. But as was soon discovered, the drum and bass scene in North America began a slow freefall into underground obscurity.

This could not stand.

Reuniting in 2017, the PLANET OF THE DRUMS crew returned to continue their original mission - celebrating, honoring and advancing drum and bass music. “AWAKENING” represents a retrospective of some of their favorite sounds, highlights and moments from the past year. What always made POTD special was the compelling combination of the boys’ varied styles - AK and his raw motherfucking breakbeats. Dara’s rolling dancefloor vibes. Dieselboy with the heavy cinematic pressure. Three hundred and sixty degrees of futuristic drum and bass business.

-THE PLANET HAS AWAKENED-

Tracklist:

01. Planet Of The Drums ¬ The Awakening // INTRO 02. Mind Vortex ¬ Future Fold Vip // RAM 03. Delta Heavy ¬ Space Time // RAM 04. DJ Vapour ¬ Paper Cuts // 36 HERTZ 05. Black Sun Empire ¬ Crash Dive // BLACKOUT 06. DC Breaks ¬ Swag 2017 // RAM 07. Delta Heavy ¬ Gargantua // RAM 08. Black Sun Empire + Prolix ¬ No Advance // BLACKOUT 09. Tobax + Glass Cobra ¬ Pimp Limp // TITAN 10. Frankee ¬ Skuttle // RAM 11. Noisia ¬ Voodoo (Outer Edges VIP) // VISION 12. Culture Shock ¬ Low Frequency // RAM 13. Current Value + Prolix ¬ Fake // TRENDKILL 14. Aries ¬ Bad Man // LION DUB 15. Serum + Voltage ¬ Cobra // PHILLY BLUNT 16. Leaf ¬ Wu Style // SERIAL KILLAZ 17. X¬Tortion ¬ Casino (Callide Remix) // SEROTONE 18. Subfocus ¬ Swamp Thing // RAM 19. Gridlok + AK1200 ¬ Long Weekend // BLACKOUT 20. Beast Mode ¬ Ganja Baby // KILLA DUBZ 21. Digital ¬ Deadline // 31 RECORDS 22. Delta Heavy ¬ Kaleidoscope (Rene LaVice Remix) // RAM 23. State Of Mind ¬ Giant // EATBRAIN 24. Remarc ¬ RIP // SUBURBAN BASE 25. Craggz + Parallel Forces ¬ Love Insane // VALVE 26. Jaydan ¬ Outlaw // SMOKIN RIDDIMS 27. Total Science ¬ Jungle Jungle // METALHEADZ 28. Chase + Status ¬ Tribes // MTA 29. Hamilton ¬ Bounce That // RAM 30. DC Breaks ¬ Step Up // RAM 31. Original Sin ¬ Video Nasty // DUB 32. Prolix ¬ Nature Of Reality // SHOGUN 33. Drumsound + Bassline Smith ¬ Shutdown // TECHNIQUE 34. Drumsound + Bassline ¬ Thug Killer // TECHNIQUE 35. Forward ¬ Dewey // SHOGUN 36. Signal ¬ Descent // CRITICAL 37. 1991 ¬ Pornography // MTA 38. Subfocus ¬ Vapourise // RAM 39. DJ Krust ¬ Kloakin Devices // FULL CYCLE 40. Sound In Noise ¬ Duppy Bass // RAM 41. Sepsis ¬ Goes Like (The Prototypes Remix) // CRUCAST 42. Dimension ¬ UK // MTA 43. Yellow Claw + Juyen Sebulba ¬ Do You Like Bass (Nymfo Remix) // ZIBIRIA 44. Deadcode ¬ Bomboclot // DEADCODE 45. SCAR ¬ Burnside VIP // DISPATCH 46. Noisefloor ¬ Roller // PATROL THE SKIES 47. Saxxon ¬ Levitation Dub // DUB 48. Serum ¬ Ripped Open // SOUPED UP 49. Dillinja ¬ Thugs // TEST 50. Saxxon + AK1200 ¬ Keep On // DUB 51. Shimon + Trimer ¬ Scaredy Cat // AUDIOPORN 52. Distorted Minds ¬ Blacker VIP (feat Strikez) // D*STYLE 53. Spor ¬ Kingdom // LIFTED 54. Telekinesis + L33 ¬ Meanwhile // EATBRAIN 55. Modest ¬ Rainbow feat Partysquad (Original Sin Remix) // MAX 56. Dub Phizix + Skeptical feat Strategy¬ Marka // EXIT 57. Total Science + Digital + Spirit ¬ Jigsaw // CIA VS PHANTOM AUDIO 58. Original Sin ¬ 50 50 // DUB 59. Response ¬ Dekadenz / FRESH 86 60. Dara + A¬Sides ¬ Unholy Grail // ORGONE 61. Optiv + BTK ¬ Mind Control (Mizo Remix) // DUTTY AUDIO 62. TC ¬ Tap Ho (A.M.C. Remix) // DONT PLAY 63. TC ¬ About To Go Down // DONT PLAY 64. Absolute Zero + Subphonics ¬ The Code (SKC Remix) // HARDWARE 65. Doc Scott ¬ Drumz 95 // METALHEADZ 66. Danny Breaks ¬ Dropping’ Science Volume 1 // DROPPIN’ SCIENCE 67. Barely Royal ¬ Numbers (Turno Remix) // MARAKI 68. Chris Lake ¬ I Want You (1991 Remix) // OWSLA 69. Cyantific ¬ No More Heroes // VIPER 70. Neonlight ¬ Triple B VIP // BLACKOUT 71. A¬Cray ¬ Rage Quit // TITAN 72. Mr Frenkie ¬ Bass Symptom // BLACKOUT 73. Manikin ¬ Berlin // MAINFRAME 74. Precise ¬ Life Cycle // AUDIOMAZE 75. Twisted Individual ¬ Last Days Of Rome // TWISTED INDIVIDUAL 76. Loadstar ¬ Guerilla // RAM 77. Serial Killaz feat Ragga Twins ¬ Duppy Sound (Tear Our Mix) // STREETLIFE 78. Drumsound + Bassline Smith ¬ Come With Me // TECHNIQUE 79. Vital Elements ¬ Piper Of Thunder // SERIAL KILLAZ 80. Motional ¬ Flat Earth // MAINFRAME 81. Technical Itch ¬ Crystal // MOVING SHADOW 82. Mizo ¬ Montage // EATBRAIN 83. Drumsound + Bassline Smith ¬ Ouija // TECHNIQUE 84. SpectraSoul ¬ Push & Pull // ISH CHAT MUSIC 85. Slang Banger ¬ Red Shift // PROGRAM 86. Teddy Killerz ¬ New Jam // RAM 87. Frankee ¬ Stand Down // RAM 88. A.M.C. + Turnno ¬ Ice Cold // DRUM & BASS ARENA 89. Chase + Status ¬ Know Your Name // MTA 90. Drumsound + Bassline Smith ¬ Wardance // TECHNIQUE 91. The Prototypes ¬ City Of Gold // VIPER 92. Knife Party ¬ L¬Rad (The Prototypes Bootleg) // DUB 93. Zomboy ¬ Delirium feat Rykka (The Prototypes Remix) // NEVER SAY DIE 94. Planet Of The Drums ¬ Terraformed // OUTRO

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