DJ Geeneus + MC Wiley + MC Beenie | Drum & Bass Classics 1999 | Rinse FM 100.3 (Pirate Radio)
Written by hellcutter on May 4, 2021
Artwork by Take Me Back Pirate Radio Archives. Recorded in 1999, Rinse FM was now broadcasting on 100.3 frequency across London and its surrounding counties. These were Wiley’s last days MCing over Jungle Drum & Bass before he put down the mic for a short while to DJ for the Garage crew, The Ladies Hit Squad, with DJ Target and MC Maxwell D. MC Beenie had been part of the furniture on Rinse FM since it’s early days, he would regularly do set with DJ Geeneus and Stamina MC (LK). Beenie’s style was influenced by the 80s Sound System era and he flowed with a Jamaican patois with air of ghetto consciousness. He definitely was an underrated MC who also knew how to host and interact with listeners.
DJ Geeneus kept doing his nighttime Sunday Jungle set, but focused on running the station. He too would later jump on the Garage scene and join forces with DJ Slimzee to form the Pay As You Go Cartel.
Check our Rinse FM Jungle/DNB playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtbdIz1FFskNYDHW0ERXQKDPrWqfrPB7q
Shouts out to all the pioneering Drum & Bass labels of 1999: Renegade Hardware label, BC Recordings, Prototype Recordings, Juice Recordings, Virus Recordings, Full Cycle Records, V Recordings, Droppin’ Science label, RAM Records, Moving Shadow label, 31 Records, Metalheadz, Rugged Vinyl Records label, Audio Couture label, Good Looking Records label, Kartoons label, Dread Recordings, UFO label, Penny Black label, Undiluted Recordings, Smokers Inc label, Eastside Recordings, Congo Natty Records, Knowledge & Wisdom Records, True Playaz label, Global Thang label, Frontline Records, Reinforced Records, Moving Shadow label, Joker Records, Da Lick label, Switch label (Joker Records), Liftin’ Spirit Records, Trouble On Vinyl Records, Phat Trax label, Dread Recordings, Kartoons Label, V Recordings, Droppin’ Science Records, Technique Recordings, Formation Records, 5HQ Recordings, New Identity Recordings, Audio Maze Records, Fresh Kutt Records, Juice Records, Splash Recordings, Mix & Blen’ Label, Beta Recordings, Charge Label, Valve Recordings, Photek Productions Label, Timeless Recordings, No U Turn Records, Back 2 Basics Label, SambaLoco Records, Tribe Recordings, Easy Records, Proper Talent Label, Metalheadz Label, C.I.A. Label (Computer Integrated Audio), Mac II Recordings, Emotif Recordings, Hardleaders Label, Urban Takeover Label, Aphrodite Recordings, Penny Black Label (Ray Keith), Collusion Records and all the record labels that supported the growth of the DNB movement.
Out the DNB record labels of 1999 which released classics like: Ed Rush + Optical – Gas Mask / Bacteria, Roni Size – 26 Bass / Snapshot, ƆƐI3C – The Pulse / China Cup, Ed Rush + Optical – Watermelon / Sick Note, DJ Loxy & Usual Suspects – Stalker / Fracture, Sci-Clone – Red Fever / Everywhere I Go (Remix), J.Majik – Nightvision, Goldie & J Majik – Inside The Shadow, Infrared – Drive By, Total Science – Vendetta, J Majik – Subway (Photek Mix), John B – Vanishing Point, Total Science – Silent Reign, Jonny L – Spike / Running, Rantoul – Too High, KMC – System, DJ Reality – Music Maker / Raw Nerve, Breakbeat Era – Ultra-Obscene / Bullitproof, Adam F – Brand New Funk, Ed Rush & Optical – Shrinkwrap ,DJ Krust – Warhead (Ram Trilogy Remix), Ryme Tyme + Optical – Twisted, Ryme Tyme + Optical – Ghostbuster, Bad Company – Seizure, Bad Company – Skin Tag, Usual Suspects – Killa Bees / Contortion, Ram Trilogy – Evolution / Mindscan Remix, Die – Drop Bear, Dom & Roland – Killa Bullet / Dumbo, Usual Suspects – Spawn / Hole Punch, Capone – Tudor Rose / Submerge, Nasty Habits – Liquid Fingers / Liquid Beatz, Konflict – Bad Acid, Usual Suspects – Doorway, Peshay – Truly, Calyx – Morphology / Schitzoid, Konflict – RoadBlock / State Of Mind, Omni Trio – Byte Size Life, Rufige Kru – Ark Angel 3.
Out to all the London FM pirates of the past. Here’s a list of some of our most loved pirate radio stations in frequency order from 1989-2005: Flava FM 87.6 / Shine FM 87.9 / Rude FM 88.2 / Impact FM 88.2 / Centreforce FM 88.3 / Unity FM 88.4 / Conflict FM 88.4 / Ice FM 88.4 / London Underground FM 89.4 / Defection FM 89.4 / Raw FM 90.0 / Raw Mission 90.0 / Raw Blaze FM 90.0 / Pure Magic FM 90.2 / Pulse FM 90.6 / Chicago FM 90.6 / Mission FM 90.6 / Y2K FM 90.6 / Rinse FM 91.8 / Passion FM 91.8 / Format FM 92.3 / Weekend Rush FM 92.3 / Kik FM 92.3 / Deja Vu FM 92.3 / Weekend Rush 92.5 / Taste FM 92.5 / Mac FM 92.7 / Freeze FM 92.7 / Touchdown FM 94.1 / Stompin’ FM 94.2 / Kool FM 94.5 / Origin FM 95.2 / Entice FM 95.5 / Heat FM 96.6 / Rinse FM 97.6 / Flashback FM 97.6 / Cyndicut FM 97.8 / Fantasy FM 98.6 / Future FM 99.1 / Upfront FM 99.3 / Rinse FM 100.3 / Pressure FM 100.4 / Don FM 100.5 / Eruption FM 101.3 / Erotic FM 101.3 / Industry FM 101.3 / Freek FM 101.8 / Chillin’ FM 102.9 / Delight FM 103.0 / Flex FM 103.6 / Rude FM 104.3 / Ruud Awakening FM 104.3 / Don FM 105.7 / Girls FM 106.8 / Dream FM 107.0
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