Trace - Sonar

[@onenation8707]

Hold your lighters for ❤️ Skiba🕯

[@googoomu22]

🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

[@tandy5811]

who the hell is skiba?

[@ShadowyFigure83]

@@tandy5811 MC Skibbadee (Skibba D) RIP

[@tandy5811]

@@ShadowyFigure83 ok

[@ShadowyFigure83]

RIP Bullletproof

[@south0001]

i love it when you go on a tune like this and people are still commenting on it...... this is real drum and bass

2020 says hello.

[@traverscontractorsltd4665]

Next levels still in 2020 and beyond. Brutality at its finest

[@lestat305]

Its jungle my guy

[@sebaloko99bt]

@@lestat305 they're pretty much... the same? I mean, theres not really a Big difference between them except for the peak year and the feeling in general (one much more happy, the other one more darker)

[@lestat305]

@@sebaloko99bt yeah but jungle is more rhythm than just drum and bass, compare this to now a days drum and base lol. Jungle created dnb

[@paws-h8p]

this is one of a select few that help me realize just how into dark DnB I was

[@greghepple5778]

Unmistakable Trace. Having your own sound in DnB is rare.

[@Crow_Friend]

Legend!

[@bens2529]

absolutely right my friend die , digital and spirit, ed rush n optical DILLINJA and a few others do. now not so much.

[@Rai_S82]

​@bens2529 I'd add Zinc from the old days, Break, Lenzman, Marky and Halogenix to this convo! I REALLY miss the old RAM sound too from the 90s - mid 2000s - that was definitely identifiable!

[@Official-Stormy-94-Music]

@@Rai_S82 I'd say roni size too

[@IWitnessDnB]

Still goosebumps when the bass drops

[@Crow_Friend]

Try it on 10 love doves in the day...

[@RecalcitrantBiznis]

Nearly 30 years old and still an absolute banger! Always loved this. Heard it first at Hysteria. Big up everyone who was there. Miss those days. I still rinse this tune out full whack in the car! Love it. Rewind!

[@adrianwilkinson1031]

Brings tears to my eyes how good this is!!!

[@seVans36]

who says you need big over the top fancy drops in D&B this one just comes in and slaps you hard!

[@PakeyWakey]

You are a moron.

[@DariusBlue-sx3fm]

They dont call it an anthem for nothing!!!! Rolling baseline!!!! Absolutely runnin'!!!! First class material

[@shaungovus2319]

Love the new comments from people on this. I'm starting new night in Southend bringing back this sound. Sound system is based on valve dub reggae days.

[@HenryHoover187]

That will good, hows the event coming on any dates booked yet?

[@irenekostenas5886]

I have this record on vinyl. In very good condition. Bought it at nicky blackmarket's record store in London. OMG - it was so massive back in those days.

[@barrydooley2484]

Have you got decks to play it on ?

[@slipper-uk9878]

98 movement every thursday at barumba , Trocadero london. Good old days Record shopping ddown blackmarket records .

[@Greatquotesmatter]

Wicked tune. love how the filters and FX are manually done it gives it such a cool unpredictable feel.

[@Em82star]

I just love this! New music doesn't have as much feeling.

[@RyanVybez-dnb]

big track Flamaz 🔥🔥🔥

[@thepandasdoitbetter]

cos they try and do rollers without the keys or vibe just technical shit

[@ВасилийСыркин-д4ш]

Василий Саратов Россия старый боевой драм супер мойстиль Слушали молодыми Много Электронной музыки Есть Отличные Треки Так держать!

[@VV-of6mb]

О тёска, я тоже Василий но из Житомира. Не знал что москали, "гейропейскую" музыку слушают. Я лично Трейса видел Live 4 раза, outstanding dj. Слава Україні 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@broncobill861]

Good God this was was the first dnb tune I ever heard on radio when I was 12 hooked for life

[@PakeyWakey]

Who cares??

[@sight4sound]

I care! Which radio station was it?

[@charlieireland7889]

Notice the additional engineering by Dom and Roland(D.Angas) Big up yourself Dom!!!!

[@Propaganda79]

This tune changed my life. Undeniably epic.

[@fouadtsang6658]

Mine too. I saw the future when I heard this tune

[@DixongKauai-fz5vx]

I saw Trump descend from the extraterrestrial -shaped clouds, new chrome earphones half cocked, dj style on his huge nog. With an all-knowing grin he settled in a clearing where 1200s, CDJs, and a great selection of bass bins, JBL SR4725s (just like the ones stolen from me which I loved so much) and crown amplification (wow -same!?stolen from me again...) all plugged into a great older pioneer dj mixer. (!?woa!?) Anyway he slowly descended right into the cockpit of this dance shuttlecraft as it were and AS SOON as his spoiled little feety weetys touched down ...BLAM! THE DROP HAPPENS AND JUST everyone around him erupts in their own kinda dance moves and even Donald John cuts a rug for us to ultimately know that he's so damn hip he loves drum -n- bass way more than Biden and a little more than Reagan even. Then he passes out fat rolls and everyone trips ballz. Weird, huh.

[@SiFi_Music]

Just as fresh as ever!!!! Legendary track ❤️❤️🔥🔥❤️❤️🔥🔥

[@multipleerrors3037]

trace lived in nz for 6 months or so around the time of the prototype release and used to drop a new remix of this every week when he played, pity none of those got released, i still have fond memories of a version full of air raid sirens he used to bust out when shit was going crazy.

[@eclipse8978]

Yip ......good ole drum n bass in Auckland around that time

[@daisyrazorblubtasticfantab4903]

You sure they were remixes lol

[@multipleerrors3037]

This. Man i miss the Ministry for d&b.

[@McGradey]

@@multipleerrors3037 Ministry... be hard pressed to find a better club for drum&bass anywhere in the world

[@shanosantwanos3908]

Ministry 1999 thru 2005ish..it was the best times of our lives..bailey .. bc rec. Dillinja Virus rec. Loxy n ink. Grooverider..goldie..kemistry n storm.. This tune is forefront in those memories.

[@dannyelks2004]

I remember DJ Dazzee dropping this at Power House in Bristol in 1998 with Skiba on the mic. I was 16 years old. Man I miss dem days!

[@ollieduracell]

id pay good money for this to be digitally re-released. one of the best tunes d&b has ever seen. my vinyl copy has been played to death, so much that the little hole in the middle for the spindle is too big now. so so so good!

[@sndrcve]

Ollie Duracell Selotape will make it small again. Used to do it all the time on scratch records. Put 2 strips over the hole in a cross formation and use a pin to pierce it.

[@LinardsBerzins]

indeed...

[@shaungovus2319]

From an old bluenote soldier. This is the best dnb track that existed. For simplicity and it raised the roof on plate. #MetalheadsDays

[@shaungovus2319]

The best dnb track in history right here. Many a night to this one at the note. Sweaty days

[@yesgeorge333]

Rip the vinyl you have.

[@Tokyomodeldetective]

Still sounds amazing today 2019! Big up trace!!

[@DRONEROC128]

"This is Optical, along side the Ed Rush...Virus Crew Essential Mix Radio 1" Ed Rush & Optical Essential Mix 1999

[@dickjohnsonsixtynine]

Oh my gosh. I’ve got a recording of that show on a minidisc! Big up all Junglists.

[@Azendius]

got this on my phone

[@Fabregas200788]

riiiiiiiiight, that mix from Radio1, still got it on my PC

[@dug4333]

please link

[@Azendius]

@@dug4333 kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKmuc2xviKumZqs

[@electronicwarfareNL]

Such a simple track but oh so effective

[@Blazeoldskoolravedays]

I remember picking this up from Ray Keith in Blackmarket Records at 16 in May 1998

[@MrDBassett]

Nice. Ray is the man

[@Theseanparker]

Timeless. Feels as fresh today as it did when it first dropped. Still on heavy rotation here 🙌

[@PakeyWakey]

Not timeless.

[@johnbuoy1401]

I’m hugely proud the music that shaped me and plays in my soul has over 200,000 views. Big love to those that know and those that have discovered.. respect ❤

[@MrDBassett]

as one would say inside the rave.. big it up!!!!!!

[@PakeyWakey]

Loser.

[@Fabregas200788]

what an atmosphere it creates and still keeps even after the drop very mature balance between atmospheric dnb and techstep Trace knew how to produce juicy fruits

[@NachtSchreck13]

Even though this was released in 98, Trace was dropping versions of it (presumably on dubplates) as early as 96. Source: I was there at all the early parties in the US Trace played on the East Coast (Philly, Baltimore/DC, etc.) in 1995/96.

[@ashadeofnight]

LOL it was always a joke how long things took to get from dub to the shops. By the time it was released it felt old or played out. 2 years i a new one to me tho that's funny.

[@BirdJamboree]

This one never gets old! Class tune!!

[@djsupared]

Over 20 years old and still in love with this, what a time to be record shopping back then, golden era

[@PakeyWakey]

Spanner

[@aaronmarguet7444]

All time top ten dnb tunes. Techstep in the late 90s was so far ahead and raw as botulism rudebwoy

[@0truckmafk]

Shy FX dropped this hardcore with Skibbadee and Fearless on 89.5. What a set!

[@davidhamid8025]

0TruckMafk ☢TM™"... The BigMean CommentSection BadAss good times

[@robn5806]

They don't make em like this now. What a tune. Remember raving to this in 1998ish.

[@djturbine7565]

Just got into Trace, man has some pure fire in his discography. His remix of A Better Place by DJ Tasmin & The Monk is one of my favourite ever productions.

[@MaskSwabe]

Remember this dropping at One Nation Stratford Rex... dreamy memories! Truly mesmerising....

[@TakeMeBackPirateRadio]

Awesome times. I remember Stratford Rex.

[@Rai_S82]

I miss The Rex SO much!!! It always felt lik a proper mission to get there from where I used to live (especially on the way home!) but so worth it. Grotty, moody, big, loud and always heaving with people. The best.

[@kwameakom2625]

Murderous track...simple, still killing it in 2019! Nuff said, one of my all time favs

[@dademurphy6176]

Gold! From a time where each tune didnt try and a bring and entire blends-worth of music by itself. Tunes like this almost challege you to mix them. Halycon days

[@rabidhoneybadger5436]

Absolutely 💯

[@PakeyWakey]

Spastic.

[@dademurphy6176]

@@PakeyWakey are you trying to communicate? lol

[@dademurphy6176]

@@PakeyWakey awwww are you trying to communicate?

[@jojoba_hotkey5439]

There should be a 10 hour mix of this

[@christophercleary6780]

This track is timeless.

[@ondrejmuron]

Just a few of first tones of this track and my brain got instant attention and goosebumps from this after years. Thanks 4up

[@reggieking1045]

2018 and i'm back for some more of this shit. Can't beat this sound. special memories from my youth flood back with this tear out bassline throbbing through my house. Time to hard step and bounce like i was 19 years old again.

[@AlastairMcDermott-c9e]

Bournemouth Old fire station 16th November 2024 classic night cannot wait 💪🏼🥳🥳

[@lambd01d]

Still sends chills down my spine when that reese kicks in.

[@PakeyWakey]

Cool story bro, now fuck off

[@kevline33]

I love stepping back into the 90's

[@barrydooley2484]

We need to get back there on so many levels. Last era of substance. Originality and creativeness only copied and watered down these days. Glad I was there

[@Sorj-Sonr]

Still one of my favourite records, mix shadow boxing into it for awesome!

[@smiletheory75]

The lost art of blending two tunes together...

[@Danlows1]

That’s a good fucking shout...I can hear the sequence of the martial arts movie samples over the bass and drums of this being floor destroying (in my head)🤣

[@J-H-W]

This track used to destroy venues👌🏼..Classic!!

[@toby648]

This track also destroys speakers. My half k Wharfdales were ended by this tune!

[@Outta_Towna]

​@@toby648 😂

[@adamrobins7160]

2024 and this track still gets the neck hairs standing up 🔥

[@djstripe]

Such a sick tune ❤

[@mobile_matt]

Back to the future bruv

[@fatalitydnb]

One of my all time favourites ❤️

[@wookieboy0776]

This track used to fucking goo off. Never seen craziness like it. Mad all the heads would bop and arms and legs all over the shot. We used to act like we was dancing soldiers to this beast of a track. This goes out to the German.

[@KrisDJFRAY]

GOOSEBUMPS FOR LIFE KIND OF TUNE.

[@KymberleyBradshaw]

Simple, honest, brutality at its best. Big yourself up, Trace.

[@Crow_Friend]

No mercy.

[@mode7698]

oh man more than goosebumps, chills!

[@Jasper-se1fr]

Found it

[@jusele-ox9rc]

It's still right there years later Absolutes carnage. Yes yes

[@isotonik]

one of those tunes ive heard thousands of times and still sounds quality, the drop , booommmmmm

[@marcallen4697]

Reminds me of the Santuary in Milton Keynes this tune used to rip the roof off back in the day.

[@barrydooley2484]

What a place. Went to the last ever one there . Even the bus ride is crazy to that place. History . All those tape packs always from there. A raving institution

[@marcallen4697]

@@barrydooley2484 indeed it was a great venue the place everyone went to in the 90s had so many good nights there🙌

[@n30hybr1d]

this is in my top ten d&b favs all of all time. thanks for the clean version

[@jleigh313]

n30hybr1d you got any other suggestions mate ? Just discovered this tune. love to hear what else you got on there.

[@zpurst6912]

Jason Leigh Ed Rush and Optical- Cutslo/Alien Girl if you don't know it :)

[@ashadeofnight]

@@jleigh313 yeah look up Dom and Roland, DJ Dylan, Technical Itch, anything on Virus, anything on Renegade Hardware. Oh also any old Bad Company tunes and Dread Recordings.

[@nathanbebb4145]

A Techstep masterpiece. I used to love mixing with this tune back in the day. Feckin double-awesome… 🔊🔊🔊👊🙏😎

[@ThomasRobsondj]

still have this one, back in days i played it a lot

[@stevenplayford8223]

Bought the last copy in E Bloc when this came out. Absolute stone cold classic.

[@chefdeparty]

Kids deez dayz just dun know maaaaan. They jus dun knooooow.

[@dubplateriddim]

This is genre defining stuff.

[@paulleepoy8039]

Optical and Trace remix is dope too.

[@maxemueller2072]

simple, but legendary track....stil a Banger in 2024

[@minkowski4d]

Was into Techno until I heard this tune in 1998....Grooverider, Goldie and Optical - Prototype Label Night

[@Sixeleven]

Legendary tune

[@ganymedeshortride]

I remember this track from 'Essential mix BBC' (cannot remember the year). Had it on cassette.

[@ganymedeshortride]

I found it; Ed Rush & Optical - Essential Mix (1999).

[@loopedandlucky4409]

Tramendous...... All time top 5 banger for moi.

[@jasonjjj78]

Great memories to this track

[@fouadtsang6658]

This tune is sicker than sick. Still as fresh as the day it was released

[@Propaganda79]

@JimBig987 intros will always matter. Forever.

[@djpeekay25]

Trace was totally underrated as a producer and dj! Big up rhyme tyme too

[@andrewforensics9008]

deejay Peekay I couldn't agree more

[@anatolvangorkom3718]

yes.

[@aaronsewell5664]

Remember hearing this a lot when I first got into it. Good track. Need to get a copy of this.

[@rudekid82]

Legendary tune still smashes

[@Aphareoz]

timeless classic

[@XoArK]

The big tramen+reece bassline in this is massive.

[@tfwnoyandere]

nice pfp

[@Pete9Tails]

Still a banger like fk! Absolute dirt from start to finish! One of the greatest dnb tunes ever!

[@Willesden_Rab1_TV]

one of my favs

[@davestier6247]

Proper intro, still a smasher

[@ThomasRobsondj]

trip down memorylane this track, this is/was my alltime fav dnb track, goosebumps when that bassline kick in :-) Love it

[@calummcleod9791]

@dan turner actually dom and roland invented the tramen break. Trace used it from an unreleased dom and roland track he had been sent. he even admits he didnt create it

[@multipleerrors3037]

you are correct, dom was always traces engineer, trace is a dj and cant work out a computer or DAW on his own. the tramen is doms break, the trace track 'sniper' left an entire clean bar of the drumbreak on the record (dom always had a bassline or sounds going over it so people couldnt sample it), everyone & his dog sampled it and dom was pissed off.

[@duncanhutchison6095]

Fergus Treanor Actually Fergus I do know how to use a computer and have done since 1982...the fact is that at this point in the 90's I did not have my own studio and found it easier to work with Nico or Dom since they had great set ups. Every single part of this track was written by myself, riffs and samples are all mine...Dom wasn't even in the studio when I wrote the bassline....I will give credit to him for the beats, bass filters and the excellent mixdown...

[@multipleerrors3037]

Duncan Ballantine wow a reply from the man himself, respect. i was just going from an old dom interview about the tramen break and doms comments about your use of d.a.w's (no disrespect intended). I stand corrected. Nice to hear it from the horses mouth so to speak. Someone needs to write a book on the old 90's d&b scene. merry christmas mate & thanks for all the monster tunes all these years.

[@2Future4U]

+Duncan Ballantine your remix of Keaton's "The Plague" is still flames after all these years! Whatever that distortion riff was...hotdamn you took that tune to hell and back

[@oskar_oskarewicz]

+Fergus Treanor Optical on his Facebook: "Pete Parsons(Monroe Studios) is the unsung hero of breakbeat production and was the engineer for DJ Crystl and Trace and DJ Rap and many, many others. He was the creator of so many classic beat combos and fresh ways to make old breaks sound new. In my foggy memory he came up with the Paris Break/Amen Tramen combo before anyone else and also made Crystl's Amens sound rediculous!! I would have given my right arm to watch him working in those days." So it is not only Dom and Trace behind this break ;)

[@darrenhatten3830]

What a tune lots of memories 😁

[@dimviesel]

BigTime

[@LoyalUK]

still of the best, hearing this drop in early 2000s was next level.

[@-M0LE]

Wow this is sublime What a journey

[@AVODnBAsSiMiLaTiOn]

old vibes...so good...!

[@TheDjsifi]

3 people don't understand the Vibez of this absolute classic ! That bass !!!

[@gbodiesel9274]

Man these type of tunes put me in it go be great mood no matter what I'm doing I'm going to be the best at it and make it look easy thanks for this tune I'm going to be great now

[@unkyherb6505]

Baddest Fucking Tune Ever!!!! Favorite vinyl by a long shot!! Gets me hype each & every time 🤜🩸😠💥🤛

[@chacethompson1147]

big tune one of my favourite's from 1998

[@snipes1210]

this brings some feelings up in me i cant describe .. celebrating this one on jj frost , ragga twins and navigator @ future winter damn i love it ❤

[@Enkoder]

Trace made about 5 different tunes using this stab, personally my fav is Area 51 with Nico

[@gordomcc]

haven't heard this in forever

[@auxlen]

Always had this tune mixed up with the Raven by Ed rush and had a few 'heated debates.'

[@J-H-W]

The Raven is brutal👌🏼

[@RyanVybez-dnb]

Classic big track back inn the day Flamez 🔥🔥🔥

[@TheRaveMusicArchive]

Really good vibes!

[@wadam111]

so biiiiig, i wish i could hear this live

[@westerncivilization]

Good thing this is posted, my copy is worn out.

[@drumport]

uff, drum and bass to the fullest!

[@thesmf1210]

banger!! still in the collection

[@elsantirey1981]

1998 memories