Founded in 1990 by Alex Simons and Red Jerry (real name Jeremy Dickens), Hooj Choons was born out of London’s underground club scene with one mission: to release forward-thinking dance music that didn’t give a damn about trends. While Simons exited the label in the mid-90s, Red Jerry took the reins and led Hooj through its golden era—dropping genre-defining tracks that fused trance, house, and breakbeat into something deeper, darker, and smarter than the commercial charts could handle. Hooj sleeves became a mark of trust for DJs: if it was Hooj, it was going in the set. The label built a cult following with artists like Tilt, Medway, Lustral, Solar Stone, Killahurtz, and Lost Tribe, and later earned iconic status with its tongue-in-cheek compilation series “Some of These Were Hooj.” Red Jerry’s own mixes and A&R instincts helped define what progressive dance music meant in the UK—and beyond. This isn’t trance the way the mainstream remembers it. This is progressive trance. In this mix, you'll hear meditative uplifts from Solar Stone, brooding grooves from Medway, twisted late-night spirals from LSG, and enough Red Jerry mixes to build a church. There are dubby versions, creeping Farmatronic edits, and vocal tracks that somehow felt more like mantras than lyrics. This is music made for moments—not for festivals, but for back rooms, closed-eye sets, and headphone pilgrimages. Built from layers, driven by groove, and remembered by the heads who never needed glowsticks to get high. Here it is, 2 hours of Hooj; 1991-1999 hits! 01. Diss-Cuss - Save the Day (Aquarius Mix) 02. Killahurtz / Medway - West on 27th / Release 03. Miss Message - Touch (Touch Me Here Mix) 04. Sil - Windows 05. X-Pact - The Ocean 06. Mr & Mrs Smith - Gotta Get Loose (Mudmen Remix) 07. MRE - The Deep Edge 08. Felix - Don’t You Want Me 09. LSG - Netherworld (Kid Loops Remix) 10. Solar Stone - The Calling (Inner Peace Mix) 11. The Light - Expand the Room (Vocal Mix) 12. Solar Stone - Seven Cities (Solar Stone’s ‘Coastal’ Mix) 13. Miro - Paradise (Farmatronic ‘Creeping’ Mix) 14. Mobile Space Unit - Eruption 15. Shimmer - Naked World 16. Lustral - Everytime (Red Jerry Mix) 17. Medway - Slow Baseline Track 18. Three Drive - Greece 2000 (Farmatronic ‘Genetic’ Mix / Original Mix) 19. Pete Lazonby - Sacred Cycles (Cass / Slide Sacred Re-Cycles Mix / Original Mix) 20. Solar Stone - Day by Day (Solar Stone Dub) 21. Red Sun - This Love (Longredsun Mix) 22. Nalin & Kane - Beach Ball (Sharam’s ‘Baywatch’ Mix) 23. Lost Tribe - Angel (Four Four Mix) 24. Joff Roach - Analisis 25. LSG - Netherworld (DJ Randy’s ‘Smoke Free’ Mix) 26. Tilt - Invisible 27. Lost Tribe - My Soul 28. Lost Tribe - Gamemaster (Lost Tribe’s ’99 Mix) 29. Trancesetters - Roaches (Bugs in Slacker’s Bassment Remix) 30. Andy Ling - Fixation (Slacker’s ‘Fixation of the Situation’ Mix) 31. Energy 52 - Cafe Del Mar (Oliver Lieb’s LSG Remix / DJ Kid Paul Remix) 32. CM / Andy Ling - Dream Universe (Original Mix / DJ Taucher Remix) / Fixation (Silvio Ecomo Mix) 33. The Source - Sanctuary (Of Love) (Requiem in D Minor Mix) 34. Red Sun - This Love (Our House Remix) 35. Trancesetters - Roaches (Space Frog & Timelord’s ‘Termination’ Remix) 36. Paragliders - Change Me (Club Mix) 37. Viper - The Twister (Fiocco Remix) 38. Mr & Mrs Smith - Gotta Get Loose (Trilogy Remix) 39. Marmion - Schöneberg (Tony De Vit Mix) 40. JX - You Belong to Me (JX & Red Jerry Mix / No Respect Remix) 41. Antic - The Ultimate 42. Greenfield - No Silence 43. Jack Prongo - Movin’ Thru Your System

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Just in time for the weekend - let's get some 90's trance going! Additive Records was a UK-based sub-label of the legendary Positiva Records, and while it may not have had the flashiest branding, it played a critical role in shaping the underground-to-mainstream pipeline of late ’90s and early 2000s electronic music. Think of it as Positiva’s cooler, more discerning younger sibling — the one digging through crates while the big brother was cashing radio hits.

Where Positiva was known for massive crossover dance anthems and polished commercial smashes, Additive was the vinyl-only proving ground — a boutique imprint designed to test the club viability of more progressive and experimental tracks. If a release did well on Additive, chances were good it might graduate to a full-blown Positiva release with the marketing machine behind it.

This was music for DJs, pure and simple. High-quality 12” pressings, remixes that weren’t afraid to be 9 minutes long, and a catalogue full of gems that would heat up the dancefloor before most people even knew the name of the track. I knew it for trance, but it also churned out massive progressive house records (the real progressive house, not this modern "Prog House" stuff) so we'll warm up this episode with a few house cuts before breaking away into their better known trance cuts.

Track listing:

01. White Trash - Acid People 02. Fletch - Space (Loudmouth Remix)
 03. DJ Sandy vs Housetrap - Overdrive (Moguia’s ‘Amnesia Fog Generator’) 04. Novy vs Eniac - Pumpkin (Bluefish Remix) 05. Adam Dived - Deep Inside (King of Spain Remix) 06. Simon - Free At Last (Bushwacka’s ‘Class of ’88’ Remix) 07. Electric Deluxe - Electric Deluxe 08. Adam Dived - State of Panic 09. Ayla - Ayla 10. Little Jam - Black Hill (X-Cabs ‘Hells Bells’ Mix) 11. The Gate - Iron Eden (Terra Ferma Remix) 12. HH - ICE 794 (Thanks to Berlin Dub Mix) 13. Marc Et Claude - La (Lange Remix) 14. Watergate - Heart of Asia (DJ Quicksilver ‘Q’ Mix) 15. Der Dritte Raum - Hale Bopp (Nick Warren & Starecase ‘Jackdaw’ Mix) 16. Aurora - Hear You Calling (Fire & Ice Remix) 17. Force Majeure - Redemption (The Thrillseekers ‘Redeemed’ Mix) 18. Jon the Dentist - Terminate (Yves Deruyter Remix) 19. Brainbug - Nightmare (A Synergetic Mix) 20. Chris Raven - I Know You Love Me Too (Bruce Norris Mix) 21. 16C+ - Under 4 Ever (Gil’s ‘Spiritual’ Remix) 22. Der Dritte Raum - Trommelmaschine 23. DJ Sakin & Friends - Protect Your Mind (Suspicious Remix) 24. Fridge - Paradise (Push Remix) 25. Velvet Girl - Walking In Sunshine (Philippe Van Mullem Remix) 26. Sosa - The Wave (DJ Taucher Remix) 27. Jon the Dentist - Shinto (Aaron Olson & Bryn Liedl Remix) 28. Commander Tom - Are Am Eye? (Yves Deruyter Remix) 29. GrooveZone - Eisbaer (Viper Remix) 30. DJ Taucher - Bizarre (Extended Club Mix) 31. Scot Project - U (I Got A Feeling) (Mark Sherry’s ‘Outburst’ Remix) 32. Red Light District - Did You Hear Me? (Phase II) 33. BBE - Seven Days and One Week (Club Mix)

Few sounds in electronic music are as instantly recognizable and electrifying as the "Hoover" synth—an aggressive, howling lead that became a defining feature of early rave, techno, and hard house. The The Sound of the Hoover compilation series pays tribute to this legendary sound, compiling tracks that capture the raw intensity and dancefloor energy that defined an underground generation.

The Sound of the Hoover compilation series is more than just a nostalgic throwback—it highlights an era before the mainstream club success of hard house, shining a light on the pioneering work of labels like TEC that paved the way. While Nukleuz and Tidy Trax later refined and popularized the sound, TEC embodied the raw, untamed energy of underground raving.

For fans of classic rave music, high-intensity synths, and the unfiltered chaos of warehouse clubbing, The Sound of the Hoover remains essential listening—an electrifying tribute to one of dance music’s most legendary and enduring sounds.

Tracklisting: 01. Outlander - Vamp 02. Knuckleheadz - Turn That F**king Music Up 03. Prezioso - Raise Your Power (Knuckleheadz Remix) 04. Panik - Put Your F**king Hands in the Air (Panik Buying) 05. De Donatis - The Sound (Psycho Mix) 06. Karlton - Terrordome (Lectrolux Remix) 07. Lectrolux / Heaven's Children - Mind the Gap / Bam Bam 08. Human Resource - Dominator '98 (Vincent De Moor Extended Magnetic Mix) 09. Commander Tom / Egoiste - Are Am Eye? / Wind It Up (Jon the Dentist Remix) 10. Mandala - Astralia 11. Illuminatae - Tremorra Del Terra 12. Illuminatae / Nexus 6 - Tierra Del Fuego / Tres Chic 13. Candy J - Bamboozled (Lectrolux & Panik Remix) 14. Lectrolux - Baloney 15. Sourmash - Pilgrimage to Paradise 16. Exit EEE - Epidemic 17. Three 'n One - Reflect (Chris Liberator Remix) 18. Karlton - Floorplay (Ironik's K'd Up Mix) 19. Ironik - Slave 20. Interactive - Amok (Chris Liberator Remix) 21. Wippenberg - Neurodancer

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