Buckey Ranks | Defection FM, London | 1993 | 🔥🔥 BREAKBEAT HARDCORE RAVE JUNGLE DNB

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🔥 Straight outta the golden era of pirate radio, this 1993 session features the one and only Buckey Ranks shelling down the mic on the mighty Defection FM – one of London's most vital underground frequencies for early jungle, hardcore, and breakbeat. Raw, energetic, and real, this set captures that gritty pirate transmission vibe that helped birth the UK rave and jungle movement.

🎧 What to expect:
Skanking basslines, amen break science, mashed-up samples, and that unmistakable pirate radio edge. Buckey Ranks keeps the vibes militant with rugged bars and hype flows, rolling over an upfront selection of early jungle, hardcore, and breakbeat bangers. Think 4am warehouse rave energy beamed direct to your speakers.

👊 Who this is for:
Junglists, oldskool ravers, Defection FM heads, fans of Kool, Rush, Cyndicut, and the DIY sound system scene. Whether you were there or you’re discovering it now — if you live for raw pirate sets, vintage MCs, and breakbeat heat, this one’s essential listening.

🔥 Why you need this in your life:
This isn’t just another radio set — it’s a snapshot of the true underground, when pirate stations ran the roads and jungle was still evolving from its hardcore roots. Buckey Ranks brings pure fire and personality to the mic — the kind of unfiltered, unpolished energy that inspired a whole culture. Preserve it, relive it, rave to it!

Defection FM Playlist:

DJ Wicked, DJ Lt Stitch, Goldie, Kemistry & Storm | Defection FM | August 1992


DJ Helium & DJ Ranx | Chillin' 98.0 FM | 14 July 1991


Micky Finn | Green Apple FM | 1992


In the late 1980s a new wave of pirate radio stations emerged as the acid house scene exploded. Particularly in London, stations such as Sunrise, Fantasy, Friends FM, and Centreforce became the "seven day rave stations".

The Broadcasting Act 1990 led to the brief decline of UK pirate radio by encouraging diversity in radio and opening up the development of commercial radio, whilst bringing in tougher penalties for those caught in unlicensed broadcasting. However, the number of unlicensed broadcasters would soon begin to rise again, partly out of the belief that the Act had undermined community radio and small scale broadcasters. As stations such as Kiss would increasingly discover that advertising revenue and market share became as important as the music it played, new pirate stations once again sprung up to cater for underground music scenes that were developing. The biggest of these would be the rising rave music scene, with stations moving to a "rave on the air" format with back to back mixing and listener participation through 'shouts' - enabled by the growth of pagers and mobile phones. In London, such stations included the likes of Rush, Kool FM, Pulse FM, Innocence, Don FM, and Defection.

The authorities and media increasingly alleged an organised crime and drugs link with the rave stations, culminating in a high-profile raid in Hackney in the summer of 1993 on Rush. The Evening Standard headline exclaimed "Drug gangs set up fortresses." Toughened laws also sought to incur heavier fines on DJs and businesses that advertised on stations. The Rush raid was featured in the seminal BBC Two documentary Pirates, shown as part of the Arena series in December 1993.

Across the UK, the picture was similar, with notable pirate radio stations including PCRL, Frontline, and Sting in Birmingham; The Superstation, Buzz FM and Soul Nation in Manchester; Dance FM, Fantasy FM, and SCR in Sheffield; Passion Radio, Ragga FM, For the People in Bristol; Fresh FM in Leicester; Z100 in Liverpool, and Dream FM in Leeds. By the mid to late 1990s, genres such as happy hardcore, jungle/drum'n'bass and speed/UK garage saw a new generation of pirate radio stations emerge. In London, Kool FM was joined by Rinse FM, Rude, Flex FM, Eruption FM, and Dream FM in championing jungle music/drum'n'bass, and the latter also happy hardcore. Speed/UK garage was being pushed by stations such as London Underground (notably the Dreem Teem), Freek FM (notably DJ EZ), Shine FM, and Girls FM.


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