🎯 Step back into the raw pirate radio underground of early '90s London with this wicked session from Ragga B, Tony T & LT Stitch on Defection FM, 1992. Expect rugged breakbeat hardcore, early jungle foundations, and rave pressure throughout. This one’s packed with gritty beats, heavy sub-bass, and classic mic work — exactly what Defection FM was known for during the golden pirate radio era.🎧 What to expect: High-energy UK hardcore and jungle pressure, mad break switches, deep subs, MC flows, and the unmistakable Defection FM pirate sound, straight outta London.
👊 Who this is for: Fans of original jungle heads, oldskool hardcore ravers, tape-pack collectors, pirate radio archivists, and anyone who lives for that '92 energy.
💥 Why you need this in your life: Because these are the real roots of UK rave culture. You’re not just listening to a mix — you're rewinding history.
💥 Real sound, real vibes, real underground. Press play and get teleported to ‘92.
Defection FM Playlist:
DJ Wicked, DJ Lt Stitch, Goldie, Kemistry & Storm | Defection FM | August 1992
TNT & Clarky | Destiny 99.3 FM, London | 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.
For those ill-served by mainstream and legal radio, pirate radio filled the void especially for the black community. In London, stations as Galaxy Radio, Genesis, Station, and Vibes have mixed black music with phone-ins and cultural programming: "We are trying to bring a balance into the community - to introduce culture and history and to inform people" as one of those involved in Galaxy. These stations still broadcast today.
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.
LT Stitch, Sketch & Evil Ed | Defection FM, London | May 1992
DJ Vibes & Big Stuff - live call in show | Cyndicut FM, Essex | 1992
DJ Ruffkutt & DJ Buz | Kool FM | 25 September 1992
DJ XLS & DJ Fox | Weekend Rush FM | August 1992
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