🔥 Straight outta Nottingham and straight into rave history—this is an original 1991 pirate broadcast from the mighty DJ Mayhem & DJ Sy on Rave FM, capturing the wild raw energy of early UK breakbeat hardcore. Packed with fast-paced mixing, live scratching, booming sub-bass, and the iconic bleeps, stabs, and chaos that defined a generation.🎧 What to Expect
Expect high-octane hardcore rave with deep techno pressure, looped breakbeats, and razor-sharp scratching from two of the scene’s finest. This is proper pre-jungle energy—no holds barred, just pure underground sound.
👊 Who This Is For
For fans of early UK rave, tape pack diggers, and those who live for that raw 1991 pirate sound. If you love sets with real vinyl crackle, live energy, and no polish—just passion—this one’s yours.
🚨 Why You Need This In Your Life
Because this is the sound of pirate radio’s golden age—when DJs broke boundaries and ravers lost themselves to pounding rhythms and hypnotic loops. Essential listening for any serious fan of oldskool hardcore, rave culture, or the evolution of UK dance music.
Rave FM, Nottingham Playlist:
DJ Sy, real name Simon Cranny, is a major UK happy/hardcore DJ. Known as the "Scratchmaster" for his scratching skills. Retired in October 2024
Born in 1968, Sy started DJing professionally in 1989 aged 21 playing hip-hop, soul and house and he gained a residency at a nightclub called Venus in Nottingham in 1990 whilst still at university. Following this success he was booked at events all over the Midlands, such as Nemesis in Leicester, Amnesia in Coventry, Time in Birmingham and the legendary Eclipse.
Having gained a name as a DJ with a style of mixing that was unique to the newly-born rave scene, other promoters such as Dreamscape, Helter Skelter, Obsession, Fantazia and Perception included Sy on their line-ups. As the music evolved, Sy naturally progressed from hardcore to happy hardcore. Club work all over the country and abroad helped to establish his reputation as the Scratchmaster.
Sy also co-owns an impressive studio in Aldershot, Hampshire, and it is from here that Quosh Records, one of the hardcore scene's most prolific labels, originated in 1994. His recording career has produced an extensive back-catalogue of tunes - particularly as half of duo Sy & Unknown - and he remains one of the biggest names in the UK hardcore scene today with regular releases and DJ gigs across the country.
He also played on the pirate station, Rave FM, in Nottingham and on the legal restricted license Energy FM in Brighton.
Martin Ikin, aka DJ Mayhem, has been producing since 1991, originally recording hardcore, jungle techno, and drum and bass tracks for such legendary labels as Basement, Face, and Precious Materials. After a brief hiatus from the music scene, he has returned with a vengeance, and is currently running the Soul Purpose imprint, with a focus on funky US-styled house. Additionally, he's collaborating with DJ Phantasy on several releases for Easy Records, just to prove that he's never lost his love for jungle.
DJ SY | Rave FM, Nottingham | February 1991
DJ SY | Slammin' Vinyl | 21 November 1997
Rave FM were first heard in 1990, broadcasting Rave music to Nottingham on 101.7 FM. They broadcast from flats in Radford and also the Lenton area of Nottingham, amongst other places.
In 1992 the owner of Rave FM changed the name to Touch FM and tried to get a license to broadcast legally.
This never happened, and Touch FM had gone by 1993, although various one off broadcasts were done under the Rave FM and Touch FM names later in the 1990s.
There is a Rave FM Facebook group which includes many of the old DJ’s & MC’s, so if you have any questions or if you’ve lost contact with any old skool Notts ravers, if may be worth a look.
Renegade Radio DJ Playlist:
Formed in 2007 by Champion Puffa and Livvy, Renegade Radio has broadcast daily on the internet and the FM dial.
Over the years Renegade Radio have been host of well established artists in the scene such as Tyree Cooper (Hip-House legend), DJ Trix (Bang-in Tunes), DJ Taktix & Ultravibe (The Way/Dread Bass), Nicky Dimensions (Raindance), Uncle Dugs & MC 5ive-0 (Rinse FM & Kool FM), Wayne Anthony (Genesis 88), Robbie Dee (The Original Detonator), Glenn Aston (Kool FM Midlands / Renegade Radio), DJ Gershwin (Suntribe Records / Renegade Radio), Shockin B (Weekend Rush FM & Kool FM), Manparris (Helter Skelter), DJ Pilgrim (Fantazia & AWOL), and many more.
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