Feb 2002 London & Essex Bandscan

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Found on ye old Y2k:

Bashment 87.5
Bassline 97.9
Charge 90.8 (Essex)
Cyndicut 97.8
D-Vine 88.6
Deja Vu 92.3
DNA 106.7
Energy 105.1
Erotic 101.3
Eruption 104.0
Flashback 99.4
Flava 87.6
Flex 103.6
Flight 101.5
Force 106.4 (Essex)
Freek 101.8
Fresh 103.7
Freeze 90.4
G FM 98.2
Genesis 91.6
Heat 96.6
Heat 107.0
Hyper 106.5
Ice 88.4
Infastep 93.0
Itch 105.1
Jive 106.9
Lightning 90.8
London Underground 89.4
Lush 107.4 (Essex)
Kool 94.6
Kruze 95.4
Mac 92.7
N tyce 95.5
N-Power 103.8
Origin 95.2
Passion 91.8
Phat 107.6
Plush 89.6
Point Blank 108.0
Powerjam 92.0
Premier 88.3
Pressure 89.3
Prime 102.0
Pure Magic 90.2
Rampage 98.1
Raw Mission 90.0
Revive 92.2
Rinse 100.3
Rude 88.2
Ruud Awakening 104.3
Shine 87.9
Silkroom 94.0
Soundz 94.3
Station 89.8
Supreme 96.1
Taste 92.5
The Beat 101.9
Time 104.6
Touch 99.0
Touchdown 89.6
Unique 101.2
Vibes 93.8
Vapour 107.0
Vogue 90.4
Y2K 90.6

It's good to see that some are still running to this day! What's your most memorable station?

My old faves were:

Bashment
Charge
Deja
Ice
Mac
Origin
Shine

It was fun banging out the tunes driving like a loon around south London. Back then quite a few still only come on in the evening and weekends and played non stop UKG - these days it's just constant house music

[Mr F]

That bandscan! Blast from the past. I think we had it relatively good back then, some really listenable stations!

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[Sparki]

Used to listen to Force in 00s was a good station but would come and go when it pleased in Kent I liked the old skool shows but can't remember who did them. Charge was enjoyable I did a brief stint on there a year or two ago when it was trying to make a comeback but it was at its best about 10 years ago when on 90.8FM, lots of cool stations back then from the list.

[teckniqs]

I first heard Force in late 94, when old school was new at the time. ...Showing my age now!

[Sparki]

I first heard Force in late 94, when old school was new at the time. ...Showing my age now!

Wow they were going that long? I only picked them up randomly one time and for about 3 months I could lock in but then they seemed to vanish so must have gone for good.

[teckniqs]

Yep but they hadn't been around long and were still new to the dial. It was on 106.4...

They didn't quite go for good, I don't really know the in's and out's but as far as I do know the dial was sold or given to another station from the same area calling themselves Project 106.5 who are still on to this day.

[Sparki]

Yep but they hadn't been around long and were still new to the dial. It was on 106.4...

They didn't quite go for good, I don't really know the in's and out's but as far as I do know the dial was sold or given to another station from the same area calling themselves Project 106.5 who are still on to this day.

I've heard of Project in fact I think I picked it up on my travels a few times, heard it play garage last time I locked is that it?

[Lengman]

heard it play garage last time I locked

REALLY?!?! All I ever hear on there is boring, repetitive House music with little variation. They don't have the House thing on lock like House FM or Point Blank. In fact, I don't even know what the subgenre of House is that they're tryna push

[thewisepranker]

Beat me to it!

[teckniqs]

Handbag House?

[Sparki]

It was deep house for a while then they ventured into some 4x4 garage. I don't know who was playing but sounded alright, I'm not a big house fan as it goes.

[Optimus Prime]

....boring, repetitive House music with little variation....I don't even know what the subgenre of House.....

Fashionista House!!! - Dog shit.....



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[DJ Mikey]

heard it play garage last time I locked

REALLY?!?! All I ever hear on there is boring, repetitive House music with little variation. They don't have the House thing on lock like House FM or Point Blank. In fact, I don't even know what the subgenre of House is that they're tryna push

Its not actually House it's a sub-genre of Techno called Minimal Techno. Too repetitive man sounds like a slow simple Techno beat on loop with nothing at all else going on in the tune, its big at places like DC10 Ibiza

[Sparki]

heard it play garage last time I locked

REALLY?!?! All I ever hear on there is boring, repetitive House music with little variation. They don't have the House thing on lock like House FM or Point Blank. In fact, I don't even know what the subgenre of House is that they're tryna push

Its not actually House it's a sub-genre of Techno called Minimal Techno. Too repetitive man sounds like a slow simple Techno beat on loop with nothing at all else going on in the tune, its big at places like DC10 Ibiza

Oh that shit! doof doof doof plink plonk doof doof doof plink plonk... over and over and over I dont know how people can even call that music? sounds like someone having a shit while tapping their foot. To me techno is the hard stuff at 150 that Colin Favar used to bang out on Kiss FM or hardcore techno like Bass X that sort of thing.

[DJ Mikey]

Haha exactly, iv been to House events where they have had a Minimal Techno room, and you only get the Ket heads in there fucked out their heads. I often scan the dial from time to time and since they been on not once heard a Dj talk, not sure what the policy is on there ?

[Sparki]

Haha exactly, iv been to House events where they have had a Minimal Techno room, and you only get the Ket heads in there fucked out their heads. I often scan the dial from time to time and since they been on not once heard a Dj talk, not sure what the policy is on there ?

Just the same 4 bar techno kick looped to buggery for about a year, the ket heads wouldnt even tell the difference and would probably think the station plays lots of tunes

[Lengman]

Its not actually House it's a sub-genre of Techno called Minimal Techno. Too repetitive man sounds like a slow simple Techno beat on loop with nothing at all else going on in the tune, its big at places like DC10 Ibiza

That would explain why I absolutely hate it then! I'm not a fan of Techno in any form.

[sproggy]

I'm not a fan of Techno in any form.

What, not even 2 Unlimited??

[Lengman]

Allow it.

[dancemusicdj]

minimal is indeed the style of music project is pushing. the odd nice tune but mostly i find that type of stuff boaring. policy from what i can gather is music with little to no talking. still its something different.