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Stafford, United Kingdom (1990 – 1993)

Altern-8 is the hardcore/breakbeat rave duo consisting of Mark Archer and Chris Peat. In their day they helped to set trends in hardcore techno style, with several anthems, and a style of music that became progressively faster, with more bass, and definitely more noise. During this period, hardcore techno was moving away from the style of house music that was already around, and Altern-8 were moving with it. However, in 1993 Mark Archer started to prefer the house sounds. That is when he decided to produce as Slo Moshun with Danny Taurus, responsible for “Bells of N.Y.”, and Xen Mantra, his solo project.

When Altern-8 put on their masks and their weird chemist uniforms for a performance, everything seemed to be out of control. Their kind of music really seemed to be a melting pot where you couldn’t define exactly the different styles frontiers. After all, it was all lumped into hardcore. So many influences made up the English movement, and later even other ones, such as Jungle and Drum and Bass, were then influenced by it.

Even though the Detroit Techno pioneer Kevin Saunderson was considered a reference to all rave style with a track named “Truth of Self Evidence” (as Reese & Santonio), he had never made hardcore, and one day he met the Altern-8 duo at Stafford aka Techno City, and they recorded the “Let it Reign” tune together with Inner City: that’s when Mark explained the basic ingredients of hardcore to Kevin, resulting in what he did later, like Tronikhouse’s “Uptempo”.
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  • Pscyhodelics

    Крутой old school

    22 Aug 2012 Reply

  • sydeone

    awesome!

    26 Jun 2012 Reply

  • stUrbs

    красотища!)

    18 Jun 2012 Reply

  • MetusNex

    Классика) слушал в те школьные времена когда все тупили под рамштайн и лимп бизкита

    13 Jun 2012 Reply

  • Gordonflesher

    Да не ребята, я просто констатирую факт! То что похожи то пох. Обе доставляют по полной. Жаль что эти так быстро сдулись. Всё таки музло просто охрененое. Олдскул очень уважаю.

    1 Jun 2012 Reply

  • Oburec

    >>Windir: LCD - Endor Fun

    17 Sep 2011 Reply

  • a_theorem

    dope! Wish I discovered them earlier

    7 Sep 2011 Reply

  • Windir

    тут говорят мол ранний Prodigy и Altern 8 похожи... А есть еще ктото такого же плана? Это олд скульное звучание брейкбита записаное с помощью 303 Роландов просто великолепно. Хочется еще чтото такого послушать.

    28 Aug 2011 Reply

  • DOTMPEG123

    охуенны

    3 Aug 2011 Reply

  • pauladaunt

    <3 ♪.♫ don't make me wait, don't make me waaaaaaait ♪.♫ <3

    16 May 2011 Reply

  • MilkLizard92

    evapor8 is the best ever

    13 May 2011 Reply

  • nx5

    "You take me higher, sometimes i just can't wait..." fucking great !

    5 Mar 2011 Reply

  • Cloudspotter

    Remembering the early 1990s. Listening to the 'Steve Mason Experience Show' at British Forces Broadcasting Service. :)

    28 Feb 2011 Reply

  • Serb2012

    эх пофиг что похожи!!! где тот 92-1 когда я стал фанатом обойх на косой десяток лет)))))))

    18 Jan 2011 Reply

  • Dandy_me

    да... согласен ранние Prodigy и Altern 8 похожи... ну а как без этого? заложили базис рейва... вот и похож бит... уже прошло стока лет а так и люблю их... ну и Prodigy дебютник крутой! имхо...

    12 Jan 2011 Reply

  • Brutal_Ayran

    а еще когда ставишь это музло громко,все спрашивают: "чё это,продиджи играют?" )))

    10 Jan 2011 Reply

  • Gordonflesher

    Слушая ранних Prodigy и Altern 8 нахожу много общего. Теперь думай, кто у кого и чего спиздил...

    13 Dec 2010 Reply

  • CureVaNiNawl

    i listened to this walking downtown on ecstasy and it was the best day of my life

    13 Nov 2010 Reply

  • thisisall1word

    really diggin Altern 8 right now

    12 Oct 2010 Reply

  • spaceBass13

    legendary =]

    13 Sep 2010 Reply
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