The man who signed the Progidy put together a pirate radio mix!
UK pirate radio music to me is one big genre: rave/ jungle/ garage/ grime/ dubstep & beyond. Sound system music that evolved from reggae and soul. Bass music.
I made a mixtape called “Fuck The Legal Stations” (after the 1990 Rum n Black song on the Shut Up and Dance label) containing my personal favourite UK Pirate Radio tunes, ‘90 to now. I did the mix live at home off vinyl and CD. I gave the original tape away. Then we copied up a few more and sold them at the Independent Record Label Market
The title is historical really; when Rum & Black made that song, you’d never hear any underground music on legal stations. Now a lot of ex-pirate DJ’s are on legal stations, and in the UK at least, underground music gets represented. But you still cant beat tuning into illegal pirate radio.
