Raytrace Mixtape - Belgian New Beat And Hardcore Mix

A mix of Belgian New Beat and the later Belgian Hardcore sound which came from it, made in Live. 

On each channel in Live; 
UAD Cambridge (for LCF and HCF (Butterworth 2)) 
JB Red Phatt Pro Compressor (set to ‘Clean’) 
UAD Realverb-Pro (set to ‘Big Hall’) 
On Master track in Live: 
OtiumFX Basslane 
TC Powercore X3 (set to default with .3db input boost, and slight boost of bottom/bass band) 
Some parts have an extra kick put in, they are Goldbaby909 ‘Tape-Sat’ kicks 
WARNING: Some explicit vocal samples and stuff…

Download available here:

http://soundcloud.com/raytrace/belgian-new-beat-and-hardcore-mix

Fat B - Plastic Illusion

(Free New Beat Download)

The legend that is Fat Bastian has created a great new New Beat (!) track as a gift for Christmas - download link available here:

http://soundcloud.com/fatbastian/fat-b-plastic-illusion 

Also, check out his Soundcloud page, as he pretty much constantly comes out with classics in my opinion…

http://soundcloud.com/fatbastian/fat-b-plastic-illusion 

When I set up my Belgian New Beat group on Soundcloud 2 years ago, I seriously never thought there would be any ‘new’ New Beat tracks sent to it, and mainly I was just putting my New Beat mix up there hoping that people would upload old New Beat mixtapes etc. (which has happened a lot and that is great).

Right now there are 12 actual new tracks or remixes of New Beat classics in the group and 9 great New Beat mixes, including classic Boccaccio recordings - this is just to say thank you to everyone that has contributed to the group.

http://soundcloud.com/groups/belgian-new-beat

http://soundcloud.com/raytrace/belgian-new-beat-and-hardcore-mix

OldSchool Renegades - Early Hardcore Documentary - New Trailer

I’ve been proper excited about this since it was announced, especially as it seems that it will be placing a major emphasis on Belgian and Dutch (and therefore New Beat) influenced hardcore, which of course I like a lot.

#oldschoolrenegades #hardcore #newbeat

Set Up System - Music And Noise

An even more concentrated distillation of fog, dry-ice, strobes and sweat I think…

Toxic Two - Rave Generator

a simple and in my opinion, brilliant classic track from 1991 - I always presumed this was a Belgian or Dutch 12” but apparently Damon Wild is American - very interesting…

Second Phase - Mentasm

probably where it all started 

Praga Khan - Rave Alarm

A perfect example of Belgian New Beat lineage in hardcore… This type of sound is all over XL Recording’s wonderful The Second Chapter…

http://soundcloud.com/raytrace/belgian-new-beat-and-hardcore-mix/