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With May 1st approaching, we thought we'd ask this weeks 8 Tracks guest to reflect on a great British May Day past time: Rioting. From the Poll Tax protestors to the JD Sports looting kids of Hackney, to the bloke out of Pink Floyd's acid addled son, we Brit's love smashing up London at the best of times, but give us a whiff of that fresh Spring air, and anything goes.. Seeing as UK techno champion Ben Sims has spent 20 odd years hurling chrome plated rhythm molotovs at riotous dancefloors, he seemed like the ideal man for the job. Unsurprisingly Mr Sims rose to the task with gusto, picking us 8 Tracks of sturm und drang that would happily soundtrack any and all scenes of complete urban breakdown. Not that we condone that sort of thing.

For a more traditionally techno shaped Sims experience, you can catch him alongside Floorplan, Surgeon and Kirk Degiorgio at his night Machine, blowing the roof off the Corsica Studios on Friday 9th May

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Sylford Walker - Chant Down Babylon.

kicking off the rebel/anti authority selection a stomping roots classic for the hard steppers.

  • Sylford Walker - Chant Down Babylon.

    kicking off the rebel/anti authority selection a stomping roots classic for the hard steppers.

  • J Dilla - Fuck The Police

    Call em what you like, blue foot, filth, the beast, dibble, no riot is complete without the old bill.

  • Gunshot - Battle Creek Brawl.

    The finest hip hop outfit to emerge from east london bring the rage on this fierce britcore masterpiece

  • Satin Storm Cant Take No More

    Proto jungle action from 90′ which samples the closing scene of babylon when the cozzers raid the dance.

  • Renegade Soundwave - The Phantom (Its In There)

    On my walkman during the poll tax riots, militant bassline mayhem, sampling a clash classic.

  • Nitzer Ebb - Join In The Chant

    Essex electronic heroes shout it out on this late 80’s gem for dance floor hooligans everywhere

  • Jeff Mills - Phase 4

    Riotous uncompromising machine funk, dropping this at the orbit was like throwing meat to the lions.

  • Technical Itch - The Rukus (Kryptic Minds And Leon Switch Remix)

    Brutal and unrelenting d+b fury, if this doesn’t get your inner rambo flowing, nothing will