| Grooverider Presents: The Prototype Years | |
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| Compilation album by DJ Grooverider | |
| Released | 1997 (1997) |
| Genre | Drum and bass |
| Label | Prototype Recordings1 |
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   2 |
Grooverider Presents: The Prototype Years is a drum and bass compilation album by DJ Grooverider.3 It was released in 1997 on his label, Prototype Recordings.4
A second CD containing a DJ mix of every track on the first CD, including four other tracks released on Prototype Recordings, was included with the CD version of the album. "Subway" by Ed Rush appears on the compilation vinyl disc, but not on the compilation CD, for unknown reasons. "Subway" is later included in the DJ mix CD.
Track listing
First CD / Vinyl 1:
- Codename John - Dreams of Heaven
- John B - Secrets5
- Optical - Grey Odyssey
- Matrix - Mute
- Codename John - Deep inside
- Dillinja - Silver Blade
- Ed Rush & Fierce - Locust
- Codename John - Warned
- Boymerang - Still
- Lemon D - City Lights
Mix CD / Vinyl:
- Optical - Grey Odyssey
- Ed Rush - Subway
- Matrix - Mute
- Lemon D - Going Gets Tuff (also known as "Going Gets Tough")
- John B - Secrets
- Dillinja - Silver Blade
- Codename John - Dreams of Heaven
- Boymerang - Still
- Cybotron feat. Dillinja - Threshold
- Codename John - Deep Inside
- Ed Rush & Fierce - Locust
- Lemon D - City Lights
- Codename John - Warned
- Boymerang, Dom & Roland, Optical - Still VIP Mix
References
References
- "The Wire 300: Simon Reynolds on the Hardcore Continuum #5: Neurofunk Drum 'n' Bass Versus Speed Garage (1997)- The Wire".
- "Grooverider Presents: The Prototype Years - Grooverider | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
- "Dance". CMJ New Music Monthly. CMJ Network, Inc. 7 July 1997 – via Google Books.
- Larkin, Colin (27 May 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.
- "washingtonpost.com: Entertainment Guide". www.washingtonpost.com.