Ten artists bringing back the old-skool

Seth Troxler announced his Acid Future at London's Tobacco Dock last week, which is set to pay homage to the UK's acid house history, and also looks set to be one of the parties of the summer. Rave nostalgia for a time when pirate radio ruptured the bass bin of every Vauxhall Nova across the land has been building for a minute now, but the new faces of the rave revival are taking elements of acid house, jungle, hardcore and more from the golden era of dance and blending them into a new and exciting renaissance of the original UK sound that will continue through '15.

As well as these artists re-appropriating everything that was exciting about early rave music, they have also made it acceptable again to listen to scratchy Fantazia recordings and the rolling bass tapes of Strictly Jungle, which have lined attics across the country for over 20 years. Earlier this week we gave you the A-Z of Acid. Now we give you ten artists bringing back the old-skool

As well as launching Acid Future, the inimitable Troxler is also set to drop his debut release on one of his own new labels, Tuskagee. The cover art for Troxler's first release on the imprint bangs of an original Dreamscape flyer, and A-side 'CZ' is a pure slice of future acid house.

All eyes have been on Jamie xx ahead of the release of his debut solo record 'In Colour' in June. When preview track 'Gosh' landed in March, it signalled that he is set to pay a similar homage on the record to that of last year's Fantazia sampling 'All Under One Roof Raving'. Jamie xx knows where his roots lie, and he isn't afraid to show them.

What hasn't already been written about London-based producer Burial probably doesn't really need writing, but his ability to re-contextualise the history of UK electronic music within the echoes of his music is unmatched over the last decade. 'Temple Sleeper' dropped in January, following 'Lambeth' last year, and both demonstrate the producer is still very much at the top of his game.

Paul Woolford introduced his Special Request moniker back in 2012 to explore the sound of original pirate radio. Through a series of solid releases, it has come to epitomise the very best of the rave renaissance. Alongside his own work as Special Request, Woolford has been on remix duty under the alias for the likes of R Kelly, Duke Dumont, Tessela and Jungle. This rework sees his bass-heavy twist on Lenny Fontana's 90s classic 'Chocolate Sensation'. With a string of shows already scheduled for the summer, including Bestival, he looks set to turn the festival season old-skool once again.

Zomby has been quiet on the production front of late, if not on Twitter, but snuck his '92 remix of Jungle's 'The Heat' onto the special edition of the band's eponymous debut earlier this year. As you would expect from the man behind the mask, the track is much closer in era to what you would expect from a band with the name Jungle than their own music.

Redlight has come a long way since his Bristol days; as his recent Essential Mix suggested, which pulled almost entirely on exclusive and unreleased material from his Lobster Boy Recordings. Under his Animal Youth alias – which featured heavily – gone is the tongue-in-cheek silliness of '9TS (90s Baby)', and in comes the likes of 'Equinox', which is all rolling breaks and wallowing low end. The tune has been kicking about since last summer, but the 4AM mix, which was a highlight of that Essential Mix, is getting a release later this year.

Having taken production duties for the likes of Joey Badass, Ab-Soul and the Pro Era crew, Lee Bannon's personal releases through labels including Ninja Tune and Babygrande are a sprawling series of breakbeat workouts. Anything from 'Alternate/Endings' or his 'Main/Flex' EP at the end of last year suggests that he is as infatuated by the classic end of the UK sound as much as he is by hip hop. The very fact that he is signed to Ninja Tune, the label set up by seminal duo Coldcut, gives Bannon's heavy referencing of the old-skool a further dose of authenticity.

DJ Haus has slowly been building a series of solid releases, as well as running Unknown To The Unknown, Hot Haus Records and Hot Shit Recs, which have put out the likes of Legowelt's breakbeat exploration 'Immensity Of Cosmic Space' and Rushmore's jackin' acid 'Dance Show' EP. Previous material has suggested Haus has a listening history of anything from UKG to Chicago house through Miami bass, but 'High Voltage Houz!' from his bumpin' 'Make It Hot' EP sounds like it could have been lifted directly out of a warehouse circa 1989.

Ben UFO hasn't been scared to show his love for the old-skool. Case in point: his vinyl-only jungle set at Bloc, an incendiary session among a raft of the genre's legends that demonstrated a deep level of crate digging and understanding of the sound.

Mumdance has been incremental in reshaping post dubstep London, and you could be forgiven for thinking the serial collaborator's roots are entrenched firmly in grime. However 'Dance Energy – 89 Mix', the acid house anthem from 'Proto', his rave inspired collaboration with Logos from earlier this year – as well as the hardcore anthems present on his recent Fabriclive 80 mix – suggests his listening history goes somewhat deeper into electronic music history.

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