Chillin’ fm – 98.0fm

Chillin’ fm – 98.0fm - 1991

Chillin' fm was amazing, and although I only made a few recordings of this channel, it made a big impact
on us. It is a shame some of the tapes were lost or stolen. These tapes were recorded in Hammersmith, London

The Dj's, although technically not great, played some of the most amazing tunes most of which i have bought or am still after.
Their personalities and jingles also make a stamp on the rave scene for us. Instead of calling the tapes "Tape 1", my tapes
had letters for some reason, we knew which letter tape/mix we loved, usually A-C. On the tapes you would often hear
planes talking to Heathrow control tower. Wonder what the pilots thought of hearing this rave music in the cockpit!
Where are these DJ's now, Anton, Derek B,, Wizard, Helium, Dizzy D

Info from MJ, DJ at Chillin' when I used to listen to the station
The 4 or 5 years i had on Pulse were the best days of my life.
It was set up by Helium and Life force (despite what anyone else might claim! )
The studios were generally in Hackney tower blocks that were scheduled for demolition but we moved around a lot.
The studios were very basic - 2 dex, a tape deck and very small speaker. One studio I remember was infested with cockroaches and another had a room totally full of pigeons and pigeon shit!
The broadcast equipment was very good though and the studio sent the signal to the transmitter via microwave link which was very hard to trace
so helped keep the studio safe (We were No1 target for the DTI for a long time so always had to be very careful)

We had a lot of big name DJs keen to get on the station because we were I think the first station to go on air after the law was changed to go after raves and pirate radio
(Increased penalties Bill) so we built a big audience quickly and a lot of stations stayed off air because of the law (bigger fines and prison sentences)

Pulse started in the summer bank holiday of 1991. It was a hot weekend and they were broadcasting from a tower block in Daubney Road Hackney, East London.
Pulse FM saw the birth of UK hardcore and Jungle/D&B and served 5 years of quality Music to London and the surrounding areas.

I still keep in touch with some of the DJs - some of them are still Ding but they all have their own stories - for me it was getting harder to cope with 2 shows a week,
buying tunes, playing out and doing my day job. In the end I left the station just before it went off air and went travelling for a year.
I loved doing 2 shows because I always had 2 styles of music - hardcore for the Saturday night show and more mellow house and garage for my Sunday show

Warlock is still around on Sub FM and I still see Aphrodite when he is not playing mega venues all over the World!

I used to love driving around looking for Raves - we used to meet at midnight at mine and wait for news of where the party was and then set off in a convoy.
Dodging the police when we were trying to get in to a rave was part of the excitement along with finding the venue - you can't get that buzz from joing a queue and buying a ticket for a licenced club!

1991 Original Dj's included:

Helium 91-95-Euro/Hardcore (Chillin FM)
Nick Power 91-93 Euro/Hardcore/House (music Power records)
Danny Breaks, Winston and the Boogie Times Crew/Suburban Base records- 91-92/ UK Hardore
Confusion and Superior 92-93 US/EURO/HOUSE TECHNO
Mark Mars (Marc Auerbach)91
Steve Serch (Steve Canueto)
Nicky Black Market 91-93/ UK Hardcore (Black Market Records)
DJ Hype 91-92/ UK Hardcore (kickin' Records, Fantasy FM)
Jay Dee and Sham 91- Chillin Fm
Wizzard-91
Andre( D Zone Records manager)
Jessie J 91-93/ UK Hardcore (Music Power Green Lanes)
DJ Speed 91-95
A to Z 91-93/ UK Hardcore
SKIE ("sky") 91-95/Euro/US/UK Hardcore (Total Music Records Canning Town/ Bethnal Green)
Busby & Jinx 91-92
JP and Strictly B 91-95/UK Harcore & Jungle
Adrian H & The Double Egg Cru 91-94...Pigeon Hole pop
Warlock-Techno-House 91-95
Atrful Dodger(original) 91-94/ Euro/UK Hardcore,Jungle
MJ 91-95 Euro/US,UK House, UK Harccore
Mark Ryder 91-92 Uk Harcore (N Joi, Strictly Hardcore Records)
Eclipse 91-93 Uk Hardcore (Pure Groove Records)

Something Chillin' was famous for in our circle of friends were the adverts. Total classics. I've put together the best quality of each of the different ones which are on these tapes. Check them out
Advertise on chillin Boy and girl raver line Chillin advert 1 Chillin advert 2 Chillin advert 3 Freestyle Gravity Hometune	Hometune long version Insomnia dance factory Nucleus Rush Rush with update Rush-stonehenge The stunning dimension