Grooverider - Grooverider Presents The Prototype Years (2LP Coloured)

Format: 2 x LP
Catalogue No.: MOVLP3401C
Barcode: 8719262034402
Release Date: 24 Oct 2025
Genre: Jungle, Drum & Bass

Pioneering jungle & drum and bass compilation
Featuring hard to find tracks by Dillinja, Optical and Ed Rush, previously only available on acetate DJ promos
Limited edition of 750 individually numbered copies on translucent red coloured vinyl

Along with his long-time DJ partner Fabio and contemporaries Goldie and LTJ Bukem, Grooverider is known as one of the originators of the UK jungle/drum and bass scene.
In the early nineties he founded Prototype Recordings which soon became the home of many influential 12” singles that showcased a new side of breaks-heavy electronic music: deep, gritty, and futuristic.
In 1997 Grooverider put together a collection of 12 heavy hitters from the Prototype catalogue, some of which previously only available as white label promos on acetate such as
Dillinja’s “Silver Blade” and Ed Rush & Fierce’s “Locust”. Lemon D’s “City Lights” was previously only available on acetate and the CD version of this release.
Now, after more than 25 years, a selection of these tracks is available again in the form of a DJ-friendly double LP. Finding these tracks separately will be very difficult, so don’t miss your chance to snag yourself a copy of this one.
The Prototype Years is now available as a limited edition of 750 individually numbered copies on translucent red coloured vinyl.

Side A
1. Codename John Feat. Grooverider - Dreams Of Heaven
2. John B. - Secrets
Side B
1. Optical - Grey Odyssey
2. Matrix - Mute
3. Codename John Feat. Grooverider - Deep Inside
Side C
1. Dillinja - Silver Blade
2. Ed Rush & Fierce - Locust
Side D
1. Codename John Feat. Grooverider - Warned
2. Boymerang - Still
3. Lemon D - City Lights