Seeing as Spirit was recently kind enough to dig around in his tape box for us, we decided to do the same and see what we could find and Dave found a doozy!

In 1997 Fierce and Nico played a set at the now defunct Christchurch club, Base (although in a different location now), in New Zealand. It happened to be my first international d&b party and I don’t think I could have picked a better one. Packed full of classics of the time it really is an awesome mix, if you don’t mind the bad tape quality..

Fierce has been banging out the tunes since 1996, like the ridiculously hard Locust with Ed Rush, and lately has started up his own label Quarantine. You can also check out what he’s up to on his myspace page.

Nico is the owner of the legendary No U-Turn label. Since 2002 he had been relatively quiet on the producing front but since last year he has released records on Quarantine with Fierce and Break and on D-Bridge’s Exit imprint with Instra:Mental.

Download

FIERCE & NICO - LIVE IN CHRISTCHURCH 1997 SIDE A
FIERCE & NICO - LIVE IN CHRISTCHURCH 1997 SIDE B

Tracklist

Side A

reprazent - new forms (krust rmx) - talkin loud
matrix - mute - prototype
future forces - ? - renegade hardware
monochrome & subphonics - capacity - renegade hardware
? - ? - ?
reprazent - share the fall (grooverider rmx) - talkin loud
ed rush, trace, fierce, nico & optical - edtrafienical - unreleased
jonny l - piper - xl
cybotron feat dillinja - revelations - prototype
future forces - bypass - trouble on vinyl
codename john - structure of red - metalheadz
nasty habits - shadow boxing rmx - 31
danny breaks - solar jive - droppin science

Side B

danny breaks - solar jive - droppin science
trace - sonar - prototype
rufige kru - VIP riders ghost - ffrr
fortran - search - 31
dillinja - unexplored terrain - v
cybotron - lightyears - prototype
codename john - the warning

Thanks to the folks on DOA for help with the tracklist!

Links

Quarantine Recordings
Quarantine on Myspace
No U-Turn on Myspace