03/06/2026
Hardcore Soul - A Mixtape By Om Unit
https://www.mixcloud.com/omunit/hardcore-soul-a-mix-by-om-unit/
This mix attempts to trace a lineage in British music that is rarely discussed, highlighting the link between what became known as 'UK Street Soul' and the early Hardcore movement.
Hardcore is typically defined by its trademark off-kilter synth stabs, euphoric pianos and clashing breakbeat mayhem, and is seldom described as 'soulful' by any means. There is, in my mind at least, a thin vein in the history of this movement that remains perhaps under-represented in the conversation.
What we can hear across this lineage — from street soul to hardcore — are the same instruments, breakbeats, vocal stylings and, most importantly, culture: incubating that combination of elements to form something fresh, and uniquely Black and British at its heart.
This mix is the culmination of a couple of years of research and digging into various corners of music history, and attempts to build a narrative that celebrates the more soulful roots of the rave scene; a movement that changed the world — and perhaps surfaces some lesser-known but oh-so-familiar sonics that echo back through time.
And so I present: “Hardcore Soul”
Tracklist:��Renville Facey - Come Home Tonight (remix)
Country Culture & Country Rankin - Versatile
Rhythmatic - Frequency (Slo-Mix)
Lol Hammond - Love F.X.U. (Brighter Than The Sun Mix)
Powerhouse Inc (feat Sharnice) - I wanna give my love to you
Angels Images - Dub Me Right (Satisfied Mix)
A Guy Called Gerald - Emotions Electric (Frankie Foncett Remix 1)
Nuage - Black Dream
Rough Dance Squad - Freel Free
Utopian Dream - Got To Let You Know (Short Intro mix)
FM INC. - Sweet Giving (House Mix )
Carlton - Do You Dream (Flavour Remix)
Watt Noise - Baby Be Good to Me
No Smoke - East Of Eden (Addis Mix)
The X Men - Make It So (Vocal Mix)
Wildcat & Denise Lee - Personal Reasons (Urban Recycle Mix)
Shades Of Rhythm - Everybody
One Tribe feat. Gem - What Have You Done (club mix)
Andromeda - Survival (City Mix)
Soul Connection - Change / Love
The Brothers Grimm - No Use Crying Now (Sound Boy mix)
Alpha 3-7 feat. Sam Streete & D Stuart - Let Me Tell You
Watt Noise - Its My Life (Dub Mix)
Trevor Dale - Summer 88
Nicolette - Waking up Remix
P.B.A - Freedom
Metronome - Lust For Love (Mellow mix)
Nightwriters - Let the Music Use You (92 Hardcore Remix)
Model 500 - The Passage
Basement Phil - Flying (Tekno Instrumental Mix)
LTJ Bukem - Logical Reprise
Enjoy XX
This mix traces a rarely discussed lineage in British music — the link between 'UK Street Soul' and the early Hardcore movement. Hardcore is typically defined by its off-kilter synth stabs, euphoric pianos and breakbeat mayhem, and is seldom described as soulful. Yet there is, in my mind, a thin v...
