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About us

Focusing on the golden years around 1999–2003 (more generally between 1990–2008). Also occasionally not following and breaking the rule.

The 2000-era never got old, and is still good today in 2024 (25 years later), that says a lot. It was a time of absolute musical excellence, in so many genres of underground music. What an amazing era it was, truly utopian, through people, music, creativity, design, commitment, machines and technology. Utopia exists, the history of house and techno is incredible.

In 2023, after about 25 years of listening to mixes, we decided to create this website, to try and help underground musicians and DJs more actively. Around 2009, we noticed musicians and DJs from the 2000-era, were not easily found. And what about lost and forgotten strains and genres, that only a few know about or can remember?

This website is as much for the 2000-era musicians and DJs, as it is is for us. If you have any ideas, contact us and let us know.

Will be updating as and when needed, and will see how it goes.

Better information on 2000-era musicians and DJs covering:

Our history

Been listening to house and techno mixes since 2000, and still am, 25 years later… The arrival of the internet affected everyone’s lives. Earliest experience of listening to mixes, was from Beta Lounge and Groovetech.com Radio around 2001. And our 1st house and techno mix in 2000, that we ever specifically listened to and downloaded was:

Started as https://soundcloud.com/tthings in September 2013, then in August 2023 updated to https://soundcloud.com/2000undergroundmusic, and in December 2023 added this https://2000undergroundmusic.com website.

Thomas (December 2023)

Director

2000 Underground Music

https://2000undergroundmusic.com

Thanks to

Asad Rizvi, Benjamin Wild, Kirsty (who always says ‘how are you feeling…’ [laugh, laugh]), m50, Martyn Rochester, Pheek, Swayzak, Tobias C. van Veen, Twerk and Warmdesk, who have answered so many questions, and emails over the years, and even decades.

But we are not finished. Last shout-out (well a dedication) 25 years later… Reproduced as said exactly on Rob Summerhayes and Asad Rizvi, set 2 of 3, day? month?, 2001, Reverberations Get Groovy Show, Groovetech.com Radio, about 6 hours and 33 minutes in, right at the end:

‘(Asad Rizvi speaking) Alright… ladies and gentlemen, I guess this is the last record… possibly, ever to be played, on Groovetech, but maybe not, we might be saying that next month. But, if it is, uhh… thank you for listening to this show, and if you have been listening before, thank you for listening those times as well. We have had a lot of fun doing this, (Rob Summerhayes speaking) and if there is a God out there, we will show no end, we are going to continue, to grow bigger and stronger! (Asad Rizvi speaking) laugh, ai! take care. (Unknown voice/person speaking a few seconds later) is it me, very happy to say, good night, and it was lovely, just lovely, (murmur) believing me, I was saying (cut, the end…)’.

Vacancies and feelancers

We are on the look-out for the following knowledgeable people:

• Tracklist and record identification people. People who know the names of many different tunes, or who have very specialist knowledge. So from around the year ranges of 1999–2003, and more widely 1990–2008, to help us identify tunes.
• Artists, designers, illustrators, image makers, film makers, print makers and photographers who would like their work to be used, as a figure on this website. We do not currently pay for content, due to lack of cash, overheads and running costs, but can certainly link to you. We need to think about how we can do this in the future. Send us your links and work. Do not worry about what file format or size they are in initially.
• Web technology, coding, systems and scripting. People who are very good and knowledgeable about web technology, especially website coding, database setup, maintenance, database technologies, XML and archiving languages, JSON, SQL, information calling, reuse, and so on. To help keep this website future-proofed.
• Old rave and industry photos. Photographers who have personally (and this is a very important aspect) shot the photographs, and that have them in their original largest uncompressed format. So either .raw, large .jpg or printed photographs (that you or we can scan in), and buy an unlimited reuse license on, as we love good content. If you have bought some photographs from someone else, or you do not know who actually took them, that is no good for us, due to copyright issues.

If you think you can help, contact us. We would like to keep a list of interested people (we will not hand this information out, and is purely for us to reference to). We will be in touch, when we need your help, and pay you an hourly fee, for any large amounts of work.

Website accessibility statement

Our commitment to how we have made this website accessible for you.

Quick facts on worldwide disability

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Clear language

We aimed to make the written content as easy-to-understand as possible, expanded abbreviations, and tried to use easier‑to‑understand words. We are aiming to do another site-wide read through, in 2024, to make things even easier-to-understand.

Language translation

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Website accessibility

Our webpages pass many of the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 requirements at levels A, AA and AAA. We also used the WAVE Web Accessibility Tool, done testing using the ChromeVox screenreader software, and the VoiceOver accessibility option on a Mac.

Other accessibility features of this website include:

• Logical and consistent coding and sectioning for webpage code and design.
• Logical and consistent navigation for keyboard users.
• A skip navigation link, for screenreader and keyboard users.
• We also conformed to the A11Y Project Checklist (in December 2019).
• Relevant and descriptive alt tags for images.
• Zoomable.

PDFs [Problem Document Files]

We link to a few PDF files and are aware they are not very accessible, we need to further look into how we can make them more accessible.

Desktop browser compatibility

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• Firefox, version 121.
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• Safari, version 12.

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Mobile browser compatibility

This website has been tested on a range of mobile phones, and currently works fine using the setups below:

• iPhone 8, iOS version 12, Safari 12.
• iPhone 7, iOS version 12, Safari 12.
• Samsung Galaxy J3, Android version 8, Chrome 74.

Please note: you may experience issues, with older versions of mobile website browsers. Best advice is to use the most up-to-date internet browser (Firefox or Chrome) for your mobile device.

Accessibility statement date

December 2023.

Technology used for this website

• Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA) to add extra description for people who use screenreaders: https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/aria/.
• Bootstrap (CSS framework): https://getbootstrap.com.
• Ecommerce: PrestaShop.
• Font Awesome (icons): https://fontawesome.com.
• Grammarly (spelling and grammar): https://grammarly.com.
• jQuery (JavaScript): https://jquery.com.
• Photography (some of them): Unsplash.
• SoundCloud (audio and mix hosting): https://soundcloud.com.
• Syntax for OpenType features in CSS by Adobe (webfont OpenType typography): https://helpx.adobe.com/uk/fonts/using/open-type-syntax.html.
• Text literature references (APA style): https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines.
• Title case converter (APA style): https://titlecaseconverter.com.
• Unicode common characters: single left quote ‘, single right quote ’, double left quote “, double right quote ”, & sign HTML entity [& amp;], en dash –, non-breaking hyphen ‑, ellipsis …
• Unit (typeface, font): https://www.myfonts.com/collections/unit-font-fontfont designed by Erik Spiekermann.