
FabricLive 1-100
The Ranking.
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The FabricLive series wasn’t just a collection—it was a chronicle. A time capsule of club culture, breakbeat experiments, bass-heavy pressure and sweat-soaked weekends in London’s most iconic basement. This page documents one fan’s journey through every FabricLive release, from 01 to 100.
No skipped volumes. No nostalgia goggles. Just honest reflections, deep dives, standout tracks, and an evolving leaderboard as each mix is revisited and re-evaluated—one CD at a time.
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01 James Lavelle
The series begins with cinematic swagger. Lavelle doesn’t ease you in—he drags you through smoky cityscapes, scratches over spy-flick strings, and mixes like he’s scoring a Guy Ritchie film in real time. It’s not a club set, it’s a statement piece: layered, moody, and stitched together with Unkle’s trademark sense of drama. Not everyone's cup of Red Stripe, but undeniably ambitious.
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04 Deadly Avenger
A mixtape in movie trailer form. Deadly Avenger leans hard into the cinematic—this one’s full of spy breaks, surf guitars, dusty funk loops, and post-big beat swagger. It’s less about the club and more about the car chase. At times it feels stitched together from reel-to-reel tape and VHS static, with sharp turns and a touch of Tarantino camp. Not the most seamless mix, but full of personality—and a bold early curveball for the series.cription goes here
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02 Ali B
Ali B brings the party to the pavement. This one’s a blocky, funk-fuelled breaks mix—less brooding than Lavelle’s opener, more concerned with getting trainers moving. It leans into Fatboy Slim-era big beat energy, but without the polish; it’s cheeky, chunky, and occasionally chaotic. Some transitions clunk like a warehouse door, but the vibe is pure early-2000s pirate radio with a wink. Not essential—but undeniably fun.
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03 DJ Hype
A jungle institution flexing at full strength. DJ Hype delivers a tight, turbo-charged ride through DnB’s rougher corners—double drops, rewinds, MC shouts, and relentless energy. It's sweaty, snarling, and unapologetically built for the rave. Some of it’s so 2002 it might still be buffering on LimeWire, but Hype’s selections and razor-sharp cuts make this one of the first real FabricLive bangers. If the series had a dancefloor ignition point—this was it.