Ep 19: 90’s Progressive Trance feat. Hooj Choons

Founded in 1990 by Alex Simons and Red Jerry (real name Jeremy Dickens), Hooj Choons was born out of London’s underground club scene with one mission: to release forward-thinking dance music that didn’t give a damn about trends.

While Simons exited the label in the mid-90s, Red Jerry took the reins and led Hooj through its golden era—dropping genre-defining tracks that fused trance, house, and breakbeat into something deeper, darker, and smarter than the commercial charts could handle. Hooj sleeves became a mark of trust for DJs: if it was Hooj, it was going in the set.

The label built a cult following with artists like Tilt, Medway, Lustral, Solar Stone, Killahurtz, and Lost Tribe, and later earned iconic status with its tongue-in-cheek compilation series “Some of These Were Hooj.” Red Jerry’s own mixes and A&R instincts helped define what progressive dance music meant in the UK—and beyond.

This isn’t trance the way the mainstream remembers it. This is progressive trance.

In this mix, you'll hear meditative uplifts from Solar Stone, brooding grooves from Medway, twisted late-night spirals from LSG, and enough Red Jerry mixes to build a church. There are dubby versions, creeping Farmatronic edits, and vocal tracks that somehow felt more like mantras than lyrics.

This is music made for moments—not for festivals, but for back rooms, closed-eye sets, and headphone pilgrimages. Built from layers, driven by groove, and remembered by the heads who never needed glowsticks to get high.

Here it is, 2 hours of Hooj; 1991-1999 hits!

01. Diss-Cuss - Save the Day (Aquarius Mix)
02. Killahurtz / Medway - West on 27th / Release
03. Miss Message - Touch (Touch Me Here Mix)
04. Sil - Windows
05. X-Pact - The Ocean
06. Mr & Mrs Smith - Gotta Get Loose (Mudmen Remix)
07. MRE - The Deep Edge
08. Felix - Don’t You Want Me
09. LSG - Netherworld (Kid Loops Remix)
10. Solar Stone - The Calling (Inner Peace Mix)
11. The Light - Expand the Room (Vocal Mix)
12. Solar Stone - Seven Cities (Solar Stone’s ‘Coastal’ Mix)
13. Miro - Paradise (Farmatronic ‘Creeping’ Mix)
14. Mobile Space Unit - Eruption
15. Shimmer - Naked World
16. Lustral - Everytime (Red Jerry Mix)
17. Medway - Slow Baseline Track
18. Three Drive - Greece 2000 (Farmatronic ‘Genetic’ Mix / Original Mix)
19. Pete Lazonby - Sacred Cycles (Cass / Slide Sacred Re-Cycles Mix / Original Mix)
20. Solar Stone - Day by Day (Solar Stone Dub)
21. Red Sun - This Love (Longredsun Mix)
22. Nalin & Kane - Beach Ball (Sharam’s ‘Baywatch’ Mix)
23. Lost Tribe - Angel (Four Four Mix)
24. Joff Roach - Analisis
25. LSG - Netherworld (DJ Randy’s ‘Smoke Free’ Mix)
26. Tilt - Invisible
27. Lost Tribe - My Soul
28. Lost Tribe - Gamemaster (Lost Tribe’s ’99 Mix)
29. Trancesetters - Roaches (Bugs in Slacker’s Bassment Remix)
30. Andy Ling - Fixation (Slacker’s ‘Fixation of the Situation’ Mix)
31. Energy 52 - Cafe Del Mar (Oliver Lieb’s LSG Remix / DJ Kid Paul Remix)
32. CM / Andy Ling - Dream Universe (Original Mix / DJ Taucher Remix) / Fixation (Silvio
Ecomo Mix)
33. The Source - Sanctuary (Of Love) (Requiem in D Minor Mix)
34. Red Sun - This Love (Our House Remix)
35. Trancesetters - Roaches (Space Frog & Timelord’s ‘Termination’ Remix)
36. Paragliders - Change Me (Club Mix)
37. Viper - The Twister (Fiocco Remix)
38. Mr & Mrs Smith - Gotta Get Loose (Trilogy Remix)
39. Marmion - Schöneberg (Tony De Vit Mix)
40. JX - You Belong to Me (JX & Red Jerry Mix / No Respect Remix)
41. Antic - The Ultimate
42. Greenfield - No Silence
43. Jack Prongo - Movin’ Thru Your System

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