Telepathy Step Beyond
Club UN, Tottenham • Saturday 11 May 1996. Six Rave Archive UK recordings preserve a night where the MC crews are every bit as central as the DJs, including the Mampi Swift set that had previously been left outside the event page.
The MC crew is part of the headline
Step Beyond is a strong example of mid-1990s jungle where the tape archive preserves the whole live performance language rather than just the DJ names. Skibadee, Shabba, Det, Navigator, Yankee and Bassman recur across the surviving RAUK recordings, often moving between sets and combinations.
The six RAUK survivors are Andy C B2B DJ SS; Grooverider; Funky Flirt; Micky Finn; Brockie B2B SL; and Mampi Swift with Shabba & Navigator.
The Mampi Swift recording was already live on the Rave Archive UK Mixcloud account but had not been carried into this event page. It is now restored alongside the other five recordings from the night.
Six recordings from Step Beyond
Andy C B2B DJ SS w/ Skibadee, Shabba & Det — Telepathy ‘Step Beyond’ — 11.5.96
Grooverider w/ Det, Navigator, Skibadee, Shabba & Yankee — Telepathy ‘Step Beyond’ — 11.5.96
Funky Flirt w/ Skibadee, Shabba, Yankee & Navigator — Telepathy ‘Step Beyond’ — 11.5.96
Micky Finn w/ Navigator, Yankee & Shabba — Telepathy ‘Step Beyond’ — 11.5.96
Brockie B2B SL w/ Navigator, Det, Bassman, Shabba & Skibadee — Telepathy ‘Step Beyond’ — 11.5.96
Mampi Swift w/ Shabba & Navigator — Telepathy ‘Step Beyond’ — 11.5.96
Telepathy’s live vocal culture
The tapes show the night as a moving network of DJs and MCs rather than isolated one-hour DJ performances. That is exactly the sort of detail worth preserving.
Where the story comes from
Flyer image and six Mixcloud transfers.
Event date and surviving performances.
MC names are taken from the recordings themselves; no complete live running order is inferred from tape order.
