HARDWARE, headed by Richie McNeil, has been running raves, dance parties, techno events and festivals as long as I have been running Vicious Recordings. From humble beginnings to some of the most epic events throughout Melbourne and Australia, while Richie was smashing the rave scene, I was embedded in the clubs, but we often crossed paths and I always had a bunch of rave and techno tunes ready for the right time. I used to buy vinyl from Richie’s shop and here, I just wanted to drop a mix to celebrate and congratulate him and the entire Hardware team on 30 years… This is my Tribute to the Rave, with some gems that I hope you all enjoy, especially the Melbourne shufflers and original rave crew who’s energy and passion helped create that early scene and delivered those early parties from Footscray, to the Docks and beyond. Much respect to those DJ’s from then too!!!