DJ PICCADILLYA service of Channel Electronic
Artists / DJs / archive signals
Your channel for rave, house, dub, techno and breakbeat. Always on beat; definitely on key.
Active in 2026 · expanding regularly
Orbital Engine / YouTube playlists
Long-form sessions or individual tracks. Choose wisely!
DJ sets, radio programs, live sessions and extended archive material.
Selected: Strictly Rhythms Vol: 9 Mixed by Wax Motif & Neoteric (Get Down Mix) (Strictly Rhythm, 2012)Uploaded by Strictly Rhythm · YouTube ↗Watch on YouTube ↗
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Individual records, artist videos and essential selections from the era.
Selected: Missing Channel - Rave To The MaximumUploaded by Nur Techno · YouTube ↗Watch on YouTube ↗
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Artist feature / then + now
01 / Altern 8
From a 1991 car-park transmission to a new generation at Boomtown: the masks remain visible, the breaks remain unruly, and Mark Archer remains firmly in the mix.
Altern 8 official ↗The anthem, the chemical-warfare suits and the legendary Shelley’s car-park footage—rave culture arriving in full public view.
Uploaded by WhiteLightPictures · YouTube ↗Watch on YouTube ↗
A full-hour set connecting hardcore, jungle and breakbeat for the crowd that inherited the signal. Altern 8 continues to tour in 2026.
Uploaded by Boiler Room · YouTube ↗Watch on YouTube ↗
Featured transmission / Mixcloud
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Uploaded by 3345music ↗ · recorded 1992
High-art rave music captured live to cassette from an all-vinyl set: breakbeats, sirens, scratches, cuts and peak-hour momentum. Vol. 13 from 3C’s original tape series.
Open on Mixcloud ↗Piccadilly / 001—003
Modern mixes featuring some of our favorites from back in the day.
30 years after the final Shockwaves broadcast
House, techno, rave, breakbeat, skizzo—and the records that refused classification. A return to the sound that established the foundation.
Open on MixcloudThe soundtrack before and during Shockwaves
A celebration of the music surrounding nearly four years at a Lubbock institution—and the people who listened, mentored, and made it possible.
Open on MixcloudShockwaves Radio · 21st anniversary transmission
A 2014 transmission honoring the late-’80s and early-’90s KTXT-FM program—and the friends who kept its signal alive.
Open on MixcloudScene Index / 001—007
A selective map of the artists, DJs, labels and broadcasts currently represented on this channel.
Rave · Breakbeat · Hardcore
Mark Archer’s masked rave transmission continues through new sets, remixes and live appearances.
Still activeHouse · Techno · Acid
Manchester futurism connecting acid house, techno and electronic pop across generations.
Active archiveEBM · Industrial · Electronic
Explore the electronic body music side of the collection through Front 242’s final show at Ancienne Belgique, featured in Mixsets. The venue’s upload is linked here alongside the band’s official site.
Archive signalTechno · Ambient · Live
The Hartnoll brothers remain a defining bridge between rave culture and electronic live performance.
Still activeAmbient · Techno · Experimental
A continually expanding world of transmissions, archives and environments beyond the dancefloor.
Still activeHouse · Garage · Classics
A deep New York catalogue still being reissued, remixed and opened to new listeners.
Active archiveHouse · Techno · Rave · Breakbeat
The KTXT-FM point of origin—and the editorial frequency behind DJ Piccadilly.
Annual transmissionScheduled transmissions
OCT 2027 01
Annual frequency
A salute to the independent stations where strange records found a signal.
DEC 13
Anniversary frequency
Remembering the final KTXT-FM broadcast—and everything still reverberating from it.
Editorial frequency
This is not a museum of a finished scene. Artists and DJs who shaped the late 1980s and early 1990s are still releasing music, uploading sets, opening archives and finding new audiences.
DJPiccadilly.com is a focused channel for that continuum: historically aware, semi-actively programmed, and deliberately smaller than Channel Electronic. We don't live in the past but it would be a shame if we forgot where it all started.
Curated by DJ Piccadilly · A service of Channel Electronic