Sodomising the Earth #15 (2025)

Martin van Zeelandt / TCD
3 days ago
3 min read

Growing up, Jumpstyle would be everywhere. And I certainly listened to many mixes online. I can't remember which website it was, but it was filled with homemade sets. And I downloaded hundreds, if not, thousands of mixes, and they were listened to a lot. Jumpstyle was so damn cool, and especially certain tracks, they would get me off my chair, and jumping up and down. Not the silly dance the kids did, that was just idiotic. But the music was awesome, and I do miss it. It is a shame it went down the way it went. It died quickly in 2007....

But it is certainly missed a lot. I bought so many albums and listened to so many mixes, I can still dream them, imagine them in my head. But did it completely disappear? Not really, it went more underground, and can still be heard here and there, mainly at parties where Freestyle is played. It is still an important part of dance music history, and we should embrace it. Again, not the dance, as that was a tad silly, and too commercialised. But the music. That's all that matters.

I did love it a lot, until certain songs appeared in the top 40, and even Scooter joined the madness. That was for the time to jump ship, and discovered other styles, or rediscovered those which I've loved before but fell out of love with. But deep down inside, I still love Jumpstyle a lot, hence why I was a happy chap when I discovered the latest mix by Sodom and Gomorrah. 48 minutes long, and 31 tracks. That's like how the mixes used to be, right?

Sodom & Gomorrah - Intro
Furax - Fuck Orgus (Dr. Rude Remix)
DJ Fox feat Chicago Zone - Just A Melody
The Game - Crash Test (T-Nikko & Bjorn Smith Remix)
Xtortion - The Ultim8
Sodom & Gomorrah - Rough Stuff (Extended Edit)
Dustin Hertz, Da Rick & Pat B - Ketamine
Ruthless & Orphan - Bass Droppin
9 Milliz - Shikaka (Extended Mix)
Lethal MG - Youeternal (Official Bootleg) (Ronald V Remix)
Francois & Pat B - Mix The Master
Sodom & Gomorrah - Terminate (Demo)
The Dreamteam - Thunderball (Serano Remix)
Vorwek - Cambodia (Sodom & Gomorrah x BLVCKPRINT Remix)
Lethal MG - Mary Go Wild (The Insiders Bootleg)
GJ Warez - Popcorn
Dustin Hertz & BLVCKPRINT - Disconnected (Sodom & Gomorrah Vocal)
Polycarpus - Soda Pop
DJ Fox - Again's A Melody
DJ Coone - Infected (Original Mix)
Lethal MG - Pandemonium
Robert Armani - Hit Hard (Sodom & Gomorrah Edit)
Relic - The Hard Dancer (Sodom & Gomorrah Edit)
Polycarpus - Hypnotized
Jeckyll & Hyde - The Flipside
Dave Davis - Transfiguration (Lethal MG Remix )
Ruthless & GJ Warez - What's Wrong
Sodom & Gomorrah - Bells Of Awakening (Extended Mix)
Chicago Zone - Speaker
Antonio & Cristiano - Dirty Cash
Sodom & Gomorrah - Eschata

This is a very nice mix, with some amazing tracks. Nostalgic feelings I am currently experiencing. I feel young again. Haven't really got the body anymore, as I'm now 20 years older, but in my head I'm still 20 years younger, and very active on the dancefloor.

This sound is truly missed. But it is still kept alive, and you can even find a few Sodom & Gomorrah records. I've not heard them before, but they certainly nailed the Jumpstyle sound from back in the day. That sound cannot be forgotten, as it certainly has some heft to it. And both Sodom and Gomorrah picked a few epic records from back in the day.

Seeing Lethal MG and Chicago Zone, that's always a win for me. But the track that got me feeling young and energetic, it has to be ''Crash Test''. That's a track that screams Jumpstyle to me. Maybe an underrated record, but certainly one I enjoy a lot. Not so much my car speakers, as they are trembling in the door panels. But they should not have been speakers if they disliked music, right?

A wicked mix. That's all I can say. And if you like this mix, there's 14 other mixes you can check out. And I would urge you to do so, as there's so much more to discover.

Final note: bring back the Jumpstyle sound from back in the day. Not the commercial rubbish, but the proper anthems. And don't tell Scooter, as they might ruin a style yet again. We don't want that malarky to happen again.