Ruminations
(Originally uploaded August 2006)
Back in the days when trance wasn’t a dirty word, an ambient vibe seemed to permeate electronica and created these mellow, gentle yet mixable & danceable tracks.Show tracklisting.
- (00:00) THE IRRESISTIBLE FORCE — Lotus Position
- (07:30) THE IRRESISTIBLE FORCE — Fish Dances
- (14:22) THE DRUM CLUB — Follow The Sun
- (19:44) PAUL VAN DYK — Today
- (23:22) THE DRUM CLUB — Space Station Angel
- (31:38) MICROGLOBE — High On Hope (Macrosphere Remix)
- (37:25) ORIGINAL ROCKERS — Round And Round (Round ReVersion)
- (41:37) HIGHER INTELLIGENCE AGENCY — Speedlearn (Empathy Mix)
- (47:51) THE ORB — Asylum
- (52:09) LANGUAGE — I Can’t Stop
- (56:28) A POSITIVE LIFE — Universal Message
- (60:07) SVEN VÄTH — Mellow Illusion
- (66:49) GOLDEN GIRLS — Kinetic (Morley’s Apollo Mix)
Marinading Beats
(Originally uploaded February 2005)
This mix came about with repeated listening to the Retroflex track, I just liked getting sucked into all the different parts of the song so I thought I wouldn’t mind getting it on a mix. At around 100bpm it’s not your usual 4-to-the-floor dancefloor staple track, so I put it aside and it was gradually joined by other twelves in the next few months that were around similar tempos. With the mix being around the sort of tempo of a ‘chill-out’ or ‘downtempo’ compilation, I like to think that I’ve managed to avoid any really obvious clichés from a saturated market and composed something a little different from what you would find in your corporate music shop and given exposure to a few less well-known but superb compositions. I hope you enjoy it.Show tracklisting.
- (00:00) MUKI — Esc.
- (06:31) THIEVERY CORPORATION — 2001
- (10:18) MAMA OLIVER — EastWest (Stoned Together Mix)
- (14:15) LFO — Loch Ness
- (17:21) KRAFTWERK — Expo 2000 (Kling Klang Mix 2000)
- (23:41) CAUSTIC WINDOW — On The Romance Tip
- (27:15) PLEASURE BOX — Enjoy Yourself
- (33:33) TIM ‘LOVE’ LEE — Triple X Togetherness
- (38:54) EG & ALICE — Doesn’t Mean That Much To Me (The Ambient Mix)
- (43:51) BOTANY 5 — Love Bomb (Slam Production Mix)
- (47:38) RETROFLEX — Red Line (Short Ride)
- (52:22) NEWWORLDAQUARIUM — Lovin’ U
- (57:41) PRESENCE — The Gift Of Freedom
- (62:06) INXS — Mediate
- (64:51) GLOBAL COMMUNICATION — Maiden Voyage (Spiritualized Electric Mainline Mix)
- (69:55) ERIK VAN DEN BROEK — Future World
- (73:32) BABY BUDDAH HEADS — Latin Joint (Original Mix)
Club Mediterraneo
(Originally uploaded July 2004)
It had been awhile since I had last put together a mix so I put together as many of my Italian import twelves as I could find and came up with this mixture of vintage piano-led tunes and Italian-flavoured deep house. Tracks 1-9, 10-15 & 17-20 were mixed on the decks whilst 16 and 21 and the other parts were all edited together on the pc using CD Architect. If it’s not sunny where you are, may this mix deliver some aural sunshine :-) Show tracklisting.
- (00:00) COCODANCE — Angels Of Love (Original Italo Mix)
- (04:24) DJ LE ROY — Bocachica (Piano Mix)
- (07:07) NITELITE CITYRAMA — Runnin So Hard (Mighty 116bpm Version)
- (10:28) DON PABLO’S ANIMALS — Paranoia
- (14:32) DYNAMIC BOYS — Make Me Say Yes (Underground Version)
- (17:47) OMNIVERSE — Never Get Enough (Sunday Morning Mix)
- (22:23) TEMPER TEMPER — It’s All Outta Lovin’ You
- (27:16) DON CARLOS — Alone
- (31:21) GINO LATINO — No Sorry (Piano Version)
- (35:26) AURAL — Desire (Martini Club Mix)
- (39:09) KENYATTA — Keep Me Comin’ (Lifeforce Club Mix)
- (39:40) KENYATTA — Keep Me Comin’ (Lifeforce Club Mix)
- (43:11) LAST RHYTHM — Open Your Mind (Extended Mix)
- (46:01) FPI PROJECT — Rich In Paradise (Original Version)
- (48:51) ELECTRIC CHOC — Shock The Beat (Piano Mix)
- (51:33) COOL JACK — Just Come (Pink Version)
- (56:25) JT COMPANY — Don’t Deal With Us
- (60:22) NY’S FINEST VICTOR SIMONELLI — Do You Feel Me (Club Mix)
- (63:06) MONICA DE LUXE — The Temperature’s Rising (Vibe Mix)
- (67:30) TONY CARRASCO — Transparenza (Scat Vox Mix)
- (70:36) G.M. — L.O.V.E. Ambient
Old Skool Deep Vol.1
(Originally uploaded February 2004)
A lot of practice was required, as this was the first mix I had done for years and years thus I was a bit rusty. Concentrating on the early deep house releases to break my long absence from the decks; this sound was largely what drew me into buying house music in the early 90s. The majority of these tracks I first heard championed by Steve Jackson on his evening show ‘The Jack That House Built’ broadcast on Kiss 100 FM. Includes the sublime deep re-work of Herb Alpert North On South St. by Greg Smith and the classic early Bottom Line release by Hearsay — Move Yo Body (Work Yo Body), which were firm favourites of mine at the time. Show tracklisting.
- (00:00) RARE ARTS — Boriqua Posse (L Digital Mix)
- (03:42) SPRING — No Time (For Crying) (Instrumental Mix)
- (06:29) DREAMER G — I Got That Feelin’ (Deep Mix)
- (09:24) HELEN SHARPE — Got 2 Have Your Love (Jazz Rave Mix)
- (11:55) HEARSAY — Move Yo Body (Work Yo Body) (Smooth Instrumental Mix)
- (14:34) HEARSAY — Move Yo Body (Work Yo Body) (Ragga House Mix)
- (19:04) HERB ALPERT — North On South St. (Deep Dub Version)
- (22:11) RALPHI ROSARIO — Una Cosa De Amour (Four On The Floor Dub Mix)
- (26:45) VANDAL — Amazing Grace
- (29:40) EVOLUTION — State Of Mind
- (35:30) EMENAR ONE — Get Your Thang Together (Hard Mix)
- (38:36) AGAPÉ SOUNDS — Your Love Never Fails (Reynald “Crazy Frenchman’s” Mix)
- (40:35) AGAPÉ SOUNDS — Your Love Never Fails (Your Love Dub Mix)
- (45:37) PAL JOEY — Flight 801
- (51:04) NATURAL EXPERIENCE — Feels So Good (X Rated)
- (54:38) BROOKLYN UNDERGROUND — Modern Technology
- (57:18) TWO MEN ON A STRUGGLE — Project 1
- (60:58) APHRODISIAC — Song Of The Siren (Mediterannean Mix)
- (64:43) MR. FINGERS — What About This Love (Dub Version)
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