Stubbzie's Progressive House Classics

Mix 6 of my all time favourite progressive house classics, this time focusing on releases in 1993 (to the best of my knowledge!). In 93 I was usually in Naughty But Nice, Hereford and occasional trips up to Pimp in Wolverhampton, or Golden in Stoke. From what I can remember, these tunes were the soundtrack to my weekends back then.

This mix includes tracks by Ready For Dead, Fluke, Stereogen, Hope A.D. and Sasha. All mixed live on two Technics 1210s and an Allen & Heath Xone 22 mixer. No computer trickery allowed.

I hope you enjoy,

12IL xx

Stubbzie's Progressive House Classics Mix 6 (1993)

More of the good old stuff... This mix is a bit more 'bangin' progressive house from 1994. A more trancey sound was starting to creep into progressive house records, which later went on to create the full blown trance scene we know and love/ hate today.

1994 also coincided with my first visit to the club 'Lakota' in Bristol, which was the place that really switched me onto this sound... smoke machines, lasers, Dove's and a bottle of water.. wicked!

Tracklist:

1. Lovechild & Rolfe - Time Travellers [Cowboy Records]
2. Histeria - Love Nature (Joy & Kaya Remix) [P&P Records]
3. Forthright - How Sweet The Sound (Busted Instrumental Mix) [Cowboy Records]
4. The Delorme - Spanish Fly (Dharma Bums Mix) [Zoom Records]
5. Capricorn - Harakiri (Secret Drum Version) [Global Cuts Records]
6. In The Nursery - Hallucinations (A Sense Of Reality Dub) [Third Mind Records]
7. Bump - House Stompin' (Ramp Stompin Mix) [Good Boy Records]
8. Paz Pooba - Hold Me Tight [Senior Records]
9. Let Loose - Crazy For You (Wild Fruit NRG Remix) [Mercury]
10. Sasha Ft. Sam Mollison - Magic (Pob's Seismix) [Deconstruction]
11. First Life - Be One Of Us (The Immortal Mix) [Total Music Records]
12. Banco De Gaia - Heliopolis (Eedupolis Dog Mix) [Planet Dog]

As always, recorded on two Technics 1210's and an Allen & Heath Xone22 Mixer.

I hope you enjoy, share and reminisce.

12 IL xx

Stubbzie's Progressive House Classics Mix 7 (1994)

The latest mix in my pursuit to record my old Progressive house record collection and upload for safe keeping and sharing with you lot.

Mix 8 includes records by Bananarama & PM Dawn, but before you say it - I'm not going mad, they are remixes! Also in here are some proper old school progressive classics by artists including Klaus, Fishbone Beat, Lionrock, and The House PImps.

I hope the music brings back a few memories for those old enough to remember. Always happy to hear your thoughts, and sharing my mixes is the ultimate flattery you can show, so feel free... 

Tracklisting: 1: Mephisto - State Of Mind (Quiet Mix) 2: Bananarama - More, More More (I Can't Techno More Mix) 3: House Pimps - Zulu Nation (Peace & Love Mix) 4: PM Dawn - When Midnight Sighs (PLayboys Fully Loaded Dub) 5: Khaled - Chebba (Man City Remix) 6: Klaus - Break Not Down (Side A Mix) 7: Klaus - Break Not Down (Side B Mix) 8: Ransom - Mind Games (Playboys Fully Loaded Dub) 9: Lisa B - Fascinated (Glam Dub) 10: Lionrock - Packet Of Peace 11: DEA - Dark Days 12: Fishbone Beat - Always (Oval Mix) 13: Jagga - Na Na Na (Latino Acid Mix)

As always, I mixed this on two Technics 1210's and an Allen & Heath Xone 22 Mixer through Scratch Live... The only Sync I use is to wash my dirty plates!

Peace & Love,

12 Inch Lover xxx


Stubbzie's Progressive House Classics Mix 8 (1993)

Ahhh.. 1995, what a year! Progressive house was undergoing a major change, tracks were stretching production skills and limits to new levels... let alone durations! The term "Epic House" was invented to describe the often 10+ minute long records being produced by artists like Blue Amazon, BT, Brothers In Rhythm and of course, Sasha. Clubs were packed out every weekend up and down the country - any old farmers town could put on a 'club night' and expect to see punters cueing to get in. For me, this era of clubbing was my nirvana, my wonderland, my true halcyon days. 

The mix contains some of my personal favourites from 95-96, and anyone who knew me back then will know I played these records to death. Blue Amazon, Hardfloor, BT, and Moby all feature in the mix, along with labels like Jackpot, Perfecto, and many more.

If you were part of the 95-96 club explosion, I hope some of these records remind you of just how invincible we all were. If you missed out back then, sit back, turn off the lights, turn up the music and imagine what it was like in the middle of a sweaty dancefloor!

As always, this was mixed on two Technics 1210's and an Allen & Heath mixer. 

Sharing these sounds is the biggest form of flattery, so please feel free.

Much love,

12 IL xx

Stubbzie's Progressive House Classics Mix 9 (1995-96)

Tracklist:

1. Fuzzy Logic - Obsession (Quantum Loop Mix) [Guerilla Records]
2. If - Everything & More (Leftfield Trancedub) [MCA Records]
3. Inner City - Hallelujah (Leftfield Zoom Dub) [Ten Records]
4. Stereo MC's - Step It Up (Stereofield Dub) [4th & Broadway]
5. If - Open Up Your Head (Trancefield Mix) [MCA Records]
6. React 2 Rhythm - Intoxication (Clubfield Mix) [Guerilla Records]
7. Eagles Prey - Tonto's Drum (Darren Emerson Remix) [Brute Records]
8. Supereal - Body Medusa (Leftfield Remix) [Guerilla Records]
9. Leftfield - Release The Horns (Hard Hands)
10. Leftfield - Not Forgotten (Fateh's On The Case Mix) [Outer Rhythm]
11. React 2 Rhythm - Whatever You Dream (The Light Mix) [Guerilla Records]

Back in 1991/92, progressive house wasn't even really a 'genre'. However, certain English producers were releasing a type of music that sounded different to the ravey, hands in the air piano sound of the time, or the US vocal garage sound infiltrating from across the pond. The sound focused on chunky beats, dubby, reggae infused bass lines, synth heavy breakdowns and vocal snippets twisted up into loops. It was in early 1992 when this sound was described as 'Progressive House' by the then editor of Mixmag, Dan Prince.  

The pioneering labels of this sound included Guerilla Records, Outer Rhythm & Hard Hands, along with producers including William Orbit, React 2 Rhythm, and of course the mighty 'Leftfield'.

As always with me, this is a live vinyl mix put together on two Technics 1210's and an Allen & Heath Xone 22 mixer just as God intended - No Ableton or computer trickery allowed. 

I hope you enjoy the trip down memory lane as much as I did - If you love it, share it!

Much love, 12 Inch Lover xxxx 

Stubbzie's Progressive House Classics Mix 10 (vinyl mix)

Some of my favorite progressive house tunes from around late 1993/ 1994. Back then I was a regular at clubs like Golden, Swoon, Naughty But Nice, and Lakota. I was also mesmerized  by mix tapes coming out around the time from DJ's like Digweed, Sasha, Nick Warren, Dave Seaman and loads of resident DJ's who never quite got the same acknowledgement as the headliners (I can remember resident DJ Grayson Shipley playing a set at Lakota in Bristol that would give any big name prog DJ a run for their money back in 1994!).

As always, I've mixed this on two Technics 1210's and an Allen & Heath Xone 22 Mixer just as God intended - No computer trickery or magic sync'ing allowed..

If you enjoy my mixes, please feel free to share them with any like minded souls who would appreciate a trip down memory lane...

Much love, 12 IL xxx

Stubbzie's Progressive House Classics Mix 11 (1993-94)

More chunky goodness from the early years of the Progressive house scene in the UK. This mix includes tracks from The Bassheads, Fluke, Orbital, D.O.P. and the uber rare Renaissance Mix Collection classic 'Trust' by Corrado (which is such a fucking ace tune, all 3 mixes are played back to back!). My mixes aren't full of tracks deemed as 'Ministry Of Sound Classics', instead they are tunes that formed part of my youth, so please don't be upset if you haven't heard them a million times before ;) 

As always, I've mixed this on 2 x Technics 1210's & Allen & Heath Xone 22 mixer - No computer trickery was allowed, just as God intended.

Feel free to share the mix with others, or your thoughts on it with me.

Much love

12 Inch Lover xx

12 Inch Lover - Progressive House Classics Vol 12 (1992-93) Vinyl mix

More of my personal favorites from what was potentially the most explosive year for Progressive House. Exceptional tunes were coming out thick and fast on labels like Limbo, Cowboy, Perfecto and Stress, which are all featured in this mix.

As with all my mixes, these tracks might not be hugely well known to everyone, but they all played a part in my halcyon days, somehow, somewhere...

Mixed on two Technics 1210's with an Allen & Heath Xone 22 mixer.

Enjoy,

12 Inch Lover xx 

12 Inch Lover - Progressive House Classics Mix 13 (1993) Vinyl Mix

More vinyl bombs from back in the day. Tracks and artists include Quivver, Desert, Slacker, BT, Kimball & Dekkard, and Rabbit In The Moon.

Mixed on 2 x Technics 1210's and an Allen & Heath Xone 22 Mixer via Scratch Live.

I hope you enjoy,

12 Inch Lover x

Stubbzie's Progressive House Classics Mix 14 (1995-96) pn

More top draw tunage from the early stages of the Progressive House sound. Vocals and piano's were still popular and appearing in lots of tunes, as well as pure tripped out, dubby bombs from producers like Darren Emerson, Dr Atomic and Sasha. 

This mix is a bit slower in tempo that my others, I would whack it on after the club to mong out to... 

Tracks include Dr Atomic, Inner City, B.M. Ex, Hysterix and Alexander O'Neal... 

As always, this was mixed live on 2 Technics 1210's and an Allen & Heath Xone 22 mixer. No computer trickery, just black wax and headphones.

I hope you enjoy...

12 Inch Lover xx 

Stubbzie's Progressive House Classics Mix 15 (1992-93) Vinyl mix

This mix was inspired by a set I heard at an illegal free party somewhere in the Gloucestershire countryside in 1994. Me and 3 mates had driven for hours to find the party, and ended up buying some Mushrooms from a bloke when we arrived. Most of the music that night was banging techno and hard core drum & bass, but at about 5am an unknown DJ came on an played a set of deep, melodic but driving progressive house and early trance... Apart from being very brave to slow down the tempo of that rave, the DJ & his set completely blew my mind and everyone else's who was there.

The tunes in my set are some that I can remember from that night (Li Kwan, Emporion, Pete Lazonby, Clanger) with a few others I've thrown in. 

As always, I mixed this on two Technics 1210's with an Allen & Heath Xone22 mixer via Serato. No sync'ing or computer trickery allowed.

Feel free to comment or share if you like the tunes, or if you want any track ID's ect. 

I hope you enjoy, 12 Inch Lover xx

Stubbzie's Progressive House Classics Mix 16 (1994) Vinyl mix

This mix was inspired by a set I witnessed Nick Warren played at Lakota, Bristol sometime in late 1996. It was around the time progressive house was evolving into progressive trance, with typical BPM's in the mid-130's. He played a full on, peak time, driving progressive and trance mix  that completely blew the roof off Lakota that night (and my frazzled brain!). 

Track listing:

1.Sunday Club - Paladian Dawn [Stress Records]
2. Blue Amazon - When The Rain Falls [Jackpot Records]
3. Chakra - I am (Bedrock Dub)[Jackpot Records]
4. Blue Amazon - Star Of David [Jackpot Records]
5. Magic Alec - Resonance (Goodfellows Remix)[Wonderboy Records]
6. Octavia - Equinox Project [Fluid Records]
7. Clanger - Seadog (Way Out West Remix) [Seismic Records]
8. Tallulah - Everything (Big C's Break Of Dawn Dub)[Dance Pool]
9. Coyote - Spirits Dancing (Mix 2) [Stress Records]
10. Mozaic - Rays Of The Rising Sun (Dekkard & Dane Remix) [Perfecto]

As always, I've mixed this live on two Technics 1210's with an Allen & Heath Xone22 Mixer via Scratch live.

Please feel free to leave me any comments, or track ID's or share it with your group.

Much love, 12 Inch Lover xxx

Stubbzie's Progressive House Classics Mix 17 (1996) vinyl mix

More dance floor bombs from 1993, a time when it was Ok to dance on a podium with a smile, say hello to your new best friend stood next to you and no doubt write their phone number down on the back of your Marlborough Lights box. These were indeed good times, and this mix try's to reflect that. 

Tracks in this mix include artists like Boomshanka, Suggestive, Pizzaman, Mukka and Lost Tribe, released on labels such as Loaded, Stress, Limbo and Cowboy Records. 

As always this was mixed on 2 Technics 1210's with an Allen & Heath Xone 22 mixer.

Please let me know what you think with a comment, or a like. If your a trainspotter like me and want track ID's, just let me know :)

Much love, 12 Inch Lover xxx 

Stubbzie's Progressive House Classics Mix 18 (1993) vinyl mix

Another tasty selection of Progressive House tunes from my record collection circa 1995. This mix is at the "housier" end of progressive house, with plenty of vocals, melodies and pianos. It was the sound of UK club land in the mid 90's with DJ's like Dave Seaman, Paul Oakenfold, Sasha & Diggers all playing an epic sound of musical massiveness.

This mix features tracks by BT, Grace, Chris & James, Mozaic and Mothers Pride released on labels including Skinny Malinky, Perfecto and the mighty Stress Records.

As always, this was mixed on 2 x Technics 1210's + Allen & Heath Xone 22 mixer via Serato Scratch Live. No other computer trickery allowed...

Please feel free to comment, share or re-post if you enjoy what you hear.

Much love,

12 Inch Lover xx



Stubbzie's Progressive House Classics Mix 19 (1995) Vinyl mix

More gems from my dusty record collection circa 1992. Progressive house was about to explode back then, with loads of tribal sounding, bass heavy, dubby bombs hitting my eardrums via mix tapes and vinyl every weekend. 

This mix includes tracks by artists including Stereogen, Djum Djum, Gipsy, Flipped Out and Havana. 

Please feel free to leave me a comment, share or like if you are enjoying the trip down memory lane.

As always, this was mixed on two Technics 1210's with Allen & Heath Xone 22 mix via Serato Scratch live.

Much love, 12 Inch Lover xx

Stubbzie's Progressive House Classics Mix 20 (1992) Vinyl mix

Welcome to the first in my Progressive House Classics mix series, each of which will focus on a particular year of record release, somewhere between 1992 - 1996 - My halcyon years of clubbing and enjoyment of Progressive House. 

This mix was inspired by 2 particular Sasha mix tapes that I got my very young hands on in 1992, his classics Universe set and a Chuff Chuff set. It was the Chuff Chuff tape that really opened my eyes to the power of harmonic mixing, and as a tribute to that mind blowing moment I have blatantly mixed the exact 3 tunes in the exact same order than blew me away so much when I first heard them (Sublime, La Tour & Floor Federation). Imitation is the biggest form of flattery after all!

Tracklisting for this mix:

Spooky - Little Bullett (Pt 1)
Spooky - Little Bullett (Pt 2)
The Oval Five Project - Vertigo (Doi-oing v Spooky Mix)
The Diceman - Quad (Spooky Mix)
Zero B - Love To Be In Love
Sublime - The Theme (Dub)
La Tour - Blue (Hermes Trance Mix)
Floor Federation - Music For The Masses (Dub)
Judy Cheeks - The Real Deal (Sasha's Qat Mix)
Young Braves - Reach
Quivver - Saxxy Lady

As with all my mixes, this was recorded on two Technics 1210's with an Allen & Heath Xone22 mixer via Serato Scratch Live. I used the original vinyl if I still have it, or MP3 file via control vinyl if not. No other computer trickery allowed, just as God intended. 

Hopefully the music will trigger a few tucked away memories that you had forgotten all about, it certainly did for me.

Much love, 12 Inch Lover xx

Stubbzie's Progressive House Classics Mix 1 (1992-93)

Part 2 in my prog classics series. This mix features tunes by Leftfield, Havana, Digweed and the man like, DJ Sasha. All mixed back in 2004 on vinyl with technics. 

Enjoy.

Stubbzie's Progressive House Classics Mix 2 (1993-94) pn

Part 3 in my classic Prog mixes, including tracks by: Way Out West, Spooky, Sasha, Leftfield, Shi-Take and many more. 

Stubbzie's Progressive House Classics Mix 3 (1993-94)

Mix number 4 of my favorite tracks from the progressive house scene circa 1993/1994. Hugely influenced by Sasha & Digweed mix tapes, producers like Spooky, Ramp, Kris Needs and the early European trance sound along with club nights like Renaissance, Swoon, and Golden.

Stubbzie's Progressive House Classics Mix 4 (1993-94) pn

Mix 5 in my series of personal favorites from the mid 90's progressive house scene. Featuring artists including Tilt, Way Out West, BT & Slacker, this mix contains some of my very hazy memories from dancefloors/ clubs like Lakota in Bristol, Que Club in Birmingham, Golden and Swoon, both in Stoke. 

As with all my 'classics' mixes, no DJ software was used back then, just two turntables and a bog standard mixer. I hope you enjoy! 

Stubbzie's Progressive House Classics Mix 5 (1995-96)

Avid record collector/ train spotter and DJ since 1991-ish, grew up on all types of house & progressive house during the early-mid 1990's, spent almost every weekend in sweaty clubs up & down the UK and all my cash on vinyl. 

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Peace & Love xx

Stubbzie's Progressive House Classics

Marcus Stubbs