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Gottwood Mixes

Music only exclusive mixes of the classic Exit Planet Earth Openlab shows.

Full Track listings 
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EXIT PLANET EARTH x PEN vs SWORD // SERIES ONE

This is kinda weird but this is actually the first production I have ever released under my own name. I have always produced but under group names such as 2020Vision, 2020soundsystem, Chuggles, Wulf n Bear, Wolf n Flow, Otaku etc 

I have always been happy working alongside other musicians but after 2020Soundsystem recently ended I felt the desire to get into the studio and have a go myself.  I set up a basement crib, dusted off some old machines I've had for years and got busy.  So hopefully this is the first of many mixes over the coming months.

Moodymanc - Joy (Ralph Lawson Dub)

Recorded for the back to basics 30th anniversary 1991 - 2021

Track List and story: 
http://www.ralphlawson.co.uk/basic-vision/2021/12/6/back-to-basics-30

basics 30

back to basics 30 - just when I thought I was out...

The second part in the series of mixes documenting my time as resident DJ at the legendary back to basics club in leeds.  

Full Story : http://bit.ly/1hYyLRU
Track List
http://www.ralphlawson.co.uk/basic-vision/2013/11/20/themusicfactory-mix-part-two

back to basics // the>music:factory mix part two // 1991-94

Recorded live at back to basics at The Garage in the Waxwerks - 2013.  
This is part one of a 5 hour mix that started at 95 bpm and never got faster than 118bpm.  
A pure Weatherall masterclass in mixing indie dance, balearic beats and tripped out slo-mo at it's best.

Andrew Weatherall Live at Waxwerks Part 1

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Next up on our OpenLab Festival Sessions is 20/20 Vision founder and dear member of the OpenLab family https://soundcloud.com/ralphlawson, with a DJ session recorded on the closing night from the beautiful Lawn Stage playing a selection of dub techno, tripped-out house and classic electronic music moments!


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OpenLab Festival Sessions - Gottwood -  Ralph Lawson

Andrew Weatherall Recorded Live at Waxwerks, The Garage Leeds.
Part 2 
More details here 
http://www.ralphlawson.co.uk/features/2014/1/21/weatherall-a-mix-from-outer-space

Andrew Weatherall Live at Waxwerks Part 2

Recorded at Hought-On 2022 at Tantrum 

With thanks Craig Richards

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ralph lawson (exit planet earth) - houghton // 2022 // tantrum

Recorded live from TRIGON on a Lovelee Dae

GOTTWOOD 2023 // TRIGON DAY PARTY

Recorded Live at The Quarry 
Thursday August 10th closing
Houghton 2023

Houghton 2023

Ralph Lawson // Houghton 2023 // The Quarry

Balearic Electric Vol.2 
Recorded on Pioneer V10 DJ Mixer

Balearic Electric takes place first Saturday of the month in London at a secret venue.

Vol.2

Balearic Electric 02

The Pleasure Room Years 1994 - 97

The third mix in the series of exclusive sessions documenting my time as resident DJ at back to basics club in Leeds, UK. 

For the full blog piece and track listing visit -

http://www.ralphlawson.co.uk/features/2014/12/8/the-pleasure-room-years-1994-1997
 

back to basics // The Pleasure Rooms Years // 1994-97

Ralph Lawson should need no introduction as it would be impossible to list all that he has achieved in such a short space but here's a whistle stop tour anyway. 

Having cut his teeth as resident DJ at back to basics, even playing the first record in the club, before going onto become musical director and help the club to win multiple awards. Ralph has gone on to perform across the globe in countless famous venues too long to list but including The Hacienda, Sub Club, fabric, The Loft Barcelona, Space & DC10. 

Ralph also founded 20/20 Vision Recordings, a label as relevant now as it was when founded back in 1995 that has released music from an eclectic range of artists as musically diverse as Crazy P, Maya Jane Coles, Christian Loffler, Carl Finlow and Voigtmann over 400 releases. There is something very incredibly special about that in our eyes, with multiple releases spanning the years still never leaving the bags of us here at W.A.P.

When you take a step back and look at Ralph’s history and musical knowledge as a DJ, giving this mix a spin is a no brainer. The man quite simply loves music and that is so very evident in the unique and fresh energy he brings to each & every set. 

We are blessed & honoured to have Ralph kick off our new series with a journey into the brain courtesy of new mycelium networks. From a slow chuggy start the mix builds into mind expanding acid house while being nailed to the floor by cabinet shaking bass along the way. This is full frequency mixing to be enjoyed on a road trip…

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AKASHA

ralph lawson - AKASHA IBIZA

"Staring out across the absolutely packed Lawn of Gottwood Festival 2024 as the sun shone through the trees on Crazy P dropping ‘Heartbreaker' I knew I had a mission to pull off. And that was to first attempt to keep the crowd and second take it from 120bpm disco and drop it off somewhere around 135 bpm electro ready for Freakenstein to come on in full swing. Not the easiest job in the world but one I felt confident to pull off knowing the Gottwood crowd, Crazy P and the Freaky one so well after being a part of all their lives for many years. It was also a rare opportunity for me to mix up everything from balearic beats, disco and deep house as ralph lawson before passing the headphones over to my alter ego EXIT PLANET EARTH to take over the controls for electro funk LIFT OFF!' - Ralph Lawson


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Gottwood Mix #68 - Ralph Lawson x EXIT PLANET EARTH

ralph lawson // Houghton 2024 // Terminus

Series One - Episode One

Previously unreleased MUSIC ONLY mixes of the original 
EXIT PLANET EARTH radio shows recorded for OPENLAB FM in 2020

New episodes released every Friday on Pen vs Sword 2024-2025

Track listing:
https://promisesproject.net/pen-vs-sword/reopenlab/exit-planet-earth-s1-e1/

EXIT PLANET EARTH x PEN vs SWORD S1 E1

Track Listing:
https://promisesproject.net/pen-vs-sword/reopenlab/exit-planet-earth-s1-e2/

EXIT PLANET EARTH x PEN vs SWORD S1 E2

SERIES ONE EPISODE 3

Full track listing and blog at:
https://promisesproject.net/pen-vs-sword/reopenlab/exit-planet-earth-s1-e3/

EXIT PLANET EARTH x PEN vs SWORD S1 E3

Full Track List:
https://promisesproject.net/pen-vs-sword/reopenlab/exit-planet-earth-s1-e4/

EXIT PLANET EARTH x PEN vs SWORD S1 E4

Full Track List:
https://promisesproject.net/pen-vs-sword/reopenlab/exit-planet-earth-s1-e5/

EXIT PLANET EARTH x PEN vs SWORD S1 E5

Full Track Listing:
https://promisesproject.net/pen-vs-sword/reopenlab/exit-planet-earth-s1-e8/

EXIT PLANET EARTH x PEN vs SWORD S1 E8

PEN vs SWORD + TRACKLIST
https://promisesproject.net/pen-vs-sword/reopenlab/exit-planet-earth-s1-e9/

EXIT PLANET EARTH x PEN vs SWORD S1 E9

Track List:
https://promisesproject.net/pen-vs-sword/reopenlab/exit-planet-earth-s1-e10/

EXIT PLANET EARTH x PEN vs SWORD S1 E10

EXIT PLANET EARTH x PEN vs SWORD S1 EP10

Track Listing & BLOG
https://promisesproject.net/pen-vs-sword/reopenlab/exit-planet-earth-s1-e11/

EXIT PLANET EARTH x PEN vs SWORD S1 E11

Track List:
https://promisesproject.net/pen-vs-sword/reopenlab/exit-planet-earth-s1-e11/

EXIT PLANET EARTH x PEN vs SWORD S1 EP11

LAST EPISODE IN THE FIRST SERIES
MUSIC ONLY MIXES 
TRACK LISTING:
https://promisesproject.net/pen-vs-sword/reopenlab/exit-planet-earth-s1-e12/


EXIT PLANET EARTH x PEN vs SWORD S1 E12

Messin' With My Mind

Messin' With My Marbles (Oliver.r Dub)

Messin' With My Mind (The Electric Press Remix)

Messin' With My Mind (The Electric Press Dub)

The 20:20 Vision main man and Back To Basics long standing resident Ralph Lawson graced the Back To Basics stage for the second year running at Gottwood this year and he kindly recorded an hour of his set in the Walled Garden. 

Gottwood Tickets

Gottwood Mix #004 - Ralph Lawson (Live From Gottwood)

The 4th mix in the series documenting the life and times of back to basics club in Leeds.

Full tracklisting and blog piece here 

http://www.ralphlawson.co.uk/blog/2015/11/17/back-to-basics-the-mint-club-years-1998-2002

back to basics // The Mint Club Years // 1998-2002

Barbarella's near Tisno in Croatia is a truly open air club modelled on the great original 1970 & 80s outdoor venues from Italy and Ibiza like Amnesia, Peter Pan and Baia Degli Angeli. The hot starry nights suit a mix of balearic, disco and house music and it was an honour to open for Kerri Chandler at this year's Electric Elephant festival.  

Here you have my full live session recorded between 2-4am on July 7th 2016.  

Mixes

Ralph Lawson Live // Barbarella's // Electric Elephant 2016

The first in a series of mixes celebrating my 20 years as resident at back to basics club in Leeds, UK.

visit www.ralphlawson.co.uk for track listing and sleevenotes for the mix and stories from the club.



back to basics // the>music:factory years part one // 1991-94

Full feature and track listing
http://www.ralphlawson.co.uk/blog/2016/11/23/stinkys-peephouse-2006-2011

back to basics // Stinky's Peephouse  2006 - 2011

Full live set recorded for the 20 year party people show.   Also the last ever Back to Basics at Stinkys Peephouse.    Full track listing and notes at www.ralphlawson.co.uk



back to basics // 20th Birthday // 26th November 2011

Andrew Weatherall's full live session from 2020Vision presents back to basics at Village Underground December 17th 2011.  It was an amazing set spanning the full 20 years of his involvement in the club and beyond.  As soon as he dropped the beatless mix of Smokebelch the room was transformed.  Fittingly the set ends with the full version...

Andrew Weatherall Live at 2020Vision presents back to basics

Full story and tracklisting 
http://www.ralphlawson.co.uk/blog/2017/9/18/houghton-hope

Recorded Live at The Quarry, Houghton Festival
August 10th 8-11pm 2017

Ralph Lawson Live // Houghton Festival 2017 // The Quarry

Recorded live from Tantrum at Houghton Festival, 
Thursday August 13th 2018

Ralph Lawson Live // Houghton Festival 2018 // Tantrum

An Exclusive DJ session from Chez Damier for the back to basics 21st birthday at 
The Garage November 24th 2012

full story here - 
http://www.ralphlawson.co.uk/blog/2012/12/11/chez-damier-life-after.html

Chez Damier - Back to Basics Mix

Set recorded live at Church on the Carl Cox night - the last back to basics at the venue before it closed. 
It was also my last set as a resident DJ at back to basics, 
read more here -
http://www.ralphlawson.co.uk/features/2019/12/17/resident-dj-8pymt

back to basics // Church // May 24th 2019 // last ever set

Out now on iTunes: smarturl.it/DDGDiTunes

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Blaze - Lovelee dae (2020Vision remix) -iTunes Exclusive

I always see a gig on the legendary Terrace of Space for We Love like playing in the World Cup.  You have been picked to represent on the international stage in the big arena and it's time to show the world what you got.

I always get nervous leading up to the gig and practice most of the week. Some people are surprised when I tell them that but ask any musician and they will always tell you they need to work on their chops at any stage in their career. I treat it the same way.

I'm playing just one exclusive terrace set this year on the Space Terrace so I wanted to make sure I nailed it.  I am back on September 22nd in the Discoteca for an excursion into Techno but this set will be the only one of its kind this year.  I hope you enjoy it as much as I did...

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Ralph Lawson - We Love Space Terrace - June 2013

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