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Grooverider Vs Stu Allan - Maximes (Back to the Oldskool) Wigan (Date Unknown)

Classic House & Old Skool - VOCAL CLASSICS - Mixed by Grimmy

With David Morales returning to play for FAC51 The Haçienda for the first time in seven years, headlining The Warehouse Project on Boxing Day, David has kindly supplied an exclusive one hour mix of classic Haçienda tunes, which he considers his salute to the music and spirit of the original Haçienda.

The stylish set puts together many of The Hac's and David's finest records from the late Eighties and early Nineties period, mixing disco, Italian house, and soulful garage styles in a seamlessly mixed testament to the strength and depth of music then.

Kicking off with the elegant strings of a laid back take on FPI Project's "Rich In Paradise", the original extended 12 inch version of Frankie Knuckles and Robert Owen's "Tears" follows before some nimble production tricks bring in the classic stabs and orders to groove of Inner City's "Big Fun". 

A light tempo runs throughout the set, with most tracks played in full with extended mixes as Black Box's "Ride On Time" and its Lolleatta Holloway vocal takes charge in all its glory before David's own seminal classic, the original Def Mix version of Robert Owen's "I'll Be Your Friend" is unleashed with its ever contemporary atmosphere of lustful, deep, tribal US clubs.

X-Press 2's "Muzik Xpress", the original 12 inch version of Alison Limerick's "Where Love Lives" and the stepped back soul of Benny Benassi's version of Black Box's "Everybody Everybody" all appear in the second half hour of the set while the delicate pianos of Soft House Company's "What You Need" brings the mix to the close in what proves a round up of many of the biggest track that shaped dance music some two decades ago during The Hacienda's original heyday.

David new single "Lovin" is set to be released in mid January 2015 and has just been premiered by Mixmag.net . Check it out here - http://www.mixmag.net/music/exclusive-music/prem-david-morales

Thanks to David himself, Judy Weinstein and Maria Rotella at Def Mix Productions for their help in arranging the mix.

David Morales | Haçienda Classic Mix 2014

The legendary Ratpack entertaining a packed out seOne club at the Raindance 'Slightly Late Valentines Ball' in February 2009... Old Skool classics as only Ratpack know how in front world's greatest rave crowd - Raindance!!

Ratpack *Live* @ Raindance, seOne, London (21/02/09)

Carl Cox @ Fantazia Big Bang 271193

This was apparently the best selling live Fantazia mixtape in 1993 so I was told....just info and certainly not a big up..... and it featured my good friend Food Junkie on the other side as far as I remember. Absolutely love the recording with all the crowd noise, it really captures the atmosphere.... Amazing memories! ...Sounds of the Joker, sounds of the Scallywag :)........reach for the sky!!!

Slipmatt - Live @ Fantazia Littlecote House NYE 31-12-1992

Here's a set I played at Energy '98 - one of the legendary Helter Skelter events. This set was played in the Old Skool arena and I focused mostly on 1994 Breakbeat material. Hope you like it, enjoy :)

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