Name: Big Lee love peace harmony - slow mixed music set by biglee
Duration: 41 min 6 s
Description: fresh & classic... we have to save the world... love peace & harmony etc

classic big lee- top quality as always from the master

Simon DK - “Float Laboratory” (1994)
After hearing the news of Simons passing and remembering with friends the subject of a certain mixtape came up …we all searched our boxes of cassettes without much luck and some empty cases …however Pete Slotter discovered and found what might well be the only existing copy …and as luck would have it the original tape!
Recorded at Simon DK's flat in Nottingham after the after party on a DiY Bounce night in 1994 after Bath crew John Kesecki & Pete Slotter went back to his and asked him to make a tape, which he did and named it 'Float Laboratory'. 
It's a lovely pitched down mix perfectly capturing those early hours.
It was brought down to Bath - copied and played ALOT!!. It was one of those tapes that just did the rounds and was loved by many…
So it was only right at this time to immortalise it and make it available for you to enjoy again or hear it for the first time...
Rest in peace & power the genius that is Simon DK Smith

Simon DK - Float Laboratory 1994

Simon DK from the DiY Sound System was an integral part of putting the deep in the early British house scene and free party culture beginning in the late 80’s… and a central inspiration to all of us that went on to form the Deep Cartel soundsystem and collective...  DiY were renowned for punk principles but with beautiful music and DK embodied this spirit to the end… he will be deeply missed but so wonderfully remembered for getting so many of us deep inside in his transcendent sets… ...this set here a true gem and one of the highlights of a series of nights the Deep Cartel hosted in the SW from 2000-2003... DK with his finger on the pulse breaking records nobody had heard at the time, brand new tunes fresh from San Francisco... finally I dug out the MiniDisc recording after 20yrs in the barn, remastered it to brighten up the lost EQ.... and here you go...

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Simon DK (DiY)_TheDeepCartel_BlackSwanBristol_2002

Simon DK (DiY) Live @ Earth 1995 / Hazy Daze

The lovely Simon DK from one of those orange 90s DiY mixtapes straight out of Squaredance studios

SIMON DK DiY mixtape

Digs drops trax from the last 20 years til rite now

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A very special podcast for us from the one and only Simon DK (DiY).

Recorded Live @ Earth in 1995 this podcast is still sounding fresh today capturing DiY perfectly. DiY soundsystem are one of our biggest influences and their parties are a pinnacle part of clubbing history.

Massive shout out to Simon for allowing us to re-upload this bit of magic.

Enjoy x

The DiY Sound System was one of Britain's first house sound systems. The group "divided their activities between free parties and legal club nights, acting as a bridge between counter-culture and the mainstream".

It was created in Nottingham in 1989 as a reaction against the growing number of rave promoters whose bias was towards their own financial enrichment, rather than the joy of their party-goers. They wished to form a cohesive, collective, political front against the prevailing anti-rave legislation that was beginning to come into force at that time. This became more marked around the time of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, with DiY playing a key role in the largest illegal rave ever put on at Castlemorton Common Festival prior to the Bill and a constant stream of illegal, outdoor parties (often at travellers' sites, quarries and disused airfields) all over the country. Simon Reynolds writes that DiY threw "free parties at abandoned airfields or on hilltops, drawing a mixed crowd of urban ravers and crusty road warriors".[2]

DiY also worked successfully in the realm of legitimate club nights, with their "Bounce" night touring the country as well as being a staple of Nottingham's night life. Its popularity, connected to its lack of concern for dress codes and its non-exploitation of its loyal clubbers, coupled with its very particular form of deep, soulful, often minimal house music, led to it being recognised as one of the top ten club nights in Britain by The Times.

In 1993, they also began their own record label, Strictly 4 Groovers, which later became known as DiY discs. They released house music on vinyl until 2006, which included releases by local talents Atjazz, Rhythm Plate and Charles Webster. The collectives primary DJ's - Simon DK, Digs and Woosh - still play at various nights in the U.K., Europe and United States.

DiY still occasionally hold free parties, typically to celebrate a milestone date - on 19 September 2009, DiY celebrated their 20th birthday with a free party in near their home town of Nottingham.,[3] while on 23 August 2014, they their 25th (Silver) birthday with a free party held in a field in Leicestershire.

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Big Lee love peace harmony - slow mixed music set

A mix made for Farmer's Daughter Hotel by one of our favorites- DJ Garth.  DJ Garth is a producer and musician, originally from the UK, who brought his style of electro and house to the Bay Area in the 90's.  One of the four that makes up the iconic WICKED crew, he has made records, produced, and still performs all over the world.

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A musical tribute to Pete Woosh one of the founding members of the DiY sound system from Nottingham. Pete pioneered the US House sound in the UK in the early 90's. He directly influenced many artists including Groove Armada, Crazy P, Atjazz, Nail, Inland Knights and many more. He was a mentor to many DJs and musicians and a kind man,

Big Lee love peace harmony - slow mixed music set

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