House

OLD MIXES / TAPE ARCHIVE

SHEFFIELD SHIT🤪

STEEL CITY TUFF

Rhombohedral - Moon Unit

Rhombohedral - Ilk

Rhombohedral - Tendon

Wow, an incredible three years of modern warehousin' celebrated in fine style with a packed floor all night and a Techno masterclass from Ms Kraviz...

Hopeworks has been my latest (last ?)residency during this time (there have been a few over the years !), the kind of gig I used to have to catch two planes to get to, right here, in my hometown. It's been an honour.

I had a rough idea about the musical direction when we started, but it's evolved quite naturally, taking in - as sets from me often do - the best of the fresh mess, with some strong foundations underneath them and some staples holding it all together. 

There are a dozen mixes in this 'set' now, warming up for so many great guests has been amazing.
So, continued thanks to all the lovely staff, Mr O'Shea and of course, the wonderful dancers who make it work so very well : ]

CHRISDUCK HOPEWORKS 3RDBIRTHDAY WARM UP




Firstly, let me just say a very big thank you to everyone who’s made The Idiots Are Winning such a special party over the last five years, and to Louis & Jake, who first pitched the idea to me as we jumped around on a boat in Petrcane for one of the early Electric Elephant festivals. They did all the hard work & I did my usual and just tipped up last minute with a bag of music.

From its humble beginnings in the basement of Life, to the Dance Tunnel, the Argonaut boat parties in Tisno (for EE - thus coming full circle !) and various one-off spots from Hebden Bridge to Kingsland High Street, our idea for a ‘house party’ style knees up that was the opposite of that serious super-clubbing experience, seemed to really strike a chord with a loyal and completely up for it crowd who joined us for laughs and large portions.

We had so many amazing guest DJ’s join us along the way too, Chez Damier, I:Cube, Gilb’r and Maurice Fulton (my favourite party, although they really have all been brilliant) Luke Solomon & Rob Mello, Crazy P, Ewan Pearson, Pete Herbert, Luke Una (always wrecked the place !), Krysko, Sean Johnston and Karizma to name just a few - people we booked because we knew their record bags were a lot deeper than this week’s promo’s, and who, by and large ’got it’

Some seriously 'off the deep end' (almost literally) Idiots' boat parties across the Adriatic (thanks for having us Electric’s !) were the highlight of our clubbing year.
An extra special thank you to all who came aboard with us

It’s been enormous fun : ]


There are lots of mixes up here already from T.I.A.W, from less in-your-face style warm up sessions, to heads-down, low ceiling Dance Tunnel sets, and finally, this one. 

A wonderful venue in NE London, part loft space, part late night drinking den provided the perfect location to celebrate our 5th and sign off in fine sing-a-long fashion. Lots of Idiots favourites all cobbled together across an evening I’ll remember for a very long time.

Ain’t nothing but a party ya’ll…





CHRISDUCK THE IDIOTS ARE WINNING 5th BIRTHDAY

Came across a box of old tapes and lo & behold, found a mix from a community radio thing from back in 1994 (I think)

Round about the time I was playing a lot in Europe for the first time and support DJing WARP tours. It's a tough workout to be sure, and features what I think was an acetate of an old RAC tune called 'Quexos' near the end. A bloody lifetime ago anyway, enjoy - or don't : ]

CHRISDUCK_FORGE FM DJ SET_1994 ?

Found a few CD's from late 90's / early 00's from our much-loved Scuba night in Sheffield...

LIVE AT SCUBA_SUMMER 2000

Chris Duckenfield