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

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Allister Whitehead's Return To Shine

With Allister coming back to The Hacienda for the Christmas party at Sankeys on 27/12/16 which sees some eight of the clubs original residents reunited, here with a very special mix which puts together the set he performed back in November 1991 on the first night of his Shine residency,

Following The Hacienda's re-opening in 1990, Shine was the Friday night replacement to the long running Nude and saw Mike Pickering and Russ take charge of the night alongside special guests who included the likes of Todd Terry, K Klass, Sasha and more. 

About the opportunity,  Allister comments;

"I was asked by Mike Pickering in 1991 to cover for him at ’Shine’  on Friday’s  while he was touring and recording with M-People. Not many DJ’s got the chance to play the Hacienda, it was like being asked to play for England!   Obviously, things went well for Mike and I became resident from 1992 - 93 on Friday’s at Shine and I did Tuesday’s as well for a while.  We had some great guests (Todd Terry, Kevin Sanderson etc...) and some special nights, including a few of the infamous foam parties, which were amazing and pretty close to the incredible Nude nights back in 88/89. To play the Hacienda at full pelt was a rare thing for a DJ apart from Graeme and Mike and has provided memories I will treasure all my life. Thanks must go to Mike Pickering, Graeme Park, Peter Hook and Ang Matthews."

Dusting down and digitising the same set from that night, Allister pulls together a number of the tunes that characterised The Hacienda in late 1991 including US club hit Brother Makes 3 to open. Union City Recording's hit Mombassa "Cry Freedom" follows up whilst the mix also includes carat gold classics, Denise Lopez's "Dont You Wanna Be Mine", Rusty "Everything's Gonna Change" and the Sasha remix of Jimi Polo's "Better Days".

Allister Whitehead's Return To Shine Tracklisting

1. Brother Makes 3 - I Wanna dance
2. Mombassa - Cry Freedom
3. Klubzone 1 - Soft To Hard
4. Mystique - Fire
5. Mass Order - Lift Every Voice (Take Me Away)
6. Quincy Jones - Listen Up
7. The  R.A.S.E - Get On Up
8. Denise Lopez - Don’t You Wanna Be Mine 
9. Kenyatta - Love Again
10. Helen Bruner - Gimme Real Love 
11. Rusty - Everything’s Gonna Change
12. Jimi Polo - Better Days

Allister Whitehead | Haçienda Return To Shine 2017

A very rare mix done by myself with much love. Featuring the tracks that changed my life when I started going out in 1989!!
      Includes... Adeva, Frankie Knuckles, Raze, Karya, Big Shot Records, Doug Lazy, Victor Romeo, Tony's Song and a few vinyl crackles!!!!
      Special gracias to Cluggy, Pongy, Trevor, Andy, Gill and all that were there with me!! oh... and my mum and sister for putting up with me during those great times!!...

1989 Mix Summer of love Part 1 (Mixed by Carlos francisco)

Making his debut playing on the terrace was UpYerRonson favourite and UK House & Garage legend, Grant Nelson. Grant played for us a few years back inside the main room but we felt his music and style would be more suited for the outdoor terrace. Arguably the best set we've heard out there and without doubt the most requested and anticipated recorded set period! 
Personally I've followed Grant as a producer from the early 90's and my UpYerRonosn sets at The Pleasure Rooms were heavily influenced by his UK house and garage sound with his labels such as Nice 'N' Ripe being a particular favourite. The boy can not only produce dope music that spans across many different genres, he is also one of the best DJs I've had the pleasure of seeing up close and personal. 
He's been in the game over 30 years but you can see from his DJ sets that he still loves what he does and can feel the energy he creates! 

If you were lucky enough to have been at this party to witness him in action, here is the live recording to relive that epic set of Grant Nelson's closing our UpYerRonson Day & Night Terrace Party back on 25th August 2018. If you weren't there....here's what you missed! 

Big love Muzza x

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