I can't remember a time without the strains of soul music drifting through our house. With both parents coming from Barbados I was brought up very much in tune with a natural party ethos that went hand in hand with a love of good music. My earliest musical memories are of Booker T and the MGs, Aretha Franklin and, of course the great Elvis, and I used to hijack my parents collection of 70's soul 45's and get the whole family grooving round the lounge! I guess the early signs were there - my passion for music combined with an over-whelming desire to entertain as many people as possible.

By 10 I had well and truly caught the bug and was spending every bit of my pocket money on soul and funk records. I got my first pair of decks (just the 2!) by the age of 15 and I started to play as many parties as I could, discovering that I could buzz off a crowd whilst funding my habit at the same time. As the 70's became the 80's I followed the musical trend from soul to disco to hip-hop but it wasn't really until I moved to Brighton in 1986 that I discovered, along with so many others, the pure thrill of acid house.

The 'Summer Of Love' was special for me in more ways than one. It was at the Sunrise rave on the outskirts of London in 1988 that I had had my biggest breakthrough yet. I was already something of a regular on the infamous M1/Orbital rave circuit but it was at Sunrise that I had the idea to hook up a third deck. At 10.30am on a hazy Sunday morning I managed to tempt 15,000 partied out ravers back onto their weary feet and kick the party back into action - it was an amazing experience- and since then my phone has not stopped ringing with offers for 'The 3 Deck Wizard'. I was fortunate enough to participate in many of the events that have gone down in history as defining moments in the history of UK club culture, such as playing the opening night at Rampling's legendary Shoom, running The Project with Oakie as well as holding a residency at Brighton's ZAP club.

With my reputation as a DJ well and truly secured I was able to turn my attentions towards producing. Initially signing to Perfecto I had my first hit in 1992 with 'I Want You' and, believe me, no one was more surprised than me when I found myself performing on Top Of The Pops when my record peaked at number 23 in the UK charts!!

Despite the fact that the follow up 'Does It Feel Good To You' also charted in the top 40, commercial success was never what I had been aiming for, it was all somewhat too far removed from the reality and buzz of setting a dance floor alight. Whilst fellow spinners such as Grooverider and Fabio moved from raves into Jungle, choosing to focus on a very UK and London orientated sound, I couldn't escape the American and European influences that had always been there whilst I was growing up. I have always been very globally minded which comes across in my choice of music, which I use to cross physical and cultural boundaries to bring people together. Essentially my heart lies with house and techno and it was for this reason that I chose to take a back seat from my impending career as a pop star and be true to myself by going underground and re-discovering my roots. 

Comments, hints and suggestions are always welcome!

Carl Cox @ The Eclipse, Coventry, U.K.  1991

This set has been uploaded in various forms over the years but always had a bit missing here and there due to people obviously having a copy from a copy etc.
Anyhow, I've managed to painstakingly piece it all together, no interuptions and straight 90 minutes of fire, with Sasha coming on at the end.
Jason is even on the mic at some points, as well as Monty monty monty Christo ;)

RIP Jason Kaye, we love you.

Amnesia House @ The Eclipse 5-4-1991

Top Buzz & Sasha - Amnesia House @ The Eclipse 5-4-1991

This is my promo mix for the upcoming event, Back To The Roots.
Back To The Roots is on at The Hangar, Wolverhampton, 24th May 2025, 2PM-Midnight. DJ's on the day will be Fabio & Grooverider, Micky Finn, Rat Pack, Brockie, DJ SS, Kenny Ken, Ned Ryder, Ratty, Nicky Blackmarket B2B Nebula 2, Mistress Mo & Astro. MC's Man Parris, Magika, Robbie Dee, Bassman, Ranski & Boogieman.

GTO - Pure
LFO - LFO
N-Joi - Anthem
Human Resource - Dominator (Original Mix)
The DOC - Portrait Of A Masterpiece
M.I.C. - Oobe 1
Doc Scott - Surgery (Ordinary Mix)
Congress - 40 Miles
Carl Cox - I Want You (Forever) [Full On Mix]
Beltram Vol.II - My Sound
Frequency - Kiss The Sky
C.Y.B.E.R.F.U.N.K. - Live at the Wunderbar
Lennie De Ice - We Are IE (Original Mix)
Shades Of Rhythm - The Sound of Eden
The Prodigy - Your Love
Terrorize - It's Just a Feeling
The House Crew - We Are Hardcore
Blame - Music Takes You
Son'z Of A Loop Da Loop Era - Far Out (Original Scratchadelic Mix)
Rhythm Section - Perfect Love (2am)
Nebula 2 - C.O.D. Rider
Tango - Can't Stop The Rush (Remix)
Urban Hype - I Feel The Heat
NASA Project - Textacy
Jonny L - Hurt U So (Full Mix)
Nookie - Give a Little Love (Summertime Mix)
Tic Tac Toe - Ephemerol
1st Prodject - Right Before (Remix)
Mystery Man - D.J. Business
DJ Seduction - Sub Dub
Tango & Ratty - Final Conflict
Force Mass Motion - Esthisis
DJ Solo - Darkage 
Top Buzz - Living In Darkness (93 Vocal Remix)
Nookie - Gonna Be Alright (Cloud 9 Remix)
The Anthill Mob - Black Rushin'
Johnny Jungle - Flammable
Origin Unknown - Valley Of The Shadows (Long Dark Remix)
FBD Project - Terminate
DJ Hype - Weird Energy (Hells Bells Mix)
Foul Play - Open Your Mind (Foul Play Remix)
Wax Doctor & Jack Smooth - Unfriendly
DJ Red Alert & Mike Slammer - Don't Need Your Love

Back To The Roots Promo Mix

34 years ago, "the man like" DJ Sasha played his regular Saturday night slot at The Eclipse in Coventry. what no-one knew was the recording would go on to be renowned as one of the most iconic sets ever, still being mentioned and played all over the world. I still play the set at least once a week, as its my personal fave.
For this mix, i have taken the exact tunes used by Sasha on the night and rearranged them into a new sequence. Hope you enjoy listening, as much as i did creating.......

Tracklist
KLF - 3AM Eternal (Orbital Blue Danube Mix)
Leftfield - Not Forgotten (Hard Hands Mix)
Whitney Houston - Wanna Dance With Somebody (accapella)
Wareband feat Ted Robinson - Party Children (Warehouse Days Of Glory)
Johnny Parker - Love It Forever
Xpansions - Elevation (Move Your Body)
TNT - I Kill Love
KLF - What Time Is Love (Moody Boys vs KLF Mix)
Black Riot - Just Make That Move (Dub)
Alpha Dy - Chicago Trip
Kraze - The Party
Marathon - Movin
TNT feat Marzio Dance - Barbarians
KLF - Last Train To Trancentral (Pure Trance 5)
Cappella - Everybody (Hypnotic Cyber Mix)
Bug Kann & The Plastic Jam - Made In 2 Mins (Rave Mix)
Beltram - Energy Flash
Papillon - Different World (Everybody)
Bizarre Inc - Playing With Knives (The Climax)
PKA - Temperatures Rising
Bizarre Inc - Playing With Knives (Quadrant Mix)
Bizarre Inc - Playing With Knives (Radio Edit)
Dilemma - In Spirit
N-Joi - Anthem (The Six Day Nightmare Mix)
FPI Project - Everybody (All Over The World) (White Mix)
The DOC - Portrait Of A Masterpiece (CJ's Ed-Did-It-Mix)
Urban Jungle - Im In Love With You
Joy - Im Leaving
Brothers In Rhythm - Such A Good Feeling
Last Rhythm - Last Rhythm
True Faith - Take Me Away (Percapella)
Collapse - My Love (Ambient Drops)
The Jamms (The Justified Ancients Of Mu Mu) - Its Grim Up North

Sasha @ The Eclipse 2 Re-Mixed

DJ Incision - Timebomb Secret Party 30-08-25

Pt II picks up where Pt I left off in Doc Scott's set. We then take you through more tracks played by Dobbo, Andy Carroll, Grooverider and Frankie Bones....

Cold Sensation - Liquid Empire
The Dope Wax All Stars - Angelo's Groove (Bust The Basever)
Steve Poindexter - Born To Freak
Nightmares On Wax - Dextrous
Paradox - Jailbreak
Space Opera - Space 3001
Fallout - The Morning After
MIC - OOBE 1
Nicole - Rock The House
Cartouche - Feel The Groove
Locomovida - Pressure Zone
The Scientist - The Exorcist(ambient mix)
Orbital - Omen
Sleepwalker - I Got You
The Chosen - Visions Of Rhythm
Musto & Bones - Dangerous On The Dancefloor
Manic MCs - The Beat
True Faith with Final Cut - Take Me Away
Serious Intention - You Dont Know
Akasa - One Night In My Life
Lil Louis - Video Crash
Eon - Inner Mind
Yello - Unbelievable (Morales Dub)
Nightmares On Wax - I'm For Real (Remix)
Original Clique - Come To Papa
Landlord - I Like It
Neon - Don't Mess With This Beat
Jolly Roger - Ulysses (The Groove)
LFO - LFO
Juno - Soul Thunder
Mayday - Wiggin
Panic - Voices Of Energy
The Rhythm Section - Trax 90 '' The Last ''
Arkanoid - No Problem
Ital Rockers - Itals Anthem
Bad Behavior - Living On Smoke
Edwards & Armani - Acid Drill
4 For Money - Its A Moment In Time (Rising High Dub)
Project 86 - Industrial Bass
Free Force - Always There
N-Joi - Manic
CJ Bolland - Confession
Digital Vamp - You Can Take My Body
Model 500 - Info World
Project 86 - Total Recall
Little Little - Tickle Me
2 Bodys - Astoria

Amnesia House @ Sky Blue Connexion 22-09-90 Tribute Mix Pt II

DISCOTECA NEGRA closes autumn season with a remix by label head Ignacio Rosa, over the recent EP ‘Drive To Crash’ by one of the main Tokyo agitators, Selfless Service.



IGNACIO ROSA

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SELFLESS SERVICE

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DISCOTECA NEGRA 

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Resident Advisor: https://ra.co/labels/22445

Selfless Service - Drive To Crash (Ignacio Rosa Cruisin' Remix) [Discoteca Negra]

DJ Rage - You Live In Me (Basement Electro Mix)

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In October 1990 Coventry made dance music history...

That first Saturday night/Sunday morning experience was put on at the former Granada Bingo Hall in Lower Ford Street,Coventry,England.

The bingo hall had now been transformed into a 4 floored nightclub, and was also voted the best nightclub in the country in 1991 by fellow ravers through DJ Magazine. With a chill out space including a cinema on the ground floor, a second floor room enough to hold 500 people, and the main room on the top floor holding over a 1000 people including the balcony.

Every Friday and Saturday night would be filled by clubber's and raver's from all over Britain..

Act's such as :The Prodigy, K Klass, SL2, Altern 8, Moby, Shades of Rhythm and LFO all passed through it's door's with live p.a. set's.

Top dj's such as, The great grooverider,carl cox,sasha,frankie bones,Micky finn,top buzz etc,all graced the decks on a reguar basis,and two hour set's were the norm.

February 94,the club was closed.

At the time of closing more than one million people had passed through its doors and it had a standing membership of 74,000. .

Gone ..but never forgotten..here is my 4th tribute mix...please don't download and run,please share your thought's with us all,enjoy and share!,Peace x

Shock C

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THE TAPE (REMIX) - THE B SIDES   * Teresa n Greg Stevens-Kelsey
PURE - GTO
MOONWALK - NITROUS  * Nick Hopkins
MASSIVE OVERLOAD - DJ MASSIVE
CHARLY - THE PRODIGY  * Richard Marston
HOMICIDE - SHADES OF RHYTHM (p.a.'d @ The Eclipse)
DESTROYER - SENSES
VOODOO CHILD - VOODOO CHILD
POSITIVE FEEDBACK - THE CLEPTO-MANIACS
HOUSE IS MINE - THE HYPNOTIST * Neil Mcivor
YOU GOTTA BELIEVE - FIERCE RULING DIVA (p.a.'d @ The Eclipse)
COMPRESSION - BREAKOUTS *Phil Evans
ATOMIC BASS - RHYTHIM SECTION
XANADU - FREQUENCY 
ARMAGEDDON - SHADES OF RHYTHM 
I WANNA DANCE - STEINSKI  (Played by Carl Cox - Hitman + Her nite)
THE TINGLER - SMART SYSTEMS
IMPERATIVE - IBIZA (jUNGLE tECHNO)
WE GONNA GET - R.A.F   (For dj Carl Williams)
WHY NAKED - C CONCEPT 
BRAZIL - SPECTRUM * IIias x-static Nicolas
ENERGY FLASH - BELTRAM
40 MILES - CONGRESS
SUCH A GOOD FEELING  (ACAPELLA)  - RHYTHM ORCHESTRA
GIVE IT TO ME BABY - LOVE REVOLUTION 
TAKE IT - ALEX LEE
EYES - (BIZARRE INC MIX) - MIDI RAIN 
DOMINATOR - HUMAN RESOURCE
MOOG ERUPTION - DIGITAL ORGASM
SUDDEN IMPACT - BACK TO ATTACK

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PEACE N LOVE TO ALL THE OLDSKOOL FAMILY  AROUND THE WORLD! 
OLDSKOOL WILL NEVER DIE!

ECLIPSE TRIBUTE MIX  VOL 4

ECLIPSE TRIBUTE MIX 4

Sasha & Laurent Garnier @ The Eclipse Coventry 1991

Universe Mind Body and Soul 11-09-1992 Bath

Producer and Tanith Universe Mind Body And Soul (from original DAT)

FROM ORIGINAL DAT Producer Tanith Universe Mind Body and Soul 11-09-1992 Bath

keep the oldschool alive!
and support the artists!

Carl Cox @ The Eclipse, Coventry, U.K. 1991

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