All of a sudden, like a clap of thunder in a clear sky, house music exploded in Amsterdam. It was September 1988, the end of the summer that the British had already dubbed "The Summer Of Love," and the birth of a new era in the capital.

Shrouded in steam and smoke, lit by furious, flashing strobes, Eddy de Clercq stands behind the turntables at the RoXY. Beaded with sweat, in deep concentration and completely at one with the music, he builds a compelling, hypnotising soundtrack of electronic beats and basslines. Uplifting house tracks alternate with beautiful, vocal garage and abstract, futuristic Detroit techno. Waves of energy shudder through the crowd, who whoop and cheer with each subsequent track. Football whistles blare, a siren begins to wail. Can you feeeel it? The temperature reaches boiling point as the dance floor explodes in yet another ecstatic climax. But then the DJ makes a radical change in tack. The musical rollercoaster hurtles on into the depths of the night, driven forward by an intense, biting acid track that makes the floor shake. Strange and estranging and going so deep that we seem for a moment to step into an intoxicating dreamworld where time no longer exists.

In the late summer of 1988, over the course of only a few weeks, the RoXY, a stylish, former cinema on the Singel in Amsterdam, grew into a veritable house temple: the dazzling centre of the capital's young house scene and a club whose fame in the years that followed would take on almost mythical proportions. Not only because of the music, but also due to the extravagant clientele, who knew how to create an amazing party atmosphere.

[00:00] Rhythm Is Rhythm - Strings Of Life
[03:48] Djum Djum - Difference
[05:33] Nightmares On Wax - Aftermath
[07:06] ?
[10:27] 4 For Money - Its A Moment In Time (Rising High Dub)
[13:07] Liaisons Dangereuses - Peut Etre...Pas
[18:12] Jamie Principle - Your Love
[22:25] Pete Shelley - Witness The Change
[26:31] The D.O.C. - Portrait Of A Masterpiece (Hip Hop 12" Extended Mix)
[30:45] ?
[33:50] Master C&J - Face It 
[35:55] Reese - Just Want Another Chance
[39:22] Lovechild - Sweet Ambience (Deep Dub)
[46:50] ?
[42:54] Chapter 1 - Unleash The Groove (E-Funk Mix)
[48:58] Suburban Knight - The Art Of Stalking
[51:01] Tyree - Acid Crash
[56:15] Ron Trent - Altered States

Comments, hints and suggestions are always welcome!

Derrick May @ RoXY, Amsterdam   28.09.1990

Wow!!! I have been trying 2 find thiz tape 4 over 30 yrz... & I found it 2day!!! Thiz iz a very rare & raw set of Lil' Louis live @ Medusa's in Chicago. The quality on thiz tape iz not that gr8 at all. Then again it wuz recorded on a cheap low bias tape. Reguardless, I am soooooo happy I found it!! 
Thee selection'z r out of thiz world... & of course classic Lil' Louis joint'z along side some Detroit classics. I wuz blessed 2 hear Lil' Louis @ Medusa's along with thee overlooked DJ Scrappy who wuz 1 of my favorite til thiz very day. 
I did a track in tribute 2 Medusa's & Scrappy.
You can peep it here:
https://mannycuevasakadjm-traxxx.bandcamp.com/track/dj-m-traxxx-im-on-a-mission-original-mix-kcp-traxxx

Other than that, enjoy some Lil' Louis @ his best... @ least 4 me ")

Manny Cuevas
aka
DJ M-traxxx
aka
Thee Professor of House & Techno Muzik ")

Psalms 150 = My Truth

Lil' Louis Live @ Medusa's Chicago 1987' (Manny'z Tapez)

Tracklist:
  
1.   Vangelis - Sebastian's Apt // East West
2.   Dajae - Day By Day // Cajual
3.   Joe Louis - Funky Disco // Relief
4.   Kosmic Messenger - Eye to Eye // Plink Plonk
5.   Heaven & Earth - Prescription Every Night // Prescription Underground
6.   Gemini - Crossing Mars // Planet E
7.   Designer Music - Good Girls // Planet E
8.   Capricorn - I Need Love // Limited Ed.
9.   Claude Young - Changing Factors // Fictional
10. St. Germain - Percussion // F Communications
11. Martin Circus - Disco Circus // Prelude
12. Trax 4 Daze - Instant Replay // Can. Definitive
13. Circulation - Emotion Unknown // Balance
14. Hard Boiled - Cloud Nine // Pacific
15. Paperclip People - Clear & Present // Open
16. Random Generator - Zone Pagine // Black Hands
17. Green Velvet - Bonus Track // Relief
18. Tan-Ru - Changeling // Trelik
19. Sneak - Bangin' It // Defiant
20. Liquid Liquid - Optimo // 99
21. Joe Louis - Housebeat '95 // Relief
22. Farley Jackmaster Funk - Clap'n The Pella // Trax
23. Innerzone Orchestra - Bug In The Bass Bin // Planet E
24. Walter Carlos - Theme Music To Clockwork Orange // white label
25. 69 - Puntang // Planet E

Carl Craig - BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix (1995-10-01)

Underground techno legend and turntable master Jerome Hill delivers the next instalment of our mix series, and it's as heavy as it is mischievous. Get stuck in!

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Jerome Hill - Minirig Mix

So yesterday (Sunday 04.05.2025) I recorded this mix: it contains half the records I played at Paloma, some new vinyls I got in Berlin that weekend and some others. This is the sound that I like to propose lately, there are all the elements of the music that I like the most and that represents me!

"Love is coming on tonight" #daxdj

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Dax DJ - Ekstasis Paloma Berlin Tribute 26.04.2025

Personal Bootlegs to shake your booty

A1 Bootybart05 01
B1 Bootybart05 02
B2 Bootybart05 03

Bootybart - 05 (BOOTYBART05)

Life at 160 BPM - Om Unit retools bass music.

RA.393 Om Unit

Here is a Liveset i recorded exclusively for Resident Advisor. Features some as yet unreleased material...

Enjoy


From RA :
This week's podcast is sixty minutes of lush pads and Detroit hypnotism from Glasgow's Vince Watson.

Vince Watson might have been gathering steam recently, but he’s always been a producer with broad appeal. He’s rated by harder techno DJs such as Carl Cox and Christian Smith, he’s released house music on Ibadan and NRK (the classic ‘Mystical Rhythm’), and his latest records have come out on Detroit-centric labels such as Planet E (‘Renaissance’) and Delsin (the longplayer ‘The eMotion Sequence’). “I try and make all my sets a journey through different elements of my music,” Watson told RA. “I don't just write techno. I just write music, and want people to listen to it as music, nothing more nothing less. I'm not a genre freak.”

Watson also runs his own record label Bio Music, which has released the likes of Steve Rachmad, Joris Voorn, Deetron and Ben Sims. Now there are some names that might clue you in to where he’s coming from: He might be Detroit-influenced, but he’s European and forward-thinking about it too (Yes, the Detroit/Glasgow axis does exist!) But maybe rather than genre, perhaps the key to Watson’s sound is his unique instrumentation: his music is characterised by strong, complex keyboard arrangements which gather momentum, and expanse, over time to hypnotic and highly danceable effect. He also has great taste in natural scientists: Sir David Attenborough is his number one MySpace friend.

For his RA mix, Watson has assembled sixty minutes of music refreshingly free of the fly-by-night techno trends; it’s a live mix full of lush pads, Detroit touches and Watson’s own unique sense of harmony. This one flies by real quick.

RA caught up with Vince Watson for a chat when he handed over his mix.

What have you been working on recently?
I've been getting into the heart of my Fcom album, which has been taking a long time. I wanted to do a project that was very Fcom but showed a different side to my music that some people may not have heard before. I'm also recording the next Planet E single and recording a single for the UR guys for Submerge Recordings. I also have a remix coming out soon on Kompakt's new sub-label 'Orphanear' for Mute records artist Turner.

Where was the mix recorded?
The mix was recorded live at my new studio, Biocom 2 – all new refittted and new setup. This mix is exclusive and will not be performed anywhere like this. It includes some unsigned, unfinished and unreleased material as well as the cuts that are on the streets at the moment.




Vince Watson - Resident Advisor Podcast RA.47

from my personal archives. recorded at sound factory bar 4.24.93. i was in the booth all night watching a true legend at work. never will forget that night...

Frankie Knuckles @ Sound Factory Bar 4.24.93

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X-Mix-5: Wildstyle

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666 - X-MIX 5 - DJ Hell 'Wildstyle' (1995)

Twitch & Wilkes' classic BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix from November 2006.

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Optimo Espacio - BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix Nov 2006

keep the oldschool alive!
and support the artists!

Derrick May @ RoXY, Amsterdam 28.09.1990

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