Hippo club tribute playlist 1992-98

Winter Warmers 2024

Some of my all time favorite tunes mixed with guaranteed floor fillers from the 90's House scene... Enjoy!

01 Intro - Still About the Music Baby - Chuck D (Spliced & Diced by GWorner)
02 Pride Deeper Love - Aretha Franklin (C&C Music Factory Mix)
03 Another Star - Kathy Sledge (Roger's Ultimate Anthem)
04 Break 4 Love - Raze (Classic Vocal Mix)
05 Gabrielle - EMKYU (Classic Vocal Remix (Matt Jam Lamont))
06 Who Keeps Changing Your Mind - South Street Players (The Night Mix)
07 Don't Lose The Magic  - Shawn Christopher (David Morales Classic Mix)
08 You Can Have It All - Eve Gallagher (Rhyme Time Club Mix)
09 Joy - Staxx (Love Joy Dub)
10 Brand New Day - Andrea Carissimi (Scott Diaz Remix)
11 Cupcakes - Captain Obvious
12 Direct Me - The Reese Project (Joey Negro Disco Blend)
13 Love Love Love Here I Come - Rollo Goes Mystic (Rollo's Big Mix)

Homage to the Record - 90's Classic Anthems, Vinyl Mix

My warm-up set for the Fixate Summer Sessions launch party.

FIXATE Summer Sessions Launch Party - May 2022 @ Lo Lounge

Opening set for the launch of Cardiff's newest House event. 
From The Lo Lounge @Cardiff Bay.

Chateauesque Launch Party 18 June 2022 - FunkyDory set.

Heres my warm up set from the Roof Top Cinema, Cardiff.
A tribute to 90's House Music and Cardiff's legendary and infamous club  scene.
Written & Directed by the Capitals very own Justin Kerrigan.


"The weekend has landed. All that exists now is clubs, drugs, pubs and parties. I've got 48 hours off from the world, man. I'm gonna blow steam out my head like a screaming kettle, I'm gonna talk cod shit to strangers all night, I'm gonna lose the plot on the dancefloor. The free radicals inside me are freakin', man! Tonight I'm Jip Travolta, I'm Peter Popper, I'm going to never-never land with my chosen family, man. We're gonna get more spaced out than Neil Armstrong ever did, anything could happen tonight, you know? This could be the best night of my life. I've got 73 quid in my back burner - I'm gonna wax the lot, man! The Milky Bars are on me! Yeah!".
Jip (John Sim - Human Traffic)

Human Traffic Warm Up Set

Hippo Club Tribute Mix Vol 3

Vol 3 in this tribute series.
A flavour of summer in the Garden of the infamous Hippo Club, Cardiff

My 2 hour set for In The Music on the Deep Terrace @ lo Lounge for Fixate House & Techno's end of summer all dayer. 
A mix of new disco and classics to trigger those dance floor memories

InTheMusic Deep Terrace Mix

A 'Vocal House' tribute to the tunes that rocked the dance floors of the much loved Emporium nightclub, Cardiff. 
A selection of Classic tracks we played while hosting the backrooms as the FunkyDory DJs collective for Lamerica & TimeFlies over 5 years.
Recorded Live on the Roof Terrace, Cardiff


House Classics 2000 - 2005  The Diva Era

A blend of Nu-disco, House & Deep House to get you through the never ending January

Jan 2024 Winter Warmer

A second blend of Nu-disco, Deep house to keep the cold at bay

Jan 2024 Mix 2

January 2024 Winter Warmer Vol.2

Spring Sessions 2024

My warm up set for Snatch, Motley Movies Roof Top Cinema, Cardiff.
just over 2hours of fresh beats and upfront promos played on the Roof Terrace as the sun set over Cardiff.


Snatch - Roof Top Cinema

FunkyDory: Takeover the SouthernDivide Show - RadioCardiff (part1)

FunkyDory: Takeover the SouthernDivide Show - RadioCardiff (part2)

Hip'Po Tribute Vol 1

Hip'Po Club Tribute mix vol 1

Part of a my Live Set @ Mimosa Bars pre Launch Party
Enjoy it... and if you enjoy it - Share it. 

Mimosa MiniMix 02/03/2013

Second in the series of tributes to the infamous Hippo Club, Cardiff.

Hippo Club Tribute Mix Vol 2

Gari James Worner
DJ / Promotions / Design /
DJ since 1994, Based in Cardiff Wales

Ive been into house/dance music in one form or another since the early 90s firstly as a fan and self confessed Raver. 

In 1994 I bought my first set of dex and taught myself how to mix.

Over the next few years I found myself playing at a host of local bars before setting up my own event in 1999.

This event saw the ‘FunkyDory DJ’s’ collective win numerous Welsh Dance Music awards and establish ourselves as ‘the place to be’ before heading off to the clubs.

Our accolades include being voted Wales’ Best Pre-club Bar two years running, with residencies at all Cardiff’s main events. Playing for the like of Time Flies, Lamerica, Bionic, ROAR & Enter the Dragon, to name but a few.

Residencies over the years inc FunkyDory South Wales & West, Radio Cardiff 98.7fm Cardiff, The Vanilla Rooms Cardiff, Lamerica Cardiff, Time Flies Cardiff , Bionic Cardiff , Cool House Cardiff Casa Fiesta Cardiff The Hippo Club Cardiff, Enter the Dragon Cardiff, Gatecrasher Cardiff, Cream Cardiff, Escape Cardiff & Swansea, The Model Inn Cardiff, PooNaNa Cardiff, Mi Casa Cardiff, Indigo Swansea, Cro Bar Swansea, Bar Med Cheltenham

Most memorable gigs inc Radio 1’s Big weekend Cardiff & warming up
for the legend Graeme Park @ Mi Casa Cardiff. 
Other memorable gigs include warming up for Paul Oakenfold, John Kelly & Jon of the Pleased Women @ the Enter the Dragon Reunion Party's Cardiff, warming up for Madam Friction @ the breakfast club Penarth and hosting our own monthly backroom @ nights such as Lamerica, Bionic and Enter the Dragon.

Most influential of all - Playing alongside local legends Oli Jaye & Shane Morris in my 1st ever live performance in front of a REAL crowd @
The Hippo Club Cardiff – 1996 seems sooo long ago now.

I recently lost all of my back catalogue live & Studio mixes in a fatal Hard Drive incident and im currently looking to refill my profile with all new mixes...

Thanks for showing an interest and please feel free to PM me with any questions, bookings or general chat & if you happen to have any of my old mixes floating about PLEASE forward me a copy to re-build my back cat after losing a whole load of mixes through the years. 

Thanks everyone

GjWorner

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