Mixes

Dave Lee plays an exclusive set from his famous Record Room. 

Featuring lots of upcoming and unreleased music fresh off the mixing desk!

Make sure you've subscribed to the channel to stay informed

Dave Lee socials:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/daveleezr
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/davelee.zr/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/daveleezr

Z Records Website: https://www.zrecords.ltd.uk/
Z Records Insta: https://www.instagram.com/thezrecords/
Z Records Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thezrecords

The Music played -

GWEN MCCRAE “DOIN IT” JN SOULFUL REPRISE
APX “PUT YOURSELF TO THE GROOVE” JN FUTURE BOOGIE EDT
LEROY BURGESS “ONE + ONE” DAVE LEE EXTENDED MIX
MARCEL KING “REACH FOR LOVE”
SYBIL “FALLING IN LOVE”
KON & THE GANG / RICK JAMES “WE LIKE IT”
DAVE & OMAR “STARLITE”
STAPLE SINGERS “SLIPPERY PEOPLE” PACKER EDIT
METROPOLIS “I LOVE NY” REFLEX REVISION 
ROLAND WRIGHTANGLE “IN YOUR BLOOD”
COLONEL ABRAMS “BAD TIMING”
SHARON REDD “BEAT THE STREET”
PHLASH AND SHEA SOUL “RUNNIN”
KYM MAZELLE “I’M A LOVER”
CHERRELLE “I DIDNT MEAN TO TURN YOU ON”  DAVE LEE EDIT
STANLEY CLARKE “NEW YORK” DAVE LEE BOOGIEFIED MIX
PARIS FORD “IF WE GOT TO FAR” PAL JOEY MIX
RHYZE “DO YOUR DANCE” MOODENA MIX
DOUG WILLIS “DOUGDASTARDLY BEATS”
FOREAL PEOPLE “IN THE MOOD TO GROOVE”
DOUG WILLIS “THE MIGHTY DOUGLAS”
THE DELLS “ALL ABOUT THE PAPER” JN EDIT
THE VISION “MOUNTAINS” DAVE LEE LIVE & DIRECT MIX
KERRI CHANDLER “ESC” WITH JN LINDA CLIFFORD “WON’T LET GO” ACCAPELLA
GUY “GROOVE ME” KAI ALCE REMIX
TEN CITY “BE FREE”
ARKANOID. “THEME FROM ARKANOID”
PATRICK COWLEY “CAN YOU FEEL IT”
FAZE ACTION “I WANNA DANCER”
HERBIE MANN “STOMP YOUR FEET” DAVE LEE TRIBUTE TO PATRICK ADAMS MIX
FRANCINE MCGEE “DELIRIUM”
KABBALA “ASHEWO ARA”
WE ARE KING “MISTA CHAMELEON” DJ SPINNA MIX
DAVE LEE “POWER OF THE MIND” MOODY MIX
CRAKAZAT “TIGERS EYES”
LONI CLARKE “SEARCHIN”
UNDERGROUND RESISTANCE “HI TECH JAZZ” 
SUNBURST BAND “HE IS”
KENNY LATTIMORE “DAYS LIKE THIS” MAW MIX 
LONNIE LISTON SMITH “SPACE PRINCESS” JN SPACE GODDESS
VOYAGE “FROM EAST TO WEST”
MACHO “I’M A MAN” DL EDIT
LINDA CLIFFORD “SHOOT YOUR BEST SHOT”
NORTH AND CLYBOURN “O BAN 1”

Dave Lee ZR in the mix, The Record Room Sessions #2

This is a live recording of Frankie Knuckles playing the RA & Learning Secrets party at Kingdom, Texas in 2013.
More info at: www.residentadvisor.net/

Frankie Knuckles on RA

RA Live - 2013.10.05 - Frankie Knuckles at Kingdom, Texas

Join in: www.facebook.com/theclassicmixcdseries
Buy it here: www.discogs.com/sell/list?master_id=95624&ev=mb

So this came out of the blue in 2000 and was a new mix compilation that gained a lot of fans not just from its unique theme (what's not to like!) and retro artwork which stood out on the shelves. Not only that but the music was damn good too. Dimitri from Paris delivers a driving soulful collection which had its own unique flavour and was perfect for nights out, driving, after parties and whatever else. Shout out to Just Lance in Dubai for reminding us about this one!

Play it loud, share the mix and enjoy!

032 - A Night at the Playboy Mansion mixed by Dimitri from Paris (2000)

Joey Negro live at Horse Meat Disco Dec 8th 2013 - Free Download

"Working my ass off, to be honest," is how Eli Escobar starts our interview  below. That basically sums up his vibe. The New Yorker might not have the same household name status of other DJs who have been soundtracking Manhattan clubs since the early '90s, but he certainly deserves it. Any New York resident worth their salt should have him near the top of the list of their favorite local DJs. He plays anywhere and everywhere in the city, and he can play pretty much anything he wants to, as his RA Podcast will attest.

When it comes to his own music, Escobar puts out records equally informed by disco, hip-hop and house—in other words, a very New York sound. He hasn't been producing as long as he's been DJing, but his albums and EPs for labels like Classic, Night People and Razor N Tape are full of the soul, humor and talent of someone who knows dance music inside out.

As Escobar says below, he doesn't really have any one type of sound. His DJing varies greatly from night to night, and he's always adding to his considerable collection, so no one set is quite the same as another. For his RA Podcast, put together painstakingly with many specially edited tracks and recorded in a hotel room in Colombia, he strikes a relatively reflective tone, but it's still eminently danceable. He moves gradually through two hours of house and disco that ranges from celebratory to muted, from minimalist to rich with live instrumentation. It's the sound of New York dance music as passed through generations, from one of its best and most beloved musical storytellers.

@eliescobar

Read more: https://ra.co/podcast/839

RA podcast

RA.839 Eli Escobar

Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/theclassicmixcdseries
Buy it here: www.discogs.com/marketplace?master_id=251708&ev=mb

About the CD:
A little more info on Touchsoul Edits & Mixes Music Page. He's got almost 8000 followers on Soundcloud and his edits have been picked up by the likes of BICEP, 6th Borough Project, One20 and I'm sure many house and re-edit fans have at least one of his pieces. Here's what Adrian had to say about his favourite CD...

"The reason I selected this for the series was, for myself, it being personal time piece, the quality of the tracks and the mix being consistently good. Building through some great soulful house vocals and dubs into some deep cuts that haven't dated since it's release in 2002. Having quite a few of these on vinyl picked up around the time, including Mindflight's "Release", Derrick White's "Soul 2 Let Go" and Kerri Chandler's "Atmospheric Beats" the mix by silky deep house man Miguel Migs was never far from the earlobes at the time. And being released on the ever consistently good Naked Music label, its great from start to finish. A true reflection of the kinds of tracks I played out in sets when I started out DJing. Enjoy!!" Cheers Aidi!

Buy on Discogs

065 - Miguel Migs 'Nude Tempo One' recommended by TouchSoul (2002)

ESSENTIAL MIX - JAN 2009
Uploaded on 17.01.10 and exclusive to SoundCloud. Available for the first time without voiceovers and jingles,12 months on from original Radio 1broadcast on 17.01.09.


EMAILSHOT A FEW DAYS AHEAD OF MIX BEING AIRED:
2009 kicks in for me this weekend with my first gig of the year for Udio (1st birthday) at The Gramaphone Club in Shoreditch, London on Friday night, which coincides with the airing of my only just completed in the nick of time Essential Mix on Radio 1, made up of 43 tracks in just under 2 hours.

Given that the 5th anniversary of my DJ comeback has only just passed, I decided to take the opportunity to make the mix totally representative of this period, with all the selections being amongst the biggest tracks I’ve played since I made my second debut at Music Is Better in Manchester.

Five years represents a significant package of time, a fixed point from where I can reflect on what’s been a continually snowballing sequence of events, set in motion when Danny Webb asked me to appear in Manchester on that December night back in 2003.

There were less than 100 people there that night, but they were the right people, and I was taken aback by the response to my return, both on the night itself and during subsequent days, when people who were there began to post on the forums. I’d never expected all the feedback be so totally positive!

I’d figured that I’d play that night, using the combination of laptop and reel-to-reel for the first time, then go away and think about what worked and what didn’t before I made my next move. I would never have believed that things could come together so immediately, it was as if I’d hit a completely unexpected hole in one, especially when two of the people who were there, Ralph Lawson, DJ from Back To Basics in Leeds, and one of my fellow DJ’s that night, Richard Hardcastle (Solid State) from Society in Sheffield, both asked me to play at their nights no sooner had I finished my spot.

One thing kept leading to another and, in Sheffield, I was approached by Tony Daly to play at the now legendary Tyneside Cinema party in Newcastle, a bespoke event where he took on the substantial risk of presenting me in a city I’d never DJ’d in previously (unless you count the 1983 TV appearance on The Tube, which was filmed in the Tyne Tees studio). Then, of course, there was London, where Steve Kotey and Bill Brewster booked me for their parties, bringing me to the capital within the first few months of my return for Ouch and Low Life.

The bookings kept coming, and I found myself driving up and down the country on an increasingly regular basis. Later in 2004 I was approached by Sav Remzi, from Tirk / Nuphonic, with the idea of putting together an edits album, which would be issued the following year as ‘Credit To The Edit’. This would help bring my name to the attention of people outside the UK. There was soon a need to step things up further, now that I was receiving enquiries from Europe, and so began a fruitful relationship with my agent, Matt Johnson (Matty J), who’s done a wonderful job of representing me during recent years.

The last few months have been, to say the least, manic for me, with 25 flights, including 6 long haul, taking me to gigs in the US, Japan, Australia, Brazil and Europe. From a personal perspective I still find it remarkable the way everything has developed, pretty much organically, since I made the decision that I was going to be a DJ once again – had I concocted some sort of comeback masterplan, it could never have worked out anything like as well as it has. It’s definitely been a case of ‘from small acorns’.

It still never ceases to amaze me that people from another continent are interested in my DJ past. Back in the early 80’s, before I went into retirement for 20 years, the furthest I travelled (with the exception of the appearances I made in the South of England as part of The Hacienda Review in late ’83) was to places like Birmingham and Nottingham, when I played at All-Dayers, so to find myself in clubs on the other side of the world is pretty nuts!

Anyhow, I’d like to wish everyone all the best for 09. Big thanks to all the promoters who booked me and everyone who danced to the tunes I played during ’08 in Adelaide, Barcelona, Belfast, Berlin, Birmingham, Blackburn, Brighton, Bristol, Dublin, Dundee, Edinburgh, Fukuoka, Glasgow, Hamburg, Leeds, Lisbon, Liverpool, London, Los Angeles, Manchester, Melbourne, Milan, New York, Newcastle, Nottingham, Paris, Porto Alegre, San Francisco, Sao Paulo, Sheffield, Sydney, Tokyo and Warsaw. Also the festivals and special events that I appeared at - Bestival (Isle Of Wight), Big Chill (England), Camp Bestival (England), Garden Festival (Croatia), Ibiza, Lovebox (England), Notting Hill Carnival (England), Rockness Festival (Scotland), Sonar (Spain) and the Southport Weekender (England).

Hope to see you soon.

Greg


FORUM POST DURING FOLLOWING DAYS:                                                        
Thanks for all the positive words. The feedback has been pretty phenomenal, far exceeding what I’d hoped for, especially on the BBC page, where I’d expected that some people would criticize the amount of older music included - the Radio 1 audience is used to current stuff ('in new music we trust'), so I’d anticipated a more mixed reaction. What’s particularly pleasing is that they were all made without the people seeing what each other wrote (they all came online at once, having been checked first by whoever moderates the BBC pages, I presume for swearing etc following the Ross / Brand controversy).

You always hope something you've done will be well received, but the response to this has blown me away.

Greg


ANSWER TO POST RE MIXING PROCESS:                                                      
It was quite a laborious process. Before I could start the actual mixing part I had to edit every track to a coherent length of around two and a half minutes average, inclusive of in and out points. I had a pool of about 90 tracks that fitted the criteria I'd set (a representative selection of the biggest tunes I've been playing during the past 5 years). It wasn't as straightforward as just editing the 43 tracks I ended up featuring - in order to have the necessary options once I started to piece the mix together I needed to have all the tracks at my disposal, just as I would have if I was out deejaying in a club, so the only thing to do was edit all 90 to the required length, even though I knew that only half would make the cut .

Once that was finally done they were all taken across into my laptop, enabling me to vari-speed them via PCDJ whilst I recorded across to my home computer into Cool Edit Pro, where I put the mix together track by track, before adding overdubs (fx, samples, textures) in a similar way to what I do live using the Revox (reel to reel).

I could quite easily have spent another day, tweaking bits here and there and adding more overdubs (the older I get the more finicky I become), but I had a deadline to work to, so, as it moved ever nearer, it became a race against time, with me doing as much as I could before the cut off point arrived.

Greg
                       

Greg Wilson - 2009


ESSENTIAL MIX (by greg wilson for bbc radio 1 2009)

BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix

Here are two hours of Joey Negro's incendiary set recorded live at Le Bain on April 4th, 2014.  Hosted by Razor-N-Tape, this night was Joey's first gig in NYC in over 10 years, and a truly magical evening it was for all involved.  Enjoy

Joey Negro Live @ LeBain  for the Razor-N-Tape party 04/14

With over two decades of electronic music eminence, Eli Escobar has confirmed his place amongst dance music greats. With an unparalleled record collection of handpicked gems and curveball productions, Escobar guides revellers through the heartbeat of music, from the past to the future. 
 
Always looking forward and keeping step with evolving generational tastes, Escobar has redefined his sound in recent years. As an acquainted DJ & Producer, the dance music veteran cut his teeth into the epicentre of 1990’s New York City hedonism and set the foundations for an admirable career. Releasing music on influential labels such as Phonica, Razor n Tape, Defected’s ‘Classic’ and his very own label imprint Night People, only gives a snapshot into the depth of his discovery. 
 
Spanning over more than 20 years, the influence and presence of Eli Escobar is undeniable in every corner of dance music. As a selector he has appeared on a variety of influential platforms including BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix, Resident Advisor's Exchange Podcast, Boiler Room, Mixmag ‘The Lab’ and The Lot Radio, only to name a few. Likewise transporting his sound to dancefloors across the world with residencies at House of Yes, Le Bain, Battlehymn and beyond. 
 
Globally respected and recognised as a forward thinking producer, Escobar’s output steps beyond conventional dance music with remix work for the likes of Lana Del Rey, M.I.A., Honey Dijon, Cakes Da Killa and many more. Now heading into 2023 Eli looks to stay true to his musical progression.

Follow Eli Escobar on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eliescobarnyc/

Coloring Lessons Mix Series 058: Eli Escobar

Rinse FM Podcast - Artwork w/ Dimitri From Paris LIVE from XOYO - 23rd February 2015

Late Nite Tuff Guy - The scandalous alter-ego of genuine techno legend HMC (known to his momma as Cam Bianchetti) returned to the Subbie for Viciöus Créatures back in July this year! L.N.T.G puts the acrimony in acronym, the oh in disco, the amp in camp and the dang in dangerous. There is magic in his fingertips, and we were there to witness the fitness! For Day 2 of our 12 days of Sub Club Xmas you lucky shiny shakers can listen back or download this exclusive recording of two inferno hours from his Summer Disco Set [RECORDED LIVE AT THE SUB CLUB ON 30/7/15]

Ahead of this return Late Nite Tuff Guy chatted about his love of #‎Glasgow and the Subbie…“ I Played at the Sub Club in 1999 as DJ HMC and that gig is still today, my favourite gig in 33 years of DJn' Glasgow is an incredible place…”

Late Nite Tuff Guy @ Viciöus Créatures [RECORDED LIVE AT SUB CLUB 30.7.15]

Glitterbox @ Hï Ibiza: www.hiibiza.com/Vb3drZ

Glitterbox: A Disco Hï: http://po.st/gbadhds

Welcome to the weekly Glitterbox Radio Show, a place where we celebrate incredible dance music from across the decades. Expect tracks from the likes of Marc Evans, Sure Thing, Sylvester, Sauce81, DJ Koze, Joey Chicago and plenty more!

This week's special guest is one of New York's finest DJs and producers, he goes by the name of Eli Escobar...

Hosted by Melvo Baptiste, this is Glitterbox...

iTunes: http://po.st/GBPodSub
Mixcloud: http://po.st/KWoSHj

01. Marc Evans - The Way U Love Me (Dim’s T.S.O.P. Version)[Defected]
02. Skyy – Show Me The Way [Rams Horn Records]
03. Sure Thing – Holding You Tight (Dr Packer Remix)[Glitterbox]
04. Eli Escobar Edits – Bullfight Of Love [Razor-N-Tape]
05. Sylvester – I Need You (12” Version)[Fantasy]
06. First Choice – Love Thang [Salsoul Records]
07. Two Tons O’ Fun – I Got The Feeling (Fantasy)
08. The Muthafunkaz – I Don’t Want You Anymore (Feat. Marc Evans) (Club Mix) [Soul heaven]
09. Joey Chicago - So Good Together (Original Mix) [4 Disco Records]
10. Eminence – Give It Up (Clepto's Classic Vocal Mix) [Defected]
11. Harvey Mason – Groovin’ You [Arista]
12. Låpsley - Operator (DJ Koze's Extended Disco Version) [XL]
13. Sauce81 – Dance Tonight [EGLO]

Next week, we'll be joined by one of the greatest house vocalists of all-time, Barbara Tucker...

Glitterbox Radio Show 007: w/ Eli Escobar

Rinse FM Podcast

Download

Eli Escobar - Saturday 20th January 2018

Eli Escobar has been at the heart of New York’s club scene for over two decades now. Born and raised in the city, the DJ/producer has been consistently inspired by the cultural diversity that surrounded him growing up in the 80s and the many ways it manifested itself musically in those pre-MTV years. 

You can hear it in the dynamic and stylistic range of his ever-exciting DJ sets, which veer from soulful disco and jazzy, propulsive house into realms of reggaeton, soul, hip hop, funk, Afrobeat and beyond. A professional DJ since 1997, Escobar has since held residencies in clubs such as Le Bain and Tiki Disco as well as garnering quite the international reputation through extensive touring. 

This mix is the perfect summation of Mr. Escobar’s DJing expertise and tact, being a literal excerpt from a recent set played at Good Room in Brooklyn where he played for six hours while fellow New Yorker Danny Krivit played in the other room.

Listen to the podcast above and read our full interview with Escobar on DJmag.com.

Podcast 79: Eli Escobar

An absolute musical legend, we are delighted that Hifi Sean has provided us with an exclusive dubs and disco mix for our mixtape series.

Hifi Sean headlines the inaugural Gin & Disco in Manchester on the 1st December, with Lost in Music taking over the 2nd room.

Mixtape #29 - Hifi Sean

Defining the true meaning of ‘dance music’ in 2023, Glitterbox’s 21st century disco will move your mind your body and your soul.

http://www.glitterboxibiza.com

New York’s house and disco evangelist Eli Escobar has been a familiar face on the city’s scene for the last two decades. Whether tearing it up at clubs across the capital (and beyond) or throwing down super-charged disco bombs on labels like Nervous, Strictly Rhythm, & Classic, Escobar rarely steps out of his four-four beat. As one third of the Tiki Disco parties in Bushwick, as well as running his own Night People label, Escobar has been putting his own twist on the city’s house and disco soundtrack, joining the dots between yesterday’s golden era classics and today’s club anthems.

For North & South American bookings please contact:
inbal@prismaartists.com

For ROTW bookings please contact:
ed@arcade-talent.com

Management & remix inquiries please contact:
josh@colludedmanagement.com
sam.holt@colludedmanagement.com

Glitterbox Radio Show 007: w/ Eli Escobar

Glitterbox Recordings

Recent comments

ratherBdancin

ratherBdancin

ratherBdancin

ratherBdancin

Related tracks