whoa! saw you drop it after zen. mutual friends... Ryan Valeriano, Remark, Kimball Collins. Those days. nites and days live forever. Crazy I stumbled across this.

Scott Hardkiss was honored as one of the top international DJs when he was asked to play a 2-hour guest DJ set on the biggest electronic dance music radio show on Earth:

"Pete Tong's Essential Mix on BBC Radio 1, London, UK" 

Scott's mix is still revered by many to be one of the best Essential Mixes of all time, ground-breaking in it's innovative nature... a technicolor blend of countless sounds & styles woven together to generate a truly unique funky, celebratory vibe.

As Pete himself says in the introduction, this is an invitation for listeners world-wide to...

"Roll up, roll up then, for another titillating edition of The Essential Mix, a 2-hour fantastic voyage with the world's best DJs. This week our search for the perfect beats takes us to the West Coast of America, as we tune into the talents of California's leading exponent of hot house, Scott Hardkiss."

"...And, do enjoy!!!"


Scott Hardkiss DJs on "Pete Tong's Essential Mix BBC Radio 1" (London, UK)

The Moon Party (Roofless Productions) Heritage Square Golden Denver. Colorado

SASHA & DIGWEED LIVE @ - The Moon  Party , Heritage Square, Golden, Denver. Colorado -1998

The second half of the epic Sasha's mix for Kiss FM's Giving It Show.

For part one, track listings and more info, go here:

http://ultraastrum.blogspot.com



Sasha - Giving It Up, Kiss FM, 1993 (tape 2)

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165 - GU23 - James Lavelle - Barcelona - Disc 1 (2002)

The Zen parties in Orlando, FL in the early 90's demonstrated how massive the rave scene had become. Incredible DJ lineups, full live acts at massive fairground venues packed with rave kids made for special nights.  Some were lucky enough to keep the party going like this excellent after party DJ'd by none other than Sasha himself.  

A full 6 hrs of progressive, moody, loved up house in the early morning of labor day 1996. Over 60 tracks in all!

FYI - This is a repost to allow more people to download it since  Mark's original post hit the max download limit.  


FULL TRACKLISTING [If you can name some of the missing tracks please do and I will update the tracklist]
01. "Humate & Rabbit In The Moon - East (Original Mix)" 00:00:00 
02. "R Factors - G-Explorer" 02:04:02 
03. "Power Circle - A Little Love, a Little Life (Trancin' Mix)" 08:29:52 
04. "ID - ID" 15:09:60 
05. "Choice - Acid Eiffel" 22:16:08 
06. "Khetama - Return To Ohmn" 32:55:60 
07. "ID - ID" 38:19:57 
08. "Khetama - Trancelate" 42:21:60 
09. "Doi-Oing - Blue (Original Mix)" 45:42:69 
10. "Sola Fides - Wicked (Original Mix)" 52:15:44 
11. "Future Funk - Switch Lock (Original Mix)" 58:33:37 
12. "DJ Garth & ETI - 20 Minutes Of Disco Glory (Acid Rock Mix)" 63:42:46 
13. "Slacker - For Yourself" 71:11:59 
14. "Humate - 3.1 (Original Mix)" 78:32:59 
15. "ID - ID" 84:58:41 
16. "Doi-Oing - Paradise Lost" 87:00:14 
17. "Sunscreem - Something (Original Mix)" 90:30:19 
18. "Salt Tank - Swell (Flammable)" 96:40:49 
19. "ID - ID" 100:87:35 
20. "ID - ID" 108:38:20 
21. "H.H.C. - Plump" 110:08:34 
22. "ID - ID" 115:06:30 
23. "H.H.C. - We're Not Alone" 120:05:24 
24. "Itch-e & Scratch-e - Sweetness and Light" 127:01:48 
25. "The Auranaut - Groove On, Dream Off (Original Mix)" 132:47:37 
26. "Off & Gone - Blueplant" 135:25:20 
27. "ID - ID" 143:11:48 
28. "The Auranaut - Hear The Rich Boy (Just Passing Through) (Original Mix)" 148:33:37 
29. "Front 242 - Happiness (Underworld Mix)" 156:21:30 
30. "Art of Trance - Octopus (Capricorn Mix)" 164:45:30 
31. "Universal State of Mind - All Because Of You (Mindsweeper Mix)" 
32. "Pop In Wonderland - Beautiful People" 173:52:30 
33. "Aurora Borealis - The Milky Way" 176:04:48 
34. "BT - Blue Skies (Paul van Dyk Errinern Indigo mix)" 181:45:24 
35. "The Brain feat. Claudia Brucken - I'll Find A Way (Jam El Mar's Spacetek Dub)" 188:48:04 
36. "Cygnus X - Indakasa" 199:45:18 
37. "In Aura - Coma Aroma (Perfecto Dub)" 202:42:36 
38 "Humate - 3.2" 208:40:29 
39. "Paul Van Dyk - I Can't Feel It" 215:30:08 
40. "Sjef Van Leeuwen - Voices of KA (Original mix)" 221:58:25 
41. "Mikerobenics - Julika" 229:02:38 
42. "ID - ID" 233:50:52 
43. "ID - ID" 238:34:22 
44. "ID - ID" 240:42:25 
45. "ID - ID" 245:13:03 
46. "ID - ID" 250:34:18 
47. "ID - ID" 254:14:01 
48. "ID - ID" 259:20:14 
49. "ID - ID" 271:00:05 
50. "Slacker - Scared (The Lonely Traveller)" 276:55:26 
51. "Quivver - Extra Time (Quivver's Amityville Dub)" 283:56:09 
52. "Angeles - It's Alive" 290:43:56 
53. "Millenium - Millenium" 297:24:07 
54. "Angeles - Shine" 303:15:01 
55. "Third Man - Neutral Nervous (Original Mix)" 308:43:29 
56. "X-Cabs - Outcast (Original Mix)" 311:22:13 
57. "L.S.G. - Hidden Sun Of Venus" 315:50:03 
58. "Andy Ling - Calling Angels" 324:37:02 
59. "Paragliders - Share of Bitterness" 333:27:31 
60. "Tilt - My Spirit" 340:58:51 
61. "Third Man - Solar Cycle (Arrangement 2)" 348:54:38 
62. "Evolution - Your Love is Calling (Call Up Dub)" 354:12:16

Sasha - Live @ the Zen Afterparty (Labor Day at Mark Hunt's) [1996] Orlando, FL

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THROWBACK: Sasha & John Digweed — Live @ Twilo (New York) — 29.05.1999

Label: Ministry Of Sound
Released: 27 Sep 1996 

Disc 1: 0° North

    Suzuki K1 >> 7.5cc - "Satellite Serenade" (The Orb's Transasianexpress mix) – 10:40
    The Future Sound of London - "Cascade (Part 1)" – 7:05
    Young American Primitive - "These Waves" – 4:24
    God Within - "Raincry (Submerged)" – 7:51
    Rabbit in the Moon - "O.B.E. (Out-of-Body Experience)" – 7:07
    Morgan King - "I Am Free" (Playdo's Minimalist mix) / (The Full-Length La Serrena mix) – 7:22
    Ultraviolet - "Kites" (Purple Haze's Fantasy Flite Part One) – 4:11
    Fuzzy Logic - "Obsession" (William Orbit's Quantum Loop mix) – 4:59
    William Orbit - "Water from a Vine Leaf" (Spooky's Xylem Flow mix) – 6:49
    Apollo 440 - "Liquid Cool" (Deep Forest's Ice Cold @ the Equator mix) – 6:25
    Banco de Gaia - "Last Train to Lhasa" – 10:45

Disc 2: 0° South

    Dope on Plastic - "Wave Dub" – 5:59
    Drum Club - "Sound System" (Underworld mix) – 7:02
    Castle Trancelott - "The Gloom" – 6:38
    Pete Lazonby - "Wavespeech" (Junior Vasquez mix) – 6:08
    Evolution - "Phoenix" – 7:07
    The Light - "Dusk" – 3:48
    X Tracks - "Plan 94 (The Voyage)" – 5:46
    Mellow Mellow - "I Can't Stop" – 4:32
    Banco de Gaia - "Heliopolis" (Eedupolis Dog mix) – 3:33
    Humate & Rabbit in the Moon - "East" (Opium Den mix) – 7:36
    Underworld - "Dark & Long" (Dark Train) – 10:58

Northern Exposure

Sasha And John Digweed ‎– Northern Exposure

► The one and only Sasha, joining us for our T2 90s rave
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Sasha Boiler Room x T2 Berlin DJ Set (90s Set)

On this exact date, 25 years ago, I received a demo in the post from a completely unknown DJ that Dan Prince, then editor of Mixmag, had told to send it to me... I know it was this date, as it was a Saturday morning before Renaissance that night. I had listened to this demo 5/6 times during the day - and again on the way to the club that night. I knew I’d found something special the moment I heard the mix between the first 2 tracks on the B side of that tape!

After Renaissance that night, as often happened, Sasha came back to my house the next morning... I told him I'd found a DJ who I thought was amazing, and went on to play him the tape. He too was blown away! The only writing on the tape was 'DJ JD’ and a phone number, so I called John after the weekend and told him I loved the tape and wanted him to play at the club, but I told him I wouldn't put 'DJ JD' on the flyers as it sounded like a rave DJ and instead wanted to bill him as John Digweed. I booked his first date on Saturday 5th September 1992 - and spent 4 weeks before his debut gig telling everyone I'd discovered this amazing DJ - and, of course, he didn't disappoint!! The whole club was blown away by the talent on show on his first night, and I then started to regularly pair him with Sasha at Renaissance, ahead of that iconic mix compilation, 2 yrs later, that took the S&D partnership global... so here's the mixtape that started it all, a piece of clubbing history and a significant footnote in Renaissance’s history and in the career of one of the world’s finest DJs!🔊🔊🔊

John Digweed Renaissance Demo - 14.07.1992

Probably THE essential mix from that era.
  
 

1995.09.03 - Essential Mix - John Digweed

take your mind back to july 2001; dark tribal prog rules britain's superclubs & britain's sound rules the world. berlin is not yet officially cool, cigarettes are smoked on dancefloors, dance music slower than 125 bpm is punishable by death & deadmau5 has not yet been born; it is a time of great joy.

the scene is a room full of samplers, synthesizers & class c narcotics - it is chong's palace studio (mark II), lair of king unique & sweating over a remix are two young men called matthew.

ring ring!... ring ring!...ring r-

KU: "hello?"

BBC: "hello it's the bbc here, can i speak to someone from king unique please"

KU: "oh, right - um hello"

BBC: "right - you know how we asked if you'd do a king unique essential mix in the autumn for us?"

KU: "err, yes"

BBC: "well, would you like to do it a bit sooner than we discussed? quite a lot sooner in fact?"

KU: "um... maybe?"

BBC: "great! the thing is (NAME REMOVED AT BBC LAWYER'S INSISTENCE) promised us a mix months ago & they've just told us it won't be ready after all. so you'd be doing us a huge favour if you stepped in"

KU: "right. just out of interest did ali & sharam say why they couldn't do it?"

BBC: "i couldn't possibly comment"

KU: "i see. well, we are insanely busy but we'd obviously like to help.... how soon were you thinking? this month or next?"

BBC: "oh definitely this month. in fact, um, more like, you know, er, this week actually"

KU: "this week!!!!????"

BBC: "...................... yes. by friday night in fact."

KU: "& you're aware that today is wednesday????!!"

BBC: "............................................ yes."

KU: "!"

so there you have it, the behind the scenes story of how we came to turn round our first essential mix in under 72 hours from a standing start, armed only with a mountain of vinyl, several samplers & a huge computer struggling to run 4 channels of pro-tools with less than half the power of a current iphone. this is King Unique Broadcast 0 if you like, the first time we hit the airwaves & not a bad way to start :)

to add to the nostalgia i've included the handy cassette case with tracklisting that Mixmag used to print each month for all the home-tapers out there - if you'd told us about Soundcloud back then we'd have burnt you as a witch.

enjoy the flashback ;)

Essential Mix 15/07/2001 - King Unique

Electronic music aficionado since 1991.   DJ Since 94. Producer since  2001. Record Label Owner (Stellar Records), early 00’s.  Collector of classic 90’s DJ Sets.  Current purveyor of modern progressive breaks and deep house via Black Coffee dj mix series. 

Had the privilege of “being there” in halcyon days of the early US rave scene at ground zero - Orlando, FL.  Our  (at the time) small, Disney focused town become the launch pad for the American Rave scene via the amazing DJs and promoters that were ahead of their time led by Kimball Collins at Aahz  playing  upfront dance music (simply called house back then) that was generally only found across the Atlantic. Kimball and other local DJs mixed music expertly in our burgeoning underground clubs here to the late hours of the morning often bleeding into the next day igniting a decade long explosion of club music throughout the city.  If you were there, you know.   Aahz spawned a host of iconic clubs including Firestone (now Vanguard), The Edge, the Abyss, Barberella, Marz and on and on.  Huge one off raves like Trance Atlantic and Zen fast followed  setting the stage for todays EDC, bringing more global talent to our dancing city, laying down musical history that everyone that lived it will certainly “Rave” about for the rest of their lives. 

Being a part of that scene led me, like many others, to pursue my own path in creating electronic music.  A passion for DJing led to endless Orlando house parties in early 90s, before joining the Stellar Brand/team in DC providing a residency at Tracks nightclub and  opening up gigs at clubs throughout the DC, Northern Virginia and Maryland before returning to Orlando in 2004.  

Still listening, buying, spinning, sharing the music that moves me. It has been and always will be all about the music. 

I continue to post recent sets here on soundclould and I often steam live over at Mixcloud.com 


For contact please email djgradee@gmail.com

Sasha - Live @ the Zen Afterparty (Labor Day at Mark Hunt's) [1996] Orlando, FL

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