Rise Up Festival 2021

K KLASS / Housework & Slipback In Time Stage / Rise Up Festival / St Albans / 31.07.21

Spin Inn, Eastern Bloc, The Mix Factory, Da Intalex...just some of the Manchester musical institutions and outfits that Mark XTC has been involved with in his now twenty five year career across records shops, clubs and early rave culture.

Playing across hip hop, classic house and also well known as a proponent of Drum and Bass / Jungle throughout his career Mark is a hugely versatile DJ and his Hacienda Tribute mix, published now on this site and soundcloud, sees him take to three decks and CD-J’s in putting it together.

Showcasing the skills throughout, taking accapellas, additional beats and put his own spins on the format, “Always There” and “Dirty Cash” knock out over classics such as Jam The Dance from the outset. A tribute to the recently passed Mark Bell with an airing of “LFO” as Mark throws in the better known tunes such as “Voodoo Ray”, “Promised Land” against US underground  such as Corina’s  “Temptation” 

With extended mixing a feature of the mix, and Mark laying his own markers, scratching in and out, from “French Kiss”, “Higher States Of Consciousness” and the Sasha remix of Better Days, Mark expertly blends the tracks in a set that pulls no punches.

The rarely heard dub of My Friend Sam featuring Viola Willis kicks off the final section of the mix as B Sides Volme II, ”Casanova” and “The Shaker Song” all come together as rare hip hop cut The Doc’s “Portrait Of A Masterpiece” and an untouched “Strings Of Life”  bring Mark’s exhilarating hour to a close.

Tracklisting

01.	Asmo – Jam the dance 
02.	Stevie V – Dirty cash
03.	LFO – LFO
04.	Robin S – Show me love
05.	Bob Marley & Funk Deluxe – Sun is shining
06.	Guy Called Gerald – Voodoo Ray
07.	Corina – Temptation
08.	Crystal Waters – Gypsy Woman
09.	Inner City – Big Fun
10.	Joe Smooth – Promise Land
11.	Lil Louie – French Kiss
12.	Alison Limerick – Where love lives
13.	Jimi Polo – Better Days (Sasha Remix)
14.	Josh Wink – Higher state of consciousness
15.	My Friend Sam – It’s My Pleasure
16.	B Sides – Vol II
17.	Jazz and the bros grimm – Casanova
18.	Playtime toons – Shaker song
19.	The Doc – Portrait of a masterpiece
20.	Rhythm is Rhythm – Strings of life

Mark XTC | Haçienda Three Decks Tribute 2015

a little clip of one of my unreleased tracks, enjoy!

Panic

Tribute to the Gallery Leeds 1992

ALISTAIR WHITEHEAD - Clockwork Orange at Ministry Of Sound - The Box

1994 I discovered a club in Birmingham called WOBBLE. Anyway this is a mix of all the hands in the air tunes from that summer that for me defined my 1994 experience of Wobble. 
I've used a bit of artistic licence with the intro - Some may not agree with every tune choice, some of them may not be the most underground or 'credible' tunes but they were the dancefloor fodder that Phil Gifford and guest DJ's such as Chris & James, Luvdup, etc. were hammering that summer that defined my personal experience... and most of them still make me smile now....  enjoy!

Wobble Birmingham 1994 - (Jip Mann - My Fave House Tunes of 1994)

In 1996 I bought an album that went on to shape the next 20 years of my life and without doubt is my all time favourite complilation, i have gone through three copies and still listen to it on a regular basis.

Cd 1 mixed by the legend Brandon Block was my pick of the three due to the smattering of italian piano anthems and it was my love of his particular selection that led to this little project.

I wanted to recreate the feel but using an alternative mix of each track - hopefuly giving a more current vibe over the hour.

Hope you enjoy it as much as i did putting it together!

1.Take Me Away - True Faith
2.Made In 2 Minutes - Bug Kann
3.Last Rhythm - Last Rhythm
4.Not Forgotten - Leftfield
5.Go - Moby
6.On Ya Way - Helicopter
7.Shock The Beat - Electric Chock
8.The Hunter - Herbal Infusion
9.Move Your Body - Xpansion
10.Shine On - Degrees Of Motion
11.Right Before My Eyes - Patti Day

Fantazia Club Classics Vol 1 - The Remix

K-Klass Creamfields 2017

It’s been a couple of years since I last did an old school mix, and this will probably be my last for a long time to come. (I think all the tracks I love are now in this mix or the other 4 installments). I’ve spent the last few years searching out classic tracks and acapellas and putting them together in new ways that keep those crazy days of the late 80s - early 90s alive... in my own little way. There are already so many classic house mixes out there, so I wanted to think differently about 'Not Forgotten V5'. I went searching for the samples that many house tracks had sampled, back in the day and went about rebuilding them. Like Pierre Ferroldi - Moving Now. I got the original acapella the Italian's sampled from, then chopped it up and restructured it to create a ‘Moving Now’ acapella that no one else has got. Then I banged it over another track, creating a fab new bootleg version in its own right. Of course, these things take time and a lot of patience. With so much of this going on, in many ways this is a mix, sitting on top of another mix. This creates some pretty magical and unexpected mixing moments. It pairs up some formidable anthems together. When you find that Fast Eddy and Brothers in Rhythm fit hand in glove, it feels seriously good. Not quite as good as being 18 and going crazy in a sweaty club, but still pretty good. This mix is over 2 hrs long and I’ve tried by best to keep the audio and the mixing to the highest quality. There’s some well known anthems, sitting along side some rare, seldom heard gems. Some of my very own version excursions like Ellustrious - Dance no more. Some classic Italian piano screamers. Some progressive. Balearic, Chicago, you name it. I wanted to include it all, because there are too many mixes that stick to one style. To me, great house came from a number of different styles spanning a number of different years. Put it all together and you have a seriously fun trip back in time. Enjoy and play it loud.

Not Forgotten - Volume 5

Shelleys Stoke-On-Trent live online stream on Sat 18th April 2020

Taken from an interview with Pete:
"The Shelleys residency happened when the DJ that played Thursday nights  there was getting asked to play some Acid & House. He had very little idea about it, so I got introduced to him as "the guy with this new music" via some older mates that I worked with at Creda where he used to work too. This was October 1988 and I did about 8-10 weeks before I quit. I would play an hour set, trax like Inner City - Big Fun, Royal House - Can You Party & Jolly Roger - Acid Man. I was acually DJing there on the night of my 18th Birthday (17th Nov). I then returned for a Saturday night residency in 1991 together with long term friend Daz Willott promoted by the late Pete Timmis"

Pete Bromley - Shelleys Live (On Vinyl) 18-4-20

Olly Da Vinci - Shelleys Anthems

JIPMANN / DJ Funkomatic - Professional DJ & Radio show host of Groove Clinic Radio Show on every Friday at 8pm on Brum Radio (Birmingham UK's leading independent Internet Radio Station available worldwide)

Releases via Groove Clinic Recordings.

Child of the Rave - Spawned from Disco - Schooled in Acid - Armed only with a drum machine, a synth, a pair of decks and some dreams.... #housemusic #housemixes #acidhouse

Radio Show Host of "Groove Clinic Radio Show" - Every Friday 8pm on Brum Radio.

Follow me for my latest fresh new house tracks, radio shows and regular mixes including house classics and newer productions.

Based from the the UKs vibrant second city Birmingham with a massive record collection including house, acid house, techno, breakbeat and rave. 

Requests for DJ work / Remixes / Promo - please DM me.

Wobble Birmingham 1994 - (Jip Mann - My Fave House Tunes of 1994)

JIPMANN / DJ FUNKOMATIC

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