Black Man's Cry

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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

There Is No Time Like The Present

It has been a while but here is a brand new mix to thank you all for your support. Feel free to share with your friends.

(Recorded November 2014)

Discotheque Mix

Monkey Bars (Dillon Francis Remix)

Free download available at Aeroplane's new site: http://www.aeroplaneconnect.com/

Track Listing
1.  Shamir - I know it’s a good thing
2. Payfone - Paradise
3. Corbu - Neon Hallway (Autograf Remix)
4. Rodion - Solenoid
5. Tronik Youth - Bell Common (Kezokichi Remix)
6. Massimilliano Pagliara - Everything That Happens Is Supposed To Happen
7. Bleu Toucan - Ananas
8. Kindness feat. Robyn - Who Do You Love (Joakim Dub)
9. Baio - On On On On 
10. Xinobi - People
11- Alex Metric - Always There
12. Koko - 1985 Edits
13. Multifunkshun - Adriano Celentano

Happy New Year! 2015 baby… 

I’ve decided to take this as an opportunity to start something new, in the form of a website. It’s called Aeroplane Connect. It will be a centralized portal for all Aeroplane information and content. It will eventually become an iPhone app, a supermarket chain, and an aisle-seats-only airline, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves.

Aeroplane Connect in it’s beta version will host all of the Aeroplane mixes, which for reasons I’m sure everyone is now familiar with, will disappear from the Aeroplane Soundcloud in due time. My Soundcloud will then focus on new songs and original material. Not only will you find a new mix online right now, but we also added some older mixes, so you guys can still go and play the 500th Essential Mix again and again, for example. Like I mentioned, Aeroplane Connect is a beta test. I want to see if it works, and I count on you to tell me if something is off or doesn't work. 

The mixes are all free to stream. For a download, just put in your email address for a link to the mix. Why? I’m not trying to sell you insurance or to make you meet hot singles in your area, but I believe that if you care to download a mix, you probably would updates on future Aeroplane news, such as new mixes, shows, remixes, singles, etc. Your email address will be used for that purpose alone. In other words, this is about getting closer to real fans.

Here’s the new and first mix on Aeroplane Connect for you. I hope you’ll enjoy it and that I will see you somewhere on the road.

Free download

What Do You Mean Balearic?!

Zombie Nation - Knockout [UKW Records 022]
release date June 30th

A) Knockout (Original version)

UKW022

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Knockout

Old School house / rave track I created with the Squarp Pyramid sequencer controlling Elektron Analog 4, Machinedrum, Moog Minitaur, TT303, EMU Orbit 2, EMU Proteus 1, EMU Xtreme Lead with the Rob Papen Expension, two rack effects, Kaos Pad and Moog MF Delay. Really enjoy doing the old school house stuff. 

To help you get into the mood, I added footage from 90s raves on youtube as well. Don't take it all to seriously though - enjoy it for what it is! ;-)
Making off this track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKKyMYUtSQA

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