@ablekid: :-) Not many DJs would say yes, let alone put this kind of effort in, he's a real gent and a very talented guy!

This month we have something very special from Chris Fortier, who has genuinely embraced the concept of Just Add Sunshine and gone to a huge effort to produce this stunning set, featuring his own mash-ups and re-edits exclusive to this mix. We'll let you have fun track spotting before posting the full tracklist, but tracks have been carefully sourced from personal favourites from the past 25 years, with artists like 808 State, Leftfield, Bomb The Bass, The Orb, System 7 and The KLF.

Since the early 90s, Chris has been at the forefront of the US club scene, championing progressive house and paving the way for international DJs such as Sasha & Digweed, the later signing Chris up for Bedrock duties as part of the Compiled & Mixed series. Following this Chris, was one of the first names to join the mightily popular Balance mix series, providing 007.
His production skills cannot go unmentioned, his classic track 'Losing Wait' is way up there in the list of my all time favourites and with his own label Fade Records (http://www.beatport.com/label/fade-records/179), Chris continues to produce the goods. Another true prog legend to join the Just Add Sunshine party!

Thank you Chris, your dedication to this mix was way beyond any expectation!

Full Tracklist
1.	Liz Torres – If You Keep It Up (Saxapella)
2.	Orbital – Are We Here? (Lunasol Wet Mix)
3.	PSB – It Must Be Obvious (UFO Mix)
4.	The Shamen – Re-Iteration (FSoL RE-Evolution Mix)
5.	Sean Cusick – The Mix Off Course
6.	A Man Called Adam – I Want To Know (The One Mix)
7.	808 State – Ancodia
8.	Leftfield – Swords (To Rococo Rot Remix)
9.	Bomb The Bass – Keep Giving Me Love (Tribal Love Mix)
10.	Bocca Juniors – Substance (Juvenile)
11.	Jon Delerious – Speckdrum
12.	Screaming Rachael – Love Is In The Air
13.	Irresistible Force – Space Is The Place
14.	Ingrid Chavez – Whispering Dandelions
15.	David Stewart feat. Candy Duffer – Lily Was Here (Orbital Space Lab Mix)
16.	System 7 – Thunderdog / Fractal Liaison
17.	System 7 – Sunburst
18.	Transform – Trans Out
19.	Underground Resistance – The Theory
20.	Ananda Project – Cascades of Colour (Acapella)
21.	Tokyo Tower – What Time Is Love (Down With Mu)
22.	The KLF – What Goes On 1 & 3
23.	The KLF – What Time Is Love (Virtual Reality Mix)
24.	The KLF – 3am Eternal (Welcome To The Moon 1989 Mix)
25.	Stereo MC’s – Everything (Everything Grooves pt 1)
26.	Intro 2 – Meadwalk
27.	PF – The Scream
28.	Praise – Only You Acapella
29.	Ron Trent – Altered States (Ron Trent’s Mothership Mix)
30.	AB Remix
31.	One Of Them – Better This Way 
32.	Marathon – Moving (Ambientapella Live Mix)
33.	DOT#2


We hope you get as much enjoyment from listening as Chris has had putting the mix together, so, please show your appreciation by leaving a few words in the comments.

Soundcloud profile: https://soundcloud.com/chris-fortier

New single "music makes the body" with remixes from Him_self_her and Wehbba, out on Selador http://www.beatport.com/release/music-makes-the-body/1321438

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DOWNLOAD - Just Add Sunshine - Chris Fortier - July 2014

As a kid from the UK growing up in 1980s Manchester, I was privileged to live through the Factory records era and enjoy the booming music scene as It reshaped the city's image from 'dirty old town' to the global mecca of nightlife and creativity it is today.
While the warehouse and club scene was beginning to bubble away, I spent my early teens listening to mixtapes from the likes of Sasha (who began his career down the road and has curated the soundtrack of my life ever since), the DJs of the Thunderdome and Hippos (Jay and Moggy) and the legendary 808 State Show - at the age of 16 I was invited down to the Sunset studios to play a live  guest mix on the show and was booked to play my first club gig in the city, warming up at Parliament Nightclub.
I spent many years clubbing and DJing around Manchester and the City Centre, developing my DJ style taking influence from the DJs of the Hacienda, Bugged Out and Tangled and became hooked on the Progressive House scene led by Sasha, Digweed, Renaissance, Cream and the Global Underground mix series.
After a summer DJing in Cyprus in 1999, I returned to Manchester and held several residencies in bars and clubs around the City; Dry Bar, Joshua Brooks, South, the wonderful sweatbox where I'd spent my twenties bouncing, Tangled and more recently Soundcontrol.
I've been lucky to DJ with many of my idols such as Nick Warren and Jody Wisternoff, Hybrid, Ashley Casselle.
30+ years on, now living in Cairns, Australia, I'm still hunting new sounds to share with anyone who will listen to this veteran of the bedroom DJ scene.
Big love to all the producers and DJs who continue to inspire and make us dance, and to everyone who stops by for a listen, encouraging me to carry on x

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