Twenty-two is all about celebrating those big cross-over tracks that we’re not only massive in the cooler establishments of the time, but tracks that were doing their thing and converting the mainstream to this thing we call house…

As you’d expect they’re all big-hitters and you’ve probably heard them a million times, but it’s nice to hear them together and of course, there’ll be a few surprises along the way... (Including a pesky scratch on Ride Like The Wind – proving this is done from old-skool vinyl folks!)

The track listing should tell you everything you need to know about the first hour of the mix and there’s no real need to introduce the tracks here. Suffice to say that after this hour things start getting a little less obvious with the arrival of Wildchild, and a couple featuring Armand Van Helden sandwiching the fantastic Skankin’ mix of Two Fatt Guitars by Direkt.

A pair of instrumental classics from Pete Heller and George Morel take us into that spiritual, happy place – and, when finally picked up a couple of years after initial release, did that cross-over thing and became massively popular.

Having earned a few stripes, it’d be rude not to drop a couple of tracks into the set that pick up on the instrumental theme and build energy until we culminate in one of the biggest cross-over tracks of all time. Yep, Moby’s supreme classic, Go – which peaked in the official UK Singles chart at number 10 folks!

And just so we don’t scare everybody off, the set finishes with an unsurpassed piano classic that reminds us where the mix started, and one that’s about letting The Whole World Know (which weirdly, I think is the point of the whole cross-over thing…) 

Anyway, we hope you enjoyed crossing-over to the other side people. 

Totes.
 
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Here's the full track listing:

Groove Is In The Heart (Meeting Of The Minds Mix) – Deee-Lite
Ride On Time (The Original) – Black Box
Keep On Pumpin’ It Up (Acapella) – Freestyle Orchestra
Free (Mood II Swing Extended Vocal Mix) - Ultra Nate 
I Love You Baby (Dancing Divaz Club Mix) - The Original
Dreamer (Original Club Mix) – Livin’ Joy
Show Me Love (Stonebridge Club Mix) – Robin S
The Real Thing – Toni Di Bart
Ain’t No Man (Club Mix) – Dina Carroll
Ride Like The Wind (Extended Mix) – East Side Beat
Baby Baby – Joy & Joyce
Read My Lips (Saturday Night Party) – Alex Party
Keep On Jumpin' (Bizarre Inc Remix) – The Lisa Marie Experience
U Sure Do (Guest List Mix) – Strike
Renegade Master (Original Mix) – Wildchild
The Funk Phenomena (Original) - Armand Van Helden Presents Old School Junkies
Two Fatt Guitars (Skankin' Mix) – Direckt
You Don’t Know Me - Armand Van Helden ft. Duane Harden
Big Love - Pete Heller's Big Love
Let’s Groove (Morel's Grooves Part 4) – George Morel
Testament One – Chubby Chunks
Kinetic (Frank De Wulf Remix) - Golden Girls 
20Hz - Capricorn
London X-Press (The Journey Continues) - X-Press 2
Positive Education – Slam
Horsepower (Original Mix) – CJ Bolland
Go – Moby
Let The Whole World Know – Rhythm Foundation

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