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Balearic Beat! This is more of a 'day after' mix, downtempo, maybe something that would have happened at Cafe Del Mar, after the night before at Amnesia. Consequently, it's pretty laid back. The mixes aren't too hurried. It's a relaxed, summery one to enjoy with a few San Miguels in the sun.

So what is Balearic Beat?

I've heard that "it's music that makes you feel good, makes you smile, and has no pretensions to be anything else. Big pop records and very underground stuff put together - the Ibiza sound"

Wikipedia says that it "initially was an eclectic blend of DJ-led dance music that emerged in the mid-1980s. It later became the name of a more specific style of electronic dance music that was popular into the mid-1990s. Balearic beat was named for its popularity among European nightclub and beach rave patrons on the Balearic island of Ibiza", "Balearic beat records vary between house or Italo house and deep house influenced sounds and a slower R&B-influenced (under 119bpm) beat consisting of bass drum, snare, and hi-hats (often produced with a Roland TR-909 drum machine) programmed in certain laid-back, swing-beat patterns; plus soul, Latin, African, funk, and dub affectations", "Vocals were sometimes present, but much of the music was instrumental. The sounds of acoustic instruments such as guitar and piano were sometimes incorporated into Balearic beat."

The sleeve notes to the 'Balearic Beats - Vol. 1' album from 1988 reckons that "for joe and the yet uninitiated, balearic is the following and much, much more..... loads of hugs and kisses ... smiley t-shirts and happy faces.... feeling saucey instead of sauced......eating fruits on the dance floor....bashed up converse trainers.....lovely girls with blinding accents.....ice pops.....hedionism....sparklers at the future....indian belly dancers at the shoom....almost everyone finally realising that "only love can conquer hate"....watching the sun set at the café del mar....watching the sun rise on primrose hill....the karma collective....poncho's pony tails and body paint....dj alfredo....new friendships....loads more hugs and kisses....just let this piece of warm anglo-ibizan club culture rush over you, enjoy it mateys!!!"

That kinda sums it up!

Tracklist:

Sample Narrative (BBC Radio 4 Interview) & Sound Effects
Art Of Noise - Moments In Love (1985)
Primal Scream - Higher Than The Sun (1991)
William Orbit - Water From A Vine Leaf (1993)
Voice Of Africa  -  Hoomba Hoomba (1990)
Code 61 - Drop The Deal (1988)
Bassomatic - Fascinating Rhythm (1990)
The Grid - Floatation (Subsonic Grid Mix) (1990)
Fidelfatti And Ronnette - Just Wanna Touch Me (Hallejujah Mix) (1990)
Happy Mondays - Loose Fit (1991)
Innocence - Natural Thing (Elevation Mix) (1991)
Mental Generation - Cafe Del Mar (Original) (1992)
Transglobal Underground - Templehead (1991)
Audio Deluxe - 60 Seconds (1990)
Soul II Soul - Back To Life (However Do You Want Me) (Club Mix) (1989)
Saint Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart (A Mix Of Two Halves) (1990)
Antena  -  Camino Del Sol (Edit) (1982)
Neutron 9000 - Love's Got A Feeling (When The Going Gets Tough Mix) (1991)
Aphex Twin - We Are The Music Makers (1992)
Chris Rea - Josephine (La Version Francaise) (1987)

Roots Before Branches 02 - Balearic Beat '82 - '93

journey by dj4 the silky mix mixed by jon digweed

mixed with les deux
http://soundcloud.com/deux

nicolas jaar - encore
6th borough project - just a memory
the dead rose music company - just a bitter love
social disco club - the way you move (greg wilson dub)
doctor dru & adana twins - supreme
kasper bjorke - heaven (ft nicolas jaar)
terri walker, jozif - twilight (casino times mix)
emil berliner - feel good
FCL - its you (sansoda panorama bar acca version)
aloe blacc - loving you is killing me (mano le tough mix)
dusty springfield - spooky (bak & lindemann bootleg)
benn finn - its true (ron flatter remix)


hotel costes playlist

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Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm  - (Bootleg by UCP Berlin)

my mash up of alison limericks where love lives

Where love Lives(DJ  G - Raff Mash)

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066 - Journeys By DJ Vol.3: Mixed by Danny Rampling (1993)

Woman in Chains, a track that is so beautiful that it's actually forbidden to do something with it. I did it anyway.

Tears for Fears -Woman in Chains (a smallHans rmx)

The Bassheads ‘Is There Anybody Out There?’ (greg wilson edit)

124 bpm

Never previously shared.

‘Is There Anybody Out There?’ was one of the all-time Rave classics. It was particularly interesting for me to witness its runaway success given that I knew its creators, Desa and Nick Murphy, who lived on the Wirral. Desa used to come to some of the local clubs I deejayed at as far back as 1977, before he started out as a club DJ himself (he remembered me switching between the Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes and Thelma Houston versions of ‘Don’t Leave Me This Way’ at the Golden Guinea in New Brighton), whilst I’d done some recording with Nick, who had a home studio, a few years before The Bassheads formed.

The name, The Bassheads, had come from The Bassment, a night Desa started in Birkenhead in 1988 (in a room where I’d deejayed myself 12 years previous, when the club opened as The Deerstalker). Initially pressing up their own white labels, The Bassheads blew up big time with ‘Is There Anybody Out There?’ – exactly the right tune at the right time. They worked on the track with Shaun Imre, who I also knew from my time living in London during the late 80’s, which took its title from the Pink Floyd recording it sampled, whilst other well-known acts sampled included Talking Heads, The Osmonds and Afrika Bambaataa. Having seen me use mine, Desa bought himself a Revox B77 reel-to-reel, utilizing it in fine style to help bring his ideas to life (as fate would have it, I bought this very machine from Desa a few years back, and it’s one of two I currently rotate for my DJ appearances).

Having been huge on white label during 1991, DeConstruction Records signed 'Is There Anybody Out There?' up and scored a top 5 hit before the end of the year. Prior to issuing the single they had to remove the Floyd sample though, and although the overall track still sounded brilliant and was now somewhat cleaner (Bam was still there, and the other key samples had been replayed to great effect), it was a shame the Floyd was missing for all those who knew the original.

Moving forward to 2009 and I thought it’d be the perfect track to kick off with at the Big Chill Festival, opening up with the atmospheric Floyd ambience. I dug around for the white label 12”, but couldn’t find it, so I got in touch with Desa to ask if he could burn me off a copy. His turntable was broken, so he was unable to do this in time, so he sent me a wav of the DeCon mix instead. I decided to see if I could re-create the original intro myself, so I pulled out my CD of ‘The Wall’ and set about reconstructing the beginning of the DeConstruction version. However, unlike the original, I also added the acoustic guitar section, which provides a great mellow prelude before the in-your-face ‘Crazy Horses’ guitar enters. Suffice to say that it worked a treat at the Big Chill and brought the house down.

I subsequently went back to it and did some further tinkering, most notably extending the aforementioned acoustic guitar section, whilst doubling the length of the euphoric piano breakdown, and building the tension before Bambaataa’s rap to add extra impact.

This year marks the 20th anniversary of this bona fide dancefloor anthem, so it presents the perfect moment to make this edit public as we move deeper into the summer months, whilst acknowledging how Desa, Nick and Shaun stamped their indelible mark on Rave culture.

Greg Wilson – June 2011

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The Bassheads 'Is There Anybody Out There?' (greg wilson edit)

First 30 minutes of a 100 minutes Classic House Mix
The next 70 minutes is on my profile page along with a 35 Track Acid house mix
Hope u enjoy it

OLD SKOOL HOUSE  MIX(12 TRACKS)

When Nadeem from Sub-Label Records asked me to provide him with a progressive house mix for a radio show I was concerned that I don't have a collection of contemporary progressive house. What I do have however is a substantial amount of music from the early 1990's - when that genre really blossomed. The genesis of that progressive sound was a club night called 'Renaissance' that was started by Geoff Oakes in 1992 at a club called Venue 44 in Mansfield, a small town in Nottinhamshire. In 1993 the venue was changed to an old printworks in nearby Derby. The club presented a darker, deeper, more melodic sound than the more 'rave' oriented music policies of other clubs across the UK. It was typically seamlessly and harmonically mixed (which a young DJ called Sasha had been tutored in by Jon Da Silva at the Hacienda). The decor, artwork and branding was all carefully thought out - with chandeliers on the ceiling and dark velvet drapes and renaissance artwork projected onto the walls. From an interview with Oakes:
"The visual identity was a deliberate move away from the ‘rave’ influenced artwork of most clubs at the time. The distressed renaissance imagery really stood out and marked the night as something different... I wanted a mix of cool and full-on clubbers, which happened and worked perfectly. I was lucky to catch on very early to that wave of British artistes, djs and producers that started to come through in the early ‘90’s. Leftfield, Guerilla records, etc. That whole progressive sound was tagged as the Renaissance sound by the press."
Sasha was a close friend and key component of the night from the beginning. The whole thing was built around him, and the last 2 or 3 hrs of the night were his platform. I had only been running Renaissance for a few months when a mix tape from a completely unknown DJ from Hastings landed on my doorstep. It was, of course, John Digweed. John put music together in a really unique way and it was when i teamed him up with Sasha that the musical identity of the brand crystallised. I had the best two DJ's in the world as residents and they helped shape Renaissance’s reputation for musical integrity."
Alexander Coe (aka Sasha) and John Digweed were resident DJ's from early 1993 until late 1994. This mix attempt to capture the sound of a Sasha and John Digweed mix from very late 1993. All tracks are verified as forming part of the selections of that pair of DJ's in that year.

Tracklisting:

01. Slam - Eterna
02. D:Ream - U R The Best Thing (Sasha Dub)
03. Marina Van Rooy - Sly One
04. TC - 1991 (Re-Fratty Re-Energy Version)
05. Mombassa - Cry Freedom (Malawi Mix)
06. 2 Bad Mice - Bomb Scare
07. Orbital - Lush 3-1
08. M People - How Can I Love You More? (Sasha's Master Edit)
09. Ready For Dead - Ready For Dead (Ambient Mix)
10. Metropolis - Metropolis (Original)
11. The S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M. - It's Gonna Be A Lovely Day (Palladium House Anthem I)
13. Hysterix - Talk To Me (Sasha's Full Music Master)
14. Rejuvination - Requiem (Part 1)
15. Brothers Love Dubs - The Mighty Ming! (Brothers In Rhythm Club Mix)
16. Leftfield Lydon - Open Up (Dervish Overdrive)
17. Future Sound Of London - Papua New Guinea (Dali Mix)
18. LaTour - Blue (Hermes Trance Mix)
19. Gat Decor - Passion (Of Your Passion)
20. Coco Steel & Lovebomb - Feel It
21. Bedrock Feat. KYO - For What You Dream Of... (Full On Renaissance Mix)
22. Virtualmismo - Mismoplastico (Dirtysyncomix)
23. Virtualmismo - Mismoplastico (Virtual Mix)
24. Evolution - Love Thing (Compulsion mix)
25. B.M. EX - Appolonia (Qatmix)
26. Nush - Nush (NY Strings Mix)
27. Phuture - Inside Out (Roy's Rad Nomad Mix)
28. BT - Embracing The Sunshine (Sasha's Remix)
29. Sunscreem - Perfect Motion (Boys Own Mix)

Enjoy.

Roots Before Branches 04 - Renaissance 1993

RALPHI ROSARIO FT NATASHA WATTS 'YOU USED TO HOLD ME' RON BASEJAM REMIX (teaser)

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230 - Tony Humphries - DJ's Take Control Vol. 1 (1994)

Tracklist:

1. Izit - Stories (Jackanory mix)
2. Cry Sisco - Afro Dizzi Act
3. Trans-Global Underground - Temple Head (Pacific Mix)
4. S'Express - Find em, Fool em, Forget em (The Eighth Hour Mix)
5. J.T. And The Big Family - Moments In Soul
6. Francesco Zappala - I Need You (Hippy Sound Mix)
7. Saint Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart (Andrew Weatherall Remix)
8. Depth Charge - Bounty Killer
9. Stonebridge - Jazzy John's Freestyle Dub
10. That Petrol Emotion - Abandon (Boys Own Mix)
11. Bocca Juniors - Raise (63 Steps To Heaven) Heavenly Rap
12. Code 61 - Drop The Deal (Original Version)
13. Les Negresses Vertes - The Fly (Zobi La Mouche) Club Mix
14. Cascades - Sheer Taft Feat. Ingrid Kudos (Hypnotone Mix)
 

Summer 89/90 Mixtape Pt 1

Prince The Future Remix

Old skool remix by Gregga
Young mc know how VS Gat Decor Passion.
Just for fun ;-D

Young MC VS Gat Decor mixed by Gregga know how passion

Mix of nice chilled Balearic classics from way back in the day. 88-91. 

Balearic Classics

Now a FREE DOWNLOAD.... Rough draft from a while back, lost all the parts in a hard drive crash before I got to finish it, but reckon it's good enough to give away. Hope you enjoy, please like/comment or share if you download a copy, Thanks!
Here's the Original - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ycCLXLiZWs

Welcome To The Pleasuredome-Keep Schtum ReEdit-Frankie Goes to Hollywood-Free D/load again Jan '18

Hi people! Enjoy this rework from one of the best inspiring female disco diva ever!! Pull Up To The Bumper by Grace Jones.. Peace

Grace Jones - Pull Up To The Bumper (Discomofo Rework)

1.One Dove – White Love (Radio Mix) [1993, London ]
 2.St. Etienne – Only Love Can Break Your Heart (Kenlou B-Boy Mix) [1991, Warner US Import]
 3.DNA feat Suzanne Vega – Tom’s Diner [1990, A&M]
 4.JT & The Big Family – Moments in Soul [1990, Champion]
 5.Sheer Taft – Cacades (Hypnotone Mix) [1991, Creation]
 6.Bent – Always (Ashley Beedle’s Mahavishnu Remix [1999, Sport]
 7.Sueno Latino – Sueno Latino (The Paradise Version) [1989, Expanded]
 8.The Beloved – The Sun Rising (Original Album Version) [1989, WEA]
 9.Jesus Loves You – Generations of Love (Land of Oz Remix) [1990, Virgin US Import]
 10.Doi-Oing – Good Feeling [1993, Brainiak]
 11.Superstars of Rock – Orange Sunshine (Classic Daft Mix) [1995, 5XO-294 NYC]
 12.D*Note – The Garden of Earthly Delights (X-Press2 Supavox) [1995, Dorado]
 13.Bocca Juniors – Raise (63 Steps to Heaven – the Heavenly Rap) [1990, FFRR]
 
Blended with love from some crackly old vinyl, on the trusty 1210s.. M x


Balearic Classics volume 1 - The Dog's Balearics

AND001 – limited vinyl on A&R Edits

Released: Monday 27th May, 2013

Side A: Buffalo Dance (Reworked by Henry Greenwood)

Selected by GW

old skool

Scott Hardcastle