Feel reassuringly expensive listening to this mix, like i've cracked open a Stella on the train in first class

Ha, great concept.... Any mix with the Execution on it is worth its weight! Conversely doing a cheap mix has also got me thinking....

what a track coming in. proper selection Selectaboy

Last mix of the year is the most theoretically* expensive mix that I can make from my vinyl collection, according to Discogs prices determined on 24/11/2022: 30 tracks of the most luxurious/overpriced jungle imaginable, just in time for the festive season. Photek, Tango, Koda, Chaos & Julia Set, Trace, more Photek, Skanna, Bukem, Crystl... the gang's all here. 

*record and sleeve condition notwithstanding. A few of them came to me second hand, feature heavy cue-burn/stickering, plus years of toddler/cat abuse has wrecked many of the sleeves ... besides, I'd never try to sell them, they mean way too much to me :) 

Big shout to DJ Mafs @mafsone for casually quoting the value of one of his outstanding recent mixes and planting the idea... I take 'cogs prices with a punch of salt, frankly it's a ludicrous scene that I want no part of, but the concept of using value to dictate the selection seemed like fun. Having catalogued my collection a few years ago, after skimming a few pages of the priciest cuts I decided this could be the makings of quite a decent mix. I realise folks out there like Law, Dokta Venom, X Nation, djExtreme and so on could probably knock out a mix of equal value with a dozen tunes, but it is what it is. Might have to do a sub-155bpm follow-up sometime, a techno version (if you think jungle prices are crazy check out Warp's Artificial Intelligence 1 LP), or possibly The Cheap Mix ... could be interesting ... but I'm kicking all of that into the long grass for now. 2023's a new year.

* Mix Value: Median £1800 / Maximum £3150 / downloads now enabled *

Aquarius - Wave Forms [Looking Good]
Studio Pressure - Resolution [Photek Productions]
DJ Fokus - Untitled (Get A Bearing AA) [Suicide Recordings]
System X - Metamorphosis [3rd Eye]
Randall & Andy C - Sound Control (AWOL V.I.P. Mix) (AWOL: A Way Of Life LP) [Ministry Of Sound]
DJ Fokus - Vexxed [Blueprint]
Lee & Tango - Solutions [Legend]
DJ Trace - Final Chapta [Dee Jay Recordings]
Appaloosa - Unplugged (Chaos & Julia Set Remix) [Recoil Records]
Tango - Understanding [Creative Wax]
Sounds Of Life - Release The Bells [Certificate 18]
Studio Pressure - Relics [Certificate 18]
The Truper - Untitled - Volume 2A [Street Beats]
Psykis - Pretend [Lucky Spin]
Koda - The Deep [Dee Jay Recordings]
Brainkillers - Lovin' Part 1 (Champion Jungle Sound LP) [Parousia]
Dillinja - Moods [Logic Recordings]
Studio Pressure - Fusion [Photek Productions]
Code Of Practice - Can We Change The Future (Klute Remix) [Certificate 18]
Jo - Imagine The Future [Awesome]
DJ Trax - High Time (Highway To Hitchin Mix) [Moving Shadow]
The Truper - Untitled - Volume 3AA [Street Beats]
Chaos & Julia Set - Fear The Future [Recoil Records]
Gwange & Spinback - The Execution [Legend]
DJ Crystl - Meditation [Dee Jay Recordings]
LTJ Bukem - Horizons [Looking Good]
Apollo Two - Atlantis (I Need You) (LTJ Bukem Remix) [Good Looking]
Danny Breaks - Volume 1A (For The Thinking Positive Crew) [Droppin' Science]
J Majik - Sunray (Rufige Cru Remix) [Infra-Red]
Skanna - This Way [Skanna]

https://soundcloud.com/selectabwoy/sets/themed-mixes

The Pricy Mix

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Home of my own mixes - predominantly jungle/hardcore with the odd bit of D&B, plus eclectic sample-digging, breaks and hip-hop, techno & electronica. 

Pre-2001, all mixes vinyl; Post-2016, all mixes digital (DJay 2); Post-2018, Ableton Live. Why? Why not?
I've got an old skool DJ's mentality, early influences ranging from Sublove, Ratty, Randall & Hype to Coldcut, DJ Juice, MK & Primo.  In the early 00s I turned my back on D&B, retired my turntables in favour of family/work commitments, and got into funk, soul, reggae and so on... a lot of this driven by curiosity around the sample roots of hardcore and jungle.  Forward another decade and an early mid-life crisis saw me messing around with virtual decks on my phone, and later acquiring a vinyl ripper, with one vision in mind: making mixes.
Although I'm partial to the odd DJay or vinyl mix when I get the chance, the progression into Ableton Live was a simple means to an end.  My ideas stretch further than the limitations of my physical collection and real-time mixing, and by sequencing I can pick, choose, chip away and structure mixes at my leisure. Which I do... a lot :)

Wait, there's more ... an absolute stack of classic golden era/old skool hip-hop/turntablism, jungle and d&b, hardcore, techno and house mixes retrieved from my dusty tape & CD archives.  This includes (by my reckoning) the most exhaustive collections of classic Full Cycle and Sublove Galaxy Radio shows, live Ruffneck Ting jungle tapes, loads of studio & compilation mixes, all manner of rave tapes, and so on. 
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