This was actually the birthday party of a mate of mine (ex-promoter) with full marquee, dodgems, 15k sound, lasers - the full works and in a field down an old dirt track in the middle of no-where just like back in 1989 - The party was full of like minded ravers and even the police turned up at 3am to shut us down - but they didn't succeed hehe... Other DJs included Micky Finn, Colin Dale & Jumping Jack Frost!

Slipmatt - Live @ A Rave In A Field 03-08-2013

CYBERDOG'S OLD SKOOL VINYL SET FROM SILK ROAD  COLCHESTER ESSEX ON SAT 1ST JUNE 13 - WARMING UP FOR SHADES OF RHYTHM!! 
OLD SKOOL HOUSE - HIP-HOUSE & BREAKS FROM 89 - 90!! :)

1. FRANKIE KNUCKLES - YOUR LOVE
2. SEDUCTION - SEDUCTION
3. RICHIE RICH - SALSA HOUSE
4. ROYAL HOUSE - CAN YOU PARTY
5. JUNGLE BROTHERS - I'LL HOUSE YOU
6. 2 IN A ROOM - DO WANT YOU WANT
7. FRANKIE BONES & LENNY DEE - JUST AS LONG AS I GOT YOU
8. TONI SCOTT - THAT'S HOW I'M LIVING
9. LEE MARROW - PAIN
10. DOUG LAZY - LET THE RHYTHM PUMP
11. MR LEE - GET BUSY
12. TWIN HYPE - FOR THOSE WHO LIKE TO GROOVE
13. CLUBLAND FT QUARTZ - LET'S GET BUSY (PUMP IT UP)
14. GREED - GIVE ME
15. WESTBAM - HOLD ME BACK
16. A HOMEBOY HIPPIE & A FUNKY DREDD - TOTAL CONFUSION
17. BUG KANN & THE PLASTIC JAM - MADE IN TWO MINUTES
18. MOBY - GO

Shades of Rhythm Vinyl Warm Up Set 89-90  @ Silk Road Colchester

An Old Skool Mix that took me a little while to put together.
Enjoy ;)

DJ Nipper Presents - The Art Of Mixing Part One

Back in the spring of 91 there was a lot of noise coming from the south coast and one night in July a car load of us drove down to Worthing from South London to see what all the fuss was about. This club was similar to The Eclipse in terms of the sounds...ruff & tuff hardcore, breaks, Belgian/NYC techno and everything in between. It was crazy. We had a few more down at Sterns and a couple of one off parties in Brighton. This was the sound of the Summer 91 for me...bloody hectic period all told but you could never forget - long live Sterns!

In-ter-dance 1991

Here's my mix of some of my favourite Jenkins Lane Raindance rave classics from 1988-1991.
Over an hour of vinyl only tunes from in my opinion the best years on the rave spectrum and fond memories the Raindance Crew at Jenkins Lane Barking London.  Please be aware I own all of these records, some are over 30 plus years old and have been played thousands of times so some clarity may have gone. 
This is for those who were there in warehouses, fields and big tops as I was, and those that can only wish they were there.
Part 2 is out NOW check it out .
Please enjoy, feel free to comment.  Phill

1988-1991 RAINDANCE RAVE CLASSICS. VINYL ONLY. MIXED BY PHILL LEGGATT

Volume 4 of my House Classics mixes is back to the warehouse days.  More tunes that helped shape the jilted generation.

Old Skool House Classics Volume 4 - Warehouse Mix

Old Skool House Mix Teaser for Marbsfest NYE 2015-2016 from Slipmatt
This is MARBSFEST Brentwood ... Expect the full VIP experience, considerable glam, glitz and celebrity hosts — plus fantastic music by other artists such as Mark Wright, Colin Francis, Phats & Small, Rozalla, Darrell Privett plus many more!
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Marbsfest Mix - Slipmatt - NYE Party 2015-2016

its been a little while since I cracked the record boxes open and got back to basics, any vinyl DJ's out there all I can say is RESPECT! The oldskool is the best school and no one can ever touch this shit! One for the warehouse people! Catch me every other week on www,openhouseradio.co.uk from 8pm GMT

VM's History of House - OHR - 89-90 Vinyl Only - 18/03/16

Here's part 2 of the 88-91 Raindance Jenkins Lane classics . Some of my favourites from my personal vinyl collection. 
Part 3 on the way ,
Enjoy Phill.

1988-1991 RAINDANCE RAVE CLASSICS, PART 2. MIXED BY PHILL LEGGATT

DJ Final Mix Sankeys Old School Room

06 Slipmatt DJ Final Mix Sankeys Old School Room

This one’s for the true oldskool house heads, played at a time when I was at that age just wishing to be a few years older so I could go out and get my groove on. A 2 hour mix of faves spanning 89-92 including some lesser played and forgotten gems. Enjoy party people…you’ll be singing along at some point 😎

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1 - Primal Scream - Don’t Fight It Feel It (Scat Mix)
2 - The Stone Roses - Fools Gold 
3 - Corina - Temptation
4 - X-Coast - Mango Bay
5 - Ultra Nate - Deeper Love
6 - The Fog - Been A Long Time
7 - Subterrania - Do It For Love 
8 - Joey Negro - Do What You Feel 
9 - Shay Jones - Are You Gonna Be 
10 - Rapination - Love Me The Right Way
11 - Degrees Of Motion - Do You Want It Right Now
12 - Lonnie Gordon - Gonna Catch You
13 - The Rase - Get On Up
14 - Solution - Feels So Right
15 - Soft House Company - What You Need
16 - Debbie Malone - Rescue Me (PKA Mix)
17 - Alison Limerick - Where Love Lives
18 - Adeva - Respect
19 - Finger Light - Heaven
20 - White Piano - Hey Toi Aime Moi
21 - Sterling Void - Runaway Girl
22 - Joy - I’m Leaving
23 - Afrika Bambaataa - Just Get Up & Dance 
24 - Stevie V - Dirty Cash
25 - Funky Green Dogs From Outer Space - Reach For Me
26 - Clubland - Love Strain (Timeless Dub)
27 - Jomanda - Make My Body Rock
28 - Ann Consuelo - See The Day 
29 - Kym Sims - Too Blind To See It 
30 - Ce Ce Peniston - We Got A Love Thing 
31 - Inner City - Do You Love What You Feel 
32 - DSK - What Would We Do 
33 - Dee-Lite - Good Beat

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History Of My House - Chapter 1 - 01-08-20 (In The Beginning)

Godfather’, ‘Legend’, ‘International Hero’. All accolades attributed by loving fans Worldwide to the DJ, Producer and scene pioneer known as ‘Slipmatt’. For over three decades, this dubplate diamond has been changing the game, staying on the pulse and keeping ahead of the curve, packing dancefloors and selling out clubs long before it was cool and still does so to this very day.
  
Having produced a ton of successful singles and compiled a number of hit selling mix albums under his ‘Slipmatt’ alias for some of the World’s most respected record labels including United Dance and Ministry Of Sound, ‘Slipmatt’ is also one of the masterminds behind legendary production outfit SL2 (along with Lime and MC Jay), the visionaries responsible for the chart smashing anthems ‘On A Ragga Tip’ & ‘Way In My Brain’ among many others on the iconic label XL Recordings, home to legendary acts such as ‘The Prodigy’, ‘Basement Jaxx’; and ‘Adele’. 

‘On A Ragga Tip’ is presently enjoying a resurgence of popularity as it goes on the current Virgin Media TV ad as part of their Un-Limiting adverts which includes the new ‘On A Ragga Tip’ Un-Limiting Remix, which has equally proved as popular as ever with dancefloors around the globe and this year alone is scheduled  to collaborate in the studio with Shades Of Rhythm, Andy Galea of Sol Brothers, Alex P, Awesome 3, Alexis Raphael, Sooney and, his good friend DJ Lime with some brand new SL2 releases also in the pipeline.

This wayward don of dance has also played at every major dance event and venue worth knowing about over the years including Energy, Telepathy, Fantazia, Vision, Universe, World Dance, United Dance, Dreamscape, Helter Skelter, Slammin’ Vinyl, Rezurrection, Elevation, Moondance, Raindance, Peace Fest, Clockwork Orange and to top it all off had the great honour of playing directly after his good friends ‘The Prodigy’ to a packed O2 Arena of over 20, 000 people, bringing that particular night to an epic close, and ringing in the year 2014 with a tremendous bang.

‘Slipmatt’ also repeatedly continues to play across the globe in the USA, Asia, Australia, Europe and every corner of his native UK for a string of well recognised and well attended club promotions, festivals and events. He’s no stranger to a Festival or two either playing at leading big top gigs such as Glastonbury, Boomtown and We Are Festival and there has also been and continues to be multiple overseas visits to Ibiza where Slipmatt still to this day enjoys regular return trips to the White Isle’s most infamous hot spots to play such as Eden, Es Paradis and Benimussa Park (The Zoo) 

His media outreach is quite noteworthy also, having started RAW FM, been a resident on Kiss FM, a regular in M8 Magazine and Mixmag, featured in the illustrious DJ Magazine Top 100, he’s been on BBC television a number of times including the famous chart show ‘Top Of The Pops’, runs two of his own popular Radio shows and Podcasts ‘World Of Rave’ and ‘Slip’s House’ and additionally, has won a multitude of awards, including that of ‘Best DJ’ and ‘Best Producer’ awarded by some of the industries most respected bodies such as Kiss FM and EHM.

Not one to ever slow down or fall behind and always keeping himself fresh and relevant, this dancefloor don has been focusing lately on the biggest and best house beats, which has led him to an already extraordinarily busy 2020. Add to that his upcoming book “My Story (and How I Became a World Class DJ)”, which is set to be a smash hit amongst rave fanatics the World over later this year and with over a hundred gigs booked for 2020 already (mid-Feb), there are no signs of this crowd pleasing international artist slowing down any time soon. 

Godfather Of Rave and still keeping it fresh? Definitely.

by Jon Brown | 2020