Southport Weekender, Vol. 1

Southport Weekender, Vol. 1 Continuous DJ Mix (Miguel Migs Mix)

Frankie Knuckles - Live at The Travis - Dallas, TX - 2013-10-04

Mixing up modern tracks, classic disco and some of his own productions, Frankie plays a party set of extended mixes, kicking off with his and Eric Kupper’s sumptuous arrangement of Donna Summer’s “Hot Stuff. Taking in original disco with Lou Rawl’s “You’ll Never Find A Love Like Mine”, the soulful, gospel tinges are put up against the tougher elements and classic pianos  of Spencer Parker & Dan Beaumont’sThe Look.

With classic vocal American garage tunes like the tightly wrought Dbow “Get Involved” and the effortlessly but sublimely tuned dub of Eric Kupper’s “Disco Revenge” midway through the set, Frankie then turns to a Hacienda classic, the David Morales Defmix version of Juliet Robert’s “Caught In The Middle”, a record which had the original Hacienda spellbound back in 1993.

Taking it deeper to the close, the deep bassline and twisted soul of Alfredo Azzetto’s remix of “The Word Is Love” is followed by  Frankie’s homage to New York’s Sound Factory with his tribal disco remix of Sounds Of Blackness “The Pressure Pt 1”, itself a Knuckles classic. To end, he then brings in Black Legend’s, “You See The Trouble With Me” before rounding up with Robert Gaez’s re-rub of Frankie’s “Get Over U”.

A great set from one of house music’s undoubtedly legendary figures, This Is Frankie Knuckles.

Thanks to Judy Weinstein and Maria 909 at Defmix, and of course Frankie himself for allowing the mix to be released.

Live recording and mixing of the set by tube UK, Manchester http://www.tubeuk.com.

Frankie Knuckles Hacienda NYE At The Albert Hall Tracklist

Donna Summer - Hot Stuff (Frankie Knuckles And Eric Kupper’s Director’s Cut Signature Mix)
Kenny Summit & Director’s Cut -  Brawls Deep (Director’s Cut Remix) 
Ariana Grande – Baby I (Director’s Cut Dub)
Spencer Parker & Dan Beaumont – The Look (Director’s Cut Signature Mix) 
Dbow -  Get Involved (Director’s Cut Classic House Remix)
Frankie Knuckles pres. Director’s Cut feat. Jamie Principle – Boys (Farley & Heller Dub)
Gusto – Disco’s Revenge (Eric Kupper Remix)
Frankie Knuckles pres. Director’s Cut – Bourgie Bourgie (A Director’s Cut Exclusive)
Juliet Roberts - Caught In The Middle (Def Classic 12” Mix) 
Steve Silk Hurley feat. Sharron Pass  - The Word Is Love (Alfred Azzetto Classic Re-Work Remix)
Inaya Day – Good Feeling (A Director’s Cut Master)
Harry Romero & Erick Morillo – Bang (Harry & Erick’s Banh In Your Face Mix)
Sounds Of Blackness – The Pressure – Pt 1 (Sound Factory Mix Revisited) 
Black Legend – You See The Trouble With Me
Frankie Knuckle’s Pres. Directors Cut Feat. B. Slade - Get Over U (Robert Gaez’s ‘Mustache’ Mix)

Please note, the mix rights on this set rest with Frankie Knuckles / Defmix. Any licensing or sub licensing requests by third parties need to be approved in advance. For requests email artists@fac51thehacienda.com

Frankie Knuckles | Haçienda Albert Hall NYE 2013

With the scene and stage having been set by Herbie Saccani at Hacienda NYE at The Albert Hall, the one true innovator Marshall Jefferson took to the stage in the run up to midnight at the event, the first up of trio of US DJ legends performing that evening.

Given an hour to play the best of MJ’s modern and classic working it house music, his stylings include syncopated vocals and such tricks as he begins with some deep downbeat dirty grooves, punctuated by strong female vocalsm following an anthemic New York party style  for the night with tight us club material. 

Moving towards electric dubs and oldschool samples with the bumping groove of Mark Knights and  Martin Ten Velden Remix of the space aged “In The Beginning”, a change of pace comes with what many people have said was their highlight of the night Joes Smooth’s “Promised Land” with a long mix out into the charging piano dub of Marshall’s own classic “Move Your Body”, weaved in and out by the very hands that produced it.

Continuing along with the theme with a couple of classics, the extended vocal intro of C And C Music Factory’s anthem “Pride (A Deeper Love)”, Strictly Rhythm’s “Deep Inside” by Harddrive, Marshall then takes things more Balearic with Junior Jack’s re-working of Dajae’s “Everyday My Life” before taking things deep and disco to the end of his set with Adeva Vs Nathan Rivers “In And Out (Of My Life).

With MJ handing over to Frankie Knuckles at midnight, The Jackson Sisters “I Believe In Miracles” gets a room shaking run out before Marshall takes things to the bridge with a Basement Jaxx cut, “Samba Magic” from the Summer Daze EP.

Marshall Jefferson Hacienda NYE at The Albert Hall Selected Tracklisting

In The Beginning (Mark Knight & Martin Ten Velden Remix)  	DJ Tonic / Hool / Bruckheimer
Promised Land 	 Joe Smooth
Move Your Body 	 Marshall Jefferson
Pride (A Deeper Love) 	C And C Music Factory 
Deep Inside 	Harddrive 
Everyday My Life (Junior Jack Main Mix) 	Dajae 
In And Out (Of My Life) – Deep End Dub Mix	   Adeva Vs Nathan Rivers
I Believe In Miracles (Dub Remix)		The Jackson Sisters
Samba Magic					Basement Jaxx

Live recording and mixing of the set by tube UK Manchester.  www.tubeuk.com

Please note, the mix rights on this set rest with Marshall Jefferson. Any licensing or sub licensing requests by third parties need to be approved in advance. For requests email artists@fac51thehacienda.com


Marshall Jefferson | Haçienda Albert Hall NYE 2013

My DJ life - behind the scenes at Hacienda 40th
(Bookings: chadjacksonstudio@gmail.com)
....At the end of 2022, I was honoured to be booked to play at The Warehouse Project in Manchester for the Hacienda 40th birthday party with a host of fellow previous Hacienda residents, legendary DJs, acts and a crowd of 10,000 people!
One of the best DJ sets I have done for a while, I feel. 
I literally felt 'on fire', playing to my home crowd! xxx

Tracklist
1	Underworld - Born Slippy
2	Gat Decors - Passion
3	Leftfield - Song Of Life
4	808 State - In Yer Face
5	XPress 2 - Ultra Flava 
6	Everything But The Girl - Missing
7	Charles B and Adonis - Lack Of Love
8	Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime (Gigamesh Remix)
9	Carlos Curmi & Roland Clark - Higher Place
10	Red Lab - Donna's Dirty Disco
11	Felix Da Housecat - Silver Screen
12	Floorjam - Stoneage
13	Bicep/ Ursula Rucker - Supernatural Glue (Chad Jackson mashup)

Chad Jackson Live At Hacienda 40th @ The Warehouse Project, Manchester 12 - 11 - 2022

The first live recording to be released from Soak presents FAC51 Hacienda Open Air's special day party at Canvas Yard, with Greg Wilson's full set which typically takes in exclusive edits and versions of many classic tracks featuring The Orb, Orbital and the excellent Massive Attack.

Recorded between 1:30 PM and 3:00 PM, this set provided the perfect soundtrack as the venue began to fill, setting the tone for an unforgettable day.

Greg Wilson - Soak Presents FAC51 The Hacienda Open Air @ Canvas Yard - Leeds - 30 - 04 - 2023

Greg Wilson | The Haçienda Returns 2023

Frankie Knuckles - Essential Mix Live @ Pacha, Ibiza 17-09-00

Live recording of Greg Wilson from The Haçienda Residents Party @ Sankeys in Manchester 27.12.16.

I’d decided to go for an early 80s vibe on this, playing edits alongside originals of some classics and cult–classics from my time at Legend in Manchester rather than The Haçienda, although all of these tracks were played at The Haçienda at some point or other, either by myself or original resident Hewan Clarke. Great to see Hewan, Mike Pickering, Graeme Park, Jon DaSilva, Chad Jackson, Tom Wainwright and Allister Whitehead – it was quite a gathering of eras.

Check out my label's music at: www.superweirdsubstance.bandcamp.com

HAÇIENDA RESIDENTS PARTY @ SANKEYS MANCHESTER 27.12.16 (greg wilson live mix)

Classic House, Tech and Balearic re-works....The sound of Generations

Stu Williams - Generations Underground

My mix from The Haçienda's 24 hour live stream on New Years Eve 2020.

All of the tracks I featured were from the opening two years of the ‘90s. I hadn’t set out to do this, but it was very much guided by the opening track I’d chosen, in memory of two irreplaceables we lost that year, DJ icon Andrew Weatherall and Manchester’s own Denise Johnson, both crucial to Primal Scream’s ‘Come Together’, which is followed by Weatherall’s mix of ‘Only Love Can Break Your Heart’ by Saint Etienne, whilst Denise’s vocals feature on the lesser-known gem ‘Dream Beam’ by Hypnotone.

The event, hosted by United We Stream GM, had begun at 10am with Hewan Clarke, the club’s original resident, and concluded at 10am on NYD morning with Peter Hook. I followed on from Norman Jay MBE and DJ Paulette, and seeing all the comments on social media, it was soon clear that a lot of people felt a strong emotional response watching the DJs, some among their all-time favourites, playing much-loved tunes in empty spaces, devoid of the dancers who made that music make sense in the first place – a sad, but poignant parody. Also appearing were Haçienda Classical, Inner City, Phuture, Carl Craig, Danny Tenaglia DJ, Dj David Morales, DJ Woody, Graeme Park, Jon Dasilva, Justin Robertson, K-Klass, Moby, Soul Central, Sub Sub, Todd Terry, Tom Wainwright and Tony Humphries. It was line-up, even including a tribute to Frankie Knuckles by way of a recording of the house legend’s 2013 NYE appearance for The Haçienda at Albert Hall, Manchester.