Dan Cat writes:

'This summer has been the busiest ever in my 24 years as a DJ. 

It felt like reaching critical mass: A mental and physical challenge, I played every day, and sometimes twice a day for two-and-a-half months. Six nights a week at Julieta Beach Club in Denia, Spain, and on my day off - Monday - held our Sunshine Sound Systems residency at the original superclub, the Hacienda Discoteca in the mountains between Javea and Denia. 

Compared to my 6 and 7 hour daily sets at the beach club, Mondays at the Hacienda felt like a night out, playing alongside disco brothers Martin Harmony (In Deep We Trust) and Inski. My sets being the distilled version of the best records I'd found over the week to play at Julieta - I was digging, digging, digging and bringing over 100 new tunes every week to keep it fresh. I get influenced by everything around me and find music in different places. Late night at the beach club the team would request Colombian, Italian, German and Spanish tech and some of these brilliant tunes would find their way into my club sets. With the hours everyday behind the decks I was free to experiment and work out creative mixes, dropping fragments of pop from around the world over rolling and tribal beats. I'm not perfect, but I'm what you like!

This is a recording of my peak time main room set, one of the best rooms I've ever played in. An egalitarian dance floor just like Ibiza, stunning production and the best atmosphere: a combination of locals and holidaymakers. 

From Wikipedia: 'This mythical nightclub opened its doors in August 1966, becoming the first registered nightclub to open in Spain. Hacienda was the meeting place for hippies, artists and bohemians, both national and foreign, between the 60s and 70s.'

Mix in several villa parties, a rave by the the river, and I emerge from this summer a much better DJ and more versatile than ever before. I always mashed up different genres and was always open-minded, but now the gloves are off. 

Jack Revill AKA Jackmaster's* premature passing reminded me how much he'd inspired as a DJ. I was always mixing up different genres. and he gave me license to me more bold. Thanks man. You did great work. Have fun at the great gig in the sky.'

*when i first discovered Jack had died, aged only 38, I was on my break from DJing at a beach club in Javea. As I read the article, I felt a tremendus surge of energy passing through me for several minutes. Perhaps Jack was passing on the baton. And now as I write this I have the same buzz. 

I saw Jack DJing twice, once in Fabric in London at the DJ Mag awards where he won best UK DJ in 2014, and then later at Secret Garden Party at the Drop, an epic house music space with Funktion 1 sound. He blew my mind both times.