A little Ed Rush & Optical Legacy Mix of some personal favourites from the Vaults... 

Tough decision to omit some tunes, but they'll feature on different mixes coming later.

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https://bandcamp.com/tag/ed-rush
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https://virus-recordings.bandcamp.com

Tracklisting;

Actual Proof - Consequences of Computerisation Intro
01. Optical - Grey Odyssey - The Prototype Years LP
02. Ed Rush - Subway - Prototype 12"
03. Ed Rush & Nico - Check Me Out - Deejay Recordings 12"
04. Optical - The End (Part 1) - 31 Recordings 12"
05. Josh Wink - Simple Man (Optical remix) - Ovum 12"
06.  Ed Rush & Nico - Mothership - Torque LP
07. Ed Rush, Optical & Fierce - Splinter - Wormhole LP
08. Optical - Millenium - Wormhole LP
09. Ed Rush & Optical - Vendetta - Virus Vaults LP
10. Optical & Ryme Tyme - Twisted - Twisted EP
11. Optical - What's the Difference? - Virus 12"
12. Ed Rush & Optical - Lifespan - Virus 12"
13. Sugizo - Chemical (Fabio & Optical remix) - Invader 12"
14. Ed Rush & Nico - Torque - Torque LP
15. Ed Rush, Optical & Fierce - Cutslo - Prototype 12"
16. Optical - Moving 808's - Prototype 12"
17. Jesus Jones - Chemical #1 (Optical remix) - Food Ltd. 12"
18. Ed Rush & Optical - Mystery Machine - Wormhole LP
19. Optical - Can U? - Virus Vaults LP
20. Ed Rush, Optical & Fierce - Alien Girl - Prototype 12"
21. Boom Boom Satellites - Dub Me Crazy (Optical remix) - R&S 12"
22. Ed Rush & Optical - Gas Mask - Virus 12"
23. Optical - The Shining (Ed Rush & Optical remix) - Metro 12"
24. Ed Rush & Optical - Fixation - Wormhole LP
25. Optical - Slip Thru - Wormhole LP
26. Ryme Tyme - We Enter (Optical's 2.0 Mix) - No U-Turn 12"
27. Ed Rush & Optical - Life Underwater - Chameleon LP
28. DJ Trace & Optical - Switchblade - 20yrs of Optical Vol. 2 LP
29. Ed Rush & Optical - Pacman - The Creeps LP
30. Trace & Optical - Kridian - Socom EP
31. Ed Rush & Optical - Compound - Wormhole LP
32. Ed Rush & Optical - Greed - The Creeps LP
33. Roni Size/Reprazent - Watching Windows (Ed Rush & Optical v2 remix) - Talkin' Loud 12"
34. Ed Rush & Optical - Funktion - V Recordings 12"
35. Ed Rush & Optical - Rock Tha House - The Creeps LP
36. Ram Jam World feat. Speech - Bluesy Baby (Ed Rush & Optical remix) - Higher Education 12"
Actual Proof - Ghost Hack Outro

The Stand Alone Complex (Ed Rush & Optical Mix)

Hell Yeah is delighted to be releasing a new album from South Wales' Secret Soul Society. Keep The Mystique is a 15-track collection of brand new curveball cuts built from lovingly sourced samples that arrives digitally and on a limited edition cassette that will follow in autumn.

The Secret Soul Society is Cal Gibson, who was one-half of Nottingham's deep house and downtempo outfit Neon Heights back in the 2000s. They served up plenty of low-key but classic sounds which Hell Yeah founder Marco has always had a real love. Since then, Gibson has released on Paper Wave Recordings and dropped an album on Slightly Transformed Recordings and co-founded Scruffy Soul Recordings while continuing to collect and play anything from the worlds of jazz, funk, Afro, beats, dub, soul and reggae. The Secret Soul Society digs into these same sound worlds and reworks them into new musical collages with a psychedelic edge, as proven by this new collection.

SSS interview with Ban Ban Ton Ton
banbantonton.com/2023/08/17/inter…et-soul-society/

SSS interview with @the-dream-chimney
www.dreamchimney.com/interviews/Sec…t-Soul-Society

Download

Secret Soul Society - Talkin Bout Love

https://www.hardscore.com/?p=1718

01 Roni Size Reprezent – Madcat – Talkin Loud
02 DJ Krust – Hustler – Chronic
03 DJ Krust – Angles VIP
04 Swabe – Will O’ The Wisp – Dope Dragon
05 Roni Size – Soul Power – V Recordings
06 Mask – Splurt – Dope Dragon
07 Beatless – To Expand (DJ Die Remix) – Sirkus
08 Mask – Mad Professor – Dope Dragon
09 Kitachi – Spirit (Roni Size Remix) – Dope On Plastic
10 DJ Krust – Warhead – V Recordings
11 Gang Related & Mask – Ready or Not – Dope Dragon
12 Gang Related – Miami Bass – Dope Dragon
13 DJ Krust & Roni Size – Tribetoon – Mo’ Wax
14 Roni Size – Division One – V Recordings
15 DJ Die – Nasty – Chronic
16 Gang Related – Who Are You? (Dumb Dumb Mix) – Dope Dragon
17 DJ Die – Jigsaw – Independent Dealers
18 Nicolette – Beautiful Day (DJ Krust Studio Drum Mix) – Talkin Loud
19 DJ Krust – Going Nowhere – Full Cycle
20 DJ Krust – Priorities – Full Cycle
21 DJ Die – Landslide – Full Cycle

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DJextreme - The 'Bristol' Mix Vol.3

https://www.hardscore.com/?p=1024

01 Roni Size & Reprezent – Jazz – Talkin Loud
02 Roni Size & DJ Krust – Formulate – Volume
03 Roni Size – Saturday – Independent Dealers
04 Nuyorican Soul – It’s Alright I Feel It! (Roni Size Remix) – Talkin Loud
05 Mask – U Rang – Dope Dragon
06 DJ Krust – Soul in Motion – Full Cycle
07 Roni Size – Only A Dream – V Recordings
08 Gang Related – Rukus – Dope Dragon
09 Alex Reece – Jazz Master (DJ Krust Remix) – 4th & Broadway
10 United Future Organisation – The Planet Plan (DJ Die Remix) – Talkin Loud
11 DJ Krust – Crystal Clear (Remix) – Independent Dealers
12 DJ Krust – Check Dis Out – V Recordings
13 Mask – Better World – Dope Dragon
14 Roni Size & Reprazent – Change My Life – talkin Loud
15 DJ Krust – Maintain (Dave Angel Remix) – Ultra

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DJextreme - The 'Bristol' Mix Vol.2

https://www.hardscore.com/?p=1022

01= Baby Fox – Rain (DJ Krust Rmx) – Malawi
02= Roni Size – Sounds Fresh – Talkin Loud
03= DJ Die – Special Treat – V
04= Roni Size, Krust & Die – Wings – Reinforced
05= DJ Krust – Blaze Dis One – V
06= Roni Size – New Forms (Krust’s Wide Screen Version) – Talkin Loud
07= Roni Size – Trust Me – Talkin Loud
08= DJ Die – Something Special – V
09= DJ Die – Play it For Me (Rmx) – V
10= Gang Related – Vibrations – Dope Dragon
11= Maximum Style – The Teacher (DJ Krust Mix) – Parousia
12= Basement Jaxx – Fly Life (Roni Size Rmx) – Multiply
13= DJ Krust – True Stories – Talkin Loud
14= DJ Krust – Future Unknown – Talkin Loud
15= Roni Size – Share the Fall – Talkin Loud
16= Roni Size – Western – Talkin Loud
17= Roni Size – Down – Talkin Loud
18= Roni Size – Brown Paper Bag – Talkin Loud

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DJextreme - The 'Bristol' Mix Vol.1

Chill Mode. 34 - Talkin' Loud Tribute Mix 1

United Future Organization – Loud Minority (Alex Reece Remix) (1996)
Courtney Pine – I've Know Rivers (4 Hero Bossa Mix) (1995)
Urban Species - Listen (12" Mix) (1994)
MC Solaar - Nouveau Western (1994)
Incognito - Roots (Pete Rock Remix) (1996)
Young Disciples- Apparently Nothin' (Original 12" A Side Mix) (1991)
Nicolette – Beautiful Day (Islands Mix) (1996)
Galliano – Skunk Funk (Cabin Fever Dub)(1992)
Kruder & Dorfmeister - A Tune for Us (1995)
Roni Size, Reprazent - Natural Thing (1997)
4 Hero - Conceptions (2001)
Omar – There's Nothing Like This (1990) Especially dedicated to Cian.

Chill Mode. 34 - Talkin' Loud Tribute Mix 1

One from the vaults. I have been meaning to post this for over a year but life has been life-ing. This is the audio from my sell out book launch 'in conversation' talk with Jamz Supernova in January 2024. If you haven't already read the book this is as good a place to start as any. Welcome to the Club is published on Manchester University Press and is available in hardback, paperback and audiobook.
https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526183569/

BOOK LAUNCH IN CONVERSATION WITH JAMZ SUPERNOVA AT HOME, MCR JAN 2024

When the mood takes these mixes are done for the love of the music and appreciation of the artists/labels. Whether it's the commute, before & after work,  for good times with friends, to show off my collection or whatever else, please remember and continually remind the people that jungle is massive!

"If you didn't know, Hell Yeah is the Italian label hell-bent on releasing the best modern disco(ish) you can find. Sometimes it's blissed out and Balearic, sometimes it's squelchy and down-right weird and sometimes it's the sort of elongated, tribal stuff that works dancefloors into a salacious frenzy" (Kristan J Caryl - DJ MAG January 2014)


Hell Yeah Recordings, a descendent of leading Italian dance label Mantra Vibes is an Italian-based electronic music label active since 2006. Releasing from Ferrara, Bologna, and Amsterdam and led by Marco Gallerani “peeDoo” (A&R), the label bases its philosophy on a diversity of artists and recording experiences tied together by a common vision of what defines quality progressive recording. 

With a sound as diverse as the artists it represents, Hell Yeah does not limit itself to the constraints of genre but packs a complex palette of sounds ranging from techno to minimal-nu-rave to electro-funk and tech house.  Artists as varied as Radio Slave, Santos, Umek, Oliver Koletzki, Congorock, 3iO, Crimea X and the mighty Balearic Gabba Sound System have helped establish Hell Yeah’s eclectic sound, a distinct take on party music loaded with a sonic Balearic feel good vibe that has made press around the world hail Hell Yeah as a label to watch, always

Hell Yeah aims to build upon its current reputation as a leading Italian Electronic Music play, overseeing the release of a series of progressive productions that straddle genres, defy conventions and blur barriers between listening and dance music. Stemming from Hell Yeah’s initial graphic identity formed by Neverending’s Rocco “the Boghe” Pezzella, new mind-bending web and label artworks from Italian artist Andrea Amaducci and the Berlin-based Ice Cream For Free collective promises complete visual as well as aural stimulation.

info/bookings: 
marco@pplayground.com

Older  mixes: 
https://www.mixcloud.com/dj-jazzywhut/

The Eaze Up Show: (Fortnightly)


Mon:
8 PM on SoulBrotha (Germany)

Tues night:
Planet Sauce Radio - 8-10 PM

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Sat night 7 PM - Mayhem Radio NZ
Mon morning 9 AM - Planet Sauce Radio NZ

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THE CATEGORY IS … AWARD WINNING …
Award winning is no understatement.

Winner of the DJ Mag Top 100 Lifetime Achievement Award (November 2022) the Keychange (PRS) Inspiration Award (Sound City April 2023), the NTIA Ambassadors of The Night Award (March 2024), DJ of the Year (Nordoff and Robbins) Northern Music Awards 2024 and now awarded the Special Recognition award in the Manchester Culture Awards 2024 Paulette is indisputably a highly regarded DJ, broadcaster and now author, internationally celebrated, born and raised in (and still resident of) Manchester. Over a 30-year career, she has scaled the heights of dance music fame and hedonism playing disco, house and techno to huge crowds and in cool underground basements. She is a DJ who is renowned for consistently ‘smashing’ every set she plays. One of two women to have a monthly residency at the Hacienda, she went on to have residencies at Brighton’s Zap Club and London’s Heaven and Ministry of Sound, before serving successful stints in Paris and Ibiza then returning to Manchester to rise again in her birth and spiritual home.  Her second Essential Mix was broadcast on Radio One in February 2023. She is known for her monthly radio shows with Reform Radio, Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide FM and has a Global Residency show produced in collaboration with The Radio Department that can be found on Apple Music. She is a stand-in for AFRODEUTSCHE, Craig Charles and Mary Anne Hobbs on BBC 6 Music. And that’s just for starters.

DJ-wise she has played iconic B2Bs with The Blessed Madonna - closing the massive Homobloc party at Warehouse Project, she wowed the IMS in Ibiza in B2B with Radio 1’s Jaguar, she was a Glastonbury highlight in B2B with Erol Alkan at Stonebridge, closed Sonar By Day in B2B with Stacy ‘Hottwax’ Hale and tore up Draaimolen with IsaBELLA in the summer. She has shone consistently with sets for Womad, Latitude, Watergate in Berlin, Jaiva Glasgow at The Sub Club (Glasgow), Faith, Trade, HeSheThey at Ministry of Sound, Kaiku in Helsinki, Corsica Studios, El Row, San Remo, Stonebridge and Greenpeace at Glastonbury, Bugged Out at Drumsheds , Glitterbox at Hi Ibiza and Defected in Malta amongst many more. And then there’s Beams in London, for Warehouse Project – Glitterbox, Homobloc and Hacienda, in the NYC Downlow, Meatrack and Maceo’s for Block 9 at Glastonbury. Not to mention the Greenpeace ‘Rave Tree’, Beatherder, Brixton Disco Festival, Worldwide Festival in Sete, We Out Here, Mighty Hoopla, Horsemeat Disco in Berlin, Kelburn Garden Party, The National Theatre River Stage, Gilles Peterson’s stage for All Points East,  Manchester and Brighton Pride, Flow Festival in Finland, Homoelectric, Feel It at Omeara and Fatboy Slim’s ‘All Back to Minehead’ weekender with plenty more still to come in 2025!

Aside from that, Paulette is an events and exhibition curator and a regular contributor to radio shows as diverse as Jamz Supernova on 6Music, Radcliffe and Maconie, Afrodeutsche’s ‘The People’s Party’, Craig Charles’ Funk And Soul Show, Amy Lame, Anamatronic’s ‘Dance Devotion’, Eats Everything’s ‘Edible Beats’. She sits on the Regional Committee (North) and Live Events Committee for the Musicians’ Union and is a Power Up mentor for shesaidso.  Her debut book ‘Welcome To The Club: The life and lessons of a black woman DJ’ published in January 2024 by Manchester University Press to huge critical acclaim. Look out for a compilation, a paperback and audio book slated for end April 25.

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