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EP 1 - 500
Celebrating the classic mix CDs and box art we grew up with, partied / after-partied and chilled to in the 90s and beyond. Compilations such as Global Underground, Mixmag Live, Journeys By DJ, United Djs of America, Fantazia, Back To Mine and many more left a massive imprint on our lives. House, garage, techno, rave, jungle, drum & bass, downtempo . Spread the word, enjoy, say hi.

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The Classic Mix CD Series - Vol. 1 (CDS 1 - 500)

HIGH-ENERGY FOCUS 2

classic mixes

Andy Weatherall

classics

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About the CD:
The VERY FIRST house CD I ever owned. And essentially the first time I ever listened to PROPER house music. I remember thinking as a 15 year old kid 'This is a bit slow'... but after a few plays I was forever a house head. And with all time classics like MK's 'Always, 24 Hour Experience's 'Together, Happy Clappers 'I Believe', Joey Musaphia's 'Cover Ups Volume One' and the gorgeous 'Total Control ft. Caroldene Black 'You Took My Lovin' who can blame me... Maybe some of you guys remember this CD too, if so... here's to the memories.

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003 - Havin' It In The U.K. Vol.1 By Norris Windros (1995)

Andy Weatherall - Live @ DiY Bounce, Dance Factory, Nottingham, 1992

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This out of all my mix CD's will likely bring back the most clubbing memories for the majority of my friends. It's hands down one of the greatest mix CD's of all time, a double pack of Sasha at his absolute peak, he was untouchable, worshipped like no other and unrivalled around the 1996-2000 era in the majority of opinions. It defined a period of clubbing that had 50 Sunderland dance heads on a bus filling up half of the main room at Sasha's, Craig Richard's and Lee Burridge's 'Tyrant' night, at the Bomb in Nottingham. Which still holds strong as the best clubbing experience for most of us. It was legendary times, and this is a legendary mix CD.

004 - Sasha - Global Underground 009 - San Francisco - Disc 1 (1998)

Recorded after the DIY night "Bounce" on the 30th March 1992. This classic Mixtape was the stuff of legends in early 90's Nottingham. Remastered here for your pleasure.

After Bounce DJ Andy Weatherall Side A. 20th March1992

Andy Weatherall @ Cream (Annexe) 1994

One of the many highlights of the Soma stage at Rockness festival, Scotland 2011, this was Andrew Weatherall on top form on the Sunday, it went down a treat with the loyal Soma crowd who had been partying non stop for the previous 48 hours. Rockness well and truly rocked.

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Andrew Weatherall - Rockness 2011 Soma Records Arcadia stage

Midnight Coast presents a new radio show hosted by Kristiaen Sen on www.di.fm.

2 hours of the finest Melodic Progressive played every first Thursday of every month. Subscribe to the calendar below:

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01 Nihilum - Lucid (Original Mix) 
02 Maiga - Sunrise (Persona Remix) 
03 Maiga - Sunrise (Original Mix)
04 Talamanca - A Day At The Beach (Original Mix) 
05 LTN feat. Christina Novelli - Hold On To Your Heart (LTN's Sunrise Mix)
06 Stendahl and Shingo Nakamura - Tribute (Original Mix)
07 Mark & Lukas - Slow Fall (Original Mix)
08 Sub Question - Monsoon (Original Mix)
09 Approaching Black - Spend More Time With Me (Original Mix)
10 Skua - Fallstar (Original Mix)
11 Nigel Good - The Balance Part 2 (Original Mix)
12 Ametrine - Downwind (Original Mix)
13 Talamanca and Jav3x - Society (Jav3x Remix)
14 Vitodito - Multiplicaciones (Sunlight Project Remix)
15 Kirill Nikolaev - Awake (Original Mix)
16 Gregory Esayan - Forever Child (Original Mix)
17 Mykleby - Summer Breeze (Original Mix)
18 Alex H - Where Stars Collide (Original Mix)
19 Maiga - Aurora (Original Mix)
20 Syntheticsax, Sergey Alekseev, Ai Takekawa - Waiting For You (Valentin Remix)

Midnight Coast Presents: Kristiaen Sen - Coastal Shore 001

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John Creamer & Stephane K

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371 - John Creamer & Stephane K ‎– Bedrock - Disc 1 (2001)

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Tom Stephan

374 - Tom Stephan - Firin' Off - Disc 2 (2002)

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Carl Cox

385 - Carl Cox - Non Stop 98/01 - Disc 1 (1998)

386 - Carl Cox - Non Stop 98/01 - Disc 2 (1998)

@TouchingBass — the monthly destination for curated dips into funk, jazz, broken beat and anything else with a soulful pulse.

Errol is joined by two of South London's finest beat merchants, @JakeMilliner + @Euneuneuneun for a couple of hours — beats, bobs, interviews and exclusive new music. 

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NTS: Touching Bass

NTS #010: 1 April 2017 (w/ Errol, Eun & Jake Milliner)

The super talented DJ Ramz delivers a superb mix filled with sublime Deep House and Soulful House masterpieces that will make your soul come alive.

DJ Ramz is an incredible talent. He is a director at Deep House News, a photographer, a tax auditor and pretty much anything that he wants to become. Enjoy this delicious Deep House News mix that transcends you on a magical musical journey.

DHN DeepHouseNews015

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Anjunabeats Worldwide 523 with Judah

1. Fehrplay 'Skarven' (Mood Of Mind)
2. Township Rebellion 'Liquid Green' (Fat Wax)
3. Pryda ‘Ironman' (Pryda)
4. Eelke Klein ‘Rubicon' (DAYS like NIGHTS)
5. Jeremy Olander ‘Billinghurst’ (Vivrant)
6. Rodg ‘Apollo' (Statement)
7. Mearch ‘Orphan' (Zerothree)
8. Röyksopp feat. Susanne Sundfør 'Never Ever' [Yotto Remix]
9. Grum ‘Reflections' (Glasgow Underground)
10. Pryda ‘Recomondos' (Pryda)
11. Dirty South feat. ANIMA 'I Swear' (Anjunabeats)
12. Judah & Driver 'Födelse' (Zerothree)
13. Judah 'Zero-day' (Anjunabeats)

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A very special 40th episode showcases arguably one of the best triple packs every released, especially considering it was relatively early in the timeline of mix cd history (1996). It features selections from Derrick Carter, Andrew Weatherall and Back to Basic's resident, Ralph Lawson.

We originally featured this CD in the early days of The Classic Mix CD Series, when it was recommended by Shindig's Scott Bradford as his most influential piece in his collection.

So it's fitting, that after more shouts out to use it from everyone on Facebook, that we feature all 3 discs for the 400th episode celebration. Thanks to everyone for getting involved all of the plays and positive messages.

Can me make it 500!?

Back to Basics: Cut the Crap

042 - Back to Basics - Cut the Crap' Derrick Carter / Disc 1 (1996)

041 - Back to Basics 'Cut the Crap' - Andrew Weatherall / Disc 2 (1996)

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About the CD:
001 of the Classic Mix CD collection. This mix immediately sprung to mind and an major contender for all time favourite mix CD. (It's seems like a few of you guys think the same). A hands in the air, feel good garage (and house) banger with many many memories attached. I think I bought this in 1997, two years after leaving school, going to college, working at McDonalds's and clubbing up and down the country once a month alongside weekly/daily night outs in Sunderland. Great times... PM me on Facebook if you had the CD and looking for a download.

001 - Locked On. Inside The Mix: Todd Edwards (1996)

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002 of the Classic Mix CD Series and yet another absolute stand out classic. After getting into house at around 15, I guess my only source of info was Danny Rampling's seminal LGDP (Love Groove Dance Party) Saturday nights on Radio 1. However I can't remember Carter getting much coverage on there, yet he, much like Danny Tenaglia seemed to have a level of legend unlike most. This CD cemented my love of house music with an all might smash in the face. The tempo, the bass, the disco, the filters, and fucked up vocals... this was heavyweight. Nothing could compete at the time. I'll always remember driving to college with my 2 nerdy class mates and insisting they played this CD in the car. I'm raving in the back and they are like "What the fuck is this shit, turn it down!". It's with immense pleasure that DJ's like Sneak and Carter seem to be booking all the massive clubs and parties again. I'm not so keen on the whole 'I'm a House Gangster' vibe... but this is as bad as it gets.

002 - Mixmag presents - Derrick Carter 'The Cosmic Disco' (1997)

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005 of the 'Classic Mix CD' collection brings a much slower affair. From the superb 'Back To Mine' CD series. The first I purchased was actually Danny Tenaglia's disc, which I bought out of curiosity being a fan of his house DJ sets. That disc almost made it here, but it was the Groove Armada release which really got hammered on my old Sony stereo. No other disc reminds me of lazy summer sundays more than this. And it was really the first musical selection that steered me towards collecting and playing a mix of music all together. Going from A Tribe Called Quest, into Barry White's incredible "Playing Your Game Baby" then house and other genre's coming in.... really resonated with me and elevated the way I put music together. Both listening to and playing out. A truly seminal release.

005 - Back To Mine - Groove Armada (2000)

This Was Belgium 1987-89 - 2 hours of New Beat favourites

New Beat was born and initially exploded in 1987, went supernova (in Belgium) in 1988 and then the formula morphed a bit and was declared dead in 1989. It was slow and initially all about the atmosphere with industrial strength beats - the main form of rhythmic propulsion being the pounding kick and heavy snare. It was often mainly instrumental and when there was lyrical content it often became more about slogans and giving commands - "Move Your Ass And Feel The Beat!", "Let There Be Brightness!", "Shout Out Loud!". While not really New Beat, it's no surprise Technotronic's "Pump Up Jam" was produced by a crew who had produced a ton of New Beat gems.

In 1989 one of New Beat's founders, Marc Grouls said "New Beat is atmosphere, beats, no lyrics, and sure as hell not commercial!!!!!" But, it was already too late. A zillion bandwagon jumpers had diluted the music and flooded the market with too many sub standard 12" singles. New Beat temple, the legendary Boccaccio nightclub, in Destelbergen, near Ghent, had been closed down and it looked like it was all over, but really, it was just the beginning. New Beat morphed into Hard Beat (many of the tracks on this mix are from the Hard Beat era) which quickly morphed into Belgian Rave, which was huge and hugely influential in the UK and is an often overlooked part of the DNA of UK Hardcore, and all that came after. Then from Ghent, R&S Records established itself as thee European Techno label and a huge wave of incredible Techno records emanated from it and many other mighty Belgian labels, but that is another story. 

New Beat arrived just as I first started DJing and I played a lot of it in my DJ sets and built up connections with several of the leading Belgian labels who would send me 12" singles so I had records nobody else here had any idea even existed. I would compile New Beat charts for the music paper The NME which may have given the impression there was a thriving New Beat scene in Scotland. The reality was very different; people here, many of whom would embrace the rave just a little while later never really took to it in a big way.

This mix is comprised of many of my personal favourites that I have loved since they came out (and two I missed at the time and only heard later). I think the tracks have aged like a fine wine, often sounding as good if not better today as they did then. There is definitely a faint whiff of fromage and a big dollop of stoopid in several of these tracks. Of course, it is not all about the cheese and many of these adhere to the "atmosphere, beats, no lyrics, and sure as hell not commercial" rule mentioned above. Some of the best programmed 303 Acid basslines ever made can be heard here along with transcendental hypno synths and those Belgian beats going on and on....! Slow and low, from under 100bpm up to 116, New Beat doesn't chug, it swings in a very distinct way. If you get to see any videos of Belgian clubs of the era, the way people moved to this music is incredible and so different to any dancing we see today.

Many of these tracks are made by the same people under various aliases, which will perhaps be audibly evident. Most of the names have been forgotten, if they were ever even known outside their native Belgium at all, but all are legends to me. 

This mix isn't any kind of attempt to tell the story of New Beat but rather a mix 33 of my favourite 12" singles from that era showing many of the various strains of the New Beat and Hard Beat sound. A lot of love went into this and I hope someone somewhere discovers this music for the first time and falls in love with it as I did way back when. This was Belgium!

This Was Belgium 1987-89 - 2 hours of New Beat favourites

Hey, Gareth here, I'm a graphic designer who start designing for clubs, parties, and labels in the late 90s. Back then, mix CDs were the holy grail of both design and music. I loved them.

But I wasn't the only one, mix cds were the soundtracks of our nights, our days, our afterparties and lives, for everyone. Yet in today's internet age, the art form has been lost (or just changed) to 2-3 hour online mixes and streaming videos, which just don't create the same magic your CD collection did. Just 60 minutes of music and incredible artwork.

The Classic Mix CD Series celebrates these discs, their soundtrack, their box art and your memories. We hope you enjoy it.

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About Gareth:
Digital creative type, gamer, music lover and occasional DJ. Currently living between Dubai & Seoul after setting sail from Sunderland in 2010. As a young designer, club and music culture was the driving force for his work, producing artwork for local club nights and record labels in the North East of England. In particular, DJ mix cds and their packaging were always his 'holy grail of design', especially those from Renaissance, Global Underground and Good Looking Records. It's a pleasure to share these discs back with people and they still influence our tastes to this day. 

For any CD recommendations, bookings, mixes or feedback you can catch me as @asapgareth on Instagram. Or you can check our my design work at www.acid.works