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Big shout out to Zip10010 for the recommendation here, absolutely banging cd. Immediately rising to one of our all time favourites! If you have any other recommendations drop us an inbox and share the classic discs.

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082 - Laurent Garnier - Excess Luggage '10 Years at The Rex Club' (2003)

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AMERICANBOY (SLUGGCITO EDIT)

This is my set recorded live from Fabric Room 1 on Saturday 20th June 2015. This was so much fun, I properly smashed the living granny out of it. ;)
No downloading I'm afraid for this one, streaming only. 
I hope you enjoy. xx

Mr.C live at Superfreq in Room 1 at fabric on 20/06/15

A redo of what I consider to be my worst track, well incomplete not necessarily “worst". I've spent more time trying to get this track into something decent than any of my others. I originally experimented with my workflow hard on this one, and found what I was doing to be worsening the process. The end result was more of a melody than a full song. What I’ve got now is more complete. I used the original song as the melody for this VIP. It was accidentally a bit Housey at first, and then intentionally House, but it’s got some heavy bass too. I hope you find this one entertaining. It’s tried to be a lot and ended up being too much and not enough. This song has been on a voyage. Electronic Drifter is honestly a perfect title for this song, if not for the journey I’ve been on to get it to this stage. 

I took the original version down. It really isn’t worth listening to, in my opinion. If you really want to listen to it, let me know. I can get you a private link for it. Or, it is still up on my Bandcamp page.

-Raise a glass

Electronic Drifter VIP

This was a release under my older Jake moniker, the flipside of my first release on my own label Blueface and was catalogue no BFACE001. It starts with a vocal sample "reposess" which is a fragment of a story of cyberpunk nature around futuristic body snatchers which is joined by a chunky kick and hat combo and dark sampled bassline. Then more layers of lighter and zingy chords are added to develop the journey meaning the track combines darkness and lightness. The breakdown uses the vocal with a long feedback delay to create a space for a dance crowd to whoop before the kick hat combo comes slashing back in.

Reposession

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Legends: Vol. 1

253 - Juan Atkins - Legends: Volume 1 (2001)

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Slam

314 - Slam - Past Lessons / Future Theories - Disc 1 (2000)

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Blake Baxter

335 - Blake Baxter ‎– A Decade Underground (1998)

Set recorded live at Church on the Carl Cox night - the last back to basics at the venue before it closed. 
It was also my last set as a resident DJ at back to basics, 
read more here -
http://www.ralphlawson.co.uk/features/2019/12/17/resident-dj-8pymt

back to basics // Church // May 24th 2019 // last ever set

The Essential Mix is a weekly radio show on BBC Radio 1 currently broadcast between 0:00 - 2:00 AM UK time on Saturday morning. Originally broadcast on 30 October 1993, the Essential Mix features contemporary DJs and music producers of electronic dance music. The show has been presented since its inception by Pete Tong and features an uninterrupted two-hour mix from a different artist each week, overlaid with occasional continuity announcements delivered by Tong. With a broadcast run in excess of 25 years, the Essential Mix is one of the longest-running programmes in the current BBC Radio 1 schedule, and is one of very few Radio 1 shows which is not broadcast live.

Essential Mix BBC

Essential Mix 2000-03-26 - DJ Sneak

Essential Mixes 2000

Essential Mix 2000-01-30 - Laurent Garnier

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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Also, we try to help you find and buy them again by sharing Discogs links on all featured CDs and or direct links to labels where possible.

* We fully support labels and artists. If any disc creates a copyrighting issue let me know and it will be immediately removed. 

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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

335 - Blake Baxter ‎– A Decade Underground (1998)

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