Recording from set by Laurent Garnier in Club 11, Amsterdam. The Club 11 building was torn down in 2008.

Laurent Garnier - Live at Club 11,  Amsterdam 2008 CD 1

Andrew Weatherall | July 1993 @ The Haçienda

Dipzy & Lejune team up on “Shake The Funk,” laying down a crisp minimal groove with thick low-end and percussive flair. Vocal flicks and tight stabs give it bite without clutter. Everything lands with purpose — clean, confident, and built to move.

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Shake The Funk

Leandro (PR) - El Ultimo Trolley (Original Mix)

01 REC-2025-08-23 pro b bass

This mix is a tribute to my dearly departed brother, guru, mentor & Godfather of the UK electronic dance music scene, the legend that is Colin Faver.

For the new kids on the block who don't know who Colin Faver is, he's the reason that you're dancing & enjoying the global dance music scene as we know it.

Rewind to the post punk era of the early 80s. It's 1982 & Colin Faver gives up is job as a commercial graphic artist & is working for a record shop in Walthamstow London called Small Wonder records, who signed the first Cure & Bauhaus singles. It was then when the first wave of New Wave electronic music surfaced & Colin was mixing up electronic music at the New Romantic Institution that was the Camden Palace championing music from Kraftwerk to Afrika Bambaataa to Visage. It was this music that directly inspired the likes of Juan Atkins in Detroit & Frankie Knuckles (RIP) in Chicago, who were without doubt Colin's American counterparts in the birth of House & Techno Music in the mid 80s.

Colin remained the resident at the Camden Palace into the late 80s as well as being resident at Pyramid at Heaven & Jungle at Busbys playing House & Techno as it had never been heard before in the mid 80s. After this came Colin's residency at RIP at Clink Street in 1988, Dungeons in Lea Bridge Road in 1989, Rage at Heaven in 89-90, Knowledge in the early 90s & played at just about every top club in the UK that played dance music.

Colin was a regular DJ on London's Kiss FM when it was no more than a weekend pirate radio station in the mid 80s & held down a weekly radio show once Kiss became legal for the best part of 2 decades.

Colin Faver is the reason I got started in this scene, allowing me to rap with him at the Camden Palace in 1984 & fully taking me under his wing, along with Eddie Richards in early 1986 as their resident House Music rapper, way before I was a DJ in late 87, when these two huge influences became my colleagues on the decks too. I have everything to thank them both for as they were my mentors & influences.

This tribute mix is coincidentally 3:03 long & was mixed using 100% vinyl from the 80s & early 90s, is emotional & has been uploaded unedited, warts & all, with pure love from the heart.

My condolences go out to Colin's long term partner Brenda Russell & all those who loved him. Colin Faver R.I.P.

Beyond The Clouds - A Tribute To Colin Faver by Mr.C

"In 1990 kwamen we aan in de Amsterdamse Roxy", vertelt Phil. "Geweldig!"

rare live recording of Orbital @ RoXY, Amsterdam 1990

Orbital are a british electronic dance music duo from Sevenoaks, England, consisting of brothers Phil and Paul Hartnoll.
The band's name was taken from Greater London's orbital motorway, the M25, which was central to the early rave scene and party network in the South East during the early days of acid house. One of the biggest names in British electronica during the 1990s, Orbital were both critically and commercially successful, and known particularly for their element of live improvisation during shows, a rarity among techno acts.

Orbital Live:
The KLF - What Time Is Love (Pure Trance Version)
The Shamen - Light-Span
The Orb - A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From The Centre Of The Ultraworld
Logic - The Warning 
Jolly Roger - Musique C'est L'Arme Du Futur
Musto & Bones - Tequiro
970-Club - Ay Mas (Tell Me What You Want) 
Two Without Hats - The Breeze
The Shamen - Pro-Gen
Man Machine - Denkimi Shakuhachi 
Alternations - Feel It For You
Subliminal Aurra - Ease The Pressure 
Soho - Hot Music
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D-Shake - Techno Trance
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Bizarre Inc. - Technological
808 State - Cübik
The Shamen - Move Any Mountain
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Joeski - My English Lover
Rhythmatic - Take Me Back
Orbital - Satan
Orbital - L.C.1
Orbital - Chime
Orbital - Omen

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Orbital live @  RoXY, Amsterdam 1990

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Slam

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315 - Slam - Past Lessons / Future Theories - Disc 2 (2000)

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458 - DJ Hell 'Electronicbody-Housemusic' Disc 1 (2002)

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624 - Dave Clarke - Back In The Box  (2008)

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De9:Closer to the Edit

748 - Richie Hawtin - DE9 Closer to the Edit (2001)

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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* 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