Este CD no pasa de moda.  Es de lo mejor de JD

El disco no falla en ninguna parte.  Te hace volar

Cada parte la encuentro mejor que la anterior.  Amazing.

This was one of my first techno albums, burned of course.  I've seen John Digweed a number of times in my life since falling in love with this as an 8th grader at the time.  I'm so glad I found this again!!!  What a sound 🔥🔥🔥

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788 - John Digweed - MMII (2002)

This is an epic set from 1999.  Sasha & Digweed in Twilo, NYC - I remember this night. EPIC!  Those of you who grew up in NYC Tunnel/Twilo/SF/LimeLight know exactly what I am talking about! 



Sasha & John Digweed - Twilo, New York - 29.05.1999

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About the CD:
A seminal selection for our 175 episode. Featuring a CD has that mystic quality sitting on the store shelves of HMV or whichever record store you shopped in. With unforgettable artwork and a sound that has gone onto secure its classic status. And although I didn't buy this first release... I had a subconscious feeling it was something very special indeed.

Thanks to everyone for sharing this, especially the Facebook followers and good friend Ross Haswell. Oh and a special shout out to Paul for reminding me of this one!

Ps. Northern Exposure 2 is also on the site, which is a personal favourite of mine, go check it out and don't forget to buy the cds on Discogs

Turn it up, and enjoy the mix!

175 - Northern Exposure by Sasha & John Digweed - Disc 1 (1996)

Viber

Invaders

take your mind back to july 2001; dark tribal prog rules britain's superclubs & britain's sound rules the world. berlin is not yet officially cool, cigarettes are smoked on dancefloors, dance music slower than 125 bpm is punishable by death & deadmau5 has not yet been born; it is a time of great joy.

the scene is a room full of samplers, synthesizers & class c narcotics - it is chong's palace studio (mark II), lair of king unique & sweating over a remix are two young men called matthew.

ring ring!... ring ring!...ring r-

KU: "hello?"

BBC: "hello it's the bbc here, can i speak to someone from king unique please"

KU: "oh, right - um hello"

BBC: "right - you know how we asked if you'd do a king unique essential mix in the autumn for us?"

KU: "err, yes"

BBC: "well, would you like to do it a bit sooner than we discussed? quite a lot sooner in fact?"

KU: "um... maybe?"

BBC: "great! the thing is (NAME REMOVED AT BBC LAWYER'S INSISTENCE) promised us a mix months ago & they've just told us it won't be ready after all. so you'd be doing us a huge favour if you stepped in"

KU: "right. just out of interest did ali & sharam say why they couldn't do it?"

BBC: "i couldn't possibly comment"

KU: "i see. well, we are insanely busy but we'd obviously like to help.... how soon were you thinking? this month or next?"

BBC: "oh definitely this month. in fact, um, more like, you know, er, this week actually"

KU: "this week!!!!????"

BBC: "...................... yes. by friday night in fact."

KU: "& you're aware that today is wednesday????!!"

BBC: "............................................ yes."

KU: "!"

so there you have it, the behind the scenes story of how we came to turn round our first essential mix in under 72 hours from a standing start, armed only with a mountain of vinyl, several samplers & a huge computer struggling to run 4 channels of pro-tools with less than half the power of a current iphone. this is King Unique Broadcast 0 if you like, the first time we hit the airwaves & not a bad way to start :)

to add to the nostalgia i've included the handy cassette case with tracklisting that Mixmag used to print each month for all the home-tapers out there - if you'd told us about Soundcloud back then we'd have burnt you as a witch.

enjoy the flashback ;)

Essential Mix 15/07/2001 - King Unique

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About the CD:
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. 

044 - Sasha - Global Underground 009 San Francisco - Disc 2 (1998)

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Northern Exposure: Expeditions (Disc 2)

745 - Norther Exposure Sasha + John Digweed - Expeditions: Disc 2 (1999)

Tracklist:

"Artemis" - "Elysian Fields" 
"Omni Trio" - "Tripping on Broken Beats (Carlito Mix)" 
"JMJ & Richie" - "Beyond Therapy"
"Alaska" - "Alaska" 
"Jamie Myerson" - "Music for the Lonely" 
"Olive" - "You're Not Alone (Perfecto Mix)" 
"LTJ Bukem"" - "Music" (Peshay Rework) 
"Bedrock" - "Set in Stone" 
"Lil Mo Ying Yang" - "Reach (Basement Jaxx Firecracker Mix)" 
"K"-Lab - "In The Lab"
"Disco Droids" - "Interspace (Original Tremolo Mix)"
"Chapel of Rest" - "Last Prayer" 


The mix was recorded live at Cosmopolite Club in Oslo, Norway, as part of the official launch of the Quart Festival. It showcases Paul Oakenfold's eclectic taste in music at the time, as the mix combines drum and bass, progressive house & trance, trance, and goa trance.

Original release date: 9 June 1997

Global Underground 004 - Paul Oakenfold - Live In Oslo - Disc 1

Tracklist:

Sasha - "Intro"
Narcotik - "Blue" 
Der Dritte Raum - "Hale Bopp" 
Illuminatus - "Hope" 
Dave Kane - "Clarkness" 
Eclipse Eight - "Acoustic Principles" 
Mana - "Psionic" 
Breeder - "The Chain" 
Paragliders - "Change Me" 
Breeder - "Twilo Thunder"
Jark Prongo - "Movin' Thru Your System" 
DJ Tomcraft - "The Mission" 
Tilt - "I Dream (Tilt's Resurrection Mix)" 

Original Release Date: 9 November 1998
Catnr: GU009

Global Underground 009 - Sasha - San Francisco - Disc 2

Honeyroot - Starshine
Nor Elle - Desert Storm
Headman - It Rough (Chicken Lips Trax Dub)
The Black Dog & Black Sifichi - Invisible Things (Mescalito's Mix)
Static - Promesse De Bonheur
Static - Cruising
Funckarma - Noir
Subtonal - Electricite De Nuit
Telefon Tel Aviv - Sound In A Dark Room
Will Saul - Fast Lane (Fink Remix)
Sideshow - Sound Of Today
Fresh Moods & Samuel Andrews - Price
Kaito - Release Your Body
DJ Shadow - You Can't Go Home Again



24:7 is a series where DJs are asked to put together a set of two notably contrasting halves, based on the conceptual opposites of 'day' and 'night'.

Catnr: GU247001

Global Underground - 24 - 7 - Danny Howells - Day Disc

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

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