This was my soundtrack during university… what a gem! 🔥

Still my favourite mix of all time 🫶🙌

shib shib shib shib shib shib shib shibbidibbi shitfaced

One of diggers best mixes back from his beginnings….. so many great tunes on this ..

Don’t make them like this anymore old school bangers.  10/10

Does this rank alongside Northern Exposure & Renaissance in its greatness?

Continuous DJ Mix

One of the most well-known DJ's in the world, famous for his tireless remix and production work, as well as his long-running association with fellow top-flight Sasha. Beginning DJ'ing in the early 1990's in the company of friends like Fabio and Grooverider, he began to champion the burgeoning progressive house sound, most notably with his residency at Renaissance with Sasha. His partnership with Nick Muir as Bedrock in the early 90's yielded the club hits "For What You Dream Of" and "Set In Stone", and the runaway popularity of his Bedrock Records record label was established with its first release, "Heaven Scent", in late 1999. John continues to remix and produce music while running the Bedrock Records label and a successful weekly radio show on KISS-100 FM in the UK. 

Comments, hints and suggestions are always welcome!

John Digweed @ Renaissance, Mansfield, U.K.  28.11.1992

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077 - Renaissance - The Mix Collection Part 4 - Mixed by Ian Ossia - Disc 3 (1996)

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086 - Renaissance: The Mix Collection Part 3 - Fathers of Sound - Disc 2 (1996)

Part 1

01. EMF - They're Here (D-Ream Dream Mix)
02. Andres Mijangos - Track Tres
03. Elisa - Love Vibration (Perfecto Mix)
"Sasha on the mix, on 1FM's Essential Selection"
04. Remake vs Inner City - Bladerunner vs 'Till We Meet Again (Brother In Rhythm Perkappella)
05. B.M.EX - Apollonia (Sasha QATmix)
06. 2 Bad Mice - Bombscare
07. Floor Federation - Music For The Masses (pt1)(Original Mix)
08. London Sound - Ha (Full Rub Mix)
09. Secret Life - As Always (Junior Style Mix)(briefly)


Part 2
01. Ourtribe - I Believe In You (Rare Mix)
02. Jomanda - Never (Sasha Mix)
03. B.M.EX - Feel The Drop (Renaissance Mix)
04. Soundsource - One High (Bump One Harder Mix)
"The Essential Selection Sunday night on 1FM, Sasha, as the Hotmix continues"
05. Jump - Funkatarium (Out Of Sight)
06. M People - How Can I Love You More (Sasha Ambient Dub Mix)


1992 Sasha Radio1 Hotmix (1&2) 30th Oct92 & 1st Nov92

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Don't Pretend

Listening to this with Mark, James, Mark H, Neal and Ben over some of the best years of my life... Love you guys.


Sasha @ Miss Moneypennys 1994

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Journeys By DJ Vol. 4

527 - Journeys By DJ Vol. 4 mixed by John Digweed (1994)

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Renaissance .The Mix Collection Part 2

633 - Renaissance - The Mix Collection Part 2 mixed by John Digweed - CD 3 (1995)

Another absoloute classic essential mix from brothers in rhythm in feb 1994 !

Essential Mix 1994-03-26 - Dave Seaman and Steve Anderson

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JDJ 10 - Dance Wars

687 - The Return Of Judge Jules Vs John Kelly - CD1 (1996)

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Love Is The Message - The Parade Tunes

694 - Love Is The Message - The Parade Tunes mixed by DJ Kid Paul (1995)

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Mixmag Live! Vol. 8 - John Digweed & Gordon Kaye

699 - MixMag Live! vol.8 - John Digweed + Gordon Kaye (1996)

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Visions Of Ibiza Volume 1

703 -  Visions Of Ibiza - Chicane - Disk 1 (2001)

704 -  Visions Of Ibiza - Chicane - Disk 2 (2001)

‘Lost In Lockdown’ Week 8 - Sasha 25th Anniversary Essential Mix @ Que Club.

In 1995, BBC Radio 1 and Cream put together their 'Live' tour with amazing line ups and aired them 'live' for the first time on the radio for listeners. On the Saturday 27th May, The ‘Grande Finale’ of the tour was at the legendary ‘Que Club’ in Birmingham and boasted a line up that featured the biggest Dj’s in the UK at that time. An all-night affair at a club that could hold thousands from 10pm-6am was a first of it’s kind and for the first time you could sit at home listening to the music and madness erupting.

After Sasha & John Digweed’s 1994 Renaissance album had converted and gained so many more fans to the duos epic brand of House Music, 1995 was to take it to the next level. The advancements in the sound they started playing was to be an insight into the future of electronic music. Progressive House suddenly had a harder edge and pushed the boundaries of sound using technology far away from the traditional House music sound with piano and soulful vocals. 

The reason I have chosen to commemorate this mix is that it changed my outlook on House music. I have always enjoyed all genres of music but back then we didn’t have the amounts of genres and sub-genres enjoyed now. I knew I was hearing something very different.

I recorded the whole broadcast from start to finish, swapping 90 min tapes in and out, barely containing my excitement for what I was hearing and capturing. The crowd noises, Tong’s voice bellowing out over the roar of the crowd announcing the DJ's – it was just amazing, literally AMAZING.

Out of all the mixes, it was, of course, Sasha’s that caught my attention and engaged me more than all the other mixes. Having already seen him play this was the nucleus for a brand new Sasha obsession.

To celebrate 25 years since Sasha played the mix live on air that Saturday evening (I still have the original tape, see pic) I’m going to play all the tracks he played* and hope to give us all the sense of nostalgia and wonderment I felt that night.

Most of the tracks are recordings from my vinyl collection before I sold it all to a collector back in 2014.

The mix itself is only around 80 mins so I’ll play some extra tracks from his other sets around the same time.

For myself, 1995 was my favourite year of clubbing ever. The music, the DJ’s the energy at that time was explosive. Join me and let’s take the journey back together.

TRACKLIST 27.05.1995: RADIO 1 ESSENTIAL MIX. LIVE FROM QUE CLUB, BIRMINGHAM.

Intro - Danny Jarvis - Sasha & Pete Tong
1)  BT – Tripping The Light Fantastic (Perfecto)
2)  Microman - Microhouse (Pumphouse)
3)  Hal 9000 - Stoopid (Fresh)
4)  Count Indigo - Unknown Love (Cowboy)
5)  Speedy J - G Spot (BMU)
6)  Blue Amazon - The Blessing (Jackpot)
7)  BT - Loving You More (Dub Mix) (Perfecto)
8.    BT - Loving You More (Vocal Mix) (Perfecto)
9)  Parks & Wilson vs Quivver - I Dream (Perfecto)
10)  Bump – I’m Rushing (Bump's 95 Mix (Deconstruction)
11)New Order - Blue Monday (Hardfloor Remix)
12) Bassheads - Is there Anybody Out There (Hardfloor Remix)
13) Moziac 'Rays of the Sun' (Dekkard & Dane Mix)instead.
Outro - Danny Jarvis - Pete Tong

Sasha 25 Year Anniversary Essential Mix Que Club Birmingham 27th may 1995

Pero en ti debes creer
Cuando el mundo no lo haga ya
Deja siempre una marca
Y el amor la recuerda

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

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