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This is a live recording of Frankie Knuckles playing the RA & Learning Secrets party at Kingdom, Texas in 2013.
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Frankie Knuckles on RA

RA Live - 2013.10.05 - Frankie Knuckles at Kingdom, Texas

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About the CD:
So this came out of the blue in 2000 and was a new mix compilation that gained a lot of fans not just from its unique theme (what's not to like!) and retro artwork which stood out on the shelves. Not only that but the music was damn good too. Dimitri from Paris delivers a driving soulful collection which had its own unique flavour and was perfect for nights out, driving, after parties and whatever else. Shout out to Just Lance in Dubai for reminding us about this one!

Play it loud, share the mix and enjoy!

032 - A Night at the Playboy Mansion mixed by Dimitri from Paris (2000)

ESSENTIAL MIX - JAN 2009
Uploaded on 17.01.10 and exclusive to SoundCloud. Available for the first time without voiceovers and jingles,12 months on from original Radio 1broadcast on 17.01.09.


EMAILSHOT A FEW DAYS AHEAD OF MIX BEING AIRED:
2009 kicks in for me this weekend with my first gig of the year for Udio (1st birthday) at The Gramaphone Club in Shoreditch, London on Friday night, which coincides with the airing of my only just completed in the nick of time Essential Mix on Radio 1, made up of 43 tracks in just under 2 hours.

Given that the 5th anniversary of my DJ comeback has only just passed, I decided to take the opportunity to make the mix totally representative of this period, with all the selections being amongst the biggest tracks I’ve played since I made my second debut at Music Is Better in Manchester.

Five years represents a significant package of time, a fixed point from where I can reflect on what’s been a continually snowballing sequence of events, set in motion when Danny Webb asked me to appear in Manchester on that December night back in 2003.

There were less than 100 people there that night, but they were the right people, and I was taken aback by the response to my return, both on the night itself and during subsequent days, when people who were there began to post on the forums. I’d never expected all the feedback be so totally positive!

I’d figured that I’d play that night, using the combination of laptop and reel-to-reel for the first time, then go away and think about what worked and what didn’t before I made my next move. I would never have believed that things could come together so immediately, it was as if I’d hit a completely unexpected hole in one, especially when two of the people who were there, Ralph Lawson, DJ from Back To Basics in Leeds, and one of my fellow DJ’s that night, Richard Hardcastle (Solid State) from Society in Sheffield, both asked me to play at their nights no sooner had I finished my spot.

One thing kept leading to another and, in Sheffield, I was approached by Tony Daly to play at the now legendary Tyneside Cinema party in Newcastle, a bespoke event where he took on the substantial risk of presenting me in a city I’d never DJ’d in previously (unless you count the 1983 TV appearance on The Tube, which was filmed in the Tyne Tees studio). Then, of course, there was London, where Steve Kotey and Bill Brewster booked me for their parties, bringing me to the capital within the first few months of my return for Ouch and Low Life.

The bookings kept coming, and I found myself driving up and down the country on an increasingly regular basis. Later in 2004 I was approached by Sav Remzi, from Tirk / Nuphonic, with the idea of putting together an edits album, which would be issued the following year as ‘Credit To The Edit’. This would help bring my name to the attention of people outside the UK. There was soon a need to step things up further, now that I was receiving enquiries from Europe, and so began a fruitful relationship with my agent, Matt Johnson (Matty J), who’s done a wonderful job of representing me during recent years.

The last few months have been, to say the least, manic for me, with 25 flights, including 6 long haul, taking me to gigs in the US, Japan, Australia, Brazil and Europe. From a personal perspective I still find it remarkable the way everything has developed, pretty much organically, since I made the decision that I was going to be a DJ once again – had I concocted some sort of comeback masterplan, it could never have worked out anything like as well as it has. It’s definitely been a case of ‘from small acorns’.

It still never ceases to amaze me that people from another continent are interested in my DJ past. Back in the early 80’s, before I went into retirement for 20 years, the furthest I travelled (with the exception of the appearances I made in the South of England as part of The Hacienda Review in late ’83) was to places like Birmingham and Nottingham, when I played at All-Dayers, so to find myself in clubs on the other side of the world is pretty nuts!

Anyhow, I’d like to wish everyone all the best for 09. Big thanks to all the promoters who booked me and everyone who danced to the tunes I played during ’08 in Adelaide, Barcelona, Belfast, Berlin, Birmingham, Blackburn, Brighton, Bristol, Dublin, Dundee, Edinburgh, Fukuoka, Glasgow, Hamburg, Leeds, Lisbon, Liverpool, London, Los Angeles, Manchester, Melbourne, Milan, New York, Newcastle, Nottingham, Paris, Porto Alegre, San Francisco, Sao Paulo, Sheffield, Sydney, Tokyo and Warsaw. Also the festivals and special events that I appeared at - Bestival (Isle Of Wight), Big Chill (England), Camp Bestival (England), Garden Festival (Croatia), Ibiza, Lovebox (England), Notting Hill Carnival (England), Rockness Festival (Scotland), Sonar (Spain) and the Southport Weekender (England).

Hope to see you soon.

Greg


FORUM POST DURING FOLLOWING DAYS:                                                        
Thanks for all the positive words. The feedback has been pretty phenomenal, far exceeding what I’d hoped for, especially on the BBC page, where I’d expected that some people would criticize the amount of older music included - the Radio 1 audience is used to current stuff ('in new music we trust'), so I’d anticipated a more mixed reaction. What’s particularly pleasing is that they were all made without the people seeing what each other wrote (they all came online at once, having been checked first by whoever moderates the BBC pages, I presume for swearing etc following the Ross / Brand controversy).

You always hope something you've done will be well received, but the response to this has blown me away.

Greg


ANSWER TO POST RE MIXING PROCESS:                                                      
It was quite a laborious process. Before I could start the actual mixing part I had to edit every track to a coherent length of around two and a half minutes average, inclusive of in and out points. I had a pool of about 90 tracks that fitted the criteria I'd set (a representative selection of the biggest tunes I've been playing during the past 5 years). It wasn't as straightforward as just editing the 43 tracks I ended up featuring - in order to have the necessary options once I started to piece the mix together I needed to have all the tracks at my disposal, just as I would have if I was out deejaying in a club, so the only thing to do was edit all 90 to the required length, even though I knew that only half would make the cut .

Once that was finally done they were all taken across into my laptop, enabling me to vari-speed them via PCDJ whilst I recorded across to my home computer into Cool Edit Pro, where I put the mix together track by track, before adding overdubs (fx, samples, textures) in a similar way to what I do live using the Revox (reel to reel).

I could quite easily have spent another day, tweaking bits here and there and adding more overdubs (the older I get the more finicky I become), but I had a deadline to work to, so, as it moved ever nearer, it became a race against time, with me doing as much as I could before the cut off point arrived.

Greg
                       

Greg Wilson - 2009


ESSENTIAL MIX (by greg wilson for bbc radio 1 2009)

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088 - Nite:Life 03 mixed by Miguel Migs (2000)

Derrick Carter & Mark Farina Live @ Wavefront Chicago  07-6-2013

1.Atjazz & Jullian Gomes - Decoded
2.Genius Of Time - Peace Bird
3.Michael Gray & Tatiana Owens - Ivy (Jimpster Remix)
4.Clive From Accounts - Clive By Night
5.Imeïa - Soul Of Mine (Quarion Remix)
6.Dave Lee - Ride The Storm (Roberto Rodriguez Calm Before The Storm Mix)
7.Jimpster & Philippa - Say What
8.Waajeed - Dry Hatin
9.Tom Trago & Wilem Mulder - Tony Williams
10.Loxodrome - Emberfall (Dub)
11.Steve Bug - Keep Movin’
12.Frits Wentink - I Want It All
13.Mike Agent X - In The House (Jimpster Remix)
14.Waajeed - Neptune’s Symphony
15.Seventh Movement - Luvtraxxx (PIEK Rework)
16.Palavas - One Night Is Not Enough (Jimpster Remix)
17.Peacey & Vanessa Hidary - Culture Bandit (Atjazz Remix)
18.Philippa - Blue Skies (Fouk Remix)
19.Deep Zone - It’s Gonna Be Alright (Crackazat Mana Dub)
20.Meshell Ndegeocello - Love (Tedd Patterson Kinship Remix)
21.DJ Dove - Illusions (DJ Steam Interpretation)
22.Dam Swindle - Forever & Ever
23.Jodeci - Freak’n You (MK Dub)
24.Ralph Session & Juliet Mendoza - Freak
25.Atjazz & Jullian Gomes - Don Esquire
26.Jimpster - Can’t Stop Loving
27.James Juke - You Control My Pleasure w/ The Man - Question ?
28.Medlar - Percy
29.Steve Bug & Cle - Crew Thing
30.Karizma - Spirit
31.Dam Swindle - Touch Me Again
32.Deetron - Runnin’
33.Oeil Cube - Disk Two
32.Keit Sano & XTAL - Let Us Have Nice Days, The Sun
33.Silvano Del Gado - Tribal Train
34.DJ Dozia - Pop Culture (KiNK Mix)
37.Osunlade - Momma’s Groove (Jimpster Hip Replacement Mix)
38.Kerri Chandler & Nae - Caged Bird (Atjazz Remix)

FRED EVERYTHING LIVE AT STEREO NOV 23 2024 (OPENING FOR HONEY DIJON)

This one’s called “Cerveza Es Bueno” 🍻
Don’t ask me how good my Spanish is — the beat speaks better than I do 😅
An Afro House journey inspired by the Community vibe.

Free Download

DJ ELAZ - Cerveza Es Bueno (Afro House Remix)

Synge Soundsystem – TRIBAL / K-DUBZ (Out Now, Oct 2025)

Synge Soundsystem tuleb sügisel tagasi veel sügavamalt maa alt – TRIBAL / K-DUBZ ühendab techno, minimal’i ja bassi UKG ning dub vibega. Tumeda klubisaundi ja raskete groove’idega EP, kus kõlab nii warehouse kui ka Jamaica sound system. Heviii, tantsuline ja täiega Synge.

Synge Soundsystem – TRIBAL / K-DUBZ (Out Now, Oct 2025)

Synge Soundsystem returns from the underground with TRIBAL / K-DUBZ — a heavy fusion of techno, minimal and bass, laced with UKG and dub energy. Dark, rolling and hypnotic, this one hits like a late-night warehouse session deep in the smoke. Pure heaviness, pure Synge.

88 (Nitevision Remix)

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246 - Lazy Dog Volume 2 mixed by Ben Watt (2001)

Recorded live from the decks of Fabi Paras on in 1992 at Love Ranch, Maximus, Leicester Square , LONDON

The Love Ranch Recordings

Fabi Paras - Love Ranch - London 1992

Nothing Fancy : Episode 3

0:00 (Unreleased Track) - Boiish & Mike Antix
1:42 Sweat - ZDS Feat. KE
4:46 Old Dollars - Ferreck Dawn
6:05 Get Close - Disclosure
8:39 People Wanna - Boiiish
11:04 Lie Machine (Gorgon City Remix) - DAVI
13:07 Don’t Turn It Off - 40 Thieves feat. Qzen
15:29 How’s Your Evening So Far (Chris Lake Remix) - Josh Wink & Lil’ Louis
17:55 Take Me To Church - Billy Kenny
23:27 Could U - Griz
25:16 Gameshow - MANT
26:19 Sweat - Billy Kenny
28:22 Where You At - Sage Armstrong, Steady Rock, Franklyn Watts
29:06 On Deck - Just a Groove
31:42 Ghetto Funk - Mancodex
32:10 Girl Blunt (Garneau Bootleg) - Leikeli47
33:59 On The Drums - Pickle
36:33 Beat Control - Danny Howard
38:19 Waddaday - Claude Vonstroke
41:07 Basement - Dean Mickoski, Simon Field feat. Baby Sol
42:42 Freaks - Fisher
43:13 Just Came for the Music - Billy Kenny
44:40 DVNCEFLOOR - Cheyenne Giles, Knock2
45:16 All Night Long - Wade
47:05 They Just Gotz To Talk - Luca Debonaire, Tom Forester
49:10 Tell Me Why - Yolanda Be Cool, Dillon Nathaniel
50:40 Knucklehead - ZDS, Tai Davis
51:32 Overnight Celebrity Twista, Kanye West
51:50 Issa Vibe - Dipzy, Takshak

Nothing Fancy - Episode 3

Chicago-based DJ and producer Proppa is no stranger to the music industry. After discovering electronic music nearly a decade ago, he stayed involved in the scene and has continuously built his project ever since. During this time he rose through the ranks with memorable DJ sets that helped lead him to be one of the most widely recognized artists in the Midwest dance music community.

He's found considerable success in the studio as well, passing the 250K mark on his remix of "Imagine" by Bronze Whale and Popeska and releasing on massive labels such as Dim Mak. With a new decade of opportunity ahead of him, Proppa has continued to develop his sound over the last few years and is ready to showcase his unreleased music.

With both original tracks and fantastic remixes recently released and plenty more on the way, one thing is for certain, Proppa is an artist to watch closely in the future. We caught up with him to chat about his new genre-bending sound, advice for upcoming artists, and more, so listen to his guest mix and read the chat!

Tracklist:
1. 21 Savage - No Heart (Proppa Remix) [Independent]
2. JOYRYDE - MADDEN (Hijacked By Proppa) [Independent]
3. Meduza, Becky Hill, Goodboys - LoseControl (Drolood Remix) [Independent]
4. LOGE21 - Bring It Back [Bite This!]
5. What So Not - DIVIDE & CONQUER (Knock2 Flip) [Independent]
6. PROPPA - ID
7. Odd Mob - Chunks [Independent]
8. Karbon - Don't Step [Sheppard]
9. Habstrakt - Free [Gud Vibrations]
10. YYVNG - WYNEHOUSE [World Famous Headquarters]
11. Destructo x GTA x Wuki - Party Up (Birthdayy Partyy Flip) [Independent]
12. PROPPA - ID
13. CALIGULA - LUST [Prescription]
14. Tisoki - Cell Phone [Dim Mak]
15. Knife Party - Sleaze (Effin Flip) [Independent]
16. PROPPA - ID
17. PROPPA - ID (ft. FXRROH)
18. JOYRYDE - I SLAY (ft. Nolay) [HARD]
19. A$AP Ferg - Plain Jane (NXSTY Remix) [Independent]
20. LSDREAM, KTRL - REFLECTION [Wakaan]
21. PROPPA - ID
22. Ray Volpe - Origin [Never Say Die]
23. Malux - Cargo [Vision]
24. RL Grime - Core (Flite Bootleg) [Independent]
25. PROPPA - ID
26. Mefjus, Break - Out Of Time [Symmetry] [Vision]
27. Culture Shock - Bunker [Sequence I]

EDMID Guest Mix 214 || Proppa

Read The Interview

Tracklist:

Yuksek & Polo & Pan - Cadenza
Embatucadores - Terra Rasgada (Santiago Garcia Remix)
Satori - Yam
Sam Shure - Not Much To Say
Sam Shure - Leila
Moon Boots - Keramas
Daniel Rateuke - Marimbo
Diephuis & Eastar - Hoye Mama
Mark Knight & Danny Howard - You Can Do It Baby
Guy Gerber & Dixon - No Distance
Lstn & Arya Noble - Ecbatana
Satori - Fauna
ShiShi - Turiya
ShiShi - ID

ShiShi Presents: CASHIR (002)

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About this CD:
I first discovered what Lazy Dog was all about when tuning into one of Danny Rampling's many Love Groove Dance Party saturday night shows on Radio 1. The deep sounding, sexier and feel good vibes got me interested and I always remember having it taped to cassette on my train trip down to live in London in 2001. When I arrived, I picked up the double disc from a Virgin Megastore on Kings Road and it's soundtrack went onto be the anthem of my year.

Ben Watt & Jay Hannan Present: Lazy Dog [Disc 1]

708 - Lazy Dog mixed by Ben Watt - Disc 1 (2000)

Coming to you live and direct from the Funky Seshwa at Good Room's hi-fi dancefloor, The Bad Room, we have an archived live dj mix from one of Brooklyn funkiest, Adeline! 

The mix is from February 20th, 2020 and features funk classics, soulful grooves, and some house that got the floor running at peak time before we had a live performance by Jitwam!

Adeline is a Paris-born, New Yorker, power house singer, songwriter, producer, and funky ass bass player. She just dropped a new single 'Twilight' that can be heard here:
https://open.spotify.com/album/26c7a3Fkn0zjNy2jlWPWdV?si=gYS_j6-8TIOnM8CMnt8uaw

Funky Seshwa Mix Series 003: Adi Oasis (DJ Set) Live In The Bad Room 2.20.20

Get ready to bump & groove all over the place with this week's HUMP DAY MIX from https://soundcloud.com/roman-kouder!

Tracklist & Free Download: https://wp.me/p2iymy-mUT

HUMP DAY MIX With Roman Kouder

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

708 - Lazy Dog mixed by Ben Watt - Disc 1 (2000)

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