Originally started in 2005, selecting a few sexy laid back tracks for valentines day... the series has evolved and now opened up to friends and family. Pulling heavy influence from the 'Back to Mine' and 'Another Late Night' classic CD vibe. So we're continuing the late night grooves with some of the best eclectic selectors around.

Pour a wine or a whisky, and enjoy.

One for Later - A Late Night Mix Series

The second in the 'One For The Ladies' mix series. This one gets down and dirty with tracks for late night smooching supplied by artists like D'Angelo, Robert Glasper, Erykah Badu, Amp Fiddler, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Snoop Dogg, J DIlla, Vikter Duplaix, BadBadNotGood, Slum Village and Dwele.

Enjoy!

One for the Ladies Vol.2 - GarethisOnit (2012)

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)

Essential Mix 1996-09-01 - Derrick Carter

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

Barbarella's near Tisno in Croatia is a truly open air club modelled on the great original 1970 & 80s outdoor venues from Italy and Ibiza like Amnesia, Peter Pan and Baia Degli Angeli. The hot starry nights suit a mix of balearic, disco and house music and it was an honour to open for Kerri Chandler at this year's Electric Elephant festival.  

Here you have my full live session recorded between 2-4am on July 7th 2016.  

Mixes

Ralph Lawson Live // Barbarella's // Electric Elephant 2016

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Perceptions Of Pacha Vol 1

252 - Perceptions Of Pacha Vol 1 mixed by Farley and Heller (2000)

Uploading some old mixes in light of the new, relaxed rules for DJ mixes on SoundCloud... if it's true... shout out to SoundCloud!

This mix was originally done in 2006 for a bit of fun just before Valentines Day. Something to get the lovers in the mood with smooth sounds and (mostly) female vocals throughout. It was supposedly played by a Leeds radio station thanks to my mate Allie, and was one of my most popular mixes before it eventually got took down. But now it's back for your listening pleasure, enjoy!

G x

One for the Ladies Vol.1  - GarethisOnit (2006)

Re-loading this now mixes on SoundCloud seem to have some breathing space. It's the third mix in the 'One for the Ladies' mix take a 'Dubai Ladies Night' twist, banging out class chart from the 80's, 90's and beyond that the lasses love mixed in with a few cooler numbers like Slum Village amongst others.

It also pretty much sums up the vibe down at LeftBank on a Wednesday night where I used to play.

One for the Ladies Vol.3 - GarethisOnit (2013)

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Tony Humphries

482 - Azuli pres. Tony Humphries - Choice - Disc 2 (2003)

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Buzzin' Fly Volume 1

506 - Buzzin' Fly Volume 1 mixed by Ben Watt (2004)

ASHLEY BEEDLE JUNIOR DJ MIX

After a 6 year hiatus, the legendary One for the Ladies mix series is back. This time with a fresh yet familiar blend of sexy modern soul, classic tracks and the finest electronic love drenched groovers. Mixed by Mode 7 (Gareth), the selection is some of his favourites from 2018 carefully curated to guarantee maximum moisture.
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TRACKLIST:
01. Intro
02. Bahamadia - Philadelphia (feat. Dwele)
03. Tom Misch - Nightgowns
04. Geotheory - What U Do To Me
05. Pomrad - Fall
06. The S.O.S Band - High Hopes
07. Illa J - Sounds Like Love
08. Cherokee - Don't Matter
09. Syre - Burn
10. De La Soul - Copa (Cabanga)
11. Jimmy Edgar - Touch Yr Bodytime
12. The Pointer Sisters - Automatic
13. The Internet - Mood (Mode 7 Extended Version)
14. Jo Ann Jones - I Don't Need Your Love
15. Maxwell - Sumthn Sumthn (GDNA Remix)
16. Tom Misch & Bearcubs - Colours of Freedom
17. Pomo - So Fine
18. Kaytranada - Together
19. Freddie Joachim - To Remind Us (feat. Miles Bonny)
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One for the Ladies Vol.4 - Mode 7 (2019)

Positive vibes for the new year (2020)showcasing some of my favourite listening feel good tracks from 2019. Lots of love and thanks from Gareth / The Classic Mix CD Series for all the support, plays and banter over on the Facebook page. 

Tracklisting:
1. Mode 7 & Geotheory intro
2. Alone - Wilshire (feat. Slowya.Roll
3. Sunni Colón - Technicolor
4. Potatohead People - Luxury
5. Marcus Valle - Vou Amanhã Saber 
6. Mina - Jooky Jooky
7. So.crates - Oh Baby (feat. Jace XL)
8. Trev - For You Around Me
9. J-E-T-S - Potions
10. DKVPZ - Bonde do Neo Soul
11. Sam Wills - Kool Aid
12. Letherette - Love Lust
13. Etta Bond - King to Be
14. Sunni Colón - Supernova
15. P Money - Player One
16. Dune - Time
17. Club Asylum / Jeremy Sylvester - That Vibe
18. Kaytranada - What You Need
19. Kano - Grateful

One for the Ladies Vol.5 - Mode 7 (2019)

This 4-hour set was streamed to Facebook Live in two parts, May 6 and May 8 2020.

Magazine - Mark E [Merc]
Love Me - Atjazz & Julian Gomes [Atjazz]
Tarzan (Ame Remix) - Roy Ayers [BBE]
Give It Up (MAW Flute mix) - Rain [King Street Sounds]
Boogie Monsta - Moodena [Tropical Disco]
Been A Long Time - The Fog [Miami Soul]
B-Cause - The Jump St. Man [Jump Street]
Celebration Of Oggun (Trinidadian Deep Remix) - Sunlightsquare [Yoruba Soul]
Découragé - Sekouba Bambino [Distance]
Git Wa - Joaquin 'Joe' Claussell [Ibadan]
Outer Limits - Tikkle [House Jam]
Namida (Afrikanz On Marz Remix) - Glenn Davis [F*CLR]
Tears - Frankie Knuckles [Ffrr]
Love So Strong (Farley & Heller's Junior Style Mix) - Secret Life [Cowboy]
Swimming Places (Purple Disco Machine Re-Work) - Julien Jabre [Defected]
Inspiration - Kerri Chandler feat. Arnold Jarvis [Freetown]
See Me Yah -vs- Afefe Iku - Rhythm & Sound [white]
Even Though (vocal) - Black Coffee [Real Tone]
Love So Special (original) - Ceybil [Atlantic]
Misery (Lil' Louis Extended Club Mix) - Kimara Lovelace [King Street]
Better Days (dub) - Blaze [Lifeline]
Celebrate Life (acapella) - Logic [Strictly Rhythm]
Spirit Dance - Antonio Ocasio [Tribal Winds]
Brand New Feeling (Timmy Regisford Remix) - Roy Ayers [Shelter]
Kodjo - Manoo [Deeply Rooted]
Love Will Save The Day (Organ Mix) - Jaqué [Jellybean]
Coro (DJ Spen Kaoz Re-Edit) - Kerri Chandler [Nite Grooves]
AEIOU (DFP dub) - Cotonete & Di Melo [Favorite]
Casa Forte (Joe Claussell mix) - Snowboy [Spiritual Life]
Granada - Slow Supreme [Jazid]
We Are One - Blaze [King Street]
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Vinyl Groove (Original Mix) - Lebedev (RU) [Moody House]
I Want (Discolicious Remix) - Addvibe [Gents & Dandy's]
Come On Praise Him (Terrence Parker Gospel Heritage Mix) - Vonita White, Terrence Parker [Quantize]
Calais Douvre - Chris Carrier [Robsoul]
I Believe (David Penn Re-Edit) - Happy Clappers [Cube]
GTFO - Paris Underground [My Love Is Underground]
Freedom (Color 4 Frankie's Dub - Radioslave Re-edit) - Black Magic [Strictly Rhythm]
Turnin Me Out feat. Casioware (Jovonn Dub Mix) - Jovonn [Body'N Deep]
Power In Numbers - Waajeed [Planet E]
Saxajuju (Rhemi Remix) - Pat Bedeau [Rhemi Music]
Feelin' Kinda High (Vocal Mix) - Cajmere Feat. Terrence FM [Cajual]
Heal My Heart (Quentin Harris Black Heart Remix) - Kerri Chandler [King Street]
1 World (Sean McCabe Remix) - Michele Chiavarini [Quantize]
Rescue Me (Bini & Martini '999' Funk Mix) - Sunkids feat. Chance [AM:PM]
Back 2 Da House - G-Flame [Alpha]
The Sermon (Acapella) - Ron Carroll [Subliminal]
The Freak Show - Todd Terry [In-House]
Taurus - Johnny Fiasco [Cajual]
The Murder Track - Mike Delgado [Released For Pleasure]
Love (2010 Remix) - DJ Sneak [Cécille]
He Is (Sydenham & Ferrer mix) - Copyright [Defected]
Get Myself Together (Louie Vega Remix) - Luther Vandross [Vega]
The Theme (The Legend) - Loop 7 [Strictly Rhythm]
Mirror Dance (Original Mix) - Afefe Iku [Yoruba]
In The Mood For Love - Steve Summers [LIES]
Momma's Groove (Jimpster's Hip Replacement Mix) - Osunlade [Strictly Rhythm]
Faces Drums 1 - Steve Pointdexter [Muzique]
Raw Sensation - Acid Filter [Chicago Basement Trax]
Dub It - Master C&J [State Street]
Raw Uncut (Uncut Hardcore Mix) - AmFlow Featuring Koffee [Vega]
Remote Control - Robot DJs [Underground]
Can't Get Enough (Dub) - Liz Torres [State Street]
My Paradise - Kerri Chandler [King Street]
Down Deep - Gary Michael Wade [Simplex]
Groovin' The Groove - DJ Fopp, Simon Adams [Salted]
The Warning - Logic [Strictly Rhythm]
How I Feel - Lil' Louis [Dance Mania]
Believe - Octave One [Transmat]

In these challenging times, having lost all of my work as a professional touring DJ, any support or financial help would be appreciated. You can either donate monthly with Patreon: patreon.com/fknyc or send one-time gifts via PayPal (use: "family and friends") to: paypal.me/axisnyc Thanks in advance for whatever you may be able to do.

François K - Back To Da House (part 1&2)

Once again mega happy to have another musical heavyweight selector, friend and fellow north easterner get involved with the podcasts. None other than Newcastle's Stu Hedley. We met around 2003/4 via the NorthEastClubLife chat board (which was essentially one big group of mates from the entire region chatting shit and putting on nights)and through the much loved club-night Habit which we both helped out with music and design. Rubbing shoulders with some of the best DJs in the world, occasionally doing together and enjoying various, daft nights out around the city. Great times indeed.

This is a perfect mix, laid back mix to get you warmed up for the summer. Stu hopes you enjoy it and keeps you steady during quarantine x

Stu Bio:
Newcastle born and bred, he moved to Brighton 5 years ago and has been collecting music and dj'ing at parties, bars, clubs and BBQs for about 25 years. His tastes cover a broad range including jazz, disco, house, boogie, drum and bass and techno and he's always keen to mix new discoveries and genres in with the old. 

Check out more of Stu's selections here:
https://soundcloud.com/stuhedley 

And his daily updated Spotify playlist here:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/35IoDV61HVQYp3uiJGIpOD?si=Y5CuCMObRKSe0JFp6IxGhQ

Tracklist:
1. Celeda - Be Yourself (Part 1)
2. Trujillo - Makin Me High
3. System Olympia feat P Nut - Falling In Love
4. Nao -DYWM
5. Francis Lai - Young Freedom (Golden Rules Remix)
6. Patsy Gallant - It'll All Come Around
7. Dexter Wansel - The Sweetest Pain
8. Club Nouveau - Why You Treat Me So Bad
9. VanJess - Touch the Floor (feat. Masego)
10. Victor - Amerikan Dread
11. Rituals of Mine - Burst
12. Sylvester - I Need Somebody To Love Tonight
13. Hoodboi - Glide feat Tkay Maidza
14. Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together
15. Wayne Wonder - No Letting Go
16. Joubert Singers - Stand On the Word (Larry Levan Mix)

One for the Ladies Vol.8 - Stu Hedley (2020)

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.

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Essential Mix 1994-04-16 - X-Press 2 (Rocky, Diesel & Ashley Beedle)

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GarethisOnit / Mode 7:
Digital creative type, gamer, music lover and occasional DJ. Currently living in Dubai 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. 

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One for the Ladies Vol.8 - Stu Hedley (2020)

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