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"Larry Levan's last night at the Paradise Garage, recorded live and put on this 12"

Larry Levan - Final Night In Paradise Garage 1987 Vol. 2

Green Velvet - Electric Playground Podcast 1/25/14

Dj Spen's Quantize Quintessential Mix Session, 5/27/2014 Enjoi

Dj Spen QTZ Quintessential MiX Session 5/27/2014

Green Velvet Weekly Mix

Track listing:
Gene Farris - Cosmos
Anthony Cardinale - Night Lies
Audio Press - Cloover Hooks
Owen Sands - the Great Houdini
Dj Rush - I Like It Like This
Gene Farris & Sonny Fodera - Rules of Engagement
Cristin Arango - Different Reasons
Remute - Juan Carlos meets Shulgin

Green Velvet - Electric Playground Podcast 6/7/2014

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We are 100!

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100 - Laurent Garnier 'Laboratoire Mix' - Disc One - Recommended by Red Rack'em (1996)

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Eats Everything - Boiler Room x Ray-Ban 009 - London

The The 264 Cru lads asked me to put a selection together for their 'The Comedown' mixes, designed to provide end of week, lazy listening from some of the city's finest selectors. The mix features new music from Glenn Astro, Archy Marshall, Henry Wu, Mike Gao, K15, Stro Elliot, Sokro, No Puls, Profusion and Frederick. It's a reflection of my more leftfield tastes, some of which you can here for during the beautiful Pierchic sunsets. Give it a spin, it's a Saturday after all.

Original MixCloud here: https://www.mixcloud.com/the264cru/the-comedown-022-garethisonit/

The 264 Cru present 'The Comedown Mix - 022'  - GarethisOnit (2015)

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Big shout out to the BICEP lads for giving us a recommendation on Twitter. We've been holding out for a great one for the 200th episode and this one's a winner. What's more, it's part of a fairly epic series of CDs from Sven Vath which we highly recommend you check out. Thanks to everyone for all the follows, likes, comments and support.

Last but not least, a special shout out to MOJAXX at DJ City for helping us track down the disc. If you haven't already seen his online videos, or one of his sets, be sure to check the big man out!

201 - BICEP recommends 'Sven Väth - In The Mix - The Sound Of The Fourth Season' - Disc 2 (2004

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Massive shout out to Scott from Tillicoultry in Scotland for the share on this one. Epic recommendations mate!

MIX-UP VOL.2 Live at The Liquid Room - Tokyo

259 - Jeff Mills ‎– Live At The Liquid Room - Tokyo (1996)

Need Somebody New

Need Somebody New (Larry Levan Mix)

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 Later Vol.3 - GarethisOnit (2013)

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Jeff Mills

383 - Jeff Mills - Choice 'A Collection of Classics - Disc 1 (2004)

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Laurent Garnier

384 - Laurent Garnier's Excess Luggage: Mix In Detroit (2003)

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Rolando

388 - DJ Rolando - From There To Here And Now - Disc 2 (2006)

Future jazz, trip hop, jazz, downtempo and soul from LTJ Bukem's excellent 'Cookin Records'. Taken from the first 12 ep's I fanatically collected from my first days of buying vinyl circa 2003. Including tracks from White Rhino, Cedar, Solaris, Nookie and many more.

Cookin Mix - Jazz, Trip Hop & Downtempo (March 2010)

The inspiration for this mix came partly from Poolside, two dj's who live in L.A. After watching their video 'Slow down' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xlun7VOJDmI). I wanted to go to California myself to enjoy the sunshine! When I saw them I knew that you don't have to be a heavy weight champion to enjoy the summer life... ;-) 

Check my blog for track listing: http://professoreddy.blogspot.nl/2012/07/hitch-funky-ride-to-westcoast.html

Hitch A Funky Ride To The Westcoast

My first ever mix! Done circa 2004 at the time we were putting on parties down The Bonded Warehouse (Sunderland Uni's riverside bar). It represents many of my first vinyl purchases. Some heavy coverage from early Groove Armada, alot of left field hip hop, beats and downtempo stuff. Plus some of the Late Night Tales / Another Late Night EP's which were released around the same time. It's even got some half decent and well timed attempts of scratching! (I say half decent for a beginner anyway). A true blast from the past indeed! 

Change Audio: Future Lounge & Trip Hop (2004)

Larry Levan - Paradise Garage - 1979

A mixture of slow and summery downtempo tunes going through chill out, house, hip hop, soul and dubby electronica.. Recorded circa 2009 in Sunderland, England, UK. Listen to it day or night, and enjoy.

TRACKLISTING:
1. Like Minded Soul feat Cara - Seventythree
2. Dimension 6 - Living in the Sunshine - Ame Dub
3. AS ONE - Down
4. Mark De Clive Lowe - Quintessential feat. Abdul Shyllon
5. Shawn Ward - Oceans Apart
6. Lyric L - Ever After
7. Cyress Hill - High Life (DJ CAM Remix)
8. Prefuse 73 - Love Within
9. Dimilite - Generic Low
10. AS ONE - Hope
11. Dimension 6 - Living in the Sunshine (Ame Remix)
12. YBU: Soul Magic (Extended Mix)
13. Dimlite - Nut Knowers ax (Afterlude)

September Sunshine - Electronica, Soul, Jazz & Laid Back House (2009)

In 2009, I consulted for, and appeared in, Activision's DJ Hero video game.   As part of my involvement, I performed at quite a few industry events and eventually did a couple of club dates.  Some of these sets were more rehearsed than others, and the quality varied.  This one, recorded live on Halloween night at a KCRW benefit, was far and away my favorite of the bunch...both in terms of technical display and song selection.  I'll post some of the other recorded sets later, there's some nice moments along the way.- DJ Shadow

DJ Shadow Live in Los Angeles, CA - Halloween, 2009

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