The July edition of THIS! was something really special. Ian Pooley closing out the Monkey Loft rooftop on a gorgeous Saturday night is one we will never forget. Lucky for us, we got it recorded and approved by the man himself to share. Enjoy!

Ian Pooley Live DJ Set @ THIS! For Viva Recordings - July 15th 2023

AKASHA

ralph lawson - AKASHA IBIZA

5 hours of Justin Robertson recorded live in Room Three on Friday 6th February 2015.

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This set is also archived exclusively for fabricfirst members. fabricfirst is fabric nightclub’s membership service. It includes a monthly music subscription, access to exclusive audio and reduced, priority entry to the club.

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Justin Robertson - Recorded Live 06/02/2015

There’s a weight to vinyl you can’t measure.
Not grams, not BPM, something older. Something human.

Myself and Andrea Piacentini, we are two shadows etched deep into the city’s underground nights, and we return to the ritual: 2 x turntables, a crate of wax and the quiet defiance of not giving everything away. 

No algorithm, no easy Shazam. Only ears, only hearts, only the dancefloor.

In a world where every song is named before it even ends, there’s rebellion in anonymity.

The needle drops and you don’t know — you just feel. A bassline pulled from some forgotten pressing, a hi-hat that breathes dust, a vocal ghosting through the room.

These are records that live outside playlists, out of reach of search bars. They exist only in that moment, in that booth, under our hands.

It’s not nostalgia. It’s devotion. 

Records force you to listen. 
To care for it, to know its imperfections.

We aren’t just playing tracks, we are speaking in an old language few still remember. 

Every mix is unrepeatable, every transition a secret shared with those who showed up, who stayed late, who paid attention.

This isn’t music to be owned; it’s music to be witnessed.

You Will Never See My Eyes Again 
Version 2.0

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You Will Never See My Eyes Again. Version 2.0 Sharkey's Machine & Andrea Piacentini Live.

JT takes a dig into his record bag for an hour of house classics and new favorites. 
 
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Saturday afternoon with JT Donaldson @ The Lot Radio 08-16-2025

two of my favorite songs together.

Tracklist:


(INTRO) Headache - The Party that Never Ends

1.-Christopher Schwarzwalder - Jakob
2.-Qtier – Set Me On (David August Remix)

"You were first in mind
Nobody else
Take your time
I wouldn’t waste my eyes
With anyone else
I’ll be the first in mind
I wouldn’t wait to find
Anything else
Make my mind
You’re not the boring kind
Like everyone else
Make me smile"


Ascend And Try Again - Okay Kaya (Vocalsssss) 
You're So Cool - Jonathan Bree (Violin part)

what do u regret ?

Electrical Heaven

Feme Solgen - Breaking Jazz

This mix is a tribute to my dearly departed brother, guru, mentor & Godfather of the UK electronic dance music scene, the legend that is Colin Faver.

For the new kids on the block who don't know who Colin Faver is, he's the reason that you're dancing & enjoying the global dance music scene as we know it.

Rewind to the post punk era of the early 80s. It's 1982 & Colin Faver gives up is job as a commercial graphic artist & is working for a record shop in Walthamstow London called Small Wonder records, who signed the first Cure & Bauhaus singles. It was then when the first wave of New Wave electronic music surfaced & Colin was mixing up electronic music at the New Romantic Institution that was the Camden Palace championing music from Kraftwerk to Afrika Bambaataa to Visage. It was this music that directly inspired the likes of Juan Atkins in Detroit & Frankie Knuckles (RIP) in Chicago, who were without doubt Colin's American counterparts in the birth of House & Techno Music in the mid 80s.

Colin remained the resident at the Camden Palace into the late 80s as well as being resident at Pyramid at Heaven & Jungle at Busbys playing House & Techno as it had never been heard before in the mid 80s. After this came Colin's residency at RIP at Clink Street in 1988, Dungeons in Lea Bridge Road in 1989, Rage at Heaven in 89-90, Knowledge in the early 90s & played at just about every top club in the UK that played dance music.

Colin was a regular DJ on London's Kiss FM when it was no more than a weekend pirate radio station in the mid 80s & held down a weekly radio show once Kiss became legal for the best part of 2 decades.

Colin Faver is the reason I got started in this scene, allowing me to rap with him at the Camden Palace in 1984 & fully taking me under his wing, along with Eddie Richards in early 1986 as their resident House Music rapper, way before I was a DJ in late 87, when these two huge influences became my colleagues on the decks too. I have everything to thank them both for as they were my mentors & influences.

This tribute mix is coincidentally 3:03 long & was mixed using 100% vinyl from the 80s & early 90s, is emotional & has been uploaded unedited, warts & all, with pure love from the heart.

My condolences go out to Colin's long term partner Brenda Russell & all those who loved him. Colin Faver R.I.P.

Beyond The Clouds - A Tribute To Colin Faver by Mr.C

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Deviant - Social Classics Volume 1

Buy on Discogs

543 - Stuart Patterson pres. Deviant - Social Classics Volume 1 (2001)

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X-mix-1: The MFS Trip

664 - X-MIX 1 - The MFS Trip by Paul Van Dyk (1998)

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Terry's Cafe vol. 3

708 - Terry's Cafe 3 mixed by Terry Le Brown Jr (2000)

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