I’m only going to one festival this summer: the lovely Campo Sancho by the team behind Sancho Panza. It’s a couple of weeks away and excitement is building so I blended this little session of daytime disco grooves for the drive down / packing / chilling at camp / general good times.Enjoy!Happy Sound C-60 - Campo Disco & Dubs ’19 David Bowie - Golden Years (The Reflex Revision)Crazy P - Never Gonna Reach Me (Hot Toddy Mix)Talking Heads - Burning Down The House (The Reflex Revision)DJ Vas - The Moment (Original Mix)Answering Service - Call Me Mr Telephone (Street Dub Mix)Yuksek feat. Bertrand Burgalat - Icare (Original Mix)Dr Packer - Call The Doctor (Original Mix)Late Nite Tuff Guy - Holiday (LNTG Muscle Mix)Michael Gray - The Weekend (Michael Gray Glitterbox Mix)Soulphiction - Bizzness (Original Mix)Disclosure feat. Gwen Mccrae - Funky Sensation (Extended Mix)Joey Negro - Stomp Your Feet (Hot Toddy Instrumental) (Original Mix)Michael The Lion - Any Time (Is Right For Makin' Love) (Original Mix)Soul Clap & PillowTalk - Love Train feat. Greg Paulus and Crew Love (Original Mix)Park Avenue feat Tony Jenkins - Don't Turn Your Love (Dangerous Mix)Funkatron - Disco Sensation (Original Mix)The Source feat. Candi Staton - You Got The Love (Fire Island Vocal Mix) (Noël Intro Edit)Urban Blues Project presents Michael Procter - Love Don't Live (The U.B.P. Classic Club Mix)Luke Solomon feat. Amy Douglas & Queen Rose - Light You Up (Original Mix)Honey Dijon feat. Sam Sparro & Tim K - Look Ahead (Horse Meat Disco's Vauxhall Version)Gerry Read - It’ll All Be Over (DJ Koze Remix)Lil' Louis - Club Lonely (Shield Re-Edit)Byron Stingily - Get Up (Everybody) (David Morales Rework 2019)Coeo - Mydonna (Original Mix)Marc Evans - The Way You Love Me (A Tom Moulton Remix)Mixed 12th July 2019, chaptered 13th July. 317 MB | AAC | 320 kbps | 2'16'47The track list also appears in the ‘Lyrics’ tab of the track info.Use the iTunes ‘Chapters’ menu to jump between tracks in the mix.

Here’s bunch of tunes I purchased on Beatport and then mixed immediately last night.A friend, Eva, sent me a clip of Funky Green Dogs’ classic ‘Reach For Me’ via WhatsApp. I went to play it only realised I didn’t have it... So, off to Beatport, where, of course, I was distracted by new releases too.Part two of the story is much more mundane. We were supposed to be hosting a Christmas party for 70 people last night but had to cancel the day before because I did my back in. Typical. Stuck at home feeling grouchy, Eva’s intervention and a little music shopping inspired me to reach for the headphones.This session is the result, mixed live in one take, with ‘Reach For Me’ at the heart of it. I only made one small edit to shorten Rhythm Masters’ take on ‘Been A Long Time’ - their version being a bit too dark compared to the other grooves on offer here. Everything else is disco and funky house with a few remixes of familiar faves thrown in the shopping bag for good measure. Enjoy!Jefferson Jam - Azourious House & Disco 1 Anabel Englund - London Headache (Purple Disco Machine Remix)2 Will The Funkboss - Tomorrow's Music (Original Mix)3 Loose Change - Straight From The Heart (Joey Negro Straight To The Groove Mix)4 Dino Lenny, Doorly - The Magic Room (Luke Solomon's 'Live Forever' Remix)5 Oliver Dollar - Go Down (Original Mix)6 MD X-Spress, Simion - God Made Me Feel It (Claptone Edit)7 Mighty Dub Katz - Just Another Groove (Boris Dlugosch Remix)8 Funky Green Dogs From Outer Space - Reach For Me (Long Ass Mix)9 Timmy P - How's Music (Original Mix)10 Groove Motion - Try It (Original Mix)11 Rhyze - Just How Sweet Is Your Love (Walker & Royce Touch)12 The Fog - Been A Long Time (Rhythm Masters Main Mix)13 Moloko - Sing It Back (Mousse T.'s Feel Love Mix)Mixed live 3rd Dec 2016, Chaptered + minor edit on The Fog 4th Dec 2016 171.8 MB | AAC | 320 kbps | 1'14'49The track list also appears in the ‘Lyrics’ tab of the track info.Use the iTunes ‘Chapters’ menu to jump between tracks in the mix.I don’t know anything about the ‘Jefferson’ brand of cassette tapes. The basic design makes me think they’re at the discount end of the audio spectrum, but the retro font and 70s vibe seems fitting for this session.

Pete gave me a handful of old tapes from circa 1991 when our gang used to frequent The No 1 Club in Manchester. Sadly I missed out on those No 1 days, arriving in Manc just after, but I still have lots of the tunes. My task was to recreate these hissy, crappy tapes for our friend Lisa's 50th birthday. There were a lot of tunes I could not get hold of, despite Shazamming and Googling lyrics, but this session covers all the tracks I could get together, in the order they were originally mixed by Jake and Tim on those tapes. It’s been a fun project, requiring me to dig a little deeper than my usual retro sets and has given a fresh airing to tracks I don’t often play that much. I had to re-created a couple of mash ups and I also replicated the spooky, Pink Floyd-sampling intro from one of Jake's mixes. Enjoy!Pete’s Old No 1 Tapes for Lisa’s 50th - House Anthems - circa 19911 Intro (drone FX from original tapes / Another Brick in the Wall, Part 1)2 Jungle Brothers I'll House You (A capella)3 Todd Terry, Peggy Harley Just Make That Move (Little Louie Extended 12")4 Bump I’m Rushin’ (Martian Mix)5 My Friend Sam feat Viola Wills It's My Pleasure - original club mix6 Pascal's Bongo Massive Gettin' Started7 Gat Decor x Cece Rogers Never Give Up Your Passion8 Soft House Company What You Need - Original Mix9 Gypsymen Hear The Music - Tee's Mix10 Jam & Spoon Stella (Original Mix)11 Degrees Of Motion x Future Sound Of London Papua New Degress 12 Night Communication African Night Life13 Cookie Watkins I'm Attracted to You (Original)14 Bass Is Base & Syndicate 305 I Promise (Nu Disco Version)15 Salsoul Orchestra Ooh I Love It (Love Break) (Original Mix)16 UBQ Project When I Feel in Love17 Backroom Production The Definition Of A Track (The Backroom)18 The Project Out of Control (FHR Club 12" Mix) [feat. Linda Rice]19 PM Dawn A Watcher's Point Of View - Todd Terry's Hard House Mix 20 TC 1991 Berry21 Clevilles & Cole Pride (A Deeper Love) - 2001 booty22 Last Rhythm Last Rhythm23 Toxic Two Rave Generator24 E-Lustrious Dance No More - full on mix25 Urban Soul Alright (Sasha Remix)26 The Grid Boom! (12" Freestyle Mix)27 Bassheads Is There Anybody Out There? (Original White Label 12"?)28 Moby Go29 K-Klass Rhythm Is A Mystery30 Rozalla Faith (In the Power of Love)31 Cola Boy 7 Ways to Love32 Congress 40 Miles (Instrumental)33 Love Decade Dream On (High Resolution Mix)34 Sbam Chica Boom (Original 1991 Mix)35 Sub Sub Space Face (Techno Todd Dub)36 Jinny Keep Warm - radio mix37 Bassheads Who Can Make Me Feel Good?38 Club 69 & Peter Rauhofer Unique (feat. Peter Rauhofer)39 Jump Funkatarium281 MB | AAC | 320 kbps | 2'03'05The track list also appears in the ‘Lyrics’ tab of the track info.Use the iTunes ‘Chapters’ menu to jump between tracks in the mix.Playlisted by going through the old tapes between April & May 2016. Mixed 29 June, edited and chaptered 30 June 2016 at The Kings Head Hotel, Cirencester, where I stopped off between Glastonbury and LisaFest.

Dock with Silver Sonic and float into Outerarrow Smithspace.Digging deep over ninety hazy minutes, onboard Silver Sonic every 12” sunk is a masterstroke. Slow chuggers for weightless lovers intent on nocturnal grooving. Set phasers for stimulation with seventeen slabs of funk, cosmic disco, dubby house grooves and slutty space soul.This trip's for Lynne, my intergalactic partner in gravity crime.Mixed live Sunday 27th September 2015 at The Beachouse, South Fiji.Enjoy!Silver Sonic - Deeper Disco - Sept 20151 Tony Tee - The Feeling (Original Mix)2 Woodhead - Party Hearty (Original Mix)3 Deep and Disco - Married On The Moon (Original Mix)4 Matt Hughes - Star System (Original Mix)5 Sunner Soul - Keep In Touch (Original Mix)6 Matt Hughes - Rodeo Warrior (Original Mix)7 The Groovers - The Spirit (Original Mix)8 Bosq - Riding High (Original Mix)9 The Owl - Feel Good (Original Mix)10 Harry Wolfman, Skinny Love - Celebre11 Joey Negro, Kola Kube - Why (Hot Toddy Club Mix)12 HNNY - For the Very First Time (Dirtytwo's Midas Touch Version)13 Tambien - Deep Hai14 Dr. Packer - Groovin' Behind (Original Mix)15 Jack J - Thirsting16 Alkalino - I'm Ready (Original Mix)17 PBR Streetgang - Return To Page One (Tuff City Kids Disco Mix)213.6 MB | AAC | 320 kbps | 1'33'05The track list also appears in the ‘Lyrics’ tab of the track info.Use the iTunes ‘Chapters’ menu to jump between tracks in the mix.Playlisted and mixed at The Beachouse, South Fiji

It seems that even six months off work doesn’t give me enough of a window to fill the gaping abyss left by mixes waiting to be sorted. Enough gap-filling, time for something contemporary. This update is built solely from 2015 tunes, mostly from August / September, and so predominantly tracks I’ve been caning whilst traveling. It’s probably as close as you’ll get to I’d be playing out right now if I hadn’t officially hung up my headphones a few years back.It’s an upfront house session, mainly influenced by Jane and Heath as we were staying with them in Melbourne when I sorted the tracklist. I have fond memories being driven around while banging through their awesome tech and deep house playlists. Seeing as I have a bit of spare time on my hands (it’s raining here in Fiji), I’ve edited the feck out of this session. As a result it moves along pretty quickly. I don’t usually edit this heavily - it can makes mixes feel a bit too much like a Ministry compilation - but on reflection I quite like the results when verses, or over-lengthy breakdowns, are cut. It keeps the vibe consistent and continuous. And given that my last mix was nearly three hours long (who’s going to listen all the way through that?) this means I can squeeze nineteen tracks into a CD-friendly 80 minutes. I haven’t edited like this since Minidisc days.Stand-out tracks: Dusky’s Skin Deep is my tune of the summer. The Hayden James opener is from the start of the year but is an earworm I can’t dislodge. It’s great to see Full Intention back on form this year, ditto Roisin Murphy. There’s the usual re-rubs of familiar classics in the mix and even a junglist breakbeak twist on Jamie XX’s Loud Places before we end with my favourite remix of Holding On, the first outing from Disclosure’s second album. Enjoy!Yashima UFO I - Deep & Tech House - Summer 20151 - Hayden James - Something About You (Original Mix)2 - The Juan Maclean - A Simple Design (Purple Disco Machine Remix)3 - The Beatangers - Bring It On Down (Original Mix)4 - Frey - Good Vibration (Original Mix)5 - Detroit Swindle - Figure of Speech (Original Mix)6 - Josh Butler - The Essence Of House Ft. Lono Brazil (Original Mix)7 - Full Intention - Who's Getting Down (Original Mix)8 - Dusky - Skin Deep (Original Mix)9 - Pele, Shawnecy - Better For My Brain (Original Mix)10 - NY's Finest - Do You Feel Me (Bontan Remix)11 - Volkoder - Sensation (Original Mix)12 - Roisin Murphy - Evil Eyes (Claptone Remix)13 - Full Intention - So Confused feat. Mira (Piemont Remix)14 - Bontan - Firefly (Original Mix)15 - Apres - Chicago (Club Edit)16 - UMEK, Mike Vale - All I Want (Dosem Remix)17 - Cari Golden, Bambook, Mennie - No Reason (Original Mix)18 - Jamie XX, Romy - Loud Places (Special Request VIP)19 - Disclosure, Gregory Porter - Holding On (Pomo Remix) 188 MB | AAC | 320 kbps | 1'19'40The track list also appears in the ‘Lyrics’ tab of the track info.Use the iTunes ‘Chapters’ menu to jump between tracks in the mix.Playlisted early Sept at Jane & Heath’s, melbourne. Mixed 26 Sept, edited and chaptered 27 Sept 2015 at The Beachouse, South Fiji. I have never owned or used a Yashima cassette tape but it seemed fitting given we’ve been through japan recently buying records. It has UFO in its name. It’s ‘high energy’ and ‘ultra dynamic’. What more do you need?

In June 2015, Lithuanian DJ/producer, Marijus Adomaitis, AKA Ten Walls or Mario Basanov, published a particularly vile Facebook post about gay people. Whilst I believe everyone has the right to free speech, this was a pre-determined concrete view that rubs against the origins of club culture, a culture he milks and profits from for a living. His ill-informed, niave statements led to much discontent being voiced in music and social media. He was rightly pulled from many festival performances but it’s too early to tell how much it has hurt his career. He will probably soon pop under a new producer pseudonym anyway.The trouble is, I loved his work under the ‘Mario Basanov’ monica. I actively sought out and bought the tunes and he’s had more than a fair share of airtime in our gay household. Now, I find it difficult to separate the man from the music, In 2015, three/four years after release, his bottom-heavy, dreamy deep house signature has been mimicked and replicated, dating it quickly. Maybe that’s why he started releasing under ‘Ten Walls’??Whatever, it’s time to draw a line under these great tunes, and ‘finish off Masanov’. I had a number of these future disco playlists bubbling away between 2010-2012. This session pulls together favourites from that era, and clocking in at over two and a half hours, it’s a pretty chunky one. To dial-up the pink and stamp some queer over his music, we open with a snatch from John Waters’ 1969 movie, Mondo Trasho. Samples of this were also recently used on Hercules & Love Affair’s 2014 album track, ’43 To Freedom’. Enjoy!Unbespielt C170 - Finishing off Basanov - 2011/20121. Mario Basanov & Vidis - I'll Be Gone feat. Jazzu (Mario Basanov & Vidis Redo Mix)2. Rob Made - The Way I See feat. Pete Simpson (Original Mix)3. Mario Basanov - Lonely Days (Original Mix)4. Walter Jones - Living Without Your Love (Original Mix)5. Genius Of Time - Houston We Have a Problem6. Alexis Raphael - Kitchens and Bedrooms (Original Mix)7. Ernesto - Care (Single Edit)8. Milan Euringer, Tube & Berger - Lovebreak9. Deep Fiction - Love It Like I Do (303 Mix)10. Luca C & Brigante - Flash of Light feat. Roisin Murphy (Solomun Mix)11. Mario & Vidis - Changed feat. Ernesto (Soul Clap Remix)12. HNQO - Point Of View (Original Mix)13. Go Wolf - Voices (Bubba's Speechless Remix)14. Monte - True (Original Mix)15. Dusky feat. Janai - It's Not Enough16. Migosy - Skyline (Simon Mattson Remix)17. Beckwith - Craymal (Original Mix)18. Martin Roth - Beautiful Life (Original Mix)19. Mario Basanov - We Are Child of Love (Mario's Redub)20. Black Van - Moments Of Excellence (Original Mix)21. Hercules and Love Affair & Shaun J Wright - My House (Stopmakingme Remix)22. Chromeo - Hot Mess (Sergej Gorn Remix)23. Benoit & Sergio - Walk And Talk (Original Mix)24. Maceo Plex - Stay High Baby (Original Mix)25. Dusky feat. Janai - Lost In You26. Dusky feat. Janai - It's Not Enough (Piano Mix)27. Cosmic Kids - Reginald's Groove (Classixx Remix)28. Scandal - Just Let Me Dance (Maxxi Soundsystem Remix)29. Mario Basanov - Lonely Days (Plate Dub)382.4 MB | AAC | 320 kbps | 2'46'30The track list also appears in the ‘Lyrics’ tab of the track info.Use the iTunes ‘Chapters’ menu to jump between tracks in the mix.Tunes from 2010-2012, pooled from various playlists, re-listed at InDa Hotel, Varkala, mixed & chaptered in Siem Reap, Cambodia, 25-27th July 2015. “Unbespielt” is German for “unrecorded” and it appears on the beautifully retro cassette tape artwork fronting this mix. The design is a retro as Adomaitis’ views, and ‘unrecording’ is what I’d like to do to his catalogue now this mix is complete. Haha !

Ferrocolor HD - InDeep Nov 2013 (InDa Sessions 1)It's May 2015 and I'm currently in India, seven weeks into a six month sabbatical. After a month of traveling and site seeing we’ve landed in Varkala, Kerala. It's low season at this cliff-top beach town and so the place is quiet, thanks to the forthcoming monsoon. We checked into InDa Hotel for three days and have been here for three weeks. Our first week was so rainy that locals were suggesting the monsoon had come early. What better opportunity to kick back and catch up on some mix playlists that have been sitting untouched for years.Given the rain and grey skies, I homed-in on something reflective to begin: a selection of deep house grooves originally compiled in November 2013. But this isn't miserable, cold, London rain. It’s hot, humid and thundering. In fact, the steamy weather you hear in the mix was recorded from the terrace of our bungalow here at InDa. These tunes may be two years old, but they blend perfectly today.Tracks of note include Wicked Games. Complete with Jamie XX-style steel pan climax, it transcends the Chris Isaak-crooned 80s original, of which I was never a fan. The Bob Moses track, All I Want, also takes a brilliant diversion towards the end when the bassline kicks in. I first stumbled on All I Want via Ben Watt’s BBC 6Music show. Mario Basanov works his magic on Crazy P’s Changes before we get a dawn glimpse of Cocktail Skies. Must be a shepherd’s warning. Enjoy!Ferrocolor HD - InDeep Nov 2013 (InDa Sessions 1) | mixed & chaptered 17 May1 Maya Jane Coles - Run With the Wild (Original Mix)2 Bob Moses - All I Want (Original Mix)3 ZZ, Dashdot, Re_nata - Holla After (Original Mix)4 Tube & Berger - Imprint Of Pleasure (Original Mix)5 Rachel Row - Follow The Step (FCL's Gentil Mix)6 Bearight, Lookleft - Miss You (DOP Remix)7 Umami - Sunny (Original Mix)8 Parra for Cuva feat. Anna Naklab - Wicked Games (Original Mix)9 Nora En Pure - Come With Me (Original Mix)10 ThermalBear - Don't Bear Touch It (Original Mix)11 Harrison Crump feat. Tierra Nevaeh - No More Lies (Sonny Fodera's Beatdown Mix)12 Hot Natured feat. Kenny Glasgow - Operate (Original Mix)13 Crazy P - Changes (Mario Basanov Remix)14 Real Nice - Cocktail Skies (Original Mix)184.6 MB | AAC File | 320 kbps | 01’18”24Use the iTunes ‘Chapters’ menu to jump between tracks in the mix.Playlist originally compiled Nov 2013. Mixed, chaptered and mastered on a rainy Sunday, 17th May 2015 at InDa Hotel, Varkala, Kerala. Originally titled 'Take Your Time’ (a lyric hook from the first track) until the day after completing the mix, when I discovered a photo library of black tape inlay designs...‘AGFA Ferrocolor HD’ is a German-made blank cassette tape, first produced in 1982. As Type 1 ‘Normal’ bias tape from a budget brand it was quite popular through the decade as a cheaper alternative to the likes of TDK-D. 

Pyral Maxima - InDisco Rubs Summer 2013 (InDa Sessions 2)Another InDa session. Ten days later and the sunshine is back. Let’s celebrate by surrendering to the power of DISCO! This mix builds on a playlist of disco-tinged tracks from summer 2013. Funky rhythm guitars, lush strings, SalSoul samples, 70s bass grooves, diva vocal hooks… Sometimes as straight covers or re-edits, at other points looped and twisted, this is where house pays homage to the days of Studio 54 and latter 80s grooves.Tracks under the pin-spots? Well, there are two very similar tracks that sample the same section from a tune by Luther Vandross’ old band, Change. I didn’t notice the similarity until I came to Chapter the podcast file - can you spot them? Change also provide the backbone of No Dilemma, joined by Eryka Badu. Whitney is cut up to great effect on Only Child’s Down Fever - a tune I partied to with the EE gang at Glastonbury last year. Enjoy!Pyral Maxima - InDisco Rubs Summer 2013 (InDa Sessions 2) | mixed & chaptered 28 May1 John Davis & The Monster Orchestr feat Natalie Peris - Bourgie Bourgie - (Umami 2013 Version)2 Kiko Navarro, DJ Fudge - So Tight (Original Mix)3 Ash Reynolds - LoveMeDown4 Daniel Lucas - Stompy (Original Mix)5 Mr. Jools - I Love U More (Original Mix)6 Bonar Bradberry - Loose Grip 7 Giom & DJ Mes - Showtime 8 Gene Farris - Good For Me 9 Sonny Fodera & Gene Farris - Turn Down10 The Swiss - Elouisa (Late Nite Tuff Guy's Just Wanna Dance Dub)11 Robosonic, Adana Twins - La Fique (Original Mix)12 David Jach, Beatamines - Swaggin (Original Mix)13 Satin Jackets feat. Natalie Conway - My Original (Monsoon Season Remix)14 Only Children - Down Fever (Original Mix)15 Patryk Molinari - No Dilemma 16 Sister Sledge - Greatest Dancer (Daz Digs Disco re-edit)17 Tommy Largo - Disco Baby 214.5 MB | AAC File | 320 kbps | 01’31”17Use the iTunes ‘Chapters’ menu to jump between tracks in the mix.Playlist originally compiled summer 2013. Mixed, Chaptered and mastered at InDa Hotel, Varkala, Kerala, 28 May 2015. ‘Pyral Maxima Cobalt’ is a cassette tape from the 70s/80s, manufactured in the UK but originally a French brand. The inlay features appropriate ‘disco’-style design for this project.

(Posted November 2013)Here’s a little early xmas present for you. I turned 40 this year and in the summer we partied like it was my 21st. We hosted a daytime/night time enchanted woodland-themed party. Food and face painting in the daytime for those with kids, fireworks and raving into the night for those without. See the original invite here.Blessed with awesome weather, we were in the garden as well as indoors. The last of the revelers left around 9am. The place looked like a bomb site the following day and, as you can imagine, we weren’t very popular with the neighbours afterwards. Probably one Matt and my best parties, it was the perfect way to celebrate kicking 40. And we raised £2000 for Shelter, so a massive thank you to everyone who donated.Coop DJ’d in the garden after dark, leading up to the fireworks, then Niall picked up the reigns indoors. I played for a couple of hours at midnight before Matt took up through til dawn. I recorded my set, and that’s what you’ll find here. Being about 9 hours into the party I was a little worse for wear, so don’t any expect top draw mixing skills! (I wasn’t planning on posting it for this reason but it’s party season once again now so I’m throwing caution to the wind.)The first half hour features some deep house and nu disco grooves before launching into old skool Strangeways Manchester 90s classics. I didn’t set out to play a classics set that night. In fact, I’d been running around so much in the days leading up the the party that I hadn’t really had time to plan a set. In my mind I was going to play chunky funky house but it was so good to see so many old Manchester faces, the classics just kept coming.I owe a massive thanks to the many people who helped out on the day. Sophie and Brent and Precious who helped set everything up - especially Brent for managing the bar and delivering his Woodland Squirrel cocktail, Silly Millie for kids entertainment, Anna Bella, and later Jodie, for out of this world make up and face painting, Communique for donating mirrorballs and beer, Ted for the woodland sound effects in the bathroom, Savage Salads for the food, Coop and Niall for DJing, Mum and Dad for sorting the table decorations and garden lighting, Lynne for the pep talks... and of course Matt for being ‘party organiser’s widow’ for a few months and making everything look so awesome. Finally, the 150 or so folks who made the trip to the wilds of Brixtonia forest. I had a blast and looking at the photos, you did too.Hit ‘play’ and get ready for some memories of the summer. Enjoy!Linkshttps://soundcloud.com/niallgillilandhttp://www.linkedin.com/pub/brent-harcombe/54/572/a08http://www.savagesalads.co.ukhttps://www.facebook.com/Annabellamakeuphttp://www.sillymillietheclown.co.ukhttp://england.shelter.org.ukUse the iTunes ‘Chapters’ menu to jump between tracks in the mix.

What? A new mix? You betcha. Here’s a selection of new tunes, mostly snaffled this year. Possibly a little darker than usual but deep n funky as ever. Highlights include Rachel Row’s Follow The Step, which was massive for me over Christmas... Disclosure team up with AlunaGeorge and prove they are still the men-of-the-moment... and FCL’s It’s You finally gets a release on Defected after last summer’s first batch of 12”s have been selling for hundreds of ££s on Discogs - expect a pack of remixes soon, in the meantime I have paired it with the stabbing B-line of LouLou’s Hum Hum. It kinda works, you be the judge. We polish off the session with an old classic from 1992: La Tour’s Blue first appeared in the movie Basic Instinct, don’t you know.Enjoy!The Password is PLAY - update feb 2013 | mixed 16 Feb 20131 Buckley feat. Ives St. Ange - Back To The Tower (Original Mix)2 Compuphonic, feat Marques Toliver - Sunset (Waze & Odyssey Street Tracks Remix)3 Waze & Odyssey - Our World (Original Mix)4 LouLou Players - Hum Hum (Original Mix) vs FCL - It's You (San Soda's Panorama Bar Acca Version) Noel Control mash up5 Grand Corporation feat. Jeremy Glenn - Wonder & Amazement (Deetron Amazement Dub)6 Disclosure feat. AlunaGeorge - White Noise (Original Mix)7 Him_Self_Her - Gone Too Long (Original Mix)8 Rachel Row Follow The Step (Kink Beat Mix)9 Real Connoisseur Faux De Baux (Original Mix)10 Benoit & Sergio - Lipstick & Lace (Original Mix)11 Harrison Crump feat. Tierra Nevaeh - No More Lies (Sonny Fodera's Beatdown Mix)12 Duke Dumont - The Giver (Original Mix)13 Eli Escobar - Work It (DJ T. Edit)14 CamelPhat - Right Now (Original Mix)15 Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Your Love (Fake Blood Remix)16 Oliver MYB (Original Mix)17 LaTour Blue (Nush Me Club Mix)188.9 MB | AAC file | 320 kbps

It’s been a long time / I shouldn’t have left you / without a dope beat to step to...I can’t believe it’s two and a half years since my last post. I have over 20 playlists of tunes ready to be mixed, but the weight of the task led to a sort of paralysis... I get a bunch of tunes ready but never get the time to blend them. Then more tunes come along, or ones I have chosen wear out a little, so the tracklist loses its shine... then three weeks pass and it seems even more like yesterday’s news.So, fast-forward to today and I find myself sorting music for a party. Time to clear this DJ constipation with eight awesome tracks mixed live, perfect for slamming on if you’re getting ready to go out over the festive season. First up, The blissful Benediction. This summer anthem’s been rolling around my head non-stop for the past month. I wake up and go to sleep with ‘keep on riding on and on’ as my soundtrack. Frank B gives us a phat old skool re-take of the classic ‘Chain Of Fools’ - I love the fact he cut out the chorus, and just you wait for the bass drop.The Jessie Ware and TEED tracks are festival favourites but the crescendo is definitely the Maxxi Soundsystem transformation of a classic disco Scandal track, with a bassline to end all basslines.Oh, and there’s an Adele song. LOL.45 minutes. Just enough to fill up one side of a old C-90 tape. Enjoy!winter warmer minimix | mixed 17 Nov 20121.Hot Natured feat. Ali Love - Benediction (Original Mix)2 H.O.S.H. feat Malonda - No One (Original Mix)3 Frank B - Chain of Fools (Original Mix)4 Jessie Ware - Running (Disclosure Remix)5 Hot Chip - How Do You Do? (Joe Goddard Dub)6 Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs - Your Love (Original Mix)7 Adele - Rolling In The Deep (VILLA Remix)8. Scandal - Just Let Me Dance (Maxxi Soundsystem Remix)104 MB | AAC file | 320 kbps

Bit of an odd one this. I’m uploading it in Dec 2013. It seems it’s been hanging out in my iTunes library awaiting upload, forgotten but hopefully not unwanted. Was there a reason I chose not to post it? Maybe there’s some really dodgy mixing in there... who knows. Here it is anyway. Enjoy!Deep House 2010 - mixed 6th March 2011, chaptered 16th March1 Tracey Thorn - Why Does The Wind? (Andre Lodemann Remix)2 Thyladomid - The Voice (Original Mix)3 Robert Babicz - Chordy (Gorge Remix)4 Elastic Sound - Moscow After Autumn Rain (Soul Minority Remix)5 The Normalites - The Sun Rising (Shur-i-kan Dub)6 Fred Everything, Lisa Shaw - Here I Am feat. Lisa Shaw (Shur-I-Kan Dreamy Dub)7 Mario Basanov - Caribean Girl (Original Mix)8 Ensemble Du Verre - Just Another Thursday Morning (Aaron Bingle & Timo Weiner Sleepless Version)9 Groove Cocktail - Deep Touch (Karol XVII & MB Valence Loco Mix)10 Vincenzo, Lovebirds- Epic (Original Mix)11 Nicolas Stefan - Closer12 The xx - VCR (Four Tet Remix)1'14:20172.4 MB | AAC file | 320 kbpsThe track list also appears in the ‘Lyrics’ tab of the track info.Use the iTunes ‘Chapters’ menu to jump between tracks in the mix.

Apologies to all subscribers! I’m getting quite behind with my releases, mainly because I’ve been quite absorbed in completing a separate project - an iPad DJ controller for Traktor users. if you’re interested, you can see the results at ipad-dj.net.So, I have a stack of mixes lined up waiting to be recorded. The attached file features a wad of faves from April - commercial and funky floorfillers following the usual ‘update’ format.Enjoy!project update: update april 10 | mixed 6 June 20101. Hardrive - Deep Inside (Jesse Rose Play Prime Mix)2. Sabb - Re-Activated (Original Mix)3. Montilla - From The Stars (David Penn & Rober Gaez Rework)4. Arthur Baker feat Nona Hendrix & Ladonna - Tear Down The Walls (Riva Starr Remix)5. Jay-J featuring Latrice Barnett - Keep On Rising (Jay-J's Shifted Up Mix)6. Vision Factory feat Nina Hall - Music Brings You Back (Original Mix)7. The Black Project - Off The Wall (Simioli & Black Original Mix)8. Martijn ten Velden & Afroboogie - Cowbell9. Underground Solution feat Jasmine - Luv Dancin (Harry Choo Choo Romero B-Boy Remix)10. X-Press 2 feat James Yuill - Time (Riva Starr Remix)11. Joey Beltram - Slice 2010 (Carl Cox Rerub)12. Noir, WestBoy - She's Got My Heart (Uner & Coyu Remix)13. Ramon Tapia - This Groove (Original Mix)14. Andreas Henneberg, Simon2 - Bolingo Grigo (Original Mix)15. Rasmus Faber & Alf Tumble feat Candi Staton - Wilder Side (RaFa Remix)195 MB | AAC file | 320 kbps

Here’s a hour of indie-funk and nu disco for butt-wigglin’ through the Easter break. Dont’ be put off if you were hoping for some house tunes.... you’ll love this :-) It’s one of two sessions I’ve had on the backburner for a while, hence the tunes being cherry-picked from the past year or so. This mix is quite upbeat, there’s another to come that’s deeper and more spaced out.We start with Beth Ditto’s reflective vocal on Cruel Intentions, cut up here by The Edit Master himself, Greg Wilson. LCD Soundsystem take us into orbit with Padded Cell’s funk-chugging take on 45:33. Other highlights include a spacey disco groove by Curses!, a Crazy P track dropped by Unabombers at Big Chill 09, electronic disco from Lifelike, Chris Menace and even the Pet Shop Boys beefed up by Trentemøller.And of course, two iPod favourites of last month: the best track from New Young Pony Club’s slightly disappointing second album, and the Talking-Heads-on-M-Kat ripper, High Pressure Days by The Units, a top track I discovered on a Mixmag covermount CD mixed by Mylo. Enjoy!High Presh-ah! | 4 April 20101. Simian Mobile Disco feat Beth Ditto - Cruel Intentions (Greg Wilson Re-edit)2. LCD Soundsystem - 45:33 (Padded Cell Remix)3. Chris Menace - Metropolis (Day Version)4. Friendly Fires - Hold On5. Faze Action - I Wanna Dancer (Old School House Extended 12' Mix)6. Curses! - The Deep End (Holy Ghost! Day School Dub Mix)7. Crazy P - Love On The Line (Unabombers vox mix)8. The Units - High Pressure Days (Rory Phillips Remix)9. Lifelike - Sequencer (Original Mix)10. Todd Terje, Akwaaba - Bodies (Prins Thomas Orgasmatron Mix)11. Juan Maclean - Happy House (VHS or Beta Remix)12. Friendy Fires - On Board (Joakim Remix)13. Pet Shop Boys - Sodom (Trentemøller Remix)14. New Young Pony Club - We Want To169.8 MB | AAC file | 320 kbps

Something I prepared earlier... A little treat for Kat on her birthday. She texted me one evening just before Christmas saying she was listening to Blisstech Glisten and it was pushing her buttons, so I pulled together a playlist of similar vibes in her honour.We start blissfully Bent, slide through some familiar Soulsearcher vocals before being impaled on a glitchy Hobo track with its twisted Jabba The Hut bassline. Sebastien Leger turns a corner and turns up the sparkle as we float through a new take on an Orbital classic and on to the triumphant, hands-in-the-air piano finale by Tony Lionni.Enjoy!Blisstech Glisten Vol 2 | for Kat - mixed 11 Feb 2010, chaptered 12 Feb1 Bent - As You Fall (Guy J Remix)2 Lee Kalt & Mark Alston featuring Missus M - Kiss & Fly (Main Mix)3 Soulsearcher - Can't Get Enough (Hy2rogen & Nikola Remix)4 Hollis P Monroe feat. Christa - This Way (Hideo Kobayashi Tech Remix)5 Anton Pieete - Players (Original Mix)6 Hobo - 23:59 (Original Mix)7 Afrojack - Radioman8 Sebastien Leger - Majuro (Original Mix)9 Orbital - Halcyon (Tom Middleton Re-model)10 Matt Darey, Urban Astronauts - See The Sun (Aurosonic Remix)11 Kaskade - Angel On My Shoulder (Edx's Belo Horizonte At Night Remix)12 Tony Lionni - Found A Place (Original Mix)166.2 MB | AAC | 320 kbps

Here’s a selection of main room party stompers for the party season. The usual blend of house genres play out across this update mix. It’s one that’s been sitting ready to be laid to tape for a good few weeks now, sorry for the delay.Giom kicks off the session with a slice of his usual funky French bump stuff. Fake Blood’s Fix Your Accent serves up a wacky brew Mad Hatter-style. Crazy P’s Stop Space Return is a favourite from the summer, with Unabombers tweaking their 303 on the mix. Other highlights include the nu disco/retro house stomper from The Juan Maclean, and Dennis Ferrer’s massive Hey Hey.Enjoy!update nov 09 - mixed and chaptered 13 dec 091 Giom - Some Of That (Original Mix) 2 Joris Voorn - Chase The Mouse (Original Mix) 3 Fake Blood - Fix Your Accent (Original Mix) 4 Crazy P - Stop Space Return (Unabombers Vox Mix) 5 The Juan Maclean - Happy House (Will Saul & Mike Monday Remix) 6 Una & Coyu - Raw Sweat 7 Dennis Ferrer - Hey Hey (DF's Attention Vocal Mix) 8 Sir James - Special (I'm Rushing) (Bingo Players Remix) 9 Nomand vs Bingo Players - Devotion 10 Deadmau5 feat. Rob Swire - Ghosts 'N' Stuff 11 Tiga - Beep Beep Beep (Punks Jump Up Remix)12 Butch - Disco Shhh (Original Mix)13 Patrick M - Paulis (Original Mix)14 Candi Staton - Musical Freedom (The Shapeshifters 'Big Fish Little Fish' Remix)15 Leventina - Nightshift (Prok & Fitch's Endless Summer Remix)16 Glimpse & Martin Eyerer - Southern Soul (Jay Shepheard Remix)193.8 MB | AAC | 320 kbps

I had a week off recently and whilst digging around for tunes online I rediscovered a chunk of early remixes by Terry Farley and Pete Heller of Junior Boys Own fame. In the early 90s I was a big fan of their work under the Fire Island and Roach Motel monicas. This session pulls together some of my favourite FI/RM looped bassline grooves and brass stabs.We open in 1992 with Sunsreem’s classic Perfect Motion, slide through dubs of Juliet Roberts and Monie Love (two records I foggily recall mixing back-to-back continuously one morning after Flesh at the Hacienda), In Your Bones reminds me of dancing downstairs at Paradise Factory with Selina, and as one of the finest house tunes ever produced, Movin’ On has to be one of my Desert Island Discs.Transatlantic was a tune Ted used to play at post-Strangeways chill outs, and we close with a blissful Balearic take on New Order’s Regret - not a great dance floor moment, but a regular on the car stereo driving to work in my Key103 days.All this seems pretty fitting as Junior Boys Own hosted their own event in London last night (according to the Guardian Guide, their first in 16 years) and much of the catalogue is now reissued through Defected, although I’ve tried to steer around some of those more obvious classics.Most of the tunes are from ’92 - ’95 so I’ll also upload this to the Classic Archive podcast. Apologies if you get duplicates. Enjoy!Perfect Motion: Roach Motel / Fire Island - mixed 3 Oct, chaptered 4 Oct.1 Sunscreem - Perfect Motion (Boys Own Mix)2 Deep Zone - It's Gonna Be Alright (Farley & Heller's Fire Island Vocal)3 Monie Love - Never Give Up (Junior Dub)4 Juliet Roberts - Caught In The Middle (Roach Motel Dub)5 Fire Island - In Your Bones6 Roach Motel - Movin’ On (Correct House Mix)7 Monie Love - The Power (Roach Motel Mix)8 Fire Island - Fire Island9 Ultra Naté - How Long (Fire Island mix)10 Roach Motel - Transatlantic (Uptown Mix)11 Roach Motel - Happy Bizznezz12 Fire Island - There But for the Grace of God (Roach Motel Dub)13 Danny Tenaglia - Music Is The Answer (Dancin' And Prancin') (Fire Island's 'La Musica Es La Respuesta')14 New Order - Regret (Fire Island Mix)146.2 MB | AAC | 256 kbps

Here’s the latest ‘update’ instalment. The tunes are mainly from July with a couple of stragglers from May/June, plus the usual rediscoveries thrown in for good measure. Giom’s mix of As Darkness Falls has been in the box a lot this summer. It was on a CD I bought whilst shooting in LA in January but only found a few weeks back, hence it’s cropping up on a few Noël mixes. The Wawa track is an old favourite that’s resurfaced since Defected reissued the Fluential catalogue earlier this year. KneeDeep’s All Night doesn’t disappoint, but it’s trumped by Tony Lionni’s Found A Place - my current top tune, which leads us into the heart of the mix’s commercial dancefloor stompers.A few slices of electro towards the end including a different mix of La Roux’s breakthrough single and the theme from the Orange RockCorps tv ad.Enjoy!update july 09 - mixed and chaptered 2 aug 001 Vernon & Dacosta feat Apple Rochez - As Darkness Falls (Giom)2 Joshua Heath & Inland Knights - I Refuse (Inland Knights Refuge Remix)3 Gramophonedzie - Why Dont You4 Wawa feat. Eddie Amador - The After Party (Main Mix)5 KneeDeep - All Nite6 Tony Lionni - Found A Place (Original Mix)7 Fatboy Slim - Right Here Right Now (Abel Ramos To Brighton With Love Remix)8 Chocolate Puma, Bingo Players - Disco Electrique (Vocal Mix) Noël Edit9 Audiowhores & Haze - Stay (Audiowhores Dub)10 Yass - When Doves Cry (Thommy & Spen Remix) Noël Edit11 The Face, Adam Shaw, Mark Brown - Needin U (DJ Wady Ibiza Mix)12 Analog People In A Digital World - Rose Rouge (Vocal Edit)13 Visti, Meyland - Yes Maam (All Nite Long) (Trentemoller Remix) Noël Edit14 Tiga - Shoes15 La Roux - In for the Kill (Lifelike Remix)16 Mory Kanté - Yeke Yeke (Afro Acid Mix)17 RacknRuin - Skitzo VIP (Original Mix)183.7 MB | AAC | 320 kbps

Here’s a sunshine session I mixed a few weeks ago but needed to get through The Big G before I found time to chapter the tracks and upload it for you.The attached file is 75 minutes of deep and classic house for poolside toe-tapping, helping to make those sunbathing hours slip by a little faster. You’ll know the wad of commercial classics in the middle of the mix, but other highlights include Dennis Ferrer’s massive Sinfonia, and Inland Knights do the business once again on Jake Child’s Undergound.Enjoy, and don’t forget to slip slap slop xbeach beats - mixed 14/6/09 - chaptered 5/7/091 Fred Everything feat. Wayne Tennant - Mercyless (Fred Everything & Olivier Desmet Remix)2 Jake Childs - The Underground (Inland Knights Remix)3 Marco Soundee feat Maggie Smile - Summer Rain4 Phonique feat. Liora - Teenage Love (Kevin Yost Remix)5 Mark Farina - Dream Machine (JT Donaldson Mix)6 Kings Of Tomorrow Feat. Julie McKnight - Finally (Usual Suspects Remix)7 Louie Vega & Jay Sinister Sealee starring Julie McKnight - Diamond Life (Copyright 08 Main Mix)8 King Unique - Love Is What You Need Look Ahead (Ralf Gum Vocal Mix)9 Arnold Jarvis & Alix Alvarec - Rising Into Joy (Jay-J's Vocal Remix)10 Hollis P Monroe feat. Christa - This Way (Hideo Kobayashi Tech Remix)11 Audiowhores & Haze - Stay (H. Soundsoul Mix)12 Dennis Ferrer - Sinfonia Della Notte13 Copyright Feat. Imaani - Deeper (Baggi Begovic Dub Mix)174.1 MB | AAC | 320 kbps

I had my lower wisdom teeth removed on Monday. I had my upper ones out a few years ago and thought this would be a similar experience: bit of discomfort and back to work in a couple of days. I didn’t believe the dentist when he said it would take me over a week to recover.It’s now Saturday and I still have a numb jaw. Why am I telling you all of this? Well the dihydrocodeine pain killers I’ve been prescribed have kept me floating through the week and they have inspired the title of this latest sleepy deep house session.The attached file compiles an hour of vocal and tech grooves, perfect for drifting off in the sunshine. Whether you’re sunbathing in the park or snoozing by the pool, kick back to Osunlade’s old skool Momma’s Groove, Skylark’s deep interpretation of Go That Deep, or the haunting perfection of Ben Watt’s Guinea Pig.Love is in the detail. Oh yes.Enjoy xCodeine Coma - mixed, mastered and chaptered Sat 6 June 091 Soundexile - Love Is Morphine (Oliverio Remix)2 Ben Watt feat. Julia Biel - Guinea Pig (Vocal Variation Mix)3 Nufrequency feat. Shara Nelson - Go That Deep (Skylark Vocal Mix)4 Mr. V - Jus Dance (Quentin Harris Mix)5 Osunlade - Mommas Groove6 Fred Everything feat. Wayne Tennant - Mercyless (Atjazz Vocal Mix)7 Marshall Jefferson, Chris Liebing, Andre Walter - Mushrooms (Martin Eyerer Remix)8 Dennis Ferrer feat K.T. Brooks - How Do I Let Go (Charles Webster Deep Mix)9 1st Class - Sharing Transparently (Jon Silva Deep House Mix)10 Asad Rizvi feat Lauren Kitara - Apathy (Tommy Largo remix)11 Marc Evans - Given Me Joy (Lovebirds Suite Vocal Edit)12 Morten Sorensen - Start Something (40 Thieves Remix)13 Marius Våreid - Skumle Planer102.6 MB | AAC | 184kbps VBR

This monolithic phat slab of groove-bound summer-ness is being uploaded on the UK’s hottest day of 2009 so far. Ok, so 21 degrees isn’t exactly a heatwave but it’s not bad for late April London! Get ready for a whole CD’s worth of sunshine. Burn this one and slap it in the car before the clouds return.As with other ‘Update’ mixes, it’s all about the anthems here. We start with smoother cuts before getting stuck into some electro faves - the best of which is Afrojack’s twisted transformation of Show Me Love, a tune I can’t get enough of at the moment.Enjoy!Project Update - update april 09 - mixed 13/4/09, chaptered 19/04/091 Fred Everything feat Tim Fuller - Stay - Lawn Chair Generals2 Phonique feat. Liora - Teenage Love - Kevin Yost Remix3 King Unique - Love Is What You Need Look Ahead - Ralf Gum Vocal Mix4 DJ Brickhouse - Saturday5 Hoxton Whores - Devil Toy - Main Mix6 Dino Lenny v Sounds Of Blackness - The Pressure - Lenny & Amnesia Mix7 The Heller & Farley Project - Ultra Flava - Pierre Js Bermix8 Danism - Strike - Michael Gray Remix9 Nalin & Kane - Beachball - Grant Nelson Remix10 Faithless feat. Cass Fox - Music Matters - Mark Knight Remix11 Mark Knight, Funkagenda & Paul Thomas - Arena - The Very Festivally Mix12 Steve Angello, Axwell, Sebastian Ingrosso, Laidback Luke - Leave The World Behind 13 Steve Angello Feat Robin S - Show Me Love - Afrojack Remix106.2 MB | AAC file | 184 kbps VBR

Easter Bank Holiday always gives me some time to catch up on mixing some of the playlists that have been stacking up in iTunes. Here’s a selection of twisted electro grooves and anthems from the past 6-12 months, rounding off with a couple of blissed-out tech faves. Enjoy xElectro House - Q2 annual review - mixed 8 April 09, chaptered 22 April 091 Delerium feat. Sarah McLachlan - Silence - Niels van Gogh vs Thomas Gold Remix2 The Heller & Farley Project - Ultra Flava - Martijn Ten Velden Remix3 ATFC - Tell U Y - DISCO 09 Re-Flip4 Hoxton Whores - Friday Saturday Love - original5 Denis The Menace / Big World - Fired Up - Noël edit - Dabruck & Klein mix6 Moguai - Beatbox - Inpetto Remix7 Lucca - Czech Republic8 Faithless feat. Cass Fox - Music Matters - Mark Knight Remix9 Mark Knight, Funkagenda & Paul Thomas - Arena - The Very Festivally Mix10 Pryda - Rakfunk - Original Mix11 Kurd Maverick - Blue Monday - Vandalism Remix12 La Roux - Quicksand - AutoKratz Drags to Riches Mix13 Woolfy - Oh Missy - In Flagranti Xenon Mix14 Fonseca Lane - AfterParty - Original mix15 Deadmau5 & MC Flipside - Hi Friend - Vocal Mix16 Ee-Sma - Speak - Original Mix - Noël edit17 Sebastien Leger - Majuro - Original Mix 18 Kaskade - Angel On My Shoulder - Troydon Angels Over Demons Mix142.1MB | AAC file | 192 kbps

More tech-tinged floor stompers, the perfect follow-on from Update Nov 08. We open with a few funky housers, including the return of MK on the mix of Studio Apartment’s Sun Will Shine. Defected record’s 10th anniversary sees them remixing some of their finest classics - Soulsearcher’s Can’t Get Enough was one of their first releases and has stayed in the my box for the last decade.Other highlights include the new mix of Music Is The Answer and Sebastian Leger hits us with another blissed-out tech trip on Majuro.Perfect length for a CD. Burn it, stick it in the car and... Enjoy xProject Update - update feb 09 - mixed 20 feb 091 Copyright Feat. Imaani - Deeper (Baggi Begovic & Soul Conspiracy Club Mix)2 Studio Apartment featuring Yasmeen Sulieman - Sun Will Shine (MK Dub)3 Soulsearcher - Can't Get Enough (Henrik B Mix)4 Johnny Corporate - Sunday Shoutin (Daniel Bovie & Roy Rox Mix)5 Paul Gardner feat. Peyton - You Can't Hide From Yourself (Ruben Alvarez Remix)6 Danny Tenaglia feat. Celeda - Music Is The Answer (Gabriel Vezzola Mix)7 Sandy Rivera - I Can't Stop (David Penn Remix)8 Juan Kidd & Felix Baumgartner featuring Lisa Millett - Now You're Gone (Club Mix)9 Todd Terry - Play On (Eddie Thoneik Remix)10 Mastiksoul - Run For Cover (Original Mix)11 Anton Pieete - Players (Original Mix)12 Sebastien Leger - Majuro (Original Mix)13 Ee-Sma - Speak (Original Mix)14 Rino Cabrera - All Of A Sudden (Daniel Portman remix)15 Deadmau5 - Vanishing Point (Original Mix)76.5 MB | AAC file | 192 kbpsThe track list also appears in the ‘Lyrics’ tab of the track info.Use the iTunes ‘Chapters’ menu to jump between tracks in the mix.

Perfect for getting in the party mood this December, here’s a quick 60 minute winter warmer mix - funky stuff, electro tinges... Every track’s a winner, with a few re-issued classics in the cut. Enjoy!Project Update – update nov 08 – mixed 16 nov 081 East St. Louis Players - Hustlin (Inland Knights You Choose Mix)2 Joey Negro - Love Hangover (DJ Spen Underground Mix)3 Danny Clark & Jay Benham feat. SuSu Bobien - Wondrous (David Penn Vocal Dub)4 DJ Gomi feat Louie Balo & Yasmeen - Glad I Found You (Full Intention Club Mix)5 The Shapeshifters - Lolas Theme (Shapeshifters 08 Re-Edit)6 Marc Evans - Reach Out For Love (ATFC Remix)7 ATFC featuring Lisa Millett - Bad Habit (ATFCs Lektrotek Re-Visit)8 Sebastien Ingrosso & Laidback Luke - Chaa Cha (EDX Remix)9 Young M.C. - Bust A Move feat. Diplo (Diplo RMX)76.5 MB | AAC file | 192 kbpsThe track list also appears in the ‘Lyrics’ tab of the track info.Use the iTunes ‘Chapters’ menu to jump between tracks in the mix.

It’s been years since I laid down a mix especially for Ted, and he deserves much more appreciation! In fact I mat be correct in saying that I’ve not done a totally 100% Ted-dedicated mix since I first met him 14 years ago.I had hoped to get this together in time for his recent birthday but was too crap. Better late than never, here’s a selection of glitchy minimal cuts and hypnotic techno grooves, blended with Tedford in mind. Some of these tracks have appeared on the podcast in previous tech sessions: I’m a supporter of my old Mixmag buddy Gavin Herlihy’s tunes. The Lucca and Chicken Lips cuts are also faves. Enjoy.1 - Booka Shade - Night Falls2 - Lee Jones - Aria (Tiger Stripes Remix) 3 - Ariel - Hambre (Alex Celler Tech Dub)4 - Chicken Lips, Vandalism - Do It Proper (Mic Newman Remix)5 - Gavin Herlihy - Opium Haze (Original Mix)6 - Butch - On The Line - Oxia Dub7 - Microdynamic - Debbie Does Dallas 8 - G. Riedatz - Mode (Original Mix)9 - Gavin Herlihy - Give Me a Funf (D-late mix)10 - Lucca - Czech Republic11 - Booka Shade - Mandarine Girl (Fakesch Remix)12 - The Shapeshifters - Chime (Martijn Ten Velden Remix)93.6 MB | AAC file | 192 kbps

Here I am posting a summer mix in October - *blush*. Hopefully it’s worth the wait, and at just over two hours long, I’m trying my best to make up for it.The usual Update formula is followed here. We start with some deeper vocal cuts, move though some bump and jack Chicago-style grooves and then hit the main room for big electro and tech anthems. And it’s all pretty commercial too - lots of remixes, rerubs and bootlegs.Highlights for me include Matt Shrewd’s Grime Time, which first caught my ear on Unknown FM. Inland Knights make light work of Eric B’s classic rap in Where Ya At, and check out the re-workings of classics like Man With The Red face, Rich In Paradise and Born Slippy. This session also features one of my own edits of Jovonn’s mix of Mary J’s Just Fine, and we wind up with a recently rediscovered Guilty Pleasure: the euphoric 80s sequenced sythns in TFF’s Change remix.Enjoy :)1 - Shawn Christopher - Don't Lose The Magic (Baggi Begovic & Soul Conspiracy Remix)2 - Los Jugaderos - What You Doing To This Girl (Norman Jay Edit - Digital Edit)3 - Inland Knights - Where Ya At4 - Matt Shrewd - Grime Time5 - Kinky Movement - You Make Me Feel6 - Matt Shrewd - Dont Look (King Kooba First Choice Slice Mix)7 - Ministry of Funk - The Dancer (Castelli Ipanema Remix)8 - Joey Youngman - Master Blaster (Original Mix)9 - Mary J Blige - Just Fine (Jovonn Remix - Noël's bridgeless edit)10 - Erykah Badu - Honey (Sticky & Soulful Dub)11 - Another Chance - Everytime I See Her (Sound Of Eden) - (Bodyrox Vocal Mix)12 - Richard Grey - Thriller - (Full Vocal Club Mix)13 - Bingo Players Vs Chocolate Puma - Touch Me (Bart B More remix)14 - Sharam - Get Wild (Original Mix) 15 - Behrouz, FPI Project - Rich In Paradise (Original Mix) 16 - Delerium feat. Sarah McLachlan - Silence (Niels van Gogh vs Thomas Gold Remix)17 - Mark Knight, Funkagenda - Man With The Red Face (Original Club Mix)18 - DJ Joe K, Beto Dias - Born Slippy (Original Mix)19 - The Potbelleez - Don't Hold Back (Out Of Office Remix)20 - Ce Ce Peniston - Finally 2008 (The Kam Denny & Paul Zala Remix)21 - The Shapeshifters - Chime22 - Cevin Fisher feat. Loleatta Holloway - You Got Me Burning Up! (Raul Rincon Remix)23 - Tears for Fears - Change (Joey Negro Punkdisko Mix)174.8 MB | AAC file | 192 kbps

Partnering the previous release on this podcast, this sessions is a blend of deeper house cuts for laid back toasting. Less vocal and slightly more tech, Sunsnoozer brings you a selections of moodier grooves and Balearic beats to help you unwind this summer.Special attention is worth drawing to the tunes by Jimpster, H-Foundation, Phonique and my old Mixmag mate, Gavin Herlihy - of whom I’m particularly proud for getting a release on the awesome Buzzin’ Fly records. Nice one, mate.1 Hiro Ohta - Kakera - Charles Webster dub2 Rebecca Pidgeon - Learn To Pray - Exclusive Charles Webster Dub mix3 Charles Webster - I'm Falling - Paris Bordeaux remix by Pepe Bradock4 Jimpster - Dangly Panther5 Morten Sorensen - Woo Hoo6 Prompt - Evolve - Original Mix7 H-Foundation - Tonight - King Britt's Sexy Mix8 Phonique feat Ian Whitelaw & Meitz - Worked It Out - Charles Webster's Second remix9 Studio Apartment feat. Ron Carroll - I'm In Love - Rasmus Faber Epic Instrumental10 BarBQ - Barbi In Love - Solomun Remix11 Gavin Herlihy - Give Me a Funf - D-late mix12 Unknown - After The Love Has Gone - deep minimal dub13 Morten Sorensen - Start Something14 Charles Webster - End Of The War - re-edit117.4 MB | AAC file | 192 kbpsThe track list also appears in the ‘Lyrics’ tab of the track info.Use the iTunes ‘Chapters’ menu to jump between tracks in the mix.

With the release of Defected’s recent Charles Webster compilation I’ve been delving into his back catalogue and discovering lots of lovely deep gems, which in turn have inspired a couple of new noël sessions. One of warm moody grooves (to follow) and this one of soulful vocal tracks from the likes of Dennis Ferrer, Quentin Harris and Kings Of Tomorrow.Perfect vibes for lounging about in the sun (if we see it this summer) so load this onto your iPod if you’re off on holiday. Also good for soothing that Sunday morning feeling if you’ve been out all night.Current favourites of mine include the Amp Fiddler, Studio Apartment and Peven Everett tracks. Enjoy.01 Afterlife - Let It Go (Charles Webster vocal mix)02 Dennis Ferrer - Run Free (Tomo Experience Remix)03 Quentin Harris - My Joy feat. Margaret Grace (Original)04 Groove Armada - Love Sweet Sound (Mark Knight & Funkagenda's A.H.B Mix)05 Furry Phreaks feat Terra Diva - All Over The World (Partee Mix)06 Kings Of Tomorrow feat Rae - Can't Stop07 Dennis Ferrer - How Do I Let Go (Charles Webster Club)08 AMP Fiddler - Ridin' (Carl Craig 12" Edit)09 Peven Everett - Stuck (Phil Asher's Soul Heaven Vers)10 Mike Dunn & The MD X-Spress - This Here Is House Muzik11 DJ Gomi - Glad I Found You12 Studio Apartment feat. Ron Carroll - I'm In Love (Rasmus Faber Epic Inst)13 Osunlade - My Reflection (DJ Gregory Remix)mixed, chaptered and mastered 24 May 2008.104.2 MB | AAC file | 192 kbpsThe track list also appears in the ‘Lyrics’ tab of the track info.Use the iTunes ‘Chapters’ menu to jump between tracks in the mix.Find more at www.noelc.com/tunes

I’m a big fan of the blissed-out minimal trance* tech sound from the likes of Deadmau5 and Glenn Morrison, whose tunes have been appearing on this podcast for the past couple of years. Admittedly, it feels like these producers are something of one-trick ponies, but I’m loving it and thought I’d bang ‘em together on one mix before the sound gets too old and over-played.*When I say ‘trance’, I don’t mean the Ferry Corsten / Paul Van Dyke / Mitsubishi-chomping / Gatecrasher ‘99 anthems... Although painted from the same palette, the tracks in this session are stripped down and laid back. More reminiscent of early ‘90s trance, think along the lines of Age Of Love, System 7, Uncle Bob et al. Besides, the mix opens on more of a chill-tech tip before really beginning to sparkle in the second half.This session is not all about spanking new tunes as I’ve pulled faves from the last two years. Simply load up, plug in, and phase out.01 Joeski - Carbibe Elektrico - Outter Limits Remix02 Scope - Dark Style Deluxe - Sean Grieve Remix03 Olivier Berger - It All Comes Back - Andre 101 Remix04 Prompt - Evolve - Original Mix05 Deadmau5 - Not Exactly - Original Mix06 Léger & Lake - Aqualight07 Glenn Morrison - No Sudden Moves08 Kaskade - 4 AM - Adam K & Soha Mix09 Adam K & Soha - Twilight10 Marco Demark ft Casey Barnes - Tiny Dancer - Deadmau5 Mix11 Delerium feat Sarah McLachlan - Silence - Niels van Gogh vs Thomas Gold Remix12 Hybrid - Finished Symphony - Deadmau5 Remix13 Glenn Morrison - Hydrology - Original Mix14 Galaxia - Moonman113.7 MB | AAC file | 192 kbpsThe track list also appears in the ‘Lyrics’ tab of the track info.Use the iTunes ‘Chapters’ menu to jump between tracks in the mixFind more at www.noelc.com/tunes.

Matt made his DJ debut at Driver Bar warming up the crowd with a special two hour playlist of soul, funk, broken beats, deep house, and general groove-bound chunky stuff.Occasionally Matt challenges me to mix some of his tunes, which is never easy given the mix of genres and varying range of BPMs. My Bank Holiday mission lay in blending his playlist from 19 April, and I’m pleased to say that it’s turned out pretty well. Great summer iPod food!Even though it made things more difficult, I stayed pretty true to M’s original running order. I cheated in a couple of places with cuts and simpler segues - BPM geeks won’t blame me given that things vary between 92 and 133. Whatever, there are some great tracks on here and no doubt I’ll be playing some of these smoother tunes as part of my Glasto sets next month.Jon Cutler’s Groove Me and MJ Cole’s remix of Jill Scott are long-term favourites of ours, but I also like some of Matt’s phatter futureboogie-style selects: Fat John, Rhianna, Sia, Detroit Experiment all deserve a little extra volume. Even Osunlade’s Phil Collins re-rub works.I’m not sure about the Vivian Green / Alix Alarvez section. In fact I admit to cutting the Alvarez track to a single verse and chorus because I find it far too bland. It appears I just have no soul. :-)Something different for the podcast. Back to purer house sessions next time. Enjoy!“Saturday Night Special No 35” | selecta: matt | blenda: noël1 Carmen McRae Just A Little Lovin' (GB Remix)2 Jhelisa Hold My Beat3 Rhianna I Love Every Little Thing About You (Walkner Hintenaus Remix)4 Sia Where I Belong (Red Astair Remix)5 Common & Jill Scott I Am Soul (Version)6 The Detroit Experiment Think Twice7 Kenny Lattimore Days Like This (Nuyorican Soul, MAW Dub)8 Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators Feeling Free (Aaron Jerome's If Music Mix)9 Jill Scott Gettin' In The Way (MJ Cole's Way)10 Rima Ft Julie Dexter Let It Go (Titonton & Tejada Remix)11 Soldiers Of Twilight Believe (Dub)12 Alison Crockett Like Rain (Yam Who? Rework)13 John Cutler & Kemdi You Groove Me14 Fat Jon Everywhere (Swell Session VIP Mix)15 Tortured Soul & Christian Ulrich How's Your Life (Alistair Colling Mix)16 Erykah Badu Otherside Of The Game (Sometimes Re-Work)17 Definition Of Sound Moira Jane's Cafe (Groovy Dub)18 Osunlade vs Phil Collins In The Air Tonight (Yoruba Soul Vox)19 Cesaria Evora Angola (Carl Craig's Remix) - Noël’s Balearic Blend20 mPeople Excited (M People Dub)21 Gabrielle Forget About The World (Daft Punk)22 Dennis Ferrer Ft Malena Perez I Can't Go Under (Main Mix)23 Vivian Green I Like It (But I Don't Need It) (J Kriv Club Mix)24 Alix Alvarez & Malena Perez Cool Lil Thing (Alix Alvarez Club)25 Jody Watley I Want Your Love (Masi And Mello Late Nite Vox)26 Erykah Badu Honey (Sticky & Soulful Dub)27 Seal Crazy 2003 (Funky Dub B-side Mix)28 Owusu & Hannibal Nevermore (Andy C's Rework)mixed 4 May, chaptered and mastered 17 May 2008.158.2 MB | AAC file | 192 kbpsThe track list also appears in the ‘Lyrics’ tab of the track info.Use the iTunes ‘Chapters’ menu to jump between tracks in the mix.

I have a handful of new mixes to post up over the coming weeks. First up, here’s a ‘Best Of’ review of my birthday set at Driver Bar on 19th April.The attached two hours include most of the tunes I played on the night - an eclectic party selection of funky and classic house alongside some indie remixes, electro hits and old skool hiphop. The mix finishes just as the party did, with Ashley Beadle’s Bent remix. Kathryn emailed me a few weeks before the party and asked me to play it as something of a Big Chill flashback.There are loads of everyone’s pictures on the photo pages of this site, try here.1. Tori Amos - Professional Widow - Paul Woolfood Space Edit2. Lamanex - Sweaty Menu3. Groove Armada – Love Sweet Sound4. Circuit - Shelter Me - Mayhem Musaphia Retouch5. Soulsearcher - I Can't Get Enough6. Fish Go deep - The Cure & The Cause - Balearic Soul Mix7. Terry Thompson - Magic - Thommy & Spen's Club Mix8. Hard-Fi - Hard To Beat - Axwell Remix9. Degrees Of Motion - Shine On - Skye 'n' Sugarstarr Remix10. Bodyrox - Yeah Yeah - D Ramirez Mix11. Steve Mac & Mark Brown - Bells Of Brighton - Original12. Salt 'n' Peppa - Push It - Ultimix13. King Bee - Back By Dope Demand14. Soulwax - NY Excuse15. Primal Scream - Rocks - house booty16. New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle - The Crystal Method Extended Mix17. The Gossip - Standing In The Way Of Control - Soulwax Nite Version18. Basement Jaxx - Where's Your Head At?19. Out Of Office - Break Of Dawn 2008 - Club Mix20. Paul Johnson - Get Get Down - Laidback Luke mix21. DJ Jeroenski - Back Once Again - Soul Central Bumpy Remix22. Four Star Clowns - Playing With Disco23. Bent - Always - Ashley Beedle's Mahavishnu Remix161.2 MB | AAC file | 192 kbpsThe track list also appears in the ‘Lyrics’ tab of the track info.Use the iTunes ‘Chapters’ menu to jump between tracks in the mix.

I’m getting very excited about mine and Chris Healy’s joint bday bash at Driver Bar in April. I’ve been glued to the web over the last week buying and learning about new lighting gadgets. The plan is to turn the bar into a club. It’s going to be brilliant, and here are some tunes to warm you up for it.Matty Fowler told me about a recent episode of Shameless, featuring gay Uncle Noel, and I knew I had to grab it to drop clips into a mix. Bum burglar.A mix of the new and the old on here. Mainly funky house, bit of electro and some chilled stuff towards the end... just what ever is floating my boat at the moment really. I love the latest Groove Armada & Funkerman tracks, and I’ve recently discovered the remake of Bells Of NY, two mixes of which are included here. Enjoy, and see you in red on the 19th.1 Copyright - Wizeman - Original2 Groove Armada - Love Sweet Sound - Extended 12" Mix3 Steve Mac, Mark Brown - Bells Of Brighton - 2000 And One Remix4 Mighty Dub Katz - Just Another Groove - Ashley Beedle's Amalgamation Disco edit5 Sandy Rivera - I Can't Stop - Original Mix6 Fish Go Deep - The Cure & The Cause - Balearic Soul Remix7 Z Factor - We'll Keep Climbing - Joey Negro Club Mix8 Funkerman - Speed Up - original club mix9 Steve Mac, Mark Brown - Bells Of Brighton - Original Mix10 Happy Clappers - I Believe - Vandalism club mix11 Denis The Menace / Big World - Fired Up - Dabruck & Klein mix12 Secret Service - I Feel Love booty13 Fred Falke - Love Theme14 Hercules and Love Affair - Blind - Frankie Knuckles Remix120.2 MB | AAC file | 192 kbpsThe track list also appears in the ‘Lyrics’ tab of the track info.Use the iTunes ‘Chapters’ menu to jump between tracks in the mix.

"sometimes the word love just ain't good enough..." Here’s this year’s birthday mix for Selina. We open with a Rhianna track that Selina mentioned was a current favourite after she found it in another one of my mixes. It’s not the Rhianna of ‘Umbrella-ella-ella’ fame. The mix quickly heats up with a selection of commercial funky party tunes, then gets a little chunkier before finishing off with Deadmau5’s ‘Not Exactly’, a fantastic track that’s both beautiful and gritty in equal measure. Bad Bambi! This is a laptop session. I recorded it en route to Cuba. the bad bambi birthday boogie 1 Rhianna - Word Love - Jays Extended Mix 2 Robyn - With Every Heartbeat - Tong And Spoon Wonderland Remix 3 Miguel Migs - Mesmerized - Shur-I-Kan Guilty Pleasures Vocal 4 Bob Sinclair v Lisa Stansfield - World / People: Hold On 5 Andy Cato (Groove Armada) - The Morton Lighthouse - Original Mix Sound of Blackness - The Pressure - acapela 6 Hardsoul, Quazimodo - Give In - Hardsoul Reconstruction 7 Western Union - Around The West 8 DJ Wady, Patrick M - Music Sounds Better With You feat. Carlos Bertonatti - Original 9 The Timewriter - Lion Steps - Original Mix 10 Degrees Of Motion - Do You Want it Right Now - Mischa Daniels Funktion Remix 11 PUZIQUe - Don't Go! - Original Mix 12 DJ Jeroenski - Back Once Again - Soul Central Bumpy Remix 13 Kamisshake - Dark Beat - Deadmau5 Remix 14 Deadmau5 - Not Exactly - Original Mix mixed with champagne in business class, somewhere above the Atlantic, 19 Jan 2008. podcast mastered and chaptered in Cuba, 21 Jan 2008 1'17'53" 108.4MB AAC file The track list also appears in the ‘Lyrics’ tab of the track info. Use the iTunes ‘Chapters’ menu to jump between tracks in the mix.

Here’s one for the head nodders and speaker tweakers out there. Clever Trevors will love this selection of minimal techno grooves, full of pops and clicks and parps. 1 Audio Soul Project - Community - Peace Division Nu-Dub 2 Sebo K - Far Out - Original Mix 3 G. Riedatz - Mode - Original Mix 4 Shlomi Aber - Freakside - Original Mix 5 Booka Shade - Darko - Booka's Funk Da Funk Mix 6 Stimming - Funkworm - Original Mix 7 Gavin Herlihy - Professional Exit - Original Mix 8 Butch On The Line - Oxia Dub 9 Axwell, Angello, Ingrosso & Laidback Luke - Get Dumb - Mark Knight's Dex Ray Dub 10 Santiago & Bushido - Head Trick - Original Mix 11 Gavin Herlihy - Opium Haze - Original Mix 12 Julian Jeweil - Air Conditionne - Original Mix 13 Smash TV - Air 116.4 MB AAC file 192kbps The track list also appears in the ‘Lyrics’ tab of the track info. Use the iTunes ‘Chapters’ menu to jump between tracks in the mix.

The ‘Update’ formula is pretty easy to grasp: I get a bag of new/recent tunes and spin them into a session. The focus is funky house but we often warm up with some smoother deep cuts, and stick the boot in towards the end with some chunkier electro. 1 Elektrochemie - Get Yourself - Original Mix 2 Alex Gomez - Cokeluch - Original Mix 3 The Candy Dealers - Time - Original Mix 4 Nicola Fasano, Pat-Rich - 75, Brazil Street - Original Mix 5 The Craftsmen - One Day - Spiritchaser Terrace Mix 6 Gavin Herlihy - Professional Exit - Original Mix 7 Out Of Office - Break Of Dawn 2008 - Club Mix 8 Pussy Dub Foundation - Make The World Go Round - Gambafreaks Main Mix 9 Sandy B - Make My World Go Round - Deep Dish Vocal Mix 10 Kevin Saunderson - Big Fun feat. Inner City - Simian Mobile Disco Remix 11 Cristian Marchi - We Are Perfect - Cristian Marchi Main Vocal Mix 12 Bodybangers - Famous - Original 13 Ida Corr vs. Fedde Le Grand - Let Me Think About It - Club Mix 14 Alex Romano - Get Down (Rock It Up) - Bass Kleph Mix 15 30Hz - Daddio feat. Yolanda - Miles Dyson Remix 16 Hollywood Hills, Richard Colman - Funk-A-Tron - Original Mix 17 Joi Cardwell - Keep Coming Around - Nervouslicious Remix 18 Hybrid - Finished Symphony - Deadmau5 Remix 126.2 MB AAC file 192 kbps The track list also appears in the ‘Lyrics’ tab of the track info. Use the iTunes ‘Chapters’ menu to jump between tracks in the mix.

A partner mix to best of 07 - deep, this is volume 2. It’s one mighty slab of electro and tech greats from last year. We kick off with a few dark and moody grooves then pick up the pace, getting grittier before finally ripping your head off with some sick bass-fuelled craziness. It’s hard to pick out some highlights from this tracklist... there’s the Chicken Lips anthem, an excellent dub from Joi Cardwell, an electro remake of Robbie Rivera’s Funk-A-Tron, and anything touched by DeadMau5 is bound to be special.Download this mix from this page, or by subscribing to the ‘latest’ podcast feed, and you’ll get an extended version with four extra tracks, making the total playing time just shy of two hours. Enjoy! 1 Eric Prydz - Armed - Original Mix 2 Deadmau5 - Not Exactly - Original Mix 3 Kamisshake - Dark Beat - Deadmau5 Remix 4 Trick & Kubic feat. Valeska - Believe - Original Mix 5 Lustral - Many Years From Now - D-Nox & Beckers Remix 6 Paolo Mojo - JMJ - Original Mix 7 DJ Disciple, David Tort, DJ Ruff - Changes - NYC Sexy Mix 8 DJ Jeroenski - Back Once Again – Original 9 Kimar - Keep The Groove - Original Mix 10 Girls On Film - Vaporized - Hatiras' Throbbing Mix 11 Chicken Lips - He Not In - Vandalism Club Mix 12 Alex Romano - Get Down (Rock It Up) - Bass Kleph Mix 13 P. Liassi Tyrrell - Made In Three Mins - Vocal Mix 14 Joi Cardwell - Keep Coming Around - Nervouslicious Remix 15 Hollywood Hills, Richard Colman - Funk-A-Tron - Original Mix 16 30Hz - Daddio feat. Yolanda - Miles Dyson Remix extra tracks only if you download from noelc.com 17 Glenn Morrison - Hydrology - Original Mix 18 Tommy Vee, Roy Malone - Old Skool Generation - Strump Dump Remix 19 Butch - On The Line - Oxia Dub 20 Mark Mendes - His Music - Original Mix 167 MB AAC file 192 kbps The track list also appears in the ‘Lyrics’ tab of the track info Use the iTunes ‘Chapters’ menu to jump between tracks in the mix.

As ever, it’s been difficult to find the time to lay down some tunes - the last mixes I did were in April ;-/ So, time to reflect on what’s been missed. I’m putting together some ‘best of 07’ mixes, each covering a few genres of house music. First up, part 1 is a selection of laid-back sexy lounging beats. The mix opens with a cover of a Tears For Fears classic, which was actually released early 2006 but it came to my attention in April 07 at a party after a TV shoot in Cape Town. I love this version, but fear it’s just slightly on the wrong side of the cheese knife... Other highlights for me are Miguel Migs’ Mesmerized and the tracks by M-SWIFT and Kerri Chandler. Fish Go Deep had a good year thanks to Defected picking up The Cure & The Cause, and the mix finishes with the Charles Webster remix. All good, and just the right length to fit on a CD. Now I just need to find the time to deliver parts 2 and 3... 1’19’41” 109.9 MB AAC file 192 kbps Franky Boissy feat. Kwamey Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Main Mix Dennis Ferrer feat. Malena Perez I Can't Go Under - Main Mix Kerri Chandler The Promise - Fish Go Deep Dub Mix Nick Holder Swimming feat. Zaki - Original Mix Miguel Migs Mesmerized - Shur-I-Kan Guilty Pleasures Vocal Robyn With Every Heartbeat - Tong And Spoon Wonderland Remix M-SWIFT feat. Vanessa Haynes Fantasy - Spirit Catcher Remix Dub Henrik Schwarz Leave My Head Alone Brain - Luke Solomon Remix Giom Never Johnny Fiasco The Message Unkown Smmiches LawnChair Generals You Got To - Original Mix Blaze, Funk D'Void Lovelee Dae - Jake Childs Remix Francois Dubois I Try - Jamie Anderson Remix Fish Go Deep The Cure & The Cause feat. Tracey K - Charles Webster Vocal Remix Carl Kennedy & Roachford Ride The Storm - Carl Kennedy Original Mix The track list also appears in the ‘Lyrics’ tab of the track info. Use the iTunes ‘Chapters’ menu to jump between tracks in the mix.

Yes, those lovely people at Chloé invited me back as DJ and music consultant for their Spring 2008 show and party in London. The event took place on the top floor of Shoreditch House. The production team covered and heated the roof-top pool area and built catwalks across the water for the show. Guests were then invited to sit down for dinner. I played through welcoming cocktails and also sequenced the music for the catwalk. Preparing for the show was more difficult than last year as I was in LA shooting some cinema commercials. To get things approved by Chloé I posted tracks online from my hotel room and sequenced the music on the Mac during the flight back to London. The night was a fantastic success. The attached audio is the sassy, sexy catwalk mix of disco, rock, funk and more. Many thanks to Frederique and Kat at Chloé. 30.1MB - AAC file - 192kbps

Another mix from those April sessions sees the light of day. This is one for the head-nodders. Some minimal cuts alongside a few deeper electro faves, resulting in a nice laid back vibe. Standout tracks include the first cut, by Loco Dice, Pete Heller’s beautilful ‘Simpler’ noise, and the Aqualight track. Hopefully this will bring you a little sunshine in our grey wet summer! Ennnnnnnnnjoy! 77 MB enhanced AAC file 192 kbps 1 - Loco Dice - Jacuzzi Games - Original Mix 2 - Djuma Soundsystem - Les Djinns - Trentemoller Mix 3 - Tweeter - Americana - La Mafia Del Ritmo Dub Mix 4 - The Undah-Dub feat. Style - He Had Sex With A White Girl - Timeline Remix 5 - Deadmau5 - 1981 - Original Mix 6 - Dennis Ferrer - Transitions 7 - Pete Heller - Simpler 8 - Rocco - Roots 4 Acid - Francois Dubois Remix 9 - Léger & Lake - Aqualight 10 - Agoria - Les Violons Ivres - Original Mix 11 - Darkmountaingroup - Lose Control - Main Mix Enjoy loud, with plenty of warm bass. The track list also appears in the ‘Lyrics’ tab of the track info. Use the iTunes ‘Chapters’ menu to jump between tracks in the mix.

Time to post up another of the mixes I laid down in April. Due to the shoot in Cape Town, and a rather busy work schedule since, it’s taken me a while to get this one online. You’ll find the usual ‘update’ formula here: start with a few deeper cuts, into current commercial funky faves, then stick the boot in with a handful of tech-y stompers. Highlights for me are LawnChair Generals’ You Got To, Timewriter’s Lion Steps, the cute electro pop of Hypnotized and the dirt of the last two tracks. A top selection from the first quarter of the year. Enjoy. 1’22’55” 116.1 MB AAC file 192 kbps 1 Ben Watt - Lone Cat - Dennis Ferrer and Steve Martinez Special Re-rub 2 Henrik Schwarz - Leave My Head Alone Brain - Luke Solomon Remix 3 Hustle N Flow - Mixed Signals (Busy) 4 LawnChair Generals - You Got To - Original Mix 5 Sébastien Léger Feat. Gia Mellish - Hypnotized 6 The Timewriter - Lion Steps - Original Mix 7 Lorraine - Transatlantic Flight - Axwell Remix 8 Dub Deluxe - Rock Da Floor - Original Mix 9 Max Sedgley - Happy - Go Home Productions Remix 10 Junior Jack - Dare Me Stupidisco - Eric Kuppers Chunk Mix Instrumental 11 Mr. V - Da Bump - Warren Clarke Remix 12 Hoxton Whores, Hysteric Ego - Want Love - Hoxton Whores original mix 13 Girls On Film - Vaporized - Hatiras' Throbbing Mix 14 Kimar - Keep The Groove - Original Mix 15 Tommy Vee, Roy Malone - Old Skool Generation - Strump Dump Remix 16 Black Ghosts - Face - Switch Remix The track list also appears in the ‘Lyrics’ tab of the track info. Use the iTunes ‘Chapters’ menu to jump between tracks in the mix.

A selection of deeper tracks purchased through the first third of this year. I finally got a chance to spin then together over the Easter bank holiday. Apologies it’s taken a while to get it online. Includes a few of my current favourites: the new mix of Ben Watt’s Lone cat and Lawnchair Generals’ You Got To, but also check out the moody strings of Les Violins Ivres, and the Trentemoller tune that sounds like it was penned for a 70s sci-fi TV show. Brillaint. 115.3 MB AAC file 192 kbps 1 - Ben Watt - Old Soul - original mix 2 - Georg Levin - You Know What You Want (But You Won't Get It) 3 - Kaskade - Sorry - Flatcracker dub 4 - Joey Youngman - Desperation 5 - Rocco - Roots 4 Acid - Francois Dubois 6 - Agoria - Les Violons Ivres - original 7 - Francois Dubois - Blood - Nigel Hayes Brazilian dub 8 - Trentemoller - Le Champagne - original mix 9 - Rihanna - Word Love - Jay’s extended mix 10 - Inland Knights - Ease Your Mind - original mix 11 - Djuma Soundsystem - Les Djinns - Trentemoller mix 12 - Justin Martin - The Water Song - original mix 13 - Fish Go Deep - ESL - original mix 14 - LawnChair Generals - You Got To - original mix 15 - Kerri Chandler - The Promise - Fish Go Deep dub 16 - Hustle N Flow - Mixed Signals - Busy remix 17 - Ben Watt - Lone Cat – Dennis Ferrer & Steve Martinez special re-rub The track list also appears in the ‘Lyrics’ tab of the track info. Use the iTunes ‘Chapters’ menu to jump between tracks in the mix.

I’ve got a handful of tracks lists sitting on the Mac waiting to be mixed and delivered to you... some have been sitting here since September... First out of the bag, here’s something more filthy than usual. I’d hoped to get this sorted in time for Andrew’s birthday - lots of electro house dirt I hope he’ll appreciate. It’s 80 mins long so should fit on a CD just fine :-) Enjoy. 110 MB AAC file 192 kbps 1 Gertrude Lawrence - Mad About the Boy 2 The Undah-Dub - He Had Sex With A White Girl feat. Style - Timeline Remix 3 Audiojack - Coastline (Original) 4 Ran Shani - Back The Beat (Original) 5 Shena - Electrosexual - Main Vocal 6 Stretch & Vern - King Coaster - Dave Spoon Vox 7 Mason vs. Princess Superstar - Perfect (Exceeder) (Vocal Club) 8 Plump DJs - Electric Disco (D. Ramirez Remix) 9 Coburn - Give Me Love - Andrea Doria Remix 10 Swen Weber - First Stroke - Original Mix 11 Chris Lake - Release 12 Bodyrox - Yeah Yeah - D Ramirez Mix 13 Stretch & Vern - Beats N Bones 14 Tomas Anderson - Washing Up (Tiga remix) 15 Booka Shade - Mandarine Girl (Album Version) 16 CSS - Let's Make Love and Listen to DFA (Diplo Remix) The track list also appears in the ‘Lyrics’ tab of the track info. Use the iTunes ‘Chapters’ menu to jump between tracks in the mix.

Yep, that’s two new mixes posted here with a week. Just like buses...Standard ‘update’ fodder on the attached: funky jack, commercial house, some twisted favourites, all rounded off with a couple of blissed-out memories from this summer’s Big Chill.A nice lone one too, clocking in at 1 hour 44 minutes. Enjoy! additional note on 23/9/07 : just noticed this has ‘put your hands up for Detroit’ on it. Sorry about that, it was mixed before the track hit the charts (and the Costa Del Sol...)145.5 MB AAC file 192 kbps1. Bryan Jones - Chicago Jack2. Jay West - Disco Monkey3. Kinky Movement - Feel The Beat (Original Mix)4. Kerri Chandler - Bar A Thym (Foremost Poets Vocal Remix)5. Mr V Feat Miss Patty - Da Bump6. Sessomatto feat Carolyn Harding - Movin On - (Joey Negro Club Mix)7. Blaze Feat Barbara Tucker - Most Precious Love (Sergio Flores Remix)8. N'Dea Davenport - My Love (Chris Micali Vocal)9. Kirk Degiorgio presents Esoterik - Starwaves (Spirit Catcher Modulation Mix)10. Andy Cato La Luna (Main Mix)11. Degrees Of Motion - Shine On (Skye 'n' Sugarstarr Remix)12. Sterling Void feat Paris Brightledge - It's Alright (Chris Lake Summer House Mix)13. Lifelike & Kris Menace - Discopolis (Chris Lake remix)14. Moby - Raining Again (Steve Angello Vocal Mix)15. Bodyrox - Yeah Yeah (D Ramirez Mix)16. Fedde Le Grande - Put Your Hands Up For Detroit (Original Mix)17. Quentin Harris - Lets Be Young (Original Mix)18. Coldcut feat. Robert Owens - Walk A Mile In My Shoes (Original Mix)The track list also appears in the ‘Lyrics’ tab of the track info.Use the iTunes ‘Chapters’ menu to jump between tracks in the mix.

I’ve finally bitten the bullet and gone 100% digital. I don’t think I’m ditching vinyl just yet, but here’s my first Traktor session, mixed entirely onscreen, in the digital domain.The mix is something I’ve been meaning to lay down for Matt for some time... the playlist has been sitting in iTunes for a few months. New and old tracks with a more laid back vibe; some instrumental, some vocal... enjoy.1. Atjazz & Clara Hill - Nowhere (I Can Go) - original2. Pashka - Island Breeze - trentemoller remix3. Alex S. & D'Jazzy Feat. Fubu - Senti Sabi - alex s electric mix4. Jazztronik - Samurai5. Manoo & Francois A - The Deep6. Sweet Coffee - Don't Need You - den hetrix & cash'mir house mix7. Fish Go Deep - The Cure And The Cause - dennis ferrer mix8. Julien Jabre - Swimming Places - jerome sydenham remix9. Miguel Migs - Petalpushing10. Gene Farris - Keep It Coming - original mix11. Tiefschwarz ft. Tracey Thorn - Damage - buick project remix12. Faithless - Crazy English Summer - brothers on high remix13. Kayot - Clear Sky - manoo and francois a remix14. Cloud - Hold OnThe track list also appears in the ‘Lyrics’ tab of the track info.Use the iTunes ‘Chapters’ menu to jump between tracks in the mix.

Here’s a departure from the usual house sessions. I played a gig for French fashions house, Chloé, at Home House in London.Chloé employed me as dj and music consultant for the evening, following distinct briefs for three parts of the night: before the show, the show itself, and the after party.The attached audio is a short 20 minute mix from the fashion show. I recorded this the day after the party. I mixed it live on the night but a few of Chloé’s clients asked for a copy.Gritty contemporary rock cut with hip hop beats and a couple of party faves. Many thanks to Fred and Warren from the Chloé boutique, Sloane Street.28.6 MB AAC file 192 kbps

loads of great summer tracks around at the moment, but no time to lay anything down :-(here’s a short 45 minute mix to keep you going.mostly funky jack trax, including a few I can’t wait to hear out in the sunshine at some of the summer festivals.

Finally another ‘update’ mix. I ♥ four-day bank holidays. I’ve been spending so much time sorting the Bounce stream that I haven’t had time to keep on top of my regulars.Commercial funky tunes, touched with a few twisted favourites. And it’s longer than usual, clocking in at 1 hour 45 minutes.145.9MB AAC file 192kbps1. dr kucho - lies too yourself – original (work)2. chuck daniels - like minds ep: rebalance – remix (detour)3. foremost poets - beside yourself - dj spen (code red)4. reel people feat angela johnson - in the sun - muthafunkaz remix (defected)5. rasmus faber - get over here - original (azuli)6. steve anders vs andrea t mendoza - can't fake it - kurt maverick remix(universal)7. copyright feat imaani - bring me love - main mix (defected)8. atfc - spread love - vocal love mix (onephatdeeva)9. full intention - i believe in you (eye industries)10. solu music feat kimblee - fade - solid state carnival mix (hed kandi)11. soul central - need you now - sergio flores remix (defected)12. mohito ft. howard jones - slip away - steve angello mix (umm)13. marnix & mustafa - time to get funky (azuli)14. kerri chandler - so let the wind come - remix (king street)15. trick & kubic feat valeska - easy - original (great stuff)16. switch - a bit patchy - eric prydz mix (data)17. chris lake - changes - main mix (alternative route)18. noir - my mtv - chris lake remix (toolroom trax)19. chocolate puma – always and forever - original20. gnarles barkley - crazy - funky mix (white label)The track list also appears in the ‘Lyrics’ tab of the track info.Use the iTunes ‘Chapters’ menu to jump between tracks in the mix.

A departure from the usual funky house sets, but still brilliant and crammed with tuuuunes!I kept revisiting a chunk of minimal tech / deep electro tunes on my iPod, so I decided to use part of the bank holiday to blend them together. It’s a new style for me and I like it, so expect to hear more...Includes tracks from Bhooka Shade, Chicken Lips, M.A.N.D.Y., Depeche Mode, Moby, Sia and more.103.7 MB AAC file 192 kbpschicken lips eggy's pause button sieg uber die sonne's 2nd floor mixkayot clear sky manoo and francois a remixalex s. & d'jazzy feat. fubu senti sabi alex s electric mixmandy feat. booka shade body language physical music mixbooka shade mandarine girllindstrom i feel spacemoby dream about me booka shade remixlayo & bushwacka! life to live (featuring green velvet)switch get ya club on get ya dub ondepeche mode shake the disease tiga remixroy ayres tarzan ame remixsia breathe me mr dan remixlindstrom i feel spaceThe track list also appears in the ‘Lyrics’ tab of the track info.

Re-live some of the big tunes from Andrew’s 30th at Fluid Bar.What a top night.111 MB AAC file 192kbps mylo drop the pressure sugarhill booty michael grey the weekend a guy called gerald voodoo ray hoxton whores remix dea music is my life max graham owner of a lonely heart candi staton you got the love shapeshifters 05 remix adeva in and out my life eric prydz remix audio bullys shoot you down the killers somebody told me mylo club mix new order blue monday primal scream rocks house bootleg 4 star clowns playing with disco balls deep dish flashdance flatpack sweet child of mine mylo club mixThe track list also appears in the ‘Lyrics’ tab of the track info.Use the iTunes ‘Chapters’ menu to jump between tracks in the mix.

OK, so you get back from a gig and think, ‘bollocks, I didn’t play that tune. O that one. What about so and so...’Deep house, funky house, twisted house - here’s 90 minutes of tracks that didn’t make it out of the box that night at Fluid.62.6 MB AAC file 192 kbps reel people the rain rasmus faber dub disco darlings funky people white label dajae brighter days haji & emanuel remix blaze precious love martin solveig re-edit alison limerick where love lives kidstuff remix bobby blanco 3am original jamie lewis pres michelle weeks be thankful jamie lewis dub faith evans mezmerised freemasons remix joey negro make a move on me hard-fi hard to beat axwell remix martin solveig everybody pete heller remix tiga pleasure from the bass stretch & vern beats n bones space 2000 do you wanna funk? joe t vanelli remix mylo muscle car freeform remix tom anderson washing up tiga remix dave mccullen bitch