daytime poolside classics

Funky house mix, originally laid down as a demo for Hell Bar. At the time, I may have told Selina it was produced especially for her birthday. 68’23” - 78.3 MB - MP3 file - 160kpsdj sneak - funky rhythm - border patrol refixxa studio - sos - skylark vocalrasmus faber - divided/united - dubmichael grey - the weekend - originalbobby blanco - 3am - originalarea f - akumbe - bobby blancoooh yeah yeah - sax tripa guy called gerald - voodoo ray - hoxton whores remixscape feat d’empress - be my friend - michael grey remixerik prydz & steve angello - woz not woz - vers 1beautiful liaisons - yeah yeahmutiny - holdin’ on - eric prydz mix

Not a sitar in sight. This mix is a selection of vocal lounge house tracks from around the time I was playing Buddah Bar on Frith Street in Soho. Lisa had been after a CD featuring Fade for a while, so that’s what we open with... Buddah Bar Sessions - deep house for Lisa 1 solu music feat kimblee - fade 2 mj cole - sincere - naked music mig's petalpusher 3 soldiers fo twilight - believe - extended 4 lisa shaw - always - lovetronic vocal 5 petalpusher - surrender 6 little louie vega & arnold jarvis - life goes on 7 cerrone - the only one - jamie lewis club mix 8 cerrone feat jocelyn brown - hooked on you - jamie lewis club mix 9 jon culter feat vanessa freeman - focus (lifted up) 10 m.o.d. - notion ep: dance avec moi - main 11 violence (bootleg) - let the music play 12 kaskade - it's you, it's me 13 ian pooley - piha 109.1 MB AAC file 192 kbps

After Fabian’s bday party at Buddah, I started playing there every Saturday in summer 2004. The owners wanted me to play lounge beach house which became quite dull for me. Anyway, the bar manager, a top bloke called Tom, promoted a lot of club nights so I did him this demo of more banging upfront house stompers.mix for tom @ buddah bar > 2/4/04black shadow feat krs 1 can you stand the funklaurent wolf feat sonu dee about thatbeautiful liaisons yeah yeahbini & martini feat su’su bobien say yes beginerz remix 5* clowns give it updel gado coffee beatsbobby blanco shelltoeeric prydz slammin’powers that be planet rockmoog ii swing can’t get away full intention remixgus gus david darren emerson remixunderworld 7 days offel b get her102.7MB AAC file 192kbps - 74 mins

Naresh was a founding partner of Karmarama, a creative agency I helped appoint for Emap radio. Naresh is a big music fan and I still see him every year back stage at Glastonbury. He’s into rock more than dance and over a lunch he once told me he didn’t really know much about house music... so, as a thank you for the lunch, I promised to burn him a few CDs. I picked a few mixes from the vault, but laid down this blend of 90s anthems especially. naresh’s retrospective of house > march 04 1. tori amos - professional widow - armand van helden star trunk funkin’ mix (‘96) 2. sex-o-sonique - thought it was you - original (’97) 3. jonny corporate - sunday shouting (2000) 4. frankie knuckles - tears - full intention remix (‘89) 5. pete heller’s big love (’99) 6. cj bollard - sugar is sweeter - armand van helden remix (’96) 7. reel to reel - go on move - original (’94) 8. bassheads - is there anybody out there? (’92) 9. d’lacy - hideaway - deep dish mix (’95) 10. heller and farley project - ultra flava - original flava (’96) 11. basement jaxx - red alert (’99) 12. xpress 2 - lazy - fatboy slim remix (’02) 13. gat décor - passion (’93) 109.5 MB AAC file 160 kbps

So, Paul and I were inseparable best buddies for through ‘99-’01, so when his lovely partner, Fabian, asked me to dj at his 30th, it was a pleasure. We spent a few nights in Soho in January looking for the perfect venue and decided upon what used to Buddah Bar on Frith Street. The party invite was a 30 minute CD, for which I spent a whole afternoon burning 100 discs. The attached mix is that invite, introduced by Fabian, who recorded his voice over in the Kiss 100 studios.Of course, the night itself (6 March) rocked. I took my old sound system down and we turned the quiet bar into a sweat box. After the party, the owners of the bar made me their Saturday night dj. I kept it up through the summer for the cash, but they wanted me to play more mellow lounge house music, so it got a bit boring. Enjoy the mix.Fabian’s birthday invite.Tweet - boogie remixsoul II soul - back to life bootlegsoulsearcher - feelin’ love part onemichelle weeks - the light morera re-editdr kucho - stings track???grant nelson feat mica paris - bodyswervemartin solveig - rockin’ musicpointer sisters - automatic bootleg34.5 MB standard mp3 file 160kbps

Uploading these old mixes, I’ve noticed that I always manage to knock out something special every February. Maybe it’s because I’ve fully recovered from the Christmas hangover. Perhaps it’s the Miami WMC on the horizon, so there’s a wad of inspiring new tunes out... Most probably it’s because it’s Selina’s birthday, which I often forget and so have to deliver a decent mix for her - even if it’s late.80 minutes of funky house tracks from feb ’04, with a few bootlegs and classics from the back of the box for good measure. Pure party fodder. The ‘all over my face’ track was co-produced by a good friend and former work colleague, Jon Shaw, who is sadly no longer with us. I still play the tune out as it’s a great warm-up track, and think of him every time, Lovely, lovely fellow.79’39” - 110.3 MB - AAC file - 192kbps01 kaskade feat joslyn it’s you, it’s me original 02 movearo & alan h all over my face version 203 full intention forever bootleg vocal04 the disciples of phunk too far gone original05 4 star clowns feels so good06 identity consienta07 m-gee bodyswerve original instrumental08 martin solvieg rockin’ music 09 d.e.a. music is my life bootleg10 robin s show me love original11 byron stingly get up everybody ‘sting me’ bootleg12 tim deluxe mundaya 13 junior jack e samba 14 mariah carey dreamlover 24th street bootleg15 the ks feat robert owens living a life club version16 lys & gigi your love 2003 love mix17 scissor sisters comfortably numb fatboy slim remix

This mix is part of a trio of sessions I laid down for a trip to Ibiza in 2003. Selina & Matt, Ben & Lara, Lisa, Malcolm and myself took a villa up in the hills and had a fantastic break. I sorted out a wad of minidiscs for lazy poolside days.From memory, and from reviewing my limited notes, this mix was actually two separate sessions. I initially recorded something in May which I guess I wasn’t very happy with - it may have been one of my late night pissed-up adventures - but liking the first few tracks (particularly the blend into Groove Armada’s My Friend) I decided to pick up the mix from half way through, adding tracks 6 > 13 in August. Both the Aug and May sections lacked any meticulous planning. I just grabbed recent tunes that went with the laid-back mood to get some deep house faves into a mix for the holiday. It works on the whole but I’m sure the last few tracks (esp that Marvin Gaye booty) were probably just filler to use up the minidisc.Enjoy!deep house & balearic beats – mixed may & august 20031. sandy rivera – changes – original2. louie vega feat julie mcknight – diamond life – dance ritual 3. laranjeiras – i want you4. groove armada – my friend – dorfmeister mix5. telepopmuzik – breathe – extended mix6. blue six – do it together – jay’s besoul vocal7. victor duplais – lookin for love – nature’s plan remix8. racoon feat christine lucas – come alive – jay j’s jazzy vocal9. sade – kiss of life – bootleg10. victor davis – runaway train – wahoo remix11. q-burns abstract message – innocent – joey negro ambient dub12. michelle weeks – the light – sandy rivera club mix13. ‘make love not war’ – sexual healing bootleg74.7MB | 128kbps | AAC file

Daytime poolside vibes mixed for our trip to Ibiza, 03, with Malcolm, Selina, Matt F, Lisa, Lara, Ben and a few friends of Matt F.Sunshine pop, disco, hip hop and few summer house classics. Easy going party vibes for beer o’clock: mid afternoon with hangover clearing, time to gear up for the night ahead...Now also a favourite of Rachel’s.Daytime Poolside Classicsmixed 13 aug 03justin timberlake - rock ur body oakenfold mixgrace jones - pull up to bumper remixpointer sisters - automaticultra nate - new kind medicineshakatak - down on streetraw silk - do it to musicde la soul - roller skating jame named saturdayelectribe 101 - inside out remixalison limerick - where love lives cut to the bone morales mixmoloko sing it backTodd Terry - keep on jumpinKelis - young fresh new timo mass remixbrand new heavies - sometimes masters at work remix88MB standard mp3 file (not chaptered) 160kbps

Another daytime poolside session for our trip to Ibiza 2003. This time it’s all house tunes, but stacked with girly floorfillers and bootlegs (hence the title).Private Eye is a bootleg of Hall & Oats’ I can’t go for that; the Coloursound tune is lost gem here in it’s original form; G Club’s Guitarra G oozes Ibiza sunshine; and with Balearic faves by A Man Called Adam and Smokebelch towards the end of the mix, you definitely know which island you’re on. Enjoy.Laydeez Choice, bootlegs and daytime beatsmixed 13 aug 2003private eye - no can doclass a - street lifedisciples of funk - too far gonecome on sting me – byron bootydlsp - horney ep – summer hornshighrise - time after timecoloursound - fly with memood ii swing - can’t get away from youg club - guitarra ga man called adam - barefoot in the bootysmokebelch 03 bootyricherd x & kelis - finest dreamsrichie havens/groove armada – back to my roots114.9MB standard mp3 file 192kbps

Another one of those sessions mixed with the decks on the floor in the hallway because we were still doing up the flat. Jill had just left the Kentish Town Massive and moved in with Nick, so it was a little house warming gift for them. I remember it blearing out at a BBQ they had that summer. update april 03 | jill’s house warmer > mixed 13/4/03 jay-j feat latrice barnett - keep on rising x-press 2/nelly - lazy/hot in here bootleg with acapella (noël’s) bobby blanco - shelltoe ya underwear - seamus haji kid creme - together jamiroqui little l joey negro club mix ben watt / lone cat - holding on ?? - shout young mc - know how flaunt it djs booty narcotic thrust - safe from harm ?? - critacise booty gus gus - david ?? - the beat goes on 108.1 MB AAC file 192 kbps (but from a 128 kbps source file)