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eyesfront....................When I make a mix, the most important thing for me is to try and tell a story. Create a journey for the listener, bring them up, bring them down, send them somewhere.

I love music that you can instantly connect with. Gives you a feeling, makes you smile, invokes an image or colour in your mind. Takes you to places you’ve never been to. Maybe even back to a particular time and place…Whether it be in a smoke filled back room at Cream back in 94 with Paul Bleasdale at the helm. Being in a rammed Bollywood tent at Bestival or an idyllic boat party in Croatia.

In this mix I’ve used tracks that currently are taking me to places, hopefully they will do the same for you.

So I guess this mix is dedicated to all the people who keep me inspired and addicted to this wonderful evolving scene and its culture that is ours.

Peace & Love

Nick

1. Ilija Rudman - Cinematic Behaviour / Electric Minds
2. Copycat - Disco Thang (Ajello Ethos Mama remix) / MB Disco
3. Jay Shepheard/Tad Wily - Hefty Done Me Right / Retrofit #7
4. Phunktastike - Booged Out (Julian Sanza remix) / Heartbeat Revolutions
5. Gazeebo - Bedroom Bullies (Sleazy McQueen remix) / Adults Only 3
6. The RImshooters - Calling You / Deep Electric
7. Hard Ton - Not Again (The Rimshooters remix) / Toy Tonics Records
8. Massimiliano Pagliara - Fade The Light (Rotciv Underground mix) / Live At Robert Johnson Records.
9. Mario Basanov - We Are Child Of Love (Mario redub) / Needwant
10. The RImshooters - Don't Turn Away From My Love (instrumental dub) / Space Ranger Records
11. Crazy P - Changes (Hot Toddy remix) / 2020Vision
12. Odd Parents Feat. MP - Fame (Catz 'N Dogz & Martin Dawson Friday Fever remix) / Ellum Audio
13. The Barking Dogs - Mamarracho (feat Marcelo Burlon) / Gomma
14. The White Lamp - It's You (Eats Everything & Christophe Acid Ouse mix) / Futureboogie
15. Jimmy Edgar - This One's For The Children / Hotflush Recordings
16. The Burrell Bros. - Feel The Love (Sex mix) / Tech Trax Inc

Dick Cosmic....................A mix for Tristan da Cunha. A great friend and a total inspiration. My favourite DJ and one seriously special viber. No one out there like you dude. Massive love. All the best with your new venture and new family. May your futures all shine bright. This is a mix of some of my favourite records. Effortlessley cool tracks from the deepside. 

Paolo....................On the 1st April i will be running the Reading Half Marathon for Nordoff Robins Music Therapy charity.
Nordoff Robbins helps people from all walks of life overcome physical and mental strife through music.
Running is my favourite way to absorb new music, and the escapism it gives me really helps to sort my head out with the day-to day B.S. we all have to deal with.

I think everyone has had a moment in their life where music has struck a personal chord; inspired them or pulled them through rough times. This mix is dedicated to ALL of YOU who have felt that, acted on it, and let music play a large part in your life. This is me asking you to donate to a good cause and give a little back.

Sponsor me: www.justgiving.com/PAOLORIOZZI
Read more: www.nordoff-robbins.org.uk/

The mix itself is a live DJ set of all my favourite sounds, shapes, labels & producers that i'm into. Old tracks and newer ones through dub, house & techno.
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Ernest....................The Daft punk, Andrew Weatherall & Dave Angel essential mixes from 90s are next level. A lot of the EMs from that time are amazing. They were all so energetic (& fast!), when you get to the end of them you can tell the DJ put a lot into it. You also had no idea what track was coming next! So this mix is in the style of those old EMs; a pacey house mix, which I put a lot of energy into whilst digging through my records for the rarer stuff as well as some classics. I chucked a couple of tracks in from the Dave Angel & Weatherall EM " />

The mix is dedicated to Paolo Riozzi. He actually showed me both the Weatherall & Dave Angel mix. I was woken up by the sound of the Dave Angel mix hammering through my bedroom floor, because he knew i'd wake up and buzz off it. I ran downstairs & was just like what is this it's nuts?!

Niles.....................This mix is dedicated to Rick and Ian. I don't make house mixes anymore but those two gave me the bug again so here it is. 90 minutes of US House and deep techno.

There's a lot of Peacefrog/Relief type stuff on there – proper house.

It's slow, it's chuggy and it's probably best listened to in a dark room with a low roof, full of people who are a bit too far gone, sweaty and topless. That's ideal.

If you have to listen to it in a Toyota Avensis on your way into work that's fine by me though (although you should at least remove your top).”

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J.Cub.....................You have been on an almighty night out. You have had hardly any sleep and your head is pounding but you have to muster up the energy to go out and do it all over again. This compilation is designed to sooth your head then get you in the mood to get out the door all within an hour

I dedicate to all those people like me that never learn, and think that drinking shots of Tequila is a good thing to do!

1. Gabrielle - Alice Russell
2. Into My Life - Ron Basejam
3. Rita - Dusty Remix
4. Reflections of a Poet - Unknown Artist
5. Gota Move - Wildcats
6. Abusing It - Unknown Artist
7. The 1st Black President (FUNNY AS)
8. Milk and Honey feat Holly Cook - Prince Fatty
9. Das EFX - They Want EFX
10. Turntable Tech - Pablo
11. Intergalatic Romantic - Couloring In
12. Track 1 - Samantho Fax

This is and end of the summer blend of some of my favourite oldies, i see most people thinking that the summer is a gonna so hopefully this will give you some sunshine vibes and put a smile on your face. x

Greg Phizacklea AKA Ashby De La Zouche....................This is dedicated to everyone I've ever sat in a field with and got high in the sunshine, past, present and future. When the world gets too confusing and the stresses and strains of the world get too much, go find some grass, pop this mixtape in your walkman, turn off your phone, peel of your socks, blank out the spider weaving a web between your toes and enjoy the sunshine........

These are some of my favourite tracks and hope you enjoy them too.

Thanks to Pete at MFF for asking me to make this, it was a pleasure and thanks to my other half Ruth, for listening to me mix the same tracks for hours on end in the loft x

01 Herp Albert - Rotation
02 A Tribe Called Quest - Description of a Fool (Groove Armada Remix)
03 The Willow Band - Free As A Willow (Todd Terje Mix)
04 Norman Harris - In Good Faith
05 Bomb The Bass - Bug Powder Dust (Le Funk Mob Remix)
06 Black Harmony - Don't Let It Go To Your Head
07 LCD Soundsystem - Freak Out
08 M.I.A. - Paper Planes (DFA Remix)
09 Talking Heads - Burning Down The House (Razormaid Re-Edit)
10 Aswad - Warrior Charge
11 The Clash - The Guns Of Brixton
12 Danmass - Happy Here
13 Labi Siffre - I Got The

Joe Morris....................This mix is dedicated to party people everywhere... Vibers, dancers, innovators & creators. This mix is for the stranger smiling next to me in a field and on the dancefloor. This mix if for the people that inspire me so much it makes my heart bust out of my chest. This mix is dedicated to everyone who make things happen, who absolutely have it anywhere and everywhere they can. This mix is for them x

Zepp001 - Dearly Beloved [Delusions of Grandeur]
Domeyko & Gonzales - Unanchor [Death Strobe Records]
Julian Sanza - Fired Up (Toomy Disco Remix) [Solar Disco]
Carlo Gambino - Bad Habits (Joe Morris Remix) [3AM Recordings]
Bicep - Darwin [Throne of Blood]
Roberto Rodriguez - I Got [FINA]
Todd Terje - Ragysh [Running Back]
Simon Baker - Dead Air [2020 Vision]
South West Seven - Absolute [Solar Disco]
David August - Hamburg is for Lovers [DIYnamic]
Cottam - Sunset (Hunee Remix) [Use of Weapons]
Lone - Once In A While (Midland Remix) [Werk Discs]
Tomas Malo - Not Beaten Yet [Taiko Mochi]

Frenchy....................This selection is mixed with a LOAD of love in dedication to my bezzie bird mate and all round belter Caroline Michael as a 30th bday present...... Straight up disco party music that never fails to put a smile on my face and make me feel good, just like the girl it is dedicated to...... Thanks for being you! XXX

Image by Maria Jaramillo and Gracie Rogers of Fotofillia Photography: www.fotofillia.com

Marc Clausen....................This mix is for my friends and my brother Ole and my good friend Christian Aindow, who helped me with this. Its meant to be something for an early evening or early morning, its a mix of tunes that i love and have a special memory of at some point. Be it an early morning or a night out with good friends or just dj'ing at home with some mates getting really excited about a good sound or production or the tounge in cheek lyrics. I hope that some of theese tunes will give the same feeling and good memories to others in other friendship circles, like ripples in the water.

The mix is called legoland as tribute to my homeland Denmark and many good times - again growing up and playing with lego (Also because making this mix was abit like building lego,fitting it all together)

The mix is not dj'ed,its programmed in order to fit things that normally wouldnt fit,and i wanted to try abelton myself,as i never tried it before. For me this is about the music,not wheather its been dj'ed or not. If you love music and dj'ing and especially computer made music,then why be scared to use the technology available.

1. birdshell-6th borough project (shell toe remix)
2. love my friend-kraak and smaak.
3. oh honey-delegation (dean smith soul house remake)
4. bobby and whitney-kraak and smaak.
5. space dimension controller-the love quadrant.
6. fagget fairys-feed the horse.
7. jay haze feat.laila tov-i wait for you.
8. soldiers of twilight-belive.
9. loco dice-phat dope shit.
10. akabu-another world (andre lodemann remix)
11. lowtec-chord memory.
12. prommer,barck,longerling-lovin (andre lodemann remix)

Dick Cosmic....................This is another mix for LOVE. I love these tracks and i hope everyone gets to enjoy dancing round to these disco delights. This collection of songs is for Emily. Thank you for the joy you bring me. I love you. xx

1. Lovin' - Ryan Shaw
2. Scared - Mark E
3. Stop Ou Encore (Ron Hardy Re-Edit) - Plastic Bertrand
4. Make It Better - Eddie C
5. Seventh Heaven - Gwen Guthrie
6. Keep On Lovin' Me - The Whispers
7. Can't Get Away (from Your Love) - Carol Williams
8. Get It Up for Love - Tata Vega
9. All The Thrills - Be
10. If You Want My Lovin' (Evelyn's Facelift Edit) - Jamie Bull

Danielle Crazy P......................This podcast is dedicated to LOVE. To love and to be loved is happiness. It heightens our emotions and senses. It unites and is a positive force to be reckoned with.

It wasn’t that easy compiling this selection; there are so many songs which relate to many emotions love inspires, and so you can only honour any emotion at a specific time…therefore my choices are melancholy, poppy, soulful, heartfelt, feminine and with a twist of desire. I’m starting to sound like Simon Bates so I’ll leave it there.

If I can use this opportunity to say thank you to all my friends and family, because this music selection is inspired by you too-each song tells a love story of its own- and to ultimately the one person I love dearly and who has pulled me through to the here and now-Mr Johnson…with all my love x

1.Outkast-Prototype
2.Jill Scott-Cross My Mind
3.Teddy Pendergrass-Love TKO
4.Eltron John-The copy
5.Billy Joel-Just the way you are
6.Minnie Riperton-Inside my love
7.Prince-Crazy You
8.Feist-Inside and Out
9.Paul Anka-Lovecats
10.Herbie Hancock-Stars
11.DJD and Sylvester-Need somebody
12.Gus Gus-Unecessary
13.The XX-Heart Skipped a beat
14.Ron Basejam-Into my life

Pezzner....................

"Feels like ever since I started making music for a living, I've had less time to actually listen to music. Don't get me wrong, I love to listen to music but my days are spent mostly working on music, and its impossible for me to listen while I write.

For me though, impossible to even do busy work and listen to music. When I hear a song I like, I find myself hypnotized by the sounds, lose attention to everything else, and I get nothing done. When I hear music, I like to dissect each element of the song and try to figure out how each sound was made. I picture the instruments that played them, what color they are and how they are being played. I'll try to imagine what is going through the vocalist's mind while she is singing, and how this amazing piece of music I'm hearing had come about. When I like a song, it will paint a picture in my mind so visible it's actually debilitating to me.

That was fine back when I was working in an office - I could just listen to music and space out all day long. Now that I'm working for myself, I find it more important that I stay focused on my work, which is kind of ironic because music is my job. I need to be careful about what I listen to during the day because if I put on something that's too good I'll get stuck again.

So these days most of the time I spend listening to music is at the airport, and like Simon Baker (read below) I prefer to listen to music that soothes when I travel. This mix was compiled somewhere between Houston and Seattle and some time after the overhead lights went off. I'll dedicate it to my wife."

1. Phantogram - 10,000 Claps
2. Liturgy - Untitled
3. Liars - The Wrong Coat For You
4. Izumi Misawa - Hakoniwa
5. Dntel - The Distance (Metronomy Remix)
6. Toro Y Moi - Lissoms
7. Jesus Jones - Yellow Brown
8. Fences - Your Bones
9. Goldmund - Methusela Tree
10. Lusine - Twilight

Simon Baker....................This mix is dedicated to all traveling DJ's who like myself live the Airport Life, and while i LOVE my job, It can sometimes be a lonely world spending days sat on your own in Airports with little or no sleep (1,2,3 Orrr i hear you cry ..... but i escape these 6 hour delays, sweaty queues and screaming kids by putting on my ipod and listening to soothing beautiful music, or at least what is beautiful to my ears anyway. It keeps my head together and keeps me smiling.

So i am sharing with you a selection of music i would typically listen to after a sleepless night in club land.

I hope you enjoy this as much as i did making it !

Thanks

The White Stripes - Youve got her in your pocket
Smog - Drinking At The Dam
A Mountain Of One - Bones (Accoustic version)
Cat Power - (I can't get no)Satisfaction
Film School - Sick Of Shame
Jose Gonzales - Instr.
The Books - Cello Song (feat jose Gonzales)
Fontan - Land Of The Dragon
Steve Mason - Let Her In
Kollektiv Turmstrasse - Dazwischen 5
Aaron Dessner & Justin Vernon - Big Red Machine
Kollektiv Turmstrasse - Dazwischen 7
Kate Bush - The Man With a Child In His Arms
The Dandy Warhols - Not Your Bottle
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of the Moon
James Blake - Limit To Your Love
Francois-Joel Thiollier- Suite Bergamasque_ Clair de lune
Peter Broderick - A Snow Flake

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