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 - 160kps


dj sneak - funky rhythm - border patrol refixx
a studio - sos - skylark vocal
rasmus faber - divided/united - dub
michael grey - the weekend - original
bobby blanco - 3am - original
area f - akumbe - bobby blanco
ooh yeah yeah - sax trip
a guy called gerald - voodoo ray - hoxton whores remix
scape feat d’empress - be my friend - michael grey remix
erik prydz & steve angello - woz not woz - vers 1
beautiful liaisons - yeah yeah
mutiny - 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 > 2/4/04

black shadow feat krs 1 can you stand the funk
laurent wolf feat sonu dee about that
beautiful liaisons yeah yeah
bini & martini feat su’su bobien say yes beginerz remix
5* clowns give it up
del gado coffee beats
bobby blanco shelltoe
eric prydz slammin’
powers that be planet rock
moog ii swing can’t get away full intention remix
gus gus david darren emerson remix
underworld 7 days off
el b get her



102.7MB 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 remix
soul II soul - back to life bootleg
soulsearcher - feelin’ love part one
michelle weeks - the light morera re-edit
dr kucho - stings track???
grant nelson feat mica paris - bodyswerve
martin solveig - rockin’ music
pointer sisters - automatic bootleg

34.5 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 - 192kbps


01 kaskade feat joslyn it’s you, it’s me original
02 movearo & alan h all over my face version 2
03 full intention forever bootleg vocal
04 the disciples of phunk too far gone original
05 4 star clowns feels so good
06 identity consienta
07 m-gee bodyswerve original instrumental
08 martin solvieg rockin’ music
09 d.e.a. music is my life bootleg
10 robin s show me love original
11 byron stingly get up everybody ‘sting me’ bootleg
12 tim deluxe mundaya
13 junior jack e samba
14 mariah carey dreamlover 24th street bootleg
15 the ks feat robert owens living a life club version
16 lys & gigi your love 2003 love mix
17 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 2003

1. sandy rivera – changes – original
2. louie vega feat julie mcknight – diamond life – dance ritual
3. laranjeiras – i want you
4. groove armada – my friend – dorfmeister mix
5. telepopmuzik – breathe – extended mix
6. blue six – do it together – jay’s besoul vocal
7. victor duplais – lookin for love – nature’s plan remix
8. racoon feat christine lucas – come alive – jay j’s jazzy vocal
9. sade – kiss of life – bootleg
10. victor davis – runaway train – wahoo remix
11. q-burns abstract message – innocent – joey negro ambient dub
12. michelle weeks – the light – sandy rivera club mix
13. ‘make love not war’ – sexual healing bootleg

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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 Classics
mixed 13 aug 03

justin timberlake - rock ur body oakenfold mix
grace jones - pull up to bumper remix
pointer sisters - automatic
ultra nate - new kind medicine
shakatak - down on street
raw silk - do it to music
de la soul - roller skating jame named saturday
electribe 101 - inside out remix
alison limerick - where love lives cut to the bone morales mix
moloko sing it back
Todd Terry - keep on jumpin
Kelis - young fresh new timo mass remix
brand new heavies - sometimes masters at work remix


88MB 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 beats
mixed 13 aug 2003

private eye - no can do
class a - street life
disciples of funk - too far gone
come on sting me – byron booty
dlsp - horney ep – summer horns
highrise - time after time
coloursound - fly with me
mood ii swing - can’t get away from you
g club - guitarra g
a man called adam - barefoot in the booty
smokebelch 03 booty
richerd x & kelis - finest dreams
richie havens/groove armada – back to my roots


114.9MB 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)

Funky house favourites from early ’03.

Produced for my bestest buddy, Selina, on her 30th birthday. There’s something about Sel that makes me want to pull out all the stops for her. This time I had to pull out the decks - Matt & I had just moved house and the building work we had done meant it was too dusty for playing vinyl.

I set up my decks on the floor in the hallway and pulled out some girly tunes I thought she’d like.

Her birthday was a great night clubbing in Brixton. We returned to her & Matty F’s flat (I seem to remember seven of us paying a dodgy cab double fare to squeeze us in??) and danced round their living room to this mix. Happy days.





79’57” - 110.9 MB - AAC file - 192kbps


fab for feat robert owens last night a dj (blew my mind) - original
the monsterz u.r.d.o.one - original
ernest saint laurent in the sky - joey negro red sky club edit
kurtis mantronix pres chamonix 77 strings
barbara tucker beautiful people - 2002 remix
white label - so much love (to give)
del gado coffee beats - original mix
eclipse take me down (6 underground) - bini & martini
manijama feat. mukupa & l'il t no no no (you don't love me) - original
bob sinclar the beat goes on - junior jack remix
bootleg - chic ("magic touch") phreak off
tim deluxe it just won't do - milk & sugar remix
bootleg - iio rapture booty
sounds of blackness the pressure – acap.
jon carter it's yours - original distant music mix