Commercial funky house anthems and deep soulful classics, direct from the vault! Here's a choice selection of sessions gathered through 15+ years of rocking the decks at various bars, clubs and parties in London and Manchester. If it’s more than a couple of years old, you’ll find it here in my Classic Archive Podcast. This library will grow over the coming months to uncover more retro gems. Visit noelc.com/classic for more info, and to subscribe to other DJ Noël feeds. Enjoy :-)
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Feed your iPod with the latest sessions from DJ Noël. From deep soulful lounging beats to fat funky floorfillers, electro party anthems and minimal tech house glitches… This podcast brings you my latest noodlings. Enjoy! Find out more at www.noelc.com/latest... Also, if you prefer house from the '90s and early '00s, check out my Classic Mix Archive podcast. I've been playing bars, clubs and parties in London and Manchester for over 15 years, and this separate podcast feed is crammed with ove ...
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happy sound c-60: campo disco & dubs
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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 - Gol…
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jefferson jam: azouricious house and disco
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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 w…
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Pete's old no 1 tapes
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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 …
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silver sonic: outer-arrow smith-space
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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 fo…
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yashima ufo i - fiji session 1
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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…
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unbespielt C170: finishing off basanov
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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 il…
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ferrocolor hd - InDeep - nov 13
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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 thr…
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pryal maxima - InDisco rubs - summer 2013
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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 s…
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enchanted garden party - Noël’s 40th
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(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. Ble…
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the password is PLAY - feb 13
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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 fi…
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winter warmer minimix - nov 12
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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 alon…
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best of deep house 2010
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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 Mar…
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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 fa…
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high pressure days - april 10
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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…
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blisstech glisten vol 2
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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 i…
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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 u…
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perfect motion: roach motel and fire island
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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 s…
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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…
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beach beats - june 09
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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 m…
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codeine coma kick back
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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 t…
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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 t…
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electro house Q2 review
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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 x Electro House - Q2 annual review - mixed 8 April 09, chaptered 22 April 09 …
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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 …
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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 08 1 East St. Louis Players - Hustlin (Inland Knights You Choose Mix) 2 Joey Negro - Love Hangover (DJ…
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tedalicious techno trip
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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 o…
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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. …
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sunsnoozer deeper dubs
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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 …
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sunlounger deep soulful
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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 Tomor…
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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…
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saturday night special no 35
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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 playli…
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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 f…
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update march 08 - Driver Bar warm up
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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…
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bad bambi birthday boogie
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"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 g…
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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 - D…
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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 Dea…
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best of 07 - electrotech
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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 t…
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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 …
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chloe sun sea sex fashion party
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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 pla…
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minimal tech & deep rep grooves
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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 suns…
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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. Highl…
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deep tech house - april 07
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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…
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dirty electro house filth
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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 f…
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update 06 - best of the summer
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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 not…
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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 la…
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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 …
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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.Door DJ Noël
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project update - update april 06
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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 192kbps 1. dr kucho - lies too yourse…
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minimal tech & deep house
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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, …
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best of andrew 30th bday
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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 l…
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west of andrew 30th bday
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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 …
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