Oh fuck thats right. If it was a Be Yourself night at Arc you had to check your cell phone with your coat before you were admitted.

Smallman1 The venue is open for 8 hours and he’s not the only DJ on. Doesn’t sound like an extended set by DTs standards. (Unless they’ve got a 24 hour license and can keep going throughout Saturday onwards)

    Heno I was front and centre for that. I remember being shirtless when he played some track called Heaven Scent at the end.

    NOW THATS WHAT I CALL TOPS OFF SMALLMAN YOU SKINNY FUCKING BASTARD

        seanc80 I was front and centre for that. I remember being shirtless when he played some track called Heaven Scent at the end.

        NOW THATS WHAT I CALL TOPS OFF SMALLMAN YOU SKINNY FUCKING BASTARD

        Video or STFU.

          Saw Danny T once. That moon-faced weirdo leveled the place in fairness. 1015 Folsom. Belted this out and it sounded amazing.

          LT42 Sydney disk 2, is up there with NE2 disk 1 for flow. Near perfect.

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              Massive respect for Amps not letting this one go.

              zackster disagree - on Disc 2 I think Diggers actually generally avoided obvious big room tracks in favour of cohesion. It’s more peak-time, underground, hypnotic vortex mode, rather than big room bangers.

              Clear example, as I’ve already pointed out, if he’d wanted to go more in the big room direction he would have included the original of Stoneproof, rather than the dubby Alternative version. As it is there are no tracks on the disc anywhere near as “large” as Xpander, Mercury & Solace or Heaven Scent . They all tend more towards the subtle and driving, which is one of the reasons why the mix works so well.

                  Dan Whilst the fat knacker is belting out Boston’s ‘more than a feeling’.

                  I’m fuckin’ crying!

                    zackster the Evolution mix, which is very stripped down and not very similar to the huge original at all.

                      Right. Its just Digweed being the flipside to the Sasha coin. For disc 2 Sasha went bright and emotive while Diggers went dark and brooding. Still counts as playing the prog hits of the day in my book.

                        seanc80 never heard of it ! We were there all day at the time I taught John Cecchini was the best thing I ever seen! The atmosphere was borderline feral at times , what a time to be alive

                          zackster Still counts as playing the prog hits of the day in my book.

                          Were they prog hits before he stuck them on a GU mix, or did they become prog hits because he stuck them on a GU mix?

                              zackster Right. Its just Digweed being the flipside to the Sasha coin. For disc 2 Sasha went bright and emotive while Diggers went dark and brooding. Still counts as playing the prog hits of the day in my book.

                              The first two sentences are sort of correct, but ultimately Disc 2 of Hong Kong is just Diggers being peak-time Diggers - I don’t see that it was anything to do with trying to emulate what Sasha did on Ibiza (what your original comment stated).

                              It’s pretty expected that on a double-disc at least one will be a demonstration of that DJ’s more peak-time style.

                              I also still think he avoided a bunch of “the prog hits of the day” for the purposes of groove and flow, but that’s also a bit more Diggers’ style; as you say he’s typically been a bit more dark, brooding (and understated) than Sasha.

                                vinnyt77 i mean quite a few were already out and known, yeah. Diablo, Heaven Scent, Angry Skies, More, Stoneproof… think Persuasion was too, wasn’t it? I am not knocking the mix. It’s my fav Digweed GU. I just think disc one is better and I think the formula I identified for why disc 2s are typically less renowned applies to Hong Kong.