Am I right in thinking that some tracks supposed to be on CD2 were cut as the GU guys didn’t want to pay the global copyright quote, and subsequently changed for other cheaper options?
If so, I wonder what ones were changed. Bet Cass & Slide wasn’t on the original draft, and I bet Heaven Scent wasn’t either (bet he got mate’s rates from JD).

    Iirc GU only paid £500 for licencing tracks on the basis they’d ship shit loads by featuring on the releases

    FOR THE FAO OF ZACKSTER.

    Maybe not the one you’re looking for, but tons of classics on his Facebook page…





    seanc80 he played the first homelands over here and basically thumped out cd2 of this , was absolutely brilliant place was at fever pitch

        Him on that fucking horse…..again.

        Powers Up Pacha sounds like it was night filled with that great NY vocal tribal sound that we all know and love.

        zackster seems to me like Z2 would’ve been a more obvious choice for the CD as it was practically in every live (recorded) set that he did around that time…

          Dan i literally fell off a chair in my living room to that track once. baked out of my mind, was in the vortex and lost my bearings. 🤣

            Fuck this one is extremely close to the one I am after. Same year and series.

            Lol at the DT flyers. Finally a DJ who doesn’t take himself too seriously lol!

              The Boo Yourself one from 03 was so good. Back then they hadn’t gotten the balance of his AIDs meds and anti depressants just right, so he was still all puffy and shit. Anyways, the flyer featured his giant head on the shrunken body of a devil or imp, making a growling face and wielding a pitchfork.

              Millsy Finally a DJ who doesn’t take himself too seriously lol!

              Dresses up a flute player in a marching band who then storms off because people are talking during his set!

              • Dan replied to this.

                  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.

                          • LT42 replied to this.

                              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.