Basically, even when doing something decent, Mongwater can’t do it without being a moany cunt: “look at the burden I had to bear for you”

SM001 Yep ….plus he did some work with Fluke’s frontman.

      Dan Can we all have is autograph?

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          SM001 I’ll ask him next time I see him. He normally drinks in the Ship in Chelmsford. He was remixing Mick Jagger when he about 23 and his live set up played at Glastonbury. Talented bugger.

            Used to hammer this one by him.

            I’m late to this but has Jon gone through all this work just to let everyone know what his fave EM of 2004 is? Bloody hell, mate, why did you do this to yourself? A similar thread will be started by some plug in a few months again anyway or this one will descend into ‘Post your favourite EM’ in no time at all. Hugo debating him on the choices then as per fucking Christ, lol

            Anyway, I don’t remember the Zabiela one so I’ll check it I suppose.

              I sent Zabiela the Björk-remix he played on the essential mix. KLANG. Introvert pressed a small patch of 12 inches of the remix and gave me a copy to thank me. He got a lot of publicity out of it being on an essential mix. No idea what he’s doing these days, lost touch with him over the years.

              Part owns a Salon in Southampton Zabiela.

              Does hair, nails and beauty treatments.

                Smallman1 I like to think this is how Hernan, Zabiela and Diggers will all end up. Side by side stylists in an up market salon. Mincing and reminiscing. It’s destiny.

                    Brilliant thread mate. Can see you put a lot of work into it. Think Desyn would have made it to the top for me followed by Zabiela as a close second place.

                    It’s been mentioned here already, but I think Desyn and other similar DJs really contributed to the evolution of the sound lifting the scene out of its recession in the early 2000s. Obviously this is what tends to happen anyway the sounds change and you get different trends but I think without it, prog wouldn’t have been able to evolve as it did. Not the only factor of course but a big factor from my perspective.

                    The other ones that I think of apart from Desyn, SOS etc are Luke Fair and Add2Basket, both were quite underrated in my opinion but just revitalised the sounds and took it in a different direction. The Rogue Show, that Luke and Add2Basket did was just incredible.

                    Nice one mate. Hoping to see other EM reviews for different years.


                    Desyn wasn’t afraid of unleashing classics either. Remember him dropping Pennies from heaven in room 2 at Bedrock as we was swigging from his carton of Tropicana

                      LT42

                      I did 1999 some time ago. Started this one and 2000 as something to do while working solo on covid. Help pass the time given it was just me in my house for weeks on end. Despite Dave’s misunderstanding, it’s a fun exercise for me all things considered. Even when the music is bad there’s usually something amusing or redeeming. Interesting to hear how things have changed and what holds up. But it does take time. Can only listen to so much in a day before it all starts sounding the same. All in all no complaints! Not that I’d expect anyone else to bother with such a useless exercise.

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                          alistair

                          Bet he wasn’t a smooth Tropicana drinker. Reckon he was all in on Tropicana with extra juicy bits.

                            Millsy I like to think this is how Hernan, Zabiela and Diggers will all end up. Side by side stylists in an up market salon. Mincing and reminiscing. It’s destiny.

                            Hernan putting on one of his 8hr sets with Diggers and Zabs saying “give it a rest hun.”

                                alistair swigging from his carton of Tropicana

                                Should have been snorting Nugenix.

                                  Smallman1 Smallman’s automated system dispatching email invites to Bants School to himself nowadays.

                                      Current attendees at Bants School?

                                      MC, Si and Hugo.

                                      One tough gig I cannot lie.