Cant stand all that Funky Green Dogs shite, I had mates that would literally turn down the music mid session to let everybody know the next track IS THE NEW ONE FROM FUNKY GREEN DOGS. It was usually a room full of monged casuals at that point, having the best night of their miserable lives in some 8×10 kitchen and usually a sign that their time at the “party” was soon coming to a close before the sweet opening bars of Sasha’s remix of Horse Careful cleansed the atmosphere and sent them out of harms way.

    “PEASY AND BLOCKO ROCKING YOUR SOCKS OFF!” - 01-19
    This is absolutely stellar and I love the True Romance dialogue snippets peppered throughout (along with the above shout). A mix that absolutely captures the madness and energy of the main room at Cream or Godskitchen those days. 10/10 (or 0/10 if you’re Hugo or some other bore)

    1. Descent - Moonblower [Colors - 019]
    2. Van Haze - The Workout [Main Room - MR 8]
    3. Natural Born Grooves - Grooveblind [Heat - 002]
    4. Hole In One - Life’s Too Short (Live At Paleis Mix) [Manifesto - FESX 21]
    5. Brainbug - Nightmare [Additive - 12AD 007]
    6. 2B Continued - Laydown (S’N’S Remix) [Aspro - 014]
    7. OCP - Play D Music (Tidy Trax UK Gold 12″ Edit) [Satellite City - SCITY 003]
    8. Madam Friction - Bonkers [Nukleuz - PSRP 0025]
    9. Fred & Ginger - The Jam Must Go On [Freebass - FRBS02]
    10. Future Files - Babytalk [South Of Sanity - SOS 001]
    11. Gogo - House Of Love [Cyber Records - CR 010]
    12. Duke - So In Love With You (Full Intention Mix) [Pukka - 12PUKKA11]
    13. Liquid Art - Xplorer [Hook Recordings - HK017]
    14. DJ Gogo - Love Is My Passion [Cyber Records - CR 012]
    15. Extract - Take U To The Inside [Yeti Records - YR 9635]
    16. Technocat Featuring DJ Scott - The Journey [Steppin Out - IAN054T]
    17. Vinyl Vandals - 2-3 Break [Vinyl Vandals - 001]
    18. Mankey - Double Trouble [Slamm - 06]
    19. Chunky Mother - Cold Stone Lover [Rokstone - 12 RKR 5]
    20. ? - Strong Island
    21. Hip Hop - Renegade?
    22. Slacker - Scared [Loaded - LOAD 43]

      Link us up UMB, some of us might like to listen along.

        bosstrabs 10/10 (or 0/10 if you’re Hugo or some other bore)

        How would I give 0/10 to a mix featuring Slacker ‘Scared’ and Brainbug ‘Nightmare’?!

        Seems like you really don’t know me that well.

          bosstrabs will relisten. Had one of the best nights of my young clubbing life with them going back to back for four hours at Clockwork Orange at Es Paradis that same year. Finished off with Atlantic Ocean Waterfall as I recall.

            Dave, what are the odds on this thread becoming a “This is my favourite Essential Mix of all time” thread? Or a “My best Night ever in Ibiza was….” thread? Or a “Live essential mixes were better than studio mix essential mix weeds” thread?

            Brainbug Nightmare 🤣

            LT42 monged casuals at that point, having the best night of their miserable lives

            😂

              Amps Link us up UMB, some of us might like to listen along.

              I don’t know if I can post links to torrents here, apologies @mono-stereo

                OK, so joking aside, this probably is a genuine 10.
                01-26 Grooverider
                01 Sufi – The River (Boymerang VIP Mix) [Regal]
                02 PFM – Cruising Detroit [Moving Shadow]
                03 Matrix – Fluid Motion [New Identity]
                04 The Quartet – Nevada [Pivotal]
                05 Krust – Soul In Motion [Full Cycle]
                06 Boymerang – Mind Control [Regal]
                07 Dom & Roland – Time [Moving Shadow]
                08 Future Forces Inc & Fierce – Constant [Renegade Hardware]
                09 Codename John – Warned [Higher Ground / Prototype]
                10 Lemon D – City Lights [Higher Ground / Prototype]
                11 DJ Die – Special Treat [V Recordings]
                12 Alex Reece – Out Of Time [4th & Broadway]
                13 Matrix – Mute [Higher Ground / Prototype]
                14 Optical – Sever! [Virus]
                15 Cybotron Feat. Dillinja – Light Years [Prototype]
                16 Photek – Ni Ten Ichi Ryu [Science]
                17 Decoder – Fuse [Elementz]
                18 Nasty Habits – Shadow Boxing (Remix) [31 Records]
                19 Lemon D – Going Gets Tough [Prototype]
                20 Bally Sagoo – Tum Bin Jiya (Grooverider Dub Mix) [Higher Ground]
                21 Capone – Paradise [Hardleaders]
                22 LTJ Bukem – Music (Peshay Rework) [Nexus]
                23 Subject 13 – Jazz Style [Creative Source]
                24 Matrix – Junk [New Identity]
                25 Krust – Brief Encounters [Full Cycle]
                26 Optical – What’s The Difference? [Virus]

                One of the best drum n bass mixes I’ve heard, big drums everywhere (especially Photek’s Ni Ten Ichi Ryu). Relentless liquid funk and big, dark drums.

                  Dave laying his soul to bare.

                  Feel like I’m rubbernecking.

                  Is there a safe word?

                    I don’t know if I can do the whole year. Can I hand the baton over to someone else for the Feb mixes? @Mad_Cyril ?

                      Talking of 1997, Michael Jordan was on the verge of his second three-peat. Did you get the tattoo around this time or after he had completed the feat?

                      Are you trying to reduce me, David? Have at you!

                      Dave’s completely underestimated poor old jonny whatever his name was’ time spent doing a review of ess mixes for an entire year. You need to rank them all too.

                      Have to say though, I expected you to make it further than the 26th January, dave!

                      Take 5 mins, abuse ed and get back into it. It’ll be March before you know it…

                      bosstrabs I don’t know if I can do the whole year. Can I hand the baton over to someone else for the Feb mixes? @Mad_Cyril ?

                      Not sure I could do it Dave, you’ve made a terrific start, got that viral Netflix documentary vibe - we’re not sure where this is going, but can sense the protagonist is a wrongun and it’s likely not going to end well.

                        I think Dave’s cream crackered already because he hasn’t reviewed a single PEAK TIME POWER PROG mix.