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For something I was doing recently I pulled out a bunch of pop / disco / new wave / 80's tunes & thought I should put a mix together before they all go back on the shelf.

Slightly obsessed by Blancmange at the moment :)

Hip Hop / New Wave / House / Reggae & more 

'The music is purely just there to dance to'

Who Am I - Beenie Man (VP) 

Freak Like Me (We Don't Give A Damn Mix) - Sugababes (Island) 

Are Friends Eclectic - Peza (Peza) 

Paid In Full (Seven Minutes Of Madness - The Coldcut Remix) - Eric B & Rakim (4th & Broadway) 

Sign O' The Times - Prince (Paisley Park) 

Work It - Missy Elliott (Elektra) 

Something More (Dark) - Roisin Murphy (Skint) 

Pull Up To The Bumper (Remixed Version) - Grace Jones (Family) 

Rapper's Delight - Xanadu & Sweet Lady (Soul Jazz) 

Fade To Grey (Extended) - Visage (Family) 

Feel Me (Greg Wilson & Derek Kaye Remix) - Blancmange (Cherry Red) 

Was That All It Was (Hardway Bros Bleep Dub) - Peak High (Peak High) 

True Faith - New Order (Factory) 

Some Lovin' - Liberty City (Network) 

Tokyo (Peza Rework) - Peza (Peza) 

Blind Vision (Long Version) - Blancmange (London) 

Wordy Rappinghood (12" Version) - Tom Tom Club (Island) 

Trance Lesson - Adriatique (Afterlife) 

At Night (Alan Braxe Remix) - Shakedown (Smugglers Way) 

Magnificent Romeo - Basement Jaxx (XL) 

The Sound Of The Crowd (Instrumental) - The Human League (Virgin)

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I've done a couple of reggae sets in Avoca in the last week or so & this is a home-made mix of some of the tunes that got played. 

Two little events, full of good vibes - love this place & this community - very cool to play tunes when the above photo is pretty much the view from behind the decks 😍 

'Sun, moon & stars'

Dialogue - Ras Pidow / Rastafari Elders (Real Authentic Sound)
Positive Vibration - Bob Marley & The Wailers (Island)
Stay Loose - Hemsley Morris (Trojan)
Funky Kingston - Toots & The Maytals (Soul Jazz)
Stereo Freeze - Jackie Mittoo (Soul Jazz)
Greedy G - Brentford All-Stars (Soul Jazz)
Sabasi - Cedric Im Brooks & The Light of Saba (Honest Jon's)
Belema - Opotopo (Soundway)
Agboyabakpa - James Etamobe & His All Weather Band (Soundway)
One Step Forward - Max Romeo (Island)
Congoman (12" mix) - The Congos (Blood & Fire)
Clean Air Clean Country - Mista Savona & Burro Banton (Elefant Traks)
Without Love - Mista Savona & Sugar D (Elefant Traks)
Chant At Dusk - Mista Savona & Rootbound System (Elefant Traks)
Know Yourself - Mista Savona & Determine (Elefant Traks)
Time Come - Linton Kwesi Johnson (Island)
Ganja Smuggling - Eek-A-Mouse (Greensleeves)
Bubbling Telephone (Chalice) - Charlie Chaplin (17 North Parade)
Mountain Top - Gappy Ranks (Greensleeves)
World A Music - Ini Kamoze (Soul Jazz)
Safe From Harm - Horace Andy (On-U Sound)
Bam Bam - Sister Nancy (Soul Jazz)
Ring The Alarm - Tenor Saw (Soul Jazz)
Ms. Vampire Booty - Mos Def / Max Tannone (Max Tannone)
Tempo Bye Bye - Jstar (Jstar)
Who Knows (feat. Chronixx) - Protoje (Mr Bongo)
Real Rock - Sound Dimension (Soul Jazz)
Armageddon Time - Willie Williams (Soul Jazz)
Rockers Rock - Augustus Pablo (Soul Jazz)
Dub Fire - Aswad (Mango)
Dubbin & Wailin - Velvet Shadows (Trojan)
Long Life - Prince Far I & The Arabs (Pressure Sounds)
Emmanuel Version - Dennis Brown (Blood & Fire)
Ready Or Not - Fugees (Columbia / Ruffhouse)

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Post BSS Lunar Transit, a home-made mix similar to what I played at the party :)

A few Balearic beauties to warm up, before a selection of current dub house disco favourites & finishing up with an acid classic.

Highly recommend all these tunes, but especially loving the Peak High / Hardway Bros version of a Jean Carne disco classic, the James Flower re-imagine of Moullinex / Xinobi, & the couple on In Dust We Trust by Chaos In The CBD & Jon Sable.

Big up @bouddisoundsystem & @lolasodapop for making these parties happen & to all the BSS crew for bringing the good vibes ❤️

'A high state of evolution'

The Outsider - Coyote (Is It Balearic?)
La Marsa - Hear & Now (Claremont 56)
Lessons (Coyote's Deep Dub) - Statues (Eclectics)
Afro Sirene - Hardway Bros (Throne Of Blood)
Cthulhu Macula - Unknown Genre (Other Goodness)
Oak (Tornado Wallace Lights Off Mix) - Eira Haul (Edition Akasha)
Will We Ever Dance Again - Coyote (Is It Balearic?)
Was That All It Was (Hardway Bros Remix) - Peak High (Peak High)
The Construct (Peza Edit) - Peza (Peza)
Unknown Plunderer (Manfredas Remix) - Andrew Weatherall (Byrd Out)
Dreaming - Guy Mayaan (Eclectics)
Imaginary Numbers (James Flower Re-Imagine) - Moullinex & Xinobi (Discotexas)
Take Control - Zombies in Miami (Correspondant)
Chamaniac - Damon Jee (Correspondant)
Morangos (Acid Pauli Remix) - Xinobi (Frau Blau)
Plastic Dreams - Jaydee (R&S)
Echolocation - Chaos In The CBD (In Dust We Trust)
2312 - RDS (Kalahari Oyster Cult)
Endorphin Loops - Jon Sable (In Dust We Trust)
Transfer Learning - Sohrab (Kalahari Oyster Cult)
Is There Anybody Out There? (Hardfloor Remix) - Bassheads (Eye Q)

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Strictly reggae selection

Roots / Dub / Early Dancehall / UK Dub

'Tonight & today & everyday'

Positive In Dub - Gaudi & Mista Savona (Mista Savona)
Real Gone Crazy Dub - King Tubby & Friends (Blood & Fire)
Strictly Reggae Music - U Brown (Makasound)
Entertainment (12" Mix) - Triston Palma / Jah Thomas / Ranking Toyan (Greensleeves)
Nice Time (Late Night Blues) (12" Version) - Don Carlos (Trojan)
Mad Man Dubwise - Lee Perry & Mad Professor (Trojan)
Starship And Rockets - Hughie Izachaar (Melody Muzik / TRS)
Satta Massagana - The Abyssinians (Heartbeat)
One Way - Sizzla (Xterminator)
Love And Unity (12" Version) - Michael Prophet (Mango)
Bubbling Telephone (Chalice) - Charlie Chaplin (17 North Parade)
Levi Rhythm - Manasseh (Roots Garden)
Free Da Minds (Original Cut) - Dark Angel (Roots Garden)
Unbreakable - Kenny Knots (Roots Garden)
People Rhythm - Manasseh (Roots Garden)
Wicked Rule - Martin Campbell (Universal Egg)
Suffering - Sis Sanae / Abassi Allstars (Universal Egg)
Cross The Border - Dubdadda / Abassi Allstars (Universal Egg)
I-Lodic Rock - Ilodica (Kibir La Amlak)
Amlak Yimesgen - Kibir La Amlak (Kibir La Amlak)
Iron Sharpening Iron - Culture (Front Line)
Natty On The Rock / Death Trap - Ranking Dread (Hot Milk)
Cool Rastaman Cool - Steve Boswell & Jah Berry (Blood & Fire)
Man From Yard - Revelation (TRS)
Man Next Door - Dennis Brown (Blood & Fire)
Kunta Kinte - The Revolutionaries (Pressure Sounds)
Turn To Jah - Donette Forte & The Roots Dynamics (Universal Egg)
Inner Dub - Power Steppers (Planet Dog)
Hubble Dub - Tassilli Players (Universal Egg)
Dances Are Changing (Version) - The Revolutionaries (Pressure Sounds)
Seventh Seal (Tn Dub) - Sound Iration - (Year Zero)

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Happy New Year :)

Easing into 2023 with a super chilled ambient / electronica / psych folk / indie mix

'Past & Future'

Garden of Paradise - Steve Hillage (Virgin)
Cathedral Oceans - John Foxx (Metamatic)
Drunken Galleon - Walls (Kompakt)
The Far Road - Nick Cave & Warren Ellis (Mute)
Lifeforms (Path 6) - Future Sound Of London (Virgin)
Hippios (Neptune Mix) - Star Sounds Orchestra (Funky Peace Productions)
Fantasy - The xx (Young Turks)
Feel So Sad (Glides & Chimes) - Spiritualized (Spaceman)
The Snails Are Out Tonight - One Little Plane (Type)
Stones Around The Candle - Matt Deighton (Focus)
The Mutineer - Mojave 3 (4AD)
Into Dust - Mazzy Star (Capitol)
Promising Light - Iron & Wine (Sub Pop)
Crosses - Viking Moses (Poptones)
Angels' Share - Vetiver (Arthur)
Heavy Water / I'd Rather Be Sleeping - Grouper (Type)
Farewell My Friend - Dennis Wilson (Caribou)
Repurpose - Woob (Big Amoeba Sounds)
Majestic (We Will Never End) - Gentleforce (Feral Media)
Chautha Loka - David Parsons (Celestial Harmonies)
Candles - Jon Hopkins (Domino)
Spatchka - The Black Dog (Dust Science)
Balthus Bemused By Color - Harold Budd (All Saints)
Deep Blue Day - Brian Eno (Virgin)
Through Summer Rooms - John Foxx (Metamatic)
Delay 9 - The Black Dog (Dust Science)
Abandon Window - Jon Hopkins (Domino)
I Believe In You - Talk Talk (Parlophone)
Analogue Oceans (Variant's Conduction) - CV313 (Echospace Detroit)

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Midsummer Night Dreams

Current deep / acid house / techno / tech house favourites

'A most rare vision'

Volcachug - Duncan Gray (Tici Taci)
Oak (Tornado Wallace Lights Off Mix) - Eira Haul (Edition Akasha)
Valley Of Paradise (Greg Wilson Remix) - Psychemagik (Psychemagik)
Diplomatico - Damon Jee (Correspondant)
Find Love (Andrew Weatherall Remix) - Phil Kieran (Hot Creations)
Stannum (Mondowski Remix) - Bird of Paradise (Beat Is Murder)
Our Lips Are Sealed (Pezas 'No-ones Listening' Edit) - Fun Boy Three / Peza (Peza)
Terra - Aera & TERR (Correspondant)
Obsidian Order - Nhar (Internasjonal)
Morangos (Acid Pauli Remix) - Xinobi (Frau Blau)
Don't Hide It (Alexkid's Vocal) - Alexkid feat. Lissette Alea (F Communications)
A Hymn for Your Dreams - Lee Burridge (All Day I Dream)
House Organ For The Lonely - Dorisburg (Phonica)
Rose Suffix - Martinou (Nous'klaer)
Napoli - Julian Stetter (Correspondant)
Eve - Soha (Versatile)
Rotting Hills - Avalon Emerson (AD93)
2312 - RDS (Kalahari Oyster Cult)
Energy Breakthrough - Escape Artist (Phonica)
Transfer Learning - Sohrab (Kalahari Oyster Cult)
Epidemic (Straight From Heaven Mix) - Exit EEE (Vision Soundcarriers)

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More sounds for sunny afternoons - digging in the downtempo, Balearic, Dub, Funk, Trip Hop crates, 90's vibes 😆 

From Avoca Beach via backyards, beer gardens, beaches, Big Chill, Bouddi, Brighton, Brixton, Glastonbury, Social Living, Sussex, Sydney. Good vibes.

'Reading you loud & clear'

Anticipation - John Beltran (R&S) 

In Space - Royksopp (Wall Of Sound) 

Hell Is Round The Corner - Tricky (4th & Broadway) 

Agboyabakpa - James Etamobe & His All Weather Band (Sound Way) 

Love Moves the Sun - Temple Of Sound & Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali (Real World) 

Ahi - Gemini (Substance) 

For How Long (Feat. Saint Sinner) - Tycho (Mom & Pop / Ninja Tune) 

Long Life - Prince Far I & The Arabs (Roir) 

Ruby - Mount Kimbie (Hot Flush) 

Tito On Timbales - Tito Puente (Soul Jazz) 

Glasgow - Craig Armstrong (Melankolic) 

And That's Saying A Lot - Natural Calamity (Nuphonic) 

Ralome - Plaid (Warp) 

Midnight Marauders - Joe Dukie & DJ Fitchie (Best Seven) 

Come Close (Boozoo Bajou Remix) - Common Feat. Mary J. Blige (Stereo Deluxe) 

Bopalong - Kinobe (Jive) 

Scorpio Rising - Thunderball (Eighteenth Street Lounge Music) 

Backlash Blues (Live) - Nina Simone (RCA Victor) 

Modular Mix - Air (Mo Wax) 

Sixtyniner - Boards Of Canada (Warp) 

Whiskey Soul - Baby Mammoth (Pork) 

The Sweetest - Nightmares On Wax (Warp) 

One Ting (Dabrye Rework) - King Midas Sound (Hyperdub) 

The Infinite Variety - Alucidnation (One World) 

Jah Jah Call You - Ballistic Brothers (Junior Boys Own) 

Clockwork - Roots Manuva (Big Dada) 

Step Right On (Feat. The Outlaw Posse) - The Young Disciples (Talkin Loud) 

Black Jesus - 9 Lazy 9 (Ninja Tune) 

Same Beat - Ravi Harris & The Prophets (Outcaste) 

S**T Goes Down (But I Got Phunked Up Mix) - DJ Krush & Ronny Jordan (Island) 

It's a New Day - Skull Snaps (Mastercuts) 

Honey Bee - Muddy Waters (Chess)