
A new mix put together a few months ago mixed and blended by Christian Wolff of Soft Rocks. This was given away free with a limited release of Boys Own T Shirts paying tribute to the original iconic designs of the late 80's and early 90's by Dave Little. Boy’s Own began as a legendary fanzine started by London’s Terry Farley, Steve Hall and Andy Weatherall and series of parties, before becoming a record label with which was responsible for many of the seminal house records of the early 90's. Boys Own recordings became Junior Boy’s Own a few years later and spawned many off shoot labels including Boys Own Collect.

This is a track by myself and Beany put together in 1996. It has a break in it that was lifted from the film Point Break (the part when Keanu Reeeves is drowning) which is made up of strings. It also 'borrows' a few ideas from some of my favourite records at the time. The phasing sound which is layered over the drums was used in Johnny Fiasco's 'Conduction' on Cajual Records (1995), amongst others and is similar to the sound of two copies of the same record being played simultaneously. There is also a bit double beating at points. This record aint gonna make the top 10 but it was fun doing it. You can download the track HERE.
Sam Willis - one half of ALLEZ ALLEZ DJ / production duo (along with Steve Nolan) kindly let me post his unreleased edit of the classic Smiths track -
more of a track, but retains the original 'smiths' sound.
YipYaps 2nd Birthday party included DJ Pierre as a guest. DJ Pierre is widely credited with producing the first acid house record - the 1987 E.P. "Acid Tracks",
by Phuture on Trax Records. DJ Pierre went on to record many of the early Acid House tracks on Trax Records such as String Free, Got The Bug, Box Energy, Fantasy Girl, We Are Phuture and Slam. In 1990, DJ Pierre moved away from Chicago, where the House Music scene was slowing down and joined Strictly Rhythm records, where he was also briefly the A&R manager and released tracks such as Generate Power by Photon Inc and Follow Me by Aly Us. There are a few of his tracks sprinkled through the mixes on this blog - including the Yo Yo Honey Wildpitch remix in the JUNE 1994 mix below.
December 1994. Six out of the ten listed are contained somewhere within the mixtapes on this page. I would say all ten tracks have stood the test of time really well and could still cut it in a club today. Particularly the Noah's Ark track - 'The Quick', by Ralph Falcon, who is one half of Murk.
Hard Times in Scotland flyer. Sunday night at the Tunnel in Glasgow, 5th February 1995. Gareth and myself were djing with Miles and Elliot from Manchester. It was all going well...until one of the Glaswegian crowd decided to rip off Barbara Tuckers wig during her live performance which led to her and her team of dancers storming off.
Other than that it was a good night... Miles and Elliot are two of the best dj's I have played with or heard and are also responsible, along with Si Brad for one of the best house records I've ever heard,
