c2eMusic Soulful Deep House

Well the part about having enough tracks for two June mixes was true. Having the time to release them both in June wasn't. Still the mix is here now and that's the main thing. This mix is very different to most C2E mixes, this one is all grown up, deep, tribal and on the whole, pretty well behaved. You can tell it's going to be when you see the artists, Black Coffee, Vega, Atjazz, Josh Milan, Rocco and Mr McCabe. We open with an Atjazz remix of "Chasing" before moving into Vega's superb mix of Black Coffees "We Are One". Juju comes up with a mad laid back vibe on "My Personal Healer". The next track "First To Say Goodbye" has been around a while but this is the first mix that's provided a platform to play it. We stay with Tribe records for another slice of Tribal beats with "Banane Mavoka". RAW Artistic Soul keep things deep with their mix of "I Love The Night". Atjazz returns next with his twisted take on Anane Vegas "Plastic People" which has to be the biggest remix package ever seen. Osunlade lightens the mood slightly with "I'm Happy". Spen gets in on the act with a mix of "Stay With Me" by the legend that is Josh Milan. The next track "Ghetto People" is giving me big goosebumps at the moment, has an old Quentin Harris feel to it, great work by Guy Robin on the remix. Next we have the return of a classic from May 2011. Josh Milan's "Your Body". It's an Afghan Hound of a track so needs the chance to get out and really stretch it's legs, which it couldn't do on the May mix when we just let it out in the back yard. The next track is as crazy as we go on this mix. Tornado Wallace throws up a big fat funky mix of "Into The Night". We ease out of the mix with Sean McCabe's ever reliable touch, this time it's Miss Tucker and Su'Su Bobien on the receiving end with "Care Free". The last track is a real beauty all the way from Brasil. The BSC did a great job on You & Me, a genuine sunset track. The heads out there may recognise Moodymanns "On The Run" lurking in the background right at the end. No rest for the wicked, I'm off to get the July mix ready. As for you guys, you need to go get deep dark and tribal.

Tracklisting:
1) C.9ine ft Kholi - Chasing Part 1 (Atjazz Remix)
2) Black Coffee ft Hugh Masekela - We Are One (Louie Vega Roots Mix)
3) Move D - Your Personal Healer (Hydraulic Guitar By JuJu)
4) DJ Micks ft Robin Latimore - First To Say Goodbye (DJ Micks 2010 People's Favourite Style Mix)
5) Black Motion ft Jah Rich - Banane Mavoko (Dub Mix)
6) Rocco & C. Robert Walker - I Love The Night (RAW Artistic Soul Vocal Dub)
7) Anane - Plastic People (Atjazz Remix Instrumental)
8) Osunlade - I'm Happy
9) Kenny Dope ft Josh Milan - Stay With Me (Muthafunkaz Bare Bonez Remix)
10) Ian Friday pres Chris Rob - Ghetto People (Guy Robin Instrumental)
11) Josh Milan - Your Body (Louie Vega Eol Mix)
12) JD73 - Into The Night (Tornado Wallace Mix)
13) Barbara Tucker Pres Su'Su Bobien - Care Free (Sean McCabe Vocal Mix)
14) BSC ft Jessi Colasante - You & Me

Enjoy!

Smooth smooth smooth. That's about the only way to describe this months mix. Every now and then you find yourself with a ton of new tunes with a certain vibe. As tempting as it was to up the tempo mid way through, I thought I'd try to be all grown up and keep things civilised. The warmth on the first track Lem Springsteens "New Beginning" sets the tone. Nick Holder steps up next with more smooth in "Destination Africa". My favourite track on the mix is "Afternoon Tribute", if your a fan of Moodymanns "Mahogany Brown" then you will love this. It's like "Moodymann does Miami" and I' can't get enough of it. When the chords change during the build up you get that tingly feeling when you know something great is about to happen. The next track is up there too, "Sometimes" carries on with the overall deep smoothness of the mix. "Temple Movements" has a great deep NY shuffle to it along with a huge deep bass rumble. "Love Seeker" sees Groove Asssassin inject some tough beats to get your ass moving. Roland Clark returns to his soulful roots with "Tambor Love" a tune I must admit I missed first time round, but once you hear it a couple of times you'll find yourself singing it all day long. Frankie Feliciano toughens things up again with a chunky number "Stalker Track". "Love We Had" is a collaboration between Miguel Migs and Peven Everett, if you ask me they should get together more often. Hardsoul have also returned to the soulful fold with their polished mix of "Give It To Me". It isn't possible to do a mix these days without dropping a Sean McCabe tune, this month it's "Rough Times", but I could have chosen from a bucket load. We have three tracks in a row from Z records, great to see the label still going strong. This second track "Still In Love" is vintage Dave Lee. It's not often I buy a remake of tunes from the recent past that I loved first time round (just an old fart with things like that), but I made an exception with Soul Renegades mix of "Song For Sharma". The original was such a gem and still can't be beat, but man did they give it a shot. It's equally rare for me to play two mixes of the same track across my mixes, but was playing around with this when I dropped the accapella, I had a huge smile from ear to ear (and I was on the bus to work at the time). Only fair to share it with you guys so you can smile uncontrollably too. It's Conan Liquids mix of "Another World" with a classic over the top. I won't spoil it by telling you what it is, that way you have to listen to all of the mix :). We drop down a couple of gears to end. "Brazillian Skies" has you reaching for your Mojito, while "Dana's Dream" leaves you curled up on the rug in front of the fire in your favourite slippers. This mix is warm enough to melt the snow in Scotland and smooth enough to use as sun cream if your in the Southern Hemisphere. Yes I know this mix isn't as long as usual, but as the ladies say it's not the size that counts.

Tracklisting:
1) Lem Springsteen - New Beginning (Reprise)
2) Lem Springsteen - New Beginning (Instrumental)
3) Nick Holder ft Sphelele - Destination Africa (Instrumental)
4) Vernon - Afternoon Tribute
5) Fabio Bacchini - Sometimes
6) Adam Rios & Ruben Toro - Temple Movement
7) Groove Assassin ft Tantra Z - Love Seeker (GA instrumental Mix)
8) Roland Clark - Tambor Love
9) Frankie Feliciano - Stalker Track
10) Miguel Migs & Peven Everett - Love We Had
11) Rasmus Faber ft Dyanna Fear - Give It To Me (Hardsoul Reconstruction)
12) Joey Negro & The Sunburst Band - Rough Times (Sean McCabe Dub)
13) AC Soul Symphony - Still In Love (Joey Negro Jazz Funk Dub)
14) Soul Central - Song For Sharma (Soul Renegade Mix)
15) Joey Negro pres Akabu - Kickin' in Another World (Conan Liquid Mix)
16) Bill Summers - Brazillian Skies (DJ Spinna and Ahmed Sirour Mix)
17) Los Charly's Orchestra - Dana's Dream

Enjoy!

This mix starts off soft and fury on the outside, but deep inside is a pumping Baltimore core. The opening track "Out of Soul" is very laid back, one for lying in the park watching the clouds roll by. "Desires of the Heart" introduces a more familiar house beat but is still nice n chilled. Mr V shows us his smooth side with "Remember Me". Atjazz is the man to watch, he just adds another dimension to deep. Couldn't choose between the dub and regular mix, so went for both of them. My little boy has a thing for the next track "Gotta Get With Him", has him in fits of laughter. One of my favourite tracks on this mix is "Again", great vocals and piano chords. We go back in time to the early 90's next with Terrence Parkers classic "The Question", followed by Victor Simonellis "Do You Feel Me", both bring back great memories. There were a ton of mixes to choose from on the next track "Never Quite The Same", to be honest I like them all, for this part of the mix and the transition required the Neil Pierce remix is the best fit. I've been trying to drop "Till You Go Home" for a few months now, but the vybe on the mix hasn't been right. Made a few adjustments to get it in this month. I go nuts every time I listen to it. If you were a fan of "Into My Life" by Elements of life from back in 08, you will love this track. It has a couple of transitions, and the last one is timeless. The mood of the mix changes again with the introduction of "Another Generation", a modern disco sound from the maestro Dave Lee. The mix then gets very tight and intense with a distinct wiff of Baltimore madness. Starting with Spen and the Muthafunkas with "Woah!". The track sounds pretty upbeat until "Sweat Shop" is introduced after which things sounds pretty dark, the contrast sounds great. Rick Wade then joins in with some filthy disco mash in "Duke Of Cologne". It's then back to Baltimore for the next three tracks, "You Can't Hide From Yourself", "K.O.N.G" and "Da Bang Banga". We all need a rest after that so we settle back down with "Universal Message" which features a great sample from Full Metal Jacket. We end almost as chilled as we started with "From Your Soul". If your a Spen and Karizma nut you should have had your fill by the time you've finished listening to this one.

Tracklisting:
1) Don-Ray ft Replife - Out of Soul
2) Nick Holder ft Lee Anne King - Desires Of Heart
3) DeepCitySoul ft Rainy Payne - Remember Me (Mr V De Ja Vu Main Mix)
4) DJ Le Roi ft Andrea Love - Let It Feel Good (Atjazz Dub)
5) DJ Le Roi ft Andrea Love - Let It Feel Good (Atjazz Remix)
6) Agev Munsen ft Cassio Ware - Gotta Get With You (Agev Munsen Instrumental)
7) Khanya Balani ft Khanyisa - Again
8) Seven Grand Housing Authority - The Question
9) NYs Finest - Do You Feel Me (Club Mix)
10) Hippie Torales ft Rosie Gaines - Never Quite The Same (Neil Pierce Remix)
11) Josh Milan ft ChinahBlac - Till You Go Home
12) Joey Negro pres Akabu - Another Generation (Joey Negro Extended Mix)
13) DJ Spen and the Muthafunkaz - WOAH!
14) Djinji Brown - Sweat Shop
15) Rick Wade - Duke Of Cologne
16) Marc Evans - You Can't Hide From Yourself (DP1 Dub Break Mix)
17) Karizma - K.O.N.G. (The Good Peoples Mix)
18) Deepah Ones - Da Bang Banga
19) Funk Mediteranean - Universal Message
20) Sole Kitchen - From Your Soul (My Dreams Sole Kitchen 2010 Remix)

Enjoy!

Back when I did MAW Vol1 I really didn't expect it to take a year to release volume two. There are so many tracks to choose from that I thought Vol2 would be out the following month! The thing about mixing MAW tracks though is that the production is so full and so rich, it makes it tough to find gaps to slide the tracks together. Some might argue all the big tracks have already been heard in volume one, but I would disagree, nearly all my MAW faves are in here, I'm a sucker for the stripped down dub in case you haven't already noticed. MAW have made so many tracks with great openings that it was really hard to pick the first track (that took 10 months!!) In the end I went for the vocal stormer "Desire" to kick things off, hey why mess about! Track two was another toughie and after lots of experimenting Kenny Lattimore's "Days Like This" was a winner. The clock is then wound back to 1992 for Trey Lorenz "Photograph Of Mary". "Give It Up" slows the mix back down slightly, but the production is so deep it had to be done. Now the next track is cheating a little bit as Kenny Dope has only really edited the great work already done by Joey Negro who in turn was enriching the hugely talented Blaze, but it works for me, and it's my mix. No arguments over the next track, I have said it before and I'll say it again, "No Cure" is one of my favourite MAW tracks, top five stuff. I couldn't tell you exactly why, I just love it. Same again with the next track "What A Sensation" which is top three for me. I first heard it on the MOS Session 5 that the Masters created, luckily I had it on CD, otherwise it would have been worn out within weeks. Those tribal drums and synths are unreal and then to top it off India is in there too. fast forward to 2000 and we have another production rich track "Never Forget", the electric guitar has never sounded so sexy. We then come right up to date with another Kenny Dope remix and this one's legit, "Oh Lord" has a very distinct flavour. The next track is what happens when you put a crazy heap of talent in a studio together, "Beautiful People" for some is the epitome of MAW. "Oye Como Va" is another track from the MOS sessions mix again featuring the incredible vocal skills of India. If Volume One belonged to Louie, then Volume Two has Kenny all over it. "The Bomb" is aptly named. The air macks in the intro and outro are in my top three MAW tunes, yes it was commercialised in the UK, but its guaranteed to get my feet stomping every time. We have more hot stuff from Miss Tucker with "Stay Together" before heading back to Kenny's place again for an incredible mix of the Brand New Heavies "I Don't Know Why". Louie ends the mix with Sara Devine and "Take Me Home", a great track I caned to death back in 2003, vintage Vega and one of the reasons we're all addicted to this thing called house.

Tracklisting:
1) Nu Colours - Devine
2) Kenny Lattimore - Days Like This
3) Trey Lorenz - Photograph Of Mary
4) Rain a Lil Louis Painting - Give It Up
5) Blaze - Wishing You Were Here (Kenny Dope Edit)
6) Hardrive - No Cure
7) KenLou 3 - What A Sensation (Sensational Mix)
8) Hardrive 2000 - Never Forget (When You Touch Me)
9) Mishal Moore - Oh Lord (Kenny Dope Mix)
10) Barabara Tucker - Beautiful People (Underground Network Mix)
11) Tito Puente Jr & The Latin Rhy - Oye Como Va
12) Kenny Dope Presents "The Bucketheads" - The Bomb
13) Barbara Tucker - Stay Together
14) Brand New Heavies ft N'Dea Davenport - I Don't Know Why (I Love You)(Kenny Dope Mix)
15) Sara Devine - Take Me Home

Enjoy!

MAW, a name synonymous with house music of the highest quality. Comprising of "Little" Louie Vega and Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez, both of whom have a discography any producer would give both their ears for. However when the two came together in the early 90's the result was spectacular. They came on very different journeys prior to meeting. Louie was already a hugely successful and respected DJ on the NY circuit originally doing Freestyle at Chez Sensual and Devils Nest, before discovering house at Heartthrob and Studio 54. Kenny Dope on the other hand had no time for the music Louie had become infamous for playing, instead he was into the Hip-Hop scene in Brooklyn. In fact at the time the name "Masters At Work" was used by Kenny Dope and Mike Delgado for their parties. However it was one of Kennys choice cuts "Salsa House" with a little help from Todd Terry that eventually brought the duo together. "One Step Ahead" was the first release by the new Vega/Gonzalez MAW, but it was far from their last! The rest as they say is history. This mix brings you the best vocal tracks produced or remixed by the Masters, either as a team or in their own right. If that doesn't put a smile on your face we are also treated to some of the sweetest voices in the history of house with India, Michael Watford, Sara Devine, Barbara Tucker and even Luther Vandross! This is only the first of many MAW tribute mixes coming up, such is the breadth and depth and of the contribution these guys have made and continue to make to this thing we call house.

Tracklisting:
1) Voices - Voices In My Mind (Original)
2) River Ocean ft India - Love & Happiness (12" Club)
3) MAW - When You Touch Me
4) Nuyorican Soul - It's Alright
5) India - To Be In Love
6) Elements of Life feat. Lisa Fischer & Cindy Mizelle - Into My Life (You Brought The Sunshine) (Main Mix)
7) Hardrive - Deep inside
8) MAW - Backfired (Joey Negro Club)
9) Sterling Ensemble & Sara Devine - Life Ain't What It Seems (Ritual Mix)
10) MAW - I Can't Get No Sleep
11) KOT ft Julie McKnight - Finally (Dance Ritual Mix)
12) Luther Vandross - Are You Using Me
13) George Levin ft Clara Hill - I Got Somebody New (MAW Mix)
14) Sara Devine - Special

Enjoy!

I'm going to make this disclaimer right at the start. This mix is pure cheddar. However it is the finest cheddar known to man. Nothing soulful or deep, just a collection of some of the most famous tracks in the history of house. 88-92 the good old days, the golden era, when at least five or six classics were released every week. You could only buy them on vinyl and the sleeves were as crazy as the tunes. There has never been a time like it since, and sadly there probably never will be again. Those that were there to experience it were truly lucky and will tell you so. I still remember the first track I ever heard in a club. It was Electric Choc - Shock the beat. Yes I'd been listening to the tapes from clubland for a couple of years, but the minute I heard that beat kick in I knew I'd found a friend for life, and me and my friend have had some great nights over the years. You'll notice I haven't even mentioned the other tracks yet. That's because they need no introduction. Let's see how many you remember losing the plot to! Piano please!!

1) Jazz & The Brothers Grimm - Casanova
2) Seduction - Your My One And Only True Love
3) House Of Venus - Dish And Tell
4) Problem House - Party People
5) Pierre Feroldi - Moving Now
6) Expose - Tell Me Why
7) Katherine E - Feelin Good
8) Solo - Come On
9) Dynamic Noise - Do You Fell Alright
10) Brother In Rhythm - Such A Good Feelin
11) Pin Up Girls - Take Me Away
12) Electric Choc - Shock The Beat
13) N Joi - The Anthem
14) Brothers In Rhythm - Peace N Harmony
15) Tom Salta - The New Generation
16) Ralphi Rosario - You Used To Hold Me
17) Todd Terry - Weekend
18) Joe Smooth - Promised Land
19) Shades Of Rhythm - Sound Of Eden
20) Jimi Polo - Better Days
21) Flim Flam Tolga Balkan - Shall We Do It Again
22) 4 For Money - A Moment In Time
23) Fierce Rulin Divas - Rubb It In

Now come up for air, and let's do it all again!! Enjoy!

Here we go then with the second mix in the C2E classics series. This one is all about US garage. The classic sounds from 91-93. Takes me back to Danza at Oz in Blackpool, I was only 16 years old, but blown away with the quality of the music they were playing.
Some stand out gems, Margaret Conway, Yo! Bots, UPI (One of the best house tunes ever made!!!!), Degrees of Motion and of course Inner City.
I'm sure everyone has their favourites but these are mine and hopefully you'll enjoy them too.

Tracklisting:
1) World Series Of Love - Spread Love
2) Outrage - Drives Me Crazy
3) Subterania - Do It For Love
4) Shay Jones - Are You Gonna Be There
5) Margaret Conway - Sure Shot
6) Pam Fernandez - Make That Move
7) Yo! Bots - I Got It
8) Supereal - Body Medusa
9) Nice Psycho - Tonight
10) Hardrive - Sindae (MAW Dub)
11) UPI - That String Track (My Love Away)
12) ACR - 27 Forever
13) My Friend Sam - It's My Pleasure
14) Clivilles & Cole - Pride (A Deeper Love)
15) T-empo - Saturday Night, Sunday Morning
16) Degrees Of Motion - Do You Want It Right Now (King St Mix)
17) MK - Burning
18) Inner City - Pennies From Heaven

Enjoy!

Here we go then, fourth release in the classics series. For those that were into house from the early days this should bring the memories flooding back. Tracks are from 88 to 93 and captures the different styles from the era.
Too many great tracks too mention, so just crank it up and enjoy. Let's see how many you remember?

Tracklisting:
1) Metropolis - Metropolis
2) Direct - Two Fatt Guitars (Babetastic mix)
3) Anticapella - 2Sq231
4) Metropolis - Hyporeel
5) DJ Professor - Rock Me Steady
6) Zero B - Lock Up
7) TC 1991 - Berry
8) Rhythm Section - Feel The Rhythm
9) Last Rhythm - Last Rhythm
10) Young MC - Know How
11) Sil - Windows
12) Bump - I'm Rushing
13) Gongo - Masterblaster
14) Zoogie - Forever On
15) Bizarre Inc - Playing With Knives
16) Shades Of Rhythm - Extasy
17) K KIass - Rhythm Is A Mystery
18) Xpansions - Elevation
19) Little Louie & Marc Anthony - Ride The Rhythm
20) The SOULSYSTEM - It's Gonna Be A Lovely Day

Enjoy!