No you are not seeing things!
If you had told me at any point in the last 30 years that I would get to play b2b with the person that made so much of the music that I played back in 97/98 I’d have maybe peeeeeeed laughing.
 

With over 350 releases under his belt and over 950 DJ gigs around the world there is no doubt Jeremy Sylvester is one of the godfathers of UK garage.

Jeremy is a DJ who is capable of covering a vast repertoire of styles, blending them into one sound that has become synonymous and identifiable to him as a DJ. Combining a mix of deep house/garage, classic 90’s style house, deep tech and jacking with a bit of old skool 4×4 garage thrown in for good measure, Jeremy’s diversity and sheer panache is second to none.
His cool DJ sets are known for twisting the dance floor into a sexy melange of movement before letting loose into a filthy beat, Jeremy knows what the crowd want, and he knows how to give it to them.

What is crazy is that Jeremy's USB's wouldn't load, so he had to use my music!!  Any DJs out there can sympathise.  The upside though was that I had a folder full of Nice 'n' Ripe and one full of Jeremy's unreleased tracks from over the years!
So what you end up with is a rare classic UKG set from the man that produced half of it back in the day.
Perfect!

Massive thank you to Jeremy for agreeing to come on the show while on holiday down here in Sydney as part of his first Aus/NZ tour.

Tracklisting to follow (once I work out what we played!)

Enjoy!

Week two on VBR and it's guest mix time!
Joining me on the show this week was DJ em_laa (Emma McGuigan).  As the name suggests she is in fact Irish.  Em spent her Uni years in the heart of clubland, Liverpool and Manchester through the 90's and 00's.  Now calling Sydney home for the last 2 years it's time to test the local scene and showcase her skills.
Em played alone for the first hour to maximise your exposure to her sound.  Then in the second hour we went b2b.
I was blown away by her solo set at the top of the show.  Some awesome tunes and flow built up nicely.
Looking forward to playing b2b with her this Saturday at Tatlers from 12am-close.

Tracklisting (First Hour)
1. Cole Medina - We Call It Good 2 Me 
2. Intr0beatz - Don't You Ever
3. Back 2 Earth - Warp One
4. Radic The Myth - Roses
5. Soundstream - Deeper Love
6. Danny J Lewis - Journey (Extended Version)
7. Peven Everett - Stuck (Phil Asher's Soul Heaven Version)
8. Addison Groove - Changa
9. Lego - El Ritmo De Verdad 
10. One & Done - Chum
11. Cezar Touch - Slappin & Clappin - (Hector Moralez Mix)
12. Make A Dance - Lush Acton
13. Fonda Rae - Living In Ecstasy (FK Groove Mix Edit)

Enjoy!

Last month we said goodbye to Pressure Radio after almost 13 years (Feb).
This month we make our debut on Vocal Booth Radio, a new radio station set up and run by Andy Ward.  We've moved from Thursdays fortnightly to Tuesdays weekly.  The time remains the same.
You'll be wanting the new URL.......  www.vocalboothradio.com
The chatroom is similar but with new updated emojis which kicked off a few Emoji wars in the chatroom.  I didn't know what to expect for my first show, would anyone be there!
I needn't have worried as there were great numbers inside the chatroom and on the outside.
We also had amazing support from Sydney.  For large parts of the show we had more people from Sydney than not from Sydney!  I even got to know new people in Sydney, not something you expect on a Spanish radio station!
Huge thank you to everyone that tuned in especially those in the chat.  There was such great energy during the show in the chatroom.  I'm looking forward to holding court in the chatroom every Tuesday.

Tracklisting:
1: Ananda Project, Gaelle Adisson - Cascades of Colour (Wamdue Black Mix)
2: Muted Soul - Cause I'm A Woman (c2e Jill & Candi Got The Love Mix)
3: Michael Gray, Titania Owens - Ivy (Jimpster Extended Mix)
4: Mr OffBeat - Hidden Currents
5: Toronto Hustle, Sean Roman - Could his Be (An Abacus Re Edit)
6: Ruze - Mister DJ
7: N-W-N - Blues
8: Mike Millrain - Good Luv 4 U
9: Matonii - Stop Me This Time (N-W-N Remix)
10: Risk Assessment, Jemeni G - Remember Me (Yuksek Extended Mix)
11: Unlimited Touch - I Hear Music In The Streets (Michael Gray)
12: Louie Vega, Todd Terry - Has Anybody Ever Loved Someone
13: Geoffrey C, DJ Spen - Beats Like This
14: c2eMusic - London Nights
15: Doche - Pick Up The Pieces
16: Soul Of Hex, Steve Lucas - Love Is In Control
17: Tony Garcia - Over Pyramids (Romy Black Extended Mix)
18: One Done - Chum
19: Mousse T - All I Want Is The Bass
20: Hardsoul - Deep Inside (Cassimm Extended Mix)
21: Dafunkeetomato - Can You Dig It
22: Delano Smith - I Fly
23: Mother, Father, Brother, Sister Franklin - Respect Is The Message (DJ Spen Mash Factor Mix)
24: Axel Boman - Acid Left & Right

Enjoy!

This is my last ever radio show on Pressure Radio after almost 13 years!
It all began with me wanting to be challenged to mix live, no pre-programming which is what I had been doing with my podcast series.  The radio is challenging because there is so much more to stay on top of.  You have to maintain a presence in the chatroom, but be careful not to get sucked into conversations or the music suddenly stops!!
I reckon there are about 175+ mixes from the show so it has definitely left it's mark.

As this door closes so the next one opens and I have to give a massive props to Andy Ward for stepping up to start a new radio station which will provide shelter for all the newly homeless Pressure DJs.
I will be making a few changes for the new show.  Firstly it's moving to Tuesday at the same time (9-11pm Sydney).  Secondly it's going back to weekly just as it was for the first seven years of Pressure.  It makes it easier to remember when I'm playing compared to the old fortnightly show.
My first show will be on Jan 7th.

Huge thank you to Paul & Carol at Pressure for giving me a chance and providing a reliable platform for me to play on over all those years.
Biggest thank you is to all the listeners over the years.  Especially the Thursday chatroom crew, a mix of Brits and Aussies bound by their love of great quality house music.  I look forward to entertaining you for years to come on my new home Vocal Booth Radio.

Tracklisting:
1: Karizma - Spirit
2: DJ Disciple - A Prayer Answering God (Blackk Holy Print Remix)
3: 3 Winans Brothers, Karen Clark Sheard - I Choose You (Louie Vega Dance Ritual Mix)
4: Michael Gray. Tatiana Owens - Ivy (Jimpster Extended Remix)
5: Toronto Hustle, Sean Roman - Could This Be (An Abacus Re-Edit)
6: 

Full tracklist to follow........

Enjoy!

This mix is a recording from a recent event at the Civic Underground club in Sydney.
It was the gloves off set for Mark Farina who had just done a four hour harbour boat party for Mushroom Jazz earlier that evening.
I was asked if I wanted to do the closing set, and who would I wanted to go b2b with.
Two names immediately came to mind, Ritmiq, a deep and minimal house DJ who I rate highly and iLLya Cooper a well known Sydney legend.  In the end I went with iLLya, because of his long standing friendship with Mark, having played alongside him on many previous tours.
A lot of people thought I was brave and a little crazy trying to play b2b with such a skilled DJ, but I wanted to be challenged.
I had iLLya come onto my radio show a couple of days before the event to see how we could sound together.  You can check out the show here.
The atmosphere in the club was pretty special, the crowd was very knowledgable and a real mix of ages.  Mark got them fired up good and proper and before we knew it, we were up.
iLLya started our set off and played for the first 15 minutes.  We then went back and forth for the next hour and a half.  As you can hear iLLya drops acappellas and vocal hits all through the mix, scratching and chopping.  It was a wild experience but so much fun.
I dropped my latest track "London Nights" and was blown away by the response.  Everything seemed to change on the dancefloor, different people were suddenly at the front of the dancefloor in front of me and they were giving it some.  It felt amazing seeing people connect and enjoy something you have created.
I really hope to get the chance to play b2b with iLLya again.  A longer set would be magic as we were just getting into our stride.
For anyone in Sydney you can catch me at Tatler tomorrow night where I have the whole night to myself!!!  Four hour set where I can stretch my legs and play some incredible music from the last 35 years of house.
The following Saturday (21st), I am back at the Civic again for Night Safari.  I'll be picking up where I left off.
Finally, on NYE I'll be playing for Boogie at the Ivy Ballroom supporting none other than DJ Spen and Dave Lee (Joey Negro)!
It's been a great year for DJing out for me, fingers crossed that 2025 continues in the same direction.

Enjoy!

This show was so much fun.
Carrying on the guest mix series, we welcome local Sydney DJ legend Illya Cooper.
Illya has been part of Sydney's house music fabric for over 25 years.  Known or his jacking, jazzy rhythms but more so his insane technical ability.  He's played with the biggest names out there including Basement Jaxx NYE on Bondi Beach to 20,000, Derek Carter and Mark Farina NYE and most recently closing for both Mousse T and Danny Rampling on consecutive weekends for Ministry of Sound.  And now he can add the c2eMusic Radio Show to that illustrious list!
There were a couple of technical issues that led to no music for a few minutes but that's all been cut from the recording.  I also need to apologise for the volume levels with the mic, I need to buy a second mic for interviews.
The good news is that we were having so much fun that we played for an extra hour b2b!

We then went on to play b2b closing for Mark Farina a couple of nights later.  Illya opened and played the first few tracks before I took over.  While I was playing Illya jumped on the third CDJ and stated dropping lyrics and chopping things up, it was intense, mental and loads of fun.
I look forward to more b2b sessions with Illya for any Sydney promoters reading this.

Next week marks my last show on Pressure Radio after almost 13 years.  I aim to make it a special show, drawing on music from the last 13 years that showcase the best of the show.

All is not lost, I will be moving across to Andy Ward's new Vocal Booth Radio.  However I am moving from Thursdays to Tuesdays so that I can go back to a weekly show.  It will be at the same time as the current show.
There will be a monthly guest slot, continuing on from Illya.  I will do a monthly crate dig, as well as a brand new music show like today.  The fourth show I'm still considering ideas.  One is for me to pick out tracks that have meaning to me and play them along with a little about my connection to that track.

I will publish the recording from our closing set for Mark Farina, it's pretty cool!
I have posts from the night on my FB (c2emusic) and Insta (@richiec2emusichaynes)

No tracklisting I'm afraid.  Not yet anyway.

Enjoy!

This mix is the first in a new series of guest mixes on the show.
Once a month I will showcase a local Sydney DJ on the show.
Joining me on the show this time, ahead of his debut for Larry’s Herd is WIP Music’s @mikekon

One of the ambassador’s of Sydney soulful Deep underground scene, Mike has been busy building an amazing following that guarantees a WIP party is not to be missed.

Mike will be warming up for none other than Louie Vega next week @ Carousel.
He is also playing with Osunlade on NYE.

Mike played for the first hour before we went b2b for the second hour.

A technical issue three quarters of the way through the show resulted in me having to stop the mix early.

This mix is from the last show in August, but since we already have an August release out there it's more of a peak into the upcoming September mix.
The beginning of the mix is like the start of the night.  A nod to those minimal deep rolling, chugging sounds you hear when you first get to the club.
We then have a flurry of vocal tunes thanks to Martin Evans (Brum's finest) who was in the chat room asking for female vocals again (he asks every time, sometimes I listen :))
We then get a little chunky with some solid floor stompers.
The mix ends with a couple of older tunes.  The first is from the 90's an excellent Curtis & Moore remix of Sandy B's "Make The World Go Round".  The second is from 2001 courtesy of Bob Sinclar.  I first heard this track on the excellent Ministry Sessions 12 (The Magic Sessions) - Louie Vega's mix.  Not sure why I've never played it in a mix before.
AND in doing the tracklisting for this release I just realised that I played a song twice in the mix!!  See if you can spot it.

Upcoming gigs for those of you in and around Sydney:
Sept 21st - More Than Disco @ Tatler
October 11th - Larry's Herd @ The Lucky Cat
October 25th - Larry's Herd @ Tatler
December 7th - Mark Farina @ Civic Underground

Tracklisting:
1: CoCoDaSilva - Saudade
2: Spirit Catcher - Loving System
3: Red Hook Dreams - Your Love (Kenny Dope's Dub)
4: Cinthie - Mellifluous
5: Charles Spencer - Several Levels
6: Patrick Khuzwayo, Bhunu Brill, Darian Crouse - Music Is My Only Drug (Chez Damier Sankeys Edit)
7: Groove Addix, Annette Taylor - Faith (Sebb Junior Remix)
8: Michael Gray, Kimberley Brown, The Sultra Gospel Singers - Fly Away
9: Yours - Our Love (David Penn Extended Mix)
10: Platinum Doll, P-Y Anderson - Believe In A Brighter Day (Micky Moore - Andy Tee Extended)
11: Peverell, Karmina Dai - We Don't Hate (Per Qx - Stephan Duy Dub)
12: Spiritual South - Green Gold
13: Luuk Van Dijk - Get My Luv
14: Charles Dockins - As We Dance
15: Blazers - A Sidelong Glance
16: Kah-Lo, Billen Ted - People Ain't Dancing
17: Houseledge Incorporated - Beep (Nu Ground Foundation Classic Mix)
18: Ruze - FUTUR
19: Jovonn - Track Mode
20: Eddie Matos - Hypnotised (Graeme Park Mix)
21: Sandy B - Make My World Go Round (Curtis & Moore Dub)
22: Bob Sinclar, Africanism - Bisou Sucre

Enjoy!

This months mix comes in nice and early.  It's made up of mix of new tracks and ones I've Shazammed when out over the last few weeks.  The result is a really nice blend of the old and new.
Highlights for me include DJ Rolando's "Jaguar", Cinthie's "Mellifluous", DJ Chus's "The Feeling" and Spiritual South's "Green Gold".
I've had this mix on repeat for the last four days which is usually a good sign!

Tracklisting:
1. Kerri Chandler - What is Digital Soul
2. Patrick Khuzwayo, Bhunu Brill, Darian Crouse, Chez Damier - Music-s My Only Drug (Chez Damier Sankeys Edit)
3. Conga Radio, Jex Opolis, Roberto (CA) - Right Beside You
 4. Red Hook Dreams, Kenny Dope - Your Love (Kenny Dope-s Dub)
5. Cinthie - Mellifluous (Original Mix)
6. Fini Dolo, Restless Soul - Blow (Restless Soul Poetic Peak Time Mix)
7. Arie Mando - On Me
8. DJ Chus presents The Groove Foundation - That Feeling (Original Stereo Mix)
9. Houseledge Incorporated, Nu Ground Foundation - Beep (Nu Ground Foundation Classic Mix)
10. Daniel Steinberg - Let It Be
11. Sebb Junior - Makes Me Feel (Extended Mix)
12. Reel People, Angela Johnson, Dennis Ferrer - Can-t Stop (Dennis F-s Falling 4 U Mix)
13. Vincenzo Gerri - Solid Groove
14. Kennedy - Free (Original Mix)
15. Michael Gray, Kimberly Brown, The Sultra Gospel Singers - Fly Away (Extended Mix)
16. Kenlou, Louie Vega, Kenny Dope - What A Sensation (Demo Mix)
17. Jungle Wonz, Mike Dunn - Anybody Out There (Mike Dunn Back On 63rd - Artesian Remix)
18. Jovonn - Track Mode
19. Spiritual South - Green Gold (Original Mix)
20. Luuk van Dijk - Get My Luv (Original Mix)
21. DJ Rolando - Jaguar
22. Eddie Amador, Riva Starr - House Music (Riva Starr Mo- Disco 2-5 Club Remix)
23. Blaze - Lovelee Dae (Original)
24. Mr- Fingers - Can You Feel It

Enjoy!

This is a recording from a show I did recently for SoulfulHouseDJs in the UK.
My friend Will Nice has a slot on Sundays and asked me to cover for a couple of weeks.
Two became three and this mix is from the third show.  The show was at 9pm Sunday night in Sydney where I am, but only 12pm Sunday lunchtime in the UK.  As a result the mix stays very much on the soulful, vocal vibe out of respect.
There were one or two technical issues during the show as it was a live stream on Mixcloud.  I was scrambling about checking things and moving cameras in between mixes.  Luckily you can't tell when listening to the mix, although there are more naked beats than I would have liked.

Big thank you to everyone that came down to Larry's Herd at the Lord Roberts on Sunday.  It was such a great vibe and I really enjoyed spinning vinyl for everyone.  Next event is mid August, check out the Larry's Herd FB page for more details.

Tracklisting:
1: Jazzy Point - Give A Little Love (Extended Mix)
2: Delano Smith ft Diamondancer - A Message For The DJ (DJ Jimpster Red Light Rmx)
3: Osunlade - Momma's Groove (Jimpsters Slipped Disc Mix)
4: Osunlade - Momma's Groove (Jimpsters Hip Replacement Mix)
5: River Ocean ft India - Love & Happiness (Junior Boys Own Super Dub)
6: Hardrive - Deep Inside (Mr. V Sole Channel Remix)
7: Fuminori Kagajo ft Adeola Ranson - Piece Of Heaven (Sean McCabe Dub Mix)
8: Soul Vision ft Joe Adams - Don't Stop (Distance Music Rmx)
9: Avery Sunshine - Ugly Part Of Me (Terry Hunter BANG)
10: Nocturnal DJs ft Backroom Congregation - Fall On Me
11: Rhemi - Hairy Mary
12: Logistix, Deon Nathan - I Feel (Souldynamic Mix)
13: DJ Moreese - Pulsar
14: The Journey Men, Hanlei - Feeling Myself
15: Moonrocket, Re-Tide, LauMii - Chocolate
16: Conan Liquid - Fly Away (Cohemian Rhapsody Mix)
17: Shur-I-Khan - Strings, Beats, Life
18: Envee - Brotherman Pt.1

Enjoy!