Progressive House UK

Sit back, relax and let the good vibes roll. This month’s leading lady is back with another sumptuous mix through sparkling house and into the progressive landscape we champion here at PHUK.

Firm faves Chris Cargo and Greenage feature here as well as CANDY’s own special finds. It’s a solid mix of control and energy levels. Things are continually looking bright for CANDY with guest mix requests flying in – And we should think so too! Another awesome monthly resident mix.

Way over the other side of the world lives QUiNTESSON. A founder member of Progressive House UK and Progressive House Australia. A man with a burning passion for electronic music and an even better ear for spotting an excellent track and making outstanding mixes.

Yet again he’s delivered his wonderful take on progressive house music in all it’s forms. A gentle start with beautifully familiar lyrics first heard on Deep Dish’s Global Underground 025 courtesy of Situation 2WO leads us into a melodic section that welcomes you into the mix.

As usual, QUiNTESSON’s track selection delights and surprises as he fuses modern-day tracks with stalwart prog classics, here in the form of a shiny new imagined remix of Breeder’s New York FM by Richie Black and then treated to Bluefish's ‘One’ made famous by Sasha on GU013. Look out for Dave Seaman and remix duties too - Thunderstorm - OOOsh!

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Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the Water! This month's mix from Edinburgh's very own Stevie takes you on a magical winding groove through deep house, tech house and choice progressive tracks. It's a story fo energy as all good mixes should be. As ever, Stevie's tight control of mixing and second to none track selection makes for a wonderful 2 hr 40 min mix, the likes of which you could easily imagine in Ibiza or some sun-soaked terrace anywhere in the world.

He's delved into the record box and fused new with old and on remixes we'd not heard before. You'll find the PHUK label favourite 'Balkan Connection' in full flow here featuring throughout the mix like audio glue to bond the sounds together that inevitably give Stevie is own unique style.

We all may well all be grounded but step about Reid Airways and jet off to any destination your imagination fancies. During these times it's DJ's like this that get us through the day /week /month.

This month's mix comes takes all the energy and frustrations of lockdown and funnels it into a 2 hour solid wall of sound! There's a couple wonderful nostalgic re-works early on from Butch in the form of 'Lale' sampling Baby D and Morttagua’s immense remix of the sublime classic from Solid Sessions, Janeiro.

Tracks featured throughout the mix come from my back catalogue from the past 3 years and there’s a good few that I never aired but still sound fresh as a daisy today. There’s also the latest from my ‘Man of the moment’ Alex O’Rion and one of my all-time faves Chris Cargo.

As per usual I’ve kept the energy levels moving, building the set through several stages with twists and turns along the way. All the usual dream sequences are layered into the journey to take us all off to that special place only perfectly positioned progressive house can.

Enjoy.

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If you’re ready to hit the rewind button and go back through the first mix, I suggest you wait and line CD2 up – Dream. Here the Matrix meets bubbling breakbeat and popping candy synths as Nick delivers his red Pill. At 15 mins in Acid squelches and stray snare drums ricochet around your head in chaotic harmony. Just like a dream, light and shade morph into each other and a sense of calm and control allows you to let go and explore the audio landscape Nick is creating. Sections of the mix just glide and move at there own pace yet nothing stays the same or becomes familiar.

As the mix nears to an end or we begin to awaken, bright drum and bass opens up and echoes out again as sunshine pours in leading perfectly up to Royksopp’s ‘Compulsion’ to bring us back from our sleepy wonderland and safely back to CD1 or ‘reality‘.

This mix is not just cleverly executed, technically brilliant and unique, it’s a labour of love and a creative masterpiece. Nick has delivered exactly what is intended for this guest mix series and for those who intend to follow; a must-listen. Hats completely off.

Pop 014CD1 – ‘Reality’ on and within 30 seconds, you are literally delivered from the womb into Nick’s Reality. Our Lecturer guides us into beckoning ambient tones and soundscapes that instantly envelope you. Time to let go. Whilst the Tokyo rain washes gently down, we’re caressed by deep, rich instrumental segway whilst the voice of our audio companion explores the big human questions. At 11:33 the first solid groove of a bassline glides in accompanied by the ethereal tones of Sara Otel Gauvreau and it’s simply magical.

Breaks collide with ambient netherworlds and seamlessly weave in and out while Nick keeps complete control of the theme that runs throughout. This is a DJ who not only knows his music, you can hear his deep respect for how to combine opposite moods and textures through perfectly placed tracks and timing.

This month’s mix from CANDY is perhaps her most subtle and intelligent yet. From the very first track you can feel emotion oozing from the tracks creating a sense of calm and gentle anticipation for what is to come.

Tim Englehardt – ‘Light the fire’ takes you by the hand and leads you into the dreamy world of progressive house that transitions us from one place to another effortlessly. ‘Lolita Express’ opens the door to some more percussion and groove as the mood starts to settle somewhere between pixie wonderland and the hypnotic rabbit hole Progressive fans love. Pig& Dan’s ‘Promised’ floats into Bedrock head honcho Digweed’s ‘Satelite’ takes over for some tech-infused solid 4/4 courtesy of the Oxia remix.

Softer progressive tones weave in and out beautifully from Australia’s ever-popular producer pairing GMJ & Matter who feature 3 times on the mix and provide washing warms synths and bubble basslines. It’s a wonderful mix of quiet emotions with an undercurrent of brooding urgency. Certainly another solid and confident outing from the first lady of Prog.

Enter a world, so liquid, so flowing, that you might as well just let go and float down into the whirlpool. The first 3 tracks blend and morph into each other so effortlessly and wonderfully that you don't hear them change. You're in, in for the journey. This is a gentle boiling pot of everything progressive house music should be. Vocals placed intelligently, breaks rolled in and out without fuss or distraction and percussion that builds the energy and yet still delivers a quiet brooding energy pushing onto the next track, and the next.

This mix is a master class - at 46 mins in I checked the time and it'd flown by - for me a sign of a perfectly executed mix and I was only a third of the way in. As the hour mark rolls by the beautiful moody 'Artche - Haunts (Original Mix) [Eklektisch]' glides in and we're too far down the river and heading towards the rapids.

At around 1hr 27 mins it's over the rapids and down the waterfall we go, hold your breath and see you at the end of the rinse!

International Dj'ing at it's finest from the man with the big heart and head full of wonderful music! Class - yet again!

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This is our Live mix recorded & streamed at 15:00-18:00 hrs on Facebook for our Resident 'In the mix' 1st Birthday. All the tracks were compiled by our residents picked from our mixes last and mixed live by Danny Jarvis.

We may all be on lockdown but Stevie Reid as the very mix to free your mind. 100 mins of crystal clear groove and basslines that really rumble in all the right places.

His smooth yet energetic style sees some awesome tracks pop up unexpectedly but they work superbly in upping the tempo further and adding some real solid sections to a wonderfully crafted and fresh sounding mix.

Get locked in not locked down to this months Steve Reid Resident Mix.