Hey Everybody,

So I watch a lot of dj videos on youtube. Not the “plonk a controller somewhere pretty with no source of electricity & chick in a bikini miming to a prerecord”. No, Im talking working djs, booked by a venue or promoter  to entertain a crowd. What strikes me most about these is that almost no one is dancing. Sure some will sway or bounce from their knees, but no one appears to be letting it all go to their favourite jam. It seems that everyone just stands there watching (& of course filming) & depending on the genre, will jump a bit when the drop lands, but then go back to watching until the next one. Djing has become a visual medium & clubbing has become a spectator activity. There is some circular irony in a dj playing a soundtrack to the action of watching them do so.

It used to be that you went to a club to dance & most of the time didn’t even know where the dj was located. It didn’t matter. Their job was to make you dance, not look good in a video. A good dj would keep you dancing, but in addition to taking you stratospheric with awesome bangers, they also pulled back on the throttle & varied the rhythms so you could catch your breath or change your footwork to ease off the lactic acid build-up & give your legs a rest.

This mix then is an homage to club dancing, not knowing where the dj is but trusting they will make your night. If anyone would really prefer to watch me do this instead of just listen, then message me below as Id really like to understand why.... For everyone else, strap in for a playlist that went like this.....

 

Kathy Brown ft Praxis - Can't Play Around (divapella)Fouk ft Debórah Bond - Loving At First Sight (Vox)Audiowhores ft Asia - House Music All Night (Unreleased Audiowhores Sax Dub)Platinum Doll ft P.Y. Anderson - Believe In A Brighter Day feat (Micky More & Andy Tee Extd Rmx)Charvoni - Always There (acappella)Walter G - Believe In House (orig)Paul Cutie - Chicago_(orig)Geoffrey C - Yo Barnum (Jihad Muhammad BTD Rmx)Halo ft Maiya - Glory (Atjazz Galaxy Aart Rmx)Omson - No More (Qubiko Rmx)Xtortion – How Do You See Me Now (acappella)Nu Rhythmix – Babylon [Into A Groove] (A Romano Rework)Mr. V & Christopher T - The Perfect Plan (Soulful Extd Rmx 2024)DJ Fudge ft JV - Movin' (Extd)Jihad Muhammad - Illusions (Bass & Percussion)Ron Hall ft Marc Evans - The Way You Love Me (acappella)Paul Cutie - So Good (orig)Kelly G.- Keep Wondering! (Jihad's Bang The Drum)Melvo Baptiste ft Annette Bowen - Did You Pray Today (Extd)Danny Clark & Jay Benham ft SuSu Bobien, - Wondrous (Dannys Plastic Dreams edit) DJ Razor ft Siya - Come With Me (Zogri's Heavenly)Ella Fitzgerald - Summertime (Corey Holmes Rmx) Sheree Hicks - Tempted (Cee ELAssaad Rmx)Shino Blackk – Excited (Bootlegg) Ian McShane - Slave To The Rhythm (acappella)Dale Howard - The Rhythm (orig)Byron Stingly – Devotion (acappella)DJ Oji ft Ed Ramsey - I'll Do Anything (Richard Payton's 95 North Vox)Franke FUZION Estevez - SummerTime (Main)Eric Kupper ft Jaidene Veda - Smells Like Teen Spirit (Eric Kupper rmx)p[

Hey Everybody,

2000 to 2010 was a great decade. I hit that milestone of 40yrs half way through & for me, the deep house / underground house scene was at its zenith during that period. I spent the 80’s in disco’s called things like, The Roxy. I spent the 90’s mostly in fields or disused aircraft hangers, but the 00’s, with de-restriction on opening & licensing hours, was what bought underground clubbing to the masses. When I wasn’t playing out, I was on a lot of guest lists so my core group & I did a lot of clubbing. We also did our best to consume as many pharmaceuticals as possible & sleep was something of an illusion for most weekends. Our gang had a mostly similar musical taste, though all preferred their house a little more generic than I would’ve chosen. So we’d maybe start off smart & sweet smelling at Pacha, then head down to Turnmills to get our sweat on to a little tougher. 6am saw us kicked out, but you could just rejoin the queue & go back in for Trade, a gay night that toughened things up a little more & ran through till lunchtime. A quick cab home to shower & change, then it was off to Vauxhall for Fire. Another gay gig that negated our change of clothes as everyone in the place was stripped to their waists & throbbing along to the soundtrack.So it came that eventually we would make it back to my mates place to settle in for the comedown. Of course, by this time I was desperate to hear “my music”, either to shuffle-dance along with myself, or to sink into the luxurious carpet & contemplate the complexities of existential dichotomies whilst transported to far away places by soulful beats over a booming bassline. Naturally, or rather chemically, I was in no condition to dj for myself, so I put together a couple of premixed CD’s of the deep & soulful kind. Those two CD’s hit 18yrs & 20yrs this summer, so by way of a celebration, this mix is an amalgamation of them both & a loving tribute to the amazing hours I spent on carpets in Putney & the people that shared them with me, all coming together for a track-list that went like this.....  

Mr V ft Ms Patty – Deep House Music (Deep Dub)Accap – Lil Louis – I called YouLas-civ-i-ous – Nice to See YouDelano Smith ft Diamond Dancer – A Message for the DJ (Jimpster)DJ Deep & Jovonn – Back in the DarkMusical Solution – Dance With MeArnold Jarvis – Take Good Care of Me (Sole Channel Dub)Arnold Jarvis – Take Good Care of Me (Sole Channel Vox)Marlon D ft Daneel – Taste (UC Thump)Roy Davis Jnr ft Pevent Everett - Don't You Dare Stop Loving (Glenn Underground's Narrative Soul)Koffee Brown – After Party (Jay J & Dave Harness edit)M J Cole – Sincere (Miguel Migs Petalpusher Vox)Shadow People – Deep Inside (Deep Flute)Billie – It Comes Back Around (Blanke St Dub)Marlon D – The Underground Anthem (Main)Marvin Gaye – Music (Kerri Chandler)DJ Romain ft Darryl D’Bonneau – Its The Spirit (83 West)Greg Guathier ft Sabrynaah Pope - Someone for You (Lonely Night Dub)Francesco Diaz – Say A Little Prayer (Terry’s Dub)Quentin Harris ft Robert Owens – Always (Reel Soul)Portishead – Roads (Sultan & Tonedepth)Kerri Chandler ft Monique Bingham – In The Morning

Hey Everybody,

We are back in the studio for this one & with the upcoming May-day holiday, this mix is a tribute to all those long weekends in my 20’s when I went away with friends to somewhere new, often for no other reason than we hadn’t been there before. A girl in a bar who said she’d meet me in some underground club later. Never see her again, but it turns out to be the best night ever. Low ceilings, barely any light & a throbbing system playing sounds I didn’t even know existed. I had to keep asking people what type of music it was....& they said it was called H.O.U.S.E.

Some new, some old, some very old & some inspired by even older in a tracklist that went like this...

Teddy Douglas – Good Morning Love (Sounds of Soul retouch)Tayo Wink, Morris Revy & Ndinga Gaba – If (Gaba’s Diplomacy Soul)Mr V, Hallex M, Djeff & Miss Patty – Lets Get It (Afro Karib dub)Jovonn, Dj Spen & Tasha LaRae – Soulful Storm (orig)Black Coffee ft Zakes Bantwini – Juju (Halo & Atjazz Deeply Minded dub)Bongolovers ft  An-Tonic – Spirit of House (Accap)Louie Vega & Nico Vega – How He Works (Ezel)Tyla – Water (Sebastian Wibe)Redsoul & Mark Moondragon – Deep & Low (Redsoul dub)Benjy Candelario ft Tamira Sanders – Just Say The Word (Dj Spen)Chris Bass – Westchester Lady (Bassy’s Rolling dub)Gayle Adams – Lets Go All the WayDin Jay & Funkatonic – Gimme the Power (Funktonic)DJ Fudge – Make it Right (orig)Soul Creation – Maestros of HouseThe Sunchasers – Just Another Love TrackCloud 9 – Do You Want Me Baby (Dusky)Deep Swing – In The Music (Sax)KOT ft Haze – Changes (KOT Vinyl Showcase)Spiritchaser – Sueno Latino (Main)Atjazz ft Shea Soul – Home (Vox)Kenny Bobien – Rise Above the StormSound Syndicate ft Josep Pou – Sunset Keys (La Calma)The Wizard Brian Cox – Dream (Accap) Big shout out to those life changing nights in Leeds, Nottingham, Newcastle, Manchester, Brighton & many many more. You gave a seed a reason to grow.

See you all next time around.

Hey Everybody. Seasons Greetings to one & All!So you know how it is, feeling completely full of festive cheer & the baby jeezus, you sink into the lazyboi teetering on the brink of a food coma when the phone rings – “Hello mate, know anyone who can dj for a couple of hours tonight?” As luck would have it, Id been toying with the idea of a party style disco mix & this seemed like the obvious chance to give it a go. In fairness it turned out to be more Philly than disco & a few of the tracks are tenuous at best, but thats how a party rolls, with a tracklist that went like this.....Fatback vs Chaka – Boss Suga Stop (Si’s Cheeky edit)AC Soul Symphony – K Jee (Joey Negro Philly World)Adri Block & Chris Marina – RunawayGaye Marvin – I Luv MusicMarco Valery ft Sharlene Hector – Free Love (Danny Krivit re-edit)First Choice – Let No Man Put Asunder (Dan Swindle)Mothers Favourite Child ft Saeeda Wright – Dance for Me (Ezel)Johnny Corporate – Sunday Shoutin (Dr Packer Extd Glitterbox)Pound Boys – Bourgie Bourgie (One Knight with Gladys)Moon Rocket ft TSOP- Klop  (live mix)Philly Allstars – Lets Clean Up The Ghetto (Redsoul)Loletta Holloway – Dreamin (Si’s STG edit)Community ft Fonda Rae – Over Like a Fat Rat (Jazz n Groove)N-U-Up – Vibin (Saison)T-Connection – Do What You Wanna Do (Full Intention)Groove Assassin – Move Around The WayDJ Sneak – Keep On Groovin (Pitch Disco)Lou Rawls – Youll Never Find (Summit, Knuckles & Kupper)FOMO ft Chaka Khan, Taka Boom & Mark Stevens – House of Love (Chi-Town Boogie Down)Dj Chus Pres The Groove Foundation – That Feeling (De Poniente)Pitto – Feelin (Joris Voorn)Chic – I Want Your Love (Javier & Bassbreaker edit of Dimitri & Terje)The Jacksons – Let Me Show You (Candy Apple) I hope this gives you as much fun to dance to as it was for me to play it. This gig wasn’t exactly rammed, but Id rather play to a trickle of smiling faces than a sea of bored expressions.I’ll see you all back here again again for more in ‘24 Si x

Hey Peoples, Just over 21yrs ago I put out an album called Moments of My Night. It was my first mix released on CD, so it holds something of a special place in my memory. The concept is straight forward & is essentially a check list of tracks that I was hearing at various stages as my night progressed. Of course, much has changed since then, not least that we now have more than 74mins to play with. The other thing is that it’s now gotten harder & harder to find the music I want to hear being played. As you will discover, a good night for me takes its time to warm up as it’s also important to connect emotionally, but once there, I’ll go wherever the energies take me. This will touch on a number of genres, will push some of my boundaries, will include some classics though not a version I could here on the radio.  Ideally there should also be something I haven’t heard before. The sort of track that makes me catch the DJ's eye whilst mouthing “what the F is this?” He will of course just grin & Ill spend the rest of the next day trying to remember something about it so I can track it down. So this mix is something of a wish list for how Id like my nights to pan out along with a track list that goes like this....  Chip Monk – Woodstock 40yrs OnDean Sunshine Smith – You’ll Never KnowDubTribe Sound System – Do It Now (extd orig)Ananda Project – Cascades of Colour (Kenny Carpenter)Guri Guri – Be Yourself (Manoo  Dub)Marco Valery – Free Love (Bassline only)Sumo – Santiago Boys (Main Bounce)Angelo Ferreri – Work That (Uncut Raw)Josh Butler – Mic Rock (Mike Scott)Akabu – Ride the Storm (Saison)Low Steppa – Dig Deep (Extd)The Vision – Hallelujah in Heaven (Groove Assassin)Block & Crown – Lonely People (orig)Kenny Summit – Feel It (DJ Spen)Safri Duo – Played a Live (excerpt)Superlover – Piano Pump (NICe7 Extd)Black Coffee  – Superman (Massive Drum)Timmy Regisford – At The Club (DJ MBuso Deep Rub)Monki – Yurican Soul (orig)Made By Pete – Horizon Red (orig)Ketterkarussel – MaybeJohn Morris – Woodstock 40yrs On

Hey Everyone,So I hope you all had the Xmas & NYE that you wished for & that the "TwoTwo" will be good to you!Incredibly, it was 40yrs ago this year that I first started with two decks & tried to mix. Unfortunately I had no mixer, so I just wired both the decks together into the single amp input. With no pitch control, there was a lot fun, but not a lot of success. Oh my, how things change!This then is the last in a trilogy focusing on the deeper side of the sub genres found within Soulful House. In this set I explore some interpretations of what are 'Roots'. It can mean many things to many people. Origin. History. Influence are what it means to me, represented by a tracklist that went like this...Rich Medina - Reality (Acapella)Curtis Mayfield - Freddie's Dead (Blaze Roots DJ Mix)LouieVega ft Blaze - Elements of Life (Karmic dub)Elements Of Life ft Ursula Rucker - Journey's Prelude (Frankie Feliciano)Moodymanc - Tamba Samba (Orig)Craig Jensen - Club Lonely (Rulers Of The Deep)Ed Gusto - Roots (Ed Gs Afrocentric)Michael Ashe & Deep Suite - Wondering Why (Deep Suite)Fish Go Deep - Indian SummerJus Dope - Roots Soul Creation Ft MISU - Sueno En Ti (Main)Ricardo Villalobos ft  Marvin Gaye – Aint That Peculiar (Mendo)Christian Hornbostel & Alfred Azzetto - 84 King Street (Souldynamic & Fiorese Organ Roots)DJ Romain & Jon Cutler ft Jeannie Hopper - Deje Vu (Mr. V's Roots)Anane & Mr V - Move Bounce Shake (Roots)Agev Munsen ft Roland Clark - The Thing About Deep (Roots)Louie Vega ft Johnny Dangerous - London Roots (Main)Ralf Gum & Monique Bingham - Little W. 12th St. (Ralf Gum Deeper Dub)Stephanie Mills - Free [JK Edit of Louie Vega Vox]Blaze - Listen (Roots Vox)

Hey Everybody,Si Sutton back in the styrups whilst we send Shizzla a virtual bag of grapes & wish him a very speedy recovery!Let me start by thanking absolutely everybody that got involved in the last episode, Welcome to the 2000 club everyone!! :) Lets see if we can top that this month :DThis time we've gone deeper, with all things bassline related, rocing a main room stylee.As LA Woman sees its 50th anniversary, I honour The Doors legacy with a stand out remix to kick things off. Just like my boy Eddie say, House is a feeling, not tied down to a formal set of characteristics. We then pound & throb our way through the next 2hrs, ringing the changes stylistically, but staying true to the B Line with a track list that goes like this.....The Doors X Fish Go Deep - Riders On The Storm (Bcks Re Mix)Mind Street ft Kandie Jones - More & More (Groove Assassin Deep Down)Karol XVII & MB Valence - Deep Beginning (Orig)Lisa Shaw - Free (Deep Phreeze Phunk)Marq Markuz ft Alex Curly - Cocaina (Andezzz DeepaSoul)Miss Coco Brown - I Never Knew (Yllavation Deep & Soulful)Monodeluxe & Deep Bros - Magic Touch (Orig)Ralph Session ft Kat S - Soul Deep (Orig Dub)Roland Clarke - I Get Deep (Shelter)Underground Solution - Luv Dancin' (In Deep)Urban Soul - Alright (Gerd Deep)Hardrive - Deep Inside ( Mr. V Sole Channel)Marlon D - Deep spiritual journey (Deep Prayer)Mena Keys & Marlon D - Love Somebody (Seascape Deep Vocal)Miguel Migs ft Lisa Shaw - Heartbeat (Migs Deep Salted Dub) Soulmagic - We Love This Music (Soulmagic Deep) Bordertown - Deep In My SoulRishi K. - Phenomena (Bobby Deep)Il Padrinos ft. Jocely Brown - That's How Good Love Is (Rulers Of The Deep Dub)Samuri, Divided Souls & Le Alen ft Gina Dunn - Feel It (Chris Deepak)Nutty Nys ft Lu - Moving On (StaSoul Deeper)Rocco & Danny Marquez - Billie Jean (Rocco Deep)

Hey Everybody,Si Sutton here, stepping up & fillin in whilst The Shizzla is currently away from the decks.Pandemia aside, things are good here in South America & whilst I have a number of venues I occasionally play at, Ive just started at a small underground bar, run out of someones house. Deepness felt appropriate, so the set posted here was a test to see how that would go down. We started a bit bouncy, eased into soulful taking things up a little pumpy, then closed out back to soulful, all with shades of deepness for those who like to get down.Let me or Shizzla know if you are feeling this set & one of us will be back with more for you very soon.Take care, be safe & keep it four four for more.Si Sutton TracklistDJ Spen - Gotta Have House  (Spen & Thommy 12 Inch Remix)Michael Watford – Understand Me (deep mix)Beat Rivals ft Lifford - If I Could (Deep Mix)Bria Valente - 2 Nite (Jamie Lewis Deep Session mix)David Anthony - Star Gazing (Doobie J Deep Dub Remix) Jask - Mystery Vibes (Deep Jazz Experience Mix)Dirty Harry - Deep in Vibe (RemasterDj Pap ft. Cei Bei - It's The Music (Rocco's Deep Tro Mix)Fabrizio Marra ft Tracy Brathwaite -  You're Getting me Started (Deep Josh / Andy Ward)Earl TuTu & John Khan & 2 Good Souls ft Kathy Brown - Things You Do (JK's Dub Mix) KPD - Deep in My Soul (Original) Copyright ft Imaani – Deeper (Baggi Bagovic & Soul Conspiracy club)Clemens Rumpf & David A. Tobin - Fire (Groove Assassin Dub Remix)Donna Summer - I Feel Love (Santiago Deep)Karizma ft Dj Spen – 4 The Love (Halo & Duane City Deep Main)Jon Flores, Level Groove - Deeper Sax (Original)Kerri Chandler -  I Feel It (DJ Deep)Junior B ft NZA - Love Is So Deep (Jovonn Soulfrican)Souldynamic ft Adeola Shyllon - Revival (Souldynamic Go Deep)Alicia Keys - Unthinkable (SOSO Deep)

Hey everyone. Dropping a slice of Soul Abyss upon you once again. Delving back into the files from last year that I had that I never got around to putting onto my previous mixes, and there is just too much great tuneage in here that didn't deserve to be left on the shelf gathering virtual dust. So press play and lose yourself in the musical journey which was all put together with the following tracklist

1.Andy Compton, Celestine, Anders Olinder - Gift Me Tomorrow (Danny Clark Remix)

2.Tortured Soul - Why (DJ Spinna Remix)

3.Miz Dee, Jackie Queens - Back To Us (DJ Spinna Galactic Soul Vocal)

4.S.E.L, Bryan Chambers - Falling (Booker T Vocal Mix)

5.Mark Francis, Thandi Draai - Nobody But You (Original Soul Mix)

6.The Sunchasers - It's Just A Little Bit Of Rain (Original Mix)

7.Suges, Jay D - Down For You (Main Vocal)

8.Russell Taylor - Come Morning (Zepherin Saint Tribe Vocal Mix)

9.J Elle - Face It (Booker T Kings of Soul Afro House Remix)

10.Corey Holmes, Vangela Crowe - More Than Anything (Blackk's More Vocal)

11.Tim Wayne, Egypt English - Empower Self (Stripped Mix)

12.DJ Fudge, Ezel, Mani Hoffman - Call My Name (Ezel Remix)

13.Wil Milton - Every Part Of Me (BLISS NYC Vocal Mix)

14.Reggie Steele - Crazy (AmFlow Pass ALT Mix)

15.Jihad Muhammad, Kem - Praise - Bang The Drum Vocal

16.Sheree Hicks, JD, Deep Soul Syndicate - Your Warning (Original Mix)

17.Steal Vybe, Omar, Alexa Gold - Harvest Moon (Original Unreleased Mix)

18.Tortured Soul - Home To You (Quentin Harris Remix)

19.Mr. Moon, Mey - Let It Rain (Groove N' Soul Vocal Mix)

20.DJ Beloved, Storm - Let Me (Deep Soul Syndicate Remix)

21.Steal Vybe, Sara Devine - Fill The Skyy (Mark Francis Remix)

22.Zepherin Saint, Sheree Hicks, Nathan Adams - Stay Forever (Tribe Vocal Mix)

23.DJ SGZ, Shon Mac - Free Yourself (Zepherin Saint Tribe Vocal)

24.Elements Of Life, Anane - You Came Into My Life (Ralf Gum & Raw Artistic Soul Mix)

25.Namy, Monday Michiru - There She Stands (Feliciano Vocal)

26.Lee Wilson, Pedro Duarte - Don't Say Goodbye (Sean Ali Vocal Mix)

27.Javonntte - Our Love (Original Mix)

28.Chris Geldard - Find Yourself (Mark Francis 201 Vocal Edit Mix)

29.DJ Rae - The Journey (Original Mix)

As usual, many thanks to each and every single one of you who continue to support this podcast, and will try and get next episode up as soon as i can for you. Be good , love as always

Shizz

Hi Everyone, this is the 2nd of 2 mixes i have posted for this month and here is the tracklist for this groovy disco mix

1.Sister Sledge - Lost In Music (Dimitri From Paris Remix 2018 Remaster)

2.Anane - Get On The Funk Train (Michael Gray & Mark Knight Mix)

3.Dr Packer, Micky More, Andy Tee - Moody (Dr Packer Remix)

4.Dr Packer - Wanna B Startin' Somethin' [Dr Packer's Multi Track Mix]

5.Souldynamic - Revelation Feel It (Souldynamic Re​-​edit)

6.DJ Fudge, Chinua Hawk - Love X Love (Michael Gray Remix)

7.Souldynamic - I Love Your Love (Souldynamic Re-Work)

8.Norman Doray, Darren Crook - Sweet Freedom (The Reflex Revision - Extended)

9.Earth, Wind & Fire - September (Eric Kupper Extended Vocal Mix)

10.Booker T feat. Kathy Brown - Boogie Oogie Oogie (Booker T Vocal Mix)

11.Eric Kupper, Chanelle - One Man (Michael Gray Extended Remix)

12.Delia Renee - You're Gonna Want Me Back (Dave Lee Disco Blend)

13.The Vision, Andreya Triana - Mountains (Joey Negro Live And Direct Extended Mix)

14.Mothers Favorite Child, Tanya Tiet - Reflections Of A Disco Ball (Joey Negro Club Mix)

15.Fish Go Deep, Tracey K - The Cure - The Cause (Dr Packer Extended Remix)

16.Vincent Kwok, Franky Boissy, Mary Griffin - Was That All It Was (David Harness Eastbay Mix)

17.Souldynamic - I Knew That Love (Souldynamic Re-Work)

18.The Sunburst Band - New York City Woman (Micky More & Any Tee Jazzy Mix)

19.Mark Picchiotti, Kenyata White - Love Is The Message (Mark!'s Extended Disco Mix)

20.Yam Who, Brian Lucas - Yah Mo B There (Full Vocal Mix)

Please be sure to get previous mix posted. Thanks as usual for your amazing support. Much love going out to each and everyone.

Shizz x