#30 - The Mix That Never Was

A NEW DJ MIX FOR YOUR LISTENING PLEASURE

Well well well.  Mr Philip Wellington is thirty years old, who’d have funked it.

Whilst said celebrations happened a slice over a month ago, it is not too late to rejoice.

THE STORY OF CREATION

Shall I tell you the story behind it’s creation?  Its not a long one.  I obviously attended the Wellington 30 party at the bottom of The Globe in Brighton – and a fun night was had.  I was rather drunk.  I also had taken a selection of records, both of my own pleasing and of a philesque persuasion. For all intentions, I was certainly going to play them heartily on the night.  However, circumstances conspired.  I dillied and I dallied – other DJ’s came and went and before I knew it, the night was coming to an abrubt end with door stuff shuffling us begrudgingly out the doors.  Hence, my 30th birthday set never was.

A couple of weeks ago, I was just getting round to putting my records back on their selves and thought – NO, why not play the records and re-create the set that could have been.  Record it, do a funny cover and pass it to Phil as a belated item of birthday gratitude.

LET ME TAKE YOU ON A MUSICAL JOURNEY THROUGH TIME & SPACE!

Hence, the mix that never was…well, was,  is – in fact here it is:

I trust you will enjoy – it will take you on a 2 hour musical journey through 30 records and many genres.  The file is downloadable through Soundcloud at www.soundcloud.com/asomatous/30-the-mix-that-never-was

OR – as a special treat, , you can download a high quality mp3 along with the artwork in a handy zip file. Simply enter the code: OWMEA in the box below to enable the file to be downloaded…once you enter the code, this page will re-load and there will be a new link to download the file (note – its about 160MB big!):

If your interesting in the tracklisting, behold…

#30 - The Mix That Never Was Tracklisting

CHRISTMAS WIND-DOWN (2009)

Greetings, greetings, greetings.

I hope everyone in web land is feeling fine and full of beans for the new year ahead.

I trust a pleasant Christmas and New Years Eve were celebrated by all?

Fun, frivolity, food?

Socialising, sleeping, snowing?

I had a good time (thanks for asking) – but not feeling too rested as generally did too much.

Wanted to get the blog-ball rolling for the new year and thought I would present you, for your aural listening pleasure, a nice mix to bring yourselves down from the excitement of the past few weeks.  Does that sound nice?

SPANKING NEW SHINEY LOVELY TECHNICS 1210′s MK ii

Thats correct – after being in the dark place for about a year and having no decks, that problem has now been rectified with a lovely pair bought on ebay.  Finally I was reunited with my records and celebrated shortly before New Year by playing a selection of fine tunes.

That selection has been uploaded to the lovely people at Soundcloud and is available from there or from below for you to enjoy.

I do not proclaim to be a technical genius – I do not claim to mix – but a fine selection of music I can guarantee.

You can listen to the mix or download it from here: http://soundcloud.com/asomatous/john-house-christmas-wind-down-mix-2009

The tracklisting is below.  Enjoy.

1) Jingle Bells – Frank Sinatra
2) Yardbird Suite – Charlie Parker & Miles Davis
3) Muskrat Ramble – Louis Armstrong
4) Michel Legrand – Southern Routes
5) What’s My Name? – Hot 8 Brass Band
6) White Room – Cream
7) Cry, Cry, Cry – Roxy Music
8 ) Star Wars Theme – Cantina Band
9) Lowdown Popcorn – James Brown
10) Funky Nassau (pt 2) – The Beginning of the End
11) Bam Bam – Sister Nancy
12) Dub Be Good To Me – Beats International
13) Blame it on the Boogie – The Jacksons
14) Leaving – Diverse
15) Status – Mr Lif
16) Ring My Bell – Anita Ward
17) No Surprises – Easy Star All Stars
18) Up Town Top Ranking – Althia & Donna
19) I Chase The Devil – Max Romeo
20) Victory Dub – Tenor Saw
21) Jah Dread – Augustus Pablo
22) Music Dub – Horace Andy
23) Gold & Silver – Toots & The Maytals
24) Fire In The Vatican – Max Romeo