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  1. Jules' Classics Set From Luminosity

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    I seem to remember him saying on twitter very recently he was playing a classics set somewhere, though I don't remember if it was a full classics night or anything.

    He certainly has mellowed his stance somewhat anyway, when it comes to the classics, but I don't think he'll be playing a set like the above unless it's advertised as such.

    Just on the set he'll hopefully be doing for the site, wouldn't it be amazing if he gave us some feedback/memories etc he had from the tunes (even to tell us he always thought it was crap!), I suspect many of which he'll have long forgotten about? It would be far too much to even ask him, though, considering how brilliant it is of him to even think of doing the mix itself.

  3. Jules' Classics Set From Luminosity

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    Now up on Youtube. Sound is pretty poor, but Jules appeared to be loving it. No (from the bits I listened to) dreaded 'samples' either. Played it slightly safe tune wise, which i suppose was inevitable with the hour set, but still good to see, nonetheless. It appeared to be universally lauded by fans and djs alike on twitter after the event.

  4. Jules - Charity Board Mix (and you choose the tracks!)

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    I guess most here recall 'PPK - Resurection'...

    What a tune - at the time - and I'm sure Jules hammered the hell out of this. I can't recall who was the first dj to receive the exclusive on this - or at least play it on air on R1 - was it Jules, Dave Pearce, Tong - or was it Oaky? Oaky eventually signed it...

    Edit: Tim, think you/we should also ask Jules to take his pick and add in his own fave track in this honour too :) ??

    Oakey famously was handed this while playing a gig, and immediately played -twice- in his set after listening to it there and then (which was a major rarity due to the masses of cds handed to the dj at the time). He then snapped it up for Perfecto instantly.

    I will absolutely contribute to this. Major props to Jules for this too. Will come up with one of the less obvious classics that just scream 'Jules' to me later. Tempted to pick one of the old techno, dave the drummer stuff he used to drop, just for the hell of it.

    Must say, can't see many other big djs agreeing to playing a tracklist like this picked by others, for fear of getting tunes they wouldn't want, or don't fit with their curret 'sound'. Massive kudos and thanks to Jules.

  5. Jules DJLive, on Clubland TV.

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    Anyone see it? He seems to have some sort of contract with them, always seems to be on it on various shows. But he was on a one hour, no-ad show of him dj'ing for an hour last night.

    And Clubland+Jules dj set..... it actually wasn't bad. Still feel s the need to play samples over near every tune, though not the 'somebody scream' ones, more 'I have a dream' speech, 'Jack had a groove', and some cringe like 'I'm looking for Molly'. I dunno why he persists with it, but it's been done to death I suppose.

    The set itself surprised me. Decent trance, some techy hints, some cheese, before he loses it in the last ten mins with some EDM crap. Bar the samples and the last ten mins, it was a reminder to me that he still can pick a tune. No 140 stuff, granted, but does he ever hit that tempo anymore?

    Tuned in expecting to be watching through my fingers, ended up cranking the volume for large parts. Maybe my expectations were just so low, I dunno!

  7. How many times have you seen judge jules play a live set - Can you list them?

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    I was lucky enough to see Jules in his 'prime'. Exact dates are hazy, but the sets memorable.

    He came to our local nightclub (The Grill, Letterkenny, Ireland) at the beginning of his explosion at the early part of 99. I was unable to make it as I worked in another club at the time, (and was still underage, not by much though). The night went down in legend. People dancing on tables, refusing to go home. He opened with 'Flat Beat' (when it was still brand new) and completely destroyed the place. Still hear people talk about it till this day. I vowed that I'd never make the mistake again.

    He came back on an unfashionable sunday night in August the same year. The club had a capacity of around 2000 and tickets had sold out weeks in advance. I'd heard of ticketless people trying to break in! Made sure I wouldn't miss this, and he didn't disappoint. It was the first time I'd seen the 'superstar dj' phenomenon in action. And felt it myself, if I'm honest. He needed bouncers all around the dj booth due to the amount of people just wanting to slap his hand! He- every so often- would look up from the decks, single out an outstretched hand among the twenty or so straining to reach him, slap it, then put the head down again to concentrate. It was immense, if I'm honest. I remember noticing his 'quirks' which I thought were awesome at the time- the blessing himself on a breakdown, hands on head, pointing to the sky etc. And I was hooked. The tunes were a bit more experimental than those you would hear on his shows, but nontheless, an amazing night.

    Homelands Ireland in September was next (the audio is on this site). This was completely different to the club setting, but amazing all the same. Jules was on at five in the evening, I wondered how it would fare. He banged it out from start to finish. The place was like nothing I've ever seen since atmosphere wise. Just bananas. I think I've said before on this site, but much as we were all indulging in all sorts of 'artificial enhancers' at the event, I could swear Jules was too. He was just like one of us, absolutely loving it. His mixing was iffy to say the least at times which when viewing him live, was understandable. Standout memories were Spoiled and Zigo, Beatbox and playing Horny Horns (which I never was fond if really) and an idiotic mate of mine scaling the scaffolding with an airhorn to play an accompliment to the tune, with Jules acknowledging him, before the security inevitably cut short the performance. Just an immense mad day, with Jules being the highlight.

    I next saw him in 2001 (I think) and it was a weird Tuesday night for some reason, but it was still packed, although not with the same levels of hysteria as seen before. I loved it, he played mainly a set of tunes which would make up the 'Clubbed' cd, although with it being a Tuesday, Jules was playing an earlier set and finishing at one rather than closing the night. I asked him when he was leaving and he said he'd a 7:30 flight the next morning. Fair enough.

    This was the last time I was passionate about seeing him and went away so enthusiastic about him. Saw him a fair few times since, but never left me with the same impression. The most recent being in 2012, and to be honest, it left me flat. So much so, that he's been back since and I didn't go, which I never thought I'd see. Still, he's been a massive influence to me musically, and I'm glad I was able to be part of it. Wouldn't swap these memories for the world. Great topic, by the way.

  8. Pioneer To Launch Turntable

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    So, Pioneer are to launch a turntable soon, from what I've seen they have the exact same lay-out and functions of the good old Technics. I read somewhere that they don't have a USB input (surprisingly), but the whole thing is still a bit of a mystery as yet.

    So what do you make of it? Good for the purists, or just another cynical money move now that Technics are obsolete (which they -indirectly- contributed to)?

    Personally, I'm skeptical. I don't like the way they rammed stuff down our throats and pandered to making dj'ing as easy as possible (synch buttons on decks for example). A cd-less CDJ is next on the cards apparently. I think it's just another cash cow prime for milking for them.

  14. Wedding 30 minute Mix

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    Few off the top of my head; Tocas Miracle, Bullet In The Gun, Spiller Groovejet, and what personally think is up there with the best tunes anyway, despite the cheese factor, Rui Da Silva touch Me.

    I'm sure I'll think of more later.

  17. New Essential Mix from Jules on September 7th, 2013!

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    If you could choose one classic #Trance track to be included in my @BBCR1 #EssentialMix , what would it be?

    Hmmm.

    I'm kinda torn as to what this means. On the one hand it's great to see that Jules is at least thinking about the classics for his EM.

    On the other hand, I can't fathom why Jules feels the need to ask which tune to play. He's the reason most became classics in the first place, he shouldn't need to ask. Also leads me to think it'll be just the one tune.

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