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Yeah, probably this one for me too. Its still a regular in my car now. That mix sums up Jules's old style perfectly - pacey (140bpm+) tunes that were a combination of Trance and Euro-House music that he used to play - and actually, the mixes are really good too. There's one mix in particular that is around 2 minutes in length - whereas Jules of recent times barely managed 30 second mixes (and even then, the majority of them were poor). The other favourite mix for me is London Mardi Gras 2002. Its very rare I like every tune that a DJ plays, but I liked every single tune that Jules played in that set - and his mixing was fantastic too! Really energetic, smooth mixes. Saturday, 5:00pm - 7:00pm Live from The London Mardi Gras 1. Joy Kitikonti - 'Joy Don't Stop' [bXR] 2. Fergie - 'Bass Generator' [Duty Free/Decode] 3. VPL - 'T-Break' (Steve Murano Mix) [Closet] 4. Ten Revolutions - 'Time For The Revolution' [incentive] 5. Paul Masterson pres. Sushi - 'The Earthshaker' [You Clash/NuLife] 6. Jam X & De Leon - 'Can You Dig It?' [serious] 7. Jurgen Vries - 'The Theme' [FFRR] 8. Scott Mac pres. DJ Cams - 'Just Doing It' [Limit] 9. The Moon - 'Shake It' (CJ Bolland Big Bone Mix) [byte] 10. Snap! vs Plaything - 'Do You See The Light?' (Steve Murano Mix) [Data] 11. Dave Joy - 'First Impression' [Planet Traxx] 12. Dark Monks - 'Insane' (Steve Murano Mix) [incentive] 13. Syntone - 'Can't Believe It' [silicon] 14. BK - 'Revolution' [Nukleuz] 15. The Clergy - 'Oboe Song' (The Green Martian Mix) [FFRR] 16. Yves Deruyter - 'Calling Earth' (2002 Mix) [bonzai]

I've been saying it for a while, on another forum, that Trance lost its identity years ago. if you compare the Trance of 2012 to the Trance of 1998/1999, its like listening to entirely different genres. Trance used to be all about big powerful, heavily synthezised, emotional riffs - but now its all very 'basic'. Its not very emotional, not very powerful, and hardly has any powerful synthesized riffs. The Gouryella remix of Binary Finary - 1999, to me, sums up what Trance should be. Very powerful. Heavily synthesized, good hearty Trance. Although I quit DJ'ing a while ago now, it still buy tunes occasionally when I really like something - but 95% of the time, the tunes that I do buy now are Hardgroove Techno. I like my music with some balls - and Trance no longer offers that. The only Trance tune i've bought over the past 12 months or so is John O'Callaghan - Psychic Sensor (Indecent Noise remix) - and if you listen to that, it has a very deep, melodic, 1999 kind of sound to it - and thats why I like it.

Thats why I ditched Trance. Every Trance tune is 'disposable' these days. Can't say i've heard one tune that stands out and could be regarded as a classic since 2006. Every producer is copying another producer, and they're all too busy jumping on bandwagons (such as 133bpm Trouse nonsense) rather than doing their own thing to stand out. Its all very formulaic too. Intro for 1m 30s, short breakdown, 2m build up, breakdown, 1m 30s outro. Yawnnnnnnnnn. What happened to unique tunes such Papua New Guinea - Future Sound of London, Storm - Storm, etc that were very much one of a kind, genre-defying and could never be copied? You just dont get those one-off tunes any more

I've lost interest in Trance/the dance scene in general over the past 18 months or so. The only two podcasts I listen to now are: Bryan Kearney - Kearnage Indecent Noise - Radio Bosh The other DJs that I used to like have all changed style and slowed down or switched to 'Trouse' rubbish - so I tend not to bother now.

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Absolutely spot on!

I can't imagine him returning to Radio 1 ever again - he's too old, past his best, and his style of music is now "unfashionable" (ie, not Dubstep or another form of crap music that is flavour of the month). However, as he's not retiring from club DJ'ing until another 5 years time, I would imagine we'll get to hear him do at least one Essential mix during that time. I wouldn't be too surprised to see him on Radio 2 at some point though - even if only a bit-part role hosting one-off dance shows at Christmas time or special documentary type shows regarding the dance music scene - similar to what Dave Pearce does on Radio 2. I get the impression, from the way Jules has talked about his new job, that he's not going to be a '9 til 5' solicitor like Matt Hardwick retired from DJ'ing to take up. It sounds like Jules' job is going to be more legal advice orientated - advising clubs/bars/entertainment venues on entertainment laws that they'll have to adhere to in order to keep on the right side of the law (licensing laws, venue security staff laws, etc) - rather than representing individuals in court, etc (which I believe is the route Matt Hardwick has gone down). I would imagine that if Jules was going to be a lawyer representing companies/individuals in court, etc, then he would have had to retire from DJ'ing with immediate effect. I can't imagine that being the kind of role that could be juggled alongside DJ'ing. Can't imagine the courts being too impressed if Jules turned up in court representing someone several hours after he's been DJ'ing in London after half a bottle of Grey Goose vodka. Plus Jules is continuing with Judgement Sundays (certainly this year anyway) and lives out in Ibiza for 3 months of the season - so I doubt he'd be able to commit to that whilst being a "full time" lawyer too.

With regards to DJ'ing memories - there aren't that many really as I didn't promote myself much as a DJ or push for gigs. The two that stand out for me though are: 1. Can't remember the event name - but it was a smallish Trance night in Loughborough. The venue was quite long, but narrow, which made a quiet club look fairly full as everyone was quite close together at the front. It stands out for me because, everyone that was there was well up for it (which is rare in the Midlands - usually people are just out for a piss up rather than good Trance music). Also, the DJs on the line-up all complimented each other perfectly. A guy called Matt Farmer (top guy too!) was playing before me and built it up perfectly to my style. Usually, my style is very much "love or hate it" on the dancefloor because I generally play quite hard and fast which doesn't always go down too well with Trance 'purists' - but it went down a treat that night, as did all of the other DJs - so that stands out as one of my most enjoyable gigs. 2. Shameless plug for my old Beat Logistix night in Banbury. After building the events up over the period of 9 months or so, as things got busier, for one line-up, I'd booked John Kelly to play a classics set, and Fabio Stein too - playing alongside myself and an old friend. Fabio played an absolute blinder of a set, and left the dancefloor really busy. I played straight after him to close the night, and played probably the best set I had ever played (I was pretty buzzing - and I always play better when i'm really up for it) - and the club remained open past its 3am closing time until 4am. Fabio was there from the time the club opened until the time it closed - and he also brought along a friend of his who was a magician. His magician friend was at the front of the club doing tricks for people, and had people in amazement all night (I never believed in magic until I saw Fabio's friend performing tricks that were just unreal - such as making people 'hover' a foot off the ground. Amazing!). Amazing night for so many reasons and one that i'd love to re-live again tomorrow if I could.

Best clubbing memories for me are: 1. Richard Durand @ The Gallery, Turnmills. It was just before Richard Durand was "discovered" and was playing as a relatively 'unknown' DJ. He played using 4 decks, and his set was very creative and full of trickery, looping and sampling - and he played tune after tune. Back then he was amazing, and it was the first time i'd saw him. I was blown away and remember leaving thinking "this guy is going to be better than Eddie Halliwell". Unfortunately, when he became "big", the trickery and 4-deck action stopped and his sets became very stale and predictable. That night was one of my best ever clubbing nights out though. 2. Eddie Halliwell @ The Gallery, Turnmills. I went along to see Eddie, and he was scheduled to play a 1 and a half hour set. I'm not sure who the other DJs on the line-up should have been (Lange and Mike Koglin ring a bell) - but for some reason, one of the never DJs turned up at all, and the other DJ turned up an hour late - so Eddie Halliwell ended up playing a 5 hour set. It was also a week or two after it was announced that Turnmills would be closing down forever - so the club was absolutely rammed with people that wanted to go to Turnmills for their last time - which resulted in an amazing atmosphere. 3. Judge Jules @ Global Gathering 2006. This was the first time i'd ever been to a set which was being broadcast live on Radio 1. It wasn't one of my best clubbing days - but definately one of the most memorable. The atmosphere is amazing as Jules walks onto the stage 5 minutes before he's live on Radio 1 and begins the countdown by saying "In 5 minutes time, we'll be live in Radio 1". As soon as the Radio 1 jingle kicks in as the show goes live, the whole tent erupts and goes mental. Definately one of those spine tingling moments.

I agree. After waiting months for this show, it was a bit of an anti-climax There are so many amazing tunes that i've associated with Jules over the years - yet he played quite a few average tunes in comparison. I was expecting Green Martian - Industry and Brainbug - Nightmare as dead certs. The Gladiator theme is a weak tune. Rock Your Body Rock definately wasnt one of the strongest or most supported tunes that Jules played that year. The 2nd hour started well - it sounded quite fast and energetic, and the mixing was fairly decent - then it slowed right down, the tunes became average, and the mixing was very 'slapped in' and careless. Very much like a typical present-day Jules club set The set was also the kind of style that Jules would play now - rather than the old 'banging' Jules. I think if we'd have heard an 'older style' Jules set, we'd have heard things like Green Martian - Industry, Rockafellas - Da Boss Track, Altitude - Excession, etc.

Disappointed he's playing current rubbish for the first hour Looking forward to the second hour though! Shall we make a few predictions? I reckon these are guaranteed: Brainbug - Nightmare Green Martian - Industry Fabio Stein - Tran 4

I'll be tuning in tonight for the first time in ages.

Yeah he did that set, which i purposely didn't mention because it was a fairly special set featuring his old favourites to mark the end of his career rather than a typical classics set. Shame the mix never surfaced because the tracklisting looked excellent. Not really believing the comments about needing approval from Matts agent.

Gatecrasher had a period, around 3-4 years ago, of doing Classics events on a very regular basis - and Jules played at quite a lot of them. After a while, Gatecrasher seemed to move away from the Classics nights and went back to doing 'normal ' nights - and it was then that Jules stated in his online diary that whilst he was loyal to Gatecrasher, he was pleased that Gatecrasher were moving away from Classics nights because he wasn't a big fan of them and preferred to play 'current' tunes. I can't remember his exact words, but it was along those lines. I don't think he'd mind a one-off event for something like this though. If Matt Hardwick is the rumoured special guest though (which I still doubt to be honest), then i'd be very surprised if he played a classics set. He never plays Classics sets - even on Classics nights.

I think the reason Jules gave on his diary was something like the past is the past, and each week there are lots of tunes released so we should be moving with the times rather than going back to the past. You just can't beat the oldies though. Tunes these days are 'disposable'. With regards to Hardwick - the rumour popped up on Facebook mainly, but it was also mentioned on the Matt Hardwick forum briefly too - to which it was neither confirmed or denied. He's probably the guy thats organising the event.

It will be interesting to see how this works because Jules has said on several occasions that he's not a fan of Classics sets, and if the rumours are true about Matt Hardwick making a comeback as a special guest for this event, then he's also not a fan of Classics sets (Matt in particular always plays 'normal' sets even at classics nights). If Jules does play a classics set though, and Matt Hardwick does play (i'd be surprised if he does to be honest) - and he also plays a classics set, then it should be an amazing night.

With it being such an important show, I would imagine Jules would have the sense to keep TD well away from it.

Although Jules is leaving his regular Radio 1 slot in a few weeks, there is still plenty of time for him to do an Essential Mix as he's not actually quitting DJ'ing. Don't be too surprised to hear Jules doing a special Essential Mix at the end of the year, or from Judgement Sundays. Remember that Essential Mixes are often planned months in advance - and if they've got DJs pencilled in that they don't have the opportunity to get on Radio 1 that often (such as Deadmau5 or Paul van Dyk), then they'd have to fit those in when the opportunity comes up - whereas, getting an Essential Mix from Jules should be fairly easy I would imagine. Unfortunately though, I feel that if Jules did do an Essential Mix, then it would just be a typical "current Jules set" - not one of him playing all his old favourites as we all want him to do. Jules has made it clear in the past that he's not overly keen on 'classics/oldies' sets, plus he also mentioned a while ago that he's got rid of most of his vinyl collection - plus his style has changed completely from 'the good old days'. I can't help but think that if he did an Essential Mix, we'd all be left quite disappointed. With regards to Oakie - I remember Jules having a swipe at him about 5 years ago. Jules stated during his online diary that when in Ibiza, he went to check out a few other DJs - and he heard one of the most boring sets ever from Oakie. He didn't actually mention Oakies names, but it was blatantly obvious from the comments on his diary via the clues given that it was Oakie. That said, there are also DJs that have criticised Jules before but still appeared on the show - so I think they must all take it with a pinch of salt.

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With Jules leaving Radio 1, I just wondered which of Jules's three main timeslots that he had over the years you preferred? 1. His old late-90's Friday night show? 2. His Saturday evening show? 3. His more recent 2008-onwards Friday show? I think, overall, I much preferred his old Friday show from the late 90's until its end in 2001(?). The show had less speech, less gimmicks and features, and focused more on the mixing and music (which was generally 2 hours of 'banging' music - some that was perhaps too uptempo/hard for the Saturday show) - plus there were the occasional live club broadcasts and Uni broadcasts too. The Saturday show had too many features, too much chit-chat, too much House music, and not enough mixing - so I wasn't as keen. The only Saturday shows I liked were the outside festival broadcasts during the early to mid 00's. I didn't like the newer Friday slot at all. It was on at an anti-social, inconvenient time, and had too many pointless features - plus the co-host shows. I wanted to hear Jules - not co-hosts. If I wanted to hear Above & Beyond or Gareth Emery, then i'd listen to their shows or podcasts - not Jules's. So - 1,2 or 3?

haha! It would actually make a change from the constant dancing or singing shows that seem to make up our weekend telly all year round.

I think Jules has to accept a fair percentage of the blame too though - I think he's a little too "old-skool" and out of touch with the "current" sound. That was obvious with a lot of his productions and bootlegs over the past 2-3 years. They don't fit in with the present sound - and no other DJ also supports those tunes (and I think there's a good reason for that...). Jules may have people around him, but at the end of the day, Jules doesn't have to work with them if they're not right for him. He has the power to say "Sorry Tristan, these tunes you're picking for me aren't really my thing/don't fit in with the current sound" - and either tell him to sort some different stuff out, or replace him completely. Jules really doesn't see an issue though. As i've said before, i've been to gigs that Jules has played at and afterwards, his online diary has said "the crowd were well up for it" - even though they clearly weren't. Jules is a legend - but his failure to spot his flaws (and loyalty to his tune filterer) over the past few years appear to have, ultimately, cost him his Radio 1 job. Bootlegs and dodgy remixes of classics by bedroom producers isn't cutting edge, up-front, music that people want to hear. "Somebody screeeeeeam" certainly isn't what people want to hear either.

I don't get Radio 1's big deal over the age of presenters anyway. Has anyone ever listened to the radio and thought "Oh i'm not listening to this presenter. He's better than that 25 year old they had on earlier - but he's the wrong side of 35 so i'm not listening." Surely its the quality of the output that attracts listeners. Pete Tong is the perfect example - his show now is probably the best its ever been, yet he'll be the next dance DJ to go during the next schedule revamp because of his age. Why? The output is still excellent. Its just an excuse for Radio 1 to free up some slots so that they can fill them with "flavour of the month" presenters - or more crap TV celebrities that sound awful on the radio because they have no radio background.

How does Sara Cox keep a slot too? She's the most annoying radio presenter ever. EVER!

They're not whispers mate - Jules is definately going. Its been confirmed by Radio 1 and Jules himself. Jules is continuing the club DJ'ing for 4 years alongside another career as an entertainment lawyer. The reasons why Jules is going are unclear, but probably for all of the following reasons. 1. His age 2. Trance (and dance music in general) is no longer drawing the kind of audiences that it used to on Radio 1. 3. Jules is nowhere near as good as he used to be a few years ago. 4. Dance music is no longer that important to Radio 1 any more.