Spin Doctor

Top share and thanks to all involved.  Really great to hear audio from this era even if it isn't from the man himself.

At the risk of sounding ungrateful for the efforts required to collate and edit the files thought, it would be nice to listen to the original shows these were extracted from.

There will always be something more to be found!

Welcome to the club Noodle!

Welcome Phil.

The Archive truly is a great place to research tunes and rekindle memories.

I am reasonably forgiving about the odd mix which goes wrong.  Many of us are DJs here and we can list numerous frictions which get in the way of seamless mixing.  Ultimately, tune selection is and always will be the most important factor in the quality of a set.

That said, from a mixing perspective Jules really was off form here.  I’ve seen him do a few classics sets live, all at Gatecrasher, and at each of those his mixing was flawless though there was little variety between the tunes at each performance.

In many regards though, this is classic Jules.  Throughout his career, even when at his peak, he frequently antagonised and alienated with seemingly questionable decisions and terrible performances.  Thankfully these were counterbalanced with performances which would . As someone else once said on this forum, he ‘frustrates and delights in equal measure’.  I do wonder if Jules’ consistency had been better over his career he would have fared much better in terms of his standing in the annals of DJing and Trance history.  

I had been tempted to go to Luminosity this year with a friend, glad I didn’t though!

It's been rather quiet her recently but still a few of us around.

I hope everything is well with you.

Briggsy, thanks for the Grotesque and Aerys label recommendations.  I will be sure to look at their releases.

Louk, likewise with Skullduggery.

I absolutely couldn't remember what Ascension sounded like.  I usually have a good musical memory so had to look it up: youtube.

Ascension never did it for me though I am intrigued to listen to the sets you have linked WAP.  A quick scan from the first one had Darey's remix of Blockster - Grooveline which is one of my favorite from the era.  Thanks for sharing.

You are very correct about Bonzai.  MIKE and L-Vee were fertile minds and it was truly was a lucky time to be into electronic music.

There haven't been any releases on the other FSOE imprints which have captured my interest.  The harder techy basslines of Clandestine tend to peak my interest though.  Two releases I have particularly enjoyed are:

Paul Webster & Casey Rasch - Silencer

David Forbes & Paul Denton - Blizzard

Admittedly, I am a little slow to pick up on this sub-label, however I am really enjoying the releases on FSOE Clandestine recently.

While they are getting slightly formulaic, typically featuring a heavy tech influenced bass with trance saw breakdown, overall I am very impressed.   This reminds of the excitement that Nukleuz could generate at it's apex.  You could almost buy a 12" blind from them and still be sure of a high quality release.

Any thoughts or particular recommendations?

Discogs: FSOE Clandestine

Just seen on my Soundcloud feed you have a guest mix from Chicago Loop.  Looking forward to hearing that one.

Awesome.

Solid mix, Briggsy. I particularly liked hearing Boca - Play With Me again. My copy of this has an annoying warp which makes it particularly difficult to mix.

Some belters in there mate. Like Aza's Technocality, I have added it to my to listen list.

On 11/7/2017 at 4:46 PM, Number2Fan said:

I was here Spin Doctor! I knew I’d met you! Don’t you remember?

I do kind of remember meeting some JJ Message Board members that day, but I must admit exactly who escapes me.

I spend most of the event with one of my mates from School (!) and a friend I'd made at the first ever GKGG in 2001.

Very bad to admit forgetting to meet every, and how I'd forget the famous No2 fan I'll never know!

Can you remember who was there?

A small correction. This is a UK Saturday Warmup show on Saturday not a Friday night show.

01. Leftfield - 'Phat Planet' (Dave Clarke Remix)

All hail new audio!  Thanks to all involved.

Nothing on Discogs! The only references I can find to it are here.

Thanks for the upload Simcut.

The Act - 'Something About You' (DJ Garry Mix) is a great tune.

TL correction:

11. Yosh - It's What's Upfront That Counts

Some more tracklist corrections.  Mac Zimms is the first tune of the half-hour mix after the jingle, and it's Godfather not Recalling '86 that he plays.  Digital release of EPIII as evidence: link.

19. Mac Zimms - 'L'annonce Des Couleurs' (Original Mix) [2Play]

20. Digger - ' Godfather' (Episode III) [Casa Nostra]

Thanks for uploading this. I know there are many, though not represented well on these boards, who feel that the 94-96 era represented Jules' peak so really good to hear pre-97 Jules recordings.

A techno heavy set from Jules. TL Correction, it's A2 not A1:

14. Chris McCormack - The Maximalist (Ade Fenton Remix) [Undercover Of Darkness EP] [Materials]

I listened to this last weekend again after searching for info on DuMonde. Some really iconic tuneage!