Moonman

Hello. Yes, it was truly a great era, the likes of which will never be seen again. I imagine the "EDM" scene in America to be much like the vibe of 1999. The Americans, at last, seem to have "got" dance music. Everything has completely changed, and that includes us. I've just made a playlist in my iTunes of all of the old Jules radio shows i have, this site has given me lots of them. They are memories, from what, 16-17 years ago(!) that will always be treasured, and never forgotten, somehow.

Dance music now is so disposable, you hear it one minute, forget about it the next. Every kid now has a copy of FL Studio and can make a tune and stick it on Beatport, of course, using ReFX Nexus for their sounds...just like everyone else. Back in the day, you had to be serious, serious enough to drop about 5-10K on a studio setup, thats before you made a tune and got it pressed up and distributed. That grass roots level has gone now, sadly. When someone has to spend money on getting something going, they make sure its as good as it can be, whereas now, tunes are knocked out in hours, no promotion, no hyping up. Just straight played out and everyone has access to them.

We have to remember, the whole super club thing has well and truly gone. most of the chain clubs are struggling too. People want trendy bars these days that play downtempo tropical house/deep house.

I think the thing that really upsets me is, you can't be a DJ now, unless you are a producer. This in turn just saturates the record market with half baked productions. Anyone notices now also, how, seeing an A-lister is like going to a festival, its all about the show. Its overblown, and too epic now. Its a real shame.

Of course, if you're 21, i'm sure the scene is amazing and all of that, and i'm just a whiney old 30 something harping on...but i don't think it is

Moorman

this is sad news indeed, but as most have already said, its been a while coming, even i said it last year that his time was coming to an end.

What worries me, is Tong will be next, but who on earth do they replace him with? There is no one who immediately springs to mind except Dave Spoon (His in new dj's we trust shows were excellent and vastly underrated). Radio 1 needs to keep house dj's at least, if they are phasing out trance djs. If Tong goes, i can safely say i will no longer be listening to Radio 1 at all.

But anyway, Jules...what a legend. Calvin Harris recently tweeted about this, and it summed it up perfectly. He said "if it werent for Judge Jules old friday + Saturday night shows, I would never have got into dance music". So true, and its something i think that resonates with all of us. We all remember Jules from 98-2001 being his best years. On his day, there was no one that could touch him. I've had many a good night out listening to Jules, and the radio shows, timeless!

Radio 1 are a strange bunch, they seem to think they know what people want, but do they? I'm very surprised that Skream & Benga are the replacements. Dubstep to me, is urban music, so why are they not on 1Xtra? This is what annoys me, they have a dedicated "black music" station, so why not keep it all uniform?

I think to say farewell, i'd like Jules to play his personal favourites, mixed in with some banter about his memories from certain times etc.

Jules, thanks for opening my ears to house music, and getting me into it all. Thanks for the memories and those 1999-2000 radio shows, they were truly epic.

Just listened to this show again as the file was laying around on the desktop, what a show this is. It was unusual for Jules to play this funky throughout, but he used to do it so well. I'm desperate to know the track Unknown "The World". I remember when i listened back in the day, this track and its one of those annoying tunes you love, but never know the full details of it. Jules hammered quite a bit in the day,.

Gold N Delicious, what a tune that is. Probably Lange's best remix, why on earth this was never released is beyond me.

Deadly Avenger track, what a tune that was. This was used in Human Traffic where they go to the house party. Happy daze

some of these look fantastic. I will nab some of these. Good work. Club 97 sounds a lot like Vibe FM (East Anglia) used to be like - local dj's mixing these type of tunes for an hour on the "Vibe Zone" with Just Glyn. Happy daze.

A good little show this is. Feel the vibes, vibes that this was gonna be a mutha of a summer. I particularly like the DJ Falcon track, can't believe i never heard it before. Epic track.

the 27-07-1999 show i think. It sums up the feeling of that summer so well.

I currently have 3 to check out at the moment. I was impressed by the one i received, and as stated, i went out and bought the Matt Darey tune that was on it! Oh Aza, yes i do 8 bar cuts, i like mixing to be nice and neat And yeah, i used Traktor Scratch Pro. There was a small bit of looping going on, its why i think DVS systems are the way forward, there are no boundaries anymore!

7digital are very good. For my pop tunes i use them for sure, its way better than iTunes. I snagged the Taoi Cruz, Timbaland, M.I.A albums off there recently....nice prices too.

i originally did an alternative house/electro/dubstep/hip hop one. But didnt want to use it to save confusion! I might upload it though at some point.

this is worth the download just for the atmopshere in the first 30 minutes alone. It's absolute electric in that place, wish i could have been there!

the 2nd track on here is Fragma "Toca Me" (Natious Mix) [Positiva Recs]

This came on the IPod earlier today, and there's one track that really stood out today. Magica "Magica" (Ibiza Remixx). I have never heard this before, but its so good. It's got a gorgeous breakdown, i cant believe i missed this! I'm going to hunt this down on Discogs. I heard it and it just took me back 10 years ago, you know one of those tracks where your mind just goes back to what you were doing at that time, what job you had, college friends etc etc - Amazing track!

i'm sure i remember hearing this at the time. It was shortly after i passed my dirving test and i was just cruising around aimlessly. I say this because i remember the comment after the System F track, for some reason - it may have been has i had bought the System F track that day, i remember. I never thought i'd hear this again. Also, my 19th was the following day, a quiet night on friday and a hectic one at Passion, i think it was the following night.

Its not a bad show tbh. The half mix aint bad either. Thanks for the upski.

i can't believe this little gem has been missed. I'm gonna bag this after work tomorrow, it looks quite good. Cheers for the upload bruvva I actually remember taping this one at the time (its a day before my birthday, i went out that night - cant remember where though). Coco vs. Aptness for the win people!

Big Big Big! Simcut is the invisible legend.

This is a BIG upload. Cheers to Lee Ruffles. This wuld have been when i bought my first set of decks. I was big into the speed garage type sound that shines through in this mix. I used to like the big basslines and the time stretched vocals so much. I didnt get into Jules until early 99, so had no idea he played this stuff.

Serious Danger "Deeper" is one of my personal favourite records ever - i love it. That bassline is HUUUUUUGE. This is the one track i'd love to hear in a club, but never did. I always thought this was THE speed garage track too, not "Gunman" or "RIPGroove". Whatever happened to Serious Danger? he was remixing everything in 97-98 i seem to recall.

And Camisra, was that really 1997? I thought it was 1998? Thats still a tune. It bangs along real nice. That Trevor Reilly track too, so many good tunes on this mix, which goes to establish what i've said on here previously, 1999 wasnt the best year for dance music, that was simply the year the mainstream "got it". 1997-1998 was the best era, and the mst creative one.

I've taken it upon myself to download Ry Cooder stuff to try and find the track that this tune id samples:-

As Plank once sad in a reat British movie... "I dunno Dog, there's a lot!"

a friend of mine (who plays guitar) claims the breakdown sounds extremely similar to Ry Cooder "Paris, Texas". That apparently, is where the sample comes from or reconstructed. Apparently, its a title track from a soundtrack to a film called "Paris Texas". I dont know if thats of any use?

Enjoyed these 2 mixes. A nice trip down memory lane too.

I enjoyed doing this too, i did mine live from vinyl, which was a bit of a laugh. Its great to see so many tunes that Jules has supported over the years, and for each of us to pick some of our favourites. Theres so much variety too.

Also, these 2 mixes would give some indication of how good a little members night out would be.

really? Thats interesting about Jules getting some stick. It sounds the crowd couldn't care less on this broadcast! There's always a few though int there?

thats it! Coxy played Australia and then somewhere in Hawaii didnt he? I think Oakenfold played aswell. Yes, we had a house party too. Even the ritzy's at the time were charging £20-30 to get in down out way!! We had the broadcast playing at the house party at the time, and admittedly, i was too bladdered to even think abot recording it. Wish i did now though.

I mainly remember the excitement mainly though, even through the radio you could feel it on the evening. Some very happy days.

the hwole broadcast was aazing i thought. I'd never heard anything like it. From memory, Fatboy Slim, Carl Cox, Julesy, Pete Tong, Fab & Grove had sets. I would have loved to have taped it, but 12 hours is a lot of tapes. For the record, i cannot remember NYE that year, thats how good mine was!

Trackitdown.net. I like the website design, and i like they always have artwork (i use Traktor Scratch so i like to have the artwork too). Trackitdown just tend to get the house stuff i really like. They're good for trance too. Beatport is my second favourite. The website design is easily the best/most powerful, but they are expensive and i cant get the artwork!

Djdownload, although the needle drop is a good idea, the rest of the website seem bland. But i do check them occasioanlly.