tomohawk77

Some of these 96-97 sets are very odd selections ... sorta reminds me of times I walked away from JJ feeling underwhelmed. The one complaint I always had of him was that he'd play SUCH a blinding set one week ... literally all the big tunes and a load of acetates and white labels you'd never hear again ... then the next week he'd just drop a whole set of utter handbag shite! I'd get all my mates to go with me to Frisky Ministry or Gallery @ Turnmills, Bagleys, or Clockwork Orange after seeing him smash it ... and he would play like it wasn't him!? I know a lot of it is subjective, and what you are in the mood for, what the DJ feels like playing, and you meet in the middle somewhere. But I honestly would be MIFFED at how on and off JJ could be. There were at least a 6 times I came away thinking "I'm not going to see him again after that rubbish" ... but would always unconsciously tune into his Friday -sat shows on Kiss and start hearing banging tunes again and get revved up for another gig lol ... he won't budge ... he also turned up drunk a few times and spent most of the set being center of attention and fluffing his mixes. He's done that taking the needle of the record while its playing a few times lol ... I'm having fun compiling my JJ retromixes from 96 -99, as there is a sad lack of sets from that period. And there were great tunes that were in the bangin - pumping vein before the Trance sound dominated and it got too samey ...

Like toilet paper - we're on a roll ...

We're pumpin' you up like a Lilo ...

Like an Iron Girder we supply you with rather solid stuff ...

I agree with what one the previous posters said about JJ giving us names of tunes ... but most of his swag bag was all mash ups, acetates and White Labels ... the mixes i am compiling for this site are all well known tunes ... is THOSE white labels we need to get our grubby mitts on ... like the one in summer 97 he was caning that had the theme from Tales of the Unexpected on the breakdown lol

https://www.discogs.com/artist/5917-Jean-Phillippe-Aviance'>Track 3 is Jean Philippe - Sexy Thing. Pumping house that Jules and Graham Gold played @ Frisky and Peach. I had the wax. Marshall Jefferson dropped it @ Tribal Gathering 96 as well and the place went nuts.

Track 9 is classic Techno: Outsider - Pain in my Brain on Junior Recs. Never heard JJ play this, but Cox and Dave Angel were all over it.

Track 11 is Natural Born Grooves - Forerunner (Nobody ID'd it?!) One of the biggest tunes of 96. Never loses its feel after 20 years!

Track 2 is deffo Aleem - Flirti Organi. Used to have it on wax.

Track on the 12 min mark is: Pizzaman - Gotta man

Following Progress Funk is: Westbam - Sunshine: Stretch n Vern Mix (Wkd tune CANED by Jules and Kelly in 97)

This sounds like what JJ was spinning mid 97

James Palumbo the MOS bankroller!

yes indeedy

The JJ shows on Kiss were superb. When he moved over to R1 it definitely got watered down and as said, no DnB etc.

I remember his Friday night sets and he used to do a Saturday early evening set that was great. I recorded a lot of his sets back then but only have a few now - I'll see if I can dig them out.

Thing is, there were so many good sets you could easily use up 10x tapes a week and not have the chance to listen to them in time for the next weeks session lol

Funnily enough I was thinking back to a tune on this set which caused me to sign up on here that never got a release AFAIK:

19. Paul Uskin - 'Unknown' [white label]

I thought it was Paul Erskine 'Don't Stop' but as it never got release it's a shame as its a good vibe tune! JJ liked this sort of tuneage on his Kiss sets. Not heard this tune in over 10 years so nice to reminisce!

Hello JJ all the way,

U R right, Judge´s slots on KISS were phenomenal. Pity, there are a few of his KISS shows available throughout the internet. I recorded only bits and pieces that are here in the archive. Btw, if you can dig out some of his KISS shows and upload them it would be a treasure.

Paul Uskin (IDed as) Paul Erskine 'Don't Stop' - where did you find the info about it? Cannot find any relevant info about such a release.

I had many JJ Kiss shows taped from 88 -97. Fridays 7 -10 Sats 4 -7. The Classic house mastermix was a good slot, as well as mastermixes featuring all those acetates and white labels ... all good thrown out in a huge box FULL of other DJ tapes from the 90s ... still bite my fist today when I think about it. I specifically taped to keep as documents for a place this this lol ... he basically Tonged out after joining R1. 98 -99 had some good tunes, but moved across to other things after getting bored with Trance in 2000. I loved the 95 -late 97 period, as the club nights n London were many and varied. Jules then played all over the shop as circuit DJ. After R1 he stopped doing a lot good club nights as they simply couldn't afford him anymore ... I preferred the mix of pumping house, prog and the upcoming Trance sound as it was then, with tunes like Moonman's "don't be afraid" and many of the tunes off the Introspective of House comps, the best representation of what the sound was the, as well as the JDJ mixes.

Sorry to hear that - a sad story indeed! It would be a full treasury of cream if the tapes had not been lost! Btw, there was a d´n´b hype back around 1995-97. I agree that JJ would prefer d´n´b for some time and smuggled some tunes into his shows, gigs and compilations. I was in London from Autumn 97 to Spring 98 and there were many superb places to go - Camdan Palace, Cross and many others with Ministry on the top! Radio 1 landing catapulted Jules into elevator where the sky was a limit. It was not a nation DJ anymore, he became a global star since BBC was already broadcasting via ASTRA satellite and, if I am not mistaken, in five years´ time they launched net digital broadcast.

Camden Palace was one the best venues of that era. I'd been going there to Jungle - Hardcore Rave since 93, and then to House events like Peach and Clockwork Orange - Divine, etc. The Cross, Bagleys, SW1 club, Leisure Lounge, all great venues ... but the main room @ Ministry (The Box) is still the best rig I ever witnessed. MOS was owned by Millionaires, so as shit as their compilations were, and the cheese they promoted, the place was great on the right night with your favorite DJs. I went every other week for 7 years in a row. Jules did go global with R1. He had already been a well known player since 87 when Kiss was a pirate. He was a lot more funky then, and was actually a prodigy of Norman Jay, who had the big show on Kiss in 85 -91, and had been running Good Times @ Notting Hill Carnival since the early 80s. He and Jules put on Warehouse Raves, Norman with GT, and Jules had his Family Function org. Music was a lot slower then,and more in with things like Soul II Soul, Balearica, Acid Jazz, etc. Jules was made for R1 in a way, but I'm glad I had been seeing him those years beforehand. Kiss FM created a HUGE buzz in london when they went Legal in late 91, and everybody used to play Kiss all the time, as well as the Underground pirate stations, so you knew where to go clubbing.

This mix must be from 95, as Yeke Yeke, Wink, Umboza and Access came out in 95. This was what JJ was spinning mid 95

The JJ shows on Kiss were superb. When he moved over to R1 it definitely got watered down and as said, no DnB etc.

I remember his Friday night sets and he used to do a Saturday early evening set that was great. I recorded a lot of his sets back then but only have a few now - I'll see if I can dig them out.

Thing is, there were so many good sets you could easily use up 10x tapes a week and not have the chance to listen to them in time for the next weeks session lol

Funnily enough I was thinking back to a tune on this set which caused me to sign up on here that never got a release AFAIK:

19. Paul Uskin - 'Unknown' [white label]

I thought it was Paul Erskine 'Don't Stop' but as it never got release it's a shame as its a good vibe tune! JJ liked this sort of tuneage on his Kiss sets. Not heard this tune in over 10 years so nice to reminisce!

Hello JJ all the way,

U R right, Judge´s slots on KISS were phenomenal. Pity, there are a few of his KISS shows available throughout the internet. I recorded only bits and pieces that are here in the archive. Btw, if you can dig out some of his KISS shows and upload them it would be a treasure.

Paul Uskin (IDed as) Paul Erskine 'Don't Stop' - where did you find the info about it? Cannot find any relevant info about such a release.

I had many JJ Kiss shows taped from 88 -97. Fridays 7 -10 Sats 4 -7. The Classic house mastermix was a good slot, as well as mastermixes featuring all those acetates and white labels ... all good thrown out in a huge box FULL of other DJ tapes from the 90s ... still bite my fist today when I think about it. I specifically taped to keep as documents for a place this this lol ... he basically Tonged out after joining R1. 98 -99 had some good tunes, but moved across to other things after getting bored with Trance in 2000. I loved the 95 -late 97 period, as the club nights n London were many and varied. Jules then played all over the shop as circuit DJ. After R1 he stopped doing a lot good club nights as they simply couldn't afford him anymore ... I preferred the mix of pumping house, prog and the upcoming Trance sound as it was then, with tunes like Moonman's "don't be afraid" and many of the tunes off the Introspective of House comps, the best representation of what the sound was the, as well as the JDJ mixes.

I doubt it is then either, I have no idea who did the version Jules played, add it to the list of eternal mysterys sadly.

I used to have this on vinyl in 96. It said it was Antiloops sorted mix, but when I hear the tune on compilations its a different version. So either the vinyl is a misprinted label or the version they use on these comps is wrong ... erm!?

We went to see Bukem@ Logical Progression in September 97 when it moved to the Turnmills, after having had some great times when it was @ Ministry in 95-96. It said "very special guest DJ" on the flyer, so we assumed it would be Fabio or Alex Reece or Adam F. It was Jules! He mixed a set of Jazzy, atmospheric, and often darkside Drum n Bass. He played all the tunes that were used at the end of his 97 Emix. He would often put a D&B track or two in his shows then, as well. in a later interview, he said he loved Drum N Bass, but refrained from playing it out as he didn't want to confuse or lose his crowd? Shame, he was just as good in that genre.

02 - Supa T - Gotta Jump (Party Animals Drop Mix) was a big Jules tune in latter 96. Pianoman - Party People was also massive and was played right through til summer 97. Took me a while to get this dub version, which totally changes the feel of the tune when you remove the crud vocal.

Saw him do this same set (almost) @ The Cross in summer 95