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I'm slowly catching up guys. Christians and Fuzzy's downloaded tonight. A few more to go

We can extend this until midnight Sunday if you've not sent your mixes in yet - i've lent my decks to a mate so that she can get some practice in before her gig on Friday, so I can't mix anything until I get them back - so you guys may aswell make the most of it For those that have sent me mixes by PM that i've not replied to yet - i'm catching up slowly. I've not been around much again recently so i'm a bit behind

Its been a manic past week or so, so i've not been around much - so I hope i'm up to date now. I've gone through all my PM's now so I think i've caught up I've now got mixes from: Aza, Jason B, Matt Hardaway, Moonman, Simon Ross, Tremor & Uberduck. Is there anyone i've missed out so far?

haha i'm not afraid mate. Its the hard stuff where i'm most at home anyway. Its the calmer stuff that will be interesting - I tend not to mix that calm and slow these days.

Right, i'm knackered and having an early night so i've just downloaded the last mix for tonight. If i've downloaded your mix, then i'll have replied to your PMs. If i've not replied, it means i've still got your mix in the queue - so i'm not ignoring you

No worries fella - no rush

Cheers for the mixes guys. Thanks for the PM's - i've not been around much over the weekend, so i've not been ignoring people. I'm in the process of downloading each mix now Keep them coming

I'm going to be away for most of the weekend, so if everyone could PM me with their tracklists and links, i'd appreciate it - if the thread gets too long, i'll get confuzzled and lose track a bit. So far, i've got Jasons and Tremors mixes downloaded and TL'd

No, because i'll have to mix everything into each other anyway so i'll mix them in the best flowing order based on what people send me. Whatever your speed and style, i'll find a place for it

Some great tunes mentioned so far! Tremors are a right blast from the past - quality!

Classics, new stuff, bit of both - anything welcome! As for uploading Emy - you can use anything you like really. I'm not fussy Trying to mix DnB into Trance/Techno/House will be interesting though haha

Good work chaps! 320kbps MP3's would be perfect please I'll get cracking on my mini-mix over the next couple of days too. Not sure what i'm gonna play yet Any more people interested?

Who's up for a board members mix then? Basically, if we all record a three-track mix, and then everyone sends those three-track mixes over to me, i'll mix them all together to make one long board members mix. If you're up for it, reply to this thread, record a three track mix (no intro's please for obvious reasons) and then send me the link. Deadline is 1st April Also, please post a tracklisting so that I can post the complete tracklisting for the full length mix afterwards It may be worth telling people what tunes your going to play in advance so that we don't end up with repeated tunes. The last thing we want is Green Martian - Industry 6 times, or 4 people using an Obama accapella (unlikely though!). Download Links JJA Board Members Mix Part 1 JJA Board Members Mix Part 2

I don't think its Signum either - its not really their style, but there are a few elements (the synth, and lead drum), etc that sound like the style they used. The problem with back then is that a lot of people were using the same hardware and used some of the same features - which is why stuff is so hard to identify. These days, everyone has more of a unique sound, so you can normally ID the artist straight away without having heard the tune before. I think this is going to be one of those that is never solved

It doesn't sound anything like a Paul Masterson production in my opinion. Around that time, Masterson had a funky-edged Trance sound where the emphasis was placed around kick drums and a punchy bassline. This doesn't seem like his style. Can I throw a spanner in the works and say that a few elements in this tune remind me of Signum's sound from back then?

"Like pensioners on a bus, we're trippin'" "We're covering more fields than a tractor" (Creamfields 2002) "We're banging like the rabbits from Watership Down" "The tunes are phatter than John Prescott" "Creating more beats per minute than Tony Blair's ticker"

Good idea mate! I reckon that if this site is going to be the ultimate shrine to Jules, then it should cover everything - from Julesisms and tracklistings. I reckon Jules should send us all a copy of every tunes he owns too - so that we can bring back memories of Jules's good old tunage in our very own bedrooms

Here's Dave with a loyal follower from the Escape club - one that looks a bit like Matthew Kelly. "Tonight Matthew, i'm going to be Dave Pearce"

I can't comment too much because i've not been - but from what i've seen and heard, the agreement between Slinky and Elements was that Elements had to invest in a better sound system if Slinky were to take their business there.

I've listened to many Scousers, and never managed to work out a word of what they're saying. You've done well there lad, i'll give you that

Yeah, what defines a "cheesy" tune anyway? I wouldn't say ATB - 9pm was a cheesye tune. I'd say it was a commercial tune. A cheesy tune to me is something corny, poorly/cheaply produced with cringeworthy vocal that hits the big time for the wrong reasons - artists such as DJ Sammy, Scooter, etc Darude - Sandstorm, ATB - 9pm, etc - in my opinion, were just commercial. I personally feel there's a big difference between something cheesy and commercial. I wouldn't be afraid to play something commercial in my sets, but I wouldn't touch DJ Sammy, etc with a bargepole. I liked Sandstorm, and i'll still play the Signum remix of 9pm til I come now.

Yeah thats fair enough. There are two sides to Dave though - but most people just remember the one. The majority of his gigs are booked for his "Dance Anthems" reputation - so he sticks to playing anthems. When he's booked to do a "serious" set though, he can play some great unknown tunes. One thing I like about Dave is that he's disovered a lot of small unknown labels and artists over the years - Dave was the first DJ to support Silverblue - and since then, they've gone on to be supported by bigger DJ's. He also helped Agnelli & Nelson get to where they are today. In some ways, he's helped bring artists through by heavily supporting them - just as Jules has done with artists such as Michael Woods and Fabio Stein. Because Dave is "unfashionable" though, nobody notices the little things he does now and again. If It was PvD, Armin or Jules bringing those artists through, they'd get loads of praise for it. The DJ industry has always been fickle though.

I think even the serious clubber can like him too. I love my Trance and "serious" tunes - but Dabe is nice to listen to for something different. Sometimes I get tired of the A-listers all caning the same tunes over and over again for months - like Global Gathering last year when four sets all after each other contained "Through Your Eyes" by Guiseppe Ottaviani. Repetititon is annoying. At least Dave breaks that monotony. I agree entirely about Dave introducing people to dance music too. We've all found our way in through tkaing a shine to someone or by listening to a particular DJ. I found my way in through listening to Ferry Corsten - but then I found that I preferred the harder side of Trance - so I moved on to Jules - and more recently, Eddie and Marcel Woods too.

The thing is though, DJ'ing is Dave's main job now that he's not a Radio 1 regular. He never used to do that many gigs so close together. These chain clubs probably offer Dave a lower fee than he'd get elsewhere - but they're offering him, say, 10 gigs in a month. If he gets £1000 for each of them, thats £10,000 he's just earnt. Tiesto can earn that in one night. If the money is there, he's gonna take it - we all would. DJ'ing is a short career - they won't be doing that until they're 65 like we will be at our jobs - so they've gotta take it while its there. If they're lucky, they probably have 10-12 years at their "peak" where they can get so many gigs - before and after that, they're either building a name for themselves, or winding down their careers. Danny Rampling was a good example - as soon as he lost his Radio 1 show, that was basically the downfall of his career.

I had that impression of Eddie Halliwell to - but I had my photo with him at Godskitchen last week after his set because he hung around for about an hour afterwards. He had photo's with about 40 people, shook hands with them and spoke to them too - he's actually a very decent bloke. I've also heard people say the same about Jules - and Jules definately isn't like that. I heard someone call Jules a w***er last year at Godskitchen because Jules walked straight out through people without having his photo, etc - but what people forget is that they often have a gig straight afterwards and have to leave immediately. If they stop for one person, then they all expect it - so its easier to walk out. Thats whats happened with Eddie too because he did it last year and I thought he was arrogant then. People have to remember sometimes, if they're on early in the night, chances are, they've got another gig afterwards - so they're not being rude - they're just rushing to their next "job". I've actually heard that, outside his DJ'ing "image", he's actually quite shy.