Briggsy

Agreed - I hate Markus's vocal tunes. 'Daydream' in particular is one that I hate. He was also playing a corny "Big Room Reconstruction" of one of Calvin Harris' tunes about 18 months ago. Markus, in my opinion, is at his best when he's playing the dark, moody stuff. I don't like him when he plays the floatier, vocal stuff. I find his new sound quite dull too. My friend is a die-hard Markus fan and a good friend of his (a genuine friend, not one of those weirdos that thinks they're a mate because they've asked for his photo and praised his set) - and even she's admitted that she's going off him a bit now because when they pick him up from the airport or drop him off at his hotel, he's now become slightly obsessed with the DJ Mag poll and constantly talking about "Unicorn slaying" - whereas 12 months ago, he wasn't at all interested in the DJ Mag poll or "rebelling against the Trance scene with a corny title". Anyway yeah, back on topic, Jules is a legend. Mr T is crap....

John '00' Fleming loves a good moan. I don't recall J00F saying that Jules was a terrible radio presenter a few years ago though when Jules was supporting his Muse - Cydonia bootleg...... Jules has never been a 'natural' radio presenter, and doesn't have a 'natural' radio voice (even Jules has admitted that on numerous occasions during interviews over the years) - however, he is still a good presenter, and what he lacks in 'natural' radio ability, he more than makes up for with his personality, his on-air wit, knowledge in music and general laid-back, easy-listening approach. J00F is just a bitter old sod. He's constantly moaning about how shit Trance is, how shit other DJs are, how shit the clubbing scene is, how shit promotors are and how shit productions are. Thats just about everything to do with clubbing and DJ'ing - so if its really that shit, then retire. Someone should lock J00F, Askew and Emery in a room together so that they can all moan amongst themselves - after all, they seem to love that more than DJ'ing.

I said that in one of the other threads too - it does seem very coincidental. Jules, in my opinion, was at his best when he had two filterers - Simon Patterson dealing with all the 'banging' stuff - and Chris Barratt dealing with all the Funky House/Electro House. It all started to go downhill when they moved on. Simon and Chris both DJ themselves, and both know a good tune. I've no idea what Mr T's background is, but he seems to be a 'jack of all trades, master of none'. The tunes that he seems to be filtering through are average at best. His productions are also average at best - and as a DJ, he's genuinely one of the worst i've ever heard. His sets are random - with no flow and a severe lack of set building skill. Its as if he turns up, pulls random tunes out of his wallet and just mixes them with very little thought behind the set. There's also lots of loose beats when he mixes, and the music leans a bit on the cheesey side. I can't help but think that he's using Jules's name in order to raise his own profile (and when I see one of his dodgy bootlegs on a Jules tracklist each week, it convinces me even more), because without trying to sound harsh, he's simply not good enough to "make it" on his own. Its only since he's been involved with Jules that i've started to see his name on line-ups - and even then, its usually Judgement Sundays line-ups, Jules's Monday night gigs at BCM in Majorca, or a line-up elsewhere with Jules on the same line-up. Its very rare he's on a line-up without Jules.

I wonder if, during Jules's last show, we're likely to hear "Like Alan Sugars apprentices, i've been fired". :ermm: I'll get my coat! :ninja:

It'll be interesting to see whether Jules can keep the DJ'ing going for another 5 years. Matt Hardwick also became a lawyer about 15 months ago, and tried to combine that role alongside being a DJ too - but, ultimately, had to quit DJ'ing. One of the reasons Matt gave was simply that the law firm felt that the DJ'ing/clubbing industry didn't portray a very good image for a lawyer. With no disrespect to Matt Hardwick, but Jules is, for obvious reasons, going to attract far more media/public attention - and that could be publicity that the law firm don't want their name associated with. Unless i'm mistaken, I'm also fairly sure that Jules is joining the saw law firm that Matt Hardwick is with (if so, their works Christmas parties are going to be the best in the UK for sure!). I guess the main difference between them is that, I suspect, Jules will be advising new entertainment companies of laws and regulations they need to follow - and things like that, rather than representing individuals. Whereas, from the little i've read, I think that Matt Hardwick is more to do with 'general law' and dealing with the public.

Yeah, despite Jules not being the DJ that he once was, and not my cup of tea at all for the past 3 years - overall, he's still my favourite DJ of all time. One of his main criticisms over the past few years has been his mixing and lack of set flow - but 10-12 years ago, that's where Jules stood out from the rest. He'd think nothing of doing a really long, 2-3 minute mix that sounded absolutely genius. He'd also not be afraid of pulling off 'risky' mixes - you know the ones, mixes where you'd never expect two tunes to go together. Mixes that other DJs simply wouldn't even dare to attempt - yet Jules would pull it off with ease and make it sound amazing. He's also one of the very few DJs that, throughout his career, has never been afraid to play a variety of genres in one set - he'd often play his old pacey Euro-House sound, Trance, Tech-Trance and Techno all in one set - yet make the set flow perfectly with none of the genres sounding out of place. Jules was very unique in his DJ'ing style. If you turned up to a club not knowing who was on the line-up, you'd instantly know Jules was playing without even seeing him simply through hearing the tunes that were playing - the sound that us Jules fans referred to as "The Jules Sound". Generally, fast-paced, 'fun', bouncy tunes of various genres that you could associate with him. He also wasn't afraid of his critics - if Jules felt that a tune was good, he played it - whether it was a more 'underground' Techno tune, a top 10 chart hit, or one of "those" bizarre tunes that he occasionally played throughout his career. Whether every DJ was playing it, or whether he was the only DJ in the world playing it. Whether it was signed to a massive label, or signed to a minor label that nobody had heard of. Whether a tune had had huge chart success or whether nobody had ever heard of it - Jules didn't care! He'd play them all. Thats why there will never be another Jules. Everything is far too serious these days. DJs have to have 'a sound'. DJs have to be a brand. DJs won't touch anything if its entered the charts. DJs won't touch anything if it could be regarded as "cheesy". Every DJ is playing the same tunes, and everyone knows what they are. None of that bothered Jules. Even today, 10-12 years on, there are still unidentified tunes from Jules's tracklistings because he was the only DJ playing them, and nobody knew what they were, or where they came from. That doesn't happen with DJs any more.

I don't think anything can be taken for granted with Radio 1 now. It wasn't that long ago that we all thought that Tong, Pearce and Jules all had 'safe' seats and were fairly valuable to Radio 1. 2 of the 3 have gone/are going - and Tong has had his show time reduced - therefore, I think Radio 1 have proven that they're not afraid to make changes to popular shows and presenters. Personally, I think Tong has only survived just to keep a little bit of stability to the schedule. I'll give it 12 months before he's gone too. The sad thing is, Tong and Pearce have good, natural radio voices and sounded equally at home on the radio as they do playing club sets. Jules has never sounded like a 'natural' radio presenter (he's admited it himself in the past too) - but he did have a very big personality, good sense of humour and incredible musical knowledge to make up for it. All three of them are very much the last traditional British radio/club personalities. Everyone knows who they are and respects what they've done even if their music wasn't their cup of tea - and thats rare these days. Its to easy for someone to say "he's crap" these days, just because they don't like their style of music. Unfortunately, the new presenters will simply be club DJs-turned-presenters. They'll lack the radio personality that Tong, Jules and Pearce have. This is why, in my opinion, Eddie Halliwell never really settled in. He was a great club DJ - but just lacked the charisma, personality and ability on the radio. He never really seemed comfortable on the radio - and the same could happen to the new guys.

They share the output mate - for example, when Westwood is on, he can be heard on both 1xtra and Radio 1 at the same time. Cost cutting I guess - why pay two presenters during the 'graveyard slots', when they can put one presenter on two stations. They'll more than likely do the same with the Dubstep show now

He did - but I can't remember what he said in his diary now. Possibly - but it also means he'll get less promos - so he'll have to search harder for tunes rather than picking the best of the freebies he's sent each week. It also means that Tristan D isn't likely to be needed, so therefore, Jules will be listening to EVERY tune he recieves himself, rather than the dodgy stuff that has been filtered through. It also means he'll have less, if any, media interviews to deal with, no critics following his every move to pick fault, or no expections from crowds - so it may mean that when he does DJ, we see a 'refreshed' Jules doing his own thing.

I think the problem there is that Jules said in his diary about 12-18 months ago that he'd got rid of most of his vinyl. He stated that he'd converted some of his old favourites to MP3 - but I suspect the ones that he's converted are the classics that he still regularly plays now - Kristine Blond - Love Shy, Lost Witness - Happiness Happening, Green Martian Industry, etc. I suspect the really dated and/or lesser known tunes are long gone. I do think he'll finish off with a special show though playing some of his favourites throughout his Radio 1 career - or he may even play snippets from previous shows, such as some of the outside broadcasts, etc. There are also rumours that he's being given an Essential Mix as a "goodbye" too - so hopefully that is the case, and he'll play a set of some of his favourite "trademark" tunes. I'd love to hear him dig out something like Altitude - Excession, The Clergy - Saints & Sinners, Citizen Caned - The Journey, JamX & De Leon - Can U Dig It & DJ Elite - That Fuct Camera. All tunes that you could refer to as "Jules tunes".

I suspect he's had an idea for a while that his time would be coming to an end sooner rather than later knowing that Radio 1 have been slowly removing the older presenters from the radio 1 schedule over the past few years - plus the fact that Radio 1 had reduced Pete Tongs show (the 'safest' dance show on Radio 1) signalled that none of the dance shows were safe (particularly when Dance Anthems, which out of all the dance shows, was the one more suited towards the age range of listener that Radio 1 are trying to appeal to). Its been clear for the past 2-3 years that Dance music isn't as valuable to Radio 1 as it once was - this was evident when dance music was removed from the schedule completely on Saturdays, and replaced with urban music - and even more so since Radio 1 shared some of its airtime with 1xtra - hence the introduction of Dumbstep. Personally though, regardless of whether Radio 1 had brought in Dubstep or not, I still think Jules would have gone within the next 12 months anyway. Simply because Radio 1 want younger presenters - plus Jules's decline in popularity in the UK. The reality is, ten years ago, up to around 5 years ago was a headline DJ and could fill a club just with his name on a line-up. These days, at places like Passion, Godskitchen and the Ministry of Sound, Jules is now just a support DJ. He's had an amazing Radio 1 career - and, sadly, i'm sure we'll never see another club or radio personality like Jules. He's a genuine legend and single-handedly launched many producers/DJs careers years ago such as Fabio Stein, Michael Woods, Paul Masterson - and many many more. Even thought Jules has said he's going to continue DJ'ing, its inevitable that with his new career as a lawyer, his gig diary is going to be much lighter due to other work commitments - so I think that the Queen should honour his achievements, services, and commitment to helping new artists, by awarding him an MBE, at least, when she's considering her new years honours.

I think the initial decline started as early as when Radio 1 made the decision to sack Danny Rampling and also when they cut live club/festival broadcasts. Seb Fontaine never really worked out, Fergie started off well, but then his sound changed and didn't really suit mainstream radio - plus Phil Kieran seemed to be 'guest' every week and the show became very predictable. Eddie took a long time to settle and only really hit the potential to become Jules's successor about 9 months before he left. Dance Anthems was ideal for a Sunday evening, and Dave Pearce has a natural radio voice. Personally, I always preferred Jules Friday show much more than the Saturday show too. The Friday show always represented Jules's club style and had less speech - whereas the Saturday show had more speech, more gimmick features, and always started off Housey (which wasn't Jules's main club style). Anyway, back on topic, it is now public that Jules is becoming a lawyer... http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/dj-judge-jules-departs-radio-1-to-become-lawyer-6273542.html

Not sure how much truth is in it, but i've seen it from several people online stating that Jules is set to announce his retirement from DJ'ing completely and is going into Entertainment Law. All online rumours, but with Jules's law background, his expertise and knowledge of the clubbing industry, his decline in popularity (and reduced bookings) at the 'specialist' big clubs like Godskitchen, Gatecrasher, etc - and now the loss of a previously guaranteed annual salary from Radio 1, it wouldn't seem too surprising.

Not overly surprised really and i've been saying on here for a while that I thought Jules would be the next victim of a Radio 1 schedule shake up. He's a legend - and he played a massive part in my DJ'ing/clubbing interest - but at the same time, he's been past his best for a while. Time to move on. Hopefully, with his departure from Radio 1, it'll mean that he's playing music that he enjoys - not music that he feels he should be playing to appeal to everyone. His sets have been dire for a long time, so hopefully, we'll see the end of the T&D mash-ups, horrific bootlegs, and cheesy crap - and he'll focus on good quality club-standard tunes again.

# = 4 Strings - Into The Night (Mac Zimms Remix) A = Art Of Trance - Madagascar (Richard Durand Remix) B = Brainbug - Nightmare (Sinister Strings Mix) C = Clergy - The Oboe Song (Green Martian Remix) D = Dark Monks - Insane (Steve Murano Remix) E = Energy 52 - Cafe Del Mar (Three n One Remix) F = Fred Baker - Total Blackout G = Green Martian - Industry H = Hi-Gate - Pitchin' I = Mauro Picotto - Iguana J = Joy Kitikonti - Joy Energizer K = Kamui - Electro Slut L = Lost Witness - Happiness Happening (Lange Remix) M = Mark Leanings - Dropshot (JOC Playma Edit) N = Nigel Gee - Hottin' O = O'Callaghan & Kearney - Exactly P = Paul Webster - Corruption Q = Quo Vadis - Sonic Boom R = Randy Katana - The Hype S = System F - Out Of The Blue T = Timmy & Tommy - Full Tiltin' (JOC Remix) U = Underworld - Born Slippy V = VPL - T-Break (Steve Murano Remix) W = William Orbit - Barbers Adagio For Strings (Ferry Corsten Remix) X = Cygnus X - The Orange Theme (Martin Roth & Frank Ellrich Remix) Y = Y-Traxx - Mystery Land Z = Kernkraft 400 - Zombie Nation

2002-07-06 - Judge Jules, Mardi Gras, London View File 01. Joy Kitikonti - 'Joy Don't Stop' (Freaky Mix) [bXR] 02. Fergie - 'Bass Generator' [Duty Free/Decode] 03. VPL - 'T-Break' (Steve Murano Mix) [Closet] 04. Members Of Mayday vs. Superchumbo - '10 Revolutions' [white label] 05. Paul Masterson pres. Sushi - 'The Earthshaker' [You Clash/NuLife] 06. Jam X & De Leon - 'Can You Dig It?' [serious] 07. Jurgen Vries - 'The Theme' [FFRR] 08. Scott Mac pres. DJ Cams - 'Just Doing It' [Limit] 09. 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] Tried and Tested 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] Judge for Yourself 16. Yves Deruyter - 'Calling Earth' (2002 Mix) [bonzai] Eddie Halliwell Guest Mix 17. Frank Biazzi - 'Turbulence' [Lupp] 18. Organ Donors - '4 Tribes (Wanna Be Startin' Somethin')' (Original Mix) [Nukleuz] 19. Marco V pres. Confusion Album Sampler - 'The Mutalisk' [iD&T] 20. Marco V pres. Confusion Album Sampler - 'Atlanta' [iD&T] 21. Rank 1 - 'The Awakening' (Cosmic Gate Mix) [Clubgroove] 22. GTR Vs The Shrink - 'Nervous Breakdown' (Hard NRG UK Bootleg Mix) [Nutrition] Submitter Briggsy Submitted 07/27/2011 Category 2002  

A very good producer and DJ - and also owns Couture Records. She's only seems to play warm-ups at the Ministry of Sound in this country - but when she's playing her 'trademark' style, she plays Driving Trance (similar to what Sean Tyas plays).

PART 1 TRACKLISTING Meccaheadz-Nite Skoolz (Breaktime Edit)(Europa) - JASON B Mr. Oizo-Flat Beat (F Comms/PIAS) - JASON B Mojolators Feat. Camilla-Drifting (Multiply) - JASON B Dash Berlin and Matt Cerf ft Jaren - Man On The Run (Original Vocal) - SIMON ROSS Roger Shah and Tenishia - You're So Cool (Original Mix) - SIMON ROSS Mike Koglin ft Tania Laila - Find Me (Original Vocal) - SIMON ROSS Musique Vs U2 - New Years Dub (Original 12" Mix) - UBERDUCK Floyd - Come 2 Gether - UBERDUCK Rod-Y-Ler - Lifesigns (Bryan Kearneys Planet Love Makeover) - UBERDUCK Art Of Trance - Madagascar (Richard Durand Remix) - BRIGGSY Robin S - Show Me Love (Bryan Kearney Unrequited Treatment) - BRIGGSY Mallorca Lee - Tribal Gathering (Original Mix) - BRIGGSY Jonah - Ssssst Listen - HARDAWAY The Act - Something about you - HARDAWAY Joey V & Hyper - We Control - HARDAWAY Martin Eyerer - Heaven (Stoker's 2001 Remix) [White Label] - FUZZY LOGIC Hans Zimmer - Gladiator Theme (Judge Jules Remix) (Tim Traill's Acetate Reconstruction) - FUZZY LOGIC The Clergy - The Oboe Song (The Green Martian Mix) [Double F Double R] - FUZZY LOGIC PART 2 TRACKLISTING Mike Koglin ft. Tania Laila - Find Me (orjan_vocal_mix) (Intution) - MARTY M Airscape & JES - My Love (Johan Gielen Remix) (Tunes For You) - MARTY M Judge Jules & Si Paul - Guide You (Maelstrom) - MARTY M Ladytron - Seventeen (Slam dub) - JUDGE MENTAL Bryan Zentz - D-Clash - JUDGE MENTAL Joris Voorn - Incident - JUDGE MENTAL Condor II - 'You Can Kiss My...' (Light of Day Mix) - THIRD DRIVE Corderoy - 'Drifting' - THIRD DRIVE Octagen & DJ Dazzle - 'Continuous' - THIRD DRIVE Black Spider - Save Your Life (Great Pain Mix) [Nothing Records] - TREMOR Hi-Gate - D-Tune (Earplugs) [incentive] - TREMOR Mr. Phillips - 7th Day (Wednesday @ BCM Mix) [Quickey Records] - TREMOR Tilman and Ries - Bassfly (Club Mix) [Liquid Asset] - AZA Kamaya Painters - Endless Wave (Albion Remix) [Data Records] - AZA System F - Out of the Blue [Ferry Corsten's Second Edition Mix) [Tsuami] - AZA Kristine Blond - Love Shy (Electrique Boutique Vocal Mix) [Relentless] - AZA New Vision "Me + You" (DJ Antoine vs. Mad Mark Remix) - MOONMAN Lost Witness "7 Colours" (Angelic Mix) - MOONMAN Darren Tate "Fall From Grace" (Gracelands EP) - MOONMAN Fire & Ice - Forever Young [Phoenix Uprising] - WAKEY M&M Project - Wide Anthem (Seconds Mix) [No Name Records] - WAKEY Dave 202 & Phil Green - Legends (Club Mix) [Trancetown] - WAKEY Cheap Emotions - Battle Trance Galaxia - NUMBER 2 FAN Jon Doe - N.R.G / unreleased mix - NUMBER 2 FAN Thrillseekers - White label - NUMBER 2 FAN Q Project - 3 things - EMY Mistabishi - She Lied (DOUBLE DROP) - EMY Culture shock & Brookes Brothers - Rework - EMY DOWNLOAD LINKS Click here to download PART 1 Click here to download PART 2

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Third Drive's was about the third 'section' in the mix I think from what I recall, so its probably his. Yeah, I tried to be respectful to all the DJ's by keeping their mixes close to the tempo that they recorded them at, however, with everyone's styles being so different and with many of the mixes ranging from 135bpm up to 143+bpm, there were some that I had to work around slightly in order to fit them into the mix at an appropriate part that suited the flow. I speeded the end of the set up to around 143bpm, and had to slow yours down a bit to fit it into the mix before yours. Emy's 'section' was something like 178bpm - so it was difficult knowing how to bring that in. There were two or three options, but in the end I went for the 'safer' option of a simple wind-down. Sorry Emy, my options were a bit limited with yours i'm afraid

Thanks a lot mate

The JJA Board Members Mix - Part Two http://www.thetrancearena.com/JJA_Board_Mix_Part_2.mp3 I'll post the tracklist up tomorrow

Tonight or tomorrow depending on how well I am. I think i'm dying of swine flu or something at the moment.