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Got back into watching Sharpe again on ITV. Absolutely loved it in the 90s as a teen but hadn't watched Sharpe's Enemy for nearly 30 years and forgotten how grim it was. Easily the darkest episode in the series.

Hakeswill is as evil as I'd remembered and Poselthwaite played him fantastically, but Pot au-Feu (played by Tony Haygarth) was something else. Proper matter of fact psychopath who let Hakeswill rape and run a brothel with trafficked women for the deserters because it suited him and gave him and Hakeswill cash before the ransom money came through. Haygarth always excelled in playing horrible characters like this.

Lady Farthingdale's beautiful maid at 4 mins 58 seconds in is presumably raped by Hakeswill and others at the inn because we see her later at 1 hour 6 mins and 19 seconds being forcibly taken from Sarah Dubreton's quarters and she's dishevelled, covered in dirt, has bruises on her neck, decolletage and arms, and her dress and blouse is soiled. Presumably she was put in Dubreton's quarters to let Dubreton know what will happen to her if the ransom money doesn't come through. Then the maid is thrown into the crowd below to be gang raped for stolen loot. Later on, Hakeswill kills Teresa Moreno and tries to rape Lady Farthingdale too

Is the maid ever mentioned again? Even though she's a minor character played by an extra, it's horrific what happened to her. As a father, I picked up on way more than I did as a teenager and it made me a bit uneasy watching this again. Great episode though.

I hope you're all well. 🙂

Here's my first mixed playlist that I created on Spotify. Still one of my most popular. I've actually never shared it on r/SeamlessSets, it was our very kind mod who shared it.

I've now made a lot of alterations to this playlist and they include.

• Changing over 100 transitions from 8 bar to 16 bar. Only 8 bar transitions were available when I originally curated this.
• Adding loops (over a dozen), effects and changing volume/EQ etc.
• Minor tempo adjustments across the mix.

If you haven't heard this before, I hope you like it.

Tracks by: Kerri Chandler, MAW, Atjazz, Sean McCabe, Joey Negro/Dave Lee, Victor Simonelli, Tommy Musto, Mike Millrain, R.I.P. Productions, Larry Heard, Roger Sanchez, Jazz N' Groove, Frankie Knuckles, David Morales, Jullian Gomes, Blaze, Groove Assassin, Ron Trent, Jimpster, Ross Couch, & Cherushii.

It's long, but nowhere near as long as Spotify's run time would indicate. 🤣

I've noticed that there are some weird and wacky things happening with loops that happen long after the mix window has ended.

I did a transition between Julian Gomes - Let Me Go into Dense & Pika - Oxbow (Ron Trent Mix).

I did an 8 beat loop of Let Me Go from 6 min 27 into Oxbow at 13 seconds.

The Let Me Go vocal loop continues long after the mix window progressively getting more and more out of time which isn't that useful tbf. 🤣

Wonder whether anyone else has noticed oddities/obvious bugs like this?

I've had my Angel Deelite playlist cloned, but this time it's Volume 2. To add insult to injury, they've copied all my transitions too.

If you don't want this to happen to you, block this Spotify user. https://open.spotify.com/user/ghedini\_luca?si=JZ9vFFMNTyiE4bvrnE2MoQ&utm\_source=copy-link

One of my favourite ever Italo House/Deep House songs.

I have Danny Rampling to thank for my love of Italo House. First heard Don Carlos - Alone on his Decade of Dance mix compilation.

One of my favourite Deep House/Italo House records. First heard Ron Trent play this over 20 years ago.

My most influential was probably Allister Whitehead Fantazia House Collection Vol. 3. First heard it in 1999 in a mate's car. Had such an impression on me. Still listen to it 27 years later.

Another was David Morales Renaissance Singapore Mix. It's brilliant with so many good tracks on there, but it was the first time I discovered Kerri Chandler. Moving On had such an impression on me. At first I thought Kerri was a girl (didn't Yahoo search 🤣) and then I discovered he was a guy when I bought his artist/mix CD Kaoz Theory on Harmless. Then Kaoz on King Street: Mix the Vibe and the rest is history.

Two other hugely influential CDs that made me love Disco were Frankie Knuckles Collection of Classics on Azuli and Kerri Chandler Excursions. Both brilliant mix CDs.

I loved anything Tony Humphries did - DJs Take Control, Club Nervous, Mix the Vibe etc.

The MOS Sessions - MAW, CJ Mackintosh and David Morales' ones were awesome.

Used to bang out CJ Mackintosh's Anthems in the car. That is absolute quality.

And finally Danny Rampling's Decade of Dance. Without it, I wouldn't have discovered Don Carlos Alone and a tonne of other gorgeous Deep Italo House afterwards.

What about you?

One of my favourite ever Deep Italo House tracks.

Hi Everyone, I hope you're all well and having a great weekend. 🙂

This is my new Italo House mixed playlist, designed as a sequel to my Balearic Beat playlist (Electric Nights 3) which I'd shared 4 or so days ago. The playlist is about 7 hours long.

Nearly all the tracks are from 1988-1992. It's on the deeper end of Italo House with songs by Jestofunk, Don Carlos, Mr. Marvin, Korda, Sueno Latino, Optik, Outphase, Nikita Warren, Leo Anibaldi, Be Noir, Keytronics Ensemble, Soft House Company, Centric House, Riviera Trax, Subway Ground Master, M.C.J, Love Quartet, Nomad, Dreams Unlimited, Jacy, Arkanoid, FPI Project.

Used the following editing tricks:

- Re-editing tracks using 2 copies of the same track.

- Mixing between original and remixed versions.

- Custom 16 bar transitions and harmonic mixing in the vast majority of cases. Some 8, 4 and 2 bar mixes with the odd slam.

- No fades despite a 25 BPM delta across the mix.

Also used two new features.

- BPM song adjustments across the mix. This has allowed me to change the energy of some tracks and even change their genre in 1 or 2 cases. It's also allowed me to make the playlist even more seamless and more historically accurate (Korda and FPI were never played at 120 BPM for instance).

- Use of custom Filters, EQ and Volume.

Hope you like it. 🙂

Hi Everyone, I hope you're all well and having a great weekend. 🙂

This is my new Italo House mixed playlist, designed as a sequel to my Balearic Beat playlist (Electric Nights 3). It's about 7 hours long.

Nearly all the tracks are from 1988-1992. It's on the deeper end of Italo House with songs by Jestofunk, Don Carlos, Mr. Marvin, Korda, Sueno Latino, Optik, Outphase, Nikita Warren, Leo Anibaldi, Be Noir, Keytronics Ensemble, Soft House Company, Centric House, Riviera Trax, Subway Ground Master, M.C.J, Love Quartet, Nomad, Dreams Unlimited, Jacy, Arkanoid, FPI Project.

Used the following editing tricks:

- Re-editing tracks using 2 copies of the same track.

- Mixing between original and remixed versions.

- Custom 16 bar transitions and harmonic mixing in the vast majority of cases. Some 8, 4 and 2 bar mixes with the odd slam.

- No fades despite a 25 BPM delta across the mix.

Also used two new features.

- BPM song adjustments across the mix. This has allowed me to change the energy of some tracks and even change their genre in 1 or 2 cases. It's also allowed me to make the playlist even more seamless and more historically accurate (Korda and FPI were never played at 120 BPM for instance).

- Use of custom Filters, EQ and Volume.

Hope you like it. 🙂

My wife and I have had our offer accepted on a house, but the process has become stressful largely due to the behaviour of the sellers.

They've said we're slow and should have booked the survey by now. Yet, they cancelled a mortgage valuation that delayed us by nearly 2 weeks (we had to rebook it), took 4 weeks to send an incomplete contract pack out and we've still not had sight of the lease 2 weeks later.

They've marketed the property themselves and are forever in contact via email. They've even contacted our mortgage broker directly by telephone to suggest we need to move more quickly otherwise we'll lose the house. Our mortgage broker pointed out that the delay was from their side because we still haven't seen the lease.

Our Solicitor has repeatedly requested sight of the lease over the last 6 weeks.

The leasehold is a tripartite arrangement (freehold>headlease>underlease) and the headlease affects the property we're buying and next door so this obviously needs to be looked at carefully for onerous restrictive/positive covenants, easements etc. It's not ideal and the sellers never disclosed the nature of the leasehold either.

Had a recent email from the sellers saying we've now located the lease, and it can be bought. Felt like saying "that's your responsibility, just send the lease please."

They've also indicated that they've received a substantially higher offer. I don't why they’ve told us this. Was it supposed to make us panic? I felt the exact opposite. Hell will freeze over before we give them a penny more than what we've offered. I felt like responding with "Thanks for the message. Feel free to explore that substantially higher offer. Good luck."

I'm at a loss as to why they're behaving like this before exchange and I'm at the point where I don't trust the sellers and do not want to communicate with them anymore. My wife is slightly less affected by their behaviour.

Should we pull out? I want to do it immediately. My wife wants us to wait for the lease and then make a decision.

One thing is for certain though. If we pull out, I'm never buying a house again from someone who's marketed it themselves.

I was 9 when I first heard my older bro play 808 State - Pacific State in 1990 and have loved it ever since.

I was 18 when I first really got into House after a mate from uni played Allister Whitehead's Fantazia: The House Collection Vol. 3.

Got super into it and now I'm 45. 🤣 Can't believe how fast that time's gone.

Mine would be:

Kerri Chandler at Southport Weekender 30 in 2002.

Kerri Chandler at Joshua Brooks in 2022.

DJ Spen at Angel Deelite in 2002.

Louie Vega at Bed in Sheffield in 2001.

Brian Tappert at Angel Deelite in 2002.

Frankie Feliciano at Angel Deelite in 2005.

Frankie Knuckles at Sankeys in 2002.

DJ Jazzy Jeff at Sankeys in 2003.

Dimitri from Paris at Sankeys in 2004.

Folamour at Edinburgh in 2019.

Jeremy Sylvester in 2023.

Hello everybody, I hope you're all well.

Here's my mixed Spotify Balearic Beat Playlist. 100 or so songs. It's a mix of Soul, Ambient, House, Deep House, Indie, Hip-Hop, Pop, Rock and Latin and designed to simulate the feel of 1990 Ibiza.

If you're missing that Ibiza sunset energy right now, this one might hit the spot. Or perhaps the weather's sunny and you just want to chill outside, then this could do the trick.

Tracks by Sade, Prince, Primal Scream, Happy Mondays, Carly Simon, Chris Rea, Mandy Smith, A Tribe Called Quest, The Stone Roses, The Cure, Omar, Saint Etienne, Soul II Soul, William Pitt, Backbeat Convention, Tullio De Piscopo, BBG, Electribe 101, 808 State, Sueno Latino, Don Carlos, Pineapples, Frankie Knuckles, Adeva, Turntable Orchestra, Phase II, & N'Joi.

All the blends are custom 8 bar or 16 bar despite 60 BPM delta across the mix. I've worked hard on mixing them harmonically and tried to push Spotify's mix engine as far as I could.

- Created re-edits of tracks to make them more mixable.

- Mixed between 2 tracks (original and remix) and cued them at the same point to double up vocals.

- Mixed between Hip-Hop tracks and the track they sampled.

- Simulated scratch mixing.

- Used Spotify's +-10% pitch lock to deliberately speed up and slow down tracks with hopefully interesting effects.

- Used drum breakbeat loops when it was hard to mix harmonically and cleanly.

Hope you like it. 🙂

To all on r/spotify, hope you guys are well and having a great weekend.

Here's my nostalgic 1980's mixed Playlist. It drifts between synth pop, Italo disco, rock, hip-hop, electro and early house. It has TV and film themes like Crockett's Theme, Eye of the Tiger, Power of Love and both Baywatch opening themes. Even songs from the arcade driving game, Outrun, are in there.

Hopefully, this mix will take you back to an era of perms, big shoulder pads, double breasted suits and putting endless coins in Outrun in an attempt to finish it.

Tracks by New Order, Duran Duran, Afrika Bambaataa, Yazoo, Huey Lewis & the News, Survivor, Peter Gabriel, Grand Master Flash, Spandau Ballet, Hiroshi Kawaguchi/Outrun, Peter Cetera, Alphaville, Wang Chung, Steve Winwood, Luther Vandross, Chris Rea, Tears for Fears, TOTO, Coldcut, Chaka Khan, Deniece Williams, The Clash, ABC, Johnny Hates Jazz, Mantronix, Farley Jackmaster Funk, Chip E, 808 State, Armando, Adonis and many more.

The blends are 8 and 16 bars despite 60 BPM variance over the mix. I've put some effort into flow and transitions so I hope you guys like it.

Always preferred this to the Laura Branigan version. Amazing song.

Hello everyone at r/SeamlessSets, I hope you're all having a wonderful weekend. 🙂

It's been over 4 months since I originally shared this and I've since made some enhancements/alterations to it so thought I'd share again.

It's a dance classics mixed playlist sequenced to be a recreation of a night out in Southport, UK in the late 90s to mid 00s and so it's a proper trip down memory lane for me.

It's a 10 hour playlist (trimmed songs by 2 or so mins on average) so quite long! The beginning of the night starts off at BarNon which played US Garage and Funky House. The rest of the playlist is devoted to French Filtered House Progressive House, UK Hard House, Euro NRG, Hardcore & Trance which would have played at Astoria/Bliss and Colosseum nightclubs. There's also a sprinkling of Electro House and EDM which would have played at Zebra Square a few years later.

Put a lot of effort into mixing this because I wanted it to feel like a live set on 2 Technics. Here's some technical info:

- 151 custom 16 bar blends, 10 8 bar blends and 2 fades despite a 30 BPM delta across the mix.

- Mixed harmonically.

- Used drum loops when I wasn't able to mix cleanly.

- I've overlapped tracks in the mix to create remix type events.

- Created re-edits of songs and recontextualised them.

- Extended vocal hooks and overlapped vocals so 2 people are singing in the mix window.

- I've mixed between original tracks and their remixes at similar/same cue points so it's very hard to tell the join (The Veldt - The Veldt Cinema).

- Utilised Spotify's pitch lock, EQ and ability to create ghost transitions.

- Used a rain track to extend the intro on N-Trance - Set You Free.

I hope you like it and feedback is always welcome. 🙂

Tracks and remixes by Ultra Nate, Madison Avenue, Bob Sinclair, Armand Van Helden, David Morales, Paul Johnson, Alan Braxe, Bizarre Inc, K-Klass, Ultra Nate, Deep Dish, Roger Sanchez. Allison Limerick, E'Voke, Fedde Le Grande, The Shapeshifters, Tall Paul, Camisra, Mousse T, Moloko, Modjo, Wamdue Project, Strike, Loveland, Happy Clappers, 2 Funky 2, Greece 2000, Chicane, Deadmau5, Kaskade, Robin S, Stretch n Vern, Todd Terry, Mory Kante, Hardfloor, Gat Decor, Gala, Dario G, Nalin & Kane, Paul van Dyk, Gouryella, System F, Darude, Baby D & N-Trance etc.

Quintessentially 80s Synth Pop and one of the best film themes of all time. They don't make them like they used to!

So many good memories associated with this tune. 🙂

I wish Spotify would stop fucking around with the UI and concentrate on making playback reliable and not dependant on listening via desktop or having the latest iPhone or Galaxy phone.

In their infinite wisdom, they've shipped an update where you can no longer drag and drop tracks on a playlist and now the options are to smart order (I've got no need for this function) or stick a track at the top or bottom of a playlist, which isn't helpful in the slightest.

The drag and drop was working fine. If it isn't broke, don't fix it. Honestly.