u/Previous-Serve9810

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.

Sneak was awesome back in the day. One of my favourites, along with 'You Can't Hide From Your Bud.'

Everyone knows Love Don't Live & Deliver Me, but one of the most slept on Urban Blues Project & Michael Proctor collabs is 'Fall Down.'

Still sounds great nearly 30 years later.

This is still majestic over 25 years later. First heard this at the Southport Weekender. Loved it ever since.

Amazing Joey Negro/Dave Lee production from back in the day.

First heard it on his awesome 'Cant Get High Without You' mix compilation CD of all his best cuts.

Can't believe I bought that CD nearly 26 years ago. 😬🤣

Everyone talks about Hacienda, Sankeys or Mr Scruff at the Music Box but my favourite was Angel Deelite at Club V on Friday night back in the early to mid 00s.

Such a welcoming place. Amazing music. Loved it. Had so many amazing nights in my early to mid 20s. I'd love to shake Mark and/or Matt's hand and tell them what a beautiful moment in time they created.

My favourite ever night was DJ Spen, Feb 2002. If you remember Angel Deelite and are an old fart like me, what were your favourite nights? Who was playing?

Any other great nights from back in the day? Sometimes the lesser known ones are the best imo.

Hello everyone at r/SeamlessSets, I hope you're all well and having a great weekend so far. 🙂

It's another tribute to Angel Deelite, an awesome Soulful House club night that ran 20 ish years ago in Manchester, UK. Like the first installment, it's a who's who of Soulful House from the late 90s and 00s. Here it is and it's the first time I've shared this publicly:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5gyVRoCmE4rAyvCPGMfxC8?si=ommUlV23QXip6Rocuh2v7w

As I loved Angel Deelite so much, I've put a lot of effort into editing this to give it a live/DJ performance feel. I hope that comes across. I've pushed the mix engine very hard and some of the tricks are as follows.

- All 16 bar custom transitions (mainly harmonic).

- Used tracks with additional acapellas in them to simulate 3 and 4 deck mixing.

- Track overlaps during the mix window to create remix type events.

- Doubled up vocals and extended vocal hooks.

- Created custom re-edits of tracks and recontextualised them by using multiple edited down versions.

- Mixed between original tracks and remixes. Cued in the exact same points or very similar points and used the centre bass swap as a cross fader so it's very difficult to tell where the blend is.

- Exploited ghost transitions.

- Fixed transitions with data anchor points etc.

Tracks by MAW, Joey Negro/Dave Lee, Urban Blues Project, Jasper Street Company, David Morales, Kings of Tomorrow, Barbara Tucker, Rufus & Chaka Khan, Soul Central, Moloko, Sunkids, DJ Sneak, Simpson Tune, Grant Nelson and many more.