A Year In The Mix - 1993 - The Rapturous Odyssey Mix

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Track list

1. D-Tek - Drop The Rock (Original Mix)
2. Direckt - Two Fatt Guitars (Babetastic Mix)
3. Solitaire Gee - Slumberland (Rhythm Invention Mix)
4. Lionrock - Are You Willing To Testify?
5. Slam - Positive Education
6. Screen II - Hey Mr DJ (Dasilva & McCready Mix)
7. Lionrock - Packet Of Peace (The Dust Brothers Remix + No More Fucking Trumpets Mix)
8. Leftfield & Lydon - Open Up (Dervish Overdrive)
9. The Sabres Of Paradise - Smokebelch II
10. Soul Odyssey - Rapture

Historical Facts

• The bassline on 'Drop The Rock' is from Fallout's 'Morning After'
• The 'Do it, man!' sample on 'Two Fatt Guitars' is from Tommy Chong
• The 'Groovy baby' sample on 'Slumberland' is from DSK's 'Read My Lips'
• Justin Robertson is the man behind Lionrock
• The 'Testify' sample is from MC5's 'Are You Willing To Testify?'
• The boys from Slam are also co-founders of the influential record label, Soma
• The 'Hey Mr DJ' sample is from Stargard's 'What You Waitin' For'
• The Dust Brothers are aka The Chemical Brothers. The 'Dust' name was purposely taken from the original Dust Brothers (who have worked with the Beastie Boys, Beck and Santana among others). However in 1995, once they made it big, the original Dust Brothers threatened to sue, so they changed their name to 'Chemical' after their track 'Chemical Beats'. 'Packet Of Peace' was their first remix.
• John Lydon is aka Johnny Rotten, the lead singer of The Sex Pistols
• The main man behind The Sabres Of Paradise is Andrew Weatherall
• The melody on 'Smokebelch II' is taken from L.B. Bad's 'The New Age of Faith' from his 'The True Story Of House Music' EP.
• 'Rapture' samples the beat from React 2 Rhythm's 'Intoxication'

A Year In The Mix - 1993 - The Funky Muzik Mix

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1. Masters At Work Feat. India - When You Touch Me (MAW Remix + Luv Me Down Bonus)
2. Bjork - Violently Happy (Masters At Work 12")
3. Jazz-N-Groove - Freedom (Jazz-N-Groove Club Mix)
4. Wall Of Sound - Critical (Club Mix)
5. Creative Force - It's So Good (Tommy Musto Remix)
6. Incognito - Givin' It Up (Uplifting Club Mix by Roger Sanchez)
7. Sound Of One - As I Am (Nice And Stoned Classic Mix)
8. Masters At Work - Deep Inside
9. Rozalla - I Love Music (Funky Muzik Dub + Uplifting Club Mix by Roger Sanchez)

Historical Facts

• India married Louie Vega in 1990 when she was 19
• 'Violently Happy' was produced by Nellee Hooper
• Wall Of Sound were more famously known as Urbanized and Mood II Swing
• Victor Simonelli was behind Creative Force and Sound Of One
• 'Deep Inside' is from MAW's Harddrive EP

A Year In The Mix : 1993 : The ThRob In My Bad Yard Mix

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Track list

1. U2 - Lemon (Bad Yard Club Mix)
2. Joe Roberts - Back In My Life (Classic Mix)
3. Mariah Carey - Dreamlover (Eclipse Dub + USA Love Dub + Def Tribal Mix + Def Club Mix)
4. David Morales & The Bad Yard Club - Gimme Luv (Eenie Meenie Miny Mo) (The Jackie 60 Experience)
5. Bjork - Big Time Sensuality (Morales USA Mix + Morales Def Klub Mix)
6. Janet Jackson - Throb (David Morales Legendary Club Mix)
7. Juliet Roberts - Caught In The Middle (Def Classic Mix)
8. Jane Child - Do Whatcha Do (Nu Extended Club Mix)

Historical Facts

• Danny Madden and Will Downing sing backing vocals on 'Back In My Life'
• Morales' hugely successful remix of Dreamlover is widely credited with popularising the tradition of remixing non-dance songs for the clubs. In 2006 it was named as one of the greatest dance songs of all time in Slant magazine.
• 'Jackie 60' was the name of a weekly club night in New York City in the 90s