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The champagne-tinged, Moschino clad sound of UKG may have filled the clubs and late-night bars of London from the late-90s and went on to become a cornerstone of British dance music, but at the turn of the millennium over in Hamburg, Ostgut Ton’s Nick Höppner was pioneering the sound in a city known for it's techno. At the time, Höppner formed part of the UKG crew Tune, picking up rare records and dubplates in London and throwing weekly garage raves in Hamburg’s red light district.

Decades have passed since that time of Hennessey fuelled revelry. Höppner has gone on to become a linchpin of Berlin’s underground and is now fronting a new label imprint Touch From A Distance. But UKG never dies, and thanks to a rediscovered plastic bag full of minidiscs nearly 20 years old we have Höppner’s Y2K mix, a rarely heard homage to garage grooves from the German selector that pays tribute to this foundation sound. Pull up.

Nick: "I‘ve recently borrowed a minidisc player from a friend and went through a plastic bag full minidiscs, which has previously collected the dust of seven different flats since the turn of the millennium. Amongst them I found this mix here which I must have recorded at some point in 2000 in my Hamburg bed room. At that time I’ve been part of the Tune crew and we were running a weekly UK Garage night at the Lounge, a club in the heart of Hamburg’s redlight district. I was also still working as a music journalist for Groove Magazine and going to London frequently, where I had access to a lot of UKG records which never even made it out of the UK (or London). Stupidly, though, I sold the biggest chunk of that collection sometime in 2006, but here is a little time capsule documenting my (ongoing) love for this music. Enjoy!"
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I just posted this on the Chicago house thread but it deserves a wider audience - a tribute mix to Paul Johnson that showcases his incredible talent for sampling and drum programming - he had a real feel for the bounce


Paul Johnson - Time For Love
Paul Johnson - Freaks In Front
Paul Johnson - Summer Heat
Paul Johnson - I Ain’t Got No Soul
Paul Johnson - White Winds
Paul Johnson - 4 The World
Paul Johnson - Don’t Stop Movin That Ass
Paul Johnson - Groove Melody
Paul Johnson - Get On My Camel
Paul Johnson - Pu_sy Pop
Paul Johnson - The Groove
Paul Johnson - Y All Stole Them Dances
Paul Johnson - Feel My M.F. Bass
Joey Beltram - Instant (Paul Johnson Remix)
Paul Johnson - Traction
Paul Johnson - Suck My Candy Cane
Paul Johnson - Construction Work
Paul Johnson - Slinky
Green Velvet - Flash (Paul Johnson remix)
Paul Johnson - Just Whistle
Paul Johnson - Get Get Down
Steve Poindexter - Work That Mother Fucker (Paul Johnson Remix)
Paul Johnson - Soft Spot
Paul Johnson - … And Rewind
Paul Johnson - Hear The Music
 
It's a couple of years old, but it just popped up on my shuffle play thing again and had me dancing round Lidl. So many bangers

 
Probably the wrong thread for this but I'm watching a live stream from Burning Man, bit quiet at the moment but if you rewind it a few hours there's some nice tunes. Sound quality not great though, only a mic recording.


Actually it's not Burning Man as that got cancelled but thousands of people went out to the desert anyway and called it Renegade Burn.
ETA - Youtube seem to have cut the live audio now but Twitch still has it
 
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some great stuff on the Threads channel - this will be going up on the Threads soundcloud with a tracklist imminently
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Lovely stuff this. Like this explainer from the comments, too:

If anyone was wondering why it’s called “Daytimers”, it was a thing of the late 80s/early 90s in England where the Indian youth would go out clubbing during the day because they weren’t allowed to at night due to their parents being quite strict, as you can imagine. The music played was mainly live, a bit of Bhangra etc. I only know this because it’s what my parents used to do back in the day. And it’s great it’s done a whole 360, 30 yrs later.
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Fez909 said:
Lovely stuff this. Like this explainer from the comments, too:



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thats a great set - wasnt expecting it to be what it was - some top unreleased/fresh/edits + the odd risk in there too - respect
That Stones Taro tune....hadnt heard of them...right up my street
 
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crojoe said:
Lone mix for Bleep. old school hardcore sound but new tracks.

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thanks for posting that - nabbed a couple of tunes out of it ;)
IMO this sound isnt quite consistent enough yet - or ive not heard it played that way - i just hope more good producers keeping ploughing the field.
Feeling that FFF track though particularly


heres another mix of newskool 92 oldskool vibes (plus some old tunes, and gets faster later)

Newton - Dubwhich - Rhythm Section Recordings.
T-Cuts - House on the Hill - Mined
P Rambo - Mighty Wind (Rushing In) - 7th Wave Sound (Forthcoming)
Manix - Cool Down - Reinforced
T-Cuts - Hi Down - Mined
Kaotic Chemistry - Illegal Subs - Moving Shadow.
Mastersafe - In Your Eyes - Formation Records
DJ Crystl - Drop X.T.C. - Lucky Spin Recordings
Zoo Keepers Revenge - Hold Your Head Up - Dance Bass Records
FX - Dark Shadows - Parallax (Forthcoming)

Studio II - Planet Dance - Not On Label
FFF - Obedience - 3am Eternal
Scanone - Horizons - Parallax (Forthcoming)

Eternal Bass - Way Of The Future - Volatile Recordings
Harmony & Extreme - X Amount - Deep Jungle
Sully - Swan Dive - Astrophonica
Equinox - Theme Pt 2. - Green Bay Wax
The Occupant - Planetary Affair - Unatural Light.
Dwarde & Tim Reaper - New Place - Greenbay Wax
Kezee & Tim Reaper - The Roughneck Sound - Future Retro
Theory - Originate - King K Rool Records
Dextrous & H Pee - Hot Flame - Subversion Records
Source Direct - Exit-9 - Source Direct Recordings
Sprit - VIP Dial - Interactive Music
Orca - Intellect Remix - Lucky Spin Recordings.
 
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