Boo Williams keeps it deep and soulful on this second volume of Strictly Jazz Unit Vol. 4 released in 1997 on Sole Unlimited. Featuring tracks from Free Energy, Glenn Underground, Byron Stingily, Sandy Rivera, Sabrynaah, Green Fridge, and more.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBRd...
Standout #trance / #acid mix from South Bay Area scene staple and Journees Music co-founder Shilo Maggi, originally released in 1996. Featuring tracks from Hardfloor, Saint Etienne, Utah Saints, Jesus Jones, Sven VΓ€th, Leftfield, Baby Doc, The Dentist, and more.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GEm...
Spectacular uptempo house set from from Terry Francis released back in 2000 as the first release by Ches-nut-cat, a short-lived UK mixtape label. Featuring tracks from Halo Varga, Omni A.M., Maas, Simon, Kenny Hawkes, Pete Moss, Moodymann, and Nick Holder #house
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ4O...
Australian producer Phil Smart (perhaps best known for his releases under the name Earthlink) live at Pure Space at the DNA Lounge in San Francisco on June 30th, 1994. #housemusic
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFCe...
San Francisco's DJ Taj (long time Nikita / Spundae / Zendada resident) with a dope mix of progressive #house, #techno, #acid #trance, and #breaks, released in 1997. Featuring tracks from Emmanuel Top, Green Velvet, Hardsequencer, Dub Pistoles, One Dove, and more.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2MM...
Late 90's reissue of JenΓΆ's seminal classic Rise originally released back in 1991. Featuring tracks from FSOL, Alkemy, House Conductor, Sil, Joey Negro, Rocky Jones, Larry Heard, A Certain Ratio, Adeva, Paul Simpson, and more. #house #acid
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPbL...
![Luke Sardello - Live At Hazy Daze Conspiracy (1994) [HD]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rphda4l5whlci6swsh6esom7/bafkreiechnmcufkg4pxytj4knuxvmepeafpf6yipxtjjtubk3crobo7puu)
Bumping #house set from Dallas's Luke Sardello recorded live at Conspiracy on Saturday, June 25th, 1994. Featuring tracks from Todd Terry, Lil Louis, Mike Dunn, QX-1, Lectroluv & Fred Jorio, Federal Hill, Naomi Daniel, Deep Dish, Thee Madkatt Courtship, and more.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uzl...
Awesome underground #house / #acid / wonky weirdness DJ Trance released in 1995. Limited to just 72 copies (this is copy #52) each one with a different animal sticker on the cover. Featuring tracks from Bizz OD, Jimi Tenor, Mark NRG, Slam, and more.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=98Ms...
Chicago's DJ Acetate throws down an intense 90 minute hard #techno set. Featuring tracks from District 1, Dietrich Schoenemann, Adam Beyer, Thomas Krome, Joey Beltram, and more.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc2D...
Proper hard #trance / #acid trance mix from San Francisco's Mystre of F-8 fame released back in 1996. Featuring tracks from Terra Ferma, System 7, Woody McBride, DJ Misjah, DJ Tim, Nostrum, Emmanuel Top, and more.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FJ_...
Massive funky #breaks mix from San Franciscoβs DJ Buck, originally released in 1993. I never knew Buck personally but I have a bunch of his records and have followed his work since the late 90s. So sad to hear of his passing. Rest in peace, DJ Buck π
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZuU...
Epic near three hour set from San Francisco's Solar recorded live at Zendada on Sept. 15th 1995. Featuring tracks from Kraftwerk, Erasure, 51 Days, Fast Eddie, Nick Holder, Freddy Fresh, Derrick May, Mental Cube, Charles Webster, Drexciya, Muzique Tropique, and more.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjaX...
![DJ Garth - Live On Haight (1998) [HD]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rphda4l5whlci6swsh6esom7/bafkreihyadkfc5f3va6q745axeetktqzidnmooo5775yvual6qpi5nvvga)
San Francisco's DJ Garth recorded live at Housewares Record Shop on Haight Street sometime in 1998. Featuring tracks from Wink, Mysterious People, DJ Disciple, Circulation, Brooklyn's Own, and more. #house #housemusic #sanfrancisco
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y0E...
![DJ Curious - The Dark Side Vol 2 (1994) [HD]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rphda4l5whlci6swsh6esom7/bafkreibxg3zxnmdrmwdlfae5o6yg7nzpin7fnumui33on2p2nj2lcm2qh4)
The second volume of The Dark Side series of mixtapes from Los Angeles's DJ Curious released in 1994. Featuring tracks from DJ Luna-C, DJ Dextrous, Aston, DJ Rap, DJ Mayhem, Hyper-On Experience, and more. #jungle #hardcore #losangeles
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABqR...
![American Thomas (aka Thomas Michael) - Muses (1994) [HD]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rphda4l5whlci6swsh6esom7/bafkreigz7pb4esltlqmtncnlclgp3xcjsourdvvk2chstzmkhb7zyzrvae)
Fantastic house mix from San Francisco's American Thomas, better known as Thomas Michael released back in 1994. Awesome mixing and track selections on this one! Featuring tracks from Lee Rodriguez, Saint Etienne, Patrick Prins, Funky Green Dogs, and more. #house
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tUX...
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![Dubtribe Sound System - Live At We Are Family (1997) [HD]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rphda4l5whlci6swsh6esom7/bafkreicgbs57t6f3g4l7ovdmdw4zysxztznh2plzjlizq4s6gf67eyrolq)
San Francisco's Dubtribe Sound System live at We Are Family in Chicago, Illinois on Friday, July 4th, 1997.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKO7...
![DJ Pip (DiY) - Live At Pure Space (HDM Exclusive) (1994) [HD]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rphda4l5whlci6swsh6esom7/bafkreicg4evef2ewbrzqtz7xxt66f6rndkuoucsqv6gdpsdowyi72vnsza)
Dope #house set from DJ Pip of the UK's DiY Sound System crew recorded live at Pure Space at the DNA Lounge in San Francisco on October 2nd, 1994. Featuring tracks from Low End Theory, Kenny Larkin, Dreddmon, Richard H. Kirk, David Holmes, Titiyo, and more.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpZt...
![DJ Curious - The Dark Side Vol 1 (1993) [HD]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rphda4l5whlci6swsh6esom7/bafkreihbouk6oxbntx4kkqjlhgxdskjm6sup3dxdzt3ejcankbhvogzdre)
The first volume of The Dark Side series of mixtapes from Los Angeles's DJ Curious released in 1993. Featuring tracks from Warped Kore, Johnny Jungle, Peanut, Riot, DJ Hype, Boogie Times Tribe, and more. #jungle #hardcore #losangeles
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVS4...
![DJ Trance - 85 Degrees In December (1996) [HD]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rphda4l5whlci6swsh6esom7/bafkreif3b6tn2dmktzr7oarxp2fwjknizaacgv3vn6zzmgw2cuadiugbwm)
Killer #trance / #techno set from Los Angeles' DJ Trance (Jason Blakemore) recorded live in December of 1995 and released the following year by Sole Unlimited. Featuring tracks from Cygnus X, Catalyst, Percy X, Bloodsugar, and more.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4Xl...
Chicago's Phantom 45 and Glyde here on the fifth cassette from the third volume of the excellent Jungle Book series released back in 2001 by Sole Unlimited. Featuring tracks from Usual Suspects, Konflict, DJ Zinc, Future Cut, Ed Rush, Optical, Kraken, Klute, & more.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_GR...
Gold standard when it came to blanks β€οΈ
Another stellar #house set from ClΓ© Acklin with Rob Vaughn's set coming in around the last 6 - 7 minutes of the tape. Featuring tracks from Tears of Velva, Raze Of Pleasure, DIY, Jazz-N-Groove, Ed The Red, Kings Of Tomorrow, Eat Static, DJ Duke, and more.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lJr...
Wonderfully eclectic mix from Moontribe's Daniel featuring just about everything between ambient, jazz, funk, trance, breakbeat, hardcore and goa! I'm unsure of the release date on this one - guessing 1994ish
www.youtube.com/watch?v=okLQ...
Awesome! Shoot me an email anytime :)
San Francisco South Bay Area resident DJ, producer, and Journees Music label boss, DJ Liquid hits us with two dope mixes. Up first is a #breakbeat mix recorded live at XPD's Pleasur Werks in Seattle on May 25th, 1996. On the flip side we've got a rare #jungle mix!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jpL...
Honorable Mention goes out to @hdmixtapes.bsky.social - if you arenβt following them here (and on YouTube), I am about to improve your quality of life. They are using the internet the right way to preserve these old tapes. The archive is DEEP, and they keep adding to it.
youtube.com/@hdmixtapesc...
Hey thanks so much! Happy new year to you π
Here's an early mix from Goa Gil done over 30 years ago in 1994. I ripped this from the original cassette on a Nakamichi BX-300 and did some remastering on the audio. Visuals were created by me entirely in Final Cut Pro. #trance #goatrance #sanfrancisco
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ8V...
Happy holidays y'all! π
Here's a super rare (never shared online before) mix from San Francisco legend Jeno recorded live at Zendada in the basement of 1015 Folsom on October 13th, 1995. #housemusic #sanfrancisco
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-8R...
