I just LOVE 'house' ...

Born in the 70s, I grew up listening to disco! I was then interested in breakdance & electro from the early 80s. An 80s teenager I experienced a lot of 80s 'pop', where I loved synthesizer sounds. Adolescence arrived & I acquired a taste for indie & alternative bands, which lead to Madchester & the beginnings of the rave scene. Acid house & techno saw out the 80s, but the warehouse parties came to an end, this pushed 'the scene' back into clubs, where handbag house was played until 2am, harder stuff & trance taking over at the all-nighters! Toward the end of the 90s I found the club scene got boring... it was largely annual remixes of classics, and only a few surpassed their originals! In the late noughties, electro house started sampling synth sounds I'd loved in the 80s, often adding newer ideas, which re-sparked my interest. Club music has diversified into so many pockets of house music, & I like most of them, although a track has to have something 'interesting' in there... I believe in a balance, keeping the more discerning dancer happy with some underground & progressive tracks, but not alienating the mainstream, you gotta play a pop remix or anthem every now & then. Its about knowing your music, knowing your audience, and knowing you LOVE it. These mixes are compilations of some of my personal favourites, a mixture of underground & commercial 'house' music, with influences by acid, electro, garage, vocal, piano, trance, techno, pop, etc etc! x