2001 - a spaced odyssey NYE

I may have already mentioned what a great flat Andie and I shared in Bethnal Green. With a large living space it was perfect for big parties, and we had a few. Best of the best were our New Year’s Eve extravaganzas. ‘2001: A Spaced Odyssey’ was the biggest headline event I can remember. Andie’s room was earth, floodlit in green, mine was Mars in red, the hallway was a docking station and the main room was space. Everyone dressed up: gay space cowboys, a whole crew of Star Trek ensigns, monsters, aliens, the lot. Clearing up the day after we filled a box with toy ray guns.As with all the best parties, it was a joint effort. Ted designed the invite artwork, Paul, Andrew and Cuneyt dressed the venue after raiding the Paperchase post-xmas sale, I was lights and music. When hosting at home I don’t enjoy DJing through the evening so used to pre-mix the music. This mix kicked in at midnight after Big Ben’s chimes. We start with a few commercial dance favourites from the time, before going into a wad of funky disco house anthems and old skool classics. Ii think I must have run out of time before the party because the last 20 minutes are from a Ministry Of Sound CD. Thanks also goes to Tim Stoller for lending me ‘Salsoul Nuggets’ - my fave track of that Christmas, only available as an instrumental white label at the time.Originally mixed across 4x minidiscs, the mix appears here for the first time as one continuous session. This is the soundtrack from midnight to 5am, at which point we switched to Strangeways Days Vol 2. It’s a big file so may take some time to dload.My fondest memory of the party was at about 8am on New Year’s Day. The sun was rising and a Spanish couple we’re dancing. I’d never met them before - friends of friends of friends - but they had just been reunited as he had been living in Spain. They twirled each other around and around gently, never losing eye contact. A beautiful moment amongst the spilt drinks, fag ends and scattered beer cans!artwork dloadsCD covers from Andrew’s discs of this mix, including Ted’s artwork: disc 1 - disc 2 - disc 32001: A Spaced Odyssey > New Year’s Eve > mixed 26 - 30 Dec 2000 1 - Daft Punk - One More Time2 - Lucy Pearl - Don't Mess With My Man - mood II swing mix3 - Bootleg - modjo / brandy - ladyboy is mine4 - Spiller - groovejet (if this ain't love)5 - Cleptomaniacs - all i do (Stevie Wonder)6 - Soul Vision vs EBTG - Tracey In My Room7 - Braxe & Falke - Intro (runnin)8 - ATFC - Bad Habit9 - Barbara Tucker - Stop playing with my mind10 - Whitney Houston - I'm your baby tonight - dronez club mix11 - Afro Medusa - Pasilda - Knee Deep club mix12 - King Unique - Look ahead13 - Daddy's Favourite - I feel good things for you14 - Junior Jack - My Feelings15 - M&S - Salsoul Nugget (If you wanna)16 - Bob Sinclare / Sister Sledge - feel for you / lost in music booty17 - Gamba Freaks - let's get down18 - Cherie Amour - I don't want nobody telling me19 - Bini & Martini - happiness20 - Moloko - Time is now21 - Sonique - feels so good - can 7 remix22 - Joe Roberts - Happiness23 - Bootleg - talking heads - once in a lifetime - remix24 - Bootleg - bucketheads - the bomb booty25 - K Klass - Show You Love - 99 remix26 - Moby - Body Rock - olav bosaski remix27 - H2O - Satisfied28 -Bootleg noel - ce ce peniston funked up - finally - noel funk mix29 - Gamma Funk - shake my ass30 - Basstoy - runnin' - original31 - Boney M - ma baker remix32 - white label - party children33 - Junior Jack - My feelings - remix34 - Urban Species - alright35 - Xpansions - move ur body36 - Adeva - respect37 - Inner City - big fun38 - Moloko - sing it back39 - Astro Traxx - the energy40 - Brand New Heavies - sat night41 - Diana Ross - upside down42 - Daft Punk/Sub Sub - around the world booty43 - Pete Heller - big love44 - Basement Jaxx - playing with miracles45 - Capriccio - hey everybody46 - Darryl Pandy - sunshine & hap47 - Soulsearcher - i can't get enough48 - Jocelyn Brown - It's All Good49 - MAW - To Be In Love50 - Mocha - higher51 - Byron Stingly - that's the way love is52 - Gat Décor - Passion53 - InDeep / Michael Jackson - Last Night / Bille Jean54 - Club Fiesta - La Fiesta55 - Full Intention - Timba56 - Sade - By Your Side57 - Kathy Brown - Dreaming58 - King Unique - Look Ahead59 - Ministers De La Funk - Believe60 - Phunkie Souls - Tha Music61 - M&S - Salsoul Nugget62 -Cassius - La Mouche63 - MOS Sessions - mixed by Jose Nuez 275.9 MB AAC File 192kbps