A few genres are included here, some oldies & newbies (nothing too hectic though) blended by overlaps rather than beat matching as I’m still awaiting my 1210′s reunion party and generally fighting with other beastly machines/gadgets (apologies for the slightly choppy volume control, especially to Marc Bolan RIP).

For those of you who have no idea who Bod was (i.e. anyone outside the UK) then please click here to be enlightened ‘papapa pom pom pom’ an integral part of my childhood and education in music…

You can listen to the mix below or DOWNLOAD IT HERE

Bill Shakes 5 – Odd Bod by Bill Shakes

Download audio file (Odd Bod.mp3)

Tracklist

1. Something From The Cox-Doree Institute  – The Emperor Machine BUY
2. Hang Four – Walls BUY
3. Hannibal – Caribou BUY
4. Uggebugg – Prins Thomas BUY
5. Ghost Town (The Revenge Increase The Peace Mix) – The Specials BUY
6. Holy Ghost – Ray Mang BUY
7. Morgan Geist: Sounds from the Village – Phil Ranelin BUY
8. No sale no I.D. – The Emperor Machine BUY
9. In your eyes (Tensnake remix) Toby Tobias BUY
10. Tour De Mars – The Simonsound BUY
11. No Tears Left to Cry (Leo Zero Remix) – Paul Weller BUY
12. Rain Chant – Woodstock
13. Ventura Highway (U-Tern Edit) – America
14. The Motivator – T. Rex BUY
15. I Hate Hate – Razzy & The Neighborhood Kids BUY

I hope you enjoy the overall sentiment and all feedback is welcome be it a huff or a puff (alternatively you can save the blowing for a House mix).

Bill Shakes x

It’s a headphone-less fading mix which I did in a rather highly charged state (sober) so is comprised of a collection of emotive songs & sound bytes that move moi and I fully accept it might be too sugary for some.

Arbitrary BUY links added where possible.

You can listen to the mix below or DOWNLOAD IT HERE

Download audio file (Bill Shakes 4 – Wrench.mp3)

Tracklist

1. Four Ever Rainbow – Steve Hillage BUY
2. Garden Of Paradise – Steve Hillage BUY
3. Spock Thoughts – William Shatner & Leonard Nimoy Spaced Out BUY
4. Astral Vacuum – Mirko Loko BUY
5. All The Big Trees – Riceboy Sleeps BUY
6. Angel Echoes – Four Tet BUY
7. The Dachstein Angels – Wally Badarou BUY
8. Pon a Hill – Tyrannosaurus Rex BUY
9. Interview – Tyrannosaurus Rex BUY
10.Chanson – Pascal Comelade BUY
11.Rejoicing In The Hands – Vashti Bunyan & Devendra Banhart BUY
12.Stephanie – Buckingham Nicks BUY
13.Not sure – Vangelis
14.Private Road – Bent BUY
15.Teardrop (Massive Attack) – Elbow BUY
16.Shine – Deep Dive Corp. BUY
17.La Madrague – Brigitte Bardot BUY
18.Underground (Ambient Mix) – The Invisible Force
19.Another Green World – Brian Eno BUY
20.Blumenthal – Ulrich Schnauss BUY
21.When you Leave – Maps BUY
22.The Kiss – Judee Sill
23.Walksong – Hessismore BUY
24.State Of Independence – Donna Summer BUY
25.Crowd Let The Sunshine In – Woodstock BUY

It was a splendid night of fun with friends, all of us lording it up courtesy of MTV. I also played one of my better more uptempo sets (after Rob da Bank I seem to recall) and I wish I’d recorded the set to replace some some of the shockers I have hiding in the cassestte draw…

Musically it’s a mish mash of downtempo selections from 2002 with a few retro bits thrown in, I can’t remember the tracklist at all but it features the likes of David Axelrod, Aim, Ennio Morricone, dZihan & Kamien, Amalgamation of Soundz among others I’ve totally forgotten with the passing of time. Feel free to trainspot for me!

You can listen to the mix below or DOWNLOAD IT HERE

Download audio file (Bill Shakes 3 – Wallow 2002.mp3)

Very soon my darling vinyl will finally be winging its way from the UK  after a 5 year sabbatical  and while delving into the crates in an attempted cull, I thought it was high time to kick start the oldravers Facebook group again with a little mix of some golden oldies.  The mix title stems from a comical memory of the staple ‘rave hello’ and the  songs emanate from an era when every weekend I was at my happiest in a convoy of cars hurtling around the M25 or through London in search of the ultimate ‘rave’ experience where my endless love of all things electronic was born (I think it was a rave on Petticoat Lane in 1989 that baptized me).

The excitement and explosive energy of this time will perhaps not be repeated for many years , it was our punk, although one wonders how much ‘nostalgia’ and too many ‘late nights’ has blurred my memory…

I decided against trying to find BUY links for this post as the songs are so old, however for any die-hard spotters who wish to track them down I suggest your first port of call is discogs.com

You can listen to the mix below or DOWNLOAD IT HERE

Download audio file (oldravers 1 – whatuon-whereufrom.mp3)

Tracklist

1. Alarm Clock (Original Mix) – Westbam
2. Welcome – Gino Latino
3. The Chief – Tony Scott
4. Know How Instrumental – Young MC
5. Shafted Off – Frankie Bones
6. Let the Warriors Dance – Addis Posse
7. Mi Casa Condo Mix – Centerfield Assignment
8. Radio Babylon – Meat Beat Manifesto
9. Let The Rhythm Hit ‘Em – Eric B. & Rakim
10. Tour de France – Kraftwerk
11.Q (Santa Monica Mix) -Mental Cube
12.Difference (Steng mix) – Djum Djum
13.Get Down! (Mykoos & Musto’s Mix) – Royal Orchestra Ltd.
14.Carnival Da Casa – Rio Rhythm Band
15.New Generation – Tom Salta
16.Teknologi (R.J. Flip Mix) – Urban Hype

Anyway, excuses aside I hope you like it x

As always should you wish to purchase any of the tracks included then you can click on the arbitrarily selected BUY links provided where possible (except for the Ping Pong sample which obviously didn’t make the iTunes Top 10..).

Please find the mix below or DOWNLOAD IT HERE

Download audio file (Bill Shakes 2 – Wafro.mp3)

Tracklist

1. Sound Effect – Ping pong
2. Leonard Seeley’s Heritage – Feel It BUY
3. Dutch Rhythm Combo – Bonaire (Blackjoy Rough Demo Mix) BUY
4. Hot Chocolate – Heaven Is In The Backseat Of My Cadillac (The Revenge Rework)
5. Dance Reaction – Honey Puppy Is My Name (perishable vertebrate edit)
6. Nick Chacona & Anthony Mansfield – Oh Snap (Greg Wilson version) BUY
7. Roberto Rodriguez – About this Love (Feat Max C) (Crazy P Remix Dub) BUY
8. Sly Mongoose – Pulse (Padded Cell Remix) BUY
9. They Came From The Stars – Signals (Emperor Machine Remix) BUY
10. Boogie Corporation – Junk BUY
11. Shahrokh Sound of K – Love Happens (Feat Toyin Taylor) (Supersonic Lovers Dub) BUY
12. Neighbour & Think Tank – Night Owl BUY
13. Motor City Drum Ensemble – Raw Cuts 2 (Original Mix) BUY
14. Chic – I Want Your Love (TTJ Edit) BUY
15. Gil Scott-Heron* – Parents (Interlude) BUY

*By the way, for those of you who like Mr. Gil Scott Heron I can’t recommend his new album enough. Yes it’s short but incredibly heartfelt with it’s sympathetically modernized musical style and moving sound-bytes about his life..