I know, I know, i should be jumped on sight! grabbed by the collar of my shirt and asked through the teeth: "where have you been you sleaze? It's been well over a month since your first post...if not even two! where's your commitment to this thing?!?! "
Well, a lot of things have happened lately, from a last minute jack rabbit race to finish my Uni dissertation and assignments just on the last moment to now juggling with 3 jobs, and getting paid only from one!
"Crazy times my fellow music junkies, ask for unconventional tactics" I would answer, maybe with a slightly shaky smile. Well, enough about me, let me give you a few words about this amazing, out-worldly and very forward thinking mix made "only" about 10 years ago!!! A two hour cut of the finest progressive mixing from 2 of the most credible and lasting figures in dance music "the Tyrant boys": Craig Richards and Lee Burridge
http://soundcloud.com/triplefiltered/craig-richards-lee-burridge-bbc-essential-mix_2000-11-12
These guys have practically written the history of the (one and only) London club Fabric with their own hands, conquering millions of hearts in the process I'm sure. Well, i guess I'm just one of the many, but nevertheless one that is now re-discovering their magic and wants to share it with the world. I think just to start talking about each is a one page exercise at minimum. So I'll leave it to the experts. All I'm saying is that these two guys were playing something TOTALLY different and new even by the over-stylized and pigeon-holed standards of today's music critics.
The mix was recorded in 2000, on the honorable decks of the BBC, presented by Pete Tong as part of his weekly Essential mix. The tracklist I haven't managed to outsource, but clearly there is something good in there for anyone looking for real substance: dub, house, techno, prog, breaks and everything in between.
One of the things I missed telling you from the beginning of this post is that during my complete and absolute disappearance from the face of Soundcloud, I have been struck and blessed by nothing short of an Act of God> I have uncovered ALL the BBC essential mixes recorded from the 1995 to our present days. That's 15 years of music, from house to techno, from breaks to DnB from trance to hard trance. E V E R Y T H I N G!
Not wanting to play on anyone's addiction, but seems like some very interesting times ahead >:)
For some good inspired writing on Craig Richards, Lee Burridge and their Tyrant check out:
http://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=5477
http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?794
http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?575
http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?1231
