The 'Notice the House mix' is the cut on my mix.  It's one of the greatest house music dub mixes ever.  If you look closely at the label you find out why - it's an early Clivilles & Cole production.

Chris Coco was better known by us during the early years of Basics as the editor of DJ magazine.  We would meet him in Miami for Winter Music Conference with his partner Helene Stokes and at the beginning they really supported the club.

Warriors Dance was a London based label with it's own style.  It was very different from the great northern labels Warp and Network .

There's no way I can claim 'Flow' to be a record I broke at Basics as my best mate will come on here and slaughter me. Huggy was the best record store salesman I ever saw.

The Bhundu Boys - 'Bye Bye Stembi' says one thing to me - Slam.  Stuart Macmillan was one of the first guests at back to basics and he left an indelible impression on the club.

'Time To Feel The Rhythm' is another record that I can't claim to have broken at Basics.  It was a truly huge track at The Hacienda club in Manchester.  I am the first to admit we were inspired by visits to The Hacienda. Of course we were, who wasn't ?

The first memory that comes into my head listening to 'Indulge' is an image of Domenic Cappello DJing with me at the Sub Club in Glasgow for the very first time in late 1992.

'Get Into The Music' reminds me of my brother George.  He was living over in Manchester when Basics started and we would meet up in Leeds or across the other side.

Another Big Shot record and another Hacienda classic that we carried on at Basics.  I won't repeat my story about The Hacienda but I will add an embellishment.  

The Party - In My Dreams (instrumental) is the kind of record every DJ loves to find.   Finding an amazing instrumental or dub of a truly awful record with a horrendous cover is gold dust as it means most DJs have overlooked it.

One production team whose work still shines and whose music was heavily played at the time are Terry Farley and Pete Heller.  Best known as Fire Island the duo were inspired by trips, as we were, to see Junior Vasquez play at The Sound Factory in New York.

MK appears twice on this mix and will appear again on future mixes.  The MK story is interesting and best told through an excellent interview on Juno.

Another all time great producer Todd Terry was behind the Gypsymen - 'Hear the Music'.   He has over 1100 tracks listed on Beatport and been responsible for so many Basics hits I've lost count.

The man behind this record was Ian Loveday who unfortunately died in 2009.  I didn't know he had passed away when I made the mix so it made me pleased I included it when I found out.  In his career he worked with Baby Ford and under the alias of Minimal Man.

Funkatarium is not a highly sought after classic record.  In fact you can currently pick up an original copy for 99 pence on Discogs.  But that doesn't mean it's not good.

Another record that won't break the bank to pick up and also another entry in the 'great dub - awful cover' club.  The FX noises on 'DILML' used to cut through a system and sound amazing.  I suppose it's a record that could be filed under 'progressive house' but I never associated it as such.