Outer Rhythm was a highly respected label with links to Warp.  In fact the first six Warp records all carry the inscription,'in association with Outer Rhythm'.

This is Dave Beer's favourite ever Basics record.  I didn't just include it on the first mix because of that but it certainly reminds me of him every time I hear it.  It also has a Leftfield connection as they licensed it to Hard Hands.

I'm not quite sure what I can say about Andrew Weatherall that hasn't already been said a million times before. I listened to his remix of Primal Scream's - 'Don't Fight it Feel It' and his mix of My Bloody Valentine - 'Glider' to include on mixes for the blog.

Samples have always been an issue in house music but for some reason sampling by Italian producers in the late 80s / early 90s was more extreme than elsewhere.  When TC 1991 came out I thought it was just a total rip off of Mr Fingers.

I still love this record and play it regularly at the end of a night, most recently on my birthday at We Love Space in September 2011.   If you don't feel it I think you're probably dead.

Inner City are an artist who need no introduction.  

Fluke were instant Balearic heroes with their first release 'Thumper' which is a slowed down chugger that worked perfectly as a last record.

The intro has the best use of strings in a house record apart from 'Strings Of Life'. The snares snap the beat in like a military band sounding an attack and the kick drums demand you to dance.

Stefano Secchi and Max Baffa were behind this record.  Secchi had already had a huge Italo Piano screamer called 'I Say Yeah' but 'Piano On' is a different kettle of fish and not nearly uplifting enough to have been a piano house hit.

We’d never finish on a house record at Basics. We liked to send people home happy with an uplifting Balearic moment.