I did an all vinyl mix, just because the records were staring off the shelf, guilt tripping me at never playing them. This is basically my dream free party on the hills early hours set circa 1995 https://www.mixcloud.com/joemuggs/now-thats-what-i-used-to-call-deep-house/

tracklist thus

Oh yes I slowed the records all down because I am old and indoctrinated by @slugrave

One thing that leapt out doing this mix was how advanced, and how FANCY, Deep Dish sounded back in 95. That year they were pretty much untouchable.

Here's a download of the mix if anyone wants it BTW https://www.dropbox.com/s/a3ny5gdxfrxybjk/Joe%27s%20House.mp3?dl=1

Excuse any "enthusiastic amateur" moments, but I do like how the mix captured a particular thing: that very UK hinterland which DiY encapsulated - in between US dubs (Murk / Deep Dish in this case), prog house, hippie stuff and proto UKG (Nice'n'Ripe / 4Liberty).

It's an area of this island's history I've been meaning to write about for ages - the closeness of people like DiY, Phil Asher, Charles Webster etc to the birth of UK garage and broken beat, how house was a part of illegal rave culture at least as much as trance etc.

DiY used to play in Oxford near where I grew up, but for me most of all it was Positive Sounds, Tonka & Slack parties around Brighton where I'd hear this kind of house. There's some good stuff in this Marquis Hawkes interview I did about this stuff too https://theartsdesk.com/new-music/theartsdesk-qa-musiciandj-mark-hawkins-aka-marquis-hawkes

THAT'S THE STUFF. Exactly this - proper NYC / NJ shuffle, but also zoned out and trippy as hell. There's another version of this under a different name on another DIY EP I think... https://twitter.com/FinnMcCorry/status/1333342354024124417?s=20

Yeah this is part of what's had me reminiscing on this theme recently. The tributes to Whoosh on here were really heartbreaking/heartwarming - true underground hero. https://twitter.com/rcscribbler/status/1333349668739231744?s=20

In my mind this is taking place on Ditchling Beacon, the highest point on the South Downs, looking out at the mist rising off the flat Sussex lands across to London... the mist would literally whoosh up past you then suddenly the sky would be clear. https://twitter.com/mark_webster/status/1333722220535930880?s=20