A couple of months ago I recalled a mix by Plaid that was the first streaming mix I heard from the web. Then I discovered the Sly Stone's "If You Want Me To Stay". But the real amount of new discoveries was yet to come, when I reached the website that the Plaid's mix was recorded for - Gaia Live.
It was August of 1999, the internet connection was still dial-up, and the cheapest web-surfing was during the night. Very soon I took a whole night to spend on this website. I connected my stereo-system instead of the speakers and prepared a few cassettes to record some of the sets. The three tapes that I recorded that night became an endless source of inspiration in the following years. Although I never saw the track-lists of these mixes, to this day, many of the tunes I heard there remain my all-time favorites. In the following weeks I'll be recalling some of them.
The first set I recorded was by Masters at Work. I still had no idea, what their importance on the House scene was, but the first part of their mix wasn't about House at all - it was about Hip Hop. It was beginning with an array of short segments of rare original tunes, sampled in Hip Hop. And one of the bright memories to this day was a short piece from the beginning of this beautiful pop-sike song:
It was August of 1999, the internet connection was still dial-up, and the cheapest web-surfing was during the night. Very soon I took a whole night to spend on this website. I connected my stereo-system instead of the speakers and prepared a few cassettes to record some of the sets. The three tapes that I recorded that night became an endless source of inspiration in the following years. Although I never saw the track-lists of these mixes, to this day, many of the tunes I heard there remain my all-time favorites. In the following weeks I'll be recalling some of them.
The first set I recorded was by Masters at Work. I still had no idea, what their importance on the House scene was, but the first part of their mix wasn't about House at all - it was about Hip Hop. It was beginning with an array of short segments of rare original tunes, sampled in Hip Hop. And one of the bright memories to this day was a short piece from the beginning of this beautiful pop-sike song:
