Secrets invitation

Ah - the days when you received a wad of these in the post from local nightclubs shortly before a landmark birthday. They got your details off the electoral roll apparently. Actually took up Secrets on their offer one year and went with mates and work colleagues around my 21st birthday.

As I recall they presented us with a bottle of bubbly when we arrived. Unfortunately our group was pretty much the only people there for much of the night. Back in the days before Thursday was 'the new Friday' I guess. 

Playlist: Everybody needs a...

Here's a jaunty mood-enhancing playlist for you, featuring some alternate versions of a few dance classics. Enjoy...

Everybody Needs a 303

Fatboy Slim

Alive

Daft Punk

Save the Day

College

Running Three

Franka Potente

The Garden of Eden [The Bush Mix]

The Garden Of Eden

Papua New Guinea [12" Original Mix]

The Future Sound Of London

La Passionara

The Blow Monkeys

Go

Moby

Chime [Live Style Radio Mix]

Orbital

Voodoo Ray [Original Mix]

Tall Paul

I'm Ready [Remix]

Size 9

Pacific [303]

808 State

Float My Boat [Bougenvilla Remix]

Lazy Jay

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Twitchy excitement

Love this descriptive style used by the late DJ James Hamilton in his reviews of new dance releases in Record Mirror circa late 1980s. 

Particularly like how he tried to convey the sound of the first acid house records emerging at that time...

"strange synth squiggled"

"naggingly wheezing"

"smoothly locomoting"

"chirruped hi-hat"