In the beginning there was House...

"a music wholly or predominantly characterised by a succession of repetitive beats."

In 1989 UK society went through a change. A cultural shift away from the arrogance and selfishness imposed by the Thatcherite government to a more caring and sharing way of life. At it's core was a new form of music; a music that the law writers later described as "wholly or predominantly characterised by a succession of repetitive beats." A sound, not produced through traditional musical instruments but created by individuals in bedroom studios using electronic equipment. Not employing live singers but rather sampling human vocals or interesting sounds, looping and manipulating them so they behaved like instruments. A music solely designed to make it's listeners dance and dance long and hard into the morning.

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This music took many aliases and variations, "Acid", "Rave", "Garage", "Hardcore", but mainly it was termed "House". A tribute to the way it made you feel part of a wider family. Where people wanted to know your name, where you were from... and how many you'd had. This music and the culture it created became a way of life for many. A way to escape the mundane, something to look forward to at the weekend and release the pressure of daily life.

SelectDJ is dedicated to House, or "Old Skool House" as it is now termed. There is no shame in admitting this is nostolga web site. Most visitors will look back on their teens and early twenties to probably some of the best moments of their life. We hope to revive those memories. To put you back next to the pounding speakers, on that dark, sweaty, Vicks smelling dance floor in your local house emporium.

From the menus of this site you will find a mecca to Old Skool including:

Old Skool Tune Archive...
750 full length 12" mixes of the biggest dance music tunes from between 1988 and 1995.

Old Skool DJ Sets...
Lots of original DJ sets for MP3 download, recorded live at club nights and raves across the country.

Old Skool Video...
Video footage from early clubs and events including Dreamscape, Shelly's and Fantazia. Plus professional documentaries on rave culture from British.

Old Skool Radio...
Links to the best Old Skool and Club Classic radio stations on the net.

Raver E-Cards...
Send an e-card to your old raving partner to reminise with you on the "good old days".

Enjoy.

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Old Skool DJ Sets Available for Download:

Sasha Old Skool Collection
Paul Oakenfold's Goa Mix
Sasha Renaissnace Collection
Carl Cox Old Skool Collection
Hacienda Old Skool Collection

Sasha behind the wheels of steel at legendary nights, Hypnosis, Shellys, The Eclipse and Renaissance (4 mixes)

The definitive Old Skool collection from the pioneer himself. Sasha dishes out four sets of house classics from behind the decks of the premier club nights of the era, Hypnosis, Shelly's, The Eclipse and Renaissance. This collection provides a time line of Sasha's early years (1989 - 1992) and his advance from small time DJ to House legend.

Oakenfold's classic 1994 offering was the first time trance hit the clubing mainstream (2 mixes)

The father of Trance, Paul Oakenfold pays homage to the birth place of his favoured sound. The most requested Essential Mix ever, has been taken from the achieves and given the SelectDJ treatment. This beautifully crafted set sounds as much like a movie soundtrack as it does a DJ mix. Inspiring stuff.

The 'Man Like Sasha' has adopted a new progressive sound that the Renaissance punters adore (4 mixes)

Following on from the Sasha Old Skool collection, these four sets see a maturing Sasha playing at his Renaissance residencies in Mansfield and Nottingham. Many fans view this time as the peak of his career (1992 and 1993). These sets serve as a prequile to the ground breaking "Renaissance Mix Collection" released in 1995 with fellow Progressive House master John Digweed.

The leader of the Hardcore Crew shows his versatility from funky house to breakbeat hardcore (4 mixes)

The Big Black Cox has always been a Clubber's favourite. A real showman with the ability to whip any dance floor into a frenzy. Its true now and it was certainly true back then (1989 - 1995). With two house sets and two hardcore sets, this collection showcases the versatility of the Three Deck Wizard.

These sets from Graeme Park, Sasha, Tom Wainwright and Nipper show why the Hacienda played such a pivitol role in clubbing history (4 mixes)

The site of Manchester's Hacienda has become a place of pilgrimage for clubbers. These four sets portray why that's the case. The Hacienda resident DJs, Sasha, Graeme Park, Tom Wainwright and Nipper, play a sound which defined a city and started a clubbing revolution. The Hacienda must be rebuilt!