|
Home was briefly a big deal. They poached Oakenfold from Cream to be their resident, had a sister club on the other side of the world in Sydney and the Homelands festival was one of the UK's biggest dance music festivals in 1999 and 2000. The club itself cost £8.5mil and was on Leicester Square in London. I was far far too young to ever set foot there but apparently it was as much like a shopping mall as it was a nightclub. Some serious money was spent, in short, although it quickly got shut down and the company was liquidated.
With that said, the UK scene in the 90s was a lot more parochial than it is now, and DJs were sometimes deemed important enough to be given Essential Mixes for nothing more than being residents at UK superclubs. Paul Bleasdale, Matt Hardwick and Scott Bond all spring to mind. I'd throw in Ralph Lawson but he's gone on to be a significant touring DJ in his own right.
Anyway, however strange it looks now, Mr Rowell certainly fulfilled his half of the deal. The mix is leaps above most Essential Mixes out there.
___________________
Mixes:
> Back To Deep [Deep Trippy House]
> Terra Nova [Modern Progressive Trance]
> Rough & Ready [Modern Trance]
>A Different Energy [Good Modern Trance]
> The Edale Mix [Panoramic Beats]
|
