00:00:00 – Shades of Rhythm 00:21:39 – NJoi Live @ Technodrome, Ayrshire, Scotland 5th Oct 1991. Some great live footage of the event, stunning strobes & laser FX, fairground, hi-,tech sound syatem...but most of all the electril atmoaphere from this stunning mental crowd.I tried to capture a shot of Saffron but managed to get sinister half-srobe silhouetes or light glare so a grabbed a shot of the crowd... Fantastic performance again, and the full version of "NJoi Encore" @ 00:41:01

The Tidy Boys along with L.Lashes, Anne Savage, were my favourite DJs in the early 2000's as well as Kevin Energy, Simon Posford, Sasha, Merv Peppler & Sharkey for their individual styles in their fields. DJ Hype; Grooverider, and Adam Freeland for breakz. Trance was still kicking but had peaked & was ready to go back underground where big things were happening in psytrance and progressive. Hard House was about to evolve into a 3rd wave NRG, aside from developing deep filtered techno undertones, killer acid lines, pulsing quaking thunderous bassline, tuned kickdrums (That evolution would be "hard dance", which had 2 golden years then imploded...through being torn too many directions and collabs that didnt work or made Frankenstein Tunes (monstr-house-shitty lol). THE REAL GOLDEN AGE OF post millennium hard House was the early-mid, the 2K00's. It was hard as nails, varied, had plenty of look-back-to-look foward tunes, ingenius stylish anthems, cleverly used samples, a hard house grittier but melodic take on big trance; seeing a return to form from JX with "Restless", & the Tidy Boys remix of Lisa Lashes's atomic banger "What Can You Do For Me " is probably the best remix of all! 1995-2004 was the golden age, it didn't try to be anything else, didn't need to & was great. 2003 was the peak, and this awesome double mix compilation is a fine example of the mini era of Hard House greatness pre-Hard Dance....One of my favourite and prize posessions: CD1: 1-01 Unknown Artist– Introduction 1-02 The Freak– The Bells 1-03 Steve Hill– My Lovin' (Guyver Mix) 1-04 Rob Tissera– Burning (Guyver Mix) 1-05 Unknown Artist– 1998 (K Series) 1-06 Stimulator– Play 1-07 Kinetica– Let Go (Steve Blake & Phil Reynolds Remix) 1-08 Tony De Vit– Give Me A Reason (Guyver Mix) 1-09 Ben Kaye vs Deeprose & Thompson– I'm Your DJ 1-10 JX– Restless (Guyver Mix) 1-11 Breather– Come On 1-12 Lee Pasch– Emotion (Tidy Boys Slightly Live Mix) 1-13 Baby Doc & S-J– I Need You (Glazby & Maddox Mix) 1-14 Mr. Bishi– Throw Your Hands (In The Air) (Lee Haslam Mix) 1-15 Lab 4– Candyman (Guyver Mix) DISC2 TRACKLIST: 2-01 Paul Maddox– Chatline 2-02 Colin Barratt– You Know 2-03 Incisions– I'm The One (Kronos Remix) 2-04 Mr. Bishi– I Need (Your Loving) (Lee Pasch Mix) 2-05 Sharkboy– Soft Opinion 2-06 Jon Rundell & Matt Williams– Can You Trust Yourself 2-07 D&G– Get On Da Floor (San Francisco Acid Mix) 2-08 Nick Rafferty & PBS (Phatt Bloke & Slim)– Groovin' (Jez & Charlie Remix) 2-09 Stimulant DJs– Fu*k Da Beatz (Lee Haslam Remix) 2-10 Ali Wilson & Matt Smallwood– Just Listen 2-11 Base Graffiti– Base EP (Part 2) 2-12 Lisa Lashes– What Can You Do For Me? (Tidy Boys Remix) 2-13 Ali Wilson & Matt Smallwood– Devastation 2-14 Ian M– Crazy Pills 2-15 Bulletproof (2)– Zero Tolerance