Episode 164: Si Sutton - Deep-Si / Breathe-eeeSi

Hey Everybody,2000 to 2010 was a great decade. I hit that milestone of 40yrs half way through & for me, the deep house / underground house scene was at its zenith during that period. I spent the 80’s in disco’s called things like, The Roxy. I spent the 90’s mostly in fields or disused aircraft hangers, but the 00’s, with de-restriction on opening & licensing hours, was what bought underground clubbing to the masses. When I wasn’t playing out, I was on a lot of guest lists so my core group & I did a lot of clubbing. We also did our best to consume as many pharmaceuticals as possible & sleep was something of an illusion for most weekends. Our gang had a mostly similar musical taste, though all preferred their house a little more generic than I would’ve chosen. So we’d maybe start off smart & sweet smelling at Pacha, then head down to Turnmills to get our sweat on to a little tougher. 6am saw us kicked out, but you could just rejoin the queue & go back in for Trade, a gay night that toughened things up a little more & ran through till lunchtime. A quick cab home to shower & change, then it was off to Vauxhall for Fire. Another gay gig that negated our change of clothes as everyone in the place was stripped to their waists & throbbing along to the soundtrack.So it came that eventually we would make it back to my mates place to settle in for the comedown. Of course, by this time I was desperate to hear “my music”, either to shuffle-dance along with myself, or to sink into the luxurious carpet & contemplate the complexities of existential dichotomies whilst transported to far away places by soulful beats over a booming bassline. Naturally, or rather chemically, I was in no condition to dj for myself, so I put together a couple of premixed CD’s of the deep & soulful kind. Those two CD’s hit 18yrs & 20yrs this summer, so by way of a celebration, this mix is an amalgamation of them both & a loving tribute to the amazing hours I spent on carpets in Putney & the people that shared them with me, all coming together for a track-list that went like this.....  Mr V ft Ms Patty – Deep House Music (Deep Dub)Accap – Lil Louis – I called YouLas-civ-i-ous – Nice to See YouDelano Smith ft Diamond Dancer – A Message for the DJ (Jimpster)DJ Deep & Jovonn – Back in the DarkMusical Solution – Dance With MeArnold Jarvis – Take Good Care of Me (Sole Channel Dub)Arnold Jarvis – Take Good Care of Me (Sole Channel Vox)Marlon D ft Daneel – Taste (UC Thump)Roy Davis Jnr ft Pevent Everett - Don't You Dare Stop Loving (Glenn Underground's Narrative Soul)Koffee Brown – After Party (Jay J & Dave Harness edit)M J Cole – Sincere (Miguel Migs Petalpusher Vox)Shadow People – Deep Inside (Deep Flute)Billie – It Comes Back Around (Blanke St Dub)Marlon D – The Underground Anthem (Main)Marvin Gaye – Music (Kerri Chandler)DJ Romain ft Darryl D’Bonneau – Its The Spirit (83 West)Greg Guathier ft Sabrynaah Pope - Someone for You (Lonely Night Dub)Francesco Diaz – Say A Little Prayer (Terry’s Dub)Quentin Harris ft Robert Owens – Always (Reel Soul)Portishead – Roads (Sultan & Tonedepth)Kerri Chandler ft Monique Bingham – In The Morning