Justin decided – for magical purposes – to limit these playlists to the number 23. I know you’ll all agree that we could do with some magic right now.
Words & musical selections by Justin Robertson.
Spice
This is my top 23 today, tomorrow it would be different. Greg’s would be different too.
Five Man Army – Five Man Army
Talk, Talk – Life’s What You Make It
It’s Immaterial – Space (version)
Mad Jacks – Feel The Hit
Massimo Barsotti – Whole Lotta Love
Taboo – Hypnotique
Bang a Gong – Ring Of Fire
G- Force – Spicey
Tantra – Hills of Katmandu
Stonebridge – Jazzy John’s Freestyle Dub
Ame Lorraine – Whole Wide World
Ryuchi Sakamoto – Shogunade
Tom Tom Club – Don’t Say No
X-tended – Split
Jiraffe – Out Of The Box
Jah Wobble – Bomba
La Union – Maracaibo (remix)
Vanilla Sound Corp – I’m Starving
Sidecut DB – Vital Rise
Fluke – Joni
Cheick Madani – Laya Habibi
Paul McCartney- Ou Est Le Soleil
Mc Sway and DJ King Tech – Follow 4 Now (Instrumental)
Most Excellent
This is tough as the club went through a number of quite dramatic musical changes, but I’ll try and get a taste of the different eras.
Los Chungitos – Corazon de Rubi
Severed Heads – Greater Reward
SLD – Getting Out (Most Excellent mix)
Masters At Work – Just A Lil Dope
One Dove – Fallen (Nancy and Lee mix)
Voltage Control – Apocalypse
Dust Brothers – Song to The Siren
Dub Federation – Keep On Giving
Fleetwood mac- Big Love ( Arthur Baker mix)
Fini Tribe – Forever Green
Major Maestro – Pump and Whine
La Banderita – Mediterranea
Bee Buzz- Baba Mhmmm
Erasure – Snappy (The Spice Has Risen)
Captain Sensible – Glad It’s All Over
Photon Inc – Generate Power
Digital Boy – OK Alright
Original Rockers – Push Push
Meeting Place – House From Around The World
Clive Griffin – I’ll Be Waiting (Red Zone mix)
Renegade Soundwave – Thunder
Free Force – M.I.R.C.O.
High Lonesome Sound System – We’re Go
At the request of my friends, and fellow fanatics, over at The Flightpath Estate, I’ve sequenced Justin’s Spice playlist as a less than seamless segue. Unfortunately, I didn’t have enough of the tunes mentioned to do the Most Excellent one justice.
There’s a limited download here.
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