Retrospective – The Early Progressive Years
It has been a long time since I have posted anything relating to the early progressive house tracks that emerged in 1991 and continued onwards, championed by some bloke up North called Sasha, and quite a few people in the South in that big over sprawling mess called London. A decent chap called Colin Gee has put together a three retrospective mixes of the big and not so big prog hitters that were being played in these early days, when producers who wore motorcycle boots and grew their hair long, made drum beats by stretching the skin of roadkill over a used baked bean tin, while blowing an abandoned trumpet, standing one footed top of a hill, recording it all in their portable DAT recorder, the results where a lot better than you’ll have imagined.
Prog Part 1:
Pressure Drop ft Joanna Law – You’re Mine (Leftfield Mix)
Leftfield – Release The Pressure
Oliva Project – Heaven
Paradise X – Too Much
Baby June – Hey What’s Your Name (D:Ream Mix)
Definative Two – Stronger Now (Acorn Arts Mix)
Lemon Interupt – Eclipse
Herbal Infusion – The Hunter
React 2 Rhythm – Intoxication (Leftfield Mix)
Orbital – Chime
Soundclash Republic -Follow Up
Stereo MC’s – Step It Up (Leftfield Mix)
Supereal – Body Medusa (Leftfield Mix)
Inner City – Hallelujah (Leftfield On High Vocal)
http://www.mediafire.com/?8edrml8tnye4ysz
Prog Part 2:
If – Open Up Your Head (Leftfield mix)
Coco, Steel & Lovebomb – Feel It
Sasha – Heavenly Trance
Yothu Yindi – Treaty
Slam – Eterna
Duran Duran – Drowning Man (D:Ream Ambient Mix)
Remake – Bladerunner
Thompson Twins – Play With Me (Dub Wash Mix)
DOP – Groovy Beat (Acorn Arts Mix)
Future Sound Of London – Papua New Guinea
U2 – Salome (Boys Own Mix)
Sunscreem – Perfect Motion (Boys Own Mix)
Orbital – Belfast
http://www.mediafire.com/?a9xa0cf7craz7y0
Prog Part 3:
We Kill Love – Ten Men Dead
Nush – Nush
Acorn Arts – Silence
Bassheads – Who Can Make You Feel Good (Void Manchester Mix)
Gat Décor – Passion
General Bass – Back Again
Last Rhythm – Last Rhythm
Jam & Spoon – Stella
Moby – Go
Tranquiliser – Tranquiliser
Jam & Spoon – Odyssey To Anyoonya
Sabres – Smokebelch David Homes Mix)
Spooky – Little Bullet (High Velocity Mix)
http://www.mediafire.com/?3jch1ydf2uddpoc
i was totally in this new field those year and later…. really great selection… i didn’t like the sound or progressive – and the use of the name proggressive for ever, after the end of 00′s
great post as usual… the pic is so funny !!!
Brilliant selection of classic tracks – cheers to Mr. Colin Gee. And thanks for the amusing and probably dead on description of the production process!
Really digging the first mix. Great selection of tracks! Thanks so much for uploading these!
Thank you for this, pure quality, when house reached it’s peak? Brilliant.
Odyssey To Anyoona – what a tune
Thanks for the feedback, its very appreciated. If anyone was interested, there is a part 4 and 5 of these mixes. It was always meant to be 5 after I couldn’t narrow my favourites down any lower than about 80 tracks, but I just took ages getting round to the other 2. They are available on a mixes website for listen or download, I’ve struggled with Mediafire over the last year. Help yourself, hope you enjoy:
Old School Progressive Vol 4
A Man Called Adam – CPI (Andy Weatherall Mix)
Fluke – Philly
Lemon Interupt – Big Mouth
The Grid – Crystal Clear
DEA – White Label
Eagles Prey – Tonto’s Drum
DOP – Dance Spirit
Stonedrive – Enjoy Your Life
Outrage – Drives Me Crazy
Outrage – That Piano Track
Djum Djum – Difference
TAO – Love Potion
Photon Inc – Generate Power
http://www.mixcrate.com/coling/old-school-progressive-vol-4-137277
Old School Progressive Vol 5
Fluke – Electric Guitar (Hot Tube)
The Grid – Boom (707 Mix)
Jaco – Show Some Love (Original Dub)
Drum Club – Soundsystem (Feedback Mix)
Atlas – Compass Error (North Mix)
Disco Evangelists – De Niro (Full Circle Mix)
Nootropic – I See Only You
Datura – Yerbel Del Diablo
Sensible – Before The Fuzz Comes (Dekkard Mix)
Mercurial – Euphoria
Sil – Windows
MBG – Trance Wave One (Oriental Psycho Mix)
Solitaire Gee – Slumberland
Andronicus – Make You Whole
MB – You Don’t Get Stop
Band In A Box – Get Dynamite
Leftfield – Song Of Life
EMF – They’re Here (D:Ream Mix)
Lionrock – Lionrock (Most Excellent Mix)
Rejuvination – Requiem
Emojanol – Silence Of Water
System 7 – Sunburst (Flutter Mix)
Ultraviolet – Kites
Prefab Sprout – If You Don’t Love Me (Future Sound Of London Mix)
Sub Sub – Inside Of This
Orbital – Belfast / Wasted
http://www.mixcrate.com/coling/old-school-progressive-vol-5-277471