2001 - a spaced odyssey NYE

DJ Noël - Classic House Archive

I may have already mentioned what a great flat Andie and I shared in Bethnal Green. With a large living space it was perfect for big parties, and we had a few. Best of the best were our New Year’s Eve extravaganzas.
‘2001: A Spaced Odyssey’ was the biggest headline event I can remember. Andie’s room was earth, floodlit in green, mine was Mars in red, the hallway was a docking station and the main room was space. Everyone dressed up: gay space cowboys, a whole crew of Star Trek ensigns, monsters, aliens, the lot. Clearing up the day after we filled a box with toy ray guns.
As with all the best parties, it was a joint effort. Ted designed the invite artwork, Paul, Andrew and Cuneyt dressed the venue after raiding the Paperchase post-xmas sale, I was lights and music.
When hosting at home I don’t enjoy DJing through the evening so used to pre-mix the music. This mix kicked in at midnight after Big Ben’s chimes. We start with a few commercial dance favourites from the time, before going into a wad of funky disco house anthems and old skool classics. Ii think I must have run out of time before the party because the last 20 minutes are from a Ministry Of Sound CD. Thanks also goes to Tim Stoller for lending me ‘Salsoul Nuggets’ - my fave track of that Christmas, only available as an instrumental white label at the time.
Originally mixed across 4x minidiscs, the mix appears here for the first time as one continuous session. This is the soundtrack from midnight to 5am, at which point we switched to Strangeways Days Vol 2. It’s a big file so may take some time to dload.
My fondest memory of the party was at about 8am on New Year’s Day. The sun was rising and a Spanish couple we’re dancing. I’d never met them before - friends of friends of friends - but they had just been reunited as he had been living in Spain. They twirled each other around and around gently, never losing eye contact. A beautiful moment amongst the spilt drinks, fag ends and scattered beer cans!
artwork dloads
CD covers from Andrew’s discs of this mix, including Ted’s artwork: disc 1 - disc 2 - disc 3
2001: A Spaced Odyssey > New Year’s Eve > mixed 26 - 30 Dec 2000
1 - Daft Punk - One More Time
2 - Lucy Pearl - Don't Mess With My Man - mood II swing mix
3 - Bootleg - modjo / brandy - ladyboy is mine
4 - Spiller - groovejet (if this ain't love)
5 - Cleptomaniacs - all i do (Stevie Wonder)
6 - Soul Vision vs EBTG - Tracey In My Room
7 - Braxe & Falke - Intro (runnin)
8 - ATFC - Bad Habit
9 - Barbara Tucker - Stop playing with my mind
10 - Whitney Houston - I'm your baby tonight - dronez club mix
11 - Afro Medusa - Pasilda - Knee Deep club mix
12 - King Unique - Look ahead
13 - Daddy's Favourite - I feel good things for you
14 - Junior Jack - My Feelings
15 - M&S - Salsoul Nugget (If you wanna)
16 - Bob Sinclare / Sister Sledge - feel for you / lost in music booty
17 - Gamba Freaks - let's get down
18 - Cherie Amour - I don't want nobody telling me
19 - Bini & Martini - happiness
20 - Moloko - Time is now
21 - Sonique - feels so good - can 7 remix
22 - Joe Roberts - Happiness
23 - Bootleg - talking heads - once in a lifetime - remix
24 - Bootleg - bucketheads - the bomb booty
25 - K Klass - Show You Love - 99 remix
26 - Moby - Body Rock - olav bosaski remix
27 - H2O - Satisfied
28 -Bootleg noel - ce ce peniston funked up - finally - noel funk mix
29 - Gamma Funk - shake my ass
30 - Basstoy - runnin' - original
31 - Boney M - ma baker remix
32 - white label - party children
33 - Junior Jack - My feelings - remix
34 - Urban Species - alright
35 - Xpansions - move ur body
36 - Adeva - respect
37 - Inner City - big fun
38 - Moloko - sing it back
39 - Astro Traxx - the energy
40 - Brand New Heavies - sat night
41 - Diana Ross - upside down
42 - Daft Punk/Sub Sub - around the world booty
43 - Pete Heller - big love
44 - Basement Jaxx - playing with miracles
45 - Capriccio - hey everybody
46 - Darryl Pandy - sunshine & hap
47 - Soulsearcher - i can't get enough
48 - Jocelyn Brown - It's All Good
49 - MAW - To Be In Love
50 - Mocha - higher
51 - Byron Stingly - that's the way love is
52 - Gat Décor - Passion
53 - InDeep / Michael Jackson - Last Night / Bille Jean
54 - Club Fiesta - La Fiesta
55 - Full Intention - Timba
56 - Sade - By Your Side
57 - Kathy Brown - Dreaming
58 - King Unique - Look Ahead
59 - Ministers De La Funk - Believe
60 - Phunkie Souls - Tha Music
61 - M&S - Salsoul Nugget
62 -Cassius - La Mouche
63 - MOS Sessions - mixed by Jose Nuez
275.9 MB AAC File 192kbps