Archive for the 'Influences' Category

Bill Shakes 10 – Memend

Style wise this mix reminded me of my days as The End’s record label manager (+ many lost nights in the club) hence the title and the robotic monkey image I found on Google somehow seems to suit.  I’ve tended to lean towards the ‘Tech’ (nasty name) side of house music which stood me in [...]

Bill Shakes 6 – Lemon Hare

As we step over the dying embers of summer and into cooler climes I thought I’d piece together some new Bill Shakes musical offerings that have had my considerably large hair standing upright. It’s a funky/re-edit type affair with not much mixing but hopefully a sympathetic flow that y’all enjoy. By the way the Intro/Outro [...]

Bill Shakes 5 – Odd Bod

Odd Bod is the latest Bill Shakes mix glued together for your aural pleasure and comprising of songs & sounds I’ve been listening to over the last month. A few genres are included here, some oldies & newbies (nothing too hectic though) blended by overlaps rather than beat matching as I’m still awaiting my 1210′s [...]

Bill Shakes 4 – Wrench

This latest foray into the Bill Shakes musical realm may well be a ‘Marmite’ experience as I suspect it will either make you puke or cry (I’m obviously hoping for the latter…). It’s a headphone-less fading mix which I did in a rather highly charged state (sober) so is comprised of a collection of emotive [...]

oldravers 1 – ‘whatuon-whereufrom’

Very soon my darling vinyl will finally be winging its way from the UK  after a 5 year sabbatical  and while delving into the crates in an attempted cull, I thought it was high time to kick start the oldravers Facebook group again with a little mix of some golden oldies.  The mix title stems [...]