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Spezial Soundsystem x LCR's 'The Weekend Warm-Up' - The Mixxtapes

14 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago -

Spezial Soundsystem's 'The Weekend Warm-Up'. Only on Leicester Community Radio FM, AM and online.

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Episodes

A Weather Storm in Martin Luther King's House means the Last Train to Tranquility on Phobos is Untitled

February 28, 2021 21:00 - 16 minutes - 11.6 MB

"Can you mix Classical Music into Acid House?" came the Challenge. Well who am I to shirk a challenge.  Tracklist Weather Storm - Craig Armstrong Free at Last Speech - Dr Martin Luther King In The Beginning - Chuck Roberts Last Train to Trancentral  (Pure Trance 5) - KLF Untitled (Instrumental) - Hardnoise Tranquility on Phobos - A Guy Called Gerald

The Weekend Warm-Up 'Decades of Dance' - 1995. Live!!!!!

February 28, 2021 21:00 - 44 minutes - 30.6 MB

This week on the decades of Dance we program the Time Machine to take us back to High Spirits, Progress, Hot to Trot, Back 2 Basics and……erm……the Ritzy?!??!?!!? Lads, dust off the Gold Satin Shirts and Velvet Slim Fitting Trousers. Wax up the Bleached Hair into points whilst Girls, don your best Lingerie and your best blags for the Guest List for Miss Moneypennies. We give you some of the best Floor Fillers from the year 1995. Where Progressive House moved away from the exclusivity of Ibiza...

Andrew Weatherall Tribute on Leicester Community Radio 19 February 2021

February 20, 2021 19:00 - 22 minutes - 15.4 MB

On the first anniversary of his passing, we celebrate the life's work of The Guv'nor, Lord Sabre himself, Mr Andrew Weatherall.  Tracklist Finitribe - 101 (Sonic Shuffle Edit) Galliano - Skunk Funk (Cabin Fever Dub) St Ettienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart (Andrew Weatherall Mix) My Bloody Valentine - Soon (Weatherall Mix) Moody Boyz - Destination Africa (Electric Forest Version) Meat Beat Manifesto  - Psyche Out (Sex Skank Stripdown) James - Come Home (The Andy Weatherall Mix) Finitri...

GU-RU SPEZIAL Mini Mix Feb 2021

February 09, 2021 10:00 - 26 minutes - 18.2 MB

Join us in celebrating the release of the absolutely barn-storming new 'Lee Spreadbury Acid Mix' of 'Teach Me', the latest release from our favourite Funksters, 'Gu-Ru', with a Mini-Mix with an Electronic Flavour from some Techno Gods. Tracklist Lionrock - Rude Boy Rock Chemical Brothers - Setting Sun GU-RU - Teach Me (Lee Spreadbury Acid Mix) Love Regenerator - CP1 (Edit) Kaiserdisco - Bipolar Disorder (Stream Mix) Dave Clarke - Wisdom to The Wise (Robert Hood Remix) Love Regenerator - Pe...

4 Sept 2020 - Piano House Classics - LIVE!!!!

September 10, 2020 15:00 - 29 minutes - 20.6 MB

Delve into the madness that is our Live Radio Show 'The Weekend Warm-Up' every Friday, 18:00 - 20:00 only on Leicester Community Radio FM, AM and Online.  For this weeks Podcast, we bring you a Live recording of the Mixtape as it appeared on the 4 September 2020. Piano House Classics was the order of the day. From the early Italian House crossover from Double D, to Rave Anthems from N-Joi and Xpansions and  Hardcore Stompers  from Terrorise and Manix.  Check us out, Live, every Friday and ...

14 August 2020 - DnB / Jungle Classics Vol 1

August 17, 2020 15:00 - 42 minutes - 29.3 MB

The Spezial Soundsystem celebrates all Dancefloor and Movement Cultures. We watched as Jungle, or Jungle Techno, quickly grew from a splinter movement, born from the breakdown of the Rave scene, into a fast growing sound still prevalent in todays Underground Scenes. Jungle eventually moved from it's ragga influenced sound to a more jazzier feel introducing people to a lighter Jungle scene as opposed to it's more energetic and darker initial sounds.  I often get asked for Jungle tracks when ...

7 August 2020 - Nemesis 90 Tribute

August 11, 2020 08:00 - 31 minutes - 22 MB

This weeks Mixtape is a tribute to the first ever rave I snuck into at the tender, impressionable age of 15. Nemesis 1990. Granby Halls. Anyone that was into swapping Rave Tapes at the time, the Fabio & Grooverider set was THE one. With a bit of Doc Scott at the start, the set is punctuated with the ridiculously brilliant DJ Reckless DMC Battle Set fusing together The Real Roxanne's 'Bang Zoom Let's Go-Go', Mantronix's 'Gotta Have Your Love', Piano Negro's self titled work and more.  Also i...

24 July 2020 - Progressive House Mixtape from 1994/95

July 29, 2020 08:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MB

This week we bring you the actual recording of our small, but perfectly formed, Radio Show which can be found every Friday, at Leicester Community Radio.  This Mixtape goes back to the year when I first brought a set of Direct Drive Turntables and Mixer at the princely sum of £250. Well over 2 weeks of my wages at the time. Progressive House was finding it's way into the mainstream and the rise of the Superclub and Superstar DJ was forming. Clubs such as Cream, Progress, Golden, Moneypennie...

17th July 2020 - Trance Classics Vol 1

July 20, 2020 18:00 - 22 minutes - 15.4 MB

Classic Trance is the order of the day for the Mixtape of the 17th July 2020 edition of the Spezial Soundsystem's, 'Weekend Warm-Up'. With Classic tracks from artists such as Paul Van Dyke, Darude, Three Drives and BBE, the 'Weekend Warm-Up' celebrates Ibiza memories from the late 90's.  You can catch the 'Weekend Warm-Up', every Friday between 18:00 and 20:00 BST / GMT, only on Leicester Community Radio, 107.5 FM, 1449 AM, Online and your Radio Player App or Device. 

The Mixtape - 17th July 2020

July 20, 2020 18:00 - 22 minutes - 15.4 MB

Classic Trance is the order of the day for the Mixtape of the 17th July 2020 edition of the Spezial Soundsystem's, 'Weekend Warm-Up'. With Classic tracks from artists such as Paul Van Dyke, Darude, Three Drives and BBE, the 'Weekend Warm-Up' celebrates Ibiza memories from the late 90's.  You can catch the 'Weekend Warm-Up', every Friday between 18:00 and 20:00 BST / GMT, only on Leicester Community Radio, 107.5 FM, 1449 AM, Online and your Radio Player App or Device. 

The Mixtape - 10 July 2020

July 15, 2020 20:00 - 30 minutes - 20.6 MB

A Small but perfectly formed move through the Dancefloors of the 90's and the 00's with this 30 minute mini-mix combining Progressive House, Sexy Hed-Kandi Disco and Rave Classics. Taken from the 10 July 2020 Edition of the 'Weekend Warm-Up', immerse yourself each and every Friday with the best start to your Weekend. Only on Leicester Community Radio 107.5 FM, 1449 AM, Online and your Radio Player App and Device

90's Special

July 07, 2020 09:00 - 30 minutes - 21.3 MB

A snippet of the very best tunes from the Dancefloor's of the 90's can be found here in this Special Mini-Mix from the 3rd July 2020 Episode of the Weekend Warm-Up.  What was your favourite 90's Anthem? What was the stand-out Club night for you in the 90's? From Passion to Pacha, relive your 90's memories with this very Spezial Podcast.

88 - 90 Classics.

June 27, 2020 14:00 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MB

Taken from the 26 July 2020 Episode, this mini-mix is the first part of a celebration of Records from the floors and fields of 1988 to 1990 when Acid House morphed into the Rave Scene and millions were lost forever in it's halcyon days.  From the 4am sounds of Fallout's 'The Morning After' to the Kenny 'Jammin' Jason's Hacienda Anthem 'Can You Dance', this Podcast will take you back to the UK Scene of the time.

A Very Spezial Podcast - An Introduction

June 23, 2020 20:00 - 55 minutes - 38 MB

Introducing the "Weekend Warm-Up" by the Spezial Soundsystem, broadcasting every Friday between 18:00 and 20:00 GMT/BST on Leicester Community Radio 107.5FM, 1449 AM, Online and via your Radio App.  Each week we bring you 2 hours of the best Classics and Anthems from the Dancefloors of the 80's, 90's, the 00's and a little bit of the present day.  We kick off with a selection of great tracks from usually between 1986 to 1991.  Next up is the 'Spezial Soundklash'. 4 Genre's going head to h...