amc music: New Seeds July-25 9th birthday celebration available to replay/stream

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July-25 New Seeds our 9th birthday special celebrating the sounds from Grand Central and Fat City Records.

My initial idea was to showcase the best of Rae & Christian but it soon drifted into other seminal cuts from that 1995-05 era, so whilst this is naturally Rae & Christian heavy, there are tracks from some of key artists from or associated with the labels including some of the incredible remixes that kept the label in the black for a while before the economics and relationships became too much.

Along with Mo'Wax and Aficionado Records, GC were a "go-to": I'd want to hear the latest via the jiffy bags full of cassettes, MDs and CDRs from my pal Picko-D. The UK take on established US sounds, helped elevate what was headz music residing in cliques and bedrooms to dancefloors and for a very short period of time, the mainstream.

Moreover, it's just great music!

Big up MCR, big up the North and big-up everyone who bought and played the music, then and now 🙏

https://soundcloud.com/blooplondon%2Fnew-seeds-w-amc-280725


https://www.mixcloud.com/blooplondon/new-seeds-w-amc-280725-20250728-185934/

As ever, please do me a favour and spend some pennies and cent on the music. Yes, the label doesn't exist anymore but it helps keep the scene bubbling along and lines the pockets of you and I rather than those streaming platform overlords.

Emiliana Torrini – Baby Blue (Rae & Christian Remix)
Rae & Christian feat. Lisa Shaw – Should Have Known
Lamb – All In Your Hands (Rae & Christian Remix)
Tony D – Springfield Ave Reprieve
Rae & Christian feat. Jeru The Damaja – Flip The Mic
Brooke Russell feat. Mr. Gentleman – So Sweet (Rae & Christian Remix)
The Pharcyde – Runnin’ (Rae & Christian Remix)
Fingathing – Head To Head
Rae & Christian – Catch A Rude Awakening
Funky Fresh Few feat. Jimmy Gr&, Craig G & Dirt Diggla – However You Want It
Ge-ology feat. Mos Def – Superstar
Natalie Imbruglia – Smoke (Rae & Christian Remix)
Kate Rogers – Fine
Rae & Christian feat. Veba – Spellbound (Old English Mix)
J-Walk – Following The Noughties
Texas – Say What You Want (Rae & Christian Remix)
Rae & Christian feat. The Pharcyde – Ain’t Nothing Like (Nextmen Remix)
Aim feat. YZ – Ain’t Got Time To Waste
Rae & Christian feat. Kate Rogers – Not Just Anybody (Atjazz Remix)
Aim – Underground Crown Holders
Mark Rae feat. Veba – Lavish (Deadbeats Remix)
Aim – Cold Water Music (Deadbeats Remix)
Aim – A Tree, A Rock & A Cloud
Aim feat. Kate Rogers – Sail (Rae & Christian Remix)

Interviews and exerts from the following sources:

MTV’s Rae & Christian Interview, 3 exerts, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rd7tlQmyRPk
Tony D Interview 1991 Slammin’ Video Magazine, at 00:29: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqwTuwMl_as
Dressing Room Diaries: Fingathing, at 00:15, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ccpvq5EYa4
Aim’s Hinterland – The Story Behind the Music (2002), 3 exerts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1wdAMNiA_c
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Wasn't aware of it but am now :D

I'm afraid all our local record shops disappeared a loooooooong time ago :(

But I shall celebrate by treating the kids to a marathon cd session. I think we'll start off with some Saturday Night Fever...
 
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Really? Well there are still plenty of amazing gold mines out there. A few of my fav's include:

JIMS - Reading: http://justimaginationmemorabilia.blogspot.co.uk/
Alan's records - East Finchley: http://www.alansrecords.com/page2.html
Wanted Music - Beckenham: http://www.vinylhunt.com/stores/704
In Living Stereo - New York: http://inlivingstereo.com/
Piccadilly Record - Manchester: http://www.piccadillyrecords.com/counter/index.php
Rough Trade (East) - Brick Lane, London: http://www.roughtrade.com/

You'd be surprised how many are left if you do a little digging ;-)
 
Re: Record store day 19/04/14

Spent my first student loan on some 1210's. They were lovely. Had to sell them by the end of the first term as I was terminally skint, but it was a pleasure owning them.
 
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I've had mine just over a year now and they've been an absolute pleasure to use. They really are as good as the hype: the Chris King of the DJ world. Totally reliable, look great and are built to last forever.

Before I had a pair of pretty basic belt drive things which were fine for messing on but hopeless in every other way.

There's a petition going around at the moment to get Panasonic to re-start production. Sadly I think it's a non-starter :-(
 
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I just did a search on the website... I really hadn't realised how many stored I have in my area.

We have a great little independent shop in Weston-s-Mare, but Raves from the Graves in Frome has been my local for years.
 
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al-onestare":1fbjlmyd said:
I've had mine just over a year now and they've been an absolute pleasure to use. They really are as good as the hype: the Chris King of the DJ world. Totally reliable, look great and are built to last forever.

Before I had a pair of pretty basic belt drive things which were fine for messing on but hopeless in every other way.

There's a petition going around at the moment to get Panasonic to re-start production. Sadly I think it's a non-starter :-(
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I'm on my 4th set. I've bought and had to sell various pairs over the years, but have a nice set of MK3's now.
I had some brand new 1200 MK5's a few years ago, then my flat flooded and I needed the funds for the repairs :roll:
I tried CDJ's last year and hated them.
Do you only use vinyl? I use a mix of vinyl and serato and find it covers all bases :D
 
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It took me years to be pursuaded to dry a move to the dark side :lol:
I started djing weddings etc a few years back and that was the driver behind trying serato really.
There's a hell of a lot less to carry, plus it's easier to deal with requests.
I still use my 1210's with it though, just with the time-coded vinyl
 
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