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14/10/2026

🎶 DAY 16 – DIGGING INTO THE CRATES! 🎶

We’re back digging into the crates to bring you our favourite house and old skool tracks — and today’s pick is a record that proved house music could be cheeky, cool, and absolutely massive on the dancefloor! 😎🔥

🎤 X-PRESS 2 feat. DAVID BYRNE – LAZY 🎤

Released in 2002, Lazy brought together British house production duo X-Press 2 — Ashley Beedle, Darren House and Rocky — with the unmistakable voice of David Byrne, frontman of Talking Heads.

Now, this was an unlikely collaboration on paper… but somehow it worked brilliantly.

The track combines a deep, rolling house groove with Byrne’s wonderfully laid-back, almost spoken-word vocal. It’s cool, it’s quirky, it’s hypnotic — and it doesn’t sound like anything else.

The lyrics capture that feeling of having absolutely no intention of doing anything today… and somehow turning it into a dancefloor anthem!

“Lazy” became the soundtrack to doing nothing — while making you want to dance anyway. 🕺

📈 The track peaked at No. 2 in the UK Singles Chart, spent four weeks in the Top 10, and topped the UK Dance Singles Chart for two weeks. It also won the Ivor Novello Award for Best Contemporary Song in 2003.

The collaboration was a brilliant example of dance music crossing musical worlds: an established underground house act working with the frontman of one of the most influential art-rock bands of all time. It helped show that electronic music could be adventurous, funny and a genuine pop hit all at once.

And that face on the sleeve? Almost as unforgettable as the track itself! 😂

🎧 YOUR TURN!

Were you dancing to Lazy back in 2002?
Did you know it was David Byrne on vocals, or was that a surprise when you first heard it?

👇 Share your memories and tell us what we should pull from the crates for DAY 17!

❤️ WR1 – WE ARE ONE. GOOD MUSIC. BETTER PEOPLE.

13/10/2026

🎶 DAY 15 – DIGGING INTO THE CRATES! 🎶

15 days of digging into the crates to bring you our favourite house and old skool tracks — and today we’re heading back to the early 2000s for a proper underground club weapon! 🔥

💚 LAYO & BUSHWACKA! – LOVE STORY 💚

Released in 2002, Love Story came from the legendary London-based DJ and production duo Layo Paskin and Matthew “Bushwacka!” Benjamin.

These two were central to the sound of London’s underground club scene, particularly through their association with The End, the iconic London nightclub they helped make a home for cutting-edge electronic music.

And Love Story was a perfect example of their sound.

Deep, rolling bass.
Hypnotic percussion.
A groove that slowly gets under your skin and refuses to let go.

This wasn’t cheesy, hands-in-the-air commercial dance music. It was proper underground house with a darker, more sophisticated edge — the sort of record that could keep a dancefloor locked in without needing a huge vocal or an obvious breakdown.

The track became one of the duo’s best-known releases and helped define that early-2000s crossover between deep house, tech house and progressive club music. It captured a moment when underground DJs were pushing more adventurous, groove-led sounds into bigger clubs and festival sets.
Layo & Bushwacka! went on to reach an even wider audience with Love Story (vs Finally), their 2003 reworking that brought the track together with Kings of Tomorrow’s Finally — a combination that became a dancefloor favourite in its own right.

But for those who love their house music deep, hypnotic and built around a relentless groove, the original Love Story remains a special one. 🎧

🔥 No gimmicks. No shortcuts. Just a groove that does the talking.

🎧 YOUR TURN!

Did you play Love Story back in the day?
Were you a regular at The End, or did you discover Layo & Bushwacka! through their mixes and releases?

👇 Drop your memories in the comments — and tell us what we should pull from the crates for DAY 16!

❤️ WR1 – WE ARE ONE. GOOD MUSIC. BETTER PEOPLE.

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12/10/2026

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❤️ WOW… WHAT A RESPONSE! ❤️We honestly didn’t expect quite so many of you to get in touch!A massive thank you to every D...
12/10/2026

❤️ WOW… WHAT A RESPONSE! ❤️

We honestly didn’t expect quite so many of you to get in touch!

A massive thank you to every DJ who has sent us their SoundCloud and Mixcloud links. The response to our WR1 House DJ call-out has been incredible with hundreds of submissions coming in.

We’re genuinely grateful for the time, effort and support you’ve all shown us.

We’ll now be working our way through the submissions, listening to your mixes and checking out your sounds. If you’ve sent us a link, don’t worry — we’ve got you, and you will hear from us (It may just take a little time 🤣)

There’s clearly a lot of talent out there and we can’t wait to discover some new faces and sounds for WR1.

Thank you, each and every one of you. ❤️

WR1 – WE ARE ONE.
Dance / Unity.

12/10/2026

🎶 DAY 14 – DIGGING INTO THE CRATES! 🎶

Two weeks of digging into the crates, bringing you some of our favourite house and old skool tracks — and today we’re going back to a record that helped change British dance music forever. 🚀

🔥 ORBITAL – CHIME 🔥

Released in 1989, Chime was the breakthrough record from brothers Phil and Paul Hartnoll, the duo known as Orbital.

The story behind it is almost as legendary as the track itself. The brothers were making electronic music with affordable equipment, creating their own sound outside the traditional record industry. Their early version of Chime was famously recorded on a budget and first released independently before being picked up for wider distribution.

And what a record it was!

Those instantly recognisable, shimmering synth notes. That relentless, rolling beat. The way the melody builds and builds until the whole thing feels like it’s lifting off.

It was acid house with a distinctly British identity — melodic, atmospheric, hypnotic and made for people who wanted to lose themselves in the music. 🌌

11/10/2026

DAY 13 – DIGGING INTO THE CRATES! 🎶

13 days in, and we’re still digging into the crates to bring you our favourite house and old skool tracks. Today, we’re pulling out a record that took underground dance music all the way to the top of the charts! 🔥

💙 RUI DA SILVA feat. CASSANDRA – TOUCH ME 💙

Released in 2000, Touch Me became one of the defining dance anthems of the new millennium.

Portuguese DJ and producer Rui da Silva created a hypnotic, atmospheric house track featuring the haunting vocals of Cassandra Fox. With its rolling groove, understated production and unforgettable vocal hook, it proved that a dance record didn’t need to be overloaded with sounds to make a massive impact.

Sometimes, less really is more. 🎧

And then came the breakthrough…

🇬🇧 In January 2001, Touch Me reached No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart, becoming the first UK chart-topper of the new year. It spent two weeks at the summit and helped bring the sound of underground house music to a huge mainstream audience.

But despite its chart success, it never lost that late-night club feeling.

The beauty of Touch Me was its atmosphere — hypnotic, emotional and instantly recognisable. It worked in the clubs, on the radio and on those long journeys home when the night was still running through your head.

It also helped define that particular era when progressive house, vocal house and trance-influenced sounds were crossing over into the mainstream. The early 2000s gave us some truly timeless dance records, and this one is right up there.

More than 25 years later, those opening sounds still take you straight back. 💙

🔥 A proper dancefloor classic. No gimmicks. Just a record that connects.

🎧 YOUR TURN!

Where were you when Touch Me was everywhere?

Did you hear it first in a club, on the radio, or blasting out of your car stereo?

And be honest… does this still give you goosebumps?

👇 Drop your memories in the comments and tell us which track we should pull out for DAY 14!

❤️ WR1 – WE ARE ONE. GOOD MUSIC. BETTER PEOPLE.

10/10/2026

🎶DAY 12 – DIGGING INTO THE CRATES! 🎶

12 days in, and we’re still digging into the crates to bring you our favourite house and old skool tracks — but today we’re going a little further afield!

🌍🔥 MORY KANTÉ – YÉ KÉ YÉ KÉ 🔥🌍

Before dance music became a global phenomenon, this record helped bring the sounds of West Africa to dancefloors all over the world.

Originally released in 1987, Yé ké yé ké came from Guinean singer and musician Mory Kanté, who blended traditional West African musical influences with modern electronic production to create something genuinely groundbreaking.

The song featured on his album Akwaba Beach, released in 1987, and became a huge international hit in 1988–89. Its infectious rhythm, unforgettable melody and powerful vocals crossed language barriers and connected with audiences far beyond its original musical roots.

🇬🇧 In the UK, the track reached No. 29 in the singles chart, while across Europe it became a major hit. Its popularity exploded further when remixes brought it into clubs and onto dancefloors around the world.

And the cultural impact? Massive.

Mory Kanté helped introduce millions of listeners to the richness of African music, while Yé ké yé ké became one of the best-known African crossover hits of its era. The track’s combination of traditional sounds and contemporary production helped pave the way for more world-music influences to find their way into mainstream dance music.

For house and old skool lovers, it’s a reminder that great dance music has never needed to come from one place, one scene or one genre.

Sometimes all it takes is a rhythm that gets under your skin and makes you move. 🕺💃

And honestly… that melody is still an absolute earworm!

🎧 YOUR TURN!

Do you remember Yé ké yé ké from the late 80s?

Did you hear the original, one of the club remixes, or discover it years later?

👇 Drop your memories in the comments — and tell us which track deserves a place in DAY 13 of our crate-digging journey!

❤️ WR1 – WE ARE ONE. GOOD MUSIC. BETTER PEOPLE.

09/10/2026

🎶 DAY 11 – DIGGING INTO THE CRATES! 🎶

11 days in and we’re still digging deep into the crates to bring you some of our favourite house and old skool tracks…

Today we’re going right back to Chicago. 🇺🇸🔥

🔥 THE DJ FAST EDDIE – YOYO GET FUNKY 🔥

Released in 1988 on the legendary DJ International Records, Yoyo Get Funky is a fantastic snapshot of the moment when Chicago house was starting to collide head-on with hip-hop, funk and acid house.

And this wasn’t just any house record.

Fast Eddie was one of the pioneers of what became known as Hip House — taking the raw, jackin’ rhythms of Chicago and combining them with rap, funk samples and serious attitude.

Yoyo Get Funky was built around samples including Lyn Collins’ “Think (About It)” and Maceo & The Macks’ “Cross the Track”, giving it that unmistakable funky backbone.

And listen to this…

In January 1989, legendary Record Mirror DJ chart compiler James Hamilton had Yoyo Get Funky sitting at No.3 in his Club Chart — right alongside records from Inner City, Adeva and Marshall Jefferson.

Hamilton even described the track as helping set the pattern for what he predicted would become the “hip house” craze.

And he wasn’t wrong.

Hip House would explode around the end of the 80s and into the early 90s, helping establish the idea that house music didn’t have to stay purely instrumental — DJs and producers could bring MCs, rap and hip-hop culture directly onto the dancefloor.

Yoyo Get Funky became part of that pivotal moment.

It was raw, funky, fast and unmistakably Chicago.

No polished production.
No huge pop chorus.
Just beats, samples, bass and attitude. 🔊

And that’s exactly why, nearly 40 years later, it still sounds so good.

🎧 Were you there when this came out?

Did Yoyo Get Funky get played at your local club or rave?

Or did you discover Fast Eddie years later through the old-school scene?

👇 Tell us your memories — and give us your suggestion for DAY 12!

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08/10/2026

🎶 DAY 10 – DIGGING INTO THE CRATES! 🎶

We’re 10 days in, and we’re still digging deep into the crates to bring you some of our favourite house and old skool tracks.

Today, we’re going properly underground… 👇

🔥 R.A.W. – ASUCA (TRIBAL MIX) 🔥

Released in 1993 on the legendary Strictly Rhythm label, Asuca is a brilliant example of that raw, hypnotic early-90s New York house sound.

And behind R.A.W. was a name that would become absolutely massive in dance music — Erick Morillo, working alongside Keith Litman.

This isn’t a track that needs a huge vocal or an obvious hands-in-the-air breakdown.

It’s all about the groove.

That rolling bassline.
The percussion.
The tribal rhythms.
That hypnotic repetition that just locks you into the dancefloor.

In fact, contemporary DJ press described Asuca as a house track built for DJs, with its sinewy bassline and samples from Muevelo.

And it wasn’t just a forgotten 12”.

Pete Tong later included R.A.W.’s Asuca in his Essential Classics, while DJs including Justin Robertson were playing the Tribal Mix in their sets in the early 90s.

Fast-forward decades and the record is STILL being championed by DJs and selectors. Fabric’s Crate Diggin’ series featured the Asuca (Tribal Instrumental), with selector Melé describing it as an Erick Morillo classic and a guaranteed dancefloor saver.

That’s what makes records like this so special.

30+ years old… and it still sounds like it belongs in a dark, sweaty club at 2am. 🔥

🎧 Who’s got memories of ASUCA?

Did this one get played where you were?
Did you own the Strictly Rhythm 12”?
And which mix was your favourite?

👇 Drop your memories — and give us your suggestion for DAY 11!

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07/10/2026

🎶 DAY 9 – DIGGING INTO THE CRATES! 🎶

We’re back digging into the crates to bring you some of our favourite house and old skool tracks — and today’s one is a proper deep, soulful house classic…

🔥 SOLU MUSIC feat. KIMBLEE – FADE 🔥

Originally recorded around 2001, Fade was one of those records that quietly built a reputation in the underground before getting the recognition it deserved. Solu Music were New York-based producers Howie Caspe & Dano Nathanson, and the track features the gorgeous, unmistakable vocals of KimBlee.

The original appeared through Wave Music in 2002, before Fade was given a major UK push by Hed Kandi in 2006. That release brought with it some seriously tasty remixes — including versions from Grant Nelson, Bimbo Jones, Eric Kupper and Hex Hector.

And this is exactly why we love records like this…

It wasn’t about being the loudest or most obvious club record. The groove, the guitar hook, lush strings, piano and KimBlee’s soulful vocal created something warm, sophisticated and incredibly timeless. It sits somewhere between deep house, soulful house and garage-influenced house, and it still sounds beautiful today.

🇬🇧 The 2006 release reached No.18 in the UK Singles Chart, helping take what had started as an underground favourite to a much wider audience. It also found its way onto compilations such as Now Dance 2007.

And here’s a little bit of crate-digger trivia…

Fade has never really gone away. It’s been remixed and reworked repeatedly over the years — and there’s even a 2026 remaster / 25 Years Edition, proving just how much love there still is for this record.

🎧 But what do YOU remember about Fade?

Did you discover it back in the early 2000s?
Did the Grant Nelson remix get a hammering on your dancefloor?
Or is this one you’ve only rediscovered recently?

👇 Tell us your memories — and give us your suggestions for DAY 10!

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