Dance year classics - A night at Vague

Vague was a regular night at The Warehouse nightclub in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, from 1993 to 1996. It was originated by Suzy Mason and Paul Fryer (former lead-singer with Yorkshire based Eighties electro pop outfit Bazooka Joe), in association with Nick Raphael, as the former High Flyers club in Leeds on 10 April 1993, moving to The Warehouse a month later. Resident DJs over the years included Fryer and Raphael as "TWA" (variously styled as "Trannies With Attitude" or "The World is Androgynous"), Phil Faversham, Curtis Zack, Daisy & Havoc andAnne Savage.

The club is credited as being the first in the UK to advertise itself as "mixed" - i.e. for heterosexual, bisexual, and homosexual patrons equally - although vetting of customers on the door was notoriously strict. Once inside, the atmosphere inside was one of tolerance, hedonism, and sexuality. It played a mixture of handbag house, hard house and hard trance music, with a more eclectic selection of music upstairs. TWA's self-description was "techno disco" or "tesko" (for legal reasons).

In February 1996 a boxed double compilation CD - Vague - Now & Then - was released, its accompanying booklet detailing the history of the club. The night ended after Vague celebrated its third birthday at the Warehouse on 14 September 1996. Soon afterwards, Mason and Kas Shaw started a similar mixed night - styled as "I-Spy" - at the larger Club NATO in Leeds city centre, before transferring it to the Warehouse on 12 April 1997. Soon afterwards it was renamed "Speed Queen," which continues to the present day.

Ok so thats the Wikipedia bit out of the way, which gives you the basics, now the bit from the person who spent so many fantastic nights at the best club in the UK at the time.   To say that every Saturday nights was like new years eve and surrounded by some of the most tolarent, friendly, strange and outlandish people I have ever met. This weeks mix is part of the music played at Vague, and represents a quarter of what made it what it was, to me the other parts comprised of the venue (the warehouse, Leeds) the people and the attitude.
I really hope you enjoy this mix and even if you didn't go or even know this club existed please give this mix a listen and feel the energy from these tracks.
Please feel free to comment and download

Tracklist

1	Soul Roots by Edwards world
2	I need a lover tonight by Ken Doh
3	The real thing by Tony di Bart
4	Read my lips by Future breeze
5	Rok the discotec by Ramp
6	Keep on jumpin' by The Lisa marie experience
7	Are you out there? by Crecendo
8	La luna by The Ethics
9	Higher state of consicousness by Josh Wink
10	Technocat by Tom Wilson
11	Bits and pieces by Artemesia
12	I need you by Pendulum
13	Its our future by Awex
14	Access by DJ Misjah & DJ Tim