This week sees us at a venue that still exists today. The reason for picking this particular rave this week though is with the benefit of hindsight.
It's pretty well known amongst the dance music community that Carl Cox was one of the biggest rave DJs in the early 90s but then in the mid-90s he decided he'd had enough and left it behind to start doing house and techno instead. At the time it was a big gamble, but proved to be a good decision as he would become one of the biggest DJs worldwide.
What hasn't been made explicitly clear anywhere I've seen on the internet though is when exactly he made this transition. After doing my own research though it's become apparent that this night was the night.
Basically this is the latest date I've seen him on a rave flyer. Also in an interview I saw with Gary Jaques, the promoter of Vibealite he said that one cold night after playing Doncaster Warehouse Carl Cox decided that was it.
Despite this there is one seemingly new for 1995 tune in there in "Pitch-Hiker" by Pilldriver. There are also 2 tunes in the set which haven't been identified anywhere I've found on the internet.
Like his Kinetic set a couple of weeks prior, there is very little in the way of known English records. The solitary English tune he played at Kinetic "I'm Alright" by Bush Brothers appears in this set along with his remix of "Let Me See You Move" by Visa.
Speaking of Visa, the man behind that name Stu Allan is the other DJ appearing at this event who has his set recorded. His set features a new for 1995 tune under his Visa alias called "Revenge".
The burning question though is what was the final tune Carl Cox played? Well assuming his set finished just after the recording did it's "Can You Feel It" by Charly Lownoise & Mental Theo.
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