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Leama - MelodicaOut Now | Buy LCD Direct £Melodica was the record that probably kicked things off for Leama (AKA Martin Smith), here pairing with future partner Andy Moor for the first time the pair started to create their melodic progressive sound for which they became so well known. Up on the remixes are German favorites Humate and progressive kids Northface. The amibient mix as featured in many comps and mixes also rounds off the package. 
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Rapscallions - The Amsterdam ExpressOut Now | Buy LCD Direct £It was 1998, the nights were long and Prog was wide. A series of strange events brought together a cast of Stoke, Manchester and Coventry Prog legends together for one long session. Tilt were there, Evolution were there, Andy Ling was there.. not forgetting Perfecto Dave Ralph. All cast members went on to a series of higher profile releases on labels such as Perfecto and Hooj Choons but for this one night only... The Amsterdam Express was the only show in town.
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Blue Planet Corporation - Blue PlanetOut Now | Buy LCD Direct £Blue Planet Corporation is the ever-so cool moniker for Frenchman Gabriel Masurel. The 'Blue Planet' album is a masterpiece of psy influnced grooves and hypnotic beats.
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Pete Lazonby - Sacred CyclesOut Now | Buy LCD Direct £Sacred Cycles is one of the monolithic tracks of 90's progressive scene. Originally on small UK imprint Brainiak it made its way around a slew of European labels before finally ending up on Hooj Choons. Here Northern Exposure presents the rarer, not so heard remixes from the track's European excursions.
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Aquilia - DreamstateOut Now | Buy LCD Direct £Aquilia are the UK based due of Steve Andrews & Tony Edwards. Arguably their finest moment was the 1999 stomper 'Dreamstate'. Floating and ethereal vocals merged with goa-tinged trance beats and moody pads. Perfect food for an LSG remix. Of course the ever reliable Oliver Lieb delivered... his mix finding its way onto Global Underground 13, Sasha Ibiza. This classic mix features in this 2008 re-issue as does a brand new comissioned one by Stoke based Grafiti (Leama and James Davis). The Grafiti mix takes the track to new areas with its smouldering techno grooves and bleeping wonked-out percussion and synths.
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Blue Planet Corporation - MicromegaOut now | Buy LCD Direct £Blue Planet Corporation is the ever-so cool moniker for Frenchman Gabriel Masurel. BPC started off as a downtempo and ambient project but when it collided with UK based Psy-Trance label Flying Rhino, things got really interesting. The result was the 'Blue Planet' album a masterpiece of psy influnced grooves and hypnotic beats. One of the standout tracks from that album was Micromega, so much so that Sasha and Digweed included the track on the Northern Exposure Expeditions mix CD (the one with the yellow and red rope on the cover). Here we present the track for its debut digital release. The alternate mixes from Bumbling Loons and the deep prog of Choo Choo are also included.
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Pete Lazonby - WavespeechOut now | Buy 12" Direct £4.29 | Buy LCD Direct £7.99Pete Lazonby is one of those producers lucky enough to have created not one, but two! of Progressive houses' finest moments. Whilst he may be best known for his classic Sacred Cycles track on Hooj Choons, its his superlative Wavespeech that quite possibly is the connoisseurs choice. Wavespeech started life on the UK Braniak label as an extended and wigged out 20 minute instrumental. At the core of the track were the wonky slinky-like sound effects, metallic crunching samples and the juxtaposed softly-spoken Irish chap. But it was the big chunky riff that really made the difference to everyone. That riff was such a dance floor feature in the mid 90s that Junior Vasquez (who had even paraphrased the track as the "guitar song") just had to have a go at remixing it. Whilst Junior took things in one big room direction a myriad of European producers took it into all sorts of other territories from goa-trance to house. However it was the Junior version that finally got the attention of Sasha and Digweed, who parked it on their Northern Exposure compilation. The boundless rise of those DJs propelled the track to its classic status that it deserves now. More than 10 years on we are ever so chuffed to be giving the track another whirl. This time with up and coming progressive producers Descent, Elliot Wright and Faces. We have also managed to dust down all 16 mixes and even produced a 2008-sounding beats edit of the Junior tribal mix. One big release for one big producer. Vinyl A1 Junior Vasquez NE Edit A2 Junior Vasquez Beats 2008 Edit B1 Descent Mix LCD 01 Junior Vasquez NE Edit 02 Descent Mix 03 Original Mix 04 Elliot Wright Mix 05 Faces Remix 06 Junior Vasquez Extended Mix 07 Junior Vasquez Dub Mix 08 Junior Vasquez Beats 2008 Edit 09 Marnix Floating Mix
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Phoenix - Rise UpOut now | Buy 12" Direct £4.29 | Buy LCD Direct £3.99Northern Exposure is a new label releasing Progressive House tracks. For the first few releases it will dip into the some of the classics from the early Sasha and Digweed years. First up is a track from the late lamented Scott Latham and co-production friend Spencer Hickson. Phoenix - Rise Up was regularly the opening track in Sashas sets in the late 90's On this release we represent the original mix as well as some new mixes by Spencer Hickson (in his Desyfer guise). Hot new progressive minimalists D-Dub also deliver a big room mix, which is seeing support from John Digweed. Tracks 3-6 LCD & Download Only. This record is dedicated to the talent and memory of Scott Latham, who is sadly missed and never forgotten. Special thanks to Solomon Parker and Graham & Christine Latham.
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