As with last year, we sneak in another episode on New Year's Eve! This stunning contribution to our series comes from Marc Cotterell from Alberquerque, New Mexico, USA... yep, the town where Breaking Bad was set! Unusually it just snowed really heavily there (inc. the time when this mix was recorded), hence the unusual picture of Marc's normally desert-like hometown setting.
Marc's Plastik People label was established in 2012 and pays homage to his roots in the various swathes of quality 90's House & Garage music he was/still is into. It's a proper underground vinyl label whose music policy dovetails nicely with Avenue Red's, with artists on the roster including some of our true heroes Julien Jabre and Aqua Bassino amid others that Plastik People first introduced us to including Trinidadian Deep, Life Recorder, Mike Sharon and SoulBasics. The label is also a platform for Marc's own productions.
This set is proper party fodder: starting off in soulful, groovin' House terrain; going through some rugged, bumpty Housey/Garagey stuff; then back into soulful jazzy House again for the finale. Perfectly mixed and excellently crafted, as is the case with everything that Marc puts his hand to. We hope you enjoy this mix and have a great new year ahead! Stay with us, some ace stuff forthcoming :)
"As a DJ I play US House & Garage with a little UK flava thrown into the blender, all mixed on that splendid & mighty Rane MP-2015 mixer, which I just got my hands on recently." Marc Cotterell, December 2015
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