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It's a sad day for me, as Gene Carbonell has officially retired from the world of live dj sets; his focus now turns to his new marriage, his hopes of children and a quiet life away from the hubbub of the EDM world. He's made many accomplishements, many friends and been to many places along his journey. This past Saturday, on October 14 2006, Gene Carbonell played his last to a home town Atlanta crowd at Eleven50. His set cataloged the music that inspired him and thousands of others throughout the years and thankfully, it was recorded. Opening was one half of Redshift and long time Gene-friend, Daryl Windham. Gene is allowing That Exposure Show to host the file so that others may be given the opportunity to listen to this awe-inspiring set. This set is sure to bring back many memories for a lot of clubbers out there, and it is sure to provide a bit of an education to those that were not old enough or not into the music back then. Being in the club that night gave me chills, listening to this set now gives me chills, reading Gene's words gives me chills - it all inspires me and shakes me to my core. Gene is as incredible talent and as much as I hate to see him go, he has done so much and inspired so many. I hope you enjoy this set as much as I do and if you have anything to say about it, don't be shy, forward your thoughts to Gene himself at gene@genecarbonell.com.
Below is a track list with a small write-up of thoughts and memories of each track compiled by Gene. The download link can be found at the very bottom of this page. If you are a subscriber to the podcast, please refresh your feed and you should see this as a special episode.
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Gene Carbonell's Set List From October 14th, 2006
Reference - Track (Mix), Artist, Label, Original Year of Press - Personal Notes about the track
1) Apollo Vibes (Original) Pole Folder & CP Bedrock Spring 2001
Diggers started his GU set off right! I stole his idea. To me, the track is THE ultimate warm up tune and always brings a smile to my face.
2) I Wish You Were Here (Main) J. Creamer & Stephane K. Critikal Records 2001
VERY sexy housey/tribal tunage that's always "one for the ladies". It reminds me on my wife and how much she likes the track. Big w/ Howells (who is one of my DJ heros)
3) The Underground (Saeed & Palash) Celeda *69 Fall 2000
Very simple tune, but a monster on the floor. Reminds me of my trip to Twilo on Dec 30th 2000 to hear Anthony Pappa and heard him play my "Re-vision 2" track. He played it about 3 records after this one.
4) The Baguio Track (my edit of the Full Ignorot Vocal Mix) Luzon Yooshi 2000
The ultimate in Progtastic Tribal goodness. It oozes sex and emotion. Huge in every way. WAY TOO many memories to list!! I edited the breakdown to add some extra drama to the night and edited the mix out so I could lay it's bass under "Rapture" for most of the mix in. Always a pleaser at the Chamber. Certainly in my Top 20 of ALL time.
5) Rapture (Deep Dish) iio Ministry Of Sound / Made obtained it Jan of 2001/released fall of 2001
Close to my heart in every way. I'm still addicted to this track. I think I played it for a solid year every weekend. I wanted to show off that I was one of the only bastards that had it. I obtained it illegally because Andre (from Charlotte) sent me a live set (ON DAT) from Deep Dish that had the track on it. This was when (for some reason) Deep Dish didn't do long lay over mixes. I was able to digitally record the track into my computer, make a mix in and mix out, burn it and play it before most even knew what the hell it was. I'm not bragging, I'm just REALLY chuffed that I was able to play the tune so far in advance. One of my top 20 of ALL time.
6) Falling (High Vocal Pass) Envy Yooshi 2002
Didn't play this much in Atlanta, but it was HUGE where ever I played (especially in Wichita, KS...odd huh?). I played there 4 times in 6 months and it was always the tunes of the night. Martin (Envy) is a really cool guy to boot. He's Canadian. "Blame Canada"
7) Future! Halo Varga Siesta Music (US) / Hooj (UK) 1999 / 2000
Huge for a lot of different genre DJ's. First heard Diggers flatten Shadow Lounge during WMC in 2000. The track just goes and goes and goes. Quality house music!
8] Revelation (James Holden) Electrique Boutique Data Recordings 2000
First heard at Twilo when Sasha dropped it around 6am. Made me literally cry. It's melodic, it's tough, it's deep, it's proggy, it's light...truly one of James' best remixes IMO.
9) Up In Flames (Bedrock Mix 1) Satoshi Tomiie Bedrock Records 1999
Chamber anthem! Slayed many a S&M hotties to this track. Sexy Kelli Ali from Sneaker Pimps rockin the " me as hard as you can" vocal. This tune makes my loins ache.
10) Wavespeech (Junior Vasquez) Peter Lazonby Brainiak Records 1996
In my top 5 of ALL time. The definitive hard and dirty stomper that forces your fist in air. First heard Digweed play it at Firestone (in Orlando) summer of '96 when Scott Moskos and I drove down for one of the legendary sets Sasha and Digweed dished out during (what i think was) the pinnacle of their careers. Weeks there after, I went to Backstreet to hang out with a good friend of mine / mentor, Stuart Gardner (RIP), and he leveled the dance floor like a nuclear bomb with this mix. I was hooked from that point on. I honestly think I'll play this tune til the day I die!
11) Re-vision 2 (Original) DarkDriver (Gene Carbonell & Scott Moskos) (the almighty) Choo Choo Records Fall 2000
I guess it's my "claim to fame". Played by every major DJ on the planet, landed on 7 CD compilations and feature as "one of my hot new tracks" by Digweed on his Kiss 100 mix show. Produced late 1999, but Barry Gilbey signed the track during WMC in 2000 and I became the only ChooChoo artist in the US. It was my first actual label signing and helped propel my career to what we know of it today. One of the highest points of my life was hearing Anthony Pappa play it to a packed house in Twilo December 30th, 2000. I truly can't describe the feeling when hearing a track one produces on a sound system like that, to a crowd of true clubbers of that size. It's truly one of my greatest accomplishments of my lifetime (to date). I'm sure when Eugene Santiago Carbonell III is born, Re-vision 2 will take a close second Smile
12) For What Dream (Full On Renaissance Mix) Bedrock Stress Records 1993
The true essence of "Progressive House". It's house, but with a rolling bassline. IMO, this track molded Progressive House as we know it today and is the end all be all of everything this music stands for in my world. Most certainly in my my Top 5. This track moves mountains even to this day. It's ing 13 years old and was one of the biggest tracks this past Saturday. You can't argue with that kind of greatness. I became obsessed with this track the very first time I heard the Renaissance mix compilation #1 in late 1993 ( a year after I started this whole DJ journey). It moves me in an indescribable way every single time I hear it. It's beyond a classic! I did a digital edit of this so I could mix out of it with "Move" in a way I thought would best suit my set.
13) Move Smith & Selway Intec 1999
I never got a chance to play this in a proper set before. It's always been a favorite of mine and I finally got to play it in a way I've always wanted to present it. I don't think S&S made another track like this one. We all wanted them to, but they truly nailed it on their first try and was never able to properly follow it up. I should know. It happened to me Smile
14) Autoporno D. Ramirez ChooChoo 2001
I asked Dean "autoporno?!, what the hell does that mean?". His reply, "I don't know! It's dance music, it doesn't have to make sense". Right indeed my twisted minded friend from Rotherham. Epic & chunky is the only way to describe this trend setting tune. Massive response every time it played. Not too many people know that Dean used my voice and pitched it down. Look at the credits. It's there Smile One of my first and last vocal contributions to music.
15) The Beat (Original) Gene Carbonell ChooChoo 2002
Trying to form a solo career, I flew to ChooChoo headquarters in Sheffield with a load of ideas and a lot of will. We ended up using a sample from a track I loved back in '93 called "The Beat (Just Goes Straight On and On and On). I forgot who it's by, but thankfully there was a part of the track that just had the vocal. Ahhhh, recycled house music. Everybody does, why can't I?
16) Diablo (Evolution Mix) Cass & Slide Flying Rhino 1999
One of my wifes favorite tracks. She became obsessed with it from Digweeds Hong Kong GU. It's a wicked track, but it wouldn't have made the cut if it wasn't for my wife.
17) Descender (Unreleased Mix #2) Red Shift F-111 released the original mix in 1999
Two of my best friends, Darryl Windham and Brad Harper with one of their first tracks they ever produced. I believe Dave Seaman was one of the biggest supporters...so much that he included it on his Buenos Aires Global Underground in May of 2000. I have a lot of memories of this track since I was present through most of the production. I didn't have any influence, but simply wanted to sit in and observe. The thing that I remember the most about this track was it's the reason Brad bought a Mac and then turned me into a Mac head. Descender was made in Cubase VST on a PC, but the damn computer crashed literally 5 or 6 times a day while producing. I honestly think the track could have been finished weeks earlier if it wasn't for the crashes. Brad finally got fed up and bough a Mac shortly there after and vowed to never go through that again. It just makes me laugh that their misfortune is the reason why I'm now such a Mac fanatic.
18] Nipple Fish (Funk Funktion Mix) Coffee Boys Forbidden Planet 1998
IMO, it's one of the best "club" records to date. It didn't get much attention, but the few times I've played it......it's ripped the roof off (especially in Mexico). It's one of those tracks that just when I thought I couldn't bring it up anymore......I could take it just one notch further with this tune. Top quality Lucien Foort production! Also, it reminds me of how much I used to spend on records. I ordered this from Joanna Massive @ Massive Records in London. It was were you could get the new up front hotness that only the big boys could get. I think I paid (including shipping) over $30 for just this track. It was worth every penny!
19) Seven Days and One Week (Original Club Mix) BBE Triangle Records 1996
Trance in it's finest hour. Painfully at 138 BPM, pitching it down gives it the emotion necessary to fit into a Progressive House set. Worn out by every DJ known to man by early '97, it saw massive radio play and a billion TV commercials. It almost didn't make the cut, but each listen made me remember my early days at Backstreet sitting in the DJ booth with Stewart scared less to go on the dance floor in fear of being attacked by half naked men. I'm not a homophobe by any stretch! I just prefer soft scented female sweat rubbing on me rather than locker room boy sweat. Understandably...right?
20) Heaven Scent (Original) Bedrock Bedrock 1999
The riff to end all riffs. You can't help but raise your hands WAY up to the sky once that first drop hits and the riff blazes through the deafening speakers. It's one of Progressive Houses true "anthems" and will continue to ride the fine line of my Top 20 of all time. My favorite memory of this track is Christmas night 1999 at the Tabernacle when I played the Evolution Mix to over 3000 "Burned Out On Christmas" Ravers and seeing Howie Stepp in the middle of the massive dance floor with his arms WAY WAY up high with the biggest smile on his face. To me, that's when I felt he really understood "my music" and never gave me about what I played at the Chamber from then on.....and even stuck up for me when employees complained.
21) Penetration (Main Mix) Madam vs. Bitpath Saw 2001
Digweed rocked this on one of his GU's and personified Saw's "new sound" of deep tribal bad ass house music. Total audio sensory overload for me. Reverb for days on every freaking sound and it works. How, I don't know.....but it just does. Class tunage!
22) Push (Flange & Swain Dark Dub) Universal Nation Inferno.Bonzai 1999
The epitome of dark rip ass prog house that only Digweed can deliver. I became hooked on this track after hearing it at Groove Jet during WMC 1999. Digweed was layin it down the whole night and then dropped this and tore me a new one. I've loved it ever since. Not widely played from what I recall, but a rocker in true form.
23) Wide-Eyed-Angel (Inversion Mix) Origin Steelyard 1999
Huge Sasha tune. Very pretty, but dark at the same time. Great track for the end of the night hugs that make some of the best memories.
This is where 1150 told me I had to stop. I was mixing into this next track and had to fade it out. The next 8 tracks are what the rest of my set would have been like if given enough time. I just recorded this 8 track mix and glued it to what I recorded Saturday night. Enjoy!
I think it's one of the most energetic and powerful records I own. It forces that mean face I put on when a track hits me in that special way. I have fond memories of dancing my ass off at the Nike Pavillion in '97 when Sasha was really "given it to us". I remember seeing Tommie Sunshine with his fist in the air screaming at the top of his lungs while Sasha hammered from this track into Movin Thru Your System by Jark Prongo (which unfortunately didn't make this cut into this set). William Orbit has always impressed me and this remix of the Northern Exposure #1 classic is no different.
25) Tosh (Gosh Mix) Fluke Circa Records 1995
The Best Electronic Band in History in my professional opinion. Saw them Live here in Atlanta when Pleazure Prod. brought them to March off Amsterdam Ave (across from Shoemakers Warehouse). All the band members were drugged up playing for no more than 20 people...it was almost comical. I wish I could have included more Fluke tracks/remixes in my set, but they have a unique style that fits only in certain places. Nonetheless, I fit one in and it's one of the many MASSIVE tunes by them that really make me love this music.
26) Compass Error (Tarrentella & Redanka Remake) Atlas Plastica Red / RIP 2003
The newest track I played all night. Epic remix of a classic prog tune from "back in the day". It's one of my wife & Darryl's favorite tracks, so I had to play it.
27) Sacred (Dub) Sander Kleinenberg Combined Forces 1999
Sander was boiling under the prog scene until this tune that Sasha featured on his Ibiza Global Underground. Very good tune that speaks to Sander's ability to blend melodies with rockin beats. Always a good closing track for me and provoked many winks from the ladies.
28] Greece 2000 (Original Mix) Three Drives On a Vinyl Hooj 1998
The most emotional track in my collection. I think it had imprinted sooo many memories, that I just don't have enough brain space to hold them all. I'm confident it's done the same for nearly every human that has laid their ears on this. My emotional attachment multiplied 10 fold with the passing of a dear friend, Mandy Killingsworth this past Spring. It was her favorite track of all time and would religiously request it every night she would come to hear me play. It's truly a sin that I didn't get a chance to play it on my last night.
29) Cool Kids Of Death (Underworld Mix) Saint Etienne Heavenly / Creation 1995
Has appeared in a few mix compilation over the past decade, but I've never heard it played out. It's quality vintage Underworld and a prize in my record collection due to it's VERY rare nature.
30) Young American Primitive (Original) Young American Primitive Zoe Magik Records 1992
One of Greg Scanavino's first major releases. "These Waves" (Northern Exposure #1) is a B-side track. Truly a track WAY ahead of it's time. It blends genres like nobody's bizness and a true testament to the development of Progressive House. A very very classy track! And what tickles me less is that I found 2 sealed copies of it for $.49 back in 1993 at a garage sale. Fate indeed!
31) Go (Video Mix) Moby Instinct Records / Outer Rhythm 1991
One of the major Pioneers of "Techno" and Electronic Music in general. IMO, Moby was the king of sample based music. This tuned sampled Laura Palmers Theme from the show Twin Peaks. The first 3 CD's of Techno Music that I bought in January of 1992 was Moby's first major release that had "Next Is The E" and "Go" as the main tracks. I quickly became addicted to both tracks and played the tracks over and over and over and over again in my cars CD player. It's safe to say that this track is one of the first tunes that "got me" into electronic music and solidified my allegiance to the best underground music movement my generation had ever seen. Some with argue, I will not!
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Thanks for all the good times and unforgettable memories. Each of you have helped me become who I am, both personally and professionally. I wouldn't change a thing! Not for a million dollars. I'll carry these experiences for the rest of my days and have a fun and pleasant time telling the stories to whomever will listen.
Love always and forever,
Gene Carbonell
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| Xyzpdq0121 |
| Yes, I do gotta say it was an awsome set and great to hear it in the club. So many good choons and so many good memories came back track after track. Pretty flawless mixing from what I remember and a good lesson for a the noobs out there looking for how it really should be done! If Oakenfold can spin the crap that he did when he just came here and still be in the top 20 DJs, Gene is in the top 5 by anyones book! Sad to see him go! |
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| Scottaculous |
| holy nostalgia. what an awesome set. all the tracks bring back great memories. some of them gave me chills just listening to them in my cubicle. i highly regret missing this set. great stuff gene. hopefully you'll tinker around with music still in between life. :) |
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| zenperson |
| Well, fuk didaly fuk YEA... For those who us who actually were partying back in great dark house days, and actually DO have memories to these tracks :rolleyes: , this set is just wicked fuking sick. Seriously folks, by far the set of the year... Goodbye to a great DJ who's reputation will proceed him for many years to come... I can only imagine the chills I would have had during this set last weekend... :D |
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