Ladies and Gentleman, The Soul of Zanzibar...

[fabiofal]

... Mr. Hippie Torrales.

Found this mix a bunch of years ago, on DHP site and shared here once, many moons ago (our very Ichi.One claims to have it in his IPod since then... ;) )
I think this one showcases the great skills and taste in music of our hero, who's also a lovely, kind and great down-to-earth guy ;)

Enjoy the Music,

Classic Series vol.1 (http://www.zshare.net/audio/10366588dcdbc412/)

[Silentdoubleu]

on it thanks for the share :cool:

[baleariksoul]

Aha, that's very nice - listening now.

Grazie mille fabio! :-D

[fabiofal]

Grazie a voi! ;)

[freddy]

downloading now.

Thanks Fabio

[hambo]

Never heard of this geezer, but I've got curious ears.......

[Justin Chodzko]

Fabio. How old is this mix?

For hambo's benefit ..... copied from Hippie's myspace page which is a pretty unreadable grey on black! (The '80s House stripey chevron jumper colour scheme!) http://www.myspace.com/hippietorrales

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Hippie Torrales began DJing at the age of 15. He came into recognition in NJ and NY after opening “Docks� with co-partner Nelson “Butchie� Nieves. After establishing himself as an innovative and creative jock, Hippie was recognized and hired to work at Abe’s Disco, which was the forerunner for Club Zanzibar. On Friday, August 29, 1979, opening night at Club Zanzibar – Hippie became the resident DJ and opening jock for the club.

During his tenure at Club Zanzibar, Hippie won the prestigious Billboard Award for the best disc jockey in the State of New Jersey – in the same year Larry Levan won the award for New York. It was the last time those Billboard Awards were held. After his resident at Club Zanzibar, Hippie went on to play all the Jersey Shore night clubs. In addition to the club gigs, Hippie worked on music production and remixing. Some of his most notable mixes of that period were Jimmy Ross’ – “Fall Into A Trance� and The Clark Sister’s – “You Brought The Sunshine�, which garnered them a 1 record of New York’s local radio station WBLS and also won them a Grammy that year for Best Gospel.

In 1989, Hippie was approached by local record store owner, Joe from Music Village Records and asked Hippie to produce his own record. Hippie thought about the opportunity and went home, borrowed equipment from a friend and began working on his very first original production. He wrote and produced You’re Gonna Miss Me by The Turntable Orchestra, which became a club classic in Europe and has sold over 2 million copies. It was from this moment on that Hippie began traveling overseas and DJing at international clubs and began writing a music column for Discoid Magazine, which was called “What Is Hip.�

Hippie’s remixing career took off when he partnered with Mark Mendoza and created MenTor Productions. They did numerous remixes which included such artists as Lisa Stansfield, Evelyn King, D’Lacy, and most notable Rosie Gaines. In 1997, Hippie and Mark produced Rosie Gaines’ Closer Than Close, which went top 5 in the British Pop Charts and has sold over 8 million units worldwide.

To date, Hippie continues to DJ overseas and currently does an internet radio show on Tuesdays, on CyberJamz.com. He now lives in Florida and is currently collaborating on new production with Jerrell Battle and Jose Burgos of Soul Creation.

[cash_or_exchange]

Thanks Fabio! I was just thinking I want to hear more about Jersey/Zanzibar/The Jersey Sound...hahaha...you anticipated my thoughts :)

[Slobodan]

One of the best mixes EVER!!!

[fatneck]

bloody hell, it's download city today. I've gotta go to scouseland this afternoon but the PC will be working overtime ;)

just ran out of blank CD's though :mad:

cheers fab

[fabiofal]

[QUOTE=Justin Chodzko;337496]Fabio. How old is this mix?]


Hey, Justin, thanks for posting the info about Hippie; the mix is a recent one (April, 2003) a sort of collection of classics Hippie used to play back in the day (btw, it still running on DHP site, where you can also find the vol.2, Funk Theme: just google a little by putting Hippie Torrales in the search window ;) )

EDIT: for those interested on Hippie and Zanzibar, just take a view at the link Baleariksoul posted yesterday:

http://deephousepage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=154807

[fabiofal]

One of the best mixes EVER!!!

indeed!

[Justin Chodzko]

Once again I need to dig out my old tapes of London's Kiss FM from the early '90s. I'm sure I've got a Hippie Torales mix from Bobby & Steve's show.

[fabiofal]

Once again I need to dig out my old tapes of London's Kiss FM from the early '90s. I'm sure I've got a Hippie Torales mix from Bobby & Steve's show.

do it! (i hope it won't take the time needed to rich to "exhume" that murk tape, ha ha ;) )

[hambo]

Fabio. How old is this mix?

For hambo's benefit ..... copied from Hippie's myspace page which is a pretty unreadable grey on black! (The '80s House stripey chevron jumper colour scheme!) http://www.myspace.com/hippietorrales

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Hippie Torrales began DJing at the age of 15. He came into recognition in NJ and NY after opening “Docks� with co-partner Nelson “Butchie� Nieves. After establishing himself as an innovative and creative jock, Hippie was recognized and hired to work at Abe’s Disco, which was the forerunner for Club Zanzibar. On Friday, August 29, 1979, opening night at Club Zanzibar – Hippie became the resident DJ and opening jock for the club.

During his tenure at Club Zanzibar, Hippie won the prestigious Billboard Award for the best disc jockey in the State of New Jersey – in the same year Larry Levan won the award for New York. It was the last time those Billboard Awards were held. After his resident at Club Zanzibar, Hippie went on to play all the Jersey Shore night clubs. In addition to the club gigs, Hippie worked on music production and remixing. Some of his most notable mixes of that period were Jimmy Ross’ – “Fall Into A Trance� and The Clark Sister’s – “You Brought The Sunshine�, which garnered them a 1 record of New York’s local radio station WBLS and also won them a Grammy that year for Best Gospel.

In 1989, Hippie was approached by local record store owner, Joe from Music Village Records and asked Hippie to produce his own record. Hippie thought about the opportunity and went home, borrowed equipment from a friend and began working on his very first original production. He wrote and produced You’re Gonna Miss Me by The Turntable Orchestra, which became a club classic in Europe and has sold over 2 million copies. It was from this moment on that Hippie began traveling overseas and DJing at international clubs and began writing a music column for Discoid Magazine, which was called “What Is Hip.�

Hippie’s remixing career took off when he partnered with Mark Mendoza and created MenTor Productions. They did numerous remixes which included such artists as Lisa Stansfield, Evelyn King, D’Lacy, and most notable Rosie Gaines. In 1997, Hippie and Mark produced Rosie Gaines’ Closer Than Close, which went top 5 in the British Pop Charts and has sold over 8 million units worldwide.

To date, Hippie continues to DJ overseas and currently does an internet radio show on Tuesdays, on CyberJamz.com. He now lives in Florida and is currently collaborating on new production with Jerrell Battle and Jose Burgos of Soul Creation.

Thanks for that.

[TovinTobias]

anyone know what year this mix is from ?

[Rohan]

I remember the first time you posted this. A real master class in mixing classics

[fabiofal]

anyone know what year this mix is from ?

according to dhp, it's from 2003, toby; dunno if it's a collection hippie mixed 4 years ago or back in the day, though ;)

[fabiofal]

I remember the first time you posted this. A real master class in mixing classics

yes, rohan; this time i was inspired by the kris flowers thread posted by baleariksoul... i just wanted to share this mix with those who might have missed it ;)

[king dong]

cheers for this, warmed up for hippie in the club capital that is Kettering years back there was about 25 punters there and when he played turntable orchestra I swear you could you could see everyones neck hairs standing on end. He gave me some mixtapes but sadly thery're long gone, pretty sure he did some of the sade booties that were around years ago..

[Ichi.One]

classic mix of classics, it's indeed still on my ipod

i always wondered if the mix of sweetdreams with timewarp
was done live or if it was an old bootleg/mashup
if not can somebody re make it and put it on vinyl, i need that mix :oops:
yes yes i've tried it myself but my mix isn't that tight

time to bring that classic mixes thread back up, mithinks

[cygn]

very good mix indeed!

here's the tracklist from deephousepage (http://deephousepage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24009&highlight=torrales)

1. Betcha Wouldn't Hurt Me - Quincy Jones (with horn hits from France Joli's "Gonna Get Over You")
2. Do It Any Way You Wanna - People's Choice
3. There Are Many Stops Along The Way - Joe Sample
4. Clouds - Chaka Khan
5. Number One - Patrice Rushen
6. Love Is the Message - MFSB (with the Peach Boys "Don't Make Me Wait". Yeah, I know this blend has been done a zillion times, but I hear Hippie was the first.)
7. Whistle Bump - Deodato
8. You Can't Hide From Yourself - Teddy Pendergrass
9. Doctor Love - First Choice
10. Inside America - Juggy Murray Jones
11. Supernature - Cerrone
12. Standing In the Rain - Don Ray
13. Time Warp - Eddie Grant (with Sweet Dreams - Eurythmics)
14. I Feel Love - Donna Summer

[dan/latenight]

I am a massive spaz. is there an easy way to save. I have tried right click save as and it don't bloomin' work? !

[cygn]

1. leftclick on "download this file"
2. leftclick on "download now" ;)
3. wait till the counter reaches zero. download starts now automatically or if not, leftclick on here in "Click here to start your download".

[fabiofal]

very good mix indeed!

here's the tracklist from deephousepage (http://deephousepage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24009&highlight=torrales)

1. Betcha Wouldn't Hurt Me - Quincy Jones (with horn hits from France Joli's "Gonna Get Over You")
2. Do It Any Way You Wanna - People's Choice
3. There Are Many Stops Along The Way - Joe Sample
4. Clouds - Chaka Khan
5. Number One - Patrice Rushen
6. Love Is the Message - MFSB (with the Peach Boys "Don't Make Me Wait". Yeah, I know this blend has been done a zillion times, but I hear Hippie was the first.)
7. Whistle Bump - Deodato
8. You Can't Hide From Yourself - Teddy Pendergrass
9. Doctor Love - First Choice
10. Inside America - Juggy Murray Jones
11. Supernature - Cerrone
12. Standing In the Rain - Don Ray
13. Time Warp - Eddie Grant (with Sweet Dreams - Eurythmics)
14. I Feel Love - Donna Summer

Thx for the t/l, buddy! ;)

[madr]

Lovely !

[Cantopop Sensation]

Grazie Fabio!

I like this Classic Mixes section - all I need is a nice leather armchair and pipe & I can enjoy some fireside listening

[fabiofal]

Grazie Fabio!

I like this Classic Mixes section - all I need is a nice leather armchair and pipe & I can enjoy some fireside listening

you're welcome, one and all ;)

[electrogustojams]

Thanks Fabio! Take it up straight classics.

[domski]

amazing sounding mix.

i had to rewind a couple of blends, they were so good...

fave is clouds into number one... a-m-a-zing

also deodato into teddy pendergrass

this really should go in that mixing in key thread just to show how good it sounds... there's a couple of 'sour' mixes but hey only highlight the rest of it.

thanks whoever put this up... great stuff.

[Major Dude]

Slept on this, listened today! It really is brilliant.


deodato into teddy pendergrass

Magic!

[LordMuck]

classic mix of classics

Absolutely - it simply doesn't get more classic than this... :hail:

[Odyssey Promotions]

On d/l now. Great selection, looking forward to hearing this.

[Major Dude]

It's extraordinary this mix isn't it? Keep thinking im going over the top in my appreciation for it but then i listen again and it all comes back to me. Bloody super! It should be handed out to people when they buy their first set of decks.

[7STPS]

Thanks for that, every time you play it it gets better, can anyone recommend other mixes (by him or others) of that calibre please

[boogieboomp]

How does he do that? :conf40:

[boogieboomp]

Oh I've just been told....colossal skill!

[suenomartino]

Fabio. How old is this mix?
Its about 5 years old, he posted it around 2003 on the deephousepage.

Some info about Hippie & Zanzibar:

----- Original Message -----
From: "Hippie Torrales"
To: <jason@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 4:23 PM
Subject: Zanzibar History

Hey Jason: I don't know if I ever met you but I was just at your site and thought you might want some proper history to Zanzibar. Zanzibar opened August 29, 1979. I was the opening Dj and Saturdays was Gerald T. That went on for 3 months then I became the regular Dj every weekend. Al Murphy (Newark Premiere Club Promoter) was brought in after 3 months by my insistence to the owner Miles Berger. When Al came in I suggested we bring in guest Dj's like Larry Levan was doing at the Paradise Garage and that's how Larry Patterson, Tee Scott and some other jocks first got to play at Zanzibar. I was the house jock on the weekend and we started a Wednesday night party in which Larry Levan was the Dj. Note: this was the only other club in the metropolitan area Larry was allowed to Dj in. He had an exclusive deal with Paradise so he can play Jersey on an off night but no other place. I was the house jock from 1979 to 1981. Just thought it might help to set the record straight. Also in 1980 I won Billboard's Convention Best DJ for the state of NJ and that same year Larry Levan won for NY and that was the only time Larry or I ever won. They stopped after 1980. Hope this helps. Peace, Hippie Torrales.

[chiz]

Absolute quality mix this!

This one's well worth a listen too:

Hippie Torrales - Classic Series Vol 2. Funk Theme
http://www.dhpmixes.com/mixes/hippietorrales0604.mp3

[Major Dude]

Absolute quality mix this!

This one's well worth a listen too:

Hippie Torrales - Classic Series Vol 2. Funk Theme
http://www.dhpmixes.com/mixes/hippietorrales0604.mp3

Many thanks! :-D

[cygn]

he's got a podcast with more sets:
http://hippietorrales.podomatic.com/

[Adam H.]

I can't get this to download for some reason anyone have it on another link?

[Evil J Guano]

Can't get it to work either, z share seems to go round in a moebius loop through various pages but never downloading...
:(
DHP no worky either...
:( :(
Have lot of HT's mixes they are usually sublime...

[fabiofal]

lemme a bunch of minutes and i'll provide a zshare link...

[fabiofal]

here it is:

http://www.zshare.net/audio/5163455883990a4e/

[Evil J Guano]

Sooper Dooper

You are kind, thanks!

On the DL as we speak

As an aside when David Morales was at the height of his 'powers' I thought Hippie Torrales was some kind of Nom de Stylus devised to poke fun at the said DM. How I got into HT really... :)

[fab]

Can't seem to download this mix and the second link is for a different mix altogether!

[fab]

Anyone got this mix fancy posting it up please?

Thanks in advance

[Major Dude]

http://www.divshare.com/download/5976298-ca5

[stingray]

what a mix. quality.

[fab]

http://www.divshare.com/download/5976298-ca5


At Last!! Many many Thanks ; )

[Fip]

So nice to see this thread – I've been caning this mix since it was first posted on here, every time it sounds better. A true mastermix, 6 pages of people saying how good it is still doesn't do it justice. It's effortless, flawless, every mix adds something, genuinely uplifting, a class act.