c2eMusic Soulful Deep House

As you can imagine I never set out to create a "munted" mix, but it provides a way for me to release mixes that I feel don't meet my usual standards.  There could be a couple of ropey transitions or as is the case with this mix, too many naked beats, usually the result of the transition not being tight enough. The reason this mix is munted is because it's the first one in my new house.  The new mu...

The August mix in recent years (excluding Covid) has become the Suncebeat mix as it's the first mix after the festival.  This year marked the last time Suncebeat will be held in Croatia, or the Tisno Gardens at least.  It was the fourteenth event which is incredible and shows the quality of the week long soulful house spectacular. It was the quietest in terms of numbers that I've been to and this...

Midway through 2023 so no better reason to do a best of (so far).  This podcast pulls from the last six mixes Jan-Jun cherry picking the some of my favourites so far this year.  It's been a pretty good year for music so far, it wasn't easy choosing which tracks to play, although it was all done on the fly so it was dependent on the vibe and feel of the mix. The chatroom was packed, soooo grateful...

Wow, where do we start with this little badger.  It almost never happened due to some technical issues during the show.  I had played around with the settings in Butt that week before and hadn't put them back.  So for the first 50 minutes of the show everyone was listening to the mic on my Mac!  Yes, they heard the music albeit grainy and muffled, but they also heard me singing, talking and carryi...

May is a birthday double header in the Haynes house.  This year it's a special one as my eldest turns 16 allowing him to drive!!  I'm so proud of the young man he's becoming.  He really is a chip off the old block, so much so that he has just gotten into vinyl and is now showing interest in DJing and production.  He even joined me in the music closet for this weeks show to see how it all works!  T...

Well I will open by saying this mix feels very different to most c2eMusic sessions.  Yes there is a nice spread of sub genres and yes there is a nice flow through them all.  However there is more straight up house in the second half.  I'm really keen to hear what you think of it.  I must admit it's growing on me, but then I did choose the tracks and mix it (albeit on the fly as usual). Noticing an...

First up I want to give a big shout out to this weeks crew in the chat room.  The ever reliable Mr David Smith whom I've known since I was 16!  Chucky (Mr Congas) a fine upstanding Englishman now calling Sydney home.  Steve (DJDippedInDeep), fellow Pressure Radio DJ whose supported since my early days on Pressure.  Neensy, my partner in crime and one of the most amazing people I've ever known.  La...

Getting back into the groove and loving it. Reconnected my Podcast with iTunes this week.  Numbers have soared since, made me realise how important a platform like iTunes can be.  Now I am discoverable again to new people and even appear on the first page of search results for soulful, deep or even house music!  That's only possible with the support of you guys over the years so a BIG thank you. T...

I was prompted to do a vinyl show by the Klubhouse guys here in Sydney who had their first Vinyl night this last weekend.  So in classic c2eMusic (and Richie Haynes in general) style grabbed a handful of tunes just before the show and jumped right in. Vinyl mixing requires a lot more attention and skill than digital and whilst it's like riding a bike it still takes a couple of mixes to settle you...

This is a fun impromptu set recorded live on Pressure Radio on a Sydney Sunday afternoon in January. I was joined by my mate Chucky (Howard Charles) a fellow Brit living in Sydney, who had come over to mine to have a jam with his congas. While we were jamming I checked to see if anyone was playing live on Pressure and saw it was just auto DJ, so we decided to go live. It's my first time having som...

Happy New Year everyone.  This is the first mix of 2023, a year in which I hope to be a lot more active than recent times.  Signs are positive, I actually enjoyed the search process for new music for the first time in a fair while.  There are more and more releases but the amount of good stuff is about the same.  That means an ever decreasing hit rate which can be draining and takes some of the fu...

This is a special mix based around a set I played this month for Klubhouse at Tatler here in Sydney. The vibe on the night was great, so much energy in the room.  I played after Klubhouse founder Dante Rivera who gave e the perfect base to start from.  Lauren Neko followed me singing live over the tracks she was mixing!  Local legend Illya Cooper was next up and it was like he'd never been away, a...

Hope everyone is well out there and you are finding the time to do the things that make you feel happy and fulfilled.  I'm happy to say that I recently did so by flying over to Europe to attend this year's Suncebeat '22 festival in the beautiful Tisno, Croatia, followed by a trip back to the UK to visit family and friends. This month's mix is a celebration of the music and vibes from the week-long...

Continuing the nostalgic theme in 2022, my tenth anniversary on Pressure Radio.  This weeks show was dedicated to 2011.  No particular reason, although I was intrigued to hear what c2eMusic sounded like just before I went onto Pressure Radio.  I always feel conscious of my sound on Pressure with the soulful house focus on the station.  I personally feel I spill out across a whole bunch of sub genr...

This mix was recorded on my c2eMusic radio show on Pressure Radio on 23rd June.  As the name suggests you may find the odd track or 23 that first appeared in a c2eMusic mix in 2010.  Five specific mixes in fact - February 2010, May 2010,  June 2010, July 2010 and August 2010 almost in that order!!  Now let me clarify that again in case any nerds point out a discrepancy.  The tracks in this mix fir...

Finally getting round to releasing recorded radio sessions from the past couple of months. This is from the end of April but we'll call it May because it sounds cooler. It's a mix of new tracks on the deeper side of the tracks.  Again it was another on the fly job with tracks purchased an hour before the show and listened to for the first time with everyone else. I'm still not back into full swing...

This mix is the first in a series celebrating my ten years on Pressure Radio. I must admit I never imagined still being here ten years on, but as the old saying goes - "time flies.......". I still remember my audition with John Matteo.  It was a Sunday afternoon here in Sydney which meant Saturday night in NY where JM was playing live on Pressure. He helped me with the configuration of the softwar...

It's taken over seven years but Vol 3 of the Dirty Phunk series is now out.  I can't say it was planned as I don't do that with music very often.  This was recorded on the fly for the live Pressure Radio show on 23rd December.  My original thought was a new Dave Lee mix and that's how thing started, however track three changed all that! From then on in we were on a disco phunk ride through the arc...

Welcome to another crate digging session, recorded on the c2eMusic Radio Show on Pressure Radio on 9th December.  It's a bit of a tale of two halves.  The first being pretty chilled and soulful giving way to a bit more oomph in the second hour.  The first hour has a very British feel from the Soulful House scene featuring producers like Rhemi, Sean McCabe, The Journey Men and Atjazz.  The mix then...

Great being able to get an early release out for the December podcast.  It's just down to when the radio show falls and it doesn't make sense to wait till the next show which takes us into mid December so here we are. This mix is quite different to your traditional c2eMusic mix.  It doesn't have the usual flow, the changes in energy levels and styles.  This bad boy is just ON from the very first b...

I'm starting to establish a pattern with my Pressure Radio shows now  There are typically two a month, one featuring new releases and the latest sounds.  The other is a crate digging session on the deep/soulful side. This mix is an example of the latter.  It's been a while since I did a mix just filled with big tune after big tune so I was excited to do another one. I'm really happy with the way i...

Recorded right at the end of October this mix was almost Oct Vol2.  However just hours away from todays show and with no new music it makes more sense for to be the November mix. Anyone following my Global Lounge Room Music on Mixcloud will recognise this mix.  Essentially the GLRM mix was done on the fly and as a result it's not as tight as I would have liked.  So I have almost redone it again he...

This months mix should be called "Spotify 20/21" as it's made up of a bunch of tracks I've listened to over and over on the platform during the various lockdowns. As a result the mix has a slightly different sound as I listened to a wider range of music while stuck at home. Heads Up - I have another project that I release on Mixcloud called "Global Lounge Room Music". It's a fortnightly session st...

This is a recording from Pressure Radio on 16th September.  As I mentioned during the show with the radio show being fortnightly one week will be new tracks and the other a crate digging session. Completely unplanned (as always) I found myself in the Nice 'N' Ripe folder containing all things UKG from back in the day. Yes I know I've done a couple of NNR mixes before, but that was years ago now. T...

I'm finally back!!!!  It's been a while, well over a year in fact.  I moved into a penthouse in June 2020 with an amazing set up.  It had two floors and the top floor had a really cool balcony over the lounge and uninterrupted views across the city to the Blue Mountains.  There was a huge open space, wooden floor and big enough for 40/50 people to dance, I was so excited.  There was just one probl...