Mixes / Groove Radio - Edits & Mixes

Rapture

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Groove Radio 103.1, Los Angeles.

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My CD single.

MIX USED FOR EDIT:
Matt Darey Mix

DESCRIPTION:
Another edit of a Matt Darey Erasure mix. This was the b-side to the Erasure single "In My Arms".

File uploaded: January 15th, 2023

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Mixes / Groove Radio - Edits & Mixes

 

Groove Radio 103.1 FM. This was the third radio station I "worked" for. Take note of those quotes. I did work at the station, but I was not paid. I was assured of "opportunities", instead of actual money.

Unlike at KROQ and MARS FM, opportunities actually happened.

I busted my ass, doing over 80 radio edits in a little over a year. I never received a cent from the radio station. I rarely received credit on air. I occasionally received a sticker or shirt or some other swag, but I never got a dime for my work.

I did, however, get true opportunities. Due to the amount of work I put into my edits at the radio station, record labels began recognizing my skill. Record labels hired me (either as freelance or as "contract") to do work for them. For actual money. By being contract at Warner Brothers, that directly gave me the opportunity to approach the New Media department at the label, and eventually get the job of Webmaster for the band Depeche Mode.

Fast forward (at the time of this post) 24 years. I now run Depeche Mode's website, control their socials and am in charge of their tape vault, with the official title of "Archivist". All of that is due to slaving away for a year, doing radio edits of songs that (honestly) I only occasionally liked, for a radio station that paid me nothing.

Radio does not pay. Radio does not respect you. Radio will use you up and toss you out. But, rarely, you can leverage your radio time into bigger and better things.

For additional clarity: when Groove Radio came back as an online streaming radio station in 2000, I was hired to do edits, radio imaging and to host a show. I was promised $2,500/month. After working for eight weeks, and never receiving a cent, I quit.

Repeat after me: Radio does not pay.

Some notes about these edits. Groove Radio 103.1 FM, and MARS FM, were both on the same low power FM radio signal. You could literally be driving away from the station, turn the first corner, and lose the signal.

Most of these edits are sourced from scratchy vinyl. Swedish Egil would get a record, quickly record it to a DAT (digital audio tape), and then I'd make a radio edit from that. The radio signal was so weak, you (the listener) could not tell that the records were scratched, because the static of the radio signal masked the surface noise! You are hearing these edits now in better fidelity than you did if you listened to them on the air back in the day. I just wanted to provide a "heads up" for anyone expecting crystal clear audio. These are the exact edits aired back in the 90s, surface noise and all!

Every single edit below was on the playlist. My work was a large chunk of the actual playlist of the station.

Enjoy these Groove Radio 103.1 edits, for free! Well, free for you. I'm paying near $300/mo to host this site! Support the artists, and buy the full length versions where you can.

Aaliyah - One In A Million (Armand's Drum N Bass Mix)
Aaliyah - One In A Million (Mongolodic Mix)
Alyus - Follow Me
Basscamp - Take Your Body
Blueboy - Remember Me
Boom Tomb - Always Together
Boris Dlugosh Presents Boom - Keep Pushin
Brand New Heavies - Spend Some Time
BRAT - If Egil Calls
Bruce Springsteen - Born In The U.S.A.
C.J. Bolland - Sugar Is Sweeter
C.J. Bolland - The Prophet
Chaka Khan And Me'shell Ndegeocello - Never Miss The Water
Chapter One - Strong Feeling
Charm Farm - Superstar
Chemical Brothers - The Best Part Of Breaking Up
Crescendo - Are You Out There
Culture Beat - Mr. Vain
Depeche Mode - It's No Good (Dom T Bass Bounce Mix)
Depeche Mode - It's No Good (Hardfloor Mix)
Depeche Mode - It's No Good (Club 69 Mix)
Devone - Energy
Dina Carroll - Run To You
DJ Hype - True Playaz Anthem
DJ Zinc - Ready Or Not
Donna Summer - State Of Independence
Doop - Doop
Dubstars - Stars
Erasure - Don't Say Your Love Is Killing Me
Erasure - In My Arms (Crumbling Down Mix)
Erasure - In My Arms (Dekkard Mix)
Erasure - Oh L'Amour
Erasure - Rapture
Everything But The Girl - Ultra Missing
Freestyle - Don't Stop
Freestyle - Drop The Boom
Gabrielle - Give Me A Little More Time
Garbage - Milk (Rabbit In The Moon Mix)
Garbage - Stupid Girl
Harddrive - Deep Inside
Jam And Spoon - Right In The Night
Kristine W. - One More Try
La Flavour - Mandolay
Leftfield - Afro Left
Libra Presents Taylor - Anomaly (Calling Your Name)
Living Joy - Dreamer
Maddog - I'm Alive
Mariah Carey - Emotions
Masters And Work Featuring India - I Can't Get No Sleep
Meat Beat Manifesto - It's The Music
Moby - Into The Blue
Moloko - Fun For Me
Movement Underground - I Is What I Am
Mr. Jack - Wiggly Work
Nomad - I Want To Give You Devotion
Olive - You're Not Alone
Pet Shop Boys - Se A Vida E
Pet Shop Boys - Somewhere
Quincy Jones - Stomp
Quivver - Believe In Me
Real McCoy - Automatic Lover (Call For Love)
Robin S. - It Must Be Love
Rockers Hi-Fi - 90° Fuzzwalk
S'Aint John - Agua
Salt Tank - Pacific Diva
Sara Parker - My Love Is Deep
Shawna Davis - Getaway
Sister Bliss - Bad Man
Sneakerpimps - Spin Spin Sugar
Soft House Company III - What You Need
The Fugees - Fu Gee La
The Fugees - Killing Me Softly
The Police - Voices Inside My Head
The Return Of Full Intention - America
Tori Amos - Professional Widow
U2 - Discotheque
U2 - Lemon
Underworld - Born Slippy
Underworld - Juanita
Utah Saints - Star
Vida Simpson - Ooh Baby
Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody
Whitney Houston - Step By Step
William Orbit - Barber's Adagio For Strings
Winx - You Are The One

 

 

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