He's back again with a trip into Room 2 sounds - this time serving up some good old fashioned house music.

Neil Craven Room 2 House Mix

1. ⁠Eleanor Mills - Mr Right (The Superb Parkside Mix)
2. ⁠Duck Sauce - Fallin' In Love (75 Retro Give Me Luv Re Edit)
3. ⁠Sandy's Gang - Hungry (Kevin McKay Remix)
4. ⁠Kevin McKay , KNI, West Of The Sun ft Lou - Sun On The Sea (Extended Mix)
5. ⁠Mo'Cream - More & More (Original Mix)
6. ⁠Sunscreem - Perfect Motion (Framewerk Rewerk)
7. ⁠Nightcrawlers - Push The Feeling On (Javier Penna Remix)
8. ⁠The Shaker - Mooncat (Delirious DJ 2024 Remix)
9. ⁠Loleatta Holloway - The Queens Anthem (Migue Boy Remix)
10. ⁠That Kid Chris - Big Time (Carlito's Dream)

Mainroom. Danny Jarvis Set 1. Dec 27th Live@ TheCUT. Making space for RICCO's closing set, Danny gave it some big room tension before raising the vibes to lead into RICCO's ripper of a final set!

Tracklist Set 2

1. Samuel - Initiate [Droid9]
2. Agustin Pietrocola - Damage (Original Mix) [UV Noir]
3. Bachir Salloum - Alma [Mango Alley]
4. Guy J - Alive Again (Original Mix)
5. Cloaked - Compress [Mango Alley]
6. Guy J - Worlds Apart [Early Morning]
7. Kamilo Sanclemente - Astronauts Nightmares (DJ Ruby Extended Remix) [Univack]
8. Kamilo Sanclemente - Astronauts Nightmares (Nicolas Viana Extended Remix)) [Univack]
9. Dee Montero - Together [Futurescope]
10. Marco Bailey & Tom Hades - Stars & Shines [Bedrock]
11. Jam & Spoon - Stella (Kölsch Remix Long) [ISPO]
12. Sasha & Joseph Ashworth - HiFiHi [LNOE172]
13. Cosmonaut & K Loveski - Jackelele ([Univack]
14. Kazko - 3 Lines [Mango Alley]

Recorded live @theCUT this is Danny's 1st set. A little darker than normal, it was designed to give space for RICCO to shine and with more epic tracks for his sets. Residents need to work together, it's not about outplaying each other - it's about that build of energy and letting your DJ partner take the crowd to those higher moments. That's true residency action right there.

DJ Set 1 Tracklist:

1. Analog Jungs - Smiles [Hope Recordings]
2. John Creamer & Stephane K - I Wish You Were Here (Acapella)
3. Cendryma - Override (Luis Damora Remix) [PURRFECTION]
4. John Cosani - Snano [Sudbeat]
5. HAFT, Peyman S - Reflections [AV1Tamin]
6. Yonsh - Rebirth Of The Last [Manual Music]
7. Joaquin Salmain - Concentrate [Mango Alley]
8. Matthew Sona - Ripple [Mango Alley]
9. John Cosani - Idid [Sudbeat]
10. Kamilo Sanclemente - Unknown Destination (Extended Mix)
11. HAFT - Vortex [Mango Alley]
12. Gai Barone - Fractals (HAFT Extended Remix) [Univack]
13. Kamilo Sanclemente & Sebastian Valencia (COL) - Anomaly [Melody of the Soul]

We're still buzzing that we handed over Room 2 to someone who lives and breathes the music – the brilliant Neil Craven.

“Initially falling into dance music through the sounds of the late Larry Levan and Frankie Knuckles and loving the soulful house and disco sounds they played, it progressed into a love of pretty much all forms of dance music,” says Neil.

From the Old Skool 88–92 Acid House era to the early progressive sounds of labels like Stress, Jackpot, Bedrock and Skinnymalinkey, Neil's DJ journey started in 1994, took a 17-year pause, and reignited in 2014. Since then, he’s been building back with serious groove – playing everything from House, Techno and Progressive to Disco, Edits and Old Skool.

Room 2 is all about eclectic sounds, deep, diverse, and full of heart. A true selector doing it for the love.

Here's a Nu Disco mix to keep you all tapping those toes!

Tracklist

1.⁠ ⁠Supershy ft Vula - Take My Time (Club Edit)

2.⁠ ⁠Art Of Tones - Crazay (Funk District Remix)

3.⁠ ⁠Chemise - She Can't Love You (PDM Remix)

4.⁠ ⁠David Morales - Ain't Nobody (Extended Mix)

5.⁠ ⁠Young Punx ft Lexa Hill - Kiss Of Life (Extended Mix)

6.⁠ ⁠Mark Lower ft Alexandra Prince - Paradise (Extended Mix)

7.⁠ ⁠Angelo Fererri - Funky Lovers (Original Mix)

8.⁠ ⁠Destiny II - Play To Win (Dave Lee Destination Boogie Mix)

9.⁠ ⁠Yuksek - The Rollercoaster (Extended Mix)

10.⁠ ⁠Cerrone x Purple Disco Machine - Summer Lovin' (Original Mix)

11.⁠ ⁠Jean Aubergine - Disco Numberwang (Jean's Vakue Added Sax Dub)

12.⁠ ⁠Todd Terje - Bodies (Prins Thomas Orgasmatron)

13.⁠ ⁠A Taste Of Honey - Sayonara (Peter Palace Edit)

14.⁠ ⁠Disco Cream - Happy Groove (Vince Expo Essential Mix)

EDC Xmas party , Sat 27th Dec 2025.
RICCO 2 sets.

SET 1

1 Essence (Original Mix) Lineki, Paolo Barbato Session 3 (EP)
2 Reperspective (Original Mix) Federico Monachesi Reperspective
3 Freebird (Emi Galvan Remix) Nick Warren Nick Warren Remixed (EP)
4 Determination (Original Mix) Iovino Summer Collection 2025
5 Virtual Escape (Cosmonaut Remix) Juan Deminicis Virtual Escape
6 Groovejet (Original Mix) Franky Wah Riptide (EP)
7 Breakdown (Original Mix) Ivan Aliaga Nizhoni / Breakdown
8 Gothamania (Remixes) (Lexicon Avenue Remix) Cass (UK) Gothamania (Remixes)
9 Turbulence (Boys Shorts Remix) Mercurio, Nick Warren Turbulence
10 Kids On Bikes (Extended Mix) Nick Warren, Landikhan Kids On Bikes
11 People In The Back (Extended Mix) Kintar, Randoree People In The Back

SET 2

12 Equilibrium (Original Mix) Alexander Silakov Equilibrium
13 Melodika (Extended Mix) Juan Sapia Melodika (EP)
14 Flugheim (Original Mix) Zehv Empire (EP)
15 Tribute (Original Mix) Tom Keller Tribute (EP)
16 Gridlock Groove (Original Mix) Seizmic (UK) Gridlock Groove
17 Franklin Acid Effect (Original Mix) Mark Flash
18 Light a Fire (Zehv Extended Remix) Frankie Vertigo
19 New York FM (Richie Blacker's Acid Cosmos Remix) Breeder
20 World In My Eyes (Collective States Cantina Rerub) Depeche Mode World In My Eyes
21 Movimientos (Original Mix) DC Salas, Zaatar, Curses To the Places I Call(ed) Home (EP)
22 Rust Inside (Original Mix) Hollen Microscope (EP)
23 Rocket Soul (Original Mix) Plump DJs Shifting Gears (Stanton Warriors Remix)
24 The Night Is Yours (Original Mix) M. Rodriguez, Karol Melinger The Night Is Yours
25 Set Me Free (Extended Mix) Nic Fanciulli, Robert Courtois Set Me Free
26 Energy Flash (Clean) (Extended) Joey Beltram

I’ve wanted to play Room 2 at Early Doors Club since the very first event at the new venue in 2025. So when I was asked to join Neil Craven at the December show, I was genuinely thrilled.

My very busy musical mind got the better of me, and I ended up preparing more than 1,200 tracks - spanning ambient and chill, through deep house, and right into breaks and electro. Something for everyone. Overkill? Maybe. Eclectic? Absolutely.

This mix, my first of 2026, captures elements of my set from Early Doors Club at the end of December, while still carrying some of the fingerprints of The Void. It’s a musical blueprint for the year ahead.

I hope you enjoy.

Tracklist:

1. Zaven - Litergy (Prelude)
2. Johnny Oso - Time Won't Tell You Everything
3. ⁠Boards Of Canada - Everything You Do is a Balloon
4. ⁠Zaven - Disciple
5. ⁠Ruxpin - Avant de Nous
6. Tipper - LED down
7. Stone - Pixie
8. Mr James Barth - The End
9. Remotif - The Sound of Hope Played Backwards
10. ⁠Natune - You're Everything to Me
11. ⁠Jerome Isma Ae - Purple Haze
12. ⁠Yør Kultura - Willow
13. ⁠Speedy J - The Oil Zone
14. Kaos - Remini
15. Saus - Tumult
16. ⁠Coral D - Love Is What?
17. Karl Biscuit - Hierophone (Avalon remix)
18. ⁠Akasha System - Purity Vector
19. ⁠Saafi Bros - Watching Thoughts
20. ⁠Nahwerk - Breakthrough (Arutani remix)
21. Saafi Bros - The Existence of Something
22. ⁠Bjorn Petrikat - Dreams
23. ⁠Geju - Dark Places (Paul Traeumer mix)
24. ⁠Satoshi & Dopeus - Sunrise
25. Toby Tobias - The Feeling (John Daly mix)
26. ⁠Findlay Brown - Love From Outter Space (Deadbeat Set Phazers to Stun mix)
27. ⁠Jerome C - You Better Think
28. ⁠Seva K - Falling
29. ⁠Claire Kocleo - Fragments
30. ⁠LTD - Sol Ixent

This episode brings together the full audio from the 1988 World In Action documentary, presented as one complete listening experience.

You may have seen the clips from this doc that we shared in short chunks on our Instagram feed. The post engagement went mental!
This episode exists to give the documentary the space it deserves; uninterrupted, in full, and in its original narrative form. You can also watch it on our Youtube playlist

Originally broadcast by World In Action, the documentary follows a coachload of young people travelling from London to secret Acid House parties during the height of late-1980s moral panic around dance music and Ecstasy. Police roadblocks, dramatic narration, and sensationalist framing reflect how the movement was portrayed at the time.

What’s striking today is how wide the gap is between perception and reality.

Beneath the scare-mongering language and flashing blue lights are interviews with ordinary young people — not criminals or threats to society, but kids looking for freedom, connection, and an alternative to the mainstream nightlife of the era. In truth, the “safe” Saturday-night options being defended weren’t necessarily safer at all.

This documentary captures a pivotal cultural moment. Acid House wasn’t just a sound it was a shift. A move toward inclusion, shared experience, and spaces where music came before ego or image.

Those values still matter. They’re the foundations of club culture as we know it today, and they’re exactly what Early Doors Club is built on.

Community. Good people. Great music.
The way it’s always been.

Credits & Source

Audio originally broadcast by ITV – World In Action (1988).
Shared here for historical, cultural, and documentary discussion.

The Crate is a new monthly show built around one simple idea: fresh music for the dancefloor. Each month, I dig deep and hand-pick new records that earn their place in my DJ sets at Early Doors Club, Newcastle; no fillers, no throwaways, just tracks that move the room.
The Crate is where new discoveries meet the Early Doors sound, showcasing music that’s shaping the sets before it ever hits the booth. From upfront cuts to overlooked gems, it’s a snapshot of what’s landing in the bag right now and why it matters on a proper dancefloor.
If you want to know what’s coming next at Early Doors this is where it starts.