647 / #201 open.spotify.com/playlist/0TD... From a Drum & Bass start to a Hauntology finish this week. Ambient Dub, Tech House, Hip Hop and Soul are also mixed up in between… Embrace The Eclectic.

647 / #200 open.spotify.com/playlist/3vV... Last week’s #200 was a “special” one. Here’s the normal one. Back to the usual genre jumping jams… From a funky, Balearic-esque jam to a rare non Jungle track by, the always reliable, Coco Bryce. Loads in between. Embrace The Eclectic.

647 / #200 (Backroom Bliss) open.spotify.com/playlist/0C4... Almost 4 years I’ve been doing a weekly playlist. Around 7000 tracks compiled. So a special comp to mark it. And it’s an EPIC themed one. A proper backroom collection of 70s/80s Soul/Funk/Disco/Club. Embrace The Eclectic.

647 / #199 open.spotify.com/playlist/1XH... From a Balearic Bananarama tune to some classic Soul from The Jones Girls. With Basement Jaxx, Antony Szmierek, !!!, Peggy Gou and more… Embrace The Eclectic.

647 / #198 open.spotify.com/playlist/6Km... What do we have this week? House to Madonna. That’s what. And the usual jumping around the genres in between. With MadVillain, In Flagranti, Rozi Plain, Taken By Trees, Vanessa Williams and more… Embrace The Eclectic.

647 / #197 open.spotify.com/playlist/6uQ... Hip Hop to (slightly Tech-ey) House this week. Jumping through genres like Footwork, Jungle, Deep House, Pop and more. w/ Art Of Noise, Daphne Guinness, DJ Shadow, Jamiroquai & Masters At Work… Embrace The Eclectic.

647 / #196 open.spotify.com/playlist/1ho... From a funky, Germanic folk number to the late night Soul of The O’Jays this week. Prince Far I, The Juan Maclean and Kid Creole are in there too. Plus more… Embrace The Eclectic.

647 / #195 open.spotify.com/playlist/4gt... From a slow bass driven plod of a Jura Soundsystem remix to a European nod to that early 80s NY Mutant Disco club sound. MadVillain, George Benson, The World Famous Supreme Team, Confidence Man and Lizzo join in. Embrace The Eclectic.

647 / #194 open.spotify.com/playlist/6aS... Upbeat to ambient this week. Janet Jackson, DJ Shadow, King Tubby, Saint Etienne, Bob James, The Wu-Tang Clan and more are included… Embrace The Eclectic

647 / #193 open.spotify.com/playlist/0eq... From A Certain Ratio to Madonna’s daughter this week. Mantronix, Depth Charge, The Steve Miller Band, Electribe 101 and, erm, Charlotte Church join them. Plus many more… Embrace The Eclectic

647 / #192 open.spotify.com/playlist/01i... From a great remix of a Robyn classic to some late 70s, club groove this week. But don’t worry, it’s not all dance. I manage to shoehorn in some Tame Impala, Spacemen 3 and an Asian cover of a Cher/Nancy Sinatra song… Embrace The Eclectic

647 / #191 open.spotify.com/playlist/1cI... A lot of House this week. And a sprinkling of Jungle / Drum & Bass and some Footwork / Juke too… Embrace The Eclectic

647 / #190 open.spotify.com/playlist/2k9... From my favourite Deee-Lite tune to some Hip Hop this week. And other sounds join in. Such as… 80s Club, Mutant Disco, Dub and even an instrumental of “Pull Up To The Bumper”. And more… Embrace The Eclectic

647 / #189 open.spotify.com/playlist/1Wp... From the Ambience of Eno to the 80s, Industrial, Jack of Nitzer Ebb this week. Taking in Yellow Magic Orchestra, Christine McVie, Frankie Knuckles, Angie Stone and THAT Weatherall remix for Confidence Man… Embrace The Eclectic

647 / #188 open.spotify.com/playlist/4i7... A bit dance heavy this week. BUT I still manage to shoehorn in some Beats, Hip Hop and Soul. All DJ-brained together so as it flows and doesn’t jar. Embrace The Eclectic

647 / #187 open.spotify.com/playlist/7Cl... From a mellow start to a more upbeat finish this week. Lots of dance and electro in between. Haiku Hands, Zoo Brazil, A Certain Ratio, Fila Brazilia, Matthew Herbert, Keep Shelly In Athens and more… Embrace The Eclectic

647 / #186 open.spotify.com/playlist/7mj... From a dancey, foreign Disco start to a dubby remix of a Katy J Pearson track this week. 808 State, Confidence Man, The Juan Maclean, Candido, Double Exposure and more all join in… Embrace The Eclectic

647 / #185 open.spotify.com/playlist/4Dn... From my 2nd favourite David Bowie remix (#1 being Jeremy Sole’s rework of “Golden Years” - seek it out) to the underground House of Ketiov this week. Octo Octa, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Simian Mobile Disco and more join in… Embrace The Eclectic

647 / #184 open.spotify.com/playlist/7fK... Hip Hop from Childish Gambino to a 303 drenched House classic by the pioneering Larry Heard this week. Lots of other House records too, alongside acts such as Sally Shapiro, Roosevelt, Zed Bias and even Luther Vandross… Embrace The Eclectic

647 / #183 open.spotify.com/playlist/3jX... From joyous, upbeat, beats from Mr Scruff to some joyous Northern Soul beats this week. Childish Gambino, Hot Chip, Ibibio Sound Machine, Lone and more are in between. Embrace The Eclectic

647 / #182 open.spotify.com/playlist/6mZ... From some beats from Derry, travelling through Jungle, Easy Listening, Dub & ending up with The Chemical Brothers + Beck and a remix of a track from the former Rilo Kiley frontwoman, Jenny Lewis, by The Knife, this week… Embrace The Eclectic

647 / #181 open.spotify.com/playlist/1V4... From some rocky Indie to some poppy indie with electronics this week… Some Tricky, a classic TOTP theme tune, a Stone Roses sampling Hip Hop track and my favourite remix of a Killing Joke tune too. And more… Embrace The Eclectic

647 / #180 open.spotify.com/playlist/130... From some classic French House to a foreign cover version of The Bee Gees this week… Soul, Hip Hop, Pop and more are sandwiched between them. Embrace The Eclectic

647 / #179 open.spotify.com/playlist/1kg... Meandering through the beats. You know the drill by now, surely. Roosevelt, Masters At Work, Sally Shapiro, Jamie xx, Gotts Street Park and more… Embrace The Eclectic

647 / #178 open.spotify.com/playlist/2Ai... From Antony Szmierek / Porij to Cut Chemist this week. Alongside Eno, King Tubby, Grace Jones, Chemical Brothers, Tenor Fly and more… Embrace The Eclectic

647 / #177 open.spotify.com/playlist/09f... From an ambient start, through to Roisin Murphy channeling Lil Louis’ “French Kiss”. Lots of House and other beats in between. Embrace The Eclectic

647 / #176 open.spotify.com/playlist/2ov... This week? From Gary Numan to Rocker’s Revenge. Joining them? Daphne Guinness, Beck, Baxter Dury, The Horrors, Planningtorock and many many more… Embrace The Eclectic

647 / #175 open.spotify.com/playlist/0LD... Well, well well… This wasn’t deliberate. But I’ve seemingly compiled a backroom of a club selection without any dance records… Embrace The Eclectic

Seeng as Spotify is being a bit janky just now and not loading up the playlist player on here and on X, then here is a reminder of the page on which you can access all my playlist links… linktr.ee/Ransacks

647 / #174 open.spotify.com/playlist/1Qo... From a remix of an 80s Freeez classic through to the indie world of Devendra Banhart. In between? The Bug, Underworld, Moderat, Nina Kraviz, Phil Kieran and more… Embrace The Eclectic

647 / #173 open.spotify.com/playlist/32h... From a Balearic chilled start, through to House this week. Featuring the Art Of Noise, DJ Shadow, Kraftwerk, some Funk, Soul, Jungle and even Boney M! Embrace The Eclectic

647 / #172 open.spotify.com/playlist/4Ea... From a beat heavy Hip Hop start to a mellow Beta Band finish this week. Some Funk and Soul and Trip Hop vibes in between… Embrace The Eclectic

647 / #171 open.spotify.com/playlist/7fw... The first few hip hop / beat tracks were all introduced to me via my girlfriend (@lilgemgem.bsky.social). She has a good musical taste. Jungle, Footwork, Dub and indie all follow… Embrace The Eclectic

647 / #170 open.spotify.com/playlist/3d9... Starting with a mellow Alex Kassian track (there are a couple of his in this playlist) and finishing with a sweary song by Kate Nash. Flowdan, Phil Kieran, Julian Cope, Chromatics, Azymuth and more in between… Embrace The Eclectic

647 / #169 open.spotify.com/playlist/61D... Aphex Twin, Jungle, Disco, House, Dub… You get the idea, As usual, jumping around the genres. Well, not jumping as such, it’s been crafted to flow like a backroom DJ set. Embrace The Eclectic

Seeng as Spotify is being a bit janky just now and not loading up the playlist player on here and on X, then here is a reminder of the page on which you can access all my playlist links… linktr.ee/Ransacks

647 / #168 open.spotify.com/playlist/1VC... From an Italo start through to a minimal tech house style track. Navigating through Hip Hop, Funk, Beats, Electronic and House too… Embrace The Eclectic

Seeng as Spotify is being a bit janky just now and not loading up the playlist player on here and on Bluesky, then here is a reminder of the page on which you can access all my playlist links… linktr.ee/Ransacks

647 / #167 open.spotify.com/playlist/5nE... It’s always good to start quiet and then build to some big room, club bangers. Eno, Madlib, Aphex Twin, Liz Fraser, Melba Moore, Jessie Ware and more are along for the ride. Embrace The Eclectic

647 / #166 open.spotify.com/playlist/099... From Electro to, erm, Electro this week. Funk, Disco, House, Italo, etc are sandwiched between. Embrace The Eclectic

647 / #165 open.spotify.com/playlist/0f3... From the sunny, slow stylings of the wonderful Skinshape, to the moody, fractured, urban ambience of Burial this week. Also with, Hannah Peel, Sonic Boom & Panda Bear, St Germain, DJ Koze, Chaos In The CBD and more… Embrace The Eclectic

647 / #164 open.spotify.com/playlist/2bP... A Hip Hop start to a soulful end. Jungle / Drum & Bass, Bossa, House, Dub and more all included too. Embrace The Eclectic

647 / #163 open.spotify.com/playlist/2W0... From weird beats to ambience this week. Teleman, Patrick Cowley, Steve Mason, Eno, Beth Orton, The Teardrop Explodes, Ibio Sound Machine and many more diverse acts are in amongst it. Embrace The Eclectic

647 / #162 open.spotify.com/playlist/0VJ... Mostly driving around the outskirts of dance this week. But not to worry. It is not a uniform sound and it still contains a tiny sprinkling of other genres too. Embrace The Eclectic

647 / #161 open.spotify.com/playlist/3Hp... An ambient start to a Burial end this week. Taking in acts as diverse as Aphex Twin, The B-52s, Blackalicious, John Maus and Esther Phillips. Embrace The Eclectic

647 / #160 open.spotify.com/playlist/1TI... All over the place as usual. But a controlled “all over the place” as usual. A cover version of Beck, one of America, some electronic business, some early House, a sprinkling of Indie, some Disco. You get the idea… Embrace The Eclectic

647 / #159 open.spotify.com/playlist/6v9... Ambient to, erm, ambient this week. But taking in early Meat Beat Manifesto, Godflesh, Nia Archives, Klaus Wunderlich, Mr Fingers and Roosevelt too. Along with many others. Embrace The Eclectic

647 / #158 open.spotify.com/playlist/0Ms... From a modern Afro influenced style tune to some original flavour Dubstep this week. Detouring through Flowdan, Bjork, Fontaines D.C, Lee “Scratch” Perry and more… Embrace The Eclectic

647 / #157 open.spotify.com/playlist/3Si... Disco, House, Ambient, Indie… All manner of sounds sewn together. Embrace The Eclectic