First, I don’t have the slightest clue who Areacode is or which persons stand behind Areacode. According to the famous Internet, the first mix is from DJ Sly Flynn and the second is from DJ Noah While. Anyhow, I heard the mix back in 1997 and was blown away. We have to dive back into the days to understand the DJ mix milestone showing up. I’m talking about a time, when no digital DJ tool was at hand, from a point in time with two vinyl decks and an analogue mixer in between. The parties at this point were most of the time sensational, but you could hear the analogue mixing style. Beats were missed or not perfectly synced, you could hear scratches on the LPs. and mixing with matching keys was even further away. But then, the two mixes from Areacode arrived.
A pure energy mix, but the most impressive topic was perfection. The mix sounded like a modern digital mix, the transitions were perfect, the energy management was perfect, effectively, everything was perfect … and this was back in 1997.
Unfortunately, I haven’t found the mix on YouTube but I found the mix on MixCloud which should be equally fine:
https://www.mixcloud.com/Rave_Channel/slyflynn-d-nox-noah-white-areacode-evosonic-radio-12121997/