Hot To The Touch 282 lands — and this one is personal history.

For episode 282 I went back to the place where my ears got wired: 1988 / 1989 — that unreal hinge-era when sampling suddenly meant you could cut up the world and when Italy went from Italo to proto-house revolutionizers almost overnight. I’ve pulled 10 of my absolute favourite records from those two years — as they sounded when they were fresh, fierce, and not yet heritage.

These are the tracks that built my DNA as a DJ and selector. A pre-rave blueprint. The moment right before the floodgates of the 90s.

Press play — and step back almost 40 years.

Cry Sisco! – Afro Dizzi Act [Escape Records]

Hot & Cold – Don’t Talk About It [ZYX]

FPI Project – Going Back To My Roots [Rumour Records]

Corperation Of One – Real Life [Smokin’]

Bananarama – Love Truth And Honesty (Balearacidic Mix) [London Records]

49’ers – Die Walküre  [Media Records]

Tony Scott – That’s How I’m Living [BCM]

Richie Rich – Salsa House [FFRR]

Vicky Martin – (Not Gonna) Do It (Bam Bam Remix) [Movin’]

Capella – Helyom Halib (Extended Mix) [Media Records]

Discoholics Anonymous doesn’t ask for cookies. It slips them into your pocket while you’re not looking, the way clubs used to slip flyers into your coat lining at 4:37 in the morning. Some of them are harmless — the house keys. They keep the lights on, remember who you are, stop the whole thing collapsing when you hit refresh. Without them the site is just a room with no door. The others are curious little spies. They want to know which mixes you stayed for, which ones you ghosted, whether you