While in the 90's & Nillies House Music was growing &  booming,
Radio Christina broadcasted  Dance Garden,
a show dedicated to house, groove, dance, trance, ... 
On the verge of vinyl and mp3. 

Earlier, Beat Time with Bart Smolders had cleared the path for electronic dance music on radio Christina. The legendary giga house program ran from 1989-1996.
Dance Garden - an idea of Philip De Bie - hosted & presented by Philip & Stijn Jacobs - which originated in 1999 was on air every week on thursdaynight from 21-23h.

The show consisted of a top ten, a retro mix and one hour of new beats.

From time to time, there were guest DJ sets.
New music was sent to the guys, first on vinyl or cd later on downloads followed.
Before he started Dance Garden, Philip learnt how to beatmix & present as co-presenter of the dance music show Fantasy ( with Fabian Hendrickx, 1996-1999 ).

Jingle - Dance Garden Cocktail Review 2000

This pandemic made Philip dive into his records, those vinyls he had almost buried. 
However he has been deejaying  actively till 2015 - with a lost but lovely gig one week before lockdown 2020 - he'll try not to touch any mp3's for this series of mixes.
Dance Garden & Fantasy did bring a wide range of genres.
From groove & house to trance and a lot of music that is now known as retro.  

For the love of music and a decade of vinyl : ready for a trip down memory lane ? 

Jingle  - Dance Review 1999

Jingle - Dance Garden The Review 2005

As presenters, Stijn & Philip hosted the first editions of Hestival.
Philip closed the first one as dj.

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