I started digitizing my old mix tapes tonight and the first one I pulled out of the vault was a classic from 1991 that I treasured back in the day. The mix is by DJ Rob Vaughan at the infamous Dallas night club, ‘Aqua Lounge’. Rob was, and still is, one of my biggest inspirations when it comes to turntable mastery and I’m proud to also call him one of my closest friends. Those of you who frequented Aqua Lounge will agree with me when I say some of the most memorable nights of our lives were spent sweating it out to Rob’s tunes in that tiny little club on Main Street in Deep Ellum.
This mix was recorded on a 120-minute Sony cassette tape, and considering it’s age (18 years) it sounds quite good. I spliced both sides of the tape together to make one continuous mix – too long for a CD but perfect for an iPod. All you old-skool Dallas club kids out there – I hope you enjoy this blast from the past. It’s a great ride. Rob – sorry I misspelled your last name on the tape…; )
DJ Rob Vaughan – Agua Lounge Mix Tape – 2-23-1991 (right click to download)
July 5th, 2009 at 12:13 am
Nice one. His flawless mixing amazes me. He’s on another dimension!
July 6th, 2009 at 10:00 am
TALK ABOUT A SERIOUS FLASH BACK!!
THANKS FOR SHARING.
July 6th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
This mix brings back some of the best memories I WILL EVER HAVE! At least the ones I can remember Those nights @ Aqua Lounge were priceless!!
July 10th, 2009 at 6:56 am
Wow…thanks a lot. Me and my friends were talking about the Aqua Lounge the other day. We talked about how crazy and balls out we were at that place. We all laughed when we remembered being in the bathroom doing things we shouldnt have been doing. Anyways we remembered one night one of the bouncers walked in and said “come guys at least shut the door”. That is how wheels off that place was. Thanks for the flashback and helk I think I was their listening to Rob mix this very tape live…. even cooler. Thanks again and more posts like this please.
July 27th, 2009 at 10:46 pm
It’s a trip exactly the vibes this music is bring back to me. Todd, I beleive you working at backstreet at the time. Always started out at the video bar and rolled on down to Aqua Lounge by around midnight. It’s a wonder we all did not get arrested. Things were and everyone was rolling back in the day. GOOD TIMES
I feel bad for the youngsters who think they new what partying was all about. Or maybe justed conceeded, as I recall everyone down back in the day.
July 29th, 2009 at 9:55 pm
Wow, thanks so much. I have such great memories and he’s just as good as I remember. Miss those days, glad we survived them! What a trip.
July 31st, 2009 at 5:34 pm
Wish I could have stopped the world and got off right there.
October 1st, 2009 at 3:54 pm
These were the days!
April 9th, 2010 at 8:31 pm
Does anyone remember what the sign used to say above the door. Something about if your not down with Unity then your not down with us? Awesome times at Aqua…
April 10th, 2010 at 7:24 am
Oh yea.. and much thanks for posting up this stuff. The memories came flooding in.
August 28th, 2010 at 12:02 am
Man we had so much fun I remember sitting on the wall listen to bobby connors much love to all my brothers and sisters from back in the day.stay strong be well …..peace love and hair grese.
December 10th, 2010 at 10:36 pm
F’ing golden thanks for posting
January 21st, 2011 at 7:06 pm
This is a beautiful recording….thank you so much for posting. I was just searching for pics or any write ups on Aqua Lounge and I found this. We had so many amazing nights there. The most laid back chill club. Although, I do remember many late nights or should I say early mornings when the Dallas cobs would bust in and kick everyone out. Regardless, many fantastic memories for all of us who experienced it.
April 20th, 2011 at 11:12 pm
Thanks for this! Memories galore…I can almost say I remember this night
September 3rd, 2011 at 10:01 pm
Dallas hometown heroes, Rob Vaughan & Brett Johnson will be playing alongside Austin’s own on October 15th, 2011 & we would love all of you Aqua Lounge folk to come down for the (((Proteus/Barefoot In The Park 2011))) reunion: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=139851826069087
September 29th, 2011 at 10:34 pm
thanks for the tracks !!! good times, oh yeah…. most exciting? well that was the night we we’re hanging on the couches,, had just dropped a few, and then the DEA came running in for a freaking raid… me and my group trying to act cool while dozens of swat looking dudes ran into the bathrooms… few mins later the house lights came on and they started interviewing people….
Cover Charge – $15 bucks
Couple hits of some powerful stuff – $40 bucks
The look on our faces as we tried to act sober during an all out FEDRaid – Priceless
thanks for the good tunes
October 16th, 2011 at 7:52 pm
Thanks for this. Rob was my DJ mentor when he was working in Ft. Worth. I used to make it over to Aqua Lounge as much as I could so I could hang out with him, watch him work, and enjoy the crowd.
Brings back some really good memories.
Thanks again.