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09/05/2022

Armand Van Helden was everywhere in the 90’s and early 2000’s. There seemed to be nothing he couldn’t do in terms of House. Funk Phenomenon with the guitar loop, the superb Professional Widow remix, the Soulful You Don’t Know Me with Duane Harden, and this…..Koochy interpolates the Miami Freestyle beat and a lot of DJ scratching, along with the lead sample from Gary Numan’s Cars and an electronic voice talking about “koochy”. The track works wonders in the peak hours of an Eletrco set, a Pop set, a Tech House set, and if you’re feeling daring, a Hip Hop set could use snippets of the track if based on the mixing and scratching alone. DJ competition seekers could do well with this track as its multi-layered genres open up several possibilities. If you’re on a Hip Hop vibe, follow this up with Fergie’s Fergalicious. Let me know in the comments how this works with you.

07/05/2022

Some tracks are timeless. Bangers at every single party in every single setting, no matter the crowd, no matter how old the track is. Baby Got Back is most definitely one such track. Culture references will always be made to keep the track relevant. Whether it’s Ross and Rachel singing it to a baby in the 90’s or Nicki Minaj sampling it in 2014, this track will never grow old. Hip Hop sets, Pop sets, and if you get your hands on the single, the Tekno Metal Mix could work in a Retro House set. Mix it up with Jason Nevins’ It’s Like That remix of Run DMC to keep that freestyle vibe going.

06/05/2022

Although the Wankelmut version was a bigger radio hit, I am personally a fan of the Gui Boratto remix. There’s a bit more of the Nudisco-esque feel, and there’s more going on in the remix. It still works in a Pop set as well as the Wankkelmut version does, but this also could be on a rooftop set or the early parts of a Tech House set. I’d go back to basics with the follow-up, hitting the crowd with Modjo’s everlasting Lady. You can never go wrong with that.

04/05/2022

This is Tech House at its finest, That bass and drums at the start sets the tone and tells the crowd where it’s at. There aren’t too much vocals, but a haunting whisper well halfway into the track keeps us on edge. This clashes with soothing “people loving people” in sensual vocals being sung before a 90’s House piano progression kicks in. But make no mistake. This is a killer Tech House track that can really do wonders for the dancefloor, so use wisely. Mix it up with Undercatt’s Futura to get the Tech feels up, up and UP.

04/05/2022

Better known for his Tropical and Sunshine House, Bob Sinclar goes more Disco House/Nudisco on this outing. It’s a great track that still contains Sinclar’s signature uplifting layers on top of soulful vocals, and works wonders on a Funky House set. Even if people don’t know the track, there’s the Bob Sinclar element that keeps everyone happy and full of life. Mix this up with Roberto de Carlo and Colin Covrvez’s absolutely brilliant remix of D Train’s The One For Me.

04/05/2022

How a Dane managed to remix Funk, Soul, and Reggae tracks so well is astonishing. Apparently, Funkstar Deluxe had fake palm trees (or were they real?) in his studio just to capture the right feel. This track displays his DJing at its best. A really slow jam, taken to higher levels, doing the right thing by slowing the pace down to restore the Reggae rhythms, and speeding back up. Absolute magic. This track belongs in a Tropical House set, a 2000’s House set, Funky House, Tech House if you’re willing to go into uplifting moods. Beaches, lounges, rooftops, anything that needs those feelgood sunshine vibes. Mix things up with Underdog Project’s Summer Jam or KVSH’s Who Loves The Sun if you want to keep the mood going.

02/05/2022

A guilty pleasure that crowds adore and DJs avoid…but when this track is played, everyone goes wild. Meaning it works as a Pop song in a Pop set or even a Hip Hop set if the DJ is feeling risky, Off the same single though is a decent remix of Way I Are, so if anyone needs a reason to get their hands on the single, this is it. A hidden gem on a single is valid enough of a reason as any to own the tack. If you’re playing Apologize, throw in Right Now by Akon, as it’s got the same effect of guilty pleasures and fits just as well in a Pop or Hip Hop set as Apologize does,

29/04/2022

Another release on the exact day of release (the album not the single). Wet Tennis, the single, is less clubmode and more partymode than Drinkee and Batsh*t, previous singles by the duo. The first difference is the lack of a clubbing beat, replaced with more funky beats and horns. It’s a refreshing change from what most Hip Hop, giving a smoother jam feel. The racy lyrics don’t deter anything from the track, and Wet Tennis steers away from the rather generic previous releases. A Pop set, a Hip Hop set, MAYBE a Funk set if you’re feeling playful. Go with Punjabi Mc and Jay Z’s Mudian To Buch Ke as a follow-up and watch the crowd break into ecstatic screams.
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26/04/2022

The late 2000’s saw regular shout-outs to the producer RedOne,…and with good reason. Low by Flo Rida? Check. Lady Gaga’s debut? Check. Within the same timeframe? Sean Kington’s Dancehall classic, Fire Burning. Somehow, the track retains its Pop sensibility while still carrying the weight of being a Dancehall track. It’s a bit overproduced, but that’s what Pop is at the end of the day. It gets the crowd jumping, and works wonders for a Pop or Hip Hop set. I wouldn’t include it in my Dancehall sets though, as it’s a little too Poppy for those. If we’re at a Pop set, keep the high energy without shooting that BPM up the roof with Riton’s Push The Feeling.

26/04/2022

The KLF were an American response to what the Utah Saints had done across the pond. With a lot of vocal samples, heavy Acid breaks, Rave synths, this is what the early 90’s were all about. The White Room earns a place on this list thanks to it being rereleased on April the 23rd 20201 with original remixes and extra mixes of the tracks. Highlights off the album are obviously 3AM Eternal and Last Train to Transcentral, but Justified and Ancient is also worth its weight in gold as a part of any 90’s set. If you’re playing 3am Eternal, try out Pat & Mick’s cover of Michael Zagger Band’s Let’s All Chant.

23/04/2022

22. Kings of Tomorrow Burn so Good (Sandy’s Disco Burn) 2015
A very necessary addition to my Funky House and Nudisco sets and playlists, this track contains the requisite strings loop and soulful vocals over a funky groove. The interlude in the middle sees the strings spring out of their looped sample and start to soar before landing back down to the subdued background. If you’re into Funky House, if you want your crowd to move, if you want to build up to something more grandiose, this is the way to go. I would try mixing this track with Lumoon’s La Papaye, heading into the later parts of the night while still maintaining the funky elements.
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21/04/2022

Search your closet, and get those bellbottoms out. Stick those flashy shades on, and strut your stuff. Because You and I, off Rick James’ 1978 album Come Get It, is a great jam, and is a great addition to any Retro Funk set. The album version is at a good 8 minutes, so movement in and out of transitions is facilitated. I love this type of track at a buildup in a Funky House set, and matching it up with Sugarhill Gang’s Apache, Positive Force’s We Got The Funk, and Kurtis Blow’s The Breaks.

15/04/2022

Call it a Danish Caribbean connection: not only does Funkstar Deluxe master Reggae House but his compatriot Enur manages to produce an insane dancehall track. The track has seen a number mashups, but the one I enjoy using the most is the Work by Masters At Work mashup. With the vocals already in Patois-ish, Gaudiono’s sax work does more justice than harm to the track. I’d use this on a Pop set or the DMNDS version on a Tech House set.

Trivia: Another mashup exists, that being with Crystal Waters on the track Destination Calabria.

14/04/2022

When a group of rock musicians in their prime decide to form a band together, they’re a supergroup. Africanism All Stars is the same for French DJs. Guetta, Sinclar, Solvieg, (Tim) Deluxe, just to name a few. Summer Moon is off their third album, and is the album Tommy Boy bought the rights to and brought into the US market. The track is the stuff of mythical beaches and distant oceans. Replete with tribal chants and percussive elements, the vocals sang in English make the track one we all identify with. Mix this up with Ricky L’s Born Again to keep the party going.

Trivia: Check out Zookey by Africanism All Stars too, another classic.

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14/04/2022

The nineties. Club music was on the rise, and DJs ate those tracks up. On U R The Best Thing, DJs were in for a treat, as the single was released three times (once remixed by none other than Paul Oakenfeld). While the original is smooth and jazzy, the Oakenfeld remix has more layers to it, more synth, and more accentuated drums. This gave the DJs who owned the single different options for playing the tracks at different settings. A Dance set would find all the versions matched well with Right Said Fred’s I’m Too Sexy or the Monster Mix (Rollo and Sister Bliss of Faithless fame) of Donna Summer’s I Feel Loved.

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14/04/2022

More samples off classic tracks, more Dance beats, and an R&B singer. Yeah, this track has it all. Off a loop from “Can You Feel It” by The Jacksons, the track has no chorus by Maya, and instead is the taken from the sample. It gets right down to business with drums and bass on the radio version (a very fuzzy bassline on a single note on the album version), even starting with the chorus before the verse. The 2nd verse ends on a highly filtered “chimney on her”, which I use as the point to fade out of the track and into the next one. Try Business by Tiesto for following this track up with another banger. I’d usually play this in a Pop set getting close to the peak, as it’s extremely catchy and something the whole crowd is familiar with.

Trivia: The time has come for my March sessions. The mix will be recorded live and uploaded. Let me know if anyone would like copies (physical or virtual) of the mix.

PS Forgive several posts coming out at the same time but Facebook was giving me a hard time in uploading content. Feel free to check my IG: DJO_961

14/04/2022

This and Lumoon and Robin’s La Papaye are the reasons I enjoy late-night Tech House sets. Funky and fresh as you like, synthy tweaks over the repeated vocal line, this is what the closing hours of the night were made for. The dancefloor is filled, the people are all having a good time, adrenaline is hitting euphoric levels, and you play this. Words cannot do this track justice, so play it at your next set, and enjoy.

Trivia: The time has come again to record another monthly set…stay tuned for details.

08/04/2022

The Beatfreaks took Ricky James’ funk anthem, added a few Nu Disco elements, a few filter effects, et voila. Kids of the 2000’s were now acquainted with what their older siblings jammed to. It’s a great Nu Disco track, and there wasn’t excessive meddling to make the track unrecognizable. There was definitely enough to make this a 2008 classic. All this is fine and well, but there’s a specific reason I find this track to be DJ gold. And it’s what we can do with it. I’ve tried this out a couple of times, and it works. At the break, hit the crowd with Beam VS Cyrus’ remix of MC Hammer’s U Can’t Touch This. You end up with a remix of a track mashed up with a remix of a cover of the original track. Inception much? It works well, as at the point of the 2nd breakdown, there are no simultaneous vocals, so no clashing, and the ability to fade Superfreak out gradually while U Can’t Touch This is still playing.

Trivia: Anyone who would like to try this out, please do so and link your vid in the comments. That said, if anyone would like to see me do these mashups, transitions, and mixes, let me know, and we’ll definitely work something out. Happy Friday everyone!

07/04/2022

What starts off as a very generic Latin-piano chord progression suddenly gets into a D&B tinged beat…instead of a Liam Hewitt/Maxim-inspired vocals or MC Neat/Oxide & Neutrino influenced rap or Hip Hop, the very soothing R&B vocals of Di Ti. It can only be Shake Your Body….and this is one of the tracks that brought Drum & Bass into the mainstream in a different direction than Prodigy had. Prodigy was Slayer while Shy FX was Linkin Park if you will. Given the musical accessibility, this track would work in a Pop set just as well as in a Hip Hop set or even a Garage set, given the pace of the drums. At a 175 BPM, matching seamlessly out of the Jungle beats is not easy. Personally, I’d use the break to move in with DJ Luck and MC Neat’s absolutely brilliant With a Little Bit of Luck. Try it out, and let me know in the comments how it works.

04/04/2022

A hit or miss. That’s how the music industry views Cardi B. Although the single in of itself is nothing to write home about, the album it’s on helped define what Hip Hop in the late 2010’s was made of. Drip features Migos, and sees Cardi B on a confidence high. This isn’t a guilty pleasure track…this is actually a decent Hip Hop single. Definitely throw this in a Hip Hop set, following it with De$igner’s Panda.

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04/04/2022

I absolutely adore this track. Found by accident on one of the Jamie Lewis and DJ Pippi compilations I bought on CD (90% of all the tracks I post or use are on CD), and it was love at first sight. Stepping away from the regular Afrohouse, even though there are dominant Afrohouse elements, there’s more Disco and Soul than the Africanism or Martin Solveig variety. And that is something refreshing…it’s polished and noisy at the same time with a lot going on, it’s got Disco synth strings and a funky bassline. What all of these elements do is give both the DJ and the crowd a lot more to sink their teeth into. This would work in one of my Disco or Funky House sets, and on the next set I record, I’ll try mixing this with Man from the Nile’s Watch Them Come (off Danny Tenaglia’s Global Underground 017 set). Although the percussion is off-beat, I believe it’ll still work, adding a tribal element to Nini.

01/04/2022

A guilty pleasure for almost everyone around who ever heard this track. The lyrics are as pointless as they get. And the innuendos of “mixing milk” and “cocoa puff”, as well as women using lust to achieve their own material desires don’t push the track forward much…here’s the big question though…if it works for Jennifer Lopez and Cardi B, does the cancel culture really have a leg to stand on if the lyrics are problematic? The beat is what an uptempo Hip Hop beat is meant to be. The track works like a charm in a Hip Hop or Pop set. If you’re on a Hip Hop set, mix this with Outkast’s The Way You Move; the crowd will thank you later.
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Trivia: This track wasn’t actually released on April the 1st. But this isn’t an April Fool’s Joke. Actually, in a way it is. Alainis Morissette covered the track on this date in 2008, turning it into a piano ballad, uploading a video for the track the next day.

30/03/2022

No introduction is needed for this track. From the very opening piano chords, everyone starts getting into that 90’s vibe. And it’s partially thanks to tracks like this that the 90’s Dance and House tracks are this timeless. Snap! had a string of hits in the 90’s. The Power, Exterminate, Welcome to Tomorrow…but nothing was as massive as this one. If you’re playing the original, use it at any 90’s or Pop set. There’s a much more House infused remix released in 2003 by CJ Stone if you want to go for something hard and heavy. It’s borderline Techno until the rapping is about to begin. There’s a sudden shift and the drums and bassline from Jason Nevins’ remix of Run DMC’s kicks in. The Techno continues after that. What this does is magic, as it opens up a whole lot of possibilities for what to follow the track up with. Considering the House version, I’d obviously take the sample to its source, and end with the rapping, phasing in the It’s Like That remix and nobody would be any the wiser. Or, use the breakdowns and mix in Cascada’s Everytime We Touch to keep the singalong Pop vibe if you’re close to peaking your Pop set.
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29/03/2022

A guilty pleasure track for many a certified clubber. Love it or hate it, on its own, it’s a Pop classic. The VYBZ remix give it a sharper edge, adding a hard Dancehall beat…and somehow that works. Rihanna’s vocals remain untouched, so it’s a contrast between sweet lyrics, powerful vocals, aggressive drums, and a LOT of background. The Jay Z verse is left out, which is a bit of a shame considering what he added to the original. For a more clubbing feel, go for the Seamus Hajj remix, which is a lot more Electro than anything else.

28/03/2022

A follow-up track to her preceding single Mr. Saxobeat, Alexandra Stan’s formula remains the same. A Pop-House beat, synths and saxos, male “mmm” and “yeah”s, all make the track a fun Pop track that is still a good club track. We could easily make a full Summer set based on nothing but the Romanian/Moldovan artists alone. The aforementioned Alexandra Stan, the previously posted Akcent and O-Zone, Raluka, Inna, Carla’s Dreams, Edward Maya, Fly Project, and the list goes on. Any of these work well in a Pop set or a Pool-Beach set. Keep the beach vibe going with R.I.O.’s Shine On or Ricky L’s Born Again.
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Trivia: Ricky L. I you ever get to read this. I would love to own a physical copy of your Born Again single…

27/03/2022

There’s always something great about London Grammar remixes. Whether it’s this one or Tensnake’s Hey Now, there’s an element of Jazzy House, 90’s House, and Pop. We all know their tracks through the radio, we know their remixes through the clubs. It’s certainly on the rare end of things that we find vocals on a Pop spectrum as powerful as Hannah Reid’s. How Does It Feel gives a very retro 90’s sound, typically the kind of track released on Hedkandi or Bar Grooves. I’d use this on a Pop set, maybe a 90’s set, or a Rooftop-Beach-Pool set. Try mixing this up with the Monster Mix (Rollo and Sister Bliss of Faithless fame) of I Feel Love by Donna Summer.

27/03/2022

Before Funky House and Disco House hit the mainstream raidowaves in the 2000’s, Rave and Acid were getting their share of spotlight in the 90’s. Prodigy, Basement Jaxx, and Leftfield all had various moments of glory in the genre. But Josh Wink’s Higher State of Consciousness is a little more Acid. A little more rave. That fuzzy bassline, the squelching, no vocals, this is what the underground raves were made for. The Dirty South and TV remix in 2007 brought the track out of the 90’s and into the 2000;s by adding some more layered drums, giving a little more House and less Acid, and thus some more accessibility for DJs playing for crowds who knew the track but weren’t ready for a full-on Rave track. I enjoy playing the remix in a Tech House set towards the peak, but keep those filters off the 90 degree mark to make sure the crowd is on its toes the whole time.

25/03/2022

Surreal vocals, layered with sound effects and vocal samples, all in all, Friend or Foe sounds like walking through a science fiction movie. There’s enough in this track to warrant a spot in Tech House sets, with the DJ adding further samples with what they’ve got to work with. One track that works really well in parallel with this is Just Nina by DJ PP ((Simon Vitullo remix). It adds more layered percussion, a little piano, and some dub vocals which work with Friend or Foe samples. Give it a try and let me know how it works.

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24/03/2022

When it comes to Pop music, I think every DJ and album collector has two absolute essentials:
1) A best of album.
2) A remix album.
Strange Behavior is the perfect Duran Duran album for anyone fascinated by the 80’s and the rise of clubbing. Split into two discs, the first is the extended versions of all their early tracks, the second is of remixes of their more modern tracks. Together, they gather what would essentially be a Duran Duran party album. Most of these can be found on their respective singles, but there are exceptions (Planet Earth and Don’t Hold Back the Rain remixes). Being as this is a full album of remixes (much like the Adapt or Die album previously listed here), it’s nearly impossible to single out one track, as each has its own identity, with the DJ’s discretion up to what to play. I’d generally use these in retro sets though, simply because to be really into Duran Duran, you would have to have appreciation for the retro.

24/03/2022

A quintessential summer track, this is an example of the versatility of a DJ. Room 5, aka Junior Jack, was also behind the Latin House anthem E-Samba, as well as a string of other massive 2000’s House hits (Stupidisco, Thrill Me). Make Luv takes a lighter take, being less House and a lot more Funk. This is definitely one for the poolside, the beach bars, the rooftop lounges, and a warmup to a Funky House set. Follow it up with Superfunk’s Lucky Star, which keeps the same tempo and soulful vocals.

Trivia: Michael Gray’s The Weekend interpolates parts of the original Oliver Cheathum Get Down Saturday Night track.

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