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Archive for September, 2009
House Classic – Marshall Jefferson – Move Your Body
Sep 29th
One of the earliest House tracks from Chicago in 1986. A true, proper, HOUSE track. Marshall Jefferson covered new ground with this track, adding a totally new sound to House music, adding a piano melody, an addictive bassline and catchy vocals.
Trance Mix – September 2009
Sep 28th
After two months since my last uploaded mix, I thought it was finally time I recorded another for your listening pleasure (hopefully!)
A 70-minute mix of some of my favourite recent trance releases. I have to say, it’s a bit off in places which I’m disappointed with, I’ll have to do another, improve one soon, but anyway, have a listen and let me know what you think.
Tracklist:
1. Estiva – I Feel Fine (Piano Mix)
2. Breakfast – Air Guitar (Original Mix)
3. Activa pres. Solar Movement – Eclipse (Mat Zo Remix)
4. Dan Stone – Mumbai (Original Mix)
5. 3rd Moon – Monsun
6. Claudia Cazacu – Lekker (Original Mix)
7. Garry Heaney – Citation
8. Redd Square – Digital Acoustics (Onova Remix)
9. Thomas Bronzwaer – Look Ahead (Original Mix)
10. Giuseppe Ottaviani – Our Dimension (Original Mix)
11. Greg Downey – Grudge Match (J.Suckley Remix)
Tune of the Week – Activa – Eclipse (Mat Zo Remix)
Sep 28th
This week’s favourite tune is Mat Zo’s remix of “Eclipse”, a new track by Activa under his new name “Solar Movement” released on anjunabeats.
Redd Square – Digital Acoustics (Onouva Remix)
Sep 25th
One of my favourite tracks right now, and features high on my Top 10 Tracks list is Redd Square – Digital Acoustics (Onouva Remix). I love the melody and it’s no surprise that it’s had big support from some of the biggest names in the trance scene – Armin Van Buuren, Ferry Corsten to name a few.
Released around a month ago on “Monster Tunes”, you can buy the release on JunoDownload:
Tune of the Week – Estiva – I Feel Fine
Sep 23rd
This week’s favourite tune is a brand new release from young Dutch producer “Estiva” with “I Feel Fine”. Released on Monday on Enhanced Recordings, “I Feel Fine” is an uplifting melodic trance number that has already featured on Above and Beyond’s Record of the Week and Web Vote Winner.
Estiva is a new and up coming talent, aged just 22, his Production debut was only 3 years ago and recently he has released some excellent stuff, particularly another melodic Trance track “Les Fleurs” plus a superb remix of Skytech’s “Cardboard Box”.
You can buy “I Feel Fine” at Junodownload (cheapest)
Preview:
Trance Classics – Binary Finary – 1998
Sep 21st
The late 90′s, what an era in Trance music, some of the best trance tunes ever made were around this time and Binary Finary’s 1998 was one of them. A superb, uplifting melody that builds and builds into what is just a timeless trance classic. Remixed by Gouryella, Paul Van Dyk and Matt Darey as well re-released as 1999 and 2000 but for me, nothing beats the Original.
House Classics – Steve ‘Silk’ Hurley – The Word Is Love
Sep 18th
Another Old Classic, back from the old Chicago days when House was first being born. I first heard the track when I watched the House Music Documentary on Youtube, where Steve Hurley is being interviewed and is showing some tricks he uses on the turntables. I love the bassline and the vocals, superb stuff!
Tiesto feat. Calvin Harris – Century
Sep 15th
Tiesto is releasing a new album in October (20th) and one of the tracks on it features Scottish Artist/DJ Calvin Harris with “Century”.
I haven’t been too impressed with some of Tiesto’s new tunes but this one has got that commercial Calvin Harris sound which I’m sure will help it be a club floorfiller soon. I can’t find any previews of it anywhere to include it in the blog, but I’ll most likely be playing it on Sunday when I play a DJ set at the Loft, Swansea.
Derren Brown ‘Predicts’ The Lottery
Sep 12th
This is my first off-topic blog here on my DJ site, but I just have to post something about Derren Brown’s recent live lottery predicting on Channel 4 this week. In a quick 10-minute programme on Wednesday, he revealed 6 numbers seconds after the lottery was announced and he was 100% correct. More >