A multi-part Electro Pop Mix for the masses

01. David Guetta – Memories (Bingo Players Remix)
02. Klubbheads – Kickin hard (DJ Solovey Remix)
03. Desto – Crazy (Lindberg And William Remix)
04. Snap – The Power (DJ Pomeha Remix 2010)
05. Gubellini vs Pain feat Darook Mc – Shake It Up (Javi Mula Remix)
06. Sabien And Alim – Naughty Feat Jerique (Shahin Remix)
07. Loleatta Holloway – Ride On Time 2010 (Bruno Ramos & HytraxX Mix)
08. DJ Eako & Morelly feat. Omega Brown – I Can’t Stop (Steel Mix)
09. Queen – You Don’t Fool Me (Dj Denis Rublev & Dj Natasha Baccardi Remix 2010)
10. Andrea Paci feat. Michelle Weeks – Big Mama (Elektro Mix)
11. Crookers Feat. Miike Snow – Remedy (Magik Johnson Vocal Remix)
12. Axwell – I Found You (DJ MikeY 2010 Remix)
13. Robbie Rivera feat. Fast Eddie – Let Me Sip My Drink (Chuckie Remix)
14. Topmodelz – Have U Ever Been Mellow (Rekoilz Electro Remix)
15. Niels Van Gogh And Emilio Verdez – Black Is Black (Club Mix)
16. Soul Puncherz – Speakerz Bumpin Loud (Filthy Rehab Remix)
17. Shadow Stars – Desintegration feat. Sergei Khovanksy (Mario Ochoa Remix)

                          

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More Progressive sounds for Easter…..

1. Fatboy Slim vs Koen Grownwvald – Rackafeller Skank (Original Mix)
2. Felix Baumgartner & Juan Kidd – Now Your Gone (Club Mix)
3. David Penn & Rober Gaez – Our Darkness (Original Mix)
4. Funkagenda – Breakwater (EDX Ibiza Sunrise Mix)
5. Milk & Sugar – Let the Sunshine (Milk & Sugar Global Mix)
6. Paul Gardner & Hugh Gunnell ft Marcella Woods – Come Get My Lovin (Plastik Funk Remix)
7. Faithless – Music Matters (Mark Knight Remix)
8. Sandy Rivera – Whatever (Andy Daniell Digital Edit)
9. Ou Est Le Swimming Pool – Dance The Way I Feel (Armand Van Helden Club Mix)
10. Richard Grey – One More Time (Chris Moody Remix)
11. Kim Fai – Good Life (Original Mix)
12. TV Rock – In the Air (Axwell Remix)
13. Young Rebels & Fransico Diaz – 1998 (Original Mix)
14. Funkagenda – Nobody Listens To Techno Feat. Mc Flipside (Original Mix)
15. Muzzaik – Going Underground (Original Mix)
16. DCA Project – Sandcastles (John Dahlback Remix)
17. Pryda – Waves (Original Mix)
18. Dankann – Genesis (Original Mix)

                          

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Another Progressive Mix for 2010:

1. Stefano Noferini – Cool Summer (Original Dirty Mix) + hardrive Deep Inside (Harry Choo Choo Romero Bambossa Remix)
2. Laidback Luke, Sebastian Ingrosso, Axwell, Steve Angelo feat. Deborah Cox – Leave The World Behind (Original Mix)
3. Moguai – Lyve (Original Mix)
4. Pryda – Miami To Atlanta (Original Mix)
5. Moguai – Imperial (Original Mix)
6. Sebastian Ingrosso – Kidsos (original Mix)
7. Young Rebels & Francesco Diaz – 1998 (Original Mix)
8. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Heads Will Roll (A-Track Remix) (Club Edit)
9. Jerry Ropero, Tom Novy Feat. Abigai Bailey – Touch Me (Extended Mix)
10. Cirez D – On Off (original Mix)
11. Depeche Mode – Hole to Feed (Proof Vocal Mix)
12. Deadmau5 Feat Billy Newton – Outta My Life (Touch Mix)
13. Hoxton Whores – Devil Toy (Original Club Mix)
14. Wolfgang Gartner – Flashback (Original Mix)
15. Fedde Le Grand – Praise You (Fatboy Slim Vs. Fedde le Grand Remix Remix)
16. Jerome Isma-Ae – Hold That Sucker Down (Original Mix)
17. Pacific Wave – 1998 (Dj Phunk & 3Am Mix)

                          

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Anoter day another mix…… back in the style of electro madness!

1. David Guetta feat. Kelly Rowland – When Love Takes Over (Electro Extended Mix)
2. Melleefresh, Deadmau5 – Sex Slave (Original Mix)
3. Costello – Girls Speak Louder (Donique Mix)
4. Alexis, Darmon, Eran Hersh, George F – Girls Who Like Girls (Original Living Room Club Mix)
5. Larry Tee Feat. Roxy Cottontail – Lets Make Nasty (Afrojack Remix)
6. Jewlez – Get Down (Original Mix)
7. Pain, Gubellini – Shake It Up feat. Darook Mc (Maurizio Gubellini & Stefano Pain Main Mix)
8. Martin Solveig – Poptimistic (Bingo PLayers Vox)
9. Mowgli – London To Paris (Original Mix)
10. Laidback Luke, Lee Mortimer – Blau! (Original Mix)
11. Funkagenda – H3lix (Original Club Mix)
12. Wolfgang Gartner – Latin Fever (Original Mix)
13. Starkillers – Bitch Ass Trick (Original Version)

Incidentally, this is my first recorded mix on the APC40 with Ableton

                          

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This toy really is the ultimate in Ableton Live control, extending the interface litterally to your fingertips and bringing a whole new world of possibility. You can read all about it on Akai’s site, but if you really want to see the potential, check out these YouTube links that just sum up the potential in full from my perspective:

Ok, so its going to take me a while before I get  this good, but thats what its all about.

……watch this space

                          

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A fresh mix for you all – Happy New Year!

Track List:

                          

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Just messing around with some choonage, only 30 minutes or so long but some interesting choons and it doesn’t sound too bad.

                          

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What I have at this stage is a premise and an outline set of requirements. The premise is simple, go fully digital, but retain analogue controls. The outline components are as follows:

• A powerful PC/MAC + Essential Apps such as Ableton Live
• A High Quality Multi-channel sound card
• A midi trigger device
• A Good quality Mixer
• A Sampler/Effects Unit

Now, its actually possible to have all of the above in a single box, and in fact, many solutions exist for sub £250, but to be honest, its just not going to give me the flexibility and expandability that I desire. What I want is complete fluidity in the solution so that I can expand upon for many years, giving me not only multi-channel mixing, but the real-time remix capability that I desire

So where next?

Well, I already have a decent mixer (DJM600), a powerful PC (Multi-Xeon Monster) and Ableton, so the most important piece and crux of the system is what I need to acquire first. This would be the multi-channel sound card! I have had a look around and found many options, but this one seems to be the best by a mile:

Motu Ultralite MK3

This unit has all the features I could need, from 192Khz sample rates, through to 6 channels of input and 10 channels of output to give me as many feeds as I could possibly deal with! The spec list goes on forever on this thing, which is why it can command a £500+ price tag. But if I am going to invest, this is the way forward.

                          

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The fact of the matter is, I am bored with mixing! What I mean is, simply firing up the 1210′s and spinning a few tracks just doesnt do it for me anymore. I think this is a trend that is also reflected in the current dance music scene. Consider a true talent in the scene today, such as Deadmou5, vs an old skool DJ like Dougal or Vibes? The once,  “studio only” production techniques are being utilised on the fly to bring dynamic, real time remixes to the clubs. This is something that really interests me, something I want to pursue further. MP3′s are part of the equation, but so are real-time sequencers like Ableton Live, sample pads, real-time effects processors and a lot of time spent creating, dissecting and amassing lots of custom loops. Put all this together, and you have what the scene now desires, and what I personally want to give.

Watch this space….

                          

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Oldschool Hard House from the archives

                          

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Oldschool Hard House from the archives

                          

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Oldschool Hard House from the archives

                          

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