Rhythm Mechanics

Smartbar is having us out again! Come show your support for two of our seniors who are leaving soon! Also, I’m playing if that matters… :p

It’s June, that means it’s summer right? Right.

I took the opportunity to play some fun jazzy, funky, jackin’ house that has a more upbeat feel. I recently got a pair of turntables and Serato scratch live, so I played around on that for this show. Word of advice, if you’re thinking about getting into the DJ game, learn to DJ with your ears first on either CD’s or actual vinyl before you try a digital vinyl controller or computer program. Enjoy the mix!

Rhythm Mechanics - 06-01-2009 (right click -> save as)

Tracklist

1. Yellow Cab - Karl Almaria
2. Corruption - Count Funkula
3. Chicago Jack (Bobby & Klein Remix) - Bryan Jones
4. Cafe Filtre - Bobby & Klein
5. French Kiss - Joey Youngman
6. Born to Fly (Joey’s Fetish Mix) - Lisa Shaw
7. The Funky Walker  - Scrubfish
8. Time to Get Funky (Mischa Daniels Remix) - Marnix & Mustafa
9. Symphonic Sounds - Johnny Fiasco
10. Shouts To Johnick - Mario Fabriani
11. Skyscrapers - Fabio Bacchini
12. Everyday of my Life (Junior Jack Vocal Remix) - Dajae
13. Crazy Love - Johnny Fiasco
14. Back to the Summer (Joey Youngman Remix) - The Midnight Circus
15. 500 Pound Seduction - Jazzmopper J
16. Cave Dweller - Count Funkula
17. Do It To Me Again (Jazz N Groove Remix) - Soulsearcher
18. Release - Mario Fabriani

This set got ridiculous. I couldn’t make up my mind about what I wanted to play… so I got a little ADD with the style. I think I managed to pull this one off though. Progression goes like this: Jackin(almost garage-ish) -> Tech -> Deep -> Progressive ->  Club -> Electro/Fidget. My favorite of the night is a toss-up between the Milton Jackon remix of Crash, and Celestial Funk. Just really groovin, relaxing tracks.

Mix: Rhythm Mechanics - 05-18-2009 (right click -> save as)

Tracklist:

1. All Up In Everything! - Jason Hodges
2. Street Lady - Gramophonezied
3. Wonderful Guitar - Border Patrol
4. If (Chuck’s Like Totally As If Vocal) - Colette
5. The Sound of Words (The Morgan Page Main Mix) - Raygun
6. Tell Me Why feat. Nica Brooke (Fred’s Lazy Day Remix) - Rithma
7. Feelin Hypnotized (Jason Hodges Mix) - Colette
8. Living - Jay Tripwire feat. Alexander East.
9. The Beat Goes Boom - Lovebirds
10. Jack The Box - Funkwerkstatt
11. Crash (Lovebirds Remix) - Milton Jackson
12. Understand - Fred Everything
13. Celestial Funk - Dimitri Max
14. The Night - Lovebirds
15. What Would She Do For Love (Kaskade Big Room Remix) - Colette
16. I Am Here For - Houseshaker Mix - Alexandra Prince, DJ Sign
17. Mikado (Rino Cabrera Remix) - Passenger 10
18. Thermal Motion (Electric Soulside Remix) - Syncro 69

Hey all, sorry I never put this one up. This wasn’t one of my strongest or smoothest flowing mixes, but there were some pretty good tracks in here. Kept the deep and techy mood up, plus some jackin/electro at the end.

Mix: Rhythm Mechanics 05-04-2009 (right click -> save as)

Tracklist:

1. I like The Way (Troydon Mix) - Kaskade
2. Learn to Love (Chuck Love Remix) - Troydon
3. Flightpath (Lucas Keizer Remix) - Ross Couch
4. Living Inside - Shur-I-Kan
5. On & On - Digital Minds
6. Meditate on the Soda (Sugar Remix) - Wasted Chicago Youth
7. Get On Down (Roberto Rodriguez Remix) - Atnarko, Jevne
8. My Love (Shur-I-Kan Mix) - Trackheadz
9. Time To Let You Go feat. Kandace (Dub) - Eric Davenport
10. Making Noise (Alan Barratt Remix) - Junkbeats Headland feat. C.B.
11. Oh So (Jay West’s Oh Ya Remix) - C-Soul
12. Whizkid (Lil Mark’s Frequency Spectrum Mix) - Style of Eye
13. House Gangster feat. Wally Callerio (Gangsta Boogie Remix) - Wally Callerio
14. Twelve Bits of Love - Dub Mix
15. Double Stacked - Joey Youngman
16. Crazy Bout You (Milton Jackson Remix) - Johnny Fiasco
17. Rising Up (Christian Malloni Remix) - Ross Couch
18. We Interrupt This Program (Jean Claude Ades Mix) - Coburn

What’s up Chicagoland (and the rest of the world!). This week I had special guest Rob Ellis on to play a live set of jackin/techy house tunes for your listening pleasure. Check the set and leave Rob some love here

Rhythm Mechanics - 04-20-2009 (right click -> save as)

Tracklist:

1. Style of Eye - Go Get Gone - [Doubledown]
2. Filipino - Katsu - [unknown]
3. James Curd feat. Jdub - Buffalo Girl (Derrick Carter’s Vocal Remix) - [Greenskeepers]
4. Modjo - Chillin’ (Derrick Carter BHQ Revision) - [MCA]
5. Kokee Anu, Korin Ladke, Reverend Bloo, & Special Friends - Mr. Smith - [Igloo]
6. Kokee Anu, Korin Ladke et al. - Taco Heaven - [Igloo]
7. Lil Mark - Do To Me (vox) - [Doubledown Recordings]
8. Troydon - Drop It - [Spatula City]
9. Jacob London - Return to Squirrel Mountain - [Spatula City]
10. Jacob London - The Bull Cow’s Gonna Smack Ya (In Da Butt) - [Classic]
11. Eclat and Prudo - Where We Go You Don’t Know - [MFF]
12. Solid Groove - Won’t Stop - [Slip N Slide]
13. Stefan Goldman - Shrimp - [Classic]
14. Unknown Artist - P.U.M.P.  (Re-bling by Butch Arley The Junkyard Playa) - [Peaches]
15. Filipino - Well Dressed - [?]
16. White Label Track - ? -[?]
17. Green Velvet - Land of The Lost - [Cajual]
18. Alex Kidd - I’ll Take You Back - [?]
19. P.I.M.P. - Natural Rhythm - [Guesthouse]

Oh wait, this isn’t Rhythm Mechanics! DJ Sangre was out of town this week, so I stepped in to cover his show cause I’m a nice guy like that. I pretty much did the same thing I did last week, I went and got a bunch of new tracks on the internets and burned a couple new CD’s especially for this show. However it didn’t go over quite as well as last week. There’s good music, but once again, I managed to mess up and hit the wrong cue button when I came back to the decks after talking at the control board… same damn thing happened to me once hosting The Fringe before… maybe it’s a curse… who knows!

Be sure to check out Smartbar this Wednesday!

The Fringe 2009 04-13 (right-click -> save as)

Tracklist:

1. One More Drink - Mr. Patron and Luda
2. Therapy - Pete Moss
3. Monserrate (Joeski Maya Remix) - Juan Mejia & Diego Astaiza
4. When You’re Around - Kid Enigma
5. Jive (Natural Rhythm Remix) - Natural Rhythm
6. Feel Me (JT Donaldson Remix) - Alexander East
7. Gadzooki - Juan Mejia & Ben Grassini
8. Oops…
9. Skyscrapers (Joey Youngman Remix) - Fabio Bacchini
10. 1998 (Shur-I-Kan Mix) - Milton Jackson
11. Family Business - Special Forces
12. Warrior (Chuck Love’s Bangers and Mashed Mix) - Andy Caldwell
13. Run It By Me (Joey Youngman’s Fetish Remix) - Damon Trueitt
14. Give It Up - Mr. Patron vs. Barely Regal
15. Shifting Gears - Fabio Bacchini
16. Busted Speaker (Joey Youngman’s Disco Madness Remix) - Digital Villains
17. Meerkat Music - D-T3ch
18. Stuff N Junk - Fabio Bacchini
19. Feel So Good (Hott 22 Remix) - Hott 22
20. Reach On Up - Tuff Jam feat. Michael Watford

So I had to follow Johnny Fiasco, which mind you is no easy task (that set will be up on DJ Sangre’s website soon) but I have to say I upped my game for the first half of the show and threw down some house. Of the 20 tracks I played, 17 I had never mixed before, and burned them fresh on CD’s about an hour before the show. I dare you to listen to minutes 10 through 40 without bouncing around… Tune in next week as I host The Fringe again (Sangre is swamped with work this month). Maybe it will be me on the decks, maybe it won’t, but I guarantee there will be someone trying to top this mix right here. Don’t forget to bookmark us at wnur.org… Stay Tuned Chicago!

Rhythm Mechanics - 04-06-2009 (right click -> save as)

Tracklist:

Artist - Track (Remixer)

1. WBMX - No Assembly Firm
2. Blackball - Tiger Style
3. Andy George - Big Dipper (Original Vocal)
4. Sawtooth Sucka - Doin It Well
5. Joshua - On Our Way
6. Dominic Martin - Touch of Soul (Milton Jackson Remix)
7. Milton Jackson - Ghosts in my Machine
8. Shur-I-Kan - I  Want It (Milton Jackson Remix)
9. Mike Dunn - Git Cho House On (Children) (Chocolate Puma Remix)
10. Chris Grant - Slow Your Roll (Leon Louder Leon’s Dirty Roll Remix)
11. Audio Soul Project - Nevicata (Jason Hodges Remix)
12. Johnny Fiasco - Cubanized
13. Bingo Players vs. Chocolate Puma - Touch Me (Original)
14. Frankie J - Shuck N Jive (Forgotten Dub)
15. The Sound Republic - Bumpin’ Enjoyment (Jason Hodges Reading Minds Remix)
16. Remedy - Deep From the Chi (Chris Grant’s Rub Me Right Remix)
17. Shur-I-Kan feat. Alexander East - Simply Yes (Fred Everything Remix)
18. Oliver Desmet and Oriental Funk Stew - Hot on Your Trail (Frequent Fliers Remix)
19. TBF - Circles
20. Max and Brian - Synthetique

-D-VO

I don’t normally complain about my timeslot or show, because I’m lucky to have it, but it usually means that I am following some of Chicago’s top DJ’s whenever I come on. DJ Sangre, aside from throwing down some awesome live sets, is known for bringing in top-notch guests to perform on his show. Next week (April 6th, 2009) he will be featuring none other than Johnny Fiasco (OM, Klassik Fiasco), a fixture in the Chicago house music scene. Be sure to tune in or listen live over the intertubes, and don’t forget about my show, coming back after almost a month long hiatus. All I know is I’ve got some preparing to do!

Also, I hosted The Fringe this past Monday night with a jackin’ mix by Bryan Jones! You can get that mix right here! (right click, save as)

Cheers,

D-VO

What’s up everyone! I finally got around to updating the look of this place, you’ll find a two column layout, and a simpler and more elegant posting structure. I apologize for being conspicuously absent from the airwaves this month. My mid-march slot was relinquished to Sangre who hosted a 3 hour set of awesome house music in my absence. The second half of that is hosted on his website, spun by Sean Smith of Smooth Agent Records. Check it out here!

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Tune in next Monday when I will be back on the airwaves rockin out to some good ass house music!

February flew by freaking fast! (Say that five times fast) I was feeling in a chill and relaxed mood, so I decided on some deeper tracks and then moved on to some more upbeat/techy stuff and ended with two VERY classic house tracks I’m sure you’ll enjoy. Also, I hate mixing Basement Jaxx tracks live (see: Be Free). Don’t hate the tracks, just mixing them. Other than that I was definitely rockin out on the decks, don’t believe me, peep the tracklist. Also COME TO SMARTBAR NEXT WEDNESDAY!!! Fo realz… I’ll be posting about that soon.

Tracklist

• African Jack (JT Donaldson Main Mix) - Cpen
• Lights Out (Kaskade Mix) - Mr. O Feat Sara Smith
• Born To Fly (Joey’s Fetish Mix) - Lisa Shaw
• Night Music - Uneaq
• Friday (Lazy Vox Mix) - Fred Everything and 20For7 feat. Vanessa Baker
• Be Free -Basement Jaxx (I wasn’t ready for this one… my bad)
• Crazy Bout You - Atnarko
• Cave Dweller - Count Funkula
• Cali Spaces (Kaskade Mix) - Mark Farina
• 4am Duel - Max & Brian
• Krushed Groove - JT Donaldson
• Conduction - Johnny Fiasco
• House Is Alive (Scud Bloom Remix) - Loop da Funk and DJ Relentless 
• Truth & Lies (Joey’s Vaporub Dub) - Joey Youngman
• Closer (Fred Everything and Oliver Desmet Remix) - Mood2Swing feat. Carol Sylcan
• Windsor - Max & Brian
• Le Champagne - Trentemoller
• I’m Thru With You - Basement Jaxx Feat Corrina Joseph