Rhythm Mechanics

I’m back in action for another groovy set this week, this one does not disappoint. With some pre-show prep and some clever mixer/looping usage I kept the energy up through this deep house mix. The track selection here was some of my better work, expect this show, or parts of it anyways, to transform into a promo mix in the next week or so. In other news, I’ll be playing an extra internet radio show this month. Karl Almaria has invited me to come play on the Sunday Brunchlox on myhouse-yourhouse.net! I’ll be playing alongside Karl and DJ Remedy from noon to 4 on Sunday the 21st of March. Get excited for the show, and jealous that you won’t be there in person to enjoy the food Enjoy this mix for now, I’ll catch you later!

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1. Johnny Dangerous – Beat That Bitch (Mr. V’s Sole Channel Remix) – [King Street Sounds]
2. Polder – Zero Zero – [Intacto]
3. Hardrive – Deep Inside (Mr. V’s Sole Channel Remix) – [Strictly Rhythm]
4. D-T3CH – Sleepy Time (Combined Evening’s Dub Mix) – [Shak Digital]
5. Eddie Leader, Pagal, Sythcast – The Bass (Agnes Knees Down Remix) -[Hudd Traxx]
6. JT Donaldson & Fred Everything feat. Mr. White – Read My Mind (JT and Fred’s San Fran Dub) – [Large Music]
7. Underground Culture Tourist – Walk Tall (Jason Hodges Unreleased Mix) – [Hudd Traxx]
8. Lisa Shaw – Like I Want To (Fred Everything Vocal) – [Salted]
9. RaShaan Houston – Build That Bridge – [CDR]
10. Weekend Players – I’ll Be There (Gabriel & Dresden Remix) – [FFRR]
11. Soul Rebels – The Revolution Will Not Be Televised – [Defected]
12. Johnny Fiasco – Reflex (Marcus Aurelius’ Rub for the Ladies Remix) – [Klassik Fiasco]
13. Tommy Largo – Gangsta Shit -[Guesthouse]
14. Karl Almaria – Dig This – [Hudd Traxx]
15. Anhanguera – Make It Hot (Sonny Fodera Remix) – [Maracuja Recordings]
16. DJ Sneak – Gettin Crazy In The Ghetto – [Guesthouse]
17. The Sexicanz – Bring Some Weed To The DJ Booth (Hector Moralez Ghetto Mix) – [Robsoul]
18. Matthew Dear – Dog Days (Sneak’s 420 Dog Mix) – [Spectral Sounds]
19. D-T3CH – Stay In Your Heart – [Prime Direct Digital]

So last week you may remember we had the Chicago Jack Summit going on… we raised $1000 and we’re going to pick up a set of CDJ-1000′s for the studio. Big thanks to everyone who donated during the show, or just to WNUR’s Phoneathon in general. A large part of the reason we got to our goal was a result of the support of Frankie J (The Sound Republic), proprietor of Spatula City and Flapjack Records. Since he has been such a team player in the house community by supporting WNUR and just generally putting out AWESOME music on his labels, I decided it would be right to return the favor. Thus we arrive at this set, which was comprised entirely of tracks off of Spatula City and Flapjack. Use this set as a guide to the new sound of Chicago House… because now you know who’s pushing it.

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Tracklisting:

1. Wattie Green – Sea Lion Woman – [Flapjack]
2. Sonny Fodera – Winter Nights – [Spatula City]
3. Wattie Green – Straighten Up – [Spatula City]
4. D-T3CH – When It Was Good – [Spatula City]
5. Wattie Green – Natural Mystic – [Flapjack]
6. Biboulakis – Fresh Start – [Spatula City]
7. Wattie Green – Mid Tenn Strut – [Flapjack]
8. Frankie J – Shuck N Jive (Forgotten Dub) – [Spatula City]
9. Wattie Green – Bob Speaks – [Flapjack]
10. The Sound Republic – Funkyard Junk – [Spatula City]
11. The Sound Republic – Bumpin’ Enjoyment (Jason Hodges Readin’ Minds Remix) – [Spatula City]
12. Bryan Jones – I Know You Feel (Frankie J Remix) – [Flapjack]
13. The Candy Dealers – Stepping Out (Frankie J Remix) – [Flapjack]
14. D-T3CH – Outta Ya Wheelchairs (Bobby & Klein Remix) – [Flapjack]
15. Troydon – Shake That Groove Thang – [Spatula City]
16. Sun City Hustlers – Get It On – [Flapjack]
17. D-T3CH – Meerkat Music – [Spatula City]
18. Emil Lanne – The Leg Up – [Flapjack]
19. Scrubfish & Laurence – Creepin’ Hoodlums – [Flapjack]

Tune in to 89.3FM tonight from 9pm to 2:30am as the 2nd annual Chicago Jack Summit takes place! in honor of the radio station’s annual phoneathon donation drive, we’ll be assembling some of the greatest names in chicago house to provide a night of kick ass house music. Hosted by Sangre and myself and the rest of the monday night crew, we will be featuring such DJ’s as:

karl almaria
chris grant
frankie j (of the sound republic)
santiago (of santiago & bushido)
justin long
midway strangers
bryan jones

Please tune in at 89.3 fm (or wnur.org streaming live) and show your support! We are the largest student run radio station in the nation and we need your help to make us a continued reality. You can pick up some bitchin premiums for helping us out INCLUDING an entire, uninterrupted five and a half hour recording of the Chicago Jack Summit.

Tune in and enjoy!!!

So a couple people have emailed me asking what my intro track is over the course of this show, so I figured I would do a little report about it.

Over the summer of 2008, I started every show and did my talk-in bit to “Flutter” by Bonobo. I liked this track because it was happy but smooth, with a decent beat. Generally it made for a good background vibe and had nice fade in fade out sections that I could work with.

Then in the fall, I switched it up to a track called “Conflict Resolution” by Joey Youngman, off the Chillout Session OM Records put out in 2008. I liked this because I felt it was a good mix of a hip hop beat and a relaxed deep house atmosphere. I still toss this on once in a while if I have people over and want to match the mood.

This is the new track that will open the show for Winter 2009, it’s called “Off Kilter” by Tipper. It’s a lot different than the other two, way dirtier and grungier, but keeps that hip-hop meets some kind of house music feel on it. I may find myself cue-ing and dropping the track at about 20 seconds just to have a harder intro, but we’ll see.

You’ll always have a hot intro track to look forward to playing underneath my dumb ass talking in on the show, guaranteed. If you have any suggestions for a new intro track, I’d love to check it out!

Cheers,

D-VO

Classic track from The Pharcyde… You may recognize the sample at the beginning from a recent mashup album. This track is very smooth, and then just straight up jumps off around the 3:30 mark. Good listen, and I recommend the album.

The Pharcyde – Passing Me By (right click -> save as)