Rhythm Mechanics

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Sup cats! Last week I appeared on SistaStroke’s “BrickCityHouse” on ChicagoHouseFM. It was a real treat to appear on a show that features some pretty awesome special guests. SistaStroke has a killer format for her show and always brings in some top notch talent to play guest mixes. Ya’ll should bookmark it!

Link to the blog: BrickCityHouse

Greetings house heads and music lovers! The week of WMC is upon us, and with it comes promos, DJ sets, flyers, hype, and all of the booze induced networking. I was lucky enough to be put in contact (Thanks Andrew!) with none other than Gene Farris  (Farris Wheel, Om, Soma) who sent in some outstanding mixes to play. That’s right, there are TWO of them… The theme was duality, one is titled LOVE The other: HATE. I would say both of them are comprised of tracks you would hear me play depending on my mood that evening, so I was glad to play some fresh tunes that fit the theme of the show.

Gene has some upcoming record releases coming out on Farris Wheel Recordings, and he is playing along side Mark Farina, Colette, Heather, Stacey Pullen, Chuck Love, Diz, and JDub at the Farris Wheel/BoomBoomRoom Miami Sessions party at the world famous Hed Kandi Lounge this Saturday March 27th. e-mail rsvp@boomboomroomchicago.com for more info on that. He’ll be calling in next week on my show to discuss everything going on with him, but for now, enjoy the mixes.

Love:

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I’ll get the tracklistings up as soon as I have them.

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]

The 2010 Chicago Jack Summit Players

Whew! What a night. We made our goal of $1000 and had a hell of a time in the process. Big ups to everyone who came out, and more importantly, to everyone who DONATED. Your support makes a huge difference at the station as far as maintaining equipment, how we pay our bills, and keeping us on the air. Big ups to The Sound Republic/Spatula City Records for a big donation to push us over our goal. If you missed the Jack Summit, don’t worry, you can still get the uninterrupted mix by calling in before Thursday at 4pm, giving $10 to the station and requesting that as a premium. For now here’s the mix with our assclownery over it. If you listen carefully you can hear Frankie J say some naughty things.

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The 2010 Chicago Jack Summit Lineup. Impressive

Tonight is the big night, where DJ Sangre and I host 11 of the best Chicago DJ’s in one room for a night of house music, pizza, and supporting WNUR. We do this every year to benefit WNUR’s phoneathon, which helps keep awesome radio programming like ours FREE for you the listener. We only do this ONCE a year (not like those PBS clowns). Every little bit helps, and as an incentive, a meager $10 donation to the station will get you the ENTIRE, uninterrupted, straight-out-of-the-mixer recording of the show. Nowhere else in the world are you going to be able to get great music from this lineup all in one continuous mix. In addition to that we’ll have great promos ranging from mixtapes, signed albums, t-shirts, glasses, spatulas (yeah…) and more!

So please support WNUR Streetbeat as we are one of the largest stations playing underrepresented music over the FM airwaves, the greatness must continue and it will with your support!!!

Hey guys, thought I’d post a link to this mix on my site.

This is the radio version of the mix, with Sangre and I talking and telling people to donate money (847-491-WNUR) and interviewing all the DJ’s (except Bryan Jones, we couldn’t get the phone system to work right). So if you want the real recording, call in and DONATE!!!

Thanks to everyone who DID call in and show your support and HUGE thanks to all the artists that came out and did their thing here in the studio!

Chicago Jack Summit (324MB file, you’ve been warned)

This show is probably what keeps me sane, every other week I get to come in and just flat out jam in the studio with the music as loud as I want and do all the crappy dancing I can. I liked the vibe of this set, it starts with some techy stuff (familar from Rob’s set below) and then moves to some jackin and deeper tracks to really relax someone. Take a peek, oh and don’t forget PHONEATHON IS COMING UP!!! Support WNUR!

Tracklisting:

1. Phil Weeks – So High
2. No Assembly Firm – WBMX
3. Wyatt Earp and Little Mike – Android
4. Wasted Chicago Youth – I Speak
5. Deadmau5 – 1981
6. Mark Farina – Radio (Phil Weeks Main Mix)
7. Detroit Grand Pubahs – Surrender (Martin Landsky Remix)
8. Bryan Jones – Chicago Jack (Santiago and Bushido Remix)
9. Oriental Funk Stew and Olivier Desmet – In the Pocket
10. D-t3ch – Chicago Soul (Jason Hodges Remix)
11. Mark Farina – Dream Machine (JT Donaldson Remix)
12. No Assembly Firm – Ghetto Fab in 05 (Santiago and Bushido)
13. Toka Project – Reach for You
14. Chuck Love – Yellow Truth (Atnarko Remix)
15. Soulstice – Lovely (Johnny Fiasco Remix)
16. Fred Everything – Here I Am feat. Lisa Shaw (Lazy Days Remix)
17. Crazy Love – Johnny Fiasco
18. Tuff Jam feat. Michael Watford – Reach on up

Rhythm Mechanics – 02-02-2009 (right click -> save as)

So I’m two weeks late getting this up… just in time for tonight’s show!

I was slated to host Rob Ellis on The Fringe while Sangre was away, but he had some transportation issues so I started the set with some jack, some disco, and some hitting the wrong cue button (D’OH!) and once Rob came in, he rounded out the 3 hour marathon with some bumpin tech house. Rob came in on track 14.

Tracklist:

1. oliver desmet and oriental funk stew – hot on your trail (frequent fliers remix) [amenti]
2. bobby & klein – party all night [spatula city]
3. troydon – playtime [phonoshuffle]
4. joey youngman – turn ons [fetish]
5. hot 22 – before i let you in [gossip]
6. scrubfish – set it and forget it [flatpack traxx]
7. bryan jones – chicago jack (joey youngman) [control]
8. d-vo – hit the wrong cue button [f*ck-up records]
9. neil bainbridge – radio tonic (bobby & klein) [kolour]
10. basement jaxx – red alert (miracles keep on playin’ remix) [xl]
11. mario fabriani – windy city theme [jackin trax]
12. soulsearcher – do it to me again (jazz n groove remix) [defected]
13. lucas keizer – doobie ashtray [homesick]
14. troydon – keep bustin [grab]
15. david garcia & joey mazzola – doin’ it like this (lawnchair generals remix) [amenti]
16. sightseer – taste the colours [colourform]
17. wyatt earp & little mike – android [hochokai]
18. robbie hardkiss – everything is changing (b’s bounce move vs. d’s bhq edit) [classic]
19. scott pace – paranoid [c&s]
20. dave clarke – southside [deconstruction/bush]
21. the blueboy – sandman [sidewalk]
22. dj sneak – you want it you got it [relief]
23. no assembly firm – acid attack [robsoul]
24. unknown – green tacos [igloo]
25. spettro, thomas sahs, steve balance – diddly doo [tango]
26. jesse rose – you’re all over my head [dubsided]
27. cosy creatures – show you the way [guesthouse]
28. mario fabriani – things to do [jackin trax]
29. uneaq – i want to [nightshift]
30. detroit grand pubahs – surrender (martin landsky remix) [pokerflat]
31. jacob london – this train is for cockfosters [movim]
32. brett johnson – it’s the underground (sneak’s subdub mix) [magnetic]
33. eclat & prudo – you’ll askus (onda raval remix) [music for freaks]
34. paul johnson – noise [riviera]
35. brett johnson featuring dave barker – broken (brett’s broken remix) [seasons]
36. johnny fiasco – conduction (willpower ‘main grain’ remix) [tonic]
37. smoke city – mr. gorgeous (mood ii swing remix) [unknown]
38. phonique – let know [season]
39. jack buser – walking on the moon [bfamilyrecords]

Check it guys, Streetbeat is having an event at Smartbar. No Cover, drink specials, great music! I might make a surprise appearance and throw down myself!

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