Rhythm Mechanics

I liked this set… I mean… I really liked this set. There’s tracks from before 2000, and tracks from 2010 in this mix and it really goes to show how flexible this music is. I had a lot of fun mixing this and I know you’ll have a lot of fun listening to it. Maybe not the most technically proficient mix, but for a first live run at it I was happy. I got lots of callers so I know someone out there liked it too. Spread the music, spread the word. House.

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Tracklisting:

1. Dinamoe – Born 1920 – [Robsoul]
2. Solar House – Got 2 B U – [Large]
3. Lovebirds – The Ride – [Knee Deep]
4. Solaris – Sunshine (Chop Shop Dub) – [Guidance]
5. Kings of Tomorrow – Thru (Simon Grey Vocal Remix) – [Defected]
6. Emil Lanne – Blow Your Horn – [Flapjack]
7. Lisa Shaw – Can You See Him (Sonny Fodera Dub) – [Salted]
8. Miguel Migs – Burnin’ Up feat. Sonny J. Mason (Inland Knights Disco Biscuit Rub) – [Salted]
9. The Littlemen – I Know I Got Some – [Drop]
10. Fries & Bridges – Forever This – [Minority]
11. Ronan Portela – Mute – [Bla Bla]
12. Halo, Jay-J – Like Jazz – [Large]
13. Kruse & Nuremberg – Sliced – [Lazy Days Music]
14. L Ritchie – Northern Soul – [Drop Music]
15. Baeka – Right At It – [Rekids]
16. Black Coffee – Even Though – [Real Tone]
17. DJ Sneak – Santero’s Groove (Phil Weeks Remix) – [Robsoul]
18. Deep Sensation – Can’t Give You Up – [Guidance]

Title is “Summer Heaters and Beaters” Featuring a selection of jazzy and bumpin house tracks to get you in the mood for some outdoor cooking, cold beers, roof deck parties and everything else that goes along with warm weather in Chicago. Hot and fresh right here!!!

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Greetings all. For the foreseeable future, I will be doing shows bi-weekly instead of weekly, and by foreseeable future I mean mid-June.

Now that that’s out of the way, let’s get down to business, and I mean business this time. Fresh from London, I bring you a show from Sista Stroke of Brick City House, Chicago House FM, and De La Soul’s Dugout fame. She’s been in the game, well… a long time, so get busy with this fresh mix. She’ll be coming through the States this summer so watch for her name to pop up on flyers all around the country. She’s also a good friend, and we were able to record an interview earlier in the day which give a lot more details than I could possibly keep you entertained with in the medium of letters on a screen, so give that a listen as well. We talk about house, history, shows, philosophy, and production, so give yourself a leg up on house culture with these audio files.

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Tracklisting:

1. That Jamba – Joe Sliva
2. Cuddle Funk – Freaky Behavior
3. That Kinda Break – Jangatha
4. Vintage Groove (Slater Hogan & John Larner Remix) – Jam Funk
5. Get Ill Soon – Freak Behavior
6. Be-heads – Organized Crime
7. Be Bad – Jeff Service
8. Discochica – Anhaguera Feat. Bear Who
9. Call On Me (Lawn Chair Generals Rmx) – Colette
10. Penguins – Sonny Fedora
11. You’re So Special (Guy Robin Remix) – Distant People feat. Tasita D’Mour
12. Rewind Me – Freaky Behavior
13. All Around (Peter Gust Rmx) – Greg Dorban and Andy Bunney Feat. Chappell

Get your copy HERE!!! Many Thanks to Karl and Cindy for putting together such an awesome event. Nothing like good food, good people, and good house music. Also peep Remedy and Roshan’s mix!

Tracklisting:

1. Stojche – Air of Djibouti – [Dogmatik]
2. DJ T – Shine On (Motor City Drum Ensemble Remix) – [Get Physical]
3. Anhanguera – Make It Hot (Sonny Fodera Remix) – [Maracuja]
4. DJ Sneak – Gettin’ Crazy In The Ghetto – [Guesthouse]
5. The Sexicanz – Bring Some Weed To The DJ Booth (Hector Morales Ghetto Mix) – [Robsoul]
6. Matthew Dear – Dog Days (Sneak’s 420 Dog Mix) – [Spectral Sound]
7. Andre Crom & Luca Doobie – Better Now Than Late – [Freerange]
8. Spirit Catcher – Future Fools – [Systematic]
9. Alex Jones – Past Decisions (Milton Jackson Remix) – [Hypnotone]
10. Bobby & Klein – Pigeon Hole – [Kolour Rec. Digital]
11. Fabio Bacchini – Skyscrapers (Digital Villains Remix) – [Prime Direct Digital]
12. Brown & Steve Littlemen – Changin (Vernon & Dacosta Remix) – [Aroma]
13. Alland Byallo – Uptown Recognition – [Odd's & End's]
14. Nu Jaxx – Back In The Day (Original Mix) – [Shak Digital]
15. Johnny Dangerous – Beat That Bitch (Mr. V’s Sole Channel Remix) – [Nite Grooves]
16. Polder – Zero Zero – [Intacto]
17. Hardrive – Deep Inside (Mr. V’s Sole Channel Remix) – [Kontor]
18. Whitney Houston – Whatchalookinat (Full Intention Club Mix) – [Arista]
19. Broadway & Wilson – Sunny (Broadway & Wilson Deep Mix) – [Farris Wheel]
20. Chris Robson – Your Time Baby – [Flapjack]
21. Sonny Fodera – Winter Nights – [Spatula City]

What up party people. Random house tracks in this set…  I’m not even gonna classify them due to a discussion I had with Ken ECB on his facebook wall earlier in the day. The highlights are absolutely the Whitney Houston remix, the new Chris Robson, and of course the Hodges re-do of Jack It Like A Zombie. (been trying to find a set to stick that in, had it for a few weeks now)

This Sunday, I’m doin the brunchlox! I’ll be alongside Roshan, Remedy, and Karl Almaria from noon to 4pm spinning some dope tunes, eating amazing food, and generally chillin getting rid of what is sure to be a post-Saturday night hangover. Tune in online at radio.myhouse-yourhouse.net we’ll have a live webcam and chat going on. Perfect for whatever you’re doing.

PS: No you can’t win the Smartbar tix, I already gave em away :p

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Tracklisting:

1. Niquid – Italian Summer – [Jalapeno]
2. Chuck Love – Bongos and Shit – [Tango]
3. Oxia – Sun Step – [8bit]
4. DJ T – Shine On (M.C.D.E. Warehouse Mix) – [Get Physical]
5. Jorge Spania & Billy Howard – Piece Of Cake -[Seventy Four]
6. JT Donaldson – My Belief – [Icon]
7. Mousse T – The OHH Song – [NRK]
8. Broadway & Wilson – Sunny (Deep Mix) – [Farris Wheel]
9. Solaris – Sunshine (Chop Shop Dub) – [Guidance]
10. Francis Jilla – Electric Eel – [Flapjack]
11. D-T3CH – The Bizzness – [Sampled]
12. Broadway & Wilson – Don’t Fight Love – [Farris Wheel]
13. Darren Klementi – Who Luv To Get Down – [Riviera]
14. Whitney Houston – Whatchalookinat’ (Full Intention Club Mix) – [Arista]
15. Chris Robson – Your Time Baby – [Flapjack]
16. Block Committee – It’s Got To Be (Lucas Keizer Remix) – [Tango]
17. Border Patrol – Wonderful Guitar (Main Mix) – [Sampled]
18. Broadway & Wilson – Le Roi Cosmique de la Mode – [Farris Wheel]
19. The Bulgarian – Jack It Like A Zombie (Jason Hodges Remix) – [Potty Mouth]

What’s up out there… I tried to keep this set a little more upbeat, but still pretty smooth. Track selection was pretty good, but for some reason I could not get the hang of the decks tonight… oh well! Hope some of you had a chance to catch Switch, Santiago, and Sexual Chocolate out at Smartbar that Saturday night, heard it was a kick ass show. PS: Streetbeat is going back there March 31st, more details and a flier to come!

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Tracklisting

1. Bryan Jones – Gotta Keep On
2. Darren Klementi – Who Luv to Get Down
3. Oxia – Sun Step
4. Layo & Bushwacka – Now Is The Time (Emerson Todd Remix)
5. Greenskeepers – Keep It Down (Members Only Mix)
6. Lawnchair Generals – When I Think
7. Florian Kruse and Ciro V – Mountain Cock
8. Ben Watt – Lone Cat
9. Kinky Movement – Seven Jazz
10. Olivier Desmet – Just Like Heaven (Joshua Heath Remix)
11. Brown & Steve Littlemen – Changin’ (Vernon & Dacosta Remix)
12. Soul Rebels – The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
13. Ladybug Mecca – Dogg Starr (Jason Hodges Re-Rub)
14. Inland Knights – Ghetto Shit
15. The Littlemen – Holding On (Nacho Marco Remix)
16. Loko – In Love
17. Justin Martin & Claude VonStroke – Beat That Bird (Donk Boyz Remix)
18. Gene Farris – Keep it Comin’
19. T. Mixwell feat. Rainbow – Fuzzy Footwork

This week I grabbed a bunch of mini-sets I played on previous shows, and then put em together. Result was a sweet set of deep and jackin and techy house.

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1. Niquid – Italian Summer
2. Chuck Love – Bongos and Shit
3. Kid Enigma – When You’re Around
4. Karl Almaria – Yellow Cab
5. Atnarko and Fred Everything – I Got Something (Fred Everything Remix)
6. Trackheadz – My Love (Shur-I-Kan Mix)
7. Shur-I-Kan feat. Alexander East – Simply Yes (Fred Everything Remix)
8. Atnarko – Crazy Bout You (Milton Jackson Remix)
9. Mark Farina – Dream Machine (JT Donaldson Remix)
10. Fred Everything – Soul Mates
11. JT Donaldson – Krushed Groove
12. Ross Couch – Rising Up (Christian Malloni Remix)
13. Sawtooth Sucka – Doin it Well
14. Joshua – On Our Way
15. Dominic Martin – Touch Of Soul (Milton Jackson Mix)
16. Shur-I-Kan – I Want It (Milton Jackson Mix)
17. Mario Fabriani – Release
18. Ross Couch – Flightpath (Lucas Keizer Remix)
19. John Tejada, Arian Leviste – Faux Obsolete

Hey folks, tonight is the big night. I’ll be hosting a 4 1/2 hour show on WNUR featuring DJ Heather, Karl Almaria, and Acidman. They will be playing live sets in the studio in preparation for their upcoming show this Saturday at Smartbar, and talking about anything else going on. Needless to say, I’m quite excited to hear what they’ll be throwing down and you should be too! As if you needed more incentive, we’ll be giving away 4 pairs of tickets to their show, so be sure to listen live tonight on 89.3 FM in Chicago or on wnur.org for your chance to win!

Cheers,

D-VO