Espresso

The Summer has finally arrived, well, kind of? So I sorted out an old sunshine mix and gave it a good blast. It still sounds good so I thought I'd post it up and see what you think?

Back in 2003, my mate Jabz had a lot of spare daytime hours as did I. Jabz is a proper DJ and he has a vinyl setup at home. I took my CD decks round his house and we had a little session. The tunes came out of my collection most of which Jabz was not familiar with. I pulled them out and he mixed them in. It's far from perfect but most people would be hard pressed to spot why.

The music is generally Vocal House but it's good sunshine music.

• Earth, Wind & Fire - Africano
• Masters At Work - MAW's Theme
• Ian Pooley - Caoracao Tambor
• Afro Angel - Join Me Brother
• Sandy Rivera - Changes
• Space Cowboy - Crazy Talk
• Salome De Bahia - Theme Of Rio
• Crico Castelli - Life Is Changing
• Jerald Daemyon - Summer Madness
• Paulo Rocha - Dreamwalker
• Fantastic Plastic Machine - Love Is Psychadelic
• Nathan Haines - Earth Is The Place
• Studio 76 - Satisfaction
• Hall & Oates - I Can't Go For That

The Download Link is here: Download
Filename: Espresso.rar Filesize: 120.35 MB

Altogether Now

Go West - We Close Our Eyes
Bon Jovi - It's My Life
Queen - Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon
Beastie Boys - Fight For Your Right To Party
Blondie - Heart Of Glass
The Waterboys - Whole Of The Moon
Eric Carmen - Hungry Eyes
Icehouse - Hey Little Girl
A Floc Of Seagulls - Wishing (Photograph Of You)
Soft Cell - Bedsitter
Depeche Mode - Everything Counts
OMD - Enola Gay
Spandau Ballet - Instinction
Duran Duran - Planet Earth
Bon Jovi - Living On A Prayer
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
Blur - Song 2
5,6,7,8's - Woo Hoo Song
The Rembrandts - I'll Be There For You
Boo Radleys - Wake Up Boo
Randy & The Rebel Rousers - Happy Days
McFly - Five Colours In Her Hair
Scissor Sisters - Take Your Mama Out
T Rex - 20th Century Boy
Sha Na Na - Born To Handjive
The Blues Brothers - Gimme Some Lovin'
Soft Cell - Tainted Love
Soft Cell - Where Did Our Love Go
Merry Melodies - The End

The download link is here: Download
Filename: Altogether Now.rar Size: 91.65 MB

The 80's Groove Mastermiks Dance Party Volume 2

OK, so you get the idea then, I take a full measure of good quality 80's Groove, add a big pinch of cheesey 80's chart soul, stick it through my virtual 'blender' and end up with a 80's Groove 'Smoothie'

Don't worry about the 'lumpy bits' though, just swallow them, It's all good.... even when it's bad?

So here's Volume 2, more of the same. Not as smooth as Vol. 1 but more inspired at times. Check out New York Eyes, Trapped & Big Mouth (Tom Browne has not yet threatened legal action although one of his fans threatened physical violence).

Anybody wishing to hear the original tracks used in this mix, let me know and I'll dig them out.

• Princess - After The Love Has Gone (Chief Inspector Mix)
• Wally Badarou - Chief Inspector (Precinct 13 Dub)
• Nuance - Love Ride (Latin Rascals)
• Masterdon Committee - Funk Box Party (Pt 1 & 2)
• DSM - Destiny (Instrumental)
• Midnight Star - Curious
• Grandmaster Flash - Larry's Theme
  
• Harlequin 4's - Set It Off (Beats)
• Colnel Abrams - Trapped (Dub)
• Sherrick - Just Call (M&M)
• Aurra - You & Me Tonight
• Sybil Thomas - Rescue Me
• Kremicle - No News (Club)
• Aleem - Get Loose (Dub)
• Nicole & Timmy Thomas - NY Eyes
• Whodini - Big Mouth (Acc)
• Tom Browne - Funkin' For Jamaica (NY)
• Viola Wills - Dare To Dream (London)
• Mtume - Juicy Fruit

The download link is here: Download
Filename is: Mastermiks Dance Party Vol 2.mp3 Filesize: 72.58 MB

The 80's Groove Mastermiks Dance Party

This is an 80's Soul & Dance mix that I made myself that you'll either love or hate.

As a DJ, I can't mix and I'm not about to pretend that I can however... I have Sound Forge! It also helps that this is an 80's Groove mix. Back in the day it wasn't about perfect seamless mixing, it was about being adventurous and different?

I lived in South London in the 80's and Pirate's ruled the airwaves. My favourite station featured the 'Mastermix Dance Party' hosted by a guy called Barry B. He wasn't the greatest mix DJ in the world but he sure as hell knew how to make a mix interesting. (I always suspected he used a studio to pre-record his mixes so maybe I'm not cheating?)

Please stick with the first track for the first listen (at least) coz it sets the scene for the mix. It's impossible to comprehend how important that song was back in the day, kinda like the Pussycat Dolls of 1986. Played everywhere by everyone for soooo long. Here, I've recreated the 'Good Groove' remix done by Derek B on LWR (probably in 1985).

So, here we go... ripped off from LWR 92.5 fm, in the mid 80's.

featuring

• Full Force - Alice (I Want You Just For Me)
• Bernard Wright - Who Do You Love
• Sahara - Love So Fine
• 52nd Street - Tell Me
• Lillo Thomas - Settle Down
• Aleem - Get Loose/Release Yourself
• Force MD's - Forgive Me Girl
• BB&Q - Dreamer
• Dante - Freak In Me
• Kleer - Never Cry Again
• Krystol - After The Dance
• Royalle Delite - I'll Be A Freak (For You)
• Rochelle - My Magic Man
• Tenita Jordan - You Got Me Dreaming
• Surface - Falling In Love
• Trussell - Love Injection

The Download Link is: Download
Filename: Mastermiks Dance Party Vol 1.mp3 Size: 90.22 MB