October 19th, 2007. By Martin
We’ve been digging all the stuff that Eli Escobar has dropped these last months, from the funky remixes of Chromeo etc. to the more club-banging remixes such as his M.I.A remix. He has impeccable taste and superb mixing/producing skills so we were of course thrilled when we asked him to do a Mixin It Up for us and he agreed. Now here is his mix for your enjoyment:
“Native New Yorker Eli Escobar has been a NYC nightlife fixture for nearly a decade, spinning everywhere from the legendary Stretch and Bobbito show on WKCR to velvet-roped havens like Bungalow 8. Eli has specialized in eclectic sets and has thrown genres like House, Disco, New Wave, Rap and Rock around effortlessly, years before it became thenorm. He’s also produced dozens of records for and with the likes of M.I.A., PASE ROCK, CHROMEO and DIPLO. Most recently Eli has created a name for himself crafting uptempo remixes and edits for clubs and deejays worldwide. Download Eli’s rarities at OUTSIDEBROADCAST.
TRACKLIST:
1) Romanthony – Bring U Up / Still Going – Still Going Theme
Romanthony rules. I put some snippets of his 1995 song “Bring U Up” over my current anthem “Still Going Theme.” DFA is putting out some great records right now.
2) Vincent Floyd – I’m So Deep
This is some classic acid house from 1989.
3) Pase Rock – So Fucking Disco (alternate mix)
Everyone loves the cowbell in this song so I figured I’d do a mix without it just to see if the song still works. I guess you can decide for yourself. Then I throw Pase’s acapella over…
4) Snuten featuring Fox and Wolf – Wold and Free (Todd Terje Night Version)
Seriously do I have to explain why this song is amazing?
5) Ame – Rej
So from what I understand this song was huge in Europe last year but I feel like besides the deep house scene it didn’t really make a dent in America. It is impossibly good… the kind of song you’d sell your soul to be able to make.
6) LCD Soundsystem – Get Innocuous (Soulwax Remix)
I was talking with my man Lloyd today about how ridiculously good James Murphy is… it almost makes you mad. Dickhead. Seriously though whenever something new or exciting is happening in music I think it’s always pretty easy to pick out who’s leading the pack.
7) DJ T – Jam Pot / Keyshia Cole – Let It Go
I’m sure a lot of people won’t be into this but I will admit I am a Keyshia Cole fanatic. Man I would love to hear her record some house music but I guess this is as close as we’ll get for now. I put her over DJ T’s “Jam Pot” that came out earlier this year.
8) Lime – Angel Eyes (Eli Edit)
Just a simple edit I made here cause this original has some crazy corny parts.
9) M.I.A. – Bamboo (Eli remix)
I don’t know if this is ever going to come out but here’s a taste. This is actually the second half of the remix… it starts off as a somewhat standard hard electro mix but then turns into more of a acid-house dubby sorta thing. I have to admit I kinda jacked the synth line from Yazoo’s “Don’t Go” for this. Don’t tell Vince Clark.
10) Kudu – Finish What We Started (XXXChange and Devlin remix)
I have not stopped rocking this song since I got it from Pase a while back. Alex always keeps things soulful.
11) Booka Shade – Mandarine Girl / Black Mamba – Vicious
Vicious is a old Larry Levan mixed club song and since that era of music along with 80′s rap is my main influence I always gotta throw something along those lines in. Parts of this acapella were used for Biggie’s song “Friend Of Mine.”
12) Eli Escobar – Synthology
I made this song for a Turntable Lab compilation that should be coming out soon. It’s just me playing around with some synths.
Download: Eli Escobar Mix for Discobelle, Oct 2007 (zShare)
BONUS TRACK: Holy shit, Eli just mailed us with a banging remix. This is an official remix of that Britney Spears track “Gimme More” featuring the amazing Amanda Blank.
Britney Spears – Gimme More (Eli/Grayson remix ft. Amanda Blank, final version) (YSI)
Britney Spears – Gimme More (Eli/Grayson remix ft. Amanda Blank, final version) (zShare)
Raf says:
October 19, 2007 at 07:40
sweet mix!
britney’s rmx is pretty good! having amanda blank in there is a nice bonus!
aleks discodust says:
October 19, 2007 at 09:57
killer post!
LOOOUI says:
October 19, 2007 at 10:04
funny how so fuckin disco sounds COMPLETELY different without the cowbells. really hot.
Jeroeneman says:
October 19, 2007 at 16:16
Ah c’mon… Lime doesn’t have ANY corny parts!!! They’re awesome! a 2-man ABBA
Casi G says:
October 19, 2007 at 17:08
AMANDA FUCKING BLANK!!!!!!!!!!!!! SO FUCKING HUGE IN 2007
Truth says:
October 19, 2007 at 17:31
Eli getting soft.. where’s Shan Boogs!
The HAMBURGLER says:
October 19, 2007 at 18:31
this is the best mixin it up ever.
Truth says:
October 19, 2007 at 18:42
The HAMBURGLER Says:
October 19th, 2007 at 18:31
this is the best mixin it up ever.
Compared to what Klever’s mixes? Drastiks mixes? Don Rimini etc.. I dont think so
The HAMBURGLER says:
October 19, 2007 at 19:23
yes exactly those ones, actually. sorry there’s no “super crunk hyphy bmore mixes” on here.
cheech says:
October 19, 2007 at 19:47
nobody is fucking with eli right now!
erikm says:
October 19, 2007 at 21:29
sometimes when i hear eili play music i’m like WTF am i listening to
CC says:
October 19, 2007 at 21:30
Who is…
THE HAMBURGLAR??
Anonymous says:
October 19, 2007 at 21:56
sorry truth, but the klever mixin it up is garbage.
This is the good stuff
Rob says:
October 19, 2007 at 23:23
so smooth
pierre says:
October 20, 2007 at 11:27
ame? romananthony? pase rock? what would you want more? perfect selection eli
Anonymous says:
October 21, 2007 at 19:46
!!!!!!!
seewhale says:
October 21, 2007 at 21:20
by far the best mix ever posted on this blog
Anonymous says:
October 22, 2007 at 08:29
Whats that anoying snapping sound?
Andrea says:
October 27, 2007 at 20:06
eli is the best…
fuck these haters…
Ricardo says:
October 31, 2007 at 18:05
I think Eli is the best thing I have heard in DJ’ing—musically in the last few years. More power to you. I love your choices and your style of re-editing and re-mixing.
Principal Spinner says:
November 8, 2007 at 00:54
Holy Shit. That DJ T/K. Cole blend is bonkers! Mad props to you, E.
topfloor music says:
November 20, 2007 at 01:44
I think it’s only a matter of time before Britney runs over a photographer and kills ‘em. What happened to that sweet old Britney we used to know and love?
Eli Escobar @ Pom Pom 15 August « DJ Agge says:
August 11, 2008 at 11:49
[...] another one from Discobelle, Eli’s Mixin’ It Up he did almost a year ago, proving you can do this kind of stuff without including the same tracks [...]
NYC Society says:
August 26, 2008 at 19:26
That was a great post. I will have to bookmark this site so I can read more later.
Britney Spears says:
April 12, 2009 at 09:40
i love her song womaniser but she mimed it on xfactor and didnt want nowt to do with the contestants on xfactor but she was a really good dancer on xfactor and she is very bonnie