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Time for the last Mixin’ It Up of the year. This time we visit Hatchmatik from Montreal and the Peer Pressure Crew. We have played his remixes out on the dancefloor all year long so we were very happy when he agreed to do a Mixin’ It Up. Lets get started!

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1. The Tough Alliance – Something Special (Alfie Special Summer Mix)

The Tough Alliance is an amazing group, one of my favorite pop acts. North sent me this and it has been one of my favorite tracks since the first time I heard it – it’s just so happy and bangin’ – seemed like a perfect way to start.

2. DJ Tameil – Bump Like This

The homey E6 in Chicago put me onto this track – Tameil kills it as usual and well that’s all there is to it.

3. Sebastien Grainger – When U Go Out (Mercurius FM Disco Love Mix)

This is one that has been in a lot of my sets since last summer, I picked a lot of the tracks for this mix from the folder I made just before I went out on tour. This is another song much like The Tough Alliance song that always has me singing along jumping around like a fool in the club (or in my room)

4. Chromeo – Bonafied Lovin’ (Hatchmatik Remix Ft. Teki Latex)

I got the parts for this remix about 5 months before I actually got down to it. Once Teki and I decided to work together on a track, I finally got my ass in gear and started going on this. He dropped an awesome verse for me and helped me make this a track I’m really proud of. We also recorded a Quebecois ode to Fatman Scoop (Frenchman Scoop) that will be out shortly.

5. Yelle – Tristesse Jolie (Rolf Honey Remix)

We were lucky enough to have Yelle headline a show for us at Pop Montreal in the fall and I gotta say she fuckin’ killed it. Her live show (with TEPR and Grand Marnier) was the best of the whole festival hands down. This one always sets it off in the club.

6. DJ Pushups & Sir Nenis – U Don’t Know Me Remix

The Top Billin guys bring some serious heat on this Armand Van Helden remix. Out soon if not already on T&A Records. They are really nice dudes and always come with some serious club bangers.

7. Timbaland – Miscommunication (Bloody Beetroots Remix)

Italy killing it! And those masks! This track has been a serious favorite of mine and definitely one of my top songs for 2007.

8. Omnikrom Ft. Numero (Hatchmatik Club Remix)

You should all know by now, but if you don’t, Omnikrom is a group here in Montreal and they are running that Quebecois crunk shit. Check for their album son! TROP BANANE! With that Numero pop flavor this track bangs hard bee!

9. Kap10Kurt – Dangerseekers (Rolf Honey Remix – Hatch Edit)

This song is really NUNKY!

10. Duke Dumont – Pop Dat Pussy

Duke Dumont is a beast! I’m so glad he’s on Turbo. Dude is killing the club with this one – DOO DOO BROWN!

11. Ocelot – Our Time

Franki Chan linked me this and I must say I’m loving this shit. The vocals are amazing and the whole vibe of the song really sends me. Check for Ocelot in 2008 they are making amazing music.

12. Krames – What More Time

Daft Punk had a huge year – best live show I’ve ever seen – I know everyone says that but it’s true the shit is an epic vector seismic brodown sesh to your mind. My man Krames is killing the game right now putting out hot track after hot track like a mad man. Montreal has crazy love for Cobra Kai, Krames and Nick the Duke showed us some real southern fried flavor down in VA two summers back.

13. Justice – Phantom II (Boys Noize Remix)

Justice! Never heard of them but this song is pretty okay.

14. Mike Mumbles – WutWut pt. 3

The homey Dave Nada put me onto this track, dude is a triceratops with hulk talons in the club!

15. Hatchmatik – Gate 14 (2nd Bounce)

Maybe not a final version of the song, but this is an original track I was messing with lately.

16. Hatchmatik – Ghislain Poirier / Binaerpilot Blend

The keys in that Binaerpilot track are so insane and made me think of the classical moog stylings of Walter Carlos or the music from the scene where Alex links those girls at the record shop for a ménage in A Clockwork Orange. Ghislain sent me the acapella for his latest single and they worked well together so there it is !

BOOMSIE SHOT!

This weeks Mixin’ It Up is from LA’s mike ill (http://keepinitright.com/). It’s got a nice soulful feel to it. Over to mike ill:

“Hi. My name is Mike, and I’m an alcoholic. I did this mix in one take and I was drunk. That’s my imaginary excuse for my jacked up equipment and some loose blends. Whatever. I’ll just leave it at that. However this selection is superbly excellent. Doing this set I picked the first three songs and then recorded it live. ‘Feeling’ was more important to me than technical skill in this case. Although both would be ideal. This mix has an old school sort of sound throughout most of it, yet you’ll notice from the track list that there are newer artists on it as well. I tried to bring together old heads and young kids on this, and I think it worked out well. I feel it is important in my life to bring people together. Kinda like a Star Trek convention. However I won’t bore you with that cheesy talk. That’s why I made sure this mix is fun. It’s like a happy machine one might say. In any case maybe I bit off a little more than I can chew with this attempt, but I guess I’ll leave that for you to decide. Now off we go. listen!

“Sunshower” by Dr. Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band

A lot of people will recognize this song from the M.I.A. track, “Sunshowers.” It’s a great track from a disco sorta band which has been also sampled by other popular Hip Hop artists.

“Second Time Around” by Shalamar

“Second Time Around” popped up on my iTunes random mode and was the partial inspiration to this mix.

“Tenderoni (hidden album cut)” by Chromeo

This is where I sprinkle in some newness but keep an old sound. The first time I heard Chromeo I really loved the sound.

“Promise (Siik Remix)” by Ciara

Siik comes with some smoothass refixes so I had to include this. I played this song in my car constantly around this time last year.

“Fannypack Nu Nu Yeah Yeah Remix” by Krazy Fiesta/Jo-han & Erik HP

This song is SO fun.

“Saturday Love” by Cherelle & Alexander O’Neal

The first time I heard this song I was probably in the 8th grade and I heard it on a mixtape by DJ Icy Ice, who is one of the greatest pioneers in LA hip hop DJ history. No joke. Hearing that mix was the first time I ever felt that I wanted to DJ.

“Get Up (b.cause kashif home stretch edit)” by Ciara

I know I played a Ciara song already, but this just fit. I’m sure peeps who read Discobelle know how nice B.Cause comes with it on this edit.

“100%” by Chromeo

Once again, I really like Chromeo. I especially like the part of this song that goes, “Girl if it’s alright.” It reminds me of that Montell Jordan song, “Get It On Tonight.”

“Carribean Queen (No More Love On The Run)” by Billy Ocean

I’ve been holding onto the instrumental to this forever and have been waiting for just this opportunity to play it. Plus, there’s a saxophone on it. kind of like the previous Chromeo song so it fit. It also has this crazy sound like a tiger growling or something.

“I Love Only You” by The Popular Peoples Front

I don’t think there really is a need to explain how awesome this song is.

“Do It Any Way You Wanna” by People’s Choice

I played Popular Peoples Front prior so I figured why not play People’s Choice next. Plus this beat is so driving and the dude is telling me to do it any way I wanna.

“How Long” by Ace

This is a little bit of a change in the sound from this mix, and the beginning of a new section. The song is within the time period though. My uncles would love this one.

“Shake It To The Ground (Pistol Pete Remix)” by DJ Blaqstarr

My most favorite song to mix. I might even go so far as to say, my most favorite song to mix ever. So choice.

“Shopping On The Dancefloor (Krames Remix)” by Purple Crush

A 90s sound which I’m really feeling right now. Purple Crush has been kiltin’ the blogosphere.

“The Love That I Crave (Luvtek Edit)” The Blow vs Strategy Strata

Luvtek makes some dope edits with a sensibility that I’m really feeling. I also really like The Blow. My homie ‘Marks’ introduced me to The Blow.

“Beeper” by Sinden & Count of Monte Cristal

I’m sure Discobelle readers know this one.

“Yeah Yeah (Flosstradamus Remix)” by Matt & Kim

The last song had a bass kick that reminded me of this song. Plus I have some friends who like this song so I wanted to play it for them. Hey guys.

“Shawty Is A Ten (Mano Remix)” The Dream x Mano

I found this song on Discobelle! This track is SO dope. The choppiness isn’t overwhleming. Sometimes I feel like too many effects ruin a song, but this is done really well. The changes are dope too. Mano’s got skill.

“My Beau” by Daedelus

A whimsical take on a old favorite.

The end. Thanks for reading and thanks Discobelle!”

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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)

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Friday again, we’re off to Stockholm to play this party but here’s your fix…

Stevie Tech Nicks aka Maxim Lindqvist have been cranking out discoish remixes of among others The Tough Alliance, B-more remixes of Ace Of Base and a few others but now he brings us his addition to the Mixin’ It Up series. Listen up and enjoy:

“This is my second mix for Discobelle; the first one they threw away in one of those “We’ve got mail” postings. Since then I’ve become a superstar, and now I get my very own post, by far the greatest in bloghouse history. Kudos to me.
However, I won’t go on about my mix. Suffice to say it’s brilliant. I needn’t torture you with a playlist. Do I ever hate those;

Some Guy – Some Baltimore Club song

This is a straight up banger, and a perfect song to kick of the mix with: the bassline is thumping and blablablabla

Some Other Guy – Some Remix by Justice

I love Justice, and this is by far the best remix of this song. I am an asshole.

If you hear a song in the mix that you like, then ask and I will tell you what it is, simple as that.

So instead of wasting your time with the above mentioned, or some stuff about me, I thought I’d give you some advice.

1. Don’t judge a book by its cover. Which translates into: don’t judge a woman’s body by how she looks dressed. I’m telling you, it’s a classic mistake: she might look fine in tight jeans and with a flattering bra and a cute top, but it’s all a mirage. Women are (pretty) smart and spend their time between periods thinking about what clothes might best disguise their flaws. However, once they’re down to their bras and panties, they can’t hide from reality anymore: that ass – once vacuum packed into a nice pair of Miss Sixty jeans – will now show its true, fat colours; the belly will no longer have a distractingly slutty top to hide under, but will protrude in all its chocolate-ridden porkiness. You get the picture. So my advise is this: before you fall in love with a girl, make sure you see her in a bikini first.

2. Don’t become paraplegic. It might seem like fun to roll around in a wheelchair all the live long day long, without a worry in the world, but beware! Your arms will tire and you will need a penile prosthetic to have sex. If you’re a guy: if you’re a girl, not much will change. So be cool, stay in school and don’t be paraplegic… ool?

3. Read at least one book by Jacqueline Susann, and may that book be “The Love Machine”. She is one of the most underrated and misunderstood writers of the 20^th century, and “The Love Machine” is a masterpiece not at all unlike, say, “East of Eden”. And yes, I mean you, Mr I Like Rub’n'Tug mixes And I Should Really Widen My Horizons And Stop Abusing The Term Balearic.”

Download: Stevie Tech Nicks - Andiamo Alla Bella Disco Mix #2 (zShare)

T-Wrecks is a member of one of our favorite dj-crews, namely Stylusts (along with Drastik, DJ Illo and Kid SL. They just started their own blog which is located here) out of Canada. They’ve been killing it as individual contenders in the DMC contests and were the 2006 Canadian DMC Team Champions. T-Wrecks hails from Toronto/Ottawa and has been crunking out some sweet tracks lately, among them the recent Timbaland “Way I Are” remix and the much appreciated B-more version of “Get It Shawty”. We’re very glad he wanted to do a mix for us here at Discobelle and here it is for your enjoyment.

TRACKLIST:

“What Up World! Listen and enjoy…”

01 - Twista - Well It’s Time

“Well It’s Time To Begin”! The lyrics and feel of this song were perfect to start off the mix. It’s a bonus track from Twista’s new album produced by Kanye West, and it samples Feist.

02 - Paul McCartney feat. Michael Jackson - Say Say Say (12inch mix)

I had to throw on a funky 80s joint. Timeless feel good music from the classic duo.

03 - Justice - D.A.N.C.E (DJ Eli & Diplo Remix)

My favorite version/remix of D.A.N.C.E. - I played some David Bowie “Lets Dance” cuts/drops at the start to add some flavor. I cut up some b-more drums over the breakdown at the end while mixing in the next track (adds that turntablist feel to it).

04 - Kid Sister / Justin Timberlake - Damn Girl

I like playing around with songs that have similar track names or lyrics. This is the battle of the “Damn Girl”.

05 - Lil Mama - Lip Gloss (Kid Fresh ReFix)

Kid Fresh and Haterboy murder this one! I’ve been playin’ this one out for a while now. Big up to the Lordz of Fitness!

06 - Slum Village - EZ Up (T-Wrecks Remix)

The synths in the original ‘EZ Up’ were so dope that I had to do a remix. Detroit hip-hop will never die. R.I.P J-DILLA!

07 - Sinden vs Tag Team - Whoomp There It Is (DJ Illo’s 2007 TouchUp)

Another Stylusts production! Illo refreshes “Whoomp There It Is” for 2007.

08 - 50 Cent ft. Justin Timberlake - She Wants It (Edwin Van Cleef Remix)

Ayo Technology remix that just BANGS!!!

09 - Chromeo - Tenderoni (MSTRKRFT Remix)

Chromeo & MSTRKRFT! Two Canadian duos that are representin’ world wide.

10 - T-Wrecks - Oh Sheila Remix

I freaked it just enough that it still has the flavor of the original track and it bangs louder.

11 - Afrika Bambaataa - Get Up and Dance (Stylusts Remix)

We made this remix recently, so it’s not fully mastered yet. I just had to squeeze this track into the mix and let the people get a sneak peak of what the Stylusts are up to. We have a lot of interesting remixes coming so hold tight!

12 - DJ Neoteric - Stardust vs Nirvana

DJ Drastik put me onto this one. This blend works really well on the dance floor. Big up to Neoteric for holding down Canada’s West Coast.

13 - Stylusts - Playboy Ya Time’s Up!

DJ Drastik and I thought of remixing Benny Benassi’s “Satisfaction” because we liked the hard synths in it. The original track seems cheesy to me. It reminds me of Canadian strip clubs and Stephen Hawking. We decided to give the track more ass by adding dirty drums and different vocals. This remix works on the dance floor every time. We’re currently on a mission of remixing cheesy dance/rave songs and giving them some filth and swagger.

14 - Rustie - Preech Master

This beat just seemed to fit perfectly for a transition into the next song. Thanks to Rustie for sending me this one!

15 - Techtwelve & Mike Tull - T-Dot Slang

My boy Techtwelve and Mike Tull made this remix of Kardinal Offishall’s “Bakardi Slang”. The original track is a Toronto anthem - I had to represent somehow. Look out for those Techtwelve remixes!

16 - M.I.A - Bucky Done Gone (Risk One B’fix)

Risk One lets this one thump hard.

17 - T-Wrecks - Way I Are Remix

I made this when the track first came out but I didn’t leak it until recently. Google this one and download it!

18 - Soulja Boy - Crank Dat (Pop Rawkus Remix)

There are many remixes of this track but I chose the Pop Rawkus one because it bangs and it fit nicely into the mix. The Cousin Cole - ‘Crank Dat’ remix is real nice too.

19 - 50 Cent - I Get Money (ESTAW Gets Cash Fix)

I Get Money is a big track whether you like 50 Cent or not. ESTAW did up a crazy remix!

20 - Kanye West - Stronger (A-Trak Remix)

50 Cent vs Kanye West, the battle continues! I had to put these two tracks back to back. A-Trak destroys it with this one. Another extremely talented and influential DJ from Canada.

21 - Biggie - Everyday Struggle (Bird Peterson Remix)

Bird Peterson always brings the heat! This track is coming out on vinyl this fall. Be on the look out.

22 - Goldrocc - 93′Til Bmore (Instrumental) / Suzanne Vega - Tom’s Diner

This blend is an outro for the mix. I wanted to go out on a mellow tip and make it a ‘To Be Continued’ type ending.

Thanks to the Discobelle fam!”

Download: T-Wrecks - Discobelle mix, September 07 (zShare)

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BONUS: DJ Illo of Stylusts released a cd with remixes which you all can download here:

DJ Illo - Stylusts remixes vol. 1 (zShare)

Krames & Bird Peterson are back! These two fine gentlemen have both been featured on Discobelle before and with this banging new mix they’re truly setting the bar for mixes to come. Bump this and you’re all set for the weekend. This is also the precursor to the Fangs and Feathers EP coming this fall! Now, we’ll let them present the mix:

TRACKLIST:

PART 1: BIRD PETERSON

Tittsworth - 911 (Bird Peterson Remix)

This track is a hot new jam by Mr. Tittsworth, and he was kind enough to let me have a stab at remixing it. And I did.

Mos Def - Ms. Fat Booty (Bird Peterson Remix)

Without a doubt, the best song by my man Mos. I wanted to remix it, but I didnt want to tread on this gold, so I tried taking it in a completely different direction. Towards the end of production, I realized I needed to bring back the sample since that is mainly what people identify in this song. You can snag this song as one of the B sides with the Wutang remix on my new LP on NASTYMIX this fall!

Cupid - Cupid Shuffle (Bird Peterson Remix)

I made this track about 20 minutes after I heard the original play on the radio. Then DSJ informed me that my remix song got bootlegged on the Ear To The Streets vinyl series. I was so happy to hear it, though, because someone once told me thats how you know you’ve officially made it.

Plump DJs - The Rub Off

The Plump DJs are fucking wonderful, and this track has such a great bassline. I think it might be one of the better basslines to come out of dance music.

Kurtis Blow - The Breaks (Bird Pete Remix)

This one dropped on SES Vol. One. This has always been my favorite hip hop song ever, and I was fortunate enough to grab one of the first pressings of the original. Agian, I didnt want to tread on the original so I took this in an electro direction. The bassline is a backwards version of the bass from the song “Glory Be” off my album Hot Noise.

Fatboy Slim - Acid 8000 (Bird’s Extendo Edit 8000)

This song is just so damn good. It has one of the best hooks ever, plus it drops really well. I extended the build up so it would last longer, thus making the kids dance harder.

Justice - Stress

Easily my favorite track from the album. D.A.N.C.E. is obviously the single from the album, but this one creates this incredible mood that I havent heard on the dancefloor in a long time.

Biggie - Everday Struggle (Bird Peterson Remix)

I took this one in the same direction as the Mos Def and Kurtis remixes. Again, the beat was just too damn good to give this the traditional remix, so I had to flip it. This is also available as a Bside on Nastymix 001 this fall!

Bonecrusher - Never Scared (Krazy Fiesta Remix)

This is an absurdly good remix by a very great team that has suffered a terrible, terrible tragedy (RIP Jesper, we miss you!), but is still moving to change the world with some very fantastic remixes.

Deejay Punk Roc - My Beatbox

I just love this guy so much. I wish he had more records. Like 300 more. And I also wished he lived next door. And everyday when I came out to get the paper, he would go, “Hey Bird! I was cooking up some hot jams and thought you would like them!” And I would go, “Sure, buddy! Let me just throw on some rope chains, and I’ll be over in a minute!”

PART 2: KRAMES

Krames In The Building - Krames

Since we did a constant mix, I flipped up the end of Bird’s track into an intro track. Lots of cats do vocal drops in their intro’s so I wanted to do something to stand out when my section starts. I like the energy of the high pitch voice and the hype in the background. It creates the tone for the rest of the mixtape. Kinda of a mock Fatman Scoop, since I was gonna use his voice in the next track anyway, figured eh, why not.

Make Noise! - Krames

I made this track with some Fatman Scoop addlibs kind of as a joke while I was takin a smoke break from the “Tricks” remix maybe a month or so ago. Scoop’s voice is so hype. The track is really underproduced and is just about introducing a sound to the club. The stuff he says is off the wall sometimes. The content of this track is all about gettin yours, so, the next track made sense with it.

Fuck You Pay Me (Purple Crush & Scottie B) - Krames

This is a remix I did for Purple Crush when we were in LA. We were hanging out drinking Steaz, some organic energy drink that we were all about, and they mentioned they had “Pay Me” coming out in like 2 days. I did a “Shopping on the Dancefloor” remix for them that was well liked, so the “Pay Me” joint was like, boom, done. So I made this to give out and promo the track they did with Scottie B.

Niggaz Fightin - Scottie B

Since Scottie B did the original “Pay Me” track I was like, lemme put this banger from Scottie B next. His tracks are always dope, and I respect the dude as a producer/dj and tastemaker.

Get Up Yo! - Krames

Come on get up everybody. Thats a dope hook to be putting out there. This is a recent track I made to put out in my next release. I like the synth pattern I did for this track a bunch. Its feel good and current at the same time. The “Yo!” is coming from an Eve vocal sample I took from an acapella. “Yo’s” and “What’s” always pull the hype factor up in a club track.

Tricks (La Vida Locash feat. Rosanna) - Krames

This is a remix that I was asked to do for La Vida Locash’s Kocky release. They’re from Sweden. The original track is hella “pop” oriented so I went for a club feel for the remix. I was stoked to work with them and do this track for their release. Rosanna kills it on the vocals, she has a great voice, especially for a club track like this one. Mad girls tell me the hook gets stuck in their head too, so thats a plus.

Bass on the Bottom (remix instrumental) - Mr. Hahn & Troublemaker

I think this remix they did for Lady Tigra is dope. I like the track a bunch and was feeling the instrumental. I like how it starts half time so it goes into “Tricks” really well because “Tricks” also goes down to a half time beat throughout the track. The breakdown after the intro of the beat works perfect for the transition into the next track too.

Players Choose You - Krames

This original track is so boot knockin, I mean, like late night on the come up. I love the UGK & Outkast jam too. People front cause Project Pat used this beat a few years ago, but that’s whatever. This joint is dope. The club version goes hella well cause like people know the track, and sometimes they don’t know the original, so hittin em’ with that midway through kinda sets this track apart from a lot of other club tracks people like to do with “current” hits or whatever. You know, like I never heard a “Stay Fly” remix that used any of the verses from Willie Hutch’s original “Tell Me Why Our Love Has Turned So Cold.” I’m just sayin’.

Work This Pussy - Krames

Work This Pussy, I mean, nuff said. This is a classic club verse, my version is basically keeping it current. I used some vocal clips from “Drop It LIke It’s Hot” which can be a dated track but I was like, whatever, it’s a relevant statement when workin some pussy. Its a dirty track I guess, but lots of club tracks are. The horns are from “Put Your Leg Up,” an old baltimore club track that was also remixed by Diamond K. It’s been around for a hell of a long time and came from the go go band Pure Elegance’s “One Leg Up.” They just ended up doin a chant with the hook. I like how the flipped horns sound on this one midway through the track.

Boyz (M.I.A.) - Hatchmatik

This track from Hatch is dope. He’s from Montreal and rocks with A-Rock doing Peer Pressure parties. His claps are bangin and the horns from “Work This Pussy” fall good over the first part of the track. I was stoked to get this one from him. I don’t know if it hit the blogs or not. I’m hoping not so I can keep playing it for a while. Hatch always comin through with some dope remixes, edits, whatever you wanna call them.

Calbria (Horn Solo) - Enur & Natasja

These horns are off the chain. I got a re-edit from Hoff with an extended intro and I’ve been playing the full track in a lot of my sets. It goes well into really any other track with horns. Horn House or something like that, haha, I don’t know. But people are into this track none the less.

Southside Supastar - Krames & Bobby LaBeat

Me and Bobby LaBeat decided to go see The Shop Boyz perform “Party Like a Rock Star” at the club in Richmond and this girl Ruin opened up for them. She killed it and did this song “Southside Supastar” and the crowd went bananas. The joint was a hit, I was hearing it on the radio when they would play local joints at night. Me and Bobby started doing the remix with just the hook on the intro but then got the full acapella from her and put the verses in. It’s coming out on a release from Small Town DJ’s so look for that.

Explicit Dirty Lyrics - Krames

Just-Ice is the jam. He made a lot of tight tracks. I always thought it would be tight to do something w/ the intro for “Original Ganster of Hip Hop.” This track is also gonna be on my next release. I’m into the hype factor created by the “explicit dirty lyrics.” It’s one of those club tracks that’s kind of funny as well you know. I kept a verse in there but its not in the mixtape version. I’m into the funk style club shit so using some of those elements like the hand drums and air horns was dope too.

What! More Time - Krames

People really get into this track. There has been a kind of Daft Punk frenzy lately with their recent tour, Kanye’s “Stronger” release, and not to jump on the bandwagon, but I wanted to do something with Daft Punk as well. Most of the remixes coming out have been really electro style or of the “Stronger” joint. I wanted to do something that would get some play for a while. Like “Touch It” came out and that song got mad remixes but now no one really plays it anymore, so, nuff said.

Stop Messin Around with Me! - Krames

Obviously this joint is like a funk club remix of Darude’s “Sandstorm,” but i feel it stands out because of the funk elements that it brings to the table. I needed something to close the mixtape with and “What! More Time” is kinda like, well you gotta play something “one more time” so to speak, so what’s hyper than that. The infamous “Sandstorm.” I chopped it up to fit a club beat and edited the Crookers “Para De Gracinha” (which means stop messin around with me) acapella by MC Leka for the track. I”m pretty stoked about how the track is introduced into the mix and how it carries out the theme for the end.

Download: Fangs & Feathers Discobelle Mix, September 2007 (Megaupload)

Another friday and time for another Mixin’ It Up. This time we present you with the fine gentleman known as The Bulgarian, who gives us a banging fidget house mix that’s guaranteed to make you move your feet. Here’s what he has to say:

“Born in Bulgaria but having lived in Cape Town, South Africa for the last 16 years, The Bulgarian just like to see people dance! That’s entire motivation behind the music he makes and plays. Aside from that look out for the new EP due out on Potty Mouth Music in Chicago and various remix projects that are in the works at the moment. For gig details and more info check out The Bulgarian’s MySpace.

The Mix: Just did this mix with the intention of it being very listenable and smooth as opposed to my usual more lose your nuts to it style of crazy. That being said, the tracks in here aren’t the shy types either. There’s a couple of real belters and as usual a good dose of silly, but throughout there is always the prerequisite ass-shaking groove that is the Fidget and hugest amount of bass I can get away with! So with that, please turn up your sound and enjoy this mix! ;)

1) Brabe - 50 Ways (Unreleased)

Found this kid on MySpace. He’s Dutch and 17 years young! Incredibly original and mature tracks. Somebody needs to sign this kid! And it’s not just this one tune either, everything i’ve heard so far is good, in fact there’s 2 more of his tunes in this mix later on!

2) KiNK - Bad Man Nah Inna Dat (The Bulgarian’s 2007 re-beat) (Bootleg)

A mate from Bulgaria, amazing talent! This tune was a little Beenie Man bootleg he cobbled together in 2003, all i did was dub over my own drums over his for a more 2007 punch, but essentially the track is as he wrote it. Check his stuff out, he’s on my myspace top friends!

3) Jeff Samuel - Fire (Claude Von Stroke’s Like Flya Remix)

“Met” Jeff via MySpace a while back, cool dude, and this tune had a real fidgety element to it and it’s my bridge to the more minimalesque part of my mix. I actually prefer the original mix but the CVS version worked better in the set.

4) Unknown - Unknown

At the request of the artist who gave me the track, i’m not allowed to disclose anything about it yet. But if all goes well this should be out soon on a nice big label. ;)

5) Samim - Heater (Get Physical)

Do I really need to talk about this one. Hehe. Yeah, I like music that doesn’t take itself seriously and this is the epitome of that. Hate it or Love it, its definitely not going to pass by unnoticed.

6) DJ Fame - Anutha Day in The Ghetto (The Bulgarian’s Bounce in The Ghetto Remix) (Potty Mouth)

This is remix I did for Fame’s upcoming ep on Potty Mouth in Chicago. First EP on the label is by the Crookers, Fame’s is the second and, mine will follow after that. Watch this label! ;)

7) Brabe - Schokolade (Unreleased)

The second of the 3 tracks in the mix. Still can’t believe he’s only 17! ;)

8) The Bulgarian - It’s Brunch (Rock Miao Miao) (On The Brink)

This is off my Ignition EP for London’s On The Brink, out now on Juno Download and I believe we may see it pressed to Vinyl fairly soon! The “Rock Miao Miao” is the first thing DJ Phra said to me when he first heard this tune, i loved it so its become the second name to this tune.

9) Dub Pistols - Open (Trevor Lovey’s Open All Hours Re-Jig) (Sunday Best)

As is to be expected from this Speaker Junkie, solid tune and a definite winner with the crowds.

10) Jamie Fanatic & Jesse Voorn - Fire Time (Original)

I just randomly stumbled across this little gem recently, very cool, but those off hi-hats in the intro make it a nightmare to mix! Otherwise its exceptionally crazy and that’s why I like it! ;) hehe.

11) Curses! - What I Need (The Bulgarian’s &^%$ing Remix) (Unreleased)

Myself and Curses! hooked up on myspace where he offered to do a remix swap with me, this is what i did and I’m waiting to see what he’s gonna come up with! ;)

12) Simian Mobile Disco - I Believe (Switch Remix) (Wichita)

Have to give props to the man who’s responsible for popularising Fidget house so much. And this remix is really dope, it reminds me more of his older Solid Groove productions which is how I got into the genre in the first place.

13) The Bulgarian - Ignition (On The Brink)

Title track off of the Ignition EP for On The Brink. Get it on Juno Download.

14) Brabe - She’s Really Got You (Unreleased)

Last one, but by now you should be convinced of this kid’s talent. I hope he gets signed soon, can’t wait to see what he’ll do next. Respect!

15) The Bulgarian - Into The Groove (Potty Mouth)

This is forthcoming on my Zombie Door EP for Potty Mouth Music in Chicago. Should be out in about 2.5 months hopefully. Just mixing up a little 303 acid with my drum ‘n bass roots.

16) The Bulgarian - Uptown Jack

Also from the Ignition EP, and probably my best break and build-up ever. It always get the hands and glow-sticks in the air, hehe.

17) Bryan Cox - Get Nasty (Crux/Weapon)

Bryan Cox, if you know who he is (and he’s quite well known) is not usually a name one might associate with this kind of music but lately he’s been turning his hand to the dirtier and more fidgety side of the house spectrum and I say “Bring It ON!”. This tune is NASTY!

18) The Bulgarian ft. Spoek & Bukky - The Zombie Door (Potty Mouth)

Title track for the Potty Mouth EP, I have to big-up my friend Spoek from Sweat.X and the lady Bukky for the killer zombie vox on this one. Expect to hear it in Zombie Disco Squad sets… ;) There’s also a killer remix by Santiago & Bushido that will be on the EP as well, check it out on their MySpace, absolutely mental!!!

19) Alex Holland - Put It To The Back Of Your Mind (Cheeky Dub) (Atlantic Jaxx)

Until a friend pointed this release out to me I’d never heard of this guy, but its on Basement Jaxx’s label, and this song is killer so I’ll definitely be keeping an eye out for his next release.

20) Goodbooks - The Illness (Herve Dub) (CDR)

Omfg! Insane. Best piece of work by Mr Harvey this whole year! Just mad. I just love ending on high notes! ;)

Download: The Bulgarian Mix For Discobelle, Aug 07 (zShare)

PS: If you’re in Malmö, you can catch The Bulgarian along with Duke Dumont and our danish friends in Yohad at the club Drama that goes down at Debaser tomorrow night (Aug 25th).

Pic by Clayton Hauck

Once again the windy city comes through with yet another talent. This week’s Mixin’ It Up comes from Local Hero who was recommended to us by Casi G of Flamin Hotz Records and we’re in no way disappointed with this extraordinary and fresh mix. Without further adue, we give you the mix:

“I’m from the resplendent city of Chicago – Founder of the Chicago promotional crew The New Guard and cofounder of the quickly growing music blog trashmenagerie.com. When Discobelle asked me to do a mix for their mixing it up series, I was in the process of digitizing all my favorite records from years past. The process has reminded me of a lot of great tunes that I had completely forgotten about but now seem to be endlessly pertinent to the modern blog house. In this mix I wanted to avoid making just another blog house mix and instead really illustrate apparent similarities of past and present and thereby show the cyclical nature of modern popular culture. I also wanted to fucking bang it out as hard and as fast as possible with as much raw energy as I could muster. It was made on two turntables and Serato. There is absolutely no reason why I called it “Elotes”. Enjoy!

TRACKLIST:

1. Daddy Guts Luciano - Are You Ready For [Kif]

I’ve always wanted to start a mix off with this tune but I never have. And since this is a mix for Discobelle it’s apt to kick it off with some serious disco.

2. Justice feat. Uffie - The Party (LA Riots rmx) [None]

I never thought I’d see the day that I actually played a tune featuring Uffie but those damned LA Riots made it too hard to resist. I’ve been getting all my recent sets going with this one.

3. Wideboys - Feedback (F Lethal 4×4 Mix) [Garage Jams]

Speed Garage, not bassline house. Big ups to Johnny Love for turning me onto this massive bassline track.

4. Danny S - Disappear [Nocturnal]

I actually came across this banger while digitizing my record collection on the b-side of a tune that I’ve played regularly for eons. Pure hectic energy.

5. Armand Van Helden - You Need It [Armed]

This track came from an album series that AvH did a while back chronicling his take on some of his favorite artists from the 80’s (in this case, INXS). The cover has a picture of him as a kid, rocking a wicked rat tail and sweet dirty sanchez.

6. Leonard De Leonard - Leonizer Fever [Ekler'O'Shock]

Some stunning bouncy breaks from this amazingly talented and overshadowed Frenchman. Look out, It gets pretty epic in the second half when the big pads come in to take us home. This ones available for download at trashmenagerie.com BTW.

7. Bobmo - To The Bobmobile [Institubes]

At first I wasn’t too keen on Bobmo but this track has turned out to be one of my most useful in terms of maintaining energy in a set as well as an excellent transition from b-more to 4×4.

8. Cajmere - Horny [Cajual]

Cajmere’s second best ever tune ev4r. For all you yoots out there (particularly you b-more heads), if you haven’t dug up any old Cajmere stuff offa Cajual Records, besides The Percolator, then you are selling your sets short.

9. Jess & Crabbe - The Big Booya [Fiat Lux]

This ones the tune I’ve probably played more than any other, over the years. It’s arguably one of the best first generation French house tunes. My favorite part is the little cut before the beat drops back in after the breakdown.

10. Klaxons - Golden Skans (DJ Icey rmx) [None]

Yes this track is overplayed but I just love the acid line and epicness that Icey has injected into his version. Also, a lot of people seem to have forgotten about DJ Icey (and I just learned from a german friend that many Europeans don’t even know who he is) but he’s still holding strong making incredibly clean and unique breaky tracks that always work on the floor.

11. Dave Spoon - Background Noise [Toolroom Trax]

Throbbing techno from a guy who’s proving himself to one of the true masters of dirty angry sweaty electro. It’s this kinda techno that gives me boners.

12. Audion - The Pong [Ghostly]

Continuing on the techno theme, another throbbing, loopy techno track from one of the true greats in the genre. The best part is about half way in when the track loses its mind and the two synths and the bass become entirely dissonant but seem to work together perfectly to create a driving tension.

13. Dark Globe - Auto-Erotic (Chad North rmx) [trashmenagerie.com]

This one’s a little techno treat remix of a classic breaks tune from my good friend Chad North outta SF. If you want this one, head to trashmenagerie.com to download it exclusively.

14. Acid Jacks - Mookie [Trouble & Bass]

This song frightens the shit out of me.

15. Yo Majesty - Club Action (Stanton Warriors rmx) [None]

Yes this tune has been remixed and replayed to death but one receives an exclusive Stantons remix of anything, one must play it endlessly and this has to be one of the more unique takes on the tune I’ve heard.

16. Deejay Punk Roc - My Beatbox [White]

Classic, Classic, Classic, Classic­. One of my favorite tracks of all time. I think it’s the vocoder and the subsonic bass that really does me in on this one. I don’t think there’ll ever be another one like Deejay Punk Roc.

17. Para One - Clubhoppin’ (Small Saul rmx) [None]

Finally someone created a playable version of the best cut offa Para One’s seminal full-length. Edited within an inch of its life this version bangs a bit harder than the original.

18. Fafa Monteco - Vous Voulez De La Musique (Sebastian Leger rmx) [Sculpture]

Saxomophone, Saxomophone. Patrick 122 can’t hold a candle to this French sax classic. One of my all time faves.

19. The Black Ghosts - Any Way You Choose to Give It (Playgroup/Fake Blood rmx) [Southern Fried/None]

This might be the best vocal track of the year and literally every version is fantastic. So fantastic in fact that I had to use two of em in this mix, transitioning from the Baltimore & bass Playgroup remix into the vehemently blog house, Fake blood remix (he’s so hot right now).

20. Groove Armada - Get Down (Elite Force rmx) [Sony]

I am overjoyed that Groove Armada has gone back to creating playable dance music again and it seems like tons of great producers are of the same opinion. In this case it’s the mighty Shack on the remix, metamorphosizing the tune into a brilliant electrohouse banger.

21. DatA - Aerius Light [Naive]

Epic tune!!! The lead is roughly the size of 3 aircraft carriers and has a perfect resolution during the breakdown, just to come back with the original unrelenting riff that takes us out.

22. Bassbin Twins & Mr. No Hands - Adrenaline Ltd. [Diverted Traffic]

Hoooray!!! Big beat’s back!!!!!! I grew up on big beat and I’ve been ranting and raving about how well old big beat works with new electro. And now the one called Bassbin Twins has returned with a new big beat stomper to show the funk still works in the modern scene.

23. Cassius - The Sound Of Violence (Dancefloor Killa rmx) [Virgin]

I missed this tune the first time around and for some reason I have absolutely fallen for it. The way the major vocal works with the minor lead synth really creates a palpable tension and sexual energy that makes you want to lick the sweat off the walls.

24. Pizzaman - Happiness [Loaded]

This track holds a lot of meaning for me. It has been present at many of my most important music/life affirming experiences and has been my favorite closing track since I first heard it in the late 90’s. For those of you who are too young to remember, before there was Fatboy Slim, Norman Cook had large degrees of musical success about 4 times over. First as the bassist of the soul pop band The Housemartins, then with the massive rave pop hit ‘Dub Be Good to Me’ by Beats International, then with underground electronic funk band, Freak Power (their big hits were “Tune In, Turn On, Cop Out” and “No Way”) and finally under the moniker, Pizzaman, he really honed the sound that would become Big Beat and drive him to superstardom. This one was pinnacle of that sound.”

Download: Local Hero - Elotes Mix For Discobelle, August 2007 (zShare)

One of our favorite people, parisian producer/dj Xavier Gassemann aka Don Rimini, decided to grace us with another mix. He did a stellar Mixin’ It Up back in february and since we liked it so much here’s a new, equally stellar, hard hitting mix (along with some bonus goodies) for you all to enjoy. Now, let the man himself do the presentation:

TRACKLIST:

“KW Griff - The Force

My favorite Baltimore track of the moment. Perfect intro. The dark side of the Force. Naaamean?

D.I.M - Frogger

I think I slightly prefer d.i.m ’s productions to Boys Noize’s. Why? ‘Cause there’s this (dark-side-of-the-force) irregular structure of the synthetizers. But d.i.m and Boyz Noise share the same secret: how to turn the crowds on!

Fatboy Slim - Love Island

I love big beat. Especially when its brought to us by the Master himself! Nostalgic sequency guaranteed! God bless Norman Cook!

Justin Timberlake - Love Stoned (Justice remix)

Frenchies are everywhere, for the best and for the worst…! But Xavier and Gaspard’s reassert they are the kings of the dancefloors, with this amazing remix. Thank you guys!

Roger Seventy Two - Paris Chic

The Dutch are on the top list too, in the person of this guy, Roger Seventy Two. I reckon we’ll be hearing a lot from him in the future. His tracks and remixes are incredible, especially in the way his synthetizers sound. Big up Roger!

Switch - Bricknlace

To me, more than a style between crunk-house and glitch-rave, Switch has become a real trademark! The basslines are huge. I love it.

Kate Wax - Catch The Buzz (Surkin remix)

Surkin: everything he touches turns to gold, so don‘t hesitate go and buy this EP released by Mental Groove. Benoît, you are scissor’s master: cut, cut, and it kicks ass!

Don Rimini - Sumo And Geishas

Who’s this guy? The “pizza-man” getting inspiration from the rising sun? It’s up to you to say if it there’s enough spicy oil?!!!?

John Dahlbäck - Now It’s Not Summer

By the way, weather’s crap in France at the moment. In particular in Paris; that’s where I live. A crazy and schizophrenic track, reminds me of Paul Woolford’s “Erotic discourse”.

Human Resource Vs 808 State - Dominator Vs Cubik (Soulwax Renominator Mix)

Back to rave! The Belgian brothers bring these two rave classics back to live, for our biggest pleasure.

Chromeo - Fancy Footwork (Guns N Bombs remix)

The best remixers of the moment! I’m impressed with the saturated sound of guitars and synthetisers. This remix I chose is a fine example of it.

MMMM

I found this track in my old vinyl collection. It’s a sort of white label that was sleeping under a pile of records. “Why didn’t I come across it sooner?”

Dima - Poetry (Shit Again mix)

To me, this is Vitalic’s first hit, under his first name: “Dima”. A banger from the 90ies, don’t you think? “And if you do not agree with me, shit, shit and shit again!”

Brodinski - Bad Runner (Original version)

A track named after such a good movie couldn’t be but a hit!

Shitdisco - Ok (Yuksek remix)

This guy (Yuksek) knows his machines to perfection and uses them with maestria. The tracks and remixes of this Frenchie are so finely produced, they are bound to become classics.

Terry Poison - Ballroom (remixed by datA)

1- Terry Poison girls sing in both English and French, and they have as much fun on stage as in everyday life! On this EP you also find a remix by myself. 2 - Data is a killer!

Nsm Psm - Clap Your Brains Off! (Plus Move remix)

Nice melody, radical bassline, but most of all, a good transaction to faster or harder tracks.

Radioclit - Nelly Ti Picou

I’m fond of this remix of Nelly Furtado, so fresh. Halfway between booty and baile funk. Radioclit rules!

Gogo Charlton - Your Son (Don Rimini remix)

The magical encounter of a pop-rock band and the “pizza-man”. I love myself ! :)

E dancer - Grab The Beat (Joey Beltram remix)

This primary bass melody was fatal to me in the 90ies. In all these years, it’s has never let go of me, so simple and efficient. A classic!!

Clor - Good Stuff

It sounds like booty at first, and then you realise this is a damned good pop anthem.”

Download: Don Rimini - Discobelle Mix Two, August 2007 (zShare)

BONUS TRACK:

Go Go Charlton - Your Son (Don Rimini remix) (zShare)

BONUS VIDEO: Don Rimini - Tutto Va Bene (featured on his “Time To Panic” single)

Finally! We’re really excited about this mix from Chris Devlin (of Spank Rock fame) and Pretty Titty. It could seriously be one of the best mixes we’ve heard in a long time, if you’ve stumbled upon any other mixes from the Spank Rock camp like Voila, Couche-Tard and the Fabriclive mix CD you’ll know what to expect, ie a mix of old gems, funky shit, new bangers and with tight as hell mixing. There’s so many things going on in this mix and on more than one occasion upon listening to it our jaws dropped to the floor in amazement. These guys truly set the bar. You all need to grab this! Now we’ll let the dj’s do the talking, on to the mix:

“This is a mix for the trip. It’s for driving down RT.1, I83, I95, or even the Autobahn with all its traffic jams and ausfahrts. It’s for biking downtown to meet up for a late breakfast and some morning booze. Fuck it, put it on your Ipod and jog to the club. It’s the sound track to the introspective morning after and the preparation for the night to come. I like to listen to it with headphones. It’s called Sink or Swim cause Titty got evicted and I was pretty broke.

This Mix was more like a Project for me, its alot of fucking around with samples, edits and effects and panning and small remixes and original beats. I wanted to do alot of layering and overdubbing and making it sound as cool and as wierd as possible. I also wanted to include alot of projects that i have worked on as well, therefore this is not a live mix or a reflection of a night at the club (if you wanna hear live mixes contact me @ myspace.com/mrdevlin1. I have recordings of good and bad nights in the booth!!!! They’re all out there on the web).

The mix is part me at home having a good time working on shit, and part thinking about life on the road in the summer. My part of the mix seemed like it needed another point of view, so i invited Pretty Titty from Seattle to do the second half. I really respect Clayton’s (Pretty Titty) taste and music and i have been impressed with the way his djing has evolved since we’ve been doin things together.

TRACKLIST:

Part1.. DEVLIN
At the Royal Castle, we always use these two fucked up Superman records to make our mixtapes, so this dialogue intro sample was a reference to that.

Love away from me…LCD Soundsystem

I don’t even know if this song has a real name, I should have made a phone call. But man all the dj’s i know either chopped this thing out of the LCD Nike 44:33 mix or play it straight off the mix. Anyway it was a favorite song for the SpankRock crew for a while. You could catch XXXchange or Pase or I dropping it religiously from last fall to early this spring…. these are the tracks i mixed in on top of the LCD track..

((Date With The Rain - Eddie Kendricks

I mixed this because it’s one of my newly discovered favorite songs and it fit perfectly with the rain dialouge.

Like This - Chip E
Donnie - The IT
Get The Hoe - Gangsters of Freestyle

I put these tracks in because they reminded me of what LCD might have been going for with their track.

Love on a Summer Night - The McRays))

Summer mix. summer love, C’mon. snuck in the “summer breeze” seals and croft too.

Ladybug - Bumblebee Unlimited (Larry Levan mix)

Man, another track i was really late on, I got this song a couple of years ago in a big folder from a friend and never got into it until the begining of this year. I have to say it’s completely amazing, it seemed to fit well with the LCD track too. had to lay some extra bee samples and enviromental noises in.

Take it Easy - Amanda Blank & M.I.A

This is a track that Amanda and M.I.A did with XXXchange. It’s a real early version so the recording is mad rough but for its use here i thought it was pretty cool.

More Fun To Re Edit - Mr Devlin

This is a re edit I was working on that is not really a re edit just a short beat that i made with a really tweaked out sample of Kraftwerk’s “More Fun to Compute”.. It’s got a four on the floor inro,which is pretty empty. Here I layered a bunch of recordings i did of all the sounds out of my windows in my apartment. School is out for summer so there are alot of kids hanging out in the alley and in the street. I also put in Summer Song - Chad and Jeremy its a really dope song…if you lisen closely you can also hear some of Love’s “Hummingbirds”….After this intro comes the tweaked out sample break, then it goes into a more club type vibe,this were I threw the very spartan and very dope

Comfy In Nautica - Panda Bear

I really like this album and this song in particular .. its erie and beautiful. so i had to try a remix because the pace is do ripe for it. It came out ok … the O G is so good , go buy the album

Comfy in Nautica (Mr.Devlin’s Jamaica Plain Humpbacks Remix) - Panda Bear

My attempt to remix this track.. I used alot wierd underwater bass noises and for this mix i layed alot of whale noises over the track as well… i dont know mannn… I know that Noah is a Panda Bear but i the whales sounded good and kept the ocean summer vibe alive. I extended the outro and went into the smooth…

Sexy MF (clean version) - Pase Rock & Amanda Blank

This track is sexy motherfucker! Pase and Amanda with XXX on the beat. Summer jump off. I like the clean version, any clean version with good sound effects beats the dirty version hands up, thumbs down. I only used two verses for the sake of time. i then go into…

Biting Strafe on Acid/The 40 years after interlude - Mr Devlin

I made most of this beat on the train from my new home in Boston to my native Baltimore. I structured it after Strafe’s ” Set it off”.. I used it here so i could add some more wierd samples and thangs into the mix. you hear in the background….Bob Marley’s “Reaction” and the demo version of Love’s “Hummingbird” which came out in ‘67 I think you know the Summer of Love mannnn. Oh no here comes a live scratched in mix , it’s…..

Theme from Police Woman - Henry Mancini

This track is really great, good horns and really dramatic. Masta Killa sampled it. I put the accapella of just my imagination over it because that seems like a good get high in the daytime summer song.

Instructions, Oohs and Ahhs - George Roberts feat. The Neighborhood Kids

Here is a little more neighborhood recordings and an interlude i’ve been working on with the drums from Funk” by Mecco. I like albums with breaks and wierd shit in them this is some of that. from here I go into….

Let’s Finish What We Started (XXXChange and Mr.Devlin’s Italo remix) - Kudu

I have always been impressed when i see Kudu. They are dope. The fellas hold down the chops and Sylvia’s voice and stage presence are commanding. So when Alexxx said you wanna work on this remix i was pumped. We flipped an Italo sample, broke out the poly six and went to work. I came back a few days later and Alex had replaced the original vocals we had (processed) and switched them to these raw vocals. It was exactly what the song needed and we were done. This song isnt so great for a home listen but it is real nice with club speakers.

This is Sick - Switch

I was doing this dramatic ass mix with these two songs on a tour Ron and I did with Pretty Titty this May. So I figured i would put it in here. I think it works pretty well and everybody bugs out when the square ass big bass drops. You got to get out quick though so i would then throw in this next track for more drama.

Roll it, Light it, Smoke it (xxxChange, Devlin, Darko Fully Fitted Remix) - DJ Class

We all had this idea after “Show me what you got” came out. Make a club beat with the “Shaft in Africa” horns. Pase and I were gonna do it, we didn’t. Chipset and I were gonna do it, we didn’t. Well, Scottie B was looking for remixes for an upcoming release so the Fully Fitted crew got it done. It was a 9 AM session.

Lupita (XXXChange and Mr Devlin’s Ferrari Session) - Tito Puente

Made this at the Royal Castle one afternoon with Alexxx, it was a fun little session and i never used it so i figured this was as good a time as any… I put the “Te Mo Ba” by No Nos over it as well

Jungle Fever (Mr Devlin’s Rapture is coming re-edit) - Chakachas

I was just looking for the next piece of this project so i opened the industry respected Garage Band and fucked around for a few hours…this is the result. The vocals are courtesy of DJ David Day..I dont know where its from but this dude is on some dramatic lake of fire shit!!!

Baltimore in June (Outro) - Chipset and Mr.Devlin

This is so unfinished and Chip hates me for including it but, I was having such amazing times going back home and this pretty little begining of a track really summed up the early summer in Baltimore for me. Take it a way PRETTY TITEEEEEEEEEEEE….and don’t talk as much as me!

Part 2…PRETTY TITTY

Intro - Pretty Titty

This is primarily a Phantom Slasher re-edit of Eat the Jeans but there’s also some pieces of the instrumental for Radio Clash, a little Hip Hop Be Bop, some Spankrock, and Moonboots by the Orlanda Riva Sound thrown in to keep it spiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiicy!

Serious Trouble - Zongamin

I love Zongamin! Bongo Song can be the best thing ever but I can’t play that forever. True story: I played Bongo Song at Safari Sam’s in LA and some older hippy character in a wetsuit freaked out so hard that he got yoked and dragged right out of the club. I remember thinking to myself “Oh yeah! Bongos. Duh!” I haven’t played that song since then out of fear that my estranged hippy father might pop out of a storm drain and make the whole experience happen all over again.

Optimo - Liquid Liquid

I am a rabid Liquid Liquid fan. The way the bassline just repeats the same three notes in different patterns over and over, building up til it all breaks with dudes voice hanging over the end. I LOVE IT!!!! Musical genius

Me Mobile (Duckbeats Ringtone Riddim)- Vybz, Jesse Rose, Sinden

What’s cooler than a combination of all three of these guys?

D.A.N.C.E. (Eli & Diplo Mix) - Justice

This is, in my opinion, the only playable version of this song. The original is too slow, the other remixes are ho-hum. Eli kiiiiiiiiills it again.

Put Your Hands Up For NY - Party Crashers Unite (Trouble & Bass)

Rock the Casbah / Club Action (Pretty Titty Re-Edit) - The Clash / Yo Majesty

I really never get tired of hearing Rock the Casbah. I can always close my eyes and vividly remember the video with the sheik running around with a boombox which is what I picture my Arab hipster friend Ahmad would be doing if he lived in the middle east instead of Seattle.

E Talking - Soulwax

It’s so weird that these guys are brothers. Who likes hanging out with their brother THAT much?

If Ever I Feel Better, I’ll Go To The Disco (Buffalo Bunch, Pretty Tittty Re-edit) - Phoenix

Guy - Manuel’s (Daft Punk) brother made this remix. I chopped it up and rearranged it a little to make it better suited for a quick play.

I Love Club Music (Pretty Titty Re-edit) - Ms Thang

My wife’s favorite song ever. It’s also the perfect song to play after someone asks you to play more hip hop.

Feeling For You - Cassius

This song was huge at the Tunnel in like 1998. Haha! How do I know that?

Beeper - Sinden

I have a friend from Alabama who literally loses his mind every time this song comes on. They still use beepers in Alabama, that’s why I think.

Let’s Go Swimming - Arthur Russell

This whole mix started out for the Pool Party Tour that Chris Devlin, Ronnie Darko, & myself went on in May. We jumped the gun a little and only made it into one pool but other than the lack of swimmable water it was pretty amazing. We listened to a lot of Panda Bear, which strongly reminds me of that Arthur Russell record World of Echo which has the original Let’s Go Swimming on it. This is the Walter Gibbon’s mix.

Chris Devlin & Pretty Titty - Sink Or Swim Mix For Discobelle July 07 (zShare)

BONUS: The good folks over at TheMusic.FM sent us this video interview that they just did with Devlin and Darko of Spank Rock.