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We caught up with Miss Moretti in NYC where we got a chance to tag team it with her on the 1’s and 2’s, but now she’s back in LA where she has been a club fixture holding it down alongside pals DJ AM, Steve Aoki and Cut Chemist. We also got her brand new official remix of the Katy Perry track “Hot N Cold” to share. It’s a B-more tasting club banger with some classic old school samples that rocks any dancefloor. Mia, take it away!

“If I had to draw a picture of this mixtape it would be a 1989 white Volkswagon Cabriolet with four sixteen year old girls squeezed in the back, Ken in the driver seat and me riding shotgun. It’s my ode to summer. I’ve never really played a pop set, but since i’ve been out on tour with my girl Katy Perry, I finally had to go there. I made this mix to see how many layers of cheese I could pile on and I think I got it pretty thick. Thick n tasty. Enjoy!”

Mia Moretti Mean Mix Tape (zShare)

BONUS: Hot N Cold (Mia Moretti Remix) (zShare)

And the tracklist:

LMFAO – I Am NOT A Whore

These guys are fucking rad, those dirty sexy hard electro beats with even dirtier nasty ass lyrics, ugh, so good. I liked this beat so much I used it on my Biggie remix. They are actually hip hop guys, they just put a new twist to their act with some mad catchy homemade electro sounds, they like to call it “New 80s” I just call it “UGHHHH!”

Good As Gold For Top Billin – Shake My Ass

Holdin it down in Helsinki!!! Top Billin released a limited edition 12″ EP, Tales From Top Billin, and Shake Your Ass is just one of the 6 jems on it. This particular track was produced by the fine fellow Finnish folks know as Good As Gold. This shit is my weapon of mass destruction.

Trina – Pull Over

I love me some Trina. Pull Over was on her first album that came out in 2000 and it’s the dirty-ass freak-rap strawberry jamz.

The Marvelettes – Mr. Postman (DJ Technics BMore Remix)

Mr. Aoki Jr. has just about killed this one for me, but this is a classic BMore flip by bodymore’s own, and it works perfect so pfffffff, oh well.

Shirelles – My Boyfriend’s Back (DJ Fashen Edit)

I’ve played Banana Split with Fashen twice now and he can hold it down on the 1s and 2s like nobodies biz. All his edits I’ve heard are on point. He doesn’t funk with the OG too much, it’s a solid oldies rework w/ some drums that go bum bum bum.

Nelly Furtado – Maneater

OH no I didn’t. Gaspard told me this was the “Girl Only Mix Tape” and I think it’s because of this cheese pizza I delivered, but I decided it’s been off the charts long enough to start playing it again, even though I’ve never played it before and it is just about as “girls only” as it gets.

Salt and Peppa – Push It

The first ultimate nasty song. The end.

Calvin Harris – Acceptable In The 80’s

The first official single off Calvin’s record, which is basically an electroclash tribute to a decade of Raybans, Rubics Cubes and sneakers, wooowzers! No wonder it’s a hit. Not quite a “sample” of You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) but close enough, the song (like the whole album) is a bouncy infectious ode to the decadent decade when everything was acceptable! Damn Calvy, it still is.. I got hugs!

P.S. Calvin himself was born in 1984, hugs all round, drugs all round!

Dead or Alive – You Spin Me Round

1980s one hit wonderful. Nothing more nothing less. If it works for Calvin, it works for me.

CSS – Let’s Make Love (Calvin Harris Remix)

Calvin Harris makes this song bearable again by speeding it up, giving it a thick layer of dirty synth beats and adding those little special Calvy touches, most notably the cowbell.

Chromeo – Bonafied Lovin (Yuksek remix)

I thought I was sold on the LA Riots remix of this Chromeo fav until I heard this version by Yuksek. Whhhaaat. I was sleepin! Yuksek is comin up on the French electro tip, running a one man show a la our man Calvin and def holding it down with the remixes too. It’s just so smooth and sexy and dare I say.. techno! Peep the Lolipop remix where he gets his funky techno fresh on.

Bonde Do Role – Solta O Frango (Mia Moretti remix)

I love this band, I get a little bit of a Justice vibe from them, but I wanted to take Solta O Frango and just dirty it up a tad. It translates to “Free The Chickens” which made me think it’s the Brazilian version of “Who Let The Dogs Out” with that in mind I just added some reverb, delay, sirens… to me it’s a party jam, backyard style mom’s out of town lets have a kegger rage.. Free the Chickens, Woof Woof!!!! It also could be a political statement, but I’m taking the low road.

Baltimore Club – I Just Wanna Fuck (BMore Edit)

After all those beers there is only one thing to do. FUCK. This track is less of a song and more of a bad ass acappella with a funky conga line drum beat that creeps in and out like a bad ex, “boy you in luck.”

Britney Spears – Gimmie More (DJ Barletta Remix)

If Brit’s original version of this track rated R then DJ Barletta picks it up and puts it behind the curtain in the XXX corner. It’s faster, harder and dirtier. I love me some Britney, this new album has killer electro beats and naughty lyrics, but they are a little slow and thin, problem solved.

Katy Perry – I Kissed A Girl (Dr. Luke & Benny Blanco Remix)

Im sitting on KP’s tour bus so I can’t hate on the pop hit of the summer.. #1 for 6 weeks… can’t walk into a store, elevator, mall or club without hearing it, but Dr. Luke who produced the summer hit also released a remix he did with Mr. Blanco and it’s a little more our steaz. It’s basically a straight up electro dance remix, the boys sample about every electronic programmed beat you could ask for so just pick the part you want, I call it a DJ salad bar.

Katy Perry vs. Dr. Hollywood – She Kissed My Girl

Dr. Luke may make millions producing hit singles, but there’s a new doc in town. My boys Dr. Hollywood impressed both Katy and me with their super sultry “cover” of I Kissed A Girl. Simon Rex (aka Dirt Nasty) raps on the last verse of the track, but he didn’t get the memo, “I like electro, I like retro, I like ghetto, house and techno,” so he didn’t make the cut.

Kid CuDi – Day ‘N’ Nite (Crookers Remix)

Everyone is up on Kid CuDi tip, but it was Crookers who put the newbie rapper on the map in the electro club scene. I gotta give CuDi mad props though on the lil mixtape I just peeped (thanks discobelle); I am feeling that 50 Ways To Make A Record track, the whole thing came just in time for my 90s obsession, it’s giving me Pharcyde meets Cut Chemist. Uh, na nana na.

Notorious B.I.G. – Hypnotize (Mia Moretti remix)

90’s what!!! I wanted to make this slammin, so I just sped it up and laid a hard beat under the acappella. I love that crazy synth sound I found too, it sounds like robots makin babies. Speaking of babies, my favorite part in the song is the “ménage a trois’ I looped it twice and slowed it way way down on the second one. Those sexy little floppy noises (a la Freaks of the Industry) were actually a mistake, they were the tail end of a beat I chopped in half and forgot to delete, but they worked so perfect for the freak nasty nast vibe I was going for that I just moved em over a little and dropped the other beat.

Green Velvet – Shake & Pop

The electro anthem.

MSTRKRFT – She’s Good For Business

My fav track off their EP, The Looks, this tune wins my heart with that crispy clap under the fun vocal hook. The boys left plenty of room in this tune for us to play, it’s clean enough to even layer the vocals, which usually makes me cringe. This song is like a chameleon, it’s strong enough to be the lead, but it doesn’t have too big of an ego to take the back seat and just meld into another track.

LMFAO – Lil’ Hipster Girl

LMFAO shows a little more of their hip hop side in this track, and it’s a song about me, so what’s not to love.

Michael Jackson – Thriller

At my house it’s Halloween every night.

BOOM!

Mixin it up on a Wednesday? Yes, that’s what’s up. We have so many great Mixin It Ups in store that we have to get them out a little faster. I hope that is alright with you guys? Nuff talking. Here is Mustard Pimp from France:

“Yo Discobelle fans! Welcome to 95 min in the company of Mustard Pimp guys! 95 min, yeah not usual time for a mixtape but this is approximatively the time of the old mixtapes on tdk tapes,or the time of a crappy horror movie. Inside you’ll find some exclusives and classics, with exclusively for Discobelle our new track “Zombie Revenge”. Stay connected with us on our MySpace (http://www.myspace.com/mustardpimp), we’re actually working on 3 new remixes and 3 more original tracks that should come out before 2k9.
Well everbody, hope you’ll enjoy this mixtape! / M. Pimp & Mustard P.

1) Matty G – West Coast Rocks (The Glitch Mob Remix)
Nasty track that fits perfectly for a show intro.

2) Herve Feat Plastic Little – Cheap Thrills (Armand Van Helden Remix)
Already a classic and played everywhere yeah,but we cannot do this mixtape without this one!

3) Moston & Malente – Do the right thing Original
Big promo from Moston & Malente,this one will be released the 15th September on Splank, once we’ve heard this one we wanted to play it for Discobelle, check other tracks on this ep they’re rocking too !

4) Da Carrot – Renegade
Hypnotic track from a friend that he sent me about a week ago, oldschool lovers should like it

5) Stereoheroes feat. Teen Wolf – Midnight Sons (Party Edit)
New track from friends Stereoheroes, dancefloor killer track in her exclusive party edit.

6) Stereoheroes – Aurora(Demo Version)
This one is a big exclusive, still in the demo version, Washout lovers WILL love it !

7) 24 Skorpionz feat. Chamillionaire – We Some Playerz (Bryan Cox Remix)
Another big exclusive from Bryan Cox, this one bangs his MySpace since months and should finally come out during October on Crux Records, we actually especially love this one, in our top 10 of 2k8 remixes.

8) Kelevra & Bryan Cox – Leanin & Swervin (Bryan Cox Remix)
A bit different track from Bryan with more breakbeat influences, this one is already available and Bryan fans should already know it, others needs to dig out his last tracks but you’ll have the opportunity later in this mixtape!

9) Congorock – Runark (His Majesty Andre Growl Remix)
Once we’ve heard this one we said something like: “WOW, it can’t be!”, like the original but we have to admit that this one is one of the best track of 2k8. This one remembers M. Pimp old Acid House lovin. This one is already played everywhere and is still a kind of promo, but those who don’t know it yet really need to have a listen at His Majesty Killer track.

10) Bryan Cox – Let’s Go To Work ( Mustard Pimp Remix)
Well that one is special, that was the first real remix we’ve made, this one is unreleased unfortunately because we did it too late but you can find the link to download it at the end of this mixtape! Enjoy!

11) Sound Of Stereo – Parrot Attack
This one is already a classic from Belgium, already playlisted by the bests like Crookers, this one should comes out during September/October and it will rock!

12) Crookers – Il Brutto (Mustard Pimp El Burrito Remix)
A special one too, again thanks to the Bot & Phra to let us did this remix, that really was a good experience and opportunity for us, again you can find a link to download it at the end of this mixtape!

13) Bugo – Primitivo (Congorock Remix)
New track from Congorock, fans should already had a listen on it on his MySpace and again a great track from him!

14) Das Pop – Underground (DJ edjotronic & Busy P Remix)
This one is bangin, we actually don’t play Djedjo and Pedro tracks often but we have to admit that this one rocks, a bit minimalist but very efficient on dancefloors.

15) Math Head – Get Hype
Simply the best track of summer 2k8, this one is great to play with Proxy – Raven but unfortunately hadn’t succeed to get the real version in time but for those who don’t know it yet, they should run to listen at it! GET HYPE!

16) Zigmund Slezak – Push It (Bryan Cox Remix)
Big track from Bryan, darker than others but really big, now on your enter the last 30 mins of the mixtape and it will be MASSIVE!

17) Alphabeat – Boyfriend (The Bloody Beetroots Remix)
A good track from the Betroots again? Yeah, no surprises even if we don’t like so far all their tracks this one is absolutely one of their best tracks. Massive, Horror, Sick, Dirty are some adjectives that fit this track and when we heard that one we thought that this track could be a good featuring with Insane Clown Posse.

18) Mustard Pimp – Oh la la Satan
Finally our first original track of the mixtape! We especially love this one and we get some support for it from people and artists, thanks again to them. We worked a lot on this one to make it massive, especially in the second part of the track. Release date aired to 7th October on Crux Records with remixes from Bryan Cox, Stereoheroes, Da Carrot, Jay Robinson and more! SATAN

19) Santogold – Creator (Chewy Chocolate Cookies Remix)
One of the new dirty tracks from CCC and this one is really really dirt, those leads are brain cracking but we love it!

20) Mustard Pimp – Wha, Han, Yeah, Shit
Well, Mustard Pimp again! A massive one with a 2d degree name that translates lyrics of this track, we actually hesitate to rename it “Motocross” due to the Motocross noises later in this track! It will come out on Idiot House soon with 3 other tracks from us not playlisted there (”Curry”, “Raging Blood” and “We’re Are Too Slow”)

21) Mustard Pimp – Zombie Revenge
Finally, our new track exclusively for Discobelle! It should be online now on our MySpace, this one is really massive with a big big Subtractor bassline, lovers of noises should love it. Learn more about this one on our MySpace!

22) Stereoheroes – Washout (Mustard No Limit Pimp Remix)
As fans of the original “Washout” we needed to do this remix, maybe you already checked it on our MySpace and it will theoretically wil be out on Crux Records during October.

23) Rochelle – Fer De Lance (Chewy Chocolate Cookies Remix)
SICK SICK SICK SICK SICK SICK SICK but LOVE IT !

24) The Bloody Beetroots – Detroit
A classic? Yeah, already heard everywhere? Yeah yeah but what track is better than this one? This is totally our favorite one, the kind of track you listen every morning to tell yourself that you need to make a better track than this one. This one is violent, very well constructed with a ending break and finish totally sick, yeah you understand it this is really the best electro house track ever! Respect

25) Lil Wayne – Lollipop (Bulimix)
Hypnotic track from our friend Bulimiatron, Fast & Ghetto and perfect to close and calm down this mixtape after 30 mins of massive tracks. We hope you enjoyed the trip. Stay connected with us!
Bests from Paris!”

Download: Mustard Pimp – Discobelle Mixtape (sendspace)

BONUS TRACKS:

Bryan Cox – Let’s Go To Work (Mustard Pimp Remix) (zShare)

Crookers – Il Brutto (Mustard Pimp El Burrito Remix) (zShare)

This week we go to London for our Mixin It Up. Take it away James:

“Hi everyone. I’m James Yuill. I guess you could describe my music as Folktronica with a heavy house twist. My album “Turning Down Water For Air” comes out on Moshi Moshi on October 13th. I did a remix of Roots Manuva’s Buff Nuff for the Discobelle Comp and won it so they asked me for a mix. I gladly accepted. And here it is.

Now i should point out, I’m no DJ. In fact this is the first proper mix I’ve done. So I have no idea whether these tracks will blow up the dancefloor etc. All I know is that I love them. Some may be old. Some may be badly mixed, but it’s the best I could do.

Kish Mauve – Lose Control (Fred Falke Remix)
I found this remix on a blog recently. I pretty much love everything Fred Falke does, for that matter all the things Alan Braxe does too. Their production is leaps ahead of everyone else.
So here’s a great Alan Braxe remix of Kelis. Got this one off a mate ages ago. Genius. I’m sure if I was to ever be a DJ and play this one out (as they say) it would literally blow up the dancefloor with things flying off the hook all over the place. I particularly like the lead synth that comes in just as the rap finishes and the chorus begins. it’s little touches like that that make Alan Braxe so good.

Kelis – Bossy (Alan Braxe Remix)

Rio – Race Is Set (Part II)
When i was working sourcing music for ads I found this track on someone’s Myspace and followed it all the way to Beautycase Records in Germany. Absolutely brilliant. with synths that remind me of Prototype by Rex The Dog, which unfortunately was too slow to mix in here but worth checking out.

Tiga – (Far From) Home (Digitalism Remix)
Another track I found through my old job. Got the EP with about 6 mixes on. The DFA remix is pure joy. A few weeks later I went to see Jackson And His Computer Band at Fabric and Digitalism were playing just after him. It was mental. I’d never heard so many bit crunched basslines side chained to hell.

Surkin – Radio Fireworks
I love the simplicity of Surkin’s work. Just raw dance tapped straight from the glands of Daft Punk.

Kavinsky – Testarossa (SebastiAn Remix)
The Ferrari man remixed by the guy that brought us “Ross Ross Ross”. I know it’s old, but how could i not include it. Ross x3 pretty much changed my life. that’s the whole reason I got into Ed Banger Records. And the whole reason I produce my tracks the way I do. That and Jackson and His Computer Band.

Felix Cartal – L’Amour
Another track I found on a blog recently. Loved the bassline immediately. There’s something of a Boys Noize to it. I can imagine all kinds of shit happening on the dance floor if this one’s dropped firmly in the club.

Teenage Bad Girl – Vacuum
My flatmate played me “Fuckin’ Frog” a few months ago so I bought the album, which is fantastic. really dirty with some great remixes from Boys Noize and Hystereo (whose 2005 album “Corporate Crimewave” is a must have)

Heavy Rotation – Run For Your Life (Diamond Cut Instrumental)
This track takes a swift glance at the 80s and then takes the reverb off the drums and realizes it sounds better like that! Great melodies in this one. Was going to try to mix in “Europa” by Bob Sinclair but wanted to whack the next one in more.

The Presets – This Boy’s In Love
Oh my god. You need the new Presets album. It’s tonnes better than the first, and I loved that one! This track is amazing. gets the hairs on the back of my neck standing up. Really reminiscent of so many golden 80s tunes with that piano riff. Something Vince Clark could have written if he’d been so inclined. Makes me feel like I’m going mental in a gay techno circa 1990.

Revolte – Blackout
A new guy to my ears. Really Justice/SebastiAn. Whatever…it’s great. I’m definitely getting the album.

Bumblebeez – Rio
A great album my Press people gave me. I must say this is the best track off the album, but it is pretty good despite its similarity with Basement Jaxx.

Mr Oizo – Nazis (Justice Remix)
I don’t i need any words to describe this one. Crazy remix for a crazy dude. When that bassline drops I can’t help but thrust my pointed hand into the air. Despite sitting here in my bedroom with murder she wrote playing silently on the tv behind me. I know…I’m a loser.

Cheers for listening to my mix.”

Download: James Yuill – Mixin’ It Up For Discobelle (zShare)

This week we travel to Berlin for our Mixin’ It Up. There, in the land of techno and lovers reggae, we found one man that stands out and mixes the the fun from Jamaica with the electro sound of today. So when Tim Turbo isn’t out playing us on his own blog Cyan Wait, he sat down to make us this mix.

If you are in Stockholm today you can catch him on Club Pom Pom (at Berns) with Jamtech Foundation and the boys in Pom Pom. It’s going to be massive!

“This mix is basically what I listen to the whole day and what I play the whole night. Stuff thats affected by the Caribbean or tunes from the Caribbean, affected by European productions. Genres are overrated. Bass is duty. Jamaica is the fastest country alife. Kraftwerk is the genesis. Automatic doors make me feel like Jedi. And he is a good looking boy, by the way.

01 M.I.A. – Bucky Done Gun (Good Looking Boy Remix)

A exclusive remix by a friend of mine, called Good Looking Boy. He is a young, upcoming producer from Berlin, with love for 808 drums and straight in your face miamibass-like electro beats. Expect to hear way more on him soon on the relevant and worthwhile blogosphere and on myspace.com/goodlookingboyberlin. And he is good looking, by the way.

02 Raymond Bell – Jump In Line (Shake Shake Senora) (John Bourke Bmore Mix)

Caribbean flavoured Bmore. Thats that shit. For Me.

03 Baby Ft Clipse – What Happened To That Boy (DJ Amphibous Remix)

DJ Amphibous takes a classic, near perfect Neptunes produced übertrack., chops away most of the vocals, adds a killer bassline along with some extra boom to make this into something snowy fresh. Unfuckable.

04 Maskinen – Alla Som Inte Dansar

Everyone that doesn’t dance are rapists! Word!

05 Jamtech Foundation Ft Busy Signal – Pounds Of Dro

Jamtech Foundation from Sweden foisted a ravy dancetrumental on Busy Signal and up jumps the boogie. Large!

06 Machines Don’t Care – On A Roll Man

07 Rodion – Electric Soca (Crookers Remix)

I searched for some real Soca stuff and found this one and I was like: „electric“?, „soca“?, Yeah!
Needless to say that my favourite raggazzi are totally unfuckable anyway.

08 Jamtech Foundation – Bring In The Tune

Jamtech Foundation is here to stay. This tune is more atmo-techno-style then the other legendary monsters, but Cali P on the hook turns the tables in a 90s Dancehall way.

09 Cansei De Ser Sexy Ft Mapei – Music Is My Hot Hot Sex (Switch Remix)

I want to be like Switch. And I really looking forward to his Electro-Dancehall project with Diplo.

10 Young MC – Bust A Move (Don Rimini Ravekid Remix)

Young MC is oldschool. Don Rimini is oldschool 2.0

11 Maskinen – Segertaget (Dada Life Remix)

12 Juice String – Sex Weed (Laidback Luke Remix)

Zulu House. Zulu is banging on drums. Zulu is congas and cowbells. Zulu is a relentless kick drum. Zulu is rhythm. Zulu is jacking til you sweat. Zulu is old and new. Zulu is Get Rude. Zulu is a feeling. Zulu is that low down wobble you sometimes feel. Zulu is a familiar feeling. Zulu is fresh. Zulu is bass. Zulu is bigger than you and its totally okay to feel a little intimidated right now.”

13 Bart B More – Make Some Noise

14 Cowgum – Druggggssszzz (Edu K, Dr. Gonzo Remix Ft Wannabeastar)

Edu K deranges the already disturbing track by Cowgum. He is a Baile Funk divinity.

15 Da Hool – Love Parade (Van Miert Remix)

16 Sharkslayer – BadDing

100% bona fined facemelt 2008 realness here. Rib crushing bass, Ding Dong vocal samples (!!!) and production skills that can give the best a run for their money.

17 Teddybears – Cobrastyle (Diplo Remix)

I saw Diplo here in Berlin this year together with Tobias, my kinder garments sponsor of seen. (check: blog.seen-site.com and shop.seen-site.com) and it was pure enlightenment for me and him. Diplo is king.

18 Edu K Ft Madame Mim – Headbanger

19 Miss Odd Kidd – Sperm Donnor (Plimsouls Remix)

20 Dizzee Rascal – Pussyole (DJ Beware Remix)

Baile Funk captain DJ Beware gives this actual Bmorish tune a great new style. Ehm, Dizzee is unfuckable, too.

21 Bonde Do Role – Contaminada (Boss In Drama Remix)

Guess what? Bonde Do Role are Unfuckable.

22 DJ Sandrinho – Base Box Base Chao Base Beatbox Plus Tamborzao

Off Man Records terrific Rio Baile Funk Breaks, DJ tolls you can play like real tunes.. Wow.

23 DJ Sandrinho – Never B Alone Remix

I know ist played out. I don’t care.

24 Jamtech Foundation Ft Mr Vegas – Hot FuckR

25 Tony D. – Der Mann mit dem Klang (Flashgordon RMX)

The selftitled only german Crunk rapper and „Damager“, Tony D. gets a new electro base from Flashgordon and rolls down South Berlin. Windows down, elbows out.

26 Buraka Som Sistema – Yah

27 Tim Turbo X Tobias Lützenkirchen – Drei Tage Baile Funk (Tim Turbo Rebirth)

My remix of THE german afterhour techno tune of the summer. Got help by Rio Baile Funk Breaks, thanks Daniel.

28 Low Budget – They Call It Murder (Jamrock B-More Club Remix)

I like Bmore because its pure rhythm. Junior Gong’s übertune is pure bassline. What a couple

29 N.E.R.D. – Everyone Nose (Douster Remix)

30 South Rakkas Crew – South Rakkas Crew – Mad Again (Boy 8-Bit RMX)

South Rakks Crew gave a great impulse for the whole Electro meets Dancehall meets Whatever issue. Wich is my issue. So I have to play them.

31 Delinquent – Chalance Man

32 Detboi Ft Serocee – Jump Up And Down

33 Jamtech Foundation – Rumble Jumble Life

34 Abbey Kat – Naughty (Marflix Bassline Mix)

Marflix is the number one German Soca producer. He did this remix for the caribbean singer Abbey Kat. But its not what the caribbeans think of when they order a remix. Anyway, it’s exclusive.”

Download: Tim Turbo – Mixin it up for Discobelle (Sharebee)

This week we got a London DJ Mixin’ It Up for us. Sam Young, who won best DJ at the Club and Bar awards last year, has been killing it this year with his own songs, remixes and production so we just had to get him doing a mix. Let’s get this thing started!

TRACKLIST:

1. DJ Vlad Intro

I had these drops from Vlad that I didn’t have an excuse to use until now

2. Wiley feat Kenna & Killa Kella ‘Summertime’

Produced by Jake Gosling and Sam Young – Its getting mad love on Radio 1, Kiss and BBC 1xtra over here in the UK, out on Sept 29th ! High St Ken’s alive ! Haha.

3. Karoshi Bros ‘F**k the World’ (Sam Roqwell & I Sancho Mix)

Had to show some love to the Karoshi Bros as they dropped the vinyl of this recently!

4. Surkin ‘Next of Kin’ (Kid Gloves mix)

I like Kid Gloves recent work, banging club tunes!

5. Rex The Dog ‘I Can See You !’ (Kenson Mix)

A great remix by Kenson of this newbie by Rex.

6. Metronomy ‘Heartbreaker’ (Genuine Guy Mix)

This is a great tune, I also like the Kris Menace mix but this is a little nastier.

7. City Reverb ‘City of Lights’ (Trevor Loveys Mix)

Another top remix by Trev!

8. Martin Solveig ‘I Want You’ (Tepr Mix)

I like most of Martin’s records so I was happy to see Tepr doin a remix, this is just as good as Laidback Lukes mix!

9. Sparta Pinups ‘Work Ya Body’ (Sam Roqwell & I Sancho mix)

Another recent remix by myself and I Sancho.

10. Bloc Party ‘Mercury’ (Flosstradamus Mix)

They are one of my fave bands, I like the dance elements of their sound.

11. Dave Spoon ‘88′

Some of the clubs I play in London love the whole progressive/tech house sound, the break on this is to sick to ignore! Its screaming to be sampled :)

12. David Guetta ‘Jack is Back’

I was quite surprised to hear how hard this was when I saw Guetta’s name on it, not for everyone but def one for 4am in the morning!

13. Tiga & Zyntherius ‘Sunglasses at Night’ (Popof mix)

Popof’s mix of this classic is straight filth, Ibiza all the way !

14. Sander Van Doorn ‘Apple’ (Bart B More mix)

I’m a big fan of Bart’s work, def feeling his style and sound.

15. N.E.R.D. vs Eurthymics ‘Sweet Girls’

My boy Charlie played this when he was DJing my Bungalow 8 night and I had to get a copy.

16. DJ LAZ feat Flo-Rida ‘Move, Shake, Drop’

Great party tune for the clubs.

17. The Count & Sinden ‘Hardcore Girls’

Newbie from these guys is one for the clubs.

18. Cut Copy ‘Hearts on Fire’ (Calvin Harris mix)

This is the best mix of this tune in my opinion, love the breakdown.

19. Sam Young vs Silvertongue ‘Miracle’ (Sam Young & I Sancho Dub)

One of my favourite remixes I have done, should be a new version coming soon feat the Loose Cannons.

20. Sam Young feat Aphletik ‘Peep This’ (Steed Lord Mix)

Great remix of my tune by the Steed Lord crew, much respect!

21. Sway feat Lemar ‘Saturday Night Hustle’

Sway is one of the best MC’s in the UK, he made this nice DJ special of his new single for me.

22. David Bendeth ‘Feel The Real’

I thought I would finish on some disco and soul as that is what I grew up collecting and diggin for ! This is a bad ass tune!

23. Bernard Wright ‘Just Chillin Out’

Great voice on this underground gem.

24. Gary’s Gang ‘Do it at the Disco’

I love the vibe of this track, I have a soft spot for Latin music.

25. Prince ‘I feel for you’

Could’nt do a mix and leave the master out !

26. Vernon Burch ‘Get Up’

A obvious choice…

27. Brick ‘Living from the Mind’

Great band that were slept on a bit!”

Download: Sam Young – Mixin’ It Up (sharebee) (link updated)

dj.dstar has been smashing dancefloors this summer with his remixes of “Shoulda Let You Go” and “Push The Feeling On”. Now it’s time for him to do the same with this weeks Mixin’ It Up:

“Hello, I’m dj.dstar from Buffalo, New York.
I DJ, make music, remix music, and everything else in between. Big ups to Discobelle for having me; I haven’t done a mixtape in awhile and people have been blowing me up about it so the timing is perfect to say the least. I like to play everything in my live sets, but this mix is pretty heavy on the bass…I’m a party DJ by nature and I do a variety of events so its not every day I get to play a super gully electro set of all dirty house…fun stuff! Expect a lot of house, electro and bassline in this mix!

1. dj.dstar – Intro

I went for the NYC mixtape vibe on the intro of this tape. When I started DJing, I used to love checking for rap mixtapes – back when crazy scratch intros were still cool. I figured some people coming from this side of music might never have heard this style so I wanted to try something a little different. Now note I’m from upstate NY, but we hardly ever get anthems like this written up here :) – but don’t forget about us, we still go hard up here!

2. Lil’ Wayne – A Milli (dj.dstar edit)

Everyone knows this is the hottest song in the States right now, so I had to kick it off proper. My edit is pretty simple, just adds a touch of my flavor while hanging onto the familiarity of the original chart topper.

3. Tricky – Council Estate (Kotchy Remix)

Straight fire!!! Very original, and very hard.

4. Taio Cruz – Come On Girl (Delinquent Remix)

I became obsessed with the bassline scene out of the UK when it popped a few months ago. Delinquent has some really nasty stuff, and I can get away with it even in some of the more mainstream clubs I play because they’ve done a lot of remixes for top40 artists…the J Holiday Bed remix is also highly recommended.

5. Hoods Up! (aka. dj.dstar & L-ion) – Bass Drop (Demo Version)

This summer when I was kicking back in good ole’ Buffalo, my partner L-ion and I decided to start making some club jams and remix some shit. This is one we came up with. We have a ton of tunes we’re sitting on, hoping to someday put out an EP when we get the chance.
Peep us

6. Kromestar – Get Up

When Fatman Scoop said “Bass Drop,” he meant it! Dirty!!!

7. Thunderheist – Jerk It (Nacho Lovers Remix)

I met these guys awhile back in Buffalo. Good people and I’m glad they’re doing it big…this has been my jam lately.

8. Machines Don’t Care – Afro Jacket

Love the Mike Jones sample, to say the least! Everyone in this camp is nasty as hell.

9. Keyshia Cole – Shoulda Let You Go (dj.dstar bassline remix)

This is a bassline inspired remix I did awhile back. People really seemed to dig it, and it even made its way in the Washington Post somehow.

10. Math Head – Turn The Music Up
11. Math Head – Turn The Music Up (AC Slater Remix)

This entire EP is so well produced. I hear something new every time I listen to it. Incredible.

12. AC/DC – Thunderstruck (Crookers Remix)

FIREEEE, I’ve been loving the Crookers lately. This track causes problems in the club!!!

13. Hoods Up! – Got That Wild Style (Demo Version)

R.I.P. Big L!

14. Proxy – 40 Seconds

Robocop sample is priceless. This is the point in the mix where I say to myself…”damn I really took it to the rave…”

15. South Rakkas Crew – Mad Again (DJ Sega Remix)

…so then I put on some DJ Sega and it’s all better. Baltimore Club and Dancehall with a dash of one of the best house tracks ever…you’ve gotta be nuts to not feel it.

16. Boy 8-Bit – Ghosthouse (Suspense Is Killing Me pt. 2)
17. Boy 8-Bit – Suspense Is Killing Me

Boy 8-Bit is one of my favorite new artists. Between the wide span of influences and sounds he draws from, the great tones he achieves, and the way his tracks unfold so well…

18. Stardust – Music Sounds Better With You

This is one of my faves of all time. I know you’ve heard it before, but come on, I had to cool you off after all that rave :)

That’s it! Thanks a lot for listening, and don’t forget to check me out!
-dstar

Download: dj.dstar – Mixin’ It Up for Discobelle

Friday and we are Mixin’ It Up again! Over to Mike B:

“(thee) Mike B has been collecting records since the late 80’s and djing clubs since the late 90’s. Originally from Los Angeles, his DJ career began in NYC with residencies at the now legendary Limelight and Twilo nightclubs. He was out there playing everything from the grimiest hip-hop spots to the sweatiest after hours, until relocating to his hometown of LA in summer of ‘03. He’s since been playing nights all over the country with Canada and Europe dates being scheduled for the very near future.

He’s currently one third of the Banana Split Sundae resident lineup along with DJ AM and Steve Aoki. Banana Split is a weekly Sunday night party thrown by BPM, Dim Mak and The Cobrasnake at LAX Nightclub in Hollywood and has been one of the city’s best parties for nearing 2 years. He is working on several remix and production projects:

There’s Graveleaf, a new musical venture with Omar Doom aka Sir Graves, making funky yet avant-garde electro bangers.

Then there’s The Knish Hit Squad, with DJ Trident. They serve up BMore tinted party jams, usually with humorous undertones. Look for a new track from them on a forthcoming 12″ release with DJ Neoteric, Stretch Armstrong, Nate Day and more.

TRACKLIST:

Human League – Being Boiled (1978)
I figured I’d start things off with something classic. This shit is both funky and haunting.

Luke Vibert _ Funky Acid Stuff (2005)
Sean Donson put me up on Luke Vibert’s Lovers Acid LP a few years back. The whole thing is pretty cool. Not since Fatboy Slim’s “Everybody Loves A Carnival” has there been such an excellent melding of 303’s and funk breaks.

Outkast ft Raekwon – Royal Flush (2008)
This a new track from them and I love it. The combination of Outkast and Raekwon is a proven winner (i.e.: Skew It On The Bar-B).

Curtis Vodka – Homeless Funk (2001?)
Apparently Curtis made this when he was 14… which was like 2 years ago I think. Dirty ass cut and paste funk madness.

Quiet Village – Can’t Be Beat (2008)
This track is so good. Oddly enough, the first time I heard it was a few weeks ago on the radio.

Graveleaf – The Crusade (2008)
We’re particularly proud of this track. It’s gets great reactions from many a dancefloor and we have some exciting folks working on some remixes right now.

The Prodigy – Poison (1995)
Can’t argue with a classic

South Rakkas Crew – Hotter Than Them (2008)
Dancehall with a Josh Wink sample? They kinda had me at hello on this one. I guess I’m easy.

Power Jam ft Chill Rob G – The Power (1990)
Chill Rob G is one of the most underrated rappers of all time. I also think this is one of 45 King’s best productions, and he many, many classics. God save you if you play that bullshit remake by Snap!

Chubb Rock – Caught Up (Funkymix) (1993)
This is a great extended mis of one of my favorite Chubb Rock cuts. I found this on a bootleg in a dollar bin.

Special Ed – Come On Let’s Move It (1990)
He gets extra cheese, like pizza.

DJ Clue ft Missy Elliot & Nicole Wray – I Like Control (1999)
DJ Clue’s “The Professional” album was huge in NY in 1999. This track was a mainstay in my set. Missy is actually one of my favorite MC’s. No joke, there are very few rappers who are as creative and interesting as her while making huge club hits. And listen the first few bars of Nicole Wray’s verse, you’ll notice where Gorilla Zoe got his inspiration for “Hood N!gg@” So random.

Belle Epoque – Miss Broadway (1977)
Amazing song… someone should sample it.

Grace Jones – Warm Leatherette (1980)
Grace Jones is clearly one of the coolest people alive. She hung out with Andy Warhol all the time and made amazing music with David Bowie and Sly & Robbie. She wins.

The Rolling Stones – Dance (pt 1) (1980)
One of my favorite songs by one the best bands of all time.

War – Me and Baby Brother (Neighbour Remix) (2008)
Neighbour has been making lots of really fun cool music. Here he gives the War classic a simple but effective remix job. Thanks to Neoteric for passing this to me and Neighbour for letting me use it in the mix.

Titanic – Macumba (Todd Terje Rekutt) (?)
I play this out a lot… But I don’t think I need to explain why Todd Terje edits are good. They just are.

Dick Hyman – Blackbird (U-Tern Disco Edit) (2008)
It’s clearly all about disco edits of Dick Hyman covers of Beatles songs. U-Tern is consistently breathing new life into songs with his remix work… It’s not easy to make good remixes of Marvin Gaye or Stevie Wonder songs but he does it well.

In Flagranti – In The Silver White Box (2006)
I got a chance to hang out with Sasha from In Flagranti when he was in LA last summer. Cool dude and a great producer. This is one of my favorites from a couple years back.

45 King vs Wale – Roof (DJ Ayres Remix) (2008)
That’s a pretty cool combination of names. 45 King is a legend. Wale is one of the only new rappers worth listening to and I dare you to find someone who doesn’t like DJ Ayres.

Chromeo – You’re So Gangsta (Playgroup Remix) (2002)
This was from the first ever Chromeo 12″, though in 06 it was on a limited edition cassette only promo … I think it’s incredible, but I’m rarely disappointed in Playgroup remixes.

Robbie Williams – Rudebox (Chicken Lips Dub) (2007)
Whether he’s Bizzare Inc, Sir Drew, Chicken Lips or Emperor Machine, Andrew Meecham’s music is always correct. I let this one play out in all it’s 8 minutes of dubby glory. Thanks to Eli Escobar for supplying the dub version, before that I was rocking the one with Robbie Williams rapping on it. Woops.

Rodion – Electric Soca (Cosmo Vitelli Remix) (2007)
This is a great remix by a great remixer, but definitely also check the original, it’s equally banging.

Siriusmo – Last Dear (2008)
This dude is where it’s at. All of his music is really cool and interesting, yet very funky and danceable. This track is from the Diskoding Mini Album on Boys Noize Records.

Ratatat – Falcon Jab (2008)
Since the first time I heard them they have been one of my favorite bands. This is one of the many highlights off their newest LP, LP3.

Thanks For Listening.

Download: (thee) Mike B * Mixin’ It Up for Discobelle (zShare)

Bonus Track:

Graveleaf – The Crusade (zShare)

Friday! Drinking and clubbing awaits and it is almost summer here in Sweden. It’s all good! To get you all started for the weekend we bring you the pre-party as we do every Friday. This time from the land down under where it is summer all the time. Let us present Dyce!

text updated

“Hi, this is Dyce. I’m 19 (youngest mixin’ it up on discobelle?), and reside in Brisbane, Australia. I produce a variety of club music, and am in the middle of making an EP which will feature a whole bunch of italo-disco/freestyle orientated tracks which I hope will somehow find its way to getting released before the year is out. When I’m not working on music you can probably find me spinning at either wolfgang or lick-it, two parties that are really killing it over here!

In this mix I tried to incorporate what is influencing me at the moment/the style I’m working in, whilst at the same time showcasing the music I play out live and as much new quality Australian music as possible, there’s also some rap jams I’ve really been digging lately but have never been able to play out. This mix was made by making a whole bunch of edits in Ableton and then recording it down with Serato, hence why there’s a few glitches from my shitty needles.

1. Rygar – Space Raiders

An old Italo jam, its like 8bit before 8bit music was around, I don’t think? Anyways, the sound effects and 808 drums are epic and make for a killer introduction.

2. K.G. An Da Fellas – Get Retarded

This was an old Bass track. Way Under-rated. I might’ve hyped it up a tad though with my editing skillzzz.

3. Kazey & Bulldog – Big Truck

This track is so huge. Europe is really killing the bmore club scene recently.

4. Kid Cudi – Day ‘N’ Nite(Jokers of the Scene Remix) / Nightcrawlers – Push The Feeling On

I absolutely love the original of this track, has that awesome midnight feel to it. This remix does it a lot of justice too, the atmosphere of it really reminded me of that early 90’s house sound, so when I ran it next to Push the Feeling On, it sounded so similar I decided to chop it and layer it over the top. I think it really works well.

5. Bag Raiders – Fun Punch (Bag Raiders Remix)

I can’t get away from this track!!! Every person and their sister in Australia has remixed this! And it’s getting the Fool’s Gold treatment now so who knows how many more remixes will come out. Ironically the remix I chose to use of this track is by the same guys themselves, there is no doubt they’re the kings of this country.

6. Pase Rock – So Fucking Disco / Kano – Another Life

Eli is probably my favorite producer out at the moment. And this throwback track has been my jam for around a year no. Kano was one of the first italo-disco groups to bridge the sound of italo with freestyle and electro. The synths from Another Life just worked too well over the top of the Eli produced track.

7. BMX – Theme To BMX

This track is such a jam! These guys are my friends from the sunshine coast, and they’ve been getting crazy love all over the blog-world(so much so that Jad now writes for bigstereo). The track definately reminds me of pre-festival BBQ’s, the sunshine coast and… bicycles?

8. Madonna – Holiday(Jellybean Remix) / Mc Miker G & DJ Sven – Holiday Rap (Acapella)

This remix of Holiday is made by possibly my favorite producer, John “Jellybean” Benitez. Jellybean was his moniker when he worked on electro and freestyle jams. I think he was banging Madonna at the time he made this remix, either way its fresh. The acapella/beatbox thing comes from an old dutch hiphop remake that got released only a year or two after Holiday itself was released. It kind of reminds me of how hiphop is now sampling songs less than 10 years old, but I’m pretty sure these dudes just spent all their money on awesome legionnaires caps.

9. Freeez – I.O.U.

This is one of my favorite tracks of all time, I’m not sure if Jellybean actually produced this one but he did have some input into it. Such a jam, I’m sure you’ve all heard it.

10. Freeez – I.O.U. (Dyce Remix)

I hope people think my mix of I.O.U. does it justice, anyways I made this 6 months ago and it didn’t get too much recognition but still found its way onto a few big mixes, I had to actually mix it downagain as I lost the snare sample file and the mixdown was horrible in the first place.

11. Cyber People – Void Vision / Biggie – No Problems (Acapella)

This is another lesser knon italo-disco track I’ve been feeling. I’ve always been a fan of vocoder tracks and the one used in this track is really clean. The acapella works really well over the top of it too .

12. Dyce – ?

This is one of my newer instrumental tracks, it’s not completely finished and I’m not sure if I ever will, it sounds too much like I’m trying to be 80’s film soundtrack bloghouse, and there’s oh so much of that out these days. I still really dig this track though, someone should hit me up for it to use it on a film or something.

13. Expose – Point of No Return

Another of my favorite freestyle jams. This track has probably one of the catchiest lead synth lines ever.

14. Soft Tigers – Ice Cream(Kato & Spruce Lee Remix)

This remix is really good, incorporates a whole lot of elements whilst at the same time keeping it simple. The whole Ro Sham Bo crew are absolutely killing it down there in Sydney. Kato and Spruce Lee are heading to the states real soon, promoters over there really need to book them.

15. Panther DLX – The Fall (Dyce Remix)

This is a track I remixed for a local Gold Coast band. The track has a real “coast” vibe to it too, I tried to capitalize on that too with my remix. This is going to probably be my last track in this specific distorted-electro sound, but it fit this track too well not to use it. Its also being used in an ASL surf magazine DVD coming out around May 22nd, look out for it!

16. Redial – 1985

If theres one guy who’s absolutely killing this Australian blog-house at the moment its Redial. This guy has been putting track after track of distorted goodness over the last year, its only just recently that he’s been getting the recognition he deserves signing to Ajax’s new imprint.

17. DJ Smurf – Pop That Thang Girl (Remix)

DJ Smurf AKA Mr Collipark, the now multi-millionaire who helped make Ying Yang Twinz famous, once used to make simple booty bass. Really dope booty bass. This track was re-released on his 2004 album, “Dead Crunk”. Possibly one of the best album names ever.

18. Qualo – Pockets

Qualo are yet another really awesome rap group coming out of Chicago. The chorus to this song really needs a remix, someone please get a hold of that acapella and do it justice!

19. Itch-E & Scratch-E – Sweetness & Light / DJ Deeon –Gimme Head (acapella)

In the early 90’s when I was young this track epitomized Australian techno to me. Itch-E & Scratch-E were Paul Mac and Andy Rantzen. I can mostly remember the fact they thanked their exstacy dealers for some dance music award. This track also features a real subtle and nice use of the Think break. I threw the Gimme head acapella over it to keep in the rave rap sound.

20. Wiz Khalifa – Say Yeah

This track is killing this rave-rap shit. I don’t think much needs to be said, you’ve probably all heard it.

21. Paper Route Gangstaz – Bama Getting’ Money (Diplo Remix)

I had to include something from Diplo, I’ve been such a fan of his for years. This remix is pure heat!

22. Tyga – Coconut Juice

“You were in the midst of a coco-nightmare!”, Possibly my favorite mighty boosch episode. But seriously. This is one of the first big singles on Pete Wentz’s label Decaydance and its actually pretty catchy.

23. S.Y.L.K - Work It

This is probably my favorite locally produced tracks I’ve heard in the last year. S.Y.L.K. consists of Spruce Lee, Radge(hollerfam!), their two girlfriends and Radge’s sister. I’m not sure why I’m not seeing them on video-hits every Saturday morning, but I should be!

Download: Dyce – Mixin It Up for Discobelle May 08

A Mixin’ It Up from Canada? You know that we can’t get enough of them. It’s Sta time!

Sta is Stu Freen, coming out of Toronto, Canada. After passing around some bootleg remixes in early 2007 (notably his rework of Timbaland’s “Give it to Me” and his take on the In Living Color theme song, aptly titled “In Living Colour”) he started getting some major attention. Since then he’s been hard at work in the lab, cranking out remixes for everyone from Hail Social to The Crystal Method. His first single for In Living Colour dropped in March on Adam Freeland’s label Marine Parade to good reviews and lots of plays. Check him out in Australia later this May, where he’s playing dates in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney.

TRACKLIST:

Fischerspooner – Danse En France
Love the intro in this track, but the rest of it is a bit slow for my tastes. The DIM remix is great.

Cut Copy – Lights and Music (Boys Noize remix)
The man kills it on this remix. He took the original which I liked a lot and made it perfect for the dance floor.

Boys Noize – Oh! (A-Trak remix)
I’m probably breaking some DJ rule by playing two Boys Noize tracks in a row but what can I say, they’re two of my favourite new tracks. I’m actually not too hot on a lot of his stuff but this remix is great.

Midfield General – Disco Sirens (Boy 8-Bit remix)
This remix has a great intro for mixing in, peaking with the sirens half a minute in. This whole remix is pretty sick actually, although the lyrics are a bit dumb.

Adam Freeland – Hate (Sta remix)
Working for the boss man on this one. This is a remix I’m doing for the Marine Parade guys and I’m really happy with how it came out.

Liquid – Sweet Harmony (Streetlife DJs mix)
I am in love with these guys right now. First got into their Cazals remix, and their Bodycrash mix is favourite of the bunch. Cut up, engergetic, attention-grabbing stuff. My only half-beef is that the tracks go so strong the whole way through that they’re hard to mix out of, so I have to make edits.

Poney Poney – Cross the Fader (Headman remix)
I don’t know what to say about this one, it’s just a solid track. Good vocals, nice beat, tight production etc.

Daisy Daisy – Michelle Plays Ping Pong (Vicarious Bliss remix)
This is a sexy song. It’s a couple of years old but I never heard it out much, which is a crime. The ping pong sound could be a bit cheesy but somehow it just makes things even better.

Underworld – Ring Road (Fake Blood remix)
I like how the intro of this fit into the last song, I use it kind of as a bridge here. Fake Blood is sick. Is he a famous producer’s pseudonym or some guy with a computer? Who cares.

Round Table Knights – Freak from Desire
My favourite track from the Eurogirls go to Baltimore comp. I’m a sucker for cheesy piano riffs, what can I say.

Kid Cudi – Day n’ Night (Jokers of the Scene remix)
My dudes from Ottawa. They’ve been KILLING it this past year. Go Jokers. People tend to play the Crookers remix of this song out because it’s more high energy, but this one is sick too.

Bitchee Bitchee Ya Ya Ya – Fuck Friend (Yuksek & Brodinski remix)
This is another under-played track. It’s super simple, but dope none the less. I like how the lyrics fit under the Kid Cudi track.

Ladyhawke – Back of the Van (Fred Falke remix)
Someone told me that Fred Falke and Alan Brax aren’t working together any more, which is too bad. But, if Falke is going to keep making tracks like this one and his last EP, I don’t really mind.

Sta – Stay
Here’s where I slow it down a bit. This is a new track I’m working on and am kind of feeling so far. Hip hop beats and big fat synths, how can you go wrong.

Les Rythmes Digital – About Funk
I had totally forgotten this song existed until I had a random brain flash last week. For some reason it just came into my head and I remembered how awesome it is. SDP doing his best Daft Punk impression, ’nuff
said.

Sebastian Tellier – Sexual Sportswear (SebastiAn remix)
I am feeling most of the new SebastiAn stuff a lot. “Dog” is the exception (it’s kind of shitty). I love that whole “Motor” EP though, and his Das Pop remix is really good too. This is really a SebastiAn song after he gets through with it, but I do like Sebastian Tellier a lot too.

Thanks Discobelle!

Download: Sta – Discobelle Mixin’ It Up(zShare)

This week’s Mixin it up comes from Stockholm Syndrome. Their remix of American Boy have been downloaded over 20.000 times so we know that you want more from them. Take it away boys:

“When you guys first asked us to do a ‘Mixin It Up’ we began jotting down some tracks that have had real meaning over the years, right up to stuff we are listening to and are inspired by today. However, when the list started topping 80 tracks we knew this was going to be tough! So, we trimmed it down to 25 tracks. How? I’ll never know. It breaks my heart to leave out some of the tracks we left out, such is life I guess. Anyway, this mix really is a mixture; old and new. We’ve chucked in half a dozen of our own productions, two of which we did especially for this mix; “New Song” & “Make You Whole”. We certainly didn’t want to bang out an hour of current tracks, where’s the fun in that? It’s far more satisfying digging through the crates and finding some gems from yesteryear and then throwing it all together and seeing what happens…

TRACKLIST:

1. D-Train – Music
Title track from their second album. What would YOU do without music? I have no idea. James Williams has somewhat bizarrely gone on to become one of the leading voiceover men in the business, and you can hear him on an array of jingles, including; Army & Navy, Nescafe, Home Improvement & Got Milk. Lucrative, but odd!

2. Jermaine Jackson – Come To Me
B-side of an old 7” called ‘Sweetest Sweetest’. I thought his brother only made records that were this good?

3. Chic – I Want Your Love (Todd Terje Edit)
Just about the right amount of tinkering, less is most definitely more.

4. Daft Punk – Face To Face
Everybody knows the big Daft Punk records; this however, is our favourite. If anyone knows what the lyrics are or even the name of the record(s) they sampled (on this track), then please hit us up on our MySpace and let us know!

5. The Believers – Who Dares To Believe In Me?
Roy Davis Jr has made some great records (‘Gabriel’ arguably being his best), but this for me epitomises the early 90’s big room sound. First release on the ‘Sound of Ministry’ label and a true classic that has got me reminiscing about Todd Terry holding court in the main room.

6. Seven Grand Housing Authority – The Question
Gospel House from Detroit producer Terrence Parker.
Picked this up in ‘93 (on Olympic Records) and it lived in my box for years. The early 90’s spawned a million piano led House records, but this (and ‘The Believers’) really are timeless. Sends a shiver down my spine still.

7. Howard Jones – New Song (Stockholm Syndrome Remix)
I was a huge fan of this record and Jones debut album, ‘Humans Lib’. I used to go to bed dreaming one day I could own the Jupiter 8 synth on the front cover of the 12”! Colin Thurston who was, no doubt, a pioneer of the 80’ synth sound, produced the original. He engineered for David Bowie & Iggie Pop and produced various albums for The Human League, Duran Duran, Talk Talk & Gary Numan. It was an important record for me as a youngster (I was 11 when I bought it, 99p in WHSmith!), and thankfully Ollie was up for us re-working it. This version will probably never see the light of day, but we’ll definitely use it as a DJ tool.

8. The Whitest Boy Alive – Golden Cage (Fred Falke Remix)
We love French House, and were keen to include a few bits in this mix. The boy Falke nails this, simple as. This will still get played in ten years time. Vocal is a bit wack in places, but I guess sometimes you can’t have it both ways.

9. Chromeo – Needy Girl (Lifelike Remix)
Chromeo need no introduction and everybody knows ‘Needy Girl’. Lifelike takes the track up a few gears and this is a peaktime floor killer! Excellent remix.

10. Coach House Rhythm Section – Timewarp
Eddy Grant most definitely got out of the wrong side of his bed on the day he made this! ‘Timewarp’ was a record Louie Vega used to drop slap bang in the middle of a House set, and the boys over at The Paradise Garage were also big supporters. You just would not believe this was made in 1978!

11. Fragmenté – I See You
There is a good story to accompany this track, but I’ll save it for another time. Fragmenté is a project we are involved with along with some other peeps and we made this record a couple of weeks back. It’s received a good reaction from some friends we played it to, so we thought we would include it. We’ll drop a 12” soon and see where we go from there.

12. Metropolis – Metropolis
‘Future Sound Of London’, incognito.

13. Stockholm Syndrome – Quadrophonia
The Dutch were really on the money in the early ‘90s. Beltram’s ‘Energy Flash’ nearly made it into this mix and R&S was a fantastic label. This is a cheeky reworking of an old favourite, and a great DJ tool.

14. RAW – Asuca
This record took me about ten years of searching to locate and I never owned the vinyl until a few years back. (Imagine spending ten years searching for an MP3, it just wouldn’t happen would it!) When Discobelle invited us to do the mix this was the 1st track I wrote down, which is testimony to how much I love this record. Way before Subliminal and around the time of his Reel 2 Real project, ‘Asuca’ is one of Erick Morillo’s greatest productions.

15. Stockholm Syndrome – Make You Whole (Stockholm Syndrome Dub)
We only finished this yesterday! This will be our first proper release, later this year. More mixes to come.

16. Armand Van Helden – I Want Your Soul (Fake Blood Remix)
Had to include some AVH. I DJ’d with him in 2000 at Centrofly, NYC, and we used to be signed to the same label about 8 years ago. I love ‘Ultrafunkula’ and that nearly went on, as did ‘Witch Doktor’, but we settled on this. Fake Blood is on the money right now, and he blows this record apart.

17. Lil’ Mo Yin Yang – Reach
A Vega / Morillo collaboration and another big Strictly Rhythm release.
Based around an India vocal sample ‘Reach Out For Love’, this record never fails to smash the club up.

18. Kraak & Smaak – Squeeze Me
Oh my days, how good is Ben Westbeech on this?! Kraak & Smaak are turning heads; even Perez Hilton is a fan! Not sure about his appraisal though on this sounding like an Amy Winehouse / Moby soundclash…

19. The System – You’re In My System
When our good friend Mike Fielder found out we were doing a mix for Discobelle he was more than happy to hear we were including ‘The System’. “1982’s finest record. Revolutionary!” Covered by Robert Palmer (which made it popular), however this (the original) is the version to head for. David Frank (Producer / Keyboards) was way ahead of his time here, and he went on to write some amazing tracks with Omar which, sadly went under most people’s radar.

20. The Black Ghosts – Let’s Get Physical
Olivia Newton John’s ‘Physical’ was the most successful song on the Hot 100 during the entire decade of the 80’s. The video was immense; who remembers her blue and pink leotard? Calm down Peter… Anyway, Black Ghosts cover this, brilliantly.

21. Black Kids – Dance With You (The Twelves Remix)
I guess this is Disco that’s not Disco? Brasils finest, can The Twelves do no wrong? Ok, so your Mum dances around the room to this on Jools Holland, but we like it.

22. Boys Noize – Oh! (A-Trak Remix)
We love Boys Noize. In fact we love Germany. Kanye West’s beat commander remixes this to perfection. Easily one of the best records so far this year. Mint!

23. Stockholm Syndrome – DJ’s Take Control
Of all the records to come out of the early 90’s Rave Scene, this was one of the best. We borrowed the lead synth and mashed it up.

24. Estelle feat. Kanye West – American Boy (Stockholm Syndrome Dub)
I guess we remixed our own remix. Estelle and Kanye went through the shredder and according to Rolling Stone Magazine;
“In this remix, London R&B singer gets sliced, scattered, twisted and diced. Which, apparently, is also a way you can order eggs at a Waffle House.” Ha, thanks!

25. The Black Ghosts – Any Way (Fake Blood Remix)
Black Ghosts + Fake Blood = brilliant!”

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