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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

This weeks installment in the Mixin’ It Up series comes, once again, from Canada. This time we let Hensforth take full control over the mix. Take it away:

“So, this is basically a refined version of my live sets, i.e. I had the luxury of editing everything instead of purely mixing live with Serato. The levels may not be studio quality, but my dj/production setup is pretty ghetto (fuck havin’ nice cars, I’m tryna’ blow up to buy a MacBook!). Anyway, here’s the dodge: I wanted to put together something different, reflecting other genres of music I really love, while still not going too fringe element on y’all, because straight up, club music nowadays is better than it’s ever been! The possibilities and access to the tools to create are incredibly abundant! But, with the rapid pace at which things are changing comes the struggle to drop ‘it’ tracks, meaning a lot of sets sound the same, and cats lose the personal touch that used to come with having record collections that reflected the diversity of their musical tastes. Hopefully I did that, but more importantly, hopefully y’all dig it.

Scream at me!

1. I monster - Daydream in blue / Dawn Penn - Night and Day

I usually start my sets with reggae, or trip hop, or something downtempo whenever I can, so I figured this blend would hold it down. I stuck the drums from the next track on there too. Voila, b-more remix.

2. Boy 8 Bit - Ghosthouse (Suspense is killing me pt 2.)

Boy 8 Bit! Track after track is amazing. Definitely one of the best club producers right now!

3. One Hand Loves The Other - Tortoise (Treasure Fingers Remix)

This track is downright pretty, and was my favourite remix of all of last year. The chopped up vocals go real well with ‘Ghosthouse,’ so I brought them in asap.

4. The Smashing Pumpkins - Zero (Philadelphyinz remix)

This track is all kinds of dope. Crazy aggressive, and on a technical level, it was ill how parts of the vocals were left intact. Goodlookinout Skinny! I edited a piece of my instrumental from the mike jones flip onto this so I could mix it longer, but when it drops, it seriously drops!

5. Math Head - Get Hype

This track makes me want to punch people in the face. Also, dude has the best producer alias in the game.

6. Bang Gang - Sorrow Superhero (pt. 1, 2, 3)

Really beautiful song; it’s always been one of my favourites. I looped the chorus and laced it over ‘get hype.’ Kind of a juxtaposition, but i thought it worked.

7. The Kansas City Gospel Singers - Trouble all about my soul

Swingtime gospel is the shit! Not even kidding. The remix possibilities are endless, barely any drums, ever. I edited this ontop of the intro drums on my track to give the mix a more layered effect…

8. Hensforth - I feel like dying

I’d been meaning to use the sample from this wayne joint for a while, and finally got the inspiration recently. I think it suits the club lifestyle pretty good on some before and after shit. Download it, play it, rock a football helmet and do the bumblebee dance.

9. Supreeme - Who We Are (Royal Rumble Remix)

Intro drums worked great with my outro, but I have to say this is my favourite remix of ‘08 so far! There’s mad layers going on in this track, but it never gets hectic. It’s just so bouncey and happy, I can’t get enough. L.A. is killing shit right now, and these cats are a big reason why.

10. Crystal Castles - Crimewave (Lazrtag remix)

Crystal Castles are dope! Lazrtag are dope! The West Coast sound is dope! The bubbly synths from this and ‘who we are’ go nicely together.

11. Onira - Xiao Xiao

Australian dancey metally goodness! The first time I heard the lazrtag remix I was like “needs more metal solo,” so here it is…

12. Top Billin’ - Up in here

Name says it all! These cats always bring the heat.

13. DJ Shadow - Midnight in a perfect world (Hensforth remix)

This track kinda got the ball rolling for me this summer, so I had to throw it in. Basura, word up holmey! Can’t thank you enough.

14. Hank Williams III - Country Heroes / Fukkk Offf - The Bottom

Hank 3!!! Dude is pure punk in a cowboy hat with a bottle of Jack! I still think this is one of the best blends I’ve ever done. Some people hate though, go figure. The Fukkk Offf track is relentlessly ill, but y’all knew that.

15. Emynd - To all my haters

I’ve used Emynd’s Fugazi edit almost every time I’ve spun in the last couple monthes, so when I saw this, and realized how well it transtitioned into the bonecrusher joint, it was just a given. So much respect!

16. Bonecrusher ft. T.I. - Never Scared (Instrumental) / Dead Prez - Hip Hop (acapella)

One of the hardest rap instrumentals, period. I know, I know, I just kinda dropped this, but 16 out of 17 ain’t bad. Don’t worry, I only use the acapella for like 4 bars, it’s kind of an anthem for me when I drop weirder shit. Despite a handful of local hiphop heads being the most talented musicians and artists I know, they can be stubborn as fuck, so…

17. At The Drive In - Napoleon Solo

This song is effing brilliant. One of the best bands of the modern era. This is my favourite live blend I’ve done to date. The original is fantastic, so I just let it ride out at the end…

Thanks to discobelle.net, you cats have been one of the best music blogs since the jump off, and continue to be!”

Download: Hensforth - Mixing it up for Discobelle (zShare)

BONUS:

Hensforth also sent over one of his own tracks. You got to download this, it’s the bomb.

Hensforth - I Feel Like Dying (zShare)