Pavement Cyclist - Recorded Mix Number Six

I am not a huge fan of techno. I wouldn't normally play it unless I was in the mood and the crowd were up for it. 

I much prefer house music. 

However I hate pavement cyclists. They are a menace to society. I want rid of them. Now I am not a violent person nor do I approve of violence so I decided the best way to show my distaste towards the pavement cyclist scumbags that every day impede upon my peaceful pedestrian activities was to record a techno mix influenced by them. 

Dedicated to anyone who has had to move out of the way for those selfish arseholes. 

This is my sixth publicly available DJ mix and I have plenty more planned.

Tracklisting:

1. Marc Houle - Seeing In The Dark

2. Eric Johnston - Waiting For Weird

3. Clouds - Optic

4. Wolfgang Voigt - Kafkatrax 3.2

5. Excercise One - Top Score!

6. Soul Center - Dyr Bul Scyl

7. Vitalic - La Rock 01

8. Hrdvsion - Prettier Than That

9. A. Mochi - Black Reigns

10. Planetary Assault Systems - Sucktion

11. Traversable Wormhole - Where 2d Meets 3d (Chris Liebing Remix)

12. Dominik Eulberg & Gabriel Ananda - Eucalypse Now!

13. Mr. Flagio - Take A Chance

Why Am I The Favourite DJ Of Only One Person????? Hello...

Hello.

And I mean that in a camp, sarcastic kind of tone.

I'm sat here wondering what position I will come in in the Resident Advisor DJ poll this year, having yet again failed to finish about Jimmy Saville in the DJ Mag poll (though that one is a bag of shit and we all know that), and I had a glance at my DJ page on Resident Advisor to find that I only have one fan.

ONE solitary fan.

Only one person has me as one of their favourite DJs.

Maybe this means I will sneak into the top 100 as a total surprise, but maybe not.  How many years do I have to wait?  I've been DJing for over a year now.

Ricardo Villalobos is a favourite of 12959 RA users.
Sven Vath is a favourite of 6803 RA users.
Even Swedish House Mafia are a favourite of 653 RA users.

For fuck's sake - Skrillex has 332 more people that rate him as a favourite than I have.

Surely I am better and more popular than Skrillex?  I have a real name for a start.

Go on, show me some love.

Unexpected Update

Us prospective superstar DJs live an uncertain life between the realms of excitement and delusion.

I have actually been putting the hours in the last couple of weeks to practice, and I was looking forward to a good night out on Friday when the call came "Do you want to play for the first 45 minutes?".

I thought for about 30 seconds.

"Hell yes" was answer.

So instead of preparing for a night out, I had to quickly think about which of the zillions of tracks I have, I should play.

I only played maybe half a dozen tracks, but it all seemed to go well, and I actually got people dancing!  OK two of them were my friends, but there were other people dancing too.

I started with:

And finished with:

It was a really enjoyable 45 minutes, my first taste of CDJ2000's - wow they are superb.  Sub89 does have a really good set up.  I was perhaps a little overwhelmed with two Martin Audio monitor booth speakers at first as I am rather not used to that but all was good.

And the night I played for, Listed, was run by good people with really good taste in music, so I hope they have more nights in Reading at Sub89.

Anyway, back to my teleport, I need a beer.

Superstar DJ Career Update

So thanks to getting off my own backside, putting in the hard work of organising and running a night I have now had my second and third DJ sets in a public setting.

I played for an hour 4-5pm and then 8-9pm, and also a couple of tunes in the last hour but I had lost my brain by then and couldn’t concentrate properly...I was a little overwhelmed!

I would love to give you a list of tracks that I played but I cannot remember half of them because it was a case of pick them, play them and move onto the next one.  I didn’t have much of a plan.  However, I do remember playing the following, in no particular order:

My top tunes are always listed here.  I might take a pen and paper next time so I can answer those "what did you play questions".

There is another DJ set in the pipeline which is in Basingstoke on 21st July, in the evening and apparently I am allowed to play whatever I like.  Ho, ho ho.  Minimal mixed with Whigfield, here we come.

The next Free House Project is Saturday 1st September – though it would be nice to find somewhere else in Reading to play before then...not too subtle a hint.

Oh and here are the DJ stats of my career so far that I am sure you are dying to know:

Rihanna Request Count: Zero
Decent Request Count: One (I would have played it but I was going down a different route in my head and not enough time)
Blow Job Offer Count: Zero
Champagne Bottles Given To DJ: Zero
Grams of Cocaine Offered To DJ: Zero

Not quite superstar yet...

Death To Vocals (A Love Story) - My Third Recorded Mix

This is actually my third mix of project Superstar DJ, despite it being released 4th.

You know I like to do things differently.  Perhaps too differently this time though.


The other thing about it is that I tried to make it a concept mix, so not only just trying to pick music that flows but also that told a story – in this case a love story.  Whether it works or not I will leave up to you to judge – it worked brilliantly when I was in the right mood but in the cold light of day I think I may have ruined it with my "extra touches".

Before you ask - the love story is just a love story.  It isn't based on my life or anyone else I know.

I do not think this is my best, other DJs tell me you get more self-critical as you go on, and I think perhaps I am trying to run before I can walk, so for my next mix I am going to try to go back to basics, stick to one genre or two.  And keep the microphone switched off - oh well you have to try things don't you?

The tracklisting is as follows:


1. Azari & Iii - Into The Night (Nicolas Jaar Remix)
2. No Regular Play - Lookin'
3. Tanner Ross - 4u (Deniz Kurtel Remix)
4. Nine Kraviz - You Take
5. Noir - Around (Solomun Remix)
6. Luca C & Brigante - Different Morals (Clockwork Remix)
7. David K - Somewhere In My Head (Deetron Remix)
8. Pillow Talk - The Come Back
9. Duke - So In Love With You (Gummihz Edit)
10. Whodini - Friends
11. Human League - Don't You Want Me (Extended Mix)
12. Steffi - Sadness
13. My Favourite Robot - Wakinda Park (Art Department Edit)

And why - 

1. Azari & Iii - Into The Night (Nicolas Jaar Remix) - This is a brilliant track to warm up with, it comes in too parts and it builds up a romantic story.

2. No Regular Play - Lookin' - A super next track to build up the mix more and hopefully get people warmed up to the idea of dancing, and also it seems to tell a story of being stood up.
3. Tanner Ross - 4u (Deniz Kurtel Remix) - This is a bhttp://www.mixcloud.com/jamesthemonkeh/death-to-vocals-a-love-story/it more mellow and also a slightly sad track, with the girl saying sorry in a way.
4. Nine Kraviz - You Take - A James Winfield mix is not a James Winfield mix without a bit of Nina Kraviz and she develops the story by advising that she is poison for the other person's love.
5. Noir - Around (Solomun Remix) - This is such a massive track, and such a fantastic track - and with an increasingly bitter guy thinking "what goes around comes around"
6. Luca C & Brigante - Different Morals (Clockwork Remix) - A bit more of a relaxed laid back vibe with a guy who is coming to the conclusion that they have different morals and cannot be together.
7. David K - Somewhere In My Head (Deetron Remix) - I slowed down this track quite a bit, quite an angry vocal with the increasingly annoyed and jilted guy who just wants to get out of his head.
8. Pillow Talk - The Come Back - I love this song, it comes in too parts, one slow and cute, the other rnb (yes sorry!).  And yes, he wants her back.
9. Duke - So In Love With You (Gummihz Edit) - A cracking remix of an old track - minimal mixing, it didn't really need it given the direction I am going in.  Needs no explanation as to its place in the story.
10. Whodini - Friends - Hip-hop.  Yes, a track about the value of friends, and it seems like this guy might need them.
11. Human League - Don't You Want Me (Extended Mix) - Classic 80's electro track, and the guy still cannot get over her.
12. Steffi - Sadness - A very sad house track to almost finish the mix (and a crap mix into it, oops).
13. My Favourite Robot - Wakinda Park (Art Department Edit) - Time for a walk in the park.  This track goes on for quite a time and is just perfect melancholy.

As always I would love your thoughts even if they are negative.

Radio Bang Bang

I don’t have a massive amount to update you on with regards to my superstar DJ project at the moment, I keep really wanting to do a new mix but for one reason or another, I am just not getting around to it.

Mostly working, travelling to work, designing and organising the Free House Project, and the joyful beaurocracy of life are all getting in the way.  That and needing to find a DJ-friendly but also a much, much cheaper place to live.

However I do have a snippet of good news for you because my good friend Muzzy, also known as Sebastien Klone, runs a weekly radio show on Hoxton FM, on Tuesday evening.  He has requested that I do a one-hour mix for one of his shows, which would be an hour, so now I need to get working on it.

Pressure is on as I would like to get it done asap – I cannot put it off forever.  Especially as it might be an extra little snippet of promotion for FHP.

I will endeavour to make it my most special yet, to warm you up for the Free House Project.  I have so many tracks to put in there!

Much love x

A Party Announcement!

Edit - now Saturday 23rd June.

After careful consideration, I realised that the world cannot cope with two such major events on the same weekend - and let's face it, if I still have pretensions of getting in there with the royal family, then I cannot be seen to attempt to upstage Her Majesty on her big weekend.

Apologies if you had already booked hotel rooms with champagne lounges, etc but I am sure they will all still be available on Saturday 23rd June.  And I have been assured that there will be good house music around in Reading that Bank Holiday weekend too.

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So just 5 days after my superstar dj launch, I have a venue booked for my first ever house music party.

4th June.  Bank holiday Monday, and the queen gave us Tuesday off too especially for the launch party.

It will be free entry.

I'll release more details when I have some more DJs of the house variety booked.  And a name for the party.  And a flyer.  And a website.  And I guess a new blog!

I will of course be playing.

Any suggestions for DJs very welcomed as I do want to look outside my usual circle as well as inside.

It is very much going to be a house party event.  Approximately 78.3% house music.

Apologies for the lack of info so far but I am way too excited to keep it quiet! x