Catnap – A Fire In My Bones

This mix bounces a number of different musical styles off each other, building up steam into high energy dance party.  I was inspired by some fascinating interpretations of the blues by Kenny Larkin (in his Dark Comedy alter ego) and an Akufen track from the Blu Tibunl remix project.  Then after a short detour into the “heroin house” style, I got down to business with some jackin’ house and then electro from Riton, Beck, and a medley of classic Prince tunes.

Where do you go from there?  Ghetto house, Bmore breaks, and some straight up dance rock from folks like Blues Explosion, LCD Soundsystem, Blur, The Libertines, DJ Mujhava, and much more.  I did lots of edits throughout this mix and even threw in a remix of Juney Boomdata’s “Cookies” I did myself.

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Tropicalesque – summer grooves for winter months

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“Tropicalesque” is my latest mix, and it’s a joyful voyage into South American-flavored house music, blending the rhythms of the samba and the jazzy “big band” sounds with deep house grooves. It features tracks from De-Phazz, Ian Pooley, Azymuth, Rinocerose, Romanthony, Richard Dorfmeister, Cesaria Evora, and more. I’ve been a fan of this style for a long time, and I’m glad to have been able to put together a mix I think presents it in a way that both newcomers and fans of this genre will enjoy. If you like this mix, I suggest you check out the eight-volume “Brazilectro” series. Many of the cuts on this mix came from there.

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116mb mp3 //// 63min 22sec /// 256kbps 44khz

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