Lounge Lizard

This mix was done as a promo mix for a gig at a lounge in town. Well the gig never happened, but I did have fun learning more about and mixing a different style of music: loungey deep-house. I find deep house can be quite boring sometimes so I tried to pick songs that have a bit more to them while still keeping that deeper edge. Not really meant for the dancefloor, but maybe more background music for other tasks or for a long drive home from a festival (the first time I played this for friends was our last hour driving home from Bushwacked Festival).



Tracklist:
Steve Bug feat. Todd Williams - Ain't Nothing
Albacares - Isolee
La French Brasserie - Sunflowers
Physics - Holdin On feat. Daisy (Karol XVII & MB Valence Mix)
Niels Friedel - Good
Karol XVII & MB Valence - Equilibrium
Nils Nurnberg - Caught in a Glimpse
Minilogue - Certain Things (Freska Mix)
Lana Del Rey - Video Games (Hannes Fischer Mix)
John Tejada - The End of It All
Kayot - Clear Sky (Manoo & Francois A Mix)
Kaskade - Nobody Else
Random Soul feat. Kristen Pearson - Take Your Time (Random Soul Classic Dub)
The Inspector and Steve Styls - Honey Honey (I Know)

Past Mixes of Mine:
Sunday Morning Bass Coast Mix (Downtempo/Nu-Disco)
Too Much Emotion (Female-Vocal Electro Pop)
Bedroom Dance Party (Breaks/Nu-Disco/House)
Groove Cereal for Breakfast (Jazz/Funk/Soul/Hip-Hop/Disco)
Groove Sandwich for Lunch (Jazz/Funk/Soul/Hip-Hop/Disco)
Groove Pancakes for Supper (Jazz/Funk/Soul/Hip-Hop/Disco/Breaks)
Keep the Change You Filthy Animal (Electro Swing)
Mr. Dressup (Breaks/Electro/House Bangers)

Mr. Dressup

I've never played at the peak hours of a big party so for this mix I thought I'd do exactly that... put together a mix of bangers that would hopefully rock the dance floor in the middle of the night.

As for the title of the mix "Mr. Dressup", for those that don't know Mr. Dressup was a man in a children's TV show, and every episode he would walk over to his tickle trunk, tickle it as he walked around it, and then pull out a costume. This is why we call our party-costume boxes "tickle trunks" , or in some cases even "tickle closet". So this mix goes out to my homey Mr. Dressup, an inspiration to us all to keep those tickle trunks going all your life and never stop dressing up!


As well, I plan on putting together a jazzy downtempo morning mix, and a groovy afternoon mix in time for those relaxing summer days that are sure to come. Thanks for listening!

Past Mixes of Mine:
Sunday Morning Bass Coast Mix (Downtempo/Nu-Disco)
Too Much Emotion (Female-Vocal Electro Pop)
Bedroom Dance Party (Breaks/Nu-Disco/House)
Groove Cereal for Breakfast (Jazz/Funk/Soul/Hip-Hop/Disco)
Groove Sandwich for Lunch (Jazz/Funk/Soul/Hip-Hop/Disco)
Groove Pancakes for Supper (Jazz/Funk/Soul/Hip-Hop/Disco/Breaks)
Keep the Change You Filthy Animal (Electro Swing)

Keep the Change You Filthy Animal

Wow I am stoked to finally get this mix recorded this afternoon. It's something I've been working on for a while, but never found the time to finish it until today. This one like a lot of my past mixes follows a concept rather than a genre, and that concept is some 1940's influenced Electro Swing! Don't know what that is? Neither did I until recently, but this should give you a pretty good idea.

The way I see it, when the bad ass gangsters of the 1940's weren't busy with organized crime and shopping for new top hats, they were likely at some warehouse rave getting down and dirty to a set like this. Enjoy! Comments much appreciated.


Past Mixes of Mine:
Sunday Morning Bass Coast Mix
Too Much Emotion
Bedroom Dance Party
Groove Cereal for Breakfast
Groove Sandwich for Lunch
Groove Pancakes for Supper

Newtimers - January Love

It's been a while since I posted anything on this blog, but I am not ready to let it die just yet, here a couple tracks you might dig a this time of year...

With only 2 days left of January I better squeeze this in. January Love by Newtimers starts out a bit cheesy but is catchy and smooth enough to get me nodding my head to this jam.
Newtimers - January Love by Newtimers

And in case you missed it last winter, a progressive breaks track by Digital Witchcraft called Snowday really does feel like a perfect track to watch through the window as fat snowflakes fall down. Check out Digital Witchcraft's small discography for a few more similar tracks.

Digital Witchcraft - Snowday (Left click, then right click "save as")

And here is one more for a free download. I just found this one a few minutes ago. Really nice chill vibes to this one from the amazing Emancipator, always making top-notch tunes.

Groove Pancakes for Supper

This is the final instalment of my Groove Meals mix series. First there was Groove Cereal for Breakfast then came Groove Sandwich for Lunch and now I present you Groove Pancakes for Supper And yes, as a kid I only ate pancakes for supper.

The Groovy Meals mixes have no real specific genre, just whatever I deemed groovy enough to make the cut, which has included some funk, soul, nu-jazz, reggae, hip-hop, disco, breaks and house. Essentially they are meant to be something you can just nod your head to and not feel like you need to be at a crazy party. This final mix picks up just enough to send you into your evening!

Groove Pancakes for Supper (Left Click)

Other Mixes:
Sunday Morning Bass Coast Mix
Too Much Emotion
Bedroom Dance Party

The Foals

Yesterday was my last day of landscaping for the year and it was a pretty awesome day. The sun was mostly out the crew had plenty of laughs. I came home wanting to hear something mellow and unelectronic and so I had my first full listen of the album Total Life Forever by Foals. For the most it's an upbeat but relaxing inde-rock album which I throughly enjoy. But I must say, upon searching for photos of the band somehow I wasn't surprised that every band member has the hair-pushed-sidways-across the-face hair do. Maybe that's how they decided who would be in the band in the first place? Anyways, check out the title track from the album.


Here's a download of the second track on the album, perhaps my favorite:
Foals - Miami (left click)

Chrome Sparks

Sometimes bands names mean nothing, and sometimes, you just have a feeling that you wanna hear what the band or producer has to offer just by the name it has chosen for itself. "Chrome Sparks" I thought, "Must be some super dreamy pop music" and I was right. Listen to the stand out track below on soundcloud, and if you want you can purchase (for free) his entire 7 track release form the link below. Just name your price.

All There Is (Feat. Steffaloo) by chrome sparks