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Mixtape: Shenanigans 02

In conventional fashion my second Ableton mixtape followed the first, adopting a similarly conventional numbering format. I remember nothing about doing this mixtape whatsoever. Sorry, this isn’t the best anecdote as far as these things go.

The idea is that you visit the link, download each part, then play them together in order with no gap between them. The longer mixes are all 60-65 mins long and meant to fit on one audio CD. There are no complete individual records, in fact just because a record is listed, doesn’t mean you’ll get more than 10 seconds of it in some case!  I make no claim as to the quality and I only generally make them for the fun of it and my own amusement. 

Tracklisting

1. Lazyboy – Underwear Goes Inside The Pants
2. Radiohead – High
3. Marvin Gaye – Sexual Healing
4. Sheryl Crow – What I Can Do For You
5. Crowded House – Take The Weather With You
6. Dr. Dre – Stil D.R.E.
7. A Tribe Called Quest – Bonita Applebum
8. Mark Ronson – Just
9. Prince – Sign Of The Times
10. DJ Yoda – Wheels
11. Moby – Honey
12. Sugababes – I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
13. The Beastie Boys – Body Movin’
14. The Soup Dragons – Free
15. Diana Brown & Barrie K. Sharpe – Masterplan
16. Amerie – Take Control
17. Annie – Chewing Gum
18. Prince – Bob George
19. Foxy Brown – I’ll Be
20. David Bowie – Let’s Dance
21. Pink – Get The Party Started
22. Playgroup – Number One
23. Rose Royce – If It’s Love You’re After
24. LL Cool J – Take Control
25. Freeez – IOU
26. Bodyrockers – I Like The Way You Move
27. Kylie Minogue – Did It Again
28. Double 99 – RIP Groove
29. Madonna – Ray Of Light
30. Praise Cats – We Got Love
31. Deep Dish – Flashdance
32. Syntax – Pray
33. Dire Straits – Money For Nothing
34. Noir – All About The House Music
35. Avenue D – Do I Look Like A Slut?
36. Planet Funk – Who Said?
37. The Beatles – Eleanor Rigby
38. Soulsearcher – I Can’t Get Enough

Download link

http://www.mediafire.com/?58wdj0dowjufm

Wedding Shenanigans

This is a 40-minute mix that I did for the one and only wedding that I have ever DJed. I steadfastly refused to do weddings for 18 years and then agreed to do this one on a whim for a friend - we shared similar musical tastes in a lot of ways. We agreed the style and type of music well in advance, I got a load of tracks ready beforehand and then at about 11am on the morning of the wedding he said, “I’ve been talking to my family and they prefer more Stevie Wonder, Jacksons etc.”

“So they don’t want this Herbaliser stuff?”

“No.”

“They don’t want any of this Lyrics Born stuff either?”

“Not really, no.”

“Not even the Beastie Boys stuff?”

“Umm…”

Cue rapid reappraisal of set in the 40 minutes before I was due to leave for the train. In the end it all went swimmingly and I really enjoyed it. It’s the most sober I’ve ever finished a gig, I think. 

So this is a short mix I put together to give me a chance to go raid the buffet and get a few drinks. It’s unashamedly quite populist. I don’t turn my nose up at pop music all that often.

Tracklisting

1. MC Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock - “It Takes Two”
2. The Herbaliser - “Gadget Funk”
3. Beatsie Boys - “Body Movin’”
4. Sugarhill Gang - “Rapper’s Delight”
5. Justin Timberlink - “Rock Your Body”
6. Air - “Kelly Watch The Stars”
7. Barenaked Ladies - “One Week”
8. Fatboy Slim - “Praise You”
9. Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse - “Valerie”
10. Run DMC - “Aerosmith”
11. Happy Mondays - “Step On”
12. Beyonce - “Crazy In Love”
13. Ini Kamoze - “Hotstepper”
14. EMF - “Unbelievable”
15. All Seeing I - “Walk Like A Panther”
16. Fatman Scoop - “Be Faithful”
17. FLC - “The Fun Lovin’ Criminal”
18. DJ Kool - “Let Me Clear My Throat”
19. DJ Mark The 45 King - “The 900 Number”
20. The Ting Tings - “Shut Up And Let Me Go”
21. Gnarls Barkeley - “Crazy”
22. Maria Carey - “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life”

Download link

http://www.mediafire.com/?dtivsyupao0j6dt

Mixtape: Shenanigans 01

My very first ‘proper’ mixtape in Ableton! I think I went a bit crazy with the power of being able to mix anything in 4/4 time. There are some very eclectic choices on here! This is before I realised I was better off just chopping up the bits of records that I like best.

The idea is that you visit the link, download each part, then play them together in order with no gap between them. The longer mixes are all 60-65 mins long and meant to fit on one audio CD. There are no complete individual records, in fact just because a record is listed, doesn’t mean you’ll get more than 10 seconds of it in some case!  I make no claim as to the quality and I only generally make them for the fun of it and my own amusement. 

Tracklisting

1. Sugarhill Gang – Rapper’s Delight
2. Ocean Colour Scene – The Day We Caught The Train
3. Amerie – Man Up
4. Fun Lovin’ Criminals – Love Unlimited
5. M.I.A. – Galang
6. Survivor – Eye Of The Tiger
7. Usher – Yeah
8. AC/DC – Back In Black
9. Korn – Freak On A Leash
10. LL Cool J – Phenomenon
11. Embrace – Save Me
12. Linkin Park – In The End
13. Freestylers – B-Boy Stance
14. Blondie – Rapture
15. Daft Punk – Da Funk
16. Syntax – Bliss
17. Prince – Kiss
18. Fatboy Slim – Praise You
19. The Jackson 5 – I Want You Back
20. Elvis Presley – A Little Less Conversation
21. Barenaked Ladies – One Week
22. Michael Grey – Weekend
23. NERD – She Wants To Move
24. James – Laid
25. The Bucketheads – The Bomb!
26. Lionrock – Fire Up The Shoesaw
27. Britney Spears – Slave 4U
28. Thunderbugs – It’s About Time That You Were Mine
29. Holly Valance – Curious
30. Gorillaz – Dare
31. Felix Da Housecat – Silver Screen Shower Scene
32. Lenny Kravitz – Are You Gonna Go My Way?
33. Audio Bullys – We Don’t Care
34. Todd Terry – House Sermon
35. Fanny Pack – Nu Nu Yeah Yeah
36. Mighty Dub Katz – Magic Carpet Ride
37. Paul Oakenfold – Faster Kill Pussycat
38. Deep Dish – Sacramento
39. Mint Royale – Sexiest Man In Jamaica
40. The Clash – Rock The Kasbah
41. David Bowie – Rebel Rebel
42. Yer Man – Weird Therapy
43. Miss Kittin – Professional Distortion
44. Primal Scream – Rocks
45. Candi Staton – You Got The Love
46. Men Women & Children – Dance In My Blood
47. Kush – Bittersweet
48. Elvis Costello – Pump It Up
49. ESG – Dance
50. Nikka Costa – Funkier Than A Mosquito’s Tweeter
51. The Knack – My Sharona
52. Girls Aloud – No Good Advice

Download link

http://www.mediafire.com/?6kk587i5db2vd

Mixtape: House Rules 01

So as you who actually know me will know that, for a while, I did dabble with bits of vinyl and CDs in nightclubs and stuff. I’ve got some of the mixtapes still lying around as MP3s so I’m going to stick them up here in case anyone is interested in them. Some of them are quite straightforward - this one for example is a series of records mixed together one after the other in fairly straightforward DJ fashion - some of them are rather more experimental.

The idea is that you visit the link, download each part, then play them together in order with no gap between them. The longer mixes are all 60-65 mins long and meant to fit on one audio CD. There are no complete individual records, in fact towards the end of my career I played less and less complete records and more and more samples. Just because a record is listed, doesn’t mean you’ll get more than 10 seconds of it in some case!  I make no claim as to the quality and I only generally make them for the fun of it and my own amusement. 

So this mix is quite unusual in that I do just play records from start to finish, one after the other. No samples, no loops, no mash-ups, no acapellas, it’s just like when I used to DJ from vinyl. God that was boring!

Tracklisting

• 1. Solu Music ft. Kimberlee – Fade (Grant Nelson Big Room Vocal – Wez Clarke Re-edit)
• 2. The Saturdays – If This Is Love (Moto Blanco Club Mix)
• 3. The Ting Tings – Great DJ (7th Heaven Remix)
• 4. Jonestown – Sweet Thang
• 5. Freemasons ft. Katherine Ellis – When You Touch Me (Original Mix)
• 6. Faith Evans – Mesmerised (Freemasons Vocal Mix)
• 7. Deepgroove – Fascinated (Original Club Mix)
• 8. Martin Solveig – Rocking Music (Joey Negro Mix)
• 9. Booty Luv – Some Kinda Rush (7th Heaven Pure Joy Remix)
• 10. Masters At Work ft. India – Backfired (Joey Negro Mix)
• 11. Blaze ft. Barbara Tucker -Most Precious Love (Ian Carey Mix)
• 12. Asha – J. J. Tribute