DJ Ric de Barros

This month's podcast is a tribute to girl groups. I know there were about a gazillion of them from the 1960's until the early 2000s, but here are the ones that made the cut.

Keeping with tradition, each track featured is ten or more years old.

1. It's OK! - Atomic Kitten (2002)
2. Girl Talk - TLC (2002)
3. Maybe - Mpress (2001)
4. Celebration! - The Sweet Inspirations (2005)
5. Talk To The Hand - Honeyz (2001)
6. Soldier - Destiny's Child (2004)
7. Move Your Body - Nina Sky (2003)
8. I Must Not Chase The Boys - Play (2003)
9. If You Wanna Dance - Nobody's Angel (2000)
10. One Night Stand - Mis-Teeq (2004)
11. Don't Cha - The Pussycat Dolls (2005)
12. Bring It To Me - Soluna (2001)
13. Tell Me Why - Spice Girls (2000)
14. Love This Way - Eden's Crush (2001)

It's the start of Summer and the beginning of flagging season here in the San Francisco Bay Area. "Flagging in the Park" is my absolute favorite thing to do here, and I actually got my start as a DJ spinning for tea dances before eventually moving on to darker sounds, but no matter what, I always joined the other flaggers while in the middle of my sets.

Contrasting the energy of last month's podcast and to nod the start of summer, here's a fun flag-friendly set of retro club tracks greater than 10 years old. Catch you next month!

1. (I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be) Free / One - Lighthouse Family (2001)
2. Hyde & Seek - Spunky (1998)
3. Love Generation - Bob Sinclair feat. Gary 'Nesta' Pine (2005)
4. Gonna Miss Me - Dirty Triks vs The Turntable Orchestra (2002)
5. Stop Playing With My Mind - Barbara Tucker feat. Darryl D'Bonneau (1999)
6. Up & Down - Vengaboys (1998)
7. Sexy Eyes - Whigfield (1996)
8. Use It Up & Wear It Out - Indigo (2000)
9. Tu Amor - Kaci (2001)
10. Without You - Mary Griffin (2001)
11. Try It On My Own - Whitney Houston (2003)
12. Beautiful - Christina Aguilera (2002)
13. Anyway (Men Are From Mars) - Amber (2002)
14. Since U Been Gone - Kelly Clarkson (2004)

This mix is a bit darker than the last two but still has some good energy. I threw in two of my classic mashups - "Alert Against the Music" from 2003 and the 2005 version of "Woo!" that I originally mashed up in 2004. I called it "Woo!" because the word "woo" is prominently featured if you listen carefully. Keeping with tradition, the rest of the set is comprised of songs that are also 10 years or older.

1. Spin Spin Sugar - Sneaker Pimps (1997)
2. Body (Reach Out) - Faith Trent (2002)
3. Gates of Mind - Sterbinzky & Tranzident feat Jewls (2002)
4. Waiting For Alegria - Tony Moran & Ric Sena presents Zhana Saunders (2004)
5. Woo! - DJ Ric de Barros (2004)
6. Party Time - Raw Deal (2004)
7. You Got Me! - Giovanna (2003)
8. Tonight - Charlotte Church (2002)
9. So Gone - Monica (2003)
10. Push The Feeling - Nightcrawlers (2004)
11. All Nite (Don't Stop) - Janet Jackson (2004)
12. Alert Against the Music (Antoine Clamaran vs Britney Spears) - DJ Ric de Barros (2003)
13. My Imagination - Ceevox (2002)
14. Hit the Freeway - Toni Braxton (2002)

PS If anyone has any tips on how to best EQ these songs easily so that they aren't obviously from different years, let me know!

Keeping with my tradition of spinning retro tracks 10 years or older...

What do you get when you mix an "In Living Color" Fly Girl, Madonna's ex-backup singer, a Spice Girl, and Pam from the TV show, "Martin"...

1. I Got My Pride - Barry Harris feat. Pepper Mashay (2001)
2. Turnin' Me On - Nina Sky (2005)
3. Sorrow - Dolce (2002)
4. Movin' Up - Mike Cruz pres. Inaya Day and China Ro (2000)
5. Weekend - Shauna Solomon (2001)
6. Clubland - Kristine W (2000)
7. Alive - J-Lo (2003)
8. For the Music - Colourful Karma feat. Terra Deva (2002)
9. Ride It - Geri Halliwell (2004)
10. Void - Catapila (1999)
11. Nation - SK8 (2005)
12. The Hurting - Mac Quayle feat. Donna de Lory (2003)

The only rule I have for myself for this and all subsequent podcasts is that the songs I spin have to be older than ten years. Full disclosure - this was the first time I mixed records since my last gig in 2007! While it wasn't quite as easy as riding a bike, it was very nostalgic to put together this set of retro tunes. So I introduce - Retrostalgic Volume 1.

1. Body - Funky Green Dogs (1999)
2. Wake Up - Dawn Tallman (1999)
3. Some Lovin' - Murk (2003)
4. My Love Is Your Love - Whitney Houston (1999)
5. What U Do 2 Me - Boomkat (2003)
6. Saving My Love - Pat Hodges (2004)
7. Girls Are Here To Party - Koda (2004)
8. Superfly Slick Dick - Vengaboys (1998)
9. The Lover That You Are - Pulse (1999)
10. Skin - Charlotte (1999)
11. Tic Toc - Leann Rimes (2003)
12. Feelin' You - Solange Knowles (2002)
13. Open Up Your Mind - Eyes Cream (2002)
14. People Get Down - Scape* (1999)
15. That Sound - Rosabel (2002)

If the interest is there, I'll do more.