House Finesse

This week’s #FinesseFriday selected by Debbie Salt includes an exclusive interview and mini-mix with old friend of the show, Bonnie Bailey.

We’re going back to March 2010 for this week’s #FinesseFriday when we interviewed the talented singer song-writer Bonnie Bailey followed by her new release (at the time), Fall Into My Heart..

Thanks to birthday girl Debbie Salt for picking this one out of the archives – one of our longest following listeners who’s supported the show over the past 15 years.

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Tracklisting

Heart & Soul

* Joey Negro & The Sunburst Band – Days Gone By (Joey Negro Northern Disco Mix) [Z Records]* Mustafa ft Tasita D’Mour – Can’t Give Up (Soulfreakers Mix) [Staff Productions]* Groove Junkies ft Diane Carter – Midnight (Groove Junkies Media Noche Re-Touch) [MoreHouse Records]* Toni Granello ft Brian Lucas – What She Did (Original Mix) [MAP Dance]

Love Lounge

* E-Smoove – Something Special (Jon Dixon Club Mix) [Velcro House]* Susu Bobien – You Don’t Know (MuthaFunkaz Tribute Mix) [Strictly Rhythm]* 3 Amigos: Jellybean, Marlon D & Mena Keys ft Susu Bobien – You Bring Me Joy (Guy Robin Remix) [Jellybean Soul]* Fused ft Lia Rae – French Kissing (Bassmonkeys Remix) [Flawless Recordings]

Classics

* Hatiras ft Slarta John – Spaced Invader (Hatiras’ 2010 Vocal Mix) [Hatrax Records]* Kid Creme ft Shawnee Taylor – Austin’s Groove (Erick Morillo Vocal Mix) [Subliminal US]* Inaya Day – Nasty Girl (Riffs & Rays Extended Mix) [Peppermint Jam]* Ultra Nate – Free (Bob Sinclar Remix) [Strictly Rhythm]

Bonnie Bailey Interview

* Bonnie Bailey – Ever After (Erics’ Summer Rubdown) [Fierce Angel]* Xenon ft Bonnie Bailey – I Know You’re There (EK’s Extended Mix) [Fierce Angel]* Clique Feat. Bonnie Bailey – Always By My Side (EK’s Sparkle Mix) [Fierce Angel]* Hott 22 Feat Bonnie Bailey – No Promises (Thomas Gold Mix) [Ministry of Sound]* Bonnie Bailey – Fall Into My Heart (Album Edit) [White Label]

Disco Tech

* Hot Stuff – Happy Dayz Pt 2 (Jay Vegas Edit) [Playmore]* Meroz – Your Lover (Original Mix) [Beatism]* Young Punx ft Count Bass D – Ready For The Fight (Gramophonedzie Remix) [MofoHifi Records]* Laidback Luke & Gregor Salto ft Mavis Acquah – Step By Step (Abel Ramos Remix) [Netswork Records]* East & Young – Beautiful Evening (Original Mix) [Magnetize]

For this week’s #FinesseFriday, we bring you a special 2 hour guest mix from friend of the show, Ben Hedley.

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Track Listing

* Layfar – Many Sided* Soul Renegades – Now Your Gonna Save Me* Anthony Nicholson, Mark de Clive Lowe – Another Story* Unlimited Touch – I Hear Music In The Street* Riva Starr, Gavin Holligan – Scat Dub* Stan Zeff ft Laurnea Wilkerson – Trust This Feeling* Robert Clivilles, Kimberly Davis, Louie Vega, Eric Kupper – Set Me Free* Opolopo – Chimera On A Leash* Soul Renegades – Speak To Me* Elements Of Life – Hot Music* Incognito – Feal The Real* Manzel – It’s Over Now* Ashley Beedle, Layfar, Darren Morris – Doctor Feelgood* Kenny Dope – K-Warp* Ron Trent – Jazz Funk Freedom* Inaya Day, Native Sons – City Life* Marc Evans – Lovin U* Yam Who, Faze Action – Go Bang* St Germain – Rose Rouge* The Gene Dudley Group – Do The Cookie Dough Throw* Soulbridge, Ms Lil – Got Me Feeling Free* Glenn Underground – Contact* Blaze – Whatcha Gonna Do

For this week’s #FinesseFriday, Al Mayers has selected one of his all-time favourite mixes from Summer 2009.

Al has followed the podcast from the early days and always supported us on our Facebook page with endless messages and reactions of encouragement. This week, we asked him to pick a mix for #FinesseFriday which was apparently a tricky but enjoyable decision to make when he chose Funky House Finesse 9 from 1 August 2009.

We hope you enjoy this Summery revival as much as we do. (Great to hear Ben Day’s radio voice again too – there’s a blast from the past too!)

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Track Listing

Heart & Soul

* Joey Negro ft Unit 2 – Keep Your Head Up To The Sky (2009 Vocal Mix) [Soul]* Hanna Hais – Jazz Samba (Ian Carey Remix) [Atal]* Maria Howell – Let You Go (DJ Circle Classic Vocal Mix) [TriCircle Soul]* The Full Time Superstars ft Niki Mak – Come Together [Can You Feel It]

Love Lounge

* DJ Neo ft Soraya Vivian – Groove With You (Soulgangsters Peaktime Club Mix) [Hed Kandi]* Haydon – Get Into U (Miami Full Mix) [Absolute Marketing & Distribution Ltd]* Esmee Denters – Outta Here (Moto Blanco Club Remix) [Tennman Records]* Moony – I Don’t Know Why (Viale & DJ Ross Remix) [Hed Kandi]* Jay C ft Shena – The Music (Club Mix) [White Label]* Loose Change ft Donna – Straight From the Heart (Gambafreaks vs III Sound Academy Club Mix) [D:Vision]* Sandy Rivera & Andy Daniell – Whatever (Andy Daniell Remix) [ADA UK]

Disco Tech

* Armand Van Helden – Funk Phenomena (Jay Santi Bootleg) [White Label]* Morjac & Fred Falke ft Sarah Tyler – When We’re Together (Plastik Funk Remix) [Ministry of Sound]* Milk & Sugar – Let The Sunshine In (Milk & Sugar Global Mix) [Milk & Sugar]* Those Usual Suspects ft Abigail Bailey – Shadows (Norman Doray Remix) [Ambassade Records]* Funk Providers ft TeaQue’n – Little Fantasy (Extended Mix) [La Musique du Beau Monde]* Rodney Hunter – Freak On (Jean Claude Ades RMX) [G-Stone Recordings]* Christian George – Strangers (Jack Rokka Remix) [Chauncey Digital]* Mark Knight & Funkagenda – Good Times (Original Mix) [Toolroom]* MSTRKRFT Ft John Legend – Heartbreaker (Wolfgang Gartner Remix) [Polydor]* Kylian Mash & Laurent Konrad Present Discobitch – C’est Beau La Bourgeoisie (Extended French Mix) [Time (Kiver)]* SL2 – On A Ragga Tip (TFTSS Remix) [Can You Feel It]

This week’s #FinesseFriday, we take a dive into something a little deeper than normal from our very own LYP.

Rather than a classic from the archives, we thought we’d bring you a brand new mix this Friday from our resident DJ, LYP, pulling out some of his deeper house selection.

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Track Listing

(Coming soon)

This week’s #FinesseFriday is selected by long-time listener Henry Howe, another classic mix from 2006.

Starting off with the recognisable vocals from Solo Music’s classic Fade, this one pulls out endless sing-along tracks including Dennis Christopher, Soul Avengerz, Candi Williams, Kathy Williams, Bob Sinclar, Georgie Porgie, Barbara Tucker – even Rihanna – plus an original track from friend of the show, DJ Cruze.

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Track Listing

* Solu Music ft Kimblee – Fade (Grant Nelson Big Room Vocal Mix – Wez Clarke Re-Edit) * Dennis Christopher – Soulshakin’ (Dennis Christopher Club Mix)* Soul Avengerz – Make My Body Rock (Club Mix) * Rhianna – S.O.S. (Moto Blanco Vocal Mix) * Mark Morrison ft DMX – Innocent Man (Moto Blanco Vocal Mix)* Candi Williams ft Simpson Horns – I Got The Music In Me * Soul Avengerz – Sing (Bobbly Blanco Mix) * C-Mos feat Kathy Brown – Turn Me One Million Ways (Nizzero Whitelabel Mix)* Bob Sinclar ft Steve Edwards – World Hold On (Children Of The Sky) (Club Mix) * DJ Cruze presents The Funkfinders – Cease! * One Phat Tune: Georgie Porgie – Life Goes On (GT-Express Vinyl Soul Mix)* One Phat Classic: Barbara Tucker – Stop Playing With My Mind (Full Intention Mix)

For this week’s #FinesseFriday, we go back nearly 15 years to the Easter special One Phat DJ mix, Beats For Easter.

It was only the 12th mix on the podcast so expect some serious trips down Memory Lane with a real mix of dance tunes including ATFC’s remix of all-time favourite “Lola’s Theme” from The Shapeshifters.

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Tracklistings

* ATFC – Spread Love (Vocal Love Mix)* Stephanie B – Sweetest Taboo (Jack Mccord Remix)* Blaze ft Barbara Tucker – Most Precious Love (Freemasons Proper Club Mix)* Cresbo – Dont Give Me Your Life (Sugarfunk Mix)* Noir – My Mtv (Ian Carey Remix)* Underground Movement ft Stanford – Shake (Club Mix)* Juan Magan & Victor Magan – Dancing Loving (Original Mix)* FM Groove ft Dee Holloway – Say It (Layabouts Vocal Club Mix)* Musical Solution pres The Dynamic Duo ft Pete Si – Superhero (Original Mix)* One Phat Tune: Shapeshifters – Lola’s Theme (ATFC’s Jive For Jezebel)* One Phat Classic: Powerhouse ft Duane Harden – What You Need (Full Intention Power Mix)

The sun is starting to shine, lockdown is easing and we’ve got over two hours of house tunes for you to enjoy.

We start the show with an hour of classics picked out by LYP, outstanding tracks that influenced his musical tastes, before going into an hour (and a bit more) of soulful, disco and uplifting tracks from One Phat DJ.

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Also be sure to check out our new Community Discord where you can join the conversation with your hosts and other podcast listeners. We’ll be running regular competitions, giveaways and exclusive downloads in there plus keep an eye out for some live streams.

Finally, we’re all over the obvious socials – get in touch and share with your friends so others get to enjoy all our house delights.

Track Listing

Hour 1 Classics with LYP

* Chuck Roberts – My House* Breach – Jack* Fish Go Deep – The Cure The Cause* Roberto Surace – Joys* Beyonce – With You (Partition Remix)* London Grammer – Hey Now (I Love Newman Remix)* KOT ft Julie McKnight – Finally* Ron Hall & The Muthafunkerz – The Way You Love Me* Hardsoul ft Ron Carroll – Back Together* Shaun Escoffery – Days Like This (Spinna & Ticklah Club Mix)* Cassius – Cassius 99* Bucketheads – The Bomb* MAW ft Puppah Nas-T & Denise – Workapella* DJ Gregory – Block Party (DJ Spen Remix)* Fischer – Losing It* Shakedown – At Night* Aly Us – Follow Me* Michael Cleis – La Mezcla* Camelphat – Cola* LYP ft Elliot Chapman – Took My Time* Frankie Knuckles – Tears

Hour 2 with One Phat DJ

* The Vision ft Dames Brown – Down (Extended Mix)* Simply Red – Shine On (The Reflex ‘Sun Is Shining’ Mix)* Dyanna Fearon, Rasmus Faber – All Of My Dreams (Extended Mix)* Ten City – Be Free (Emmaculate & Shannon Chambers Extended Mix)* Diephuis, Eastar, Jocelyn Brown – Don’t Quit (Be A Believer) (Original Mix)* Adeva – In & Out of My Life (Michael Gray Remix)* Junior Jack presents Glory ft Jocelyn Brown – Hold Me Up (JJ’s Extended Vocal Mix)* Inner City, Idris Elba, Steffanie Christi’an – No More Looking Back (Extended Mix)* Booker T, Kathy Brown –  Boogie Oogie Oogie (Booker T Vocal Mix)* Supakings – Back and Forth (Michael Gray Remix)* Martha Wash, Todd Terry, Jocelyn Brown – Jumpin’ (Giovi Remix)* Richard Grey – So In Love (Original Mix)* Crazibiza – My Lips (Cheesecake Boys Deeper Mix)* Marc Rousso, Block & Crown – The Jam Is Stompin’ (Original Mix)* Kurd Maverick – Dancing To (Extended Mix)* Dafunkeetomato – We Won’t Stop (Original Mix)* The Shapeshifters ft Billy Porter – Finally Ready (Dimitri From Paris TSOP – The Sound Of Paris – Remix Pts I & II)

Time to wrap up quite the memorable year with two hours of delightful house tunes, selected by LYP and One Phat DJ, all in time for your lockdown celebrations.

Track Listings

Hour 1 with LYP

* Four7 ft Tiffany – J’adore* Selace – So Hooked On Your Lovin’ (Larse Extended Remix)* Aliai and Gallo ft Kevin Haden – Who Is He (Claptone Remix)* Wayne Soul Avengerz & Odyssey Inc. ft Bobbi Depasois_- Dusk Till Dawn (Trois_Garçon_Mix)* Disco Dandies ft Leon Ware – Inside Your Love (2 People)* The Cube Guys – Love Will Save The Day (House Mix)* Michael Gray, Kimberly Brown – Brother Brother* Purple Disco Machine – In My Arms (Extended Mix)* Choices – Less Is More (Original Mix)* Darius Syrossian – Tivoli’s Groove (Extended Mix)* Roberto Surace – Joys (Purple Disco Machine Extended Remix)* Fish Go Deep ft Tracy K – The Cure & The Cause (Dr Packer Extended Remix)

Hour 2 with One Phat DJ

* Greeko, Marco Faraone – Armaghetton (Aeroplane Extended Remix)* Danny Kane ft Princess Freesia – Wonderland (Art of Tones Remix)* Steven Stone, Lee Wilson – Will You Be There (Soulbridge Remix)* Inaya Day, DJ Meme, Aline Rocha – Satisfy (Original Mix)* Kathy Brown – Last Time (Micky More & Andy Tee Club Dub)* The Shapeshifters, Billy Porter – Finally Ready (David Penn Extended Remix)* Mavalo – Get Back on the Floor (Original Mix)* Rhyze – Just How Sweet Is Your Love (Brian & Frankies Club XS Mix)* ATFC, Seamus Haji – Oh Yeah! (Extended Mix)* Armand Van Helden, Chris Lake ft Arthur Baker & Victor Simonelli – The Answer (Extended Mix)* CASSIMM – Shined On Me (Extended Club Mix)* Junior Jack – E Samba (The Cube Guys & Kevin McKay Extended Version)

Time for a MONSTER collection of house music as we bring you 2 hours of House FEAR-nesse DELIGHTS. 🎃

We continue the quarterly rhythm of House Finesse shows, this time for the Halloween party season. Obviously, following the year’s events, we are encouraging our listeners to stay safe with some lockdown celebrations and two hours of tunes finely selected by One Phat DJ.

Remember to keep an ear out for our weekly #FinesseFriday revival on all our socials when we pull out a mix from the past 15 years. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for updates as they’re released.

Track Listings

* Casual Connection – Love Falls (Back To The Disco Mix)* The Vision, Andreya Triana, Ben Westbeech – Missing (Extended Mix)* Horse Meat Disco, Kathy Sledge – Jump Into The Light (Original Mix)* Melvo Baptiste, Phebe Edwards – Bad Company (Extended Mix)* Mahogany – Ride On The Rhythm (Michael Gray Remix)* Horse Meat Disco, Amy Douglas – Let’s Go Dancing (Extended 12″ Mix)* Gabor Deutsch, N’Dea Davenport – Love With Desire (ThomChris Soulful Remix)* Seamus Haji, Kathy Brown – A Better Place (Extended Mix)* The Kingdom Choir – Real Love (Cutmore Extended Remix)* Dave Lee, Billy Valentine – Power Of The Mind (JN Redemption Mix)* Dennis Ferrer, Dawn Tallman – Sunny Days (Extended Mix)* Chanelle, Eric Kupper – One Man (Michael Gray Extended Remix)* Orlando Johnson – Shine on Me (Stonebridge & Nick Nice Club)* ATFC, Mia Mendez – Not Enough (Extended Mix)* David Penn, KPD – Jerkin’ (Extended Mix)* Quentin Harris, Jason Walker – Stronger (Mattei & Omich Extended Remix)* Blue Boy – Remember Me (David Penn Extended Remix)* Rene Amesz, Mark Knight, Tasty Lopez – All 4 Love (Extended Mix)* Michael Gray – The Weekend (Mousse T. High Energy Extended)* Fiorious – Follow Me (Roger Sanchez Extended Remix)* Alan Dixon x More Kante – Acid Drop (Mr Jay Yeke Mash) [EXCLUSIVE]* Seal, Jakatta – My Vision (The Vision Remix)

As our podcast reaches 15 years of existence this week (yep, really!), we bring another two hours of sun-tinged house music delights mixed by One Phat DJ & LYP as this year’s Summer House ☀️.

We continue the quarterly themed sessions, returning with some sun-soaked beats for Summer House ☀️. The global pandemic is still bringing mixed emotions and feelings, making it difficult for many people to enjoy the Summer properly but we wanted to try bring some joy to you in the shape of our favourite house tracks over two hours of endless mixing.

To think 15 years ago, a little mix on a website would turn into one of the longest running house music podcasts online. Through all the peaks and troughs and many different formats, we’ve continued to bring our finest choice of house music, selected by One Phat DJ and friends, sent straight to your ears through the convenience of podcast technology. Whilst many have joined (and left) the bandwagon, we’ve continued to try keep things going for all the regular listeners and subscribers. Here are some of the highlights we’ve dug out the archives…

Funky Pants starts it all offFeatured on iTunes (again) in April 2007Number 22 in the iTunes Music Podcasts of July 2007One Phat DJ artwork stickersThe Finalé of One Phat DJ podcastFunky House Finesse 3 from May 2009Bonnie Bailey joins One Phat DJ in March 2010Sam Divine helps launch House Finesse in September 2012#OnePhatDecade with J Paul Getto in 2015

Now, enough with the nostalgia, let’s bring it back to today. First up, an hour mix from One Phat DJ selecting his favourite disco, soul, gospel house tracks from many familiar names. Following that, LYP brings us an hour of his own productions over recent months, taking a little more of a deeper twist along the house music genre.

Track Listing

Hour 1 with One Phat DJ

* Roisin Murphy – Murphy’s Law (Original Mix)* Fish Go Deep, Tracey K – The Cure & The Cause (Dr Packer Extended Remix)* Mothers Favourite Child ft Tanya Tiet – Reflections of A Disco Ball (Joey Negro Club Remix)* Birdee, Nick Reach Up, Barbara Tucker – Free Yourself (Full Intention Extended Remix)* The Shapeshifters, Billy Porter – Finally Ready (Extended Mix)* Boys Noize – Mvinline (Extended Mix)* David Penn, Kevin McKay – Hallelujah (Odyssey Inc. Extended Remix)* Richard Earnshaw, Inaya Day, Ridney – Gotta Have (Glen Horsborough Remix)* Haji & Emanuel – Take Me Away (Seamus Haji Extended 80’s Remix)* Diplo, SIDEPIECE – On My Mind (Purple Disco Machine Remix (Extended))* Sunset City – Feels so Right (Art of Tones ‘1982’ Extended Remix)

Hour 2 with LYP

* LYP – Weakness* LYP – Thought Of You* White Label (Top Secret Stuff)* LYP – Unanswered* LYP – Dispaersamente* LYP – Off My Mind* LYP Feat. Elliot Chapman – Higher* London Grammar – Hey Now (Newman Remix)* Red Carpet – Alright (LYP Remix)* LYP – Looking For Something* LYP – Dusty (Sote Remix)* LYP – On My Way* LYP – Powerplay* Dennis Ferrer – Hey Hey (LYP & imoni...