Point.of.Kontakt

The unexpected turn with last month's podcast to techno allowed me to fire up a mix I had been throwing together for a really long time. In the late 1990s and Early 2000s there are a few genres that had a certain edginess to them. Bordering Techno, Trance, and straight up Desert Music - I can't really say what it is, but it's definitely a vibe. 

This month's mix is a collection of mostly very old music - with just enough new material thrown in to make it cohesive enough for today's stage. I find it really challenging to put together a quality mix of classic tracks because we get so in to playing favorites. We all have those epic jams we fall in love with. But tossing a mix together that flows naturally can't be done with a bunch of anthems.

I actually had this mix done nearly two weeks ago - I didn't upload it because I wanted to take my own time to just enjoy it.

Hope you can catch this vibe like I did!

Tracklist: 

1. Dave Clarke - Red 2 
2. Marcos Rodriguez - My Love (1st Love Remix) 
3. Tall Tin Box - God's Love (Hard House Mix) 
4. Leftfield - Song of Life (Tim Davison Mix) 
5. Christian Smith & John Selway - Move 
6. Boriqua Tribez - Fantastico 
7. Almir Ljusa - Rambus 
8. Schiller - Ruhe (Humate Remix) 
9. Pascal F.E.O.S. - Overflow (Timo Maas Remix) 
10. Spooky - Belong (Vocal Club Mix) 
11. Almir Ljusa - Indigo 
12. Grayarea - Asleep at the Wheel 
13. Resistance D - Feel High (Spacefrog & Time Lord Remix) 
14. Almir Ljusa - 968 Mhz 
15. Boriqua Tribez - Snatch 
16. Signum - First Strike 
17. Marco Bailey - Capture 
18. Red Light District - Did You Hear Me (Phase II Mix) 

    Definitely nothing new here - just a lot of my ideas for mixing from the last few years that were taken out of my Trance sets and saved for later - and a few new ideas. I would have had a similarly themed mix up a year ago for this set, but since my friend passed, I did the re-mix of his favorite set. I am behind a couple years on trance now, but that means next time the set will be absolute madness. 

    This set is a journey. It's not just "trance" music, it is trance. It takes you places. It hypnotizes. Trance became a sound instead of a mind-set for music a long, long time ago. In this set I dive in to what trance really is to me. The style of this set is close to how I would play on vinyl compared to how I play on Ableton. I do genre bending - BPM pushing - hypnotic transitions... letting each track tell me where the mix wants to go next. Really listening to the music for guidance.  I really loved putting this together, it was refreshing and meditative. 

    Waited until it was snowing to mix it down too, to push in that extra winter vibe for the future. 

    !!!PLAY IT LOUD!!!

Tracklist:

1. Karton - We Bleed (Infusion Remix)
2. Bruno Kauffmann - Masung 
3. Jauz &  i_o - Truth
4. Stimpack - Wander 
5. Blank & Jones - The Sound Of Machines (Technopunk Remix)
6. Above & Beyond - Jam
7. London Grammar - Hey Now (Arty Remix)
8. Dogzilla - Frozen (Wippenberg Remix)
9. Secret Cinema  & Egbert - Maximaal 
10. Boriqua Tribez - Hype
11. Agent Orange - Smack 'Em Up (Greencross' Disruptive Mix) 
12. Tony Rohr - Jesus Built My Drum Machine
13. Midi Miliz - Aeromode
14. Argy - Bearpit (Scot Project Remix)
15. Supermusique! - Stop This Feeling (DJ Scot Project Remix)
16. Yan Weinstock - Ufo
17. Umek - Double The Lust
18. DK8 - Murder Was the Bass (Ariel Van Rusek Remix) (Kontakt Edit)
19. Lee Foss, SPNCR, Mal Rainey - Crawl (CamelPhat Remix)
20. 16 Bit Lolitas - Beat Organ
21. Above & Beyond - Love Is Not Enough (Hybrid Minds Remix)

I've collected tracks for 3 years to put this House mix together just the way I wanted to be heard. Every now and then, I would her some percussion that just drove me wild. Banging toms on a big system, 1970s disco energy in such a raw form, I could swear theres actually analogue gear in some of these tracks. Computer music has really come a long way, some of these tracks have so much depth!

I pulled some tracks from events before COVID, 2019 was a great year for house music. So much came for us in 2020 too that had been in the works but I was never able to play it out how I wanted to. I suppose this is a throwback set then, since I got the idea for it in 2019 and it would have been my 2020-2021 live set vibe. 

A lot has come out since then though, and I am 100% pleased with the time spent waiting, looking for more to add to this one. Some day I hope to be swimming in tracks like these. I've only been able to season mixes lightly with them in the past. 

I hope this month's mix inspires you to let go and get down wherever you listen to it. BRING ON THE DRUMS!!!

Tracklist:

1. Ferrari - Jungle Boogie
2. Steve Paradise - Zultan (Steve Paradise Mix)
3. Kevin Knapp - Like This (Audiojack Remix)
4. The Deepshakerz - Go Heavy 
5. Crooked Colours - Do It Like You (OFFAIAH Remix)
6. KC Lights - SOL
7. Hervé - Jungle Is Massive
8. Fallon - Jalen Hurts
9. Roland Klinkenberg - On My Mind
10. Todd Terry, Gypsymen - Babarabatiri (David Penn Remix)
11. Alex Niggemann - Jewels
12. Barbatuques - Baianá (Pablo Fierro Edit)
13. Joc House - The Tribal
14. Teddy Jiyane - Tati Tribe (Teddy Jiyane Tribal Mix)
15. Black V Neck & Dipzy - Si Tu Sabe
16. Hott Like Detroit - Apache
17. Fatboy Slim - Right Here Right Now (CamelPhat Remix)
18. Paul Woolford - You Already Know (Extended D-Mix)

This mix spans 3 years of tracks I've been waiting to drop, with one throwback favorite I've been dying to throw down again, and a preveiw of a new track I've been working on. Honestly the first full track I have done in maybe 5 years. Crazy how time flies. I had this done in time for New Years Eve, but my quest for mix perfection kept me tuning i for a few more days, and then some creative block for the title. I feel like I absolutely nailed it at the end though. Really happy I put in the extra studio time and put together a new track in time for the mix. 

I spent a few months travelling and saw most of my friends, and some people from way, way back. Heard a lot of really great music, new and old, and the entire time used my experiences to inspire my track selection. I can't say I heard a single one of these tracks out but it's all about the vibes anyway :)

Here's to a better 2023 than 2022!

Tracklist:

1. Wasabi - Freaker Speraker
2. Dan Aux - Get Down (Extended Mix)
3. Alexic Rod, Colombo - 1 Two 3
4. JFlores - Cut
5. Antonio Giacca - The Philly Jam
6. CamelPhat - Get Up
7. B.A.N.G! - Fly (The Basilica Remix)
8. Mark Knight, Danny Howard - You Can Do It Baby
9. Sllash & Doppe - Get It Now
10. Javi Bora, Bimi - Rhythm 94
11. Tube & Berger - Bierchen
12. Sneaky Sound System - Can't Help the Way That I Feel (David Penn Remix)
13. Mark Knight - Your Love
14. Moreno Pezzolato - U Want Me (Qubiko Remix)
15. Lee Foss, Eli Brown, Anabel Englund - Brazil (MK Remix)
16. Wh0 - Raveolution
17. Dan Aux - Do That (Puff Daddy Shit)
18. Novodisc - Ya Stop!!!
19. Richie Santana - Stoned Look (Kontakt Bootleg)
20. Chapter & Verse - MPC
21. Yulia Niko, Salski - Sunset

FINALLY I have done it. A proper music travel podcast. It has been almost a year since I got myself out there and absorbed the music around me to put in to a mix. And this one is HOTT! Went to lots of festivals and parties, drive thousands of miles. Enjoyed many many sunsets (and sunrises...) Most inspiring to me this time was a lot of sets I heard at Burning Man. Some incredible experiences listening to a lot of these tunes on massive sound systems. I can not describe to you what some solid House Music will do on a concert level system, tuned to perfection. It is a full body immersion. A few of these tracks made me really lose my top. I threw down everything and danced. That's what I live for!

Thank you Sacha Robotti for playing a lot of those epic sets I heard, and passing me some track I.D's !! ESSENTIAL to this mix!

Tracklist:

1. Yulia Niko, Coro Coro - Molly & Sally (Adam Ten & Mita Gami Remix)
2. Yulia Niko - Pura Vida
3. Steve Paradise - Zultan (Pablo Fierro Remix)
4. Harry Romero - Revolution (Deep In Jersey Extended Mix)
5. Son Of 8 - The Musik, Pt. 1 
6. Mikey Lion, Sacha Robotti - Glide
7. Tube & Berger - Guess Who’s Jack
8. Erick Morillo - Trapped
9. illusionize, Confesser - Pike (Illusionize Remix)
10. Yulia Niko, Mommo G - It's All In My Mind
11. Third Culture - Never Stop
12. Sucker DJs - Everybody
13. Chelina Manuhutu - All On You
14. OOTORO - Counterfeit
15. Format_B, DJ PP - In My House
16. Tube & Berger - Revolution #4
17. Soul Surgery - Some Day
18. Above & Beyond - Screwdriver (Jono Grant’s Summer Of ’95 Extended Mix)
19. The Future Sound Of London - Papua New Guinea (Nu:Tone Remix)

The second section from my NYE 2019 - 2020 live set out in Joshua Tree. What a great night with all my friends! 

I felt like I needed some house to get me in the mood for Burning Man this year, so I finally got around to processing the rest of this mix (I put up the first hour back in 2020 for a podcast). 

The tracks are still all so solid a few years later. 100% success getting me in the mood for some awesome house music out in the desert. 

ENJOY!!

Coming in HOT this summer! I've been waiting over a year to drop some of these jams properly. Once again, my mixes to me are ALWAYS. WORTH. THE. WAIT. Plenty more lined up for the summer this year. Maybe I finally will get back in to the groove and make a run for Episode 200?

I've been spending a lot of time in NYC the last couple months, its been inspiring to say the least. I hope my memories and vibes come through this mix well enough for at least ONE of you to feel it. 

Enjoy the jams!!

Tracklist:

1. Phase Animator - Nyota (Dirt Revolver Remix)
2. Sharaz - High (Kontakt Edit)
3. B-Phreak, Bradley Drop - Bad Boy
4. Ondamike - Hardcore Massive 
5. Hankook - Chaos
6. DJ Fresh - Gold Dust (Krafty Kuts Remix)
7. BEAT ASSASSINS - Generation MTV (Pimpin mix)
8. Stanton Warriors - Somali Funk
9. Shystie - Nu Style (Doc Nasty Miami Bass Mix)
10. Kid Unknown - Nightmare Walking (Lo IQ?'s Halloween Festival Remix)
11. Huda Hudia & DJ30A - Knights Of Bass
12. Bl1tz - Work It Out (Prato Remix)
13. Freq Boutique - Rock-In Move (Si-Dog & Bradley Drop)
14. Case 82 - Elevate Your Love
15. Hankook - Yallah
16. Shift+X - Bass In Beat
17. Prato - Bounce For Me
18. DJ Icey - DAT DAT 
19. Rasco, Jonay - 1999
20. DJ Santana & Huda Hudia - Fine Day (DJ30A & Huda 2021 Remix)
21. Yo Speed - Man Of The Speed
22. Si-Dog, Bradley Drop - Gonna Be Mine (KL2 Remix)
23. Huda Hudia & DJ Fixx & DJ Mondo - Bass Face (DJ Mondo Remix)
24. Prato, Jim Reaper - Eshelon
25. The Darrow Chem Syndicate - Men In Soggy Sorrow (Kid Panel Remix)