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After a multitude of successful girl groups throughout the nineties — it was time for the boys to give it a go. While TLC was on the tail-end of their fame with their explosive release 'FanMail' — the girls were in disarray with constant infighting which ultimately caused them to collapse. Enter stage left, Backstreet Boys, NSYNC, and 98°.

Even though most dance music wasn't being aired on the radio (with a few notable exceptions i.e. Cher), the major labels were adept at cross-promoting their artists from radio to the dancefloor. This is where Hex Hector, Davidson Ospina, Soul Solution, Thunderpuss, Pablo Flores, and Jonathan Peters come in. These DJs were already having great success in the clubs and easily took their winning formula and applied it to pop hits.

Because this period is such a magical time for me, this final series covers a lot of ground from these two years and may even be a tad indulgent. Nevertheless, there was no stone left unturned in creating this final farewell to the nineties.

It wasn't my intent to drag this on but unfortunately, there have been a series of diversions this past week that has kept me from knocking this series out. I'm only now getting back into the groove of things so all I ask is for a little patience. Once this series is finished, Party Favorz will be launching back into our regular scheduled releases in October. The next Legacy Editon — which honors the works of influential DJs and Dance Music Artists — I had planned will be pushed into November.

I should have at least one more release for the weekend followed by the rest next week. Until the next time...ENJOY!

Album : The Ultimate 90’s House Classics [1998 – 1999] Vol.2

Genre : 90’s Classic House

Year : 2021

Total Time : 3:14:28

1. Backstreet Boys - All I Have To Give (Davidson Ospina Club Mix)

2. NSYNC & Gloria Estefan - Music Of My Heart (Hex Hector 12" Club Mix)

3. Aretha Franklin - A Rose Is Still A Rose (Hex Hector Club Mix)

4. Frankie Knuckles pres. Satoshi Tomiie - Tears (Full Intention Mix)

5. Mariah Carey - I Still Believe (Morales Classic Club Mix)

6. Janet Jackson - Go Deep (Masters At Work Thunder Mix)

7. Moloko - Sing It Back (Boris Musical Mix)

8. Joey Negro feat. Taka Boom - Can't Get High Without U (Eric Kupper Classic Funk Mix)

9. Backstreet Boys - I'll Never Break Your Heart (Davidson Ospina Extended Club Mix)

10. Reina - Find Another Woman (Hex Hector Main Club Mix)

11. Ricky Martin - She's All I Ever Had (Hex Hector 12" Club Mix)

12. Jessica Simpson - I Wanna Love You Forever (Soul Solution Extended Club Vocal Version)

13. Ace Of Base - Cruel Summer (KLM Club Mix)

14. Britney Spears - (You Drive Me) Crazy (Lenny Bertoldo X-mix)

15. TLC - No Scrubs (Chris "The Greek" Panaghi Remix)

16. 98° - Give Me Just One Night (Una Noche) (Hex Hector Club Mix)

17. Shaft - Mucho Mambo (Sway) (Original Club Mix)

18. Gloria Estefan - Oye (Hex Hector 12" Mix)

19. NSYNC - I Want You Back (Denny & Pepe's Symphonic Mix)

20. Danny Tenaglia + Celeda - Music Is The Answer (Dancin' And Prancin') (Original 12" Mix)

21. Yaz - Don't Go '99 (Tee's Freeze Mix)

22. Funky Green Dogs - Until The Day (Club 69 Future Mix)

23. Martha Wash - Catch The Light (Sound Factory Club Mix)

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Party Favorz started the Ultimate 90's House Classic series in the fall of 2020. The overwhelming response to this series has been tremendous — certainly bigger than I thought it would be.

A year later, we're now reaching the end of the decade and have pulled out all the stops for what is certainly considered the golden age of House Music.

As we noted in earlier editions, the musical landscape began changing in the second half of the decade. After bubbling in the underground for several years before moving into the mainstream, Trance music took on a life of its own. While those tracks are not featured in this series (they'll get their own ultimate classics series soon enough) — Progressive House was the alternate powerhouse genre in the movement fueled by Hex Hector, Victor Calderone, Thunderpuss, Jonathan Peters, Peter Rauhofer (a.k.a. Club 69), Danny Tenaglia, Rosabel, Razor N Guido, Pablo Flores, Junior Vasquez and Johnny Vicious who blurred the lines between Progressive House and Trance.

Probably one of the biggest unsung heroes from this period is Soul Solution which consisted of Bobby Guy and Ernie Lake. These guys were the go-to for many commercial remixes and there's a story there that I can't seem to dig up so I'll just go by what I remember. Don't hold this as gospel because I'm only going by what I remembered. Maybe someone else can shed more light on this story.

Soul Solution was their brand but if I remember correctly, the trademark was owned by a major label. When they attempted to leave the label, they weren't allowed to take the name with them. Since their brand was built under this name, it was near impossible to market themselves independently. Though, Ralphi Rosario from Rosabel managed to break out on his own as did Chris Cox from Thunderpuss and Guido Osorio from Razor N Guido Bobby Guy and Ernie Lake were not household names. It's likely why Hex Hector (who had worked with the guys on the breakthrough remix of Toni Braxton's "Un-break My Heart" in 1996) picked up the slack in the coming years even though he was already in high demand.

You'll likely remember a lot of their remixes but less so who remixed them. Party Favorz is here to set the record straight as much of their work will be featured over the next several sets.

The major change in club music was no accident but something that was in the making for the better half of the decade and is fondly remembered by club kids (including myself) with 1999 through maybe 2001 being the best the genre served up. As musical tastes changed, Progressive House eventually gave way to Electro House — another genre that came up through the underground.

From some of the more obscure tracks, the biggest club hits including that whole short-lived Ibiza sound — TU90HC has got you covered. I had a lot of fun creating this first set and was taken aback by Monifah's "Touch Me," which I had completely forgotten about.

Well, f∩ck me twice on Sunday! Party Favorz (i.e. me, myself, I) has been in a pissy mood all week trying to get this CDN and caching plugin configured to my liking and it's turned into an obsession of defeat. I don't know what that means but it seems to fit the situation.

Since Last Splash was already in the bag and I had planned on taking a much-needed break afterward — I decided to go ahead and drop this Labor Day weekend party set 7 days early.

You'll notice a lot of Block & Crown remixes in this set as I've only recently gotten access to an entire catalog of their work through one of my DJ services. Many of these songs never see the light of day on Beatport or Traxsource but are DJ exclusives (likely because of licensing issues). There's not a lot known about this duo other than they appear to be filling the gap left behind by Almighty and 7th Heaven who have been staples in the gay dance arena for several decades.

While their brand isn't strictly geared towards gay audiences as you'll notice their work ends up on our Dance Club, Disco House, and Peak Hour series — they're remarkably agile and easily adapt to whatever they're working on. In the last couple of years, they started remixing other artists' tracks and have recently embarked on creating original songs for the ZYX Music label (another blast from the past that's still pumping out great dance music).

Other notable duos that have more recently entered this arena are Nacho Chapado & Ivan Gomez whose Guareber Recordings produced earworms with big tribal circuit beats and have now expanded into power disco house tracks and mashups much like Block & Crown are doing with great success. It's not clear if their Disco Gurls and Ghostmasters monikers are indeed themselves or ghost DJs working under the Guareber Recordings label but they've hit on something as there's lots of room and plenty of source material to sample and mashup from the 70s, 80s, 90s and the early millennium.

Then of course there's the Party Favorz favorite Purple Disco Machine, whose remixes and remakes of historical dance classics and current pop and Indie songs bring everything into his own little disco universe has exploded on the dance scene making him one of the most sought-after DJs right now.

Throw all this together with brand new dance gems and cheesy remakes of 80s love songs and you got yourself the most EPIC T-Dance set I've put out to date.

As mentioned earlier, I plan on taking a couple of weeks off from the podcast to recharge my batteries and hopefully get this g*ddamned caching plugin properly configured as well as the app for Party Favorz, which was all working great until it wasn't. The last one isn't on me but on the underlying structure supporting it — mainly Microsoft.

When I return, I plan on finishing off the Ultimate 90's House Classics series before launching the much-delayed Ultimate Trance Classics ...

As we near the end of the 2021 summer season, Party Favorz is cooling things down with our latest Chill Out session, Summer Farewell.

This set features a wide variety of laidback styles including Deep House, Electronica, Lounge, NuJazz, Minimal, and Progressive House to help you slow down and prepare for Fall. Granted, the summer weather seems to be lasting longer and longer these days.

In Georgia, we used to get a taste of Fall in late August but for the last several years, the cooling weather doesn't show up until late September or October before jumping right into winter weather. Fall has always been my favorite time of the year but it just keeps getting shorter and shorter.

Take note that I finally used the massive summer sleeper hit "Love Tonight" by Shouse. If you wonder why there are so many different versions of this track out there using the same refrain, it's because of this song — included here — in its original darker Indie groove form with the full vocals. The song itself has taken on a life of its own and will end up being in the Top 10 of the year's best Dance Club songs (likely the Robin Schulz version).

We have two tracks from newcomer Rosko who just happens to be my nephew. Other than he used to DJ parties in college, I'm not sure where this came from because his gig is a graphic design and advertising. I'm excited for him and look forward to hearing more about his work in the future. I might suggest he ad the album to Beatport, Traxsource, JunoDownload, and Amazon Music as well and select tracks on Kings of Spin for greater exposure. He sent me his first album 'Agents of Purity' out now on Spotify and Apple Music. Check out 'Noseslide' below.

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With Labor Day weekend around the corner, Summer Farewell will NOT be the final word of the season. I've already got the next T-Dance — the Sunday afternoon pleasure of our gay boys — set in the can that will drop next week. Far be it for Party Favorz to leave y'all on a somber note before heading into the fall. I will say that this set is a ball of energy and lots of fun. Until the next time...ENJOY!

Album : Summer Farewell 2021

Genre : Deep House, Electronica, NuJazz, Minimal, Progressive House

Year : 2021

Total Time : 04:15:44

1. Sauco - Sun Goddess (Original Mix)

2. Andres Llado - Es Murters (Original Mix)

3. Be Svendsen - Nemrut (Extended Mix)

4. Lee Burridge & Lost Desert - Loopyjazz (Original Mix)

5. Sebastien Leger - Feel (Original Mix)

6. Augusto Gagliardi - Rainy Day (Extended Mix)

7. Facundo Mohrr - I Have A Summer In My Eye (Original Mix)

8. Rosko - Soft Detours (Original Mix)

9. Yousef & CamelPhat - April (Original Mix)

10. Da Fresh & Noidor - Mirari (Original Mix)

11. Shouse - Love Tonight (Original Mix)

12. Cassian - Open Up (Durante Remix)

13. Coeo - I Can Never Be Yours (Original Mix)

14. Rosko - Noseslide (Original Mix)

15. Alexander Matchak - Step By Step (Original Mix)

16. Tapesh & Sunday Noise - Pressure (Original Mix)

17. Smok - Dance Tonight (Original Mix)

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As well all know, Monday the 16th is the queen's birthday, and to help launch the various festivities and celebrations that this woman elicits from her millions of fans all over the world — Party Favorz is dropping 'Celebrate! Madonna 2021' features another round of fabulous bootlegs of her biggest hits and fan favorites from her 40 years as one of the world's biggest stars.

I realize I had promised the 'Ultimate Madonna Series' this year but decided to flesh out all these bootlegs that have either never appeared on previous releases in this celebratory series and with over two thousand tracks in my collection — there was a lot to choose from. One of these may be official but I can't say for certain with the way remixes are released these days. In addition to these bootlegs, several others were recently released and I wanted to ensure those get the attention they deserve as well.

Since 2022 will be Party Favorz 15 year anniversary, I promise to release comprehensive sets of the official remixes plus the best of the best in bootlegs. I'll just have to get a head start months in advance because these compilations take considerable time and I don't like to rush them.

In the interim, you can go to the official Madonna page on Party Favorz and download past efforts that take on the official remixes and various bootlegs that are not included here. There's more than enough here to fulfill even the hardest of the hardcore fan that you won't find all in one place anywhere else.

I'm near burnt out since running a marathon of releases since the end of May but still have two more offerings for you folks through Labor Day. After that, I'll be taking a much-needed break.

I also want to mention that I had a falling out with Cloudflare who was delivering edge service for Party Favorz to ensure the fastest possible speeds abroad. I've since dropped them and have found another company to pick up the slack but it hasn't been implemented yet. I may do it this weekend or next week so if you experience any wonky behavior from the site, please be patient and just keep checking back because these things usually get fixed within 24 hours or less.

I hope everyone is staying safe, cool, and hydrated because we're not quite done with summer just yet. I also want to wish Madonna a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY and send X0X0 to her and all of her fans around the world. Until the next time...ENJOY!

Album: Celebrate! Madonna 2021

Genre: Dance, Club

Year: 2021

Total Time: 04:49:58

1. Celebration (Studio Acapella)

2. Girl Gone Wild (Justin Cognito Extended Mix)

3. Give Me All Your Luvin' (Alessio Silvestro Remix)

4. Vogue (Bit Error Club)

5. Bitch I'm Madonna (Backdoor Deluxe Club Mix) [with Nicki Minaj]

6. Give It 2 Me (Marchillo Remix)

7. Don't Tell Me (Lukesavant Daft Remix)

8. Masterpiece (Uzazi luv's Madonna Mix)

9. Human Nature (Lukesavant Mix)

10. Secret (Some Bizarre Mix)

11. Ray Of Light (Tim Van De Velde Remix)

12. I Don't Search, I Find (Kue's Studio 54 Mix)

13. Like A Virgin (Bit Error vs. EDX & Arston ''Szeplo'' MASHUP)

14. Love Profusion (Sartori Good Mood Remix)

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Party Favorz is back with the ultimate summer dance party to fuel the remaining days of the season and boy oh boy the Summer Melt 2021 is lit!

When I sat down to compile this set list, it was coming up short and frankly a bit homogenous. There haven't been any late summer bombs released and the majority of it was already covered in the two-volume Catch-Up 2021 series, which dropped at the end of June.

I had started building my set list for future Disco House and Peak Hour releases but after listening to the newer songs in there, I threw them all in with the Dance Club folder and just let the spirit move me. With over 200 tracks to choose from, I did this all on the fly and chose songs that just flowed making for one of the most diverse sets Party Favorz has released since maybe the annual Blow Your Own Horn series.

There's a bit of Future House, EDM, NuDisco, House, Progressive House, and Tech House all fused perfectly in one seamless 4+ hour set leaving you with surprises at every turn. I made sure to include the latest bootlegs, mashups, and updated throwbacks for some familiarity. In short, this is the defacto dance party to close out the summer.

As we all know, August is Madonna's birthday month. Though we skipped last year's entries, we're on track to release a four-volume set for you diehard fans this year. They won't all drop in time for her birthday but since the entire month belongs to Madame X, they'll be released accordingly.

The plan is to hue closely to the original remixes (with a few bootlegs thrown in for good measure) that reflect her long career atop the dance music charts. We'll start with the 80s and then move forward through the various iterations of her ever-evolving styles up to the current day. These will be the most comprehensive sets released by far featuring our favorite diva.

I hope everyone is staying dehydrated because this set is gonna set the house on FIRE!

Until the next time...ENJOY!!!

Album: Summer Melt 2021

Genre: Dance, Club, House

Year: 2021

Total Time: 04:17:21

1. Doja Cat x The Weeknd - You Right (Kue Remix)

2. Calvin Harris vs. Cammora & 1 World - Summer (Kastra Lost In Music Edit)

3. Cammora & 1 World - Lost In Music (Original Mix)

4. Fergie x Firebeatz - Glamorous Habits (Zillionaire Mashup)

5. Beyoncé feat. Jay Z - Crazy In Love (Clavette & Racket Club Edit)

6. The Shamanic feat. Andrea Love - Fire (Charlie Lane Remix)

7. Sean Finn, Robin S, Bodybangers & Luxe 54 - Show Me Love (Original Mix)

8. Jonas Blue & LÉON - Hear Me Say (KREAM Remix Extended Mix)

9. Coldplay - Higher Power (dEVOLVE Remix Extended)

10. Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar (JØRD V.I.P Remix)

11. Ava Max - Everytime I Cry (R3hab Mix)

12. Yves V & HUGEL - Finally (Original Mix)

13. Sofi Tukker - Drinkee (Vintage Culture & John Summit Extended Mix)

14. Dirtyloud - Boogie (Extended Mix)

15. Duke Dumont & Kid Enigma - Let Me Dance (Extended Mix)

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Keeping up the pressure on our summer release schedule, Party Favorz is dropping the annual Summer Edition 2021 featuring summer's hottest gay circuit anthems. Enjoy!

Album: Summer Edition 2021 

Genre: Circuit, Tribal, House

Year: 2021

Total Time: 03:57:09

1. Rafael Barreto feat. OXA - Great Wall (Leanh Club Remix)

2. Molly Sanden - Husavik (Jose Spinnin Cortes White Label Remix)

3. Lil Nas X - Montero (Call Me By Your Name) (Neto Figueredo Cocaine Remix)

4. Bakermat - Baianá (Andrei Stan Remix)

5. Unknown - Besame Mucho (Ronald Rossenouff & RÁSIL Remix)

6. Plumb - In My Arms (Junior Senna Tribal Remix)

7. Tony Deluca - Athena (Original Mix)

8. Timbaland feat. Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake - Give It To Me 2K21 (Elias Rojas Tribalism Mix)

9. Jessie J - I Want Love (HenriqMoraes Remix)

10. Tommer Mizrahi & Guy Scheiman - One Of Those Days (Club Mix)

11. Topic feat. A7S - Breaking Me (Dom de Sousa & Jason Conti Remix)

12. Britney Spears - Circus (Lobinha Remix)

13. Britney Spears - Gimme More (Alexander 2021 Mix)

14. Dua Lipa - Love Again (Dario Xavier Remix)

15. Olivia Rodrigo - Good 4 U (Dario Xavier Remix)

16. Unknown - Banana (Dan De Leon Remix)

17. Diego Santander & Leanh - Scream (Original Mix)

18. Brian Justin Crum + GSP - Crazy (Toy Armada Remix)

19. Bebe Rexha x Alex Gaudino - Watch Out This SACRIFICE (MDMATIAS Mashup)

20. BTS - Butter (Dario Xavier Club Remix)

21. Ed Sheeran - Bad Habits (Dirty Disco Eagle Houston Remix)

22. Mabel - Let Them Know (FUri DRUMS eXtended House Club Remix)

23. Galantis, David Guetta & Little Mix - Heartbreak Anthem (Brett Oosterhaus Remix)

24. Strappa - My Love (Bruno Bassi & Diego Santander Remix)

25. Headrocka feat. Jozay Luis - Echoes (Michael Benayon Remix)

26. Madonna - Burning Up (Cajjmere Wray Remix)

27. Demi Lovato & Ariana Grande - Met Him Last Night (Leo Blanco Remix)

28. LACES - Breaking My Heart (Hector Fonseca & Thiago Dukky Extended Remix)

29. Jipsta - Get You Home (Dirty Disco Mainroom Remix)

30. Haifa Wehbe - Waheshny (Jose Spinnin Cortes' White Label Remix)

31. Crystal Waters vs. J Balvin - In The Guetto (Mark Alvarado Mix 2021)

32. Nightbirde - It's OK (Brian Cua Circuit Anthem Remix)

33. Madonna - Get Together (Victor Cabral & Alberto Ponzo Dub Mix)

34. Donna Summer - Faster And Faster To Nowhere (Cajjmere Wray 44th Anniversary Club Mix)

35. Offer Nissim feat. Zehava Ben - Elai (Club Mix)

36. Weytton Silva - For Live (Rafael Daglar Remix)

37. Ava Max - EveryTime I Cry (Carlos Martinez Remix)

38. Offer Nissim feat. Maya - Alone (John W Respect Mix)

39. Regard feat. Troye Sivan & Tate McRae - You (Jack Chang Remix)

40. Esteban Lopez & Binomio feat. Alicia Nilsson - Holding Out For A Hero (Leanh Club Remix)

41. The Shamanic feat. Andrea Love - Fire (Erick ibiza Club Mix)

42. Luis Erre - Karabina (Original Mix)

43. Global Deejays feat. Ida Corr - My Friend (Marcelo Almeida 'Get Busy' Private)

44. Rita Ora, David Guetta, Imanbek feat. Gunna - Big (Andrei Stan Remix)

45. Todrick Hall - Rainnin Fellas (Dario Xavier Remix)

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Party Favorz decided to jumpstart your weekend with the annual Beach House Edition 2021 style!

Because of an uptick in music selections, Beach House 2021 is one of the more diverse Disco House sets we've done in a while. Beach House 2021 has everything including NuDisco, Classic House, Jackin House, Soulful, and even some Gospel and Reggae thrown in for good measure — with everything sitting on the funky tip. This is one ball of sunshine that should make kicking back around the pool even more carefree.

There are some classic Disco samples sprinkled throughout as well as some updated originals. In most cases, the DJs don't use the original titles (for unknown reasons but I can surmise) a few of which will be reprised a bit later with the original titles for the fourth installment of Thank God It's Disco.

The set list for the Summer Edition 2021 for our gay circuit boy followers has already been compiled and will be ready to launch by the end of next week. Until then...ENJOY!

Album: Beach House 2021

Genre: House, Jackin’ House, NuDisco, Soulful

Year: 2021

Total Time: 03:11:13

1. Beat Junkiez - All Over The World (Club Mix)

2. House Of Prayers - Disco Stepper (Original Mix)

3. Disco Gurls - Around The Disco (Original Mix)

4. Block & Crown, Paul Parsons - Relight My Dubbs (Original Mix)

5. Walterino - Too Much Of You (Da Lukas Remix)

6. Mistura & Dave Lee - Runnin' (Dr Packer Remix)

7. Mark Knight & Michael Gray feat. Gia - Love Is All We're Living For (Extended Mix)

8. The Shamanic feat. Andrea Love - Fire (Club Mix)

9. Alaia & Gallo feat. Michelle Weeks - I'm Going Up (Qubiko Extended Remix)

10. Block & Crown - The Way Love Goes (NUDisco Mix)

11. Raw Essence & Dave Lee - Do You Love What You Feel (Dr Packer Edit)

12. The Cube Guys & Alex Gewer - Dance Dance Dance (Original Mix)

13. Nari - That's The Way (Original Mix)

14. Block & Crown, Maickel Telussa - I Don't Want No Other (Original Mix)

15. Adri Block - Ride It Baby (Block & Crown BLockdown Mix)

16. Moreno Pezzolato - We Got You (Original Mix)

17. Beat Junkiez - Give Me Praise (Original Mix)

18. Brooklyn Express - Change Position (88) (Dr Packer Remix)

19. Blaze, UDAUFL feat. Barbara Tucker - Most Precious Love (Michael Gray Remix)

20. DJ Romain & Danny Krivit - Philly Groove (Dr Packer 12'' Version)

21. Purple Disco Machine - Playbox (Extended Mix)

22. HRDY & DANROS - Everybody Dance (Original Mix)

23. Junior Jack - Stupidisco (David Penn Extended Remix)

24. Laurent Simeca & Crazibiza - Ain't No Sunshine (Original Mix)

25. Dawna Montell & Georgie Porgie - Love Somebody (Extended Mix)

26. Re-Tide - Piano Lover (Original Mix)

27. Alaia & Gallo feat. IDA fLO - Shoulda Coulda (Extended Mix)

28. Samo - What A Feeling (Danny Cruz Remix)

29. Crystal Waters, DJ Spen & MicFreak - Party People (Michael Gray Remix)

30. M&S pres. The Girl Next Door - Salsoul Nugget (If You Wanna) (Mark Knight Extended Dub Mix)

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After a long gay slog through June where our Gay Pride dance podcasts are currently residing in the top two spots (again) of the Top 10 — Party Favorz is ready to get your summer party started with a brand new Peak Hour set that's going to burn a hole through your earbuds.

We've picked an additional DJ service to add to our arsenal, which gives us a broader selection of the latest floor scorchers. The result is Lose CTRL, which has been on repeat for the past week because it's that good!

Diplo performed his magic on the massive "Marea (We've Lost Dancing" by The Blessed Madonna taking the track to new levels.

Bright Lights takes Britney's "Trouble For Me" and turns it into a progressive burner that's worth the price of entry. Since the original is from 2012, we're hoping Britney will unshackle herself from her father and his merry bandit of grifters and leechers who've been bleeding her dry. It may even be time for a new Diva Hall of Fame entry from Miss Spears in honor of the #freebritney momentum she's receiving.

There are some hot Hot HOT crossover tracks out at the moment: Goodboys' "Bongo Cha Cha Cha" adds some Latin summer flavor while Marshmello and Nitti Gritti team up with Megan Thee Stallion who delivers the epic battle of sexes takedown with "Bad Bitches."

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Other winners included are "Free" by Vintage Culture, Fancy Inc & Roland Clark, "Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)" with Deeper Purpose doing the remix honors for Piero Pirupa's chart-topping ode to the Rozalla classic, and "Emergency" by Tommy Trash & Yolanda Be Cool, which has the 80s kinda feel that beckons us to the dance floor.

With the recent success of "Slim Is Alive" by Richard Grey and Lissat, Eminem and Dr. Dre have had a bit of a resurgence lately but on the dance floor. This set includes "Forget About Dre" and Em's "Without Me," which begs the question why his music hadn't been remixed sooner. All of these songs give a whole new vibe and feel fresh for those who didn't grow up in the early millennium when Emenim struck gold.

We also have a valiant stab at the 2Pac (featuring Dr. Dre) classic "California Love," which makes heavy use of the original while tacking on a deep progressive groove on both ends of the song.

80s mega rock stars Dire Straits (a personal favorite) have also enjoyed a comeback in the unlikely venue of House Music. In the spring Block & Crown and Lissat released "Swingin' Sultan," which is a housed-up version of "Sultans Of Swing." It was in every DJs top 10 for months but we never included it in any of our sets because as good as it is, it just seemed to drag the set. Maybe that was a misstep on our part but that leads to "Money For Nothing."

Dave Delly Umberto Balzanelli created an outstanding remix of the 1985 track, which was included in our Catch-Up 2021 pt. 1 as an easter egg. Now, Ben Phillips has dropped a mashup with the song and MK's "17," which is equally as good. Sometimes I'm floored at people's creativity and the shit they manage to pull together.

We've got more laid out for the rest of July including our annual Beach House, Summer Edition and likely a brand new

As promised, Party Favorz is delivering a second slice of the year's biggest dance club songs with a smattering of new releases, bootlegs, and newer club hits that are going to be fueling your summer dance parties. Let's get started.

Anyone with a sense of musical history knows that disco has been all the rage lately but another sound people are missing out on is the resurgence of 80s Dance. Ahh yes, the soundtrack to my life has made its way into your life because...why not.

Calvin Harris has been sidestepping his normal house music pop in search of a new sound. By Your Side (with Tom Grennan) reaches back into the annals of 80s pop with "By Your Side." While I have mixed feelings about this song it is making a lot of top-ten playlists on Spotify so it could be a grower.

A more catchy 80's throwback with a lot of help from the 90's Punk/Pop supergroup Smash Mouth is from Timmy Trumpet. "Camelot" is another track making inroads and while the use of Smash Mouth might be questionable to some, the song does offer a catchy summer pop hook.

Of course, Miley Cyrus has been all about the 80s this year and "Midnight Sky" is one of the year's best along with her duet on "Prisoner" with Dua Lipa (the queen of disco revitalization).

The German record producer and DJ Boys Noize (Alexander Ridha) has been around for a while and has produced some big names in music. His latest release with the help of Jake Shears (Scissor Sisters), is a definite 80's throwback complete with low-grade synths from the early part of the decade when New Wave was a thing. However, it's the Purple Disco Machine remix that takes "All I Want" to a whole new level. PDM delivers a sleazy disco groove with his Donna Summer (Love To Love You Baby) meets Barry White delivery making the song a sex-fueled dance floor pleaser that deserves a wider audience.

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Another surprise is from the fantastic Dirty Disco who seem to have taken on a new direction in their remixes. From circuit to t-dance and now pop productions — the boys from Houston have taken the Olivio Rodrigo send-off to an ex "Deja Vu," which thematically resembles Alanis Morrissette's "You Oughta Know" in its sentiment. They take the song and flip it with a happy pop dancefloor production taking the song to a whole new level. If I were on Rodrigo's team, I'd remix the original in this style and re-release it for another guaranteed #1 because it just works.

Finally, you're going to hear two new tracks with very familiar samples that you won't be able to put your finger on. First up is Jax Jones' "Feels" which sample the verse of the early 90s #1 pop/R&B hit "Can't Stop" by After 7. Jones adds a deep underlying bass house rhythm and slightly alters the vocals delivering a fun house stomper that's bound to pack floors.

The other track is "Light Up My Life" by Jack Wins and Joe Stone. This also samples another famous track but it was driving me nuts until I finally figured it was Madonna's "Who's That Girl." The sample is very small but employed over and over creatin...