Every now in then I get into such a great flow while I'm selecting tunes for a playlist and this is one of those times! Sometimes it seems as if the tracks call out to me. One by one they just leap out of my track collection and into my playlist. I was putting this set together in record time, until I got stuck lol! As it often happens I fall so deep in a groove I don't know how to get out of it. I like my sets to flow together seamlessly. I like for them to take you on a journey. I always try to have an hot intro that builds to a climax, then bring you to your final destination. But as a previously stated I got stuck. So I did what always seems to work for me and that step away from it for a while. This time I decided to look for some help from Nick Curly in a track I used in a previously recorded set. The Johnny D a Remix of "Piano In The Dark" worked perfectly. I try to bring you all fresh tunes every set. I constantly buy new music and immediately put it into a mix. Most times I only preview 15-30 secs of a track before I use it in a set. Yes from that short of a preview I decide, I like a tune and buy it, then later use it in a mix. I just get a feel for the track from a short preview. I'm usually hearing the entire for the first time as I'm recording it. I sometimes get a little surprise from the lyrics but that's ok too lol! This may seem a bit odd. I know some DJ's study tunes they know every beat and break. But this keeps the music fresh for me. It keeps me from getting burned out from listening to the same tracks over and over. It gives every set it's own identity, personality, flow. But every now and then I'll use a tune that I previously used. I also love to use spoken word in my sets whether it's already laid over a soulful house groove or I mash it with something. This set I think I used 4 tunes with spoken word kicking it off with "Welcome to My Club" building up to "Untitled Flow" and closing it out with "Obsession." This is a hot one so enjoy! Peace and love!
1. Welcome To My Club (Original) - Adam Rios Koffee
2. Hypnotizin - Kyoko Kamichichika, Masahiro Suzuki
3. Good Ol Love (Honeycomb Vocal Mix) - Honeysweet
4. Still Water (Lars Behrenroth Remix) - Rocco, Khensy
5. Demons Tremble (Marlon D’s Tremble The Demons Mix) - Marlon D
6. Untitled Flow (Kenny Dope & Franck Rogers Remixes)(Pressure-Pella Mix( Franck Roger Remix) -
Ursula Rucker
7. Piano In The Dark (Johnny D Remix) - Nick Curly
8. Dee & Deaf (Pezzner Redo Remix) - Michelle Owen
9. Obsession (Jazzloungerz 2013 Mix) - JazzLoungerz, Rainy Payne