Mix: Ersatz Club

This mix pulls you in with some club appeal and beats, before revealing its true nature; it’s not really club music, because I don’t know if this type of music really appeals to your paying, club-going type. And that’s a shame. I’d probably go out a lot more often if there were clubs playing something more like this.

Download: Ersatz Club Mix (mocked up by mahmoud)

(mp3, VBR ~240kbps, 103MB, 58:30 running time)

Here it is, my first laptop-created mix. I started getting into Ableton a while back, but that dwindled, like most things, because of school. Anyway, this thing took forever to put together, but I’m pretty happy with the result. I’ll be revisiting the tables if I can’t get a better hold on the workflow. But damn if some of the mixes didn’t come out polished as hell.

Still, listening to the mix I sort of get the feeling that I’m showcasing music and not building a mood. I’ve got to put some more work into that. Practicepracticepractice.

Notes inlined in the tracklisting. This mix goes out to Alan for his birthday. I’m not sure why I picked this picture for the cover art. I’ve got to start putting more thought into that, too.

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Tracklisting:

1. Loose Shus – Taurus (Keenhouse Remix)
   32 measure mix, smooth as eff.
2. Guy Gerber and Shlomi Aber - After Love
3. Towa Tei – Risk Some Soul (feat. Luomo)
4. In Flagranti – Business Acumen (Arveene & Misk’s Business Acid Remix)
5. Flight of the Conchords – I Like to Rock the Party
   An excellent transition considering it was like a 30 second clip I ripped.
6. Gramophonedzie – Why Don’t You?
7. Afronaught – Transcend Me
8. Chicago – I’m a Man
   I felt compelled to put this in. The transition in felt nice, but it was hard as hell to get out of.
9. The Gorillaz – Dare (Chab Radio Edit)
10. Madita – Better Brother (Dbn Remix)
11. Muscles – Sweaty (Shazam Remix)
    Sadly this remix is the only good Muscles song, if you ask me, due to the female vocals. Muscles is all-male vocals and the unremixed song just kind of makes me feel uncomfortable.
12. Mylo – Drop the Pressure
    Damn I love this song
13. UNKLE - Reign (feat. Ian Brown)
    I got some requests for more recognizable music (I know right?! ;P). DARE, this one, and LCD Soundsystem all better count toward that.
14. LCD Soundsystem – Tribulations
15. Kings Go Forth – One Day
    This song is way faster than it sounds. I kind of mangled Tribulations to get up to 141 bpm.

Mikusu Fikusu Mou Ii Kai

One more time from Nihon, the second installment of the Mix Fix.

Download: MIX007 (Mix no.7)

(mp3, 73MB, 1:17:30 running length)

This mix was made using all my favorite party music from Spring 2009.  You will have to forgive the rough start, but I promise that if you get past the first three songs it is smooth sailing.  I really enjoy the ending.  The nostalgia of all those nights in the North Bottoms.  I will forever remember New Hampshire St. while listening to this mix, so if you participated in the activities, enjoy the memory through these bumpin air waves.

The title of this post is inspired by this. Pictured above is what you might come to expect from parties set to these tunes. If you enjoyed make sure to check out (Mix no.5).

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Tracklisting

1. Kid Cudi – Cleveland Is The Reason
2. John Legend feat. Andre 3000 – Green Light (Full)
3. The Clipse feat. Kanye – Kinda Like A Big Deal
4. Jay-Z, Kanye West, Lil Wayne – Swagga Like Us
5. Kid Cudi, Kanye West, Common feat. Lady Gaga – Poke Her Face
6. Bee Gees – More Than A Woman (DJ Protege Blue Room Remix)
7. Mo’ Horizons – Gonna Be
8. James Brown – Payback (The Final Mixdown)
9. Lush Logic – Mexico City (Murder Monkeys Mix)
10. Ratatat – Wildcat
11. Daft Punk – Harder Better Faster Stronger (Neptunes Remix)
12. MGMT – Kids
13. Kanye West – Champion (Cousin Cole Acid Dub)
14. The Ting Tings – That’s Not My Name (Tom Neville’s Nameless Vocal Mix)
15. Oh Snap – High Top Fade
16. Dj Class feat. Kanye West – I’m The Shit (Remix Dirty)
17. Starski & The Cool Kids – Stunnas On (Pfunkt’s Wear My Stunnas At Night Remix)
18. Rye Rye feat. M.I.A. – Bang (DJ Booman Remix)
19. Black Eyed Peas – Boom Boom Pow (Chew Fu Ghettohouse Fix)
20. The Ting Tings – Great DJ (Calvin Harris Remix)
21. Santogold feat. Spank Rock – Shove It (Disco Remix)
22. Kid Cudi – Day ‘N’ Nite (Crookers Remix)
23. N.E.R.D. – Everyone Nose (Douster Remix)
24. LCD Soundsystem – Daft Punk Is Playing At My House
25. LCD Soundsystem – North American Scum
26. The Beatles – All The Lonely People (DJ Protege Re-Fix)