dc house grooves

time for the annual dc house grooves jaunt to västerås, sweden! last time I went at the height of the glorious swedish summer, but this time i’m braving the winter weather.  two gigs lined up for this trip: friday night 11 december at the circus, playing alongside resident dj klas larsson, then saturday night 12 december at å restaurang & bar, again with resident dj klas.

so if you’re in the neighborhood, drop by either friday or saturday for a quality night of disco, house an who knows what. nights out in västerås are always fantastic. the mornings after, on the other hand….

it’s going to be fun!

skaka rumpa!

If you’re looking for some house music in Washington DC this coming Saturday night, DC House Grooves recommends that you get yourself down to Jimmy Valentine’s for night of quality tunes from the Stranger Than Paradise crew. I’ve not checked out this venue, but I’ve heard good things about it. I went to the last Stranger Than Paradise in October with DJ Jus-Ed supported by Navbox and Rosario, and had a great time. Quality tunes and a fun crowd.  This coming Saturday they’ve got DJ Leks Vargas (aka Leks The Imposter ) on the decks, with Elisa from New York, and I’m sure it’s going to be a fun night all round. If you make it down there, you may even find me throwing some shapes on the dancefloor, JD and Coke in hand

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finally got round to doing a new mix…it’s been ages since the last one, but I do have a bunch of valid excuses….the main one being that my beloved vestax pmc-250r mixer stopped working about a year ago, forcing me to rescue my old intimidation don mkii mixer from the basement. while the don ii was good in its day, it has no eq and no rotary faders, and the headphone control on my one would only work on full volume, which is not great given that my ears are screwed from too many years of listening to music way too loud! anyway, a couple of weeks ago I found another vestax pmc-250r on ebay, put in a bid and won it. problem is the seller said he hadn’t tested it, and couldn’t guarantee it worked. since they are so hard to find i figured i’d roll the dice. mixer arrived on friday, i plugged it in and fired it up…..of course, it didn’t work. phono 1 channel only in mono. great. next morning i figured i’d get my broken one up from the basement and see if i could work something out. i pulled both mixers apart, and with a bit of trial and error managed to construct a fully working pmc-250r from the good components of both mixers. win! had a word with the ebay seller…he listened to my story and gave me a healthy refund. end result – i’m back in business with my mixer of choice….henceforth to be known as “frankenmixer”.

..but the thing that really persuaded me to get back on the decks was that i went out for the first time in ages last friday. i went down to a night hosted by stranger than paradise down on u street in dc to hear the always fantastic jus-ed on the decks, with support from navbox and rosario (http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=272288390289&ref=share).  a fun night in a great space with a decent sound system and a jumping crowd. supposed to be a monthly event, so you could do worse than check it out if you’re in dc. was great to jump around to some quality house tunes, and it inspired me to get my act together and throw down some tunes.

here’s the result…..just over two hours of quality house beats. enjoy.

andy grant – moon bounce (288MB / 127 minutes / 320kbps)

as always, mixed proper old school style with vinyl records (remember them?), 2 x technics 1210 mkii’s, an effects box and a mixer.

track list:

intro: black cock – luna party (excerpt) (black cock)
code 416 – maze (dnh)
mood ii swing – move me (white)
the revenge – night flight (jiscomusic)
ooft! – this sound (instruments of rapture)
cassioware feat. sajaeda – fantasy (herbert’s reality dub) (playhouse)
george t – bass chase (under the counter)
mateo & matos – philly anthem (sozzi edit) (henry street music)
tr – movement (restricted tracks)
kenny hawkes – jet sex (original sex, love + motion mix) (luxury service)
brothers’ vibe feat. krystine walker – natural evolution (experience recordings)
discocaine – house da crowd (movin’) (club dub) (zoom records)
b. mccarthy – .the phantom (original mix) (moody records)
kings of tomorrow – liquid interlude #1 (deep vision records)
bear who? – my thank (fuzzys out the door mix) (camouflage recordings)
frs – love is the message (global cuts)
h foundation – jus dance (hipp-e- quark mix) (camouflage recordings)
tjr – log jamming (catalyst)
braxton holmes & mark grant – the revival (cajual records)
andy Roberts – big daddy beats (kult records)
jark / prongo – shake it (jp records)
david duriez – the banger (under the counter)
heller & farley project – ultra flava (pete’s dub) (UMD)
unknown – deep beats vol. 1 (deep beats)

here’s a mix I did back in 2004, originally broadcast live on the planetsoul network. two solid house of qualitydeep house grooves.

andy grant – redshift (115mb / 126 mins / 128kbps)

Tracklist:

porks watch – millions toes interlude (sylvester over’s marion cobra remix) (q-tape records)
plej – blue (a different shade of blue remix by akufen) (exceptional records)
tripmastaz feat. kapa – do u pheel it (grab recordings)
b’n’g – in the distance (greens keepers music)
spirit catcher – hold your tight (missive)
kerrier district – let’s dance and freak (rephlex)
franck roger – there was a child (versatile)
julius papp feat. d’layna – dame mas (harley & muscle deep ride mix) (neodisco music)
rhythm slaves – let your love shine on (rhythm slaves original) (odds and ends music)
natural rhythm – uh oh (amenti music)
panyard – broken heart (halo & jay-j remix) (blüem recordings)
yo yo honey – groove on (m & s epic klub) (worx)
powder productions – chilli sauce (glasgow underground)
unknown artist – oops daisy a (bootleg)
nick holder feat. jemini – no more dating dj’s (john ciafone vocal mix) (nrk sound division)
members only – rubber horn (greens keepers music)
the rhythm slaves – got to get back to you (chocoflash)
jerome sydenham – kryptic beats (ibadan)
hipp-e – rastaman (detour)
roy davis jr. feat. terry dexter – if you wanna (p’taah vocal mix) (ubiquity)
unknown artist – oops daisy (bootleg)
halo & jay-j – like jazz (large)

Enjoy!