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Stranger Than Paradise at Jimmy Valentine's

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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inspired by my recent hike to the bottom of the grand canyon, i’ve finally pulled my finger out and recorded a new mix of recent and not-so-recent deep-ish housey doings. recorded on 2 x 1210’s, and effects box and a zoom handy recorder h2.

andy grant – lost and found (245 mb / 320 kbps / 105 mins)

track list:

a man called adam – ¿que’ tal america? (the mericana mix) (prescription
manuel tur – vabanque (stimming remix) (freerange)
penner + muder – are you lost (dub version ) (moodmusic)
groovenauts – acacia (original) (tonality)
burnski – .girls (exquisite music)
kerri chandler – light the world (deeply rooted house)
john tejada / arian leviste – fashion avenue (moods & grooves)
rocco – supernova (freerange)
penner + muder – millennium falcon (moodmusic)
chez damier – untitled (kms 049)
chez damier & ron trent – untitled (prescription 107)
deviance – liquid life (touché)
pirahnahead – come together (whaadat music)
art jones ft tshedi – listen with your soul (multi-racial records)
bang bang – rhythm saloon (candy dealers vocal mix) (myna music)
the martinez brothers – where’s mr. brown (objecktivity)
jerome syndenham & dennis ferrer – jehlaz (ibadan)
tony lionni – 5th cycle (aesthetic audio)
sunshine jones – if you wouldn’t mind (tiger stripes acid dub) (nite grooves)
dj marquis – head over heels (stillove4music)

i had a request from westside to repost shaken not stirred, so here it is…i’ve been slacking big time recently, so no new mixes. to make up for it i’ll repost some classic dchousegrooves mixes over the next few days. watch this space.

andy grant – shaken not stirred (320kbps mp3 / 228Mb / 100 minutes)

Track list:

ferrer & sydenham inc. – timbuktu (âme beatless mix) (ibadan)
roland clark – sunshine (ron trent remix instrumental) (need2soul)
alicia – p.o.w. (restricted access)
gus gus – very important people (warner bros.)
fresh and low – deep end (west side records)
quentin harris feat. monique bingham – you can’t have new york (clean shelter vox mix) (shelter records)
shotsis – deep desert soundz (multi-racial records)
juke joint feat. yvonne brown – gotta get up (muthafunkaz dub work) (tony records)
roy davis jr. – goodlife (rdj original mix) (mile end records)
d3 – dreamin’ (rurals funk mix) (peng)
rich medina feat. sy smith – can’t hold back (king britt scuba mix) (kindred spirits)
quentin harris – house (unrestricted access)
f12 – go bang! (ibadan)
ferrer & karizma ltd. – the cube (objektivity)
âme – rej (pastaboys dub mix) (defected)
tiger stripes – what was (nite grooves)
jus’dope – deep shit (soul heaven)
marshall jefferson feat. rachel pearson – feel me (usb records)

i received a request from darren clark to post my mix “the way we used to do it”, so i had a dig around on my hard disk, and here it is! i haven’t listened to this one in a while, and it takes me back a few years…. a very different style to my recent “strobes and smoke” mix, keeping it deep and moody at around 120 bpm. originally inspired by a long lost mix tape by rob acteson circa 1992, it’s eighty minutes of deep grooves the way they should be.

enjoy!

andy grant – the way we used to do it (177mb / 77 minutes / 320kbps)

track list:

backroom productions – the definition of a track (the backroom) (new york underground records)
fre-dee – ride it…you can’t fight it (drum break) (underworld records)
robert owens – gotta work (uncut mix) (freetown inc)
desiya – comin’ on strong (zanza dub) (black market london)
latour – blue (underground ice pick mix) (xx records)
davis feat. adolfo – 2b or not 2b (klubb kidz flava dub) (dj exclusive)
sub-culture feat. marcus – dreams (tribal life mix) (strobe records)
house of swing – rockaby baby (lazy boy records)
the creeps – change it (simonelli’s late nite disco dub) (clubvision records)
wanda rogers – prove your love (mad enthusiasts dub) (interstate records)
kcc feat. emile – heaven (mood mix) (azuli records)
hardrive feat. lg – sindae (masters at work dub) (strictly rhythm)
the klubb kids – don’t want to hurt you (flava dub) (dj exclusive)
freedom – closer (pierre’s generate power mix) (power music)
midi rain – shine (pierre’s chicago house mix) (vinyl solution)