Wanna get the September mix in before the month is actually over.  Slacker!…Why do today what you can do tomorrow.  Guess I can’t wait because tomorrow is October.  Here is one of my Cocktail Mixes for 94/7fm.  It’s for the Tuesday program and they want more mainstream recognizable stuff in these mixes which actually makes them more interesting and at the same time, harder, since it takes a bit of work to find older, more familiar songs that work well with the new material.

Anyway, might as well start off with a classic song from the 1986 Pretty in Pink movie.  I don’t know if it was actually written for the movie, but it was only released as a single and on the Pretty in Pink soundtrack and later on the New Order compilation Substance.  Seems like such a long time ago.  Sweden is again a hot bed of new music and both The Tough Alliance and Lykke Li are a testament to some great music coming out of Scandinavia.   The Twelves are from Brazil and do great work on both the Black Kids and M.I.A. tracks.  Then later on we have the Black Kids remixing Lykke Li.  Do you also get the feeling that music industry is a bit insestuous?  Modeselektor has a great remix of Bjork’s Dull Flame of Desire.  One mix is for the boys and the other for the girls.  The girls one is a bit mellower so I ended up going with that one.

1. Shellshock – New Order
2. Something Special – The Tough Alliance
3. Back Of The Van (Fred Falke Mix) – Ladyhawke
4. New Gold Dream (81, 82, 83, 84) – Simple Minds
5. I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance
With You (The Twelves Remix) – Black Kids
6. Boyz (The Twelves Remix) – M.I.A.
7. Remind Me (Someone Else’s Radio Mix) – Röyksopp
8. Where I Belong (Wookie Remix) – Sia
9. I’m Good, I’m Gone (Black Kids Remix) – Lykke Li
10. Dull Flame of Desire (Modeselektor’s RMX for Girls) – Björk
11. Never Miss A Beat (Cut Copy Remix) – Kaiser Chiefs
12. Into The Galaxy (Chateau Marmont Remix) – Midnight Juggernauts

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July is almost over so it’s about time I got the latest mix posted for this month. It has been a hectic month with tons of events and dj gigs. We had the Gorge Games, shows in Portland, a Pimp & Ho party at the River City and two Cebu Zodiac Socials this month. On top of that, there were a bunch of private parties as well. No matter how hectic the summer months are the radio show still airs every night at midnight on 94/7fm in Portland as well as weekends on KCGB K105 in Hood River. I’m posting one of my favorite mixes that I aired earlier this month. There is so much great music being released lately that I wanted to get a lot of it in a mix but at the same time inserting a few older tracks at the same time. CSS has a new album out and I probably didn’t even pick the best track off the album but it’s a great intro track into Ladytron’s Seventeen. I’ve been playing a lot of music from their latest, Velocifero, so it was nice to go back to an older track of theirs for this mix. Booka Shade’s latest release is ‘The Sun & The Neon Light’ and you can probably pick any song from that album and throw it into a mix. If you like Underworld and Swayzak, you’ll love these guys. Ladyhawke is a Kiwi born, Aussie bred and now London residing artist on the Modular label and her single got the magic touch from Aussies, Cut Copy. Pure modern pop with an electro disco sound. The Pinkertones are from Barcelona and they are currently lighting up the Warped Tour in the States. Why are these guys even touring with all those garage punk bands? Supposedly they have more energy on stage than any modern day pseudo punk outfit. Check them out if they come to your town. South Rakkas Crew has been remixed to death, but I really like the way THDP turned it into a slow bass grinder. Turn up the volume on the last couple of songs!

1. Let’s Reggae All Night – Cansei de Ser Sexy
2. Seventeen – Ladytron
3. Dirty Laundry (Skeewiff Remix) – Bitter:Sweet
4. Straight Up Front (Parov Stelar Mix) – Djosos Krost
5. Paris Four Hundred – Mylo
6. Numbers (Radio Mix) – Booka Shade
7. Paris Is Burning (Cut Copy Remix) – Ladyhawke
8. I Love To Move In Here (Seamus Haji Remix) – Moby
9. S.E.X.Y.R.O.B.O.T. – The Pinker Tones
10. Lights And Music – Cut Copy
11. California Roll – Kraak And Smaak
12. Mad Again (THDP Remix) – South Rakkas Crew

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Fellow ex-patriot, Junkie XL just released one of his more dance oriented records in while. Maybe all the music he’s writing for video games and remixes he’s done for Madonna got him back on the right path again. Good to have him back again……..You’re not Dutch unless you throw four on the floor! Ghostland Observatory are an upcoming rockatronica outfit from Austin, Texas. They were just in Portland the other week and put on a great show at the Crystal Ballroom. Goldfrapp and Moby don’t need an introduction except that they both just released some listenable records. Had to throw some Cut Copy in the set. My band of the moment put on a great show at Doug Fir two weeks ago. I was curious to see and hear how they were going to pull off their polished production sound live and I wasn’t disappointed. Some of the reworks they did of their older material was brilliant. Definitely try to catch these guys live if they come to your town. Here is their touring schedule.

Ladytron’s new album is called ‘Velocifero’ and will be released June 3rd in the USA. 2 songs from the album are widely available on the internet at this time. ‘Ghosts’ is going to be the first single and ‘Black Cat’ is actually available for download from their website.

Finishing off the set are some great remixes of some older tracks. The Gorillaz remix is a stand out. Enjoy!

1. You Make Me Feel So Good – Junkie XL
2. Dancing On My Grave – Ghostland Observatory
3. Happiness – Goldfrapp
4. Nightshade – Alexkid
5. 257.zero – Moby
6. Geisha Boys and Temple Girls – Heaven 17
7. So Haunted – Cut Copy
8. Need U Tonight (Jon Gill’s One Of My Kind Mix) – INXS
9. Black Cat – Ladytron
10. Hey Joe (Jeremy Sylvester’s Socafrica Remix) – Wolfman
11. Feel Good Inc. (Amir Amitai Remix ‘08) – Gorillaz
12. Baby Get Higher (Chew Fu Refix) – Van Velzen

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1. Soñe Otro Mundo – Manu Chao
2. The Chauffeur – Urbs
3. Come To Me – Koop
4. Givin Up – Hairy Diamond
5. Get Up Stand Up – Ojos De Brujo
6. Drink Me Hot – Chris Joss
7. Chez Roger Boite Funk – Troublemakers
8. Hypnotic – T Spigot
9. Yes Boss – Hess Is More
10. Lemon Tree (Thievery Corporation Mix) – Herb Alpert
11. For All We Know – Parov Stelar
12. Drum ‘N’ Boogaloo (Fort Knox Five Latin Funk Bomb) – Mo Horizons
13. Alhambra – El Kado
14. The Girl`s In Trouble (Thievery Corporation Mix) – The Januaries
15. Small Axe (Paul & Price Remix) – Bob Marley & the Wailers
16. I Think of You – Ivy
17. I Don’t Know What I Can Save You From (Röyksopp remix) – Kings of Convenience
18. One Evening (Rene Goulet’s Da Luz Mix) – Feist
19. Shadows of Ourselves – Thievery Corporation
20. Don’t Stop – Brazilian Girls

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Currently the Bass Kleph track has been dropping hard for DJ’s all over the world and the Hook ‘n’ Sling remix is outstanding. What is it with all these producers from Down Under? It seems that anything they touch just turns to gold. Electro Blitz does a nice electro job with Visage’s 1980 hit single ‘Fade to Grey’. These guys might have to be considered one hit wonders if it wasn’t for Midge Ure taking a break between Ultravox and going solo. Since we’re still in the 80’s, how about Bronski Beat’s ‘Tell me Why’ being sampled together with Yaz’s ‘Situation’ in the latest house track, ‘You & Me’. This is pretty much a barn burner for anyone who lived through the 80’s. Maybe someone can sample ‘Smalltown Boy’ since I always felt that song was Jimmy Sommerville’s magnum opus.

1. Coup d’etat (Hook n Sling Remix) – Bass Kleph
2. Fade To Grey 2004 (Electro Blitz Remix) – Visage
3. Crocodile (Radio Edit) – Underworld
4. You & Me – Blue Ray Feat Jimmy Somerville
5. Waiting 4 – Peter Gelderblom
6. Feel The Hard Rock (Heiko & Maiko Mix) – Hardrox
7. Stereo (2007 Digital Dog Club Mix) – Unklejam
8. The Creeps (You’re Giving Me) (Vandalism Mix) – Freaks
9. I Thought That (Boris Dlugosch Remix) – The Migrants
10. Calabria (Club Mix) – Enur
11. Rainbow Country (Radio Edit) – Bob Marley Vs. Funkstar De Luxe

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Again. Check out the Cocktail Mix every Tuesday and Friday at 6pm Pacific here in Portland on 94/7fm

1. Destroy Everything You Touch (Hot Chip Remix Edit) – Ladytron
2. Missing – Everything but the Girl
3. She’s Gone (Kraak & Smaak Remix) – Resin Dogs
4. Crocodile – Underworld
5. I Feel Loved (Danny Tenaglia’s Labor Of Love Mix) – Depeche Mode
6. Things That Dreams Are Made Of – The Human League vs Kissy Sell Out
7. Metropolis (can’t stop the feeling mix by Sasha) – Evolution
8. Dexter – Ricardo Villalobos
9. The Equalizer – Junior Boys
10. Destiny (Photek Mix) – Zero 7

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The September mix features a killer track from Fujya & Miyagi who are in town tonight for a show at the Doug Fir Lounge

Also my favorite band from Brazil at the moment, Bonde De Role. Don’t even try to pronounce their name since some Brazilian guy tried to teach me the Portuguese pronunciation and it was a complete tongue twister. I threw in a great remix of Roisin Murphy. Her new album ‘Overpowered’ will be released next week. At this point it’s just an import, but I’m sure all of us Stateside will be able to get our hands on it on-line. Chicane’s latest album ‘Somersault’ has a track with 67 year old Welsh pop and soul singer Tom Jones laying down some vocals over a nice 4 on the floor house beat. Check it out.

1. Collarbone – Fujiya Miyagi
2. Summer Of Love – The Presets
3. Around The World Again – Nicky Van She & Dangerous Dan
4. Solta O Frango – Bonde De Role
5. Ice Cream – New Young Pony Club
6. Overpowered (Seamus Haji Remix) – Roisin Murphy
7. Sound of Freedom – Bob Sinclar
8. Killer – S.C.A.M.
9. I Found You (Remode Instrumental) – Axwell
10. White Lies (Dave Spoon Remix) – Paul van Dyk
11. Stoned In Love – Chicane feat. Tom Jones
12. Love – Simian Mobile Disco
13. Woman (MSTRKRFT Mix) – Wolfmother
14. Take Me Away 2004 (Exclusive VIP Mix) – Napt

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We’ve been getting lots of calls at the station for ‘Hess is More” so I threw in a faster version of ‘Yes Boss’ Even with the changed pitch, the song is still sexy as hell.

For more mixes, check out the Area54 Cocktail Mix on 94/7 fm every Tuesday and Friday at 6pm Pacific.

1. Mi swing es Tropical – Quantic & Nickodemus
2. Truth And Rights – Thievery Corporation
3. Drum ‘N’ Boogaloo [FK Five Latin Funk Bomb] – Mo Horizons
4. Step On – Happy Mondays
5. Intergalactic – Beastie Boys
6. Never Let Me Down Again – Depeche Mode
7. Yes Boss (Album Mix) – Hess Is More
8. Small Axe (Paul & Price Remix) – Bob Marley & The Wailers
9. Mind, Body & Soul – Mark Rae
10. Give The Drummer Some – Stimulus & Dionysos
11. Sea Groove – Big Boss Man
12. Hello there – Cagedbaby
13. Tricks – Cicada

Vee Mix August ‘07

Here is the video for “Yes Boss” featuring the incredibly sexy vocals of Norwegian singer Bang Chau.