DJ Sneaks #11 Solo

Back from Secret Garden Party and broken does not do our condition justice. Such an amazing weekend and by far the best UK festival in my eyes, definitely a party that is not about the big names on the line up yet the music is as good as any other. Huge love to The Full Colour team and the guys at Team Love. We joined Mr Solid Gold and Park Ranger on both Friday and Saturday nights for a proper B2B session and a lot of fun was had. Love as well to all the people who came down to see us play. Definitely going back next year.

Now on to this little beauty from our Italian man about town, Solo.

As you may have heard before, Solo aka Stefano Ritteri is one of the nicest guys in dance music, he is also however one of the talented. With a schedule that seems to be get busier and busier as well as some unexpected projects in the pipe line for certain artists that i would be shot for letting out any info on, Solo is definitely doing things right.



With past releases on Dirty Bird, DeadFish and many more his back catalogue is certainly something to be proud of. His latest Ep "Midgets Go Deep" released on Lapsus music has kept the quality in step with it being a staple in our festival sets over the past few months.

And there's more to come. Solo is set to launch his own label "Congaloid" in the coming months and in celebration he has put the below mix together for DJ Mag as well as sending us a sneaks (well....not quite sneakers) shot over to make him number 11 in our DJ sneaks posts.

And in true Solo style the foot ware is definitely at the smoother end of the spectrum. He was in a hurry to get off so snapped the below and pinged us the mix link over but unfortunately we don't have too much info on the shoes themselves. This is what he did have to say.

"Yo, got some boat shoes on because I'm on the way to Ibiza, gonna sneak in some boat parties and i hate flip flops....you can't run away fast in flip flops."



Get on the mix below and download it to your tune pods. Catch Solo over the coming weeks at Hive - Zurich on the 29th July, Le Calypso Festival - Canet en Rousillon on the 30th July, The Egg - London on the 13th August and The Icon - Los Angeles USA on the 25th August. Check out his Facebook page here for more dates and info. You can also check out the DJ Mag article here

Solo - DJmag exclusive Congoloid mix by djmag

Track List:
1-Solo - 'Midgets go Deep'
2-Agaric - 'Who made up the Rules' (Josh Wink Remix)
3-Hector Couto - 'Cream Pie'
4-TradeMarq - 'Dirty Girls' (DC bonus pass)
5-Housewerk - 'Clockwerk'
6-Mousse T - 'Join' (Butch Remix)
7-J.Bora Malohman - 'Jazz Extender'
8-Big Black Boot - 'Vibrate 2011' (Zoltan Kontes Rmx)
9-Solo - 'Strawberry Swing'
10-C.Silco S. Lafonte - 'Tresenraya'
11-Dennis Ferrer- Hey Hey - Atjazz remix

J. Phlip Mix for Farr Festival

Another big one out of the way, huge love to the Art Against Knives Sound system and all the Lovebox crew for what was a brilliant albeit wet weekend. See you next year!

Next up for us will be this coming weekend where we will be making an appearance in the Time Machine tent at Secret Garden Party. Set time is looking to be 1am on Sunday morning so hope to see you there!

Also coming up in the next 2 weeks and something we are really looking forward to is Farr festival in Bygrave Woods in Newham Hertfordshire. In its second year and set up for the sake of a noisey knees up and making a few quid for charity, this years Farr Festival is looking to be a seriously fun weekend.

Based just 30 minutes by train from central London and with ridiculously cheap ticket pricing it is definitely a session you should consider. The main party is taking place from early afternoon on Saturday right through until the early hours of Sunday with camping available on the Friday night as well, so you can prepare yourself mentally for a full on day when the gates open Saturday lunchtime.

Were hyped to be joining the line up alongside acts including Julio Bashmore, Graphics, Lee Foss, Ewan Pearson, Thick as Thieves and J.Phlip......... which brings us nicely on to todays mix.



Dirty bird first lady and seriously on the ball producer and DJ J.Phlip has put together the below as the latest in the Farr festival warm up mix series. Considered by Dirty Bird captain Claude Von Stroke as one of his favorite DJs, J.Phlip has proved her status as one of San Fransisco's top house music players. Make sure you get a listen to the below as J Phlip most definitely takes you on a journey through the Dirty Bird sound.

Tickets for Farr Festival are available here so get on over to the web site and have a butchers.

O


THE EXCLUSIVE J-PHLIP(DIRTYBIRD) FARR FESTIVAL MIX by farrfestival

Track listing

01 darling farah "show me"

02 tanner ross & soul clap "mad epic shizzle"

03 tj kong & nuno dos santos "birthday (instrumental)"

04 aquarius heaven "before u go"

05 rainer trueby "ayers rock"

06 matilda "protea"

07 two armadillos "night ridin"

08 hackman "your face pulling my hair"

09 kollektiv turmstrasse "heimat (robag's turmkolle rekksmow)

10 kris wadsworth "direct"

11 jet project "girlfriend (j.phlip's boyfriend edit)"

12 j.phlip "fever"

13 kerri chandler "get up"

14 tyree "nuthin wrong"

15 stimming & david august "sexy biest"

16 sonar pilot "flotsam (oriol remix)"

Commonphase Delft Mix

A new mix today sent over from our Belgian brothers from other mothers Commonphase.

Commonphase are Yves Massignani and Niek Kosten, two Belgium based DJs and purveyors of quality house music parties. We met the guys a few years back on the hook up recommendation of DJ and Italian all round nice guy Solo who said we should definitely check out what they have going on. We were not disappointed. Yves and Niek have been working hard over the past few years to bring an element of class to the dance party scene in Belgium, consistently booking top house acts and putting them on in venues ranging from super club style dance floors to gritty intimate rave pits and always managing to pull off top events.

Photo by Jan Vandevyver

We joined them last year in Leuven Belgium for one of their regular events Temposphere and had one hell of a night (unlimited Stella due to the brewery being just down the street was a cheeky bonus), the guys also know how to get a crowd bouncing with forthcoming DJ Sets across Europe and one hell of a set laid down at our Superfilth closing party back in March.

Check out their latest mixtual on the Soundcloud player below, a superb selection of house and bass with a Belgian twist. Download link also on the player so you can crack it on your pods.

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Delft by Commonphase

DJ-Kicks from MCDE out now.

Nothing on the free download front today or related to actual kicks or our DJ Sneaks mix series, just a recommendation to go out and buy something well worth your hard earned cash. Every now and again a mix CD is released that is really worth your dollar and The DJ Kicks series from K7 seems to nail this purchase piece every time.



The latest in the series coming from Stuttgart's Danilo Plessow AKA Motor City Drum Ensemble, and as this mix shows Danilo is one hell of a quality DJ and producer. We had had the pleasure of meeting him and checking out his set at Trouble Vision a few months back and we can also say he is one hell of a nice guy.



His DJ kicks brings together a collection of his standardly quality house selections as well as keeping things in with the "classic DJ Kicks" mix style seamlessly incorporating elements of Jazz, reggae and afrobeat. Popped this mix on the player for the first time a few days ago and i can't take it off. One of the most refreshing mixes I've heard in a while. Pick up your copy from the web site here as well as in all good record shops and download stores.

We've posted a couple of the opening choice gems and MCDE's own track L.O.V.E. from YouTube below and the mix track listing below that to entice you even more. There is also a DJ Kicks Ep as part of the release featuring two of MCDEs own productions from the mix available on digital release now and forth coming on 12" (Also on K7 Records). Have a listen and go buy them if you have a few spare pennies.

Also, for the Loveboxing crew, catch him this Saturday in the NYC Downlow stage.


O
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1. Sun Ra – Door To The Cosmos
2. Electric Wire Hustle – Again (Scratch 22 Remix)
3. Rhythm & Sound – Mango Drive
4. Tony Allen – Ariya
5. Peven Everett – Stuck (Original)
6. Bad Jazz Troupe – Breakdown Treat – Dusty Rework (MCDE Edit)
7. Mr. Fingers – The Juice
8. Rick “Poppa” Howard – Can Your Love Find It’s Way (Club Vocal)
9. Stone – Girl I Like The Way That You Move (Dub)
10. Fred P – On This Vibe
11. Creative Swing Alliance – Don’t Forget Your Keyz
12. Geraldo Pino & The Heartbeats – Black Woman Experience
13. Philippe Sarde – Le Cortège Et Course
14. Robert Hood – The Pace
15. Loose Joints – Pop Your Funk (Vocal Version)
16. Arts & Crafts – I’ve Been Searching (Walter Gibbons 12” Mix)
17. Motor City Drum Ensemble – L.O.V.E. (DJ-Kicks)
18. Aphex Twin – Actium
19. Recloose – Cardiology (Isolée Mix)
20. Latecomer – Cosmic Cart
21. Timo Lassy – African Rumble
22. James Mason – Sweet Power, Your Embrace

Lovebox Classic House Mix

Another treat from the boys at Lovebox today, and this time it is a selection of classic Lovebox party tunes from the box of Hot Blood member and Lovebox originator Jools Butterfield ( I've inserted a "recent" picture of the man himself below).



Jools certainly knows his house music and this mix certainly backs up that claim. Lovingly spliced together by our previous Lovebox mix supplier and fellow originator Andy Williams.

Jools has stepped up proper style as the selector extraordinaire on this one and as he puts it this is a mix where every track featured has most definitely "stood the test of time". Featuring cuts from Nuphonic, Strictly Rhythm and many others this is one for the real house heads.

For anyone lucky enough to have tickets for Lovebox festival taking place next weekend (15th, 16th 17th of July) you are definitely in for a blinding session. Tickets have been flying with only Friday and Sunday day tickets left. Get your self over to the website here and grab them before they are all gone!

Catch me and Robin on the Saturday afternoon at the Art Against Knives van and come say hello. We'll be rolling out our summers finest and with the stage being for a very good charity and the fact it is an open air sound system decked out with function one noise blurters it is looking to be a goodun!

Get on the mix download on the Soundcloud player below and get with the hype and we'll hopefully see you at the Box!

O
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Hot Blood Feat Jools Butterfield - Lovebox Promo Mix 2 by Lovebox Official

Track List
1.Anthony Mansfield – Oh Snap
2.Chris Cuevas – Hip Hop
3.Cricco Castelli - STreetlife
4.Harddrive feat Kenlou - Desire
5.Space Jam – Jam On the Beat
6.Party Rockin Nuggets – Golden Nuggets
7.Block 16 - Elektrocution
8.Jack Prongo K - Ucci

Mid week tunage

Mid week boredom has set in hard however the weekend is almost upon us so there is light at the end of tunnel.

Just a couple of tunes for you to listen to today to lift your spirits and get your leg shake on. One old one new. The first is a classic from Cobblestone Jazz "Dumptruck". Been far too long since we've played this in our sets and a tiny synth bleep in our second tune of the day reminded me of the tracks greatness and has made me promise myself it will go back in the sets for the upcoming month of party.



Bringing us nicely on to our second tune of the day and new comer track piece to the party is this superb release from Maceo Plex "Falling". Heard this on Joe Ransoms Kiss show on Thursday night but due to my sieve like memory it had slipped my mind, fortunately Dr Solid Gold aka Mr Trouble Vision himself was good enough to crack this on his Facebook wall to remind me of the importance of alerting people to this future summer classic!

The Mp3 is forthcoming on the Visionquest label (or out now on 12" in all good stores). Falling is the opener for the Visionquest Beach Spring Summer 2011 Ep and a seeeeeriously groove ridden summer slice of laid back pie. Have a listen below and go buy it.


O

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Fill Yer Boots with June and Medlar + June mix

Ooooooof, what a weekend that was! Massive big ups to the Gottwood crew for another superb festival. Also huge love to all the peeps who made it over to deepest darkest Wales to play and rave. Was great to catch up with some proper good people.

To keep you on your dancing toes and alert you to one seriously nice mix make sure you get on over to the Fill Yer Boots event page here for details of their next party taking place at Plan B Brixton this Saturday the 9th of July.



Hearing amazing things about the Fill Yer Boots crew with their parties cracking together some seriously well thought out and ahead of the times line ups and their mix series definitely worth downloading to your pocket players. This time round they welcome These Days label signed June who has also provided them with the superb mix below as well as Wolf Music's Medlar and top class residents Leisureware and Daniel Ghazvinie.

It will definitely be a top quality night of deep disco flavoured house slices and some serious portions of groove cake. If your around Brixton town this Saturday do not miss out and make sure you cop the mix download below.

O

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Fill Yer Boots Guest Mix Six: June by Fill Yer Boots

Track List -

1. Myriadd - Beyond This Life
2. Sterling Void - Serve It Up (Extended Original Instrumental Version)
3. Underground Resistance - 303 Sunset
4. Jomanda - I'll Give It To You (Come Get It) (Seduction Mix)
5. Hieroglyphic Being - Inconsistent Measure
6. Steve Poindexter - State Of Shock
7. Hot Hands Hula - 70th And King Drive
8. Virgo - Go Wild Rythm Trax (B4)
9. DAF - Brothers (Gabi Mix)
10. Pierre Pfantasy Club - Dream Girl (Wet Dream)
11. Terrance McDonald - Mind Over Matter (New Mix)
12. Jeff Mills - Zakir

Fill Yer Boots with June and Medlar

House music at Plan B, Brixton
Saturday 9th July, 11pm-5am
£5 on the door

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