Hercules & Love Affair - My House (Tensnake Remix)

Heard this funky tune on Gotta Dance Dirty's recent compilation of sweet songs called The Dirt. The original song is a throwback house track, but I'm a fan of this more modern remix. Not quite disco, but not quite dirty dutch house or electro-house either. Something sweet to get me [even more] ready for Miami this week.



Download "My House (Tensnake Remix)"  Here

Monday Throwback: A Tribe Call Quest - 1nce Again

I've surprised myself with the fact that I've yet to include a Tribe Called Quest tune as a part of my Monday Throwback segment. I don't know who in their right mind wouldn't like TCQ - their beats are so smooth and their flow is on point (You on point Phife? Once Again Tip). I'm a fan of the vocal sample on this one, which turns out to be the song "Untitled" by Cannonball Adderley. I tried to find a link to download but was unable to - I will try to upload that tonight.

New Adidas Commercial Featuring the New Justice Single

Yeah, a bit of free advertising for Adidas, but this is a pretty badass commercial featuring the new Justice single "Civilisation" out April 4th. Has that same Justice feel to it - just as good as I remember...

Fuck Yeah Fridays!: Dissecting A DJ Set

As the anticipation builds for next week's Ultra Music Festival, I've been continuing to listen to Essential Mix after Essential Mix. In particular I have found myself continuing to go back to the Swedish House Mafia's mix from Creamfields back in September of 2010. This mix, recorded live, was voted best Essential Mix of 2010 and there's damn good reason why. Steve Angello, Axwell, and Sebastian Ingrosso come together to form this threesome, mixing one, two, or three songs together at once (that's the benefit to having three DJs perform at once).

I want to take this opportunity to highlight a couple songs they threw together to create this seamless 2-hour party. First off, the opening mix they do is fucking awesome (it's been stuck in my head for days). They take trance master Sander Van Doorn's "Reach Out" and combine it with the vocals from Florence and the Machine's "You've Got the Love." These two songs on their own are quite unique (I'll be honest in saying "Reach Out" is a little boring for me, but when the vocals are added it's great). Then SHM smoothly transitions into their amazing "Leave The World Behind" featuring Laidback Luke. It's a hell of a way to open up a show:



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And the Result (Wait for it....)



BOOM. That's how you do it.
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Now check out one of my favorite parts of the mix: Steve Angello's "Tivoli" mixed with the sweet sweet bassline of Booka Shade's "Body Language" and the lyrics of Temper Trap's "Sweet Disposition."



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The Result:

RIP Nate Dogg

I know this is coming a day late, but since I was traveling all day yesterday I didn't have a chance to update this until today. Nate Dogg was a legend in the west coast hip hop game. Nate's soulful voice automatically made any song an instant gem. From Tupac to Dr. Dre to Fabolous to 50 Cent, this dude was the epitome of G-Funk. After suffering a massive second stroke in 2007, Nate Dogg wasn't able to sing like he used to and his death was likely caused because of a complication of that incident. He will be missed.





Download "Regulate"

Travis Barker & A-Trak Perform @ The Roxy

Um....yup

Fuck Yeah Friday!: Porter Robinson

I guess this was one of those situations where I'd heard this dude's music but I didn't connect two and two when someone said how dirty Porter Robinson was (thanks Goldie). Now that I've keyed in on Mr. Robinson, here are a couple of his fire tracks to get your weekend started right. In two weeks I'll be able to see what this kid has first-hand. Oh yeah - he's 5 years younger than me and 5 years ahead of the game. Fuck.



Download Spencer & Hill ft. Lil' Jon - Less Go (Porter Robinson Remix)



Download Porter Robinson - Say My Name (Original Mix)