House is a Journey

Nocturnes 3.0   Third and most probably last instalment of the Nocturnes series. Keeping up with the nightly vibe with some cheeky edits and my first original mash-up with “It’s You I Touch”. If you feel like having a laugh scroll to 58:46.. The added sample is priceless.. Best way I can describe the final set is as an attempt to blend Deep with Progressive house with a NYC undercurrent vibe. Noct...

2013 May "En Mai fais ce qu'il te plaît!" French Proverb which literally means " In May do what pleases you"..  Today is my birthday and I am stuck at home with a massive head cold.. Thought I would give myself a little present and put together a set JUST FOR ME...  A collection of deep, cookie, eclectic tunes, which I would hate to forget and lose in the dark recesses of my hard drive because the...

      2013 April FashionistAnn   Recorded last month for a very dear friend of ours, Ann G. Set is meant to be smart, classy, elegant, soft, current, switched on, yet with a sense of unmistakable fashion style. A bit like Ann.. Straight out of the mixer with no added post-production frills. I sat on it waiting for her to mention it.. It never came and I assumed it wasn't woth uploading! But my har...

Nocturnes 2.0 ( first played and publish for  www.djradio.com (UK) ) Second iteration of the “Nocturnes” series. It came about as a request from www.djradio.com [UK]. They contacted me for an exclusive second “Nocturnes” which as they mentioned could include a few surprise outside of the normal House genre. At the crossroads of Progressive House, Trance with a definite Indie flavour. I expect it m...

March 2013 Light n’ Easy   Mixed on the fly at 30,000 ft on CX 134 bound for Hong Kong.   As the title alludes, easy listening Deep and Soulful set.   If I think about it, Light n’ Easy is my first real 2013 mix. I had let accumulated 26 hours of recently purchased tunes on my hard drive and the task of sieving through the sheer mass was daunting. With 8 and half hours spare flying to HK, I knew I...

Nocturnes 1.0. And the  Night moves on... Nocturnes is French for Nightly.. The great Chopin named some of his pieces "Nocturnes", far from me to draw any sort of kinship yet put this set on, dim the lights, grab a book, read, meditate or just chill. For all the Nightcrawlers. Readers and other sleep-impaired creatures out there! Deep and Progressive with a hint of very soft trance..From 99 to 120...

Deeply Twisted Sexy Tribal Affair..   Have had this set on my HD since NYD.. It is the After Party Set.. If you have no idea what an after-party is,  it’s what happens when the main crowd has long gone home.. Whoever is left has somewhat survived the night, as for the DJ on the decks.. well same thing... After Party sets are different to main sets. They are ALL about the Beat & the Bass! Both...

First and foremost Happy New Year! Be Safe and Healthy wherever you are! 2013 New Year's Day Live Set (3 hours long beware before you on a mobile device and pay horrendous charges) Straight from the mixer, a 3 hour soulful, vocal and funky house extravaganza with all your favourites from 2012 and late 2011. It was sunny, on the early afternon of NYD, we were on our roof top, with a makeshift stand...

   Deep Aural Dope   In the midst of selecting funky banging tunes to get the structure of a NYD set, I urgently felt the need for something more intimate.. This episode is light and this episode is Dee. it is sugar with a pinch of pepper, chocolate with a dash of chili.. I know I will soon take Aural Dope on the plane and enjoy it alongside other deep and soulful podcasts I want to have some alon...

    The Australian Summer is Here! Set starts in the Hippies 70's and ends in the 80's with Rick Astley.. You are forewarned! For Viv, the kids and myself to sing-a-long in the car during the Summer.. I hope they will like it! Simple, fun and happy set..  It's Disco, It's Eighties, It's Up and it's Summer. Granted it is a bit handbag but I fully assume it and since I am not over the crap I heard w...

   What Happened to that Sound? Indeed... whatever happened to that Sound? I was out recently and suffered through 3 hours of intense crap. Not crap because " it's not my kind of groove" but for it was low quality, repetitive pop music remixed using stems and patches we have heard millions of times. The pinacle was an elektro remix of ... Cindy Lauper's "Girls want to have fun".. All of the above...

Transitions 3.0 (For My Brother without whom none of this would have come about)   When did you last listen to Pink Floyd?... Well here is your chance..   (Denis va directement a 31:45 jusqu'à 59:30 c’est pour toi!)   Continuing my experimental sets with a foray into Progressive House, Progressive Rock and Trance. This is a nocturnal vibe set, therefore grab a book or set yourself some time aside...

Transitions 2.0 Take a Moment to Live... Take a Moment to Cry..... Take a Moment to Love... ...and don't ask why....... Faster, Harder but Fun!  I am still in reboot & discovery mode but you can start dusting off your dancing shoes because with Transitions 2.0 ... we are cranking it up a bit. My intention was similar to the previous one.. but I am starting to have fun with those tracks.. It's...

Transitions 1.0 Something different! With an overall darker mood yet on chilled side. At the congruence and confines of Deep & Progressive House, with some Tech & World Indie tunes I have gleamed and a very small dash of soft Trance.. After last summer, I was literally housed-out. Particularly, I felt I had done the “best” I could do with soulful house tunes and needed a break from it. Lis...

Greek Sessions: The Sounds of Σπέτσαι (Happy Birthday Vivienne!)   Viv’s birthday set, which means that my only objective was to mix tunes she would know and /or like "a la premiere ecoute". Pour yourselves a margarita or two, clear up the deck or  living room, for I bet that at some stage within the set you will either sing-along or have a bit of a dance. Happy House: a blend of soulful classics...

The Greek Sessions: Poolside in Santorini  First of 3 if all goes to plan. Not my most polished upload, i t would need another two night sessions of Love and Care but it is not going to happen... I got tired of it by the time the Olympic started and as my close friends would know, I am strenuously competing in the Armchair event..  Pool side mix, going from 120 to 126 bpm, full of goodies, full of...

The 2012 Pirate Bar Set    I am back in Greece in the magnificent island of Hydra but sadly for one day only. It is summer, I felt a sun-drenched, beach house set was “de rigueur”. I prepared 120 minutes of melodic chilled house, hoping to drop the set at the best bar in Greece., the Pirate Bar. As a “Pirate Bar” set is becoming a yearly fixture for me, get ready, close your eyes and picture THIS:...

Connections... I thought of this set on CX104 going to China .. Up there above he clouds, I was  reflecting on the many connections I've recently made with my music.. Through this site, through Facebook, through Souncloud.. Connections that thankfully transcend House Music, yet which House made possible. Here is to Connections, to friendships, to shared ideals, shared dreams & utopia, shared l...

Heaven or Hell? Remember when you stumbled out and it was already well past dawn? Looking for the sunglasses and feeling like a Zombie in the Land of the Living.. Well.. this is the soundtrack to such a night.. Quick & fun set I whipped up for my birthday. This is the original cut to which I added a Xtian Edit of Donna Summer’s “Bad Girls” (showing my venerable age right here..).R.I.P Donna th...

Evolution… It began in Africa. Beware the first 35 minutes are naughty, one could say raunchy.. If you play it at work, it is at your own peril.. This is NOT background music for your sunday lunch if the folks are visiting.. Naughty, Deep n' Sexy  and rhythmic episode. We start in Chicago and Detroit, where House began,  then slowly incorporate rhythmic roots from Africa, where " it all began", to...

Into the Deeper End   Grab a book, dim the lights, ignite the candles, close your eyes and let yourselves go.. After my foray into Tranceland, I felt the need to go Deep, with minimal to no samples , vocals, nor edits and just work on finding very current tunes from the Deeper end that would mix well. Some may find it boring, others will soak in it blissfully. 11 out of 13 tracks were released fro...

Do You Remember Your First Time? Ready for a session in my beloved Trouse (Trance+House)?  Prince, Chicane, Fragma, Morgan Page, Above & Beyond, Nadia Ali, Tritonal. Give me some credit for the talent I gathered in this one! Originally it was supposed to be 2 consecutive sets dwelling in my beloved fusion of Trance and House aka Trouse. Depending if I want to spend another fortnight at 135 bpm...

For a Modern Family ( Cos' You're Beautiful) Set mixed with my 2 dear friends, J & V, in  mind.  With all my love and support before the new arrival. J this is is FOR YOU! Happy, sweet, beachy tunes with a couple of new twists on old favoutites such as “Missing” and “ Beautiful” . Viv and I use to hum “ Beautiful” when Luc was born, I hope this set will be your theme song as well. Playlist Int...

**WARNING NOT FOR MINORS ** Deep in my kind of Groove A few months ago this podcast was selected (as part of a random sample of online music), for a doctoral study by the Musicology Dept of UMich. Amongst the "open" questions I was asked was the following one: " Are there any of your sets you would like to make public but haven't due to self-censorship or fear that your target audience will not be...

2012-02-24 Happy Valentine’s Day ( Bonne St. Valentin ) As the Intro says “ For all the lovers in the House tonight”. First mix of 2012.. All about Divas.. pity I did not have time to slot in Whitney, she would have blended right in.. A blend of classic, soulful, funky vocal gems scattered on my hard drive. My Valentine's gift to the House community at large. Whilst it is far from buying as polish...