House is a Journey

2021 March Private Party Eclectic Chills   Eclectic Chilled Progressive House with a world music feel. Maltese, Spanish and French current sounds. Just be open and receptive.   I remember my brother listening to Tangerine Dream (founded in 1967) and Laurie Anderson’s “O Superman” (1981) way, way back! To be able to mix in such historical tracks and realize they BELONG in a 2021 progressive set sho...

2021 March A Drop of Soulmagic @   宀   Club   Humour us for the first minute of broken beats, it was immense fun to play with the track and the new decks! Besides it immediately drops into what could already be  the best soulful track of 2021! “ Thin Line ” from Charlie Hedges . Guaranteed to make you feel happy! Last instalment in the Soulful, Vocal & Disco series. Had immense fun spinning h...

Tempo 124 bpm @ 宀   Still in the soulful disco vibe, very melodic and levelling at 124 bpm for a couple of sets.   There is a quasi-esoteric debate on the House scene, whether the natural tempo of house is 4 to the floor and  122  bpm or 4 to the floor and  124  bpm. We like our house served between 124 and 126, neither too chilled nor too spicy. You’ll be the judge!   Tribute to the  宀  Club, s...

2021 Feb Droppin’ @ Magnum   Slightly bumpier, edgier and raspier than the previous one but still all ‘bout the dance.    Playlist:   Intro Dance Lessons (Vintage Mix). Alexander Metzger 2018 Promises (Mousse T.'s Extended Disco Shizzle Remix vs Sonny Fodera Remix) [Qtπ Space Disco Edit]. Calvin Harris, Sam Smith, Mousse T., Sonny Fodera 2019 Are You Ready for Love? (Extended Mix) [Qtπ Space Disco...

2021 Feb Soulful Sessions Vol.2 @ ICHU [Terraza]   Mainly current tunes with the 2 first 2021 releases on HIAJ. Soulful with a tamed Tech House track at the end immediately followed by pure sugar to help you cope! Do not miss "Reciprocity", one of those melodic little gems perfectly composed and produced by Moon Rocket. As played live @ ICHU. Straight off the mixer. https://ichu.com.hk   Playlist:...

2021 Feb And Jack Boldly Declared “Happy Valentine’s Day”   Soulful Disco House for your Valentine’s. Thinking of our friends in Melbourne who got sprung an nth lockdown on that very day… Current, with a enough new tracks to make it interesting and a few we used recently but dropped different remixes with that disco tinge. No post-production, straight out of the mixer.   Playlist:   2019 Heaven (M...

2021 Feb Soulful Session Vol.1 @Piqniq   Live set, Soulful Fun Vocal House. Will get you moving. High quality tunes only. https://www.lecomptoir.hk/piqniq    Playlist:   2017 The Weekend (Michael Gray Glitterbox Mix) [Qtπ Addicted to House Edit]. Michael Gray 2016 Bad Decisions (Purple Disco Machine Remix) [Qtπ First Felt Edit]. Two Door Cinema Club 2019 Hit It Off (Late Nite Tuff Guy Extended Lib...

2021 NYD Are You Ready for 2021? (RE-UPLOAD!!!)   Well starting the year splendidly.. Uploaded the wrong track file.. Sorry you have to delete the episode and Itunes will do the rest..   NYD party set, straight out of the live mixer, full of original edits and mashups. If you do not dance and sing along, well, we are from different tribes.   Between House and Balearic Trance, in that sweet space w...

2020 Dec In a Soulful Spirit!   Big voices and House Divas. Very NYC except one track, mostly Soulful House with some funky Deep House to keep it hopefully interesting. A couple of House classics you will recognize and a brand-new release from Sandy Rivera of KOT fame.   Dropped one of my favourite soulful, funky tunes of all time, “Don't Look Any Further”, the Babysitters & Deep Criminal Remi...

2020 Dec Secret Santa Uncovered!   Continuing the marathon live drop. More Soulful and Vocal and less disco beach House than the previous one. Fun tunes all the same with some outstanding quality 2020 releases, which, given the club or air-play should become House classics.   Playlist:   2020 Discotheque (Original Mix). Paul Sirrell 2020 One Man (Extended Mix). Chanelle, Eric Kupper 2020 Marvin’s...

2020 25th  of December,  Qt π Xmas Set   Live drops! The happy vocal House tunes season has started!   Nu Disco, Soulful, mostly 2020 tunes meant to be fun, letting first your head bob around to eventually get your feet moving. We finally semi-exhausted the 2020 Progressive realm and, for a few sets, will drop all the best soulful, Beach House releases of 2020.   Expect of lot of great vocal House...

2020 Nov the 29th For Luc (Happy 18th)   For Luc C.   Tried, as per your wishes, to keep the vocals to a mandated strict minimum. Hope your favourites are there. Mostly new tunes, at the confines of Progressive House and Trance.   Starts and ends with arguably the best remix of 2020, Tinlicker's take of Robert Miles classic “Children”.   At least your parents will have passed on to you a decent ta...

2020 Nov Where Do We Go From Here?  Start with melodic progressive tracks hooks to slip into a bit of Tech House to return to melodic progressive and round the bend again. A Faithless remix of the new Dido track and a couple of double drops for reasons still unclear. The daze of the night possibly.  “Where do we go (from here)” is a new remix from an Alan Parson’s Project 80’s track. The APP was a...

2020 Nov Sugar and Spice & All Things Nice   "The first upload was corrupted. If you downloaded it, you will have to delete and redo. Sorry!"   Still in the Progressive House realm. Deep, Dark, Tech Progressive tunes with a few sugar hits in between and, yet gain, a dollop of Qtπ edits. They worked live not sure if they pass the post-cast test. You’ll be the judges.   Possibly the first Tiesto...

5 years ago, 130 people were butchered in the streets of Paris, most were under 30 years old who were going to a rock concert on a friday night. Never forget, never find any excuses.   Very current set with all tunes released in 2020 but two. A mostly dark progressive tone with sugar interspaced with 3/4 tunes to get you humming and moving.   Possibly far too many edits and overly ambitious mashup...

2020 Nov In Memoriam of Samuel Paty   Samuel Paty beheaded at 32 years old for nothing else than doing the greater calling of his profession: teaching teenagers the rights and duties of future citizens. A true martyr of Free Speech.   The same week, Jose Padilla of Café del Mar fame, to whom we owe the Chill Out Balearic sound passed away.   This set is inspired by both. Let no one, under ANY weak...

2020 Jun For Lisa F.   Strictly Soulful house beats For Lisa F., a good friend.   Playlist:   2019 Big Love (David Penn Extended Remix) [Qtπ House Edit]. Pete Heller's Big Love, David Penn 2015 This Is House (Mr V Remix). Mr. V, Miss Patty, ZuluMafia, Nhlangano 2009 This Is House (JJK Original Groove Mix ) [Qtπ House Edit]. John 'Julius' Knight & Roland Clark 2020 This Is House (Mattei & O...

Update: considering the distressing current events in the US, this upload seems a bit unbearably "light". About 3 years ago, responding to yet again the death of a young black man in the hands of the police, we posted the Black Voices Matter set ... Sadly still relevant today. 2017 Dec Black Voices Matter https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/xtiancaz/episodes/2017-12-05T02_20_07-08_00   Now to the c...

2020 May The “200” Milestone Pt.1   200 uploads of “House is a Journey”, 50Gb of fully paid tracks, more than 500,000 plays, 55K likes and ca. 1,500 followers.   To a large extend, this space is therapy but hopefully we have shared our absolute love and respect for eclectic house music.   For this milestone, here is something different! Our first Chill/Lounge set. No beat-mixing, just harmonic mix...

2020 May COVID Progression 4.0 (Deconfinement Phase 1) (art courtesy of Banksy's donation to the NHS)   Last of the Covid Progression as here we are no longer in lockdown! Deeper, darker Progressive House forthe first 40 minutes stepping up into melodic Balearic Trance. We even get to 138 bpm toward the end.   199th upload on House is a Journey… We will celebrate the 200 milestone with something a...

2020 May COVID Progression 3.0 (ChillBytes)   Welcome to Deep House Airlines! Destination ChillBytes Starts very chilled, hence please relax for ten minutes as it will step upwards. Melodic chilled current progressive house throughout. Just having a play to get acquainted with the new decks.   Playlist:   Intro Deep House Airlines [Take-Off] (Original Accapella). Mr. V 2019 Where Oceans Meet (Part...

2020 Apr COVID Progression 2.0   Second COVID episode. From Balearic Trance to Progressive House and back for more!   Set ended not being at all the chilled progressive mood, it wa supposed to be.  But best in the genre posted here for a while and was fun to drop even if a bit scattered.   If you like the genre, you will be dancing on your balcony, deck, you name it, within minutes.   A few new tr...

2020 Apr COVID Progression One   From Chilled Progressive House to Progressive Trance. Let’s hope the COVID Progression series will not require too many episodes. Mostly 2020 tunes. I am just getting back into it. Will upload something more worked next week.   Stay home, stay safe and be grateful to all the medical professionals out there. They are the real front line. So help them and follow the...

2019 Dec Let there be (Head Candi NYD 2020 Vision Party) house!   Wishing everyone a good year in 2020. I know I really need it!   Second part of  House is a Journey  &  HeadCandi  NYD party. The Dance Session   For clubbers and dancers alike, New Year’s Day Party, overlooking the Pacific Ocean   Starts with a 2019 remix of Madison Avenue dance classic “ Don’t Call Me Baby ”. Gives away the fa...

2019 Dec Let there be (Stereo Sushi NYE Pt.1) house!   Wishing everyone a good year in 2020. I know I need it!   First part of  House is a Journey  &  HeadCandi  NYE party. The Soulful session.   For real House freaks. I’ve included some recent cuts of house classics and veered off into some twisted souful and ghetto house. A couple of Ghetto house tracks might throw you out, indulge me.   Sta...