House is a Journey

Third iteration of the same nocturnal progressive vibe Shanghai appears to inspire.   Darker, with a lot less vocal tracks than my usual offering, well suited for the few insomniacs who are listening. Mostly current, with a couple of newish remix of old favourites of mine.   Playlist: 2016 Careless (Extended Mix) [Xtian New Reality Edit]. Matt Fax 2016 Cosmos (Original Mix). Sam Davies 2016 A Diff...

Continuing the Shanghai Nocturnal sessions with Episode 2. Keeping the Progressive house vibe going but sexier and with a tinge of Nu-Disco club flavour.   Playlist:   2014 Ready for Your Love (Extended Mix). Gorgon City, MNEK  2014 Sunlight (Extended Club Mix). The Magician, Years & Years 2015 Revered (Original Mix). EDX 2016 Your Soul (Martijn Ten Velden Remix). IDQ 2016 Wings (Extended Mix)...

Shanghai Nocturnals Ep.1   Scouring through the progressive genre on my HD whilst in Shanghai. Sometimes chilled, sometimes dark, sometimes happy but hopefully always cool progressive tunes.     Playlist:   2012 Diamonds (Gregor Salto Downtempo Remix). Rihanna 2015 Silence (Mollono. Bass Remix vs. Original Mix). Dole & Kom feat. Kollmorgen 2016 The Boy Is Mine (Alternative Mix vs. Mark Lower M...

XXL Vocal Deep House.. Three hours of non-boring, original and mostly current Vocal Deep House tunes.. Have to mention vocal to preempt the comments of the Deep House purists..   Another set which I had on recorded on the HD only to have forgotten it.. I stream it today whilst looking the Shanghai/Pudong skyline and thought it was a pity not to have published it at the time.   Hop in and out of it...

In Shanghai for a few days and uploading a few sets I had either started to fiddle with a few months back. If you ever go to Shanghai, get yourselves to the Bund and go up to " le Bar Rouge", where 19th century architecture meets Uber Cool 21st Century Asia. Mostly very current main floor tunes with a chopped beats twist, which is meant to get you on your feet. Apart from a very brutal transition...

The Greek House Collection (Music is My Shelter)   Second of a mini-series of Soulful House sets mixed in Greece during a break from it all. Took a while to finish it but here it is.   Let’s first credit a friend of mine, Gilberto Blackmon (The Funky Blackman) whose podcast you will find here on Podomatic: http://funkyblackman.podomatic.com/entry/2016-07-04T19_32_20-07_00  and on our Facebook Page...

The Greek House Collection (Soul Fever)   First of a mini-series of Soulful House sets mixed in Greece during a break from it all.   Let’s first credit a friend of mine, Gilberto Blackmon (The Funky Blackman) whose podcast you will find here on Podomatic: http://funkyblackman.podomatic.com/entry/2016-07-04T19_32_20-07_00 and on our Facebook Page site “House is a Journey”: https://www.facebook.com/...

Former last instalment of Beach/Pool tunes live from the Nysia pool in the island of Spetses, Greece.   More rhythmic but still very sundrenched and Beach House.   Similar format as step 1 and 2 new cuts of old favourites or brand new tunes buried in my hard drive. No other ambition but to entertain and hopefully make you feel the warmth of the Aegean sun. I will continue to clean up my hard drive...

More Beach/Pool tunes live from the Nysia pool in the island of Spetses, Greece.   Same format new cuts of old favourites or brand new tunes buried in my hard drive. No other ambition but to entertain and hopefully make you feel the warmth of the Aegean sun. I will continue to clean up my hard drive for a couple then get into something more ambitious.   Give it a listen, this is not a hard one..  ...

Getting into the holiday vibe.. Mixed in Spetses, Attiki, Ellada   First step: equalize the mood and clean up my drive.. Beach sounds, easy on the ears, some new cuts of oldies, some recent releases. Not going to say much about it.    If you feel like some fun and sundrenched sounds, this one is live from Spetses, Greece.   Playlist: 2016 Rise (U&J Morning After Remix). U-Ness & JedSet 201...

Resuming my Trance Mission with “The 138 bpm Drop”   Balearic Trance Journey. Drop both your inhibitions and your gear and let the journey start!   If you do not like real (but frenetic at times) bangin’ trance, I strongly suggest you give this one a miss… yet, you will have foregone quite a journey…   Firstly, I have to thank Lars for giving me the inspiration to put this set together. Lars has b...

Second Quantum of Solace (In the Air CX 134)   Refer to previous podcast for an update on my status.    I mixed this second Quantum of Solace during an 8 hour flight. The only post-edit is the intro, in many ways unnecessary but I felt like tying the set up to the Quantum World. Furthermore, should you be a fervent follower, you have already endured many a time my love for intros..   Numerous Xtia...

First Quantum of Solace (CX Lounge) I really should start with the simple fact that I have put myself on a hiatus.. Several reasons for my current status: A) Life is currently non-linear and the pressure to keep this podcast up to what I believe should be my standards would not really bring any escape. B) I had found that laately what I uploaded was at best mundane. If I do not feel it, why should...

I Play for Paris Pt.3   Twisted Original Club, Progressive and Trance anthems and a couple of Rock ones!   Fittingly starting with “Sympathy for the Devil”, diving straight into Progressive sexy house with a hint of Club House before a Progressive – Trance House climax.  First time I get people to actually dance to my beloved Faithless, must have been the time when everything clicked and kicked in...

I Play for Paris Pt.2   Handbag House tunes bordering on lipstick Pop!   Fittingly starting with “Too Young to Die” with a rather long medley of Moloko’s “Sing it Back” in the first third. At that stage, I had to attend to some social duties and cued what is one of my favourite tune to fill up the blanks.     One month ago some nihilistic losers butchered 130 women and men in Paris…   Forget about...

I Play for Paris Pt.1 Eclectic Lounge with a few unexpected finds and some very tongue-in-cheek pop mashups..   One month ago some nihilistic losers butchered 130 women and men in Paris… Forget about the social media meltdown, France is my country and Paris my city. Whereas France is actually far from being the model country it aspires to be, by attacking “her” for being the “capital of prostituti...

My name is Deep.. Just Deep….   If you are not into Deep House, forego this one but if you are partial to the Deeper vibe, check it out.   Nothing else to add. It’s Deep, Just Deep.   Playlist:   2013 I Wish You Were Here (Addex Remix). John Creamer & Stephane K feat. Nkemdi 2015 Can You Feel It (Original Mix). Lifekiss&Hoover 2015 Just Glow (Robert Maik 6AM Mix). Blackbird, Robert Maik 20...

Deep n’ Twisted   I had to depart from the soulful vibe I was in and turned to some iconoclast and eclectic deeper cuts I had on the hard drive.   It is chilled, somewhat Deep and slightly Twisted. Please consume without pre-conceived expectations. Just let this one roll..   Playlist:   2014 Touch Me (Mario Chris Remix). Jerry Ropero, Tom Novy, Tom & Jerry, Abigail Bailey 2013 Spread Love (Hol...

Spring is Coming Ep.2   Very ambivalent as to whether this episode ought to have been uploaded at all..   Continuing in the spirit of the previous episode as I endeavour to slowly get into the soulful, sunnier vibe of the Australian springtime.   Nothing really special but handpicked tunes, some of which I possibly dropped  too recently but felt like giving them a second chance.. This set is certa...

Spring is Coming Ep.1   As some may know, I am based down under in Melbourne and Spring is coming.. If it were not for the Carnival to come, the blooming flowers, my debilitating hay fever would remind me that come October, SPRING IS NIGH!   With Spring comes the urge to listen to easy soulful, pool-side tunes.. and here they are.   Not going to wax lyrical about this one, it is just a simple, eff...

Let’s Play!   A bit of background:   Location: household, Melbourne, Australia. Date: 19-09-15 first day of mid-term holidays. Temper Gauge: immediate risk of major family breakdown!   First day of holidays and tempers were at breaking point! Kids complaining they were bored, Spouse close to losing it having to pick up everyone’s mess lying around, pleading for help and getting blank hostile gazes...

“ A little bit of House, A little bit of Disco, that’s all we need, that’s all we need ”   SoulfuLips (The Club Edition)   Another summer soulful vocal mix upload,  same format and mostly current tune restrictions. Beware! This one will make you want to rise up and DANCE! It is a happy mix sure to pick you up if you have the blues.. Put it on and let the music play! More focused than the previous...

SoulfuLips (Bar Grooves Edition) Still riding on my holiday vibe, I felt it was time to revisit soulful house. Soulful tracks were beginning to accumulate in my hard drive and I thought it was time to present it in a series of sets. I am attempting to offer a classic soulful mood using mostly current releases. First one in the SoulfuLips series, the Bar Grooves Edition.   Looking at the playlist w...

The idea for the set came from looking at my podomatic stats with thousands of downloads and plays from Egypt, Turkey, the UAE and Saudi Arabia.. I thought I would give something back for all of the encouragements I have received from you.   Therefore I thought that after a month of fasting, it was high time to offer some of my followers the music they need to finally party!   Eid Mubarak!   عيد م...

The Funky Train from Athens to Ibiza   Title is a referenced to the Mikis Theodorakis track (No.6), which I was very happy to drop considering the set was put together at the Nysia Hotel pool (Spetses Island, Greece).   A word on the Nissia hotel (http://www.nissia.gr/en).  Great place, very good rate for their villas where you can comfortably sleep 6 to 8 people for under 300 EUR B/F included......