House is a Journey

Poolside at the The Semeli Hotel, Mykonos, Greece   Continuing the Mykonos vibe series. Let’s describe it as eclectic Poolside Deep and Beach tunes..   Playlist:   2014 Still In Love. Ross Couch 2014 Just Nina Simone (Vitullo Remix). DJ PP 2014 I Need You (Original). Deeplomatik 2014 After All (Claptone Remix. Oliver Koletzki, Nord 2012 Sage Comme Une Image (Spiller Remix). Bottin, Jupiter 2014 Yo...

Warning !!!!! Hiatus on the Trance Mission I embarked earlier as I found myself overseas without my external drive, having left home all the tunes I intended to use for that purpose. Until my return, I will follow the holiday vibe with whatever I have on my notebook or will buy and download.   In Mykonos, Greece, at the Semeli Hotel, where I dropped a few sets to be uploaded in the next few days....

On a Trance-Mission: Episode 01 (The Ambient Set)   Off to a Journey into Trance..  and if I am not delusional the first port of call is a good one.. Dust off the glow sticks, the furry boots, the neon T-shirts, the lycra leggings, the kandi, the beads necklaces, the multi pocket flarry pants, the lasers and get ready for minor keys! In the next few weeks, across several uploads, I will attempt to...

En Mai fais ce qu'il te plaît! (2014 Edition)   French Proverb which literally means " In May do what pleases you"..    Every year, on my birthday, I put something together .. for myself.. It does not infer that this set is in anyway better or that the tunes are "special" just that I know I will want to enjoy it later on day most probably in hotel room or on the plane or god forbid maybe walking o...

Picking up from where we left off.. After a very tame and somewhat bland FK set, I dropped a selection of funky house classics to get a few feet moving. The carefull scripted algorhytm was thrown out the window, I started soulful and strangely ended up in Tranceland.. the odd thing is.. It worked !!! Someone I have a lot of respect for, Richard Vasquez (here on podomatic http://richardvasquez.podo...

Rest Easy Mr Knuckles, You brought us so much Joy...   I was overseas when I heard the news of Frankie Knuckles passing. Once the initial moment of sadness passed on, I immediately thought that the best way to celebrate his legacy was to plan an old style “House” party with all our close friends, whom Frankie K had entertained and with some of whom he had spend some friendly nights here and in Gre...

Introspection 3.0 (Happy Easter ! ! ) Dim the light, grab a book and prepare to chill. Also suitable for work, children, pets, lovers etc…   Third and last iteration of the Introspection series. Not only because it may be time to stop looking at my navel and change vibe but also because I think this set wraps it up nicely.   Deep, Progressive, Indie House with a distinct lounge and ambient feel. I...

Introspection 2.0   Same spirit as the first iteration. Deep, slightly down tempoIndie and dark progressive House driven by big bass lines and (I hope ) original eclectic melodies.   Except for the Lana track which I picked up from Introspection 1.0, the set has a clear continental European feel. The artists and remixers are mostly from Northern Europe. The production is distinctively Nordic or Ge...

Introspection 1.0   Looking inwards for a few sets as in order to progress, one has to allow time for Introspection.   The Menu: from the somewhat darker, Indie and Nu-Disco side of Progressive House.   Do not be alarmed with the first track, just play along even if you think like my eleven year old son that old rockers are not your cup of tea.. The rest is a very solid, clever and original upload...

More Happy Pills....Follow up of previous Happy Pill. Proviso: Been sitting on this Intro for a while, thought it fitted the Happy Pill Theme.. By no means am I NOT taking mental health as a serious issue. It simply is! Directly or indirectly, we all have had some experience of how tragic, debilitating or simply sad, mental health issues are. This being clarified, we still can have a little smile...

Happy Pill   I actually have a few more installments of the "Deep in China" session and the NYD set to upload and yet ended up publishing this little nugget. Two factors: on the one hand felt like something a bit lighter & happier as I was starting to accumulate new 2014 tunes on my HD and on the other (my fellow podcasters will understand) once a set is recorded and sits there for a few weeks...

Deep in China The Xin Nian Kuai Le Session (新年快乐)   Taking the opportunity in the middle of my Deep in China Sessions to dedicate this one to my Chinese friends and wish them a Happy New Year!   Sticking to the Deep theme with a more progressive colour, although I did include a couple of tracks the Deep purists might hang me for. I stepped up the beat in this one just a tad as well.   Playlist...

Deep in China The Mengzhou Session.  ( 深藏在中國。在孟州會議 )   Second installment of Deep in China. I believe I am almost there to finally claim that I have mixed a true full Deep House set. The picture was taken in Mengzhou (a predomiantly muslim enclave) in Henan, China.. At least you will believe me when I write Deep in China. And yes I ate there and no I did not get sick.. at least not ther...

Deep In China (The Luoyang Session)   洛阳 I have been trying to put together some genuine deeper sets for a while. I never fully succeeded to the extend that some would propose that I simply can’t, for I love vocals and sugary melodies far too much to let go and really dig deeper.. Well... whilst travelling "Deep" in China, I had the time to attempt to reach the Great Deepnes :). Using the hotel...

Rained in on a paradise of a tropical island in French Polynesia.. Not complaining as things could be a LOT worse!! Yet once the board games were exhausted, emails read and answered and even slotted a gym session, the urge to create something took over. Hence uploading a little one, which appeared to have soothed the rather gloomy family mood.. Once back home, I will very shortly upload about 6 De...

interlude /ɪntəl(j)uːd/      Male Voices Only From the french Interlude Definition: a brief piece of music, dance, etc., given between the sections of another performance (C14: from Medieval Latin interludium, from Latin inter- + ludus play)) Still rebuilding my database, concurrently working on a request from my son.. this upload is just something I dropped in between sessions.. Hence the title "...

Almost Spring...but not quite! (12C in Melbourne today)   Indeed, Downunder where I am, it is almost Spring, yet we are absolutely freezing our proverbial t#itts off! With this in mind, here is an unpretentious little disco/funky/beach number blending new takes on old favourites and current funky releases. Since I suffered a total meltdown of my music database, I am in full rebuilding mode and wil...

Out of the Darkness, Into the Light Do not be fooled by the slow start, it does get a bit of oomph as we proceed. Thanks to Hayden for helping me finishing it. I was stuck in Tranceland and did to have the guts to either upload it or take another direction. I opted for the latter, for better or worse but at least I moved on! Continuing the Deep & Progressive vibe of the previous sets. I origin...

Free Your Mind   On the chilled, progressive and tech side of Deep House. I suggest grabbing a book or setting yourself on a task and let the music take you through its ebbs and flows. “Free Your Mind” is a nice chilled cerebral journey with a thinly disguised oniric dimension.   The best I can describe it is: “ this is a nice little tight package”. It took a while to get the level of consistency...

"I Wish You Were Here" ( The Mandarin Landmark Set) This is not the right forum to elaborate on the subtext of the set but its darker moods and yet softer tunes are a true reflection of what I was feeling when I put it together. I feel it may be one of my most original if not one of my best upload. You will be the judges.. At the confines of Progressive, Deep, Trance, Nu and Sexy House.. and so ve...

Abs Fab Happy Birthday Viv! Uploading this one for my wife! It's her birthday today and she is going away. Thought I could quickly wip something up she would enjoy listening to. It is neither an original nor a particularly tidy set but tunes are old favourites of ours and listening to Marc Evans soulful voices is a direct path to bliss.. Marc Evans and Sandy Rivera's classics with a twist.. Her fa...

The Pirate Set is a yearly fixture of this podcast.   Live from the Pirate Bar in Hydra (Greece), courtesy of Wendy, Takis, Zeus and Zara Bouchlas.. Undoubtedly the best and most friendly bar in Greece.   Old classics from 2009/2010 with new soulful tracks.   The set was running along nicely until I drop Sergio Flores’ “ Hold On”, then pure magic.. Punters looking up and giving me the thumb up, ma...

The Sun Set   As played on the 5th of July at the Sunset Bar Hydra..   Soulful and hopefully smooth chilled grooves most of them release in June 2013. The whole idea was to create the appropriate soundscape to accompany the sunset, which picture up above can even pretend to depict the true glory and purity of what we were seeing.. I had thought for months how and when to use the French accapella,...

Deepartures: Hydra   From Hydra in Greece, a nice Deep vibe , with enough bounce never to get boring.. Take this flight on Deep House Airlines ,the journey should be without turbulences and the destination is sundrenched and elegant.. I love this set, it is coming straight from the box with no frills nor edits.   Playlist:   Intro Deep House Airlines (Generic). Mr V. 2013 Oscillations (Part 1) (Or...

Secret Stash…..   A word of caution! If the sound quality of the set is dubious do not be surprised! Self Indulgent, light and repetitive my first audience being my kids and my hope is that the set will be the road trip set of our upcoming European Summer Break.. This set consists of private DJ edits , not officially released, either because the remixer wants to use them for his gigs or because th...