house music by dattrax

dattrax mini bio part 5… DAT: “Just started converting last 5crates of vinyl into digital format. Time consuming and painful. Physically play each track and have mixer input into computer/ Soundforge, then edit sound level, beginning and end, save & burn on cdrs. Only have done a crate and a half, haven't touched this side project in months. Realising now that my crappy $100 soundcard is NOT t...

dattrax mini bio part 4… DAT: “Now I buy mp3s, and then convert to wave with SONY SOUNDFORGE, then burn to cd, so that I still am close to a physical way of playing my music, almost like vinyl, but not as heavy. Only put one to two tracks on a cd, to mimick vinyl selection. Remembering carrying three crates of records to gigs in the old days. I don't think that I can keep a groove playing from a l...

dattrax mini bio part 3… DAT: “Just started buying from Beatport.com, Stompy.com and DJDownload.com in last 6yrs plus. Just started buying from Traxsource.com- LOVE the vocal house tracks that I pick up from there. Every few months I'd spend $30-$80 on house tracks, I'll listen to 700+ tracks, then buy 15-20, sometimes 30. It used to cost me $16.99 (started at $8.99 to $12.99 for first few years)...

dattrax mini bio part 2… DAT: “Love listening to other DJs' vision of house/ their brand of house. Have listened to over 600 mixes by other DJs. Can't count how many parties! NONE of these lists are in any particular order. Best LIVE DJ Experiences of big names: Derrick Carter, Steve Lawler, Cevin Fisher, Danny Tenaglia, Dennis Ferrer, Roger Sanchez, Doc Martin, Little Louie Vega, Frankie Knuckles...

dattrax mini bio part 1… DAT: "Been partying to HOUSE for over 18yrs. Been DJing for over 15yrs. Been using wave file cds instead of vinyl for over 9yrs now. Sold and gave away 25 crates (about 100 records in a crate) of vinyl. Have 5 crates of my FAVS left. People who know me know that I only listen to House Music. 'DAT, YOU'RE NARROW-MINDED!!!' YES, I am NARROW MINDED, because I know what I like...

dattrax: This mix begins with an amazing track by Leo produced in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Can't wait to meet him one day.   I met the vocalist once at a Dennis Ferrer party.  She is a beautiful girl from Chili or Argentina, I'm not too sure which.   She's going to be so upset that I forgot, it's my DJ pal's X-girl.  Don't you hate forgetting details like that about people?  The track is called "...

dattrax: Just love the 1st instrumental track by Silicone Soul. The feel reminds me of Fingers Inc.'s Mystery of Love Instrumental. Just stomp your feet SICK! I found it in the 'electronica top 100 downloads' at Beatport.com. You have to look everywhere, don't let other people's labeling limit or confuse you. When you hear house, you'll recognise it. The first track is the most important in the mi...

dattrax: For me house music is an escape vehicle from the things that don't excite me about my life or stresses me out, so in those pockets of time that I spend related to house/ DJing, I enjoy it that much more. House Music is therapeutic in that it relaxes me. Other guys love sports, or are zoned out to TV. I don't care for that stuff. Imprinted, MixOne and Two are filled with tracks bought from...

dattrax: I friend of mine posted a hand held video clip of George Michael singing "Everything She Wants" and the energy was electric because everyone in the audience loved that song and knew the words. Jim and I have been mixing 80s pop tunes into house sets years before "MashUp" came around (Mash Up: remixes of popular songs layered with instrumentals from other popular songs or hip hop/ rnb beat...

dattrax : Here is a Classic house mix that will bring back a flood of memories if you were partying to house from 1990-1996. Jim and I both starting partying to house music at 16yrs old. We met, while both separately looking for a party when we were 19yrs old on the streets of downtown Toronto, and that's when we became friends. In search of good house tunes to dance to. An escape from both of our...

dattrax: Beginning to end this mix is filled with vocals that make you do that little whisper to yourself... "wow". Techy and funky house beats underlying it all. Topped off with smooth, yet aggressive movement from track to track. We hope this mix makes you say to yourself: "this is one of the reasons why I LOVE HOUSE MUSIC". We hope that you enjoy it as much as it was to make it. This was an all...

dattrax: 1st track is a vocal trx produced by Charles Webster and sung by the amazing Shara Nelson- WICKED! It reminds of a feeling of time stopping in a pitch black warehouse party when certain songs just envelope you while you have your hands in the air. Another defining trx in making this mix is a John Tejada remix of a Telepopmusik vocal, "Don't Look Back". Killer vocals on this mix. Oh yeah,...

dattrax: We would like to start this mix with a tribute to a great artist, Michael Jackson. I remember as a kid glued to the TV Set every Saturday evening, waiting for the most popular music video countdown of the week (CHUMFM 30 on a Toronto TV channel called CityTV). Michael was #1 for 57weeks straight. And I heard it every week and still loved it. Kids and adults walking around with knockoffs o...