There have not been any educational posts in a while and I feel like DPC needs to lay down some knowledge for all of you. We all win in these "educational posts". It makes me feel smarter (really, it does) and you guys feel more enlightened and take away some very valuable information.
Right now, we're all traveling to festivals, shows, beaches, and vacations. We're all moving and shaking and hopefully bringing along our own dance parties as we go from point a to point b.
The issue at hand is I've got a pretty limited catalog when it comes to mixes whilst traveling. I have my "go-to" mixes, forcing anyone and everyone to listen to in my car. By the end of the trip, they probably want to kill me. So... after racking my brain for more ideas, I decided to take a different route with this. You guys already know I love disco dance parties. You know I love deep house. You know I freaking like to get weird. Maybe you even know I occasionally like to blast, "Call me, Maybe." Basically, I'd just bring the same dang thing to the table, and what's the fun in that? So for the last few days I've been polling different sources to put together the ultimate "Music Guide to Surviving Road Trips".
I don't want to insult your intelligence (or maybe I'm just saying these things because I've done the same thing), but let's get one thing straight when you're on a road trip: you need to have the necessary equipment while traveling. That means you should probably have some or all of the following to ensure your road trip does not completely fail. This also means that you’ve successfully found a way not to talk to your passengers most of the trip - because who really wants to do that?
Some type of mp3 player (Smartphones are also good if you can stream SoundCloud)
CDs (To play in your car - yes, some of us have to do that because we own shitty cars. And by some of us, I mean me..)
Auxilary cable to hook up mp3 player
Headphones
Charger for said player
Red Bull, Coffee, anything caffeinated
CANDY (i.e. swedish fish, anything chocolate, sour gummy worms, skittles...)
Below you'll see two categories; there are only two because as I was "researching" I found that people either recommended a mix that was for either:
Friday, Friday, Friday. Has it really been 7 days already? Maybe it was the 40 hours in 2 days that I worked at the beginning of the week that threw off my perception of time, or maybe it was my level of excitement for this weekend that made the time fly by. Either way, I'm not complaining. The weekend has once again arrived and it feels so good. For anyone in the DC area, come out and celebrate the 1 year anniversary of Mr. Bonkerz' monthly party at 9:30 Club Back Bar, Shenaniganz. I'm sure there will be plenty of cookies and whiskey to go around.
Fresh off of the Disco Texas release of "Horizontal Disco" (Remixes), Zimmer dropped another great mixtape this week. First of all, Horizontal Disco was an incredible EP. The alarm clock on my phone still wakes me up every morning with the original version of "Cruisin'" (that's literally a horizontal disco start to your day). This remix album has taken some great Nu-Disco tracks, and made them, well, "nu-er". My favorite song on this album has to be the Xinobi remix of "Slave to Your Heart (featuring Jeremy Glenn)". The song peaks after a great build. Then, just when you think its about to drop, the beat cuts out and the chorus comes in, leading to an energetic, piano driven, booty shakin', dance party explosion. This track is also featured in the mix below. There are some really great remixes on this album and I highly recommend checking them out right here:
If you haven't been paying attention the last few months, Zimmer has been on fire with his mix tapes. His "Living Large Mixtape" from March was one of my favorites released this year. One of the things I really enjoy about his mixes is that he packs around 20 great tracks into an hour. He picks the best section of each track and sometimes the transitions are so smooth you forget that the track changed. His April mixtape, "Desert Drive", is no different. It starts off with Lou Teti's remix of "Cruisin" which is a great track to kick off any road trip or joy ride. The fifth track, "Triscuits" by Monitor 66, seems to be popping up on a bunch of mixes recently and will be on an upcoming House of Disco EP. There are so many great tracks on this mix that I could go on for days about them and the artists featured on it are essentially a Whose Who of Nu-Disco Kings. Sit back, relax, and whether you are horizontal, vertical, or in a seated position, get you weekend started with some Horizontal Disco.
Tracklist:
1. Zimmer - Cruisin' (Lou Teti Remix)
2. Neighbour - You Can Do It
3. Chordashian - Black Eye
4. Lou Teti - Love It (Dublin Aunts Rework)
5. Monitor 66 - Triscuits
6. Moon Boots - Got Somebody
7. Alpine - Hands (Goldroom Remix)
8. Only Children - Down Fever
9. Munk & Peaches - You Can't Run From My Love
10. Sebastien Tellier - Cochon Ville (Hey Champ Remix)
11. Lauer - Trainmann (Tensnake Franceman Mix)
12. Housse De Racket - Chateau (Mickey Remix)
13. Balla - Montra (Moullinex Remix)
14. Zebra and Snake - Money In Heaven (Helsinki 78 82 Remix)
15. Dimitri From Paris & DJ Rocca feat. Hard Ton - Pretty Baby
16. Kennedy - Karate (Tronik Youth Edit)
17. Zimmer - Slave To Your Heart (ft. Jeremy Glenn) (Xinobi Remix)
18. Mercury - Running Back To You (feat. Christopher McCay)
19. M83 - Reunion (Mylo Remix)
20. Duff Disco - Over To The Left
Hello Cyber Friends! Hope everyone had a good week. I want to give a big shout out to everyone who came out to the Don Cornelius - Soul Train Tribute Party this past Friday night. It was quite a funkin' dance party if I do say so myself. It was such a blast to get down to old school disco tunes in funky-fresh throwback gear and to shake it in a Soul Train dance line! One of the highlights was the disco edit of the Star Wars theme. Things quickly turned into a dark side disco dance party. Now if I could direct you attention to the Darth Vader Disco Ball... someone buy me one, please! On a side note, my latest batch of home brewed beer is a Black IPA called Death Star IPA. I somehow thought that this was relevant.
Well enough random commentary and on to the music. This week we were blessed with a plethora of mixes and many of them were heat rocks (Note: Heat rocks are different than kick rocks). Below you will find hopefully enough music to keep you dancing through the weekend. Feast your ears on these and as they say, "A dance party a day, keeps the doctor away."
We've been waiting for Classy Dancer VI for a while now and here it is. I actually just started this mix, but if its anything like the previous 5 Classy Dancers it is going to be amazing.
Tracklist: Check back soon!
This is the first mix from A.N.D.Y. This is the new project of Andy Faisca, who was a part of the DJ duo Mustang, before they split at the end of last year. Definitely a very good first mix for his new solo project. Tracklist:
1. Neighbour : You can do it
2. Jus' Bros. : The Truth
3. Russian Adults : Don't panic Dancing
4. Larse : So Long
5. The Supermen Lovers : Say no More (A.N.D.Y. Remix)
6. Tad Wily : Garage Love
7. Lazaro Casanova : DeLoreans Groove (LC Dub)
8. Jean Nipon : Girl Complex
9. Philosophy of Sound : Freedom, what for ? (A.N.D.Y. Remix)
10. Moonbootica : Iconic (Lorenz Rhode Remix)
This mixtape from Zimmer is titled "Living Large" and he categorizes it as Vertical Disco. This was one of my favorite mixes of the week. It has some huge tunes that are sure to keep you dancing. Tracklist:
1. Goldroom - Angeles
2. Chordashian - Sea Crest
3. Nathan Swiss - Heart (Moonchild Remix) 4. U-Tern - You Don't Know Me 5. Lancelot - We Can Dance (Goldroom Remix) 6. Platic Plates - Toys 7. Moon Boots - Bills To Pay 8. Astrolabe? - Cave Disco (Discotexas Edit) 9. Citizens - Reptiles (Attar! Remix) 10. Charlotte Gainsbourg - Paradisco (Joakim's "Paradisco Garage" Remix) 11. Zimmer - Bay Bridge (Moon Boots Remix) 12. Zimmer - Looking At You (Moullinex Remix) 13. Grouplove - Tongue Tied (Gigamesh Remix) 14. The Kooks - Naive (Jean Tonique Remix) 15. Carl Carlton - She's A Bad Mama Jama (Funk Manchu Remix) 16. Justin Faust - High Hopes (Jay Lamar & Jesse Oliver Remix) 17. Jessie Ware - Running (Disclosure Remix) 18. Zimmer - Slave To Your Heart (feat. Jeremy Glenn) (Broke One Remix) 19. Doi-Oing - Good Feeling
A new mix from Zimmer was released yesterday for Brain Magazine. It's a nice one to kick off the day. It's full of a variety of recent Nu-Disco hits. Look over the tracklist and you'll see a bunch of your favorites from the summer.He's got it tagged as "Horizontal Disco"; not sure what that is exactly, but the mix an uplifting one. The pacing is great and builds nicely. The second half crosses into the House realm and finishes with an old school Disco gem. I know been on a House binge this week, so stay tuned today for plenty of Disco to keep you dancing through the end of the week. Enjoy!
Kamp! - Cairo Siriusmo & Jan Driver - Golden Super Cherokee - Take Care Of You Nicholas - Without You Mustang - Nebula Munga / Frank & Jamo - On Fire Lou Teti - I Know The Way (Toomy Disco Vocal Mix) Coupons & Show Your Shoe - Sara (Bxentric Remix) Suzanne Kraft - Turning Chromeo - When The Night Falls (Breakbot Remix) Housse De Racket - Roman (Oliver Remix) RÜFÜS - We Left (Ride The Universe Remix) Teengirl Fantasy - Cheaters (John Talabot's Classic Vocal Mix) Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs - Garden CFCF - Come Closer (Azari & III Remix) Inner City - Big Fun (The Classic Magic Juan Mix) Galaxy 2 Galaxy - Hi-Tech Jazz Lovebirds feat Stee Downes - Want In My Soul Jonas Rathsman - Love Is My Middle Name James Welsh - Air Valley Tricksi - Wilderness (Genius Of Time Remix) William DeVaughn - Be Thankful For What You've Got
We're en route to Identity Festival!!!! And if you didn't know that, I can only act offended because that means you've actively ignored our posts regarding our fun weekend ahead. It's okay though, you can make it up to me by sending me these. I'll take five.
Maybe you're sad you can't make it to one of the 20 cities Identity Festival is taking over. It's okay, DPC has you covered. It's rumored that we have press passes for tomorrow (Oh Dear God - this can only mean trouble), and are able to do cool things people do when they have press passes. Stay tuned for some posts about cool things we were able to do with these press passes. If I say press pass one more time, will you be annoyed?
I'm pretty sure you can count on some gems next week. Rashad has some great ideas and I can't wait for him to share them with you! And because I already know myself, you'll probably get at least one, if not two, posts about something stupid I did. Because let's be honest, I'm going to be drunk bear at least for some of the festival, and will only be able to express my experience in "OMGs" and words like shiny or beep and boop.
I'm leaving you with two mixes. The first one is a Munk mix (Gomma Records...love love love!) That's all I'll say about that - I'll let the mix do the talking.
The Ambitious C Mixtape Series - Munk 01. Mobroder (Spankrock x Blu Jemz x DJ Hoff) – “Rush (In Flagranti Remix)”
02. Reverso 68 – “Earthy Powers”
03. Bananarama – “More Than Physical (Garage Mix)”
04. Fernando 68 – “Dont Stop (DJ Kaos Remix)”
05. Moullinex – “Sunflare”
06. Munk – “Can I Have Your Attention (KING DJ Edit)”
07. Munk – “Rue De Rome”
08. Capablanca & T.Keeler – “No Hay Ritmo”
09. Rashaan
10. Munk – “Mis Labios”
11. Telonius – “Now”
12. Mirror People – “Feel The Need (Munk Remix)”
13. The Barking Dogs – “2″
14. Esperanza – “Sirena”
The second mix I'm putting up is by Zimmer. I love Zimmer!!! Like a lot. And if you want to partake in a daytime disco party, this is for you.
Zimmer - Les Grandes Vacances | Summer Mixtape by Zimmer Will Smith - Summertime
Carly Simon - Why
Korallreven - Honey Mine (Lissvik Remix)
Sade - When Am I Going To Make A Living (Poolside's Ton Of Drums Edit)
Body Language - Social Studies (Plastic Plates Remix)
Convertion - Let's Do It (Tom Francis Edit)
Stephanie Mills - You Can't Run From Love
Rogue Vogue - Breezy
Raheem De Vaughn - I Don't Care (Roy Love Remix)
Moullinex - Sunflare
Marc Ronson & The Business INTL - Record Collection (Perseus Remix)
Moon Boots - Gopherit
Oliver - I Need You
Mickey ft Colonel Abrams - Trapped
Justin Faust - Girl Talk
Theophilius London - Flying Overseas (Soul Clap Efunk Mix)
Cécile - Il Corpo
Flight Facilities - Foreign Language feat Jess Higgs
Toto - Georgy Porgy
Enjoy your Friday and listen to these DDPs cause I say so, and stay tuned for some recaps after the weekend!!!
I like perfection. I also don't like it when things don't go my way. Unfortunately for me, this happens a lot. Uhmmm.... yea.
I attempted to re-number the tracks on my iTunes for a playlist I made to share with everyone. Unfortunately, after a friend explained to me via GChat what to do (read: I thought I understood, but really did not at all), I somehow ended up with all of the artists names dubbed as "Crazy Penis". The first thing that went through my head, "OMG. This is awkward." And then I laughed a little. Until I realized I had to manually go back through and change all of the artists.
iTunes: 1
Becca: 0
The playlist above is strictly for dance parties at the gym. You know, when you're on the treadmill. Or maybe you're ellipticalling your little heart out. Perhaps you're a biker? Don't worry, this playlist doesn't discriminate. It's for everyone.
So after I fixed the names of all the artists, I tried finding a medium that I could put on the blog so you could stream this mix, or even download it (uhmm, help?). Second fail of the night. The mix is pretty much played at random when you stream it. So I spent like an hour trying to perfect, upload and stream this stupid mix. UGH.
Moral of the story? Don't try and make your playlists with an artist's name that begins with "Crazy Penis".
Edited to Add: Some people have been texting me, chatting me, etc and asking who the HECK "Crazy Penis" is. They are also known as "Crazy P", and consists of Chris Todd (Hot Toddy) and Jim Baron from the United Kingdom. The particular song I was trying to put first on the playlist is from their 2002 album, 'The Wicked is Music', and is called "There's a Better Place". It features samples from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
This playlist is for cardio and my 10K on Sunday. The goal of it is easy: make me keep moving. It's supposed to be a progression, so when you're working out/racing/etc, you don't burn out the first 10 minutes, and then by the end you won't even want your workout to end!! So yea, listen to it at random - cause what you see is what you get folks. And maybe this will teach me to let Rashad do all of the 'fancy' blog stuff from now on.
And now I feel bad. Cause what's above isn't exactly what I envisioned. And really, who knows if anyone will actually like it. So here's a Zimmer mix that I enjoy whenever I need a little pick-me-up. Like this morning, when I realized how huge of a fail this post was.
Zimmer - Bright City Lights | June Mixtape by Zimmer Jeremy Glenn - New Life
Goldroom - Morgan's Bay
Laberge - Million Dollar Party
Luke Million - Arnold
Popular People's Front - Party Over Here (Gigamesh Rework)
Tiger & Woods - Kissmetellmemore
Laydisco - More Tigers
Oxford - Holy Moon (Kartell Remix)
Munk - Can I have Your Attention ?
Madonna - Into The Groove (Kolombo Rework)
Golden Bug & Mustang - Soap Opera
Cordova - Paradigm
Peter & The Magician - Twist
Processory - Nightfall (Aeroplane Remix)
Tensnake - Something About You
Cosmic Kids - Reginald's Groove
Laid Back - Bakerman (Soul Clap Remix)
George Duke - Brazilian Love Affair (Zimmer Edit)
Classixx - Into The Valley (Julio Bashmore Remix)
6th Borough Project - If The Feelings Right
The issue at hand is I've got a pretty limited catalog when it comes to mixes whilst traveling. I have my "go-to" mixes, forcing anyone and everyone to listen to in my car. By the end of the trip, they 
