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Night Sixteen: Eclectic House

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Funky, soulful, disco, vocal, fashion.. House music. Straight to the point, nothing filler. Perpetually solid, quality house music. Closing out 2011 with a 125 bpm bomb! Here’s the new set to feed you with ear candy. Enjoy and happy holidays!

Tracklist:

1. Tyrese – How You Gonna Act Like That (Stig Remix)
2. Modern American Theatre – Berlin Reunited: And It Feels So Good (DJPJ Remix)
3. Ambient P. – Hot Stuff (Steven Stone Soulful Mix)
4. Justin Timberlake – Sexyback (Pokerface House Mix)
5. Adele – Set Fire To The Rain (Moto Blanco Club Mix)
6. Human Life – In It Together (Directors Cut Signature Togetherness)
7. Ce Ce Rogers & Syke’N'Sugarstarr – I Believe (Original Mix)
8. Daddy’s Favourite – I Feel Good Things For You 09 (Nicola Fasano & Steve Forest Vocal Remix)
9. Stephanie Cooke – Everything (Orienta-Rhythm’s King Street Edit)
10. Jamiroquai – Runaway (Grant Nelson Remix)
11. Audiowhores feat. Alexis Hall – Subject Of My Affection (Original Vibe Mix)
12. Masters At Work – Backfired (Joey Negro Club Mix)
13. Noir – My MTV (Raul Rincon Remix)

Keepin’ it funky into 2012.

Night Fifteen: Stig Remixes

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Tyrese, my man!

The RnB classic, How You Gonna Act Like That, got a couple remixes that got lost in the wind.. one more than other. There’s the 5AM Remix and then there’s the STIG REMIX. This track immaculately encapsulates what a proper house track needs to do: Make you groove.

I first heard it at an H&M store and Shazam’d it to find out the name of the track (despite Shazam not being able to recognize a lot of the great tracks playing before this one). How You Gonna Act Like That (Stig Remix) by Tyrese was this awesome gem I couldn’t wait to go home and download. Upon searching, I come to realize this song doesn’t exist on iTunes, Amazon, or YouTube for that matter. It doesn’t even exist on any torrent or filehosting site. It’s existence is only verified by Discogs and obscure online vinyl/record shops that have it sold by private sellers. Basically, the only way to attain this track is to physically order the record or the CD single it was published on (J Records and BMG).

Not anymore, though! This piece of vinyl just arrived in the mail today and I got straight to the turntables to record this gem. Starting with your traditional house beat, a minute in, you’re transported to heaven. Lovely Fender Rhodes laying down lush chords with samples of Tyrese’s awesome vocal performance for a moment before the beat attacks in with arguably the most tasteful bass playing I’ve ever heard in any track. Subtle rhythm guitar and effects, occasional strings, synths, loungy breakdowns.. it’s all so uplifting, ethereal, and full of light. The atmosphere this track exudes is upbeat and ambiently chill. It’s what a lot of music these days should convey, but unfortunately do not (at least not on a mainstream level). Even in the deep underground, this was nearly impossible to find and obtain.

I’m really happy to be able to share this with you. The music will do all of the talking. Hope you like it even half as much as I love it. Always keepin’ it funky!

Download here: Tyrese – How You Gonna Act Like That (Stig Remix)

Insrumental version: Tyrese – How You Gonna Act Like That (Stig Instrumental)

Night Thirteen: Your Rage Is Remixed

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Recently, I was approached to remix a track by Modern American Theatre. They’re an LA based indie rock band and friends of mine. You might have heard of them, and if you haven’t yet, I strongly recommend checking them out.. they sound really good.

The track I chose to remix is Berlin Reunited: And It Feels So Good. Originally 175 bpm (or 87.5 however you look at it), filled with distortion guitar, fast-paced drums and high energy, it’s been dramatically altered in virtually every way. You could say it’s been given the ‘Funk Fiction’ or the ‘DJPJ Funky House’ treatment. Vocals have been time stretched down to classic 127 bpm, enter some Fender Rhodes, swingin’ hats, housy rhythms, jazzy chords, funky analog synth glisses, filters, strings, vocal chopping/sampling, and groovin’ basslines… now you have the DJPJ Mix of Berlin.

Check it out along with the other remixes and the rest MAT’s releases @ modernamericantheatre.bandcamp.com!

As always, keepin’ it funky!

Direct Download:

Berlin Reunited: And It Feels So Good (DJPJ Remix)

Night Seven: Tutorial – Something About Us Chord Progression

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Second tutorial post. This time we’ll go through how to play the chords to Something About Us by Daft Punk. This song is an absolute classic (as are lots of Daft Punk tracks). The chords are very simple and easy. I’ll also take requests on how to play other tracks, too. For reference, the chords are:

Bb Maj 7, A min 7, D min 9, G Maj (add 9)… then

Bb Maj 7, A7 (add flat 9), A  min 7 / D (or Dsus), G min 7

Keep it funky.

Night Six: High Times / GGFHZ

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A very talented musician from the youtube and the jamirotalk forums, High Times had a lot of us Acid Jazz fans fooled for Toby Smith. For over a year, a lot of youtube followers swore he is Toby Smith, but he simply happens to be a very modest musician from Russia. Most of his content are bits and snippets lasting between 25 seconds to 2 minutes, but a lot of the material is absolutely golden. Completely authentic rare groove funk and acid jazz. High Times is definitely worth checking out. Hopefully he’ll surprise us with an album keepin’ it funky!

Night Four: Deep Cruisin’

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A little bit of deep house for you deep night timers. Wrote this track last October while living in San Francisco. Almost on the minimal side but there are some funky bass and chords goin’ on while maintaining that mellow loungy deep house feel. Keep it funky!

Direct Download: Deep Cruisin’

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