Party Favorz

Volume 2 teeters on the mainstream cusp, while retaining it’s underground authenticity.  It’s possible a couple of these songs might fit nicely in my upcoming Holiday Edition, but I’m hopeful that there will be so much new stuff that won’t be necessary.  To be certain, there are lots of fantastic vocals in this set with a couple of amazing remakes.  In that category we have an updated version of “Any Love” by Izzy Stardust and Sherell McKenzie.  For those of you following this blog regularly, the original was from earlier this year by the DJ Meme Orchestra and featured on my T-Dance Edition v2.  This go around, Izzy and Sherell take it deeper and darker from the disco laden version of DJ Meme.  The fact that it works so well is a testament to how solid the song is. 

The other remake in this set should be familiar to almost all house music enthusiast.  “Touch Me” by  Kid Massive and Elliotte Williams N’Dure takes the Rui Da Silva classic down a darker path.  All the elements are here making this a surefire winner.  It did take a while to grow on me, only because I couldn’t get Cassandra’s vocals out of my head while listening to this version.  After a couple of spins, I’m all about this take.

Song for song, this second set really stacks up nicely.  I picture this new series to take on a variety of house flavors going forward.  Beatportal recently had a fantastic article called “2009: The Year of Disco” which talks about the resurgence of disco in these desperate times, which is required reading for any serious house music lover.  The only thing they left out was some of the nudisco artists that I tend to favor.  No matter, I’ll hunt them all down and no doubt will come across some other goodies along the way so I can use in a future Leftovers set.  You also might remember an article I did back in December of 2007 which talked about the very same thing; albeit I was referencing some of the more mainstream productions by the likes of Moto Blanco, Freemasons and 7th Heaven. Regardless, it does appear my initial conclusions were right on target, even if there was a two year gap between articles.  In the end, it’s all good.

That’s about it for today.  I’m currently readying the Gay Anthems I’ve been promising and should have those out this next week.  The weather for this past week has been amazing with cooler temperatures, plenty of sunshine and most importantly, NO RAIN!  I hope everybody else is able to enjoy the same type of autumn weather we’re experiencing in the ATL.  Have a fantastic weekend and as always…enjoy!

Album : Party Favorz 2009: Leftovers v2 Disc : 2/2 Genre : House Music, Beatport, DJ Tunes, Masterbeat Year : 2009 Total Time : 1:10:13:00

Track : 1 Title : Wherever You Are (Gabe Medina & Joshua Geyer Club Mix) Artist : Linda O Purchase: Masterbeat

Track : 2 Title : Aftertouch (Original Mix) Artist : DJ Rafael M. Purchase: Masterbeat

Track : 3 Title : Feeling Your Body (DJG Club Mix) Artist : Project 155 Purchase: Masterbeat

Track : 4 Title : Perfection (Vocal Mix) Artist : Tom Chris feat. Candice Purchase: Beatport

Track : 5 Title : Any Love (Sylvane Massive Club Mix) Artist : Izzy Stardust feat. Sherell McKenzie Purchase: Beatport

Track : 6 Title : Pushin To The Top (Danny Verde Remix) Artist : Halmadaxx & Danny Verde Purchase: Masterbeat

Track : 7 Title : Heal My Heart (Fanatix Main Mix) Artist : Kerri Chandler feat. Treasa Diva Fennie Purchase: Beatport

Track : 8 Title : Wanna Be Happy (Thomas Gold Dub Mix) Artist : The Viron  feat. Max’C Purchase: Beatport

Track : 9 Title : Solarianism (Original Mix) Artist : Chocolate Puma & Baggi Begovic feat. Mitch Crown Purchase: Masterbeat

Track : 10 Title : Got In Me (Peter Pleser Remix) Artist : NG Project feat. Sarah Chris Purchase: Beatport

Track : 11 Title : Touch Me (In The Morning) (Vocal Mix) Artist : Kid Massive feat. Elliotte Williams N’Dure Purchase: Beatport

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Periodically, I feel the need to separate myself from the other work I do on this site and create these fantastic underground house sets.  After spending more time than I ever have putting together the Gay Anthem mixes (set to release next week), I needed a break.  When I mean break, I’m talking about something completely different that I can lose myself in.  I find this music invigorating and actually helps my overall creative flow. 

Going forward, the Leftovers series will be something that pops up from time time.  Basically, these are a collection of songs that I really like, but didn’t have a place to put them in the other Party Favorz editions.  What I did was go back and pick several songs that were previously set aside and then headed on over to Beatport and Masterbeat and picked up a few more to round out the set.  After listening to my last BPM Edition, you folks probably had a good sense that this might be coming.  In fact, one of my new favorite legal download sites is DJ Tunes.  While they carry many of the same items that Traxsource and Beatport do, the navigation and the way they separate out the genres makes it much easier for me to find what I like.  Trust me, I buy a lot from the aformentioned two download services, but I find this one more accessible to my needs.  Besides, there’s always room for one more favorite site to shop at.

No point in going over what the top picks are here, because they all are.  In fact, I liked “How I Feel” by Focus Audio feat. Sherelle McKenzie so much, I included two different versions…LOL!  Okay, so that was a mistake, but I put these together so fast, it was just an oversight.  For the most part, there was very little editing (accept when the intro went on for an eternity in a couple of cases).  The whole concept is to throw these together quickly and maintain the whole integrity of the songs, giving the set a looser, live feel than my other work.  I think I have achieved that.

So, if underground house is your thing, you’re gonna love these.  If not, you’ll just have to wait until my next BPM Edition later this month.  That’s about it for today.  I’ll be back sometime this weekend with volume two. 

Until then, enjoy!

Album : Party Favorz 2009: Leftovers v1 Disc : 1/2 Genre : House Music, Beatport, DJ Tunes, Masterbeat Year : 2009 Total Time : 1:09:07:00

Track : 1 Title : Enjoy Music (Original Mix) Artist : Reboot Purchase : Beatport

Track : 2 Title : It’s Not Easy (Original Mix) Artist : Snatch Bros feat. Novi Purchase : Beatport

Track : 3 Title : I Like Boys (Dystonix Mix) Artist : Nahja Purchase : Masterbeat

Track : 4 Title : Dirty Sax (Classic Mix) Artist : Sandy Rivera Purchase : Beatport

Track : 5 Title : Dirty Shake (Peter Brown Vocal Mix) Artist : Chris Montana feat. Soraya Vivian Purchase : Beatport

Track : 6 Title : How I Feel (Asbo Club Mix) Artist : Focus Audio feat. Sherelle McKenzie Purchase : DJ Download

Track : 7 Title : Is It Me (Space Monkey Remix) Artist : Daniel Forbes feat. Joey Sagrada Purchase : Beatport

Track : 8 Title : The Revolution (Saor Mix) Artist : Menini & Viani feat. Terri B! Purchase : DJ Tunes

Track : 9 Title : How I Feel (Focus Audio Original Mix) Artist : Focus Audio feat. Sherelle McKenzie Purchase : DJ Download

Track : 10 Title : Shine On (Eako & Livesu Steel Mix) Artist : DJ Eako & Robert Livesu feat. Maiya Sykes Purchase : Beatport

Track : 11 Title : I Don’t Wanna Lose Your Love (Str8jackets Mentalist Mix) Artist : Jonny Montana pres. Stephanie Cooke Purchase : Beatport

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