Tales From The Deep with DJ Chris Fx

1. Lay it down - Harrison Crump 2. Finally (Baby Be Mine) - Terrence Parker 3. Real House (Soulful Mix) - Simon Faz 4. What is Real (Louie Vega Dub) - Thor, Scotty P. 5. Hiding In Your Love (TP’s Deep Dancing Dub Mix) - Terrence Parker 6. You B Good Now EP (Kirby Remix) - The Messenger 7. GOD HE Is - Terrence Parker 8. Drive Me Crazy (DJ Spen & Irvin Madden Phuture Of Da Phunk Vocal) _ Tracy Hamlin 9. Hard To Get (Richard Earshaw Remix) - D-Reflection, Irma Van Pamelen

1. One More Dream Comes True (Twisted Mind Remix) - Darick Gyorgy, Lalis 2. In The Wake Of Soul (Panorama Mix) - DGN 3. Spirit of House (Spoken Apella) - Bongoloverz feat. An-Tonic 4. Wonderland (Stones Afro Rootz Mix) _ Stones & Bones, Diana Lynn 5. Loving You (Original Mix) - Theoretical Soul, Chantelle Rowe 6. Only We will Know- David Maslo, Che Cherry 7. Time (Mikey V Remix) - Zona 8. Conch (Groove Junkies Deep Sanctuary Rework) - Spiritchaser 9. Dirty Thing (Original Mix) -Dan Perry 10. Empericism (Mick Verma Remix) - Definition of Soul

1. Another Day (Jayffe & Kalu BlacksFunkMental Remix) - VDX, PLP 2. How Love Goes (Mind Street Vocal Remix) - Zulu’s At Work, Wendy Jane Satchel 3. Move Sax Jazz (Original Mix) - Two Cuts 4. Just Can’t Give You Up (DJ Spen & Soulfudge Remix) - Diplomats Of Soul, Noel McKoy 5. The Otherr Side (The Messenger Attainment Mix) - D-Reflection, Sandy Spady 6. I Need You (Frisk & 5k0tt 2014 Mix) - Valentina Pocopio 7. Destiny (Dub) - Systemfunk, Aqeel 8. Survivor (Rhemi Remix) - SuSu Bobien, Andrew Hartley 9. Feel The Groove (Flapjackers Remix) - Sven Van Hees

1. Rain-Atjazz Remix - Kerri Chandler 2. It’s Your World (Terry Hunter Club Mix) - Jennifer hudson, R. Kelly 3. Wonderful (Achicha Soul Mixes) Terry Hunter feat. Teresa Griffin 4. Nothing Left (Original Mix) - J. Lettow 5. Stranger (Damond Ramsey Remix) - DJ Spen 6. Trapped -Audiowhores 7. Outta Sight (Ralf GUM & raw Artistic Soul Remix) - DJ Christos, Monique Bingham 8. Rumour Has it (Quentin Harris Re-Production) -Adele 9. Crazy (Charles webster’s Crazier Remix) - Black Coffee, twine

1. Give Me The Music (Original Mix) - Wrighty 2. Spirit of House (Spoken Apella) - Bongoloverz feat. An-Tonic 3. We Are The Party People (Spen, Thommy & Neal remix) - Baltimore Soul Tree, Sande’, DJ Oji 4. Makes Me Jump (Spen & Thommy Hyper Active Remix) - Klevakeys 5. My Nation (Original Mix) - Roy Davis Jr., Terry Dexter 6. Loving You (Lenny RX & Eric Kupper Remix) - Kenny Summit, Frankie Knuckles 7. Let’s Dance (Agev Munsen Remix) - Tom Flynn 8. Basement Stomp (Vocal Mix) - Dazzle drums, Rescue Poetix 9. Something About Da Muziq - David Harness 10. You Came Into My Life (Ralf Gum & Raw Artistic Soul Remix) - Elements Of Life, Anane

1. Demons Tremble (Marlon D’s Tremble The Demons Mix) - Marlon D 2. Power of Music (Accapella) - Bongoloverz Presents An - Tonic 3. Like Rain (Numo Dan H3 Remix) - Fabio Tosti, K-Max, Francesca Maria 4. In Your Soul - The Checkup 5. Let Me See You (Clap Your Hands) - Michele Chiavarini 6. Power of The Drums (Ibitaly Deep Drums Mix) - Marlon D, Boddhi Satva 7. Good Ol Love (Honeycomb Vocal Mix) - Honeysweet 8. Deep in My Soul (Original Mix) - KPD 9. What is House? (KoT Anthem) (Accaapella) - David Penn & Rober Gaez 10. Love Don’t Take Over (Frankie Knuckles & Eric Kupper Director’s Cut) - MG Select, Cece Peniston 11. Grateful (Original Mix) - Wipe the Needle, CT Martin

1. Be Gone - Urban Sound Lab, Ursula Rucker 2. Temptation (Scott Diaz Faithful Dub) - Steven Stone, Nicole Mitchell 3. House Music After death (Zulu DeepSou Mix) - Zulumafia 4. Feel Alright - Tonbe 5. Something About You feat. Jennifer Wallace (Extended Vocal Mix) - Sean Mcabe, Jennifer Wallace 6. Eyes Fixed (Original Mix) - Zorz Post, Emme, Rescue Poetix 7. Oh Adam (Original Mix) - Tony Humphries 8. Philly Sensation (Original Mix) - Mick More, Andy Tee 9. Still Water (Lars Behrenroth Remix) - Rocco, Khensy

Here’s hoping you feel these soulful grooves. Peace and Love 1. Acona (Original Mix) - Pierre Santino 2. Organic (Rightside Remix) - Spellband 3. One Heartbeat At A Time (Main Vocal Mix) - Soulfuledge, CandaceK 4. Got 2 Find (DJ Spen & Thommy Davis Remix) - Groove Assassin 5. I’m Leaving You (DJ Vivona Remix) - Alex Ander 6. Ain’t Nobody Like You (Crossroads Soulful Mix) - Crossroads, Teisha Marie 7. I feel (Rhemi Remix) - Ann Nesby, DJ Spen 8. Healer (Wipe The Nedle Remix) - Circle Of Funk, Dawn Tallman 9. Love Feeling (feat. Zabbah) - DaKingMlisto

1. Changing Ways - Ugly Drums 2. Sorry You - UNER 3. Find Your Soul (Dario D’Attis Remix) - Qubiko, Fabio Ricciuti 4. Deep Button for Me (Original Mix) - Arkadiusz-s 5. Darling (Original Mix) - Pjune 6. Swear Down (Original Mix) - Deeptrak, Emma Black 7. Overtime - Red Rack’em 8. WMC 09 Sampler/Dj Roland Clark Acapellas (Connection) - DJ Roland Clark 9. R.L.H. (Shur-I-Kan Vocal) - Supernova, Ann Saunderson 10. New Day, New Light (Original Mix) - Lay-Far Enjoy this deep groove and as always i wish you peace and love

Deepness is: - extending or situated relatively far down from a surface - extending or situated relatively far inwards, backwards, or sideways - relatively far from the pitch - of a specified dimension downwards, inwards, or backwards - coming from or penetrating to a great depth - difficult to understand or penetrate; abstruse - learned or intellectually demanding - of great intensity; extreme - absorbed or enveloped (by); engrossed or immersed (in) - very cunning or crafty; devious - mysterious or obscure - (of a color) having an intense or dark hue - low in pitch or tone - any deep place on land or under water, esp. below 6000 meters (3000 fathoms) - the area of the field relatively far from the pitch - the most profound, intense, or central part - a vast extent, as of space or time - one of the intervals on a sounding lead, one fathom apart - far on in time; late - profoundly or intensely - in reality, esp. as opposed to appearance Join me in listening to tales from the deep. Peace and love! 1. Rootless Existence (Hot lips Inc. Original Mix) - Hot lips Inc. 2. A Little Too Much (Original Mix) - Kevin Yost 3. Keep On Running - Downtown Party Network 4. In Your Soul - The Checkup 5. Grace (Original Mix) - Cleavage, Lars Vegas 6. Our Story (pete’s Dub Mix) - Made By Pete, Penny F 7. Messing With My Soul (Original Mix) - Kevin Yost 8. This House (This is House-A-Pella) - John ‘Julius’ Knight & Roland Clark 9. What’s Your Name (Original Mix) - Spuma 10. Sink’Em Low (Feat. Bessie Jones)(Orignal) - Mximiljan

“House is our release, house is our sanctuary…can you feel it like I feel it?” let me tell ya something' about house music it's not just a groove house...is a feeling and when you feel it, you will understand that house music is freedom freedom to be...who you want to be it doesn't matter who you are, it doesn't matter where you come from for in my house, we are all free one nation, god's children, coming together in the spirit of house feel it children house music....can make ya do things lifts ya up takes you higher when you feel it you will understand s'all right stand on up throw your hands up in the air set your body free let the music...take you higher you will feel it...you will understand house music is freedom the freedom to feel loved to make love to share love children...come together in the spirit of house Peace Love! 1. Drowning (Original Mix) - DJ Fale, Cj 2. You Came Into My Life (Ralf Gum & Raw Artistic Soul Remix) - Elements Of Life, Anane 3. Feel Alright - Tonbe 4. Only Time Will Tell Feat. Angela Johnson (Ross Couch Club Edit) - The Sunburst Band, Joey Negro, Angela Johnson 5. Love Don’t Take Over (Frankie Knuckles & Eric Director’s Cut Signature Mix) - MG Select, Cece Peniston 6. Into Your Story (Into Your Story Kai Alce DISTINCTIVE Remix) - Sandman, Riverside, Jeremy Ellis, Ayro 7. Makes Me Jump (Spen & Thommy Hyper Active Remix) - Klevakeys 8. Nothing Left (Original Mix) - J. Lettow 9. Missing You (Eric Kupper’s Director’s Cut Tribute To FK’ Mix) - Artful, Ridney, Terri Walker

Two things we are famous for in Chicago is House music and deep dish pizza. Chicago house is more traditional sound that evolved from disco and soul music. Chicago Deep dish pizza is actually assembled 'upside-down' from their usual order on a pizza. The crust is covered with cheese (generally sliced mozzarella), followed by various meat options such as pepperoni or sausage, the latter of which is sometimes in a solid patty-like layer. Other toppings such as onions, mushrooms and bell peppers are then also used. An uncooked sauce, typically made from crushed canned tomatoes, is added as the finishing layer. It is typical that when ordered for carry-out or delivery, the pizza is uncut, as this prevents the oils from soaking into the crust, causing the pie to become soggy. Chicago deep house is a name given to a sub-genre of house music coined in the mid- to late 1980s.The rationale behind "Deep" meaning that the more obscure the song, the "deeper" the DJ had to dig into his/her record collection to find that particular song. "Deep House" were tracks that were not played on any of the radio stations house mixes in Chicago and you only heard these "Deep House" tracks in the clubs. There were also a lot of 'house' tracks that were played exclusively in Chicago only and the only way one could hear those tracks was to be in Chicago at anyone of those clubs. Also, DJ's such as Ron Hardy or Frankie Knuckles could re-edit a track to make it deeper than the original. For example, when Ron Hardy did the re-edit for Nightlife's Unlimited, "Peaches & Prune" that track (the re-edit) became a "Deep House" Chicago style house track. You only heard Ron Hardy's version at the Muzic Box and you could not hear or find the re-edit outside of Chicago during those times. So just like I have have a taste and connection to Chicago Deep Dish pizza I also have a strong taste and connection to Deep House music. So I decided to cook up a bit to share with you my friends. Peace and love. 1. Bluebottle - Nachhtbraker 2. Friends - Seven Davis Jr. 3. It’s You (Mousse T.’s Teef Vocal Remix) -FCL 4. Time To Get Physical (Sonny Fodera Remix) - Nice7 5. Baseball Fury (Original Mix) - Ryan Padley 6. Let’s Dance (Agev Munsen Remix) - Tom Flynn 7. Obsessed - HNQO, Dake, Rai Knight 8. The Announcement (Original Mix) -Rudo Deep 9. HigH - Tigerskin

For all of us who love house music, we often feel that it calls out to us. We are drawn to it like the siren song of the mermaid. Although I love several genres of house music, Afro, Deep, Tech, and Jackin' to name a few, I never stray long from house's soulful roots. I can't get enough of the soulful and sultry female vocals! I also love that churchy gospel vibe of those traditional house tunes. This set is a tribute, a throwback, to that traditional house vibe. For these of you who regularly read my notes, you know that I love and appreciate the history of ALL music and I often feel it necessary to share it as well as pay tribute to history. This set will have you moving a bit. Enjoy the vibe with me and as always I wish you peace and love! 1. Be Gone (Eric Ericksson Remix) - Urban Sound Lab, ursula Rucker 2. Deep in My Soul (Original Mix) - KPD 3. We Are Party People (Spen, Thommy & Neal Remix) - Baltimore Soul Tree, Sande’, DJ Oji 4. Shelter (2014 Remix) - Ann Nesby 5. Something About Da Muziq - David Harness 6. Something About You feat. Jennifer Wallace (Extended Vocal Mix) - Sean McCabe, Jennifer Wallace 7. Harriett Jones (Feat. The Afropeans Revisit) (Reelsoul Main Remix) - Eric Benet 8. Loving You (Lenny RX & Eric Kupper Remix) - Kenny Summit, Frankie Knuckles, Director’s Cut, Yasmeen 9. He Keeps Me (Danny Clark Vocal Mix) - Danny Clark, Michelle Weeks

The dictionary defines soulful as of or expressive of deep feeling or emotion: Soulful House is recognizable by its often very catchy bassline, swooshes, swirls and other synthesized sounds which give the music a bouncy tempo. It often relies heavily on black female vocals or disco samples and has a recognizable tiered structure in which every track has more than one build-up which usually reaches a climax before the process is repeated with the next track. Soulful House music More melodic and often vocal House music. Soulful House has a healthy underground scene, albeit split across the world with popular hot spots being Chicago, New York, London, Brazil, Melbourne and South Africa. It remains fairly underground with a scene similar to the soul and jazz-funk scene in the 70s and 80s. The demographic is predominantly people in their late 20s upwards, with many liking the sound as reminiscent of what they grew up with in the 70s and 80s (i.e. soul, funk, disco and jazz coupled with early 80′s electronic music). Some of the popular artists at the forefront of soulful house are Masters at Work (Little Louie Vega & Kenny “Dope” Gonzales), Dennis Ferrer, Blaze, Barbara Tucker, Kenny Bobien, Stephanie Cooke (US) and in the UK, Joey Negro, Fanatix, The Layabouts, DeepCitySoul, Aphrodisiax, Soul Renegades and Andy Ward among others continue to grow and develop the scene. So sit back and enjoy this set full of familiar soulful voices and tunes from the past and present . Peace and Love People! 1. It’s Your World (Terry Hunter Club Mix) - Jennifer Hudson, R. Kelly 2. All Of Me (The Remix) (Terry Hunter Chosen Few DJ’s Club Mix) - John Legend 3. Love That You Need (Sunlightsquare Classic Remix) - Cartier Fraser 4. Remember When (DJ Tony V’s Deep Jackin Vox) -Wayne Gardiner, DJ Inertia 5. Only Time Will Tell feat. Angela Johnson (Joey Negro City Connection Mix) -The Sunburst Band, Angela Johnson 6. O’Darlin (Orignal Mix) - Cajmere Gene Farris 7. Trans Europe Express (Blackk workprint full vocal) - Shino Blackk 8. I’ll Take You (Richard Earshaw Re-Beat Edit) - Jon Cutler 9. My Place (Orignal) - John Julius Knight

Let There Be House: It's a Rhythmy Thing When ever I go on vacation, I am always inspired by the Caribbean Rhythms to put together a set full of various rhythmic house tunes but what is Rhythm. Rhythm is any regular recurring motion, symmetry generally means a movement marked by the regulated succession of strong and weak elements, or of opposite or different conditions" This general meaning of regular recurrence or pattern in time can apply to a wide variety of cyclical natural phenomena having a periodicity or frequency of anything from microseconds to millions of years. In the performance arts rhythm is the timing of events on a human scale; of musical sounds and silences, of the steps of a dance, or the meter of spoken language and poetry. Rhythm may also refer to visual presentation, as "timed movement through space" and a common language of pattern unites rhythm with geometry. In recent years, rhythm and meter have become an important area of research among music scholars. In his series "How Music Works," Howard Goodall presents theories that human rhythm recalls the regularity with which we walk and the heartbeat. So feel the rhythm with me and as always peace and love. 1. 5 Bags of herb (The Healing Of The Nation)(Original) - Matthias Heilbronn 2. Storm Troopers (Original Mix) - Will Power & Attison 3. Lately (Original) - Groove Addix ft Lady Bunny 4. Again (Joey Negro Strip Mix) - Akabu, Giom, Kadija Kamara 5. Slave 2 The Rhythm (Stripped Down Classic Mix) - Chris Forman, Chris Dockins 6. Afro Royale (Original Mix) - Soule Villain 7. The Movement (Speechacapella) - Beat for Freaks 8. Simple Things (Sacred Drums) - Roland Clark 9. Whole Lotta Lover (Original) - Shur-I-Kan 10. This Music (Original Deeper Mix) - Dj Bullet, Ft Howard

Groove is the sense of propulsive rhythmic "feel" or sense of "swing" created by the interaction of the music played by a band's rhythm section. 1. Give it 2 U - Quentin Harris & Ultra Nate 2. Knuckles Gruve (Change) - House N’ HD 3. More Of You (Incl. Soneec & DJ Fopp Mix) (Original Mix) - Alfred Azzetto feat. Rasul 4. Adele Rumer Has it - Quentin Harriss Re-production 5. Life Saver (orig) - Lucas Keizer 6. Whuuo - DJ Roland Clark 7. Chains (Origninal Mix) -Audiowhores 8. Sick (Quentin harris Re-Production) - Rame & Bonora, Zoe Xenia 9. Trapped _ Audiowhores 10. Warning (6 Hubert Street Re-Production) - Rhemi, Lynn Lockamy

When I was a kid, my two cousin who were about 10 years older than I would always have parties in the basement like most people in Chicago. During this time, (the 70's) most albums would come with posters especially The Ohio Players and Parliament Funkadelic. My cousins always had them hung on the walls along with Black Light posters. You know the ones with neon colors and velvet. Everybody had the one with the zodiac signs & sexual positions. It would get pretty dark in the basement so they would screw in black, red and blue lights. I have very fond memories of those days. Although these were pre-house days, this where my love for dance music began. My cousins would play mostly Soul, R & B and Fun with some soulful disco (like Donna Summers) thrown in. I still can smell the incense (and weed lol) and see the flashing strobe lights. I can still see the Black light posters in the foggy basement and all the hands up in the air. I thanks my cousins for letting there little cuz hang out with them. Those times were magical! That was one of the few places my father would let me go anyway lol. Many years have past since those days and I making magic in my own basement now. Although the music from that time is classic and remains in my collection, I constantly searching for new music and pushing the boundaries of what I do. It is rumored the the term “deep house” was coined because you had to reach deep into you record crates to come up with those tunes. So This week I went ingot he basement and reached deep into my virtual music crate to come up with the playlist and subsequent mix set. I hope you dig it! peace and love Family! 1. Chemical Defense (Daniel Steinberg Remix) - Hugo & The Prismatics 2. It’s Alright - Sebo K 3. Girl I knowIt - thatmanmonkz 4. Jus Dance (Christian Nielsen Remix) - Mr. V 5. Sleepless (Gorge Remix) - Joyce Muniz 6. Give It To Me (Fred Everything Remix) - Homero Espinosa, Yogi 7. Leaves Falling feat. Nathalie Claude (Mario Basanov Remix) - Kruse & Nuernberg, Nathalie Claude 8. Real Life (Original) - Giom 9. Like Rain (Numo Dan H3 Remix) - Fabio Tosti, K-max, Francesca Maria 10. AreAam - Leon Vynehall

n the beginning there was Jack and Jack said “Let there be House” House music was created in and by the African American community. Musically, House music evolved in Chicago and New York from African-American musical traditions like gospel, soul, jazz and funk as well as Latin salsa. Spiritually and aesthetically, it developed in the U.S. out of the need of oppressed people, African Americans, gays and Latinos, to build a community through dance , and later in the UK, out of the need of young people dissatisfied with the meaningless materialism of Thatcher’s England, to build an alternative community of music and dance via Acid House. From a different point of view, House music in the U.S. was associated with black people, with gay clubs, basically with things that white America would not even acknowledge. House was just perceived as "gay" music for blacks and thus scorned by whites, although its aim was to unify people of all races, backgrounds and sexual orientations. According to Frankie Knuckles, many people could not and still cannot deal with the fact that House music started in gay clubs. Thus, narrow-mindedness, racism, and even corporate music politics played an important role in preventing House music from flourishing in the U.S. in the eighties. House music had its origins in gospel, soul and funk rather than in commercial disco music. Furthermore, Chicago jazz, blues and soul had an immense influence on the creation of House music. There were significant Midwestern musical influences that led to the creation of the Chicago flavour of House music. No doubt, the Midwest had its own tradition of African American music. Thus, blues and jazz presented a part of the mix. To sum up, the soul music produced in Chicago, Detroit and Memphis certainly had an impact on Chicago house. So this is why we say its a “spiritual thing.” Enjoy and as always I wish you peace and love. 1. Philly Sensation (Original Mix) - Micky More, Andy Tee 2. My Nation (Original Mix) - Roy Davis Jr., Terry Dexter 3. Oh Adam (Original Mx) _ Tony Humphries 4. Let Me See You (Clap Your hands) - Mchele Chiavarini 5. Love Hangover (DJ Spen Club Mix) - Joey Negro 6. Power Of The Drums (Ibitaly Deep Drums Mix) - Marlon D, Boddhi Satva 7. Basement Stomp (Vocal Mix) - Dazle Drums, rescue Poetix 8. Starnger (Damond Ramsey remix) -DJ Spen 9. Eyes Fixed (Original Mix) - Zorz Post, Emme, Rescue Poetix 10. House Music After Death (Zulu DeepSoul Mix) - Zulumafia

Last year I put together this set as a musical tribute to my father and to father s and fathers figures everywhere. The response was overwhelming. I got many comment from listeners saying how much the liked the mixed and how it reminded the of they father or how they had lost their fathers and this meant a lot to them. As a result "Father Says" became and remains my most popular podcast/mix to date. So For all of those who loved it and for my new followers who my not have heard it. I'mn releasing it again in honor of Father's Day. With this being father's Day Weekend I wanted to pay musical tribute to my father and to all the real fathers out there Happy father's Day. My father is a southern raised, God fearing, man full of home spun wisdom who did his best to provide for his wife and children. He would often spend time talking to us and me in particular (as I was his only son) in order for us to become self-reliant adults. I remember he would be fixing something around the house and would always tell me "come on son you need to learn how to do this, one day you will have a house of your own” as mentioned he was raised in the south during the '40 and '50 before moving to Chicago for good in 1957. He experienced, prejudice, segregation, and racism first hand, so he always taught us to know our history and be proud of who we were. He taught us how a good education, work ethic and self-respect would lead to a successful life. For all these things I'm thankful. In 1909, Sonora Smart Dodd of Spokane, Washington, was inspired to create a holiday honoring fathers. William Jackson Smart, her father, was a farmer and Civil War veteran that raised Sonora and her five younger brothers by himself after his wife, Ellen, died giving birth to their youngest child in 1898. While attending a Mother's Day church service in 1909, Sonora, then 27, came up with the idea. Within a few months, Sonora had convinced the Spokane Ministerial Association and the YMCA to set aside a Sunday in June to celebrate fathers. She proposed June 5, her father's birthday, but the ministers chose the third Sunday in June so that they would have more time after Mother's Day (the second Sunday in May) to prepare their sermons. So it was that on June 19, 1910, Sonora delivered presents to handicapped fathers, boys from the YMCA decorated their lapels with fresh-cut roses (red for living fathers, white for the deceased), and the city's ministers devoted their homilies to fatherhood. So here's a set full of tracks reminiscent of my father's words of wisdom and inspiration. Hope as you listen it reminds you of the things your father or father figure would say to you. Enjoys and I wish you peace, love, and a happy Father's Day.

Sometimes I like to experiment and really go off the deep end with the music. I'll play around with some tech house and some techno but what is tech house one might ask? Tech house is a subgenre of house music that mixes elements of techno with house. The term tech house developed as a shorthand record store name for a category of electronic dance music that combined musical aspects of techno, such as "rugged basslines" and "steely beats," with the harmonies and grooves of progressive house. The music originally had a clean and minimal production style that was associated with techno from Detroit and the UK. In the mid to late 1990s a scene developed in England around club nights such as The Drop run by Mr.C & Plink Plonk, Heart & Soul, and Wiggle run by Terry Francis and Nathan Coles. Other DJs and artists associated with the sound at that time included Charles Webster, Bushwacka!, Dave Angel, Herbert, Funk D'Void, Ian O'Brien, Derrick Carter, and Stacey Pullen. By the late 90's London nightclub The End, owned by the former Shamen rapper Richard West (Mr C) and Layo Paskin, was considered the home of tech house in the UK. As a mixing style, tech-house often brings together deep or minimal techno music, the soulful and jazzy end of house, some minimal techno and microhouse (especially with a soulful feel, such as Luomo’s music), and very often some dub elements. There is some overlap with progressive house, which too can contain deep, soulful, dub, and techno elements; this is especially true since the turn of the millennium, as progressive-house mixes have themselves often become deeper and sometimes more minimal. However, the typical progressive-house mix has more energy than tech-house, which tends to have a more “laid-back” feel. Tech-house fans tend to appreciate subtlety, as well as the “middle ground” that adds a “splash of color to steel techno beats” and eschews the “banging” of house music for intricate rhythms. This one may be a bit different from what your use to hearing from me, but try to get into and enjoy it for what it is. Peace and love family. 1. Recuerdo (Original Mix) - Christian Vinci 2. Tribal Dance (Original) - Deeplomatik 3. Come Closer (James Dexter Remix) - Mystep, Urzula Amen 4. Painted Lady - Franc Spangler 5. The Wish (Manoo dark side remix) - Hyenah 6. Good Life (Pig & Dan Unreleased Less Is More Mix) - Inner City 7. La Congo (Original Mix) - Joeski, El Jibaro 8. Magic (Original Mix) - Javi Lopez 9. Deep (Accapella) - A.B.O.H. feat..Da House Head

Every now in then I get into such a great flow while I'm selecting tunes for a playlist and this is one of those times! Sometimes it seems as if the tracks call out to me. One by one they just leap out of my track collection and into my playlist. I was putting this set together in record time, until I got stuck lol! As it often happens I fall so deep in a groove I don't know how to get out of it. I like my sets to flow together seamlessly. I like for them to take you on a journey. I always try to have an hot intro that builds to a climax, then bring you to your final destination. But as a previously stated I got stuck. So I did what always seems to work for me and that step away from it for a while. This time I decided to look for some help from Nick Curly in a track I used in a previously recorded set. The Johnny D a Remix of "Piano In The Dark" worked perfectly. I try to bring you all fresh tunes every set. I constantly buy new music and immediately put it into a mix. Most times I only preview 15-30 secs of a track before I use it in a set. Yes from that short of a preview I decide, I like a tune and buy it, then later use it in a mix. I just get a feel for the track from a short preview. I'm usually hearing the entire for the first time as I'm recording it. I sometimes get a little surprise from the lyrics but that's ok too lol! This may seem a bit odd. I know some DJ's study tunes they know every beat and break. But this keeps the music fresh for me. It keeps me from getting burned out from listening to the same tracks over and over. It gives every set it's own identity, personality, flow. But every now and then I'll use a tune that I previously used. I also love to use spoken word in my sets whether it's already laid over a soulful house groove or I mash it with something. This set I think I used 4 tunes with spoken word kicking it off with "Welcome to My Club" building up to "Untitled Flow" and closing it out with "Obsession." This is a hot one so enjoy! Peace and love! 1. Welcome To My Club (Original) - Adam Rios Koffee 2. Hypnotizin - Kyoko Kamichichika, Masahiro Suzuki 3. Good Ol Love (Honeycomb Vocal Mix) - Honeysweet 4. Still Water (Lars Behrenroth Remix) - Rocco, Khensy 5. Demons Tremble (Marlon D’s Tremble The Demons Mix) - Marlon D 6. Untitled Flow (Kenny Dope & Franck Rogers Remixes)(Pressure-Pella Mix( Franck Roger Remix) - Ursula Rucker 7. Piano In The Dark (Johnny D Remix) - Nick Curly 8. Dee & Deaf (Pezzner Redo Remix) - Michelle Owen 9. Obsession (Jazzloungerz 2013 Mix) - JazzLoungerz, Rainy Payne