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In this episode Ru and Michelle are joined by Siedah Garrett. They talk about songwriters, Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Man in the Mirror, Don't Look Any Further with Dennis Edwards, Oscars, and Dream Girls. This episode is sponsored by Lyft and Blue Apron.
14.original mix)byKlaide by14.Don't Look Any Further (feat Julio Cesar & Hanna Marine 15.Dolls Combers classic remix)byHarley & Muscle by15.We Groove U (feat Marshall Jefferson 16.16.LSTU90BYFAUVRELLE 17.17.NOTHING IN PARTICULAR (SHADES OF GRAY REMIX)BYDIMITRY LISS FEAT KEVIN BASSETT 18.18.SAX & THE CITY (ORIGINAL MIX)BYDAVE STORM 19.19. RUNNING FROM REALITY (DIMITRI'S KING STREET CLUB) CAROLYN HARDING 20.20.SEE THE SUNRISE (CLUB MIX)BYMOONRABBITS 21.original mix)byRocco Careri & Arturo Macchiavelli by21.The Glow Of Love (feat Vanee 22.Jon Cutler Distant Music remix)byHarley & Muscle by22.Then Came You (feat India 23.23.LEMON ZESTBYDIMITRY LISS & NASRAWI 24.24.YOU ARE THE ONE (REEL PEOPLE VOCAL MIX)BYDEBORAH BOND 25.Side (Dayne S remix)byTino Venditti by25.V 26.26.MEANT TO BE (ALEX ANDER MOTOWN MIX 2015)BYJUAN PACIFICO & MICHELLE WEEKS 27.27.NIGHT FLYERBYRICK WADE 28.dub)byProject KF by28.Priority Of Night (Dimitry Liss re 29.29.LITTLE JOHN (BONUS TRACK)BYLORIS CONTE 30.Shelter version)byJersey Real Estate by30.What Is House (feat Jovonn 31.31.ESCAPE FROM BEYONDBYHOMEBOY 32.32.WHAT YOU SAYBYFRED EVERYTHING 33.33.JUST LIKE MUSICBYALKALINO 34.original vocal mix)byScope by34.Seven Reasons (feat Terry Grant 35.35.WE NEED TOBYROGERIO MARTINS 36.36.NY 2 UK (JAMES DEXTER MIX)BYDEEPCITYSOUL & DJ ROMAIN 37.37.FREEDOM (CLUB MIX)BYFABRIQU3 EN FRANCE 38.38.DISCEAUXBYLES LOUPS 39.39.ON & ON (RALPH MYERZ 5AM ETERNAL LOVE DUB)BYTHE TREATMENT
David Guetta ft. Sam Martin "Dangerous" (Robin Shulz Remix) Danilo Rossini "Don't Look Any Further" Lykke Li "No Rest For The Wicked" (Joris Voorn Remix) Parra For Curva ft. Anna Naklab "Fading Nights" Klangkuenstler ft. Alice Phoebe Lou "Man On The Moon" (Miguel Campbell) Denitia , Sene "Trip.Fall." (David Harness Vocal Mix) Max Corderoy "Nocturnal Soul" LTS "Drifting" (Nathan G Re-Feel) DJ Tonka "Feel" (2014 Update) Dr. Kucho! & Gregor Salto "Can't Stop Playing" (Oliver Heldens & Gregor Salto Remix) Fred Everything & Giom "A Better World" Rhemi "I Can Never Get Enough" (Future Acid Mix) EP126 Look Inside Recorded 11.23.14 Time 57:21
Take Me to a Higher Ground… !!!! Warning: some expletives and drug references !!! Set could have been called “15 Shades of House” or “What is House without Big Piano Keys?” But I thought I shouldn’t pass on the opportunity to give Blonde and Grant Nelson a some exposure.. 14 good tracks … 13 from the last quarter of 2014.. Proud of that! In the past few months, I have been utterly bored with Soulful and, to a certain extent, with with any non-progressive house. "Take Me to a Higher Ground" reunites me with the genre.. What changed my mind? - Mixing it up between true soulful gems and edgier tunes with some rasp built-in gave depth and colours to my set. - Inviting House royalty to the party did help! Grant Nelson, Richard Earnshaw, Sandy Rivera, Kings of Tomorrow, Spiritchaser, Eric Kupper and Miguel Migs.. Need I say more? - Finally finding great, very recent tracks! “Higher Ground”, “Need 2 Know”, “Bang, Bang” and “Special”… The latter 3 released in the last fortnight and all of them in my 2014 House top five.. The pleasure to discover new tracks, associated to the relief of not having to include old ones, rekindled my interest. There you have it.. A very decent House set to listen to! I promise it will grow on you. Playlist: 1969 Intro Apollo 11 Counrdown. NASA Soundcloud Page 2014 Higher Ground (Taft_Purple Disco Machine vs Taft Remix.) [Xtian Daft Disco Edit feat. Erick Decks]. Blonde feat. Charli Taft 2014 Higher Ground (Grant Nelson Remix). Blonde feat. Charli Taft 2014 Need 2 Know (Richard Earnshaw Remix). State Unknown feat. Cassandra London 2014 BANG (Kings Of Tomorrow ReVox Mix). Sandy Rivera feat. April 2014 Don't Look Any Further (Babysitters & Deep Criminal Remix). Levan Kay, Gary Caos 2104 Special (CamelPhat vs Grant Nelson HC Remix) [Xtian F@kin’ Special Booty Edit]. Billon feat. Maxine Ashley 2014 Secret (Full Intention Remix). DJ Anna feat. Beverley Ely 2014 We Love You (Mandela Tribute). U-Ness, JedSet feat Madiba 2012 Paradise Row (Extended Mix). Spiritchaser 2014 High Enough (Inaky Garcia Remix). Daniel Trim & Monica Mira feat. Maximilian G. 2014 My Feelin' (Unique2Rhythm Remix). AM2PM 2014 Missing You (Eric Kupper's 'Director's Cut Tribute To FK' Mix). Artful, Ridney, feat. Terri Walker 2014 Kissin Huggin Pt 2_(Jay Vegas Remix) [Xtian My Naughty Way Edit feat. Phil Weeks). Boy Orlando 2014 Let It Play (Original Mix). Miguel Migs feat. Martin Luther Highlights: “Higher Ground”: I first heard the track on Grant Nelson’s housecall. Grant had done a private edit of the Blonde’s tunes, it was clear it had anthem potential. You get a mash on my 3 favourite remixes. I am sure more will come, too much potential for other producers not to have a go. Big keys, heavy bass and an outstanding melody line. “Need 2 Know” from Richard Earnshaw, heard it first unreleased on Jask’s ThaiSoul podcast on MixCloud.. Immediate love. Earnshaw is one of the top five house producers and never, never disappoints. As to the vocalist, Cassandra London, absolute respect. Production is immaculate. “Bang, Bang”: Sandy Rivera, April and the KOT outfit.. Sandy and April, not sure who is the muse of the other, but very much like the previous track, this tune is intricate and goes way beyond the melody line.. I needed a wider appeal than a purely melodic one to regain interest in Soulful House.. Grant Nelson, Richard Earnshaw and Sandy Rivera just provided it.. As for April, what a vocalist! Listen every word is expressed not just sung. “Don't Look Any Further”: old tune, new take.. My wife was cringing a bit with the tenor sax.. I had to tell her that the sugary, well-know tune needed the edge. The sax solo is not too long and without it.. It would just be another cover of a classic.. “Special” from Billon feat Maxine Ashley.. I discovered the track on Housecall # 120.. Must have been a private edit because the track was only released on the 7th of November.. I waited all that time for I wanted to use a legal cut and check out the different remixes.. So catchy! And the CamelPhat remix is perfect.. I could not resist to fuse in Grant Nelson’s edit but left the Housecall jingle to acknowledge the source. I believe I did a decent job of fusing both version.. and yes this tune is F@ckin’ Special!!! With “Secret” we delve back into classic but recent soulful house. A track, which I think is more for the dancefloor than just podcasting. Jumping quickly straight into a bit of U-ness and Jedset with their Mandela’s tribute to steer the set back to true soulful “Paradise Row” from Spiritchaser.. The only relatively old tune of the set ( 2012), an old time favourite of mine and I felt I deserved dropping a classic by that time. I have to mention the vocalist, Emily Cooke, full respect! “High Enough” , new take on an old classic.. Inaki Garcia, whom I have played a lot of tracks, gives the tuen an edge it needed to make it relevant. “My Feelin’” from AM2PM. I discovered AM2PM on Housecall recently with a mini mix they did. It blew me away. AM2PM is a collaboration unit where the amazing singer adlib on instrumental tracks, this is House at its absolute finest.. Do to miss and go to their soundcloud page to hear how creative and amazing they sound. “Missing You” Kupper’s Director’s Cut of the Frankie Knuckles classic.. The track would not have made the playlist if it had not been for all the rest.. This is what I mean by being bored with Soulful.. As it is and by the time it dropped, I felt it was perfectly suited to play it.. It is really all about mixing it up… Kissin’ and Huggin’… Old househeads will immediately recognize Peter Heller’s Big Love, Boy Orlando inspiringly twisted it to Kissin’ to Huggin and Xtian had to play around with the Phill Weeks sample to had the personal naughty touch. Last track “Let the Music Play”.. fitting ending and loving the swag, the production, the “now” feel. Just by the length of the highlights you can see I like this set.. Give it a fair go, this is a little journey into the various colours ( hence the 15 shades) of current melodic House Music. It will grow on you. Next up could be another soulful though most probably will return to progressive before embarking into TranceMission Episode 03 A bientôt Xtian
interlude /ɪntəl(j)uːd/ Male Voices Only From the french Interlude Definition: a brief piece of music, dance, etc., given between the sections of another performance (C14: from Medieval Latin interludium, from Latin inter- + ludus play)) Still rebuilding my database, concurrently working on a request from my son.. this upload is just something I dropped in between sessions.. Hence the title "interlude". Playlist made with male voices only to take on a challenge proposed by one follower who, noticing that I use very few male vocalists, through the gauntlet and dared me.. True, I much prefer female vocalists to the point that some male ranges and tessiitures actually get under my skin.. One of my quirks.. But there are some male artists I absolutely love.. Soulful set with surprisingly mostly current tracks I will not blog on this set too much, it is an interlude after all and will be back very shorlty. A word on the art.. This equation is from the Feynam lectures on physics and is the best description of the propagation of a sound wave through a medium.. I knew you wanted to know.. Playlist: Intro They Call Me Mr DJ. Chuck Lafung 2013 Walk On The Wild Side (Rocco Raimundo Extended Edit) [Xtian the Love Edit feat DJ Spen]. Triple J Exclusive feat. Lou Reed 2013 Suit & Tie (DJ Meme Soundcloud Tuxedo mix). Justin Timberlake 2013 From The Inside (Original Mix). Chasing Kurt 2013 Rolling In The Deep (Classic Mix Soundcloud) M. OtherSoul feat John Legend 2013 I Am Over You (Original mix). Seb Skalski feat. Donald Sheffey 2013 Fly (Reel People Reprise). Tony Momrelle 2012 Don't Look Any Further (Original Mix). Klaide, feat. Julio Cesar and Hanna Marine 2013 Music Rises Up (Claptone Remix). Kyodai, feat. Stee Downes 2013 Sexy Girl (Matt Early Main Mix). Soulfunktion feat. Kenny Thomas 2012 Until We Meet Again (Sean McCabe Remix). DJ Roland Clark presents Urban Soul 2013 I Know What's On Your Mind (Main Mix). Tortured Soul vs. Black Coffee 2013 Tonight (Classic Vocal Mix). Mike Scot Richard Earnshaw & Chappell 2011 Mama Used to Say (Jerk House Connection Soulful Mix) [Xtian Edit]. Franky Boissy feat. Akram Sedkaqui Highlights: Starting with a remix/edit of Lou Reed, in memoriam.. another artist I owe to my brother.. The remix is not fantastic and my dub lazy but.. had to mark the occasion and fitted the male criteria. Do not miss " Music Rises Up" from Kyodai, the standout track of this set.. Now this is a male voice I love.. :).. And the Claptone remix has it all, Deep, Soulful, Sexy and even thown in for good measure a bit of Progressive DJ Meme's bootleg remix of JT's "Suit and Tie".. get over the rap bit and enjoy JT's talent. One if not the best voice around. "From the Inside" enjoy.. pure gem I do not remember how I found this one but massive distorted bass and perfect keys.. "Fly" Reel People on the remix.. Soulful and again what a voice.. perfect pitch.. "Don't Look Any Further" by that time I was in the mix, passed the point of no return and what do I drop.. A duet!!! Male/Vocalist.. Proof that even with a preset mind and playlist one cannot go against his instinct.. And yes I prefer Hannah Marine to Julio..:) Follow Matt early and Sean McCabe, these two are popping out on most of my sets.. From the Grant Nelson's crew, they have become family.. Nice and Soulful "I Know What's On Your Mind".. no set focusing on male voices would be complete without Tortured Soul... Anagel voice.. Finishing with Akram's rendition of the ultimate Soul classic "Mama Used to Say".. now that is A VOICE! Will be back very soon! A bientôt Xtian
"Got To Give it Up" - Marvin Gaye "I'll Always Love My Mama" (long version) - The Intruders "That Lady" - The Isley Brothers "Rockin' Robin' - Michael Jackson "My Guy" - Mary Wells "Sex Machine" - James Brown "Bustin' Loose" - Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers "Candy" - Cameo "We Are Family" - Sister Sledge "Square Biz" - Teena Marie "Ain't Nobody" - Rufus featuring Chaka Khan "Juicy Fruit" - Mtume "Don't Look Any Further" - Dennis Edwards and Siedah Garrett "Ladies Night" - Kool & The Gang "Got To Be Real" - Cheryl Lynn "Fantastic Voyage" - Lakeside "We Got The Funk" (Danny Krivit Re-Edit) - Positive Force "Never Too Much" - Luther Vandross "Flashlight" - Parliament "More Bounce To The Ounce" - Zapp "Upside Down" - Diana Ross "Rock With You" - Michael Jackson "I Wanna Be Your Lover" - Prince "Electric Slide" "Cha Cha Slide" - Mr. C "One Nation Under a Groove" - Funkadelic "Family Affair" - Sly & The Family Stone "That's The Way Of The World" - Earth, Wind & Fire