GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN... [Initial Post: 23-03-2011]

THE MUSIC INDUSTRY MOURNS THE LOSS OF ANOTHER GREAT ARTIST, AS LEGENDARY AMERICAN SOUL SINGER - TURNED DISCO DIVA - Loleatta Holloway, PASSED AWAY ON MONDAY (21-03-2011) AFTER SLIPPING INTO A COMA... Holloway WAS BEST KNOWN FOR HER 1980 HIT SINGLE "love sensation", WHICH WAS SAMPLED MANY TIMES OVER THE YEARS... SHE WAS 64.

SADLY - JUST OVER AN HOUR AGO - I ALSO FOUND OUT THAT A DEAR HIGH-SCHOOL FRIEND OF MINE HAS DIED... VERY SHOCKED & DEEPLY SADDENED TO HEAR THIS - HE WAS ONLY 27 :(

ONCE AGAIN, IT GOES TO SHOW HOW LIFE THAT IS SO BEAUTIFUL CAN AT TIMES BE SO VERY CRUEL & DEFINITELY TOO SHORT... R.I.P. d(-_-)b

COMING SOON... [Initial Post: 21-03-2011]

"This Is... House" - A COLLECTION OF DEEP, SOULFUL & UPFRONT GROOVES, COMPILED & MIXED LIVE BY YOURS TRULY - CHECK OUT THE PROMO TEASER (MINIMIX) d(-_-)b

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ-k6RqcEak

ANOTHER GREAT, GONE... [Initial Post: 17-03-2011]

OFF 2 BED ON A SAD NOTE 2NITE, AS NEWS ABOUT Nate Dogg's PASSING HAVE SPREAD ALL OVA DA NET... UNFORTUNATELY 1 OF DA GR8EST IN DA RAP GAME LEFT OUR WORLD ON TUE 15 MAR - THE CAUSE OF DEATH IS YET UNCLEAR HOWEVA IT WAS KNOWN THAT DA RAPPER HAD SUFFERED STROKES IN '07 & '08 & HIS HEALTH WAS WEAKENED - HE WAS ONLY 41.... HERE'S DA CLIP FROM Nate's 1ST HIT SINGLE - DA FAMOUS COLLABO WITH Warren G - SO WE CAN REMEMBA DA MAN 4 HIS MUSICAL TALENT, R.I.P. d(-_-)b

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1plPyJdXKIY

REMEMBER, FRANCK ROGER..? [Initial Post: 17-03-2011]

HE'S A PROMINENT FRENCH DJ/PRODUCER - A TRUE PIONEER ON THE DEEP HOUSE CIRCUIT - & LABEL OWNER OF Real Tone Records... YES, YOU HEARD RIGHT, Mr. FRANCK ROGER IS HITTING OUR SHORES - DOWN UNDER - PLAYING @ 24 Moons MELBOURNE (FRI 25TH MAR) "An evening with Franck Roger"... HERE'S 1 OF MY FAVOURITE PIECES OF HIS WORK & A GREAT COLLABO TOO, WITH THE LEGENDARY Jovonn Armstrong/Jovonn Armstrong d(-_-)b

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdlTJNYi8cs&feature=player_embedded

LET'S GO BACK, WAY BACK, BACK INTO TIME... [Initial Post: 17-03-2011]

IN 1992, AN ABSOLUTE NOW CLASSIC IN House Music WAS BORN - Jaydee's "Plastic Dreams" - ONE OF THE BIGGEST UNDERGROUND DANCE ANTHEMS OF ALL TIME; AND SOME OF YOU PEEPS WERE ONLY LEARNING HOW TO WALK AT THE TIME :P 1 LUV, PEACE & MUSIC-BEATS d(-_-)b

LOVE WILL FIND A WAY... [Initial Post: 16-03-2011]

MUSIC IS A SPIRITUAL THING... IT DRIVES YOUR SENSES... IT HELPS YOU FIND YOUR WAY... AND IF YOU NEED SOME HELP TO GET YOU GOING, CHECK OUT JStudio's "love will find a way" - OUT NOW THROUGH Generation Records & AVAILABLE ON Beatport - WITH REMIXES FROM HitFinders & Marcus Knight... PLAY IT... HEAR IT... FEEL IT..! d(-_-)b

https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/content/release/detail/334715/Love%20Will%20Find%20A%20Way

A FINE EXAMPLE OF QUALITY DANCE MUSIC..! [Initial Post: 16-03-2011]

CUTTING EDGE House MUSIC, WHICH BREAKS THE BARRIERS BETWEEN UNDERGROUND & MAINSTREAM YET REMAINS TRUE TO ITS SOULFUL ORIGIN... BIG UPS TO John Dsf Paschalis, Dino Mfu & Nancy Adam FOR A GREAT COLLABO - & THE "MFU" FAMILY: Chris Idh, Zina Dim Mfu, Gianna Smile & CREW d(-_-)b x 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss8r2qUN7_A

A TRUE PERFORMER... [Initial Post: 15-03-2011]

SINCE 2008, Julie McKnight HAS RETURNED TO THE LAND DOWN UNDER TWICE, PERFORMING AGAIN LIVE AT NUMEROUS MAJOR MUSIC EVENTS AROUND THE COUNTRY..! AND IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHY, THE FOLLOWING CLIP - FROM Defected's 10TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY, HELD AT THE MINISTRY OF SOUND IN LONDON - SUMS IT ALL UP :P MUCH LOVE & R.E.S.P.E.C.T. GIRL d(-_-)b x 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiyT1sZzvJ4&feature=fvwrel

FINALLY... A PIÈCE DE RÉSISTANCE..! [Initial Post: 15-03-2011]

THE FOLLOWING MUSICAL PIECE OF ART IS BY FAR ONE THE CLOSEST TO MY HEART..! SPELLBINDING MELODIES BY THE Kings Of Tomorrow & DIVINE VOCALS BY THE ONE AND ONLY Ms Julie McKnight - WHO I HAD THE GREAT PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH BACK IN 2008, DURING HER VERY FIRST EVER PERSONAL APPEARANCE DOWN UNDER...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fetANFXzaIE

IT'S BUMPY, IT'S FUNKY, IT'S GROOVY... [Initial Post: 15-03-2011]

AND 4 THOSE WHO LIKE 2 SHAKE IT. ON THE DANCE-FLOOR, HERE'S SOME LOCAL FLAVA 4 YO EAR - THE BRAND NEW ONE BY I Am Sam & Mr Bongolicious: "shake it" - OUT NOW ON Generation Records d(-_-)b

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2BkgWf8mfU

AN ALL-TIME FAVOURITE... [Initial Post: 14-03-2011]

THIS DIVINE Soulful House TRACK WAS RELEASED 5 YEARS AGO, QUICKLY BECOMING ONE OF MY ALL-TIME FAVOURITES & - IN MY OPINION - AN ABSOLUTE CLASSIC CUT..! BIG UPS TO Mr. Marc Avon Evans FOR THE TRULY AMAZING VOCALS d(-_-)b

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztX6X9fNuas

MIAMI 2011 ANTHEM ALERT..! [Initial Post: 14-03-2011]

The Iberican League IS BACK WITH ANOTHER MASSIVE DANCE-FLOOR ANTHEM..! Abel Ramos ft. Erire ON VOCALS - "dream come true" - WITH Chus L. Esteban AKA DJ Chus & David Penn ON REMIX DUTIES... RELEASED LATE LAST YEAR THROUGH With Love Music & READY TO SET DANCE-FLOORS ON FIRE DURING THE MIAMI 2011 Winter Music Conference d(-_-)b

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9efR8rLUQA

A CERTIFIED CLASSIC, YET SOUNDING FRESH AS EVER..!

HERE'S ANOTHER TIMELESS House ANTHEM FROM THE VAULT - Voices Of Life "the word is love [say the word]" - A CERTIFIED CLASSIC, YET SOUNDING FRESH AS EVER..! BIG MELODIC VOCALS BY Sharon Pass & A FUNKY DISCOFIED GROOVE COURTESY OF NONE OTHER THAN Mr. Steve "Silk" Hurley - STILL CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF THIS - BIG UPS d(-_-)b

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87M5NJfWx7c&feature=related

A GUARANTEED CROWD-PLEASURE..! [Initial Post: 14-03-2011]

FUNKY, UPLIFTING & DISCOFIED... Olav Basoski RETURNS WITH HIS LATEST HOUSE WEAPON: "the other side" - OUT FOR A FEW MONTHS NOW ON Dirty Soul Recordings - & PROVING TO BE A GUARANTEED CROWD-PLEASURE..!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3oT5Wsp34A

TECH-HOUSE AT ITS BEST..! [Initial Post: 14-03-2011]

ONE OF MY ABSOLUTE FAVOURITES IN RECENT WEEKS - Steffi feat. Virginia "yours" (Original mix) - RELEASED (07-02-2011) ON THE Ostgut Ton LABEL, AS PART OF THE BELGIAN DJ-EXTRAORDINAIRE Steffi's DEBUT ALBUM "Yours & Mine"... A RIDICULOUSLY GOOD TRACK WITH DEEP, SOULFUL MELODIES - PURE MUSICAL BLISS..! CHECK IT OUT d(-_-)b

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-BeAReDgos

2011 IBIZA ANTHEM ALERT..!

RELEASED JUST OVER A WEEK AGO ON Mark Knight's [Toolroom Records] - & SAMPLING THE UNMISTAKABLE PIANO RIFF & ORIGINAL VOCALS BY LEGENDARY SINGER/SONGWRITER/PIANIST/ARRANGER Nina Simone - THIS GREAT REMAKE IS CURRENTLY SITTING IN THE #1 SPOT ON Beatport's TOP DOWNLOADS & WILL SURELY BE 1 OF THE HOTTEST Tech-House ANTHEMS DURING THE UPCOMING 2011 IBIZA SUMMER SEASON d(-_-)b

https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/content/release/detail/351915/Sinnerm

 

BEFORE HOUSE.... WAS DISCO..!

DROPPED THIS AT THE CLUB LAST WEEKEND, IN THE MIDDLE OF A House SET - RIGHT AFTER Gloria Gaynor's "I will survive" - NEEDLESS TO SAY THE CROWD WENT CRAZY..! MUCH R.E.S.P.E.C.T. TO Jocelyn Brown FOR THE INCREDIBLE VOCALS - A TRUE DIVA INDEED - & THE LATE GREAT MAESTRO Larry Levan FOR THE AMAZING REMIX d(-_-)b

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-TMHPuYSdw

A SPECIAL MAKEOVER PROJECT... A MODERN ERA MASTERPIECE..!

IN THE WORLD OF DANCE MUSIC, WHEN U COMBINE THE LIKES OF LEGENDARY NOW PRODUCER Recloose, A GREAT NEW-AGE SOUL SINGER GOING BY THE NAME OF Dwele – DETROIT HOUSE & TECHNO DON Carl Craig, WHO’S CELEBRATING THE 20th ANNIVERSARY OF HIS LABEL Planet E – ALONG WITH HEAVYWEIGHTS Luciano (Lucien Nicolet) & Milton Jackson ON REMIX DUTIES, U MOST CERTAINLY EXPECT THE END RESULT TO BE A MODERN ERA MASTERPIECE... AS SAID, ABOUT A MONTH AGO WAS THE RELEASE OF Recloose’s “can’t take it (remixes)” ON THE Planet E LABEL – A SPECIAL MAKEOVER PROJECT, OFFERING A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE’S MUSICAL PLEASURE d(-_-)b

https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/content/release/detail/344385/Can%27t%20Take

IT'S ALL GONE PETE TONG - AN EPIC MILESTONE..!

20 YEARS ON - & HE IS ARGUABLY ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL FIGURES IN DANCE MUSIC - & TODAY BBC Radio 1 (UK) CELEBRATES AN EPIC MILESTONE FOR A TRUE DANCE MUSIC AMBASSADOR & PROBABLY THE MOST RECOGNISED VOICE ON DANCE RADIO WORLDWIDE, Mr. Pete Tong... MUCH R.E.S.P.E.C.T. d(-_-)b

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIyWWc_-JS0

I LOVE MUSIC - IT'S MY LIFE...

“MUSIC IS LIFE – AN EXPRESSION OF FEELINGS & EMOTIONS… BEAUTIFUL MUSIC BRINGS LOVE, JOY & HAPPINESS… I LOVE MUSIC – IT’S MY LIFE… I LIVE FOR MUSIC AND I PLAY SO PEOPLE CAN DANCE & HAVE FUN”...

Felix Da Housecat would surely agree - hence his ''my life muzik'' release on Pete Tong's legendary FFRR label, under the alias Thee Maddkatt Courtship III

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2at1sHJmNTA

A TIMELESS CLASSIC...

IN 1999, ALMOST 2 DECADES AFTER House MUSIC WAS FIRST CONCEIVED IN Chicago, A LITTLE GEM ENTITLED "you don't know me" WAS RELEASED - BY ARMAND VAN HELDEN & Duane Harden - & AFTER ALL THESE YEARS IT REMAINS BY FAR 1 OF MY MOST FAVOURITE DANCE TRACKS OF ALL TIME..! WHAT'S UR FAVOURITE Deep, Soulful, Tech, Vocal or Progressive House TUNE..? d(-_-)b

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNSpLqmY6K0

HAPPY 40TH B'DAY SIR - YOU KNOW WE LIKE TO MOVE IT..!

LOTS OF LOVE BY SOME OF THE DANCE MUSIC ELITE FOR A MAN WHO'S JUST 40 YEARS YOUNG BUT A TRUE LEGEND OF THE GAME..! HAPPY B'DAY ONCE AGAIN Mr. Erick 'More' Morillo & HERE'S TO MANY MORE, MUCH R.E.S.P.E.C.T. - BIG UPS TO Nick 'Slick' Navaro FOR THE VIDEO d(-_-)b

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xK0bt-ZhDuw

AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A PARTY IN MIAMI BABY..!

AWESOME VENUE, GREAT CROWD, BIG SOUND, WICKED LIGHTS, CRAZY BEATS & MELODIES WITH Mr. Lucien Nicolet AKA Luciano IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT AT "LIV" NIGHTCLUB - ENJOY d(-_-)b

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTaFBDGy_LY