THE WEEKEND THING...

TIME TO HEAD OUT SHORTLY - DROP SOME TUNES THEN CHILL-OUT & EVEN GET MY GROOVE ON :P - IT'S THE "WEEKEND THING"..! LOTS OF House CUTS (Balearic, Soulful, Jazzy, Afro-Latin, Deep, Classic), UPFRONT DANCE BEATS (FROM Tech-House TO Big-Room SOUNDS), BIT OF Disco & Funk - MAYBE EVEN SOME Neo-Soul & QUALITY R'n'B, JUST LIKE THE FLAVOUR Koffee Brown WAS SERVING UP, BACK IN THE EARLY 2000s - PEACE & MUSIC-BEATS d(-_-)b

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MUxIaUvt3g

TIME FOR ANOTHER FLASHBACK...

THE YEAR IS 2001... SMOOTH, DISTINCTIVE YET MYSTERIOUS VOCALS BY - HOMEGROWN AUSTRALIAN TALENT - ADELAIDE BORN Pop/Jazz SINGER/SONGWRITER Sia... PRODUCTION MAKEOVER BY - House/Techno - Electronic Dance Music DUO Different Gear... A CREATIVE & SOMEWHAT UNLIKELY COLLABO, DELIVERING AN EDGY YET MELODIC & VERY UNDERRATED CLUB TRACK, "drink to get drunk" - ENJOY & REMEMBER, ALWAYS CONSUME ALCOHOL IN MODERATION :P - PEACE & MUSIC-BEATS d(-_-)b

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRvGQr54z38

WISH I DIDN'T MISS YOU...

ONE YEAR SHY OF A DECADE SINCE THE RELEASE OF THIS MAGNIFICENT RECORD BY Angie Stone... A BEAUTIFUL R&B TRACK, WHICH CROSSED OVER PERFECTLY INTO THE WORLD OF House Music - SAMPLING Soul/R&B HALL OF FAME GROUP The O'Jays & THEIR 1972 HIT TITLED "Back Stabbers" - RECEIVING HEAVY ROTATION IN THE WORLDWIDE CLUB SCENE, WHILE MAINTAINING IT'S PURE Soulful ORIGIN - WITH BRILLIANT REMIXES BY Hex Hector & Mac Quayle (Main Club mix | Vibe mix | Mixshow), THE Pound Boys (YouTube Audio Clip) & A COUPLE OF UNOFFICIAL YET EXCELLENT MIXES, ONE THANKS TO THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORT OF Scott Wozniak & Timmy Regisford (YouTube Audio Clip) & ANOTHER ONE COURTESY OF FORMER Soulful House PRODUCTION DUO Blaze (YouTube Audio Clip) - PEACE & MUSIC-BEATS d(-_-)b

GUARANTEEING THE X-FACTOR..!

A DOWNRIGHT FAVOURITE OF MINE AT THE MOMENT - THIS ONE'S DEFINITELY PACKING A PUNCH - FULL OF DANCE-FLOOR GOODNESS & JUDGING BY THE CROWD REACTION OVER THE WEEKEND IT CERTAINLY APPEALS TO A WIDER AUDIENCE AS WELL..! Deetron's "starblazer" GUARANTEEING THE X-FACTOR - WITH A RECIPE BASED ON CLASSIC CLUB-HIT INGREDIENTS: GROOVY MELODIES, A DRIVING RHYTHM & AN ADDICTIVE HOOK - RELEASED LATE LAST MONTH (27/06/2011) THROUGH Joris Voorn & Edwin Oosterwal's MUSIC LABEL, Rejected & AVAILABLE ON BeatPort... CHECK IT OUT..!

BIG UPS TO Robert Dietz FOR BEING THE FIRST TO BRING IT TO MY ATTENTION - PEACE & MUSIC-BEATS d(-_-)b

BACK TO THE OL' SKOOL...

"Keep On Jumpin"... WITHOUT A DOUBT, ONE OF THE BIGGEST & MOST WELL-KNOWN CLUB ANTHEMS OF ALL TIME..!

ORIGINALLY RELEASED BY Musique BACK IN 1978, BECOMING A TOP HIT DURING THE GREAT Disco ERA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s__bCBAgwbQ)...

SAMPLED BY Beatboxx - HEAVYWEIGHT Roger S. AKA The S-Man AKA Roger Sanchez & Sinister Frank J. AKA Frank Jefferson - ON THEIR 1991 Strictly Rhythm DANCE CUT - WITH THE SAME TITLE - FEAT. VOCALS BY Chazzie & Paula Brion (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQRmwde2uvs)...

RE-RELEASED IN 1996 BY LEGENDARY NEW YORK DJ/PRODUCER Todd Terry, AS A COLLABO WITH 2 UNDISPUTED Disco/House DIVAS, CLUB QUEENS Martha Wash & Jocelyn Brown ON THE INCREDIBLE VOCALS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvzuyLMrBTA) - HITTING #1 ON THE U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play CHART - & AROUND THE SAME TIME, RE-WORKED BY The Lisa Marie Experience - FORMER BRITISH Electronic/House MUSIC DUO, MADE UP OF Neil Hinde & Dean Marriott AKA D.Ramirez - BECOMING A TOP 20 HIT IN THE UK & AT ITS PEAK, CLIMBING UP TO THE 3RD SPOT ON THE U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkg8JOHCnmA)...

IN 2007, UK REMIXER Corenell JUMPED IN THE RING TO GO ANOTHER ROUND WITH The Lisa Marie Experience, RE-CREATING A UK TOP 2O HIT, WHICH WAS ALSO ACCOMPANIED BY A RAUNCHY VIDEO (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5qoYDsI5WU)...

FAST FORWARD TO JANUARY 2011 & ITALIAN DJ/PRODUCER Andrea Quirico AKA NDKj COOKS UP A NEW-AGE REMIX OF THE Todd Terry VERSION (http://www.beatport.com/release/keep-on-jumpin-ndkj-mix/318125) & JUST A FEW MONTHS LATER - IN APRIL - Todd Terry STRIKES BACK WITH THE Ultimate Remixes EDITION (http://www.beatport.com/release/keep-on-jumpin-ultimate-remixes/356936)...

MOVING ALONG & IN JUNE WE SEE THE RELEASE OF YET ANOTHER REMIX, THIS TIME AROUND BY THE NEW Iberican League (http://www.beatport.com/search?query=KEEP+ON+JUMPIN%27+THE+NEW+IBERICAN+LEAGUE) - AN ALL STAR PRODUCTION TEAM CONSISTING OF DJ Chus, Abel Ramos & David Penn...

JULY 2011 NOW & HERE COMES Z Factor AKA Dave Lee AKA - THE REMARKABLE - Joey Negro DELIVERING HIS OWN RENDITION OF THE HIT WITH Luigi Rocca ON REMIX DUTIES (http://www.beatport.com/release/keep-on-jumpin-luigi-rocca-remix/389369) - CURRENTLY SITTING AT THE TOP SPOT ON THE BeatPort House CHART & #5 ON THE RESPECTIVE BeatPort TOP 100 DOWNLOADS... HAPPY DAYS & BACK TO THE OL' SKOOL IT IS - ENJOY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwyXYKBZaFE)...

BIG UPS TO ALL - MUCH R.E.S.P.E.C.T. - PEACE & MUSIC-BEATS..! d(-_-)b

IT'S ALL RIGHT...

WE ALL GO THROUGH CHALLENGES IN LIFE BUT IN THE END - “It’s All Right” - WE TEND TO SEE THE LIGHT :) REFLECTING ON THIS VERY THOUGHT, HERE'S Duane Pelt AKA Sterling Void WITH Paris Brightledge ON VOCALS & THEIR 1987 CLASSIC CLUB ANTHEM - CO-PRODUCED BY Marshall Jefferson - RECENTLY RE-WORKED BY Luca Fregonese & RE-LOADED FOR 2011 - BIG UPS TO Mauro Pagany FOR THE INFO ON THE RELEASE...

THE RE-VAMPED EDITION IS OUT THROUGH Stereocity - SISTER LABEL OF Distar Records - & AVAILABLE ON TraxSource WITH STELLAR REMIXES TO CATER FOR EVERYONE'S TASTE - CHECK IT OUT - PEACE & MUSIC-BEATS d(-_-)b

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIvr46S-GXc

DELIVERING THE GOODS..!

BEEN DROPPING THIS INCREDIBLE Discofied Afro-House TUNE MOST FREQUENTLY OVER THE PAST 9 YEARS & ABSOLUTELY LOVING IT - ARGUABLY ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS DURING MY SET @ Temperance LAST SATURDAY NIGHT TOO - NEVER FAILS TO LIGHT UP A PACKED ROOM OF PEOPLE & GET THE PARTY GOING ON THE DANCE-FLOOR..! THE GOLDEN VOICE OF AFRICA - Salif Keita - & ONE OF FRANCE'S FINEST ELECTRONIC DJ/PRODUCERS - Martin Solveig - ON REMIX DUTIES, DELIVERING THE GOODS..! "Madan" - PEACE & MUSIC-BEATS - ENJOY d(-_-)b

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiIXpHw4pgE

CAMINANDO...

IN 2009, AN EXCITING GERMAN DJ/PRODUCER BY THE NAME OF Frank Heinrich AKA Reboot UNDOUBTEDLY PUT TOGETHER WHAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS A MASTERPIECE IN ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC..! THE IDEA WAS CONCEIVED FROM A CD Reboot WAS GIVEN AFTER PLAYING A SET AT THE GLOBALLY RENOWNED D.Edge NIGHTCLUB IN SÃO PAULO (BRAZIL)... THE END RESULT, AMAZING..! THE REST, HISTORY... IN THIS CASE, LITERALLY..! BRILLIANT MELODY, SUPERB RHYTHM & EMOTIONALLY MESMERISING VOCALS - EVEN IF MANY OF US CAN'T UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT IS BEING SUNG ABOUT... THE TRACK WAS RELEASED ON VINYL THROUGH Sei Es Drum, AN INDEPENDENT MUSIC LABEL OWNED BY WIDELY RESPECTED CHILEAN-GERMAN DJ/PRODUCER Ricardo Villalobos... COINCIDENTALLY ENOUGH FOR Reboot, THE ORIGINAL SONG THAT INSPIRED THIS MAGNIFICENT PROJECT WAS WRITTEN AROUND 1968 BY ONE OF Villalobos' UNCLES, BRAZILIAN COMPOSER/GUITARIST/SINGER Geraldo Vandré & WAS TITLED: "pra não dizer que não falei das flores (caminhando e cantando)" - PORTUGUESE FOR: "so that it may not be said that I did not speak of flowers (walking & singing)"... THE SONG WAS BANNED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY BY THE BRAZILIAN MILITARY DICTATORSHIP (1964-1985) DESPITE THE FACT IT CAME 2ND IN THE COUNTRY'S INTERNATIONAL SONG FESTIVAL AT THE TIME, CRITICISED FOR ITS TONE & THE MESSAGE IT WAS PORTRAYING TOWARDS THEIR LEADERSHIP... IN 1979 THE GREAT BRAZILIAN SINGER Simone, BECAME THE FIRST EVER ARTIST TO PERFORM "caminhando" AGAIN & THE PUBLIC'S RESPONSE WAS OVERWHELMING BY SOMEWHAT ADOPTING THE SONG AS AN ANTHEM DURING THEIR REVOLUTION AGAINST THE MILITARY REGIME... OVER THE PAST 2 YEARS, Reboot's "caminando" - THE HISTORIC RE-VAMPED VERSION - HAS GROWN FROM AN ABSOLUTE FAVOURITE IN THE BALEARIC ISLAND OF IBIZA TO A WORLDWIDE DANCE ANTHEM - IN ITS OWN RIGHT - GAINING THE SUPPORT OF MANY REPUTABLE DJs, SUCH AS Pete Tong, Sven Vath, Luciano, Joy Kitikonti, Tiësto, Loco Dice & OTHERS, WHO CONTINUOUSLY PLAY IT DURING THEIR SETS AT CLUBS & MAJOR FESTIVALS ACROSS THE GLOBE..! A FASCINATING STORY WHERE PURE COINCIDENCE BRINGS THE LOVE FOR THE ART-FORM WE CALL MUSIC INTO A SERIES OF HISTORIC EVENTS & ALLOWS FOR THE CREATION OF SOMETHING SO SUPERB & UNIQUE - ENJOY - PEACE & MUSIC-BEATS :)

Xander James d(-_-)b

*YouTube Audio Clip

**HERE'S SOME MORE INFO ABOUT The Original Song, THE DETAILS BEHIND THE STORY OF HOW This Latest Project CAME TO BE & Reboot's Discography...

JOY..!

IT WAS A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN I FIRST HEARD THIS GLORIOUS PIECE - BY ONE OF THE FINEST R&B/Neo Soul VOICES, Trina Broussard & ONE OF THE MOST PROLIFIC House MUSIC DJ/PRODUCERS OF RECENT TIMES, Mr. Quentin Harris ON THE REMIX - INSTANTANEOUSLY FEELING THE POSITIVE ENERGY & "JOY" :) BIG UPS TO MY FRIEND Chris NG FOR THE INTRODUCTION - PEACE & MUSIC-BEATS d(-_-)b

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi_moXu_g4Q

WORLD CLASS..!

REALLY STARTING TO FEEL THE WINTER CHILL IN Melbourne & DESPERATELY IN NEED OF A SUMMER FIX BUT CERTAIN PRIORITIES MUST COME FIRST... SO IF YOU'RE SOMEWHAT STUCK LIKE MYSELF, INDULGE IN THE FOLLOWING CLIP & LET YOUR IMAGINATION ESCAPE TO THE INCREDIBLE SURROUNDINGS OF Ushuaïa Beach Hotel (Ibiza) - SIMPLY WORLD CLASS..!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pfi8xf0kAD8

Google THE NAME OR JUMP ON THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE (http://www.ushuaiabeachhot​el.com/) FOR MORE INFO - PERHAPS EVEN YouTube IT, FOR MORE VISUAL PLEASURE LIKE THE FOLLOWING CLIP FROM THE 2011 OPENING EVENT (https://www.youtube.com/wa​tch?v=HQrBTD1NiEs) - & IF YOU'RE PLANNING TO TRAVEL OVERSEAS, HOLIDAYING IN Europe SOMEWHERE NEAR Spain OR ALREADY ON THE White Isle, MAKE SURE TO GO & CHECK IT OUT - THE TOTAL PACKAGE IN ENTERTAINMENT & HOSPITALITY..! d(-_-)b

This Is... House (THE MIXTAPE)

SLOWLY GETTING BACK ON TRACK - AFTER BEING KNOCKED OUT BY A NASTY STOMACH BUG OVER THE WEEKEND - & STARTING OFF THIS WEEK WITH A FREE PROMO MIXTAPE FOR ALL MY FRIENDS & THOSE OF YOU WHO I WOULDN'T YET DARE TO CALL FANS BUT SIMPLY LOVERS OF GOOD DANCE MUSIC & MORE-SO WHAT WE CALL House..! THIS IS NOT A COLLECTION OF THE BIGGEST ANTHEMS OR THE NEWEST HITS AROUND BUT A SELECTION OF Deep, Soulful & Upfront GROOVES THAT DEFINE WHAT WE CALL House MUSIC & THE VIBE IT BRINGS TO LIFE & - IN MY HUMBLE OPINION - SOME OF THE FINEST PIECES OF WORK - EACH ON THEIR OWN MERIT - THAT I FELL IN LOVE WITH OVER THE YEARS & CONTINUOUSLY TEND TO PLAY DURING MY SETS..! MUCH R.E.S.P.E.C.T. TO ALL THE INCREDIBLE ARTISTS WHO ARE BEING FEATURED WITHIN... This Is.. House, MIXED BY YOURS TRULY  - Xander James - ENJOY, PEACE & MUSIC-BEATS..! d(-_-)b

http://soundcloud.com/xanderjamesdj/xander-james-this-is-house

INTERNATIONAL STYLE..!

Eclectic... Influential... Knowledgeable... Skillful... Versatile... Well-Respected... He's Got The Groove To Make You Move – From Disco, R'n'B & Hip-Hop To House & MAINSTREAM friendly Dance Sounds... Born In Tenerife (Spain)... Based In Amsterdam (Netherlands)... Real El Canario In The House Baby – "international style" – Enjoy..! d(-_-)b

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trX8eY6j7Kk

CLASSIC, SMOOTH & PERFECT..!

CLASSIC Soul... SMOOTH SULTRY VOCALS... PERFECT..! Sade "hang on to your love" - GREAT TALENT - AMAZING SONG..! d(-_-)b

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxNJV83EMJw