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Summer Breeze XV – You Know Summer Is Here When…

…the new edition of my Summer Breeze series is out!

When I started working on this one, I wasn’t sure what it was going to be — a Cosmix, a Loungin’ with Monsieur Seb, a House Music for Grown-Ups or a Summer Breeze

After much tergiversation, the first mix was found and those first two tracks (actually track 2 and 3 on the mix, a third one was tagged in front later in the creation) clearly pointed towards a Summer Breeze iteration and, after recording it, I felt it was kind of a Cosmix Summer, but let’s not overcomplicate things! 🙂

True to its mission, it’s unpretentious, fun music for lounging in the sun, by the pool, drink in hand — except maybe for a slightly darker bit about three quarters into the mix (that cryptic track titled Edit Service #42 based on a Joy Division sample).

But fear not, the mix ends on a very joyous and light note with a song based around my all-time favourite songwriter, musician and arranger, Donald Fagen — the original being I.G.Y., from his 1982 solo album The Nightfly (which, incidentally, is the subtitle of Vol. 5 of my Loungin’ series and features the title track from that album).

Steely Dan/Donald Fagen are not often sampled and Lovebirds does it magnificently well!

On a spur of the moment, I even decided to mix in the original track for an even breezier, yacht rock feel; the perfect end to a great summer mix.

Here, then, for your summer enjoyment, is the fifth edition of Summer Breeze! Feel free to make a donation to cover file hosting!

TRACKLIST

  1. XTC — DJ Koze
  2. Shangri-La (Psychemagik Remix) — Yacht
  3. Oban (Todd Terje Remix) — Jaga Jazzist
  4. Bostitch (Fred Everything Version 1) — Yello
  5. Loose Booty — Crispin J. Glover
  6. Cherry — Tim Green
  7. Just — Bicep
  8. Sunny Bigler — Leon Sweet
  9. Celebre (The Revenge Mix) — Harry Wolfman & Skinny Love
  10. Hello Space! — Ralph Myerz & The Kosmik Diamondz
  11. Do That Dance feat. Nancy Whang (Konstantin Sibold Remix) — Shit Robot
  12. Acid 4 Eddie — Ralph Myerz & The Kosmik Diamondz
  13. Freaks (Ivan Smagghe Version) — Richard Norris
  14. I’m a Cliché Edit Service #42 — Michele Mininni
  15. Down — Tuxxedo
  16. Egoista — Marvin & Guy
  17. Traffic — Djedjotronic
  18. Free (Lovebirds Beautiful Rework) — Razor n’ Tape
  19. I.G.Y. (International Geophysical Year) — Donald Fagen

Welcome Into My House Vol. 2

I felt like I was overdue for a new Tech House mix, but almost as soon as I set out to do one, I felt like I wanted it to be very Housey and not Techy.

So, after a few weeks of track research and mix planning, here it is.

I decided to make it the second iteration of the Welcome Into My House series mostly because I simply did not know how to title it! 😀

25 tracks in 2 hours and 16 minutes of the many shades of House, from the Dark to the Light to the Deep…

I sincerely hope you enjoy this one, because I do enjoy it a lot myself!

You can stream or download it here and your donations are welcome to help me pay for the file hosting!

TRACKLISTING

Welcome Into My House Volume 2

  1. Intro (Excerpt From Boddhisatva (Live) — Steely Dan)
  2. Jeton — iO
  3. Passionate Timidity (Roberto Rodriguez Remix) — Estroe
  4. Kirkbride’s Dungeon — Aberrant
  5. Legacy (Vocal Mix)— Derrick Carter & Yousef
  6. Work That Body — M.in
  7. Philly — DJ T
  8. Innaspace — The Revenge
  9. We Project — Howard Sessions
  10. Burner King — Santos
  11. Cabaret — iO
  12. Solid Ground feat. Nica Brooke (Nacho Marco Remix) — Atnarko
  13. Deep Cover (Roberto Rodriguez Remix) — Dirt Crew
  14. Elisa (David Labeij Remix) — NiCe7
  15. Melanchronic — Moodymanc
  16. Giraffe — Zepp001
  17. Village Vanguard (Main Mix) — Alex Santos & Chris Woodward
  18. I Am One — Vas Floyd
  19. The Wait — Mata
  20. Alcatraz (Jimpster Dub) — Kasper Bjorke
  21. Last Day — Kollektiv Turmstrasse
  22. The Deejay’s An Alien (Rocco Supernova Mix) — David Harness feat. Roland Clark
  23. Zuma — Jet Project
  24. Ghost Song (Joris Voorn Remix) — Slam
  25. M.U.S.I.C. — Vincenzo & Lovebirds