Vital's Podcast

As a DJ, producer and overall giant fan of house music, I tend to collect tunes from all corners of the genre. My focus is most often on the darker, heavier, more progressive side of the 4 x 4 beat you may know and love. However, I always keep myself and my perspective open to all aspects of house and the sounds within it that really make people move.

Here in Dallas, some of the more prominent artists and DJ's that tend to create a following are those who dabble in the funkier, groovier labels and releases of late. This has caused me to dig for and ultimately begin a substantial collection of more of the deeper tech house sound that has fallen into favor over the last few years. At the beginning of this summer, I had amassed such a huge amount of this sound that it was clear a mix needed to be recorded and shared.

Without further ado, please enjoy 73 minutes of some of the most feel-good house I have ever had the pleasure of compiling.

TRACKLISTING
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1.) Timmy Stewart - "One Vision" (Llorca Remix)
2.) Anton Pieete - "I Don't Want"
3.) Lemon Popsicle - "Awake" (Don Melon's Peanut In L.A. Mix)
4.) M.A.N.D.Y. and Booka Shade - "O Superman" feat. Laurie Anderson (Audiofly X Remix)
5.) Gorge - "Supique"
6.) Nick Curly - "Deep Breath"
7.) Desperate Housevibes - "Back 2 The Old Skool"
8.) Andy Cato - "Cosmic Force" (Soul Minority Remix)
9.) Fred Everything - "Stay" feat. Tim Fuller (Doza's LawnChair Generals West Dub)
10.) Son Of Raw - "A Black Man In Space" (Sax Mix)
11.) Budai & Vic - "I Love Deep" (The Timewriter Remix)
12.) The Timewriter - "Love Trap"
13.) Bob Marley & The Wailers - "400 Years" (Jimpster Remix)

(recorded 6-19-09)

When it comes to electronic dance music and the multi-faceted approach to sound and it's creation, there are a select few genres that will cause your derriere to grüv uncontrollably while wearing an unstoppable smile. One of those is classified as "Breakbeat" - "A syncopated and irregular drum pattern that is electronically repeated to form a fast rhythm, esp. for dance music". For some reason, this rhythm causes throngs of gorgeous women to dance with reckless abandon within your vicinity. I swear.

On that note, I give you a treadmill-run-enhancing 38 minutes of some bumping breakbeats I recorded while on vacation back home to AZ this summer.....
Enjoy, with reckless abandon.
("This should be played at high volume, preferably in a residential area"....)

TRACKLISTING
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1.) Expansion Union - "World Wide Funk" & B.L.I.M. & Rennie Pilgrem feat. MC Chickaboo - "2 Freaks" (A cappella) (Vital Mash-up)
2.) Stanton Warriors - "Break Me With You"
3.) Überzone and Rennie Pilgrem - "Black Widow" (V.I.P. Mix)
4.) Dj Icey - "And Go!"
5.) Tok Tok vs Soffy O - "Day Of Mine" (Starecase Vox Mix)
6.) Elite Force - "Sk8r"
7.) Chicken Lips - "She Not In" (Stanton Warriors Re-Edit)
8.) Plump DJ's - "Mantra"

(recorded 8-19-09)

Around Christmas of '08, I wanted to give out an upbeat mix to accompany all those on their travels back home for the holidays. Stepping back into the feel-good progressive house realm of things comes "Deep House Digs". A consistent mix of smooth melodies and warm basslines....sure to properly accompany any road trip or adventure.

TRACKLISTING
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1.) G-Pal - "Life"
2.) Sasha - "Wavy Gravy" (Habersham's Waves From The Far East Remix)
3.) Leigh Morgan & Scope - "Isle Of Indigo" (Roberto Rodriguez Remix) & Shakedown - "At Night" (A cappella) (Vital Mash-up)
4.) Patch Park - "Got That M"
5.) Inkfish vs. Tronso - "Slipped My Mind" (David Lara Suburban Remix)
6.) Ubu - "Pixels" (Pete Heller's Old Skool Mix)
7.) Martin Garcia pres. Nacca - "Toriko" (Martin Garcia Remix)
8.) Tommyboy and Sultan feat. Zara - "Come Together" (Instrumental)
9.) Chab - "Five" (Andrea Introvigne Zero 8 Remix) & Ubu - "Pixels" (A cappella) (Vital Mash-up)
10.) V-Sag vs Dousk - "Pa-Dida In The House" (Co-Jack aka Kojak Mashup)
11.) Talisman And Hudson - "Leaving Planet Earth" (Dousk Remix)

(recorded 12-21-08)

Around this time last year, I took a 3 week trip home to northern Arizona to visit my family. At the time, I had just begun dating this wonderful lady and I was not looking forward to almost a month away from her. As a way of channeling my thoughts, I began compiling a mix for her of some of the most ethereal downtempo and ambient tunes that were influencing my mind. The result is 50 minutes of relaxing melodies and smooth chillout beats to ease the stresses and worries of the day.

TRACKLISTING
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1.) Trentemøller and Buda - "Gamma"
2.) The Last Atlant - "Reversed Cloud"
3.) Users Atmosphere - "Watership Song" (Blackfish Remix)
4.) Blackfish - "Unending"
5.) Dale Anderson & Anil Chawla - "Pimento Grove"
6.) Raumzeit - "Silent Dark"
7.) Trentemøller - "Miss You" (Album Version)
8.) Chymera - "Umbrella" (Beatless Mix)
9.) Blackfish - "Worth Fighting For"
10.) James Holden - "Kaern" (Unreleased)
11.) Mike Monday - "When The Rain Falls"

(recorded 10-18-08)

I'm the type of DJ who loves to give the people what moves them most. Searching for inspiration in between recordings, I asked a very good friend of mine what he would like to hear on the next mix. He plainly stated, "Something to crush me". With that in mind, I gave him the "Crush Mix". A non-stop 80 minute ride of blaring electro, pounding progressive and dirty tech.

TRACKLISTING
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1.) Miles Dyson - "Electric Soul"
2.) Martin H - "Tromb"
3.) The Henchmen & BB Law - "Women" (Chris Kaeser Mix)
4.) Gutterpunk - "Up 2 11"
5.) Pornobreaks - "Trippin' Me Out" (Audiojack Remix)
6.) Phonique feat. Alexander East - 99 And A Half (Henry Saiz Remix)
7.) Roisin Murphy - "Let Me Know" (Andy Cato Vedra Mix Instrumental)
8.) Dubfunk - "Mandala" (Patch Park Remix)
9.) D. Ramirez and Mark Knight - "System"
10.) Essenvee - "Head Down"
11.) Luke Dzierzek - "Lick It" & Everything But The Girl - "Lullaby Of Clubland " (A cappella) (Vital Mash-up)
12.) Adam K and Dataworx - "Talkback"
13.) Alex Kenji - "Hellomate" (Sara Galli Remix)
14.) Evil Hinko - "Gedankenhochsprung" (Robert Babicz remix)

(recorded 8-27-08)

In late 2005, I left my cozy hometown of Flagstaff in northern Arizona to pursue life in the big city. My ambitions had outgrown the little mountain town and I needed to move somewhere that had a much more expansive music scene as my addiction for sound and involving myself with the people that create it is ever-expanding. I found myself in Texas of all places, so the big city was not a problem to locate! However, connecting with the right people and finding the scene I wanted to be a part of proved to be much more difficult. During this time, solitude was a constant companion and caused me to dig for music on a much more ambient and downtempo level. Alot of the artists and tracks I came across gave an overwhelming sense of comfort that I wasn't finding in people. Months went by and the collection grew. Eventually, I began to come across the people and places I had been yearning to discover, but I never stopped compiling the songs that were there for me when no one else could be. This mix is a reflection of that time in my life when I just needed someone to understand.

TRACKLISTING
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1.) Trafik - "Midas"
2.) Snake Sedrick & Emze Hack - "The Beginning" (Eelke Kleijn Ambient Mix)
3.) Francis Blaid - "If I Want You" (Ambient Mix)
4.) Mike Foyle - "Shipwrecked" (Chillout Mix)
5.) Jerome Isma-Ae - "Kisses In The Rain"
6.) Global Communication - "8 07"
7.) Moby - "Whispering Winds"
8.) B.I.G. - "Teardrops"
9.) B.I.G. - "In Your Eyes"
10.) Dark Globe - "Far Leys" (Attic Window Remix)
11.) Tosca - "John Tomes"
12.) Telefon Tel Aviv - "Bubble And Spike"
13.) Bent - "As You Fall"
14.) Junkie XL - "We Become One"

(recorded 7-21-08)

Late in the summer of '08, I had been collecting quite a bit of tech and deeper progressive and was finding the need for a few choice favorites to be on a disc. Without being too picky, I grabbed a handful of some of the best stuff I had at the moment and whipped up a 53 minute slice of progressive tech tastiness.

TRACKLISTING
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1.) Scanners - "Alone" (Mike Monday Remix)
2.) Gui Boratto - "Mr Decay" (Robert Babicz Universum Disco Mix)
3.) Robert Babicz - "White Storm"
4.) Sasha - "Who Killed Sparky" (Astro & Glyde Remix)
5.) Jerome Isma Ae & Melih - "Ask Nell" (George Morel Remix)
6.) Ido Ophir & Miki Litvak - "Shnorkel" (Dousk Remix)
7.) Emjae - "Can You Handle It" (Audiojack Mix)
8.) Nils Noa - "Moneybreak" (Inkfish Remix)

(recorded 7-18-08)

As I was cruising through my old minidisc collection and the few recordings I still have archived on them, I came across this mix of some of my favorite progressive house tracks at that time. I recall putting this mix together for a friend who wanted a nice selection of some bass-heavy tunes to work over the new system he had installed in his car. Figured I should share it with all the podcast fans!

The audio is a touch raw as this is a transfer from an all-vinyl minidisc recording. However, it's still 70 rocking minutes of prog-house goodness!

TRACKLISTING
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1.) Situation 2wo - "Way2Tite"
2.) Solar Plexus - "Solar Plexus" (Masiello, Blades and Page Remix)
3.) Chicken Lips - "He Not In" (Mutiny's Real Life Mix)
4.) Digitribe - "What Happens Next"
5.) U2 - "Ultraviolet" (Mercurio and Paul Remix)
6.) Blue Haze - "Into Nothing" (Bill Hamel's Last Time For 9 Vox)
7.) Futureshock - "On My Mind" (Watkins Tranquility Bass Mix)
8.) Habersham & Numinous - "Leaving Tifton"
9.) Yum Yum - "Heavy Fluid"
10.) Seroya - "Only Your Love" (Holmes Ives Dub)

(recorded fall of 2005)