Netmix Global House Podcast

We’re back with a new podcast, Global House Sessions - August 2008. All tracks are available through Beatport.com. Subscribe to the podcast to download.

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Track Listing:

• Rock To The Beat - Kevin Saunderson - Christian Smith & John Selway Remix
• Reynosa - Emilio Fernandez - Original Mix
• Diablo - Oliver Huntemann & Dubfire - Original Mix
• Chime - The Shapeshifters - Martin Ten Velden Remix
• Born Slippy - DJ Joe K and Beto Dias Remix
• I Begin To Wonder 2008 - Jean Claude Ades - Jerome Isma-Ae Remix
• Solid - Sweno N - Original Mix
• Space Time - Deadmau5 Vocal Mix - Mike Di Scala, Colin Airey
• Get Wild - Sharam - Steve Agnello Remix
• Deep Down feat. Shirley Davis - J Nitti - Original Mix

We spent the latter part of the afternoon surfing through DJ download sites in search of new tracks to program in the next Netmix podcast. We came across a couple of cool new features, like this audio player by the folks over at DJDownload.com, the leading British online dance music retailer.

There are 39 out of this week’s Top 100 included in the player for your listening enjoyment. The coolest part of the player is the “needle drop” feature, where you can “drop” your cursor anywhere on the wave form and start the track from that point. This is a solid differentiation that sets DJDownload.com apart from their competition.

One thing we also noticed is that the music in Beatport’s Top 100 is vastly different from the music on DJDownload or Traxsource, another popular download spot on the web.

As the phenomenon of MP3 DJing continues to grow, we’re starting to see real differentiation displayed on the front-end in terms of what, in the physical world, we used to call the “end-rack”–the shelves at the end of every aisle in a record store where all the new stuff or specials were located.

What most consumers didn’t know, many labels rented that shelf space from the retailer to make sure their product was front and center so the consumer could easily find it. The same is true today for download stores. Home page space is a an important promotion point and revenue driver beyond the sales of music and other products.

Enjoy this player and don’t forget to go to DJDownload.com to create your own.

Please note, the Audio Jelly player is not displaying correctly, because it is a mix of CSS with HTML and Flash that is not playing well with Wordpress, the CMS that runs this blog. We have contacted Audio Jelly for a solution. The good news is that the Flash embed still works and you can listen to each track. Click on any cover to go to Audio Jelly to purchase the tracks.

Rave Party

From big, block rocking beats to a marathon of lush strings, synth stabs, speedy beats and beautiful vocals, the Netmix Hot 100 Class Rave Tracks iMix brings back the energy of the 90’s through the 2000 and beyond. Break Beat, House, Techno, Drum N Bass and Trance are all represented here. You can either page through the widget featured here, or click this link to go to the iTunes store to purchase the list.

We’ve also added links to iTunes for each individual track below:

1. Love U More (Original Mix) - Sunscreem
2. Lift - 808 State
3. Chime (New Version) - Orbital
4. Papua New Guinea (12″ Original) - The Future Sound of London
5. Brutal-8-E - Altern 8
6. Go - Moby
7. Energy Flash - Joey Beltram
8. LFO (Leeds Warehouse Mix) - LFO
9. Charly (Alley Cat Mix) - Prodigy
10. Feeling So Real (Main Mix) - Moby
11. Everybody In the Place (Original) - Prodigy
12. Next Is the e (I Feel It) - Moby
13. James Brown Is Dead - Housebeat
14. Dominator (Original Mix) - Human Resource
15. Anasthasia (Out of History Mix) - T99
16. Get Ready for This - 2 Unlimited
17. I Like to Move It (Erick More Club Mix) - Reel 2 Real featuring The Mad Stuntman
18. Can You Feel It - Todd Terry
19. Witch Doktor - Armand Van Helden
20. Take Me Away (Little Louie Vega and Aldo AIM Marin) - 2 In A Room
21. Feeling for You - Cassius
22. Born Slippy (Nuxx) - Underworld
23. Radio Babylon - Meat Beat Manifesto
24. More Beats and Pieces (Daddy Rips It Up) - Coldcut
25. Where’s Your Head At - Basement Jaxx
26. I See You Baby - Groove Armada
27. Block Rockin’ Beats - The Chemical Brothers
28. Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Dub - Apollo 440
29. On a Ragga Tip ‘97 (Original Mix) - SL2
30. Thunder (DJ Die and Clipse Remix) - Photek
31. Pacific (808:98) - 808 State
32. Caterpillar (Original) - Keoki
33. Krupa - Apollo 440
34. Days Go By - Dirty Vegas
35. 3 A.M. Eternal - The KLF
36. Give It Up - The Good Men
37. The Climax (PCP version) - Paperclip People
38. Lifetimes (Silicon soul mix) - Slam
39. Around the World / Harder Better Faster Stronger - Daft Punk
40. Big Time Sensuality (The Fluke Minimix) - Björk
41. Rock 2 House (Plastikman’s Acid House Remix) - X-Press 2
42. Submarine - Felix da Housecat
43. Jealousy (Original) - Keoki
44. On and On (Featuring Stamina MC) - Roni Size
45. Ready, Steady, Go - Oakenfold
46. Castles In the Sky (Extended Mix) - Ian Van Dahl featuring Marsha
47. Adagio for Strings - Tiësto
48. Where Are You Now? (Extended) - Ian Van Dahl
49. Sandstorm - Darude
50. Are You Ready (The Phone Call Mix) - ADRENALINE
51. He Never Lost His Hardcore (N.R.G. Original Mix) - N.R.G.
52. Ease the Beat Back Up (Club Mix) - DJ Icey
53. Hardfloor Will Survive (Club Mix) - Hardfloor featuring Phuture 303
54. The One - DJ Icey
55. Move Your Body (Elevation) - Basement Beatmix
56. I’m Not In Love - Olive
57. Set You Free (TTF Remix) - N-Trance
58. Everyday It’s 1989 - Moby
59. Outlaw - Olive, Ruth-Ann & Tony Foster
60. Falling Up - Theo Parrish
61. Darkness - Carl Craig
62. The Lost Souls - Hardfloor
63. Body Movin’ - DJ Baby Anne
64. Helikopter - Plastikman
65. Beauty Never Fades (12 Inch Cut) - Junkie XL & Tom Holkenborg
66. Dim the Sky - DJ Icey
67. Harder Better Faster Stronger (Radio Edit) [Live] - Daft Punk
68. Vicious Games (Art of Trance Remix) - Hardfloor & Yello
69. Positive Education (Carl Cox In Tec Mix) - Slam
70. Silver Screen Shower Scene - Felix da Housecat
71. 3.1.98 (Bedrock Remix) - Humate
72. Better Off Alone - Alice Deejay
73. Ecstasy (Clubb Mix) - ATB
74. Toca’s Miracle (Inpetto Remix) - Fragma
75. Take Me Away (Into the Night) [Original Vocal Mix] - 4 Strings
76. Northern Lights - Way Out West
77. Cafe Del Mar (Nalin & Kane Remix) - Energy 52
78. God Is a DJ - Faithless
79. Beachball (Extended Version) - Nalin & Kane
80. Apollo - Way Out West
81. Rhythm Is a Dancer - Snap!
82. Set You Free (Original 12″) - N-Trance
83. Strings of Life - Derrick May
84. Killa - Way Out West
85. Toca Me (Inpetto 2008 Mix) - Fragma
86. Children (Full Length) - Robert Miles
87. Saltwater (Original Mix) - Chicane
88. Greece 2000 - Three Drives
89. Right In the Night (Fall In Love With Music) - Jam & Spoon
90. Love Comes Again (Original 12″ Version) - Tiësto
91. For an Angel - Paul van Dyk
92. 9 PM (Till I Come) [Club Mix] - ATB
93. Flash In the Night (1998 Club Mix) - Calderone Inc.
94. Masters of the Universe (Eternal Basement Remix Version) - Juno Reactor
95. Harleqin the Beauty and the Beast - Sven Väth
96. Welcome to the Factory (Featuring Sally Cortes) [Angel's Journey Mix] - Angel Moraes featuring Sally Cortes
97. Are You There? (Size 9 Remix) - Josh Wink
98. Good to Be Alive (DJ Rap & Tyler Revata Remix) - DJ Rap
99. Angel - Goldie
100. Rainbows of Colour - Grooverider

Artist : D:Fuse & Hiratzka
Release “Breathe In”
Remixer: Fine Taste
Label: Currve
Catalog: CR041
Release Date: June-18-2008
Genre: Progressive House, Tech House, Chill Out
Format: Digital

Review: Fine Taste remix is repetitive and simple. Not a floor filler by any means. Something to get the crowd warmed up. Neil Colo’s Tech House remix has a lot of structured complexity with dark overtones. If you’re into the darker side of Tech House, this one’s a sure bet. The downtempo, chill out album version is included with the EP download.

Artist: Killfish
Release: Tatooman EP
Label: Jetlag Digital
Catalog: JED002
Release Date: July-04-2008
Genre: Progressive House
Format: Digital

Review: Out of the gate, Jetlag Digital put out a couple of nice tracks. These two are fairly forgettable. They don’t go anywhere or do anything exciting. Simply just filler tracks. “Grinder Cool” has a bit of an electro house flavor to it. A vocal sample drifts in and out, but there’s no reason to really care. The breakdown is fairly simple. Nothing we haven’t seen before. The modulation of the synth warps around as it comes out of the breakdown, but it doesn’t capture the big room, epic transformation you’d expect out of a long breakdown and build up. “The Fisher” is another filler track that I might play in the beginning of the night, but definitely not peak hour. These guys need to go back to the drawing board and take it a notch higher. The label is out of Spain. This sound may do well there, we don’t know, but we don’t expect them to break any records in the U.S. with this release.

Artist: Terry Williams
Release: San Francisco
Label: Lad Publishing & Recordings
Catalog: LADAL08041
Release Date: June-18-2008
Genre: Tech House
Format: Digital

Review: We’re digging this thick track with synth stabs that sound like urgent horns placed evenly along throughout. A nice twangy bass line carries the groove. This track is good for putting that skip in your step when you’re on the floor, grooving to it. If this is the sound of underground San Francisco, then we’re looking forward to hearing it played out the next time we visit. The Natalino Nunes remix takes it a bit darker, but that means it loses a bit of its cheery flavor. So, we’ll stick with the original here.

Artist: Incognito
Release: Tales From The Beach (Album)
Label: Heads Up International
Catalog: HUCD 3141
Release Date: June-24-2008
Genre: Jazz
Format: Digital

Review: Just when you were looking for a smooth, soulful jazz album from Incognito, here it is. The band has returned with lush, gorgeous music and vocals you’d expect from such a legendary group. Incognito fans will be satiated with all that’s great about this group. DJs have three house tracks to pick from, “Love, Joy, Understanding”, “Freedom To Love”, and “Feel The Pressure.” All three are perfect for a Lil Louie Vega set. We’re thinking someone from Giant Step has already called him for a remix.

Head to Giant Step to listen to the DJ Sampler.

Beatportal.com, the daily blog journal run by the folks at Beatport.com, where kind enough to run my latest Netmix Global House Podcast in the Community feed section. You can check out the posting here.

Many companies are now looking to users to generate content for their blogs. Hiring bloggers is an expensive proposition against revenues. If you’re traffic doesn’t cover the cost of the hosting and content production, then it’s smart to look to the user community to develop content for a web site. We may be doing that ourselves very soon!

On another note, we’re moving away from Podpress for Wordpress as a Podcasting plug-in. It seems the developer is no longer supporting the application since 2007. As far as we can tell, Podpress has become extremely problematic, conflicting with more recent plug-ins, to the point that it breaks the plug-in repository in your Wordpress admin. We found the new Podcasting plug-in. When used in conjunction with a Feedburner_Feedsmith plug-in, we think it works quite nicely.

Podcasting supports iTunes, but it does not have links to the other podcasting web site featured through Podpress. It also does not host a download link with its player, nor does its player show the number of downloads. A bit disappointing, yes, but do I really need to tell people how many podcasts have been downloaded? Or, is that just a bit of ego on my part? I’ll go with the ego and forgo displaying the number for now. As long as I know what it is and that number is in overall subscriptions, I’m going to say that’s more important to Netmix growth over the long term.

That being said, my workaround was to simple. I added a text link under the Podcasting player provided by Feedburner to allow anyone to subscribe to my podcast feed. That way, it will ping users who have subscribed to the podcast with updates, in the same way that Podpress functions.

In a nutshell, I think we’ll be better off for the time being. Feedburner is quite a powerful way to organize and distribute feeds. For Netmix, that’s another great analytics tool, which compliments our Google Analtyics and GetClicky accounts.

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The next installment in Tony Z’s Global House Mix series for June 2008. This mix is dedicated to my girlfriend, Missy, who has been so supportive despite my disappearing for hours in the studio to produce these shows. It’s also dedicated to all those who are seeking inspiration to pursue their goals and realize their dreams.

Download the podcast or listen to the mix using the player below.

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Download June 2008 Netmix Global House Sessions Podcast

For DJ bookings, contact me.

If you want to purchase the individual tracks, click on the download links at the end of every song title to purchase from Beatport.com.

1. Love In War - KID Remix - Pete Gust | Download
2. Give It Up - Alex Gold Remix - Adam K/Soha | Download
3. Jupiter Calling - Original Mix - Thomas Schwartz | Download
4. Sunrise - Original Mix - Dave Spoon | Download
5. Pjanoo - Original Mix - Eric Prydz | Download
6. I Just Want To Be - Antoine Clamaran Remix - Sebastien Drums/Rolf Dyman | Download
7. Automatic - Tikaro/J.Louis/Ferran Remix - Ultra Nate | Download
8. Rhythm Is A Dancer - Tom Novy Remix - Snap! | Download
9. Down Down Down - Mattias Remix - No Tone | Download
10. You - Tom Novy Remix - Steve Mac/Paul Harris | Download
11. Got That M - Original Mix - Patch Park | Download
12. Vertical Smile - Original Mix - Andomat 3000 | Download
13. Rising Up - Christian Malloni Remix - Ross Couch | Download
14. Yes We Can - Original Mix - House Music United | Download
15. 4 AM - Adam K & Soha Mix - Kaskade | Download
16. Moscow After Autumn Rain - Original Mix - Elastic Sound | Download
17. Silence (feat. Sarah McLachlan) - Neils Van Gogh vs Thomas Gold Remix - Delerium | Download
18. Delightful Encounters - Terry’s Deeplightful Edit - Terry Lee Brown Junior | Download Not Available
19. City of Lost Souls - Stan Kolev Remix - Pete Moss | Download

Mushrooms - Justin Martin Mix - Marshall Jefferson/Noosa Heads | Download

20. Papaia - Original Mix - Tony Lionni | Download
21. We Are Facing The Sun - Original Mix - Sascha Funke | Download
22. The Big Blue - Original Mix - Billy Dalessandro | Download
23. Here Come The Beats - Original Mix - Fred Everything/JT Donaldson | Download
24. Manta - Original Mix - Jona | Download
25. No Comment - Original Mix - Solomun | Download
26. Berno - Mark August Remix - Till Von Sein | Download

Been looking for Obama’s “Yes We Can” speech set to house music? Well, here you go. Not sure it’ll rival Fingers Inc. vs. MLK, “I Have a Dream,” but it’s pretty damn good. It’s been on the Beatport Top 10 chart for a few weeks now.

Go to Beatport with via the link below to check it out for yourself.

Yes We Can - Original Mix