2014 Feb Happy Pill
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Happy Pill
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I actually have a few more installments of the "Deep in China" session and the NYD set to upload and yet ended up publishing this little nugget.
Two factors: on the one hand felt like something a bit lighter & happier as I was starting to accumulate new 2014 tunes on my HD and on the other (my fellow podcasters will understand) once a set is recorded and sits there for a few weeks, it needs to be pretty good to actually be dug up for publishing.. most of the times they stay on the drive because we (hope) the next one will be better.
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Happy Pill.... A very vocal house set with happy tunes to bring a smile to our faces. I have lately been watching the news and I cannot say that the reports from the Ukraine, Syria and Venezuela are particularly cheerful.. Happy Pill time then..
Tunes from 2014 or late 2013 with some oldies mixed in-between.
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Playlist:
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- 2013 Luv 4 You. Scott Diaz \\n
- 2013 I Like 2 Party. Samir Maslo Vs. Oliver Cheatham \\n
- 2013 Beautiful (Original mix). Hakan Kabil feat. Majuri \\n
- 2013 Need You Tonight (Scott Wozniak Bootleg Remix). INXS \\n
- 2013 Dreams (Director\'s Cut Classic Mix). Vintage Lounge Orchestra \\n
- 2013 The Otherside (Original Mix). Carl Hanaghan feat. Roz Brown \\n
- 2014 The Madness of Last Night Serenity (Original Mix) [Xtian Mash-Up] Lars Behrenroth feat. Marc Evans \\n
- 2014 If We Only Had Tonight (Original Mix vs Carl Hanaghan Discopolis Remix). Husky \\n
- 2013 Tonight (Earnshaw\'s Deep & Modified Mix). Mike Scott, and Richard Earnshaw, feat. Chappell \\n
- 2013 Boy Is Mine (OtherSoul Classic Mix).Brandy & Monica \\n
- 2013 Everybody Loves (Monte Remix.)\\xa0 Phil & Dan \\n
- 2001 Loving You (Vincenzo\'s Remix). Smurf & Perry feat. Concha Buika \\n
- 2014 Something About the Rain [Xtian Lil\\u2019 Edit]. Noa feat Adele \\n
- 2012 Settle Down (Scott Wozniak Remix). Kimbra \\n
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Highlights:
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First track \\u201cLuv 4 You\\u201d from the king of Jackin\\u2019 House Scott Diaz.. Tune sets the mood.. If you do not like it, do not progress, your sad mood might lighten up, do not risk it.. Impeccable production.
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\\u201cI Like 2 Party\\u201d from Samir Maslo and Oliver Cheathman..\\xa0 It has that Disco atmosphere which comes from the rich production, the echoed vocal sample and is written in a key F#m which I think is perfect for House Music... Just lovely.
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\\u201cBeautiful\\u201d from Hakan Kabil, multi-layered tune which might confront some, though I think it ticks all the right boxes and Majuri is a great vocalist.. Not a simple track at all..\\xa0
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\\u201cNeed You Tonight\\u201d. With the biopic of INXS being currently shown on Australian TV, I thought it would be fun to use this immense remix from Scott Wozniak. It shows his immense talent as a remix/producer. The man can touch anything and enrich it.. Scott just crowd-sourced his first artist album, I simply cannot wait!
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Another new take of an old classic, \\u201cDreams\\u201d from Fleetwood Mac by no other than Frankie Knuckles and Eric Kupper.. I have always, will always love FK\\u2019s production. Rich, wide, smooth I am running out of\\xa0 adjectives.. And if you want to feel the FK\\u2019s touch just scroll to 20:39:00 and bang one second after\\xa0 that bass you hear coming, this IS FK signature right there.. I heard it too many times live not to recognize it, it just pumps precisely when the tune needs it.. Without it the track would be perfect but lacking soul, lacking a heart beat.. The Bass line is the pulse. Enjoy!
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"The OtherSide".. well it is a bridge track. I needed to change key and keep the wide production theme going, set being recorded live .. key and beat matched, it was enough for me.. Well\\u2026 you got a House Diva. First time I notice Roz Brown as a vocalist.. She can sing!
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My mash-up of Lars Behrenroth\\u2019s ( of Deeper Shades of House fame) \\u201cMadness Last Night\\u201d.. Many reasons to be happy there.. Lars is one of the reason I do this because I remember listening to his sets 10 years ago and thinking I should try to do this.. Not that I am in any way comparing my crap with his immense talent but he is one of my inspirations..
Furthermore nothing makes me more happy than to buy tunes from people I respect and have connected with through Facebook and the likes. Finally I am actually pretty \\u201cstoked\\u201d to use the term being thrown around by all the Australian Olympians with what I did.. Great track from Lars and half decent mash-up from Xtian..
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\\u201cIf We Only Had Tonight\\u201d from Husky\\u2026 immense Australian talent ( why does he NEVER come to Melbourne??).. Epitome of the happy tune and you are getting double dose because I ripped twice the Discopolis Remix in Traktor and saved it in extremis by the skin of my teeth with the OM.. Set is live.. would be have been in the bin.. I love everything, the production, the build in the synth, the filters, Carl Hanaghan doing a dirty sick job on the remix.. Have fun and smile..
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\\u201cTonight\\u201d Earnshaw and Mike Scott.. need I say more\\u2026 oh yes.. Chappell , yes indeed there is \\u201csomething special tonight\\u201d.. Not sure it counts as a happy songs per se.. but it made ME happy dropping it.. Rich production again and if you want to hear what I mean by the Frankie K\\u2019s bass pulse scroll to 48.59 and wait for the bass heartbeat coming a second after\\u2026 Earnshaw showing he can do it just as well..
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Another sugar Happy Pill with \\u201cBoy is Mine\\u201d from OtherSoul ( please hit the Like button on their Facebook page very talented producers and remixers).. Tunes has a house and R\'n\'B feel. Pure love and I dare you to listen and not have a wie grin on your face.. Ought to be prescribed to sad people and reimbursed!
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\\u201cEverybody Loves\\u201d. From Phil & Dan.. another bridge tune thrown in because I could not find the beat of what I had originally planned to drop and I was running out of bars.. Not quite sure it fits the theme but it worked and I love the cow bells sounding percussions and yes My House is Your House and Your House is Mine works ALL THE TIME.. J
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Now let\\u2019s go to something REALLY SPECIAL\\u2026 way back from 2001 \\u201cLoving You\\u201d from Smurf and Perry the Vincenzo\'s Remix!!! DO NOT MISS!!!
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If ,like me, you are discovering this track, you are in for a treat.. When I first heard it on GN\\u2019s Housecall in the "Do You remember House" section, I just could not believe that A) I had never heard such a great track B) that it had been produced in 2001!!
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Pure bliss of a tune, perfect production and take it from someone who does not like jazz most of the time, it has the most perfect blend of jazzy undertones.. Bass is driving the track from alpha to omega, intricate percussions, great vocals from Concha Buika.. and then there is the classical piano progression at the start and end of the track.. Just telling you that this is A VERY VERY RARE HOUSE GEM..
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It goes straight to my top ten.. and knocked a MAW track I never thought could be knocked off..
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Additional info to the track.. I searched everywhere on the LEGAL net for the track, Traxsource, Beatport, Juno, Discodogs..etc.. to no avail, no file, no vinyl.. nothing.. I ended up hitting Shane D (host of the show and legendary remixer/producer/DJ from Durban SA) to ask if he could help me to find the tune.. He just sent the vinyl output by return.. Many thanks and much respect.. I had done something for him a few years back without expecting anything. Karma.. they say..
Thank you Shane D.
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\\u201c Settle Down\\u201d another Scott Wozniak Remix, I needed a short happy tune to stay in the CD format and not to encroach into the \\u201cMore Happy Pills" set soon to \\xa0follow.. and this little happy gems was just meant for it..
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Hope you like the set
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A bient\\xf4t.. with More Happy Pills
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Xtian
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