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b"dattrax: House Music to me is a flood of memories, images & feelings into my mind of good times & complete bliss. Music is so powerful in connecting our memories to particular songs or styles of music. Being at a party with loud house music and people everywhere with smiles plastered on their faces is like living your own music video fusing together the powerful elements of music + imagery.

When I got into house I had just moved out of my abusive, dictatorial guardian's home, finishing high school and having my first taste of freedom. Having choices was good for my love of house music to develop, but bad for the smoking, drinking, etc, etc.

I met my best friend, DJ partner and business partner of almost 20yrs, Jim on the streets of downtown Toronto- both looking for that next fix- a warehouse party. All word of mouth and looking in the usual spots where the last one was held- no flyer people, cellphones, facebook, twitter, etc. How did the scene even grow?

These were empty spaces where they charged $5 a head and $5 a beer and they started at 1am back when last call in Toronto was 12:45am, not 1:45am. Sidenote: changing of last call ushered in the superclubs and destroyed the underground warehouse scene in Toronto. Dark with candles sometimes, a DJ on two technics 1200s, a mixer (with no single channel EQs back then) and 4-6 crappy speakers that are not crystal clear like speakers at venues these days. They had this hallow mid-range sound, we dubbed it the 'warehouse sound'. Parties usually finishing at 7am- WOW, what a time.

Once we experienced two songs seamlessly blended together by an expert DJ in a smoke filled dark, dingy room, with 100+ people dancing up a storm, never went back to normal popular music.

We were always trying to chase that rush of emotions... that last slamming party... that last great DJ mix tape... that last hot mix that gave you goosebumps and made you pump your hands in the air.

So for every good party we went to 6-8 poor ones. For every great DJ mix tape you got 5-6 crappy ones, etc., etc. Chasing the illusion of fulfillment.

Despite all of that... find someone anywhere in the world who likes house and you have an instant connection. House is so uplifting and unifying.

Cheers, dattrax

BTW... if you enjoy this mix, then why don't you buy us a beer? There's a PayPal DONATE button on the top right side of this website. For Toronto or Global bookings: dattrax@gmail.com

This was an all vinyl house mix."