Nu Disco Mix > Dj Deadbird – Yacht Funk

Looking for a great nu disco mix? My good buddy John (aka DJ Deadbird) has compiled a grooving selection of indie, french, and nu disco. Without slagging him too much about his race or the fact that he used to play nu skool breaks, I’ll let him introduce his own mix.

“Yacht funk is a term some are using now to describe a sub-genre in nu-disco/dreamwave that, basically, sounds like music you’d be listening to on a yacht on a sunny day. This is my tribute to summer, friends, and sailing on the ocean. I hope you enjoy the smooth basslines and fun lyrics!”

Also, it’s true. Deadbird kills birds, keep your daughters locked up – throw your hands up!

Tracklisting:

1. yacht – psychic city
2. the virgins – rich girls
3. pelifics – forever
4. supermal – bigger than big
5. miami horror – make you mine
6. luther vandross – never too much
7. bag raiders – shooting stars
8. the bpa – hes frank feat. iggy pop
9. classixx – ill get you
10. antoine r – brunch
11. cut copy – far away
12. frankmusic – confusion girl
13. boss in drama – favorite song
14. pnau ft. ladyhawke – embrace
15. miami horror – dont be on with her
16. empire of the sun – walking on a dream
17. delorean – deli

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Top 10 House Music Chart – October 2009

As Halloween approaches, its starting to get dark and gloomy. With that in mind, I’ve been playing a lot of warmer funky beats. Sonny Fodera has been on fire, and could literally fill my entire chart.. but instead, i’ll post my top 10 house music chart for October (minus Sonny):

• Organized Crime – Crime Hurts
  just ridiculous. Taking me back to 2000.. sweet spot

• Ricky L – Born Again
  purple music delivers pure fire

• Aly-Us – Follow Me (Fred Everything & Oliver Desmet)
  the old classic gets a revisit, simple grooving melodies. Fantastic.

• Michel Cleis – La Mazcla (copyright remix)
  great building track, watch the heads turn and churn any dancefloor

• Keri chandler – Heal My Heart (Fanatix DJ Tool)
  It was tough to choose a favourite mix, but this simple groover sets the stage for bigger and better. Very effective

• Oliver Desmet – Just like heaven
  great production, great remix. Hard to pick a favorite remix

• Organized Crime – Feel Me Up
  my feelings for you have always been real

• Bart Simpson – Easy Come Easy Go
  simple and just works. Great bouncy bassline to get the bins and floor moving

• John Hawley – Electric Lush
  feel good house, sitting on top of the world. The ladies love this.

• Crazy P – The Hit
  don’t even know what to say, but one of my fav tracks of the year… by a mile

• Chris Harris – this is it
  bouncy whoop whoop music.. amazing

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Previous House Music Charts:
August- Top 10 Chart
July – Top 10 Chart
June – Top 10 Chart

Latest House Mixes:
All Bombs – Volume 1
My House My Rules – Episode 08

Selling My Apple G5 Mac Tower

It’s a sad sad day. I’m selling my baby, my fully loaded Mac G5 on ebay. I tried to list the apple tower on craigslist, but continued to see a horrendous amounts of spam and heart breaking low ballers. Any serious offers eventually lead to people no call no show or backing out at the last minute. I’m absolutely baffled that people pay 4K for a new mac pro tower with the same processor speed and can’t see how this is an amazing deal. Regardless my computer has served me well and churns out amazing performance for professional audio and video editing.

Here are a few details:

* QUAD 2.5 GHz PowerPC processors – Late 2005 Model
* FASTEST G5 Mac produced by Apple
* UPGRADED 4.5 GB RAM memory
* UPGRADED 500 GB 7200 RPM Hard Drive
* UPGRADED nVidia 7800 256 MB Video Card with dual DVI ports
* Upgraded Wireless Apple Airport Card
* Firewire 400 + 800

I’ve included a few pictures in the gallery attached.

So why bother selling it?

A few reasons really.. Mostly because my Dell Laptop died a few weeks ago, and I need a laptop for djing purposes. I made the switch from vinyl and cd to serato back in 2006, and its pretty much impossible to dj without your own dedicated laptop. Not to mention, the new laptop will come mighty handy for the road, and work meetings. Once I sell the tower, I’ll have the fun task of researching the various mac book pros, the mother board configurations, and any sound issues associated with all of them. If you have any advice or words of wisdom, i’d love to hear about them. In the mean time, check out the ebay listing and let me know if anyone’s interested!

-edit- pics to come once i get home

One Phunky Friday – The Ocean Club > Oct 23, 2009

Come down to the Ocean Club to see myself and Jesse Jay rock the dancefloor at One Phunky Friday. We’ll play a fine selection of house from deep, disco, jackin, french, and electro. It’s been a while since Jesse and I threw down, so it should be a fun times. Free cover, and some great drink specials. Ping me for more details.

Event: One Phunky Friday
Where: The Ocean Club
Date: Friday, Oct 23, 2009
Directions: Google Map

Additional Links:
One Phunky Friday – Facebook Event
Kenny Grant latest mix – All Bombs Vol 1
Jesse Jay latest mix – Summer 2009 Electro