http://kennygrant.ca House Music Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:22:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm excited to share my latest dj mix titled Queen of the North. It's a 65 minute mix of deep, soulful, groovin, and jacking house music. Huge thanks to the designers, my little lady, and the podcast subscribers. Hope you enjoy the mix, don't forget to subscribe to the podcast ... http://kennygrant.ca/2010/02/queen-of-the-north-mixed-by-kenny-grant/ Dj Mateo kindly passed on his latest cd titled "Cest Tres Bon". It's a fine selection of french and nu disco house. Hope you enjoy the mix, full tracklisting below: 01. High Fashion: Love (DJ Anonymous Edit) 02. Phoenix: Listzomania (Classixx Remix) 03. Lovebirds – Tuesday 04. David Rubato – Circuit (Aeroplane Remix) 05. Noah ... http://kennygrant.ca/2010/02/dj-mateo-cest-tres-bon/ Here is a sceenshot from techcrunch.com, it appears they have been hacked. No news on who is claiming responsibility. Here is a picture from their site: http://kennygrant.ca/2010/01/techcrunch-com-gets-hacked/ Stumbled across this dj mix by armand van heldon from 1993. It's a great flashback on where house music was and where it is today. The mix was titled Rise Volume 1, complete tracklisting below: [audio:http://kennygrant.ca/radio/Armand-Van-Helden_Rise-Vol-1.mp3] * For Faster Downloading [RIGHT Mouse Click, then "Save Target As.."] Tracklisting: 00:00 Mood II Swing I Need ... http://kennygrant.ca/2010/01/armand-van-helden-mix-from-1993/ Earlier today Rane proudly announced its latest dj mixer for the scratch live serato hardware called the Rane 68 (or Rane sixity-eight). The four channel mixer will give djs the ability to que and mix 4 tracks at the same time with 2 computers!!! We were lucky enough to get ... http://kennygrant.ca/2010/01/dj-serato-rane-68-mixer/ After selling my Mac G5 Tower, I walked down to the Vancouver Apple store and purchased a 13' Mac Book Pro. I was really torn between the 13' and 15', but finally decided on the 13' as I wanted something small and portable. I need the laptop for day to ... http://kennygrant.ca/2009/12/upgrading-hard-drive-my-macbook-pro-13/ 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 ... http://kennygrant.ca/2009/10/nu-disco-mix-dj-deadbird-yacht-funk/ 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): ... http://kennygrant.ca/2009/10/top-10-house-music-chart-october-2009/ 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 ... http://kennygrant.ca/2009/10/selling-my-apple-g5-mac-tower/ 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. ... http://kennygrant.ca/2009/10/one-phunky-friday-the-ocean-club/