A couple nights ago I was listening to an old Deep Dish Essential Mix from back in ’98.  One of my favorite parts of the mix is when they break it down to nothing but Cevin Fisher talking about the better days.  I find the lyrics to be oh so bitter sweet. Here’s the original by Danny Tenaglia for your listening pleasure.

The Better Days

When I look back into the days,
the better days.
Things would be so smooth.

People were dancin’
People were smilin’
The music was pumpin’
There was a feeling.

Life was a party.
The party was life.
But somehow… things change.
It just don’t feel the same.

Have you ever thought about the days,
you know… the better days.
Do you ever try to come up with the ways,
you know… the better ways.
To make it feel like it did,
in the better days.

Tycho – Hours [Dive LP - Nov. 2011] by Tycho

Nothing to say here.  I’ll let the music speak for itself.  If you like this single and/or the cover art, make sure to check out Scott Hansen’s blog.

Greener Grass is my latest promotional mix for the Summer of 2011. This is also the first mix I’ve ever mastered. The first 3 tracks are a nice warm-up/groove. From there I cut straight to positive higher energy tracks. Most of these tracks I played at our first TWISTED by the Pool Party.

Track list:

Don’t Call (Original Mix) – Daniel Bortz
Precious Hall (Original Mix) – Lawrence
Vanishing Point (Original Mix) – Alex Arnout
I Never (Original Mix) – Russ Yallop
Lookin So Good – Till Von Sein and Tigerskin
Candy feat. Matt Tolfrey (Martin Buttrich Remix) – Lee Curtiss
Danzante (Original Mix) – Hector
Planets (The Revenge Lost Groove) – 6th Borough Project
Nightmoves (Pional Remix) – Space Ranger
Zougla (Phonique Remix) – Thodoris Triantafillou, Cj Jef
Warriors (Original Mix) – Lee Foss

Samples through out the mix were taken from the Warriors track by Lee Foss.

Summertime – Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince (JoshuaCarl mix) on Vimeo.

Yes it’s hot. But isn’t that what summer is? Make the most out of it. Dress light. Pull out those dusty sandals. Every chance you get jump into a pool, lake, river, or slip’n slide. Fire up the grill. Sip on a mojito. Lay back and enjoy it cause it’s summertime.

What made me think of this 90′s classic “Whoomp There It Is” was the original “I’m Ready” which was released back in 1980 by Kano. Check it out below.
 

I thought it would only be fair to share 95 South’s version of “Whoot There It Is”.

With all the new dj software and midi controllers coming out these days I was pretty impressed when I saw what the new Pioneer DJM 900 nexus is capable of. There is something so nice about getting what you need straight from the mixer without the need of a computer. However this mixer is also pretty amazing when pairing up with a laptop. The DJM 900 nexus is equipped with a high-end 24bit/96khz sound card that can simultaneously input/output stereo sound from 4 inputs/outputs. The 900 nexus is also Traktor Scratch certified. I see this mixer being an all around good investment and have no doubt it will continue as an industry standard.

Take a minute and watch James Zabiela show you what this mixer is capable of.

Jurassic Park Theme (1000% Slower) by birdfeeder

And I thought you might want to refresh your memory so here is the original full length Jurassic Park theme.

Now here’s a little something for the electronic music lovers. As I was listening to the time stretched Jurassic Park theme song I thought to myself, “is how The Orb makes a lot of their music?” Check out their Resident Advisor podcast from January of 2009. You can download it here. 7 mins in listen… 44 mins in listen. Sounds like a song time stretched 1000%. What do you think?

Cheers.

You know you wanted to cruise Broadway with your posse. No?

DJ Quik – Jus Lyke Compton

Must see: 1:10 – DJ Quick raps about St. Louis and gets it all right. The Arch, the Cardinals, summer heat, people shooting at each other and even Gus’s old place on Washington.

LL Cool J – Mama Said Knock You Out

A classic we all know and at one point probably loved.

Run-DMC Peter Piper

This is one of my favorite Run-DMC tracks and was most definitely blasted from my boom box on my shoulder.

Ok so has it really been 9 months since my last mix? Levelheaded features some of the most recent tracks I’ve been playing out.

Listen + Love + Repeat

Feedback welcomed.

Tracklist

This is one podcast you don’t want to miss. Enjoy it if you haven’t already!  I’d love to hear what you think of it.

Oh and if anyone can id any of these tracks please feel free to leave a comment.  I will continue searching myself as well.

49:00 mins in… What is this track?? It’s just beautiful. Love it!

Subscript to WOLF + LAMB RADIO.