Beats Across Borders

A mix of some of my favorite balearic and nu disco tracks from the past year to mark the passing of summer:

The xx / "Islands" (The Blue Nile Remix) / Young Turks
Space / "Flying Nightmare" (Acos Coolkas Version) / Nang
Bubble Club / "Violet Morning Moon" / Bubble Club
Toby Tobias / "Macasu" (MCDE Loft Party Remix) / Late Night Audio
House of House / "Rushing to Paradise" (DJ Harvey Streets Mix) / HOH
Sister Sledge / "Lost in Music" (The Revenge Rework) / Disco Deviance
Max Essa / "B the One U Want" / Is it Balearic?
Hungry Ghost / "Illuminations" / International Feel
Empire of the Sun / "Walkin on a Dream" (Deputies of Love Remix) / White
Toby Tobias / "You Know It's Something" / Rekids
Project Club / "Intro" (Ray Mang Remix) / Is It Balearic?
Mindless Boogie / "Pino Grigio" (Lovelock Edit) / Mindless Boogie

New mix of psychedelic and dubby house, nu-disco, and indie rock, including re-edits of UB-40, Canned Heat, and Can.

UB-40 / "Don't Break My Heart" (Kultra Edit) / White
Pional / "In Another Room" / Hivern Discs
DJ Nature / "Win Lose and Dance" / Golf Channel
Mulatu Astatke / "A Man of Experience and Wisdom" (Sect Remix) / Culprit
Parlour / "The String" / Parlour No. 1
Roni Nachum / "Guest Service Shalom" (Mark E Remix) / Fine Art Recordings
Mock & Toof / "Farewell to Wendo" / Tiny Sticks
Canned Heat / "On the Road Again" (Wade Nichols Re-edit) / Igetrvng
Allez Allez / "Hideous Racket" / Igetrvng
Tanita Tikaram / "Twist In My Sobriety" (Twist for Tanita Remix) / White
Raoul K / "The African Government" / Mule Musiq
Can / "Mother Sky" (Pilooski Edit) / Dark & Lovely

A mix of some of my favorite deep and soulful house tracks with ethnic influences. Tracklisting:

Horace Andy / "When the Rain Falls" (Ashley Beedle Remix) / White
K Scope / "Latin Blues" / White
AFMB / "Here and There" (Sunshine & Rain Live Version) / White
Ustad Sultan Khan / "Sayaji" (Joe Claussell Remix) / 5 Points
Damn! / Leaving This Planet (Yam Who's Outer Galaxy Mix) / Raw Fusion
Terry Hunter / "I Ya Ya Ya" / MAW
Unknown / "Late in the Love Break" (Situation Edit) / White
Bruce Ivery / "Rush" / StillLove4Music
Cabin Fever Trax Vol. 3 / "The Sun" / Rekids
Afro Novalima / "Candela" (Faze Action Bump 'n' Hustle Mix) / Mr. Bongo
Monsoon / "Wings of the Dawn" (Anglo Hindi Extension) / Cloud 4

A mix with a bit of a dark vibe to round out the year. A mix of some of my favorite disco and soul re-edits, with some cosmic disco, balearic house, and indie rock, for good measure.

Tracklisting:
1. Red Fulka / "Moai Sunset" / Elevator People
2. Hot Toddy / "I Need Love" / Eskimo
3. 6th Borough Project / "How Can I Show You" / Delusions of Grandeur
4. Riccio & LTJ / "Sun Healer" / Hidden History
5. Radiohead / "Reckoner" (Johnny Miller Remix) / Fascinating Rhythms
6. Floating Points / "Love Me Like This" / R2 Recordings
7. Rocha / "Hands of Love" (Mugwump Remix) / White
8. DC La Rue / "Edge of the Night" (The Revenge Rework) / Pyramid Disco
9. Night Plane / "Chinese Shadows" / TINAE
10. They Came From the Stars I Saw Them / "Rabbit, Seal, Monkey" (King of Town Extra 1/4 Remix) / TINAE
11. Alpha Child / "Gamma Ray" (Franc Spangler Remix) / Delusions of Grandeur
12. Red Fulka / "Kumpo" (Raihani & Salgado Mix) / Elevator People

A mix of new and classic deep and tech house. Tracklisting:

1. Paradise Soul / "Theme" / Kinky Vinyl
2. Phil Weeks / "Back In Effect" / Robsoul
3. Johnny D & Nicky P / "G Spot" (Ting Mix) / Henry St. Recordings
4. Hausmann C / "Love On The Street" (Gruber & Nurnberg Remix) / Word and Sound
5. Tony Foster / "Guest List" / Mixmode Recordings
6. Chris Carrier / "Harlem Square Club" / Robsoul
7. Delano Smith / "Sensuality" / Mixmode Recordings
8. Phil Weeks / "Take Your Time" / Robsoul
9. Frankie Knuckles and Jamie Principle / "Baby Wants to Ride" (Skulduggery Remix) / White
10. Soul Minority / "Plough Hand" / Kolour
11. Square One / "Buzzin" / Freerange
12. King Kooba / "Static Society" / Freerange
13. Mark Flash / "Soul Power" (Mike Monday Avec Piano Remix) / Hi Phen

A mix of balearica, nu disco, electropop, and some disco/soul re-edits.

1. Filipsson & Lindblad / “Another Plan” / Nang
2. Marius / “Disco Drummer” / Maxi Discs
3. Sankt Goran / “My Friend Played the Guitar” / Solar Disco
4. Casinoboy / “Serious” / Jiscomusic
5. The Revenge / “Unfinished Edits Are Out of My Hands” / Jiscomusic
6. Junkie XL / “Cosmic Rave” / White
7. Bloc Party / “Signs” (Panthu Du Prince Remix) / Wichita
8. Curses! / “The Deep End” (Holy Ghost! Day School Dub) / Institubes
9. Groove Armada / “Love Sweet Sound” (Nic Fanciulli Remix) / Lovebox
10. Who Made Who / “The Plot” (Discodeine Remix) / Gomma
11. Annie / “Anthonio” (Fred Falke Remix) / Pleasure Masters

A mix of some of my favorite soulful tracks across genres: house, broken beat, world beat, disco, funk, and indie rock. Includes two amazing new re-edits of Fela Kuti tracks. Enjoy!

1. Atlantic Conveyor / “You Got Me” / Untracked
2. Sandra Nkake / “La Mauvaise Reputation” (Blackjoy Version) / Joy
3. Disco Deviance / “Pushin’ On” (Situation Edit) / White
4. Lefto vs. Fela Kuti / “Hooligan” / White
5. Donna Summer / “Love to Love You Baby” (Groove Armada Remix) / White
6. Candela Allstars / “Mi Swing es Tropical” / Candela
7. Full Flava / “You Are The Universe” (DJ Hasebe Remix) / Dome
8. Kirk Degiorgio / “Problems” / Ubiquity
9. Fela Kuti / “Fefe Na Efe” (Boddhi Sattva Remix) / White
10. Moloko / “Knee Deeper” (Salt City Orchestra Edit) / Echo
11. Jinadu / “Turning the Tide” (Broken Mix by Jinadu & Domu) / Bitches Brew
12. Kanye West / “Addiction” (Terry Hunter & Kenny Dope Remix) / Dopewax
13. Puddu Varano / “Back to You” (Artificial Funk Remix) / Murano
14. N* grandjean / “Wake Up” (Pocketknife Remix) / Music for Dreams America

It's been a while. This is a mix I made for Energy FM out of Kazakhstan which was broadcast last Sunday. A deep mix of the old and the new, with elements of tech, soul, and disco. Stay tuned in the next few weeks for a new mix of soul, funk, and disco as well as a new mix of nu disco and balearic house.

1. Blackcoffee / “Turn Me On” (Blackcoffee Remix) / Gogo Music
2. Sirus / “Big Ben” / NRK
3. Motor City Drum Ensemble / “Lonely One” / 2020 Vision
4. Craig Smith & The Revenge / “The Soul Part II” / Delusions of Grandeur
5. Mi Ang / “I Got You Under My Skin” / Remake Musique
6. Nathan Drew Larson / “Standing Still” / Airtight
7. Sheharzad / “Yalla Yalla” (Henrik Schwarz Remix) / Fine Art
8. Alpha Child / “Gamma Ray” (Franc Spangler Remix) / Delusions of Grandeur
9. Marcus Worgull / “Under The Sycamore Tree” / Innervisions

A soundtrack for drinking wine and watching the sunset, preferably at the beach. A mix of balearic house and nu disco with a touch of soul, indie rock, and psychedelia

Tracklisting:
1. Discossession / "TV Scene" (Soft Rocks Remix) / Crue-L Rouse
2. Project Sandro / "Blazer" / Sonar Kollektiv
3. Discossession / "Mahmoods Mood" / Crue-L Future
4. Doves / "Kingdom of Rust" (Prins Thomas Diskomiks) / Heavenly Recordings
5. The Revenge / "Nightflight" / Jiscomusic
6. Malestrom / "Petrichor" / Eskimo
7. Cro-Magnon / "Space Love" (Yukihiro Fukutomi Remix) / Jazzy Sport
8. Eddie Kendrick / "Going Up In Smoke (Re-edit) / Super Value Special Edits
9. Dolle Jolle / "Balearic Incarnation" (Todd Terje's Extra Doll Mix) / Permanent Vacation
10. Woolfy vs. Projections / "Absynth" (Marcus Worgull Remix) / Permanent Vacation
11. Williams / "Love on a Real Train" (Odyssey Mix) / Love Triangle
12. Dr. Beat from San Sebastian / "Mediterraneo" (Sunshine's Extended Headspace Version) / Eskimo

A funky mix of disco and funk re-edits, nu disco, and deep house to start the evening off proper.

Tracklisting:

12th Floor / "Get Down" / Raw Fusion
Loletta Holloway / "Hit 'n' Run" (re-edit) / Super Value Classics
Mark E & Dragon / "Good Times" (Prins Thomas Diskomiks) / Internasjonal
The Revenge / "Cadillac" / Jiscomusic
Bruno Cried / "No One Has Ever Pinned Anything On Me" / Codek
6th Borough Project / "Planets" / Jiscomusic
Glenn Underground / "Jaz Love #2" / Guidance
Olivier Desmet and Chuck Diesel / "Run for Cover" / Odds and Ends
Zimpala / "Pas Meme le Cri D'un Oiseau" (Jimpster House Mix) / 4Lux
Ratcliffe / "Back to the City" / Atlantic Jaxx
Secret Ingredients / "Chicago Chicago" / Universal Language
Disciples of Phunk / "Too Far Gone" (Duck Sauce Remix) / Catch 22

My soundtrack for a sunny, spring day. An uplifting mix of deep and soulful vocal house tracks.

Shaun Escoffery / "Days Like This" (Spinna & Ticklah Mix) / Giant Step
Phonique / "Still Dancin'" / Loungin'
Reel People / "Second Guess" / Papa Records
Blue 6 / "Music and Wine" (Speakeasy 3000! Remix) / Naked
Ashanti / "Happy" (Spen & Karizma Remix) / White
DJ Kawazaki / "Like Thunder" / Especial
Sam & Gigi / "Come and Dance" / Siesta
Rocco / "My Dream" (Sueno Soul Remix) / BS Traxx
AK / "Say That You Love Me" (FK-EK Japanese Vocal Mix) / King Street
Shuya Okino / "Shine" (Original Mix) / Sub-Urban
Jere McAllister / "Perfect Love" / Trax Records
Pushim / "Like a Sunshine, My Memory" (EOL Mix) / Ki/oon Records

A mix of deep, tech, and cosmic house

Nomad Foundation / "When a Love Walked In" / New World Records
Inland Knights / "Caught Up" / Drop Music
Frankie Valentine / "Zumbi" (Henrik Schwarz Dub) / Sunshine
Snowpatrol / "Open Your Eyes" (Playgroup Remix) / White
Frank Roger / "The Chase" / Seasons
Mike L. & Lanoiraude / "Mystic River" (Charles Webster Remix) / Battle
Pezzner / "Almost Here" / Freerange
The Juan McLean / "The Simple Life" (Marcus Worgull Remix) / DFA Records
Japanese Synchro System / "Japanese Synchro System" (G. Mitchell Universal Synchro System Remix) / Life Line Records
Weirdo Police / "Missed Wish Part 1" (Mat Playford Dub) / Social Problem
Rupert Town / "Siboney" (A2 Dub) / White
Tiger Stripes / "Amphytrion" / Nite Grooves

A eclectic collection of some of my favorite world beat tracks:

Various / "Intro" / Kama Sutra Soundtrack
Thievery Corporation / "Facing East"
Toto La Monposina Y Sus Tambores / "El Pescador"
Cheb i Sabbah / "Toura Toura" (Medina Remix)
Buscemi vs. Kocani Orkestar / "Alone at My Wedding"
Yothu Yindi / "Gapu"
Cuidad Jardin / "Look at Me, Miss"
Jah Wobble's Invaders of the Heart / "Yalil Ya Aini"
Hossam Ramzy / "Fallahi"
Kwanzaa Posse / "Wicked Funk"
Fun "Da" Mental / "Ja Sha Taan" (Transglobal Underground Remix)
Moroccan Musicians / "Wedding Song"
Shrift / "As Far As I Can See" (Da Lata Remix)
Yehuda Poliker / "Children Come and Go"
Fatala / "Yoky"
Ekova / "Starlight in Daden" (Da Lata Aurora Remix)
Arcane / "Chinese Canon"

Phoenix / "If I Ever Feel Better" / Virgin
Daft Punk / "Voyager" / Virgin
They Came From the Stars / "Moon Song" (Holy Ghost! remix) / This Is Not An Exit
Tiger / "Black Rock" / Trackdown
Roman Salzger / "New Liner" / Colorz
Cut Copy / "Hearts on Fire" (Holy Ghost! remix) / Modular
Milton Jackson / "Dimensional" / Glasgow Underground
Demon vs. Heartbreaker / "You Are My High" / Source
Klubfilter / "G Spot" / Royal Flush
Benjamin Diamond / "Little Scare" / Epic
Klubfilter / "Revelation" / Royal Flush
Alan Braxe & Fred Falke / "Intro" / Vulture
DJ Falcon / "Unplugged" / Roule

Fleetwood Mac / "Never Going Back Again" (Tom Croose edit) / White
Sofa Surfers / "Can I Get a Witness" (Thievery Mix) / ESL Music
Norah Jones / "Salida del Sol" (Radio Slave remix) / White
Grace Jones / "La Vie En Rose" (Casinoboy version) / White
Jose Gonzalez / "Killing for Love" (Beatfanatic remix) / Peacefrog
Dolle Jolle / "Balearic Incarnation" / Permanent Vacation
Ben Onono / "Badagry Beach" / Ibadan
Fjord Funk / "Eurora" (Blackbelt Anderson mix) / Luna Flicks
Fleetwood Mac / "Showbiz Blues" (Lexx & Honey K version) / White
America / "Horse with No Name" (Wade Nichols edit) / Rvng
Del Monte and Marco Piccolo / "Unconscious" / Freestyle
Hudson People / "Trip to Your Mind" / Arision

Tracklisting:
Claude Monnet "Ken Goes Brazil"
Ive Mendes "Natural High" (SUMO rebounce)
Suba "Felicidade" (Buscemi remix)
Cesaria Evora "Carnaval de Sao Vicente" (Body & Soul Vocal mix)
Crystal Waters "Gypsey Woman" (Skullduggery remix)
Afro Medusa "Pasilda" (Knee Deep remix)
Orquestra Esteban "Todos Hermanos"
Roc's Latin Groove "Light My Fire"
SUMO "Shika Tracks Vol. I"
Tony Senghore "In the Latin Fashion"
G Club "Guitarra G"
Mambana "Libre" (dub)

A mix of soulful, deep, and spoken-word tracks - a soundtrack for the city. Tracklisting:

Sweet Electra / "Firefly" (Jorge HM Acid Cabaret Mix) / Nopal Beat
The Return / "New Day" / 4th Floor
Donnie / "Cloud Nine" (Quentin Harris Shelter mix) / Giant Step
Roland Clark / "Sunshine" (Ron Trent remix) / Need2Soul
The Rurals / "Blame" / Peng
Blue Six / "Pure" (Mig's Petalpusher Vocal) / Naked
Round One / "I'm Your Brother" / Main Street
Earth, Wind, & Fire / "Runnin" (Benji Candelario remix) / White
Deep House Soldiers / "Changing Directions" / Coastline
Finger in the Socket / "The Way We Talked" (Dub) / White
Afefe Iku / "Untitled" / White
Osunlade / "Momma's Groove" (Jimpster's Hip Replacement Mix) / Strictly Rhythm
Trouble Men / "Breathe Again" / KIF

A mix of moody, melodic tracks to mark the changing of seasons. Tracklisting:

808 State / "Pacific State" (Rogue Traders remix) / White
Michael Jackson / "Liberian Girl" (Ellesse remix) / White
Nick Holder / "Summer Daze" / NRK
Shuya Okino / "Shine" / Suburban
Scott Grooves / "The Journey" / White
Kaskade / "In This Life" / Promo
Orekid / "Yesterday's Gone" (dub) / one51 recordings
Teddy Douglas / "Whatcha Gonna Do" / Save Your Soul
Eric Kupper / "Aurora" / Wave
Prana / "The Dream" (unknown remix) / White
Dark Suite / "Dark Sweet Piano" / Illustrious
Teddy Douglas / "The Path" / Basement Boys
Sabres of Paradise / "Smokebelch" (Hoxton Whores remix) / White

A mix of some of my favorite African-influenced tracks: amazing vocals with a message and tight beats.

Tracklisting:
Sin Palabras / “Yemaya” (John Beltran remix) / Yoruba
Mano Calda / “Ayasa” / Mano Calda
The Voice AKA Charles Matlock / “Horror in Sudan” / Still Music
Dennis Ferrer / “Reach for Freedom” / Nite Grooves
Fela Kuti / “What Will Tomorrow Bring” Joe Claussell remix / Barclay
Julius Papp / “Bole Bantu” / Large Music
Salif Keita / “Madan” (Martin Solveig Exotic Disco Mix) / Mixture
DJ Fudge / “Wally” / KIF
Afrontronik / “The Blackout” (The Beats) / Soulshine Cutz
Africanism / “Bisou Sucre” / Africanism
Studio Apartment / “Siarre” / Pantone
Unknown / “Chango” / White
Roy Ayers / “Tarzan” (Osunlade Yoruba Soul mix) / Defected

The KLF / "Build a Fire" (Glove remix) / Blaou
Q Lazarus / "Goodbye Horses" (Krikor edit) / Dark and Lovely
For Disco Only / "Magenta" / White
Lacquer / "Behind" / White
Thompson Twins / "Love on Your Side" / 80's Classics Reworked
Del Shannon / "Gemini" (Pilooski edit) / Dark and Lovely
Photonz / "Trembler" (Discodeine mix) / Dark and Lovely
Cibo Matto / "Artichoke" (People Get Real remix) / White
New Order / "Blue Monday" / Gangster Grooves
Munk / "Live Fast! Die Old!" (Juan MacLean remix) / Gomma
David Bowie / "Another Day" (Liquid People remix) / White
Junkie XL / "Mushroom" / Skyline

Mix of some of my favorite white label remixes of soul classics. Tracklisting:

Aretha Franklin/"Rock Steady" (Danny Krivit re-edit)/Ibadan
Marvin Gaye/"I Want You" (Wonderland mix)/White
Sade/"Keep Looking"/White
Nina Simone/"See Line Woman" (Chandler/Sydenham remix)/Bolshevik
Marvin Gaye/"Music" (Karizma remix)/Rotgut
Jill Scott/"He Loves Me"/White
Marvin Gaye/"Mercy Mercy Me" (Candy Apple remix)/Soul Trackin
Stevie Wonder/"For Your Love"/White
Bill Withers/"Lovely Day" (Candy Apple remix)/Soul Trackin
Chaka Khan/"Ain't Nobody"/White
Sade/"Earth Song"/White
Stevie Wonder/"Paradise"/White
Nina Simone/"Sinnerman" (Felix da Housecat remix)/Verve

A eclectic mix of laidback, summery, cosmic grooves that I would play at sunset on Ibiza while sipping some Sangria.

Tracklisting:

Salif Keita "Moussolou" (Charles Webster remix)
Smith & Mudd "24/7"
Art Bleek "Another Island" (Slope remix)
Corinne Bailey Rae "Like a Star" (White)
Beat Conductor "Caribbean Path"
Business Man "Dubby Games"
Sally Shapiro "Time to Let Go" (Lindstrom remix)
Del Shannon "Gemini" (Pilooski edit)
Felix Laband "Whistling in Tongues" (Todd Terje remix)
Mark E "Slave1"
Kaoru Inoue "The Secret Field" (Todd Terje remix)
Williams "Love on a Real Train" (Studio version)

An eclectic mix of retro-tinged house, nu disco, deep, bumpy house, and tech house.

Tracklisting:
Art Bleek / "Between Yesterday and Tomorrow" (Li'll Bo Tweak's 80's latenite boogie mix) / Loungin' Recordings
Robert Strauss / "What You Talkin' Bout" / Freerange
Randaberg Ego Ensemble / "Vestamaran" (Prins Thomas Diskomiks) / Full Pupp
Ron Basejam / "For the People, By the People" (Schmoov! remix) / Winding Road Records
Talking Heads / "I Zimbra" (Peter Black remix) / White
Trusme / "Tony Wants What Tony Wants" / Stilove4music
Simbad / "Soul Fever" (Karizma's K2 Stomp mix) / Raw Fusion
Little Men / "Cover Up" / Drop Music
Andrew Macari / "Time and Space" / Nordic Trax
Kenneth Bager / "Fragment Seven" (Jesse Rose's Monday Afternoon mix) / Music for Dreams America
Style of Eye / "Right Now" / Classic
Derrick Carter / "Squaredancing in a Roundhouse" / Classic
Explicit Theory / "Touch Your Body" / Movim
Freaks vs. Swag + Natural Rhythm / "Blam! The New Jam" (Swag's Bumpious mix) / Wash House

Tracklisting:
Trusme "?"
Tangoterje "Diamonds Dub"
Unknown "Kane's Spanish Home"
Only Fools and Horses "Spectacle Wins" (Holy Ghost! Remix)
Beatfanatic "Lovely Day"
Bonar Bradberry "Beat the Bed"
DJ Disse "Taxi to War"
DJ Ayres "Give It Up or Turn It Loose"
Groove Armada "Love Sweet Sound" (Nic Fanciulli Remix)
DJ Disse "Real Roots"
Osunlade "Cantos A Ochun Et Oya"
DJ Disse "Break On Through"

Mix of some of my favorite peak hour percussive, ethnic-flavored house tracks, including tracks by H Foundation, Patrick Green, Peace Division, DJ Linus, Despina Vandi, Luzon, and Manaca, Chus, & Ceballos