I got the idea to do this mix because of the track Deep South by Layo & Bushwacka. It was pretty big trend in the late 90′s early 2000′s to add blues vocals to electronic music – think the Play album by Moby so several of the tracks on Deep South is similar in style to tracks from the Moby Play album. I decided not to include anything off of Play because we’ve heard it so much – and he had even licensed all the tracks to adds so figured we’d heard it enough. Sorry Moby!

So Deep South kicks off quite upbeat with Deep South. Then I slow things down quite a bit with the downtempo track Pablo’s Blues by Gary Du Nord. It’s quite a nice track. Very bluesy and and sad. Then we’re back to a little more upbeat soul sounding track by X-Press 2 which features the vocals of Kurt Wagner. This one’s a remix by Quantic Soul Orchestra.

Well I had to include Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings. She sounds like she stepped off of the early 60s. Nice soul music – very retro!

Quantic’s Pushin’ On Featuring Alice Russel is another very retro sounding soul track. I love this. Amy Winehouse, you can retire now. This is the real retro music!!

St. Germain’s  My Mama Said is a very jazzy blues track. I really do love St. Germain and his music was so ahead of it’s time when he released his first album back in 1992 I believe. Chocolate Elvis by Tosca is a dark moody downtempo track that fits here nicely also – it’s a bit experimental for this mix but things by now have slowed down and we’re in a dark gritty jazz club in some sketchy part of town. So this fits quite nice!

I end the mix with Right On 4 The Darkness. WOW! What can I say about this track?? I love this the original and the remix of it. I think it’s one of my all time favorite pieces of music ever created. If you haven’t heard it well it’s time. It’s awesome!

Deep South by Layo & Bushwacka!
Pablos Blues by Gare Du Nord
Give It (Quantic Soul Orchestra Remix) by X-Press 2 Featuring Kurt Wagner
Answer Me by Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Keep Going Featuring Tony Joe White by Boozoo Bajou
Wake Up Everybody by Rae & Christian Featuring Bobby Womack
Heavy  by Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Pushin’ On by Quantic Soul Orchestra Featuring Alice Russell

Wonderful Night by Fatboy Slim Featuring Lateef
What Kind Of World by Sofa Surfers
Chocolate Elvis by Tosca
Elvis by Alpha
Circus Of Horror by Quiet Village
Right On 4 The Darkness by Silicone Soul

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I wanted to make a mix of tracks that sounds like would be played at a swing/jazz big band club back in the old days. I wanted to make sure the music was still electronic music so this mix came together pretty nicely. The mix kicks in to high gear with Mocean Worker with Chick A Boom Boom Boom. It’s a great swing jazz inspired track that’s totally fun to dance to. Next up is Touch & Go doing Would You …? It’s a fun track … the singer (and I don’t really know much about this band) keeps repeating “I find you attractive” several time until finally she says “Would you go to bed with me?” then the track just gets crazy, fast and fun! I’d like to find out more about Touch & Go. Does anyone know they can fill me in a bit? I now of their track Straight To Number One (Dreamcatchers Mix) which I first heard on Buddha Bar 6 but other than those two track I know nothing about them so it’ would be great to learn a bit more.

A Go Go starts out like an African beat inspired track then the jazz instruments kick in but you still get the African beat there. It was fun to throw this in there it’s the perfect segway to our next track Mais Pourquois? (Le Swinging Mix) by the Pinker Tones from Spain. I love this track as it’s very cartoony as the Pinker Tones are with all their tracks. This one has the old swing sounds with the French female vocal samples.

Next up I threw in Dizzy Gillespie’s Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac (Geraldo Frisina Remix) off of Impulsive! I wanted to have at least a remix of an older track. This ones quite a lively upbeat track and has Dizzy’s great vocals. A fun one! I love Nicola Conte so I had to include a track by him on here. I don’t know if he has any other albums besides Bossa Per Due but I decided to fall back on Bossa Per Due and use La Coda Del Diavolo. Again another lively track – more 60s sounding than 40s or 50s but it’s a great track to include here in this mix.

Oh we have to include St. Germain in this playlist don’t we? This one is his hit Rose Rouge – a very lively jazzy piece with the old samples.

G-Swing does Diga Diga Doo and does it awesomely. I love this album by G-Swing Swing For Modern Clubber. Luckily I ran across it in Paris a couple of years back at the Fnac and snapped it up. You know me I love everything remixed so this one is perfect!! Diga Diga Doo is already a great swing track but this one adds the great electronic dance beats to make it even more fun and lively. If you haven’t checked out Swing For Modern Clubbers you definitely have to!! Get it before it’s out of print completely I think it’s only available as an import.

Wanted to include this great Django Reinhardt track Minor Swing (John Beltran’s Remember New Orleans Remix) on here as well. I love this track – I love the original and I loved it when Esthero had sampled it in her track Wikkid Little Girls track from several years back. Whatever happened to Esthero? She tried to make it a couple of times and didn’t go anywhere. Oh well!

I end the mix with Terramonte Swing by DJ DSL. It’s a quirky track with beats and scratching and old swing syle sounds.

Hope you enjoy the mix!

Chick A Boom Boom Boom by Mocean Worker
Would You …? by Touch & Go
A Go Go – 2003 by Truby Trio
Mais Pourquois? (Le Swinging Mix) by The Pinker Tones
Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac (Gerardo Frisina Remix) by Dizzy Gillespie
Brazilian Hipster by Fort Knox Five
La Coda Del Diavolo by Nicola Conte

Rose Rouge by St. Germain
Diga Diga Doo by G-Swing Featuring DJ Brame
Get A Move On by Quantic
El Manisero (Giacomo Bondi’s Cuban Jazz Rework) by Bebo Valdes
Minor Swing (John Beltran’s Remember New Orleans Remix) by Django Reinhardt
No No (Vs. Mr. Scruff Featuring Elsa Esmeralda) by Swell Session
Struck On Jazz by Doctor Abstract
It’s A Cool World by Cool World Ensemble
The Newcomer by Zeljko Kerleta/Karel Velebny & SHQ
Terramonte Swing by Dj DSL

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Here’s a mix I had made several years back … I’m thinking early 2005. I’ve given this mix to several friends and they absolutely love it. It’s a fun quirky upbeat mix perfect for cocktail parties reminiscent of the good old days of lounge music ala the Ultra Lounge CDs. These tracks are all current at least from this decade and are all electronic based but mostly instrumental with some light vocals or vocal samples throughout. Of course there are several remixes on here as well updating tracks from that same era of music with a more modern sound and touch.

I think the mix flows perfectly … I’ve listened to it several times myself and with friends and it’s definitely flowing right. Any DJ can put this same tracklist in their mix and it would flow seamlessly.

Their fun. Also you might find most of these on eMusic for free mp3 downloads! Why pay when you can get free music????

No Name Rock’N'Roll by Andrei Zueff
Tres Tres Chic by Mocean Worker
Bachelor Pad by Fantastic Plastic Machine
Bright Spark by The London Studio Group
Une Very Stylish Fille by Dimitri From Paris
Pabadam by Yonderboi
Where’s Eddie? (Echo Remix) by Quincy Jones And Bill Cosby
Caravan (Eat Static Remix) by The John Buzon Trio
Ouverture by Monsieur Blumenberg
Tipsy by Cordara Orchestra
Mr. Excitement by Tipsy
Groover Is Back by Troublemakers

Batucada by Towa Tei
Fresh Rhythm by Quantic
Kalas by Butti 49
Dr. No’s Fantasy (Mark Sinclair Rmx) by Elliott Fisher
Free Bossa by Clan Greco
Watermelon Man (Utah Saints Remix) by King Curtis
Moonbeams by Bent

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