Set Sunday - Deep Dish at Club XIII Moscow 2001

This week's Set Sunday selection is a six hour mix from progressive house legends, Deep Dish.  Recorded in Moscow in June of 2001, this performance was part of the release tour for their Global Underground 021 Moscow album.

The mix is special for me because I caught them later on this tour, in New Orleans for Halloween weekend at the State Palace Theatre.  While certainly not identical, many of the tracks between the two performances are the same, so this recording definitely tickles my nostalgia bone.  Their darker musical style from this era was also my favorite of their career.

Finding such a lengthy set recorded at 320kbps was something of an anomaly back in 2002 when I first ran across this performance.  You can understand why it's been a prized part of my collection for many years.

Deep Dish - Live at Club XIII Moscow 2001-06-01

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01 16B feat. Morel - Escape [Driving To Heaven] (Original instrumental) 

02 Pole Folder & CP - Apollo Vibes (John Debo) 

03 ID

04 ID

05 Delilah - Be Strong For Me (Unknown Version)

06 ID 

07 Swimming-Poolsound - Sumergible

08 Olive - You're Not Alone (Unknown Version)

09 Goldfrapp - Utopia 

10 ID

11 ID

Part 2

01 Gypsymen - Babarabatiri (Tee's Latin Mix)

02 Goldfrapp - Utopia (Cosmos Acid Mix) 

03 Sharam Jey & Nick K. - Deeper

04 ID 

05 ID 

06 ID 

07 Argonaut - Body Temple

08 ID 

09 Mavi - Precious

10 ID 

11 Kosheen - Hide U (John Creamer & Stephane K Mix)

Part 3

01 Kosheen - Hide U (John Creamer & Stephane K Mix)

02 ID 

03 Lil Luis - Blackout (Hydrogen Rockers Remix) 

04 Tribalism - Reach (Remix) 

05 Danny Tenaglia - Elements [Twisted] {Acapella} 

06 Superchumbo - Revolution (Volta vocal Mix)

07 Paranoid Jack - Slave Driver

08 ID

09 ID 

10 ID 

11 Sono - Keep Control (Hydrogen Rockers mix) 

Part 4 

01 ID 

02 X-Press 2 - Music Express (Bootleg Mix)

03 ID 

04 Dino Lenny - I Feel Stereo

05 ID 

06 The Tatabox Inhibitors - Plasmids (Oscar G Mix) 

07 Iio - Rapture (Deep Dish Space Mix)

08 G-Pal pres. Ghos - I Can See The Lights

09 Behrouz - What We Do in Life... (Echoes In Eternity)

10 Baz - Believers (King Unique Dub) 

Part 5

01 Baz - Believers (King Unique Dub) 

02 Baz - Believers (Original Mix) 

03 Fingerfest Inc. - Autoporno (Original Mix)

04 ID 

05 Derek Conyer - Unknown 

06 Ernest St Laurent - Clumbsy Lobster 

07 ID 

08 PQM feat. Nadya - Nameless

09 Morel - Funny Car

Set Sunday - Danny Howells Live at Fuse Belgium 2002

This week's Set Sunday selection comes from one of my long time favorites in the progressive house world, Danny Howells.  The recording has particular sentimental value for me since it's from the day before I saw him perform at Arc in Manhattan in 2002, so much of the track selection is the same between the two performances.

Danny has a way of constructing a mix set that takes the best from the relentless rhythms characterized by the genre, but without taking himself too seriously in the process.  His stage presence is large, and he doesn't shy away from dancing around behind the turntables between mixes.  The guy likes to have fun, and that spirit clearly colors his track selections.

Two of my favorite memories of Danny Howells come from 2003.  The first was the release of his Global Underground 24:7 album.  The two CDs of this album probably accounted for 75% of the music played in my CD player that summer, and still hold a permanent place on my iPhone & iPods to this day.  The second memory comes from November of that year, when Danny Howells celebrated his birthday at the House of Blues in the French Quarter of New Orleans.  He had clearly enjoyed Bourbon Street a bit too much earlier in the day, but he conceded as much on the microphone, and ended up having a local DJ play his records while he came and danced on the dance floor with the audience.  No one seemed to mind, and I think we all had a lot more fun for the occasion.

Danny Howells - Live at Fuse 2002-12-20
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01 - Echomen - Perpetual
02 - Tony Senghore - What Is It/What It Is
03 - Fab Four - Last Night A DJ Blew My Mind (Different Gear Remix)
04 - Prassay - Krvsin
05 - Jas - Soul Doing Dishes (Luke Fair Remix)
06 - ID
07 - Eclipse - Take Me Down (Bini & Martini?? Mix)
08 - Procut - Feels So Right (MAS Collective Remix)
09 - Astrom - Deep
10 - Richard K - The Rhythm Inside (original)
11 - ID
12 - JF Sebastian - Burden (Junior Vasquez Remix)
13 - Matthew Dekay - Passion
14 - Groove Armada - Lovebox (Justin Sloe Re-Edit)
15 - Macmillan & Tab - Shake it
16 - Plastika - Absolute Plastika
17 - ID
18 - The Ones - Superstar (Smith & Selway Remix)
19 - Futureshock - 'Late At Night'
20 - ID
21 - ID
22 - ID
23 - Chab - The Dub Sessions (Smith & Selway Remix)
24 - Marco Bailey - The Challenger (rmxs)
25 - DDD - Nobody Listens Techno (dub)
26 - DDD - Nobody Listens Techno (sample eminem)
27 - ID
28 - ID

Set Sunday - Danny Tenaglia Live in Gallipoli Italy 2006

It may be all the Sopranos episodes I've been watching over this Labor Day weekend, but as I poked around my iTunes library this morning, this 8 hour Tenaglia set recorded in Italy four years ago seemed like a proper selection for this week's Set Sunday installment.

Danny Tenaglia recordings are notoriously difficult to find online, thanks in large part to the DJ asking that links to his sets not be posted on electronica discussion forums, such as Mercury Server.  Despite his seemingly "non-fan-centric" approach to music sharing, the man is an excellent performer and has long been a favorite DJ of mine.

Over the past decade, I've had the pleasure of seeing Danny Tenaglia perform live on three occasions, all in Manhattan.  The first was at club Arc in December of 2002.  It was only a few days before Christmas, and Mr. Tenaglia spent the first hour just playing his "Can Your Pussy Do The Dog?" album on the club's sound system as he donned a Santa hat and ran around the dance floor with a giant inflatable candy cane.  The next time was in March of 2006 at Crobar.  Hearing him play on that venue's mind-blowing sound system was a spiritual experience.  The final time was in June of 2007 at Pacha, which I chronicled in this blog post from 2008.

The 8 hour Gallipoli set below is broken into 6 parts, each an hour and 20 minutes long.  Recording quality is quite good at 320 kbps, although perhaps a bit skewed towards the treble sounds.  Mr. Tenaglia even gives a hat tip to New York City towards the end with the inclusion of a Frank Sinatra track.  Load this up on your iPod and then just plow through your work day next week.

Danny Tenaglia - Live at Quartiere Latino Gallipoli 2006-08-15

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Music Monday - Electronica Classics Recorded In New Orleans

Since yesterday's Katrina Retrospective post deviated from my traditional Set Sunday series, I'm reappropriating this week's Music Monday post with a hand-picked selection of four electronica performances recorded in New Orleans over the past 15 years.

The first two are drum & bass mixes from events I had the pleasure of attending at the State Palace Theatre.  Shy FX performed at "Caffeine Mean Joe Greene" in August of 2001, and Ed Rush & Optical performed at "Zoolu 8" during Mardi Gras 2002.

The final two mixes represent the oldest and newest recordings I have of electronica events in New Orleans.  One is a recording of legendary electronica duo Orbital's performance at the French Quarter House of Blues during November of 1996.  While it's only encoded at 96kbps, the 1.5 hour recording is still quite listenable, and a personal favorite in my collection.  The final mix is a pristine recording at 320kbps from Mark Farina during his performance at the Moloko Lounge last fall.

As the world waxes nostalgic about the Crescent City this week, take these sets as examples of what made New Orleans special for me.

Shy FX - Live at Caffeine Mean Joe Greene, New Orleans 2001-08-04

Ed Rush & Optical - Live at Zoolu 8 New Orleans 2002-02-09

Orbital - Live at House of Blues New Orleans 1996-11-28

Mark Farina - Live at Moloko Lounge New Orleans 2009-09-26 (Right Click, Save As)

Set Sunday - Desyn Masiello at SOS Cruise Party NYC 2008

I ran across this set on MercuryServer only a couple of weeks after it was recorded aboard the Queen of Hearts cruise ship that sails around Manhattan.  If you can imagine the perfect mixture of mellow house music to accompany a sunset behind the New York City skyline, it would be this 2.5 hour compilation of tunes.

The production outfit of SOS consists of Demi, Omid 16B, and Desyn Masiello.  While all 3 individuals played during that evening in August 2008, this mix is Mr. Masiello's contribution to the party.  I had this recording in heavy rotation during the fall of 2008, finding it was just minimal enough to make a good study mix.  Enjoy.

Desyn Masiello - Live on SOS Cruise Party NYC 2008-08-02
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01. Mr. Haywood Presents Goloka - Thinking About You (Islas Baleares Mix)
02. Alexander Koning - Basic Melody (Shur-I-Kan Remix)
03. Weekender - Route 1
04. Slyde - Frequency (Miles Dyson Remix) [Dub Edit]
05. Luca & Paul - Dinamicro (Karotte By Gregor Tresher Remix)
06. Wudwerd - Bocas del toros (Wudwerd Bros Main Mix)
07. ID
08. Subotic - I'm sure
09. Komytea - Professional Killers
10. Yves Murasca - Saxophobic Satisfaction (Christian Hornbostel Harpo Dub Mix)
11. ID
12. Sebastian Davidson & Nick Orisun - Natural (Cosmic Belt Vocal Mix)
13. More Or Less - Breeze
14. Toni Rios - Second Hand
15. Booka Shade - Charlotte (Remix)
16. Rodney Hunter - Huntermatic (Dub Edit)
17. Three Minutes, Mark Murphy - Secret (Dublex Inc. Remix)
18. ID
19. Michael Cassette - Winter
20. Kiki & Lisa Evans - Bipolaire
21. Juergens - Love It
22. Tocadisco - Morumbi (Original Mix)
23. Alex Tepper - Grains (TG Mix)
24. Agaric - It's Hot [Luxaflex Holland]
25. Madonna - Vogue (Edit)
26. Kenny "Jammin" Jason - Can U Dance
27. Telespazio - Telemetric (Arto Mwambes Guitar Down Mix)

Set Sunday - Sven Väth Live at Rex Club Paris 2008

Sven Väth gets a nod in week two of the Set Sunday series.  Clocking in at just under 5 hours, this monster techno set from the German DJ legend is a true gem in my collection.  When I visited Paris earlier this year, seeing a show at the Rex Club was one of my vacation priorities, given the venue's storied past from performances like this. (See here, here, here, and here for some video clips we shot inside the club.)

One of the highlights of this Väth set for me is the inclusion of an extended remix of the Timo Maas hit "Subtellite".  That track was being hammered during the last half of 2008, and it still brings a smile to my face today.

A tracklisting for this performance proved to be too elusive a document to locate, so you'll have to make do with the raw MP3 file and your ears this week.

Sven Vath - Live at Rex Club Paris 2008-11-20
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Set Sunday - John Digweed Live in Beirut 2004

I'm beginning a new series on the JW / Blog entitled "Set Sunday" which will showcase notable extended DJ mix sets I've collected over the years.  The premise is similar to the "JW / Electronica Classics" series I ran in 2009, but this one will focus primarily on mixes that extend beyond 2 hours in length.

To kick things off, I return to my favorite DJ:  John Digweed.  This set was a coveted prize when I first acquired it in 2004.  The sound quality of the recording is quite remarkable, and his track selection from the evening was top notch.

John Digweed - Live in Beirut 2004-02-28
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01 - Murph - Electric House (Reticents 2.5 Years Deep Mix)
02 - Dousk - Mute
03 - Randall Jones - Cultural Assertion
04 - Corrie - Groove Me Last
05 - Kold Feet - Slow Drive
06 - Adon Oliver - Casa Bulga
07 - Dousk - Life Under
08 - Dousk - Pa-Dida
09 - Pig & Dan - The DJ Took Pills
10 - Matthew Dekay - Herbal Dub
11 - Issacs - Deep Intentment
12 - PJ Davy - Call It What You Want
13 - Chemical Soldiers - Beautiful People
14 - Koldfeet - Slowdrive
15 - Pop Out & Play - Share It With The Class
16 - Pig & Dan - The Message
17 - Puntes Y Tacones - Like This
18 - Antoine Clamaran - My Heartbeat
19 - Antoine Clamaran - The Real Orgasm
20 - DJ Coco & DJ J.F.Bruna Aka Ursuala's World
21 - Transluzent feat. Be - Angel (Rui Da Silva Mix)
22 - Madonna - Ray Of Light (Derek Howell Mix)
23 - Apnoee - I Dont Need Your Heart (Walter Ercolinos Deep Session)
24 - Erick E - Make You Smile
25 - Maskio vs. Giorgio - Open Cage
26 - Nathan Fake - Ademage
27 - Lonestar - New Kicks
28 - Rowan Blades & Chris Lake - Filth (Greed Is Evil Mix)
29 - Sander Van Doorn - Loaded (Sander Van Doorn Remix)
30 - Alex Millian - Maria Rosa
31 - Martin Accorsi & Tim Skinner - Playing for Silence Bedrock 54
32 - Martin Accorsi & Tim Skinner - Playing for Silence (Playing for Digweed)
33 - Redanka - In A State Vs. Planet Funk Vs. Stuck In The US (Remix)
34 - Azior - Sunset At Myvatn (Subsphere Remix)
35 - Planet Funk - Who Said (Stuck In The UK)
36 - Schiller - Ruhe (Humate Remix)