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NYC had a slight taste of the summer to come with its perfect weather and sunshine. I put together this mix of tunes that captures that feeling as the afternoon fades into the night and the beer and BBQ is never in short supply. #vibes

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Download: Asian Dan – “Let There Be”

CFCF – Exercise #3 (Building)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience – …And The Gods Made Love
Para One – Lean On Me (Hrdvsion Remix)
Lucky Paul – Elephant Island feat. Mara TK (Ossie Remix)
Lone – Lying In The Reeds
Nautiluss – Cloud City
Jonas Rathsman – Tobago
Todd Edwards – Shall Go
Boddika – Acid Jackson
Battles – Africastle (Kode9 Remix)
Surkin – White Knight Two (Jackson & His Computer Band Reprise)
French Fries – Yo Vogue (Claude VonStroke Remix)
Machinedrum – Van Vogue
Moby – Go
Frank Ocean – Whip Appeal

Jean Nipon is releasing a his “International Meek” EP on 1.10.2011 on Institubes featuring 2 new tracks and 2 remixes by Tony Senghore and French Fries. In honor of this new EP here is brand new 30 min mix by Mr. Nipon. Definitely a treat that I have been looking forward to for quite a while especially with such great mixes that are circulating on the web by him like the Asian Dan Presents Jean Nipon “No Sex Last Night” Minimix. I will let this new mix’s tracklist speak for itself as Jean Nipon delves deep into House. Enjoy!

Download: Jean Nipon – International Meek Mix (Mediafire.com)
Jean Nipon – International Meek Mix (ge.tt)

International Meek Release 1.15.2011 Party Flyer
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Fare Soldi fell upon my ears when I first heard their super italo/acid tune “Tuto Tutti Sempre Subito” – a tune I still bump often. The duo were gracious enough to answer a few questions as well as hooks us up with a mix they made for Scion. Check it.

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Download: Fare Soldi “Scion: Me What You Got”

1. Who is Fare Soldi? How would you describe your music?

Fare Soldi are two charming 30 y.o. with “the most and the worst” beautiful taste for everything you can find in life.
Often this is an incredible styling advantage, and just sometimes it could bring troubles. For example when putting ketchup over chocolate cakes. This strange blend makes what we call “Frico Disco”, a kind of sweaty heavy greasy disco music.

2. What was your first musical memory?

It’s quite a secret, but we met each other when we were 10 years old and started doing a cover band of the Blues Brothers. We did gigs dressed with big jackets from our parents, jumping and dancing and performing in playback. After the Milli Vanilli scandal in 1990, we felt we were the next music superstars to fall, so we changed direction. And today we can proudly say that at least our grammies are safe.

3. What are your influences, musical or otherwise?

A lot of stuff, definitely. But what made us to decide to be musicians most of any other thing, was people with moustaches.
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The Belgian Trio Villa has hooked Asian Dan up with an hour long mix as well as answering some questions. Both shed some light on their disco/italo sound. I still can’t stop listening to their remix of Music Go Music.

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Villa – Asian Dan Exclusive VILLA Mix

Asian Dan Interview: VILLA

1. Who is Villa?

Villa is what you get if you lock two crazy djs with an even bigger studio freak in a studio packed with synths. A trio comprising of DJ duo Fredo & Thang & composer/producer Seba. Hailing from Ghent/Belgium they have been very active as DJ’s & producers over the last 10 years.

2. How would you describe your music?

While wanting to make people dance, we like to think we try to ensure that the listener gets his portion of contentfull music (whatever that is…). We stribe towards a more universal sound with a distinct personality that inspires people of all ages and genres…From haunting basslines and hypnotic leads to sugarsweet string arrangements and pop chord progressions…Inside VillA anything is possible…as long as it works for all of us… Setup wise the VillA sound is a blend of Vintage rare synths/processors and flee-market treasury..

3. What is your first musical memory?

Abba…Every morning on the road to school in the neighbours yellow MG…Queen…killed that best of tape…Eurythmics…Still in love with Annie Lennox…

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Download: Mixmag Presents Club 75 Mix

01 Ramon Tapia & Maxim Lany – Highway (FCL Remix)
02 Kikomoto Allstars – Still Can’t Stop The House
03 Cybersonic – Technarchy
04 D.I.M & Tai – Lyposuct
05 Cassius – Youth, Speed, Trouble, Cigarettes’ (Reset! Remix)
06 Mr Oizo – Gay Dentists
07 Tronik Youth – Disco Suks (Aston Shuffle Remix)
08 Justice – D.A.N.C.E (MSTRKRFT Remix)
09 Cassius – La Mouche (DJ Falcon Metal Mix)
10 Jack Beats – Get Down
11 DB-X – Third Rail
12 Boy 8-Bit – Baltic Pine
13 Kevin Saunderson – Bounce Your Body To The Box
14 Fake Blood – The Dozens (Edit)
15 Tony Lionni – Found A Place
16 Cassius Feat Jocelyn Brown – I’m A Woman (Zdar & Boombass Private Mix)
17 DYE – Neige 606 (DJ Mehdi Remix)

Cheers, Let The Music Play

The classic sounding Toronto duo Azari & III crafted a 58 min mix laden with 303 acid basslines for one of my favorite blogs, 20 Jazz Funk Greats.

Download @ 20 Jazz Funk Greats

“What a chill summer mix of Aeroplane. I love all the tracks they picked for their june mix, especially the Leo Zero remix of Florence + The Machine’s Rabbit Heart.” –@samisateenager

Download: Aeroplane June ’09 Mix (52 min)

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Florence And The Machine – Rabbit Heart (Leo Zero Remix)

Tracklist after the jump.

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DJ Falcon, Busy P along with JFK, DJ AM and other LA favorites DJed the Banana Split 2 Year Anniversary party at LAX a few weeks ago, here are DJ Falcon and Busy P’s set. I am a big fan of what DJ Falcon does with his mixing and mashing in Ableton. Any help with the tracklists would be great 🙂

DJ Falcon – Live @ LAX – Banana Split 2 Year Anniversary – 11.2.2008
Busy P – Live @ LAX – Banana Split 2 Year Anniversary – 11.2.2008

DJ Falcon mixes this remix of Phoenix by 25 Hours A Day into all his sets and I am a big fan.
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Phoenix – Long Distance Call (25 Hours A Day Remix)

Cheers, Let The Music Play

Here are some new live mixes by Justice with their new Ableton setup. Interesting stuff, I think they are still getting a hang of their new setup so the mixing is ok. Any help with the tracklist would be great.

Justice – Live @ I Love Techno 2008 – 11.15.2008

Cheers to Soundcollector, check out their entire post of I Love Techno 2008 sets from LA Riots, Boys Noize and others.

Justice – The Weekend Warm Up – Galaxy FM – 11.8.2008

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