New Mix

As usual, I had a little change of plan this week, and instead of putting up one of the mixes recorded at the end of last year I decided that I would record a new mix exclusively for the site. Still contains a few bits from last year and beyond, but also a few more recent tracks such as Alix Alverez's collaboration with Nate James on 'not to mention' and the amazing 'way back when' from Sir Piers' upcoming album. There's a few surprises in there, including a Simply Red track, don't worry, I haven't gone all middle-aged woman on you, it's actually the remix from Grant Nelson and I couldn't bring myself to use the vocal mix, I used the dub, which i'm sure you'll agree is actually a mighty fine piece of song-age. There's also a couple of cheeky remixes from the ever reliable groove assassin hidden in there for good measure, so head on over to the mix page and check it out.

The other mixes I was intending to go onto the site have actually been sent over to the big shiny offices of sunsoundlive. There's actually three fairly recent mixes that will be appearing on there from myself, one standard mix with you usual RDA of soulful beats, another was a little experiment for me, taking the music into a slightly deeper and tougher direction, and the last is a rather superb collection of tracks featuring Monique Bingham. I'll be putting together another mix featuring a big name diva from the house scene pretty soon, so keep you ears peeled for that one.

Still haven't got round to updating the look of the site, but i'm sure you won't mind putting up with the current look for the time being.

Bye for now.

Charts and new things on the horizon

After a rather slow 2007, things are set to pick up a bit in 2008. The lack of new mixes hasn't gone unnoticed, in fact there are quite a few mixes that have been put together, but due to time commitments on other projects never found their way to the site. Rest assured though, they will all appear very soon. The site is going through a bit of a facelift and tummy tuck, although I will endeavor to keep things moving along while I work away in the background on all things new and shiny.

I don't have a definite date for when the new-look site will appear, but as soon as I do I will let you know. For now all Ic an say is it will be within the next 2-3 months. Until then I have updated the chart to represent my tunes of the moment, and a new (albeit recorded last year) mix will be appearing in the next few days.

Bye for now.

Charts and a new date

With the miami winter music conference well and truely behind us now the house music buying public are reaping the rewards with a glut of great new music hitting our earholes. To acknowledge this the april chart sees 14 new tracks. Top of the lot is the new outing from Rain People (AKA Aaron Ross, Snake Dogg and Patrick Kenmore) entitled 'Make it Better' with the vocals of Alex Mills. Typical production from Aaron and co with sweet vocals making it an instant soulful house hit. The voclas drop toward the end and the track takes an nice instrumental turn ideal of a bit of acapella and mid-set sampling trickery.

April also sees the first outing for me this year. Not just myself but also Hemal Kuntawala, making this a bit of a sunsoundlive event. We're playing as guests at MuMu in maidstone on the 27th of the month with Ben Hooper. More details will follow real soon, keep an eye out, also there will be plenty of snaps available on the MuMu page after the event.

Bye for now.

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Poolside mix compilation

The new poolside compilation CD from Kinkysweet records is due for release on 7th June and will be available from all good music stores including online from Amazon in the UK and Amazon in the USA.

Poolside is mixed by Rob Johnson and Secret Soul and features new tracks from red-hot producers such as Copyright, Audiowhores, Knee Deep, Rasmus Faber, Kings of Tomorrow and the amazing vocal talents of legends such as Barbara Tucker, Ann Nesby, Ce Ce Rogers, Michelle Weeks and Don-e.

You can visit the poolside CD mini-site at: Poolside site

Tracklisting:

Disc: 1
1. Joillet - Rise (Vocal Mix)
2. Barabara Walker - Saved Me (Louis Benedetti's Alternate Vocal Mix)
3. Kings Of Tomorrow - Thru (Simon Grey Club Mix)
4. Hardsoul - Committed
5. Brad Holland featuring Alexis Hall - Crazy (Secret Soul Remix)
6. Musaphia & Mayhem - Fusion
7. Copyright ft. Lisa Millett - Late At Night (Main Mix)
8. Audiowhores ft. Alexis Hall - Subject Of My Affection (Original Vibes)
9. Connie Harvey - Thank Your Lord (Audiowhores Remix)
10. Roland Clarke - Resist (Southern Divide Weekend Remix)
11. Mayhem & Bones - Feel Good (Club Mix)
12. Kidstuff - Love It (Original Mix)
Disc: 2
1. Candy Apple - Close To Me (Broken Beat Mix)
2. Reel Soul - Take Me To A Place
3. Kenny Bobien ft. Ann Nesby - Spread Love (Roots Mix)
4. Urban Dance Institution - Like Music
5. Jay “Sinister” Sealee - I Just Wanna Be
6. Bobby & Steve ft. Barbara Tucker & Bryan Chambers - Deeper In Love
7. Rasmus Faber ft. Melo - Get Over Here
8. Copyright ft. Tasita D'Mour - Release Yourself
9. Michelle Weeks - Gotta Keep Tryin'
10. Druw & Perez ft. Don-e - A Little Sunshine (Knee Deep mix)
11. One Touch ft. Colin Corvez - Ready?!
12. Ce Ce Rogers - Come On And Dance (Grant Nelson Club Mix)

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