MrVanDigital Mix Collection

Hip Hop/Old School/Reggae/Funk.   The 50th podcast! We made it. Here's some fun old school hip hop and funk to celebrate. Big influences are Snoop Dogg and DJ Maars with quite a few tracks on there. Enjoy!   Blackstreet Feat. Dr. Dre - No Diggity, NWA - Express Yourself Skinnyman - I'll Be Surprised, DJ Maars & Tom Showtime - Heatwave Episode, DJ Maars - Loose Juice, Coolio - Fantastic Voyage (Timber Mix), Mad Lion - Take It Easy, Dr. Dre - One Eight Seven, Snoop Doggy Dogg - Gin And Juice, DJ Maars -Barrington Got Props (Original mix), Snoop Doggy Dogg - Gz & Hustlas, Youthful Implants ft. The Ragga Twins - Hold That Gyal (Tom Showtime vs DJ Maars Mix), DJ Maars - Did It Like This (Original mix), DJ Maars - Givin Up, Gardna feat. YT - Soundboy Life [Remixed by DJ Maars], DJ Maars - Pull Up!!!, DJ Maars & Waggles - Elevate The Mind, Snoop Dogg - Lay Low (feat. Master P, Nate Dogg, Butch Cassidy and The Eastsidaz), Sly & the Family Stone - Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin), Cypress Hill & J Capri - Pull Up To Mi Bumper (DJ Maars Edit), CB4 - Sweat of My Balls, Beastie Boys - Intergalactic, Bell Biv DeVoe - Poison, Wu Tang Clan - Gravel Pit, Redbone - Come And Get Your Love

Drum N Bass/Ambient/Jazzy/Liquid.   Some old school, jazzy, liquid, ambient drum n bass... The classics from the Bukem era from Good Looking Records, Moving Shadow featuring Intense, Future Bound, PFM, JMJ & Flytronix. There's also some rolling Hospital Records High Contrast tunes such as his remix of Adele's 'Hometown Glory'. Long live D&B!   Goldie - Angel, Omni Trio - Renegade Snares (High Contrast mix), Omni Trio - Sanctuary (Funky Technicians Remix), High Contrast - Adele - Hometown Glory (High Contrast mix), Intense - Breathless, PFM - One And Only, Frank De Wulf - Drums In A Grip (Wax Doctor Mix), Alex Banks - Control, Influx Datum - Alright, Aphex Twin - (Untitled) Q-Chastic A1, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs - Garden (Calibre Remix), High Contrast - Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Carlito - Heaven, JMJ & Flytronix - In Too Deep, Intense - Only You, Adam F - Circles, Morcheeba (feat. Judy Tzuke) - Blue Chair (Silence Groove remix), dBridge - For Tonight (Original Mix), Omni Trio - Renegade Snares (Original Mix), Goldie - Kemistry, Ivy Lab & Hydro - Make It Clear (feat. Frank Carter III & Lucy Annika), Future Bound - Sorrow, Deep Blue - The Helicopter Tune, Future Bound - Blue Mist, Origin Unknown - Valley of the Shadows

House/Deep House/Old School.   This is heavily influenced by amazing old school house classics like Last Rhythm, USURA and Bassheads along with some great deep tracks from Solumun's boiler room set. There was some great stuff on there! There's also some really deep and spacey tracks such as 16 Bit Lolitas 'Deep Space Girls'... quite an accurate description.    Last Rhythm - Last Rhythm (Original Re-Mastered), Akabu - Another world (Andre Lodemann mix), Bassheads - Is There Anybody Out There, The Martians - Tobacco Ties, 16 Bit Lolitas - Deep Space Girls (Original Mix), Lonely Boy - When I Think About (Giom Remix), Jozif - Lady B's Lullaby (Original Mix), Liu Bei - Atlas World (Solomun Day Remix), Solomun - Something We All Adore (Solomun Love Song Mix) [Unreleased], Daft Punk - Phoenix, Solomun - Just Dance, Khan Feat. Julee Cruise - Say Goodbye (Losoul Shes Homeless Mix), Michael Jackson - Rock With You (Audio Jacker Remix), U.S.U.R.A. - Open Your Mind, 808 State - Only Rhyme That Bites, Young MC- Bust A Move (Maars Whoomp Re-Fix)

Hip Hop/Rap/Old School/Chilled.   This mix is all old school hip hop fun. It was inspired by a retreat to Gabriola island in beautiful British Columbia where me and a good friend, Jonny-boy, spent a few days listening to old school hip hop on Songza (now Google Play Music). Soul II Soul - Back To Life ( However Do You Want Me ) ( Instrumental ), Naughty By Nature - Everything's Gonna Be Alright, Coolio - I Remember (feat. Billy Boy, J-Ro), DJ Maars - Sensi Says ft. Mr Vegas, Alozade & Hollow Point, Primal Scream - Trainspotting, Jurassic 5 - Quality Control (Maars Reggae Re-Work), AZ- The Come Up (Maars Reggae Re-Fix), Jay Z - Regrets, C.L Smooth- T.R.O.Y (Maars Re-Groove), DJ Maars - Head Nod Riddim, Mad Skillz- The Nod Factor (Maars Reggae Re-Fix), Common- I Used To Love H.E.R (Maars Reggae Re-Rub), Beenie Man- Girls Dem Sugar (Maars Re-Work), Mantronix - King Of The Beats, Ultramagnetic Mc's - Poppa large (remix)

Hip Hop/Reggae/Funk/Dub/House/Old School.   Whoaa! Take some old school hip hop, add some funk, some b-boy effects and shake it all up with some Monty Python. Finally add a twist of old school house and new school deep and whadyya get... A crazy ol' mixtape!    Hip Hop section includes: Soul II Soul - Back To Life ( However Do You Want Me ) (Instrumental ), Naughty By Nature Everything's Gonna Be Alright, Coolio - I Remember (feat. Billy Boy, J-Ro), Jurassic 5 Quality Control (Maars Reggae Re-Work), AZ- The Come Up (Maars Reggae Re-Fix), Jay Z - Regrets    House section includes: Last Rhythm (Original Re-Mastered), Akabu - Another world (Andre Lodemann mix), Bassheads - Is There Anybody Out There, 16 Bit Lolitas Deep Space Girls (Original Mix), Lonely Boy - When I Think About (Giom Remix), Jozif - Lady B's Lullaby (Original Mix)    Big shout out to Melbourne's DJ Maars for his wicked mash-ups of old school hip hop and reggae funk dub.    Soul II Soul - Back To Life ( However Do You Want Me ) ( Instrumental ), Naughty By Nature - Everything's Gonna Be Alright, Coolio - I Remember (feat. Billy Boy, J-Ro), DJ Maars - Sensi Says ft. Mr Vegas, Alozade & Hollow Point, Primal Scream - Trainspotting, Jurassic 5 - Quality Control (Maars Reggae Re-Work), AZ- The Come Up (Maars Reggae Re-Fix), Jay Z - Regrets, C.L Smooth- T.R.O.Y (Maars Re-Groove), DJ Maars - Head Nod Riddim, Mad Skillz- The Nod Factor (Maars Reggae Re-Fix), Common- I Used To Love H.E.R (Maars Reggae Re-Rub), Beenie Man- Girls Dem Sugar (Maars Re-Work), Mantronix - King Of The Beats, Ultramagnetic Mc's - Poppa large (remix), Monthy Python's Flying Circus - Theme from,, Last Rhythm - Last Rhythm (Original Re-Mastered), Akabu - Another world (Andre Lodemann mix), Bassheads - Is There Anybody Out There, The Martians - Tobacco Ties, 16 Bit Lolitas - Deep Space Girls (Original Mix), Lonely Boy - When I Think About (Giom Remix), Jozif - Lady B's Lullaby (Original Mix), Liu Bei - Atlas World (Solomun Day Remix), Solomun - Something We All Adore (Solomun Love Song Mix) [Unreleased], Daft Punk - Phoenix, Solomun - Just Dance, Khan Feat. Julee Cruise - Say Goodbye (Losoul Shes Homeless Mix), Michael Jackson - Rock With You (Audio Jacker Remix), U.S.U.R.A. - Open Your Mind, 808 State - Only Rhyme That Bites, Young MC- Bust A Move (Maars Whoomp Re-Fix)

Rock/Pop/Rap/Funk/House/Progressive.   I wonder what Bowie thought of Daft Punk? Or the Plump DJs? Manuel De Lorenzi?? Well not too sure he would have heard of the latter two but anyhow here is a dedication to the inimitable Ziggy Stardust. An oddly fitting tribute perhaps?   David Bowie - Starman, David Bowie - The Jean Genie, David Bowie - Changes, David Bowie - Rebel Rebel, The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary, David Bowie feat. Queen - Under Pressure, Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby, Run DMC - It's Like That, The Jones Girls - Nights Over Egypt, Sugar Bear - Don't Scandalize Mine, Mark Ronson & The Business Intl - Lose It (In The End) Featuring Ghostface Killah & Alex Greenwald, David Bowie - Let's Dance, Gramatik - Bring It Fast, David Bowie - Fame (Funk Ferret Edit), High Contrast - Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (Phibes Remix), Duran Duran Vs. Gramatik - Wild Boys 2010, Prince - Funk'n'Roll (Sammy Senior Remix), Daft Punk - Voyager, David Bowie - Loving The Alien (Scumfrog mix), Daft Punk - Short Circuit, Thomas Bangalter - Club Soda, Manuel De Lorenzi - What I Have Done (dub mix), Manuel De Lorenzi & Tone-on - The Laughing (Original Mix), Fur Coat - Balance, 10 CC - I'm Not in Love, House Of Usher - Shades, The Plump DJs - The Funk Hits the Fan, Elektronauts - Bumper (Plump's Remix), Mr Reds Vs Dj Skribble - Everybody come on, Daft Punk - Superheroes

Rock/Indie/Alternative/Dance.   Some old classics from the 90s from the Manchester/North West scene, including the Smiths, the Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, Electronic, James with a dash of other funky and deep tracks in there for atmosphere. Nice for Canadians to take a trip to Madchester circa 1990.   Link Wray & His Wraymen - Rumble, The Rolling Stones - The Last Time, The Smiths - This Charming Man (New York Vocal), James - Come Home, The Smiths - William It Was Really Nothing, The La's - There She Goes, The Stone Roses - She Bangs The Drums, Charlatans - the only one i know, Northside - Shall We Take A Trip, Happy Mondays- Step On, Electronic - Get The Message, The Stone Roses - Fools Gold, Fort Knox Five - The Brazilian Hipster, Fort Knox Five - Blowing Up The Spot, Thievery Corporation - Shadows Of Ourselves, The Jedi Knights - One for m.a.w., Electronic - Reality, Everything But The Girl - Missing (Todd Terry Remix), Moon Boots - Red Sky (Original Mix)

Chilled/Old School/Rap/Synth Pop/Funk/Electronica.   Wacky mix tape! Superman Vs Batman with a whole lot of different stuff in between!   Bill Withers - Lovely Day, The Velvelettes - Needle In A Haystack, Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley, Theme From Superman, King Bee - Back By Dope Demand, C & C Music Factory - Gonna Make You Sweat, Cheryl Lynn - Got To Be Real, The Isley Brothers - Between The Sheets, Madonna - Justify My Love, Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes, Visage - Fade To Grey, The Human League - Don't You Want Me Baby, Prince - Raspberry Beret, 808 State - Pacific State, Awesome 3 - Don't Go, N-Joi - Anthem, Salt'n'Pepa - Push It, Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough, Inner Life / Jocelyn Brown - Ain't No Mountain High Enough [Larry Levan's Garage Mix], Bizarre Inc. - Playing With Knives, Kixnare - Gucci Dough, Batman Theme, Average White Band - Pick Up The Pieces, Pleasure - Joyous, De La Soul - Breakadawn (Rhythm Scholar Early Morning Radio Remix), Stealers Wheel-Stuck in the Middle With You (Funk Ferret Edit), Movie Samples - holdit, Alison Limerick - Where Love Lives, Kym Sims - Too Blind to See It [Hurley's House Mix], The Smiths - This Charming Man (Luis Leon (Official) Bootleg), Mirror People - Kaleidoscope (Psychemagik Sunset Remix), Space Ranger - Push Button Bang (Jori Hulkkonen Remix), LFO - LFO, Daft Punk - Nightvision, Thievery Corporation - Claridad (feat. Natalia Clavier), Little Milton - We're Gona Make It

Motown/Indie/Rock/Electronica.   Some favourite tracks of the unmixable variety.   The Velvelettes - Needle In A Haystack, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Heatwave, Marvin Gaye - How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You), Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough, Edwin Starr - War, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - The Tracks Of My Tears, The Kinks - Waterloo sunset, The Beatles - Back In The U.S.S.R., Led Zeppelin - Kashmir, The Clash - Rock the Casbah, Blondie - Heart Of Glass, David Bowie - Heroes, The Jesus & Mary Chain - Just Like Honey, Phoenix - Rally, Foster the People - Pumped Up Kicks, The Black Keys - Tighten Up, Bon Iver - Skinny Love (Das Kapital Rerub), Primal Scream - Loaded, Movin' on Up & Higher Than the Sun, Thievery Corporation - Amerimacka (Original Mix) & Shadows Of Ourselves

Rock/Blues/Reggae/Rap.   Says exactly what it is on the tin: Rock / Reggae / Rap or something like that. Check out the tracks.   The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Fire, Led Zeppelin - When the Levee Breaks, The Rolling Stones - Let's Spend The Night Together (Instrumental), Eric Clapton - Before You Accuse Me, Howlin' Wolf -Smokestack Lightning, B.B. King - Confessin' The Blues, the meters - cissy strut, Glen Brown - Wicked Can't Run This Dub, Rusko - Lions Paw, Cedric Im Brooks - Give Rasta Glory, DJ Maars - Made You Look Riddim, Double X- Money Talks (Maars Reggae Re-Fix), House Of Pain- Jump Around (Maars Reggae Re-Fix), LL Cool L- Mama Said Knock You Out (Maars Reggae Re-Edit), Jurassic 5 - Concrete Schoolyard (Instrumental), Buju Banton- Champion (Maars Re-Edit), Jurassic 5 - Concrete Schoolyard, Naughty By Nature- Clap Yo Hands (Maars Reggae Re-Edit), The Pharcyde- Ya Mama (Maars Reggae Re-Rub), Skee Lo- I Wish (Maars Re-Funk), Skee-Lo - I Wish, Beastie Boys - You Gotta Fight For Your Right (To Party), The Smiths - How Soon Is Now (12" Version), Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know?, The Black Keys - Howlin' For You

Soul/Rock/Indie/Dance/House.   A lot of variety on this one. Marvin Gaye through to the Kinks, Leftfield, Arctic Monkeys and then into some deep house with Disclosure.   Creedance Clearwater Revival - I heard it through the grapevine, Marvin Gaye - I heard it through the grapevine, The Temptations - Papa Was A Rollin' Stone, April March - Chick Habit, Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor, The Clash - Should I Stay Or Should I Go, Cream - White Room, The Kinks - You Really Got Me (live version), Primal Scream - Rocks (live version), T Rex - Jeepster, Doors, The Strange Days (Thievery mix), Les Rythmes Digitales - (Hey You) What's That Sound?, Leftfield - Open Up, Ronson, Mark & Alex Greenwald - Just, Arctic Monkeys - Snap Out of It, Perseus - Russian Girlfriends, New Order - Blue Monday, LCD Soundsystem - Drunk Girls (Holy Ghost! Remix), Hot Chip - And I Was A Boy From School, U.N.K.L.E. - Reign (featuring Ian Brown), Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence (Offsuit Remix), Funky Green Dogs - Fired Up, Roy Davis Jr - Gabriel (featuring Peaven Everett), Tiger Stripes - Glorified (Original Mix), Disclosure - Latch (Jamie Jones Remix), Disclosure - White Noise (Original Mix) Ft. AlunaGeorge

Funk/Soul/Old School/Rave.   Some belting old school tracks and funk/soul on this one. Back to the old school!   John Williams - Cantina Band, booker t and the mgs - green onions, Burning Spear - S.O.U.L., Incredible bongo band - apache, Beats International - Dub Be Good to Me, Bomb The Bass - Beat Dis, zap - more bounce to the ounce, David Bowie - Fame (Funk Ferret Edit), Etta James - You Can Leave Your Hat On (Funk Ferret Edit), Saint Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart, Candi Staton - You Got The Love (Erens Bootleg Mix), Sub Sub - Ain't no Love (Aint no loose), Stevie V - Dirty Cash,Doorly, Shadow Child - Piano Weapon (Instrumental), Armand Van Helden - you don’t even know me, The Glimmers and Roxy Music - Angel Eyes, New Order - Blue Monday, Nalin and Kane - Beachball (Full Mix), A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray, Shamen - Move Any Mountain, M/A/R/R/S - Pump Up The Volume, Moby - Go, SL2 - DJ's Take Control

Deep House/Tech House/Bass House.   This is the first part of a tracklist I put together for an after party for the HTML500 conference at MakerLabs near Main Street in Vancouver. I forgot to record it back at the beginning of the year so I played some of it out at the Kettle. Some nice tracks. I'll put the second part up soon.   Moon Boots - There's No Love, Mat.Joe - Growing Up (Original Mix), Caribou - Mars, The Beatangers - What's That Sound (Original Mix), Luca C & Brigante feat. Róisín Murphy - Invisions, Alessio Pagliaroli & Benjamin Frnkln - Chance A Glare (Original Mix), Eats Everything - Trubble (Original Mix), Mary J. Blige - Right Now (Shadow Child Remix), Sharam Jey & Daniel Fernandes - Jump Up (original mix), SYF, Curses, DKDS - Trouble feat. SYF (Skream Remix), Shadow Child - Rustic Chip, Green Velvet & Patrick Topping - Voicemail (Original Mix)

Funk/Soul/Hip Hop/Reggae.   A neat little mix containing funk, soul, hip hop, reggae and more. Kind of a blend of some old classics with some newer retakes on the old styles. For example, check out Mark Ronson's reggae version remix of 'Animal'.   Koko Taylor - Wang Dang Doodle, Joe Tex - I Gotcha, Jr. Walker & The All Stars - (I'm A) Road Runner, Herbie Hancock - Hang Up Your Hang Ups, Astronautica - Cruise, Roots Manuva - Witness (I Hope), Snoop Dogg - Stacey Adams (feat. KoKane), The D.O.C. - It's Funky Enuff, Jungle Brothers - What u Waitin 4, MFSB/The Salsoul Orchestra - Love Is The message (Danny Krivit re-edit), Timmy Thomas - Funky Me, Jah Lion - Wisdom, Thievery Corporation - Originality, Lee Perry - Jungle Lion, Miike Snow - Animal (Mark Ronson Extended Remix), Yesking vs Stevie Wonder - Superstition (Sam Redmore Re-Rub)

Ambient/Downtempo/DnB/Electronica.   This is a mix of nostalgic ambient electronica and downtempo tracks that have a very emotive appeal for me. This mix helped me achieve a long-lasting DJ ambition of mine to play out tracks by Aphex Twin, Boards of Canada and Squarepusher in one set. Radical.   Death in Vegas - Girls, High Highs - Flowers Bloom, Akasha - Brown Sugar (PFM's Cosmic Journey Mix), Morcheeba (feat. Judy Tzuke) - Blue Chair (Silence Groove remix), Goldie - Kemistry (edit), Darktown Strutters - Manhattan Skyline, Washed Out - Echoes, Tracey Thorn - It's All True, Squarepusher - Tommito, Bent - K.i.s.s.e.s, Alison Valentine - Peanut Butter (Moon Boots Remix), Boards of Canada - Tears From The Compound Eye, Aphex Twin - Pulsewidth, Aphex Twin - Ptolemy, Boards of Canada - You Could Feel The Sky, Fortune Howl - Vision Quest, Jon Hopkins - Open Eye Signal (Nosaj Thing Remix), James Blake - Life Round Here (MANIK Ghost Pines Rework) FSOL - Papua New Guinea, Boards of Canada - 1969, The Orb - Towers of Dub