Summary: 2011 Dec "Take Your Time Young Man.." Obviously a wink and a nod to the mini "Mama Used to Say" mix and a private message to my nine year old son.. I am almost” housed-out” running out of good material and about to venture into Tranceland to get ready for the end of year festivities... Furthermore, in light of valuable comments posted on the web, I must confess that I did listen and have consequently tamed down the “gratuitous” sampling in this episode. The gist of “Take Your Time Young Man” is to transport the listener from a deep/techy groove (I need street cred ;) ) to a happy, funky place by the end of the set. I will have you on your tippy toes dancing around the room within a very small half hour! We start comfortably sat in Barcelona chairs in the back room, with a low, deep underground club vibe, filtered and tweaked to the max all destined to awaken your aural senses . Do not be discouraged ! Slowly some snippets of funk are introduced and sure enough we progress to an old skool soulful place to accommodate the glucose addict residing in all of us. Finally, we leave our comfy chairs, step in the main room and shake our collective a$$es to big club tunes… Well, at least this was the initial idea. If by the end of this set, you have not felt the urge to stamp your feet and lift your hands… I simply failed… A mini-mix, within the mix, with “Mama Used to Say” which, I thought would be a fun old skool tune for my children to be introduced to onto a Sandy Rivera’s extravaganza to mark his full return to big tunes in 2012. Playlist 2011 Brooklyn Bullets (Original Mix) [Xtian Mr Dj Edit]. Aki Bergen & Neuroxyde 2011 Mr. DJ (Narrated Mix). Chuck Lafunq 2011 Surrender (I Wanna Be Free Mix) [Xtian Lil’ Edit]. Wil Milton featuring Myra 2010 Like It Should Be (w/Roland Clark Samples). Steve Bug feat. Gigi 2011 Deep House (Inside Me) (Shane D Remix). Ray Paxon & Grooveprofessor 2011 Woodnote (Soul Purpose Remix). Patrick Podage & Nikola Kotevski 2011 Mama Used to Say (Harlum Dub). Franky Boissy feat. Akram Sedkaoui 2011 Mama Used to Say (The Layabouts Reprise Mix).Franky Boissy feat. Akram Sedkaoui 2011 Mama Used to Say (Jerk House Connection Deeper Mix)..Franky Boissy feat. Akram Sedkaoui 2011 Mama Used to Say (Jask Thaisoul Club Mix)..Franky Boissy feat. Akram Sedkaoui 2011 Walk Away (ATFC's VB Weekender Vocal).ATFC feat. Lisa Shaw 2011 It’s Alright (BlackBird Streetmood Mix). Dj Cem feat.Chinua Hawk 2011 Stealing Love (Original Mix) (I Need to Love Me Xtian Edit). Grant Nelson 2011 Need to Love Me (Virus J Remix). Kings of Tomorrow feat. April 2011 Love (Original vs. Daddy’s Groove Remix ).Sandy Rivera & Yasmeen Highlights: there are no weak tunes in this mix and I am surprised how current it turn out to be (many tracks released in the 3rd quarter of 2011). To raise my street cred I had a play with the 2 fist tracks with filters etc.. But from " Deep House (Inside Me)" you are in pure house bliss. I absolutely love the retake of "Mama Used to Say", so melodic, so well well produced and Akram Sedkaoui has a crystal voice. Those guys brought us "Each & Everyda"y this year, they are on a roll! In "Walk Away" ATFC teamed up with Lisa Shaw and showed that all we need is a great vocalist, a great tune and great production.. Not so hard ;).. "Stealing Love" from Grant Nelson, need I say more.. And then I had a play with Sandy Rivera's great tunes of the year.. with a remix of "I Need to Love Me" not to miss. To sum up, it would appear that the "old guys" Grant Nelson, Rivera, Layabouts, ATFC has showing all the young ones, that they can wipe them off the charts at any time.. Travelling to Tranceland (unless I managed to finish off one mix I have on the hard drive and can't wrap up) as I need(continued)
