Record Pool Picks, October 2008

This was a smaller shipment, only about two-thirds the size of most months, but there were several really good tracks in here that stood out for me:

Live Progressive Sets:
- Deadmau5, “Ghosts N Stuff” (Original Mix)
- Neon Stereo, “Rock This”
- Nigel Richards, “I Will Make Party” (Original)

Mainstream Club Sets:
- Deadmau5 & Mellefresh, “Attention Whore” (Original)
- Monolythe, “Don’t Break It” (Original Mix)
- Pussycat Dolls, “I Hate This Part” (Dave Aude Dub Mix)

Studio Mixes:
- Deadmau5, “I Remember” (Original)
- Deadmau5 & Mellefresh, “Attention Whore” (Phil Chanel Mix)
- Pussycat Dolls, “I Hate This Part” (Dave Aude Club Mix)
- Rezo & Emannuel, “1749 De Emotii” (Moshic Remix)

Warmup Tracks:
- Ad Brown, “I Just Do”
- Chris Drifter feat Ronyo, “Disconnected Illusions” (Original Mix)
- Lea D, “Urban Soul”
- Moti Brothers, “Exposure” (Original Mix)
- Retroid, “Chasing Rainbows” (Retroid Remix)
- Snake Sedrick, “First Lie” (Original Mix)

You can see several Deadmau5 tracks on the list. Deadmau5 (Toronto DJ Joel Zimmerman) recently caused a bit of a scandal in the DJ world when he gave this interview criticizing DJ's. But love him or hate him, his tracks are invariably well-produced, even though his sound from track to track is fairly consistent. Of course, some people would argue that's a good thing, and others would argue a lack of growth and creativity. Anyway, I'm not sure why "I Remember" is on this month's DVD, since I thought it was released back in February. Not that it matters - it's a great vocal track, which I love.

To hear "I Remember," click on the player here (visible only in the original blog post, not in the Facebook Notes feed). Sorry, no downloads are available.

Record Pool Picks, September 2008

As you can see, I'm still behind in my music ratings. I skipped August - not trying to get ahead, but because there was no DVD of music for August. Anyway, here are the September ratings from the Richmond Record Pool, and hopefully I'll have my October picks online within a day or so.

As usual, these are my top picks out of well over three hundred tracks, and I've broken them down by the style of event that I'd probably play them at.

Live Progressive Sets:
- Aaron Joseph, “Memory Test” (Original Mix)
- Benny Maze, “Breathe” (Heck Vocal)
- Freakquencer, “Trouble & Pain” (Club Booster Burn Dub)
- Jonas Steur feat Julie, “Cold Winds” (Original)
- Maslow, “Drive”
- Vortectral, “Round The Block” (Reaky Remix)

Mainstream Club Sets:
- Alex Garelli & Anthony Nardone, “Summer ‘91” (Main Mix)
- Barclay & Cream, “Groove Is In The Heart” (Mike Misar Club Mix)
- Jaimy & Kenny D, “Keep On Touchin’ Me” (Funkerman Remix)
- Jon Pegnato & Thee-O, “Small Talk” (Original Mix)

Studio Mixes:
- Albert Keyn, “Save One Love” (BRT Remix)
- J-Soul, “Tidal”
- Neon Stereo feat Marcie, “Poses” (Original)
- Nick Detti, “London” (Original Mix)
- One World, “Isla Blanca”
- Proper Villains, “Put Me In A Box” (Faskil Remix)
- Roland Clark, “Black In My Soul” (Tiger Stripes Main Remix)

Warmup Tracks:
- Ame, “Rej” (ATFC’s Twin Cherries Edit)
- Che Dubois, “Told You” (Original Mix)
- DJ Shog, “Feel Me Through The Radio” (Inpetto Remix)
- Jarius Miller, “The Seventh Gate”
- Nick Detti, “London” (Electric Mix)
- Santiago Nino, “Invent” (Original Mix)
- Santiago Nino & Ronxxx, “Tell Me” (Original Mix)

I can't really say that I have a favorite track out of this batch, but I will admit that "Groove Is In The Heart" is a timeless classic. Yes, I know, it's cheesy mainstream club pop music, but a classic nonetheless. Love it.

To hear "Groove Is In The Heart," click on the player here (visible only in the original blog post, not in the Facebook notes feed). Sorry, no downloads are available.