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"World Cruise" (155 BPM) - Speedweeks Mix #7 Online
Podrunner teams are scouring the globe to bring you the finest tracks the world has to offer. This week they've served up a great selection of music influenced by a wide variety of cultures. One nation, underground.
This is the final mix in Podrunner Speedweeks. After this we revert to our regular weekly schedule. I hope you enjoyed Speedweeks!
Beatport Playlist
The Original, High-Quality, Non-Mixed Tracks Featured in Podrunner
The Podrunner playlist takes a world cruise at Beatport.com with Marcello Castelli's primal "Aborigen (Tribal Drums Mix)," one of my favorite tracks by Casa Flava ("De Doma De [Paris & Sharp Mix]"), Slim Yelow's dark "RAF (Tribal Dub)," Peter Presta's irresistible "Rock the Funky Beats (Peter Presta Mix)," and much more!
Groovelectric
Welcome to the New Old Funk
"Between a Place and a Hard Rock" - New Mix Online
Live @ The Joint, Hard Rock Las Vegas, 11-08-07
This wasn't the biggest room I've played, but it was definitely the best. The Hard Rock crew really knew their stuff, and getting dialed in was effortless. This set is from the first hour of the party, and I'm very happy with the way it builds.
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Groovelectric - "Twofer"
The Joint @ Hard Rock Las Vegas, 11-08-07
There was dead air at The Joint party after the oddly abrupt end to an awards ceremony, when the band was supposed to play. So I jumped up and played a short set till the band got onstage. After that I played a closing set. "Twofer" is both sets.
Stage Crasher Removed -- Digitally
One note: Though I digitally removed Clown Boy in the final pic, I decided I'd rather leave him in the others and point a finger at him, since nothing could better illustrate that He Doesn't Belong Up There. There's a Clown Boy at every gig (if you're lucky — often there are more). I dunno why I should be surprised there was one at this one, too.
Department of Redundancy Dept.
Deja Vu All Over Again
Most DJs have favorite tracks, and even favorite sequences of tracks. See a DJ twice a year and you probably won't hear those tracks again. See him once a month and you probably will.
We all have artillery we like to bring out for certain crowds. That's terrific when the crowd is mostly people who haven't heard you frequently, but your arsenal gets exposed when you record live sets not very far apart in time. When you drop a track in a room because you're big on it right now and it's a good moment to play it, you don't even think about it.
For the podcasts, I have an informal rule not to repeat a track I've played in a mix (the exceptions being different mixes of a track and acapellas). Considering how many mixes I've put out (the picture shows all the Podrunner mixes I put out before Speedweeks), I've done a pretty good job avoiding repeats. But looking over the playlists of the live Groovelectric mixes I've put up, I can see that it's time to retire some tracks. When the same track shows up in three different live mixes across three months, ya kinda wince. It won't stop me from playing any track live — "right track at the right moment" is the cardinal rule — but it will definitely make me think about when a live mix should go up as a Groovelectric!
--Steve Boyett
