Podrunner
Nonstop Music Mixes for Any Fast-Paced Workout
"Fast Friends" (165 BPM)
This one feels as if you're speeding down a dark tunnel until you emerge into the light. Sometimes the light at the end really isn't an oncoming train. I called it "Fast Friends" because it contains some older favorites, all running along with you at a pretty good clip.
Beatport Playlist
The Original, High-Quality, Non-Mixed Tracks Featured in Podrunner
Some old friends of mine got together for a run on this week's Podrunner playlist on Beatport.com. Marcello Castelli's "Montevideo" segues to Casa Flava's "Darka," which leads to Adam Dived's classic "Head First." Bringing us into the light is another triple play, Art of Trance's "The Colours" blending into Francesco Farfa's "The Search (Time & Space Mix)" until Art of Trance returns to bring us home with the monolithic classic "Madagascar." Phew.
Groovelectric
Welcome to the New Old Funk
The official explanation is "exhaustion," but we're not buying that one — not after seeing Groovelectric rush the stage, do a one-handed handstand on Moby's head, yell something about "entropy," use advanced Aikido moves to take down two security guards without ever touching them, and get captured only when its trademark fuligin cape caught the teeth of a fence in mid pole-vault.
These new serotonin regulators supposedly work wonders, so we're pretty confident Groovelectric will be back next week, bright-eyed, bushy-tailed, chemically stable, and ready to work.
Last week's mix:
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Thank you.
It's easy to be cynical about the Holiday season here in the States when the grocery stores put out the eggnog out before Hallowe'en, ferchrissake. When a trip to the coffee shop between Thanksgiving and New Year's looks more like some kind of vehicular dodgeball game directed by Michael Bay.
Still, I find it hard not to take stock around this time of year and realize how fortunate I am, and how far my two little podcasts have come.
Not so long ago I swore I'd never even DJ a party. A few weeks ago I spun at a major Las Vegas venue. The podcasts I started as digital business cards because I didn't want to keep sending out demos now chock up well over a million new downloads every other month. Groovelectric has steadily climbed in popularity, Podrunner has stayed on top even as podcasting has gotten bigger, and December 28 will see Podrunner's 100th mix. Major corporations have begun approaching us, rather than the other way around. We finally have sponsorship, and early next year we'll have a dedicated website, sponsorship I'm hugely excited about, and some great surprises. I'm now a full-time, professional podcaster, and there can't be all that many of those.
Not for a moment would I think that Podrunner and Groovelectric's success are a testament to my ill madd sickass DJ skillz. I think I'm a good DJ, but you could throw a rock in this town and hit five good DJs. (And you probably should.) Everything follows from your downloads and support, from you telling friends, coworkers, forum members, and blog readers about Podrunner and Groovelectric. Sure, I've put in a lot of work, and I'll put in plenty more. But without you, all of this is just me in a room with some DJ gear and a good idea. If I ever take that for granted, it'll be time to take down the whole circus and pursue that career as a Zen Needlepointer I've always wondered about.
So as simply and fully as I can express my gratitude: Thank you.
--Steve Boyett
