Finding the Rhythm

Playlist for House Party Mixshow #228 (4/19/2013)

Wesley King — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 02:39:01 +0000

Here’s the playlist for the DJ Wesley House Party Mixshow #228, first aired April 19, 2013:

Boy Orlando – Waiting for (A Girl Like You) (Extended Mix) (Big Boss)
Shik Stylko – Many Dayz (Tom Novy & Jerome D’isma-Ae Remix) (Recovery House)
Demi Lovato – Heart Attack (The Alias Remix) (Universal)
Guinevere – Fly Away (7th Heaven Club Mix) (Tommy Boy)
DJ Paf feat. Jamila B – Do Without My Love (Extended Club Mix) (Exclusive)
Justin Vito feat. Nicole Tyler – So Real (Original Mix) (Soundz Good)
Jamie Knight – Forgive Me (Almighty Anthem Mix) (Almighty)
Rihanna – Jump (Pink Panda Remix) (Def Jam)
Junior Caldera – What You Get (Elektro Club Mix) (Universal France)
Bananarama – Now or Never (Original Club Mix) (Warner)
Alex Gaudino – I’m In Love (I Wanna Do It) (Vocal Club Mix) (Ultra)

Thanks everyone for your continuing support, and for listening!

Playlist for House Party Mixshow #227 (4/12/2013)

Wesley King — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:40:13 +0000

Here’s the playlist for the DJ Wesley House Party Mixshow #227, first aired April 12, 2013:

Madonna – Masterpiece (DJ Yonce Remix) (Interscope)
Luigi Masi – Easy (7th Heaven Club Mix) (Universal)
Anise K. feat. Bella Blue – Walking On Air (7th Heaven Club Mix) (Sony)
Jay Sean – So High (Hoxton Whores Club Mix) (Universal)
Christina Aguilera – Let There Be Love (Cutmore Club Mix) (RCA)
Passion Pit – Carried Away (Tiesto Remix) (Sony)
Ruby & Tony feat. Regina V. – Give a Little Love (Original Mix) (Armada)
Kosca – Love Will Find a Way (Extended Mix) (Amathus)
Amelia Lily – Party Over (Andi Durrant & Steve More Club Mix) (Universal)
Asher Monroe – Here With You (Dave Aude Club Mix) (Universal)
Jason Dottley – It’s Our Night (7th Heaven Club) (JD3)
Emma Hewitt – Crucify (Cold Rush remix) (Armada)

Thanks everyone for your continuing support, and for listening!

Playlist for House Party Mixshow #226 (4/5/2013)

Wesley King — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 02:16:32 +0000

Here’s the playlist for the DJ Wesley House Party Mixshow #226, first aired April 5, 2013:

Norman Doray and NERVO feat. Cookie – Something to Believe In (Original Mix) (Spinnin’)
Ianizer & Lemethy – Accelerate (Club Mix) (Uniform Beat)
Zoë Badwi – Torches (Liam Keegan Remix) (Warner)
Avicii vs. Nicky Romero – I Could Be The One (Original Mix) (Universal)
Lori Michaels – Rebound (Gustavo Scorpio Mix) (Indie)
4 Strings feat. Ana Criado – Breathe Life In (Original Mix) (Liquid)
Alexis Jordan feat. J. Cole – Acid Rain (Steven Redant Hurricane Club Mix) (Sony)
Nicki Minaj – Va Va Voom (Cosmic Dawn Remix) (Universal)
Arash feat. Sean Paul – She Makes Me Go (Extended Mix) (Universal)
Pink Noisy feat. Radio Killer – Mestral (Extended Mix) (Sony Greece)
Pink – Try (Dark Instensity Remix) (Sony)
Kimberley Walsh – One Day I’ll Fly Away (The Alias Club Mix) (Universal)

Thanks everyone for your continuing support, and for listening!

Playlist for House Party Mixshow #225 (3/29/2013)

Wesley King — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 02:01:05 +0000

Here’s the playlist for the DJ Wesley House Party Mixshow #225, first aired March 29, 2013:

Kesha – C’Mon (Cutmore Club Mix) (Sony)
Kreesha Turner – Love Again (James Bradshaw Blunted Club Mix) (EMI)
Mistah F. and Marcia Juell feat. Carlos Black – What We Live For (White Noise Machine Extended Remix) (Exclusive)
Matthew Koma – Parachute (7th Heaven Club Mix) (Interscope)
Diego Donati & Franco Amato – Funky Dee Jay (Alternative Main Mix) (E-Lab)
David Guetta feat. Taped Rai – Just One Last Time (Original Mix) (EMI)
Avicii – X You (Original Mix) (Universal)
Raf Marchesini and Joanna Rays – Just One Night (Raf Marchesini Mix) (Joys)
Brian Cross feat. Daniel Gidlund – Soldier (Original Mix) (Sony)
4 Strings feat. Seri – Ready to Fall (Original Mix) (Liquid)
Cherry Cherry Boom Boom – One and Only (Dave Aude Club Mix) (Universal)

Thanks everyone for your continuing support, and for listening!

Dance Chart for 3/22/2013

Wesley King — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 18:11:41 +0000

A bit late on this cycle; posting it retroactively. ;-) Here’s what’s got me going at the present time…

TOP 15
Kesha – C’Mon (Cutmore Club Mix) (Sony)
Paul Van Dyk feat. Adam Young – Eternity (Paul Van Dyk & Alex M.O.R.P.H Club Mix) (Vandit)
John de Sohn feat. Kristin Amparo – Dance Our Tears Away (Extended) (Sony)
Punkrockerz feat. Carmen & Camille – IDGAF (MD Electro Club Remix) (CAPP)
Nicole Scherzinger – Boomerang (Cahill Club Mix) (Universal)
Sariah – Kill the Lights (Electro Club Mix) (Reigning Hearts)
Nikki Williams – Glowing (DJ Steve Watt and Jukebox Extended Remix) (Universal)
Depeche Mode – Heaven (Freemasons Club Mix) (Sony)
Tribal Saints feat. Rev-Players & Niki Torre – Moments of My Broken Heart (Josh Harris Club Mix) (Amathus)
Sultan + Ned Shepard & NERVO feat. Omarion – Army (Original Mix) (Strictly Rhythm)
Joanna Rays – Just Another Day (Club Mix – Full Vocal) (Sony)
Naked Highway – Cause This (Jared Jones Club Mix) (Indie)
Tegan & Sara – Closer (Sultan & Ned Shepard Club Mix) (Warner)
Tenishia feat. Chris Jones – Memory of a Dream (Club Mix) (S107/Armada)
Lawson – Learn to Love Again (Cutmore Extended Mix) (Polydor)

FAVORITE RECENT ADDS
Loreen – In My Head (Promise Land Extended Mix) (Warner)
Sophi – This is Our Love (Cahill Original Club Mix) (Indie)
Christina Aguilera – Let There Be Love (Cutmore Club Mix) (RCA)

STILL COOKING
Cherry Cherry Boom Boom – One and Only (Dave Aude Club Mix) (Universal)
Matthew Koma – Parachute (7th Heaven Club Mix) (Interscope)
Sarah Brightman – Angel (Wawa Extended) (Frontside)
Cascada – Glorious (Extended Mix) (Universal)
Alexandra Stan – Cliché (Hush, Hush) (Original Club Mix) (Ultra)

Favorite Tracks: Canadian Sisters Rockin’

Wesley King — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 16:01:05 +0000

I have to confess I’m a bit late to the party for a particular pair of Canadian sisters who hail from Calgary, Alberta of all places. I’m talking about Tegan & Sara, who recently released their 7th studio album, Heartthrob.

I happened to catch a review of the album, and after listening to the samples in the review, I wanted to hear more. It didn’t take long to sell me on my first full album purchase in what must certainly be years at this point. I can’t speak to the sisters’ earlier work, but reviews seem to suggest that with Heartthrob, the duo have become more pop-centric and mainstream. Whether that resonates with their core fan base I have no idea, but I found the album to be a great collection of songs consistent in the quality of songwriting and production. I should note that the material is not dance music.

Closer seems to be the single getting the focus of attention—the dance remix for which I initially overlooked back when the promos hit, but went back to reconsider. I’m glad I did. The official video (of the original version, not the remix) is on YouTube, also embedded below:

Tegan & Sara aren’t the only Canadian twins who have been on my mind lately. Some distance farther west—Vancouver, to be exact—is the home of another set of musically-inclined twins in Carmen & Camille. Far less well-known than the Calgary duo, these two girls share with them some great innate talent and polished pop chops. The song they’re currently working from their own indie label (TwinSpin) is IDGAF, the official video for which is on YouTube, and embedded:

German production duo Punkrockerz have created en EP of dance treatments across EDM sub-genres, credited as Punkrockerz feat. Carmen & Camille, which was released in Europe on Mental Madness Records, and in the US by CAPP Records. My favorite is a terrific electro mix, and there’s a “remix” of the video for this version as well on YouTube, and below:

In any event, if these two pairs of twins and these two songs are any indication, good things do indeed comes in twos.

Playlist for House Party Mixshow #224 (3/22/2013)

Wesley King — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:40:17 +0000

Here’s the playlist for the DJ Wesley House Party Mixshow #224, first aired March 22, 2013:

Tenishia feat. Chris Jones – Memory of a Dream (Club Mix) (S107/Armada)
Whigfield – Saturday Night (Sunflake Club Mix) (SPG)
Charli XCX – You (Ha Ha Ha) (Goldroom Remix) (Asylum)
Nemesis – Number One in Heaven (Dave Aude Mixshow Edit) (Curb)
Nikki Williams – Glowing (Danny Verde Club Mix) (Universal)
Sophi – This is Our Love (Cahill Original Club Mix) (Indie)
Tegan & Sara – Closer (Sultan & Ned Shepard Club Mix) (Warner)
Avi Elman & Danny J. feat. Nuwella – What’s the Point (Seamus Haji Remix) (Strictly Rhythm)
Debbie Harry – Two Times Blue (Soul Seekerz Extended Vocal) (Eleven Seven)
Loreen – In My Head (Promise Land Extended Mix) (Warner)
John de Sohn – Dance Our Tears Away (Stonebridge Remix) (Sony)

Thanks everyone for your continuing support, and for listening!

Playlist for House Party Mixshow #223 (3/15/2013)

Wesley King — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 02:40:58 +0000

Here’s the playlist for the DJ Wesley House Party Mixshow #223, first aired March 15, 2013:

The Young Professionals – Be With You Tonight (Viceroy Club Mix) (Indie)
Amelia Lily – You Bring Me Joy (Steve Smart & WestFunk Extended Mix) (Universal)
Naked Highway – Cause This (Jared Jones Club Mix) (Naked Highway Music)
Darren Round feat. Mel D. Storms – Remedy (Extended Mix) (Amathus)
David Jones and Alex Martello vs. Paula Lobos – Stand Up (Original Mix) (Zouk)
Cheryl Cole – The Flood (Wideboys Club Mix) (Universal)
M’Black – Crush (Extended Mix) (Destined)
U.V.U.K. – Forever (Original Extended) (Robbins)
Joanna Rays – Just Another Day (Club Mix – Full Vocal) (Sony)
Loreen – Euphoria (7th Heaven Club Mix) (Warner)
Daytone feat. Amanda Wilson – Good 4 Me (Bassmonkeys Club Mix) (Reverb XL)
Afrojack vs. Keane – Sovereign Light Cafe (Afrojack Remix) (Spinnin’)

Thanks everyone for your continuing support, and for listening!

Favorite Tracks: Tenishia – Memory of a Dream

Wesley King — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:44:41 +0000

While as a DJ I don’t play that much trance generally, this EDM genre remains a favorite of mine—especially vocal trance, with its lyrics often showing amazing depth of feeling and emotion, paired with the classical-like rises and falls of the music itself that are so characteristic of the genre.

I recently came across a promo from Armada for a release on their S107 sub-label from Tenishia, the Maltese duo of Cyprian Cassar and Joven Grech. Last year, the pair released a full-length album titled Memory of a Dream, and the promo was for the song of the same name. With vocals provided by Chris Jones, the song is simple yet beautiful, with lyrics that pulse with emotion. The best way to hear that is the unplugged mix, which is little more than Jones’ singing and a simple piano arrangement. The full mix of the song follows the typical vocal trance formula to really good effect.

What sours an otherwise strong musical story here is an accompanying music video that is among the worst I’ve seen since Hannah‘s embarrassing video destruction of her otherwise stunningly beautiful release, I Believe in You. (You can see the video against Cahill’s mix of the song here.) In the video, the singer and a pair of dancers stage an amateurishly choreographed dance framed against a sci-fi backdrop that makes the original Star Trek television series look positively cutting-edge—none of it having anything at all to do with the stunning, heartfelt lyrics. But I digress…

The Tenishia video for Memory of a Dream does not, at least, look like a high school cinematography student’s production (like the Hannah video), but that doesn’t make it any less ridiculous. It starts on a beautiful, touching note: A little girl whose parent or guardian has ostensibly been killed in a car accident, looking on at the scene, crying. That much fits with the emotionality of the song. But it doesn’t last long. Soon enough, the video digresses into the two producers building a robot who becomes the little girl’s companion and they live happily ever after, apparently. It is, in a word, absurd—and completely not in keeping with the tone or substance of the lyric.

In any case, you can make your own judgment on the video while listening to the stellar song behind it; the official video is on YouTube, also embedded below:

Dance Chart for 3/8/2013

Wesley King — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 03:25:23 +0000

I’ve had a lot of requests recently to return to generating some sort of a regular chart. I decided there’s no time like the present. My expectation is to issue a new chart roughly every couple of weeks. Stay tuned. In the past, I’ve posted this to my own web site, and may again; for now, the blog seems like a great spot for it.

TOP 15
Nicole Scherzinger – Boomerang (Cahill Club Mix) (Universal)
Kesha – C’Mon (Cutmore Club Mix) (Sony)
Maroon 5 – Daylight (Wideboys Club Mix) (Universal)
Lawson – Learn to Love Again (Cutmore Extended Mix) (Polydor)
Paul Van Dyk feat. Adam Young – Eternity (Paul Van Dyk & Alex M.O.R.P.H Club Mix) (Vandit)
Kimberley Walsh – One Day I’ll Fly Away (The Alias Club Mix) (Universal)
John de Sohn feat. Kristin Amparo – Dance Our Tears Away (Extended) (Sony)
Cascada – Glorious (Extended Mix) (Universal)
Sarah Brightman – Angel (Wawa Extended) (Frontside)
Armin van Buuren feat. Fiora – Waiting For The Night (Beat Service Remix) (Armada)
Nikki Williams – Glowing (DJ Steve Watt and Jukebox Extended Remix) (Universal)
Tribal Saints feat. Rev-Players & Niki Torre – Moments of My Broken Heart (Josh Harris Club Mix) (Amathus)
Sultan + Ned Shepard & NERVO feat. Omarion – Army (Original Mix) (Strictly Rhythm)
Sariah – Kill the Lights (Electro Club Mix) (Reigning Hearts)
Alexandra Stan – Cliché (Hush, Hush) (Original Club Mix) (Ultra)

FAVORITE RECENT ADDS
Punkrockerz feat. Carmen & Camille – IDGAF (MD Electro Club Remix) (CAPP)
Joanna Rays – Just Another Day (Club Mix – Full Vocal) (Sony)
Depeche Mode – Heaven (Freemasons Club Mix) (Sony)
Naked Highway – Cause This (Jared Jones Club Mix) (Indie)
Courtney Stodden – Reality (Klubjumpers Extended) (Indie)

STILL COOKING
Marina and the Diamonds – How to Be a Heartbreaker (Almighty Remix) (Universal)
Misha B. – Do You Think of Me (Liam Keegan Club Mix) (Sony)
Matthew Koma – Parachute (7th Heaven Club Mix) (Interscope)