Playlist for House Party Mixshow #223 (3/15/2013)
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
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
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)
Playlist for House Party Mixshow #222 (3/8/2013)
Here’s the playlist for the DJ Wesley House Party Mixshow #222, first aired March 8, 2013:
- Maroon 5 – Daylight (Wideboys Club Mix) (Universal)
- Daddy’s Groove – Stellar (Explicit Extended) (Robbins)
- Matthew Koma – Parachute (7th Heaven Club Mix) (Interscope)
- Dhany – Let It Go (Original Extended) (d:Vision)
- Depeche Mode – Heaven (Freemasons Club Mix) (Sony)
- Project 46 and DubVision feat. Donna Lewis – You & I (Original Mix) (Sony)
- Stooshe – Black Heart (Bimbo Jones Club Mix) (Warner)
- Courtney Stodden – Reality (Klubjumpers Extended) (Indie)
- Olly Murs – Army of Two (Steve Smart & WestFunk Extended Mix) (Sony)
- Max Ice and Astralbody feat. Brooke Mitchell – Angel Don’t Cry (Original Mix Extended) (Morenloud)
- NiRe AllDai – Hella Bad (Jody Den Broeder Club Mix) (Virgin)
Thanks everyone for your continuing support, and for listening!
Playlist for House Party Mixshow #221 (3/1/2013)
Here’s the playlist for the DJ Wesley House Party Mixshow #221, first aired March 1, 2013:
- DJ Kuffar – I Saw Your Smile (Soul Conspiracy Ultradisco Remix) (Lowered)
- Punkrockerz feat. Carmen & Camille – IDGAF (MD Electro Club Remix) (CAPP)
- One Direction – Kiss You (Sharoque Remix) (Sony)
- Kesha – C’Mon (Cutmore Club Mix) (Sony)
- Robbie Rivera and Blake Lewis – All We Are (Original Mix) (Black Hole)
- Misha B. – Here’s to Everything (Bimbo Jones Club Mix) (Sony)
- Becca – Come & Get My Love (Extended Vocal Mix) (Cutting)
- Ella Furmane – We Control the Night (Funk3D Club) (Promark)
- Cascada – Glorious (Extended Mix) (Universal)
- Stacey Jackson – Pointing Fingers (Dave Aude Extended Mix) (Virgin)
- Inna – J’adore (Extended Mix) (Do It Yourself)
- Misha B. – Do You Think of Me (Liam Keegan Club Mix) (Sony)
Playlist for House Party Mixshow #220 (2/22/2013)
Here’s the playlist for the DJ Wesley House Party Mixshow #220, first aired February 22, 2013:
- David Guetta feat. Rihanna – Right Now (Mikael Wills Bootleg Remix) (Def Jam)
- Tasty feat. Chenai – Don’t Walk Away (Club Junkies Mix) (Tasty)
- Nicole Scherzinger – Boomerang (Cahill Club Mix) (Universal)
- Sarah Brightman – Angel (Wawa Extended) (Frontside)
- Russ Castella feat. Elissa – Truth (Mike Rizzo Global Club Remix) (Bliss)
- A&P feat. Viktor Wejner – Open Up Your Eyes (Extended) (Forrari)
- Armin van Buuren feat. Fiora – Waiting For The Night (Beat Service Remix) (Armada)
- Fantomen – Circles (Club Edit) (Supermarket)
- Damien J Carter & Damien Heck – Glacier In The Sun (Full Vocal Mix) (Relifted)
- Britt Nicole – Gold (Wideboys Club Mix) (Universal)
- Joey Negro – Make a Move On Me (Club Mix) (Data)
Playlist for House Party Mixshow #219 (2/15/2013)
Here’s the playlist for the DJ Wesley House Party Mixshow #219, first aired February 15, 2013:
- Tune feat. Akon, Raquel and P. Money – Keep On Calling (David May Extended Mix) (D-Noy)
- Jaybee feat. Morris – Shattered Dreams (Original Extended Mix) (CAPP)
- Anakyn feat. Fabio Lendrum – Point Blank (Love Is Blind) (Extended Vocal Mix) (Atlantic)
- Audien feat. Michael S. – Leaving You (Original Mix) (Zouk)
- Tribal Saints feat. Rev-Players and Niki Torre – Moments of My Broken Heart (Josh Harris Club Mix) (Amathus)
- Sultan + Ned Shepard & NERVO feat. Omarion – Army (Original Mix) (Strictly Rhythm)
- Lawson – Learn to Love Again (Cutmore Extended Mix) (Polydor)
- Kimberley Walsh – One Day I’ll Fly Away (The Alias Club Mix) (Universal)
- Alicia Keys – Girl On Fire (Shahaf Moran Extended Mix) (RCA)
- 4 Strings feat. Ana Criado – Breathe Life In (Original Mix) (Liquid)
- Jolyon Petch – Wrong (Club Mix) (Club Luxury)
- Nacho Chapado & Smaz feat. Sue McLaren – Between Heaven and Earth (Original Mix) (Armada)
