DJ Cruze

In the words of Disco Four (from their track “Get Busy”):

The scratch. The bass. The congas in your face. The King of the beats gonna rock the place!

The King of the Beats is here with podcast episode #10. Make your ears happy and download it here:

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As always, here is the tracklisting for the show:

• DJ Cruze chart rundown:
  • Olav Basoski – Wait and See – Rootz Records
  • Filterfunk – S.O.S. (Message In A Bottle) (Delano & Crockett Remix) – Gusto
  • Axer – 123 – Pryda Records
  • The Modern – Industry (Bimbo Jones Dub) – Mercury
  • Solu Music feat. Kimberlee – Fade (Grant Nelson Big Room Vocal Mix) – Hed Kandi
  • Shapeshifters – Incredible (Denis The Menace & Jerry Ropero’s Full Vocal Mix) – Positiva
  • Joey Negro – Make A Move On Me – Z Records
• Cruze classic from 1991:
  • The House Crew – Keep The Fire Burning – Production House

As I mentioned in the show I’ve been downloading some more podcasts for my iPod and here are two you should definitely check out if you like house music:

• Alex Harmony – Der Harmonizer ist im Haus! Alex is rocking a funky tech-electro sound with a classic thrown in for good measure. Even if you don’t speak German it’s worth a download. He said he might do the next in English anyway so keep subscribed.
• One Phat DJ – He’s phat not fat! Funky tunes with a similar taste in music to me. A must have on your iPod.

As always I love to hear your feed back on the show. Contact me using the form provided and I’ll get back to you as soon as I can. I’m always looking for new tunes to play on the show so if you’re an up and coming producer who’s looking for some exposure then let me know and if I like the tunes then I’ll play them.

1. Joey Negro – Make A Move On Me – Z Records
2. Shapeshifters – Incredible (Denis The Menace & Jerry Ropero’s Full Vocal Mix) – Positiva
3. Ying Yang Twins – Shake (Xpress 2 Mix) – TVT Records
4. One Hit Wonders – Grace Of God (Raul Rincon Mix) – Gusto
5. Solu Music feat. Kimberlee – Fade (Grant Nelson Big Room Vocal Mix) – Hed Kandi
6. The Modern – Industry (Bimbo Jones Dub) – Mercury
7. Madonna – Sorry (Man With Guitar Mix) – Maverick
8. Axer – 123 – Pryda Records
9. Filterfunk – S.O.S. (Message In A Bottle) (Delano & Crockett Remix) – Gusto
10. Olav Basoski – Elektric – Rootz Records
11. Superbass – Go To Pieces (Jon Gurd Remix) – CR2 Records
12. Rasmus Faber – Get Over Here (Sunloverz Mix) – Azuli
13. Solsonik – When Love Is Fading (Richard F & Ralphie Romance Dub Mix) – No2 Records
14. Studio B – C’Mon Get It On (Club Mix) – Loaded
15. Mike Polo – Gypsy Woman – Disco:Wax
16. Ian Carey & Mochico feat. Miss Bunty – Say What You Want (Ian Carey Dub Mix) – Nero
17. Armand Van Helden – Sugar – Southern Fried Records
18. Boogie Pimps – The Music In Me (West End Sun Remix) – Data
19. MYNC Project & Danny Rampling – Strobelight (Dub) – Positiva
20. In.Stinct Records – In.Stinct Sampler – In.Stinct Records

I’m finally back in the land of the living and catching up with my emails. Apologies to anyone who has emailed me since Christmas and I haven’t replied yet. I’ve had a major amount of work to do and have not managed to clear the backlog of emails that I’ve had. I’ll be done by the weekend I hope so expect a reply soon. I love hearing from readers of the site and listeners to the podcast so get in touch.

Have you all managed to download episode #9 of the podcast then? This is the first podcast that I’ve moved onto my new webhost so I wanted to check that everything is ok. Let me know if you have problems downloading and I’ll get it sorted. If anyone need a new webhost for their site then I would highly recommend Dreamhost.

They give you 20GB of webspace and 1TB per month of bandwidth! Hopefully I won’t be exceeding that just yet but the rate of listeners that I’m getting per month, you never know! They also have a great web interface for managing your site and allow you to host unlimited domains. In short – they rock!

So what else am I up to then? Well I’m preparing some articles for the website for you to help all of the budding DJs, producers and podcasters get up and running. Hopefully you’ll find something useful in there and there will be some useful information. I’m also working on a track at the moment which I’m hoping to get finished before the next podcast. I’ll then make it available for people to download and use. Some of you DJs out there will be able to get it into your funky house and electro sets I think. If you can think of anything that you need help with then get in touch and let me know.

1. Joey Negro – Make A Move On Me – Z Records
2. One Hit Wonders – Grace Of God (Raul Rincon Mix) – Gusto
3. Ying Yang Twins – Shake (Xpress 2 Mix) – TVT Records
4. Rasmus Faber – Get Over Here (Sunloverz Mix) – Azuli
5. Shapeshifters – Incredible (Denis The Menace & Jerry Ropero’s Full Vocal Mix) – Positiva
6. Solsonik – When Love Is Fading (Richard F & Ralphie Romance Dub Mix) – No2 Records
7. Studio B – C’Mon Get It On (Club Mix) – Loaded
8. Mike Polo – Gypsy Woman – Disco:Wax
9. Ian Carey & Mochico feat. Miss Bunty – Say What You Want (Ian Carey Dub Mix) – Nero
10. Olav Basoski – Elektric – Rootz Records
11. Armand Van Helden – Sugar – Southern Fried Records
12. Boogie Pimps – The Music In Me (West End Sun Remix) – Data
13. In.Stinct Records – In.Stinct Sampler – In.Stinct Records
14. Freemasons – Watchin’ (Motivo Hi-Lectro Mix) – Loaded
15. High Life – Mercy On Me – Onephatdeeva
16. Fatblock feat. Ali – Everyday (Take Me Closer) (Plastik Funk Full Vox Mix) – Casa Rosso Recordings
17. Rosie Gains – Closer Than Close (We Delivery Mix) – Susu
18. The Egg – Walking Away (Tocadsico Mix) – CR2 Records
19. Haji & Emanuel – Take Me Away (Haji & Emanuel Vox) – Big Love
20. Denis The Menace & Jerry Ropera – Time To Turn Around (DTM & JR Club Vox) – Lowered Recordings

Happy new year and welcome to the first podcast for 2006. Podcast episode #9 features a special guest mix from my good friend and fellow DJ, Matthew Brooks. Matt is a DJ and promoter of the excellent Accident and Emergency collective. It’s something a bit different for the podcast as it flows from dirty electro house and filthy acid madness, right up to some drum and bass but as always it’s damn funky! Download it here:

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Here is the tracklisting for this week’s show:

• DJ Cruze chart rundown:
  • The Egg – Walking Away (Tocadisco Mix) – CR2 Records
• Special guest mix by Matthew Brooks from A&E:
  • The Juan Maclean – Give Me Every Little Thing – DFA
  • Freeform Five – No More Conversations (Mylo Remix) – Four Music
  • Scissor Sisters – Laura (Paper Faces Remix) – Polydor
  • Seymore Bits – Free – Klakson
  • Vitalic – La Rock 01 – Pias
  • LCD Soundsystem – Yeah (Crass Version) – DFA
  • Nu Tone – Three Bags Full – Hospital
  • High Contrast – Racing Green – Hospital
• Cruze classic from 1992:
  • Jam and Spoon – Stella – R&S Records

As always I love to hear your feed back on the show. Contact me using the form provided and I’ll get back to you as soon as I can. Big thanks to Matt for his mix and if you want to check out what the A&E crew are up to then go and check the website.

Mix details
Mixed on:	December 2002
Length:	01:08:15
File size:	62.4 MB

Tracklisting:

1. Give me my love? Can’t remember the name of this tune!
2. Ian Pooley & Magik J – Piha – Honchos Music
3. Tweet – Boogie Tonight (T&F Crushed DB Boulevard Club Re-edit) – White
4. Mighty Dub Katz – Let The Drums Speak – Southern Fried Records
5. Latin piano tune that I also can’t remember the name of!
6. Sybil – Why (Lisa Marie Vocal Experience) – Coalition Recordings
7. Mutiny – Ya’Self – Underwater records
8. Philly Station – Mon Super Lover – Black&Blue
9. Bob Sinclar – The Beat Goes On (Junior Jack Club Mix) – Defected
10. S-Club 7 – Dance (Harry’s Afro Hut Wonky Remix) – Polydor
11. Disco Dudes – Good Times – Smokin’ Beats
12. Oris Jay Presents Delsena – Trippin’ (Agent Sumo Body & Seoul Mix) – Gusto Records

Another DJ Cruze old mix is online! It’s only from 2002 but it’s a good one (…well I like it anyway!). Apologies that I can’t remember the name of every tune that is on there. I tend to just put tunes into the mix and not remember the name of them. I’ve got far too many white labels and promos with vague titles on them but I’ll try and find out the names for you in case you want to buy them. If you know the names of the tunes that I’ve forgotten then get in touch. I hope you enjoy the mix. Yes, I have put S-Club 7 in the mix. Don’t hate me! It’s a great funky remix from Harry “Choo Choo” Romero!

I’m still having problems with my webhost so you’ll get some other mixes from the 90s really soon. As you saw from the picture of my box full of tapes I have a lot to upload for you. How about one a month? Or maybe two if you’re really lucky! Also, the podcast will be online by Wednesday 18th January too as long as the webhost issues have stopped! As I mentioned last week I have got provisions for moving it to a new host so I’ll sort that out this week and the FTP access problems should go away.

I found out late last week that Mark Spoon (real name Markus Löffel) was found dead in his home. I meant to post something about this last week but didn’t get the chance. He was only 41 and died of a heart attack. He’s probably most famous for being a big (in both senses of the word!) trance DJ and for writing classic tunes like “Stella” (from the “Tales from a Danceographic Ocean” EP) with Jam El Mar as Jam & Spoon and as Storm with the tune “Time To Burn”. If you don’t know “Stella” then get hold of it as it’s a classic. Here are some stories about his death:

Mark Spoon
Another page about his death (in German) (and translated to English).

[update]: The Times (UK) Obiturary

Other than his earlier stuff, I wasn’t a particularly big fan of his music as it’s a lot tougher than the sort of stuff I play. His music was quite tough trance and techno but always very musical. I think that his reputation proceeded him and he lived life to the full. I know that anyone who saw him DJ said that he knew how to rock a party but if you talked to him he had a bad attitude. He was also know to have a very dusty mixer (if you get what I mean!). I still think it’s a sad loss when someone so young dies though, especially when they shaped the music that you listened to. Perhaps it’ll be a wake up call to a lot of people in the dance music scene who have their faces stuck in various class A substances a lot of the time. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not one of those people who is anti-drugs or anything as it would be hypocritical of me to comment (after my eventful youth)! But as the saying goes “everything in moderation” and I know that he was not known for his moderation.

I’ll dig “Stella” out for the next podcast so you lot can enjoy his music too. Rest in peace man.

1. In.Stinct Records – In.Stinct Sampler – In.Stinct Records
2. Freemasons – Watchin’ (Motivo Hi-Lectro Mix) – Loaded
3. Joey Negro – Make A Move On Me – Z Records
4. Olav Basoski – Elektric – Rootz Records
5. Ian Carey & Mochico feat. Miss Bunty – Say What You Want (Ian Carey Dub Mix) – Nero
6. High Life – Mercy On Me – Onephatdeeva
7. Ying Yang Twins – Shake (Xpress 2 Mix) – TVT Records
8. Fatblock feat. Ali – Everyday (Take Me Closer) (Plastik Funk Full Vox Mix) – Casa Rosso Recordings
9. Rosie Gains – Closer Than Close (We Delivery Mix) – Susu
10. The Egg – Walking Away (Tocadsico Mix) – CR2 Records
11. Haji & Emanuel – Take Me Away (Haji & Emanuel Vox) – Big Love
12. Denis The Menace & Jerry Ropera – Time To Turn Around (DTM & JR Club Vox) – Lowered Recordings
13. Simply Red – Something Got Me Started (Steve Mac Completely Squirreled Dub) – Simplyred.com
14. Plastik Funk – No Never – Casa Rosso Recordings
15. Mylo – Muscle Cars (Tiga Remix) – Breastfed
16. Porno – Music Power – Data
17. Staxx – Joy (Bimbo Jones Mix) – Champion
18. Silosonic – Something To Make You Feel Alright – CDR
19. Mary J Blige – Be Without You (Moto Blanco Vocal Mix) – Island
20. Rythme Fatal ft. Redd – Man In The Mirror (Kenny Hayes Dub) – AATW

Right then the webserver which hosts the MP3s for the podcast seems to be alive again. Fingers crossed that it will stay that way for the immediate future. My backup plan will spring into action at the weekend anyway so I’ll be a happy DJ! The next podcast should be online by Wednesday 18th January 2006 but I’ll hopefully have something else for you at the weekend.

I’ve heard nothing back from the technical support of the company who host my podcast so it’s probably time for drastic action. I’m busy sorting out a different server to host the audio and it should come online by the end of the week. Apologies for everyone who’s come to the site expecting to find my podcast and mixes. They will be back online soon.