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‘Narwhal’ is another Shakes alter ego and reserved for the liquid deep and tusky music that I intend to sparingly make in between other slower bpm’d aliases to be revealed over the coming months.  It’s been lovingly home baked in Logic Pro and still requires some final touches and professional mastering.  I’ll update this post when the final copy is ready.

Bloodstone (as the name suggests) was not a mix that flowed easily, it was more of a beat war for various technical reasons but has some decent tracks that are worth a listen.  Heavily laced with Crosstown Rebels releases (as they are consistently ‘whopping’ right now) it also features the new Morgan Geist alias Storm Queen track which will definitely be overplayed within nano seconds and the quirky Luv Jam on we play house music which I just had to have on vinyl.  

Style wise it’s a deeper bleepier affair than the finca am radio shows but nothing too headstrong (that one is in the pipeline)…

Listen to the mix below or DOWNLOAD IT HERE  

Bill Shakes 25 – Bloodstone by Billshakes on Mixcloud

 
Tracklist

1.Tourist Trap (Soul Clap & The Family Remix) – 11:11:
2. Someone To Count On – Sergio Giorgini
3. Magnetic Bodies – Cosmin TR 
4. Call The Shots (Llorca Naive Dub) – Art Of Tones feat. Jaw 
5. Silo (Original Mix) – Maceo Plex 
6. Get Together (Ooft Deep Dub) – Bubba, T-Bone 
7. It Goes On (Dub) – Storm Queen 
8. Unhinged – Inxec & Droog 
9. My Way – Amirali 
10. A Love Bizarre (Solomun Remix) – So Phat 
11. I Exist Because Of You (Dixon’s Stripped Down Version) – Henrik Schwarz & Amampondo 
12. Dinky – Teka
13. Long Ago (Mark E Remix) – Death On The Balcony 
14. Dewi On Deck – Luv Jam 

Here’s a cheeky re edit of Glen Campbell – These Days I did earlier this week.  I love the emotive Campbell and especially this song so thought I’d have a bash.  The flex to sequence was a little warping and its basically just some cut up loops and additional drums but hopefully it remains true and respectful to the original (unlikely for the purists).

Thanks to the marvellous AOR Disco Blog which featured the Glen edit in December and has given it some great exposure.

Click here to Download (for those that missed the first 100 downloads on soundcloud)

Here’s the original track in all it’s video glory.

Another DJ mix for the finca am radio show on Ibiza Global Radio and a small tribute to the re-edit format which often receives a lot of unfair schtick in my humble…  If it’s tastefully done then it’s fine by my me, Everything is a Remix after all…  This particular mix is laden with popular artists twisted by the edit but in keeping with the dreamy finca am vibe.x

Listen to the mix below or DOWNLOAD IT HERE 

Tracklist

1. Wake Up Everybody (Psychemagik Remix) – Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
2. Around The World Cover (Original Mix) – Benoit & Sergio
3. Observatory Crest (Fear of Theydon’s Indian Summer Dub) – Captain Beefheart
4. Sound And Vision (SteEdge Edit) – David Bowie
5. Diamonds (Todd Terje Tangoterje Dub Remix) – Paul Simon
6. Cello Song (Emtrails Edit) – Nick Drake
7. Cloudbusting (Charly Hustle No Bass Edit) – Kate Bush
8. Starlite (D-Pulse Remix) – Paul Weller
9. Whats Going On (Peter Zohdy Rework) – Marvin Gaye
10. Close To Me – Timo Garcia & Leo Zero