This 118 bpm deep house set contains tracks that toe the line between Indie Dance and Deep House.  Have a listen and let me know what you think.  Personally, I love this sound and plan to share a lot more of it in the future.

Enjoy.

Track List:

1. Cold As Ice (Louie Fresco Remix)  -  Modern Amusement
2. Cruel Banana  -  Death On The Balcony
3. Over You (Wildkats Remix) — Lee Brinx ft Tina Geru
4. Metallic Italic (Massimiliano Pagliara Remix) — Dance Disorder
5. Lonely Night — Tad Wily
6. U Got Me — Lee Foss
7. Run Around — Lee Foss
8. Cloud Dancer — Solomun ft Ole Soul
9. Half Baked (Maceo Plex Remix) — Jin Choi
10. Fuga Da (Daniele Baldelli Remix)- Off Key Hat
11. Bakerman (Soul Clap Remix) — Laid Back
12. Pumped Up Kicks — Foster The People
13. Found — Max Chapman
14. Ride With Me — Roberto Rodriguez
15. I Do Believe (40 Thieves Remix) — Kid Creole

The set has a lot of soulful tech house with vocals and bangin’ baselines.  There’s also a very special techno track that’s been waiting to get out since 2003.

Enjoy.

Track List:

1. I’m So Grateful (Ray Jones Vocal) — Benedetto & Farina ft LT Brown
2. Blackwater (Behrouz Sunset Mix) — Carl Kennedy ft Rosie Henshaw
3. 30 Second Man — Skaggs Joplin
4. Nobody (Main Mix) – Copyright
5. Say What (Extended) — Round Table Knights ft Ogris Debris
6. Remember When (Tapesh) — Sander Kleinenberg ft Jamie Cullum
7. Long Train Running (Psyco Disco Mix) — Jamie Lewis
8. Turn Me Out (David Penn Vocal Mix) — Sol Brothers vs Kathy Brown
9. Really Love Ya (Boogie Drama Mix) – Siopis
10. Off — Ministry Of Funk
11. Music In My Soul — Paul Gardner
12. Silver – Jona
13. Your Words (David Penn) — Studio Apartment ft Rae
14. Give It 2 U (Sandy Rivera Mix) — Quentin Harris
15. Koks und Prada (Tobi Neumann Mix) — Christian Kreuz

For those interested, the second half of the set is on the darker side of soul.

Enjoy.

Track Listing:

1. It’s a Party (Ben Tom’s Roboto Mix) – Ben Tom ft. Mr. V
2. All This Love For You (Rocco Mix) – Ralf GUM ft. Dimondancer
3. Hey Hey (DF Vocal Mix) – Dennis Ferrer
4. Do the Right Thing – Inaya Day & Quentin Harris
5. Luv Dancin’ (Choo Choo B-Boy Mix) – Underground Solution
6. Miramar (Tim Sanchez Mix) – Cherry Girl
7. Freaque On (2010 Mix) – D. Ramirez
8. Gibbon – Drop Out Orchestra
9. Wilder Side (Discotech Mix) – Rasmus Faber
10. Do You Want To (Beat & Bleep Mix) – Dr. Kucho
11. Tom’s Dinner (Bingo Players Mix) – Suzanne Vega
12. The Void – Dogman
13. Mopsicle – Drop Out Orchestra
14. I Like to Party – Room 5
15. Funky Town (Yvel & Tristan Mix) – Quasar
16. Gibbon (Crash Mix) – Drop Out Orchestra
17. Mash It Up – Jaswho
18. Come On – Javi Mula
19. Funk Hits the Fun – Plump Djs

Enjoy.

Track Listing:

1. All I Do (U-Turn Disco Mix) – Stevie Wonder
2. Music & Wine – Blue Six
3. Girls Are Evil (Groove Junkies Mix) – Jocasta
4. Those Things (Simon Grey Phase II Vocal Mix) – Miguel Migs
5. Love Connection – Fanatix feat. Alex Mills
6. Church Lady (MF Mix) – Dennis Ferrer
7. Old Landmark (Sven Love Mix) – Djoon ft. Kenny Bobien
8. You Don’t Know (Tribute Mix) – Susu Bobien
9. In Time (Richard Earnshaw Mix) – Andy Compton
10. Hate on Me (Sole Channel ft. Mr. V) – Jill Scott
11. Bring the Beat Back – Mr. V
12. The Tea (Layabouts Mix) – Choklate
13. Something Special (Spirit Catcher Mix) – Max Sedgley
14. Bad Habit (Uner Mix) – ATFC ft. Lisa Milet
15. Love for Now – Nicc johnson ft. LT Brown
16. Music is the Answer (Gabriel Vezzola Mix) – Danny Tenaglia ft. Celeda

Enjoy.

Track Listing:

1. Turn Me On — Black Coffee ft. Bucie
2. Share (Jellybean Benitez Dub) — Kenny Bobien
3. I Wish I Didn’t Mix You — Blaze ft. Angie Stone
4. Hate On Me (Sole Channel ft. Mr. V) — Jill Scott
5. You Were Singing (Ralf Gum) — King Clubb
6. Hanging’ On A Dream — Avi Elman
7. 10 Minutes of Pleasure — Smooth Tough ft. G-Sax
8. Near To Me — Sonny Fodera ft. Alyson Joy
9. Did You Miss Me (Pistol Puma Mix) — Tortured Soul
10. Skin Tight (Kinky Movement Mix) — Da Sun Lounge
11. We Built this House - Heller & Farley ft. Cevin Fisher
12. The Word is Love — Voices of Life

Funk and Soul!  House music the way it’s supposed to be. With tracks from some of the best funky house producers in the industry — Inland Knights, Joey Negro, Dj Dealer, Sound Diggers, Short Bus Kids, Crazy P, Jorge Watts, and Random Soul.

Enjoy… Residence.

Track Listing:

1. Insatiable (Soletek Mix) — Miamik (Liorca)
2. Little W 12th St. (Instrumental) — Ralf Gum
3. Call Me (Club Mix) — Graceland ft Lauren David
4. Come Back Home (Joey Negro Mix) — Secret Sounds
5. Speak to Me — Dj Dealer ft Lisa Millett
6. Palco – Soulman
7. Things are Changing — Short Bus Kids
8. New Day — Sly City
9. Mama Says — Chris Harris & Dom Martin
10. Upside Down — Latenight Society
11. Dance Like This — Sound Diggers
12. Boom Bap Gutter — Short Bus Kids
13. Don’t Call Me — Ned Flanders
14. Bad Connection — Sonny Fodera
15. Break a Dawn — Corduroy Mavericks
16. The Hit — Crazy P
17. Down On It (Inland Knights Mix) — Sound Navigators
18. It’s On Tonight — Inland Knights
19. Lose My Mind — Sonny Fodera
20. Express, Connect, Then Shake — Random Soul
21. A Thang — Jorge Watts
22. The Break Up — Your Mumma ft Ron-E

Enjoy.

Track Listing

1. Tonight (Main Mix) – Dajae
2. I Surrender – Kemal feat. Maiya
3. Freak the Frequency – M1
4. Get Involved – Chris Harris
5. Dust (Induceve House Mix) – Recloose
6. Raise Your Hands – Franck Roger
7. Get Down, Get Dirty – Unknown
8. In Da Club – Copyright
9. My All (David Harness Mix) – Dj Dealer
10. Move Along – Toka Project
11. Living at Night – Chuck Love
12. Crazy P – Inland Knights
13. Freak the Frequency (Reprise) – M1
14. Revolution – David Penn
15. You Used to Hold Me — D.O.N.S.
16. Wonderland – Dennis Naidanow
17. Thinking ‘Bout You – Matt Brady
18. Low End – Chuck Love
19. Got to Do Better — Jinks

This is a driving house music set and the song selection is a bit disjointed; but hey, it was Saturday afternoon at Burning Man… what do you expect?!

Enjoy.

Track Listing

1. Sandcastles (Tiger Stripes Dub) – Dennis Ferrer
2. Move Your Body – Dj Jeroenski & Bjorn B
3. Upside Down – Juanra Martinez
4. Time to Freak – My Digital Enemy
5. Freaks Come Out (Prok & Fitch Mix) – Cevin Fisher
6. Let the Sun Shine (Mile & Sugar Mix) – Milk & Sugar
7. Strip for Me – Danism & Haze
8. Rock with You (Hook N Slink Mix) – Michael Jackson
9. Bye Bye – Moire
10. Mundo (David Penn Mix) – Prok & Fitch
11. Pesadilla Hermosa (Pig & Dan Mix) — Erphun

The first twenty minutes of the mix are deep and soulful with a slow progression in to the sound that I’ve been enthralled with for the past couple years.  This deep, chunky sound has been around for a while with support from legendary producers like Quentin Harris, Ralf Gum,  Mr. V, Copy Right, Sandy Rivera, Chocolate Puma, Dj Disciple,  David Penn, Soul Avengerz, Joey Negro, Mood II Swing, Dj Spen, and King Unique.

Enjoy.

Track Listing

1. You Are My Everything – Uj Project
2. Say Something – Tovar
3. After My Love – Vincent Kwok
4. This is Not Your Job – Da Lata
5. Can’t Stop – Quentin Harris
6. H.O.U.S.E. – Mr. V
7. Deep is All I Know – Justin Michael
8. Drop the Bomb – Soul Avenger
9. Dayz — Unknown
10. Revolution – David Penn
11. Reach 4 You (Mood II Swing Dub) – Mood II Swing
12. Speed Up – Funkerman
13. The Ministers – Bongolovers
14. Wondrous — David Penn
15. God Made Me Funky – Mike Dunn

Inspired by many artists, here are a few that I listened to before creating Soul Vigilance: Joey Negro, Chuck Love, David Harness, Louie Vega, Dimitri from Paris, Barbara Tucker, Kerri Chandler, David Morales, Blaze, Miguel Migs, and Johnny Collective.

Enjoy.

Track Listing:

1. In Transit (Home to You) – Tortured Soul
2. It Ain’t All Good – De La Soul feat. Chaka Khan
3. Sometimes (Crazy P Superfunk remix) – Miguel Migs
4. Rescue Me – Sunkids feat. Chance
5. Soul Symphony – Chuck Love
6. Those Things – Simon Grey
7. Bumpy Jazz – Unknown Artist
8. My Lord – Unknown Artist
9. So Many Times – Unknown Artist
10. Liftin’ Me Higher (Central Avenue Classic mix) – Random Soul
11. Music Makes Me – Manuel Herrero
12. Love the Music (Funkellers Love remix) – Ronnie Maze
13. Inside & Out (Groovejunkies funky dub) – Richard Earnshaw
14. Lost Between Midnight & Dawn – Jaxx Love

In addition to his musical talents, Dj Rooz keeps the SF underground well informed about upcoming parties, events, and the latest music to hit the streets through his frequently updated website.

Check it out… http://www.djrooz.com

This is a banging disco house set that may cause serious physical and psychological side effects. I recommend caution! The mixing is absurd, the track selection is over the top, and there are parts of the mix that could cause epileptic seizures.

All that aside, it was a lot of fun to make! We don’t hear much disco house in our circles anymore so I have to resort to bangin’ it out in the privacy of my own home. Yes, I’m still talking about house music…

And one day while viciously throwing down on his box Jack boldly declared LET THERE BE HOUSE! And house music was born. You see, house is a feeling that no one can understand really unless you’re deep into the vibe of house. House is an uncontrollable desire to jack your body and as I told you before this is our house and our house music.

I pulled tracks from a number of legendary house producers that used to rock the disco tracks back in the day — Carl Cox, Olav Basoski, Robbie Rivera, Antoine Clamaran, Dj Disciple, and Richard “Humpty” Vission and many others. The ‘90s were an awesome time for funky ass house music… here’s a little reminder.

Enjoy.

Track Listing:

1. Duffle — “Sweat N Wet” J Reverse mix
2. Disco Darlings — “Rock this Place”
3. Dj Funkso — “Walk on the Park”
4. Tim Deluxe — “We All Love Sax”
5. Carl Cox — “Give Me Your Love” Mi-Son mix
6. Olav Basoski — “Back of da Bus”
7. DC Chant — “No Stoppin’”
8. Dj Funkso “The Crave”
9. Boriqua Bandits “Midnite Exspresso” Dj Disciple dub
10. Steve Porter & Dj Hush — “Carismo”
11. Robbie Rivera — “Sex” feat Billy Paul — Antoine Clamaran mix
12. Unknown Artist — “The Disco Set”
13. Unknown Artist — “House Precurser”
14. Dj Trieb — “House Ain’t Givin’ Up” — Tony Bravo mix
15. Seamus Haji — “Party People”
16. Denis Naidanow — “Get the Funk”
17. Graflin Booth — “Get Me Workin’” Zero Down mix
18. D.V.N. — “Feel it Now”
19. Mattlok & Mahogany Bliss — “I Luv Funky Music”
20. Sugar Caine — “Addicted to Disco”
21. Glamour Inc. — “Nasty Disco”
22. Unknown Artist — “???”
23. Pleasure Seekers — “Move It”
24. Bionik Phunk — “In My Head” feat Sugar Caine

I hope you enjoy it as much as I have…

Track Listing:

1. Trentemoller — “Prana”
2. Camroc — “Dark Skies”
3. Funkagenda — “San Francisco” Micky Slims remix
4. Groove Diggerz — “Neon Funk”
5. Egor Boss — “Superfreak” Miles Dyson remix
6. John Acquaviva — “Zombie (BluFin)” Aquachop dub
7. Dec D — “Cold Drop”
8. Lovecity — “Believe” feat Dany L.
9. Adam K, Soha — “I Like Rhythm” Hotbox Digital
10. Roog & Greg — “Uber” D.Ramirez remix
11. Darwin & Backwall — “Doesn’t Matter” Parlanges dub
12. Unknown Artist — “Get Dumb”
13. Dj Disciple — “Rise Up”
14. Molder — “Shruberry”
15. Nicola Fasano — “75. Brazil St”
16. Peter Gelderblom — “Waiting For” feat Tim Royko
17. Sultan & Ned Shepard — “Itajai Vibes” Wize remix
18. Superbass — “Solution” feat Relation
19. Morten Alick — “Mechanical Symphony”
20. Marco Demark — “Tiny Dancer” Deadmau5 remix
21. Patric Bryze & Tim Tonique — “Better World” Thomas Gold remix

As for my latest house mix, it was created for a close group of friends born in November (hence the name) and played at Pink with Franky Boissy and Jojo Flores.

Enjoy.

Track Listing:

1. Christos Kessidis — “Abre Las Alas” feat Namara
2. Jay Tripwire — “Noodle Disco”
3. Dj Dealer — “The Dance Electric”
4. Da Sunlounge — “Rude Jazz”
5. Jazzy Eyewear — “Cruise Control”
6. Sound Diggers — “Mind Bomb”
7. Trevor Loveys — “Swing It”
8. Terminator X — “The Boogie That Be”
9. Soul Conspiracy — “Freak”
10. Troydon — “Playtime”
11. Kinky Movement — “Illusion”
12. Sound Republic — “Penny Slots”
13. Nate Laurence & Scrubfish — “Sleepless Cold Nights”
14. Bon Johnson — “Slumber Party Massacre”
15. Brown & Da Sunlounge — “Want to Do”
16. Jay Heath — “I’m With Ya”
17. Pulaski Park — “Labeda” Sunday Morning mix

I hope you all had a safe and enjoyable NYE. I spent the evening with a small group of friends at Kelly’s Mission Rock in San Francisco. We had the privilege of watching D:FUSE work his magic until the wee hours of the morning. If you haven’t seen him live, I highly recommend it. He’s an amazing performer and never fails to turn it out.

Well, it’s a new year so I thought I’d start things off with a spiritual rant to go along with my latest deep house mix. For those of you who don’t know 2007 marked the end of the Zodiac calendar’s 12 year cycle. What does this mean you ask? How does this relate to Midnight Soul or anything else for that matter? Well, I was born in 1972, so according to Chinese astrology, 2008 is my year! It’s the beginning of a new 12 year cycle… a time for change, new opportunities, and challenges. I don’t hold much stock in astrology but I am looking forward to making 2008 the best year ever!

And with that I give you an uplifting deep house set called ‘Year of the Rat’.

Enjoy.

Track Listing:

1. Joe T Vannelli — “Prelude”
2. Jon Cutler & Matthias Heilbronn — “651”
3. Colette — “If” — Inland Knights mix
4. This is Rhythm — “Please Don’t Call” — Earnshaw’s Jazzroom mix
5. Fish Go Deep — “The Cure & The Cause” — Dennis Ferrer mix
6. Kemal feat Foxxee — “City Street Walking”
7. Fred Everything — “Come on Everybody”
8. Yogi & Husky — “It Feels Alright” — Petal Pusher remix
9. Blaze — “Lovelee Dae” — Jake Childs mix
10. Matt Bandy feat jans Ingber — “Thanking Bout You”
11. Sound Republic & J. Todd — “Imaginary Lover”
12. Ivan I & Jason Howell — “Blessed Dub”
13. Smooth Touch feat G-Sax — “Mountain High”
14. Bengi Candelario & Vincent Kwok — “Quiero Saber”
15. Sergio Flores vs Mitomi Tokoto — “Hold On (That Piano Track)”
16. Havana Funk — “Ya Salio” — Scientific Soul Macumba mix
17. Souldynamic feat Brent St Clair — “Slow it Down”