Toucan Music Podcast

By The Water - Aerologic Remix

podcast@toucanmusic.com (John Dalling) — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 21:25:00 GMT

A brand new progressive trance remix by Aerologic which adds haunting pads and rhythmic synths the melodic arpeggios featured in the original, and builds to a crescendo before breaking down with the tune and finally bringing in the hard synth stab patterns from the original. The release also features a second remix, a remastered version of the JMD hard trance remix originally released in 2005 as one of our Premium releases, and now available free of charge under a Creative Commons licence for the first time. All tracks are free to download in 256kbps MP3 format on the Toucan Music website.

Upside Down - Psychadelik Pedestrian

podcast@toucanmusic.com (John Dalling) — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 21:25:00 GMT

Upside Down is taken from Transient, Psychadelik Pedestrian's second album, which features a blend of brand new tracks and some of his best tracks since his self-titled first album. The album features 10 dubstep, electronica, chillout and breaks tracks, including some featuring full vocals from guest vocalists at CCMixter. All tracks are free to download under a Creative Commons licence in 320kbps MP3 format.

Toucan Music presents 2010

podcast@toucanmusic.com (John Dalling) — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 20:15:00 GMT

The end of year mix review from Toucan is now available, featuring 77 minutes of our best tracks from 2010 seamlessly blended together in a full length DJ mix album without MCing or speech. The mix features artists including Redmann, Beat Doctor, JMD, Phish Funk, Marc Burt and more, and takes you on a journey through a variety of styles including electro, progressive house, breakbeat and melodic trance. A full tracklist is available on the Toucan Music website: http://www.toucanmusic.co.uk/albums/yearmix.html

The Interloper - Psychadelik Pedestrian

podcast@toucanmusic.com (John Dalling) — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 16:15:00 GMT

Taken from the latest release at Toucan Music is The Interloper, a breaks track which builds up with infectious pizzicato-style arpeggios before dropping into a slamming breakbeat and haunting synth line. The release also includes another free track, Tears In My Heart, which is available to download at www.toucanmusic.com

Polar - JMD (Dreamworld remix)

podcast@toucanmusic.com (John Dalling) — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 20:55:00 GMT

Taken from the latest release at Toucan Music is the remix of Polar which features a slamming UK hardcore rhythm, driving bassline, acid sounds and a large catchy trance riff. Also included in the full release at www.toucanmusic.com is a remix of New Beginning, combining huge trance synth stabs, chords and arpeggios with a pounding hardcore beat. Both remixes as usual are full DJ friendly cuts featuring extended intro for mixing.

Take On The Dancefloor - Redmann

podcast@toucanmusic.com (John Dalling) — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 21:19:00 GMT

Taken from the latest release at Toucan Music, Redmann pumps it up a notch with his new track Take On The Dancefloor. The Rawbase remix strips down the original, building up the tension with minimal sub-bass and vocal effects before breaking down to a huge warping bassline riff. The original mix is also available free to download from www.toucanmusic.com

The Squelch - Phish Funk

podcast@toucanmusic.com (John Dalling) — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 21:05:00 GMT

Taken from the latest release at Toucan Music, The Squelch combines the acid sound of the tweaking Roland TB-303 with Phish Funk's trademark funky house vibe, featuring driving dancefloor beats and bouncy slap bass. An additional track, Lava Lamp, is also available to download free of charge from the Toucan website at www.toucanmusic.com

Got Me - Beat Doctor (John Dalling's club mix)

podcast@toucanmusic.com (John Dalling) — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 20:45:00 GMT

Beat Doctor cranks the tempo up a notch combining electro house and trance in this dance release from Toucan Music. Got Me is a bouncy club track with trance synth riffs, a catchy vocal hook in the middle section and a large reverberating snare drum. This track is available to download free in full length DJ-friendly format. Another track, Nosedive, is also available on this double track release from the Toucan Music website at www.toucanmusic.com

Coral Reef - Psychadelik Pedestrian

podcast@toucanmusic.com (John Dalling) — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:15:00 GMT

Psychadelik Pedestrian presents three downtempo tracks in the latest E.P. from Toucan Music. Coral Reef is a relaxed, thoughtful piece with a melancholy feel, featuring warm synth pads and slow, tribal rhythms. Two other tracks are also available on the E.P. from the Toucan Music website at www.toucanmusic.com

Aquarius - Phish Funk (JMD remix)

podcast@toucanmusic.com (John Dalling) — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:47:00 GMT

In the fourth volume of 2010 remixes from Toucan Music, two Phish Funk tracks are reworked by JMD and Marc Burt. Featured here is the JMD remix of Aquarius in an upbeat, bouncy trance style, which keeps the haunting female vocals of the original and adds luscious reverb, soaring arpeggios and a driving bassline.

World Of Fantasy - Psychadelik Pedestrian (Beat Doctor remix)

podcast@toucanmusic.com (John Dalling) — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:47:00 GMT

In the third volume of 2010 remixes from Toucan Music, two Psychadelik Pedestrian tracks are reworked by Beat Doctor. First up (featured here) is Psychadelik Pedestrian's 2009 track, World Of Fantasy, which is remixed in a slightly minimal old skool deep house style with retro synth basslines, stabs and pads. The B-side (on the Toucan website) is 1998 track Eternal Truth, which is moulded into an upbeat bouncy house track, retaining the classical piano and strings, and adding sidechained pads, a thumping kick and sizzling contemporary synths.

Twenty Ten - Marc Burt

podcast@toucanmusic.com (John Dalling) — Tue, 25 May 2010 21:10:00 GMT

Twenty Ten is a pumping melodic trance track with a driving kick drum, sizzling trance beats and warm, uplifting pads, one of two new tracks released today from Marc Burt.

Toucan Music Podcast 9

podcast@toucanmusic.com (John Dalling) — Mon, 17 May 2010 20:00:00 GMT

In our ninth feature length podcast, Andrew "Redmann" Amery introduces a half hour mix of some of his favourite Toucan house and trance tracks from the last two years, featuring artists including JMD, Fioko, Beat Doctor, sea.envy and Redmann himself.

On Target (2010 remix) - JMD

podcast@toucanmusic.com (John Dalling) — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 21:45:00 GMT

In our second volume of 2010 remixes, JMD brings two of his favourite tracks bang up to date. The remix of On Target featured here retains the catchy trance riffs of the original and adds bouncy club beats and a new bassline. An additional remix of Airstike is available to download from the Toucan Music website. Both tracks are available in full, DJ friendly versions.

Dreams Come True - Dreamworld

podcast@toucanmusic.com (John Dalling) — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:45:00 GMT

Bouncy, uplifting hardcore from Dreamworld with sizzling synths, wobbling bass sounds and a catchy female vocal sample. The track is a full length, DJ friendly cut ideal for mixing into any uptempo hardcore set.

Big Fat Star - Beat Doctor

podcast@toucanmusic.com (John Dalling) — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:50:00 GMT

Big Fat Star features a large, fat warped bassline and filtered, stuttering vocal samples along with pumping house rhythms, and is taken from Beat Doctor's Anaconda E.P. released today. The E.P. features two other bassline house tracks: Anaconda combines a drum and bass style warped bassline with electro house beats, sinister textures and screaming effects, and Itchy And Scratchy keeps the bassline house vibe but has a more minimal feel, with dirty glitch effects and old skool sliding hoover samples. All tracks are free to download under a Creative Commons licence in full length, DJ friendly mp3 format.

You Make Me - Redmann (Beat Doctor remix)

podcast@toucanmusic.com (John Dalling) — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:20:00 GMT

This release features two brand new, full length remixes of Redmann tracks, fresh for 2010. Featured here, Beat Doctor reworks the Psychadelik Pedestrian version of Redmann's March 2005 track You Make Me in a contemporary electro house / progressive trance crossover style, taking the vocal and melody and adding bouncy house rhythms and hypnotic synths. The second remix is available on the Toucan website and features Psychadelik Pedestrian, who takes the orchestral elements of Peace the lead track from Redmann's 2009 Three In One E.P., and pitches everthing up a notch adding frenetic breakbeats and deep, pulsating bass.