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Boom Boom Blog 7-16-08

As promised here's another Boom Boom Blog Post of my favorite Dance Mixes found around the web, for your d'loading pleasure.  Enjoy!

ESTELLE "Wait a Minute (Just A Touch)" (Aaron Ross Classic Mix)
This Brit babe is taking over.  Laid back beach mix, me likely.

Hercules and Love Affair "You Belong" (Kevin Saunderson Remix)
I'm obsessed.  Remix done by the song's inspiration, Inner City's Kevin Saunderson.  Sick.

NE-YO "CLOSER" (Flashlight Extended Mix)
Bootleg Mix, closer to original than other mixes.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor "CATCH YOU" (Moto Blanco Radio Mix)
Sophie & Moto, a perfect mix of things I'm getting tired of, but will still love in moderation.

ALICIA KEYS "Teenage Love Affair" (Wideboys Miami Club Mix)
Hate the original song, but I'm starting to like anything Wideboys remix.

The Ting Tings "Thats Not My Name" (Soul Seekerz Club Mix)
Same same sound from Soul Seekerz, with a strange vocal from The Tings.

JUNKIE XL: Cities In Dust (Gareth Wyn Remix)
Siouxsie cover done decently, with a dance dance beat.  Very British. 

DIRTY SOUTH & AXWELL "OPEN YOUR HEART"
Not a Madonna cover.  But brilliant, soulful, bangin', dance creation.  Takes it to unexpected places.

MADONNA "INTO THE GROOVE" (Sidechains Remix)
I'm finding that I like Madonna fanatics more than I like Madonna these days.  Feels like fan made bootleg trying to sound like Stuart Price to me, but that works.

Boom Boom Blog 7-2-08

Boom Boom Time.  This should send you into the holiday weekend dancing.  Here's this week's collection of my favorite dance remixes found around the web.  Hope you all have a great July 4th.

Madonna "Give It 2 Me" (Eddie Amador Club Mix)
So many mixes of this track, all so good.

Evelyn "Champagne" King "The Dance" (Soul Seekerz Domestic Mix)
"Love Come Down" sample, with diff vocal, it's Diva stuff.

Janet "Pleasure Priniple" (2008 Linoleum Falcon Remix)
You might think I'm crazy but I'm serious.

E.G. Daily "Beautiful" (Scotty K. Vocal Klub Mix)
Yes, that EG Daily.  I would normally never post this kind of MasterBeat track, but this one is pretty good and I like Scotty K.

Donna Summer "Stamp Your Feet" (Escape/Coluccio Club Mix)
I'm not feeling this new Donna Summer stuff, it's like Leona Lewis, I should love it, but it just doesn't connect with the PopMuse?  But I know you like it, so here ya go.

Solange "I Decided" (King Britt & Philip Charles Classic Club Mix)
Very laid back smooth summer remix for the Sleeper single of the summer.

Fantasia "Baby Mama" (STS vs. Soul Seekerz Mix)
Baby Mama Pride, cuteness.

DJ Corey Craig / Britney v. Fedde Le Grand "LEMME THINK ABOUT BREAKING THE ICE"
Call it a Mash-Up if you must but, to me it is a whole new song, and my personal favorite of all these.

Boom Boom Flashback:

Maroon 5 "Makes Me Wonder" (Harry Choo Choo Romero's Bambossa Edit)
This dropped in a Shuffle moment and blew my mind.

J. Hud Spotlight

Can we all just collectively agree that Jennifer Hudson is really doing IT with this single?  I mean, really. 

As DWH75 said to me: "It's what I wanted to hear for the J Hud Brand -- simple, classy, clean. They were so smart to go light on the production -- her voice is so rich as it is, she don't need no extra topping."

Amen to that.

The video (above) is decent too.  I like the 'at home', 'in alley' and 'on runway' set-up, I could do without the 'Campari' and 'white striped room' set-up.  But it is classic Arista R&B Music Video with 90% beauty shots, and 10% narrative.  No, no, I'm a fan of that, especially when you can make Jennifer look THIS beautiful.  Now that is a shear genius hair cut.

And these remixes...  Just perfect.  2 Mixes, one airy summer fun, one gay pride boom boom.  Done and done.  I hope no one else does mixes of it, these two are fine.

Jennifer Hudson "Spotlight" (Johnny Vicious Mix)

 
Jennifer Hudson "Spotlight" (Moto Blanco Club)

"Spotlight" Buy on iTunes

Boom Boom Blog 6-16-08

Seems like a good day to offer up a Boom Boom Blog Post for you clubheads who wait, counting the days, the hours, and minutes till PopMuse shares his latest Remix Discoveries from around the web. 

As always go to the links column to the right and click around and you'll find even more amazing music. 

BRITNEY "Break The Ice" (Twisted Dee Remix)
She's pretty unstoppable, this lil mess.

COLDPLAY "Viva la Vida" (Grant's Uplifting Club Mix)
Bootleg, whatever, I like the itunes commercials.

MADONNA "She's Not Me" (DJ Dvir Halevi Remix)
Bootleg, whatever, if they divorce, you'll be happy you have this mix.

Ercola f./Daniella "Every Word" (Wendel Kos Club Mix)
It's that Chic Trance-House you'd hear in Ibiza circa 2000.  It's excellent.

EBTG "Tempermental" (Mango 2008 Mix)
"I don't want you to love me..." Trance again, but nice to hear this club classic return.

KATY PERRY "I Kissed A Girl" (Jason Nevins Rock The Club Edit)
I don't like Katy Perry very much, but I know some of you do, so here.

BWO "Barcelona" (Soundfactory Reconstruction Anthem)
A song about Barcelona clubbing, by the theatrical Swedes BWO (Bodies Without Organs).

SOUND OF BLACKNESS "Pressure" (2008 Remix w/ Intro)
One of my favorite vocals ever.  Contains Intro with the full-on Acapella from the original 12", which is legendary.

Erasure Favorites Circa '99

Facing my itunes this morning I decided to listen to old mixes I've crafted over the years.  A dangerous plan for someone who throws so much personal reflection into a mix; it can feel like reading old journal entries.  And it is something I don't do often, PopMuse loves newness, nostalgia is not my specialty (although as I age everything feels nostalic...)

As it's Gay June, and I wanted to start off easy, I threw on this ancient mix I did in 1999 of my favorite Erasure Songs.  It's quite a good mix so I decided to share it with you all.  I really only allow myself Erasure once a year (or that's all I can take.)  This mix has hits, live tracks, remixes, extendeds, etc.  My favs.

D'LOAD: "ERASURE: MBP FAVORITES " (Mixed in 1999) [yousendit]

My two fav Erasure CDs... (thanks for asking) are "Chorus" because they've always been able to drop a few good singles on a CD, but they rarely drop a completely perfect CD, front to back, as "Chorus" was/is?  BUY IT.

Missing from the above mix is my other fav, the self titled, completely ignored "Erasure".  It was their synthy-experimental period and it took me years after it's release to understand it.  But the 10 minutes songs and the continuous flow are actually WAY ahead of it's time, and it completely holds up.  I didn't include anything from it on this '99 mix because it has to be listened to as a whole otherwise it doesn't work.  If you've never heard it, BUY IT, you won't regret it. 

"Disco Globes: 2008" Mix By MBP

NEW MBP CD "DISCO GLOBES 2008" DIGITAL DOWNLOAD AVAILABLE NOW! 

“Disco Globes” is an annual CD I do every June in Honor of Gay Pride.  It’s Gay Boom Boom, Boys on Boxes, four on the floor, house head, disco queen, club trash, epic dance remix music.  (Featuring Boom Boom Dance Tracks from:  Madonna, Kylie, Blake, Tings, Rihanna, Usher, Jordin, Janet, Robyn, Kelly, Michelle, Sia)

DOWNLOAD LINK 1:
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=batch_download&batch_id=SmpzNHA0WlREbUkwTVE9PQ


DOWNLOAD LINK 2:
http://www.evilshare.com/e159a32e-8600-102b-a14f-000b6aa2a5f8

Boom Boom Blog 5-20-08

Boom Boom Time...  Here's the latest collection of dance mixes I've found on-line (and enjoyed.)  Let's jump right in...

Blake Lewis "How Many Words" (DJ Dan In Stereo Mix)
Missing the vocal, so more a reinvention, than a remix.  I love the original too, and I'm not ashamed to admit it.

The Ting Tings "Great DJ" (Soul Seekerz Mix)
The original is the one for me, but for those of you sick of that one, here's a mix.

Usher "Love In This Club" (Stonebridge Mix)
Again, loving the original still, this one kinda gives me a headache, but I would still be very happy to hear it on a dancefloor, (ah dancefloors, memories.)

Rihanna "Cry" (Steve Mac Classic Mix)
I know, old, but a fellow blogger just reposted it and it reminded me of how red hot it was.  Re-visit this one, you'll be happy you did.

Alex Barattini "Everybody Be Somebody / Bomb"
What is wrong with me for posting this mash-up?  It'll make you laugh.

 Alanis Morissette "Underneath" (Josh Harris Club Mix)
Dance mixes by Alanis make me uncomfortable.  But you need them don't you?

Rihanna "Take A Bow" (Seamus Haji & Paul Emanuel Club Mix)
There's a better mix of this, but I'm saving it for my next big mixed CD.  Yes, you heard it here first... I am finally compiling a new Dance Mix "Disco Globes 2008" coming in June Bitches!!!

"MAY 5" A MIX BY MBP

"May" CD Mixes are an annual mix I do each year to celebrate my anniversary with Bloghungry.  This one is entitled "May 5", because we have been together for 5 Years. 

Instead of the gooey ballads of past May Mixes this one is more of a Pop Dance Epic.  Much time and care was put into making it so I hope you'll take time and care listening to it (IN ORDER!!!)  There are many more notes about the songs included and the overall themes in the Booklet in the .zip file (links below).

Hope you all enjoy. 

And Happy Anniversary (Part 1) BH, love you.
--PopMuse

D'LOAD "MAY 5":

UPDATED LINK 6/21/08:
[via yousendit]

Boom Boom Blog 4-30-08

I guess it's Boom Boom Dance Mix time.  Here's the latest D'Loads I've collected for you crack heads.  Enjoy, PopMuse

MADONNA "GIVE IT 2 ME" (Oakenfold Edit Mix)
Ugh more and more Madonna Mixes every minute, I know it's all you kid want though, so, here.

EURYTHMICS "Oh No the Rain is Coming Again 2008" (Unreleased Remix)
Funny story... One New Years in the 90s I was at Salvation in Miami and the DJ played this song at Midnight.  The same night I saw someone die in the bathroom of the club.  So I'll always have a soft spot in my heart for this song.  (P.S. I was hallucinating so hard I don't even know if that bathroom event really happened or not.  What?  It was dark.  OH the 90s!)

Estelle ft. Kayne "American Boy" (Soulseekerz Club Mix)
Stop trying to sell this girl on me.  It's not gonna work.  Oops it just did. And ya know how I feel about Soulseekerz Synth.

365 "One Touch" (Bimbo Jones Mix)
U.K. Boy Band remixed by Bimbo, bbbbrilliant.    

Ashlee Simpson "Outta My Head (Ay Ya Ya)" (Dave Aude Club Mix)
Tech Mix, the vocal speeds up in the middle and that makes me laugh.  I'd never play this on a dancefloor, but is fun on the treadmill.

Ricki Lee "U Wanna Little Of This" (Club Mix)
Pure hands in the air stuff.

MADONNA "4 Minutes" (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Mix)
Let's just say it, Stuart Price is way above remixing this song, I hope he had his assistant do it.

Sam Sparro "Black And Gold" (Russ Chimes Mix)
So in love with Sam right now.  He's the male Robyn, think about it.  Internet Phenom, good looking but not quite Britney, ya know wot I mean?  Anyway, love his CD too much, and love this mix too.

BOOM BOOM FLASHBACK:

Monica "Get It Off" (That Kid Chris Edit)
UNREALNESS.  My itunes dropped this on me in a shuffle moment and it turned me to mush.  This was H.O.T.

"We Break The Dawn" Michelle Williams does Boom Boom

Who knew this skinny bitch had it in her???  Michelle Williams (of Destiny's Child) has dropped her Gospel schtick and released a slamming Urban Jam with the sickest remixes I've heard... EVER!!!  Much thanks goes out to DC who told me about these mixes before they BLEW UP all over the internet. 

Her new album, "Unexpected" (that's a perfect title) is due in August. 

Ready to hear your summer start...  D'LOAD BELOW!!!

We Break The Dawn (Lost Daze Club Remix)

...this is the mix that will give you a heart attack, in a good way.

We Break The Dawn (Karmatronic Remix)

...this is the mix that will make you wish you were in Miami wearing white on a Saturday Night.

We Break The Dawn (Mr. Mig Remix)

...this is the mix that will make you wish you were in Miami wearing white on a Sunday Afternoon.