Bit ashamed of Groove Armada on this one, Does nothing for me personally. Saying that im sure it’ll get some raido play and has potential for someone to go put a strong beat behind it and make it a decent track. For now its just a bad sugarbabes track equilivant.
Marks out of 10: 3
Tasty! This is another great track which will be epic on dance floors. The follow up to NYC beat and equally as good. Featuring a vocal sample from Degrees of Motion with a modern electro touch up. Not as good as some of his work such as ‘When the lights go down’ which im stilling playing in clubs on a fairly regular basis, but its a sure fire track to get a reaction on the dance floor in the early part of a set.
Marks out of 10: 8
Sounding very similar to the last track ‘Give it to me’ with Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake. Again this will be another smash hit, probably not No.1 but definately a top 3 hit. I’ll definately be playing this at my commercial gigs. No info on the release date at the moment.
Ministry’s DATA records big summer track is due for release on the 30th July. Very radio friendly and reminds me of Funkstar Deluxes remix of Bob Marley – Sun is shinning that was so popular in October of 1999. On the downside it doesnt have the staying power, it will be big for the summer and forgotten closely after that.
Marks out of 10 – 7/10
This is gonna be massive. Just what you’d expect from JT but better. Perfect for the club, this will get everyone dancing!
Real video was released on yahoo yesterday today but its not on you tube for you yet. Below is a live version. No release date yet.
Marks out of 10: 10!
The Shapeshifters – Pusher is due for release 2nd of July also on Poistiva. Very little to this track, reminds me of a plain girl. There’s nothing wrong with it that you can point out but there’s no reason to like it. If this was their first track it wouldnt sell, but since The Shapeshifters have had a few successes this may get a few plays… definately not by me though!
Marks out of 10: 4
This is awesome. With axwell on the remix its hard for them to go far wrong. This is gonna get me in the mood all summer. Very “Beach House” in style and will be another huge summer hit! Released 16 July on Positiva, can’t wait for this to explode. Before vocals made this track soooo much better it was entitled ‘Riding The Wave’. Remixes include Axwell, Henrik B, Funkagenda, Fonzarelli and DT8.
Marks out of 10: 9 1/2
Had a four hour drive home this morning after my gig last night in Derry and for some reason was brain storming whats gonna be the next break through in DJing technology. I got to thinking why CD’s?? I think laptops have lots of limitations and have heard too many stories of them being problematic. Grand for bars but not for clubs. So i came to the conclusion if i was designing the Pioneer CDJ1000MK1111 (CDJ1000MK4), ie. the follow up to the current industry standard Club Decks, i would have a USB INPUT! It makes perfect sense, why bother having to burn off a new CD – even if it is an mp3. If you had a USB key which now days can be huge in capacity, It’d save carrying a ton of weight in the form of CD’s and albums. This would be simple for the guys in Pioneer to include or even Denon in thier next attempt in market dominance. So if anyone from the design teams reads this, consider that this is the next logical step.
Had my first offical Plato meeting this evening. For those that don’t know its a networking and support group for SME business owners. Meeting went well and the group seems pretty intelligent. I’m looking forward to the second meeting next month.
Had a conversation today about phone insurance. I was recently asked to renew my insurance policy (the first one came free from vodafone as an incentive). I definately won’t be opting for new insurance, even though i had the need to call on the insurance. I just believe that the price is insanely inflated for the value involved. Unless your complusively forgetful or desperatly hate risk and need piece of mind.
Buying from the phone companies direct is at least double what the cost of approaching an insurance agent directly would be. I can’t help but think people just opt in for Insurance as a last minute thought without really giving it much thought. Since you can legally buy a pay-as-you-go phone (subsidised by any network) and unlock it. Is phone insurance really a cheeky way of stealing customers money?