Cosmic Balearic Journey

It's finally safe to say Summer is upon us. And I've got the perfect mix for poolside drinks and dimly lit backroom nights from artist Antony Kein.

Check out some more of his mixes here & here.

Cosmic Balearic Journey / Antony Kein

mix02: Chris Kontos

After a brief hiatus, the PleasureCruise'n Mix Series is back. I'm super excited to have fellow blogger and DJ Chris Kontos, contribute to the series. Chris is part of the amazing blog plaidmusic - a site I'd expect most readers of this blog to be extremely familiar with. If not - get familiar folks! Ok, enough of me...time to let Chris do the talking.

"This is a collection of my warmest memories from my endless summers in the embrace of the Aegean Sea. The north winds of August blowing violently on our blue painted windows. Watching the sun diving into the water from our little balcony. The crickets singing their midnight symphonies outside our room. The smell of oil tan in my bag. The taste of saltwater on your skin. The humming of the old refrigerator that is the most beautiful sound of the summer. This is Caldera, a tribute to a place so imaginary, but so real in the same place. The island of our dreams."

Caldera mix / Chris Kontos

Buon Natale!

Most of this album is complete rubbish - however, this version of Winter Wonderland is quite nice. Have a safe and merry Christmas everyone!

Winter Wonderland / Mirror Image (YSI) - expired.

Deck the halls.

A new mix from my good friend, ultra talented DJ, and all around rad dude MisterBradleyP. He has put together a fucking great holiday mix. So many (myself included) flood the web with "themed mixes" that more often than not, fall flat and loose direction. But this baby is tiiiiiight. The Snoop Dogg intro may initially turn off some readers of this blog - please don't let it. Its only the beginning (one that I like btw) of a super fun journey through some brilliantly chosen and tightly mixed Christmas tunes. Such a party starter! Feliz navidad!

Xmas Remixed / MisterBradleyP

It's snowing in Cleveland.

We had our first snow today and I'd be lying if I said it didn't get me in the holiday mood. So I'm gonna celebrate with a cocktail and a spliff and a song. Here's a track from the recently released Moments Of A Crisis compilation out on I'm A Cliche Records. The album is just chuck full of unreleased diamonds; like this aptly titled Holidays from Cosmo Vitelii and Mark Kerr under the guise of Bogus.

Holidays / Bogus (YSI) - expired.

Discolated

Just picked up diskJokke's Discolated Remixes compilation. It's no secret that he's been a busy dude the past couple of years; churning out originals and remixes of the highest quality. The comp features the likes of Metronomy, Bloc Party, Lykke Li, Lindstrom and my favorite of the bunch - his reworking of Ost & Kjex's Boston Food Strangler. Enjoy!

Boston Food Strangler (diskJokke Remix) / Ost & Kjex (YSI) - expired.

A Bloody Mess.

My Halloween mix.

The President Is Gone (Combo ReEdit) / John Carpenter

Feast Your Eyes / Afrobutt

Hey Boom / John Carpenter & Alan Howarth

Crystalised / The xx

The Wakening Beast / Aphrodite's Child

Venganza Y Seducción / Rebolledo

A Pleasure Doing Business / John Carpenter & Alan Howarth

Lucifer Rising / Darktown Strutters

Fear (Serge Santiágo 1980 Lost Edit) / Easy Going

A Bloody Mess. Halloween Mix. / P. PleasureCruise

Slow Blow

Received some really good and really fun edits from Madrid based Nelue. He describes the selection of tracks as a "tribute to people I admire"; most of which I could i.d. but some others I was clueless on. Regardless, I really enjoy all of them, which lends insight as to how groovin' each and every track is. I thought I'd share my favorite of the bunch, that coincidentally really got the floor moving this past weekend - an edit of Hot R.S.

Most disco edits I enjoy listening to and playing out often retain the original sound and feel of the track, but have subtle updates to work on today's floors. This edit of Slow Blow exemplifies that.

Oh! And check out Nelue's latest work on Eskimo's fantastic release Cosmic Balearic Beats Vol.2.

Slow Blow / Hot R.S. - expired.

Slow Blow (Nelue Edit) / Hot R.S. - expired.

Just Say No?

Aaah cocaine. We've had the best of times. We've had the worst of times. This post is for you lady in white – two killer versions of an anthem we've all sung. Enjoy the original (way better than Clapton's) from J.J. Cale, and an amazing italo disco version courtesy of Eric's Friends.

Cocaine / J.J. Cale (YSI) - expired.

Discocaine / Eric's Friends (YSI) - expired.

Stuck it in and turned it around.

Making bold, ridiculous statements is one of the best parts about having a blog. So here's one; Soul Stripper is the best AC/DC song, like, ever.

And I hate AC/DC.

But when the alcohol and testosterone are flowing, this song will ignite the dancefloor...

Seen it.

Heard it.

Lived it.

Soul Stripper / AC/DC (YSI) - expired.