Top 30 of 2008

2009 is literally just around the corner, and I have (just barely!) finished my end-of-year mix. From house and dance pop to electro and progressive, this set features thirty of my favorite songs from the past year. Though i had an awfully difficult time selecting just 30 favorites, I think these songs represent the best of what I've been listening to over the past 365 days. Have a favorite song that I forgot? Be sure to let me know!

I hope that everyone has a great New Years Eve. Here's to 2009!

-N

DJ Nate Rusch - Top 30 of 2008
Britney Spears - Piece of Me (Bimbo Jones Remix)
Lady Gaga ft Colby O'Donis - Just Dance (Hector Bamboosa Main Mix)
Estelle - American Boy (Soulseekerz Club Mix)
Ne-Yo - Closer (Stonebridge Remix)
Pink - So What (Bimbo Jones Extended Radio Mix)
Pussycat Dolls - When I Grow Up (Ralphi Rosario Club Mix)
Danity Kane - Damaged (Friscia & Lamboy Club Mix 2)
Madonna - Give it 2 Me (Paul Oakenfold Club Mix)
Britney Spears - Womanizer (Mike Rizzo Club Remix)
Jordin Sparks ft Chris Brown - No Air (Benny Benassi "Pump-kin" Remix)
Kim Leoni - Medicine (Extended Mix)
Pussycat Dolls - I Hate This Part (Digital Dog Club Mix)
Anastacia - I Can Feel You (Max Sanna & Steve Pitron Club Mix)
Little Boots - Stuck on Repeat (Fake Blood Remix)
Kanye West - Love Lockdown (LMFAO Remix)
Bellatrax ft Sophia May - I Can't Help Myself (Jason Rooney Remix)
Kid Cudi - Day 'N' Nite (Crookers Remix)
Cascada - What Hurts the Most (Spencer & Hill Remix)
Dirty South - Let it Go (Original Mix)
Cicada - Cut Right Through (DJ Delicious Remix)
Klaas - Feel the Love (Klaas Increase Mix)
David Guetta vs Tocadisco - Tomorrow Can Wait
Moby - Disco Lies (Spencer & Hill Remix)
Ultraflirt - Dancing With Tears in My Eyes (Phunk Foundation Remix)
Axwell & Bob Sinclar ft Ron Carrol - What a Wonderful World (Dabruck & Klein Mix)
Jean Elan - Where's Your Head At (Klaas Remix)
Katy Perry - I Kissed a Girl (Andy Harding Remix)
Nick Fiorucci ft Kelly Malbasa - The Night (Chris Ortega Electro Mix)
Dave Darell - Children (Club Mix)
Danny S - Keep Me Hanging On (2008 Klaas Remix)

Something for your holiday travels

The first of a series of genre-specific mixes, this one showcases vocal house music at its finest. There's a little bit of everything here, from disco and funky house to pop remixes and modern commercial house. It's a bit cheesy at times, but I think it's a lot of fun, and practically guaranteed to get you on your feet. Not everything featured here is brand new. Although most of it is pretty recent, I tried to choose songs that fit well together and carried the essence of classic house music. The download link & tracklist are below. I hope you enjoy!

Stay tuned for my "Top 30 of 2008" mix, which will be posted here before the end of the year. Have a good holiday season!

-N

DJ Nate Rusch - Dance Odyssey I (Vocal House)

Robyn - Handle Me (Soulseekerz Club Mix)

Estelle - No Substitute Love (Wideboys Main Mix)

Georgie Porgie - Can You Feel That Sound (Josh Harris Club Mix)

Soulwax - NY Lipps

Beat Machine - Lambada Lambada

Moby - Disco Lies (Freemasons Remix)

Bimbo Jones - And I Try (Original Mix)

Basshunter - Angel in the Night (Soulseekerz Extended Mix)

Funkerman - Falling in Love (Rec & Rec Extended Mix)

Beyonce - Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) (Escape & Dom Capello Club Mix)

Edun - Put 'Em Up (Extended Mix)

Ting Tings - Be The One (Bimbo Jones Remix)

Da Groove Doctors ft Tommie Nibbs - All We Need is Love (Rivaz Club Mix)

Michael Woods ft Inaya Day - Natural High (Out of Office Full Vocal Remix)

Full Intention - Forever (Vocal mix)

Cicada - Falling Rockets (Moulinex Remix)

Kreesha Turner - Don't Call Me Baby (Digital Dog Club Mix)

Kim Leoni - Again (Club Mix)

Anastacia - I Can Feel You (Max Sanna & Steve Pitron Club Mix)

Britney Spears - Womanizer (Kaskade Remix)

Kanye West - Love Lockdown (Chew Fu Small Room Fix)

Oops! (Nov '08 Mix)

So yeah, this is late...

I'm not sure how I neglected posting this for so long. Maybe it's just the time of year. In any case, this is a mix of mainstream and electro remixes I put together more than a month ago now. It's little poppier than normal (at least until the halfway point), but that's OK. There are actually quite a few really good songs on it, so I suggest you give it a listen and see what you think! As always, the tracklist and download link are below. Keep your eye on the blog, because I have at least two more mixes to post before the end of the year.

Hope you enjoy.

-N

DJ Nate Rusch - November 2008 Mix
Lindsay Lohan - Bossy (Josh Harris Remix)
Little Jackie - The World Should Revolve Around Me (Wideboys Remix)
Pink - So What (Bimbo Jones Extended Mix)
Lady Gaga - Love Game (Dave Aude Remix)
Kylie Minoque - The One (Freemasons Remix)
Pussycat Dolls - I Hate This Part (Digital Dog Remix)
Late Night Alumni - Another Chance (Kaskade's Homage to Roger Remix)
Maylena - Treat Me Like That (Conways Club Mix)
R.I.O. - When the Sun Comes Down (Spencer & Hill Remix)
Groove Enforcers - A Little Closer (Young Punx vs Nick Beggs Extended Mix)
Will.I.Am - Get Your Money (Tiborg Remix)
Tune Brothers - Dirty Nasty (Micha Moor Remix)
Ce Ce Peniston - Finally (Vandalism Remix)
Swanky Tunes - No More Fear (Klaas Remix)
Mellony - You and Me (Andy Harding Edit)
Fentura - Live It (Matroda & Sing Remix)
Varco Van de Burn - Full On Drop
Private - Secret Lover (Spencer & Hill Remix)

I <3 Klaas

This is a mix I've been wanting to put together for some time now, and I finally found the time to sit down and do it. Klaas Gerling has been my favorite remixer/producer since I first heard his remix of Greg Cerrone's Pilling Me early last summer. Since then, he's cranked out an impressive array of truly excellent remixes, along with a couple original songs, many of which have been my favorite tunes of the year.

I've done my best here to compile a fitting homage to one of my favorite artists. I did not use every remix or song Klaas has touched, but I came close, and I do believe these represent Klaas' 25 best works. If you enjoy his stuff, you should definitely support the man and buy his songs. All of these tracks (and more) are available for download at Beatport.

As always, the complete tracklist is below. Please feel free to leave your comments!

-N

DJ Nate Rusch - Klaastastic
Klaas - Feel the Love (Original Mix)
Guru Josh Project - Infinity 2008 (Klaas Mix)
Junior Caldera - Sleeping Satellite (Klaas Remix)
DJ Disciple - Work it Out (Klaas Remix)
Aston Martinez - You Wanna (Klaas Remix)
Spinnin Elements - Freak On (Klaas Remix)
Klaas - Going Insane
Michael Mind - Ride Like the Wind (Klaas Remix)
John Morley - Naughty (Klaas Remix)
Freelance Hellraiser - Weightlessness (Klaas Mix)
Fragma - Memory (Klaas Club Mix)
Eddie Thoneick - Together as One (Klaas Club Mix)
Fentura - Live It (Klaas Remix)
DJ Antoine - This Time (Klaas Remix)
Global Deejays ft Rozalla - Everybody's Free (Klaas Remix)
Swanky Tunes - No More Fear (Klaas Remix)
Klaas - The Way (Original Mix)
Jean Elan - Where's Your Head At (Klaas Remix)
G&G ft Gary Wright - My My My (Klaas Remix)
Lissat & Voltaxx - Young & Beautiful (Klaas & Micha Moor Remix)
Attack Attack - Set the Sun (Klaas Remix)
Danny S - Keep Me Hanging On (Klaas Mix)
Greg Cerrone - Pilling Me (Klaas Remix)
Sunrise Avenue - Fairytale Gone Bad (Klaas & Micha Moor Remix)
Micha Moor - Space (Klaas Bigroom Mix)
Klaas - Feel the Love (Klaas Increase Mix)

Bangeragion II

I put together the original Bangeration mix last July as a collection of bangin' electro tracks that I'd been hearing a lot of at the time. This summer, I decided to create a follow-up with a new set of the year's bigger electro and house tracks. Thus, I present the sequel to Bangeration - Bangeration II.

Though it's about four months old now, I think this is a really solid & enjoyable mix. It contains some of the biggest dance hits of the summer, as well as some lesser heard goodies that I discovered along the way. Much of this mix also played at the Halloween Foam party, so downloading this will give you yet another piece of that puzzle. Either way, I think you will enjoy what I consider one of my better mixes of the past year. Download away!

DJ Nate Rusch - Bangeration II
Alanis Morissette - Underneath (Morgan Page Vox Remix)

Sia - The Girl You Lost to Cocaine (Stonebridge Remix)

Blogbusters - Forever Young (2-4 Grooves Remix)

Go:Audio - She Left Me (Wideboys Remix)

Taio Cruz - Come On Girl (Wideboys Remix)

Kaskade - Sorry (Dirty South Remix)

Therese - Neon Lights (See My Baby) (Digital Dog Remix)

DJ's From Mars - Who Gives a Fuck About Deejays

Spencer & Hill - World in Love

Midnight Youth - Supernatural (Vandalism Remix)

David Guetta& Chris Willis vs Tocadisco - Tomorrow Can Wait

Klaas - Feel the Love (Klaas Increase Mix)

Starkillers - Killer

Cezar - Keep on Trying (Spencer & Hill Remix)

Barrington Levy - Here I Come (Andy Harding Remix)

Mondo ft Pamela Falcon - Rock a Little Bit (Vaca Remix)
Herve ft Plastic Little - Cheap Thrills (Vocal Remix)

Blockfish ft Benjamin Fox - Meaning of Life (Ryan Riback Remix)

Robert Miles - Children 2008 (Dave Darrell Remix)

October 2008 Mix

A bit outdated now, but still a good listen. This played in its entirety during the Halloween Foam Party, so if you're looking for that mix, you can at least have part of it now (and the rest will probably come in a future post). The tracklist and download link is below. Let me know what you think!

-N


DJ Nate Rusch - October 2008 Mix
Lovers Electric - Honey (Sam La More Remix)
Plumb - In My Arms (Bimbo Jones Extended Mix)
Chromeo - Needy Girl (Lifelike Remix)
Chromeo - Fancy Footwork (Laidback Luke Remix)
The Ting Tings - Shut Up & Let Me Go (Chris Lake Vocal Mix)
Lady Gaga ft Colby O'Donis - Just Dance (Hector Bambossa Main Mix)
Steve Smooth and JJ Flores ft B Lee - Let it Go (Ian Carey Remix)
Kaskade - Angel On My Shoulder (Funkerman Mix)
Axwell & Bob Sinclar ft Ron Carroll - What a Wonderful World (Dabruck& Klein Mix)
DJ Antoine - Hello Again (Laywell Club Remix)
The Fugees - Ready Or Not (Ido Shoam & Elad Gavriel Remix)
Tim Verba - When the Heart Rules the Mind (Hans-o-Matik Remix)
Manian - Turn the Tide (Dave Darell Remix)
Fragma - Memory (Klaas Vocal Club Mix)
Risk One - When Da Last Time (Crookers vs Clipse)
Katy Perry - I Kissed a Girl (Andy Harding Remix)
Flash Republic - Star (Thomas Gold Remix)
Selda - 100% Pure Love (2008 Spencer & Hill Remix)

Welcome!

Welcome to the new home of my montly (and other bonus) mixes. I have been mixing music for two years now, and still manage to learn new things every time I put something new together.

My preference is for electronic and house music, though I occasionaly incorporate progressive house, fidget, and even some techno into my mixes. Some of my favorite artists and music sources are listed in the sidebar. Take a moment to explore my inspirations, and perhaps you'll find even more stuff to enjoy.

I have a large archive of mixes that I will probably post over time. For now, my focus is going to be uploading some of my newer mixes that have not been posted publically yet. However, if you're looking for a particular mix, don't hesitate to drop me a line.

And please feel free to leave a comment if you like my stuff (and even if you don't). I certainly hope you enjoy. Thanks for visiting!

-N