Something old, something new...

Well, I suppose it wouldn't be February March without another Flashbacks mix. This is the seventh Flashbacks mix I've put together, and it's evident that dance music styles are changing. Whereas the first several Flashbacks sets consisted mainly of electro house reworks, this one is almost entirely made up of progressive anthems (and a little bit of house, too). Indeed, many of the original tunes I've used here have been used in previous mixes when electro house was big and producers were cranking out 80's and 90's reworks with electro basslines. Perhaps it's getting repetitive now to keep reinterpreting same 80's and 90's songs over and over again, but I still appreciate the transformation of old pop songs into dancefloor-friendly anthems. And everyone seems to appreciate the familiarity when a DJ throws a rework or two into the middle of his or her set.

If you're interested in previous Flashbacks mixes, they're all tagged as such (scroll down and click "flashbacks" in the labels section at the bottom of this post). I believe all of the download links are still valid, but I'd be happy to re-upload if any are broken. Listen to this one first, though. :)

-Nate

Download Link:
Nate Rusch - Flashbacks VII

Tracklist:
Counting Crows - Colorblind (OS Edit)
Hall & Oates - I Can't Go for That (Kaskade Remix)
Fragma - Toca's Miracle (Ralph Good & Chris Gant Remix)
Foo Fighters - Best of You (Dirty Drunks Bootleg)
Gramophonedzie - Number One (Original Mix)
U2 - With or Without You (Clinton Sparks Remix)
Stooshe - Waterfalls (Moto Blanco Club Mix)
Michael Jackson - Bad (Afrojack Remix)
2-4 Grooves - Rockset (Aboutblank & KLC Remix)
In-Grid - Tu Es Foutu 2012 (DJ Nejtrino & DJ Baur Techy Mix)
Robert Miles - Children (Maison & Dragen 2012 Reboot)
Fleetwood Mac - Dreams (Megaman & Panic City Remix)
Kool and the Gang - Misled (Twill & BDou Remix)
Brandy - Right Here (Departed) (Seamus & Emanuel Club Mix)
Shaggy ft Eve - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (Voodoo & Serano Extended Mix)
Mousse T - Horny (Mats Gulbrandsen & Primacy Funk 2012 Remix)
Kryder vs Danny Howard ft Joel Edwards - Sending Out an S.O.S. (Original Mix)
Darius & Finlay ft Carlprit & Nicco - Do it All Night 2K12 (CJ Stone Mix)
Serge Devant - True Faith (Starkillers Remix)
Sunrider ft Mikem - Careless Whisper (Sunrider Mix)
Pointer Sisters - Automatic (SNDCLSH & DJ Kue Remix)
Supermode - Tell Me Why (Mike Candys 2012 Resurrection Bootleg Rework)
Timbaland ft One Republic - Apologize (Jakob Liedholm's Bootleg) (Newklear Extended Edit)

Time for a flashback or two...

If it's March, then it must mean it's time for me to post my annual flashbacks mix, a collection of re-makes and re-works guaranteed to take you back in time. As usual, this is mix comes a month late (hence dropping of "February" from the title). Hey, at least I'm consistent.

I actually really enjoy this mix, and I think it's probably one of the better remake/rework mix I've done. It's mostly house and electro, with a few progressive elements. It's not quite as cheesy as in previous years, which is okay with me. the interesting thing is that not everything on here is new. I've had some of these tracks for years, but just haven't found the right time to use them until now. I guess that makes them flashback within a flashback...spooky! Now I feel like I'm trapped in an episode of Lost.

Download and listen away(but do it quickly before the links disappear!). Enjoy!

-Nate

Download Links:
Nate Rusch - Flashbacks VI
[single 80-minute .mp3 file, 73.1 MB]
Nate Rusch - Flashbacks VI
[.zip file of entire mix separated into tracks, 71.9 MB]

Tracklist:
Pink vs Depeche Mode - Personal So What (DJ's From Mars Bootleg Remix)
Revolution - Like A Prayer 2009 (R.I.O Remix)
Milk & Sugar - Let the Sun Shine (Alex Kenji Remix)
Bart B More vs Oliver Twizt - Finally (Simmons & Christopher Extended Mix)
ReCover Project - Sweet Dreams (Chriss Ortega & Thomas Gold Remix)
Freestylers - Push Up Word Up (Bimbo Jones Vocal Mix)
We Are Mars - Eyes (Watching You)
Horny United - L.O.I. (Lady of Ice) (Chriss Ortega Big Room Mix)
Nero - Crush on You (Syskey Remix)
Ekowraith - Waiting For Tonight (DJ's From Mars FM Extended Remix)
DJ Ross vs Double You - Please Don't Go (Club Extended Mix)
DJ Ross vs Double You - Please Don't Go (Da Brozz Extended Remix)
Basslovers United - Basket Case (Bodybangers Remix
Pink - Sober (Sebastian Iversson Bootleg)
DJ Red & Josh Dupont - XYE vs Grand Master Flash
Black Box vs Benny Benassi - Everybody Everybody
Granite, Steven Lee, & Zander Bleck - Everybody Wants to Rule the
World (Alex Lamb & Bill Carling Remix)
Chris Rockford vs Jennifer Paige - Crush (Reloaded) (Max Farenthide Remix)
Hot Stuff - Let's Dance (Dave Aude Club Mix)
Sir Ivan - Live For Today (F Tampa Mix)
Barracuda - I Will Love Again 2K11 (Danny Rush Extended Mix)
G&G - Endless (Club Mix)
DJ Skillmaster - She Drives Me Crazy (DJ's From Mars Club Remix)
David Guetta - The World is Mine 2009 (Baggio Electro Mix)

Flashbacks V

My annual Flashbacks mix is a few days late, but I suppose that's par for the course, and by now, it's probably expected. Oh well.

Rather than blabber on about the music in this set, here are some fun facts about this mix:
* This marks the third time I'vs used a remix/rework of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit." The only other song in this mix I've used before is Wolfmother's Woman, which is mashed with Journey's "Any Way You Want It" here
* Oldest original sing in this mix: Arethra Franklin's "Respect" (1967)
* Most recent original song: Pussycat Dolls' "Don't Cha" (2005)
* Though it's the longest track in this set, "I Want Your Sex" is edited considerably. I believe the original is over 11 minutes long!
* If you don't download this, you are officially lame

Download Links:
Nate Rusch - February Flashbacks V
[single 80-minute .mp3 file, 73.1 MB]
Nate Rusch - February Flashbacks V
[.zip file of entire mix separated into tracks, 72.0 MB]

Tracklist
DJ Morgoth - Any Way You Want My Woman (Wolfmother & MSTRKRFT vs. Journey)
Erasure - A Little Respect 2010 (Wayne G & Gurdy Remix)
Annie Lennox - Little Bird (Bobby Cooper 2010 Club Mix)
The Police - Roxanne (Fonzerelli Red Light Remix)
Bon Jovi - It's My Life (Albert Neve Remix)
Eric Chase - The Way it Is (Extended Mix)
Lionel Richie - You Are (The Angry Kids 2010 Bootleg Mix)
Rene Amesz vs Nile Rodgers - Smells Like Teen Spirit vs Axel F (Richard Reynolds Bootleg)
Billy Ocean - Loverboy (Anthony Atcherley & Mark Coupe Remix)
George Michael - I Want Your Sex (2010 Freemasons Club Mix)
Snap - The Power (DJ Pomeha 2010 Extended Remix)
Cary August - Need You Tonight 2010 (Michael Mind Electro House Club Remix)
Blush - Just Fun (2010 Original Mix)
Starship - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now (DrewG & Brian Cua Dirty Pop Remix)
Michael Jackson - Beat It (Chris Kaeser Memorial Mashup)
Royal Crown Revue - Hey Pachuco (DJ Ruslan Nigmatullin Remix)
Crystal Rose - Eye In The Sky (Dave Ramone Mix)
Beattraax vs Pussycat Dolls - Don't Cha vs Lady Killer
RLP & Barbara Tucker - R.E.S.P.E.C.T. (Club Edit)
Glamrock Brothers - Ma Baker (Michael Mind Remix)
Busta Rhymes - Pass the Courvoisier (Mick Kastenholt, Andrew Dee, Alaa & Alero Bootleg)
Belinda Carlisle - Heaven is a Place On Earth (Greysound 2k10 Remix)
DJ Wildcut - Last Resort (DJ's From Mars Human Club Mix)
U2 - Beautiful Day (DJ Niki Club Mix)
U2 - Beautiful Day 2010 (Virtual Groove Remix Edit)
PH Electro - Every Breath You Take (Radio Edit)

Double Whammy

When I began pulling tracks for my annual Flashbacks mix last month, I ran into what has become a frequent dilemma - too many tracks, and not enough time. So I decided, "What the hell? I'll just do TWO Flashbacks mixes." And here we are.

Harder, more electronic, and arguably dancier (if not clubbier) than the last, this mix is about 50% 80's reworks, with the rest pretty evenly split between the 70's, 90's, and early 2000's. Yes, the 80's always seems to prevail when it comes to reworks. But whether you love 'em or not, you're bound to be familiar with most of the tracks on here, and I hope you enjoy what other remixers and producers have done to them. After all, how else can you listen to Duran Duran or Journey and not feel at least a little old?

-Nate

Download Links:
DJ Nate Rusch - Flashbacks IV
[single 80-minute .mp3 file, 73 MB]
DJ Nate Rusch - Flashbacks IV
[.zip file of entire mix separated into tracks, 72.8 MB]


Tracklist:
Glamrock Brothers - Long Train Runnin' (2009 Club Mix)
Christopher S & DJ Flava ft Stevenson - Poison (2009 Club Mix)
Lady Gaga vs Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough Paparazzi (DJ's From Mars Bootleg Remix)
Mariah Carey - I Want to Know What Love Is (Chriss Ortega Club Mix)
Enur - Calabria (Hot Pink Delorean Remix)
Crisp Biscuit - Apache
Alex Garden vs Bryan Adams - Run to You (2009 Extended Preview Mix)
Paul Luke ft John Biancle - Billie Jean (Paolo Orteli vs Degree Extended Mix)
Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax (Spencer & Hill Remix)
Andrew Spencer - Stop Loving You (Mark Oh Meets Major Tosh Remix)
Jay Jay - Let the Music Play 2009 (Belmond & Parker Vocal Mix)
Pink - Get the Party Started (DJ Zam Remix)
Master Blaster - Everywhere (Club Mix)
Buzztech - Cold as Ice 2009 (Club Mix)
ALBA - Bette Davis Eyes (Scotty Remix)
James Brown - Sexmachine (2008 Mom & Dad Mix)
Pilgrim ft Dorian - The Wild Boys (Euro Club Mix)
Kelevra ft Kop Out - Love You So (Mightyfools Remix)
Journey - Separte Ways (DJ Zam Remix)
Silver Screen & Londonbeat - I've Been Thinking About You 2010 (Steven N King Remix)
Beachclub69 ft Inusa Dawuda - Matador (Chris Decay Feelgood Remix)
Jens O - All the Things She Said (Michael Mind Mix)
Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence (Vino Gomiero & Colombo Remix)
Disco Freak - One Night in Bankok
Glamrock Brothers - Long Train Runnin (Freemasons Club Mix)

Flashback!

I am well aware that we are now a week and a half into March, but seeing as how posting this late is sort of a tradition, I think I can let it slide.

The third annual February Flashbacks installment is full of old(er) music remixed, reworked, and remade into something new. From Kansas to Milli Vanilli, and from Marvin Gaye to Metallica, this mix is a total collision of four decades of American pop culture. Admittedly, most of the stuff here is reworked from 80's and 90's hits, but there's definitely a hint of the 60's and 70's, as well as a track or two from the early 2000's. A ton of work went into perfecting this one - in my opinion it's the best of the Flashback mixes - so I hope you enjoy. Leave a comment and let me know!

-N

Download Links:
DJ Nate Rusch - February Flashbacks III
[single 80-minute .mp3 file, 73.1 MB]
DJ Nate Rusch - February Flashbacks III
[.zip file of entire mix separated into tracks, 72.9 MB]


Tracklist:
Erasure - Always (Manhattan Clique Remix)
Journey vs DJ Serafin - Bmore Believing (Don't Stop Believing)
Fleetwood Mac - Little Lies 2008 (Hardwares Liar Liar Revamp)
Delerium ft Sarah McLachlan - Silence (Lissat and Voltaxx Remix)
Undercover Lover - Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed (Thomas Gold Remix)
Jo Frisbee - Carry On Wayward Son (2009 Club Mix)
Karim Razak - Iko Iko (2009 Karim Razak and De Jano Remix)
Khan Edison vs John Cougar Mellencamp - Rock On
Big City DJ - Smalltown Boy (DJ Wag Dreamdance Extended Mix)
Coldplay - The Scientist (A-Tronic Remix)
Marvin Gaye - Heard it Through the Grapevine (Freemasons Club Mix)
Notorious BIG ft Puff Daddy & Mase - Mo Money Mo Problems (Laidback Luke Bootleg)
Everything But the Girl - Missing (Unreleased 2008 Miami Sundance Remix)
Milton Channels & Modjo - Hey Lady (Ingo & Simon Steur My Lady Edit)
Felix Grey - Wanna Be Starting Something (London DJs Remix)
Will Smith - Miami (Laidback Luke Bootleg)
Justin TImberlake - My Love (Malpractice House Mix)
Movetown - Girl You Know It's True 2010 (Instant Move Remix)
Andrew Spencer vs Lazard - Here Without You (2-4 Grooves Remix)
Black Box - Everybody Everybody (Mauro Mozart Private Mix)
Stefano Prada - Sweet Dreams (Electro Mix)
Pulsedriver - Superstar (DJ's Form Mars Remix)
Funk K - Dirty Cash 2009 (Extended Mix)
Metallica - Cyanide (Dirty Funker Vocal Mix)
Die Hoerer ft Atomic Playboys - Black Betty (Original Mix)
Europe - The Final Countdown (DJ Zam Remix)
DJ Snake & DJ Mercer - Smells Like Teen Spirit 2010 (Club Mix)

February Flashbacks II

This mix serves as a follow-up to the original February Flashbacks, because who wouldn't want another cheesy mixture of remakes and reworks, electro/dance style? I actually finished this about a month ago, but then ran away to Hawaii for a bit and forgot to post it. Better late than never, I suppose! I hope you enjoy.

-N


Download links:
DJ Nate Rusch - February Flashbacks II
(single 80-minute .mp3 file, 73.02 MB)
DJ Nate Rusch - February Flashbacks II
(.zip file of mix separated into tracks, 72.77 MB)

Tracklist:
Chris Isaak - Wicked Game (Trentemoller Clubby Games Remix)

After6 ft Angela Dennis - Fast Car (Club Mix)

Trashcan Jack vs Billy Idol - Club Wedding (2007 Wawa Remix)

Discofreunde - Careless Whisper (2009 Marc Kiss No Sax Remix)

Lovematic ft Sharon May Linn - Send Me an Angel (2009 D&f Mix)

Basic Delay - Hard to Say (Electro Extended Mix)

DJ Fist & Mr Tee - Burning Beds (Original Mix)

Blogbusters - Forever Young (Dany Wild Remix)

Jimmy Eat World - Sweetness (DJ Trentino B'more Remix)

Bloodhound Gang - The Bad Touch (James Kayn Remix)

Jason Rooney - Shake Your Body (Original Mix)

Public Enemy - Bring the Noise (Dabruck & Klein Mix)

Sunrider - The Bomb (These Sounds Fall Into My Mind) (Electro Mix)

Elize - Hot Stuff (2008 Original Mix)

C&C Music Factory - Make You Sweat (Dance Now) (2009 Princess Ann Reconstruction Tribal Mix)
Kidda - Under The Sun (Herve's Ain't No Sunshine Mix)
Braincreator - Only One (Extended Mix)

Neodisco - Preacher Man (Mondo Remix)

Foo Fighters - Best of You (2008 DJ DougMix Remix)

Kato - Are You Gonna Go My Way (PH Electro Mix)

Michael Mind - Bakerstreet (Jimi J's Extended Album Remix)