Surrender to the Sound...

Okay, so I'm still behind.  It took me a bit longer to finish this one, which I admit was mostly a lack of motivation.  I'm not sure it's necessary to continue worrying about an 80-minute track limit.  Isn't everyone just listening to these on their iPod or phone now anyway?  (Please let me know your thoughts either way!).

Regardless of the delay, I think this came together nicely.  I think the stuff I'm putting together now is a significant improvement over what I was doing even a year or two ago.  I've gone back and listened to some of my older stuff lately, and there's a lot of imperfect stuff I'd never let slide past me now.  Maybe I've gotten better.  Or maybe I'm just more of a perfectionist now.  Who can really say?


This mix is a little less hardcore than the last, though it does hit some heavy electro notes by the end.  But it takes a bit longer to get there, and there's a nice, long lead-in of some more chill songs that I really enjoy.  There's a lot to like here, I think, but my favorites are probably the Starkillers/Nadia Ali track, the Bodybangers remix, Chris Lake's driving house tune "Sundown," and Dirty South's "Alive."  It's a bit older now, but there are about a dozen amazing remixes of that tune, by the way, and you should consider checking the others out.


Enough rambling...on to the music!


-Nate


Download Links: 
Nate Rusch - Without Surrender
[single 80-minute .mp3 file, 73.0 MB]
Nate Rusch - Without Surrender
[.zip file of the entire mix separated into individual tracks, 71.8 MB]


Tracklist:
Morgan Page, Sultan & Ned Shepard, and BT ft Angela McCluskey - In the
Air (Extended Mix)
David Guetta ft Usher - Without You (Last 3 Digits Club Mix)
Kaskade ft Mindy Gledhill - Eyes (Extended Mix)
Basto & Yves V - Cloud Breaker (Basto Remix)
Copyright ft Imaani - Story of My Life (eSQUIRE vs OFFBeat Remix)
Nervo - We're All No One (Dave Aude Club Mix)
Porcelain Black - Naughty Naughty (DJ Kue Extended Remix)
Chris Lake - Sundown
Selena Gomez - Love You Like a Love Song (Dave Aude Club Mix)
Erika Jayne - Party People (Ignite the World) (Jody Den Broeder Club Mix)
Natalia Kills - Mirrors (Chris Moody Club Mix)
Starkillers & Nadia Ali - Keep it Coming (Starkillers & Richard Beynon Epic Mix)
Sebastian Ingrosso & Alesso - Calling (Lose My Mind) (Extended Club Mix)
Akanishi Jin - Sun Burns Down (Razor 'n Guido Main Mix)
Aura Dione - Friends (Bodybangers Remix)
Spencer & Hill ft Ari - Surrender
Deborah Cox - If it Wasn't For Love (Razor 'n Guido Skribble Trible Mix)
Laidback Luke vs Example - Naural Disaster (Kryder Remix)
Katy Perry - The One That Got Away (Dino Roc & DJ CJ Remix)
Dirty South & Thomas Gold ft Kate Elsworth - Alive (Paris FZ & Simo T Remix)

It's Midnight Somewhere...

Wow, it's been a whopping four months since I posted my last monthly mix (perhaps it's time to stop referring to them as "montly mixes"). As such, I've got a fairly large backlog of music that I've been meaning to work into some new mixes. I've selected probably my 20 favorites for this mix. Some of them are, of course, a few months old but these were just too good to pass on.

This mix is a return to my typical format (pop-maintream-electro), with perhaps a bit more progressive than usual. That's really more of a trend than an exception; progressive music is becoming the mainstream dance sound, with electro feeling a bit "been there, done that" lately. Trends in music change and evolve, of course, but I largely blame pop music artists for ruining the electro sound. I enjoy the occasional Black Eyed Peas or Ncki Minaj song, but it's hard to appreciate electro house when it's been co-opted by the likes of Flo Rida, Pitbull, and Britney Spears. Feel free to disagree. :)

 In any case, I hope you enjoy this mix. Favorite tracks? Pretty much everything here, though R3hab's Lady Gaga remix, the Avicii and Spencer & Hill tracks, Basto's take on The Wanted, and Chuckie's "Down for Whatever" remix are pretty sick. Keep your eyes on the blog; another new mix will be posted very shortly. I promise.

 -Nate

 Download Links:
Nate Rusch - Midnight Hangover
[single 80-minute .mp3 file, 73.1 MB]
Nate Rusch - Midnight Hangover
[.zip file of entire mix separated into tracks, 72.1 MB]


Tracklist
Diddy-Dirty Money ft Skylar Grey - Coming Home (Dirty South Club Mix)
M83 - Midnight City (Eric Prydz Private Remix)
David Guetta & Avicii - Sunshine
Blush - Dance On (Dave Aude Club Mix)
Guinevere - Crazy Crazy (Dave Aude Explicit Club Mix)
The Wanted - Warzone (Basto! Remix)
Sander van Doorn & Adrian Lux vs Impetto - No More Serious Eagles (Jacob van Hage Mashup)
Dev ft Fabolous - Kiss My Lips (DJ Kue Remix)
Taio Cruz - Troublemaker (7th Heaven Club Mix)
Far East Movement ft Justin Bieber - Live My Life (Wideboys Club Mix)
Avicii & Nero - You're Gonna Love Again (Unreleased)
R.I.O. - Animal
Robbie Groove & Mattias ft Cece Rogers with Master Freez - You (Daniel Chord & Robbie Groove Remix)
Spencer & Hill ft Nadia Ali - Believe It (Cazzette's Androids Sound Hot Remix)
Taio Cruz ft Flo Rida - Hangover (Jump Smokers Extended Mix)
Spencer & Hill ft Joel Edwards - In the Middle
Jason Derulo - Breathing (Razor 'n Guido Extended Mix)
Orlow ft Jason Caesar - Higher (Laurent Wolf &; Anton Wick Remix)
Lady Gaga - Marry the Night (R3hab Remix)
Kelly Rowland - Down For Whatever (Chuckie Remix)

Oh, Mexico...

I am currently putting the finishing touches on two different mixes, but I'm off to Mexico tomorrow, and there won't be time to finish. To help tide everyone over, I've decided to post a little bonus mix I made a few months ago, after our last trip to Playa del Carmen. Rich asked me to put together a set containing many of the songs we heard during our trip. That idea gradually transformed into this - a mix mostly made up of popular, mainstream dance tracks, with a bit of Mexican and Spanish-language flair.

This mix was almost titled "Memories of Mandala." Mandala is far and away our favorite club in Playa, and so this mix ended up being pretty heavily influenced by the music we heard there. The club is open to the street with floor-to-ceiling windows on two sides, and we have some truly amazing memories of dancing to Levels and Take Over Control in the steamy night air while rain poured down outside.

There's no tracks for this one, since it was literally thrown together in the course of an evening or two. If you're not big into the mainstream/pop stuff, this mix probably isn't for you. But I hope it's at least a little something to entertain until the next two are ready.

BTW, the last track is very obviously not characteristic for me. Rich asked that I include it, and I reluctantly obliged. I do not necessarily agree with its inclusion. :)

-Nate

Download link: *Updated 4/13/12*
Nate Rusch - Memories of Mexico

Tracklist:
Rihanna ft Calvin Harris - We Found Love (Inout "Sax" Remix)
Pitbull ft Ne-Yo, Afrojack, & Nayer - Give Me Everything (Tonight)
Wayko & Bill Brosnan - Cancion del Mariachi (Club Mix)
Alexandra Stan - Mr. Saxobeat
Oreja - Vazilando
Flo Rida ft Sia - Wild Ones (Miami Life Remix)
Sak Noel - Loca People
Picco - Venga (DJ's From Mars Remix)
DJ Antoine vs Timatift Lalenna - Welcome to St Tropez (DJ Antoine vs Mad Mark Remix)
Jennifer Lopez ft Pitbull - On the Floor (Allan Guterres Summer Mix)
Capilari & Salvavida - Oye Como Va (Micha Moor & Deniz Koyu Remix)
David Guetta ft Nicki Minaj - Turn Me On
Avicii - Levels
Qwote ft Pitbull - Throw Your Hands Up (Wideboys Remix)
Samim - Heater (Slam FM Remix)
Martin Solveig ft Dragonette - Hello
David Guetta ft Nicki Minaj & Flo Rida - Where Them Girls At
Stereo Palma - Dreaming (Dave Darell Remix)
LMFAO - Sexy & I Know It
Afrojack ft Eva Simons - Take Over Control
Gianni Coletti vs Musique Boutique - Mas Que Nada (Extended Mix)
Foster the People - Pumped Up Kicks

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)

Top 30 of 2011

I'm a bit late in posting this, mostly because I was out of town over New Year's...but also because I spent a bit extra time polishing it, too. This is always my most popular mix of the year, and I wanted to make sure it was as perfect as possible. No tracks in this one, both because of the sheer number of songs, and because I think it should be appreciated as a whole, and not as individual songs. Here's to 2012!

-Nate


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Tracklist:
Alexis Jordan - Good Girl (Freemasons Club Mix)
Rihanna - S&M (Dave Aude Club Mix)
Florence + the Machine - You've Got the Love (eSQUIRE vs OFFBeat Intro Mix)
Avicii - Levels
Basto - Again and Again
Swedish House Mafia - Save the World
Nadia Ali, Starkillers, & Alex Kenji - Pressure (Alesso Remix)
Nicole Scherzinger - Don't Hold Your Breath (Kaskade Remix)
Adele - Someone Like You (eSQUIRE vs OFFBeat Remix)
Frankmusik - Do it in the AM (Dave Aude Club Mix)
Enrique Iglesias ft Ludacris - Tonight (Chuckie Remix)
Avicii vs Faithless - Jailbait Insomnia (Tim Berg Mashup)
Coldplay - Paradise (Fedde Le Grand Remix)
Robyn - Call Your Girlfriend (Kaskade Club Mix)
Beyonce - Run the World (Girls) (Dave Aude Club Mix)
Breathe Carolina - Blackout (Wideboys Radio Edit)
Lou Bega - This is Ska (Klaas Remix)
Afrojack ft Eva Simons - Take Over Control
Katy Perry - E.T. (Manhattan Clique Club Mix)
Example - Changed the Way You Kiss Me
Jennifer Lopez vs Alex Gaudino - Calabria on the Floor (DJ's From Mars Bootleg Remix)
Britney Spears - Till the World Ends (Jump Smokers Extended Mix)
Lady Gaga - Judas (R3hab Remix)
Lucid - I Can't Help Myself (Tim Mason Remix)
Adele vs Robin S - Show Me in the Deep (DJ's From Mars Bootleg Remix)
Remady - Save Your Heart (Laurent Wolf Remix)
Laidback Luke ft Jonathan Mendelsohn - Timebomb (Mick Kastenholt & Andrew Dee Remix)
Adele - Set Fire to the Rain (Thomas Gold Remix)
Above & Beyond - Sun & Moon (Kim Fai Remix)
Kaskade & Tiesto ft Haley - Only You (Ken Loi Remix)

Sounds Like Paradise

This is probably my last mix of the year, and I think it's a pretty good one. I like that it's not a simple recitation of pop songs you could hear by switching on any Top 40 radio station. While I do enjoy mixing with remixed pop hits, I think it was time for a break. If you don't follow dance music, most of these songs (save two or three) will be new to you. And more new music is always a good thing.

Favorites of mine include Fedde Le Grand's fantastic Coldplay remix, Basto's progressive anthem (that I somehow let slip past me until now), and Tim Mason's intense Lucid remix. I think Kaskade did a great job on both tracks here, as well. But don't take my word for it; download & listen away!

-Nate

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TRACKLIST:
Richard Dinsdale & Sam Obernik - Edge Of the Earth
Saturdays - My Heart Takes Over (Digital Dog Remix)
Mayra Veronica - Freak Like Me (Dave Aude Club Mix)
Basto - Again and Again (Original Club Mix)
Florence & The Machine - Shake It Out (Benny Benassi Extended Mix)
Jessica Sutta - Show Me (Alex Gaudino & Jason Rooney Club Mix)
David Guetta ft Jennifer Hudson - Night Of Your Life (Original Mix)
Lloyd ft Lil' Wayne & Andre 3000 - Dedication To My Ex (Jump Smokers Dirty Extended Mix)
Coldplay - Paradise (Fedde Le Grand Remix)
Fragma - Toca's Miracle (Inpetto 2012 Update)
Klaas - Changes (Original Mix)
Skylar Grey - Invisible (Kaskade Remix)
Porcelain Black ft Lil' Wayne - This is What Rock 'n Roll Looks Like (Jump Smokers Extended Remix)
Dune vs Alesso - Heiress of Valentina (Jean Elan Remix)
Jennifer Lopez - Papi (DJ Kue Extended Mix)
Klaas & Bodybangers - I like (Klaas Remix)
Alyssa Reid ft Jump Smokers - Alone Again (Jump Smokers Monster Club Mix)
The Wanted - Lightning (Chuckie Remix)
Lucid - I Can't Help Myself (Tim Mason Remix)
Kaskade vs Dimitri Vegas, Like Mike & Dada Life ft Tara McDonald - Stars Align Tomorrow (Digital LAB & Pedro Henriques Dub) (Kaskade Mash Up)

Frighteningly Good Beats

The leaves have fallen, the weather has cooled, and ghosts and ghouls are flooding the streets. Halloween has arrived, and what better time is there to drop some serious beats?

This mix essentially belongs to two artists - Avicii & the Wideboys - both of whom have three great tracks on this one. Avicii's productions continue to amaze with what is simultaneously a unique & an immediately recognizable sound. He's so good lately, in fact, that mainstream pop artists seem to find it appropriate to shamelessly rip off his music (*ahem* Leona Lewis & Flo Rida).

The Wideboys are a British duo I've enjoyed for years now, but I'm impressed by how much they've evolved recently. Each of their three songs in this mix sounds completely different, incorporating elements of house, pop, lounge, and even dubstep.

There are other highlights here too, of course, including another great mix from eSQUIRE vs OFFBeat, a couple of remixes from DJ's From Mars, and a driving house track from Umek that reminds me of the good times at the Cardinal with Nick Nice. Good stuff.

Download this mix, drop it in the middle of your Halloween party, and I guarantee your peeps will be dancing...unless you're all zombies, that is.

-Nate

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TRACKLIST:
Example - Watch the Sun Come Up (Moam Remix)
Coldplay - Every Teardrop is a Waterfall (eSQUIRE vs OFFBeat Remix)
Chris Brown ft Benny Benassi - Beautiful People (Club Mix)
Rihanna - California King (Bimbo Jones Remix)
The Wanted - All Time Low (Digital Dog Club Mix)
Her Majesty & the Wolves - Goodbye Goodnight (Wideboys Club Remix)
Avicii - Fade into Darkness (Original Mix)
Jessie J - Nobody's Perfect (Steve Smart Club Version Remix)
The Saturdays - Notorious (Chuckie Extended Mix)
Frisco Heat ft MW - Please Be Kind (Wideboys Extended Mix)
ASH - Let Me Show You Love (ASH & Avicii's Hype Machine Mix) (Unreleased)
Hertz & Subway Baby - Shockz (Umek Remix)
iSquare - Hey Sexy Lady (Sultan & Ned Shepard Remix)
J786 - Outta Control (Dave Aude Club Remix)
Avicii - Levels (Original Mix)
Gabry Ponte ft Zhana - Skyride (DJ's From Mars Club Remix)
Breathe Carolina - Blackout (Wideboys Club Remix)
Kryder - K2 (Original Mix)
Rye Rye ft Robyn - Never Will Be Mine (R3hab Remix)
Topmodelz - My Paradise (DJ's From Mars Remix)