Trancing It Up 077 (December 2011)

(Ho Ho Ho)

2011′s final Trancing It Up sees the usual template mastered in 2008 again thrown to one side. Do we want the same pattern each time? Do we fuck. By the time the intro finishes, I want to see damp crotches and soggy socks being removed here, there & everywhere. There’s some fucking tonkers in this mix, some proper train-derailers, starting with one part of Shogun’s latest EP, “Lotus / Space Odyssey”, surprisingly titled, “Lotus” and like the genus that includes bird’s-foot trefoils and deervetches, it’s a track that features many beautiful (aural) creatures and appears to a wide habitat, namely dreamers, tweakers and chicken heads.

Also unwrapped fresh like an £2 deluxe Iceland turkey crown is “Xantic”, perhaps my favourite vocal track of the year lovingly released before I carve that aforementioned frosty hind. Jwaydan provides an excellent voice and overall the tune orbits my ballbag like a hovering streams device of love, perhaps due to producer Bjorn Akesson’s well-known obsession with satellite communications.

Finally, amongst all the other gush catalysts on show like DJ Ammotastic & Breakfast’s latest tracks, big-time Japanese forklift operator Tomonari Nagaoka provided me recently with an absolute monster, “CODE:CUBE X”, a track written during his time at New Yokosuka Harbour District. Special items were given secretive codewords and only one employee was trusted with the packages for the Harbour Lounge – Tomonari.

1/ TIU – Intro
2/ Shogun – Lotus (Original Mix)
3/ D-Mad & Eximinds – Will Be Friends (Original Mix)
4/ Breakfast – Tetsuo (Original Mix)
5/ Pedro Del Mar & Illitheas – Bahia Del Sol (Illitheas Remix)
6/ Random X & Blue Tente – Zibola (Blue Tente Remix)
7/ Bjorn Akesson Ft. Jwaydan – Xantic (Original Mix)
8/ Arctic Moon – Afterworld (Original Mix)
9/ Tomonari Nagaoka – CODE:CUBE-X (Original Mix)
10/ Danjo & Styles – What Lies Ahead (Phunpark Bootleg)
11/ Smooth Stab Ft. Aelyn – These Words Between Us (Ozo Effy Remix)
12/ DJ Ammotastic – Heavenly Angels (Original Mix)
13/ Technique – You & Me (Matt Darey Remix)
14/ Roger Shah Ft. Nadja Nooijer – Over & Over (Ferry Tayle ‘E-Motion’ Remix)
15/ Andrew Rayel – 550 Senta (Aether Mix)
16/ Simon O’Shine – Calm Sea (Original Mix)
17/ Mash Up – Liberation (Ferry Corsten Remix)
18/ Hendrik Jelsma & Immersiv – Seems To Be (Original Mix)
19/ Etasonic – Resume (Sentimental Club Mix)
20/ Etasonic – Resume (Sentimental Orchestra Mix)

PS: Check out TFM on the 30th of December for a Yearmix Event, I’m up pretty early for my hour slot amongst many better melody-merging headphoned folk.

PPS: My three-hour year mix will be on here in the New Year sometime after the next Bedtime Stories.

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