June 17, 2009

Website maintenance

Category: News — djphoenix @ 4:47 pm

Updated to latest version of WordPress.  Just finished and haven’t looked around it much, but so far I’m liking what I see.  New version of the sociable plugin seems to have some issues with the twitter functionality, leaving that be for now.  Just got over an illness that had me down for 4 days straight.  I was beginning to think that I’d never get better.  I’m hoping to have a new volume out for public tranceportation soon and break my record and have two releases in one month!!

On another note, BT released a music app for the Iphone called Sonifi and it looks freaking awesome.  Here’s a review of the app (with video!).  Really makes me wish I had an Iphone =(

Tons of great new music has been coming out, I’ve had a hard time keeping up.  I think I’ve grabbed a lot of great ones though.  I can’t wait to put them to good use =)

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June 3, 2009

dj phoenix presents public tranceportation vol. 03

Category: Music — djphoenix @ 5:40 pm

Originally this was not the volume 3 that I had recorded.  I rushed home Friday a couple weeks ago to prepare for some friends of ours to come over to hang out.  We weren’t quite done putting all the finishing touches on things (cleaning, yay!!) when they show up.  I was hoping to have this mix recorded before they showed up. See, this mix was originally what she wanted for her birthday last November.  That was during the time my hard drives were going their way out.  I had “scratches” (and not the good kind =P) in my mixes that I couldn’t quite get rid of; It was bad.

Since I had to re-record it anyways, I decided to change some of the songs too.  There have been so many great tracks to come out this year so far it’s amazing.  So I took the songs I know she likes and took some of my songs I love that haven’t really used in a mix and had at it.  Now, my friend isn’t much for electronic music.  She’s a guitar player and loves her live instruments, but I’ll never forget the first time they came over to hang out and fell on the floor when I played Tiesto’s remix of Ride by the Carry Brothers.  I absolutely love that song and it’s a shame I haven’t used it in more mixes (oh wait, I think it was in the “original” volume 3, heh).

I also decided to format this a little different from my normal style.  Generally I like to start off slow and then pick up the pace and end on a pretty energetic note.  However, I wanted to make sure that this was enjoyable for her, since it was a present after all.  As you can see from the track list below, there are some energetic tracks, but the ending isn’t apocalypticly energetic.  I decided to tone it down a little to give that kind of…cool down feeling.  I like it and have been listening to it quite a bit myself.  Take a listen below and let me know what you think =)

public tranceportation volume 03

Quality: 192kbps
File Format: Mp3
File Size: 86.7MB
Mix Length: 1hour 03mins and 12 seconds

1. Sarah McLachlan – World On Fire (Junkie Xl Mix Gm Edit) Arista
2. Arnej and Josie – Strangers We’ve Become (Blake Jarrell Remix) Armada Music
3. **Personal Favorite** Cary Brothers – Ride (Tiesto Remix) Songbird
4. Dash Berlin with Cerf, Mitiska & Jaren – Man On The Run (Dash Berlin 4am Remix) Armada Music
5. Lange feat. Sarah Howells – Out of The Sky (Kyau and Albert Mix) Maelstrom
6. Delerium feat. Sarah McLachlan – Silence (Niels van Gogh vs Thomas Gold Remix) Nettwerk Productions
7. Armin van Buuren feat. Sharon den Adel – In and Out of Love (The Blizzard Remix) Armada Music
8. DT8 Project – Destination (Akesson Remix) Mondo Records
9. John O` Callaghan feat. Sarah Howells – Find Yourself (Cosmic Gate Remix) Captivating Sounds
10. Sarah McLachlan – Sweet Surrender (DJ Tiesto Remix) Arista

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