Introducing.

Jock.

(It's 3 am and I should be asleep mix)

You know, I'm not going to say too much about this, (I'm going to let the DJ's Description do that), I will however say this, what a welcome change. Reminds me of a mix by Magic Happens (out of Adelaide) that was done a year or so ago, kept me clicking my fingers all the way through Europe (Thank you Modular Podcast). Here's what Jock has to say about it.

'Some nice italo/disco/post-disco/chicago/house songs for a bit of fun. Jackson Jones, Kathy Diamond and Padded Cell particularly good.'

He's also requested that i inform you all that the mix is not aimed at presenting the DJ's mixing skills (as the songs are played nearly all the way through) but more focused on track selection and the tracks themselves.

Tracks:

40 Thieves - Don't Turn It Off
Metro Area - Orange Alert (DFA Remix)
Five Letters - Tha Kee Tha Tha
Faze Action - Hypnotic (Disco Mix)
Kathy Diamond - All Woman (Vocal Version)
Jackson Jones - I Feel Good, Put Your Pants On
Anthony Mansfield, Nick Chacona - Oh Snap! (Greg Wilson Remix (Edit))
Chaz Jankel - Get Myself Together
Son Of Sound - No Retribution
Only Fools And Horses - Spectacle Wins (Holy Ghost! Remix)
Mekon - Boy Bitten feat. Rita Brown (Padded Cell Remix)

I love it personally. Lots of fun. Try listening to it on the way to work. :D

Hope to hear more from Jock in the future.

Dan.

ps. Comments welcome.

In The Mix: Top 50

It’s the list that Australia’s dance scene waits for with eager anticipation each and every year. It’s now time for you to cast your vote and make your voice heard, with the curtain raised on the 2009 Sony inthemix50. Who has rocked your world over the past 12 months?

Now in its seventh year the inthemix50 has become firmly entrenched in Australia’s club culture as the annual barometer for who and what is hot – and not – in the local dance music scene. It’s up to you to shape the outcome, so head on over to In The Mix: Top 50 and cast your vote!

Voting categories for 2009 are:

> Local DJ
> International DJ
> Local Producer/Live Act
> Club Night
> Festival/Event

By taking part you’ll also go into the draw to win the major voting prize; over $5,000 worth of gear from our friends at Sony! One lucky voter will take home a pair of MDR-XB700 Headphones, DCRSR47 Handycam Video Camcorder, VAIO NW Series Notebook, NAS-S55HDE Hard-Drive Hifi System and NWZ – X Series Walkman MP3 Player. Five runners-up will also win a pair of MDR-XB700 Headphones.

Now to vote for ME as your favourite DJ please follow this link, which will automatically put me down for your vote for Local DJ. You can vote up to three local DJs if you have any other favourites you want to add aswell... I'll be so appreciative if everyone took five minutes out of their time to vote for me...

NOTE: I am not doing this for a chance to be #1. I know i have just started out DJing and most artists find it stupid that I am even entering. But the reason I did enter is to see how many votes I did get, in referring to people viewing this blog, downloading my mixes, and making sure our blog is getting good recognition. I do not appreciate comments that I am amateur. I am quite clear that I am an amateur and I do not need to be told.

Vote for COOPA - In The Mix Top 50 DJS

Thankyou :)


-COOPA-

Club Junque

2008 has seen the rise of one of Australias most avant-garde progressive tech artists. Club Junque has used his residency in the dark and brooding cave room at the Chinese Laundry in Sydney to bring himself to the attention of promoters and clubbers across the country with his unique melodic sound.

Club Junque is of course an antipodean moniker as his signature seamless soundscape is devoid of any throwaway club music. His support roster reads like a who’s who of international progressive heavyweights, having played alongside the likes of Booka Shade, Nick Warren, Anthony Pappa, James Zabiela, Nic Fanciulli, Lee Burridge, Guy J, Tiefschwarz, Carl Craig and Gui Borratto.

His debut EP is being released mid this year with studio cohort Neon Stereo and promises to showcase the sounds that have made him a late night favourite amongst many in the dance music community.

Not limiting himself to the lure of dusky backrooms, he is also a festival favourite, having been added to the lineup for the 2008 Foreshore Summer music festival in Canberra, Good Vibrations and Future Music Festival In Sydney in 2009.

So here it is, a couple of beautiful mixes by the man himself.

Darkbeat Global Underground Sampler

And if you're still wandering what all the fuss surrounding Club Junque is all about, check out his 2 hour set from last weeks party at Chinese Laundry, Exclusively at Hope You Enjoy The Show.

Live From Chinese Laundry

I know what you're all thinking... when is this going to happen again, I can't believe I've been missing this for so long, it sounds soo good. welll... its happening again on the 17th of July @ the Famous Chinese Laundry Under MrMeanr you can check all the details here on their facebook page. Sure to be a hit.

Stay tuned blog heads, I know I've been saying this for a while but I do have the new stuff from Niggaz On Crack coming any day now, and a great mixtape from Derty Rich (Co-Host of MrMeanr).

Get on down and show how much you love these guys, because they love you... How do i know?? They told me so.

Much love.

Dan.

TV Rock: In The Air

You know you are half way to having a hit, when Pete Tong (DJ Idol for BBC UK) decides to give your song a spin as part of his "Essential Selection" radio show.

So what does it mean if he plays it two weeks in a row?

That's exactly what has happened with TV Rock's latest, "In The Air" featuring vocalist Rudy.

Not only is Pete Tong a fan, but the song is receiving plays from David Guetta, The Swedish House Mafia, Eric Morillo and Dirty South as well as remix master Axwell who has said that this is the biggest record in the world for him right now - Though he may be biased as he has already done a remix of it!

Originally penned in 2008 with Laidback Luke as a co-writer, the song originally had the working title ‘Amsterdam’ where the idea was first conceived. The track is the follow up to the club smash ‘Been A Long Time’ feat Rudy.

"Technology is a wonderful thing when you are collaborating with people from all over the world. The first vocal idea was sung into garage band and sent via ichat as I talked Rudy through the concept. We then wrote the record based on this and then he came and recorded the final studio vocals later and the rest is history!" - Grant Smillie

TV ROCK is made up by dance heavyweights Grant Smillie and Ivan Gough. In recent months in addition to destroying dancefloors in Australia and Asia the TV ROCKERS have been travelling the world, playing to millions including closing the Australian MTV Music Awards..


Hope you enjoy the show...


TV Rock feat. Rudy - In The Air (Axwell Remix)

TV Rock feat. Rudy - In The Air (TV Rock & Luke Chable Remix)


-COOPA-

Michael Jackson: Rest In Peace

“In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe.” - Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson
1958-2009
R.I.P
'You'll always be in our hearts'

A courtesy message from I Hope You Enjoy The Show...


Michael Jackson - Thriller (Laidback Luke Remix)

Michael Jackson - Thriller (Discotech Remix)

Michael Jackson - Bad (Mowgli Is Bad Remix)

Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal (LAZRtag Remix)

-COOPA-

An Awesome Little Noise Experiment

Glitch Feast

So, here's something for you, its an awesome little glitchy breaky dubstep mix, i get the feeling there will be a mixed reception to this mix, but I'm going to post it anyway because i'd like to gauge reactions. It's quite experimental (by Sydney standards) but given our new found fascination with dubstep, i think its worth listening to, i personally love it, perfect blend of tech and dubstep.

AAAnyway, its by a man who goes by Sclist, i don't know a lot about him, but when i arrived home last year after my time in the U.K. breaks and dub were a new obsession of mine, i did a fair bit of digging and found two awesome forums for downloading some of the best underground stuff around, mostly from the U.S.A. ie. Dubstep FM who have a brilliant podcast with over 50 episodes each of which showcases over an hour of glorious dubstep hot off the vinyl press from all over the states and for those of you interested in this genre I seriously recommend subscribing through itunes and hearing what they have to say, every podcast comes with a tracklist too, so for those of you itching to drop some dubstep into your electro sets, you'll know what to do.

Another brilliant site i've come to love of late is breakstep.Duxdigital. Out of the UK, this forum is all about showcasing the latest in Breakstep (a mix of breaks and dubstep) which if like me, u like your bass wobbly and your breaks hard, is just perfect, however, you must log into this site to download, but its simple enough to do and there's no spam. Featuring the likes of Sclist, Forensics, Mantis, DFRNT, Miss Mik and several others its a beautiful site, and honestly, its nearly impossible to get everything off there, once again focussing on the more experimental or lesser known regions of the genre which Sydney has now come to crave.

If anyone has any other sites similar to this, i'd be keen to check them out, post them in a comment, any feelings towards this post are welcome to be aired once again through comments, please tell me if you want more of this, or if my words are falling on deaf ears.

Till next time, Enjoy Glitch Feast.

Dan.

Spencer & Hill + Sebastien Leger: New Releases!

Got some new tech house from the French of Tech, plus the new Electro release of Spencer & Hill's Heads Off. Hope you enjoy !!

Support Spencer & Hill at Beatport.com

Spencer & Hill - Heads Off

Spencer & Hill - Heads Off (Bastian Van Shield Remix)
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Please support Sebastien Leger at Beatport.com

Sebastien Leger - Foxxy [File will be released once I have permission to do so]

Sebastien Leger - La Moustique



-COOPA-

Twisted Dj's Live @ PopCulture!

The Set. For Download.

Now i know, for some odd reason some of you weren't able to get down to Dragonfly last Friday night so witness our debut set, one which will surely mark the start of something BIG, so, for those of you who missed out, i have it here for download, now, its pretty sweet so try not to cream yourself over it... because i will claim no responsibility for stained under garments (just putting that out there). Im not going to tell you too much about it, you're just gonna have to download it yourself and see what I mean.

Don't forget, if you like what you hear, we're playing again at dragonfly on the 10th of July. so get you're groovy disco behinds down there and watch us perform.

PS. we love you.

Dan.

Marky Mark in the mix once again.

Technologia Technologia

Hey everyone, welcome to what is the first no laptop post, yes, unfortunately after our set at Dragonfly i left my laptop behind, infact, neither me or Coopa have access to a laptop at the moment, but not to fear, we'll track it all down and get it sorted out, for now though a lovely little live mix from Marky Mark, showcasing his new found love (and just about every other Chinese Laundry regular's) of Tribal Tech. Its a wonderful Genre, rich in bongo's and cowbells and awesome drum patterns! Cant wait till this shit catches on, anyways, there it is, linked for you, and don't forget you can find out more about this dude through troublemakers, or you can check exclusive remixes and live shit on facebook as he is one half of the new craze, ZUG Zug. Check it out boys and girls...

Tracks:

1. Shark In The Water (Zombie Disco Squad Rmx) - W. Brown
2. Sa Punta (Duckbeats Dub) - Jet Project
3. Mas Que Nada (Funkin Matt Rmx) - Gregor Salto
4. Concumbia - Worthy & Yankee Zulu
5. 81 (Renaissanceman Rmx) - Havard Bass
6. Bounce It Up - Robaco Bossa
7. Suseleker - Sync & Arg95
8. Caliente - Mastiksoul & Nick&Danny Chatelain
9. Riverside (Afrojack Rmx) - Sidney Samson
10. Gansta Gangsta (Zug Zug Rmx) - $penda C
11. What Is Guru (Riva Starr Rmx) - Renaissance Man
12. Big Stef - Solo
13. Gehts Trippin - Kevstar
14. Voodoo - Franky Rizardo % Daniel Beasley
15. Elephant Fight (Worthy Rmx) - Christian Martin
16. Work The Walls - Worthy
17. Dirty Maluku Style - Hoodie ft. Chico

Till next time. 

Tom Yum! #4

Beneath The Canopy

Now, look i know its been a fucking lifetime since I have posted anything, but I promise, the following weeks will more than make up for it. I have been working my ass off to get some of the hottest shit around at the moment. Its coming... don't stress, for now though, have a look at this. Another beautiful installment in the Canopy series by a brilliant fellow, Tom Yum. Lovely Tribal Tech.

Download,

Listen,

Enjoy!

All my love,

Dan

Twisted DJs @ Popculture, Friday 19th June

It's time for the Dynamic Duo to finally hit the stage together, as what is going to be an amazing night at Sydney nightclub Dragonfly. Daniel Mulherin and I (Coopa) are coming together to play an exciting one hour set for the opening night of Popculture!!

A brief description of the launch night...


Taking residence in the conveniently placed Dragonfly, the Retrosociety have given birth, and housed our dirty dancing baby in the heart of the Cross. Bringing you young go-getters a once-off opportunity to bust a cap in the ass of your social life one Friday a month at our newest event Pop Culture, we bring the usual banging, head clanging, brain mangling beats you’ve all come to expect from us to Friday Nights; so conveniently placed you can stumble out of the club doors, trip over, fall down a flight of stairs and hurl on the transit guards in Kings Cross station.


Art, Fashion and Dirty, Booty Shaking Beats - Pop Culture, Friday June 19th has arrived.. just another reason to get messay!


Pop Culture [Launch Party] @ Dragonfly
$5 On Guestlist Before Midnight
Doors Open 9pm
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..::DJs for the Launch Party::..

There Goes The Neighbourhood
Three Fingers
The Awkward Boys
Joey Tupaea
Muffy
Twisted DJs [I Hope You Enjoy The Show]
Jock


If you want to get yourselves on the guestlist, either put yourselves as Attending on the Facebook Invite Popculture Launch Night or email your guestlist to:

mikey@retrosociety.com.au

Hope you can all make it and support all the DJs and support this great new night!!



-COOPA-

COOPA @ Candys 13th June

'Just a quick thankyou for all the people who came to Candys last night to witness my debut in the back room! It was a lot of fun and I'm sure I'll be back there soon. I've written out some of the tracks that were played through my set if anyone is interested in grabbing the songs themselves if they loved them...Thanks again..'


COOPA @ Candys Apartment, 13th June 2009


Wolfgang Gartner – Wolfgang’s 5th Symphony
Dave Darell, HI:FI – Flash 2.9 (Dave Darell Remix)
Tiga – Shoes (Bang Gang Remix)
Sidney Samson – Shutup And Let It Go
Felguk, Spencer & Hill – Fingertips (Spencer & Hill Remix)
Bass Kleph – Spend My Money (Bass Kleph Remix)
Sidney Samson – Riverside (Randy Santino Remix)
Bass Kleph – Helium (Wolfgang Gartner Remix)
Nadastrom - Pussy
Olivier Giacomotto – Locomotto
Dirty South – Let It Go (Axwell Remix)
Royksopp – The Girl and the Robot (Jean Elan Remix)
Lazy Rich – Take Control
Proxy – Raven (Crookers Remix)
Laidback Luke vs. The Bloody Beetroots – Be Warp (JoGuedez Mashup)
Miles Dyson – Superbowl
Sharooz – Sextitude (Ed Kane Remix)
Jewelz – One More Cheese (Jewelz Mashup)
Wolfgang Gartner – Hookshot
Sharooz – Get Off (Lazy Rich Remix)
Laidback Luke vs. Faithless – Shake It Insomnia (Paul Aristo Bootleg)
Coldplay – Viva La Vida (Laidback Luke Bootleg)

Here is a short teaser from last night!

COOPA - Be Warp (JoGuedez Mashup) / Superbowl

Also make sure you catch COOPA next friday (19.06.09) as Twisted DJs hit the stage at Dragonfly, for the Popculture Launch Party!

-COOPA-

Fukkk Offf!!!

Fukkk Offf Heerhorst has been renowned for some time in his hometown of Hamburg for storming live sets in the clubs scattered around the city’s red light district. "Die sündige Meile" or "the sinful mile" as it is known has seen its walls shaked and thighs quaked by the throbbing depths of Bastian's big room Fukkk Offf Sound.

After the first two hit singles 'I'm A Freak' and 'Rave Is King', of which the latter went to # 1 on the German Club Charts, FUKKK OFFF delivers his debut full length album 'Love Me, Hate Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me.' on June 8 2009 on NYC’s Coco Machete Records

The Album which includes his previous singles delivers even more flavour from the hip-hose party rocking duet ‘More Than Friends’, featuring NYC rappers Razor Cain & Hazel, to the fashionista anthem ‘Famous’.

Please support Fukkk Offf at Beatport.com!

I Hope You Enjoy The Show...


Fukkk Offf - The Bottom
Fukkk Offf - More Than Friends
Fukkk Offf - Rave Is King

Something extra for you!

Fukkk Offf - Rave Is King (Le Castle Vania Remix)



-COOPA-

Coopa @ Candys Apartment 13.06.09

It's time for Coopa to give what everyone's been waiting for at Candys Apartment this Saturday night!! We'll be hearing thumping and upcoming tracks from May 2009 (Coopa: Sessions) and some newly released tracks that have not yet ventured the surfaces of the Australian clubs yet! Also appearing this Saturday is Chinese Laundry's resident vinyl ripper Wax Motif, and Central Coasts' own Brain Matters.

Be sure to get yourselves down the Kings Cross this Saturday to witness his debut! Why not come after Talk Nerdy To Me play at The Bourbon, Coopa is on later after theirs, lets make it a big bender!!

Coopa @ Disco Disco, Candys Apartment. [Set Time: 3.00-4.00AM - Back Room]

Funkagenda: Breakwater

If you haven’t heard of Funkagenda by now then where have you been hiding?
Over the last 3 years, he has become a name synonymous with quality house music. Already having featured on labels as prominent as Toolroom, Positiva, Defected, Azuli, Ministry of Soud, Size, Big Love and Subliminal, his production and remix skills are highly sought after worldwide.

And production is not the only string in his bow... His DJ talents are also a permanent fixture in clubs around the globe, with 2008 seeing him travelling to America, Canada, Rusia, South America, Romania, Poland, Spain, France, Israel, Serbia, Greece and many more in this year to come!


"Funkagenda is an outstanding talent, his sets can go from light and funky to dark and dirty in a seamless way that few Djs can pull off. Maybe its due to the fact that 50% of the records he plays are his own productions, which are without a doubt up there with the best! If asked to quote a name to watch for the future, Funkagenda is the first we think of..."
- Trophy Twins


Always re-editing and remixing tracks into his own style, his sets have a unique sound and began to catch the ears of many promoters around him, add to this the fact that his tracks are the flavour of the moment its no wonder he won best newcomer and best tune of the summer at this years Ibiza DJ Awards.
Currently enjoying huge support from the likes of Mark Knight, Pete Tong, Axwell, Dirty South, Steve Angello, Sebastian Ingrosso, and even Armin Van Buuren! Funkagenda is name is a driving force in house music today...


So if you have been hiding, here is the Breakwater release plus the remixes! I'll also add in some extras for your aural pleasure.

Funkagenda - Breakwater (Original Club Mix)
Funkagenda - Breakwater (EDX's Ibiza Sunrise Mix)
Funkagenda - Breakwater (Dataworx Code Remix)
Funkagenda - Breakwater (Seaman & Stel's Waveforce Remix)


Extras:
Funkagenda;Mark Knight - Arena (The Very Festivally Mix)



I Hope You Enjoy The Show


-Coopa-

Gigantor

Gigantor; Taking Human Slaves Since 1908

Howdy y'all, got a nice little MEGA MIX for you... a little exploration through the noise thats been making me move over the last few months!

Tracks!

Duck, Cover and Hold feat. Emma Henley (Original Mix) - Style of Eye

Pocket Piano (Brodinski Remix) - DJ Mehdi

Memory (Klaas Vocal Club Remix) - Fragma

Flash 2.9 (Dave Darell Remix) - Dave Darell/Hi:FI

Drink N Dial (Original Mix) - Norman Doray & Albin Myers

Isabel (Original Mix) -Steve Angello

Agag (Original Mix) - Pryda

Anthem (Felguk Remix) - Miles Dyson

Take Control (Original Mix) - Lazy Rich

Wolfgangs 5th Symphony (Original Mix) - Wolfgant Gartner

Generation Noize (Riva Star Rechunk) - Laidback Luke

Technologic (Kids at the Bar Remix) - Daft Punk

One More Time (Richard Grey Subliminal Mix) - Richard Grey

Wasabi On Top (Original Mix) - Olivier Guacomotto

Dark Beat (Deadmau5 Vocal Remix) - Kamisshake

Seaweed (Original Mix) - Sebastien Leger

Shades (Original Mix) - Popof

Soundwave (Koen Groeneveld Remix) - Ragdoll

Be (Angger Re-Dark Mix) - Laidback Luke & Steve Angello

Switch (Style Of Eye Remix) - Jay Lumen

Right Here, Right Now (Abel Ramos Brighton With Love Mix) - FatBoy Slim

Cool (Afrojack Remix) - Spencer And Hill

Riverside (Randy Santino Remix) - Sidney Samson

Heat (Original Mix) - Pig & Dan

Circle Jerk (Bloody Beetroots Remix) - Zoo Brazil & Adam Sky

Prestige (Original Mix) - Fred Hush

Sniff (Original Mix) - Kolombo

Warp 7.7 (Original Mix) - The Bloody Beetroots ft. Steve Aoki

The Big Kazoo (Original Mix) - Style Of Eye

Hold The Trompeta (Niggaz On Crack Remix) - Major Lazor

Pjanoo (Steve Severo's Samba) - Eric Prydz

The Prophet (Original Mix) - Style of Eye

Out Of The Ordinary (Lutzenkirchen S Extroardinary Edit) - Lutzenkirchen

Produkt (Marc Ashken Remix) - Kevin Gorman

I Move On (Style Of Eye Remix) - Torben Boswich

Minimal Existenz (Original Mix) - Autistic

One 2.3 Four (Popof Remix) - Martin Solveig

Whizkid (Larry Fives Whiz Bang Pop Mix) - Style Of Eye

Brazil (Original Mix) - Deadmau5

I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as i enjoyed making it.

Dan.

Armin: A State Of Trance

Now for those of you, who bought themselves a ticket for We Love Sounds Festival for 2009, are going to be extremely lucky to be able to witness one of the biggest headliners in dance music history, and to be lucky for a whole five hour set... I give you Armin Van Buuren.
Armin van Buuren has been named number one in the prestigious DJ Top 100 poll twice in a row, in 2007 and 2008 - voted for by over 350,000 people across the world, an indication of his prolific output over the 10 years he’s been dj’ing and producing. Being the official World’s Most Popular DJ is just one of his many achievements, but the driving force behind his success is an overriding passion for dance music.

“I loved dance music immediately, but it’s not just love for music, it’s my passion. It goes beyond liking, and beyond a hobby, it’s about a way of living. Music is essential to my life”.

Now for the listeners out there who are into this uplifting genre, then I have a special treat for you. I was going through all of Armin’s A State of Trance (radio broadcasting show he puts on every week, to around 70 different countries, blasting out a two hour set! And I believe he is now up to show #406!) And I’ve picked out some fantastic releases from Armin himself, plus some ASOT classics that you’ll enjoy and will most likely hear this weekend at We Love Sounds.


I Hope You Enjoy The Show...
Coopa: A State Of Trance
(Running Time: 82 Minutes)

Tracklist:

1. Intro
2. Armin Van Buuren – Imagine
3. Michael Dow – Ascent
4. Armin Van Buuren – Rush Hour
5. Aly & Fila – Say The Words (Aly & Fila Remix)
6. Mungo – Summer Blush
7. Above and Beyond – Alone Tonight
8. Armin Van Buuren – In And Out Of Love (Richard Durand Remix)
9. Polymental – Chapter One (Mark Sherry’s Outburst Mix)
10. The Doppler Effect – Beauty Hides in the Deep (John O’Callaghan Remix)
11. The Blizzard – Kalopsia (Original Club Mix)
12. Andy Blueman – Time To Rest (Daniel Kandi Bangin Mix)
13. Armin Van Buuren – Communication Pt. 3
14. Armin Van Buuren – Imagine (Paul Miller Remix)
15. Outro


Armin Van Buuren – Imagine
Armin Van Buuren – In And Out Of Love (Richard Durand Remix)
Armin Van Buuren – Communication Pt.3

And im going to be extra nice, and chuck in a song that will definitely be played this Saturday, Im sure you all know it from ASOT 2007 and Armin Only..

Rex Mundi vs Ronski Speed - The Perspective Space (Markus Schulz Mashup)



-Coopa-