When Tony English first asked me to put a mix on Gaydar Radio for his club nation show, I was thrilled. This was then met by terror. What do I put on it? In a club you can gauge what to play, where you go with the music and the people, but a cold light of day mix meant for a gay commercial radio station! This was a challenge!
This mix took me longer than normal to put together, because I had to think about what I was putting on it. I had to consider the market it was going to…and knew I would be judged on it if not least by the Gaydar listeners but myself. I wanted it to be accessible, in line with Gaydars commercialised playlists (I checked) but also I had to look good in front of my peers. Choices, choices, choices.
First it had to have music I have been playing out recently. That was important. I could have packed it with new tunes to impress, but I figured they wanted what I played out…so my market was LoProfile, Gaydars real world club brand. This meant I was to go down nuFunk House style.
Slowly the mix started to develop and emerge…a mix of familiar samples in new house tunes, some brilliant covers, a couple of fresh tracks and a few of my floor favorites. Looking back I can now see there is certain feel to the mix…a friend described as ‘Brent Retro Funky’…and that is an apt summary.
There is almost a old skool funky house vibe to it…a sound I have been describing over the last two years as nuFunk…and it seems more and more of it was coming out and I have put into this mix. I had to cut a few tracks that were ‘pumping, hard and not very Gaydar Radio’. I figured the demographic of the radio station will suit this mix…I did what I would do in any club…match my style to the crowd. I figured Hard On customers who like it edgier wouldn’t listen to Gaydar Radio, but LoProfie, Profile and Rupert Street types would. And with that the mix was born.
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TRACKLIST:
- Hop On Hop Off (Lissat & Voltaxx Remix)/ Goodluck
- Back2House (Original Mix) / Crazibiza
- Take Me Higher -(Garrett & Ojelay Rmix) / Rogerseventytwo
- Edge of the Earth (Original) / Richard Dinsdale
- Rock The Casbah 2011 ( Original Mix) / Truelove Vs The Clash
- My House (Main Booty Mix) / Marcel, Stefano Pain
- Reach Out (Vocal Mix) / Kevin Prise & Crazibiza
- Must Be The Music (Crazibiza Remix)/ Joey Negro
- No Satisfaction feat. Cosmo Klein / Syke’N'Sugarstarr
- Pray (Danny Leblack Special Remix) / Silco, Vicenzo, Always, Vaness
- I Dont Wanna Stop (Original Mix) / Etienne Ozborne & Richard Beyn
- Bahama Mama (Platinum DJ’s Remix) / Boney M
