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Last Updated: 11/17/2009

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City: Pittsburgh-PA & Brooklyn
State: New York
Country: US
Signup Date: 11/11/2005

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Saturday, October 11, 2008 

Category: Music


Undoubtedly one of the hottest tracks around the globe on the radio at the moment and I did official remixes of the track for the label due out soon.  You can preview them on my profile player.   Any DJs wanting a copy as MP3 hit me up. 

Cheers.
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Saturday, September 27, 2008 

Category: Music
It always seems to amaze me how house music has changed over the past few decades. At one point house music actually meant something specific and familiar. There wasn't techno, or trance, or any of the alter-egos of house, there was just house music. It had a feeling. I say this because fast forward 20 years from the early days in Chicago and you now have people coming up to me while I'm playing something like "To Be In Love" from Masters At Work asking me to "stop playing so much techno," or "can I play something that isn't chill-out." Certain late 90's early 2000's techno and trance records ruined it for everyone. Now everything with a 4/4 beat is techno or trance to those who don't know. No matter how much you advertise a specific genre for the night, or how packed the dancefloor is, or how long the person has been in the venue, you can't escape the people who lump it all into one uptempo cluster.

Saturday nights I play a really cool party and its always packed and sweaty and the musique du jour is predominantly anthem house and club hits (David Guetta, Axwell, Fedde Le Grand, Bob Sinclar, etc…). I dig these tracks and they definitely provide the soundtrack for a hands in the air party.  There are plenty of house DJs in this city playing everything from old school classic & deep soulful house, to progressive house, to electro and everything in-between so I have no problem playing the more accesable tracks and I pretty much gave up caring what the haters say.

My question is, at what point does house music stop becoming house? Is it a bassline? Is it the beat? The tempo? Can a track that starts off as an underground house record be held responsible for it's success if it should happen to cross over? Should a house producer be condemned for producing a pop or R & B remix? Producers have to eat. Who is the moral authority these days? Is there a committee I don't know about? Anyone?

I have some of my early house music 12" records on the wall in my studio to remind me of where it all started. I saw it today as I sit down to produce my weekly electro house mix show for iPartyRadio.com. I doubt that many people would find the parallel between something like the classic "Work That Motherf**ker" from Steve Poindexter and current electro house floorfillers like "Killer" from Wolfgang Gartner (although it's produced by jackin' house legend Joey Youngman) but its there if you search your soul. I wonder what early pioneers of house music such as Larry Heard, Chip E, Marshall Jefferson and Frankie Knuckles think of how their children have grown up.
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Thursday, September 25, 2008 
Just pretty excited that the mix I did of Ultra Nate's "The Pressure" is being used on the new Bargrooves "Disco heat" compilation. 

The track was written by Al Mack and produced/remixed by yours truly on Strictly Rhythm.


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Friday, June 27, 2008 

Current mood:  angry
The concession stands.

Just 2 1/2 innings into the historic 3rd game of the Pirates vs Yankees series in Pittsburgh (The Yankees havent played here since 1960 and I bet it takes another 48 years to come back) mother nature rained on the parade. Something told us we should have done the standing room only tickets for one of the other games because THEY were beautiful days. So for 2 and half hours they kept people hanging saying they game would resume, then the game wasn't going to resume, repeat. All the while people spending a weeks salary for watered down drinks, piss-water beer, and "wheres the beef" hamburgers. Heaven forbid the concession stands didn't make their money. Never mind the hundreds, in some cases thousands of dollars people shelled out for this game.

So they finally called the game, and rescheduled it for July 10th, of course the day I will be in New York (do you sense irony anyone) or you can use it for any other home game. Um, who would waste their time seeing the Pirates unless there was a good reason like a 48 year in the making rematch between these two teams in Pittsburgh? They haven't won anything since the 70's and they're in last place and have gone steadily downhill for the past 15 years. Not to mention that this is also the last year for the Yankees at the old stadium and next year ticket prices which are already ridiculously high, will double.

Basically, sports in this country have gone from a "take your kid and have a nice day out" pastime and root for your favorite player/idol to a corporate incentive program and let's bet on which player will leave which team for more money. Thats why fantasy sports are so popular. Theres more coverage given to what players do off the field then when they play.

Needless to say, the staff at PNC were about as helpful and empathetic as a kid with a magnifying glass burning ants on the sidewalk. When we asked the man running the ticket booths what we should do, he said "sell them on Stubhub I'm sure you'll find a buyer." @!&$%! They got THEIR moneys worth tonight, so why should they care about the fans from all around that got assed out of this game and might not want to spend another $500.00 plus to come BACK to Pittsburgh for a heaping helping of the "hospitality."
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Tuesday, March 04, 2008 

Category: Life
I have a new Blogspot blog called "Battery Operated" about music and whatever I feel like at a particular moment that usually deals with music. Check it out...

CLICK HERE TO OPEN MY NEW BLOG
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Friday, November 09, 2007 

NOVEMBER ELECTRO HOUSE FAVES:

 

ARMAND VAN HELDEN - WITCHDOKTOR 2007 (BSOD MIX)

CRYSTAL METHOD – CHERRY TWIST (DEADMAU 5 MIX)

GAT DÉCOR – PASSION (DAVE SPOON MIX)

BENNY BENASSI – HOW LOW CAN YOU GO (FERRY CORSTEN ELECTRO MIX)

DIRTY SOUTH – LET IT GO (AXWELL MIX)

HATIRAS – BASS MONKEYS

BODYROX – WHAT PLANET ARE YOU ON (DEADMAU5 MIX)

DEADMAU5 VS DAFT PUNK – WORK IT HARDER

PETIA – OBSCENLY DELISCIOUS (DJ STROBE DUB)

 

NOVEMBER DEEP HOUSE FAVES:

DASO – MEINE

KNEE DEEP - ROCK IT

SANDY RIVERA & HAZE - FREAK (JIMPSTER MAIN MIX)

LEELA JAMES - MY JOY (QUENTIN HARRIS VOCAL MIX)

HARDSOUL FEAT FIERCE RULING DIVA - SELF RELIGION (BELIEVE IN ME)

PANEVINO - THE WAY I AM

TROYDON AND DACOSTA - NEW YORK MINUTE

SCOPE - ALL NIGHT LONG (ORIGINAL MIX)

TERRY HUNTER FT. TERISA GRIFFIN – WONDERFUL

MARCELLA - STABBING SALLY

DJ LE ROI FEAT ROLAND CLARK - I GET DEEP

DAJAE & BERNARD BADIE – TONIGHT

SAMANTHA JAMES - RISE (ERIC KUPPER REMIX)

BLAZE - LOVELEE DAE 2007

BROKEBACK - YOUR HOUSE

MIKKAEL - THE HOUSE BOAT

 

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Monday, July 16, 2007 

SELECTED DJ MIX CDS:
Club Mixed Volume 1(UBL)
Club Mixed Volume 2(UBL)
Maximum Workout 2 (UBL)
Work This! Volume 5 (UBL)
Best Of Club Classics Volume 1 (UBL)
Best Of Club Hits 2 (UBL) ::: Top 10 on the Billboard electronic albums chart
Best Of Club Hits 3 (UBL)
Best Of Chillout Volume 1 (UBL)
Future Retro Volume 1 (Frenzy)
Re:Made (KOCH)

ALBUMS:
NORAH JONES – New York City –The Chillout Reconstruction (KOCH)

SELECTED REMIXES:

MAROON 5 - Makes Me Wonder (Interscope/Universal)
UNK - Walk It Out (KOCH)
ELIANE ELIAS - Running/Around The City/Jammin (RCA / Sony Music)
JUDGE JULES - So Special (Three8 UK) ::: Top 5 on the Billboard dance chart
TONI BRAXTON – Please (Blackground)
THE KILLERS – Mr. Brightside (Island)
STROBE vs PEPLAB – Pornstar (Neurodisk)
MISSY ELLIOT – I'm Really Hot (Electra)
KODO - Nanafushi (Sony Music)
JENNIFER PAIGE – Crush (Edel) ::: Gold record
ULTRA NATE – The Pressure (Strictly Rhythm)
HOWARD JONES – Just Look At You Now (KOCH)
LOLA – No Strings (Presta & Strobe Mix) (Warner Music)
DAVE's TRUE STORY – Everlasting No (BeBop)
BRITNEY SPEARS - Everytime (Jive)
JAGGED EDGE – Let's Get Married (Columbia) ::: Gold record & 1 on charts for 4 weeks
MARIANNE ROSENBERG - Er Gehort Zu Mir (Warner Music)
JIM VERRAROS – You Turn It On (KOCH)

SELECTED PRODUCTIONS:
Strobe - Where Do We Go (KOCH / SCF) ::: 2006 Top 100 dance records
Speaker Freaks - Hardstyle Bass (Frenzy)
Deep Six – Set Me Free (Jellybean Recordings)
La Casa Grande – Say Yeah (Jellybean Recordings)
La Casa Grande – Subalo Pariba (Jellybean Recordings)
Euphoria – Volume 1 EP (Quark Records) ::: 1 on dance charts worldwide
Euphoria – Volume 2 EP (Rising High UK)
Euphoria – I Like Noise EP (Quark Records)
The Spot Rockers – Attack The Dancefloor (Frenzy / Steel City Funk)
The Spot Rockers – Get Down (Frenzy / Steel City Funk)
Strobe – Party Time (Frenzy / Steel City Funk)

PLEASE VISIT MY OFFICIAL WEBSITE FOR A MORE COMPLETE DISCOGRAPHY


 

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Thursday, July 05, 2007 

Hey Everyone, my iPartyRadio mixshow is now on Saturdays at Midnight Central time.  You can listen on www.ipartyradio.com or apple itunes radio under electronic.

Be sure to check out the gret lineup of DJs every week.

 

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Wednesday, June 27, 2007 
 Just a bit of exciting news concerning my Maroon 5 remix seeing as it has literally only been off the runway for a short time...  Hopefully other stations are adding this as well since I've seen it popping up on other stations adds and a several stations outside the US have already begun playing it,  satellite (XM and Sirius), Music Choice, and other outlets have all shown interest and have requested the mix...

The DJ Strobe remix of Maroon 5 "Makes Me Wonder" at the #1 spot in on air radio rotation at iPartyRadio in Chicago.  The LW and TW refer to the amount of spins in the rotation,

The iPartyRadio.com Playlist!


Effective: June 25, 2007

PD: Will Calder APD/MD: David Charpentier
(Specialty show spins not included.)

..> ..>
LW
TW
MOVE
 ARTIST TITLE LABEL
WEEKS
61
52
-9
 Maroon 5 Makes Me Wonder [Strobe House Edit] Interscope
2
60
52
-8
 Rihanna Umbrella [Jody Denbroeder Radio Edit] IDJMG
6
59
50
-9
 Jupiter Rising Electropop [LP Edit] Chime
10
43
49
6
 Kaci Can't Help Myself [Dave Aude Radio Edit] Curb
6
32
47
15
 Nelly Furtado All Good Things (Come To An End) [Dave Aude Radio Edit] Geffen
4
62
40
-22
 Ne-Yo Because Of You [Sunfreakz Radio Edit] IDJMG
7
45
38
-7
 Kim Leoni Again [Original Radio Edit] Robbins
6
43
37
-6
 Ultra DJs Me & U [Spencer & Hill Radio Edit] Nervous
6
42
36
-6
 Linda O Because The Night [Radio Edit] Amathus
8
35
35
0
 Timbaland f/Keri Hilson The Way I Are [Radio Edit] Interscope
4
34
35
1
 Darude Tell Me [Original Radio Edit] Robbins
6
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Wednesday, June 27, 2007 

For anyone interested in my studio setup:

Apple MacPro Quad Core with 4 GB ram

Steinberg Cubase SX3

Digidesign Pro-tools M-Powered

Korg Triton Keyboard (sounds and controller)

Roland Juno 106 and TR 909

M-Audio Firewire 410

PLUGS:

Spectrsonics Trilogy

reFX Vanguard

Waves

Novation V Station

NI Battery 3

NI FM7

Steinberg Halion Sampler, Nypersonic, Virtual Guitarist 

Propellerheads Reason

Ableton Live

Rndom other plugs and gear...

6:22 PM 
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