Ghost Train - Episode #6

First off, I'm back... After a long spell. I have been very busy with college exams and working hard but finally  after 4 years, achieved my honors degree. Now I can focus completely on the music. I'm sure you have noticed a change in design, again. I got the inspiration from BNR (I'm not even going to explain the Abbreviation), with their large, bold Futura font. Then just double over the font with an offset and color change.

Anyway, to the music. This mix was to be the death of me. Obviously not DJing in about 2 months, even the most seasoned veteran would seem a bit rusty, but after listening back to it, the first 17 minutes actually turned out OK, but its when the Moombahton and Dubstep come in, that's when it gets messy, and that's when I realized I cant beatmatch Dubstep. Most incredibly, my speaker wire came out of my speakers (yes, that's how shit they are) while I was making about 6 mins in, and had to keep going just listening to the headphones.

There have been a lot of solid releases over the last couple months, and being so, you would think that I would go over my 30 min mix time limit. No, in fact I came in at 27mins, to be honest, I had made the playlist like that, then ran out and could find another song to mix in at the end so just decided to end it.

In other news, I'm hard at work producing and getting to grips with Ableton, I made my first track, which I will have up on my Soundcloud soon, and creating an alias and working on the artwork for it. Until next time...

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Tracklist;

1. Laser Horse (Dumme Jungs remix) - Liberty

2. Tank - Galantis

3. Gladiator - Sandro Silva & Oliver Twizt

4. Shut It Down - Starkillers

5. H8RS - Steve Angello, AN21, Max Vangeli

6. Amsterdots - Afrojack & Party Squad

7. Right Here, Right Now 2012 - Mikeal Weermets vs. Fatboy Slim

8. Somebody That I Used To Know (Dumme Jungs remix) - Gotye

9. WTF?! - Nicky Romero, ZROQ

10. Beat Down - Steve Aoki & Angger Dimas

11. Sleaze - Knife Party

12. Diminishing Returns (Alvin Risk remix) - Ali Love

13. Still Gettin' It - Skrillex

Ghost Train - Episode #5

Plenty of great releases in the last month, this months episode is a mix of my personal favourites over the last month, of course there are a few more, but couldnt fit them all in. I also decided to revert back to the old designs, although I would like to design a few more different ones, it was just easier this month with being busy and everything.

And It must be the first time since I started, that I dont have an Avicii track in a mix, I must be changing my ways. I always feel the need to end on something a little different now, like a Dubstep or Moombahton track now.

I did this mix as a practice for the national student DJ competition this coming Thursday, where I have a meager 20 minutes of play time, not much, but Im getting a general idea of what Im going to play, just have to practice it, definitely not a case of "lets just wing it", like a regular gig.

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Tracklist:

1. Funky Vodka - TJR

2. Embers - Feed Me

3. We Are Now Connected - Mord Fustang

4. Breakin' a Sweat (Zedd remix) - Skrillex

5. Build Up (Tommy Trash edit) - Chris Lake

6. The Champ - Wolfgang Gartner

7. Ready To Fly - Deth Hertz & No Body

8. Cataleya - Andrew Bennett & Strobe

9. Troll - Qulinez

10. Titanium (Cazzette's Ant Seeking Hamster remix) - David Guetta

11. 100% In The Bitch - Porter Robinson

Ghost Train - Episode #4

This trying to get a mix done every 2 weeks is proving extremely difficult, simply because there are not enough quality releases within 2 weeks. So lets make it a monthly thing... although, with that being said, I have planned to do a best of 2011 mix next week. But besides that, the Episodes will be monthly, give or take.

I decided to change the design this week too, the other one was getting old, so I designed this one based off the old 50's Broadway, vintage era, which I'm in love with now, some of the designs and typography from that decade are amazing, but back to the point.. Music.

I know, again, another Avicii - levels remix, I'm sorry, I do apologize, but you gotta admit, it is the best remix of the track (well, in my opinion), much better than Skrillex and clockwork, mainly because Hardwell takes a different approach to the drop, with the grind/chainsaw/motorcycle, or however people call that sound. Oh, and again my apologies, the mixing came out terrible in the end, very sloppy, esp. at the beginning of the mix, but the song choice makes up for it (hopefully).

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Tracklist:

1. Moombahton - Dave Nada

2. Bahasa (GTA remix) - Blink, Gianna Marino, Metsi

3. Big in Japan (Denzel Park remix) - Martin Solveig

4. Levels (Hardwell remix) - Avicii

5. Flash (Nicky Romero remix) - Green Velvet

6. Toulouse - Nicky Romero

7. Ivory - Congorock

8. Bassive - Felguk

9. Low Battery - Gregori Klosman

10. Alive (Tommy Trash remix) - Dirty South, Thomas Gold

11. Optimal Grime - Jay Robinson

12. Fire Hive - Knife Party

Ghost Train - Episode #3

I know, I know... Its been ages since I last made a mix, in what was supposed to be a fortnightly installment of mixes on the blog has sort of turned into, well, 6 weeks now maybe?

But in my defense, the releases over the last month were horrendous, thats all I will say. Only in the last week has there been some solid releases worthy of there place in a mix. This one is packed to the gills with heavy tracks, including some of the freshest releases over the last month, but most of which are the last week or so. I decided to just go straight Electro this episode, no Dubstep, Moombahton, or Tech House.

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Tracklist:

1. Internet Friends - Knife Party

2. Cobra - Hardwell

3. Antidote - Swedish House Mafia & Knife Party

4. Camorra - Nicky Romero

5. Dutchano (Laidback Luke Edit) - Avesta & B Valley

6. Iced Out (Calvin Harris Remix) - Burns

7. Stars Come Out - Zedd

8. U R - Wippenburg

9. Slumber (Tommy Trash Remix) - Steve Fort Rio & Lindsey Ray

10. Lionheart - Afrojack

Ghost Train - Episode #2.5 (Guest Mix)

This is the surprise I have been dying to unveil for Ghost Train Music. Along with myself mixing on a 2 week basis, I have arranged for a number of DJ's I know to get involved and make a guest mix for the podcast.

The first guest mix is from a good friend of mine, Clubber Lang, a Dublin based DJ who plays weekly on Pre-Drinks Radio, with an indie-disco, funky house, style of set. Check his Facebook for more info. This is one of the best mixes I have heard from any DJ in while I must admit, It feels fresh. Disco, Funky, Techy, this set has a fantastic mix of all, the track that sticks out most for me is the DJ Mehdi remix, pure classic. Hope you guys enjoy!

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Tracklist:

1. Louis La Roche - Get On Down

2. Metronomy - The Bay (The 2 Bears Remix)

3. Prince Club - Ice T

4. Rogerseventytwo - Take Me Higher

5. Quintin 909 - Get Down

6. Broke one - Go Go Go (Evil Nine Remix)

7. DJ T. - City Life (Maceo Plex Remix)

8. Cassius - Youth Speed Trouble Cigarettes - (Reset! Remix)

9. DJ Mehdi - Signatune (Thomas Bangalter Edit)

10. Eats Everything - Entrance Song

11. Deetron - Starblazer

12. Robert Boogert - Sound of Violence (Robert Boogart Remix)

Ghost Train - Episode #2

Over the course of 2 weeks, since my last mix anyway, I'm finding it extremely difficult to find top quality music, worthy of an episode, but I manage, there are a few new releases in the coming weeks to keep me the episodes fresh.

This week, see's a lot more Electro than the first episode, mainly as I said, due to lack of quality releases. In the next episode I'm going to try incorporate more Progressive into the set. Its a mishmash of House, Moombahton, Electro, Dubstep, which is unlike me to drop a Dubstep track into a set, but I felt this 1 was worthy.

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Tracklist:

1. Pleasurekraft - Satyr Song

2. Deniz Koyu - Tung

3. Chuckie - What Happens in Vegas

4. Unison (Knife Party remix) - Porter Robinson

5. Dovregubben - Zedd

6. Levels (Clockwork remix) - Avicii

7. Menage A Trois - Wolfgang Gartner

8. Happy Violence - Dada Life

9. Scary Monsters & Nice Sprites (Zedd remix) - Skrillex

10. First of the Year (Equinox) - Skrillex

Welcome to Ghost Train.... Episode #1

Ghost Train Music is a series of fortnightly mixes/podcast's with the latest and greatest Dance music, including House, Tech House, Electro and Progressive. I aim to release a new mix every second saturday night.

These 30 minute mixes will include the latest releases, my personal favourites, and must-have tracks.

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Tracklist:

1. Tric Trac - Worthy, Eats Everything

2. We Love (Pleasurekraft remix) - Sneaky Sound System

3. Lezgo - Justin Martin, Ardalan

4. The Drop - L.A Riots

5. Cott's Face - Feed Me

6. Feedback - Swanky Tunes, Hard Rock Sofa

7. Raveaggedon - Alex Metric

8. Sending My Love - R3hab, Swanky Tunes

8. Was I A Fool - MyBack

9. Feel So Close (Dillon Francis remix) - Calvin Harris