saturday night special no 35

DJ Noël - Latest Mix Sessions

Matt made his DJ debut at Driver Bar warming up the crowd with a special two hour playlist of soul, funk, broken beats, deep house, and general groove-bound chunky stuff.
Occasionally Matt challenges me to mix some of his tunes, which is never easy given the mix of genres and varying range of BPMs. My Bank Holiday mission lay in blending his playlist from 19 April, and I’m pleased to say that it’s turned out pretty well. Great summer iPod food!
Even though it made things more difficult, I stayed pretty true to M’s original running order. I cheated in a couple of places with cuts and simpler segues - BPM geeks won’t blame me given that things vary between 92 and 133. Whatever, there are some great tracks on here and no doubt I’ll be playing some of these smoother tunes as part of my Glasto sets next month.
Jon Cutler’s Groove Me and MJ Cole’s remix of Jill Scott are long-term favourites of ours, but I also like some of Matt’s phatter futureboogie-style selects: Fat John, Rhianna, Sia, Detroit Experiment all deserve a little extra volume. Even Osunlade’s Phil Collins re-rub works.
I’m not sure about the Vivian Green / Alix Alarvez section. In fact I admit to cutting the Alvarez track to a single verse and chorus because I find it far too bland. It appears I just have no soul. :-)
Something different for the podcast. Back to purer house sessions next time. Enjoy!
“Saturday Night Special No 35” | selecta: matt | blenda: noël
1 Carmen McRae Just A Little Lovin' (GB Remix)
2 Jhelisa Hold My Beat
3 Rhianna I Love Every Little Thing About You (Walkner Hintenaus Remix)
4 Sia Where I Belong (Red Astair Remix)
5 Common & Jill Scott I Am Soul (Version)
6 The Detroit Experiment Think Twice
7 Kenny Lattimore Days Like This (Nuyorican Soul, MAW Dub)
8 Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators Feeling Free (Aaron Jerome's If Music Mix)
9 Jill Scott Gettin' In The Way (MJ Cole's Way)
10 Rima Ft Julie Dexter Let It Go (Titonton & Tejada Remix)
11 Soldiers Of Twilight Believe (Dub)
12 Alison Crockett Like Rain (Yam Who? Rework)
13 John Cutler & Kemdi You Groove Me
14 Fat Jon Everywhere (Swell Session VIP Mix)
15 Tortured Soul & Christian Ulrich How's Your Life (Alistair Colling Mix)
16 Erykah Badu Otherside Of The Game (Sometimes Re-Work)
17 Definition Of Sound Moira Jane's Cafe (Groovy Dub)
18 Osunlade vs Phil Collins In The Air Tonight (Yoruba Soul Vox)
19 Cesaria Evora Angola (Carl Craig's Remix) - Noël’s Balearic Blend
20 mPeople Excited (M People Dub)
21 Gabrielle Forget About The World (Daft Punk)
22 Dennis Ferrer Ft Malena Perez I Can't Go Under (Main Mix)
23 Vivian Green I Like It (But I Don't Need It) (J Kriv Club Mix)
24 Alix Alvarez & Malena Perez Cool Lil Thing (Alix Alvarez Club)
25 Jody Watley I Want Your Love (Masi And Mello Late Nite Vox)
26 Erykah Badu Honey (Sticky & Soulful Dub)
27 Seal Crazy 2003 (Funky Dub B-side Mix)
28 Owusu & Hannibal Nevermore (Andy C's Rework)
mixed 4 May, chaptered and mastered 17 May 2008.
158.2 MB | AAC file | 192 kbps
The track list also appears in the ‘Lyrics’ tab of the track info.
Use the iTunes ‘Chapters’ menu to jump between tracks in the mix.