Moving to blog.dkoolmix.com

Moving is so tedious and sometimes sad. But I have a new website that is integrated with my new blog. Hence, I will no longer be active on blogspot/blogger.

See me at: http://blog.dkoolmix.com/

THANK YOU.
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mix play v05 (mixed by dkool)

Mix Play V05 (Mixed By Dkool) by Dkoolmix on Mixcloud

My "mix play" set is about commercial house music and remixes of 80s-2000s songs. Making pop songs to sound more house/trance and taking hits from yesteryears to sound more appealing to the young minds. And apparently I have many friends who still enjoy listening to Alphaville, Bon Jovi, Debbie Gibson, Duran Duran, Madonna, Modern Talking, Roxette, Simply Red and more of these.

Interesting, some of my most heard remixes are of "mix play" sets. But the last time I've done a set of this was back in December last year. The reason I'm back with a new set is I wanted something different, and so "mix play v05" is quite electro on the edge. This new set is so tense and electrifying. I've seen the younger crowd going nuts and tryingto figure out the songs. My friends who grew up with the original songs are usually surprised with the powerful tunes. My fav in this set has to be Evanescence's Bring Me To Life (DJ Toxa Electro Mix 2010). My friend DJmike said this is "da killer shite!!!"

So get ready to house it:
1. WhiteSnake - Is This Love (DJ Vini feat. A. Orlov Master Mix)
2. Everything But The Girl - Missing (Mercer Remix)
3. Chris Garcia - Rythm Of The Night (Teo Moss Daniel Shems Remix)
4. Cascada - Because The Night 2010 (Electrical Brothers Radio Mix)
5. Madonna - Music 2010 (DJ Fso Remix)
6. Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence (Had Rock Sofa Remix)
7. Modern Talking - Brother Louie (Dj Shevtsov and Enjoy Djs Remix)
8. Roxette - Listen To Your Heart (Kle Vep Remix)
9. Evanescence - Bring Me To Life (DJ Toxa Electro Mix 2010)
10. Daft Punk feat Mistral Pro - One More Time 2010 (Neptuna & Deeper Remix)
11. Snap feat Armand Van Helden - Rhythm Is A Dancer 2010 (Flávio Anderson Private Mix)
12. TSpoon DJ Squad - The Final Countdown 2010 (Montoya Vs Spic N Span Clubmix)

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playing high v04 (mixed by dkool)

Playing High V04 (Mixed By Dkool) by Dkoolmix on Mixcloud

Updated on Feb 24: This set was also uploaded on http://www.house-mixes.com/artists/DKool/ Point of pride: By mid-week (Feb 24), this set has been downloaded the most (under the Progressive Trance genre). COOL!

I always enjoy working on my series of playing high. It's all about mixing the best songs/remixes from the big names in trance.

I've listened to quite a number of trance songs in the last week or so, got a number of recommendations from friends, and have been playing a few tracks that I personally like. Volume 4 is about bringing all these together; gives me a lot of satisfaction.

I was careful about this experience: I want something that made me feel like I am playing right in front of the crowd, that I could see their faces or at least see their hairs jumping all over their heads. If I could see their hands and their legs in rambling motion. If I could see people not talking to each other on the dance floor, and that everybody was just in the feeling.

Like Mark used to tell me: "it's like being in a state of outer space... you feel like your feet is off the ground and your mind is struggling to understand what you are doing. the music is phenomenally taking over your body. and when the music slows down, you know you are slowly taking a path back to reality."

Playing High v04 is like being there again...

Tracklist:
1. Ashley Wallbridge - Harmonies (Sound Of Garuda Intro Mix)
2. Armin Van Buuren Feat Van Velzen - Broken Tonight (Hardwell Dutch Club Mix)
3. Rank 1 & Jochen Miller - The Great Escape (Extended Mix)
4. First State feat. Sarah Howells - Brave (First State's Crossroads Remix)
5. Cosmic Gate - Barra (Extended Mix)
6. Marcus Schossow & Robert Burian - Kofola (Jochen Miller Remix)
7. Leon Bolier - Shimamoto (Original Mix)
8. Rory Gallagher - Dark Side Of The Sun (Original Mix)
9. Paul Trainer - Soundscape (David Forbes Remix)
10. Andy Duguid - Deja Voodoo (Progressive Mix)

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glee cast - introduction 10minmix v01 (mixed by dkool)

Glee is probaly one of the few groups that can successfully sing Journey's Don't Stop Believin' on its turf. Well done...

The talented Glee casts led by Lea Michele and Cory Monteith delivers some very great covers of pop songs throughout their shows. Here is a 10 min mix of some of these songs.

Tracklist:
1. Don't Stop Believin'
2. Jump
3. You Keep Me Hangin' On
4. Don't Stand So Close To Me/Young Girl
5. Can't Fight This Feeling
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playing games v06 (mixed by dkool)

Playing Games V06 (Mixed By Dkool) by Dkoolmix on Mixcloud

This is defintely for those that need some excitement in their lives and those that need to play on the dance floor:

I was looking to play a mix from some very exciting producers and some new songs that are just being released. A set that is vividly lively and grows on you within minutes. Yes, what I need is to deliver of smooth flowing prog house.

So, here I have a stunning opening with Kaskade's remix of Samanth James' latest single Waves Of Change, then heart-pumping build-ups with new songs from Danny Routh, Dion Mavath, Mandi Seekings and Kenne Kuramochi, and more. The finale: Tiff Lacey's vocal in Chus Liberata's Bed.

Tracklist:
1. Samantha James - Waves Of Change (Kaskade Extended Remix)
2. Chris Rawles - Uhoh (Original Mix)
3. Danny Routh - Children (Original Mix)
4. KhoMha - Midnight (Original Mix)
5. Dezza - Save As (Original Mix)
6. Yasmin Le Bon - Ravi (Original Mix)
7. Dion Mavath - Wait So Long (Chris Moody Remix)
8. Mandi Seekings - Turn It Up (Original Mix)
9. Kenne Kuramochi - Take Me Back (Chris Kaeser Club Mix)
10. Chus Liberata feat. Tiff Lacey - Beds (Original Vocal Mix)

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playing kool v03 (mixed by dkool)

Playing Kool V03 by Dkoolmix on Mixcloud

Latest collection in my series of chill out and lounge mix. This one stands out as the songs are more adventurous: a bit more electic and a bit more drummy -- makes you feel less dreamy while walking on that beach.

Will soon get back to my roots and start working on my deep house set...

Tracklist:
1. MinusBlue & Emma Saville - Be As One
2. Ilya Santana - Lioness Dream
3. C.Cil - Les Jeux Légers
4. Gottafunk - Feelings
5. Kenji Club - Thriller (Chill Lounge Del Mar Mix)
6. Atrium Sun - Abyss (Esthetique Solar Mix)
7. DJ Hooligan - Hear You Now (Grand Chilles Remix)
8. Tone Depth - Rumblefish (Ambient Mix)
9. Koan - Back to The Silent Lagoon (Blue Mix)
10. Afterlife - Smooch

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playing games v05 (mixed by dkool)

Playing Games V05 (Mixed By Dkool) by Dkoolmix on Mixcloud

My fifth set in the Playing Games series is another collection of progressive trance + vocals. Maybe it's the influence of Oceanlab (Above & Beyond + Justin Suissa). That album has such an impact on me personally. I found myself "deep in feelings" + "high in the air"... This set tries to bring back those times.

Tracklist:
1. Milo.nl feat. Lee Mac - Falling (Original Mix)
2. Ferry Corsten feat. Novastar - Because The Remix (Original Extended Mix)
3. FKN feat. Laurie - Alone (Aurosonic Remix)
4. ROMi pres 2Spaces feat Viktor Ginner - Into The Air (Allende Remix)
5. John Isaac feat. Marcie - Secret (Aerotek Remix)
6. Tritonal feat. Cristina Soto - Kiss Me Here (Original Mix)
7. Armin van Buuren feat. VanVelzen - Broken Tonight (Alex M.O.R.P.H. Remix)
8. Andy Tau & Touch Enable feat. Olivia Martyn - Over You (Solis Remix)
9. Judge Jules & Roger Shah feat. Amanda Angelic - Hold On (Original Mix)
10. Masoud feat. Josie - Leave It All Behind (Jorn Van Deynhoven Remix)

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