Set Playlist, Ducky's, 2014-11-29

Here's my set list from Ducky's last night. I played a lot of indie tracks for the first couple hours, then pop/top40 for the rest of the night.

01. Stopmotion Sickness, "Blood On Your Hands"
02. The World's A Beautiful Place, "Thanks"
03. Joya, "Gunpowder Park"
04. Hot Fudge, "To Be One Ask One"
05. Animal Flag, "Solace"
06. Meatbodies, "Wahoo"
07. Amanda X, "Guatemala"
08. Cherry Glazer, "Nurse Ratched"
09. Los Tones, "Buchanan Hammer"
10. Bed, "Wayward"
11. Corners, "Against It"
12. Sunbears, "Laughing Girl" 13. Peachpit, "Isadoria"
14. Earl Boykins, "Lance Armstrong"
15. Luxembourg Signal, "Wishing Pool"
16. Side Saddle, "When It's All Done"
17. Mourn, "Your Brain Is Made Of Candy"
18. Menace Beach, "Come On Give Up"
19. Petite League, "Surviving October"
20. Hideout, "Where You've Been"
21. History Of Apple Pie, "Don't You Wanna Be Mine"
22. High Pop, "Hey Kid"
23. Shivery Shakes, "Swimming"
24. Majestico, "I Just Want To"
25. Tideland, "Let Me In"
26. The World's A Beautiful Place, "Thanks"
27. Medicine, "Move Along Down The Road"
28. The Drink, "Beasts"
29. Hundred Visions, "You're Gonna Cut Me Loose"
30. Purling Hiss, "Learning Slowly"
31. Bully, "Milkman"
32. Tilts, "Thomas Jefferson II"
33. The World's A Beautiful Place, "Thanks"
34. M185, "Soon"
35. Repeat Repeat, "Not The One"
36. Kittyhawk, "Seasonal Abjective Disorder"
37. Hollands, "Great White Shark"
38. Sons Of Rico, "In My Eyes"
39. Taylor Swift, "Blank Space"
40. Fall Out Boy, "Centuries"
41. Ella Henderson, "Ghost"
42. Ed Sheeran, "Sing"
43. The Script, "Superheroes"
44. Echosmith, "Cool Kids"
45. Rixton, "Me & My Broken Heart"
46. Ed Sheeran, "Don't"
47. Shakira, "Empire"
48. Maroon 5, "Animals"
49. Neon Trees, "Sleeping With A Friend"
50. Ingrid, "Girls Chase Boys"
51. Meghan Trainor, "Dear Future Husband"
52. Mkto, "Classic"
53. Jess Glynne, "Rather Be"
54. Paramore, "Ain't It Fun"
55. Katy Perry, "Dark Horse"
56. Vance Joy, "Riptide"
57. Nico & Vinz, "Am I Wrong"
58. Sia, "Chandelier"
59. Hozier, "Take Me To The Church"
60. Pharrell Williams, "Come Get It Bae"
61. Meghan Trainor, "All About That Bass"
62. Charli XCX, "Boom Clap"
63. Sara Barielles, "I Choose You"
64. Magic, "Rude"
65. Shaw Mendes, "Something Big"
66. Katy Perry, "This Is How We Do"
67. Jessie J, "Bang Bang"
68. Maroon 5, "Maps"
69. One Republic, "Love Runs"
70. 5 Seconds, "So Perfect"
71. Meghan Trainor, "Lips Are Moving"
72. Kongos, "Come With Me"
73. Alesso, "Heroes"
74. Pharrell Williams, "Happy"
75. Pitbull, "Fireball"
76. Demi Lovato, "Really Don't Care"
77. Calvin Harris, "Blame"
78. Calvin Harris, "Summer"
79. Katy Perry, "Birthday"
80. Ariana Grande, "Break Free"
81. Taylor Swift, "Shake It Off"
82. Avicii, "Wake Me Up"
83. Pitbull & Katy Perry, "Timber"
84. Flo Rida, "Club Can't Handle Me"
85. One Republic, "Counting Stars"
86. Eric Paslay, "Song About A Girl"
87. Darius Rucker, "Homegrown Honey"


It was a pretty casual night at the bar, and a chance for me to enjoy playing a different style than I usually play. I didn't record this set.

  

I didn't record this set, however, if you'd like to download some DJ dance mixes which are similar to the music used in the hour or so, check out my Workout Mix series at the following link:

www.djbolivia.ca/workout

I'm Jonathan Clark, known online as DJ Bolivia.  Do you want to learn more about DJ'ing and music production?  If so, visit:

djbolivia.ca/training

If you happen to enjoy techno tracks, most of my tracks are available as free downloads from this link:

djbolivia.ca/tracks

Thanks so much for visit, and for your support!  I really appreciate the fan base that I've been able to build up over the years.

Also, if you want to visit any of my other sites, here are a few links:

    YouTube:  youtube.com/djbolivia

    SoundCloud:  soundcloud.com/djbolivia

    Blogger:  djbolivia.blogspot.com

    Main Site:  www.djbolivia.ca

Bolivia: Live at the Pump NightClub, Saint John

This past Friday night, I played at the Pump nightclub in Saint John, New Brunswick. I took some video and recorded my set, which I'll be sharing later in this post.

To give you some background on the set, I told Fred Bissnette that I wanted to bring an Allen & Heath Xone 4D mixer and do an Ableton Live set using the mixer as an audio mixer, but also using the MIDI controls at the same time to control many of the effects/controls in Ableton.

I decided to play a set of classic house tracks. And I'm serious when I say that; I really dug up some older classics, a la Nexus6ix and Tommy Knuckles style (for those of you from Atlantic Canada). Many of the tracks were released between 1995 and 2003. I couldn't find electronic copies of a lot of them, so although a few were bought from Beatport, I actually got most of these by ripping digital copies from my own old vinyl records. Unfortunately, the quality isn't "wave" quality for all of the tracks in the set, but I think that just adds to the authenticity of the set.

As usual, I was running late and didn't have as much time as I would have liked to prep before the show. It was a two-hour drive to get to Saint John, but luckily one of my friends (Ian Allen) was driving, so I had that time in the car to prep for the set on my laptop. I warped the tracks and barely had time to set up some basic effects - enough to get me started. I expanded on the layout of the session once I got into the club and started playing.

Here's a quick two-minute video that roughly explains how things were organized once I first got set up. As mentioned in the video, I set things up to be a bit more complex as I was playing, and added some extra mapping and processing:

To download any of my studio mixes or recordings of lives shows, visit:

djbolivia.ca/mixes 

Then go into the folder called "Bolivia's DJ Mixes & Live Shows"

Thanks for your support!

And here are the track listings from my set:

01. Crystal Waters, "Gypsy Woman" (Teddy Douglas Edit).
02. Alcatraz, "Give Me Luv" (Original Mix).
03. Funky Green Dogs, "Fired Up" (Twilo Anthem Edit).
04. Jungle Brothers, "I'll House You" (Club Mix).
05. Eddie Amador, "Rise" (New York Preacher Mix).
06. DJ Sneak, "All Over My Face" (Original Mix).
07. Deep Forest, "Deep Forest" (Sam Slam Remix).
08. Nuyorican Soul feat India, "Runaway" (Armand Van Helden's Mongoloids In Space Mix).
09. CZR feat Darryl Pandy, "Bed Enough."
10. George Morel, "Let's Groove" (Original Mix).
11. Cheek, "Venus" (Sunshine People Remix).
12. Eivissa, "Move Your Body" (Extended Mix).
13. Bionik Phunk, "In My Head" (ATFC's Timmys In My Head Remix).
14. Deep Swing, "In The Music" (Original Mix).
15. DJ Sneak, "Fix My Sink."
16. Chili Hifly, "Is It Love."
17. Pontiac, "Everybody Dance To The Music" (Carrad House Reprise Mix).
18. South Street Player, "Who Keeps Changing Your Mind" (Club Mix).
19. Joey Negro, "Love Hangover" (Joey Negro Luv 2 Dub).
20. Milk & Sugar, "Higher & Higher" (Montilla 2000 Remix).
21. Grace Jones vs Funkstar Deluxe, "Pull Up To The Bumper."
22. One Phat Deeva, "In And Out Of My Life" (Knee Deep Vocal Remix).
23. Octave One feat Urban Soul Orchestra, "Blackwater" (Original Mix).
24. Joey Negro, "Must Be The Music" (Crazibiza Remix).
25. Soul Providers, "Try My Love" (2001 Classic Vocal Mix).
26. Barbara Tucker, "Stop Playing With My Mind" (Whiplash & Turner Vocal Mix).
27. Bob Sinclair vs Bucketheads, "Gym Tonic" (Thomas Banglater Remix).
28. Back To Basics, "Where's My Money" (Bongo Beat Mix).
29. Shakedown, "At Night" (Kid Creme Club Mix).
30. Jerry Ropero, Denis The Menace, & Sabor, "Coracao" (Axwell Remix).
31. Love Connection, "The Bomb."
32. Max Linen, "The Soulshaker" (Original Mix).

I was going through the tracks a bit faster than I should have. I probably could have played the same music as a three hour set, instead of the slightly-under-two-hours that it was. To be honest, although rushing through the tracks led to a bit more variety and entertainment for the dance floor, I really think the set would have sounded better if I had mixed it over a longer period (less melodic overlaps and disharmonies in the key signatures). Also, the set is FAR more "busy" than I would play if I was playing progressive or tech-house, where I really aim for smooth mixes. The energy levels are high here, and there is a lot of chaos.


I'd like to thank Fred Bissnette (the resident DJ) for setting up this special event, Troy Morehouse (the owner at Pump), and the staff and other DJ's for making the night so fun. 

I'm Jonathan Clark, known online as DJ Bolivia.  Do you want to learn more about DJ'ing and music production?  If so, visit:

djbolivia.ca/training

If you happen to enjoy techno tracks, most of my tracks are available as free downloads from this link:

djbolivia.ca/tracks

Thanks so much for visit, and for your support!  I really appreciate the fan base that I've been able to build up over the years.

Also, if you want to visit any of my other sites, here are a few links:

    YouTube:  youtube.com/djbolivia

    SoundCloud:  soundcloud.com/djbolivia

    Blogger:  djbolivia.blogspot.com

    Main Site:  www.djbolivia.ca

Christmas Night Party at Club 981

I played the annual Christmas night party at Club 981 in Neguac (near Miramichi) again the other night. What a party. I did this last year too. I would have expected that not a lot of people would come out to party on a Christmas night, but that was a mistaken assumption.

I've got a set list below, for anyone who was at the event and is trying to figure out some of the songs that I was playing. I assume that people would have known all the tracks from the last hour and a half, but maybe not some of the songs in the first half of the evening. I started out with a bit of rock & even a couple country songs, then moved into current pop music. However, when I started getting into dance music, everyone started requesting "classic" mainstream hits, so after the Lady Gaga track that I played, I gave up trying to play newer music and just went with songs that were a couple years old. As a DJ, it's good to play what the crowd wants to here.

 

For anyone in Halifax, I'll be playing a show with David Anthony on Thursday evening. This should be fun ... we used to DJ together pretty frequently about ten years ago, back in the days of vinyl, but we haven't played together in a decade. That show will not be mainstream/pop - look for a classic house set on Thursday evening.

Anyway, here's the set list from Christmas Eve:

Aerosmith, “St. John”
Blink 182, “All The Small Things”
Collective Soul, “Where The River Flows”
Don Henley, “Boys Of Summer”
Fishbone, “Ma & Pa”
George Thorogood, “Memphis Marie”
I Mother Earth, “One More Astronaut”
Johnny Cash, “Cocaine Blues”
Kid Rock, “Cowboy”
Toby Keith, “Red Solo Cup”
We The Kings, “Say You Like Me”
Young The Giant, “Cough Syrup”
Demi Lovato, “All Night Long”
The Fray, “Heartbeat”
The Script, “Nothing”
Knux & Kid Cudi, “Run”
Kelly Rowland & Big Sean, “Lay It On Me”
Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa, Brunco Mars, “Young, Wild, and Free”
Chiddy Bang, “Ray Charles”
Colbie Caillat, “Brighter Than The Sun”
Hot Chelle Ray, “I Like It Like That”
Gym Class Heroes, “Stereo Heart”
Patrick Stump & Lupe Fiasco, “This City”
Nicki Minaj & Rihanna, “Fly”
Outasight, “Tonight Is The Night”
Childish Gambino, “Heartbeat”
KDrew, “Body & Soul”
Cobra Starship, “Fool Like Me”
Lady Gaga, “Just Dance”
Pitbull & Chris Brown, “International Love”
Flo Rida, “Good Feeling” (Extended Mix)
David Guetta & Usher, “Without You” (Nicky Romero Remix)
LMFAO, “Sexy & I Know It” (Mord Fustang Remix)
Black Eyed Peas, “Just Can’t Get Enough” (Damon Paul Remix)
Alexandra Stan, “Mr. Saxobeat” (Extended Mix)
Milk & Sugar, “Hey Nah Nah” (Milk & Sugar Club Mix)
Biboulakis & Nina Zeitlin, “If Only Alarms Didn’t Ring” (David Jones Remix)
Maroon 5, “Moves Like Jagger” (Sex Ray Vision Remix)
Rihanna & Calvin Harris, “We Found Love” (Matt Nevin Extended Mix)
Ke$ha, “We R Who We R” (James Rendon Club Mix)
David Guetta, “Sexy Bitch”
LMFAO, “Shots” (Dirty Version)
Crookers & Kid Cudi, “Day & Night”
Nicki Minaj, “Super Bass” (Liam Keegan Explicit Extended)
Pink, “Raise Your Glass” (Jump Smokers Extension)
Rihanna, “S&M”
Taio Cruz, “Dynamite” (Mixin’ Marc Club Mix)
Rihanna, “Only Girl In The World” (Liam Keegan Remix)
Katy Perry, “The One That Got Away” (Liam Keegan Extended Remix)
Martin Solveig feat Kele, “Ready To Go” (Arno Cost Club Mix)
Tiesto & Diplo, “C’Mon” (Original)
David Guetta, “Who’s That Chick” (Martin Sauza Extended Edit)
Stromae, “Alors En Danse” (DJ’s From Mars Club Mix)
Yolanda Be Cool, “We No Speak Americano” (Jarleen Bootleg)
Milk & Sugar, “Hi Mi Pata Pata” (Milk & Sugar Club Mix)
Usher & Pitbull, “DJ’s Got Us Fallin’ In Love”
LMFAO, “Party Rock Anthem”
David Guetta & FloRida, “Club Can’t Handle Me”
Avicii & Sebastien Drums, “My Feelings” (Original)
Enrique Iglesia & Pitbull, “I Like It” (Cahill Club Mix)
Katy Perry, “Last Friday Night” (Almighty Club Mix)
Coldplay, “Paradise” (Fedde Le Grand Remix)

I'm Jonathan Clark, known online as DJ Bolivia.  Do you want to learn more about DJ'ing and music production?  If so, visit:

djbolivia.ca/training

If you happen to enjoy techno tracks, most of my tracks are available as free downloads from this link:

djbolivia.ca/tracks

Thanks so much for visit, and for your support!  I really appreciate the fan base that I've been able to build up over the years.

Also, if you want to visit any of my other sites, here are a few links:

    YouTube:  youtube.com/djbolivia

    SoundCloud:  soundcloud.com/djbolivia

    Blogger:  djbolivia.blogspot.com

    Main Site:  www.djbolivia.ca

 

 

Show at Triangles in Moncton, February 11th

Tonight was a great night. Much better than I had expected. I got an ear infection on Wednesday and I was a little nervous that I wouldn't be able to hear very well for tonight's show, but it cleared up quickly with an overdose of antibiotics. Happy birthday to my friend Emily! And Nick, it was great to see you again.

 

The only real drawback of the night was that I intended to play a full set of tribal and progressive house, but because I was switching tracks too quickly, I was running out of music by the end of the night (I was the only DJ for the evening). It should not be possible to have thirty-seven progressive/house tracks take less than three hours, but I guess that I did edit everything earlier this afternoon and cut out all of the breakdowns, making all the tracks shorter. Anyway, I was getting a few requests for some top40 near the end of the night, so I actually decided to switch gears and move into top40 for the last twenty minutes, rather than playing some shitty progressive tracks that I had panned earlier in the evening. Here's the set list:


01. DJ Kypski - Satisfaction (Kuhlmann Remix).
02. John Acquaviva & Olivier Giacomotto - Black Mamba (Original Mix).
03. Manuel De La Mare & Luigi Rocca - Tam Tam (Original Mix).
04. Dezza - Foul (Original Mix).
05. DJ Camero - Buffalo (Carlos Chaparro Remix).
06. Martin Escape - My Search (Original Mix).
07. Bingo Players - Get On The Move (Alex Kenji Remix).
08. D Deluxer - Between Time And Space (Iliyan Mix).
09. Gabriel Rocha - Ride On Time (Original Club Mix).
10. Francis Preve - Jetsam (Original Mix).
11. Ivan Wasquez - Eleven (Original Mix).
12. Pako & Frederik - Etnosat (TC Maniak).
13. Compact Grey & Beatamines - El Fantastico (Dub Mix).
14. Soundshaperz - Cocaine (Original Mix).
15. Ralph Gar - Take Me (Play Tech Mix).
16. Oliver Schmitz - Multiplexing (Original Mix).
17. Rah Band - Clouds Across The Moon (Jay Lumen Lost The Connection Remix).
18. Ludowick - My Own Reality (Nemaier Remix).
19. Lee & Slater - First Date (Original Mix).
20. Jay Lumen - Playground (Original Mix).
21. DJ Slider & Anton Liss - Mr Devil (David Jones Remix).
22. Nick Fay - After Midnight (Original Mix).
23. Niaz Arca - Back To The Jungle (Original Mix).
24. 21 Street - Dream Away (Original Mix).
25. Hard Rock Sofa & Saint Brothers - Blow Up (Thomas Gold vs Axwell Remix).
26. Supernova - Beat Me Back (Original Mix).
27. Hanz Koenig - Waveform (Original Mix).
28. Miguel Vargas - I Love The Sound (Original Mix).
29. Old Young Guy - Toyg (Manuel De La Mare Edit).
30. Saints & Sinners - Pushin Too Hard (Nic Fanciulli Remix).
31. DJ Dan - N2O (DJ Dan's Bongoloid Mix).
32. Carl Roda & Marc Fisher - Zora (Original Mix).
33. Stefano Noferini - Move Your Body (Original Mix).
34. Avicii - Street Dancer (Original Mix).
35. Crazibiza - My Lips (Original Mix).
36. Stars On 45 - Stars On 45 (Olav Basoski Remix).
37. Black Project - Rasputin (Simioli & Black Original Mix).

At this point, I was running out of music because I was switching between tracks a bit too fast, so I ended up digging into the mainstream crate. The dance floor loved it, but that wasn't my intention at the start of the night. Anyway, I'm not going to list those because there were only a few and I can't remember exactly what I played, maybe "Tetris" by Electrixx, "The Time/Dirty Bit" by BEP, "Dynamite" by Taio Cruz, "Raise Your Glass" by Pink, and "C'mon" by Tiesto/Diplo. First time I've ever played a Tiesto track in a live set, I think. I feel like there might have been one or two more tracks in there, but I can't remember.

I finished the night with "Sprawl 2 (Mountains Beyond Mountains)" by the Arcade Fire.

Sorry, but I didn't record this set. However, I do have a photo that Ian Allen (my sound tech and all-around support staff) took while I was DJ'ing. As usual, I'm screaming out the lyrics to a song, from the looks of things. Not that I usually play songs with a lot of lyrics, but when I do, I can usually count on coming home with no voice.


 

Triangles is located at 234 St. George Street in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. Big thanks to Stella & Nadine and the rest of the staff for such a warm welcome, as always ...

To download any of my studio mixes or recordings of lives shows, visit:

djbolivia.ca/dropbox 

Then go into the folder called "Bolivia's DJ Mixes & Live Shows"

Thanks for your support!

I'm Jonathan Clark, known online as DJ Bolivia.  Do you want to learn more about DJ'ing and music production?  If so, visit:

djbolivia.ca/training

If you happen to enjoy techno tracks, most of my tracks are available as free downloads from this link:

djbolivia.ca/tracks

Thanks so much for visit, and for your support!  I really appreciate the fan base that I've been able to build up over the years.

Also, if you want to visit any of my other sites, here are a few links:

    YouTube:  youtube.com/djbolivia

    SoundCloud:  soundcloud.com/djbolivia

    Blogger:  djbolivia.blogspot.com

    Main Site:  www.djbolivia.ca