This is the music-related blog for Jonathan (Scooter) Clark, also known in the electronica world as DJ Bolivia, a producer and DJ from Atlantic Canada. I listen to (and produce) a lot of folk, indie, rock, and hip hop music too!
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I'm posting this to share a track that I released a few weeks ago, called "Dark City" (techno):
You can listen to this on Soundcloud:
Or watch it on YouTube:
Note that while the music is mine, I used an AI generator to come up with the graphics for the YouTube video.
You may wonder about the inspiration for this track. Let me tell you a story ...
In the heart of a sprawling metropolis, where the night never sleeps and the neon lights paint the streets in a kaleidoscope of colors, "Dark City" comes to life. Imagine a dimly lit studio, cramped between two age-old skyscrapers, where a young producer named becomes the unwitting architect of this new anthem. Let's pretend that his name is Jonathan. And let's humour him when he mistakenly describes himself as young.
In this studio, the air is thick with creativity. Or maybe it's radon gas at 212 Bq/m3, due to questionable ventilation. Either way, Alex is too engrossed in his craft to care. Surrounded by vintage synthesizers and a laptop that's seen better days, he channels the pulse of the city (a small town, really) and translates it into sound.
The track starts with a sultry beat, like the heartbeat of the city itself, slow and steady at first, then growing more insistent. It's the kind of rhythm that makes you want to move without quite knowing why. Into this, Jonathan weaves horn samples, not the polished kind you'd hear in a jazz club, but raw and edgy, stolen from the city's cacophony. These horns speak of midnight rendezvous and whispered secrets, of secret card games and cheap whiskey, of the kind of stories that only unfold under the cover of darkness. It's as if the city itself is whispering in your ear, telling you tales of the unseen and the unheard.
The track is a nod to the urban jungle outside, with a touch of humor that says, "Yeah, this is serious music, but let's not take ourselves too seriously." The track, "Dark City," becomes an underground cult classic, a tribute to the nocturnal world where the lines are blurred between the mundane and the magnanimous. It's a reminder that in the right hands, even the sounds of the city can become music, and every night holds the promise of a new story. Jonathan, with his unintentional anthem, carries on - oblivious to the chill of the night.
Here we go with another volume of the "This Is Our Dream House" series of deep house mixes.
After being pretty busy since April with contract work on Canada's west coast, I'm looking forward to being able to work on music and videos a lot more over the fall and winter months.
For those of you who aren't normally into EDM (electronic dance music), you might be curious to know the differences between my regular style of progressive/tech-house and this deep house mix. Actually, there aren't always a lot of obvious differences, because I lean a bit more towards the techy side of deep house than the pure organic stuff. So at first, this might just sound a bit like my usual style, but slower. But that would be far from accurate - the deep house in this set can be identified by a few significant differences. First, the instrumentation is often jazzier, ie. there will be Rhodes or Wurli keyboards, more horns, brass, more clean guitar sounds, and more jazzy/bluesy vocals. Also, the tempo of this set is down around 119-120bpm, whereas my mainstream club sets are usually around 128bpm and my radio shows are usually 129-132bpm.
Here's a track listing:
01. Ahmet Mecnun, "Berlin Reisen"(Original Mix).
02. Kolombo, "Whatever U Like"(Original Mix).
03. Finnebassen, "What You Do"(Original Mix).
04. Klangkarussell, "Sonnentanz"(Original Mix).
05. Kate Simko & Jem Cooke, "Go On Then"(Original Mix).
06. Mikkel Vadsager, "Uninvited"(Original Mix).
07. David Devilla & Eli Lop, "Mystical Land"(Original Mix).
08. Dan Martin, "Le Bar De Plage"(Original Mix).
09. Higinio, "Hunting My Dreams"(Original Mix).
10. Dporto, "24 Days"(Original Mix).
11. Hamid feat Valentina, "If I"(Original Mix).
12. Bjorn Storig, "The Return Of The Trompetenfrosch"(Original Mix).
13. Ry & Frank Wiedemann, "Howling"(Ame Remix).
14. Franksen & Redux, "Think"(Original Mix).
15. Hunter & Game, "Don't Feel The Presence"(Original Mix).
16. Audictive, "Cold Mind"(Original Mix).
17. Candi Staton, "Hallelujah Anyway"(Larse Vocal).
18. Andre Crom, "Reality"(Dusky Remix).
19. Hk, "Underground Rainbow"(Original Mix).
20. Floska, "Tears"(Original Mix).
21. Mani Rivera, "Good To Me"(Original Mix).
22. Matt Tolfrey & Geddes, "Back And Forth"(Original Mix).
23. Matthieu Duchesne, "Afternoon In The Garden"(Dilby Remix).
24. BLiv, "A House Prayer"(Original Mix).
25. Meloder, "Take You"(Original Mix).
26. Liam Dee, "808 Rollerz"(Original Mix).
27. Roni Be, "Reborn"(Original Mix).
28. Robosonic, "Over"(Original Mix).
29. Telmo, "Some Nice"(Original Mix).
30. MatJoe, "Safe Flight"(Audiojacks Closed Eye Hallucination).
31. Tom Lustig, "Catch The Move"(Original Mix).
32. Audiojack, "Plastic Dreams"(20 Year Tribute).
33. Supernova, "I Can't Do Without You"(Original Mix).
34. PM, "That Is The Issue"(Dimitry Liss Take On).
35. Prompter, "Vuelo"(Original Mix).
36. Florence & The Machine, "Spectrum"(Maya Jane Coles Remix).
37. Nicky Shah, "Freak"(Original).
38. Vittorio Santorelli, "2Night"(Original Mix).
39. NiCe7, "Space Needle"(Original Mix).
40. Secret Society, "Our Society"(Original Mix).
41. Monte, "True"(Original Mix).
42. Philipp Ort, "Knight"(Original Mix).
43. Smirconia, "El Sol"(Original Mix).
44. Tennis & Pillow Talk, "The Outcast"(Morgan Geist Mix).
45. Luis Armando & J Hecht, "2am Adventure"(Original Mix).
To download any of my studio mixes or recordings of lives shows, visit:
Do you enjoy listening to deep house? Well, judging by the phenomenal positive response to my first "This Is Our Dream House" mix, there must be a lot of fans out there.
I started to put this mix together in November, but of course got distracted with some other projects over the holidays in Canada. I was going to add a deep house track that I've been working on with David Anthony, but I decided this morning that I should put that track on the next instalment of this series instead, so I could publish this mix today. There's no point including the track that Davy and I are working on unless the video for the track is also ready.
For those of you who aren't normally into EDM (electronic dance music), you might be curious to know the differences between my regular style of progressive/tech-house and this deep house mix. Actually, there aren't always a lot of obvious differences, because I lean a bit more towards the techy side of deep house than the pure organic stuff. So at first, this might just sound a bit like my usual style, but slower. But that would be far from accurate - the deep house in this set can be identified by a few significant differences. First, the instrumentation is often jazzier, ie. there will be Rhodes or Wurli keyboards, more horns, brass, more clean guitar sounds, and more jazzy/bluesy vocals. Also, the tempo of this set is down around 118-120bpm, whereas my mainstream club sets are usually around 128bpm and my radio shows are usually 129-132bpm.
Here's a track listing:
01. Dich, "My Roots"(Night House Mix).
02. Oren Peters & Carlos Hdez, "You Like It Like That"(Original Mix).
03. Rishi K, "Night Owl"(Colin Shelton & Kronstadt Impulse Remix).
04. MC Mariolino & Denny Loco, "Back To Old School"(Original Mix).
05. Master H & Francois Dubois, "Rise"(Original Mix).
06. Memphis, "Malcom Says"(Original Mix).
07. Fred Hush & Cynthia Queenton, "I'm Alone"(Original Mix).
08. Sinan Kaya, "Watch Yourself"(Dale Howard Remix).
09. Urban Jazz Provider, "Blue Midnight Dub"(Original Mix).
10. Mark Mansion, "What's First"(Original Mix).
11. YSE feat Frank H Carter III, "Guessing Games"(Giom Remix).
12. Yohan Esprada, "Love Story"(Original Mix).
13. Sweet Sound, "Empty City"(Ev Darko Remix).
14. Xavi Zenith & JSanz, "Acid Black Lemon"(Original Mix).
15. Tetchy, "Between The Lines"(Original Mix).
16. Big Al & Soul Collective feat Dania, "Shy"(Lemon Popsicle Remix).
17. MidiDropMusic, "Bubalicious"(Original Mix).
18. Gabriel Marchisio, "Zulu"(Original Mix).
19. Fabien Kamb, "Gotta Keep Goin"(Original Mix).
20. The Pressure & The Quasar, "Take Me Over"(Gorge Remix).
21. Hans Thalau, "0101"(Original Mix).
22. The Black Dubs, "Take Your Time"(Jordan Fields Tokyotronic Version).
23. Javi Viana & Miguel Garji, "Smokin Red"(Original Mix).
24. Kitar, "Old Memories"(Original Mix).
25. Evren Ulusoy, "Bachelor Party"(Kruse & Nuernberg Remix).
26. Stride, "Isis"(Original Mix).
27. Joyce Muniz feat Sketch, "Malicia"(Original).
28. Krystian Shek & Surya, "Pasadena"(Sascha Reder Remix).
29. Beppe Gioia, "Music"(Original Mix).
30. Terry Lee Brown Junior, "Baltimore"(Original Mix).
31. CengoMusic, "Afterglow"(Original Mix).
32. Ezlv, "Nepean Island"(Original Mix).
33. Yvel Tristan & Chriss Of The Quasar, "A Miracle Man"(Ellroy & Steven Caicedo Remix).
34. Yann Solo, "Pacotille"(Original Mix).
35. Teva, "Peace Of Mind"(Original Mix).
36. Alvaro Mugica, "Christianity Home"(Original Mix).
37. 11 Inch, "Funky Drummer"(Original Mix).
38. Jayden San, "Different Things"(Nikola Gala Remix).
39. Mike Montano, "Ethnic Breeze"(Original Mix).
40. Jin Choi, "Half Baked"(Maceo Plex Deep Remix).
41. Klas Buller, "Buller In Peace"(Original Mix).
42. Juan Mejia, "On The River"(Original Mix).
43. Maceo Plex, "Your Style"(Original Mix).
44. Santiago Garcia, "Collective Girl"(Original Mix).
45. Kitar, "Think In Positive"(Original Mix).
46. 12 Fingers & Agora Rhythm feat Viviane Cruz, "Girassol"(Soulflower Vocal Mix).
47. Josh DaFunk & Kristina Vixn, "Deep Piece"(Original Mix).
To download any of my studio mixes or recordings of lives shows, visit:
