yashima ufo i - fiji session 1 - a podcast by DJ Noël

It seems that even six months off work doesn’t give me enough of a window to fill the gaping abyss left by mixes waiting to be sorted. Enough gap-filling, time for something contemporary. This update is built solely from 2015 tunes, mostly from August / September, and so predominantly tracks I’ve been caning whilst traveling. It’s probably as close as you’ll get to I’d be playing out right now if I hadn’t officially hung up my headphones a few years back.

It’s an upfront house session, mainly influenced by Jane and Heath as we were staying with them in Melbourne when I sorted the tracklist. I have fond memories being driven around while banging through their awesome tech and deep house playlists.

Seeing as I have a bit of spare time on my hands (it’s raining here in Fiji), I’ve edited the feck out of this session. As a result it moves along pretty quickly. I don’t usually edit this heavily - it can makes mixes feel a bit too much like a Ministry compilation - but on reflection I quite like the results when verses, or over-lengthy breakdowns, are cut. It keeps the vibe consistent and continuous. And given thatmy last mix was nearly three hours long(who’s going to listen all the way through that?) this means I can squeeze nineteen tracks into a CD-friendly 80 minutes. I haven’t edited like this since Minidisc days.

Stand-out tracks: Dusky’s Skin Deep is my tune of the summer. The Hayden James opener is from the start of the year but is an earworm I can’t dislodge. It’s great to see Full Intention back on form this year, ditto Roisin Murphy. There’s the usual re-rubs of familiar classics in the mix and even a junglist breakbeak twist on Jamie XX’s Loud Places before we end with my favourite remix of Holding On, the first outing from Disclosure’s second album.

Enjoy!


Yashima UFO I - Deep& Tech House - Summer 2015

1 - Hayden James - Something About You (Original Mix)
2 - The Juan Maclean - A Simple Design (Purple Disco Machine Remix)
3 - The Beatangers - Bring It On Down (Original Mix)
4 - Frey - Good Vibration (Original Mix)
5 - Detroit Swindle - Figure of Speech (Original Mix)
6 - Josh Butler - The Essence Of House Ft. Lono Brazil (Original Mix)
7 - Full Intention - Who's Getting Down (Original Mix)
8 - Dusky - Skin Deep (Original Mix)
9 - Pele, Shawnecy - Better For My Brain (Original Mix)
10 - NY's Finest - Do You Feel Me (Bontan Remix)
11 - Volkoder - Sensation (Original Mix)
12 - Roisin Murphy - Evil Eyes (Claptone Remix)
13 - Full Intention - So Confused feat. Mira (Piemont Remix)
14 - Bontan - Firefly (Original Mix)
15 - Apres - Chicago (Club Edit)
16 - UMEK, Mike Vale - All I Want (Dosem Remix)
17 - Cari Golden, Bambook, Mennie - No Reason (Original Mix)
18 - Jamie XX, Romy - Loud Places (Special Request VIP)
19 - Disclosure, Gregory Porter - Holding On (Pomo Remix)


188 MB | AAC | 320 kbps | 1'19'40

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.

Playlisted early Sept at Jane& Heath’s, melbourne. Mixed 26 Sept, edited and chaptered 27 Sept 2015 at The Beachouse, South Fiji.

I have never owned or used a Yashima cassette tape but it seemed fitting given we’ve been through japan recently buying records. It has UFO in its name. It’s ‘high energy’ and ‘ultra dynamic’. What more do you need?

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