Mix: Volmax’s X

After listening to Emalkay’s remix of Delilah’s “Breath” and the trance track “Witness” with Jaren’s superb vocals, I was itching to do a mix —so here it is, Volmax’s X. Still keeping true to the chillstep to dubstep progression, I found a nice remix by Cally D for “Breathe” and decided to layer the acoustic version of “Witness” on top of Blackmill’s chillout track “Spirit Of Life”. I was actually thinking of doing a full female vocal mix but decided to throw in some metal-inspired dubstep production at the end —featuring two new releases. Hope you enjoy it! 

Tracklist:

1) Delilah “Breathe (Cally D Chillstep Remix)”
2) Kromestar “Creeper”
3) Shura “Thinking of You”
4) Sweetheart of Kairi “Approaching Farewell (Stumbleine Remix)”
5) Controlled Kaos “Searching”
6) Sorrow “Recluse”
7) Blackmill “Spirit Of Life”
8) Jerf, Mitiska & Jaren with Rank 1 “Witness (Acoustic Mix)”
9) Rameses B feat. Charlotte Haining “I Need You”
10) MitiS “Identity”
11) Loco Sunshine “Love”
12) Littrell “No Such Thing”
13) London Nebel “Unnormal”
14) Datsik and Infected Mushroom ft. Jonathan Davis “Evilution”
15) La Musique D’Ordinateur & The Warriors “Araña PT. II”

Mix: Volmax’s IX

Hey all! It has been awhile since I’ve put out a mix; the last one being Volmax VIII a month ago. In Volmax IX, I decided to put together some hip hop based bass tracks that features some lyrical play by some of the best underground wordsmiths of today. Production wise, there are some key releases I would like to pimp. 23-year-old English dubstep producer Jakwob is garnering some widespread pats on the back with his mint releases most notably with remixes of Ellie Goulding, M.I.A and Jessie J. Next on the hit list is breakbeat producer Elite Force, who has been busy with RVMPD2 —featuring reinterpretations of tracks by artists like Culprate, Basement Jaxx, Mord Fustang and Daft Punk. The best thing? Force will be giving out a free to download track every week! At the meantime, hope you enjoy this mix.

Tracklist:

1) Wiley “My Mistakes (Synthetic Epiphany Remix)”
2) Youthoracle (prod. Anex) “Another Day”
3) Undr Glow “In The Depths”
4) Damian Marley “It Was Written (Chasing Shadows Remix)”
5) P.Four “Like This”
6) Jakwob “Let It Fall”
7) Jakwob “Electrify (Jakwob VIP Mix)”
8) Boy Kid Cloud “Feel High”
9) Dot Rotten “Keep It On A Low”
10) Mac Miller feat. Wiz Khalifa “Keep Floatin’”
11) Wiz Khalifa X Deadmau5 X Caspa “One Night (Styles&Complete Edit)”
12) Buraka Som Sistema “Hangover (BaBaBa) (Caspa Remix)”
13) Doctor P, Elite Force “Watch Out”
14) J.Rabbit, KleptoMaddox “Just Sayin’”
15) Datsik feat. Snak The Ripper “Fully Blown”
16) Messinian & HULK “Never Change”
17) Electrode and Astrio “Octanis (Kromly Remix)”
18) Knife Party “Centipede”
19) Flux Pavilion and Skism “Jump Back”
20) Culprate, Muse, Elite Force “No One”

Mix: Volmax’s VIII

Tracklist:

1) Team Sleep “Natalie Portman (Illdiana Jones Remix)”
2) Bastille “Overjoyed (Distance Remix)”
3) Snow Patrol “What If The Storm Ends? (Aaron Static Remix)”
4) 5-Foot Nothing “Singapore”
5) KickShifta “Consequences (Defender Remix)”
6) DarkElixir “C64”
7) Lana Del Rey “Without You (Kill Paris Remix)”
8) Deep Divide “Seven Lions”
9) Florence + The Machine “What The Water Gave Me (Swiftly Dark Remix)”
10) Dirt Monkey & MSD “Intergalactic (Dirty Job Remix)”
11) Rogue “Debris”
12) At Dawn We Rage & Death To The Throne “Away”
13) Kaskade feat. Mindy Gledhill “Eyes (Alvin Risk Remix)”
14) SubVibe “Burn”
15) Revolvr feat. Sue Cho “Who’s Gonna Save Us”
16) The McMash Clan “Kick Ass”
17) SubVibe “Gangsters (Fuzion Remix)”
18) Dragonette & Martin Solveig “Hello (Speaker of the House Remix)”

Mix: Volmax’s VII (Throwback Special)

Image: Dan Tobin Smith

Was listening to Âme’s 2006 techy classic “Rej” a couple of weeks back and decided to do a mix of some of my favourite tracks from the yesteryears. Most of these tracks were the ones that got me hook on dance music. There are loads more that I think were pretty massive back in the day but unfortunately, couldn’t match the progression of the mix. Hope you enjoy Volmax’s VII (Throwback Special) nonetheless. [Insert smiley face]

Tracklist:

1) BSOD “Better Sounding on Drugs”
2) Dave Spoon “At Night (Electro Mix)”
3) Deadmau5 vs Jelo “The Reward Is Cheese”
4) Groove Armada “Superstylin’ (Ant Brooks Re-Edit)”
5) Ralph Falcon & Oscar G. “Dark Beat (Chus & Ceballos Mix)”
6) Fatboy Slim “What The Fuck”
7) Who’s Who “Sexy Fuck”
8) Basement Jaxx “Where’s Your Head At (Klaas Remix)”
9) Justice “D.A.N.C.E. (Live Version)”
10) Tom Novy “Your Body (Meanless 2k10 Remix)”
11) LCD Soundsystem “Daft Punk Is Playing At My House”
12) Daft Punk “Around The World (Kid Dub Remix)”
13) Afrojack & David Guetta “Louder Than Words”
14) David Guetta “Love Is Gone (Fred Rister & Joachim Garraud Remix)”
15) Felix Da Housecat “Silver Screen Shower Scene (Swivel Hips Remix)”
16) Calvin Harris “Merrymaking At My Place (Deadmau5 Remix)”
17) The Chemical Brothers “Block Rockin Beats (Josh Raymond Remix)”
18) Starkillers feat. Gina “Scream (Kobbe & Austin Leeds Remix)”
19) Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike “REJ”
20) Moguai “Oyster (Michael Woods Remix)”

Mix: Volmax’s VI

Image: Jim Lundgren

Tracklist:

1) Kate McGill “Replaced (Statix Remix)”
2) Fracture Design “A Winter’s Tale”
3) Synthetic Epiphany “Open Your Eyes”
4) Synthetic Epiphany “A New Path To The Waterfall”
5) Nadia Ali “Rapture (Dexcell Remix)”
6) Rob Sparx “Serenade”
7) Paul Haslinger “Eternity And A Day (Prophet Remix)”
8) Gotye feat. Kimbra “Somebody That I Used To Know (Owsey Remix)”
9) Rameses B “Memoirs (ENiGMA Dubz Mix)”
10) Blackmill “Miracle”
11) Above & Beyond feat. Zoe Johnston “You Got To Go (Seven Lions Remix)”
12) Foxes “Youth (Adventure Club Remix)”
13) Gemini “Vision”
14) Fenech Soler “Stop And Stare (Gemini Remix)”
15) Tronix “Lifeline”
16) Mic The Microphone & Jackle App “One Trick Pony (Silva Hound Remix)”
17) Candyland “Only Thing I Got”
18) Diverse feat. Olly B “Proud Feeling”
19) Swedish House Mafia & Knife Party “Antidote (Schoolboy Remix)”
20) We Are Scientist “Ghouls (Tha New Team Remix)”

Mix: Volmax’s V

Image: Melt / Portrait Of An Iceberg by Simon Harsent

Tracklist:

1) Zero 7 “Destiny (Fresh Direct Remix)”
2) Seba “Painted Skies (SLOF MAN Remix)”
3) Magnetic Man “Flying Into Tokyo (Azedia Remix)”
4) Quickie Mart “Dutch Flower”
5) Bay & Cykl “Altitude”
6) Ben Benecke “These Feelings”
7) Fenech Soler “Demons (Minnesota Remix)”
8) Blackmill “Love At Heart”
9) Grixis “Cold”
10) Blue Foundation “Eyes On Fire (Zeds Dead Remix)”
11) DS1 “Red Rain (Starkey Remix)”
12) Dirty Secretz “Bomb The Bass”
13) Antiserum & Illesha “Overflow”
14) Feed Me feat. Tasha Baxter “Strange Behaviour”
15) Modestep “Bite The Hand”
16) Flux Pavilion and Skism “Jump Back”
17) Xilent “Skyward II”
18) PNAU “Unite Us (Xilent Remix)”

Mix: Volmax’s IV

Image: Jenny Harmsen

It would have been right to set you on fire.
Whatever that’s left of you.
To extinguish your liquid lies,
your hardened cries.
The artificial true colours stains your tongue.
How much pain can you take,
before you give?
How many times do you need to die,
before you live?
To love, again. 

Tracklist:

1) Jess Mills “Vultures (Photek Remix)”
2) Beethoven “Moonlight Sonata (Sound Remedy Remix)”
3) Loz Contreras “Sarajevo (Blackmill Remix)”
4) Barcelona “Please Dont Go (Greg Cooke Remix)”
5) Hosta “Things Change (Jodi Remix)”
6) Aaron Static “Amen Tune”
7) Kryptic Minds feat. Alys Be “Can’t Sleep”
8) Bruised Skies “I’ve Seen Things (LuQus Remix)”
9) Blackmill feat. Veela “Let It Be”
10) Fever Ray “When I Grow Up (Scuba’s High Up Mix)”
11) Blackmill “Lucid Truth”
12) EXCISION feat. Savvy “Sleepless”
13) Massive Attack “Paradise Circus (Zeds Dead Remix)”
14) Damian Marley “It Was Written (Chasing Shadows Remix)”
15) Lupe Fiasco & Skylar Grey feat. NEFF “Words I Never Said (AZEDIA Remix)”
16) Zeds Dead “In The Beginning”
17) Jammer “Better Than (Lorn Remix)”
18) Modestep “Sunlight (Torqux & Twist Remix)”

Mix: Volmax’s III

Image: ST. KRYPTONIA by Hillary White

Indie super-band The Dead Weather opens for the hip-hop and R&B half of the eclectic Volmax III -following in the same vein as the last two mixes: never pigeon-holed. With current urban lyrical and production purveyors Shabazz Palaces, SBTRKT and Das Racist helming the front, the lesser-known Khat who has been compared to The Weeknd are both featured.

Nicholas Jarr remix of a Azari & III track takes us to the house portion of the mix while quickly introducing a gem of a remix from Sandy Rivera. The acapella of Pigeon John’s “The Bomb” threads through the electro mayhem from Hacker Boys and Mark Sherry’s latest while new remixes of Avicii and Justice and Cobra Starship peaks it up.

With the latter hinting elements of dubstep, the mix heads to its tail-end with wobbles and heavy bass hitters from the likes of Zeds Dead, Gemini, Sub Focus, Noisia and Joker. I’m a big fan of the vocal prowess of Alex Clare and he did a fantastic cover of Prince’s “When Doves Cry” which features. Zane Lowe’s alter-ego Whateverman closes the mix with his rework of a Snow Patrol favourite.

Download the mix and I wouldn’t worry if you start head-bobbing; that’s really the whole point. Thank you for listening.

Tracklist:

1) The Dead Weather “So Far from Your Weapon”
2) Shabazz Palaces “yeah you”
3) Sinjin Hawke and Lucid “Fizzy Drink”
4) Das Racist “Happy Rappy”
5) Mount Kimbie “Would Know”
6) Radiohead “Lotus Flower (SBTRKT Rmx)”
7) SBTRKT feat. Jessie Ware “Right Thing To Do”
8) Stateless feat. Amenta “Blue Fire”
9) Khat “Mumbles”
10) The Weeknd “Thursday”
11) Zomby “Riding With Death”
12) Azari & III “Into The Night (Nicolas Jaar Remix)”
13) Will & The People “Knocking (Sandy Rivera’s Club Mix)”
14) Pigeon John “The Bomb (Acapella)”
15) Hacker Boys “Amheba (DJ Kharma & Mighty Atom Remix)”
16) Mark Sherry “Sangre Caliente (Organ Donors Remix)”
17) Avicii “Levels (FTampa Remix)”
18) Justice “We Are Your Friends (P.Attack & B. Manifest Remix)”
19) Cobra Starship “The City is at War (Paranormal Attack RMX)”
20) Zeds Dead “Adrenaline”
21) Sub Focus feat. Kenzie May “Falling Down”
22) Ed Sheeran “You Need Me, I Don’t Need You (Gemini Remix)”
23) Flinch feat. The Villains “Let Me Go”
24) Deadmau5 “Raise Your Weapon (Noisia Remix)”
25) Joker feat. Jessie Ware “The Vision (Breathe In)”
26) Alex Clare “When Doves Cry”
27) Bjork “Venus as a Boy (Parker Remix)”
28) Snow Patrol/Zane Lowe “In The End (Whateverman Remix)”

Mix: Volmax’s II

Image: The Farewell of Telemachus and Eucharis by Jacques-Louis David (c. 1818)

Here’s Volmax II which I wanted to release in February but grew too impatient. First on the mix is EMIKA -one of the most underrated artist if I ever heard one. The UK born-Berlin based singer/DJ/producer of Czech heritage is one of Ninja Tune’s most recent signing. A storyteller first, her distinctive creative knack can be found in her broody narrative further exposed by dark basslines and even darker undertones. I love her music very much.

Immediately after, Lana Del Rey (of course), Yasmin and an up-and-comer Holly Prothman fills the female vocal range. A couple of Jamie (S)Woons is followed by three UNKLE tracks that goes from the haunting to the rocking -thanks to Noel Gallagher. Brandon Boyd’s solo endeavour is also featured leading to some crazy dubstep wobbles from Nero and Dodge & Fuski.

Free to download, enjoy 54 minutes of 15 tracks including a monologue from the film Spun right at the end. Thanks for listening in advance.

Tracklist:

1) EMIKA “Double Edge”
2) Lana Del Rey “Blue Jeans (Count Ninjula Remix)”
3) XXXY “Kerpow”
4) Jamie xx feat Yasmin “Touch Me”
5) Jamie Woon “Shoulda (Oliver Schories Edit)”
6) Swarms feat Holly Prothman “I Gave You Everything”
7) Burial/Jamie Woon “Wayfaring Stranger (Burial Mix)”
8) UNKLE “Rabbit in Your Headlights”
9) Dirty Elegance “Old Friends”
10) Noel Gallagher “Let The Lord Shine a Light On Me (UNKLE Remix)”
11) UNKLE “When The Lights Go Out/We Own The Night”
12) Above & Beyond feat Richard Bedford “Sun & Moon (Distance Remix)”
13) Brandon Boyd “Here Comes Everyone”
14) Nero “Reaching Out”
15) Dodge & Fuski “Python”