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SHG Radio Show Episode 009

Hi friend. Want to hang out and listen to some tunes together, or are you better off alone?

Here we are with episode number nine of Subterranean Homesick Grooves™, a weekly electronica-based radio show presented on CHMA FM 106.9 at Mount Allison University in Atlantic Canada, programmed and mixed by Jonathan Clark (as DJ Bolivia). The show encompasses many sub-genres within the realm of electronic dance music, but the main focus is on progressive and tribal house, and a bit of trance & techno. Liner notes for this episode (009) can be seen below.

Para la información en español, vaya aquí.


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Here's a Direct Link to the show:
http://www.chma.fm/Bolivia_-_Subterranean_Homesick_Grooves_009.mp3





Here are Track Listings for this episode:

01. Michael Woods & Chris Lake, "Domino's" (Original Mix).
02. Python, "Cult."
03. Nicky Romero, "My Friend" (Original Mix).
04. Quintino, "You Know What" (Leroy Styles Remix).
05. Rafael Crispim, "Jail" (Original Mix).
06. Niaz Arca & Andy Notalez, "In Space" (Progressive Mix).
07. Coburn, "We ReInterrupt This Programme" (Will Bailey & Mikey Hook Remix).
08. Deadmau5, "Hi Friend" (Original Mix).
09. Soundpusher, "Milk & Honey" (Felguk Mix).
10. Dash Berlin with Cerf, Mitiska, & Jaren, "Man On The Run" (Dash Berlin Remix).
11. Paul Kalkbrenner, "Sky And Sand" (Original Mix).




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When I mix these shows, I make them using CD's, rather than sequencing everything on a computer. I know, call me old-fashioned, but I like the hands-on approach. It was hard enough for me to switch away from vinyl, but of course, it is nearly impossible to get all the tracks that I want on vinyl nowadays. I think that in early 2011, once I have my new studio finished and I'm settled into a full-time career as a musician, I'll probably start putting the shows together on a sequencer. Especially since I want to figure out some way to get a slot for the show on Sirius XM next year, once I have a few dozen more shows under my belt. Think big, that's what I say. But anyway, in the meantime, you'll have to settle for all of these episodes mixed in the traditional way.

This week's show was actually a bit of a challenge to mix. I won't lie - a few of the mixes are not perfect. That's the problem with trying to be a bit diverse in my programming. I've got a variety of tracks this week which (to me) encompass everything from progressive house, trance, and traditional house, to techno influences, and more. Trying to flow smoothly between styles isn't always easy, especially when the phone keeps ringing while I'm recording. On a side note, now that I'm about to be laid off, I think that the one thing that I'm looking forward to the most is not having to carry a cell phone anymore.

Anyway, on to some liner notes. I'm just going to focus on the big four tracks here this week. I know, that seems illogical, since any devoted followers of my show probably know a fair amount about those producers. However, I think my listener base is still composed of more mainstream fans than trainspotters, so for this week, I'll stick with some of the big names:

Coburn (UK) – Well, the original that this is based on was an older track by Pete Martin and Tim Healey, from 2005. You may have seen the video for that original, “We Interrupt This Program” – it featured a lot of footage of televisions that were “committing suicide.” This track is sort of a remix. On a side note, completely unrelated to this track, I don’t actually have television at home. I have no patience with it – television is the spawn of the devil . I found a perverse satisfaction watching all of those TV’s being “turned off.” People could do so much more exciting stuff in life if they cut back on their TV watching. Everything in moderation. I’m not saying that television is completely bad, but it depresses me to think that some people spend forty or fifty hours a week watching TV when they could just as easily spend half of that time being out and about, doing other things. But whom am I to judge?

Deadmau5 (Canada) - Yup, a Canadian. I really don’t know what to say here that isn’t already slathered all over the internet. There are always lots of arguments on Canadian message boards about who is the Canadian DJ with the best “brand-name recognition.” People throw out all sorts of good names: Ritchie Hawtin, MSTRKRFT, John Acquaviva, & Max Graham are the names which, in my mind, give Deadmau5 the most competition. And of course, there are a TON of other Canadian DJ’s (and producers) who you might not have even known as Canadians: Luke Fair, Christian Smith, Tiga, Brad Copeland, Chris Sheppard (BKS, Love Inc.), Misstress Barbara, Hatiras, JELO, Paranoid Jack, Sultan, Ned Sheppard, Fred Everything, Jay Tripwire, and umm … I’ll stop now. And I haven’t even mentioned any of the Atlantic Canadian DJ’s. Anyway, you’d have to be crazy to look at items like global record sales, touring schedules, internet presence, radio play, and similar metrics, and NOT realize that Deadmau5 is “the” person who is currently putting Canada on the map when it comes to production and touring. End of argument (I would personally place Hawtin at 2nd spot). By the way, I know that Deadmau5 is Canadian and it’s a small country, but no, I don’t actually know him personally.

Dash Berlin (Netherlands) – Ok, this gets a bit complicated. Pronti & Kalmani, along with another producer (DJ Jurgen) and a vocalist (Judith Pronk) were known as Alice DJ about a decade ago. Pronti & Kalmani got together as Dash Berlin in 2007. Is this the same Dash Berlin? I don’t know. Other reports say that Dash Berlin is Jeff X. Sutorius, who is the front DJ for the group. And “Man On The Run” is by Dash Berlin with Cerf, Mitiska & Jaren. Well, “Cerf” is Matt Cerf (had a track entitled “Clearwater” which I used to start a mix a while ago), and Jaren is Matt Cerf’s wife (and a talented singer). Mitiska is Shawn Mitiska from Denver. So much confusion. Anyway, this is a great track.

Paul Kalkbrenner (Germany) – Go see the movie “Berlin Calling,” if you haven’t already seen it. If you don’t speak German, you’ll probably have to deal with subtitles. Doesn’t matter – watch it. If you like EDM (electronic dance music), you’ll probably enjoy the movie.

I'll be back next week ...

- Jonathan Clark (DJ Bolivia)







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The Evolve Festival

The Evolve Festival is an annual summer music festival based in Antigonish, Nova Scotia (Canada), featuring bands, solo acts, & DJ's. It has everything from folk to electronica, from rock & hip hop & blues to house, drum 'n' bass, and breakbeats.

Here's their website: www.evolvefestival.com

Evolve has had many amazing acts over the years. For instance: Xavier Rudd, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Wintersleep, The Be Good Tanyas, Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, DJ Dan, DJ Heather, Donald Glaude, ASkillz, k-os, The New Deal, and Man Man.

Two of my favorite experiences were these:

Martin, Medeski, & Wood - To appreciate this, you have to understand where the festival is held. It's in a rural area of Atlantic Canada. Basically, the main stage (at some of the locations) has been a barn in a cow field. Don't take this the wrong way - the rural setting is beautiful. But imagine calling Steinway & Sons in New York and asking if it would be possible to borrow a grand piano for a concert in a cow pasture in Nova Scotia. The salesman is silent for a moment, in stunned disbelief. When he collects his thoughts, he says that it is impossible, and as an afterthought he asks, "And who did you intend to have playing this piano?" When he learns that it is for John Medeski, we quickly learn that "Steinway and Sons would be honoured to provide a piano for Mr. Medeski to use at this event." And they graciously shipped one of their best grand pianos to the cow pasture. Incidentally, their show was amazing.

Mark Farina - On the opposite end of the spectrum from MMW, we have Mark Farina, a house DJ now residing in San Francisco. Have you heard of the Mushroom Jazz series? If you haven't, check it out and go on a beat-mixed acid-jazz trip hop downtempo house journey that you'll play again and again. Anyway, Farina was the performer that I wanted to see the most at one of the festivals, but I learned that my own set, on a different stage, was at the same time as his. I made a t-shirt with a photo of him to wear during my set, which said, "Sorry, but I'm not Mark Farina." After I played, I went over to catch the tail end of his set. While standing backstage, he came over to talk to me and saw the shirt and asked what it was about. After I explained, he said it was one of the funniest shirts he'd ever seen, and asked to pose with me for a photo.



Evolve attracts thousands of people from across Atlantic Canada, but also many more from all over North America and abroad. If you enjoying going to festivals at all, this one is going to put a smile on your face. And one last thing that I almost forgot to mention: Evolve just won the "Top Canadian Music Festival" award on CBC 3, in a competition with eighty-some other festivals. A huge well-deserved congratulations go out to my good friend Jonas Coulter and all the other people over the years who have made this happen!

I'll leave you with a link to page where you can download a live recording I did, from the 2004 festival. Enjoy!

   http://www.djbolivia.ca/bolivia.html#evolve2004

Self-Grounding a Technics 1200 Turntable

Fred Bisnette, aka. DJ Nexus6ix and I just filmed a little tutorial for anyone who is interested in PROPERLY ditching the grounding wire on any Technics 1200-series turntables, so you don’t have to plug that grounding wire into the back of the mixer. There are a number of videos out there on YouTube already, but many of them do it slightly incorrectly by grounding to the wrong spots, resulting in the mod not being useful in all cartridge options.

Please note that this modification is not "necessary." Don't do it just for fun, unless you like doing things like this just for fun. It won't improve the value of your turntable, and if your turntables are set up in a "permanent" home or club installation, there probably is very little point in the mod. However, for the sake of convenience, if you move your decks around fairly frequently, you might find it to be useful. Basically, if you've ever been in a situation before where you wished that you didn't have to deal with the ground wire because it was too short or because it wasn't working and you were getting a hum through the system, then it might make sense to perform this modification.

The tutorial is pretty long, about 45 minutes in total, so I had to split it up into five videos. But it is not a hard process if you’re comfortable with a screwdriver and a soldering iron. If you’ve got 1200’s and you’ve been thinking about this modification, check out the video and let me know what you think. Here's a link to all five parts of the tutorial:













Part 01: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W54o9bMmNoE

Part 02: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXzTnhN0alA

Part 03: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZgR9THvAaQ

Part 04: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQcQVUJ0Ki8

Part 05: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Awg-rpfsx7g


If you find this information to be useful, please feel free to post a link on your favorite turntablism or gear-junkie message boards.

Also, if you want a bit more basic background about the Technics SL-1200 series of turntables, I'd recommend that you check out this page on the DJ Bolivia site:

  http://www.djbolivia.ca/turntables.html

SHG Radio Show Episode 008

Here we are with episode number eight of Subterranean Homesick Grooves™, a weekly electronica-based radio show presented on CHMA FM 106.9 at Mount Allison University in Atlantic Canada, programmed and mixed by Jonathan Clark (as DJ Bolivia). The show encompasses many sub-genres within the realm of electronic dance music, but the main focus is on progressive and tribal house, and a bit of trance & techno. Liner notes for this episode (008) can be seen below.

ETA, Saturday 9pm Atlantic (1am Sunday GMT): There was an audio glitch that snuck into the first version of SHG 008, which I put online 24 hours ago. I didn't get a chance to listen to the mix before I uploaded it, and didn't know about the skip at the 11:30 mark. That's fixed now, and I remastered the mix properly too. Mental note: always review mixes before uploading. Sorry!


Para la información en español, vaya aquí.


Here's our Podcast Feed to paste into iTunes or any other podcatcher:
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Here's a Direct Link to the show:
http://www.chma.fm/Bolivia_-_Subterranean_Homesick_Grooves_008.mp3





Here are Track Listings for this episode:

01. Liquid Soul, "Prophecy" (Zyce Flegma Remix).
02. Plastic Angel, "Try Walking In My World" (Daniel Portman Remix).
03. Shiloh, "Run Away" (Ryan Mullin Remix).
04. Simon Anes, "Children" (Tom Novy Mix).
05. Hakan Ludvigson feat Tiff Lacey, "Trust" (Dezza Remix).
06. Zoo Brazil feat Rasmus Kellerman, "There Is Hope" (Original Mix).
07. Dennis Ferrer, "Hey Hey" (DF's Attention Vocal Mix).
08. San feat Jan Johnston, "Perfect Dreams" (Original Mix).
09. Cosmolude, "What If" (Eric M Remix).
10. Solo & Michael Angelo feat Denise Rivera, "Alone" (Ashley Wallbridge Remix).




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I usually try to post a few notes about some of the artists or producers featured in each show. However, I'm going to have to skip that for the most part this week. These days, I'm busier than a one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest. Although I usually record the show a few days in advance, I only found time to record this episode a couple hours ago, at supper-time on Friday. As I type this, I have to be out the door and on my way to Halifax in twenty minutes, to film Felguk at the Paragon and then DJ Dan at the Palace. It should be a great night.

However, there is one quick comment that I'd like to make this week - I need to thank the guys at the Heavy Shorts website for putting me onto the Dennis Ferrer track several months ago. I haven't been able to get it out of my head since then, and I finally broke down and included it in this week's mix. The video is available on YouTube.

Enjoy, and I'll be back next week ...

- Jonathan Clark (DJ Bolivia)







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Heavygrinder in Halifax

DJ Heavygrinder (Los Angeles) was performing in Halifax recently. I had some video footage the last time that I saw her there, and put this together.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCcyI3gaWqs

Although Heavygrinder is American, she grew up in Japan, and has a background in acting. However, DJ'ing and modelling are the areas that she focuses on today.

For more info, check out her MySpace page:
   myspace.com/djheavygrinder

SHG Radio Show Episode 007

Here we are with episode number seven of Subterranean Homesick Grooves™, a weekly electronica-based radio show presented on CHMA FM 106.9 at Mount Allison University in Atlantic Canada, programmed and mixed by Jonathan Clark (as DJ Bolivia). The show encompasses many sub-genres within the realm of electronic dance music, but the main focus is on progressive and tribal house, and a bit of trance & techno. Liner notes for this episode (007) can be seen below.

Para la información en español, vaya aquí.


Here's our Podcast Feed to paste into iTunes or any other podcatcher:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/shg

Here's a Direct Link to the show:
http://www.chma.fm/Bolivia_-_Subterranean_Homesick_Grooves_007.mp3





Here are Track Listings for this episode:

01. Baldo, “Goodbye” (Marshal & Libex Remix).
02. Prok & Fitch feat Nanchang Nancy, “Walk With Me” (Axwell vs Daddy's Groove Remix).
03. Narcotic Thrust , “I Like It” (Radek K Space Remix).
04. DJ Heavygrinder, “Midnight Lover” (HG's Tech Mix).
05. Dinka, “Elements” (EDX's 5un5shine Remix).
06. Sundayprayers, “La Noche Del Cometa” (Joeri Jamison Remix).
07. DJ Dan, “N2O” (DJ Dan's Bongoloid Mix).
08. Dextro & Bryan Galavan, “Una Vez Mas” (Dan De Leon Reconstruction).
09. EDX, “Party Of Politics” (Original Club Mix).
10. Ticon, “Models On Cocaine” (Weekend Heroes Remix).
11. Young Parisians, “Jump The Next Train” (Solar Stone Remix).



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Here are a few notes about some of the artists or producers featured in this week's show:

Baldo (Italy) – Unfortunately, there are a few "Baldo’s" on MySpace, so make sure you find the right one. As long as you remember that this Baldo is from Italy, you’ll do just fine. You’ll also be impressed to know that he’s definitely one of the youngest producers I’ve played on my show yet, at just twenty years of ago.

DJ Heavygrinder (US) – Bobbie’s live shows are well known for her flamboyant stage presence and varied outfits, however, she is just as comfortable in a production environment as she is behind the decks, with several high energy house tracks to her credit in the past year or two. For anyone in the Halifax area tomorrow night (February 27th, 2010), you’ll be able to catch her playing at the Paragon on Gottingen Street. Also, I’ve got some footage from one of her former shows in Nova Scotia (at Reflections Caberet), which I’m just editing right now and should have on my main website by tomorrow.

Simon & Shaker (Spain) – The output of this duo is prodigious, to say the least – just look at their discography. You may wonder why I’m talking about them when they don’t have any tracks on this week’s show. Well, actually, Sundayprayers IS Simon & Shaker. I believe that S&S also had a record label with D-Formation at one point, Intenso Recordings, although I haven’t heard that name much recently. No matter – these guys have support from most of the biggest names in the industry.

DJ Dan (US) – Dan is the original face of the underground West Coast house music scene, where he spent the 1990's cementing his reputation as the best of the best, and also playing venues all over North America and the world. He also produces (remember classic hits like "That Zipper Track") and tours very extensively today. In fact, for those of you in Atlantic Canada, Dan is playing in Moncton on March 4th at the City Grill, and in Halifax on March 5th at the Palace.

EDX (Switzerland) – EDX has been extremely busy in the past year, after having taken several years off from producing just before that. This Italian native has two tracks on this week’s show if you look carefully, his own “Party Of Politics” track, and a remix of Dinka’s “Elements.” That’s no surprise with his hectic schedule: recently, he’s done remixes for Dubfire, Deadmau5, Armand van Helden, Steve Angello, Kool & The Gang, Lauryn Hill, Armin van Buuren, Kaskade, and many more.

Young Parisians (UK) – This is another duo who is harder to track down on MySpace, since there are a few other groups that go by the same name. If you do look at their link, it looks like they haven’t logged in since 2006. Don't worry: these Young Parisians are not so French, or sitting on the Champs-Élysées. Just look for info about Solar Stone, since Young Parisians is just an alias. This track originally came out in 2004, but the remixes are still getting major play. The Probspot remix would have fit in a bit better with the rest of this mix, but I really enjoy the Solar Stone Remix, so I put theirs into the show instead. Unfortunately, less than half of that remix fit into the show - it's a pretty long track. You can listen to the full mix on Beatport.


So long, farewell, I must bid you adieu. But before I go, if you're curious about who that [other] sexy voice is in the show doing all the promo voice-overs, it is Shawn Cole of Fadermaster Studios in Vancouver. He's a great friend, a former roommate, and a former DJ for me at my club. So if you need to hire someone to do any professional vocal work, go to his website and check him out. His studio is based in Vancouver, where he also teaches at a couple of the sound schools, but they have clients all over the world.


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SHG Radio Show Episode 006

Here we are with episode number six of Subterranean Homesick Grooves™, a weekly electronica-based radio show presented on CHMA FM 106.9 at Mount Allison University in Atlantic Canada, programmed and mixed by DJ Bolivia. The show encompasses many sub-genres within the realm of electronic dance music, but the main focus is on progressive and tribal house, and a bit of trance & techno. Liner notes for this episode (006) can be seen below.


Here's our Podcast Feed to paste into iTunes or any other podcatcher:
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Here's a Direct Link to the show:
http://www.chma.fm/Bolivia_-_Subterranean_Homesick_Grooves_006.mp3





Here are Track Listings for this episode:

01. Dr Kucho, "Green Planet" (Tochner & Colorless Remix).
02. Chab feat JD Davis, "Lonely" (Simon & Shaker Class Remix).
03. Radek K, "Gold Coast" (Original Mix).
04. Dezza & Dutch Robinson feat Michelle, "Take You Home" (Vocal Version).
05. Cirez D, "On Off" (Sebastien Leger Remix).
06. Wolfgang Gartner, "Latin Fever" (Original Mix).
07. Sterio & McClellan, "Crowders Mountain" (Mario & Eric JS Mix).
08. Funkagenda, "Nobody Listens To Techno" (Original Mix).
09. Retroid, "Chasing Rainbows" (Retroid Remix).
10. Nadia Ali, "Love Story" (Dresden & Johnston Vocal Mix).


More information is available on our Website:
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Here are a few notes up on some of the artists or producers featured in this week's show:

Radek K (Poland) - I mentioned Radek in last week's show because I closed that episode with one of his tracks, although I was running out of time so I was only able to fit a small part of it in. I thought I'd throw in a full track this week, and in listening to the show after the fact, I'm very glad I did. I think you can probably get this track on Beatport soon, if it isn't already there.

Dezza (Canada) - This is another producer that I mentioned last week, since he's a friend of mine from Halifax, very close to my home. Yet another solid production. I don't think this one has been released yet.

Cirez D (Sweden) - I used another of his tracks in last week's show, although this one was a request from someone on my facebook fan page. Even if you're not familiar with progressive house, you know this producer - his real name is Eric Prydz, ie. "Call On Me." He produces under several labels and pseudonyms. A quote from his MySpace page should sum up this track: "Releases on his more hard edge Mouseville records under the pseudonym Cirez D have been tough and powerful, a throwback to the underground techno roots his native Sweden have become famous for." And of course, he is a former member of the Swedish House Mafia.

Wolfgang Gartner (US) - Bueller? Bueller? Gartner has been huge on BPM (Sirius) and just about everywhere else for quite a while now. He played in Halifax not too long ago, and regrettably, I didn't get a chance to catch his set or meet him. "Latin Fever" is obviously pretty well known right now. For all the budding producers out there, check out the "Latin Fever" remix contest announced on Beatport last week.

Funkagenda (UK) - What's this, a Moby theme in his music? Well, this makes a pair that I know of, and it's a fine pair, if "you know what is what." It's too bad that nobody listens to techno, but you should listen to Funkagenda.

Retroid (Hungary) - This track was a lifesaver. I recorded this mix during the Canada/Switzerland olympic hockey game, and although I usually pick out most of the tracks before I head to the decks and mix them, I didn't realize before I started mixing this week's show that I didn't have enough tracks to fill a full hour. Halfway through the second-last track, I realized I was short, and panicked because I wanted to end the mix with "Love Story." So I grabbed a random CD with no label or name, and mixed it in. It was Retroid's "Chasing Rainbows" track, which was on System in 2008. Well, it worked quite well in the mix, although it took me a couple hours to figure out what track I had just used.

Nadia Ali (Pakistan/US) - Most people know Nadia as the voice behind "Rapture" and "The End," when she was fronting iiO. It's a voice you'll never forget, and this classic remix by Dave Dresden and Mikael Johnston is a great track to leave you wanting more for next week. Incidentally, Dave (formerly of Gabriel & Dresden) and Mikael (formerly of Mephisto Odyssey) just started up a fan page on Facebook - check it out, since they have a lot of great tracks in the works.


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Record Pool Picks, Nov/Dec 2009

Yes, I'm reviewing old music from November/December. I think these shipments were sent a bit late, and I just found them last night while cleaning up the studio, but I thought I'd take a quick review anyway. Luckily, they were a pair of small shipments, only a couple hundred tracks in total, so I was able to go through them in a few hours:


Live Progressive Sets:
- Digital Freq, "Next Step"
- DJ Dan, "Can You Feel It"
- Funkagenda, "Nobody Listens To Techno" (Original Mix)
- Toby Emerson, "Never Comin’ Down" (Hirshee Remix)
- Your Dirty Habit, "Ghosts In The System"

Mainstream Club Sets:
No suitable tracks in these two shipments.

Studio Mixes:
- Stefano Noferini & DJ Miss Baba, "Beautiful Life" (Noferini & Marini Rework)
- Sterio & McClellan, "Crowders Mountain" (Mario & Eric JS Mix)
- Wolfgang Gartner, "Latin Fever" (Original)

Warmup Tracks:
- Henry Saiz, "Hadal" (Original)
- Topher Jones, "There Ya Go"
- Cirez D, "On Off" (Original Mix)
- >Jayme Skeen, "Guillotine"
- Thee-O & Steve Prior, "Muy Bien" (David Hopper & D Morse Remix)


Although there are a few older tracks in there, plus a number of tracks that have been released publicly since November, I'm still glad that I went through them all.

SHG Radio Show Episode 005

Here we are with episode number five of Subterranean Homesick Grooves™, which is a weekly electronica-based radio show presented on CHMA FM 106.9 at Mount Allison University in Atlantic Canada, programmed and mixed by DJ Bolivia. Although the show will encompass many sub-genres within the realm of electronic dance music, the main focus will be on progressive and tribal house, and a bit of trance. The show is available for download directly from this blog posting, and you can also cut and paste our podcast feed directly into iTunes or whatever podcasting software you're using.

After I re-listened to last week's show, I noticed that it was kind of "dark." With so few vocals, it didn't really fit the style of the previous three shows, which had featured about fifty percent vocal tracks. I'm not saying that tracks without vocals are a bad thing - quite the contrary! But regardless, you'll notice that this week's show does feature a lot more vocal tracks, and is closer in format to previous episodes. Liner notes for this episode (005) can be seen below.


Here's our Podcast Feed to paste into iTunes or any other podcatcher:
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Here's a Direct Link to the show:
http://www.chma.fm/Bolivia_-_Subterranean_Homesick_Grooves_005.mp3





Here are Track Listings for this episode:

01. Felguk, "Galaxy Traveller" (Neelix Remix).
02. Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, "Salinas" (White Island Original).
03. Mirabeau, "Inner Love" (Mirabeau Mix).
04. Morgan Page, "Strange Condition" (Inpetto Vocal Mix).
05. Dezza feat Angel, "Never Be The Same" (Dezza Remix).
06. Cirez D, "Glow" (Original Mix).
07. Josh Gabriel & Winter Kills, "Deep Down" (Francis Preve Remix).
08. Da Hool, "Meet Her At The Love Parade" (Alejandro Montero Main Mix).
09. Chus & Ceballos, "Go On" (Paco Buggin & Joy Marquez Remix).
10. Second Left feat Soda, "Escape" (Original Mix).
11. Radek K, "Get Their Stuff" (Radek K Remix).

By the way, please excuse the extra audio at the 7:43 mark of the mix. It's not actually part of "Salinas," I just felt a "hangover" coming on ...


More information is available on our Website:
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From now on, I’ll try to throw a few notes up on some of the artists or producers featured in each show:

Felguk (Brazil) - A production duo comprised of Felipe Lozinsky and Gustavo Rozentha. Lots of great electro-house productions with fat basslines and wicked beats. This duo has really blown up since 2006. For any local Atlantic Canadians reading this, Felguk is playing at the Paragon (the old Marquis) in Halifax on March 5th, a Friday night, and at Evolution in Saint John the following night.

Morgan Page (United States) – Definitely one of my favourite producers, especially for tracks in the past couple of years such as “The Longest Road” (featuring Lissie) and “Angels” (featuring Norah Jones). His new track, “Fight For You,” is huge.

Dezza (Canada) – Definitely one of my favourite local producers. Dezza (Derek Silvestre) is from Halifax, and has enjoyed recent support from DJ’s such as Tiesto, PVD, and many more. One of several local guys who is really putting Atlantic Canada on the map in the electronic music scene.

Josh Gabriel (the Netherlands) – Since the collaboration between Gabriel & Dresden ended almost two years ago (has it really been that long?), both Josh & Dave Dresden have been working tirelessly on new projects. Josh is now living in Amsterdam, and has been doing a lot of work recently with Armanda Music. To be honest, Josh was a very big inspiration for me a few years ago, and some of the unsolicited positive feedback that I got from him about some of my DJ mixes helped me realize that within a year or so, I needed to change my focus in life to emphasize music a lot more. I’m still in the middle of that metamorphosis, but looking forward to big things on the production front within a year. Check out the new Winter Kills fan page on facebook.

Alejandro Montreo (Argentina) – a friend of mine from Buenos Aires, Alejandro did a great job remixing this classic track.

Paco Buggin (Spain) & Joy Marquez (Mexico) – these two producers continually impress me with their progressive & tribal productions. In fact, I love the amount of well-produced progressive house that comes out of Spain and Latin America as a whole.

Radek K (Poland) – I’ve known Radek for a few years now, and he has recently broadened his focus to expand from just DJ’ing, so that he now also spends quite a bit of time on production. Some of his recent productions are listed on Beatport, and you’ll be sure to hear more of his remixes & originals on my show in the future.


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