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Where I will post my daily (as much as possible) music suggestions, old and new.

Monsieur Seb’s Cosmix 7.5: The Call of CCCLTD

A while ago, my friend Mike, who runs the Quebec City-based label CCCLTD, asked me for an exclusive podcast to be featured on his website. He insisted it be no longer than and hour AND that it be a Cosmic Disco mix.

I was glad and proud to oblige, although I must admit making short a Cosmic Disco mix was quite a feat for me, as I believe this musical style, which I’ve been championning for years, is beter suited to very long mixes, as one can notice by looking at the length of the mixes in my Cosmix series.

With the parameters in mind, I offered Mike to make a kind of off-Cosmix, which is why this is entitled 7.5 (there’s also a 3.5 mix in the series, which is a live set recorded at Picnik Elektronic in 2009).

The deal was that Cosmix 8 would be loosely based on Cosmix 7.5 and that it would come out as soon as the exclusivity to CCCLTD was over.

So, with that said, here it is! and Your donations are welcome to help me pay for the file hosting!

TRACKLISTING

Monsieur Seb’s Cosmix 7.5: The Call of CCCLTD

  1. Good Afternoon Professor – Dionigi
  2. Naked (Kink Mix) – Sleazy McQueen
  3. Hot Pepper Sauce – Stopmakingme
  4. Superbacon – Kasper Bjørke & Tomas Barford
  5. I Know You’re Mine – Roberto Rodriguez
  6. Matilda’s Dream – John Talabot
  7. Rock You Will (Dub) – Toby Tobias
  8. Whispering Twirl – Tornado Wallace
  9. Chocolate Bar – Space Ranger
  10. OYB – KeyBoy
  11. Eternal Legs – Yello

Oh! the memories…

I woke up this morning (or did I hear it in a dream last night?) wth this track in my mind.

Initially, I wanted to simply share a YouTube Link or something along those lines on my Facebook page, but I couldn’t find an adequate or legal link to share, so here’s the next best solution:

Embed the track in my copyright-safe player!

Those weren’t the happiest days of my life, back then, but this track (as well as my friend Karim) sure helped me get through them! 🙂

Enjoy!

Cut (Me & Mr. Sutton – 97 RMX) — Plug
Cut (Me & Mr. Sutton — 97 RMX)

Monsieur Seb’s Cosmix vol. 7: Beyond the Rings of Saturn

Yes! Here it is, finally!

I’ve been meaning to get this one out for a little while now, but there have been many trials and false starts, and never was I satisfied with the direction it was going in…

Until today.

As many of my latest mixes, this one came out quite rapidly (about 48 hours: blame that on the fact that I’m jobless at the moment!), albeit not without intense labour.

This mix, which I believe is one of the last of it’s dynasty, is quite a monster, at 2 hours and 47 minutes, comprising 30 tracks that range from 100 bpm to 130 bpm.

“Last of it’s dynasty?”, I hear you say…

Like I mentionned in my post about my recent mix, Summer Breeze, there seems to be a serious convergence between so-called slo-mo house and cosmic disco and, in my mind at least, that means that the Cosmix series will soon become obsolete, giving way to the evolutionnary movement that gave it birth…

Who knows what it’ll be called next, but I’ll definitely be on it’s trail for you… 😉

By the way, here’s the story behind the picture and title of this mix:

“With giant Saturn hanging in the blackness and sheltering Cassini from the sun’s blinding glare, the spacecraft viewed the rings as never before, revealing previously unknown faint rings and even glimpsing its home world.”

The whole story (and full rez downloadable pic) can be found here.

You can stream or download it here and your donations are welcome to help me pay for the file hosting!

Hope you enjoy!

TRACKLISTING

Monsieur Seb’s Cosmix vol. 7: Beyond the Rings of Saturn

  1. Birdshell (6th Borough Project Shell Toe Mix) – Craig Bratley
  2. Elevators – Ciscoe
  3. Neu Division – Beatfanatic
  4. Zink Loyd – Beatfanatic
  5. My Dream Queen – Ralph Myerz
  6. She Walks (Pete Herbert Remix) – Apiento & Co.
  7. Escape from New York – Filipsson & Ulysses
  8. White Shoes Blue Dreams (Marbella Mix)- Max Essa
  9. Scotch Hop – Burnt Island Casual
  10. Unknown Pleasures (Irregular Disco Workers Remix) – Beatfanatic
  11. The Edge – Chamboché
  12. Garden of Vargulf (Tornado Wallace Remix) – Loin Brothers
  13. Heaven (Muzzle Flash Remix) – Kasper Bjorke
  14. Zuckerhut (John Talabot Remix) – Permanent Vacation
  15. In Search of Ecto One – Ooft!
  16. Music – The Revenge
  17. I Want You for Myself (Keep Schtum Re-Edit) – George Duke
  18. Turning Loose (Ron Basejam Remix) – Bonar Bradberry
  19. Robot Go Disco – Mike Monday
  20. My Enemy – Aeroplane
  21. Loveshine (Downtown Party Network Remix) – Peder G & Dana Bergquist
  22. Disco Momento – Toomy Disco
  23. Blue Steel (Still Going Remix) – Bot’ox
  24. Incorrigible (Liv Spencer & DJ Spun Remix) – James Chance & The Contortions
  25. Space Disco – Only Child
  26. My Brother – Nebraska
  27. Discocracy – Bottin
  28. Nightmoves – Lost Valentinos
  29. Garden of Vargulf (Acid Re-Rub) – Loin Brothers
  30. Ayisha Abyss (Lindstrøm Remix) – Serena Maneesh

Diving for Pearls

I love it when a new mix just pops out on its own, like this one…

I sat down to fool around with a few house and techouse tracks a few days ago, and everything just fell into place.

The title refers to the overall very deep vibe of this mix and to the fact that the tracks on this mix are all little pearls in their genre.

The older listeners will undoubtedly appreciate certain very old school-sounding tracks sprinkled here and there throughout the mix.

People who know me know I don’t bullshit, so I want to say this: the first two mixes are not quite up to par, but I must say that I had to work with a track that’s either voluntarily wild pitched or simply not tight.

Otherwise, I think this monster-mix (2h40m43s) is quite spot-on!

Enjoy!

You can stream or download it here and your donations are welcome to help me pay for the file hosting!

TRACKLISTING

Diving for Pearls

  1. Sun (Bowski Remix) – Caribou
  2. Big Fun (Agoria Remix) – Inner City
  3. Lost In The Ether (Filtered Boogie Remix) – DJ Shine
  4. Soldiers (The Revenge Dub) – Mademoiselle Caro & Franck Garcia
  5. Square Knocking – Art Of Tones
  6. Slideaway – Robert Babicz
  7. The Logical Song – Rodion
  8. Elle – Pablo Cahn
  9. Sunstream – The Backwoods
  10. Can U Feel It – Marc King
  11. D2000 (The Godson Remix) – Urban Tribe
  12. Forever And A Day – Franc Spangler
  13. Blueprint – Kink & Neville Watson
  14. One Lonely Knight (Extended Live Mix) – Arto Mwambe
  15. Ocean (Jacksonville Remix) – 2020 Soundsystem
  16. Disco 2080 – The Planty Herbs
  17. Love Or Leave Me (Johnny D’s Power To The People Remix) – Johnny D
  18. The Rain (Version 3) – Freaks
  19. Happy People (Pol On edit) – Brass Construction
  20. Junggesellenmaschine – Ame
  21. A Break in The Clouds – James Holden
  22. Cash The Chord (Audiojack Remix) – H.O.S.H.
  23. Around – Julio Bashmore
  24. Button – Brandt Brauer Frick
  25. The Soul Is Back (Underground Resistance Timeline Remix) – Soul Designer
  26. OFI – Model 500

A Summer Affair

I didn’t exactly know what this new mix was going to become.

What I knew is that I wanted to record a mix that would be a good example of the convergence I’ve been noticing between a certain faction of the Deep House branch and some of the housier tracks in the Cosmic Disco realm.

I even pondered making this a new iteration of my Cosmix series, but changed my mind as the gestation process progressed.

So, in the end, what I’m offering y’all is a nice one hundred and four minutes of Deep summery vibes that’ll complement your hot days as well as your cool nights.

You can stream or download it here and your donations are welcome to help me pay for the file hosting!

TRACKLISTING

  1. Lay It Down (Andre Lodemann Remix) – Omar
  2. Stay Home And Chill (Jay Tripwire Groovedub Mix) – Dead Echo
  3. Feverish (The Revenge Remix) – Chamboche
  4. Miss World – 6th Borough Project
  5. Lost In Music (The Revenge Rework) – Sister Sledge
  6. Magnetic Field – Ichisan
  7. Thursday (Lexx Remix) – Databoy78
  8. 1987 – Diskjokke
  9. Bange Anelser – Ytre Rymden Dansskola
  10. Truth & Temptation – Burnt Island Casuals (aka Harri & The Revenge)
  11. Prometeus (Extended Version) – Elegante Orchestra
  12. Philip (Part 2) – Pezzner
  13. Isla Coneja – Michael Manteca vs. Plastique De Reve
  14. Way Out (Plastique De Reve Mix) – Skatebard
  15. Let The Music Move – Shahrokh Dini
  16. Discotheque – Acos Coolkas
  17. Hot – Beatfanatic
  18. Swimmin’ – Tornado Wallace
  19. Endless Love Feat. Louie Austen – Phonique
  20. Aquarium – Daco

Monsieur Seb Live @ Piknic Électronik, May 30th 2010

Well, the day came, I played and the day went.

It wasn’t as sunny as one might’ve hopped, therefore not as many people showed up, but it was, all in all, a great day!

As I said in the Q&A I answered on the Piknic Électronik website, all the different styles of electronic music are part of one big continuum, but our tendency to try and categorize everything makes it confusing.

Well, this set aims to prove just that with its wide ranging spectrum of sounds (and quite a lot of acid throughout).

Hope you enjoy!

You can stream or download it here and your donations are welcome to help me pay for the file hosting!

TRACKLISTING

Monsieur Seb Live @ Piknic Électronik, May 30th, 2010, 4 pm to 7 pm

  1. Stars (Rodion & Mammarella Mix) — Visti & Meyland
  2. Do It To The Max — 6th Borough Project
  3. Looking Up To You — The Revenge
  4. Stratus Quo — 6th Borough Project
  5. Hotz 4 U — The Revenge
  6. Night Dance (Max Essa Remix) — Pete Gooding & Chris Coco
  7. Pionir (Lusty Zanibar Remix) — Ichisan & Nakova
  8. Motorcycles — Tiago
  9. Beat-N-Path (Brennan Green’s Anxious Acid Version) — Cage & Aviary
  10. It’s More Fun To Compute (Busy P Remix) — Kraftwerk
  11. Highway 24 — Toby Tobias
  12. Highway 1 — Toby Tobias
  13. Filter 57 Mild — Ichisan & Nakova
  14. Big Bang Love (The Phenomenal Handclap Band Remix) — Gina & Tony
  15. Roller Coaster — Sebo K
  16. The Longest Day — Layo & Bushwacka!
  17. Love Harmonic (Carl Craig’s Soundscape Remix) — Mirko Loko
  18. More Than You Know — Midland & Ramadanman
  19. 99 (Tim Green Rmx) — Cassius
  20. Okay, Cool — Tbd
  21. Voodoo — Tigerskin
  22. Jam Hot (Tensnake Remix) — Johnny Dynell
  23. Fantasy (Faze Action Special Disco Edit) — Johnny Hammond
  24. Dance Me (Beatport Extended Bonus Version) — Riva Starr feat. Trim
  25. Feel Me — Tigerskin
  26. Under The Radar Feat. Fadila (Rozzo Mix) — Mike Shannon
  27. Where Were You Feat. Robert Owens (Kirk Degiorgio Vocal Remix) — Robert Owens, Tj Kong, Nuno Dos Santos
  28. Miracle Man (Lovebirds Instrumental Mix) — Jones, Blank
  29. Thermionic — Lazersonic
  30. Rolling Bass (Ooft Remix) — Vadim Yershov
  31. Rise Rhythm — Willie Graff & Tuccillo
  32. Moon Jocks N Prog Rocks (Todd Terje’s Even Stiv-En Dub Version) — Mungolian Jetset
  33. Surprise Bonus Track

Monsieur Seb’s Cosmix vol. 6: Set the Controls for the Heart of the Ultraworld

Some mixes just beg to be recorded.

Barely two months since the last installment in the series comes a new one.

The pieces just fell into place, or, more appropriately, the sculpture was already in the stone, all I had to do was remove the excess material, to paraphrase what a great sculptor once said.

So, here it is, in all its glorious two hours, fifty-five minutes and 40 seconds, my new 30 tracks-large sound sculpture.

It is all at once very different and totally similar to its predecessors.

It’ll make you groove, move, sway and play, it’ll take you through all kinds of emotions, ideas and dreams.

Or so I humbly hope.

Please abuse responsibly by clicking the title to strem or download the mix.

Monsieur Seb’s Cosmix vol. 6: Set the Controls for the Heart of the Ultraworld

  1. Burning Jupiter – Ilya Santana
  2. Totally Tubular – Lovesick
  3. Ufology – B Project
  4. Lose Myself – Manolo
  5. Falling – I:Cube
  6. Dog Got My Wah Wah – Out In The Sticks
  7. Rosenrod – Diskjokke
  8. Love Honey (Ilya Santana Remix) – Sugardaddy
  9. Time To Come – Ilya Santana
  10. Kahluha Madness – Ytre Rymden Dansskola
  11. Belfast (Sleazy McQueen’s Gabe Bass Mix) – Filipsson & Lindblad
  12. Can You Feel It – Tensnake
  13. Spindle – Brinton McKay
  14. Maratona’s Grey Sky (Kid Who’s Cosmic Mix) – 3AM
  15. Bleep Me (Dairmount & Honesty Perspective) – Dj Honesty
  16. Eurodancer (Azari & III Mix) – Mano Le Tough
  17. Endorphinmachine – Erobique
  18. Chemise (Tony Underground Remix) – Sorcerer
  19. No Static – Bottin
  20. Jet Set (Ray Mang Version) – Marius
  21. Home From The Can (Tensnake Remix) – Polargeist
  22. In The End (I Want You To Cry) – Tensnake
  23. Wait A Minute (Arto Mwambe Remix) – Osborne
  24. Quiet Please – The Heels Of Love
  25. Men Of The Future (Kris Menace Remix) – Moonbootica
  26. Thermionic – Lazersonic
  27. Norfolk Nights – Shit Robot
  28. Komischer Ruckenwind – Dj Kaos
  29. Oxygène (Greg Wilson Edit) – Jean-Michel Jarre
  30. Pulsations – Brain Machine

Welcome Into My House Vol. 2

I felt like I was overdue for a new Tech House mix, but almost as soon as I set out to do one, I felt like I wanted it to be very Housey and not Techy.

So, after a few weeks of track research and mix planning, here it is.

I decided to make it the second iteration of the Welcome Into My House series mostly because I simply did not know how to title it! 😀

25 tracks in 2 hours and 16 minutes of the many shades of House, from the Dark to the Light to the Deep…

I sincerely hope you enjoy this one, because I do enjoy it a lot myself!

You can stream or download it here and your donations are welcome to help me pay for the file hosting!

TRACKLISTING

Welcome Into My House Volume 2

  1. Intro (Excerpt From Boddhisatva (Live) — Steely Dan)
  2. Jeton — iO
  3. Passionate Timidity (Roberto Rodriguez Remix) — Estroe
  4. Kirkbride’s Dungeon — Aberrant
  5. Legacy (Vocal Mix)— Derrick Carter & Yousef
  6. Work That Body — M.in
  7. Philly — DJ T
  8. Innaspace — The Revenge
  9. We Project — Howard Sessions
  10. Burner King — Santos
  11. Cabaret — iO
  12. Solid Ground feat. Nica Brooke (Nacho Marco Remix) — Atnarko
  13. Deep Cover (Roberto Rodriguez Remix) — Dirt Crew
  14. Elisa (David Labeij Remix) — NiCe7
  15. Melanchronic — Moodymanc
  16. Giraffe — Zepp001
  17. Village Vanguard (Main Mix) — Alex Santos & Chris Woodward
  18. I Am One — Vas Floyd
  19. The Wait — Mata
  20. Alcatraz (Jimpster Dub) — Kasper Bjorke
  21. Last Day — Kollektiv Turmstrasse
  22. The Deejay’s An Alien (Rocco Supernova Mix) — David Harness feat. Roland Clark
  23. Zuma — Jet Project
  24. Ghost Song (Joris Voorn Remix) — Slam
  25. M.U.S.I.C. — Vincenzo & Lovebirds

Monsieur Seb’s Cosmix vol. 5: Universal Boogie

Yes yes yes, boys and girls, it is finally here!

I was itching and scratching to get a new Cosmix iteration out since my set at Picnik Electronik (which was basically Cosmix vol. 3.5) and the ensuing Cosmix vol. 4, last August.

It took a while to put it together and find its groove — I do put a lot of thought and research into that series — but what a groove it found for itself!

This, my dear friends, is definitely the grooviest of the Cosmix series, so far!

You are about to download and listen a massive 2 hours and 38 minutes of tasty bits, the danciest, most straightforward of the lot, but then again, maybe not…

All together, the first three tracks alone take up 35 minutes of the total runtime and about a very groovy hour later, there’s a nice psychedelic break so you can light up a fat spliff before you start dancing again and get worked up for that one-two-three, jab-body blow-uppercut finale that’ll leave you dehydrated and, hopefully, ecstatic. I DO strongly recommend that you listen to this mix in one sitting to fully appreciate it, otherwise the overall groove I was talking about before kinda gets lost…

Personnally, I’ll be bold and daring and say it IS flat out, no competition, my favourite mix in the Cosmix series so far.

You can stream or download it and and your donations are welcome to help me pay for the file hosting!

TRACKLISTING

  1. It’s All Over Now Except for One Last Bit – Dominique Leone (Unreleased)
  2. Gimme (Kango’s Autostrada Dei Laghi Mix) – Headman & Dieter Meier
  3. Venus – Roberto Rodriguez
  4. Untitled Love (Instrumental Mix) – Still Going
  5. The Way You Move (Greg Wilson Version) – Social Disco Club & Maia
  6. PARTY★NIGHT – ID:69
  7. Bumpin’ – Phreek Plus One
  8. This Feeling – Lovebirds
  9. Baby Can’t Stop – Lindstrom & Christabelle
  10. Jetstream (Lindstrom Remix) – Doves
  11. You’ll Disappear (Ilya Santana Remix) – The Phenomenal Handclap Band
  12. Space Summer (Plastique De Reve Sweet Remix) – Ludan Dross
  13. Hot on the Heels of Love – Throbbing Gristle
  14. 45:33 (Theo Parrish’s Space Cadet Remix) – LCD Soundsystem
  15. Looking For What – Lindstrom & Christabelle
  16. A Brag Mount – In Flagranti
  17. Cold Coke feat. Sauveur Mallia – Pierre-Alain Dahan, Slim Pezin, Marc Chantereau, Georges Rodi, Jean Pierre Sabar
  18. Heart Break Dancing – Downtown Party Network
  19. Far Beneath London – Padded Cell
  20. The Pretender (Holy Ghost Remix) – Datarock
  21. Black Flag (Emperor Machine Remix) – Duchess Says
  22. Horns Of Innocence (Xavier Naudascher Remix) – Rebotini

Two little tracklist notes:

• The very first track was kindly offered by the artist even though it is still unreleased, and I have promised Dominique to help him get this track signed, so if you have any interest in releasing it or know someone who might, please contact me at dj@monsieurseb.com.

• As you’ve noticed, I take as little credit as possible when recording a mix, after all, I do them to introduce you to artists you might not know. Now, you’ll also notice that one track in the playlist has no links. The thing is, with that one, I have no idea how it got in my iTunes library. I subscribe to dozens of music blogs and such, and when I tried finding a relevant link for this track, I came up basically empty handed. If you have something to suggest, please do!