It’s that time of the year, and the magical collaboration between opposite ends of the GDD spectrum join forces once again to create a special hour of magical vibes and seasonal grooves – perfect for traveling, lounging, love-making, acting out or giving in, starting the evening or winding it down. However you spend the holiday this year, let this mix set the ambiance to your festivities. Enjoy.
<3 aRod & BONES
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GDD™ and dubFrequency are teaming up once again for an escape to the desert this Friday through Sunday in Palm Springs. With Carmaggedon looming and hours of traffic on the closed 405 freeway inevitable, it was a no-brainer to repeat the amazing getaway we had at the end of July at The Saguaro Hotel. GDD™ DJs (Bones, aRod, Shae B, and Burn Unit), No Shirt | No Shoes DJs (Tropicool, Bixel Boys, SAH, and Junkyard), and our friends Kedd Cook and White on Rice will be putting down the best grooves by the pool all weekend long.
Book $99 rooms HERE and get more info HERE.
See you in the heat.
It’s the week we celebrate our independence in America, but more importantly to you dirty dancers – its one of the biggest weeks of electronic music events. Don’t think just because you’re not going to Vegas for an overpriced pool party that you can’t have an epic weekend… this Thursday, we’re kicking things off with a summer-vibed lineup @ VERSUS with DJ sets by Steffi Graf, Bixel Boys, Junkyard, and GDD’s own sun-kissed residents aRod and Tropicool. So Los Angeles, you have plenty time left in your life to overpay for bottle service and wear collared shirts – this holiday weekend you need to keep things local and get your West Side groove on. This event will reach capacity so please RSVP and arrive early to guarantee entry!
RSVP HERE for FREE entry before 11PM.
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Internet radio is tricky when it comes to mixes. Who gets paid what royalties, how much are they paid, and how do we know which songs are used in the first place? Other streaming platforms have failed to address these concerns around long-form digital content, but Thefuture.fm has a solution. They’ve created MixSCAN which does exactly what the name implies: analyzes the mix and marks each individual track. Get the world’s top DJs to curate the content, and you’ve got what could be the solution DJs have been waiting for. We’ve of course got mixes from GDD™ up as well, check out what our mixes look like on the platform, courtesy of BONES, aRod, Tropicool and Burn Unit.
After a hugely successful weekend at Snowball Music Festival, we return with 3 of the acts to bring you a slice of what you may have missed in Colorado. This thursday @ VERSUS, we welcome the Bang Gang wildchild Cassian from Australia, riding the momentum from his ‘Vamos a la Americas’ tour. Also coming in hot off Snowball Fest are the Guns In The Sun DJs and Bixel Boys, and supporting will also be GypsyDiscoCaravan and our very own aRod. Make sure you hurry up and RSVP, this is one is gonna be a hot mess of a good time.
RSVP HERE
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As we are now in the eye of the holiday hurricane, the right dose of mixtape can get you through all the buzz and bustle of the crazy season. Lucky for you, our very own aRod & BONES have comprised an early present for all you faithful dirty dancers out there. Back by popular groove, this is the second installment of our collaborative project between the polar opposite ends of the Gotta Dance Dirty spectrum. Recorded LIVE, the product is a an hour long journey through Disco, Indie, Deep, Heart and Soul. Happy Holidaze everyone!
aRod + BONES – HOLIDAZE 2011 Mix by trevorBONES
aRod:
Cliff Martinez - He Had a Good Time
Chromatics – Kill For Love
Azari & III – Reckless With Your Love (Tiga Remix).
Katy Perry – The One That Got Away (Plastic Plates Dub)
Friendly Fires – Hurting (Tensnake Remix)
Gigamesh – People (Cyclist Remix)
Pat Lok – No Shame (Goldroom Remix)
Florence & The Machine – Take Care [Drake Cover] (ColeCo Midnight Remix)
Nero – Reaching Out (Fred Falke Remix)
BONES:
Madonna – Holiday
Bxentric – Foolishness (Vocodub Mix)
Inner City – Big Fun (Simian Mobile Disco Remix)
Jonas Rathsman – Tobago
Johnny Dynell – Jam Hot (Tensnake Remix)
The Rapture – How Is Deep Is Your Love (Cassian Remix)
Tyson – After You’re Gone (Solo Remix)
Oliver $ – Granulated Soul
M.in & Dualton – Le Cirque Du Tambours (Den Ishu Remix)
Cassius – Sound Of Violence (Franco Cenelli Remix)
Slow Hands – Auld Lang Syne
*And for all you Dirty Dancers in LA, SB, and SF! Don’t miss our GDD™ HOLIDAZE TAKEOVER party @ on the top floor of Savoy in downtown Santa Barbara this Saturday!
Winter is just around the corner, and I know you dirty dancers can feel it. The best way to stay warm and keep that body movin? Why, your weekly dose of The Dirt of course. Today we bring you some of the top tunes procured by none other than aRod and BONES, a collaboration that represented the Official Pacific Festival mixtape, and then some. In this edition, we’ve decided to share with you our favorites in the Deep House category. Culminating from the origins of Garage, Soul, UK Funky, and good ol’ House, we’ve selected some of our favorites both classic and current. Enjoy these while you’re gettin’ it done, whether for serious or for play. DO WORK, AND GO DEEP.
aRod:
• Chris Malinchak – No Secrets (ft. Damon C. Scott)
Like many others, I’ve been obsessed with this heavenly piece of soulful deep disco/deep house for the last month. It’s made appearances on some of the season’s best mixtapes (including Goldroom & Zimmer) along with countless makeout mixtapes all over the world.
• Jonas Rathsman – Love is My Middle Name
As we eagerly await the release of Jonas Rathsman’s “Tobago”, here’s an overlooked nugget of his from a few months back. This deep, 90s-tinged, house throwback is a nice lead in to “Tobago”. According to our man Leon at FRΞNCH ΞXPRΞSS, “Tobago” will be out in two weeks, which, under every circumstance, is Leon’s answer for all release dates: “TWO WEEKS”.
• Art Department feat. Seth Troxler – Living The Life (Aba Therapy Version)
The Art Department Essential Mix has become the most universally revered mix of 2011 here on GDD™. We Spotified the original version of this track on The Dirt #50 and today we feature the slightly deeper Aba Therapy Version which appeared on the Essential Mix. Set the mood with this one.
• Cadillac feat. Tesla Boy – Make You Feel (Marcos Cabral Remix)
This is another track in heavy rotation this month. Marcos Cabral takes the poppiness of the original out and adds a deep Balearic disco touch to this track, co-written (with vocals added) by Tesla Boy.
• Storm Queen – Look Right Through
I’m gonna book end my picks with another track featuring Damon C. Scott vocals, this time with Storm Queen, aka Morgan Geist. It’s a classic piece of deep boogie that’s an homage to house music’s Chicago & Detroit roots.
BONES:
• Claptone – She Loves You (Original Mix) √+
Introducing the secret crew of some well-known former stage magicians, members of Claptone came to bring magic to your DJ-bag with 4 slices of jacking house. Less than a week out and already heavily supported by the likes of Tensnake, Julio Bashmore, Jesse Rose, Claude VonStroke, Round Table Knights, and Hot Chip (just to name a few). Make ‘em Clap To This.
• Fur Coat & Argenis Brito – Space Ballad (Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Remix) √+
Our london boy T.E.E.D. takes this Ballad straight to the moon in a deep bass shuttle. You may laugh at that now but once the low end takes off you’ll be scrambling for your space helmet. Another stellar release on Crosstown Rebels.
• FCL – Let’s Go (Original Mix) √+
The elusive Belgians duo take house in its earliest (Garage) form – soulful vocals, über simple piano tunes, and simply added bass. This leaves you with one of the year’s best dance tracks, and some of the most purified house out there!
• SLG feat. Smoonly – Feeling 4 U (Catz N Dogz Remix) √+
First heard this in Round Table Knights Summer Mix 2010; insatiable remix by the Berlin-based Catz N Dogz. Once the 1 minute mark and the hi-hats kick you’ll be body jackin before you know what hit you. Check out more of these boys on Get Physical Music.
• Young Lovers & Lil’ Bo Tweak – Keep On (Original Mix) √+
Another side project of the UK jack of all trades Hervé (YL) and Trevor Loveys (LBT). This tune is the proud bastard child of UK Garage, UK Funky and 2-step in the best way a collaboration could produce, one of the many creations on Herve’s new Deep Thrills vol. 1 full length VA release.
• BONES – The Dirt #53 (zipped up)
*Be on the lookout for aRod + BONES Holidaze 2011 mix, coming very soon!
DIRTY DANCERS! Go deep into the new season with my brand new Fall mix filled with bedroom bliss + dance floor delight. Special attention goes to the back to back exclusives by MOON BOOTS and VICEROY – thank you gentlemen for hookin’ up GDD™ + me & allowing us to debut these two smokin’ hot new tracks.
aRod FallGaze 2011 by aRod | GottaDanceDirty™
• M83 – Midnight City (Christian Strobe Remix)
• Gigamesh feat. Nicole Godiva – People
• Beni feat. Mattie Safer – Someone Just Like You (VillA Remix)
• Body Language – Falling Out (Tiger & Woods Remix)
• Moon Boots – Off My Mind
• Viceroy – Unwind
• Beni feat. Nomi Ruiz – Sway
• The Magician – I Don’t Know What to Do (Fabian Remix)
• Sneaky Sound System – Big (Oliver Remix)
• The Whip – Secret Weapon (Alex Metric Remix)
• Katy B – Lights On (Gigamesh Remix)
• Fabian – This Night
• All The Lights – Chasing Colours (Plastic Plates Remix)
• Novika – Miss Mood (Hot Toddy Remix)
• Darren Hayes – Talk Talk Talk (Fred Falke Remix)
• Flight Facilities – Foreign Language (Will Saul & Tam Cooper Remix)
• Gotye feat. Kimbra – Somebody That I Used to Know (Compuphonic Remix)
aRod
LA…The end of summer is upon us!
This Saturday, September 3rd – The funky brewsters of NO SHIRT/NO SHOES are throwing another wet n’ wild pool party @ the Standard Hotel in Hollywood. Gracing the decks this time will be Falcon Punch, Junkyard and GDD’s very own BONES and aRod – along with their chill master residents, Tropicool & Bixel Boys. The party starts @ noon and goes til 6pm, so get out there early for some cool dranks, hot tunes and good lookin people. Kick off the Labor Day weekend right!
LOCATION:
The Standard Hollywood
8300 Sunset Blvd.
Noon – 6pm | 21+
FREE w/ RSVP HERE
TUNAGE:
Set your Labor Day Weekend to kick back chill-matic with the Geisha Twins remix of Ellie Goulding’s “Lights” – along with a rewind of aRod + BONES Official Pacific Festival mix (a summer favorite by far).
Ellie Goulding – Lights (Geisha Twins Remix) by Geisha Twins
Southern California’s most scorching music festival is drawing near…only a month to go until Pacific Festival is upon us. And what better way to help you countdown the days than with the sounds of the Pacific Festival 2011 Official Promo Mix put together by Gotta Dance Dirty’s favorite sunstreakers aRod + ///BONES! Let our mix not only serve as your guide to the Pacific Festival vibe but also as the soundtrack to every skinny dip, every pool party + every romp under the beach blanket you have this Summer.
PACIFIC FEST 2011 PROMO MIX by aRod | GottaDanceDirty™
TRACK LIST:
AROD:
Led Zeppelin – All of My Love (Slow Hands Remix)
Cordova – Paradigm
Goldroom – Morgan’s Bay
Human League – Sky (Plastic Plates Remix)
Toro Y Moi – New Beat (Fare Soldi “CantaTu” Remix)
Sneaky Sound System – We Love (James Curd Remix)
Breakbot – Fantasy (AB’s Return to Disco New York Mix)
Justin Faust – Girl Talk (GLOVES Remix)
• Interlude •
BONES:
Viceroy – Sunny Daze (Original Mix)
Stevie Wonder – Do I Do (U-Tern Edit)
The Glass – Four Four Letter (Black Van Remix)
Tensnake – Something About You (Original Mix)
Julio Bashmore – Battle For Middle You
Danny Daze – Your Everything ft. Louisahhh
Pryda – With Me (Original Mix)
EXCLUSIVE:
Shout out to our good buddy GLOVES for letting us shed the first light on his new remix of Justin Faust track ‘Girl Talk.’ The EP is due out this month, so be on the lookout for this beach bomber!
TICKET GIVEAWAY:
Wanna win a pair of tickets to the Pacific Festival? Head over to the GDD Facebook page, and where this mix/post is published:
• Leave a comment mentioning (@ tagging) Pacific Festival + another friend
• Tell us what your favorite track is on the mix!
= The winner will be selected @ random THIS WEEKEND!
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