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In 1983 Dutch Mix Pioneer Ben Liebrand started his series of Grandmixes. They became an annual gem for more than a decade, released at the end of each year. Many have tried to copy his unique style but no one showed the same consistency the way Ben Liebrand did. Nowadays making a yearmix isn't that unique anymore because modern music is much easier to mix than music back in the day. To honour the original series of Grandmixes I created - in 2004 - the 1982 year mix (search for it, it's on the web) which was broadcasted by Ben Liebrand in his weekly radioshow called "In The Mix" . Now, with Ableton as my weapon of choice and the web for research (Discogs, Youtube) I created also a 1981 yearmix, 33 years after date. Enjoy it, like and share it if you can. Thanks in advance.

http://www.mixcloud.com/DeedzRemix/certified-1981-1981-year-mix/

01 Deedz Remix - intro  
02 The Jacksons – Can You Feel It (Live)
03 Phil Collins – In The Air Tonight
04 Taana Gardner – Heartbeat
05 Tom Tom Club – Genius of Love
06 Jeckyll & Hyde – Genius Rap
07 Level 42 – Love Games
08 Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly – Joy and Pain
09 Grover Washington Jr. – Just the Two Of Us
10 Afrika Bambaataa & The Jazzy 5 /The Kryptic Krew Featuring Tina B – Jazzy Sensation
11 Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio – A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do)
12 Ph. D – I Won’t Let You Down
13 T-Ski Valley – Catch The Beat
14 Hi-Gloss – You’ll Never Know
15 Spoonie G – Spoonie Is Back
16 T-Ski Valley – Never Let Go
17 Rufus & Chaka Kahn – Watcha Gonna Do For Me
18 Juny Boom – Rules of The Game
19 Odyssee – Back To My Roots
20 Luther Vandross – Never Too Much
21 Blondie – Rapture
22 Grace Jones – Pull Up To The Bumper
23 Vicky D. – This Beat Is Mine
24 Treacherous Three – Put The Boogie In Your Body
25 Trouble Funk – Pump Me Up
26 Suzy Q – Get On Up and Do It Again
27 GQ – Shake
28 France Joli – Gonna Get Over You
29 Dolly Dots – S.T.O.P.
30 Bohannon – Take The Country To New York City
31 Kim Wilde – Cambodia
32 Wayne & Charlie (The Rapping Dummy) – Check it Out
33 Gayle Adams – Love Fever
34 Kid Creole & The Coconuts – Que Pasa
35 Central Line – Walking Into Sunshine
36 Sharon Redd – Can You Handle This
37 Love Bug Starksi & The Harlem World Crew – Positive Life
38 Tom Browne – Funkin’ For Jamaica
39 Vaughan Mason & Crew – Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll
40 K.I.D. – Don’t Stop
41 Junior – Mama Used To Say
42 Queen ft. David Bowie – Under Pressure
43 Night People – Again
44 Rose Royce – RR Express
45 Liaisons Dangereuses – Los Ninos Del Parque
46 Zapp & Roger – So Ruff, So Tuff
47 Dolly Dots – P.S.
48 Donald Byrd – Love Has Come Around
49 Lakeside – Fantastic Voyage
50 The Clash – The Magnificent Seven
51 The Clash – The Magnificent Dance
52 Chaz Jankel – Glad To Know You
53 Kurtis Blow – Star Life
54 Pino D’Angio – Ma Quale Idea
55 Shalamar – Make That Move
56 Solo Sound – Get The Party Jumpin’
57 Spargo – Just For You
58 Capricorn – Pow Pow Pow
59 Talking Heads – Once In A Lifetime
60 Human League – Don’t You Want Me
61 Sugar Hill Gang - Apache
62 Brooklyn Express – Sixty Nine
63 Skyy – Let’s Celebrate
64 Tom Tom Club – Wordy Rappinghood
65 Carl Carlton – She’s A Bad Mama Jama
66 Rick James – Give It To Me Baby
67 Conquest – Give It To Me (If You Don’t Mind)
68 Kim Carnes – Bette Davis Eyes
69 Jimmy Ross – First True Love Affair (Larry Levan Remix)
70 Disco Four – Do It, Do It
71 Weeks & Company – Rock Your World (Joho Joho)
72 Love Unlimited – I’m So Glad That I’m A Woman
73 The Whispers – It’s A Love Thing
74 Chaka Kahn – Fate
75 Kool & The gang – Steppin’ Out
76 Kool & The Gang  - Celebration
77 Crash Crew – We Want To Rock
78 Grandmaster Chilly and Stevie G – Rock The Message Rap
79 The Quick – Zulu (US 12” version)
80 Carol Jiani – Hit and Run Lover
81 Time Bandits – Live It Up
82 Doris D. and The Pins – Shine Up
83 Anita Meyer – Tell Me Why
84 Evelyn King – I’m In Love
85 BB & Q Band – On The Beat
86 Frankie Smith – Double Dutch Bus
87 Bohannon – Let’s Start The Dance
88 Aneka – Japanese Boy
89 Adam and The Ants – Stand and Deliver (sample)
90 Prince – Controversy
91 BB & Q Band – Starlette
92 Quincy Jones – Razzamatazz
93 Spargo – One Night Affair
94 Sisters Sledge – All American Girls
95 Yello – Bostich
96 The Evasions – The Wikka Rap
97 Spandau Ballet – Chant No. 1 (I Don’t Need This Pressure)
98 Quincy Jones – Ai No Corrida
99 Spacy Macy –Clap Boom
100 Stone – Time
101 Strikers – Body Music
102 Olivia Newton John – Physical
103 Stars On 45 – Stars On 45 Medley
104 D- Train – You’re the one for me
105 Kraftwerk – It’s More Fun To Compute
106 Kurtis Blow – Way Out West
107 Kraftwerk – Home Computer
108 Ottawan – Hands Up
109 Lobo – Caribean Disco Show
110 Heaven 17 – I’m Your Money
111 Earth, Wind and Fire – Let’s Groove
112 LTD – Kickin’ Back
113 Voyage – Discotch 
114 Depeche Mode – Just Can’t Get Enough
115 Human League – Love Action
116 Kasso – Kasso
117 Patrick Cowley – Menergy
118 Sunbelt – Spin It
119 Heaven 17 – Penthouse and Pavement
120 The Jacksons – Can You Feel It
121 Heaven 17 – Play To Win
122 Boys Town Gang – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
123 Aneka – Little Lady
124 Grace Jones – I’ve Seen That Face Before (Libertango)
125 Rick James – Super Freak
126 Abba – Lay All Your Love
127 Kraftwerk – Numbers
128 Lime – Your Love
129 Human League – Open Your Heart
130 Softcell – Tainted Love
131 Deedz Remix – Outtro


Certified 1981 (1981 Year Mix)

Nile Rodgers: This man is legend! If you haven't heard of him you have heard his music. There's no escape from his influence on dance music now and in the past. And he's still going strong. Latest news (august 2014) is that he's producing a new Duran Duran album. 

Listen, Enjoy and like! Follow me also on Mixcloud & Facebook. (keyword: deedzremix)

Tracklist Nile Rodgers Essentials Hitmix
Deedzremix – Intro
David Bowie – Let’s Dance
Duran Duran – Notorious
Chic – Good Times
Duran Duran – Wild Boys
Chic – Dance Dance Dance
Chic – Le Freak
Daft Punk - Get Lucky
Madonna – Like A Virgin
Sisters Sledge – Greatest Dancer
INXS – Original Sin
David Bowie – China Girl
Sheila & B. Devotion – Spacer
Chic – I Want Your Love (Dimitri from Paris remix)
Chic – Soup for One
Chic – Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah Yowsah Yowsah)
Sisters Sledge – We Are Family
Sisters Sledge – Lost In Music (Dimitri from Paris remix)
Chic – Everybody Dance
Diana Ross – I’m Coming Out
Diana Ross – Upside Down
Chic – You Are Beautiful
Thompson Twins – Don’t Mess With Doctor Dream (smack attack remix)
Madonna – Angel
Madonna – Dress You Up


Nile Rodgers Essentials Mix

Remake of the DMC Electro of '84 Megamix by Sanny X. Remade it because the cassette tape with the original mix transformed into spaghetti ;-)

Tracklist: 01. Shannon - Let The Music Play 
02. Break Machine - Street Dance 
03. Chaka Khan - I Feel For You 
04. G.L.O.B.E. & Whiz Kid - Play That Beat Mr. DJ 
05. VHB, The - Beethoven's Fifth (Street) Symphony 
06. Grandmixer D.St. - Crazy Cut's 
07. Afrika Bambaataa - Renegades Of Funk 
08. Herbie Hancock - Rock It (DST Megamix) 
09. Afrika Bambaataa - Frantic Situation 
10. Ollie & Jerry - Breakin' There's No Stopping Us 
11. Grandmaster Melle Mel - White Lines 
12. Break Machine - Break Dance Party 
13. Jellybean - The Mexican 
14. Afrika Bambaataa & James Brown - Unity 
15. Shannon - Give Me Tonight 
16. Newcleus - Jam On It 
17. Arthur Baker - Breaker's Revenge 
18. Hashim - Al-Naafiysh (The Soul)

Sanny X is still active in the music business as a producer and remixer. His label:  www.plussodamusic.com and you can follow him on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SannyX?fref=ts

DMC Electromix '84 by Sanny X(Rebuild)

Hit Mix of Armand van Helden's album 'The Best Of' including all 20 tracks. (TRT 13’09”)

1 – Armand van Helden – Flowerz
2 – Armand van Helden – Hear My Name
3 – Armand van Helden – Je t’Aime
4 – Armand van Helden – Why Can’t You Free Some Time
5 – Armand van Helden – Necessary Evil
6  – Armand van Helden – I Want Your Soul
7 – Armand van Helden – Touch Your Toes
8 – Armand van Helden – NYC Beat
9 – Armand van Helden – Witch Doktor
10 – Armand van Helden – You Don’t Know Me
11 – Armand van Helden – Sugar
12 – Armand van Helden – The Funk Phenomena
13 – Armand van Helden – Koochy
14 – Armand van Helden – When The Lights Go Down
15 – Armand van Helden – Playmate
16 – Armand van Helden – Into Your Eyes
17 – Armand van Helden – Full Moon
18 – Armand van Helden -  My My My
19 – Armand van Helden -  Ultrafunkula
20 – Armand van Helden – This Ain’t Hollywood


Armand Van Helden - Hit Mix

Onbekend - Put Them Down

Onbekend - Onbekend 3

Deedz Remix, Rick The Dee, The RTD Project: aliases for Dutch DJ/Producer Diederick van der Nat (1968) whose career was heavily influenced by Grandmaster Flash, Ben Liebrand, Double Dee & Steinski and Peter 'HitHouse' Slaghuis. Pioneering in the first half of the eighties with tape-splicing on reel-to-reel decks and adding more and more equipment and production to songs at the end of that decade. 
Nowadays casually - creating mixes on Ableton Live. Spending his professional life editing and directing video's.  You can find deedzremix on Facebook, Mixcloud and Soundcloud.

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