Daniel Van Olst Remixes and Reworks - (Mostly) Free Downloads

This mix is mostly in the organic house category, but it also takes you on a bit of a journey: first clouds, then some sunshine, and finally ending up in a completely different place than the beginning.

My favorite track is the title track ("Andaluz Human") with the lyric, "I am only human, too."  What acceptance these words carry! I'm not bad, not perfect...just human.

Would you be perfect if you could?  Always have the right words, the funny comment, never offending anyone or making mistakes? 

Would anyone be able to bear being around any of us if we were perfect? I think that in the end, we make connections with others through our imperfections and flaws, as much as our virtues and accomplishments. At the end of the day, being...only human.

Many thanks to Amy Lam for being kind enough to do an advance listen :-)

1.	Permanent (Original Mix) - Kygo, JHart
2.	What Falling in Love is For (Original Mix) - Emmit Fenn
3.	Andaluz Human (Original Mix) - Florian Gasperini
4.	So Free (Original Mix)	 - Double Touch, Reigan
5.	The Day After (Beije Remix) - DJ Zombi
6.	Every Little Beat feat. Richard Bedford (Khen Extended Mix) - Above & Beyond, Richard Bedford
7.	Time (Meines Extended Remix) - Yves Murasca, Rosario Galati, Chasing Kurt
8.	Solar Symphony (Original Mix) - Somelee, Talemates
9.	Ascending (Shai T Remix) - Double Touch, M.O.S.	
10.	Beyond (Beije Remix)	 - Askoui, Mogio
11.	I'm Not In Love (Eric Kupper Remix) - Lita, Jerome Drouot
12.	You Are Mine (Extended Mix)	 - Juloboy
13.	Sweetest Heart feat. Zoë Johnston (Shai T Extended Mix) - Above & Beyond, Zoe Johnston
14.	Rapture (Original Mix)	 - Mijangos, Pako Rubio, Michelle Lanz

Image by Alessio Lin on Unsplash.
https://unsplash.com/@lin_alessio

Only Human - Organic House

I've been doing this for 6 months now, and I've been surprised to find out how personal it is.

There are endless ways to make a set.  What theme? What concept? Is this track a great one, or merely a good one?  Where do I place a transition?  Do I make this sort of transition, or that sort? Which track next?

In the end, I finish, and (hopefully) I feel that it is just the way it should be - and no one else would make something exactly the same.  I've realized now that when I listen to a DJ, I'm hearing who they are - because nobody else would make it precisely that way.

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I've called this mix 'Funkytown'.  Perhaps some of you remember this 1980 song - it was one of my favorites in high school!  How can you go wrong with this track? It's like three songs in one, and I love that cowbell intro!  It gets worked into this mix as track 10, 'Superfly' (which is a mashup of 'Funkytown' and the 666 track, 'Supa-Dupa-Fly').

I lead off with a gorgeous remake of 'I'll Be Around', and after that, it's nothing high-minded - just a lot of funky disco goodness.

I wrap up with a remix I made of 'Sunset' with 'She's Got It (Venus)'. I had so much fun making it, it almost made itself.   :-)


1. I'll Be Around (Original Mix) - Two Lee, Chris Commisso
2. Shined On Me feat. Andrea Love (Les Bisous Extended Remix) - Praise Cats, Andrea Love
3. As Long As We Together (Deepjack & Mr.Nu Remix) - Felipe Puertes, Severin Borer
4. Ain't Nobody (Extended Mix) - Sean Finn
5. About Damn Time (Purple Disco Machine Extended Remix) - Lizzo
6. In & Out (Earth n Days Remix) - TAI, Son Of 8
7. Nothing But A Heartache (Extended) - The Flirtations, Tobtok, Oliver Nelson
8. Yelme (Original Mix) - Bob Musella
9. Clap Your Hands (Extended Mix) - Martina Budde, Riccardo Fiori
10. Superfly (Original Mix) - Crazibiza, House of Prayers
11. Relight My Dubbs (Original Mix) - Block & Crown, Paul Parsons
12. I Believe (The Cube Guys Remix (David Penn Re-Edit)) - Happy Clappers
13. Only Way Is Up (Original Mix) - Adri Block
14. Ride on Time (Extended Mix) - Eugenio Fico
15. Let's All Chant (Original Mix) - Eugenio Fico
16. Sunrise + She's Got It (Hugmonster Mix) - DJ Vartan, Sanich + Ghostbusterz

(BTW, the original 'Funkytown' was by 'Lipps, Inc.', and I'm embarrassed to say that I only realized this month that the band's name is a joke - it's a homonym for 'lip-sync'.  Congrats to the band on making a joke that took 43 years to land - I'm impressed!)

Photo by Sebastian Pociecha on Unsplash

Funkytown - Funky House/Disco

I was telling DJ Michael Rackley that I wanted to make a Pride Month mix - but that somehow I wanted to put a new spin on the concept, a new twist. 

From that vague thought and him hearing me out, a week later, I have a new mix.

It starts with a few clouds, but by the third track, they blow away and the sun comes out.  I think it is a fundamentally happy mix to help you celebrate this month.

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I'm not sure I can precisely define "pride", but I know that being free is part of it - the knowledge of who you are, the courage and space to express it, as well as the confidence to allow and support others in their freedom.

This mix is about freedom.  It starts with struggling to be free.  From there, we deal with having to let another be free, and then wishing for freedom.  The mood moves up to feeling free, pleading for freedom, and then appreciating it; and rises again to revel in it. It ends with the ultimate - the freedom to spread our wings and take flight.

May you all have the insight and courage this Pride Month to be who you truly are.

This mix is dedicated to Michael Rackley for his friendship, and his support in my learning the craft. 

1. Castles - Punctual [feat. World's First Cinema]
2. The One That Got Away (JRMX Club Mix) - Katy Perry
3. Joy (Mark Dedross Extended Mix) - Staxx, Mark Dedross, Markosa
4. Free (Phats & Small Vocal Mix) - Lighthouse Family
5. Happiness Is Alien (Ecotek & James Egbert Club Mix) - Cause and Effect
6. Take Me Away feat. Therese (2018 Extended Remaster) - Stonebridge, Therese
7. Freefallin (Moto Blanco Club Mix) - Zoë Badwi
8. The Music Will Take Care of You (Matt Pop Extended Club Mix) - JLX [feat. LaVance Colley]
9. Freedom (Extended Mix) - Sanich
10. Don't Stop Me Now (Moto Blanco Club Remix) - First Ladies of Disco, Martha Wash, Linda Clifford & Norma Jean Wright
11. Release Me (Moto Blanco Mix) - Agnes
12. Don't Let Me Stop (Moto Blanco Extended Remix) - Ryan Hagan
13. Es Vedra (Holter & Mogyoro Remix) - Gabriel & Castellon
14. Free (Delarox Remix) - Danijel Kostic
15. To Be Free (Pumpin' Dolls To The Top Club Mix) - Mike Oldfield
16. Fill Us With Fire (JRMX Club) - Erasure

Photo by Daniel Hodgkins on Unspash

Free - A Pride 2023 Mix - Happy Vocal House/Dance

Just like the title says - this is a big bundle of joy and happiness!

I start easy with three groovy tracks, and land gently with three soft tunes, but in between, it's a whole lot of sunshine.

This set is from the fifth Flag Alley event in San Francisco - an event by flaggers, for flaggers (and those that love them!).  

If you would like to know a little more about flag dancing, you can see a bit of video from the event here: https://www.facebook.com/1637960689/videos/788493689489572/

Photo Credit: Lucy Basta. Lucy is an artist in the Mission in San Francisco. You can find her on IG as @lucycreativity.

1. Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) (Earth n Days Remix) - Jerome Robins
2. Feel Luv (Club Mix) - Disco Gurls
3. 2 The Ground (Original Mix) - 2Lovers
4. Love On the Line (with Katherine Ellis) - Bimbo Jones
5. Small Talk (Stephen Jusko & DJ Blacklow Remix) - Katy Perry	
6. Be Alright feat. Maya (CHICO's NashVegas Mix) - Dion Todd
7. Happiness (Dave Audé Club Mix) - Alexis Jordan
8. Joy & Happiness (Original Mix) - Per QX, Odyssey Inc., Wayne Soul Avengerz
9. Say Something Anyway (Bimbo Jones Remix) - Bellefire
10. System of Survival (Moto Blanco Extended Mix) - Robert Williamson
11. Love Is Alive (Original Mix) - 7th Heaven ft. Katherine Ellis
12. Somebody 4 Everybody (Moto Blanco Club Mix) [feat. Mark Picchiotti] - Matt Zarley
13. Bring the Sunshine (with Katherine Ellis) - Bimbo Jones
14. Lola's Theme (VIP) - The Shapeshifters
15. This Love (Taylor, Russ and Andy's Version) - Taylor Swift	
16. Out Of My Head (Original Mix) - Mirko & Meex
17. Young Love (Extended Mix) - Sean Smith
18. Suite For Polar Bears (Hugmonster Mashup) - P.O.S., Spencer Brown vs. Owen Paul vs. Martina Budde, Riccardo Fiori
19. Watch the Sun (Extended Mix) - Zen Freeman, Fred Falke
20. Finally (Original Mix) - Julian The Angel
21. All I Wanna Do 2023 (Club Mix) - SURF
22. Love You to the Sky (Adam Turner Remix) - Erasure
23. We Break the Dawn (Moto Blanco Club Mix)	 - Michelle Williams
24. Waterfalls (Extended Mix) - Maurice, Roger Martin
25. Tribe of Kindness (Extended Mix) - Nora En Pure
26. End Of The World (Morgan Page Pop Mix Extended) - Matt Alber

Joy and Happiness - Flag Alley 5 - Happy Vocal House

For my September 2023 mix, I've got happy (or dare I say, "transcendent"?) vocals.

"I'm taking it to the next level." "I'm stepping it up." "Becoming a better version of myself."  Most of us - at least sometimes - want to experience growth, and often not the gradual kind.

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We start our journey with our feet firmly on the ground with the incomparable "Husavik (My Hometown)", and end up in the clouds with Paul Goodyear's amazing remix of "Heaven".

In between, we ascend in various ways - some literal, like "100 degrees", but usually emotionally and spiritually, such as with "Sacred", "Love My Life", "Euphoria", and "Life Love and Happiness".

This transcendence, however joyful, isn't always free, as in "Tattoo" and "Butterfly" - sometimes we have to let go of people, even pieces of ourselves, to make the leap up.

My wish for all of us this month is that we remember most of us are trying our best.  Even if that best doesn't sometimes look all that good. 🙂

xoxoxo

hugmonster

p.s. A special thank you to Fernando Delás Carnevali for introducing me to "Husavik", and also to Paul Goodyear for his help :-)

Photo by Antoine J. on Unsplash

1. Husavik (My Hometown) (Cahill Remix) - Will Ferrell & My Marianne
2. Collide (Cahill Remix) - Leona Lewis / Avicii
3. Be With You (Moto Blanco Club Mix) - Erasure
4. Love My Life (Adam Turner & James Hurr Club Mix) - Robbie Williams
5. I Believe (The Cube Guys Remix (David Penn Re-Edit)) - Happy Clappers
6. 100 Degrees (Still Disco to Me) [with Dannii Minogue] (Steve Anderson Extended Disco Mix) - Kylie Minogue	
7. Life Love and Happiness (Paul Goodyear Fire Island Extended) - Brian Kennedy	
8. Tattoo (Jason Nevins Extended Remix) - Jordin Sparks	
9. Sacred (Fiben Remix) - Erasure
10. Butterfly (Dario Xavier 2k22 Club Remix) - Mariah Carey	
11. Euphoria [feat. Harper Starling] (Dan Thomas Remix)  - The Perry Twins	
12. The Great Divide (Original Mix) - Velvetine	
13. Easy to Say (Sunlight Project Remix) - Steve Anderson, Andrea Britton	
14. Heaven (Paul Goodyear 12" Mix)	 - Stereolove & Sarah Washington

Transcend - Happy Vocal Dance

Ever feel a little badass?  If not, do you want to?

In support of your badassery (is that even a word?), I have a classics-heavy November mix.  

The world is complicated right now, and the days are getting longer in the northern hemisphere. If you are feeling a little down...consider this a musical prescription to boost your mood 🙂.

There's a lot going on in this mix - some energetic house, some vocal dance, and a fair dose of electro-pop.  (Of note is a 2023 remaster of the JRMX Club Mix of Jessica Sutta's 2013 hit, 'Again' - too good to be forgotten!).  The focus here was the theme rather than new tracks.  Hope it hangs together!

My wish for all of this month is that we embrace our inner badass - not the sort that places us above others, but rather just confidence in knowing our strengths and weaknesses.  (It's ok. Really!) 

Photo by Joshua Earle on Unsplash.

1. Shining (Original Mix) - Sarah Washington
2. Again (JRMX Club 2023 Remaster) - Jessica Sutta 
3. Sunshine After the Rain (Two Cowboys Club Mix) - Berri
4. Invincible (7th Heaven Remix) - Kelly Clarkson
5. Break The Chain (7th Heaven Remix) - Nick Jay, Silke
6. I Love My Radio (JRMX Club Remix) - Ross Alexander
7. We Got Love (7th Heaven Club Mix) - Jessica Mauboy
8. Happiness (Twilight Club Mix) - Kristine W
9. Love's Gonna Save the Day (George Calle's Anthem Mix) - Georgie Porgie
10. Change (Jason Nevins Dance Radio Edit) - Kimberley Locke
11. Hallelujah (Odyssey Inc. Extended Remix) - David Penn, Kevin McKay
12. Malibu (Original Mix) - Kim Petras
13. 9 To 5 (Original Mix) - Block & Crown
14. We Live (Jewels & Stone Extended Club Mix) - Jonathan Pierce

Invincible - Happy Vocal Dance / Electro-Pop

"We live for the music, no matter what the world comes to." 
  - Robbie Rivera

My December mix is music about...well, music. :-)

It's about ways we make music, and things we do to the soundtrack of our lives.

Listen. Dance. DJ. 

Sing, clap, groove.

Get lost in it.
Be lifted by it.
And most of all, love to it.

My wish for all of you this month is that music will fill your lives in the coming year in every way you may want.  

That you will always have the right track for every moment.

And that you have music to move you, comfort you, inspire you, and lift you up throughout the coming year.

Peace, love, joy.

- hugmonster


1.  Listen to the Music (Daniel G. Van Olst Extended Mix) - The Doobie Brothers	
2.  Let The Music (Lift You Up) (Extended) - Mobin Master, Alfreda Gerald
3.  I Wanna Boogie Tonight (Disco Down Mix) - Mike Chenery
4.  We Gonna Boogie (Original Mix) - Da Funk Junkies
5.  Last Night A DJ Saved My Life (Hugmonster Edit) - Julian The Angel	
6.  All In My Head (Original Mix) - The Cube Guys, Diego Broggio, Castaman, Miss Julia
7.  Let's All Chant (Original Mix) - Eugenio Fico
8.  Get Down (Extended Mix) - NUMA A TFIVE
9.  If You Want My Love (Wayne Soul Avengerz & Odyssey Inc. Trois Garcon Mix) - Soul Avengerz, Max C
10. Lost In Music (Angus McDonald Remix) - Sister Sledge	
11. I've Got The Music In Me (Re-Tide Club Mix) - Yvonne Kay
12. The Music's Got Me (Juloboy Remix) - Mart, DiscoVer.
13. Touch Me feat. Kathy Brown (Block & Crown Extended Club Mix) - Kathy Brown, Sonic Soul Orchestra
14. Groove Me (Original Mix) - Larry Funk
15. Ticket 2 Ride (Extended Mix) - Syke 'N' Sugarstarr
16. Love Me (Extended Mix) - Hot Since 82

For The Music - Funky Disco-y Dance Goodness!

I loved creating this remix of "Listen To The Music" - such a joyous song about the power of music.  

(Mix assistance and additional production by Leo Frappier. I would definitely recommend him!!)

Free Download

The Doobie Brothers - Listen to the Music (Daniel G. Van Olst Extended Mix) - free download

Many thanks to the amazing Leo Frappier for mix assistance and additional production! :-)

America - Sister Golden Hair (Daniel G. Van Olst Extended Mix) - free download

The original "Rhiannon" by Fleetwood Mac is definitely a classic.

But my take on this track is darker than the original. I ran with the idea that Rhiannon is fierce - not someone to be trifled with!

Fleetwood Mac - Rhiannon (Daniel G. Van Olst Starless Sky Mix) - free download

Taylor Swift - Change (Taylor's Version) (Daniel Van Olst - Sing Hallelujah Mix) - free DL

I'm a LeAnn Rimes fanboy - I admit it. 

But with a career spanning more than a quarter century, and covering multiple genres, what's not to like?

On top of that, she's often paired with the most superb remixers - Dave Audé, Cahill, Graham Stack - with happy results.

The focus in this mix is LeAnn Rimes, but I've avoided her big hits and chosen to lean into her neglected gems (of which there are many!).  I've interleaved her tracks with other artists in the same style.  The result is a bit of a musical poem.  I hope that it rhymes. :-)

Looking over the completed mix, I see that it has a definite mood, with the final two tracks comprising a call and response.  Many tracks are on the thoughtful and pensive side. Such things are part of life.

So my wish for all of you for March is that you remember that hope is a virtue.  There's always hope. :-)

Peace, love, joy.

- hugmonster

1 Powerless (Moto Blanco Club Mix) - Siobhan Dillon
2 You Are (Bertoldo Extended Club Mix) - LeAnn Rimes
3 The Night The Lights When Out In Georgia (Eric Kupper Remix) - Reba McEntire
4 Dancing in the Rain (Cahill English Club Mix) - Ruth Lorenzo
5 What I Cannot Change (Scotty K Klub Mix) - LeAnn Rimes
6 Strong (Cicada Mix) - LeAnn Rimes
7 Sound of Silence (7th Heaven Club Mix) - Dami Im
8 Soon (Graham Stack Extended Mix) - LeAnn Rimes
9 Please Remember (Dave Audé Extended Mix) - LeAnn Rimes & Dave Audé
10 American Pie (Luin's Broncin' Buck Mix) - Madonna
11 Lost Without You (Smash N Grab Extended) - Delta Goodrem
12 Give (Cahill Club Mix) - LeAnn Rimes
13 spaceship (Dave Audé - Astral Plane Remix) - LeAnn Rimes
14 In the Stillness - LeAnn Rimes

Rhymes With LeAnn

A happy and uplifting mix for Pride 2024! 

I've got classics as well as new tracks, all focussed on celebration and being the best we can be.

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Have you ever told someone "you can do it!"?

Or maybe "you got this!"? 

And you aren't just being nice -  because you know them, you *know* it's true.

You have faith in them.

My Pride mix last year revolved around being free - that freedom to express ourselves, to be ourselves, is an essential component of pride.

This year's mix explores another aspect of Pride: faith.

Whether you call it belief, or trust, or faith, it is also an essential component of pride.  

I know the challenges in my life would have been difficult or impossible to overcome without the faith that my close friends and husband have shown in me.

In countless ways, faith not only sustains our relationships, but also our community, and gives us hope and optimism for the future.  It enables us to not only survive, but to thrive in the face of uncertainty and adversity.

This mix is dedicated to my husband, Dave, who has always shown faith in me.

So my wish for all of you this Pride is this: may you always have all the faith you need from others, exactly when you need it.

Peace, love, joy.

- hugmonster

1. Hannah - I Believe In You (Riffs & Rays Radio Edit)
2. Taylor Swift	- Change (Taylor's Version) (Daniel Van Olst - Sing Hallelujah Mix)
3. Journey - Don't Stop Believing (Gaba, Vandelor, HOO - Vision Mix)
4. Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud (DJ Space'C - A.R. Workout Mix)
5. Taylor Swift	- Love Story (Digital Dog Remix)
6. Russell Watson - Where My Heart Will Take Me (Daniel Van Olst - Touch The Sky Mix)
7. Gioia - Your Love Is Lifting Me (Higher & Higher) (Almighty 12” Anthem Mix)
8. Lady Gaga - Born This Way (Liam Pfeifer Remix)
9. Jamiroquai - (Don't) Give Hate A Chance (Freemasons Dub)
10. Pink - Trustfall (Liam Pfeifer Remix)
11. Peyton, Wayne G	- High (Eric Kupper & Richie Jones Ext Piano Mix)
12. Giorgio Moroder, Donna Summer - Carry On (Hysteria Radio Mix)
13. Matt Zarley - Somebody 4 Everybody [feat. Mark Picchiotti] (Moto Blanco Club Mix) 
14. Alan Connor - Let Your Love Flow (7th Heaven Club Mix)

Faith - A Pride 2024 Mix - Happy Vocal House/Dance

Yes, this really is the theme song from the 2001-2005 show, "Star Trek: Enterprise". :-)

Originally performed by Rod Stewart as "Faith of the Heart", it's a track that people seem to either love or hate.

While obviously I love it (or I would not have spent so much time with it!), I see the other side's point: the arrangement for the two Star Trek versions is perhaps overly sentimental.

I felt that the strong lyrics would benefit from a rework to give them a more resolute and determined tone.

If you would like a WAV version, just ask :-)

- hugmonster

['Star Trek: Enterprise' Theme] - Russell Watson - Where My Heart Will Take Me (Daniel Van Olst Touch The Sky Mix) - free DL

I decided to go in a completely different direction than the original version of this track - a really moody, progressive/tribal sound.

The original of this track (you can hear it on YouTube) is absolutely superb - I didn't feel the need to reinvent the wheel.  The original has a slightly retro, melodic trance feel.  Definitely check it out too (after listening to this version!) :-)

Kylie Minogue - Hold On To Now (Daniel Van Olst - We Got The Night Rework) - free DL

For this July 2024 mix, I've got a selection of house and nudisco tracks!

Most of my mixes form around an idea, but the idea with this mix is just a certain sound - a clear, clean mix, with a great separation between each instrument and the vocals (perhaps best exemplified by Optical Disco's superb remake of the classic, "The Rhythm of the Night").

I've got many tracks in this style - about half are new, and about half are recent remakes, with a modern feel that really breathes new life into them.   I'm particularly fond of the first track, a remake of "I Ain't Got Time", and track six, "Looks Like I'm In Love Again".

If it's easy, give a listen with real headphones!

xoxoxo

hugmonster

1  Next Phase, Helen Bruner & Terry Jones - I Ain't Got Time (Richard Earnshaw Extended Remix)
2  Block & Crown, Mike Ferullo - Superstition Feat. Soulboyz (Original Mix)
3  Aretha Franklin - Rolling In the Deep (The Aretha Version) (Rosario & Cappo House Mix)
4  Jolyon Petch, Elektrik Disko, Livingstone - Fast Car 2024 feat. Livingstone (Elektrik Disko Extended Remix)
5  Kathy Brown, Sheree Hicks - Free to Be Me (Jet Boot Jack Vocal Remix)
6  Karina Chavez, Deep Fidelity - Looks Like I'm In Love Again (Elektrik Disko Club Mix)
7  Kathy Brown, Sonic Soul Orchestra - Ooh What a Life (S.K.O.D Edit)
8  Amanda Wilson, Waterstone - It's Over Now (Extended Vocal Mix)
9  Sharon West - Fake (Jean Luc & Nick Jay Extended Mix)
10 Birdee - Undergound (Original Mix)
11 Corona - The Rhythm of the Night (Optical Disco Rework)
12 Birdee - Elevate Higher (Extended Mix)
13 Nari, Steve Tosi, Nabuk - Waiting Tonight (Original Mix)
14 Siedah Garrett - Do You Want It Right Now (Jolyon Petch's Elektrik Disko Remix)
15 Block & Crown - Bakerstreet (Original Mix)

Ooh What a Life - NuDisco & House

Calum Scott - Woke Up In Love (Daniel Van Olst Extended Club Mix) - free DL

This is my September House and NuDisco Mix!

Once I got done, I noticed that I started off with the idea of feeling trapped; and then the last four tracks flip this script, and revolve around asserting oneself in various ways. 

In particular, the 11th track is an excellent remake of the 1966 Sergio Mendez hit, "Mas Que Nada" - literally "more than anything", but actually a Brazilian idiom meaning something like, "No way!" or “Oh, come on now!” :-)

Beijos e abraços (xoxoxoxo)

:-)   

1 Kevin McKay, Hotswing - Trapped (Extended Mix)
2 Kathy Brown, Sonic Soul Orchestra - Touch Me feat. Kathy Brown (Block & Crown Extended Club Mix)
3 Zetaphunk, Yvvan Back, Alfreda Gerald, Jame Starck - He´s Alright (feat. Alfreda Gerald) (David Penn extended edit)
4 Block & Crown, Culum Frea - Pull up to My Bumper feat. Culum Frea (Nudisco Clubmix)
5 GhostMasters - Luv In California (Extended Mix)
6 Sanich - Fooled Around 2023 (Extended Mix)
7 Jolyon Petch - Summer (Elektrik Disko Extended Remix)
8 Key To Life, Sabrina Johnston - Forever feat. Sabrina Johnston (Michael Gray Extended Remix)
9 Platinum Doll, P.Y. Anderson - Believe In A Brighter Day feat. P.Y. Anderson (Micky More & Andy Tee Extended Remix)
10 Nile Rodgers, Purple Disco Machine, Shenseea, Benjamin Ingrosso - Honey Boy feat. Nile Rodgers, Shenseea (Extended Version)
11 Yann Muller, DE SOFFER - Mas Que Nada (Extended Mix)
12 Suzanne Palmer, Nick Harvey - Stand Up (Eric Kupper Remix)
13 Jackers Revenge - That's The Way (Original Mix)
14 Revival & Peyton - Freedom (feat. GeO Gospel Choir) (Club Mix)

Stand Up - NuDisco & House

My progressive take on a 70s disco classic!

"Car Wash" reached the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for only one week in January 1977 (why do I remember it being longer?)

Like so many I have a huge affection for hits from this era of my life. Perhaps it looms larger to me than it really was.

I've had the opportunity doing this rework to listen to the original over and over - it sounds like a bit of fluff on a casual listen, but I really think now on closer inspection it's a bit of genius.

Has anyone seen the movie?  Would you recommend it?  I gather it was not a hit but that it has gained a cult following!

Rose Royce - Car Wash (Daniel Van Olst - Diggin' A Ditch Rework) - free DL

For November I have a new disco-flavored continuous mix, with plenty of piano and strings!

There's really nice remakes of "Heaven Knows" and "A Higher Place", as well as some new tracks by David Morales, who has been doing some great work.  In particular, the first track is one of his, and might be my favorite in this mix.

The title, "The Real Thing", comes from the track by Mike Chenery - a relatively new release with a wonderful classic disco sound.

xoxoxoxo


1 Jason Walker - All To You 2k24 (David Morales Classic Mix)
2 Nikki Carvell - Life Is a Groove (Mark Picchiotti Extended Remix)
3 James, Altieri, Durante - I Like the Way (Ron Carroll Chicago Disko Mix)
4 Kathy Brown, GeO Gospel Choir, Revival House Project - Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher [feat. GeO Gospel Choir] (Club Version)
5 Kenny Carpenter - Heaven Knows (Eric Kupper Vocal Remix)
6 Peyton, Revival House Project - A Higher Place (Extended)
7 Fire Island [feat. Loleatta Holloway] - Shout To The Top (Hifi Sean Mix)
8 Suzanne Palmer, Mark Picchiotti, Craig J. Snider, The Absolute - I Believe [feat. Suzanne Palmer & Craig J. Snider] (Mark Picchiotti Extended Remix)
9 Toscana - Fall In Love (Dj Mark Brickman Extended Remix)
10 David Penn - Scream 4 Love [feat. Sheylah Cuffy] (Micky More & Andy Tee Remix)
11 David Morales, Tamra Keenan - Rollin' Stone (Extended Mix)
12 Shawn Christopher - Don't Lose The Magic (Emmaculate Extended Club Mix)
13 Mike Chenery - The Real Thing (Original Mix)
14 The Shapeshifters - Back To Basics (Director's Cut Signature Mix)
15 Mark Knight, Beverley Knight, London Community Gospel Choir - Everything's Gonna Be Alright [feat. London Community Gospel Choir] (Extended Mix)

The Real Thing - Disco/NuDisco/House

Kate Bush wrote and performed the superb original of this track for her album, "Hounds of Love".   (Many may know it better from season 4 of the show, "Stranger Things".)

But the male vocalist I selected swept me away - he sets the stage for a stronger beat and a moody, moody arrangement!

Running Up That Hill (Daniel Van Olst - Extended Club Mix)

Part 1 of my set at Flagging In The Desert, benefitting the Palm Springs AIDS Memorial!
(Palm Springs, California - March 1st, 2025)

If you haven't been, it is an amazing event - the mountains, the sun, and of course the flaggers, which were so appreciative and supportive!!

Of note in Part 1 is a mashup I made of the Sultan+Shepard track "Running", and the M.O.S. track "On The Strings Of Love".  I love both of the originals, and the mashup practically made itself!

https://www.desertflaggers.com/
https://psaidsmemorial.org/

1 Michael Gray, Tatiana Owen - Ivy (Extended Mix)	
2 Sons Of Maria - Right Here (Extended Mix)
3 Kathy Brown, Sheree Hicks - Free to Be Me (Jet Boot Jack Vocal Remix)	
4 The Shapeshifters - Back To Basics (Director's Cut Signature Mix)
5 David Penn, Kathy Brown, Revival House Project - Dance To The Music (feat. David Penn) (David Penn Remix [Extended])
6 [Fedde Le Grand, Mitch Crown, Sultan + Shepard] vs. [M.O.S., Leonid Sivelkin, Krasa Rosa, Stan Tone] - Running On The Strings Of Love (Daniel Van Olst Mashup)
7 Dario G - Savour the Miracle of Life (feat. David Amaro) (Charming Horses Remix)	
8 Journey - Don't Stop Believing (Gaba, Vandelor, HOO 'Vision Mix') 
9 Reba McEntire - Turn On The Radio (Tracy Young Remix)
10 Aires Adora - Magic Carpet Ride (Eric Kupper Mix)
11 Kathy Brown, Jerk Boy - We Can Make It (feat. Kathy Brown) (Extended Mix)	
12 Soul Avengerz - Heard It All Before (feat. Krysten Cummings) (Funkatomic Remix)	
13 Brenda Reed, Dirty Disco	- In The Name Of Love (A Robbie Leslie Tribute Remix)	
14 Soraya Vivian, The Fierce Collective - Where I Stood (Fierce Collective Mix)
15 Casey Barnes, Marco Demark - Tiny Dancer (feat. Casey Barnes)  (Moto Blanco Mix)

Flagging In The Desert, Part 1 - Live Set - March 1, 2025

Part 2 of my set at Flagging In The Desert, benefitting the Palm Springs AIDS Memorial!
(Palm Springs, California - March 1st, 2025)

If you haven't been, it is an amazing event - the mountains, the sun, and of course the flaggers, which were so appreciative and supportive!!

Of note in Part 2 is an almost-mashup I made of the My Marianne version of "Husavik", and the [Avicii/Leona Lewis] track "Collide".  Previously I've given My Marianne and Leona Lewis a brief duet, with happy results (they are both Cahill remixes in the same key).

But just for Flagging In The Desert, I decided to make something special - I've given them four duets - two foreshadowing the upcoming "Collide", one for the transition, and one last, lingering echo of "My Hometown..." at the end of "Collide".  Now I just need to get them to do it live! :-)

https://www.desertflaggers.com/
https://psaidsmemorial.org/

16 Karina Chavez, Deep Fidelity - Looks Like I'm In Love Again (Elektrik Disko Club Mix)
17 Kimberley Locke, Cahill -  Feel The Love (Cahill Extended Club Mix)
18 Agnes - Release Me (Moto Blanco Mix)
19 [Will Ferrell, My Marianne, Cahill] vs. [Leona Lewis, Avicii, Cahill] - Collide With Husavik (Daniel Van Olst Mashup)
20 David Guetta, Galantis, 5 Seconds Of Summer - Lighter (Extended Mix)
21 Peyton, The Fierce Collective - Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot (Alternative Club Mix)	
22 Lighthouse Family	- Free (Phats & Small Vocal Mix)
23 Madonna - American Pie (Luin's Broncin' Buck Mix)
24 Bimbo Jones - Bring the Sunshine (with Katherine Ellis)


Flagging In The Desert, Part 2 - Live Set - March 1, 2025

I had a blast spending the afternoon with everyone at Oscar's World-Famous T-Dance!  Everyone was so appreciative, welcoming, and fun!

Recorded live at Oscar's World-Famous T-Dance in Palm Springs, California on March 2nd, 2025.

https://oscarspalmsprings.com/

1 Kathy Brown, Sheree Hicks - Free to Be Me (Jet Boot Jack Vocal Remix)
2 Bimbo Jones - I've Got the Music In Me (feat. Katherine Ellis)
3 The Shapeshifters - Life Is a Dancefloor (feat. Kimberly Davis) (Club Mix)
4 Disco Gurls - Got This Feeling (Club Mix)
5 Roxette - The Look (Harvey Ross Remix)
6 Moto Blanco, Emily Perry - Summer On Lock (Moto Blanco Remix)
7 Elton John - 	Rocket Man (Phunky's Knee Deep Extended Remix)
8 Taylor Swift - Teardrops On My Guitar (Cahill Remix)
9 Almighty Showgirls - That's What Love Can Do (Almighty Club Mix)
10 Soraya Vivian, The Fierce Collective - Heaven (Fierce Collective Mix)
11 Belle Lawrence - When Love Takes Over (Almighty 12" Anthem Mix)
12 Soraya Vivian - If You Could Read My Mind (Degrees of Motion Mix)
13 Soraya Vivian, Riffs & Rays - I Wish I Didn't Miss You (Marm-E-Duke Remix)
14 Soraya Vivian, The Fierce Collective - Happenin All over Again (Bassmonkeys Mix)
15 Tony Moran, Jason Walker - Perfect Bitch (Moto Blanco Extended Mix)
16 Idina Menzel - Defying Gravity (Tracy Young's Flying Monkey's Club Mix)
17 Wayne G, Alison Jiear - I Just Wanna Dance (feat. Alison Jiear) (Wayne G & Andy Allder Redux) (Original Mix)
18 Pamala Stanley - Coming Out Of Hiding (Ian Stephens Club Mix)
19 Kimberley Locke -  Fall (Almighty Club Mix)
20 Heather Small - Proud (Josh Harris Pride Extended Remix)
21 Kylie Minogue - 100 Degrees (Still Disco to Me) (with Dannii Minogue) (Steve Anderson Extended Disco Mix)
22 Michelle Williams - We Break the Dawn (Moto Blanco Club Mix)
23 Gioia - Your Love Is Lifting Me (Higher & Higher) (Almighty 12” Anthem Mix)
24 Freemasons - Rain Down Love (feat. Siedah Garrett) (7th Heaven Mix)
25 Tony Moran, Michelle Weeks - Heaven Knows (Tony Moran / Bissen Remix)
26 Jessica Sutta - Again (JRMX Club 2023 Remaster)
27 Wang Chung - Everybody Have Fun Tonight (Eric Kupper Remix)
28 JL, Yvvan Back - All Over The World (Club Mix)
29 Taylor Swift - Love Story (Digital Dog Remix)
30 Sir Ivan - Happy Together (Moto Blanco Club Mix)
31 Polina, The Fierce Collective - Don't Tell Me Goodbye (Ek Fierce Disco Mix)
32 DJ Frisco, Marcos Peon, Martina Budde - Gloria (Extended Mix)
33 The Cube Guys, Barbara Tucker - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (The Cube Guys 100th Mix)
34 Soraya Vivian, The Fierce Collective - Where I Stood (Fierce Collective Mix)

Oscar's World Famous T-Dance - Live Set - March 2, 2025

Part 3 of 3 of my set at Flagging In The Desert, benefitting the Palm Springs AIDS Memorial!
(Palm Springs, California - March 1st, 2025)

If you haven't been, it is an amazing event - the mountains, the sun, and of course the flaggers, which were so appreciative and supportive!!

What's *especially* cool in Part 3? I love Tony Moran's mix of "Love Train" - not easy to find, but Tony was kind enough to share it with me directly.  Thanks Tony!! :-D

https://www.desertflaggers.com/
https://psaidsmemorial.org/

25 Life Love and Happiness - Brian Kennedy (Fire Island Extended)
26 Peyton - Higher Place 2008 (Bassmonkey's Club Mix)
27 O' Jays - Love Train (Tony Moran Houston Main Pass Mix)
28 Wang Chung - Everybody Have Fun Tonight (Eric Kupper Remix)
29 Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love (Moto Blanco Remix Full Vocal)
30 Ultra Nate, Russell Small, DNO - Happy Feeling (Happy Faith Mix)
31 Bimbo Jones - I've Got the Music In Me
32 7th Heaven ft. Katherine Ellis - Love Is Alive (Club Mix)
33 Kim Sozzi - Little Bird (Italia3 Extended)  (Hugmonster Edit)
34 Robbie Williams - Love My Life (Adam Turner & James Hurr Club Mix)
35 Taylor Swift - Teardrops On My Guitar (Cahill Remix)
36 Fleetwood Mac - You Make Loving Fun (Kevin McKay Re-Edit)
37 ONJ + ELO - Xanadu (Barry Harris 2017 Mix)


Flagging In The Desert, Part 3 - Live Set - March 1, 2025

How can anyone *not* have heard the original version of this song? :-)

A huge hit for ABBA in 1975, and of course it had a stage and movie musical named after it (and that included it).

On closer inspection it is even more brilliant than at first listen.  Most tracks have just two musically distinct parts (such as verse and chorus), but "Mamma Mia" has about half a dozen - all depicting the different crazy states of mind of an on-again, off-again relationship.

The unusual sound at the start of the song is the marimba - a brilliant choice that includes an out-of-key note to really heighten the zany emotions.

As with many remixes, my goal was to make the track a little more danceable and up-to-date, but hopefully still keeping the spirit of the original with its many musical flourishes.

"Free Download" button downloads an mp3 of the extended mix.  If you would like a .wav, or the radio edit, just send me a message. 🙂

Free DL - Extended Mix

ABBA - Mamma Mia (Daniel Van Olst Radio Edit Mix) - free DL

Another happy and uplifting mix for Pride 2025! 

I've included new tracks as well as some remixes I love of the classics.  I hope this mix lifts your hearts and brings you joy during this Pride season.

Part of Pride is rising above the situations that challenge us: with courage, calm, determination, tolerance, inclusiveness, and love.

With a vision of something different and better.

And, of course, with joy.

So my wish for all of you this Pride is this: may you always have the courage to rise above your situation, exactly when you need it.

- hugmonster

p.s. Check out the last track - it's my new remix of Callum Scott's "Rise"! I'm excited about it!

1 Luciana, Revival House Project - Keep On Rising (Revival Hope Project) (Club Mix)
2 Katy Perry - Rise (Dimo vs Moto Blanco Rio Remix)
3 Tracy Young & Ceevox - Peace, Love & Music (Barry Harris Club)
4 Disco Freaks - Take Me 2 the Sun (Freemasons Remix)
5 Michael Gray, Tatiana Owens - Season High (Risk Assessment Remix)
6 LF SYSTEM - Lift You Up (Extended)
7 Bryn Christopher, Revival House Project - Higher Love (Extended)
8 Gloria Gaynor, Marco Fratty -I Am What I Am (Marco Fratty New Extended Version)
9 Sunkids - Rise Up feat. Chance (7th Heaven Remix)
10 Michelle Weeks, YASS - Hallelujah (Extended Mix) 
11 Madonna - I Rise (Tracy Young's Pride Extended Remix)
12 LA Rush, Polina Griffith - Give It To Me (Club Mix)
13 Madonna - Jump (Jonathan (AR), Boris Louit Unofficial Remix) V2
14 Alanis Morissette - Crazy (Claude Le Gache Club Mix)
15 Peyton, Revival House Project - A Higher Place (Extended)
16 Callum Scott - Rise (Daniel Van Olst Pride 2025 Mix)

Rise - A Pride 2025 Mix - Happy Vocal House/Dance

A mashup I made for the event, "Flagging In The Desert".

Free download is the extended version.  If you would like the radio edit send me a message.

Original tracks are:
Running (Fedde Le Grand vs. Sultan & Ned Shepard) [Original Mix Edit] [feat. Mitch Crown]
On The Strings Of Love (Stan Tone Remix) - M.O.S., Leonid Sivelkin, Krasa Rosa

Running On The Strings Of Love (Daniel Van Olst Mashup - Radio Edit) - free DL

I remixed this as my last track for my 80-minute continuous mix for 2025 Pride - also entitled "Rise".

I also have an Extended Mix - if you would like a copy, send me a DM!

Free Download!

Calum Scott - Rise (Daniel Van Olst Pride 2025 Radio Edit) - free DL

Taylor Swift - Electric Touch (feat. Fall Out Boy) (Daniel Van Olst Just One Time Edit) - free DL

San Francisco-based DJ and producer.

My biggest love is happy, t-dance vocals, but I also play all sorts of house - funky, organic, progressive and deep.  I live in San Francisco, and I love my city immensely - the land, the buildings, the people, the music, and the art!  I also dye silk dance flags, and have been known to flag dance now and again.  

If you'd prefer a WAV of any of my remixes, just send me a message!


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