Such a pretty, pretty set.  So much fun to flag to. 🙏🏻

Mr. Sparkles contains joyful, upbeat, romantic disco and house music perfect for pregames, hanging with friends, or a chilling around the house. I *guarantee* you'll get a new favorite disco track from this mix.

"But like, why 'Mr. Sparkles,' though?"

I first got to know Mr. Sparkles a while back at a pregame before THE "it" disco party. His smile was so magnetic it made me nervous, and fortunately his sense of humor didn’t mind that my nervous self was completely incapable of using a seltzer siphon without getting fizzy water everywhere. But I knew he was a special one when he told me about how much he loved to move...

And after being dazzled all night by his acclaimed dancing in action, I we left the club for an evening—by then, late morning—of intimacy so spectacular that it's a felony we didn't film it. Leaving Mr. Sparkles' place the next morning, I felt a sense of joy so powerful, I abandoned my day's plans and made it into a very special DJ set. Enjoy ☺️

Mr. Sparkles | Sexy Groovy Disco House Set

This first half of my set was recorded at my good friend Damien Armstrong's house for his annual Ski Apres party at his casa. I always post my sets raw and unedited to keep that "human quality Always a great time and big thanks to everyone vibing with this set. I was living my best life :). Love you Chattanooga fam and see you sooooooon!

Disco House Vibes 2 Winter 2024

Several weeks ago I mentioned that this new edition of Sophisticated Morning was going to be deep and moody.  At that time I noticed that a great deal of that type of deep house was sitting in my hold bin.  Well, that didn't happen.  Instead what you're going to hear here (ha!) is very much one of my traditional Morning sets.  For those of you that were looking forward to a deeper sound from me, please accept my apologies (but I do have good news for you; there's a Deep set on the horizon).  And for those of you that love my traditional sound, well, you're in for a treat.  This set is filled with the most current and heart-warming chill house that's out right now. I start the set out with the twinkling pianos of Anam (SE) "Anywhere".  The pianos, the message and the vibe are all just so perfect.  From there I roll on through piece after piece that's touching my heart at the moment.  And just for good measure I threw in one of the biggest feel-good classics of all time "Seven Cities" by Solarstone towards the end.  The remix of it is new and really incredible.  My personal favorites on the set are #1 "Anywhere", #3 Le Youth "Overgrown", #6 Kairos Grove "I Don't Mind (Robby East Remix), #8 Tinlicker "Nothing To Lose", #11 ARTBAT "Coming Home" and the very last song, #11, Flight Facilities "All Your Love".  I always hesitate to mention my favorites -- but the truth is -- I do have my favorites, just like you do.  I love every song on this set.  It just happens that those are my very VERY favorites.  I hope you'll listen...and hopefully love what I did.  From my heart...to your ears.  

#/Artist/Title/Remix

01. Anam (SE)/Anywhere (Road Trippin')/Original Mix
02. OCULA/High Tides/Extended Mix
03. Le Youth/Overgrown/Warung Remix
04. Julia Church/Glasshouse/Extended Mix
05.  Tailor/Another Light/Original Mix
06. Kairos Grove/I Don't Mind/Robby East Extended Mix
07. Delacroix/Fall In/Extended Mix
08. Tinlicker/Nothing To Lose/Extended Mix
09. Joda/No One Walks Away/Original Mix
10. Joda/Coming Alive/Original Mix
11. ARTBAT, John Martin/Coming Home/Original Club Mix
12. Solarstone/Seven Cities/DJ Nano Extended Mix
13. Julie Scott/Long Way From Home/Timeless Extended
14.  Flight Facilities/All Your Love/Original Mix

Sophisticated Morning 94

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

Energy is such a profound thing.  It's something that's both silent and unspoken but also always present and within our ability to control.  It's everyone's duty to be mindful of that to ensure that what we're sharing is...good and uplifting.  I keep that in mind when deciding what to share with you.  I've also wanted the energy of these mixes to walk a fine line;  perfect for both 2AM and 2PM.  Obviously what we're all doing at those two different times are very different things.  I use my own real world experiences to guide me on the music choices here.  And what I've found is that the songs you'll hear here are beautiful pieces to have in the background during the day to (subconsciously) affect our day and also have in the forefront during the night to (consciously) drive the fun.  I hope that the energy, the vibes and the messages you hear on this mix lift you up and set you free.  I have no shortage of favorites on this set.  I set the set off with the Kygo produced "Love Me Now Or Lose Me Later" -- a truly powerful heart-tugger.  From there I mix into "One Day" by Dutch emo-pop band Haevn.  They are truly one of my favorite bands ever.  Their sound is rich, authentic and emotionally powerful.  They're not really known here in the Americas so I'm really proud and fortunate to share them with you.  Find them and stream them.  They're incredible.  Otherwise, I've got 17 songs mixed here and have managed to find 5 incredible remakes for the set:  Chasing Cars (#5), You're Not Alone (#10), Sweet Disposition (#12), With Or Without You (#14) and Wonderful Life (#15).  It's so hard to find remakes that are tastefully done and keep the spirit of the original.  So I feel happy to have found these.  Pay special attention to the remake of With Or Without You by U2.  Initially I assumed this would be typically not great.  How pleasantly surprise I was to find this remake really amazing.  It's remixed by organic house master DSF.  In closing the set I chose the gorgeous "Crazy Love" by Above & Beyond featuring vocals by none other than Zoe Johnston.  By the time you reach the end of the set the *energy" will have quietly risen from chill and peaceful to powerfully melodic and progressive.  Hopefully, if I've done my job right, you'll not even notice the energy quietly rising to crescendo.  As always....this set was mixed with every ounce of love I've got to give.  

From my heart...to your ears...
#/Artist/Title/Remix
01.  Matt Hansen/Love Me Now or Lose Me Later/Kygo Original
02.  Haevn/One Day/Original Mix
03.  Nicholas Gunn/Thought Of You/Extended Mix
04.  Susie Ledge/Closer/Extended Mix
05.  Sea To Sky/Chasing Cars/Extended Mix
06.  Keanler/Orbit/Extended Mix
07.  Modera/Dominoes/Extended Mix
08.  Zak Abel/Lighthouse/Kygo Original Mix
09.  Nicholas Gunn/My Heart/Extended Mix
10.  RY X/You're Not Alone/(&friends Extended Mix)
11.  KOATES/Undo/John Summit Original Mix
12.  Temper Trap/Sweet Disposition/John Summit Extended
13.  Hayla/Shiver/John Summit Extended Mix
14.  Alex Cruz/With Or Without You/DSF Extended Mix
15.  Christian Burns/Wonderful Life/KRYDER Extended Mix
16.  Jack Emery/Fickle Heart/Extended Mix
17.  Above & Beyond/Crazy Love/ANUQRAM Extended Mix

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Sophisticated Morning 95

5HTP Mixtape . Pines Party . August 2024 . Joe D’Espinosa

Spooky season is upon us, but there’s nothing scary about great house music! And if you have great taste, then lemme tell ya… this podcast is for you! 

While #15 was much more tech house leaning, #16 gets back a bit more to my signature sound - more vocals, more tinges of disco, more classic homages, some hints of pop -  it’s a bit underground… and a bit mainstream - and more of an all-around higher-energy journey.

I typically would never use more than 2 remixes of a single producer in a podcast, but every once in a while there’s a moment where you witness someone taking things to the next level… and that’s exactly how I feel about the output of Sgt. Slick from Melbourne, Australia, right now. I have 3 of his productions on this podcast, because I simply couldn’t keep any of them out of this journey. They all worked here perfectly.

Please listen and enjoy! And if you feel inspired, please repost and share. And remember always... #HouseIsAFeeling

The tracklist is available over at Podomatic: https://bit.ly/3Ydenpd

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House Is A Feeling (Vol. 16 | Oct. 2k24)

#/Artist/Title/Remix

01.  Le Youth/Golden/Original Mix
02.  Heard Right/Ceasefire/Extended Mix
03.  Modera/One Step Forward/Extended Mix
04.  Kite String Tangle/Memories/Sultan + Shepard Extended
05.  Josefina/Stand Alone/Extended Mix
06.  Kyle Pearce/Water/Extended Mix
07.  Andrew Burrow/When It's Easy/Modera Extended
08.  Falden/Make It Out/ALLKNIGHT Extended Mix
09.  Panama/Don't Let Go/Keanler Extended Mix
10.  LeyeT/Wild Again/Extended Mix
11.  Bailey/One Last Time/Keanler Extended Mix
12.  Heard Right/Luminous/CEAUS Extended Mix
13. Robby East/More Than This/Lipless Extended Mix
14.  Mats Westbroek/Sheltered/Extended Mix
15.  Lane 8/You/Kasablanca Original Mix
16.  Jem Cooke/Distraction/Extended Mix

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Sophisticated Morning 96

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001 freedo mosho & futura city - lost art
002 facundo leiarz - friction
003 raffo JM - paradise
004 analog jungs - magnetrip
005 sabrina rivas - depth
006 agustin delsoglio - predator
007 aman anand - lost world
008 shayan pasha - kidnapping in tokyo
009 rockka - zygon
010 TEELCO - aurora
011 maze 28 & greta meier - Acceptance
012 NOIYSE PROJECT & bynomic - hyperquantum (maze 28 remix)
013 thales senses - downpour
014 andres moris - crusher (diego r remix)
015 B.I.G (AR) & juan barrera - reboot
016 COQUEIT - Stronghold
017 kalima - Inertia
018 joaquin salmain - dust & rust
019 leandro murua & STEREO MUNK - you're not home 

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DJ Brian Norwood was born during the first seedlings of dance music as we know it today were sprouting. In the 1970s, the Tea Dance at Fire Island's Blue Whale was settling in as ritual and David Mancuso's infamous "The Loft" parties in NYC were just getting started.  Being born in the music-rich environment of Nashville would be a harbinger of things to come. And being born in that era would greatly impact his career. 

In the 90's, Philadelphia, the city of brotherly love, would open its arms to Brian. This move to a more urban environment and being within the twinkle of NYC skyscrapers, is an important transition not only in geography, but of musical awakening.  After attending a seminal Saint-At-Large Party with all its intendant revelry, he felt an overwhelming drive to cultivate music and learn to mix. Vinyl was still the preferred medium for DJ's, which gives Brian the unique perspective of being among the younger DJ's still spinning today who teethed on vinyl.

In the 90s Brian began to play live shows.  His ability to feel the energy of a room and to zero in on what crowds want to hear quickly gained him major name recognition that spread from Philadelphia to the entire nation.  Over the last 25 years the notable gigs he has played are too many to count, but include events in every major American city and as far away as Maui, Hawaii  and Amsterdam, Netherlands.  

In 2011 he began podcasting for the ability to reach even more listeners.  His Mixed Emotions by Brian Norwood podcasts have been streamed hundreds of thousands of times and continue to be a major asset to his musical career.  The sets that have been the most recognized of his work are Sophisticated Morning, Sophisticated Deep, and Sophisticated Chill.  These sets are just as their name implies: percolating, hazy, gently rising to an alert state. However, to those unfamiliar with his breadth of music, it would be unfair to characterize him as a “chill” only DJ.  It is unlikely that you would have heard music and music mixed like this anywhere else. Brian has a style of playing unique, obscure and ethereal songs that is unmistakably his.  This is a true artist that isn't stuck in a genre, who can play for long sets and play to the most demanding crowds. 

It’s difficult to express with words something as nuanced as music by a sublime DJ. But to paraphrase an old saying, you know it when you hear it. He knows how important a crowd is to a DJ and how important a DJ is to a crowd and he chooses cautiously and carefully the live gigs that he plays.  His podcasts can be found on SoundCloud, Apple Podcasts, PodOmatic and HearThis.  Whether you hear him at a live performance or on his podcast you’re in for a rare and unique musical trip.

Sophisticated Morning 95

DJ Brian Norwood

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