now then let's have it large djsmokinjo I met you years ago now especially at Scott and Caroline top flat in Moore house road west London you.played at their house party after trade xx

GiTTERBOX PLAYLIST 1

This week sees the return of our 'House Of' feature, where each week we salute the pioneers and originators who have helped shape the Glitterbox philosophy; kicking it back off with the prolific Chicago producer, Mike Dunn... 

1. Junior Jack Presents Glory - Hold Me Up (Michael Gray Remix) [Defected Records]
2. Mighty Mouse - The Spirit [Glitterbox Recordings]
3. Yass & DJ Fudge - (I Know) I'm Losing You (Dr Packer Remix) [Big Love]
4. Sunset City - Feels so Right (Art of Tones '1982' Remix) [Tinted Records]
5. Róisín Murphy - Murphy's Law [Skint]
6. Gershon Jackson - Love Desire (Mike Dunn’s Blackball Love Mixx) [Omni Music Solutions]
7. Mike Dunn Presents The MD X-Spress - God Made Me Phunky [Defected Records]
8. Mike Dunn - Natural High (Mike Dunn Black Glitter MixX) [Glitterbox Recordings]
9. Mike Dunn - Strut Cho Phunky Stuff (Sho' Nuff) (Mike Dunn Black Glitter MixX) [Glitterbox Recordings]
10. Escort - Cocaine Blues (Greg Wilson Version) [Glitterbox Recordings]
11. Debbie Jacobs - Don't You Want My Love (Full Intention Disco Mix) [Glitterbox Recordings]
12. Angelique Kidjo - Batonga (Dimitri From Paris Remix) [No Label]
13. Shakedown featuring Terra Deva - At Night (Shakedowns Galtactic Boogie Mix) [Defected Records]
14. Birdee featuring Angela Johnson - Something About You [Big Love]
15. Smith & Mudd featuring Quinn Lamont Luke - The Distance (Ron Basejam Remix)

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Glitterbox Radio Show 208: The House Of Mike Dunn

Welcome to the House Of Junior Jack...

1. Spiller - Groovejet (If This Ain't Love Vocal Mix) [Defected Records]
2. The Shapeshifters featuring Teni Tinks - You Aint Love [Glitterbox Recordings]
3. Federal Hill featuring Karen Daughtry - I Have Something for You (Original T.M.V.S. Club Mix) [Sub-Urban]
4. Lovebirds featuring Holly Backler - Give Me A Sign [Teardrop]
5. Tom Browne - Brighter Tomorrow [Arista]
6. Junior Jack - Stupidisco (Hott 22 Remix) [PIAS Recordings]
7. Junior Jack - My Feeling (Kick N' Deep Mix) [PIAS Recordings]
8. Junior Jack - Thrill Me [PIAS Recordings]
9. Glory featuring Jocelyn Brown - Hold Me Up (Original JJ's Vocal Mix) [Defected Records]
10. Horse Meat Disco feat Kathy Sledge - Falling Deep In Love (Dave Lee’s Disco Blend Remix) [Glitterbox Recordings]
11. John Julius Knight - Find A Friend (Dr Packer Remix) [Glitterbox Recordings]
12. Casbah 73 - Love Saves The Day (Danny Krivit Edit) [Glitterbox Recordings]
13. Chasing Kurt - From The Inside (Henrik Schwarz Deep Version) [Defected Records]
14. Denroy Morgan – I’ll Do Anything For You [Becket Records]

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Glitterbox Radio Show 209: The House Of Junior Jack

This week we catch up with the disco edit king and long time Glitterbox friend, Dimitri From Paris.

1. Grace Under Pressure - Make My Day (10 Minutes Of Soul Mix) [ARS]
2. Ms. Barbara Tucker featuring Darryl D'Bonneau - Stop Playing With My Mind (Full Intention Club Mix) [Strictly Rhythm]
3. Freeform Five & Carolyn Harding - Strength (JKriv Remix) [Glitterbox Recordings]
4. Mona Rae - Do Me [Quality]
5. Chaka Khan- Nobody (LNTG Rework) [No Label]
6. Ron Hall & The MuthaFunkaz featuring Marc Evans - The Way You Love Me (Dimitri From Paris Remix) [Glitterbox Recordings]
7. Phase II - Reachin (Brotherhood Radio Version) [Movin’ Records]
8. CHIC - I Want Your Love (Dimitri From Paris Remix) [Glitterbox Recordings]
9. Dimitri From Paris x Fiorious - Music Saved My Life [Glitterbox Recordings]
10. Junior Jack - E Samba (Junior Jack Club Mix) [PIAS Recordings]
11. Mike Dunn - If I Can't Get Down (Luke Solomon Mashup) [Classic Music Company]
12. Fallout - The Morning After (Purple Disco Machine Re-Work) [Fourth Floor Records]
13. Harvey Mason – Groovin’ You [Arista]
14. Chicago - Street Player [CBS]
15. William & The Young Five - You Turn Me On (JKriv Rework) [Soundway Records]

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Glitterbox Radio Show 210: The House Of Dimitri From Paris

A 2 hour special streamed live from Defected HQ...

1. CHIC - My Forbidden Lover (Dimitri From Paris 12" Version) [Glitterbox Recordings]
2. The MuthaFunkaz featuring Marc Evans - I Don’t Want You Anymore [Defected Records]
3. Dave Lee featuring Billy Valentine - Power Of The Mind [Z Records]
4. Trussell – Love Injection [Elektra]
5. Gene Chandler – Get Down [20th Century Fox Records]
6. Loleatta Holloway – Runaway (Dr Packer Edit) [No Label]
7. Sounds Of Blackness - I Believe (Classic Gospel Mix) [Perspective Records]
8. The Shapeshifters - Back to Basics (Director's Cut Signature Mix) [No Label]
9. Shay Jones - Are You Gonna Be There (Hurley’s House Mix) [ID Records]
10. Leroy Burgess - One Plus One (Dave Lee Club Mix) [Z Records]
11. Gwen McRae - Doin' It (Dave Lee Soulful Reprise) [Z Records]
12. Gene Harris - As (Edit by Mr. K) [Most Excellent Unlimited]
13. The Shapeshifters featuring Teni Tinks - You Aint Love [Glitterbox Recordings]
14. The Patchouli Brothers – Kin Soul [Moton]
15. Mount Rushmore presents The Knack - You Better (Es Cavelett Mix) [4 To The Floor]
16. Paul Trouble Anderson – TroubleNova [Liquid Deep]
17. Voices - Voices In My Mind (MAW Unreleased Bass Mix) [MAW Records]
18. Risse - Chain Of Fools [Atlantic]
19. ClubLand - I'm Under (Love Strain) [David Morales Lost In Dub] [ZYX Music]
20. The Dells – All About The Paper [20th Century Fox Records]
21. Booker T. - Don't Stop Your Love (Special Version) [A&M Records]
22. Teddy Pendergrass - Heaven Only Knows [Philadelphia International Records]
23. Nuyorican Soul featuring Jocelyn Brown - I Am the Black Gold of the Sun (4hero Remix) [Talkin’ Loud]
24. Northend - Tee's Happy [Emergency Records]
25. Odyssey - Native New Yorker (Ashley Beedle Remix Parts 1 & 2) [Ism Records]

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Glitterbox Radio Show 211 Presented By Melvo Baptiste

This week we pay homage to Prince on the 5th anniversary of his passing, welcoming on lifelong Prince fan Natasha Diggs to select some of her favourite moments and Late Nite Tuff Guy delivers a special tribute mix for the second hour...
 
1. Prince - I Wanna Be Your Lover (Dimitri From Paris Re-Edit) [No Label]
2. The Shapeshifters featuring Teni Tinks - When Love Breaks Down (LNTG Disco Remix) [Glitterbox Recordings]
3. Horse Meat Disco featuring Fi McClusky - Love If You Need It (Mousse T’s Classic Shizzle) [Glitterbox Recordings]
4. The Strikers - Body Music [Prelude]
5. Teena Marie - 365 (John Morales M+M Mix) [BBE Records]
6. Prince And The New Power Generation - Get it off (House Style) [Warner Bros. Recs]
7. Sheila E - A Love Bizarre (Album Version) [Paisley Park]
8. Prince - Chelsea Rodgers [Columbia]
9. Romain & Danny Krivit featuring Linda Clifford - Philly Groove (Dr Packer Remix) [Glitterbox Recordings]
10. Ann Nesby - Love Is What We Need (Mousse T's Love Dub) [Perspective Records]
11. Miguel Migs featuring Martin Luther - Back Tonight (Aeroplane Remix) [Soulfuric Deep]
12. Atlantic Starr - Circles (Dave Lee ZR Disco Mix) [Z Records]
13. D.C. LaRue - Cathedrals (Jamie 3:26 Ballroom Version) [Faith]
14. Robin Beck - Sweet Talk [Mercury]
15. Gladys Knight & The Pips- Taste Of Bitter Love [CBS]

Hour 2 – Tribute mix from Late Nite Tuff Guy

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Glitterbox Radio Show 212 The House Of Prince w/ Natasha Diggs & Late Nite Tuff Guy

A very special live set from Glitterbox founder Simon Dunmore, at our first-ever event at The Warehouse Project.

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Simon Dunmore - Live at The Warehouse Project (Glitterbox x Defected - 11.12.2021)

Seamus Haji Glitterbox Boat Party Defected Croatia 2023

Seamus Haji Glitterbox at Hï Ibiza 24.09.23

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Mousse T | Live at the Beach Stage at Defected Croatia 2023

After the most incredible experience at Defected Malta 2024, this is a festival-inspired Glitterbox mix, and a massive thank you to everybody we danced with, who made it so so special - Big Love!

Heartbreaker - Crazy P

Shined on Me (Kevin McKay Remix) - CASSIMM

Fly Away - Michael Gray, Kimberly Brown, The Sultra Gospel Singers

Feelin' Love (Soulsearcher Club Mix) - Soulsearcher

Gabriel - Travis Emmons, Trice Be

Satisfied - David Penn, OFFAIAH

Kimbara - Barry Can't Swim

Back Together (Main Classic Mix) - Hardsoul, Ron Carroll

In & Out of My Life (Michael Gray Remix) - Adeva

Pennies From Heaven - Inner City

Cant Get Enough! (Prunk Remix) - Soulsearcher

Finally Colors (In Da House Session Bootleg) - Alfred Azzetto Ft. Julie McNight

Try My Love (On For Size) (Club Mix) - The Shapeshifters, Teni Tinks

Shake Your Body (Joey Negro Disco Mix) - Lady Aya

Let Me See You (Clap Your Hands) - Michele Chiavarini

Let's Start to Dance Again (Dimitri From Paris Mix) - Dimitri From Paris, Bohannon, Dr. Perri Johnson

Dance With You - Sgt Slick, Karina Chavez

I Thank You (Michael Gray Mix) - Michael Gray, Sgt Slick, Karina Chaves

(Who?) Keeps Changing Your Mind? (Daniel Bovie & Roy Rox Remix) - South Street Player

Glitterbox After-Mix (Defected Malta 2024)

We're excited to return to O Beach Ibiza for another year and cannot wait to party with you. 

What better way to get you in the mood than with a mix from Katie Goodman, recorded live at O Beach in summer 2024! This takes us back!

Bookings are now open for our opening party on Saturday, 3rd May 2025, and throughout the summer.

Head to the O Beach website to get your beds and tickets booked!

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Enjoy!

Katie Goodman LIVE @ Soul Heaven - O Beach Ibiza - Summer 2024

Track 15 of Riythmica Travels 2025 takes a bold turn with “Twisted Menace” by @arminmirk

Armin fuses technology and music to explore new creative frontiers. What began with guitar and piano grew into a deep connection with house music where groove, emotion, and innovation intertwine. His productions blend funky melodies, soulful touches, and driving rhythms, crafting a sound that feels both timeless and future-focused.

“Twisted Menace” brings together hip-hop-infused vocals, funky grooves, and crisp house rhythms, a playful yet commanding track designed to keep the dancefloor moving.

Riythmica Travels 2025

Twisted Menace

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PREMIERE: Half Dead Dave - Your New Home

This episode comes live from Glitterbox at Hi Ibiza (September 2017) Mo'funk B2B with Mr Doris taken from an all-night long set in the Wild Corner! 
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Live from Glitterbox at Hi Ibiza B2B w/ Mr Doris

Listen to Melvo Baptiste & Simon Dunmore's show-stopping set at Glitterbox, Ministry Of Sound on March 10th, 2018.

See you on the dancefloor, very soon.

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Simon Dunmore B2B Melvo Baptiste, Live @ Ministry Of Sound (10.03.18)

SMOKIN JO'S SUMMERTIME VIBES

Smokin Jo is still the only female DJ to have won DJ magazines DJ Of The Year award and she is the Author of You Don't Need A Dick to DJ.
 Contact andy.raeside@defected.com

Jo has had a truly successful career and over her 33 years behind the decks she has played in pretty much every corner of the globe and in every major nightclub you could care to mention: Space (Ibiza and Miami),Fabric (London) Womb and Aghea (Tokyo), Panorama Bar (Berlin), Warung (Brazil), Cavo Paradiso (Mykonos), Pacha, Crobar and Vinyl (New York) and Cocoon (Frankfurt,) are just some of the venues she has played in recent years.

Most recently Jo has played for Glitterbox at Hi Ibiza, Glastonbury Festival for Block9, NYC Downlow and Greenpeace, Shindig Festival, Clockwork Orange in UK and Ibiza,Defected Croatia Festival, Pacha Ibiza, House of Trash, Feel It and Fabric. Previously Jo was headlining the Space Ibiza opening party and appeared in a documentary for Ministry of Sound The Annual Classic Tour as well as hosting and playing on one of their live tour dates before the orchestra hit the stage. Summer 2016 Jo was headlining the Ibiza Space opening party and playing at the Final ever closing party. Jo was resident DJ for 3 years at the uber cool Sexy Fish in Mayfair playing to the likes of Tom Cruise, Johnny Depp, Harrison Ford and the Beckham’s and also played at the prestigious Vogue Magazine 100 year event at Tramp in London.

At London Fashion week for the past five years Jo has produced the music and played live at Julien Macdonald’s stunning shows. Previously Jo and Skin from legendary rock band Skunk Anansie launched their own amazing new concept called “The Electric Tiger Cave”, where they played back2back while Skin sang over the tracks, last summer they took over Ibiza Rocks House at Pikes in Ibiza for a crazy run of parties. In the past Jo was booked by actor/DJ Idris Elba to play alongside him at his own club night. In the summer 2013 Jo hosted her own night at the infamous Pikes Hotel in Ibiza, booking DJ’s to play with her such as Mark Ronson and Dave Morales. Jo also produced the music and played at the aftershow for collaboration between designers Julien McDonald and Melissa Odabash for their swimwear show on the roof of the gorgeous ME Hotel in London. 


Jo's international credibility has led her to work alongside numerous iconic figures in the world of music, film and fashion. One of her career highlights was being flown into Prague by Daniel Craig to play at the wrap party for his first James Bond film,' Casino Royal'. She has opened for Grace Jones at one of her concerts, played at The Pet Shop Boys end of tour party, Skunk Anansie's album launch party, Jamiroqaui's South African tour parties, and at fashion shows and events for the likes of Alexander McQueen, Julian Macdonald, Melissa Odabash and Michiko Koshino. Jo was also asked to play for Naomi Campbell at her villa party in honour of the great Quincy Jones.



Where did it all begin?
Jo's story began in 1990 when after years of attending many of the early raves and illegal parties she noticed a distinct lack of female DJs. As a massive fan of this exciting new music that was sweeping the nation, Jo decided to buy some decks and started mixing. From those early days it was always the deeper side of things Jo preferred, soulful sounding tracks that take you on a journey, no matter what style she plays from Techno to House it has to have meaning and a bass line to kill. Taking her stage name from the boxer Smoking Joe Fraser, Jo felt it provided ambiguity over an obviously feminine name as at the time it was seen as a novelty to be a female DJ (how times change!) It’s thanks to women like Jo that these shifts in attitudes have taken place.

While working in the Jean Paul Gaultier shop in London's Soho, Jo made her first mix tapes and gave them to friends and customers to gauge their response. The reactions were better than expected and her first gigs quickly followed at fashion after-show parties. In 1991 Jo was given a chance to play at London’s legendary after-hours party Trade at Turnmills. Seizing the opportunity she smashed the club, blending her mixture of deep house and techno and as a result was given a residency that lasted three years. Trade was her stepping-stone into the big league. At that time Trade was the only after hours in London: all the promoters, DJ’s and industry people came down to party religiously each week so in no time at all Jo was being booked to play at club events like Puscha, Boys Own, Tribal Gathering, Back to Basics, Cream and Full Circle. These gigs were the basis for her winning DJ Magazine’s highly coveted DJ of the Year Award.

After winning the award Jo headed off to Ibiza to play at Space for the first time in 1993, when the island was still relatively untouched. During that period she played at Amnesia, Pacha, Ku (Privilege) as well as many infamous secret beach and villa parties. This was when Jo's career took off on a global scale, seeing her regularly traveling all over the world every weekend, as well as maintaining a hectic schedule of the UK's top clubs: her demand was such that she often played up to 5 gigs in one night.
Back in Ibiza, after 22 years DJ-ing Jo still holds her residency at Space for We Love. Thanks to her knowledge of the Ibiza scene, in 2002 and 2003 she was assigned to present a ‘Postcards from Ibiza’ report on Pete Tong's Essential Selection on Radio 1, giving weekly reports of all the latest club news and goings on there. In addition Jo was also asked to do an Essential Mix for Radio 1 as part of their 'Ibiza Heroes' series, which was broadcast on 20th September 2003.

Jo went on to mix the Terrace CD for the Space Album that was released on Azuli Records in 2003. This followed on from the other successful compilations she had under her belt such as ‘Defected Sessions 14’, ‘DEF Com 2’ and ‘SJ01’ released through Trust the DJ. At this time Jo was signed to Defected where she produced some successful releases for the label, including Yanu and Psycho Bitch, however Jo's demanding schedule meant that her productions at that time were few and far between. She also mixed a cover-mount CD for Muzik magazine in the summer of 2001 and more recently in 2006 she mixed the cover-mount CD for Mixmag, which was hugely popular and was re-released last year.

In the past Jo had been signed-up by Storm Model Agency in their Celebrity Section and was the face of a major billboard campaign for the Sega video game Mortal Combat. 2002 saw Jo become the centre point of Pioneer’s advertising campaign for their HDJ 1000 professional headphones. And on top of all this in 2002 Jo entered into the world of television and made her debut as a presenter for MTV: Dance in Ibiza as well as presenting for Radio One at Mardi Gras and Ibiza in 2002.


In 2004/5 Jo was rocking the planet as one half of the dance floor phenomenon that was NastyDirtySexMusic. The parties were ultra-underground, word-of-mouth affairs with the ethos heavily geared towards cutting edge music and not making profit. The success of the NDSM parties saw it become We Love... Sundays at Space’s newest resident that year, introducing the electro-house sound to an unsuspecting Ibiza crowd (not bad considering it started life as an illegal rave!) By late summer 2004 NDSM were weekly residents in The Red Box at Space; fast-forward to summer 2005 and NDSM were fully-fledged terrace regulars, a massive achievement in an incredibly small space of time. A full tour of Asia and Australia in the winter of 2004 also cemented NDSM's status, as did a double CD mix compilation, released through Ministry of Sound in June 2005. MOS also played host to NastyDirtySexMusic nights on a bi-monthly basis, which were among the busiest nights at the club for some time. After a whirlwind couple of years the guys decided to call time on the project on New Years Eve 2005.

Following on from NDSM, Jo promoted her own club night “Nude” with Terry Hart from Go!Zilla/Redlight. Nude held parties at warehouses in London’s East End and for two years hosted the terrace and discoteque at Space in Ibiza. The ethos of Nude was "anything goes", with outlandish freakish performers and cutting edge DJ's. These parties were the ultimate in debauchery and underground sounds, their top Guest DJ was  Moby. 

One thing’s for sure that with bags of energy and a wealth of experience to draw-on it seems Jo still has plenty up her sleeve for the months and years ahead!

SMOKIN JO'S SUMMERTIME VIBES

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