Episode 32: HuntedTraxs » Strictly House Music

Showcasing House Music DJ Mixes by dattrax

Welcome to Showcasing House Music DJ Mixes by dattrax!!
This week, thinking about getting a new car stereo deck was dancing in my mind. The one I bought a few years back doesn't play CDs anymore, but fortunately has an auxiliary plug to put my ipod or iphone into. I've been looking in the weekly electronic store flyers for months now, just eyeballing all the car decks- salivating. Dreaming of a cd player that works, the USB port to stick a USB stick full of house music into. The urge to drive to the electronics store and scoop one up was so strong, but know that it would be at least $220 when you include taxes and installation. Then the thought about how many mp3, 320bit house tracks I could buy for that money POPPED into my head, so I decided to live with my crappy car stereo (for now).
This internal tug of war brought back a flood of memories to a time when my DJ Partner Jim and I were vinyl junkies to the extreme. We called it being addicted to "The Black Crack" (after the black colour of vinyl for those of you to never have seen vinyl before : ) There was a point where we were so addicted to buying house records, that when I saw something for let's say $35, I'd think to myself: 'but if I don't buy this, then I can buy TWO RECORDS!!'
This sounds silly, but seems to be a man's version of frugality- choosing to not spend in one area in favour of another, but not saving any money. There are people who probably think, 'Hey, why do you guys still love house music so much?' You know, some guys dig sports or collecting something... that's just another money and time sucking hobby. We've chosen HOUSE as a hobby and are cool with that. The big difference is that this love can be shared with so many people and transfer those positive feelings.
There is so much pleasure in the process for us, almost a monthly ritual... of hunting for tracks. Listening to them for a week or two, mixing them, listening, mixing them again, listening, then again, then sharing them and hoping that someone else likes the mix also.
GOING BACK to the topic of being addicted to house back then. We went to endless number of parties, have over 400 mixed tapes & cds made by other house djs. We bought over 6000 vinyl records over the years and we stopped buying vinyl and switched to buying MP3's over 10yrs ago. And now have over 2000 house MP3 tracks. Burned through tape decks, needles (for turntables for the youth out there : ), mixers, 100s of cases of blank cassette tapes and over 8000 blank cds, whatever it was we needed- you name it. Compare to sports (if we were into sports), we would be the guys- shirtless and with full body paint jumping up and down like drunken idiots in the stand holding up crazy signs & stuff, buying sports related stuff, going to sports events, hanging out with other sports addicts, watching sports all the time and playing in men's leaugues 2-3x's per wk. We are the ultimate FANS!
I tried to quit 'The Black Crack' three times and once for about 3years till I heard a DJ mix of new house that blew my mind. Now I know that we are here to stay. Just spent over 5hrs this week cruising over 1500traxs and hunting down 41 new tracks in www.Traxsource.com - excited about sharing the next mix with you!!
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THIS MIX FEATURING HOUSE TRACKS BY:
Thyladomid, Adriatique, Roy Davis Jr., Jeremy P Caulfield, Walker Barnard, Adana Twins, Hobo, Metronomy, Ewan Pearson, Baby Prince, Tanner Ross, Claude VonStroke, Jaw, Kraak & Smaak, Lex Empress, Neighbour & Elan B., Nico Stojan, Rosina, New Kanada, Startraxx, Skelpt, Hollis P. Monroe, Laura Jones, Chris Carrier, Matt Tolfrey & Sam Russo, Pegah Ferydoni, Andre Lodemann, Eve Be, Amber Jolene, Mowgli, Marius Laurentiu, Andrea Bigi, Pele, Findling, Kindisch, Nico Stojan, Vindahl, DJ T., Peaches, Moullinex, Catz 'n Dogz, Dirtybird, Medicine 8, Kurtis Hardrive, Larse, Claptone, Nicolas Masseyeff, Dani Casarano, Felipe Valenzuela, Demian Muller
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All tracks bought from https://www.traxsource.com/ and https://www.beatport.com/
This mix was created on a Native Instrument's "Traxtor Kontrol S4" controller MK3 version, a crappy PC laptop and No sync applied.