hi all, a mate of mine's opening a bar soon, and i'm thinkin he may want some less dynamic sounds than trance, so i'm looking into getting into some house music. can anybody offer an introduction to the sites/forums i should visit, the labels and artists i should check out and hey, even a few songs to recommend? i wouldn't mind gettin into some breaks too. that'd be hella funky. oh, one more question, does mixing house n breaks differ immensely to mixing trance? hope to get some replies! thanks peeps!

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man if you put house music in your bar..you might just called the the "tossed your salad" bar...LOL

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Check out stuff by Roger Sanchez, Armand Van Helden, DJ Dan, Junior Vasquez, Miguel Migs.

Mixing house is a lot more fun than mixing trance since you can let your mixes go a lot longer. Throw in some samples, acapellas, and effects to make things more interesting.

Good luck!

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check out stuff from jonothan peters and denny tsettos

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Hey mate, you might wanna check out www.deephousenetwork.com . Its pretty much the dominant house site on the net. Seeing you're in Melbourne as well, there's a little alley down the side of the Bourke St Sanity in the city, walk down there and you'll see Rhythm & Soul, which is a cd/vinyl store specializing in house and a lil prog. Go in and have a chat to the dudes in there, they're all cool ppl and will help ya out.


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Originally posted by trance[]control-fan man if you put house music in your bar..you might just called the the "tossed your salad" bar...LOL

unfortunately i'm not as witty as i used to be, well, if i used to be at all, but yea... i don't get it.

anyhow, dark_tenshi, yea, house does seem a lot more fun to mix. i find trance is a little more conformed, where with such a genre as house, you can unleash ur creativity a bit more.

pointy, hehe, i actually walked into rhythm n soul one time hopin to find some trance there, but walked right out a few minutes later. i'll be sure to check the joint out again though.

appreciate the recommendations. be sure to check em out.
keep em comin! thanks!

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Muahahahhahh
tony hewitt and grant dell-african dub
fries and bridges- nightshift
the lewis twins-tango
dj harri-tax discs
the big fake-ts1
masonic noodles-duck mix/wc mix-electrogusto 04 cdr
formidable force-mind games(brett johnson remix)20-20 cdr
random factor-what i need-chicken lips remix,20-20cdr
Spettro & Mazi "Wrong" Mazi Rmx cdr
Swirl People "Keep On Runnin" Mazi's Touch Of Dub, Aroma cdr
jay tripwire and grant dell-slo roasted-cdr
masonic noodles-life underground,electrogusto
studio nova-open ended/aubergine-honchos
cool cuts 2-jon delerious-exun
tony senghore,tasho,jonene-roam recordings
kenny hawkes-play the game-mazi remix cdr
grant dell-rhythmic science-spaced out
buck-getting thru-tweekin
darren roach-placid groove,studiotek records
tony hewitt-party people,nightshift
get connected-fred everything remixes,nightshift
audio soul project-subversive action-matterform

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Don't bother, there is no good house.

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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery Don't bother, there is no good house.

junkie xl = prog house
think before you post.

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Originally posted by fr0st junkie xl = prog house think before you post.

Yeah, right...
Learn genres before you post.

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Originally posted by BTG olav basoski = rox j00r sox

I second that, the man's a genius. He used to post occasionally on the now defunct (or should that be de-funked?) Promos4DJs forum, and his bird did too. Top bloke, didn't care that like 80+ of his tunes were being hosted there, in fact he seemed quite flattered. But yeah, his stuff has some serious energy, tough funky stuff, perfect for those sweaty dancefloor moments.

I'd reccomend you some tracks (I have like 2gb of house music on the hard-drive of my other computer - which is now missing half its parts ) but the highlights (i.e. the ones I can remember) included:

Sandy Rivera - Changes
Milo - Jungle of Mirror (really addictive vocal)
Colours - The Guitar Track (Silicone Soul Remix)
Masters At Work feat India - Backfired (as camp as a row of tents, but catchy nontheless)
Lazy Dog feat Ben Watt - Lone Cat (all Ben Watt/Lazy Dog stuff is good, deep laid-back stuff)
Afro Medusa - Dreams
KOT - Changes

And that's about all I can remember sorry. They're all the most recent ones, not too commerical. If you want some other recent stuff with a more sort of tech/prog house feeling then you can search for my posts in the progressive topics here or in the "Teste Ticklers" thread in the Aussie forum.

Or, if you want older stuff, then I can help out with that too.

As for fourms, these are the only two I frequent that may be of some use to you:

http://forums.homeofmusic.com
http://www.global-mindz.com/forums

Anyway, I'm hardly an expert on house music, but that's a start. And I second Pointy's suggestion about Rhythm and Soul - been in there a few times with my DJ mate and it's packed to the rafters with house and progressive music, and the guys who work there really know their shit and are more than happy to pick out a few titles to get you started.

Hope all that helps.

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