@ LIVING Nightclub
4521, Saint-Laurent
Montreal, Qc
The past two years have brought this extraordinary young artist a plethora of serious achievements. From his ongoing summer residency at the legendary Amnesia club in Ibiza, to a 40 country world tour to complement his successful 2-disc DJ mixed compilation for the Armada Dancefloor Sessions series. Blake Jarrell is one of the fastest rising stars in the dance music industry today.
It is hard to believe that just a few years ago Blake’s fortunes we’re anything but good. Blake arrived in his adopted hometown of Chicago in 2005 shortly after packing up all his belongings and fleeing the Mississippi Delta from the menace of Hurricane Katrina. The Windy City’s vibrant electronic music community embraced Blake’s natural fan making ability and he was making waves in no time.
Blake quickly rose through the ranks of local jocks and a big break was just ahead. Some high profile bookings brought on a chance meeting with Armada Music’s head aficionado Armin Van Buuren. After listening to a few of his original productions, Armin contacted Blake and soon after he joined the Armada artist roster. Since that time Armin has invited Blake on several of his world tours as an exclusive special guest performer. Finally, Blake cemented his relationship with Armada Music when he joined a select group of international stars for full summer residencies at Armada’s weekly shindig at Amnesia in Ibiza in 2007 and 2008.
Battle tested indeed, after traveling to over 100 cities, the New Orleans kid turned Chicago hometown heavyweight remains busy and is looking to climb further up the DJ charts with an intense schedule of original productions and remixes. Blake’s studio skills are what earned him an undisputed reputation and his creativity is enjoyed and heavily supported by Markus Schulz, Tiesto, Ferry Corsten, Paul van Dyk, Pete Tong, Matthew Dekay, John Digweed, Paul Oakenfold and of course Armin Van Buuren.
Blake put himself at the helm of a very unique project with his recent “Concentrate 2009″ album. Unlike other mix compilations, Blake painstakingly hand picked music selections to completely rework and remix them in the studio from the ground up in order to carve his signature sound into each of the 25 tracks, creating an incredibly cohesive journey across a vast storyline of sound. Other chart topping hits like “Punta Del Este”, “Boracay”, and club destroyers like his remixes of Moussa Clarke’s “She Wants Him” and the classic Paganini Traxx “Zoe” followed suit and have been propelling the young artist from city to city, and studio to studio much of the year.
It is this blistering pace of success that has kept Blake grounded which explains his dedication to expanding his monthly radio show “Concentrate”. The show continues to evolve and reach new audiences by featuring signature mix sets from Blake Jarrell and special international guests. He believes in his fans immensely and works tirelessly to give back to the people that have supported him and his records. Blake sets the bar awfully high for aspiring young artists from Chicago, New Orleans and beyond, but it is his perseverance, dedication, hard work, and most of all passion for his craft that sees him through to the top and across the world.
BLAKE JARRELL 7 HOUR MIX - Club Vision, Chicago 2010.01.16
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TRACKLISTING
01. 16 Bit Lolitas - Smoke Signals
02. Shiha Feat Sarah Blacker - Am Alive (Martin Roth Remix)
03. 8 Ball - Oydyssey To Anyoona (Extended Club Mix)
04. Ashley Wallbridge - Solidaritet
05. Way Out West - Only Love (Jerome Isma-Ae Remix)
06. Daniel Portman - Baaly (Non Violin Dub)
07. Jody Wisternoff - Welcome To Your Life (Remix)
08. Empire Of The Sun - Walking On A Dream (Mike Foyle Remix)
09. Mike Smyth & Paul Thomas - Waterfall (Kim Fai Remix)
10. Sebastian Ingrosso - Kidsos (True Identity Remix)
11. B.O.N.G. - Back to Floripa
12. Alex Kenji and Manuel De La Mare - Here Comes The Sun
13. Leventina - Naked (Incognet Remix)
14. Heather Johnson - Washes Over Me (Rasmus Faber Remix)
15. Telefon Tel Aviv - The Birds (Blake Jarrell Remix)
16. Sander Kleinenberg - My Lexicon (Eelke Kleijn Remix)
17. Claude Vonstroke - Vocal Chords
18. Pryda - Alfon
19. Orbital - Halcyon (Tom Middleton Rework Mix)
20. Passenger 10 - Mikado (DJ Tatana Remix)
21. Pryda - Waves
22. ATB - Behind (EDX Remix)
23. Ashley Wallbridge - Harmonies
24. Ben Preston - Why We Run (Moonbeam Remix)
25. Matt Darey pres Urban Astronauts - See The Sun (Aurosonic Remix)
26. Zoltan Kontes feat Tania Zygar - Take Hold Of Me
27. Wippenberg - Pong
28. Above & Beyond - Anjunabeach (Jerome Isma-Ae Remix)
29. Lentos - Forget About Us (Barnes & Heatcliff Remix)
30. Blake Jarrell - Boracay
31. Chicane - Poppiholla
32. Ruff Drivers pres Arrola - Dreaming (Beltek Remix)
33. Sasha - Xpander (12" Remaster)
34. Morgan Page - I Fight For You (Sultan & Ned Shepard Remix)
35. Arno Cost & Arias - Magenta
36. Tocadisco feat Nadia Ali - Better Run (Wippenberg Remix)
37. Filo & Peri feat Aruna - Ashley (Andy Duguid Remix)
38. Calvin Harris - Flashback (Eric Prydz Remix)
39. Temple On pres Tu Casa - Betelgeuse (Barnes & Heatcliff Remix)
40. Tiesto - Louder Than Boom (Henry Saiz Remix)
41. Steve Angello - Alpha Baguera
42. Super8 & Tab - Needs To Feel (Wippenberg Remix)
43. ClearCut - Fireworks (Arno Cost Remix)
44. Norman Doray - Tobita
45. Arnej - They Need Us (Club Mix)
46. Late Night Alumni - You Can Be The One (Sultan & Ned Shepard Remix)
47. Paul Van Dyk feat Johnny McDaid - Home (Wippenberg Remix)
48. Ben Preston - Glorious
49. Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition (Axwell & Dirty South Remix)
50. Jerome Isma-Ae - Hold That Sucker Down
51. Dirty Laundry - Hate Me (Arno Cost Remix)
52. Blake Jarrell - Galapagos
53. BT feat Jes - Every Other Way (Armin Van Buuren Remix)
54. Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire (Barry Jay Electrance Bootleg)
55. Deadmau5 - Strobe
56. Cicada - One Beat Away (Arno Cost Remix)
57. BT - Suddenly (Ferry Corsten Remix)
58. Cerf, Mitiska & Jaren - Beggin You (Armin Van Buuren Remix)
59. Sander Van Doorn - Bastillon
60. Gaia - Tuvan (Gareth Emery Remix)
61. Bedrock - Heaven Scent (Greg Downey Remix)
62. Bobina - Invisible Touch (Ferry Corsten Remix)
63. Gareth Emery vs Delerium - This Is Silence (Black Army Mashup)
64. Breakfast - Air Guitar
65. Gareth Emery - Exposure
66. Motorcycle - Ase The Rush Comes (Gabriel & Dresden Sweeping Strings Remix)
67. Oasis - Wonderwall (Myon & Shane 54 Helpless Mix)
68. DJ Eco - And We Flew Away
69. Jes - Lovesong (Cosmic Gate Remix)
70. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (Blake Jarrell Remix)
71. Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars (Blake Jarrell & Topher Jones Mix)
Marcus007
quite the tracklisting there
awesome!
Passskal
hey I checked out Living yesterday. They did a good job with the renos. nice room. And sound is not bad at all!
philou123
open bar before 11:30, sweet bonus!
djmalek
Glad you're coming phil!
philou123
Yeah we should be there for pretty much your whole set, looking forward to it!
