Hello peeps, it's been a while since my last posting due to some problems with my recording equipment.
I've been absolutely itching to post a tech mix and finally here's one!
This is a bouncin vocal tech mix with some of my all time favourite tracks plus a few brand new ones for good measure. You can be sure that no matter which sub genre of house i may post a mix under, it will always include some pure rollin drum tracks since i'm addicted to those beats dagnammit! lol.
So for the delay i've made it longer than usual to make up for lost time.
I hope you enjoy the mix much love Madam Sugzxxx
Tracklist
1. Now i Am Ready - Trevor Lovey
2. Busted - Dj Faulk
3. Fooling Myself - King Kooba - Derick Carter remix
4. Look What You've - Voodoo Chilli - Jesse Rose & Jimpster remix
5. What You Need The Most - Herve
6. Inner Peace - Cates&dpL Growlin Tech dub
7. Vocal Chords - Claude Von Stroke - Dj Version
8. Ball n Chain - DJD - Juan De La Madre mix
9. Kick Your Ass - Layo & Bushwacka
10. Aardvarck - Cult Copy - 200 And One mix
11. I Feel Good - Jason Herd ft Roland Clark
12. Salsa Electrika - Dj Sneak
13. La Conga - Riva Starr
14. Freakside - Schlomi Aber
15. Who's Afraid Of Detroit - Claude von Stroke - 3 Channels mix
16. Backroom Honey - Saeed Younan
17. Itchy Dog - Jesse Rose
18. Medication Time - Turtlehead
19. Lose Control - Dark Mountain Group
20. Magic Nights & After Hours - Diego Poblets - orig mix
21. Trains - Jan Driver
This mix is the first of 2 back to back sessions with my favourite man on earth Dj Screwpulous! He's also a fantastic dj, mixing house music only from around the same time as me.
We often dj back to back and with different favourite sounds we bounce off eachother encouraging one another to play tracks we might not have otherwise chosen. Screwps loves his electro vibes while i'm all about the drums.
We constantly talk about music and are well known for it!!!
One of our top djs at the moment is David Jimenez, and we can often be found in Orange @ Fire, London, specifically for David Jimenez's minimal set for Raw, which kicks off in the back room around 7pm. Awesome!
Besides dancing endlessly we are always trying to identify tracks and excitedly discussing Davids mixing techniques. Loving and learning.
This mix we recorded as a direct response to our night at Raws 2nd birthday, as soon as we got back to Screwpulous's pad. Some of the tracks we'd heard at the party and were an absolute must for the mix, namely Manos Libres, It is because i'm Horatio, not forgetting one of our current favs and a Jimenez signiture track Trompeta!
We hope you enjoy Raw Response and urge you to become a fan if you like what you hear.
TRACKLIST
1. Why don't you? - Gramaphonedzie
2. The Opera - Anton Pieete, Paul Ritch - orig mix
3. Hay Consuelo - Pier Bucci - Samim mix
4. Mind/Feeling - Mark Broom vs Peace Division - youANDme Hirsch edit
5. It is because i'm Horacio - Horacio
6. Sax me up - D-Unity - orig mix
7. Way out of my head - Simon Baker - Julien Chaptal remix
8. What's it about? - A-Division, MC Fli[pside - Jesse Voorn mix
9. You drive me crazy - London Calling - Two Electro mix
10. Wan Poku Moro - 2000 And One - Onur Ozer remix
11. Backroom Honey - Saeed Younan - orig mix
12. Manos Libres - Brothers Vibe - orig mix
13. Dat Na Poku - 2000 And One
14. Housetrap - Laidback Luke - 2000 And One remix
15. Swallowed Too Much Bass feat. Paris The Black Fu - Joris Voorn remix
16. Last night a dj saved my life - Lula, Papa Joe - Mario Scalambrin & Sicily Pleasure remix
17. Trompeta - SIS
I'll be posting the 2nd mix of Madam Sugar back to back with Dj Screwpulous almost immediately so hold tight love M.Sugzxxx
This is the second back to back session with Dj Screwpulous recorded at his flat in London. We had such fun recording this mix and it's a real mixture of sounds. Funky, tribal, electro, minimal etc
For the first few tracks we were hysterically laughing since we'd spent well over an hour setting up with all our music laid out around us and all we'd need perfectly to hand.
We'd discussed knowingly what we were gonna do and were more than ready, except when it came down to it neither of us had a clue what to play after the first track, both thinking the other was totally organised, we looked up to find eachother thumbing empty headed through pages of neatly laid out music at which point we dissolved into laughter.
Freedom And Bound is also the name of our upcoming promotion for which we are searching for the perfect venue, in either Bristol or London.
So a great mix full of character and a lot of heart n soul, it's also a glimpse of what you can expect if you ever get to come along to one of our nights!
We hope you enjoy the mix and invite you to become a fan if you like what you hear.
Don't forget to check out my special buddy Dj Screwpulous here on Podomatic as he has plenty of scrummy mixes for your listening pleasure.
Unfortunately there is no tracklist for this mix as yet but if there are any tracks you desperately need to know the name of, message me with it's place in time and i'll do my very best to let you know.
Peace and love M.Sugzxxx
Treats!! A Progressive sampler recorded and sent ahead to Dublin in Ireland confirming a set i was to play there alongside Miss Tantalize and my part time dj partner in crime Miss Crazy D, back when we were running our promotion, Crazy Behaviour @ Bar Music Hall, Shoreditch, London. What a night that always delivered! Chunky Driving Funky House and Pumping Electro!
What with Miss Crazy D's boundless energy and natural talent behind the decks plus my killer tracks and raw technique.
I must admit she taught me loads about mixing and always made me play at her gigs in London for experience. I'll always be grateful for those unlikely opportunities considering my then basic skills and major lack of experience.
Big or small venues, her total trust in my ability to keep up and not clang shocked me even scared me with my knocking knees and sweating shaky hands lol!
It soon brought me up to speed as she wouldn't accept no for an answere and i couldn't go letting her sets down.
I seem to perform best when under extreme pressure with an added fear factor.
So Thanks for all your help Dee. I look forward to the next time we go back to back.
Checkout her sounds here on podomatic...search for misscrazyd.
Ok so this sampler has just 5 tracks, just right to slip in as you get dressed for work!
iI hope you enjoy my tasty teaser. M.Sugzxx
TRACKLIST
1.Insatiable - Thick Dick.ft Latenza Waters - Kid Creme vs Junior Jack remix
This is a super funky House mix i recorded especially as a promo cd giveaway, for the girls of Bristol's exclusively women only clubnight Liberty. Bristol has had several women only clubnights including The Fishh Bowl, a promotion i ran alongside two good friends. I've been a well known face behind the decks at many of these nights and wanted to create a special mix packed with favourites, as a gift to show my appreciation for all the support i've been shown.
I find at all girl nights they love the tracks they can sing along to.
I'm constantly asked for Abba, Dolly Parton, RnB tracks, plus the best known dance tunes usually to have hit the charts(if i'm lucky!)
So as a house dj i'm always equipped with plenty of house remixes of tracks from back in the 70s right up to pop tracks fresh in the charts.
Once the ladies have gotten their teeth into a good track, i'll be asked for it sometimes up to 4 times during my set lol!
This mix is super funky and from the get go.....you just can't help but sing along.
TRACKLIST.
1. Intro - Here Come The Girls - Doe, Ernie K
2. I Kissed A Girl - Kate Perry - Eddie Baez Remix
3. Teardrops - Love Assassins - 7th Heaven Remix
4. Just Fine - Mary J Blige - Moto Blanco Remix
5. Oh What A Night - December 1963 - 7th Heaven Remix
6. Wow - Kylie Minogue - Sunshine Mix
7. Band Of Gold - Kimberly Locke - Extd Almighty Mix
8. Let The Music Play - Shannon - House Mix
9. Better Things - Afrobeans ft Inaya Day - Syke N' Sugarstar Remix
10. That's Not My Name - The Ting Tings - Soulseekerz Remix
11. American Boy - Estelle - Hot Toddy Remix
12. Justify My Love - Madonna - Even Deeper Remix
13. Think - Aretha Franklin - ATFC Remix
14. Uninvited - Freemasons
15. Shut Up & Let Me Go - The Ting Tings - Chris Lake Mix
This was the first mix i ever recorded.
That was in 2006 when electro seemed to burst into music across the board.
I was just beginning then, shopping for vinyl & quite blindly buying a mixture of house, with very little knowledge of who made what. I knew the sound i was looking for but not where to find it.
I kinda rode the wave of electro house music, though i was very selective about the tracks i liked.....i still am actually!
I'm much more of a deep driving tech and minimal girl when it comes to serious electronic beats!!
I did find producers who could tick my boxes.......Dave Spoon, Mike Monday, D Ramirez, Dj Rage, Mr Vonstroke etc
However i really needed this mix to
A) please all the commercial folk at my local bar where they gave me my first plays, and lots of support, but who's taste in music was pretty mainstream cheesey and
B) i knew i was gonna be heading straight down to London with a bag full of the same mix on cd, to give to some very different people, people who could offer me a set or might just ask me what planet i'd come from lol
You can only imagine the amount of times i arranged and swapped tracks around, added some, chucked them out, made up my mind and changed it again then scrubbed the whole thing and started again. I lived and breathed and even dreamt about how to record my electro mix!! which is how it got it's title and artwork. Needless to say i loved it all!
TRACKLIST:
1. Sex you up - Jan Van Der Meulen - (Electro 'Sex' Bomb) version
2. Tell me why - Supermode - Original club mix
3. Pulling me under - Richard Dinsdale ft. Wray
4. Slack Society - Dublex Inc - Swag's Voco Asbo
5. Double 99 Ripgroove 2006 - Cirez. D mix
6. Body Language - M.A.N.D.Y v.s Booka Shade (gladrags)
7. The Creeps - Feddie Le Grand ft. Camille Jones - club mix
8. The beat is rockin' (part 1) - Ericke - Skitzofrenix Dope Dub remix
9. Elektro - Outwork ft. Mr. Gee - Cubeguys Delano remix
10. Don't you want me baby - White Label
11. Flame - Bell X1 - Solid Groove mix
12. Bleep - Martjin Ten Velden & Lucien Foort - Original mix
13. Yeah Yeah - Bodyrox ft. Luciana - D.Ramirez vocal club mix
14. Never Say Never - Vandalism - Dirty South mix
15. Disco Dancerz - DJ Rage - (MK RE-Edit)
16. Stabbing Sally - Marcella - Original mix
A mix with rolling drum beats, poignant lyrics and some seriously soothing sounds, firmly entwined by the neat percussion!
(She Chuckles)...when i listen to this mix, i can't help smiling at myself from about track 10 onwards.
I blatantly start veering off the intended deep house vibe and literally hopped skipped and jumped down a far more techy / tribal route!
It was only the 2nd time i'd ever recorded a mix, so still being very much a learner i was unable to resist the lure of those fabulous drums lol....love it x x
If you happen to download the mix, i'd say play it a bit faster, 128-130bpm, also crank up your bass a bit. I've left it the way it was recorded (complete with a slight scratch on vinyl track 12, awesome track***) i wanted to keep it raw and remind myself how much i've learned since then.
Thanks for checkin my podcast out i hope you really enjoy listening. Love & Peace Madam Sugz x
They always say you should never judge a book by it's cover.
They say it's the quiet ones you should look out for.
They should also tell you, when the water looks calm and safe, 'twad would be wise to check beneath the surface because.......... " STILL WATERS RUN DEEP".............
TRACKLIST
1. Bioground - Smooth Summer Nights - Original Mix
2. Touched the sky - Dennis Ferrer - Original Mix
3. Set Me Free - Birchy's House Mix
4. Hang Around - Ben Westbeech - Original Mix
5. Mesmerized - Miguel Migs
6. I Can't Go Under - Dennis Ferrer Ft Malena Perez (main)
7. You Don't Know - Quentin Harris
8. My Guitar - Original Mix
9. Woman Of The Sun pt1 - Onionz ft Elfeco(Hippe's Stripped
Out Mix)
10. Bonafide Ft Don E - Mood 11 Swing Dub
11. Timmy Vegas & Barbara Tucker - Dutty Funk(We Can
Do) - Johnny Fiasco Mix
12. Electrik & Diva(In My House) - Diva - (In My House)
13. Cult Copy - 2000 And One Mix
14. Robbie Rivera - Feel This
Podcast Summary
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE HOUSE MUSIC BABY!
WITH A WARM WELCOME TO MY PAGE AND
BY WAY OF A HEARTY HANDSHAKE,
A SHORT INTRO IN BEATS. . .
BASSLINE PUMPING NEEDLE'S JUMPING
BREATHLESS MIND AND HEARTBEAT THUMPING,
BATHE YOUR SOUL AND BREATHE IN SOUND
TILL MUSIC TURNS THE WORLD AROUND. . . MADAM SUGZxx
A COUNTRY GIRL SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN BORN IN LONDON I GOT THE BIG SMOKE IN MA BONES AND THE CITY SOUNDS IN MA PHONES!
Hello there lovely Podomatic people!
Madam Sugar here, formerly known as Dj Miss Behaviour and currently in name transition, a
decision i haven't taken lightly grrrrrr but as more Miss Behaviours seem to be appearing and me just starting to promote myself, it makes sense to do it now before i really start putting myself out there. I'll always be Miss Behaviour....
but i'm definitely Madam Sugar too.......firm & steadfast but with a real sweetheart.
Well my love of house music began from visiting certain clubs in London as a wide eyed fairly
innocent 20 year old, who'd barely been even to a pub or club before that. A lifelong passion for
performance in the arts had me filled with a deep seated appreciation for many musics, from
Classical to jazz, through musicals, motown soul and anything that i could really feel be it through
powerful vocal performance, the genius of musicians with their instruments or a simple beautiful
melody that could enter my very core.
If anyone had told me my career would not be in film or on stage i'd have thought them mad!
My first experience of any real nightclub and house music, was a trip to London's 'Trade at Turnmills'
opening at 4am sunday after Gallery and ending the following afternoon. I was absolutely blown
away, i'd never heard music like that before or felt it with such intensity.
The sound system, the lazers, the people and the sheer excited pleasure, as each dj crafted and
blended the music into one extraordinary continuous mix! Never stopping to start a new sound but
somehow leading me there, on a journey through beats and basslines that literally bounced me
around the club and left me breathless. Even in the toilets, nobody could stop moving.
When Tony De Vit (may he rest in peace) played the encore track 'Access - Dj Misjah, i thought i
would surely burst!
Totally hooked on house, trips to London became regular, turning into weekenders as i was soon to
discover my other top club 'DTPM at Fabric' . . . . . . .ah the sounds of Lisa German and the
incredible live percussionist Basil Black II Basic!
I never believed my secret desire to mix music and learn the craft of djs i had come to admire so
much would ever become a reality. I think i thought it was too late or didn't know enough about house
music, it not being anywhere in my background, almost as if i didn't have the right, or that it wasn't my
place.
My said unrealistic dream became such a part of me, i actually felt a sense of loss as though
something were missing and must have talked about it often for two very special friends took charge
and bought me a battleback as a surprise birthday gift.
That gesture totally changed my life and gave me the right to just learn, if even just for myself.
It was absolutely wonderful even though i had no clue what i was doing and was far to shy to ask
anyone. I began to slowly teach myself, for myself, without ever really thinking i would end up playing
publicly.
Now 5 years down the line nothing gives me greater fulfillment than to share my passion for house
music with one or one hundred people behind the decks.
I hope you enjoy listening to my mixes and know that i'm always smiling.....it's all about the house
music baby, peace.
"never say never" xx
