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There isn't much in the world lately to
smile about, kids. War is never glamorous or
pretty. It becomes difficult to write about
social fun in our community. How does one do
it without coming across as flippant or
ignorant to what is going on overseas? I try
to keep in perspective the fact that if we
stop having fun because of the war, then in
a way…….we've already lost. Whether you are
for or against the situation at hand just
remember to still have a little levity in
your daily lives. Remind yourself that it's
still OK to have fun and smile. And let's
hope our boys come home soon and safe. With
that said: Children, there are two things MZ
Kii Kii hates. #1- being told I'm wrong. |
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#2- Actually being wrong. I have
corrections to note. I referred last week to "Triple
A Meat Market" in my column when the name of the
deceased hole in the wall was actually "Double A
Meat Market". Kii Kii was only 21 years old when she
was forced at gunpoint through the doors of that
dive anyway. The other item for which I must
apologize is forgetting to spell-check last week's
submission. Misspelled words are a Nay Nay when
writing a column and I should have known better. So
to the one queen over 50 who actually took time to
point those things out, I stand corrected…………..and
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Winter is officially over! Spring has begun and so
has fun in the city of wind. March 20th
Localsound presented "Recess Spring Breaks" with
JohnEvolution, Tolgar, and Chris Gin down at the Big
Wig on Division. This is the same crew that brings
us Hard Candy at Big Wig . Saturday, March 22nd had
Eric Daly
upstairs at
Domaine playing it live for the children while
March 30th kicked off the return of GLAM Sundays at
Domaine with Guest DJ's Tim Cleary and Tom
McBride riding the turntables. Attendance was up and
the crowd was cute. Hat's off to
Jim Lewis
who just got back from playing a gig at TWIST down
in Florida over WMC weekend. Tuesday March 25th
brought about a spring celebration of the Familia
kind. Music 101 and S.O.S. entertainment gave us
Cedric and Vince Lawrence at Minx on Hubbard St. The
menu was Moroccan and the hookahs were loaded with
……fun. AHEM! Thursday March 27th had the cast of
Pure at Transit had the release party for the movie
"Party Monster" with hostess Jo-Jo. Chris Walsh,
Frique, and John Curely tossed the turntable salad
quite cute. Stopped by Red Dog on a Friday recently.
(Don't we give them enough press?)
Teri Bristol & Psycho Bitch were TEARING it up.
Stopped up to see Mikey Steel in the Hi-Lounge too.
Marlene of Mars Music Lab is starting a night at
Cherry Red on Sheffield Ave called Soulful Sundays.
Coming sometime in April, DJ's for this Sunday event
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Are you up for "old school" fun? I'm sending my
troops down to Cans, 1640 N. Damen Ave. next week.
What is Cans? From what the night crawlers tell MZ.
Kii Kii, they have a jukebox with all 70's and 80's
hits, old school video games (Centipede and
Pac-Man), "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" and
"Breakfast Club" being shown on TV's throughout, and
your regular brew & pool fanfare. HOW RETRO!!! On
April 5th DJ Timmy Tuna Loops will be playing songs
along side the
Chicago Kings at The Chicago Cultural Center for
"Art & Activism". Also on the 5th, DJ Tom McBride
plays the release party for Cher's Greatest Hits at
Circuit. Well
Kiddies, MZ Kii Kii's gotta run. If she's not in the
coffin before day break………. |
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Where do you currently play? |
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I'm the music director at Manhole. |
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How
long have you been a DJ? |
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20 Years |
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What was your first memorable gig
you ever played? In Chicago? |
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It would have to be the first
night I ever played fusion. |
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How
would you describe your style? |
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Whatever is current- Tribal
progressive house. Circuity vocals
if they are good. |
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What
re-mixer or record company is really
making you LIVE? |
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Peter Rauhofer, Mike Cruz, as for
labels, Twisted and all star 69
products. |
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top 10 |
PETER RAUHOFER
- April 2003 |
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1)
MADONNA 'American Life'
(Peter's Anthem Pt 1 & Pt 2) |
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ANNIE LENNOX '1000 Beautiful
Things' (Peter's Beautiful
Remix) |
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MONICA 'So Gone' (Scumfrog
Vox Mix) |
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ANDREA DORIA 'Bucci Bag'
(Peter's Reconstruction) |
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AMUKA 'Appreciate Me' (Roxy
NYC Mix) |
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6) DARK
CLARK 'If You Want Me' (Airmale
Remix) |
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ROBERT OWENS 'I Go Back'
(Harry Choo Choo Romero Mix) |
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8)
CLIMAX XRATED 'It's You'
(Original Mix) |
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9) MADE
BY MONKEYS 'I Try' (Peter's
Roxy Edit) |
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10) JUNIOR
JACK 'E-Samba'
(Full Intention Remix) |
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Kleptomaniac
top
ten dance cds |
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Jeremy - Shot
slinger @ Felt
Madonna - American Life
Don't we just love Madonna?
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photos of sexy jeremy < |
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Charise - Sippin'
juice @ Cocktail
Justin Timberlake - Cry Me A River
Junior's mix is really hitting. Great beats! |
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Peter - a Sauci
pal !
Ralphi Rosario feat. Linda Clifford - I Hear The Music
It's hard, it's hip and gives it to you where you want it! |
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Chuck - RJ's
Videos
Miguel Migs - Sunshine
Winter is over! This song puts me in a happy place |
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Word from many in attendance at this year's Winter
Music Conference is that the party of the weekend
was Danny Tenaglia's bash at SPACE in Miami. Now
that the conference is over, the new music is
starting to trickle into the market again. Over this
same weekend, the DanceStar USA Awards were held.
Dirty Vegas cleaned house apparently, walking away
with Best Commercial Song, Best Video, and Best
Record of the Year. For a complete list of winners
log onto
www.DanceStarUSA.com. Chicago's own songstress
Celeda is working out a deal to return to the label
that launched her. She and Rob DiStefano are
hammering out final details for her new album to be
released on Twisted. Watch for her new single "Deep
Around" with Mike Cruz to be released on this label
as well as a slew of new work produced by some of
the hottest names in dance music. "Who?" You ask?
Unfortunately I'm not at liberty to give all that
out yet, but I guarantee that fans won't be
disappointed. Also on the home front, DJ Lego has a
new cut called "It's All Over". Not shopped out to
the labels yet, this track is all about Red Dog on
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Brinca! Brinca para Ralphi! What has he been up to
lately? It seems
Ralphi Rosario has been tapped by Sex & The City
to submit some original work for the show's last
season. HOW SEXY!!!
Daniel Bedingfield has a new cut out called "If
You're Not The One". Remixes by the Passengerz give
this a fun feel, while the flip-side of this track
delivers slices from Mantese and from Seth Lawrence.
The latter 2 mixes accent deep beats, synths and
minimal vocals……..plus the song is just HOT! Peter
Heller and Tedd Patterson team up on Junior records
for "Big Room Drama". The Dramatized mix is just
that…..big…..roomie and dramatic. It's a fun
release. Fresh from the Winter Music Conference is a
new release by Angelo Kortez called "It's the
Sound". His High Voltage mix was all the rage down
in Miami. Also fresh from WMC and just in time for
spring is Kathy Brown's new single "Don't Give Up"
on
Defected Records. There are no other words to
describe this song than Da Shit!!! The first set of
mixes are from K-Klass and Mestre & Santos. This
song is going to be her next big room carrier. Kathy
will also be releasing a new cut called "Turn It
Out" on J2X records. This new label is the love
child of DJ Escape and Guido. (See Greg Drescher's
interview). New on Hooj Choons is "Doubt" by 16B.
Mixes sliced up by Omid, Brooks' Slickquick, and
Flatlines. I'm personally digging the Flatlines Viva
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Mz. Vaquez (Junior, that is) has been giving the
club scene several delicacies on his label. Aptly
called
Junior Vasquez Music, the label gives us new
cuts from Joi Cardwell and Vernessa Mitchell. Joi's
"After the Rain" has a Junior Earth mix and
Vernessa's new track is called "Serious". Junior
delivers a Sunday Morning Early mix while the
flipside of the vinyl has Junior's Earth Mix of
Vernessa's classic "Issues". From Defected records
this month comes Shakedown's "At Night", the 2003
re-mixes. Kid Cream and Jazz-N-Groove give us a
modern slice on this tune. My personal favorite
underground re-mixers Bini & Martini release "Say
Yes" on Azuli Records this month also. This song
features the musings of Su Su Bobien. What's new on
Yoshitoshi records? Joystick has a new progressive
track called "Spinnin' Around" and on the Yoshi
offshoot label Shinichi serves up Envy with an E.P.
called "The Faith". The Roc featuring Tina Arena
releases "Never (Past Tense)" on
Tommyboy records. "Never" is remixed by the
Filterheads and DJ Tiesto. Also in stores now is "Star
69 Extended Mixes, Vol. 1 & 2" Picture your
favorite *69 anthems from Celeda to the Magic
Cucumbers all on 2 CDs. It's well worth the
purchase. CLASSICS ALERT!!! Remember The Fog's
anthem "Been A Long Time"? It's been re-done with a
2003 mix by the Hoxton Whores. Available now only as
a white label, this re-dux is sickening. Lisa
Stansfield's classic "Been All Around the World" has
been re-mixed 2003 style by Nory Cotto. (win
a Lisa Stanfield CD) Way cute!! And lastly, The
Peace Division has reared its head again with a new
cut of NRK music called "Beatz In Peacez". This
track is a bit more groovy than their normal stuff
and succeeds at keeping a dance floor. Onto reviews: |
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Roger Sanchez won re-mixer of the
year and jumps out of the gate with a ferocious
S-man re-mix of Artificial Funk's "Together" on
Skint Records. The vocals of Nellie Ettison lay
over S-man's snappy house/tribal lines perfectly.
Somewhat haunting, this song moves you! Seamus Haji
does an underground mix and dub that are cute too.
Grade A ! |
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Justin Timberlake's new cut
"Rock Your Body" on Jive Records attempts to
prove that J.T. can hang with the contemporary dance
floor. He achieves this by enlisting Junior
Vasquez, Sander Kleinenberg, and Paul Oakenfold
to re-do this latest project. Junior's mix is
standard Junior drama and Sander's mix is standard
darkness. The mix that stands out is Oakenfold's
house mix. A cute selection all the way around. |
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I personally haven't heard
anything noteworthy from Love 2 Infinity in years.
However, their new mixes of Stereopol's "Dancin'
Tonight" (Rulin Records) prove me wrong. Their
Master Mix has a filtered-disco feel as singer
Nevada belts out uplifting lyrics. L2I's Club Mix is
where it's at though. With a harder kick and snappy
rhythm, the club mix dominates this release. Welcome
back, Love 2 Infinity! |
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Debra Cooper's "Real Love" is
on the Fireball CD that's been out for over a
month, but this song is so hot I have to give it an
individual review. Coming soon on Emerge records, it
promises to be another chart topper for re-mixers
Rosabel. Debra laments over a relationship based on
material things when what she wants is real love.
Rosabel work the vocals fiercely over
tribal/progressive music that moves any dance floor.
This tune has the flavor we crave!!!! |
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Deep, Dark and DIRTY!!! If you
like your dance floor with that flavor, then Star
69's "If U Want Me" by Dark Clark is the jam for you.
Airmail's Toxic mix delivers a very New York hard
tribal kick with deep hard keys to make you move.
This song tore up the Winter Music Conference and is
the perfect segue to my next review: Do you remember
her? The Size Queen? "I Am Ready" used to tear up
Crobar's floor a couple years ago. This song has
returned with a fierce double release on Star 69.
New mixes grace this tune from DJ Vibe, Peter
Rauhofer, Peter Bailey, and That Kid Chris. All of
these new mixes stand out but my personal favorite
is the Peter Bailey mix. Tribal is what it is, but
Bailey's mix has a rich feel to it. Both tracks are
currently available on
Star 69 |
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