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Rex The Dog – Mixtape #1 Here We Go Scando

0 comments By Steven Wilson-Beales Filed in music Tagged with dance, DJ, music, remixes, rex the dog April 27th, 2011 @ 1:32 PM

I always post the latest remixes by Rex the Dog here. I love this DJ/producer – bang on the money for what it’s worth.

Rex The Dog – Mixtape #1 Here We Go Scando by rexthedog1980

Octonauts Dance Remix Alert!

0 comments By Steven Wilson-Beales Filed in entertainment, music, video Tagged with bbc, cbeebies, creamfields, dance, dupstep, hardcore, ibiza, kid's tv, music, music video, octonauts, trance February 12th, 2011 @ 1:46 PM

Fans of the brilliant new new kid’s tv show The Octonauts will be pleased to know it’s finally caught the attention of the dance community. Over the last month, remixes of The Octonauts theme tune have begun to appear online and I’m sure we’re going to see many more in the months ahead. Here’s a quick scout through two of the best – there’s an Ibiza classic in the making somewhere here…

The Octonauts – Cbeebies dupstep remix
My favourite at the moment from the mighty ’hardcoreremixer’. Not sure if it’s true dubstep but it’s true to the Octonauts ‘crew’ with various choice vocal samples thrown in for good measure. My two year-old son was transfixed by this one. Hold tight.

The Octonauts – Cbeebies 2011 Dance Remix

Another classic from, hold on, hardcoreremixer! Wait a minute, is this the only person doing these remixes at the moment? Well, I’m sure this won’t be the case very soon. This tune reminds me of the kind of music I was into when I first started to go out clubbing – truly terrible. I can see it perfectly translating to a 3am Creamfields slot. Turn the speakers up.

Other Octonauts remixes I’d like to hear
Minimal electronica – Vee are Zee Octonauts style-eee
Early Logical Progression – I’m sure the boys over at Good Looking records could do this justice
Tinie Tempah – No contest, if he remixed this and dropped in a couple of lines it would go straight in at No.1

Rex The Dog – Synthpop set recorded live at Musicalia May 2010

0 comments By Steven Wilson-Beales Filed in music Tagged with dance, music, rex the dog May 27th, 2010 @ 10:41 PM

I love Rex the Dog and here he is again. Nutter.

Rex The Dog – Synthpop set recorded live at Musicalia May 2010 by rexthedog1980

CJ Bolland – Sugar is Sweeter

0 comments By Steven Wilson-Beales Filed in music, video Tagged with dance, video May 18th, 2010 @ 4:14 PM

A complete rip-off or respectful nod to ‘The Prodge?’ Thanks to 6 Music for unearthing this one.

Random Dance Day: Faithless and Beats International

0 comments By Steven Wilson-Beales Filed in music, random, video Tagged with dance, faithless, video April 16th, 2010 @ 9:31 AM

It’s only 9.20am and I’ve already been hit with two amazing tracks. One is a classic. How can the day get any better?

Beyonce wins six Grammys

0 comments By Steven Wilson-Beales Filed in music, video Tagged with beyonce, club, dance, grammys February 1st, 2010 @ 9:34 AM

Great results from the Grammys last night with Beyonce picking up no less than six awards. Thank god she won something for ‘Single Ladies’ as that is such a classic tune. I remember when I first heard it and the bassline dropped for the first time, I was completely taken by surprise. And what’s with the metal hand?

Let’s hope she produces more tracks like these in the future instead of those dreary ballads.

Full list as follows:

Album Of The Year
Taylor Swift – Fearless
Record Of The Year
Kings of Leon – Use Somebody
Song Of The Year
Beyonce – Single Ladies
Best New Artist
Zac Brown Band
Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling
Best Rock Album
Green Day – 21st Century Breakdown
Best RandB Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
Jamie Foxx and T-Pain – Blame It
Best Rap Album
Eminem – Relapse
Best Contemporary RandB Album
Beyonce – I Am… Sasha Fierce
Best RandB Song
Beyonce – Single Ladies
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
Beyonce – Halo
Best Country Album
Taylor Swift – Fearless
Best Dance Recording
Lady GaGa – Poker Face
Best Electronic/Dance Album
Lady GaGa – The Fame

Beales Beats: Getting Bent

0 comments By Steven Wilson-Beales Filed in music, video Tagged with bent, dance, music October 3rd, 2009 @ 5:27 AM

This week I have been mostly listening to the fantastic new ‘Best of Bent’ collection from one of the best dance acts out there – Bent. It always makes me wince a bit when I hear about a greatest hits collection being released – partly because loads of bands out there think they can release this kind of collection after their third or fourth album. However, Bent have released loads of great material since they started, even if they seemed to have slipped under the radar in recent years.

A couple of years ago I interviewed the guys who were incredibly funny, intelligent and also drunk. Good times. Listening to these tracks you can still tell they’re trying to push the boundaries – and having a lot of fun in the process. Remember, this was at the time when Trance was taking over the world, looping in boring pop melodies and repeating the same trashy formula over and over again. So these guys were quite innovative. I think they used to belong to a genre now long forgotten. ‘Chill-out’ anyone?

Anyway, it’s been great to listen to these tracks again. Big Up.

Find out more about the band here
Purchase the album here