It’s been a long three months, but we finally have a new Datamix courtesy of Designer Drugs. As usual they didn’t release the tracklist, although this time they held a contest to see who could correct guess the tracklist. I guess they wanted to share in all the fun we usually have putting it together in the comments! We’ll get it next time!

Designer Drugs – Datamix 08 (320 kbps)

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Tracklist:
1.The Rogue Element – Hive (Original Mix)
2. Felix Cartal – Volcano (Felix Cartal Remix)
3. Scanners – We Never Close Our Eyes (Designer Drugs Remix)
4. Niyi – Bumpback (Raven Mix)
5. Sound of Stereo – Heads Up! (Mightyfools Remix)… See More
6. David Guetta feat. KiD CuDi – Memories (Armand Van Helden Vocal Remix)
7. The Partysquad – Pull Up
8. Dj Bam Bam – Watch The Club Go feat Mr Robotic (Original Mix)
9. Tom Deluxx – Run (Cyberpunkers Remix)
10. Designer Drugs – Riot (Mustard Pimp Remix)
11. Plan B – She Said (16 Bit Remix)
12. Felix Cartal – Popular Music
13. SonicC – Stickin’ (Original Mix)
14. Congorock & Crookers – Sbombers
15. Surkin – Fan Out (Original Mix)
16. Miike Snow – Silvia (Felix Da Housecat Remix)
17. New Young Pony Club – Chaos

1. Boys Noize & Erol Alkan – Lemonade
2. The Bloody Beetroots Death Crew 77 – Domino
3. Dada Life – Just Bleep Me (Satisfaction)
4. St. Mandrew & JFK – Towel Swinger
5. Crookers feat. Yelle – Cooler Couleur (Junkie XL Remix)
6. Audio Bullys – Only Man (Reset! Remix)
7. Les Petits Pilous – Russian Forest
8. Surkin – Fan Out
9. Moonchild – Girl
10. Major Lazer – Pon De Foley (Ludachrist Remix)

Jaymo and Andy George have been sitting in for Annie for the past week or two and Breakbot happened to stopped by last Friday with one of those famous 5 minute Annie Mac minimixes. I almost didn’t realize how much funk could be packed into only 5 minutes until I heard this. Sadly there’s no tracklist for this amazing mix. If you guys feel up to the monumental task of putting one together, leave what you hear in the comments.

Breakbot – Annie Mac Minimix (320 kbps)

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Big thanks to Asian Dan for the heads up on this.

Just wanted to let you all know I did a guest blog post over on Erol Alkan’s label Phantasy. They put out some pretty huge tunes last year from Boris Dlugosch’s Bangkok to Riton & Primary 1′s Who’s There? and most recently Boys Noize & Erol Alkan’s new singles Avalanche & Lemonade. It’s nothing long as per my usual, just a short talk about Dance Area.

Head on over to Phantasy and check it out!

Here we are once again for Mailbag Monday!

If you’d like to be in the voting next week, you can send your tracks to me on SoundCloud and please be sure to leave a note that you want it in Mailbag Monday (or else it won’t get in!).

As usual the tracks to vote on for next week are up on the forum. Read on after the break for this weeks selection.
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Still trying to wrap my head around last nights streaming of Ultra fest. Whoever was in charge of it had some strange love affair with Digweed and bad trance music. After they got their act together and finally switched to The Bloody Beetroots I got my first real impression of Death Crew 77. Bob ran around a bunch screaming and playing everything his hands touched, Tommy did an awful lot of clapping when he wasn’t mixing songs together, and Edward just killed the drums like nobody’s business. All in all it was a fantastic performance, but I still enjoy their DJ sets over the live band style. Kudos for trying something new though.

Drop The Lime – Good Inside (320 kbps)

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Passion Pit – Little Secrets (Plus Move Remix feat. Future Kiddd) (320 kbps)

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Wynter Gordon – Dirty Talk (Laidback Luke Remix) (320 kbps)

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Blende – Iratus (320 kbps)

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Paul D – It’s High (Barletta Remix) (320 kbps)

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Sunday Girl – Four Floors (Diplo Remix) (192 kbps)

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Herve just released a nice little single called Zombies off his next mix album, Ghetto Bass 2. Ghetto Bass 1 was just a thing of beauty if you ask me, so I’ve been eagerly awaiting #2 for quite awhile now. Along with the Zombies single, Herve unleashed a brand new track called Hot! Drum Attack. As you would expect it has excellent drum work and a big nasty Herve drop that you’ll love.

Herve – Hot! Drum Attack (320 kbps)

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Tracklist:
1. Zombies
2. Zombies (Franzy Scanner Graveyard Remix)
3. Hot! Drum Attack
4. Zombies (Franzy Scanner Zombie Dandruff Remix)

Solid Bump is officially in the running for one of my top labels this year. They just released Vol. 2 of their Pleasure & Pressure series which features tracks from Le Principle, Mykill, White Girl Lust, Meroz, and Laberge. They’ve sent along a track by one of their newest artists, Mykill, that isn’t included in the release. I just got my hands on this volume earlier today and was literally dancing in my chair for a half hour while listening to it. Electro may get your fist in the air, but disco moves your whole body. Look out for Solid Bump to do some massive things in 2010 with disco house music.

MyKill – Flashback (320 kbps)

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Tracklist:
1. Le Principle – Your Magic
2. White Girl Lust Feat. Alona – OUI (1AM Mix)
3. MyKill – Love Story
4. Laberge – You Won’t Regret
5. Meroz – The Sinner

Pick up the release on Beatport now.

This is a very happy time for me. I feel like The Bloody Beetroots have finally gotten back to that classic sound I knew and loved when I first heard them. And with Death Crew 77, (live band/DJ set) they’re changing the game once again. Domino blows you away with a crazy build up and an amazingly solid beat, then 31 Seconds To Die brings you back down to reality with a few soft strings. If Domino is the best pizza in the world, 31 Seconds To Die is the drink you use to wash it down. And here I thought 2009 would be the year of the Beetroot… Boy was I wrong.

The Bloody Beetroots Death Crew 77 – Domino (192 kbps)

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Tracklist:

1. DOMINO (Radio Edit)
2. Domino
3. 31 Seconds To Die
4. Anarchist Division Southern England
5. Final Credits

Pick up the EP now exclusively on iTunes.

Like always a few things that I hadn’t planned on happened so the mailbag is a little late today. If you’d like to be in the voting next week, you can send your tracks to me on SoundCloud and please be sure to leave a note that you want it in Mailbag Monday (or else it won’t get in!).

We’ve got a huge amount of tracks to vote on in the forum this week, so head on over and check them out!

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