HighLights of 2007?

The dance blogsphere was up in arms recently due to an article published by Billboard Magazine. "DJ Tiësto and the return of house music were the highlights of the dance scene in 2007" I think that it is easy to say that for people interested in electronic music, even the fans of Tiesto and house music, that those two items were not the news for the year. Once again minimal ruled the airwaves and electro-house continued to become omnipresent. Record distributers and stores shut down. The future of clubbing in Ibiza came under fire.

I have been thinking of this from a different standpoint. Sure the items described by Billboard were old hat to us. And I agree that if they had done a little bit of journalism they might have gotten deeper into the story. We can not forget thought that for outsiders the view is completely different than from inside the club. Tiesto selling out stadiums and closing Coachella, that means more to the mainstream industry.

So, "DJ Tiësto and the return of house music were the highlights of the dance scene in 2007?"

True? Yes
False? Yes

To check out some other peoples' view visit Beatportal or Danceblogga.

-Charles Cushman

Dirty Old Apartments (Cushman's Laundry Mix)

The new podcast focusing on unsigned dance music is up.  In it the metronome project finds those hidden gems and shares them with the world. Here is the info on the first track:


Title : Dirty Old Apartments
Artist : Sean Nash
Remix Title : The Laundry Mix
Remix by : Charles Cushman
Label : none


I heard the original track on the ALDJ forum. A couple days later I realized that I was humming the melody, so I asked if i could mess with it. the result is a nice little house track. Additionally, Sean and I have been sharing a ton of ideas back and forth, so look forward to some great tracks.


You can download the mix here or subscribe to the podcast (manually) by copying this URL


http://www.themetronomeproject.com/tracks/podcast.xml


and clicking "subscribe to podcast" under the advance tab in iTunes.

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This mix begins like the girl you met last week, soft and innocent, but wait to you get her home…

You can download this mix here at at mixdepot: http://www.mixdepot.net/CharlesCushman

or subscribe to the podcast (manually) by copying this URL http://www.themetronomeproject.com/podcast/podcast.xml and clicking "subscribe to podcast" under the advance tab in iTunes.

Track : Artist
I Gotta Thang, Uh Huh : Cass & Mangan
The Screetch (Original Mix) : The Screetch
Pulling Me Under : Richard Dinsdale Ft Wray
Swimming Places - Sebastian Ingrosso Re-Edit : Julien Jabre
Fucking In Heaven (Accapella): Fatboy Slim
Swimming Places - Sebastian Ingrosso Re-Edit : Julien Jabre
Most Precious Love feat. Barbara Tucker (DF's Future 3000 Mix) : Blaze, UDAUFL
Stoopit (Original Mix) : The Martin Brothers
Jack U (Original Mix) : Felix Da Housecat, Diddy
African People (Original Mix) : Trentemoller
Spastik (Dubfire Rework) : Plastikman
My Black Sheep (Radio Slave Remix) : Len Faki
Sexy Fuck (Steve Angello Edit) : Who's Who
Silmarions (Claude VonStroke Bavarian Ferrari Mix) : Mikael Weill