Happy New Year - Our 2010 picks!

Another year chalked up in the books.  How was 2010 for all of you? There was no shortage of action in 2010 with the Olympics in Canada, Volcano eruptions in Europe, oil spills in the gulf, health care reform in the US, and a WMC shift in March that has all sorts of people taking sides.

Regardless of what happened in 2010, we at Headtunes are really looking forward to 2011, as we have some exciting new projects in the works and the fact that the first of the year will be: 1.1.11, this should mean good luck for all of us.

We thought we'd wrap up the year highlighting our top ten tracks, our favorite remix, and our favorite DJ mix of 2010.  There was definitely no shortage of quality tunes out there this year.  Seems like everybody and their mothers are doing edits this year and people are taking the BPM down a bit, but still killing it on the dance floor.  These are in no particular order, would have liked to have done a longer list....but this should suffice. 

Happy New Year everyone!   Be safe where ever your party plans take you! 

Top 10 tracks of 2010: 

1.   Tensnake - Cat Coma (original) - Permanent Vacation
2.   Creatures of Habit - How We Lustre - Solar Disco
3.   ICube - Falling - Versatille France
4.   Agnes - Got to Be Strong - Ornate
5.   Toomy Disco - Age of the Jaguar - So Sound
6.   Bang Bang - Broken (Giom Remix) - Lost My Dog
7.   Audio Soul Project - Mnemosyne - Fresh Meat
8.   Hot Toddy - Down to Dub (Fred Everything Dub) - Smoke n' Mirrors
9.   Audiojack - Shakedown - 20:20 Vision
10. 2 Spare Astronauts - Oh Sheila - Whiskey Disco


Favorite  Remix:



T-Coy - Carino (Greg Wilson re-edit)

For most of the kids out there, the original came out long before they were walking, let alone dancing.....but this is a nod to the crew that started it all back in Manchester at the Hacienda.  Keeping it it true to its roots and adding a little of the GW stamp to the edit.

Favorite DJ Mix: 

This was definitely the year of the podcast.  So many mixes out there, how do you have time to hear them all.  Some of our favorites have been the Fabric series over the years and RA's weekly podcast.  Maybe it one of the few last mixes of the year we listened to....or maybe because it full of surprising deep, indie dance tracks that are a little mellow and a little pulsating all at the same time.  Our favorite DJ mix of this year had to be RA 235 from Jozif. 

This mix is nothing but jams!  And we love our jams.  If you haven't downloaded it and its too late, well you slept on a good one.  

Jozif is part of the Wolf + Lamb crew and we know those guys have had a stellar year in 2010 with all sorts of breakthroughs with Nicolas Jaar and the Soul Clap boys killing it out there.

Keep an eye out for Jozif....I am sure good things are in the works.

Greg Wilson @ The Phoenix Landing 10/24

This past Sunday we had the legendary Greg Wilson play the Phoenix Landing. The music and vibe was on point and he even had is famous reel-to-reel by his side.

For those that did not make it...here's a little clip of what you missed.

If you live in Atlanta, Tampa, Miami, LA and SF he is coming to your town this week. Don't sleep on it. More info below.



27.10.10 Sound Table - Atlanta

Opening Hours: 10:30pm to 02:30am

Venue: Sound Table 483 Edgewood Avenue (+BLVD)

Atlanta, GA, 30312

Tickets: TBC

Link: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Atlanta-GA/the-Sound-Table/129659123712511#!/event.php?eid=158942280793551

http://www.thesoundtable.com/


28.10.10 Czar Vodkabar - Tampa

Opening Hours: 10:30pm to 02:30am

Venue: 1430 E 7th Avenue, Ybor City, Tampa

Tickets: $10 Before Midnight

Link: http://djchangbang.wordpress.com/2010/09/24/greg-wilson-october-28th-2010-in-tampa-fl/


29.10.10 The Electric Pickle - Miami

Opening Hours: 10pm - 5am

Venue: The Electric Pickle, 2826 North Miami Ave, Miami, FL, 33146

Tickets: http://www.electricpicklemiami.com

Link: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Miami/The-Electric-Pickle/131464003438?v=wall&viewas=0


30.10.10 Luminarias - Los Angeles

Opening Hours: 9pm - TBC

Venue: Luminarias Restaurant, 3500 W. Ramona Blvd, Monterey Park, CA 91754

Tickets: $15 Advance, $20 At The Door

Link: www.headinghome.net

www.futurehouse.net


31.10.10 Sunset Boat Party - San Francisco

Opening Hours: 5pm - 11pm

Venue: Pier 3 - Washington at Embarcadero

San Francisco, CA 94107

Tickets: $50 - $55 Pre-Sale at http://pacificsound.net

Link: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=48160258348

Is Boston popping off lately?

I am not sure if its something in the air, but there seems to be some great stuff that is happening in Boston as of late. Gone are the days of the megaclubs in Boston running nightlife and forcing garbage DJ's and even worse music down our throats.

Now there is a plethora of places to choose from more intimate venues to large 400+ rooms. This weekend alone we saw 2 great DJ's playing on a Sunday down the street from each other. It was great to see so many people out to support.

Kevin Saunderson @ the Middlesex

12" of Pleasure crew brought the one and only Kevin Saunderson to Middlesex for a night of good old fashion Detroit Techno and down the street at The Phoenix Landing, the Marz Entertainment crew brought in the always funky house queen from Chicago DJ Heather.

DJ Headther @ The Phoenix Landing

The acts seem to keep on coming. This weekend we see DJ Dan at Rise Nightclub (Boston's only after-hours club). If you have not seen the RA article on Boston yet, I would check it out. Great information on a scene that is often over looked.

Next weekend, Marz Entertainment is back at it with Headtunes to bring the inventor of the edit, Mr. Greg Wilson himself, with an opening set by Boston's own nu-disco don Brenden Wesley and the one and only Alex from Queens.


This will be Greg Wilson's debut to Boston.

For those that don't know much about Greg Wilson. He started his DJ career at the tender age of 15 and was an integral part of the 80's electro/disco scene in Manchester. He went on to release some of the first ever Re-edits, which were hand-crafted tape edits using reel to reel tapes and a razor. He has hundreds of these edits to his credit. He taught Norman Cook (Fat Boy Slim) how to DJ and had a residence at the legendary Hacienda Nightclub in Manchester.

This is a true legend and pioneer in the world of dance music. So much can be said about the man. If you have never seen him live you are in for a real treat. He will have his famous reel-to-reel by his side.

Check out the links below for more info on him.

Early Doors at 9pm. Greg will be going on at 1030pm.

$10 Cover

More on Greg Wilson:

http://soundcloud.com/gregwilson
http://www.electrofunkroots.co.uk/
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Greg+Wilson

Alive & Rejuvenated after WMC 2010

After finally getting back to reality....we thought we toss out some highlights of our recent trip to Miami for WMC. As you know, thousands of label owners, club owners, DJ's, promoters, and the who's who in the world of EDM music converged onto South Beach for the 25th Anniversary of WMC the week of March 22nd - 28th. Like all of them, the Headtunes crew went down there to collaborate on a party with co-conspirators Lost My Dog Records and So Sound Recordings, but also to bask in all things EDM for the week; meet old acquaintances, friends, make new contacts, and ultimately hear NEW music.

We arrived in Miami on Wednesday and headed straight to SOBE to grab some dinner with our friends Pete Dafeet, Najan Ward from Lost My Dog, Sleazy McQueen, Brenden Wesley and others. We even ran into our old friend Tim Xavier, who we haven't seen since he fled to Berlin.

Our first order of business was to get some food and get ready for the legendary Greg Wilson playing a 4 hours set at the Electric Pickle. What was he going to play? Was he going to play on reel-to-reel? What will the scene be like? These questions...ran through our heads as we entered the club to see Greg still setting up his equipment...guess we got there a little early.

But in the end it was all worth it. Yes he played reel-to-reel and what did he play...everything and anything. It’s Greg Wilson. For those that missed this night, Greg recorded the set.



ELECTRIC PICKLE MIAMI 24.03.10 (greg wilson live mix - tour 2010) by gregwilson

Kudos to all that were involved in the pickle that night with King Britt, Rich Medina, Vikter Duplaix upstairs and Aaron DAE and his boogie beats out on the patio.

Thursday we were up at it early to catch some sun and also bounce around to some numerous day parties. We had no set agenda, just time and money to burn. Well maybe not money to burn, but Miami does make you feel like that. A city that takes advantage of its guests: 'NO BUENO!'

What to do.... so we popped by the APT party to catch our friend and long time co-conspirator Sleazy McQueen rocking his signature indie-nu-disco sound. Then bounced over to Chillin party and got a sweet little bag from them. This came in handy for our flyers, water and other stuff we accumulated on our travels. The bags were hands-down the best WMC giveaway! I guess there's always next year for us.

After a little bopping around we head over to the rooftop at the Bentley to check out Crazy P in action. Set was great, but the sound was something else.

Note to promoters...sound is what makes the party. Get it right!

Oh well...can't win them all.

So now time for dinner. At this point most of us our exhausted and thinking about calling it an early night. We end up the Catalina have some amazing burgers. After knocking back a few beers and a burger, we decided to meet a few friends for some drinks over at the Shore Club. As we were kicking back on their lounge beds in the courtyard...we began to hear music start piping out. We asked our waitress if the 25 years of Detroit party was happening in this area and she said...yes!


Who wouldn't want to see this line-up.

I guess this means we will not be getting no sleep anytime soon...Moodyman and Kyle Hall played the courtyard, with who's who in Detroit Techno in the main pool area.

This was a fun night as with some great music. I've been a huge fan of Moodyman for while now and it was great to see the man in action. We even ran into Richard West (aka Mr. C) and chatted with him about his new life in LA, pursuing is acting career and his new EP on Poker Flat with Adultnapper. If you haven't heard his new track.... check the video out below



For those not in attendance, we found a couple sets from that night from Carl Craig and Stacey Pullen.

Stacey Pullen Live @ Detroit Techno Celebrates 25 Years, Shore Club, Florida WMC - 25-03-2010 by R_co

Carl Craig Live @ Detroit Techno Celebrates 25 Years, Shore Club, Florida WMC - 25-03-2010 by R_co

If anybody finds the Kyle Hall set.... let us know. Would love to hear it again.

At about 2.... it was time to call it a night.

The next day was going to be a long one with our party happening from 9pm - 7am.

Friday we slept in a little then headed to the venue with Jazzy Eyewear, Fer Ferrari and the Lost My Dog crew to get the extra sound into the venue...When we got there, we were extremely excited about the location. It was nothing short of being dope. It felt like you were in airplane and even had a front end of plan inside with smoke machines and all!


I can't see out of the cockpit!

After everything was said and done...we got everything set up by about 830 or so. The event was nothing short of exciting with great sets by everyone involved. Highlight for us was seeing Frank H Carter III go on. Boy oh Boy! That man had a voice like no other. So keep an eye out for this guy. He has a few upcoming releases coming out on Lost My Dog.

The room had a great vibe with all sort of heads rolling in and out. We recorded the night and will have pictures and sets up very soon.

Thanks to all that came out and supported us, we really appreciated it!

Friday wiped me out, by Saturday I decided.... it was time for me to go home. My only regret was not making it to the Aquabooty party on Saturday night. There will always be next year.

All in all...WMC 2010 was amazing. Saw some great acts, heard some great music and had a blast.

See you all next year!