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DJ Blaze Set 7: Smooth Grooves

October 21, 2014 by akadjblaze, posted in New DJ Content

So as part of my collaboration set with Madholic, I put together this short mixset of the kind of music I reall enjoy playing and it is the kind of music that I have made a name for myself playing over here, so here it is again, enjoy 😀

Set List

1. Ladies Anthem Intro – Crooklyn Clan

2. Weekend thing – Koffee Brown Feat B-12

3. What’s love got to do with it – Warren G Feat. Adina Howard

4. Straighten It Out – Pete Rock & CL Smooth

5. Loungin’ – LL Cool J

6. Everything I Do – Soul 4 Real

7. Steppin’ out – Big Gipp

8. “I’m In Luv” – Joe

9. Moving Up – PM Dawn

10. Do Your Thing – Next

11. Put Me Down – Donell Jones

12. All About You – 2 Pac Feat Nate Dogg & Snoop Dogg

13. Just In Case – JAHEIM

14. “Like A DJ” – JAHEIM

15. DJ Don’t – Gerald Levert

16. Whatever – Ideal feat. Lil Mo

17. ‘Throw It Up’ – Naughty By Nature Feat Tah G Ali

18. HAT 2 DA BACK – TLC

19. Lets Get Naked – Highland Place Mobsters

20. I Want Her – Keith Sweat

Review: June, July & August

September 18, 2014September 18, 2014 by akadjblaze, posted in Monthly Reviews

Ok so it has been a busy last few months, 3 trips overseas, various gigs as well as my usual ones so here is a quick recap of what I have been doing these last few months

June

Well June was a interesting month, I got to do some pretty cool things and also finished my 12 week challenge, 10kg lighter and back up to maybe 75% on the touch field

– Spent my birthday and long weekend running around Japan buying as much stuff as I could! Harajuku for clothes and Akihabara for my anime obsession

– Next weekend was UMF which I got to jam out in the redbull party jeep, pretty cool that I got to go to UMF, wasn’t the greatest of festivals but it is def one of the biggest in Korea and around the world… just a shame the line up was mud

– Spun at venue, nothing but old skool and a bit of a MJ tribute. Also it was a great crowd for early on so made the night even better

Well that was June, short but eventful.

July

July proved to be less busy, was back at venue again but the night ended up being a dud unfortunately. The main thing for July was taking on a new residence at King Club, however that ended up being short lived. Scroll to the bottom for that story…

– I spent most of the time working on my BeFM set.

– I did take a trip to Taipei which was a lot of fun

– Met with Blossom Day which was a kick start to working with JC

– TBT at Venue with Pinnacle and Rich Ben, pitty it was a dud of a night

And that was July

August was a good month

– 2^nd Place at BeFM with a trip down to Busan, rocking it out on Gwangali

– Went to WDJ Festival with DJ Korea, jamming in the tent again, but to less fanfare than last year

– Started to do some proper work with JC, exciting times ahead working with her, but did have a fun night out at Bar Fly

– Started on some other projects including learning to produce music

And some other random things I got up to in August…

Went to the One Piece expo in Seoul, it was cool, mostly based around the Marine Ford Arc which was of course total epicness! (Full review in another post)

Went to my first Baseball game in Korea

And that was August, simple but fun, Sept is halfway done but it is also turning out to be another great month, it’s already coming into Autumn and the end of the year is rapidly approaching… again…

So here goes with the King Club story

My hours at bar fly changed to the late shift, so it opened up a time for me to play somewhere else, I was going to look at a second residency after summer since I am usually busy during summer but King Club offered so I thought why not, they are under new ownership and have a new direction that wanted to go in so at first I was excited about working there, because honestly I never liked the place at all or the people that use to frequent it but the hope that it would change and the possibility of the place had me in… But as I began working there it was quickly apparent that any change was going to be slow if at all. The American soldiers still frequented the place, and they bring their own brand of bullshit with them (for the 4 weeks I was there, there was at least 1 fight each weekend…) as well as wanting to hear all the new shit that you can’t dance too. The music they (the boss etc) wanted me to play wasn’t the kind of music the crowd they want to attract want to hear (I even had the bouncer? stop me at the door and start going on about some shit with the music, I just gave him the yeah whatever, like I’m going to listen to you look and walked on by, I listen to the crowd and the boss, not you) and it was just becoming apparent that the direction they wanted to go in was pretty blurry. Also at Bar Fly, the boss asked me to switch back to my old time, so since they come first, had to talk to king club and see if could switch up the schedule, the problem is all of the DJs there have a second residency that is more important to them than king club so none of them can change, which was fine with me, I was the late comer to the party and also working there was really starting to become an annoyance rather than fun, not to say I didn’t have some fun there thou! The place has a lot of potential, always has, and has some good people working there but as is always the way, direction needs to be decisive, not blurry… and changing styles up between the military and Korean/expat scene… seriously there is a reason why I hate Itaewon and even more so hate those young American soldiers and all their bullshit. I avoid the place like the plague

DJ Blaze Set 4: Thre3style 2013 Qualifier

September 5, 2014 by akadjblaze, posted in New DJ Content

So following up on from 2012, thre3style was again back in Korea for 2013, however this year there was def a lack of quality DJs entering with a few from the previous year not coming back to compete, however there was also some really good DJs entering this year who had some awesome performances, prob better than the previous year so it kind of balanced out (except some DJs really looked out of place up there)

Anyways here is my set for the year, had a lot of mash ups and genre switches which ended up in a pretty varied set. The performance itself was mostly ok, except for dust screwing up my needle, twice! Ruined my intro, thou no one noticed lol and another time during my set it also almost screwed me up. I was pissed about my intro thou because I had to skip a bit of it and ended up using a safe version I had made (just in case something like this happened, yeah I think things thru that far) But apart from that my set came out nice and got some good reactions from the crowd this time round and just overall had a good time up there

As for the result, well yet again didnt make it thru, and yet again there might have been some controversy on that matter, one of the comments I did manage to hear about my set was use of pre mixes, which yes some of it was pre mixed while other parts werent, there was a balance between the 2 since somethings live just dont go well and I hate having ‘dead’ space inbetween switching tracks etc which is unavoidable if your only using 2 decks without having some pre mixing going on to keep the flow going, but I had some premixes just the same as all the other DJs there (some had a lot of their sets pre mixed) so while that does make some sense, in the overall scheme of it compared to the other DJs, well yeah, possibly robbed… Also my heat was definately the hardest, I would say 6 out of us 8 should have made it thru and only 2 from the other heat were good enough to make it thru (the second heat was really very average) But again, its hard to know what the judges are thinking, its also hard to know if the foreigner card is in play or not, I would say it is likely it is but cant confirm either way, also I did hold back which maybe I shouldnt have done, it was only a heat so I did enough to make it to the finals (which obviously wasn’t enough) which if I had made it, would be a no holds barred set, but it was not to be.

DJ Blaze Set List Saturday August 23rd 2014

August 26, 2014August 26, 2014 by akadjblaze, posted in Set Lists

So, thought its about time again to post up another set list, it was from Saturday night just been at bar fly, honestly I thought it was going to be a rubbish night but it actually ended up being ok. Set wise it was ok, there wasn’t enough people there to go of on to many tangents so ended up playing a lot of tried and tested song combos etc but managed to throw in a couple of different ones in there as well as jumping a lot of genres as per usual

Set time 1.30am – 4am (2.5 hours)

New/Re-up/Decided to Play Tracks

Serebro – Mi Mi
LMFAO – Shooting Star
Joel Fletcher – After Dark
Lorde – Royals (Caked Up Trap Remix)
Craig David – Walking Away (House Remix)

Set List Saturday August 23^rd 2014

Calvin Harris Ft. Tinie Tempah – Drinking from the bottle
Robin Thicke Ft Pharrell & TI – Blurred Lines (Justin Sane Rmx)
Bruno Mars – Treasure (Cosmic Dawn Rmx)
Pitbull Ft Ne-Yo & Nayer – Give Me Everything (Throwback Intro)
Rihanna – Only Girl (ext mix)
Flo-Rida Ft Ke$ha – Right Round
Psy – Gentleman
Timati Ft Kalenna – Welcome to St. Topez
Pitbull Ft Jump Smokers – Now You See It
LMFAO – Shooting Star
Hanmin Ft Ingram Jones – Show Me Your Bba Sae
Savage & Joel Fletcher – Swing (Combo Rmx)
Reece Low & Lefty – Monk Funk
Static Ravenger Ft Kay – Back Off Bitch
Daft Punk Ft Pharrell – Get Lucky (Starjack Rmx)
DJ Cassidy Ft Robin Thicke & Jessie J – Calling All Hearts (Frankie Knuckles & Eric Kupper Rmx)
Craig David – Walking Away (DJ Shtopor & Alex Menco Rmx)
Serebro – Mi Mi Mi
DJ Starjack – Move Your Feet 2k13
Redfoo – I’ll Award You With My Body
Joel Fletcher – Afterdark
TJR – Eat God See Acid
Klaas & Bodybangers – Freak
Scndl – Gypsy
DJ Snake & Lil Jon – Turn Down For What Transition
Punjabi MC – Beware the Boys (Trap Remix)
Lorde – Royals (Caked Up Rmx)
Kardinal Offishall & DJ Snake – Slow Down
Far East Movement – Bang It To The Curb
2NE1 – CL Solo
DJ Scene – Damn
Nicki Minaj – Boss Ass Bitch (Rmx)
Chainz – Im Different
Memphis Bleek – Like That
Macklemore – Thrift Shop
Trey Songs Ft TI – 2 Reasons
Chris Brown – Strip
Beyonce – Love On Top
VIC – Wobble
Chris Brown Ft Lil Wayne – Loyal
Sean Kingston – Beat It
Drake – Hold On
John Hart & Iamsu – Who Booty
Next – Too Close
Craig David – Time To Play
Musiq Soulchild – Anything
Akon – Belly Dancer
Mohombi – Bumpy Ride
Major Lazer – Watch Out For This
Staying Alive/ Da Funk Remix
NERD – Lapdance (Mombah Rmx)
Chemical Brothers – Block Rocking Beats (Rmx)
Skrillex – Bangarang
Vanilla Ice – Ice Ice Baby Transition
Jay Z – Encore Electro Mix
Showtek – Get Loose
Swanky Tunes – Blood Rush
Anthem Kingz – PSA 2k13
Kanye West & Jay Z – Niggas in Paris (Satisfaction Rmx)
Asap Rocky – Wild for the Night
Kanye West – Mercyy Trap Rmx
Lil Wayne – Lollipop (Trap Rmx)
Anthem Kingz – Birthday Song (Trap Rmx)
SHM – Don’t You Worry Child (Trap Rmx)
Just Blaze Ft Baauer – Higher
Wiz Khalifa Vs DJ Khaled – Black and Yellow Wins
Tae Yang – Ringa Linga
Shop Boyz Vs LMFAO – Party Rock Like A Star Transition
Don Omar – Danza Kuduro
Daddy Yankee – Limbo
Wisin Y Yandel – Algo Me Gusta De Ti
Michel Telo Ft Pitbull – Ai Se Eu Te Pego
Don Omar – Zumba
Shakira – Waka Waka
Beyonce – Run The World (Girls Hype)
Rihanna – S&M
2NE1 – Can’t Nobody
GD & TOP – Oh Yeah
Pitbull – Don’t Stop the Party
Usher – DJ Got us Falling In Love (Hypercrush)
Justice Crew – Everybody
MFBTH – Sweet Dreams

DJ Blaze Set 1: Redbull Thre3style 2012 Qualifier Round, Club Eden

August 19, 2014 by akadjblaze, posted in New DJ Content

So I was looking back thru my DJ bio and promo stuff and thought I should re-share some of my older stuff as well as touch up and sort out some of my more recent stuff. So will try and post up a mix from either one of the comps I have been in here over the last few years or some of my other mixes over the next few weeks

And we will start with the first DJ comp I entered since coming to Korea, and of course that was Redbull Thre3style back in 2012. It came about at a good time for me, I had just finished my residency at the loft so had a few weeks to throw together and entry set and a few weeks after that to plan out and practice my performance set if I made it thru. But of course being an expat, I wasn’t even sure if I was allowed to enter, but after getting in contact with Redbull they were more than happy to allow me to enter and of course I ended up being one of the 16 qualifiers.

As you might know, Thre3style is 15mins per DJ and you must use at least 3 different genres of music (thou often this is hardly the case) and is a crowd and skill based competition. In Korea the top 16 were divided up into 2 groups of 8 with the top 4 going thru to the final, and yes I was the only expat to enter and the only one to make it to the top 16 so I was in an interesting position.

After arriving late and missing sound check on the night, I got to watch a couple of DJs before laying down my set, it went well enough, but honestly it was kinda funny watching the crowd’s reaction to the fact I wasn’t a Korean, I knew this would be the case thou so didn’t plan much crowd interaction or anything instead sticking to music selection, flow and skill. My set went well without a hitch so I was happy with that. To me this wasn’t about winning but about putting my name out there, and that’s exactly what happened, thou I didn’t qualify, there was a lot of people who came up to me afterwards who said they thought I should have got thru, so that was enough for me. During that time I met a lot of local Korean DJs and made some good friends and very important connections as well as showcasing myself as a DJ here.

I have always been the kind of DJ who has let my playing speak for itself so having this competition to showcase that was a great step up since being here in Korea and allowed me to properly get into the DJ scene here and away from the expat DJ trap which is Itaewon bars and clubs.

BeFM Expat DJ Comp 2014

August 4, 2014August 4, 2014 by akadjblaze, posted in Events

Well that hapened! And now that I am over it, I can start to get to work on my next projects but I guess I should do a recap of the event first, this is trying to run it off while its still kinda in my head, but I am sleep deprived… so bear with me… hope I didn’t forget too much…

Well I arrived in Busan on Sat afternoon, and the weather, straight tropical storm blowing thru, rubbish!! Had a lot of the DJs worried abut the next day since obviously DJ equipment and rain don’t play well together. Anyways Sunday the weather somehow magically decided to hold off and play ball so we were treated to a night rain free! Also note, the photos I borrowed from someone, Im sure better ones will appear soon

Sound check was a crack up, all the other DJs are fun loving easy going guys so we enjoyed joking around and trying to keep our energy levels up as most of us had travelled and were runnning of little to no sleep which is pretty standard for the hard working DJ. After sound check we all parted ways for awhile before coming back together before the start of the evenings prcedings which saw Hanmin kick off the night with Krispy Crunch banging out a fusion of EDM and Hip Hop and finishing off with Hanmins smash hit Bsa Sae. Now with that out of the way, it was time for the 7 DJs to hit the stage and see who will come out on top.

First up was Paul Antoni, I have met him a couple of times and he is a nice dude, has some good tracks that he has produced, I have never heard him play before thou but I know he is a trance based DJ so was interested to see how he would handle a competition like this. He started off with a nice intro then proceded into his set which was nice, but as expected he struggled to really engage the crowd with his style. I did love his end throwback track thou

Next on the decks was last years winner DJ Ferry, a very good producer who has done a lot of dope K pop edm remixes but not what I would call a DJ (he reminds a lot of the top tier DJs, he is like a producer who plays his own music) anyways he started off with a mash up and then proceded into his set playing a lot of his own remixes but his set felt pre recorded, he did however dominate the crowd

Third on the decks having to follow up a good act was DJ Sir, I saw his entry video which was… ok… but he did do a nice little tone play at the end which I liked. Unfortunately he didnt drop any during his set, he tried to get the crowd on his side but came up a little short, painfully obvious when he transitioned into ‘this is how we do it’ he had obviosuly planned a bit of call and response but Koreans just dont know that song… which is a shame cause I love it. He hit the mark a couple of times with a few tracks but just couldnt keep it the whole way thru

4th up was Ecky Thump!, coming from a land down under, otherwise known as the west Island of New Zealand haha! He went into his routine without too much fanfare and proceded to do a nice solid mix of newer tracks, spending most of his set keeping his mixing tight with the occsiaonal crowd shout out, but he was keeping busy most of the time, since I was up next I didnt pay huge attention to details of his set but it sounded solid, not hugely crowd pleasing thou, propbably going over their heads with the music selection a litte but I enjoyed it

5th up was me… So kinda hard to talk about my set from an outside perspective but here is my take. Managed to start off ok then quickly progressed into some crowd bangers to get them going, then dropped it down and actually rapped on stage with the mic to Jay Z PSA, then it was just a mix of crowd calling with popular tracks, a couple of scratch breaks while jumping inbetween mixing and the mic was keeping me really busy, scratching wasnt as tight as I would have liked it and almost screwed up a mix but kept it inline, the 2pm and DJ Doc tracks were crowd killers, all I could see was people waving their hands, and then crooked at the end I had everyone screaming. I had a lot of fun on stage and managed to shake my normal competition seriousness away towards the end and just had fun with it like a normal set, so yeah, shit was mean as! Thou thanks Chad for the awkward question hahaha but all good, that just cracked me up!

6th on the deck having to follow up me was one of the DJs who I was keeping an eye out for because he has skills similar to me and also a mate of mine, Kiredmik, unfortunately he got off to a bad start not realising one of his channels was on thru mode, but he recovered well and got stuck into his set. He went down the play as many bangers as I can in 9mins route, which in theory wasnt a bad option, but track selection and lack of time to work the crowd or to let some tracks develop hurt his set and didnt really get a chance to show off any of his skills

Finally was DJ Rell, last is often the best time to jump on, if your set is right for it, Rell like a few others were at the disadvantage of not really knowing what to expect, and while being a good DJ in his own right, competition DJn and festival DJn is a lot different to normal club DJn, while he got up there and did his thing, he def fell into his comfort zone I think by playing a club style set, he was def enjoying himself up there and played some cool jams but not the kind to get the crowd really going

And that was that, San E graced the stage with DJ Pandol to a very enthusiastic crowd, and they were a great crowd, they were there wanting to be entertained and they showed the DJs a lot of love, but they did have to be directed and lead most of the time which made it hard on a few of the DJs. As I said before, competition DJn is very different from club DJn, the calibre of expat DJs in Korea is very broad, there are a lot who claim to be DJs but are really just music players and then there are some who are the genuine article, then there is the level where everyone else is floating around, not ready for the big leagues but good enough to be out there in the scene. The other problem is Korean DJs are pretty good, not quite world class good, but the top DJs here are a big jump apart from most expats. Thre3style is an example, out of the DJs who entered in BeFM the last 2 years, I am the only one to have entered and done well, 1 other could have made it and 1 other might have made it depending how many of the good korean DJs decided to enter (there is only a handful of expat DJs in Korea who I think could legitimately enter and compete but if every good DJ in Korea entered, I would say only 1 or 2 might have a chance). So, basically what I am saying is while its great that there is a forum for expat DJs to shine, the calibre of the DJs is lacking (for this type of DJn) which is not surprising when you really think about it however I digress… (and this isnt a dig at expat DJs, just trying to point out some of the reality, most of us are over here teaching so its not like we are all DJn full time etc there are obvious issues we face, not to say Koreans dont have their own issues, it just is what it is)

So in the end, the results looked like this

3rd Place – Ecy Thump

2nd Place – DJ Blaze

1st Place – DJ Ferry

The competition overall was really well run, the hosts were great (except Chad, he sucks lol love you bro) and the crowd and venue were simply awesome… however, the result… while I should be happy with second, Im really not, nothing against Ferry who came first, he did his thing, so props to him and to all the others as well. My anger and frustration goes towards the result which means the poor judges, both friends of mine too, Im confused how a set like his won compared to my set which while showman ship was pretty much similar, I showed more variation in skill and technique. Thou my guess is he has the producer card, the fact that a lot of his tracks were his… but then that begs the question, is this a DJ competition? Do you need to actually show some DJ skills for a DJ competition or not (I had this same problem with last years result as well) Now without talking to the judges and getting reasons behind their decisions all I can do is speculate, which in reality doesnt help anyone and just makes me out to be a sore loser, Im an annoyed loser, ill admit that, Im competitive so of course I want to win, but I dont hold anything against the winner or the judges but this is an issue that I think needs highlighted, at what point does producer credits and showman ship outshine skill and technique. This question however as we all know can be directed at the world of DJn in general… which is sad to say but true. The other problem with a DJ competition is the winner is determined by opinion, its not like a race where there is a clear winner, each person has their own opinion and it may differ to others, its human nature and cant be avoided, but it makes the judges job a lot harder, as I said they are both friends and I have a lot of respect for them, so Im not having a go at them, but would love to sit down with them at some stage and understand how they saw things. But at the end of the day the result is in and there is nothing that can be done about it, just hope at some stage I can get to understand it. (and its not easy being a judge!)

Here is my set, its not what I did on the night but close to it, this was one of my practices that I decided to record

But hey, I did have a lot of fun, met some awesome people and got to rock the shit out of a beach full of party people and walked away 800$ in hand, not a bad days work really 🙂

DJ Blaze Set List Friday June 27th – Return to the Classic @ Venue

August 2, 2014August 2, 2014 by akadjblaze, posted in Set Lists

Ok, so its Saturday night, the night before BeFM comp, its pissing down with rain, like crazy stormy outside so Im sitting in my hotel room and thought I would post this up since I have been sitting on it for awhile. This is my set list from a party I did at Venue with Pinn and Dante. It was a mean ass night, I had a lot of fun, it was a really good crowd who were really getting into it, was a shame I had to run off after my set and go DJ at Bar Fly. But here is my set list, as you can see, this is vastly different from what I play week in and week out, and it is the kind of music I love. It was a 2 hour set, also I played quite a few MJ tracks as a bit of a tribute to the great one. I will be posting up D’s Horizon next week since I am still catching up on SDCC and I have been away on holiday. Anyways here it is

Koffee Brown Ft. B-12 – Weekend Thing
Mark Morrison – Return of the Mack
Mary J Blige – Real Love
MJ – You Rock My World
T.I. – Why You Wanna
The Notorious BIG Ft 112 – Only You Remix
Shade Ft Nate Dogg & Kurupt – Where I Wanna Be
Brian McKnight Ft Nelly – All Night Long
Toni Braxton – Making Me High
Baby Bash – Short Doowoop
Blackstreet – Good Life
Color Me Bad – I wanna Sex You Up
Musiq Soulchild – Fortnight
Gerald LEvert – DJ Don’t
Ideal Ft. Lil Mo – Whatever
Craig David – Time To Play
Musiq Soulchild Ft. Swizz Beatz – Anything
Highland Place Mobsters – Let’s Get Naked
Joe Public – Live and Learn
Tony, Toni, Tone! – If I had no Loot
MJ – Remember the Time
Jagged Edge Ft. Run – Let’s Get Married Remix
Temptations – Treat Her Like a Lady
Cherl Lynn – To Be Real
De Barge – Rhythm of the Night
Nesian Mystik – It’s On
MJ – Black or White
MJ – Rock With You
MJ – Billie Jean
MJ – Thriller
MJ – Starting Something
Whitney Houston – How Will I Know
Earth Wind and Fire – September
MJ – PYT
Earth Wind and Fire – Let’s Groove
KC & the Sunshine Band – Baby Give it Up
Salt-N-Pepa – Push It
Sir Mix-A-Lot – Baby Got Back
Run DMC – It’s Tricky
Tag Team – Whoomp! There it is
Freak Nasty – Da Dip
69 Boyz – Tootsee Roll
2 Live Crew – Hoochie Mama
Ghost Town DJ’s – My Boo
Quad City DJ’s – C’Mon & Ride It (The Train)
LA Snow & Pla Ya Poncho – Whatz Up, Whatz Up
Montell Jordan – This is How We Do It
Wrexx N Effect – Rumpshaker
ODB – Got Your Money
2 Pac Ft. Nate Dogg – All About You
To Be Continued – One On One
PM Dawn – Moving On Up
Naughty by Nature – Holiday
Heavy D & The Boyz – This is Your Night
Flava Flav – Shake Your Booty
Salt-N-Pepa – Lets Talk About Sex
LL Cool J – Phenomenon
K7 – Come Baby Come
Kid N Play – Ain’t Gonna Hurt Nobody
Bobby Brown – My Perogative
Kelly – She’s Got That Vibe
Bel Biv Devoe – Poison
Keith Sweat – I Want Her
Kurtis Blow – The Breaks
De La Soul – A Roller Skating Jam
C&C Music Factory – Do You Wana Get Funky
MJ – The Way You Make Me Feel

I really should start recording these one day, but in the mean time here is an old skool mix I did that you might enjoy

DJ Blaze Set List Saturday June 14th 2014

June 23, 2014 by akadjblaze, posted in Set Lists

Set List June 14^th 2014 (yes the photo is from a different night, but meh, does care lol)

New/Re-Up tracks

David Guetta & Kaz James – Blast off (original mix)
Psy Ft. Snoop Dogg – Hangover
Bingo Players – Knock You Out (Hardwell Remix)
Linkin Park Vs Twoloud Vs Shermanlogy – What I’ve Done (Arthur White)
2NE1/CL – CL Solo

Set List 11pm-1.30am

David Guetta & Kaz James – Blast Off (original mix)
Bombs Away – Better Luck Next Time
Static Revenger Ft. Kay – Back Off Bitch! (Taco Cat Remix)
Albert Kick – Evil Girl
DJ Kronic Ft. Bombs Away – Looking for some girls
J Lo Ft. Pitbull – Live it Up (Jumpsmokers)
Usher – DJ Got us Falling in Love (Hypercrush)
Redfoo – I’ll Award You with my Body
FEM – Bang it to the Curb (Sidney Roller Transition)
DJ Snake & Lil Jon – Turn Down for What
2NE1 – CL Solo
Nicki Minaj – Boss ass Bitch
Clayton Williams – Shut Down Vegas
DJ Scene – Damn
Major Lazer – Bubble Butt
Jason Derulo – Talk Dirty
DMX – Party Up
2Pac – California Love
Dr Dre – Next Episode
VIC – Wobble
Psy Feat Snoop Dogg – Hangover
Just Blaze – Higher
Wiz Khalifa Vs DJ Khaled – Black and Yellow Wins (transition)
Tae Yang – Ringa Linga
Jay-Z & Kanye West – Niggas in Paris
Asap Rocky – Wild for the Night
2 Chains Vs Afrojack – Birthday Song (trap mix)
Kanye West – Mercy (Trap mix)
Lil Wayne – Lollipop (Convince Trap Mix)
Swedish House Mafia – Don’t you Worry Child (Valid Trap Mix)
Steve Aoki – Rage the Night Away (Dopeztb Trap Edit)
Boom Man Ft. 2 Chainz Vs Calvin Harris – Drinking from the Bottle (Transition)
Makj & Lil Jon – Let’s Get Fucked Up
Bingo Players – Knock You Out (Hardwell Remix)
Joel Fletcher & Savage – Swing (Combo Remix)
R3hab & Nervo – Revolution
Swanky Tunes – Blood Rush
TJR – Feel It
Carl Tricks – Mad Dash (Bingo Players Edit)
D-Jastic – Up to no Good
MFBTY – Sweet Dream
Robin Thick – Blurred Lines (Justin Sane Remix)
Deeper (Morris Corti Remix)
Kid Massive – Yawn (Vandalism Remix)
Reece Low – Monk Funk
Scndl – Gypsy
TJR – Eat God See Acid
Syn Cole – Miami 82 (Avicii Edit)
Starjack & Collini – Smack Em, Catch Em
Don Omar – Danzo Kuduro
Daddy Yankee – Limbo
Maroon 5 – Moves Like Jagger
Psy – Gentleman
X10 – 엑스텐‬
Hanmin – Show me your Bba Sae
TJR – Ode to TNT
Showtek – Booyah
Hardwell Vs Krewella – Apollo Alive
TJR – Come Back Down
Zedd – Spectrum (Getter Remix)
Jason Derulo – Whatcha Say (Afrojack Remix)
2NE1 – I am the Best
Floorfilla – Anthem 4 Remix
Public Service Announcement 2k13
Jason Derulo – Wiggle
Exo-K – Overdose

This month was a small change up, mainly because of UMF I switched my sets to be heavier EDM based for a bit of practice as well as trying out new combinations as I start working for towards developing my entry set for BeFM. Interestingly enough while I was looking for tracks I did come across a couple of better remixes of some Linkin Park tracks, definitely loving the rock/edm mashups (then again I have always loved a bit of good rock) and love smashing them out in my sets

DJ Blaze Set List Friday May 5th 2014

June 2, 2014 by akadjblaze, posted in Set Lists

New/Re-Up tracks

2ne1 – Gotta Be You
Zedd – Spectrum (Trap Remix)
Remy Ma – Whuteva
I Need you love (Trap Remix)
Clayton Williams – Shut Down Vegas

Set List 11pm-1.30am

1. Gangnam Style _ 2 Legit 2 Quit Mashup (feat. MC Hammer)

2. DJ Gollum – The Bad Touch (Gordon & Doyle Edit)

3. DJ Kronic feat. Bombs Away – Looking For Some Girls

4. Albert Kick – Evil Girl (Club Mix)

5. Jennifer Lopez – Papi (R3hab Remix)

6. Robin Thicke Ft. Pharrell, T.I. – Blurred Lines (Justin Sane Rmx) Intro)

7. Usher – Scream (Seamus & Haji Edit)Rick Kraft

8. DJ SCOOTER – Give Me Everything (90s Throwback ReFix)

9. GD&TOP – HIGH HIGH

10. Maroon 5 Ft. Christina Aguilera – Moves Like Jagger (Intro) Club)

11. Beyoncé – Run The World (Girls)

12. Rihanna – S&M

13. 2NE1 – CAN’T NOBODY

14. GD & TOP – OH YEAH

15. DJ Got Us Falling In Love (Hypercrush)

16. Play Hard ft. Akon & Ne-Yo (Super Redrum)

17. Wisin Y Yandel ft Chris Brown n T-Pain – Algo Me Gusta De Ti [Xtendz]

18. Don Omar Ft. Lucenzo – Danza Kuduro (Intro) Club)

19. Daddy Yankee – Limbo [Xtendz]

20. DJ Snake & Lil Jon – Turn Down For What (Digital Dave Transition Down 128-100)

21. Far East Movement ft. Sidney Samson – Bang It To The Curb

22. Nicki Minaj – Boss Ass Bitch (Clayton William & DJ Fresh Remix)

23. Cali Swag District Ft. Problem, Tiffany Foxx – Shake Somethin (Intro)

24. Major Lazer ft 2 Chainz & Lil Jon – Bubble Butt (Deville Twerk RMX) (DIRTY)

25. 2NE1 – Clap Your Hands (Intro)

26. Memphis Bleek – Like That(Intro)

27. T.I. – Bring Em Out (Intro)

28. Remy Ma – Whuteva [Xtendz]

29. Macklemore Ryan Lewis Ft Wanz – Thrift Shop (AnthemKingz Ultimate Party Break Intro)

30. TI ft Lil Wayne – Ball (Intro – Dirty)

31. Far East Movement – So What (Clean) (M Class Extend)

32. Jason Dee – Im Different (Party Mix Intro)

33. Jason Derulo Ft. 2 Chainz – Talk Dirty (Club)

34. Sean Kingston ft. Chris Brown & Wiz Khalifa – Beat It (Uniq Edit)

35. Drake – Hold On We’re Going Home (Clean)

36. Jonn Hart – Who Booty ft. IamSu

37. Discotech – Kiss Kiss (100-70)

38. Soulja Boy – Crank Dat

39. JayZ_DJ_Deville_Niggas_In_Paris_Club

40. Asap Rocky – Wild For The Night (Intro – Dirty)

41. Anthem Kingz – Birthday Song (Afrojack vs 2 Chains Big Booty Trap Mix)

42. Kanye West – Mercyyyy trap

43. Skrillex ft. Krewella – Breathe (Vocal Edit)

44. DJ Allan – Lock Out Of Heaven (DJ Intro Hype)

45. MACKLEMORE – CANT HOLD US (STARJACK HYPE RE-DRUM)

46. Skrillex – Dirty Vibe

47. Just Blaze ft Baauer – Higher (Clean)

48. Wiz Khalifa Vs DJ Khaled – Black and Yellow Wins (Transition)

49. TaeYang – RINGA LINGA

50. EXO – Growl

51. V.I.C. – Wobble

52. DMX – Party Up (Up In Here)

53. Lil’ Jon Ft. Lmfao – Outta Your Mind (Dirty South Intro)

54. Major Lazer – Watch Out For This (Bumaye)

55. Skrillex – Bangarang

56. Ready To Jump (Transition)

57. I Love It [Cobra Starship Remix]

58. G-Dragon – Crooked

59. Chris Brown – Yeah 3X (Synth Intro)

60. Daddy Yankee – Limbo [Xtendz]

61. Anthem Kingz – Public Service Announcement 2K13 (Jay Z vs Knife Party Hybrid Banger)

62. Okay B Boys – Bomfunk Mc’s vs Will Sparks (Chris Royal BANGA Mash)

63. 2NE1 – I Am The Best

64. Apollo Alive [Simo Bootleg]

65. Showtek ft We Are Loud, Sonny Wilson – Booyah (Orignal Mix)

66. Justice Crew – Everybody

67. PSY – Gentleman [Xtendz]

68. TJR vs ACDC – Ode To TNT (TJR Mash)

69. DJ Deville – I Need Your Love (R3hab Vs. Deville Epic Vocal Trap Intro)

70. Lil Wayne – Lollipop (Convince Trap Remix)

71. Zedd – Spectrum (Getter Remix)

72. Jason Derulo – Whatcha Say (Afrojack Remix)

Set Overview:

My usual 2hr 30min set, so 72 tracks over 150mins keeps me busy, May (and even further back to probably March) was actually an experimental month for me as I actually started to incorporate some Trap into my sets as is clear here. Also added in a few new tracks, as well as some older tracks that I didn’t really play much (usually because the other DJ’s played them so I purposely avoided them) and yes, I did repeat a song, I absolutely hate doing so, but it is a favourite song of a lot of our regulars and also our staff so occasionally I do indulge their requests to double up on a song… not often but this was one of those exception nights

Shout Out Time

March 17, 2014March 17, 2014 by akadjblaze, posted in A day in the Life, Events

Well its been a crazy weekend and had a couple of good shows but there was also a lot of other things going on around Seoul as well. I will post up a review etc about them later on once I track down the videos but for now I got a couple of mentions I want to make

First up need to give a shout out to the bro CJ Gardner aka CJ Infinite and for dropping his new tracks, if you want to peep them and you def should check out his sound cloud here

CJ’s Sound Cloud

The beats are really nice (I’m a big fan of old school sounding beats or beats with an older more natural sound to them) and CJs flow over them has its own uniqueness about it that makes the tracks nice to listen to and a nice break from a lot of the rubbish thats gets constant airplay these days. There is a lot of really good hip hop out there, you just need to go and find it but you should always support local artists as they always need plenty of support and most of them really deserve

Speaking of supporting local artists, the Seoul expat scene has been getting a much needed injection of support recently. Its a hard scene thou because expats are usually only here short term, very rarely long term so it makes maintaing a community very difficulty. So when artists start thinking of strengthening the community then they deserve mention and support. There are a lot of people here who have been putting in hard work who deserve mention but will save that for another time, for now this post shout out goes to Part Time Cooks, a group of 3 dope expat MC’s who have come together to form what should be an exciting crew. Now I don’t know much of their back ground but I have heard some of their stuff and it is def worth checking out, but the reason for the shout out is their willingness to get out and support other artists and also what will hopefully be a weekly or very regular web series from them interviewing and showcasing the local expat talent in and around Korea. Its this support and giving back to the community that will help keep it strong here in Korea and I applaud their efforts to do so. Check out the video below for their first instalment video. The editing could use a little work but as far as content goes and being the first instalment, its very good and has me looking forward to more! A scene is only as good as its support so again I urge you to get out there and support local artists

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q_mZOm9l_0&feature=youtu.be

Also make sure you go check out their show coming up in conjunction with Show Kings on the 29th of March

Click here for the event page