:: Sun & Moon ::

A massive show this week with two huge competitions to win Hed Kandi and Pure Garage Anthem albums, and a super little mini-mix from Jason Kaye. Plus all the usual upfront house tunes including new tracks from friends of the show: The Freemasons, Mark Knight and Chris Lake. And we welcome back to the Friday night show Above & Beyond with their fabulous new track Sun & Moon - which is this week's Tune Of The Week.

Here we go:

Sister Sledge 'Thinking Of You' (AudioJacker Remix)
LRD vs. Ce Ce Peniston 'Finally Jaques' (Simon Sinfield Bootleg)
Steve Forest vs. The Ones 'Flawless 2011'
Yasmin 'Finish line' (Freemasons Remix)
+
Lady GaGa 'Born This Way' (Michael Woods Remix)
Denzal Park 'I'm A Drum Machine'
Above & Beyond 'Sun & Moon' (TOTW)
+
Sean B 'The Mission' (Simon Sinfield Remix)
Yoav 'We All Are Dancing'
Sander Van Doorn ft. Carol Lee 'Love Is Darkness' (Basto! Remix)
+
Bob Sinclar 'I Feel For You'
Freemasons ft. Amanda Wilson Love On My Mind'
+ Hed Kandi Competition +
M&S Presents... 'If U Wanna'
Mousse T vs. Hot n Horny 'Horny 98'
+
Tiesto & Mark Knight 'Beautiful World' (Original Club Mix)
Funkagenda 'Shinjuku'
Chris Lake 'Secrets In The Dark'
The Beatsliders 'Eden' (Simon Sinfield Remix)
MC Flipside 'Candy Coated' (Hatiras Remix)
Sieg 'Lox' (Original Mix)
Avicii & Sebastien Drums 'Snus Toether' (BeatThiefs Bootleg)
+
Mini Mix from Jason Kaye/Pure Garage Anthems
DJ Pied Piper 'Do U really Like It?'
Shanks & Bigfoot 'Sweet Like Chocolate'
+Pure Garage Anthems Competition+
Alesha Dixon 'Every Little Part Of Me'
Truesteppers ft Dane Bowers 'Buggin'
DJ Luck & MC Neat 'Little Bit Of Luck'
Craig David 'Fill In Me'
+
James Zabiela 'Blame'
deadmau5 'HR8938'
Chris Special & ThreeSixty 'Invader'
Sean B 'Magnetic Core' (Simon Sinfield Remix)
Simon Sinfield 'Fuzz' (Original Mix)
The Ting Tings 'Fruit Machine' (Dave Spoon Remix)
Miles Dyson 'iTune'

Outta here. Thanks for all your txts and fb action. have a great weekend.

:: Host With The Most ::

I occasionally have visitors into the radio studio who aren't there to be interviewed. Some are DJ friends, some are music industry people and some are on a visit to the radio station.  Last Friday I hosted a visit from a Bournemouth University journalism student, James Hartnett, who seemed to enjoy staring at my back for 3 hours!  Here's his blog entry after his visit to the Friday night Dirty House session!

Specialist radio experience courtesy of FIRE Radio

After seeing one of my lecturers walk into university with a Fire FM t-shirt last week, and this being the one station I listen to the most while in Bournemouth, I immediately enquired as to why he was wearing it. Did he work there? Did he ever work there? Who did he know?

One of the key things you need to do to become a successful journalist is ask questions, almost to the extent of badgering someone. So when he let me know his mate was a specialist DJ with a weekly Friday night slot on Fire FM, my eyes lit up. This is something he must have noticed too, because instead of having to ask for a day there, he asked for my contact details. Just three days later, I found myself last night sitting in one of these shows.

The DJ last night was purely amazing. Simon Sinfield's Pure Fire slot on Fire FM just got one more regular listener as of last night. I've seen DJs work live before, but watching this guy spin records, mixing for three solid hours, whilst still managing to the the typical radio-y things like put in a few intros, shoutouts, even advert breaks (to accord with the station's policies) was almost effortless for Simon.

Simon himself was a really, really good guy. To say he knew his stuff would be an understatement - everytime I wanted to ask a tricky question to him, he'd answer with a good, hugely informative answer that left me wanting more (although, being a live DJ, often as I was about to ask more he put his headphones back on and began flicking switches and pressing buttons to mix in a fresh song).

I didn't truthfully know what to expect when I visited Si last night, but from what I've seen, from what I've been told by Si, and from what I've also heard on radio, I'm more than glad that I visited Fire FM during one of their specialist hours. Simon definitely knew his stuff, as did Niall Maloney - a daytime presenter who overlooks nighttime (specialist) shows - when he came in briefly during Si's three-hour slot. Both men were well-informed with all things radio - they knew the ins and outs of the studio, their target audiences they had down to a tee, and comparisons with other local and national radio stations were all too easy to identify (and possibly deferentiate from) for these two presenters.

Fire FM have a quota to meet when going on-air, and have pledged to have a certain amount of specialist hours of music per week. Shows like Si's therefore are, technically speaking, there to fill a quota. But knowing this made me realise that this is a really, really good thing. The slots are at perfect times in terms of their audience's needs. By this, I mean a mainstream, commercial listener wouldn't want to listen to dubstep or dance music at 8am on their way to work, but come 1am when they're the only ones awake it's a perfect time to acquaint for them.

The office itself is surprisingly small. The entrance as such was merely carpet, one desk, and a phone. Walk upstairs, past the toilets, and there's six more desks - four used for news and advertising means - and a few processing units that helps put the show on air. You've then got two studios - one main one and one used primarily for news or pre-recorded shows, and that's it. For a station that attracts ~250,000 listeners, the place in which they do it reminded me more of a pirate radio station still trying to break through. Fire FM obviously don't need the glitz and the glamour if what they're producing works, and it does. By that, I mean that Bournemouth University's student radio studio space is almost if not the same size as Fire FM's.

What Si taught me last night about radio journalism I'll take with me for a long time yet. Whether it is a field I want to get into is unclear to me yet, but with so much new information flooded into my head I'll definitely be able to take a closer look into what part of the industry I would want to break into. Specialist shows, involving live audience interaction and live mixing, is far far different to the typical newsreading slots I had on Nerve* FM at BU, and out of the two, Si made me realise the opportunities that await if I did want to explore radio journalism.

For what came from a lecturer wearing a t-shirt from a radio station, I wouldn't believe that just four days later my blog would detail my experience at the said station. For now though, all I can say is thank you Si for the experience I had, and come this Friday, 9pm, my radio will be glued onto 107.6 Fire FM.

Posted by James Hartnett

Here's a link to the original article.

http://boundlessology.blogspot.co.uk/2011/02/specialist-radio-experience-courtesy-of.html

:: Jack That House ::

Throwing down the usual mix up of super house jams tonight. 3hrs live in the mix. Hit me up on 81222 - start your message with 'fire'. Catch me on facebook.com/simonsinfield or twitter.com/simonsinfield, and of course the tracklisting appears here as we go along on the housetastic journey.

Here we go:

Dada Life & Dimitri Vegas, Like Mike ft. tara Macdonald 'Tomorrow'
Steve Forest vs. The Ones 'Flawless'
Sister Sledge 'Thinking Of You' (AudioJacker remix)
Faithless 'God Is A DJ' (Jerome Isma Remix)
Hurts 'Wonderful Life' (Freemasons Remix)
+
Avicii & Sebastien Drums 'Snus Together' (BeatThiefs Bootleg)
Cosmophunk Rubicon' (Richard Dinsdale Remix)
Lady Ga Ga 'Born this Way' (Michael Woods Remix)
+
MC Flipside 'Candy Coated' (Hatiras Vocal Mix)
Denzal Park 'I'm A Drum Machine' (Original Mix) (TOTW)
Funkagenda 'Budgie'
Siege 'Lox' (Original Mix)
+
Sean B 'The Mission' (Simon Sinfield Remix)
Sander Van Doorn ft. Carol Lee 'Love Is Darkness' (Basto Big Room Remix)
Maor levi 'Devotion'
Cassini 'I Need An Illusion' (Valentino Simoncelli Remix)
Playmen 'Feel Your Love' (Consoul Trainin Remix)
+
The Beatsliders 'Eden' (Simon Sinfield Remix)
Basto! 'Gregory's Theme'
Carl Kennedy & Tommy Trash 'Blackwater' (Angger Dimas & Sebastien Litz Remix)
Yoav 'We All Are Dancing' (Peter Lutz Remix)
Funkagenda 'Shinjuku'
Chris Lake & Marco Lys 'Cross The Line'
+
Deadmau5 'HR8938 Cephei'
Kim Fai 'PS'
Mark knight & Michael Woods 'Banger'
Adam K 'Bum Bom'
Da Fresh 'That Body'
Traumer 'Rollin Life'
Chris Special & ThreeSixty 'Invader'
Azzido Da Bass 'This Is Not A Love Song'

Back next week. :-)

:: £2,406,648 ::

A truly remarkable 52 hours of broadcasting and fund-raising from Chris Moyles and the Radio 1 team.  A huge amount raised for Comic Relief and some fabulous broadcasting along the way.  There's still time to give a donation to the wonderful annual event.  Text 'CHRIS' to 70011 to give £1.

:: It's For Charitee Mate ::

Amazing stuff from Chris Moyles and the R1 Team.  The record has been busted and a huge sum raised for Comic Relief.  Awesome!  One of my favourite clips from the epic broadcast.

:: Mission Accomplished ::

My remix of Sean B's 'The Mission' is released today!  It's available on all the major music download stores. Go and grab yourself a copy, as you've only got 4 weeks to wait until my next release. :-)

Buy from: iTunes - Juno - Beatport - Amazon

:: Bonus Beats ::

Nice to have an extra show this week as I stand in for James Herkes once again.  It gives me another chance to spin some of the big tunes from last weekend and also test a few hot tracks before this week's big Friday night session on FIRE.

Here we go then:

Steve Forest vs. The Ones 'Flawless 2011'
Sister Sledge 'Thinking Of You. (AudioJacker Remix)
Axwell 'Watch The Sunrise' (Prok & Fitch Remix)
Avicii & Sebastien drums 'Snus Together' (The BeatThiefs Remix)
Haji & Emmanuel 'Weekend' (Marco Lys Remix)
+
Sox 'Liege'
Morning Parade 'A&E' (Dash Berlin Remix)
Cosmic Gate 'Fire Wire' (Cosmic Gate's Back 2 The Future Remix)
+
Leventina 'Nightshift'
EDX 'Party Of Politics'
Robert Miles 'Children' (Simon Sinfield Remix)
+
Sean B 'The Mission' (Simon Sinfield Remix)
Maori Levi 'Devotion'
Basto! 'Gregory's Theme'
Sander Van Doorn ft. Carol Lee 'Love Is Darkness' (Basto's Big Room Remix)
Funkagenda 'Shinjuku'
+
Avicii vs. KoL 'Sex On Abow' (Bootleg)
MC Flipside 'Candy Coated' (Hatiras Vocal Mix)
Umek  'Sarajevo'
+
Mark Knight & Michael Woods 'Banger'
Cosmophunk & Jay Lumen 'Rubicon' (Richard Dinsdale Remix)
Asino Di Medico 'Play With Me/OK' (Valentino Simoncelli Re-Edit)

That's it! I had great fun tonight.  Thanks for all your texts and Facebook and Twitter action.  I'm back on Friday night for the usual DIRTY HOUSE SESSION from 9pm.  Don't forget that my remix of Sean B's 'The Mission' is released tomorrow. ;-)

Have a good week.

Si

:: Thieving Beats ::

I've got another great show lined up for you tonight, with some fabulous hot new house tunes, a few amazing exclusives, two brilliant guests and a wicked guest mix!  3 hours perhaps isn't going to be long enough?

My first guest tonight is one-half of DJ/production duo The BeatThiefs.  Henry is going to be dropping in to discuss all things 'BeatThief' and we'll spin their 'Umbungo' track which has been given the Chocolate Puma treatment!  He's also got a cheeky little bootleg to share with all of us too.

Next up will be a guest mix from legends Layo & Bushwacka and I'll be talking to Matt Bushwaka to find out what the duo are doing gig and studio-wise in 2011.

Here we go then:

Steve Forest vs. The Ones 'Flawless 2011'
Sister Sledge 'Thinking Of You. (AudioJacker Remix)
Filip Le Freak 'It's That Disco' (Dan McKie & ABX Remix)
Platinum 'Love Shy' (Emanuel Remix)
Tom Novy 'Now Or Never'
+
Alistair Albracht 'Love Is the Icon' (Original Mix)
The Beatsliders 'Eden' (Simon Sinfield Remix)
Basto! 'Gregory's Theme'
+
Miles Dyson 'iTune'
MC Flipside 'Candy Coated' (Hatiras Remix) (TOTW)
Funkagenda 'Shinjuku'
+
Michael Woods 'First Aid'
Mark Knight & Michael Woods 'Banger'
The BeatThiefs 'Umbungo' (Chocolate Puma Remix)
+
++Interview with Henry BeatThief ++
Avicii & Sebastien Drums 'Snus Together' (Green & Falkner mee the BeatThiefs) (Bootleg)
Sander Van Doorn ft. Carol Lee 'Love Is Darkness' (Basto Big Room Baby Remix)
Siege 'Lox' (Original Mix)
Cosmophunk & Jay Lumen 'Rubicon' (Richard Dinsdale Remix)
Simon Sinfield 'XL' (Original Mix)
Ned Shepard 'Chromatic' (Original Mix)
EDX 'Embrace' (Original Mix)
Maor Levi 'Devotion' (Original Mix)
+
Layo & Bushwacka Mini-Mix
++Interviewwith Matt Bushwacka++
Albin Myers 'Archipelago'
Matt Darey * Urban Astronauts ft. Katie Louise Smith 'See The Sun' (Moonbeam Mix)
Vegas Baby ft. Katy Tizzard 'I Can't Help Myself'
Alpha 9 'Come Home'
Sureal 'You Take My Breath Away' (Simon Sinfield Remix)

That's it.  Back next week. :-)
DIRTY HOUSE on Fridays.
FIRE RADIO 107.6FM + DAB + fireradio.co.uk

:: DJ You've Got My Love ::

Alright you weekend warriors!?  I hope you've had a good week and your ready for the Friday night session on FIRE Radio.  I've got the usual huge sack of new house tracks, an awesome Tune Of The Week and a brilliant special guest.

Tonight I'll be catching up with Richard Dinsdale (Toolroom), who is currently at the top of the Beatport House chart with his Glitter Fever EP.  Richard will be talking about the track, his forthcoming set in Miami and his new label.  Plus, he's got a rather cool guest mix for us too.

Here we go then:

Steve Forest vs. The Ones 'Flawless' (2011 Remix)
Sister Sledge 'Thinking Of You' (AudioJacker Remix)
Avicii & Sebastien Drums 'My Feelings For You' (Treasure Fingers Remix)
Armand Van Helden 'MyMyMy' (Joy KitiKonti Remix)
Axwell ft. Steve Edwards 'Sunrise' (Prok & Fitch Remix)
+
Richard Dinsdale 'DJ, You've Got My Love'
Haji & Emanuel 'Weekend' (Marco Lys Remix)
+
Mark Knight & Michael Woods 'Banger'
Miles Dyson 'iTune'
Funkagenda 'Budgie' (TOTW)*
Greg Stainer Keep It real' (David Jones Remix)
+
Dada Life, Dimitri Vegas ft. Tara Mcdonald 'Tomorrow' (Pedro & Digital LAB Remix)
Cosmophunk & Jay Lumen 'Rubicon' (Richard Dinsdale Remix)
Michael Woods 'First Aid'
Sean B 'Magnetic Core' (Simon Sinfield Remix)
EDX 'Embrace'
+
Richard Dinsdale Guest Mix & Interview
+
The Beatsliders 'Eden' (Simon Sinfield Remix)
Ned Shepard 'Chromatic' (Original Mix)
Basto! 'Gregory's Theme'
Killers vs. Rockers 'If You Want My Love'
Mental Cube 'Q' (Marco Lys Remix)
Simon Sinfield 'XL' (Original Mix)
SHM vs. Eric Prydz 'Proper One' (Bootleg)
Chris Lake 'Sleepwalker'
Deadmau5 'Sofi needs A Ladder'
Laidback Luke 'Timebomb'
Albin Myers 'Wobble'
Cosmig Gate 'FireWire' (Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike Remix)
John Dahlback 'Atlas'

That's it from me.  Have a great weekend.  Catchya next week.

* Tune Of The Week

:: Eden Remix ::

I've got another remix about to drop and thought you might like a taster. This is my re-working of 'Eden' by The Beatsliders - Bournemouth based DJ/production duo of Mark Hawkins & Darren Jones.

The Beatsliders - Eden(Simon Sinfield Remix) by The BeatSliders

This is from their forthcoming EP on BomoBeats which includes some terrific tracks. Support already growing on this.  I hope you enjoy it.

Please leave feedback and keep 'em peeled for the release date.