:: A Right Royal Knees Up! ::

A bit of a special day today for a couple of people.  Yep, me and Michael Woods who are going to be battering you with quality house tunes for 3 hours tonight on FIRE Radio 107.6FM+DAB+fireradio.co.uk. ;-)

OK, okay...... congratulations to William & Kate.  It was quite some day wasn't it!?  Personally, the Aston Martin stole the show!

Massive show tonight then.  Great to have Michael back on the show tonight, so let's just hit play!

Chris Brown & Benny Benassi 'Beautiful People'
The Shapeshifters & Shermanology 'Waiting For You'
Tensnake 'Coma Cat' (Mark Knight Remix)
Mara 'Love You More'
Example 'Changed The Way You Kiss Me'
+
Third Party 'Duel'
Michael Woods 'Burned You Away' (TOTW) (Download for free from Ministry Of Sound here.)
+
Del Gibbons ft. Miss Roberts 'Freedom'
Supermode 'Tell Me Why' (Fusebox Remodel 2011)
Simon Sinfield 'XL' (Original Mix)
BT 'Always' (Funkagenda Remix)
+
Michael Woods Guest Mix & Interview and competition to win 'Residents:Michael Woods (Ministry Of Sound)
+
Avicii 'Penguin'
Benny Benassi ft. Kelis 'Spaceship'
redbox 'Hear We Are'
Vatto Gonzalez vs. Foreign Beggars 'Bad Man Riddim'
Dirty Harris & ThreeSixty 'Demoda' (Original Mix)
Above & Beyond 'Sun & Moon' (Dennis Sheperd Remix)
Dash Berlin 'Disarm Yourself'
Henrik B 'Acid Rocker' (Original Mix)
Simon Sinfield 'Fuzz' (Original Mix)
Michael Woods 'Dropzone'
Moguai 'Oyster' (Michael Woods Remix)
Michael Woods 'No Access'
Michael Woods 'Dynamik'

:: Feel Good Friday ::

The Big Bank Holiday weekend is here and the weather looks like it's going to be fabulous!  Makes a change! :-)  I'm here at FIRE HQ as usual to bring you 3 hours of hot new house tracks, some classics and a couple of exclusives too!  Plus, tonight my very special guest is the UK Master of Garage, Jason Kaye, fresh from his success with the massive Pure Garage Anthems triple CD.  As well as interviewing Jason we've got an exclusive guest mix from him too - which is brilliant!

Here we go:

Chris Brown & Benny Benassi 'Beautiful People'
Steve Forest vs. The Ones 'Flawless'
Yasmin 'Finish Line' (Freemasons Remix)
Mory Kante 'Yeke Yeke' (Robbie Rivera Remix)
Del Gibbons ft. Miss Roberts 'Freedom' (Piano Super Dub)
LMFAO 'Party Rock Anthem'
+
Above & Beyond 'Sun & Moon' (Dennis Sheperd Remix)
Marcus Schossow & Thomas Sagstad 'Dome'
Third Party 'Duel' (TOTW)
+
Martin Solveig ft. Kele 'Ready2Go'
Foo Fighters 'Rope' (Deadmau5 Remix)
Wolfgang Gartner ft. Will.I.Am 'Forever'
+
Depeche Mode 'Personal Jesus' (Alex Metric Remix)
Mark Knight & Michael Woods 'Banger'
Funkagenda 'Splinter'
The Shapeshifters ft. Shermanology 'Waiting For You
Sean B 'Magnetic Core' (Simon Sinfield Remix)
+
Jason Kaye Guest Mix & Interview
+
Sander Van Doorn ft. Carol Lee 'Love Is Darkness' (Basto! Remix)
Siege 'Lox' (Inst. Mix)
mental Cube 'Q' (Marco Lys Remix)
Simon Sinfield 'Fuzz' (Original Mix)
Miles Dyson 'iTune'
AudioJacker 'You Got It'
Sister Sledge 'Thinking Of You' (AudioJacker Remix)
Blur 'Song 2' (Dakeyne's Bootleg)
The Green Eye 'Boobs & Drinks' (Valentino Simoncelli Re-Rub)
Tomcraft 'Loneliness' (Adam K & Soha Remix)
Mara 'Love You More'
Sebastien Drums & Avicii 'My Feelings For You'

Have a fantastic weekend peeps.  See you next Friday for the special Royal Wedding show!  ;-)

:: Magnetism ::

In a thoroughly terrific mood tonight as I celebrate my latest release (see previous post) by throwing down a huge stack of hot new dance tracks for you on tonight's radio show on FIRE Radio.  Right, I'm 'Ready To Go':

Martin Solveig ft. Kele 'Ready To Go'
Chris Brown & Benny Benassi 'Beautiful People'
Yasmin 'Finish Line' (Freemasons Remix)
Sister Sledge 'Thinking Of You' (Audio Jacker Remix)
Audio Jacker 'You Got It'
+
Wolfgang Gartner ft. Will.I.Am 'Forever'
Foo Fighters 'Rope' (Deadmau5 Remix)
Alex Metric & Steve Angello 'Open Your Eyes' (Original Dub Mix)
+
Sean B 'Magnetic Core' (Simon Sinfield Remix)
Marcus Shultz ft. Sir Adrian 'Away' (Cosmic Gate Remix)
+
A-Divizion & Iron Mike 'Hashtag'
Marcus Schossow & Thomas Sagstad 'Dome' (TOTW)
Above & Beyond ft. Richard Bedford 'Sun & Moon' (Original Mix)
Sander Van Doorn ft. Carol Lee 'Love Is Darkness' (Basto Remix)
Supermode 'Tell Me Why' (Bootleg Baby Re-dux!)
Depeche Mode 'Personal Jesus' (Alex Metric Bootleg)
+
Lifelike & Kris Menace 'Discopolis' (Track from The Vault)
Tensnake 'Coma Cat'
K-Klass ft. Bobbi 'Right & Exacta'
Del Gibbons ft. Miss Roberts 'Freedom' (Superclub Piano Dub)
Mara 'Love You More' (Original Mix)
+
The Shapeshifters & Shermanology 'Waiting For You' (Original Mix)
Xantra & Pro M 'I Want Some Feed Out'
The Beatsliders 'Eden' (Simon Sinfield Remix)
Simon Sinfield 'Fuzz' (Original Mix)
MC Flipside 'Candy Coated' (Hatiras Remix)
Miles Dyson 'iTune'
Wippenberg 'UR'
Funkagenda 'Shinjuku'
Kim Fai 'Nano'
Tim Mason 'The Moment'
+
Excerpt from my Miami WMC mix.

Thanks for all your messages.  Welcome to my lovely new Facebooker friends.  Sign up at facebook.com/simonsinfield or twitter.com/simonsinfield

And don't forget to go and download Magnetic Core! ;-)

Catch you next week.

:: Magnetic Core ::

Sean B 'Magnetic Core' (Simon Sinfield Remix)

My remix of 'Magnetic Core', the latest single by Sean B, is released today! Links below. Available from all digi-download stores. It's another progressive tech-house re-working from me on an original that lends itself more to trance. I think they compliment each other nicely on the release and it's a great follow up to 'The Mission' which was Sean's first release - with my remix of that still available. :-)

Enjoy!

Buy on:

iTunes

Juno

DJTunes

Amazon

:: Music Sounds Better (on a Friday!) ::

After a beautiful sunny day here in the UK, the weekend is beginning with the smell of the first bbq's of the year wafting past the studio!

Straight off and running tonight. here we go:

Stardust 'Music Sounds Better' (Redux)
Benny Benassi ft. Kelis 'Spaceship' (EDX Remix)
Benny Benassi ft. Gary Go 'Cinema' (Alex Gaudino & Jason Rooney Remix)
The Japanese Popstars 'Song For Lisa' (Benny Benassi Remix)
+
Martin Solveig ft. Kele 'Ready To Go'
Tim Mason 'The Moment' (Original Mix)
A Divizion & Iron Mike 'Hashtag (TOTW)
Niels Van Gogh & Daniel Strauss ft. Ashley Slater 'Stop The Time'
+
Sandy Rivera & Yasmeen 'Love Pt2.'
Del Gibbons ft. Miss Roberts 'Freedom' (Fonzerelli Superclub Piano Dub)
Above & Beyond ft. Richard Bedford 'Sun & Moon' (Dennis Sheperd Remix)
+
Afrojack & Steve Aoki 'No Beef'
Mark Knight & Michael Woods 'Banger'
Avicii & Sebastien Drums 'Snus' (Original Mix)
Sean B 'The Mission' (Simon Sinfield Remix)
+
Deadmau5 ft. Chris Lake 'I Said' (Michael Woods Remix)
Deadmau5 'Sofi Needs A Ladder' (Original Mix)
++ Deadmau5 Competition for tickets to see Mau5man in London on Saturday 11th June ++
Deadmau5 HR8938 Cephei
Deadmau5 ft. MC Flipside 'Hi Friend'
Deadmau5 'Sometimes things Get Complicated'
Deadmau5 'Bounce'
+
The Beatsliders 'Eden' (Simon Sinfield Remix)
MC Flipside 'Candy Coated' (Hatiras Remix)
Funkagenda 'Shinjuku'
Adam K 'Wake Up'
Tube & Berger 'Prohibition'
Siege 'Lox' (Inst. Remix)
Asino Di Medico 'Play With Me'
Greg Stainer 'Piracy' (Stefano Noferini Remix)
Basto! 'Gregory's Theme'
Simon Sinfield 'XL'
Miles Dyson 'i-Tune'
+
Excerpt from my Miami Winter Music Conference Mix!

What a show! Thanks for being there. Have a great weekend!

:: I Pity The Fool ::

I've managed to escape and not really hear any April Fools gags today! Did I miss any good ones? I pity the fool that misses tonight's session on FIRE Radio! Another week of hot new house tunes months ahead of the rest, with some amazing new tracks straight off the Miami Winter Music Conference.

No guest mix. No competition. Just 3 hours of me and my bag of tunes, live in the mix on 107.6FM + DAB + www.fireradio.co.uk

Here we go:

Sister Sledge 'Thinking Of You' (AudioJack Remix)
Yasmin 'Finish Line' (Freemasons Remix)
The Japanese Popstars 'Song For Lisa' (Benny Benassi Remix)
Benny Benassi ft. Gary Go 'Cinema' (Original Mix)
+
Yoav 'We All Are Dancing' (Peter Luts Remix)
Sander Van Doorn 'Love Is Darkness' (Basto!Remix)
+
Above & Beyond ft.Richard Bedford 'Sun & Moon' (Dennis Sheperd Remix)
Tim Mason 'The Moment' (Original Mix) (TOTW)
Mental Cube 'Q' (Marco Lys Remix)
+
Afrojack & Steve Aoki 'No Beef'
Michael Woods 'First Aid' (Original Mix)
Adam K 'Wake Up' (Adam K & Soha Remix)
Avicii & Sebastien Drums 'Snus' (Original Mix)
KoL 'Use Somebody' (Eric Prydz Remix)
+
Del Gibbons ft. Miss Roberts 'Freedom' (Fonzerelli Piano Dub)
The Beatsliders 'Eden' (Simon Sinfield Remix)
Cosmic Gate 'Fire Wire' (CG's Back2TheFuture Remix)
Clocx Catch Your fall' (Hardwell Remix)
Funkagenda 'Shinjuku'
+
MC Flipside 'Candy Coated' (Hatiras Vocal Remix)
Oliver Bailey 'Keep On' (Original Mix)
Simon Sinfield 'Fuzz' (Original Mix)
Robbie Rivera 'Departures' (Cosmic Gate Remix)
Robbie Williams 'Last Days Of Disco' (Roger Sanchez Remix)
Siege 'Lox' (Inst. Mix)
Wolfgang Gartner 'Space Junk'
Wizard Sleeve 'get Down tonight' (Calvertron remix)
Duck Sauce 'Boogie Barbara' (Mixbuster Mash Up)
Chris Lake 'Sleepwalker'
Chuckie LMFAO 'Let the Bass Kick in Bournemouth'
Junior Jack 'Thrill Me' (Dave Spoon Bootleg)
LRD vs. Ce Ce Peniston 'Finally Jaques' (Simon Sinfield Bootleg)
Miles Dyson 'i-Tunes'
Orlando Voorn 'Paco Di Bango' (Deadmau5 Remix)

Phew!

Catchyall next week.

:-)

:: 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.

:: Miami Kandi ::

This week's Friday night session on FIRE Radio throws up the usual selection of hot house, tech and progressive tracks and a great competition.  I'm going to be giving away copies of the very latest Hed Kandi: Miami Mix CD.  It's the usual double-disc affair from the Kandi Team with some massive tracks, mixed up by Andy Norman and.Steven Quarre.

Get in touch tonight via text.  Start your message with 'fire' and send it to 81222.  Or hit me up on Facebook or Twitter. facebook.com/simonsinfield or twitter.com/simonsinfield

Here we go:
Alex Metric & Steve Angello 'Open Your Eyes' (Original Mix)
Steve Forest vs. The Ones 'Flawless' (Nicola Fasano & Steve Forest Remix)
Carl Kennedy & Tommy Trash 'Blackwater' (Anger Dimmas Remix)
EDX & Tamra Keenan 'Out Of The Rain'
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Basto! 'Gregory's Theme' (Original Mix)
Sean B 'Magnetic Core' (Simon Sinfield Remix)
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Mark Knight & Michael Woods 'Banger'
Miles Dyson 'i-Tune' (TOTW)
Afrojack vs. Tocadisco 'Tequila Sunrise'
Clokx 'Catch Your Fall' (Hardwell Remix)
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Michael Woods 'First Aid'
Labrinth 'Let The Sunshine' (Dave Spoon Remix)
Axwell ft. Steve Edwards 'Watch The Sunrise' (Prok & Fitch Remix)
Greg Stainer 'Keep it Real' (David Jones Remix)
Dr Kucho 'The Bassline'
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Chris Lake & Marco Lys 'Cross the Line'
Olav Basoski 'The Other Side'
Late Night Alumni 'Empty Streets'
++ Hed Kandi Competition ++
The Shapeshifters 'She Freaks'
Sureal 'You Take My Breath Away' (Simon SInfield Remix)
Nadia Ali 'Rapture' (Avicii Remix)
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EDX 'Embrace'
Alpha 9 'Come Home'
Funkagenda 'Past Dreaming'
Junior Jack 'Thrill Me' (Dave Spoon Bootleg)
Morning Parade 'A&E' (Arveene & Misk Remix)
Robbie Rivera ft. Ozmosis 'Keep on Going'
Chris Lake 'Sleepwalker'
Simon Sinfield 'XL' (Original Mix)
Oliver Bailey 'Keep On'
Myon & Shane 54 'International Departures'
Alan Connor 'Stone Cold' (Simon Sinfield Remix)
Felix Leiter 'Sky High'

Outta here!  Catch you next week. :-)










Dirty House on Friday
On air from 9pm to midnight.
FIRE Radio 107.6FM + DAB + fireradio.co.uk

:: Tooled Up! ::

This week's radio show is really an extension of last week.  Firstly there's the usual stack of hot new house tracks getting their first airplays on UK radio, plus I'll be chatting the man behind last week's Tune Of The Week (TOTW).  DJ/Producer and Toolroom resident Pete Griffiths will be on the show tonight to talk about 'Filtered', the Miami Winter Music Conference and future releases from Toolroom Records - one of the best dance record labels in the World. As their label manager he knows his stuff, so it's great to be getting him on the show.  Plus I've a little surprise for him with this week's Tune Of The Week.

Here we go:

Nadia Ali 'Rapture' (Aviccii Remix)
ATB pres. Flanders 'Behind' (EDX Ibiza Sunrise Remix)
Basto! 'Gregory's Theme'
Clokx 'Catch Your Fall' (Hardwell Club Mix)
Umek 'She Never Wants To Come Down'
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Greg Stainer 'Keep It Real' (David Jones Remix)
Alan Connor 'Stone Cold' (Beltek Remix)
Armin Van Buuren ft. Sophie Ellis-Bextor 'Not Giving Up On Love'
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Andy B Jones 'Let The Music' (David Puentez Remix)
EDX 'Embrace'
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John Dahlback 'Atlas'
Simon Sinfield 'XL'
Tom Geiss & Mark Simmons 'Dream On'
Oliver Bailey 'Keep On'
Pete Griffiths & Ant Brooks 'Filtered'
++Interview with Pete Griffiths++
Mark Knight & Michael Woods 'Banger' (TOTW)
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Kim Fai 'Era'
Ned Shephard 'Chromatic'
Sean B 'The Mission' (Simon Sinfield Remix)
ALN Project 'Sole Narcotic' (Special Branch Remix)
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Avicii vs. KOL 'Sex On Abow'
Carl Kennedy & Tommy Trash 'Blackwater' (Angger Dimas Remix)
Avicii & Sebastien Drums 'My Feelings For You'
Daniel Portman 'Humanity'
Dave Spoon & TV Rock 'FIVEg'
Chris Lake 'Sleepwalker'
Deadmau5 'Clockwork' (Robbie Rivera Remix)
Robbie Rivera ft. Ozmosis 'Keep On Going' (Acapella)
Boyz Noize vs. Laidback Luke 'Oh Shake It Down' (Mixbuster Scratch Up)
Timbaland & 1 Republic 'Apologize 'Bootleg Baby'
Sandy Vee 'In Control'
Swanky Tunes 'Zodiac' (Hard Rock Sofa Remix)

Wow! Thanks for all your texts, FB and Twitter-action.  More next week from 9pm. Have a great weekend. :-)

:: Host With The Most ::

I occasionally have visitors in to the radio show who aren't there to be interviewed. Some are DJ friends, some are music industry people, who come and soak up the Dirty House vibe and endure my taste of music and chat for 3 hrs.  Last Friday I hosted a visit from a Bournemouth University journalism student, James Hartnett, who seemed to enjoy his ordeal.  Here's his blog entry after his visit:

Specialist radio experience courtesy of Fire FM 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 truthfull 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, by radio will be glued onto 107.1 Fire FM.

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Here's a link to the original article.

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

:: Shammy Grammy ::

I've woken up today to read all about the Grammys.  I'm gobsmacked by some of the results and it seems that style over substance once again sways the judges votes. Who are the judges!?

More directly, the category of 'Best Remix Recording - Non-Classical' was won by David Guetta and DJ Afrojack.  Well done guys.  However, my vote would have definately gone to this epic production from Axwell & Dirty South, where they absolutely transformed The Temper Trap's 'Sweet Disposition' into a beautiful and euphoric example of dance music at its very best.  If only they'd arrived at the ceremony in a plastic egg!

  Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition (Axwell & Dirty South Remix) by dirtysouth909