DJ Mix Originals

One of the things I've done already to help put some time between my last DJ mix and my next one (whenever that may be) is to compile onto two CDs the original versions of as many of the 77 tracks that have thus far been featured on my five DJ mixes. In addition to simply being a fun way to appreciate my mixes in a different way, having the often stylistically-disparate original tracks on one CD ends up giving me something that is somehow both firmly dance music and firmly not, therefore allowing me some much-needed distance from the genre.

As a demonstration of how different the original version and remix version can be, check these two links out:

Jape - Floating (Original)
Jape - Floating (D.I.M. Remix)

A lot of the originals are a lot funkier, more down-tempo, or acoustic than the remixes, despite often still being dance music.