RUSTY'S IMEEM UPDATE; PLAYLISTS UPDATED! JAM ON YOUR COMPUTER!

I was looking at my RUSTY RADIO stuff on IMEEM and realizing that now that there were 50 (FIFTY!) mixes up there, it was time for an upgrade. I hadn't been able to spend any time on it in a while and I wanted to do so. I've put a lotta work into my DJing of late and I'd like to make it easier for you (and myself) to listen to what I wanna listen to.

I've developed a number of new playlists and made sure to make it so that each 'sub-station' of the station is available for you, my peeps, to launch alone and just rock to or embed on your social-networking page of choice. Yes, I mix, I upload, I post, you rock...and it don't cost a thang. It's truly for the love of the Music and for the love of what I do. I'm on the wheels pretty consistently, so I might as well share what I am bumpin', right? You'll have a lotta opportunities coming up very soon to see and hear me DJ. I have a great time making these mixes, so really everybody wins...

Now, before, everything was on RUSTY RADIO, which was a catchall for all my mixes. As time has gone on, I realized that everybody might not wanna go from a straight-ahead rock mix into a hip-hop mix or whatever. I had to approach it like real radio or my real iTunes. Things are catergorized very well, so I can find what I am looking for in an easy fashion. So, to that end, I decided to develop a group of 'sub-stations' outta RUSTY RADIO, so that mixes would be grouped by genre, theme, vibe, whatever it is that made it part of a group...

For example...I have place all the 'History 101' Mixes in one playlist...so if you felt like getting your classic hip-hop on, you could do so...



Now, say you felt like getting your Rock N' Roll ya-ya's out. We can do that, too...This is my 'Rocks Off' Playlist...



Or, what if you felt like you wanted the funk, the whole funk, the grit, the soul? Man, you KNOW I have that covered.



For all you clubheads out there, your buddy Russ can do the 4 On The Floor thang as well. Let's get that heart pumpin'.



There's a few examples of some of the ways I have tried to make RUSTY RADIO a viable option for you to rock during your day online. I hope you take the time out to check out my profile on IMEEM, as well as the MUDKIDS page on IMEEM which was recently added. You will get updates and new Music frequently on both of these pages, so take the time out to explore and enjoy them. It's one way that I can share my influences, views, and loves of all kinds of Music with you. I'm only so happy to do it.

Here is the link to my IMEEM page.

RUSTY ON IMEEM (I HAVE SOME FLY PLAYLISTS!)

...and here are the mighty MUDKIDS!

MUDKIDS ON IMEEM


Hope you enjoy the new playlists. Drop me a line and lemme know if I got ya jammin'...don't forget downloadable versions of many of the mixes are available on my blog. Here's the link,

'PREHENSILE TALES'

Y'all be good and stand up for whatever you believe in. We'll see you the day before Thanksgiving at SPIN NIGHTCLUB

Respect and Grace,

Rusty

DJ RUSTY REDENBACHER - 'PROBAMA, PART 2 (VICTORY!)' (FREE DOWNLOAD)

BEEN 'bout it! Dance, y'all! 71 days...they should have me spin the inauguration!

"THINK! It ain't illegal yet!" - George Clinton (no relation to Bill)

MP3:

DJ RUSTY REDENBACHER - 'Probama, Part 2 (VICTORY!)' < click there and remember this is one nation under a groove!

Playlist

'One Nation Under A Groove' - Funkadelic
'Can You Feel It?' - The Jacksons
'The Future' - Prince
'Dance To The Music (Interlude)' - Sly & The Family Stone
'It's Just Begun' - The Jimmy Castor Bunch
'Feels Good' - Tony Toni Tone'
'Don't Stop The Dance' - Bohannon
'Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On' - Funkadelic
'Give It Up Or Turn It Loose' - James Brown
'Soul Makossa' - Manu Dibango
'Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours' - Stevie Wonder

Rockrockon...

DJ RUSTY REDENBACHER - 'HEROICS' (FREE DOWNLOAD)

Y'all, that Jay-Z record got me hyped. I had tried to do the Isaac Hayes tribute mix and I couldn't get what was in my head on tape. I left it alone for a while, checked my email and that 'Jockin' Jay-Z' record was in there. BANAAAAA-NAS...I'm gonna get the Ike joint done, though. I want that to be right.

I had to get back into the mix for y'all. Wanted to get this Grey Granite record on something, too. That shit hot...'And I feel so good tonight! I just MIGHT!!' The kid, Grey, has exploded back onto the Naptown hip-hop scene with a style and a vibe uniquely his. Listen for 'Gotsoul' in this mix...and hit up his Myspace page. He has some pretty interesting blogs. The kid is kinda weird, in a good way, like me!

Grey Granite's Myspace

Aight, let's get this thang jumpin'...

MP3:

DJ RUSTY REDENBACHER - 'Heroics' [zshare] < click there and feel like a hero...who don't want that?

Playlist:

'Hero' - Nas
'Jockin' Jay-Z' - Jay-Z
'Gettin' Up' - Q-Tip
'Take This Job... (demo)' - Rusty Redenbacher (Mudkids)/Waxolutionists
'Let's Ride' - Wale/Daniel Merriweather
'Gaburo Girl' - Datarock
'Gotsoul' - Grey Granite
'You're The One For Me' - D-Train
'God Almighty' - Old Gold
'I'll Wait For You' - Jonathan Frost

DJ RUSTY REDENBACHER - 'FUNK BY ANY OTHER NAME' - (FREE DOWNLOAD)

I just had to do it, y'all.

I started out wanting to do a 'Zapp vs. Trouble Funk' mix (what up, Y Hate!), but as the funk began to flow, I couldn't limit it to just two groups. There's so much funky Music, yo....so many FONKAY people.

I am sure I will be doing a few more of these. I really Love this Music and have since I was a kid. Here's some of my personal faves.

Let's bump...and big-up to DAVE COMBS (PEEL MAGAZINE) who made that WICKED stenciled record of the 'Kid...(I hope that guy is getting this Music!)

MP3:

DJ RUSTY REDENBACHER - 'Funk By Any Other Name' [zshare] < click there and get your slap on...

'Dance Floor' - Zapp
'Pump Me Up' - Trouble Funk
'Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved' - James Brown
'Boogie On Reggae Woman' - Stevie Wonder
'Theme From 'Which Way Is Up?' - Stargard
'Nipple To The Bottle' - Grace Jones
'If You Want Me To Stay' - SLy And The Family Stone
'It's Ecstasy (When You Lay Down Next To Me)' - Barry White
'Genius Of Love' - Tom Tom Club
'Anotherloverholenyohead' - Prince
'Let's Get Small' - Trouble Funk

DJ RUSTY REDENBACHER - 'THIS ROOM IS SO BIG' - (FREE DOWNLOAD)

(I had posted this mix earlier (on July 13) but apparently there was a problem with the link. I have corrected the problem. This is a repost with a corrected link to download the mix. Enjoy, all my best. - Russ.)



Happiness is playing a bomb-ass show with a buncha great friends and talented artists, then coming home and banging out yet another mix while working in your office clad in a t-shirt, black socks, and boxer shorts.

Happiness is doing what you love to do and envisioning a room full of people loving it right along with you. Sometimes when I am making these mixes and writing these Songs, I can almost see the audience. I can almost hear them and what I hope will make them react. Happiness is playing a buncha records for the first time and feeling like you know where they will work as soon as you hear thev first 'four count'. Happiness is finally figuring out a few tricks with the 'filter' effect.

I feel good. It's hard to feel bad at 130 BPM. Dance and feel free. Thought I'd share some more 'house-cleaning' Music with you...

Dance...you're better at it than me; that's why I play the records...

MP3:

DJ RUSTY REDENBACHER - 'This Room Is So Big' [zshare] < Click there and get ta jammin'.

UPDATE: Coukd ya try this ^^^^link and tell me if works for ya? Worked for me and this one is SICK...



Playlist:

'Gasolina (Crookers Crunk)' - Bonde de Rolle
'Planet Rock' - Afrika Bambaataa
'Pjanoo' - Pryda
'Counting Down The Days (Axwell Remix)' - Sunfreakz
'Can't Stop Playing (Madrid Acid Mix)' - Dr. Kucho & Gregor Salto
'2 Cool 2 Dance' - John 'Cyberjive' Larner
'Get Get Down' - Paul Johnson
'Hot Music (House Mix)' - Soho
'Dbiza (Bring The Drums Back)' - Danny Tenaglia
'P.O.P' - Junior Sanchez
'Lost (D Ramirez Remix)' - Roger Sanchez
'Turn On The Music' - Roger Sanchez

DJ RUSTY REDENBACHER - 'FOOTWORK' - (FREE DOWNLOAD)

Work...

MP3:

DJ RUSTY REDENBACHER - 'Footwork' [zshare] < click there and get ta STEPPIN'!

Playlist:

'Fancy Footwork' - Chromeo
'Shrine (Crookers Remix)' - Tocadisco
'The Salmon Dance (Crookers Remix) - Chemical Brothers
'Waters Of Nazareth' - Justice
'Stamp Your Feet (Big Room Mix) - Donna Summer
'Feel The Elements (Steve Lawler & Robby Rivera Mix) - Danny Tenaglia
'Plastic Dreams' - Jaydee
'Higher State Of Consciousness' - Josh Wink
'Perculator' - Cajmere
'French Kiss (Outro)' - Li'l Louis

DJ RUSTY REDENBACHER - 'BIG ROOM STATUS' - (FREE DOWNLOAD)

I got up this morning and put a first draft of this together and there were some transitions I didn't care for. This is one of the rare second drafts you'll ever hear me do. Usually when I do a mix, I press record and go...two hands, two wheels and a CD Burner. I had so much fun putting this mix together that I couldn't let the bogus transitions go. I reworked the playlist a bit and this is what I came up with. 

At the very least, it's gonna make you wanna clean the house...

MP3:

DJ RUSTY REDENBACHER - 'Big Room Status'  [zshare] < click the title and check out how I would do it in the BIG ROOM. Let's stomp!

'I Got This Feeling vs. Don't Stop Till You Get Enough' - Baby Bumps vs. Michael Jackson

'Rock With You (White Label Mix)' - Michael Jackson

'Summer Magic' - Chocolate Magic

'I Want Your Soul (Crookers Crunk Remix)' - Armand Van Helden

'House Of God (Ericke Remix)' - DHS

'I Feel Love (Danny Howells Mix)' - Timo Maas

'Hallelujah' - Dr. Kuchol

'Call On Me' - Eric Prydz

'I Don't Want Nobody, Baby' - Tom Novy

 'Je Suis Music' - Armand Van Helden/Cerrone

Stamp yo' feet!

DJ RUSTY REDENBACHER - 'MAS AMORE' (FREE DOWNLOAD)

I had a good time with this one. Dance and feel free...

MP3:
DJ RUSTY REDENBACHER - 'MAS AMORE' [zshare] < style="font-weight:bold;">LOVE...

Playlist:

'I Will Be Your Friend (Dance Mix)' - Sade
'My Words' - Testament Of House
'All I Do (Hed Kandi Mix) - Hed Kandi
'Big Love' - Pete Heller
'Music Sounds Better With You' vs. 'I'll Find You' - White Label
'Fizzyfunk' (Antoine Claraman Mix) - Fizz
'Unidos (Para La Musica)' - David Vendetta
'Just A Little More Love (Funky House Mix)' - David Guetta

Beta Male - 'Husband's Girlfriend'

Beta Male is one of the most exciting new bands I've seen in a while. P. David Hazel is a phenomenal songwriter with a stone-cold sense of melody and structure. He's also a nice as hell dude. I was trippin' when I saw their stage set-up; Dave sets up in the front with his drums, the guitar and bass play the back and these two badass rockin' chicks man the keys on his side. I knew when I saw them that they were on their own thang.



Beta Male also employs the talents of his lovely wife, Allison, as well as the legendary Vess Ruhtenberg, Tyler Bowman, and Jess Hack. I hate to write that they sound like 'this-meets-this-band'; that style of rock journalism is so tired to me. They don't look like NOBODY, they sound like 'BETA MALE'.

Beta Male has an good-size 80's influence, but what they do is wholly modern and wholly their own. Allison brings showmanship to the stage as well as anyone I have seen before. She rocks the whole time, talks some good shit between songs, and is behind a lotta the way that the ladies in the group are represented visually, as well as sonically and socially. She's a strong lady, yo. I've told her that she has a 'Bowie-esque' quality; very chameleonic and charismatic, but she is also quite the provocateur. Jess is like her quiet, stoic counterpart, bookending cool Dave. It's an awesome look and sound, to be sure.





Really feeling this jammie-jam here. I had to wait to get the okay on it before I posted it. I had a previous mix of this record, but I had to wait to get the final version. I told P. David that I wanted to feature them here and I would be using IMEEM to post their joint. The next day, my man had an IMEEM account too...and here's that good shit I was talking about.

I have always said that any group with two or more family members in it is worth listening to. Here's further proof. Their full EP is available online at iTunes, get that shit NOW.

BETA MALE - 'Husband's Girlfriend'



...and I owe these guys a video appearance...fucking pneumonia, man. I WILL make the next one, yo!

Jonathan Frost - 'I'll Wait 4 U (Until The End Of Time)'

I've been hyped about this cat since Kayo put me up on his EPK three weeks or so ago. We've struck up some cool conversations on Myspace and I am telling you guys this now....

Jonathan Frost got next...the dude's music is remarkably catchy; nostalgic, yet futuristic. It really defies catergorizing and his EPK is getting mad blaze on YOUTUBE...I got this MP3 from him today and you WILL be hearing me bump this in the club.



Here is the EPK that helped me get started writing this blog...



JONATHAN FROST (Myspace)

'God Almighty' - Old Gold

I don't know NOTHING about this artist, but I sure enough knew how to grab that 'embed code' and get it over here to beat on 'repeat'.

I am finna go look this one up, man. Did I just miss this one? Is that Johnny Depp? Why do I feel like I wanna do the freaky-deaky AND the bow-chicka-wow when he is talking about 'God Almighty'? Can we talk about...'the afterlife'...when we're done? 

This is my NEW JOINT!



I just heard this song for the first time and I couldn't stop grooving to it. This is the power of IMEEM! I have been introduced to 'sexygospeltechnobangin' music.

*Note to self; look up this artist IMMEDIATELY and find the MP3*

I have one friend on IMEEM. I just set up my page today so I could add songs to this Blog which is also very young (and you can see I think and write A LOT. My lone IMEEM friend, so far,  is one Emily T. (Waddup!) and she had left a comment on the Grady Tate Beatles' cover. I decided that I would check out what she was listening to. This was the song she uploaded today.

*MP3 is mine!*

THAT is how this blog thing is supposed to work! Thank you. I hope I am turning y'all on to something good like Emily did for me. This is a BANGER.

*thinks about what to mix 'God Almighty' with...*

Good lookin' out...

THE LEGENDS MIXES - 'Dance Club'ed' (FREE DOWNLOAD)

I decided to do a mix today of the stuff I actually cut my teeth on.

I was also wondering why I still had this CD...



The first time I actually DJed ever ever for any kinda extended period of time was in the booth at the Patio, which is now SPIN Nightclub. The Wednesday night DJ slot, which had been held by the magnificent DJ JD, Jack Dempsey for years, was opening up. At the time, I was fronting the Birdmen Of Alcatraz and I was asked to give it a shot.

"Shit, yeah...I can do that. If that means I'll be getting in here free ALL the time? Yeah, I'm your guy." That was really as far ahead as I thought at the time. The Patio was my favorite spot and crazy nationals were coming through. I figured it would be good for my band, good for me, and a good thing in general. I didn't realize I was getting into something that would be a part of my life for the rest of my life.

I had never manned the decks in my life, but I felt like I knew Music well enough. I had been around enough DJ's to figure out what they were doing. I knew that you "listen in one ear and mix with the other and when you think you got it right, you push this thing here (the fader) into the middle." I was also willing to bring the decks out from the back storage room. The decks were in a huge coffin; the mixer was as long as my coffee table. I had to learn how to plug the mixer and stuff into the board. I learned a lotta the basics on Wednesday Nights, on the job. Thank God, the Patio had their own records. I would come in early on Tuesdays, before the 'Blues Jam' with Gene Deer, set my jambox up as a monitor AND a taping device (it had an external input), play a set, tape it and learn as much as I could while I was learning the Music as well as how to DJ. I continue this practice to this very day; I tape everything when I can and listen to those tape studiously.

I held down Wednesday Night's 'Dance Club'ed' party for about 6 years, every Wednesday...To think about it now, it seems crazy to think I worked there for that long and it was that reliable. Please remember, I was the secondDJ; Jack held it down for years before I got on. Man...we went through a lotta different styles in that joint...I remember playing Public Enemy's 'She Watch Channel Zero' outta KMFDM's 'Godlike' (or vice-versa) and people would go NUTS! I think this mix is a good representation of some of the bigger joints during my time as resident DJ. Obviously, there is no way to sum up 6 years of great dance music in 37 minutes, but you'll feel the vibe, I hope.

In time, I made a great deal of friends there, friends that I have to this very day. I ran into a lotta these friends who initially welcomed me into their world on Wednesday Nights at the Patio. The same friends that trusted me enough to keep coming and would keep dancing when I dropped a stinker. The people who stayed through all the trends and helped shape the way I mix now...and them 50-cent beers didn't hurt the cause, I suppose.

I made this mix of some surefire stuff, some cuts that always seemed to get it going. Yeah, clear the stage...it's Wednesday Night and EVERYbody is a STAR.

MP3:
RUSTY REDENBACHER - Dance Club'ed (The Patio)' < Click here for downloading, once you finish those four beers...are they making these things smaller?

Playlist

1) Connected - Stereo MC's
2) Down In It - Nine inch Nails
3) Never Let Me Down Again (Aggro Mix) - Depeche Mode
4) Halloween - Ministry
5) Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order
6) Strangelove - Depeche Mode
7) Join In The Chant - Nitzer Ebb
8) Headhunter V.1 - Front 242
9) Din Daa Daa (12" Mix) - George Kranz
10) Cubik (Kings' County Perspective) - 808 State
11) It's Time For The Perculator - Cajmere
12) The Bomb (Armand Van Helden Mix) - The Bucketheads
13) Get Get Down - Paul Johnson

Enjoy.