Frank’s mixes

I dj-ed at Global, Pod Lobby Bar with Michael Black last Friday week. Had some problems trying to get the whole thing recorded but I managed to get my second set down reasonably ok so I thought I’d put it up here:

Live At Global: 08-05-25liveatglobalmidsection.mp3. File Size is 58.2 mb, encoded at 192kpbs, runtime is 42:48

Ok, I got a chance to lay down part two of the April 08 Mix Selekshan, so here are parts 1 & 2 together. As I posted below, part one goes from 115 to 122 bpm with funk, house, balearic and old school. Part two has a few more different styles: deep, broken, techy, brazilian and disco mostly at about 125bpm

April 08 Mix Part 1: 08-04-18 April 08 Mix.mp3. File Size is 147.1 mb, encoded at 320kpbs, runtime is 1:04:17

Frank McGahon: 08-04-18 April 08 Mix Part 1

April 08 Mix Part 2: 08-04-20 April 08 Pt2.mp3. File Size is 154.2 mb, encoded at 192kpbs, runtime is 1:52:18

Frank McGahon: 08-04-20 April 08 Mix Part 2

Got another one for this month. Got some latin jazz opening and closing this one and it kicks into a slightly higher tempo than usual - 130 bpm or so working down to the mid 120s later on - and more of an emphasis on the four on the floor stuff. I should have a few more broken joints on the next one.

Second August Mix: 07-08-22secondaugust.mp3. File Size is 167.2 mb, encoded at 192kpbs, runtime is 2:01:42

Frank McGahon: 07-08-22 Second August Mix

Here’s another long-ish mix with a range of different styles, starting off around 100bpm working up to over 120 bpm. There are one or two sketchy segues in there but I don’t think I’ll get a chance to re-record it over the next week or so so I thought I’d put it up as is.

March Mix: 07-03-14marchmix.mp3. File Size is 154.8 mb, encoded at 192kpbs, runtime is 1:52:42

Frank McGahon: 07-03-14 March Mix

I thought I’d do a mix of uptempo Jazz Dance tunes, tempos ranging from 130bpm to over 150bpm, old and new(-ish) tracks. For 08. and 14. I’ve given the name of the artists who actually performed the track. In both cases they are nominal “remixes” (of Jazztronik and 4Hero respectively), but the tracks were performed and recorded from scratch.

Jazz Dance Mix: 06-12-09jazz-dancemix.mp3. File Size is 136.5 mb, encoded at 192kpbs, runtime is 1:39:22

Frank McGahon: 06-12-09 Jazz Dance Mix

Ok, so here’s the second mix for July I promised below. This one is more orientated to new and recent stuff and also features House, Broken and Jazz with a bit of an Afro-beat flavour to the first track:

Second July mix: 06-07-11julymixtwo.mp3. File Size is 100 mb, encoded at 192kpbs, runtime is 1:12:47.

Frank McGahon: 06-07-11 July mix two

Here’s a new one for June. This is another diverse type mix with a bit of everything - new, old, Balearic, Brazilian, Jazz, Funk, House, Breakbeat & Broken and a range of tempos from about 105 to 140 bpm.

June mix: 06-06-07.mp3. File Size is 101.9 mb, encoded at 192kpbs, runtime is 1:14:21.

Frank McGahon: 06-06-07 mix

Here’s a new one. Having had the mixes blog up for a few months now, it looks like the right frequency for new mixes is going to be monthly. Any more frequently than that and I’ll be recycling a lot of tunes which I wanted to avoid. If you are interested in hearing the new mixes but don’t want to check the site every day/week, just subscribe to the rss feed and as soon as the site is updated you’ll be notified. This one has mostly new stuff on it and has a blend of different styles. Starts off with a weird-ish jazz number, then a bit of Ethiopian jazz, some bossa and then some pitched-down-below-120 bpm deepness before getting a bit more manic, finishing off with a brand new rare groove - this 7″ (from Keith Allen’s daughter!) was only released last week and is already sold out (currently at £26 on ebay).

May mix: 06-05-03.mp3. File Size is 93.1 mb, encoded at 192kpbs, runtime is 1:07:46.

Frank McGahon: 06-05-03 mix

Did this one over the weekend. Like the Deeper mix it has a combination of newish and old stuff but probably is a little more diverse musically (hence the title). I’m not 100% pleased with some of the mixing on this and contemplated re-recording the whole thing but I decided to put it up anyway, few rough edges and all. 06-02-25Diverse.mp3. File size is 109.4 mb and it was encoded at 192kbps, runtime is 1:19:38.

Frank McGahon: 06-02-25 Diverse mix

Here’s another one from the vault. The newer mixes are getting pushed off the page so please scroll down or click on the current mixes link in the sidebar, there’s plenty of good stuff down there. This is a mix I made around the time I used to do Domingo (with Conor Griffin) at the Spirit Store in Dundalk and features the sort of stuff I used to play there. The recording quality is mostly good but there’s a bit of clipping now and then. It was ripped from a 90 minute cassette, encoded at 192 kbps and is in two parts.

Side 1 here: 01-04-23mixtape-1.mp3, file size is 63.7 mb, runtime is 46:21.

Side 2 here: 01-04-23mixtape-2.mp3, file size is 63.1 mb, runtime is 46:55.

Frank McGahon 01-04-23mixtape side 1

Frank McGahon 01-04-23mixtape side 2