Good People Better Rise Up! is a podcast from Alex Whalen, a 25+ year veteran of the dance music industry who has rocked dancefloors across the Americas and Europe. Over his career, Alex has, among other things: held down residencies with legendary clubs like DC’s Buzz, SF’s Spundae, and Boston’s Avalon; managed Deep Dish's Yoshitoshi Shop and Yoshitoshi.com; appeared on numerous syndicated dance music radio shows, including John Digweed's show in the UK and Thump Radio here in the US; toured extensively with his long-time studio mate Dave Ralph, and, well... you get the idea.
An Arrival Industries mini-reunion, you say? (Baker, where you at?) A gig in San Francisco, you say? DJing in a time of COVID-19 sure is strange, but hell yeah, I'm in. No tracklist, because WE DID IT LIVE.
A two-hour selection of tech house, progressive house, and House house.
Tilted (Original Mix) - Hot Since 82
Stranger Things (Subandrio Remix) - Max Freegrant, Miss Monique
Heliopolis (Framewerk Rewerk) - Banco De Gaia
Perfect Motion (Patrice Baumel Renaissance Remix) - Sunscreem
Everytime (Nalin + Kane vs. Whalen Edit) - Lustral
Teardrop (James Holden Mix) - Massive Attack
Swimming (Visionquest Remix, Ewan Pearson Re-Edit) - Tracey Thorn
My Lexicon (Original Mix) - Sander Kleinenberg
Sweet Disposition (Camille Luciani Mix) - The Temper Trap
Surin - Original Mix - Quivve
These Are The Days - Vocal Mix - Quivver
Love Stimulation (Tom Middleton Remodel) - Tom Middleton
Melburn - Shiloh Rmx (Whalen Edit) - Luke Chable
This Feeling feat. Julie McKnight (Original Mix) - Roger Sanchez, Park & Sons
Skin Deep (Original Mix) - Dusky
Yoohoo (Original Mix) - Dusky
Hallelujah Anyway (Director's Cut Signature Praise) - Candi Staton
Someone Like You (Full Vocal Mix) - Soulmagic
Took me two weeks to pull this one together for you, what with…well….everything going on. I’m taking y’all waaaaaaay back to the eighties and nineties on this one, back to my roots And trust me — if you know, YOU WILL KNOW.
Newcleus - Computer Age (Push the Button)
Newcleus - Jam on It (Whalen Megamix)
Shannon - Let the Music Play (12” Version)
Boby Konders - Nervous Acid
2 Bad Mice - Bombscare
VIM - Maggie’s Last Party
Chemical Brothers - Song to the Siren
Joey Beltram - Energy Flash
Drum Club - You Make Me Feel So Good (The Deep ‘N’ Hard Mix)
Greed - Pump Up the Volume (DMC Mix)
George Michael - Freedom! 90
LuvDup - Goodtime
Empirion - Narcotic Influence
Ralph Roasrio featuring Xavier Gold - You Used to Hold Me
Frankie Knuckles - You Got the Love / Your Love
Rachel Wallace - Tell Me Why (M&M Full vocal Mix)
X-Press II - Muzik X Press
House of Virginism -I’ll Be There For You (Slam Dub 1)
God Within - Raincry (Spiritual Thirst)
The Source - You Got the Love (Now Voyager)
Transformer 2 - Fruit of Love
Decided to make an ambient mix as a way to wind down the weekend, and about 45 minutes in….I….got a noise complaint from a neighbor? I mean….uh….give it a listen and tell me if you understand. Because I sure don’t!
TRACKLIST:
Symmetry (Original Mix) - Speedy J
Arcadian (Original Mix) - Link
Hector the Collector - Shel Silverstein
Ona (Original Mix) - Whithe
Your Smile Is a Light That Keeps Me Alive (Original Mix) - Yasda
Clear the Air (Original Mix) - We Are All Astronauts
Five Pieces feat. Makoto (Original Mix) - Makoto, Naibu
Stars (2015 Rework) - Puremusic
United We Were - Planisphere
Heliopolis (Framewerk's Floating in Space Mix) - Banco De Gaia
I Wish (Original Mix) - Delectatio
Epsilon Phase - Global Communication
Running Indoors (Original Mix) - Siarate
Doves (Original Mix) - We Are All Astronauts
Autumn Leaves (Irresistible Force Mix Trip 2) - Coldcut
Ogive - William Orbit
Drifting Like Whales In The Darkness - Sven Väth
All That Makes Us Human Continues - BT
Let Men Burn Stars - M83
Haven’t left those islands yet, but the sun’s gone down and it’s time to get big. Yet another one from the vaults, circa 2007.
Another one from deeeeep in the vaults, this time with progressive house, under the sun vibes.
The soundtrack for a very special occasion back in May 2007, this one’s been sitting in the vaults without being heard for a good long while. The track list does exist somewhere, but where that is I cannot at the moment say…
Back by popular demand, this one was made back in the summer of 2010 as a tribute to the sound that defined a DC generation. As I said back then…..includes past and future classics from Jay Lumen, Jamie Matrix, Way Out West, Space Manoeuvres, Max Graham, Orbital, Spooky, Lazonby, Faithless, Hoxton Whores....
If you know, you know…
Tracklist:
1 Move With the Present (Dio S Remix) - Jimmy Be
2 Tachyon Return (Original Mix) - Nick Muir, Gabriel Ananda, John Digweed
3 Ekhi XIX (Original Mix) - Luka Sambe, Filter Bear
4 Plasmatic (Lemon8 Remix) - Micah Paul Lukasewich
5 Edges (Original Mix) - Quivver
6 Remains of the Day (Original Mix) - Hot Since 82
7 Ip Dip Do (Original Mix) - Deeper Than L, Danish
8 Sirius (Extended Mix) - Fuenka
9 Sonorian (Original Mix) - Sebastian Moore, DJ San
10 Quantum (Extended Mix) = Dylhen
11 Breaking From The Shadows (Original Mix) - Daniel Lesden
12 New York FM (Rise And Fall Relaunch) - Breeder
13 Breathe (Cristoph Remix) - CamelPhat, Jem Cooke, Cristoph
14 Pangea (Stan Kolev Interpretation) - D-Nox, K.A.L.I.L.
15 Skydive (Paul Thomas & Bluum Pres. BPT Extended Remix) - Jan Johnston, Freefall
16 Thunderclouds (Original Mix) - Alexey Romeo
17 The Rising Sun (Bedrock Remix) - Heller & Farley
18 Convolve (Original Mix) - Andre Sobota
19 Izar (Extended Mix) - Dabeat, Kamilo Sanclemente
20 Convolve (Original Mix) -Andre Sobota
21 Something's Not Clicking Right (Quivver Remix) - Dan Sieg
22 Your Smile Is Priceless (Enamour Remix) - Dabeat, Kamilo Sanclemente
23 Long Time (Extended Mix) - Quivver
24 Boston (Morning MIx) - Gai Barone
25 Held Over (We Are All Astronauts Remix) - Andre Sobota
26 Once and Again (Bluum Extended Mix) - Antrim, Kamilo Sanclemente, Paula OS
Long holiday weekend means some time behind the decks. Full tracklist posted here shortly, but available now over at Mixcloud.
Full tracklisting available at https://www.mixcloud.com/alexwhalen/
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