Ugh, I'm so behind on posting mixes on Podomatic. Please note that I'm up to date on Mixcloud if you want to listen to the new mixes (while I catch up here)

Here is my annual lounge music recap from the past year. Usually it's the February mix, but this year I'm a month behind because the 18yr Anniversary mix got pushed to January, and the house recap became February. Anyway, this is all the non-house stuff, filled with nudisco, daytime disco, amapiano, kaytranada type beats, retro remixes, boogie edits, rn'b, hip hop...all the good stuff (and then some "end of the night" vibes to finish it off). Not all necessarily released in 2023, but I discovered the songs in 2023.

So fix yourself a drink, sit back and enjoy the vibes (or lets be real, throw it on in the background while working or doing your household chores lol!)

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This was supposed to be the January mix, but thanks to the Cottage Mix series, I couldn’t post the anniversary mix in November, it became January, and now for February we’re looking back with my #housemusic recap from the past year. A journey through various styles of house and the tracks that caught my attention in 2023 (not all released last year, I was late to the party on a few) including songs & remixes from #miguelmigs #blackcoffee #&me #rampa #adamport #keinemusik #peggygou #manoo #pablofierro #mk #domdolla #skepta #gigamesh and more! Say it with me #houseisafeeling !

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The Soul Shack turned 18 back in November and we celebrated at Better Days in Miami the best way possible...with absolute freedom musically! If you want to hear what that sounds like click play to hear a crazy eclectic mix including everything from the starting track, a modern slow song by Teddy Swims to reggae to jungle to indie dance rock to retro & new wave to hip hop & rn'b to afro & amapiano to house & nudisco! (and on Mixcloud I just posted the 2nd half of "So This Is 50", which I recorded at Better Days in April for my birthday!)

Clearly posting this now for January (and posting January in May here on podomatic), we're a little behind schedule, but have no fear, I still recorded the 2023 House Music & Lounge Music ReCaps, (which you can hear on Mixcloud until I post them here). Enjoy!

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The last instalment of the 2023 Cottage Mix Series, the "Sunday Morning" edition (unless I decide to make a live recording from Kasa Moto or Black & Blue into a 2023 Summer Home In Mykonos edition ;-)

Soul Shack fans should still enjoy (it's still based on my personal taste in music) but this one is the more chill background vibes and has a much wider audience, so please, if you appreciate this mix, share the link! Share it with coworkers, family and facebook friends! Thanks!

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Sorry for the delay in posting, I kept missing my window to upload a new mix before I went over my bandwidth limit, but here it is, the return of the very popular "Saturday Afternoon Edition" from the Cottage Mix Series. This mix was recorded live at the Thursday Ladies Night residency I was doing and it's pure retro nostalgia for the grown folks! (There's even a little freestyle set snuck in with some of my favourites)

Hope you're had a great summer and hope you're able to enjoy this mix despite the warm weather being behind us now.

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I'm bringing back the Cottage Mix Series for 2023! July (it was posted earlier on Mixcloud) is the Friday Night Edition, recorded live at a "Retro Attic" party, where all of the song selections had to be at least 10 years old, so nothing but throwbacks! Recording it live at a gig like this I had to keep it pretty mainstream, so no obscure gems here, but definitely some guilty pleasures lol! (Next up will be a new Saturday Afternoon edition which is already available on Mixcloud, and then there will be a Saturday Night Edition, a Sunday Morning Edition and a new Summer Home in Mykonos Edition too!)

Hope you enjoy! (and if you do, please share the mix with your friends)

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So back in the winter, along with the Bar Promo I also recorded a 2022 Lounge Promo. It's a great mix, more of a sexy vibe than the bar promo, so I posted half as the 17yr Anniversary Mix for November (can't believe I've been doing this podcast for 17 years!!!) and the other half for December... and here's the full mix. Hope you enjoy!

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So back in the winter when places finally started opening up again, I recorded a 2022 Bar Promo mix, thinking I'd use it to try and get some gigs...and then got so busy that I never gave it to any venues! It's a great mix, so I figured I should use it as a Soul Shack mix before the year ends! Here's the full live recording with the "first half of the night" being a mix of funk, soul, retro, hip hop, rn'b, indie alternative, lots of blends and reworks...a real mixed bag, and the 2nd half being more of a "party" mix of house, amapiano, throwbacks, hip hop, lots of blends and reworks too. Hope you enjoy!

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So April 2020 at the start of Covid I got nostalgic and recorded a 90's (isolating in the) house mix. A year later Ontario was going into yet another 4 week lockdown and I got nostalgic again, posting a hip hop from my twenties mix. This year I figured I'd keep with this new tradition of nostalgia for April and am posting a Throwback rn'b mix! This mix is more mainstream than my usual more "neo soul" rn'b vibes, inspired heavily by a wedding I had recently dj'd, where the grooms wanted throwback rn'b during dinner. Hope you enjoy this timeless mix!

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So last April I got nostalgic and recorded a 90's (isolating in the) house mix. A year later Ontario is going into our latest 4 week lockdown and I'm getting nostalgic again, but this time for the hip hop from my twenties. There will be a second "street" edition, but part one here is (for lack of a better word) more of the "backpack" stuff. Still boom bap, but not the street, club or radio stuff... this is the jazz sampling more underground stuff. I had to put #Dilla on the artwork because his productions are all over this mix! Hope you enjoy!

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