Episode 134: dAtfRoTeCH » Strictly Afro-Tech House Music

dattrax:  Welcome to the Underground Friends... New and Old!! Who's ready for some vocal house music??!!!!How is Everyone's June and July 2022 been so far? Have you been connecting with close friends and learning more about new ones? Have you been spending time in person or virtually by video chats with people that you care about?I hope the best for you and your life. I hope for you as much as for myself, that we can minimize the negative and grow, change and overcome. That we could each day come closer to the best version of ourselves. Then we can come together and connect through house music. This mix brings a message of hope. Full of beautiful vocals and sensational beats, all mashed up and layered over each other » dattrax-style!!Everyone in the house music scene worldwide knows what a storm has been brewing in South Africa over the last two decades and has exploded globally. These artists are creating, iterating, collaborating, and influencing and it's all wonderful!I noticed that the "Top 100 Downloads" lists in the different house sub-genres keep shifting as more and more new house fanatics started to produce and both the volume of production pieces and quality are rising. Finished work follows their creators' passion. It's never been so good for house music as now. Especially recently, with top pop/hip-hop stars creating music with house music beat structures, flavours, and samples from great classic house anthems. More and more people will come through that wide commercial funnel and some will find more specific sub-genres of house music. Their lives will be changed forever!The Afro-House most downloaded lists on Traxsource and Beatport have been interesting over the last few years because of the sheer amount of amazing tracks created and the variations of rhythms.A house DJ/producer friend of mine, Andrew invited me to do a guest mix on a South African podcast that he's been involved with for years. They have a group of extremely passionate DJs involved.In preparation, I decided to do a mix with my fav Afro-House tracks that Jim and I have bought over the years and continue to buy. I usually don't make mixes with just one type of house, however, this would be a good attempt to refine a more distinct sound for this coming guest mix in the late summer.This mix was made with much love and this took 8 attempts to get the right feel (I changed directions a bunch of times). A few fellow Toronto House DJs love techy Afro-House or "Afro-Tech" as it is called by some. This is why I chose this funny title, 'datfrotech'. [Jim and I are 'dattrax' when we spin together live (best friends and DJ fanatics/partners for 30yrs!! Since we were young!). When it's short/long mixes, it's just, me. It's confusing, I know. It doesn't matter, as long as you enjoy it]. ---------------[If you're reading this on mobile, then everything is jumbled up. The writer's intended spacing to make these show notes readable is nonexistent.You'll have to open this up on your laptop/desktop to be able to read this correctly. Podomatic hasn't come up with a solution that has been implemented yet to fix this challenge].---------------Reach out to us and comment if you like or love our mixes. Just Google 'dattrax' and find all places online that we've been a part of. Please share with your family, friends, co-workers, and acquaintances who could use a dose of musical candy.Isn't music such a great escape?---------------If you'd like to Donate or Support our music addiction, any amount of support would be appreciated. This is our PayPal Donate email that you can use: [email protected] ---------------DJ Bookings for Canada, the US, or Global: [email protected] always - massive thanks to the amazing vocalists, producers, DJs, and dancers (on the dancefloors or even in your homes or while walking about, walking your doggies, working out, driving, whatever you're doing) for their incredible advancement of this beautiful musical gen(continued)