Episode 34: New Year's Eve (Detroit) #1

Conceptualizing the music for Alan Brown's New Year's Eve party in Detroit was an incredible endeavor in joy for me as I got to get really creative with the musical journey. I should note that this is not a live recording. Unfortunately this party was cancelled at the last minute due to the omicon varient but we thought that the music should still be heard -- live or not. That being said...if you've been listening to me long enough then you know that I treat my live performances as journeys that create a clearly defined music arc. All-night affairs like this give me the elbow room to weave through different genres from the beginning and through the rise, peak and post-peak phases of such a party. Detroit having it's place in history as Motown...I would have been remiss to not throw in both subtle and unsubtle references to Motown. So for this beginning set I conceptualized a vaguely familiar (yet fresh) sound that included hits by the BeeGees, Michael Jackson, Jackson 5, Stevie Wonder, Dua Lipa and more. Remixers include Purple Disco Machine, Tensnake, Barry Harris and more to create a sound of disco-centric house, nu-disco and full on uplifting house music. This sound is just familiar enough to allow the crowd to feel nostalgic for yesteryear while being fresh and current enough to be firmly planted in the sound of *today*. Now...on to the music. I hope you love this groovy and uplifting set. From my heart....to your ears -- ENJOY!#/Artist/Title/Remix01. Ian Ossia/Moves At Midnight/Original Mix02. Yebba/Don't Leave Me Lonely/PDM Extended Mix03. Michael Jackson/Don't Stop.../Gigamesh Remix04. The Jacksons/Lovely One/Pete's Freakin Rework05. Stevie Wonder/Superstition/Funk The Sound Original06. John Course/Love Is/VIP Edit07. Dua Lipa/Hallucinate/Tensnake Extended Mix08. Purple Disco Machine/Playbox/Extended Mix09. DJ Rae/Someday/Harris & Hurt Remix10. Kevin McKay/Come Together/Extended Mix11. The Jacksons/Can You Feel It/Barry Harris 2021 Remix12. Piero Pirupa/Everybody's Free/Deeper Purpose ExtendedFOR WORLDWIDE DJ BOOKING INFORMATION:Phone: 202-766-6880Email: [email protected]: Brian NorwoodInstagram: DJ Brian Norwood