I’m not going to give you a detailed review, there are many other there that are probably written much better than I can, but just wanted to tell you that this little box of awesome is amazing. Reason now (finally) has an amazing SSL mixer, simpler routing/bus options, fantastic effects plugins; and most importantly, AUDIO (not just MIDI like it always was version 1-5). Yep, record audio right into the sequencer from any drum machine, synth, guitar, or whatever. Vocals even. It sounds great too.

~GV

P.S. There is NO SUCH THING as a “Reason sound”. Reason doesn’t sound like anything, but it can sound like anything. People that think Reason has some sort of “sound” are simply amateurs that have only spent a few minutes messing with couple of the basic synths set on a couple of basic presets. There are plenty of fantastic dance music producers that write great dancefloor tunes in Reason. Claude VonStroke, Kill The Noise, Liam Howlett (of The Prodigy), A Guy Called Gerald, Aux88, Tom Middleton, Dave Spoon, & Printz Board (the music guy from the Black Eyed Peas) to name a few…

Either way, if this happens again within 200 miles of where you are, you need to be there. That is all.

~GV

2 Hours and 40 minutes of proper clubby house and techno. From deep, to tribal, to vocal, funky, to bangin; it’s in there!

1.) Ewan McGreggor & that guy from The Sound Of Music ‘Oliver-Vox’
2.) Hector ‘Moska’ – MOBILEE
3.) Prompt ‘Albir’ – HIGHGRADE RECORDS
4.) Loko ‘Triloope (Matheo Velez Remix)’ – SOULMAN MUSIC
5.) J-Mode ‘The Trouble (Lee Curtis Remix)’ – LEFTROOM RECORDS
6.) Martinez ‘Adagio’ – CADENZA
7.) Butch ‘Big Futt’ – CECILLE
8.) Marco Faraone & Arado ‘Strange Neighbors’ – MOON HARBOUR
9.) DJ Smick & David Gruss ‘El Coloso Derodas’ – SOUTH AMERICAN GROOVE
10.) Audiofly ‘Fela (Davide Squillace Remix)’ – GET PHYSICAL
11.) Nick Curly ‘Cozumel’ – CECILLE
12.) Shlomi Aber ‘Tapped & Gorgous’ – OVUM
13.) DJ Madskillz ‘Carnival Chaos (Format B Remix)’ – FORMATIK
14.) Marc Romboy & Stephan Bodzin ‘Luna (Oxia & Nicolas Masseyff Remix)’ – SYSTEMATIC RECORDINGS
15.) Nikola Gala ‘I Get U’ – FREERANGE
16.) Stealvybe ‘Music 4 The World (Tribbing 2 Da Drumz Remix)’ – STRICTLY RHYTHM
17.) Snna VS Mijail Psicodelic ‘Riseseando (Mijail Psicodelic Remix)’ – DARKSIDE DIGITAL
18.) Till Von Sein ‘ Sundowna (Layo & Bushwaka Remix)’ – SUPPLEMENT FACTS
19.) Collective Machine ‘Eyeyy’ – TANZBAR DIGITAL
20.) David Pher ‘Aint Nobody (Lauhaus Remix)’ – VIVA
21.) Mark Knight ‘Yalta Groove’ – VENDETTA RECORDS
22.) Steven Lee & Granite Feat Zander Black ‘Everybody Wants To Rule The World (D-Unity Remix)’ – STAR 69
23.) Ramon Tapia ‘Talk To Me’ – 100% PURE
24.) Kiko ‘Tweak’ – TOOLROOM
25.) Pete Tong & Paul Rogers ‘Headstrong’ – TOOLROOM
26.) Christian Smith ‘Opus One’ – TRONIC
27.) Olav Basoski & DJ Erick E ‘Don’t Turn Your Back (Stefano Noferini Remix)’ – WORK
28.) Lauhaus ‘Poison (Anton Pieete & Bart Skils Remix)’ – WE DIG
29.) Daniel Stefanik ‘Tripiando Los Colores’ – MOBILEE
30.) Joris Voorn & Nic Fanciulli ‘Together’ – REJECTED
31.) Alex Kenji ‘Get Funky’ – HOTFINGERZ
32.) Ronan Portela ‘Old Skull (Darkrow Remix)’ – DATAGROOVE
33.) Dan Marshal ‘Plus One (Beckers Remix)’ – TWISTED FREQUENCY RECORDINGS
34.) Deetron ‘Solar Surge’ – REJECTED
35.) Azuni ‘What you say’ – STHLMAUDIO RECORDINGS
download and stream all my mixes on the “mixes” page…

A quick update…

I have taken almost all focus from deejaying, promoting, and throwing parties for a while to FOCUS on writing music. At this point I realize I’m not the kind of person that can do it all with the time I have. Although I’m still staying current on new music and will take a gig if I really want to play at it the time has come to get some originals, remixes, and edits done.

Having started building my studio about 10 years ago, and consistently adding to it over the years, even having a few finished tracks and remixes (none of them are good enough to play out), I have not achieved anything near what I want to. That time has come and hopefully you’ll be seeing new original tracks and remixes here soon!

That’s about it for my update. You can always find me on Facebook or as a contributing author to RevivalNitelife.com until that time you’ll be seeing new music and mixes here…

~Gavin

Double Entendre’ <- Click to download

01. Liberty City – ‘If You Really Loved Someone (Inxec Remix)’ [CR2 RECORDS]
02. Lee Curtiss – ‘Smoking Mirros’ [GHOSTLY INTERNATIONAL]
03. Kate Simko – ‘Margie’s Groove’ [SPECTRAL SOUND]
04. Daniel Stefanik – ‘Just One Moment’ [BE CHOOSEN]
05. Sweet N Candy – ‘Proper Fraction (Sabb’s Heavy Nice Trip Remix)’ [MICRO.FON]
06. Mihalis Safras – ‘Santrope (Oxia Remix)’ [MATERIAL]
07. China & Tom – ‘The Ladies (Carlo Lio Remix)’ [KAOS RECORDS PORTUGAL]
08. Okain – ‘Wait Please (Lauhaus Remix)’ [TSUBA]
09. Italoboys – ‘Don’t Talk (Mihalis Safras Remix)’ [MATERIAL]
10. Harry “Choo Choo” Romero – ‘Phuture (Dub Mix)’ [OVUM]
11. Jon Rundell – ‘Top Shelf’ [INTEC]
12. Marco Bailey – ‘Pet Shop Bitch (Christian Smith Remix)’ [MB ELEKTRONIKS]
13. Carl Cox – ‘The Latin Theme (Egbert Remix)’ [INTEC]
14. FM Radio Gods – ’333 (D Nox & beckers Remix)’ [BAROQUE RECORDS]
15. Marco Bailey – ‘Watergate (Aalberg & Angstrom Remix)’ [BEDROCK]
16. Christian Smith – ‘System of Survival’ [BEDROCK]
17. Nicolas Masseyeff – ‘No More Time (Oxia Remix)’ [HERZBLUT RECORDINGS]
18. Maetrik – ‘Paradigm House (Mike Shannon Remix)’ [TREIBSTOFF]

MY STORY <- Clicky!

~ Gavin

- 6 Beats Deep (minimal tricks for maximal treats) -

01.) Samim ‘Blackdeath’ – GET PHYSICAL
02.) Rocha & Lewinger ‘Down Seq (Gavin Varitech’s Shorter Is Better Edit)‘ – GREAT STUFF
03.) And I.D. ‘Lights On’ – MOBILEE
04.) Lutzenkirchen ‘Monster In My House’ – GREAT STUFF
05.) Benny Rodrigues And Kapuchon ‘The Finger (D Nox & Beckers Remix)‘ – SPINCLUB RECORDINGS
06.) John Evans ‘Scary Beats’ – GREAT STUFF
07.) Format B ‘Pulsator’ – HIGH GRADE
08.) Tiefschwarz ‘Ghostrack (Shonky Remix)‘ – FOUR MUSIC
09.) Namito ‘City Of Gods (Oxia Remix)‘ – GREAT STUFF
10.) Joey Beltram ‘Dragon (Marco Baily & Tom Hades Remix)‘ – MB ELEKTRONICS
11.) Donald Glaude ‘Evil (Gene Carbonell Remix)‘ – DURTY RECORDS
12.) Raudive ‘Here (Len Faki’s Podium Remix)‘ – PODIUM
13.) Umek ‘You Might Hear Nothing’ – DATAWORX DIGITAL
14.) D-Unity ‘Bakongo’ – YOSHITOSHI RECORDINGS
15.) Kevin Call ‘Blood Is Life’ – AENARIA TRIBAL
16.) 3 Channels ‘Night Track’ – CHANNELS RECORDS
17.) Sebo K ‘Far Out (Jooris Voorn Remix)‘ – NEUROTRAXX DELUXE

This isn’t your grandpappy’s Owl Club! Stop by some Saturday and see. This party has been going on for less than two months now and is becoming a regular stop to old Roseville regulars and dance music aficionados alike.

R’House…

1. The ONLY Saturday night weekly party bringing you the best in REAL global dance music.
2. The best deejays from Sacramento and beyond.
3. $3 well drinks all night (the nights I’ve been there).
4. A beautiful loft space unlike anything you’re likely to find this side of San Francisco
5. FREE entry / No Cover (for now)
6. Private “gratitude” parties before R’House on Saturdays
7. And MUCH MUCH more.

Oh ya, forgot to mention, not only am I a regular at R’House I’ve played there twice and am going to be a monthly resident going forward! On the grand opening night I got the call from Sacramento dance music pioneer Karizma, visiting N Cali from his home in Portland OR to play at R’House, asking me to open. It was a great night for all even though the club had not yet been refined to today’s level. Since then I’ve been back many times for stand out deejays and dear friends Vince Lombardi, Sukh B, and Bobby Martinez behind the decks and played with Rich Soto (Rich Soul/Dick Jesus) just last weekend. I truly look forward to what R’House has in store for all dance music lovers!