OK, so everyone knows the joke, right? Guy signals the waiter to come over to his table and, pointing to his meal, he asks, "Waiter, what's that fly doing in my soup?!?!" The waiter peers at the soup and responds, "I believe it's doing the backstroke, sir."

That has nothing whatever to do with the new tag team effort from yours truly and DJ Mojito, but why pass up the opportunity for a joke

Back around the beginning of November, Holger (DJ Mojito, if you don't already know) suggested we work together on a downtempo mix ... it sounded like a fine opportunity to discover whether opposites would attract good music and soon we were off and running ... Despite the time I had to divert to the Christmas show, we've wrapped up our 80 minute excursion in pretty short order ...

The musical selections are really all over the map, despite the original proposal for a downtempo mix ... I dropped some Tosca to keep us grounded, but you'll hear 90's rock from Roxy Music and Fury in the Slaughterhouse, as well as trance-inflected tracks and some House influenced vibes as well. Whenever you hear any interesting effects, you can bet that's Holger's work, as he is much more proficient with the effects rack than me (though I have certainly picked up some ideas!)

In fact, because of the way we structured the set, you can never really be sure whose selecting you are listening to ... it's not a simple two-on, two-off kind of rotation on this one. Some tag teams are striving for an overall invisible "unity" of the set … for Holger and I, it's more like the trading of riffs between musicians would be in its own context … Holger proposes a couple of tracks, a possible direction, and I counter-propose, but smoothly, of course, because we're in this together, not trying to leave one another with a challenge but rather an invitation….

Look for Holger's comments soon ... and, I think, some album cover art

It was a great experience to have a first look in downtempo grooves ! I have invited Gayle and then it was really an enriching work! But it´s not a downtempo mix, it´s a relaxing mix with some wonderful new chill tracks, purchased at Audiojelly.com and some soft rock ballads. It is very diversified - a never boring mix! Also with some classics from Gayle´s treasures and from me! All in all it´s great - that describes it best!

And it was wonderful to work with Gayle! I have enjoyed it, because first at last I have worked at a chilling mix, second because it is a wonderful relaxing set and third because of Gayle - hahaha! It was very nice to talk with her - thank you Gayle!

Someday we have to create a pure downtempo mix - cool stuff! Just as well as electro house or so - lol! Really! Like "Kraftwerk" or so!

Enjoy this mix - it´s good!

looking forward to catching this. should turn out to be something worth catching.

Well, we hope to please you but if we let you down, you know where to find us ...

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DJ now on-air: MadameFLY & DJ Mojito
Mix Name: A FLY in My Mojito
Current Track: Turn Out The Light
Current Artist: Joan Armatrading
Time into Mix: 00:41:55

Ooooohhhhh, wonderful track out of the archives. Beautiful mix so far...

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DJ now on-air: MadameFLY & DJ Mojito
Mix Name: A FLY in My Mojito
Current Track: Live After Live
Current Artist: Ohm-G
Time into Mix: 00:44:55

Well, I don't know how you did it, but this was a pretty slick transistion from the Armatrading track, respect! Oh, and a great track, too (nodding head )...

Sweet, sweet, sweet:

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DJ now on-air: MadameFLY & DJ Mojito
Mix Name: A FLY in My Mojito
Current Track: Sexual (Afterlife Mix)
Current Artist: AMBER
Time into Mix: 01:06:35

EDIT: ... into Roxy Music ... hm ... I think that Amber track would have completed the set perfectly ... let's see what you've still got...

Well, I wonder who added the Fury in the Slaughterhous track ... NOT!

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DJ now on-air: MadameFLY & DJ Mojito
Mix Name: A FLY in My Mojito
Current Track: Haunt me
Current Artist: Sade
Time into Mix: 01:17:35

Ok, but this should really wrap things up ... I remember listening to Sade's third album over and over ... this particular track was scratched, but I didn't care ... I also didn't care that critics didn't rate that lp very high ... oh yeah, and this track lead into a real stomper ("to turn my back on you, now would I turn my back on me", or something, man, i gotta dig for that record) ...

Anyway, thanks for sharing, it's been 80 wonderful minutes!

Thanks for the comments and the listening session, Tom ... here's a tidbit about this mix that you may enjoy knowing ...

As we noted above, it was Holger who proposed to do a downtempo mix and I started us out with some tracks that gave him a stylistic target to hit ... in the end, we had a lot of different musical styles involved ... but he did bring back one perfect downtempo joint, by The MadStrike Project, which was suppposed to have been the closer ... only thing is, you won't hear it on THIS mix ...

It was so good that I thought it really deserved to be the centerpiece in a stylistically consistent all-DT mix, so I asked Holger (and he graciously agreed) to let me strip it out and use it elsewhere (fortunately, that album was also available on emusic.com so I was able to get my own copy.) And so we went in the direction that gave us the Amber track, Roxy Music and the others that end up concluding this set.

As for that great MadStrike tune, you'll hear it on FreeDubFlow where it is the opening tune, just after the spoken intro ....

And that's just one example of the way in which one mix can inspire the next one

I´m pleased that you have listened to our mix and that you have enjoyed it, Tom! BTW: The mix is also a hit at mix-dj!
The Fury In The Slaughterhouse track was the perfect raise after the Roxy Music track from Gayle - it begins quasi to rock! Furthermore I had the feeling that the mix needs a change at this point! Then the Sade - song: a perfect closing!

I mean the mix is fantastic indeed - it has exact the correct composition between wonderful ambient, deep downtempo and ballads: so it is never boring to me! I haven´t thought that it gets so good! The tracks act perfect in the mix - so it has to be in a good mix! They build a new bigger composition like a symphony, where many themes build a bigger object too!

Thanks again ...

P.S.: Gayle, sure I start a mix with the "lost" track! But I have done and do some other projects - then I´m surely fitter for this project! A bit distance, so you have more new ideas for it - do ya understand? ...

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Originally posted by DJ Mojito:
P.S.: Gayle, sure I start a mix with the "lost" track! But I have done and do some other projects - then I´m surely fitter for this project! A bit distance, so you have more new ideas for it - do ya understand? ...

Take your time ... that's the downtempo motto, you know ... looking forward to hearing what you that track inspires ...