A Visit from DJ Money G -or- Inspiration is where it finds you.

I have a friend in the financial services sector who has turned into a downtempo head over the past couple of years ... I've given him the nickname DJ Money G, though he doesn't mix (yet) but makes compilations. Everytime he and his wife come to FLA for a visit, we catch up on one another's crates and give the gift of music. Last visit, he left me with four CDs of his latest favorites, and I gave him a couple of my recent mmRadio sets.

As I listened to his CDs, I couldn't help but think about how a resequencing and actual mixing of some of the tracks might turn into something really tasty -- hey, I'm only human (a MixMeister-enabled human, that is.) So, I set out to make my own mix, my own flavor, from his selections ... I call it The Money Groove.

Among the artists on this set, you'll hear Fila Brazilia, Praful, De-Phazz, Ja Wobble/Bill Laswell, The Dining Rooms, Sofa Surfers, Deadbeats and more.... There's every possibility of a Volume Two being created from the rest of this material ... stay tuned

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Do you remember 2003? As I recall it, things were bad and getting worse (in fact, I even got downsized out of a job that year.) And yet, when I listened again to this set from spring of 2003, there wasn't anything depressing about it ... in fact, there was plenty to like...

But I'm pretty sure the original mix was made in MM v.4 so now seemed like a good time to rescue these tracks and give them the advantage of the improved sound reproduction in Studio 7 ... reconstructing some of the transitions in Studio 7 resulted in a slightly different ride this time but in general, if it sounded good then, that's how it sounds now. There's a nice flow here, from funky to Eurolounge and on thru spherical downtempo…

In the Recombinator spirit, I added a few new tracks to the original line-up -- additions include:

A Sounds from the Ground track which has an energetic Deep Forest vibe; it ramps up to some unrestrained guitar work and a highly danceable beat …

Amor by Yonderboi … it's an odd but engaging track with the added interest of some Spanish language narration...very cinematic.

And the last track, from Richard Van Arp, which extends the spacey vibe from the preceding track and has some impressive percussion drama going on at the end also.

Feedback welcome, as always.