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house music by dattrax

dattrax is Jim and Dat, friends for over three decades, DJ Duo, and fanatic House Fiends! From Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Friends since they were 16yrs old. Dat creates these themed recorded DJ sessions that are his therapeutic outlet for his emotions, good or bad. When bad, he uses anything to do with house as a release, recharge and renewal, so that he can start fresh another day. One moment at a time. One step at a time. One crisis at a time. It's all that we can do isn't it? Dat shares a few words with each mix, called 'Chinses Fortune Cookies".   God gifted him with a love, care and boundless curiosities for WORDs as a little boy. He was insatiable. He read everything. Wanted to know much. Was the one in every situation, classroom, job or business that was ASKING A ZILLION QUESTIONS. At 50 young, God took hold of Dat again. The first time was when he was 19. When he heard that, "God Don't Create NO Junk". The simplicity of this TRUTH melted his heart and he cried like a baby in public. (He had hated himself since he was a little boy of 6 or 7yrs old.) God's Truth is Simple. Why???!! So it can reach more people around this beautiful planet. In Jan 2025, God shared a molecule of knowledge with Dat: 1) EACH PERSON IS CREATED PERFECT IN THEIR IMPERFECTIONS. 2) WE ARE TO LIVE WHAT BELIEVE. SHOW PEOPLE OUR LOVE. NOT JUST TALK ABOUT IT. TALK IS CHEAP. TREAT YOUR NEIGHBOUR AS YOURSELF. GIVE YOUR ENEMIES YOUR OTHER CHEEK WHEN THEY MISTREAT YOU. 3) EACH DAY, YOU WILL FIGHT THE BATTLE IN YOUR MIND WITH YOURSELF. THE ANGEL OR DEVIL ON YOUR CARTOON SHOULDERS. WHO WOULD YOU LISTEN TO NOW? __________________ How do we describe our sound? ALWAYS FUN, ENERGETIC, Tech-Fused, Funky-Foot Stompin', Carved Deep and Woven & Laced with Sweet Smooth Hands in the Air Vocals. Strictly House Music- always dattrax. __________________ We only listen to house music or anything that would sound good mixed with it. Enjoy our passion, and please comment after listening. You are the inspiration. Thank you for dropping by. We ae so grateful. Crossing various subgenres of house music from deep, vocal, funky, afro-tech, minimal tech, melodic progressive to classic house. Dropping special edits with 80's pop and classic house blended with the newest and funkiest house instrumentals.__________________ DJ Bookings for Canada, the US, or Global: dattrax@gmail.com __________________ Instagram dattrax: https://www.instagram.com/house_music_by_dattrax/ FaceCrack dattrax: https://www.facebook.com/dat.so.940/__________________ From DJ Bio: "...I was in love with house and DJing when I realized that it wasn't music in the sense of Mozart, but a form of self-expression - participating in making a musical collage like a musical cut and paste.  You get to pick your favourite songs, how fast or slow, how long you want to play them, which part of the song you want to highlight, whether you want to cut it up or layer it and whether you want the feel to be smooth or charging, whether you want... The combinations are endless w/ house music and that much fun!"  __________________ Just Google 'dattrax', and you'll find the Podomatic link. ***Podomatic is both a website and a free mobile app platform.   Just download, sign up, search 'dattrax' and follow.  Voila. Access to 195+ House Music Mixes. __________________ DONATIONS OR SUPPORT ETRANSFERS TO: dattrax@gmail.com __________________  LAST UPDATED: Apr11th, 2025
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Episodes

Every Kiss Was Necessary » strictly underground house music

dattrax: Welcome my Fellow Brothers and Sisters to "dattrax's PROMO house music mixes'. Hope all is well in your corner of the world. I'm an old Chinaman who loves house music. I don't know shit, but I know me. What I love and don't. What I am and not. Unapologetically me. I've learned a shit ton from bad people, from great and loving people and from the mistakes that I've made. That I own 100% along the way in this journey of life. Lessons from examining my past. Let's change what we can and di...

May 29, 20254 hr 1 min

Episode 186: Surrender » strictly house music

dattrax: Welcome my Fellow Brothers and Sisters to where house music resides. Hope all is well in your corner of the world. I'm an old Chinaman who loves house music. I don't know shit. I know me. What I love and don't. What I am and not. Unapologetically me. I've learned a shit ton from bad people, from great and loving people and from the mistakes that I've made. That I own 100% along the way in this journey of life. Lessons from examining my past. Let's change what we can and discard the rest...

Jan 05, 20252 hr 19 minEp. 186

Episode 185: Written In Our Hearts » strictly house music

dattrax: Welcome my Fellow House Fiends to where house music resides. Hope all is well in your corner of the world. This mix took forever. Geez. I just couldn't get it right. The way that I wanted it to feel. This is the seventh attempt. Yes, LMAO. I cheated too. I stitched half of the 6th attempt with a new 40mins or so. LMAO. Each attempt had great moments and then pure shit!! I want to only post mixes that I'd want to listen to over and over again. Don't want throwaway mixes that no one gives...

Dec 10, 20241 hr 37 minEp. 185

Episode 184: Beyond Words » Strictly Underground House Music

dattrax: Welcome my Fellow House Fiends to where house music resides. Hope all is well in your corner of the world. We're moving into the cooler autumn in Toronto, Canada. How's the weather in your location? I've told some friends last weekend that I wish that I could quit this addiction/obession. Really. Truthfully. I'd love to be able to quit. Just bought 64 new tracks from Traxsource. I'm 50 years young, but should've been done with DJ'ing, going dancing to house music, buying house music dec...

Oct 18, 20242 hr 3 minEp. 184

Episode 183: It's a dattrax tHiNg » strictly house music

dattrax: Welcome my Fellow House Fiends to where house music resides. Hope all is well in your corner of the world. It's chilly AF here in Toronto, Canada as we're in our Autumn season. Thank you for stopping by and giving this new mix a listen. Much appreciated. Here's a little something I wrote for myself, but want to share with you. Hope it brightens your day along with this new mix. "Who knows why we are dealt the cards that we have gotten? Some are good cards, some are blessed. Some are poo...

Oct 10, 20242 hr 26 minEp. 183

Episode 182: Asian Sonics » Strictly Underground House Music

dattrax: Welcome my Fellow House Fiends to where house music resides. Thank you so much for taking a listen. I appreciate you. I hope this makes you smile a little. Coming out of the vaults... This is a test session from 2009 that I'm posting. It has no rhyme or reason. LMAO. It's not how I'd do it now, but... I was 35 yrs old when I made this. I'm 50 now, so that's 15yrs ago. I have no idea what I was thinking when I made this. House music is felt. Not explained. Enjoy or not. All the best to y...

Sep 24, 202459 minEp. 182

Episode 181: Moth to the Flame » Strictly House Music

dattrax: Welcome my Fellow House Fiends to where house music resides. House music is so beautiful. It either grabs you or it doesn't. Doesn't need explaining or convincing. You feel it in your gut, you smile uncontrollably and you want to put your hands in the air or dancing. I've loved house music since I was 15yrs old. DJ'ing and starting buying vinyl records at 18. I'm 50 now and just bought 20 new tracks for this new session. It took over a month to hunt down these 20 that move me. After I w...

Sep 19, 20241 hr 42 minEp. 181

Episode 180: Chosen Shelter » Strictly House Music

dattrax: Welcome Fellow House Headz!! Ready for a new sonic excursion? How are things in your corner of the world? Are you kicking butt in all your endeavours? Are you staying positive despite challenging circumstances and people? Hi-five to you!! Let's escape a little through soul-refreshing house music. I loved making this mix. It took almost 3wks to prep 200 or so tracks for this mix. Then I dwindled it down to 120 or so. I was dancing and mixing through 66 tracks in almost 3hrs. Topic detour...

Aug 29, 20242 hr 47 minEp. 180

Episode 179: Sound Hug Yaa-uuM » Strictly House Music

dattrax: Welcome Fellow House Seekers!! Thank you for taking us for a spin. We appreciate you. How have you been? Good and bad things happened in your life? Be your best cheerleader. Fight and win the daily battles in your mind. You are your competition. Trying to better the older version of you. I think about all the house music DJs that I love to dance to in this great city; they're all different. I think about my DJ gigs, many of them are very different. I feel like dancing to some tracks. To...

Aug 15, 20241 hr 25 minEp. 179

Episode 178: Illyria's Going Away Party May 2024 » Strictly House Music

dattrax: Welcome Fellow House Muisic Aficionadot to where house music resides. I hope that all is well in your corner of the world. Thank you for taking a listen to our brand of house music. [We've loved this special art form since we were 15yrs old and now 50. We've gone past the stage where people might ask, 'Aren't you too old for...' by decades. LMAO]. There are dozens of house DJs that I listen to, so I know that choice is abundant, so I appreciate it when someone would take time from their...

Aug 15, 20243 hr 5 minEp. 178

Episode 177: Turning to Colour » Strictly House Music

dattrax: Welcome Fellow House Fiends. Welcome to where house music resides. I'm a fanatic when it comes to work » SEO (and other digital marketing and business areas) and play » house music. I think obsessive-compulsive is the term that therapists would use. Add to that, I don't sleep. LMAO. I've loved house music since I was 15, and at 50, it still endlessly fascinates me. House music is a unique art form, and how each DJ can express themselves is endless in the possibilities. Whether I'm hunti...

Jul 30, 20241 hr 38 minEp. 177

Episode 176: Sound Language » Strictly House Music

dattrax: Welcome Fellow House Fanatics. Ready for a new mix? This is a deep house exclusive, a bit different than the usual dattrax sound. If you love house, then I'm hoping this puts a smile on your face and make your body shake while you're trying to restrain yourself because you're not at a house music party. LMAO. One electronic music producer who worked for a year at 7West named David, and Favian who's a great friend and a talented house head DJ and producer, both have said that the house m...

Jul 18, 20241 hr 55 minEp. 176

Episode 175: Like a Kiss, MixTwo » Strictly House Music

dattrax: Welcome Fellow House Fanatics. Did you have a tough week? Let some fantastic house tracks wash all that away. Even if only for a few hours. This long weekend ends on Monday, July 1st as we celebrate Canada Day. Happy Canada Day Folks!!! What a wonderful country. Toronto has been my home since I was five years old escaping from Saigon, South Vietnam. I can talk about how much I love this city, this country and the people I've met along the way in the past five decades. The house music si...

Jun 27, 20241 hr 22 minEp. 175

Episode 174: Like a Kiss, MixOne » Strictly House Music

dattrax: Hiya Fellow House Fiends!! Welcome to where house music resides. How are things in your corner of the world? Ready for some sweet house tunes??! This mix took 6 attempts over the last month or so since my epic 5hrs mix for my 50th BDay in April, WOK with dattrax. 31 tracks in 1hr and 31mins!! A MixTwo is in the works and should be completed within a week or so. This second of this set should be more aggressive and hype!! Hope you enjoy these new tracks and new dattrax Re-Rubs (my poor m...

Jun 26, 20241 hr 31 minEp. 174

Episode 173: WOK with dattrax » Strictly House Music

dattrax: Welcome to all the people out there who love house music. This is where house resides. I just turned 50!!! Old, bald, Chinaman. but... I have loved house music since I was 15 years old. House has been an outlet for me to release ALL my negative energy... whether I'm listening to house music. Hunting, finding, mixing, dancing or enjoying house music. Talking about it with other people. Dreaming about combinations. Every track that I love. I dream of how to introduce it to people. It's al...

Apr 23, 20244 hr 53 minEp. 173

Episode 173: cHiNaMaN cOoKiN' » Strictly House Music

dattrax: Hello Fellow Seekers of House Music!! Welcome to where house converges. All dozen plus sub-genres of house. I love a little bit of everything. Looking to create a groove that people gravitate to each time I play. Where I'm DJ'ing to 100 people that love my choices and styles house music VERSUS 10,000 who don't give a shet about who's DJ'ing because they're there reasons beside the house music. This mix was inspired by the mass amount of tracks that I bought from Traxsource in March. Wen...

Apr 08, 20242 hr 16 minEp. 173

Episode 172: Privilegio Armarillo » Strictly House Music

dattrax: Welcome Fellow House Fiends. This is where house music resides. How have you been? “...if a painting really works down in your heart and changes the way you see, and think, and feel, you don’t think, ‘oh, I love this picture because it’s universal.’ ‘I love this painting because it speaks to all mankind.’ That’s not the reason anyone loves a piece of art. It’s a secret whisper from an alleyway. Psst, you. Hey kid. Yes you.” Donna Tartt - The Goldfinch, 2014. I read this and thought abou...

Mar 21, 20243 hr 19 minEp. 172

Episode 171: Sonic Collage » Strictly House Music

dattrax: Welcome Fellow House Hunters!! This is where house music rests. I want to thank you for stopping by and trying out my mixes. I appreciate you and hope you'll enjoy listening and dancing to the house music that moves me. Put together with love in musical collages that I create to amuse myself, fuel my curiosity and act as an outlet to work out and work through my negative thoughts and emotions. I make each mix for two people: myself and my best friend, Jimmy. If I don't love it, then del...

Mar 14, 20241 hr 43 minEp. 171

Episode 171: Another Chapter » Strictly House Music

dattrax: WELCOME!!! I don't know if you came by accident or intention, but thank you for taking a listen to this new house music mix. If you love house, then you'll have no regrets here. If you don't love house, then thank goodness that the internet is vast and you can always find your tribe who you can connect with and speak your language and can energize you. There's nothing like house music for personal expression. In mixing or dancing; giving or receiving. There's nothing more important than...

Mar 09, 20243 hr 33 minEp. 171

Episode 170: pRoVeN gRoUnD » sTriCkLy uNdErGrOuNd hOuSe mUsiC

dattrax: HIYA Fellow House Fiends. How are you??!! Welcome!!! I hope that you're doing well and if you're not, then I wish that you're making plans to change that. Whatever stress or challenges you're going through. I'm cheering for you!! I'm also going to take you away for two hours. Is that ok with you???!! 39 Tracks in 2hrs and 5mins!! This puppy took three attempts. LMAO. If I could DJ a few hours per night, my skills would be better. Lol My DJ'ing was so much better and tighter when I was y...

Feb 26, 20242 hr 6 minEp. 170

Episode 169: Sunshine for Your Ears, MixTWO » Strictly House Music

dattrax: WELCOME FELLOW HOUSE AFICIONADOS!! This is where house music rests. How are you doing? How's your health? Your career or business? If you're struggling, then you're definitely NOT ALONE. The good thing is that some good house music can be a great escape. Dance a little. Walk a little to this or workout to it. Let out your stress. Then, tomorrow, you put on your best smile and attitude and battle against any negativity in your mind for another day. Decide to be your best cheerleader, and...

Jan 31, 20242 hr 6 minEp. 169

Episode 169: Sunshine for Your Ears, MixONE » Strictly House Music

dattrax: HIYA Fellow House FANATICS!!! Welcome to where house music resides. If you like house, you'll LOVE my recorded sessions. I want to thank you for stopping by and trying out my mixes. I appreciate you and hope you'll enjoy listening and dancing to the house music that moves me. Put together with love in musical collages that I create to amuse myself, fuel my curiosity and act as an outlet to work out and work through my negative thoughts and emotions. It's therapeutic, I make each mix for...

Jan 31, 20242 hr 49 minEp. 169

Episode 168: Musicality of Life » Strictly House Music

dattrax: Hello Everyone. Welcome to where house music resides. If you like house, you'll love it after taking this mix for a ride. There are no guarantees in life, but if you hear house music and it speaks to you, the least it will do is put a smile on your face and brighten your day. If it doesn't connect, then I'm sure there's another form of music that you'll love out there. Keep exploring. ------------------------------ I want to thank you for stopping by and trying out my mixes. I appreciat...

Jan 22, 20242 hr 15 minEp. 168

Episode 167: Reclaiming Joy » Strictly House Music

dattrax: Welcome Fellow House Fiends and Happy Freaking New Year!!! Come to where house music resides. If you LOVE house music, then I'll match that emotion. For an hour and a half, let me take you away from your stress and problems. Let the music move you. Wash you. Refresh you. Then the coming day, you can put on a smile, put on your best attitude, dress sharp and kick some ass in whatever you're doing and passionate about. I wish you a fantastic 2024. Let's go!! Go get yours!! [I finished thi...

Jan 18, 20241 hr 34 minEp. 167

Episode 166: Year's End 2023 » Strictly House Music

Welcome, Dear House Music Lovers, to where the house resides. Thank you for stopping by and giving my mixes a listen. I can't believe that it's already the end of the year. What have you learned? What are you planning for 2024? Are you excited to dive into 2024 and accomplish your goals? Just wanted to share three things that I've learned this year. If it can help you, then that's great. If not, then pls ignore.1) Each day, I must win the battle against the negativity drifting into my mind. I ha...

Dec 29, 20232 hr 30 minEp. 166

Episode 165: Making You Feel Again » Strictly Vocal House Music

dattrax: Welcome Fellow House Friends to where house music rests. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to Everyone. All the best for you and your loved ones this coming Sunday and Monday. Thanks for stopping by and taking a listen to this mix. How is life treating you? Are you working hard towards your goals and envisioning better days coming soon? That's great if you are!! No one is going to save you. We have to plan and work. It is what it is. We all have our own battles and adventures to go thr...

Dec 14, 20232 hr 5 minEp. 165

Episode 164: Effortlessness » Strictly House Music

dattrax: Welcome, Fellow House Music Aficionados!! This is where house music resides. I make recorded mixes to satisfy my curiosity in this art form, release stress, and engage in self-therapy. But, back in the day, it was our DJ moniker back in the day, "dattrax" was for live events... We are a dynamic DJ duo hailing from Toronto, Ontario, Canada! Jim and Dat, lifelong friends since we were 16 and passionate House Fiends with over three decades of musical camaraderie, comprise us. Our world rev...

Dec 13, 20231 hr 15 minEp. 164

Episode 163: Decisions We Make » Strictly House Music

dattrax: Welcome Fellow Fans of House Music to where house resides. How are you doing? How are the many areas of your life in the part of the world where you are? I was thinking the other day about the life of a good house music track and how many people it touches and influences. Imagine the producer who creates a track and all that it takes to accomplish that. Then, a DJ finds the track on an MP3 site to purchase or a download promo on a music platform. Then, the DJ listens to the track repeat...

Nov 30, 20234 hrEp. 163

Episode 162: Sacred Ritual » Strictly House Music

dattrax: Welcome Fellow House Friends. This is where house music resides. How is life treating you? Whatever is going on... HOUSE MUSIC IS THE ANSWER. If it's not the answer to your challenges, then it's definitely the break or escape you need. Or a trustworthy companion through traffic, a walk with a loved one, a walk with your doggie, a couch hangout with your cat, background to some chores or errands, a walk by yourself or a workout (Or an intimate experience? Hhhmmm). I make each mix for mys...

Nov 15, 20233 hr 53 minEp. 162

Episode 161: Open to Receive » Strictly House Music

dattrax: Welcome, My Fellow House Lovers!! Welcome to where house music resides. For me, I've always made mixes for two people: myself and my best friend and DJ partner, Jim. Anyone else likes it, and it's gravy and makes me happy. When Jim likes or loves a mix, then I'm thrilled. If I don't love it and don't want to listen to it repeatedly, then I don't post it on my Podomatic site or share it. I'd delete it after one listen and try again another time. Choosing House Music is only a matter of a...

Nov 04, 20232 hr 34 minEp. 161
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