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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

The New Resolve » Strictly House Music

dattrax mini bio part 7… DAT: “’CLASSIC’ was one of my first cds (available on this site). It was weird not to flip a tape after 45mins to record side B. One continuous 73 minute mix. WOW, technology!!! This mix has always been well received because it invokes memories for people who attended those illegal warehouse parties that started at 1:30am on Saturdays in Downtown Toronto and went on till 7am. Hot, dark and sweaty with hour long waits to the one washroom. Hundreds of people all dancing, s...

Oct 25, 20091 hr 5 min

Visits » Strictly House Music

dattrax mini bio part 6… DAT: “House Music is a DJ's music. It is meant to be a musical collaged expression of what a particular DJ thinks and feels that is GREAT HOUSE! This is how mix tapes began. Years before I started buying records. I would record this 3hr Friday night radio show called FEAR EDIT 88.1 in Toronto with multiple cassette tapes. The DJs were Chris Sheppard and Deadly Headley... I think. Then I would listen and go through them and find the tracks that I liked. Then manually comp...

Oct 25, 200954 min

Sunrise, MixTwo » sTriCtLY hOuSe mUsiC

dattrax mini bio part 5… DAT: “Just started converting last 5crates of vinyl into digital format. Time consuming and painful. Physically play each track and have mixer input into computer/ Soundforge, then edit sound level, beginning and end, save & burn on cdrs. Only have done a crate and a half, haven't touched this side project in months. Realising now that my crappy $100 soundcard is NOT translating the vinyl sound properly. The hi's are too sharp and it's not clear. May have to redo the...

Oct 25, 200947 min

Sunrise, MixOne » Strictly House Music

dattrax mini bio part 4… DAT: “Now I buy mp3s, and then convert to wave with SONY SOUNDFORGE, then burn to cd, so that I still am close to a physical way of playing my music, almost like vinyl, but not as heavy. Only put one to two tracks on a cd, to mimick vinyl selection. Remembering carrying three crates of records to gigs in the old days. I don't think that I can keep a groove playing from a laptop- too many choices. Haven't heard a kick-butt DJ that played from a laptop either. Still the gu...

Oct 25, 200946 min

In Another Time » Strictly House Music

dattrax mini bio part 3… DAT: “Just started buying from Beatport.com, Stompy.com and DJDownload.com in last 6yrs plus. Just started buying from Traxsource.com- LOVE the vocal house tracks that I pick up from there. Every few months I'd spend $30-$80 on house tracks, I'll listen to 700+ tracks, then buy 15-20, sometimes 30. It used to cost me $16.99 (started at $8.99 to $12.99 for first few years) for one 4 track EP vinyl record that I usually like one song on and now from $2.50-$4 for a track th...

Oct 25, 20091 hr 8 min

Simple Reasons » Strictly House Music

dattrax mini bio part 2… DAT: “Love listening to other DJs' vision of house/ their brand of house. Have listened to over 600 mixes by other DJs. Can't count how many parties! NONE of these lists are in any particular order. Best LIVE DJ Experiences of big names: Derrick Carter, Steve Lawler, Cevin Fisher, Danny Tenaglia, Dennis Ferrer, Roger Sanchez, Doc Martin, Little Louie Vega, Frankie Knuckles, etc., etc., etc. Love to see LIVE: John Tejada, Alland Byallo, Chuck Daniels, Chuck Love, Lee Kalt...

Oct 25, 20091 hr 11 min

Basic Cause » Strictly House Music

dattrax mini bio part 1… DAT: "Been partying to HOUSE for over 18yrs. Been DJing for over 15yrs. Been using wave file cds instead of vinyl for over 9yrs now. Sold and gave away 25 crates (about 100 records in a crate) of vinyl. Have 5 crates of my FAVS left. People who know me know that I only listen to House Music. 'DAT, YOU'RE NARROW-MINDED!!!' YES, I am NARROW MINDED, because I know what I like and can't even explore all that is available within the house genre. I ONLY listen to house, or any...

Oct 25, 20091 hr 1 min

Here to Stay » Strictly Vocal House

dattrax: This mix begins with an amazing track by Leo produced in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Can't wait to meet him one day. I met the vocalist once at a Dennis Ferrer party. She is a beautiful girl from Chili or Argentina, I'm not too sure which. She's going to be so upset that I forgot, it's my DJ pal's X-girl. Don't you hate forgetting details like that about people? The track is called "Shy" and I bought it from Beatport.com, and it's amazingly beautiful in its' simplicity. The kind of house ...

Aug 06, 20091 hr

Imprinted, MixTwo » Strictly House Music

dattrax: Just love the 1st instrumental track by Silicone Soul. The feel reminds me of Fingers Inc.'s Mystery of Love Instrumental. Just stomp your feet SICK! I found it in the 'electronica top 100 downloads' at Beatport.com. You have to look everywhere, don't let other people's labeling limit or confuse you. When you hear house, you'll recognise it. The first track is the most important in the mix. It sets the mood. There are few house tracks with nice intros and even if there are, you mix thro...

Jul 31, 200955 min

Imprinted, MixOne » Strictly House Music

dattrax: For me house music is an escape vehicle from the things that don't excite me about my life or stresses me out, so in those pockets of time that I spend related to house/ DJing, I enjoy it that much more. House Music is therapeutic in that it relaxes me. Other guys love sports, or are zoned out to TV. I don't care for that stuff. Imprinted, MixOne and Two are filled with tracks bought from Beatport.com. Techy, minimal, but still funky with fat house basslines and crisp high hats. Very li...

Jul 28, 200955 min

Left Remaining » Strictly House Music

dattrax: I friend of mine posted a hand held video clip of George Michael singing "Everything She Wants" and the energy was electric because everyone in the audience loved that song and knew the words. Jim and I have been mixing 80s pop tunes into house sets years before "MashUp" came around (Mash Up: remixes of popular songs layered with instrumentals from other popular songs or hip hop/ rnb beats). We grew up with 80s pop and love it! This mix starts off with 'Everything She Wants' by Wham and...

Jul 27, 20091 hr 10 min

Classic » Strictly House Music

dattrax: Here is a Classic house mix that will bring back a flood of memories if you were partying to house from 1990-1996. Jim and I both starting partying to house music at 16yrs old. We met, while both separately looking for a party when we were 19yrs old on the streets of downtown Toronto, and that's when we became friends. In search of good house tunes to dance to. An escape from both of our crappy restaurant jobs. Before collecting records, then DJing, partying to house was a drug. You'd g...

Jul 27, 20091 hr 13 min

Movement Across The Tracks » Strictly House Music

dattrax: Beginning to end this mix is filled with vocals that make you do that little whisper to yourself... "wow". Techy and funky house beats underlying it all. Topped off with smooth, yet aggressive movement from track to track. We hope this mix makes you say to yourself: "this is one of the reasons why I LOVE HOUSE MUSIC". We hope that you enjoy it as much as it was to make it. BTW... if you enjoy this mix, then why don't you buy us a beer? There's a PayPal DONATE button on the top right sid...

Jul 26, 20091 hr 5 min

Never Want to Know What's Wrong » Strictly House Music

dattrax: 1st track is a vocal trx produced by Charles Webster and sung by the amazing Shara Nelson- WICKED! It reminds of a feeling of time stopping in a pitch black warehouse party when certain songs just envelope you while you have your hands in the air. Another defining trx in making this mix is a John Tejada remix of a Telepopmusik vocal, "Don't Look Back". Killer vocals on this mix. Oh yeah, the last song is not something that we usually play because the beat structure has a slight Euro fee...

Jul 24, 20091 hr 16 min

3 AM Styles » Strictly House Music

dattrax: We would like to start this mix with a tribute to a great artist, Michael Jackson. I remember as a kid glued to the TV Set every Saturday evening, waiting for the most popular music video countdown of the week (CHUMFM 30 on a Toronto TV channel called CityTV). Michael was #1 for 57weeks straight. And I heard it every week and still loved it. Kids and adults walking around with knockoffs of his red w/ black stripes and zippered jacket (in his Thriller video). It was insane! This mix star...

Jul 24, 20091 hr 14 min
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