dattrax: Welcome Fellow House Aficionados!!!!!!! This is where house music resides. I have an event with a few close DJ friends this Saturday and wanted to dig through and grab some unfamiliar tracks (+ some classics, like always ; ) and mix them with care and respect. Mixing them with this autumn air feel makes us anticipate another Canadian winter (this is our natural lockdown season. LMAO). The vibe is melancholy and yet optimistic. I really hope that you enjoy it and that it brings a smile t...
Oct 26, 2023•2 hr 21 min•Ep. 160
dattrax: Welcome Gang!! This is where house music resides. Thank you for taking a listen for the first time or returning for a new sonic snack. I have a quick hour mix for you. This was made for a guest house music show in the US, but I didn't get a response back from the guy, so here we are. It's fun with kick-ass beats layered with beautiful vocals. Enjoy this ride. I hope all is well with you in your corner of the universe. If it's not, then start each day winning the battle against your own ...
Oct 19, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 159
dattrax: Welcome to where house resides. How was your weekend? I connected with some old friends, and we danced to house music at several events in Toronto. It was wonderful. Nothing like enjoying house music with fellow house fanatics. Letting loose and releasing any tension, stress or worry. Wherever you are in the world, we're connected through this unique world of house music. I hope you're pursuing your dreams and surround yourself with people who love and support you. Win the daily battles...
Oct 09, 2023•2 hr 35 min•Ep. 159
dattrax: Welcome Fellow House Fanatics to the place where house music resides. I can't believe that September is almost over. Where does the time go? I remember thinking often from age 20 and under why time was so freaking slow. Then you hit 35 and up, and time races by relentlessly. You blink, and a decade goes by. I hope that you're setting out to accomplish your goals. That you've created a plan, put due dates on every important milestone, that you're measuring your progress, that you're rewa...
Sep 23, 2023•3 hr 55 min•Ep. 158
dattrax: This is where house music resides, so Welcome Fellow House Fiends!! If you're not looking for house, then this is the WRONG place. If you feel at home, then crank this session up and feel the passion in this short ride—techy vocals with sensual rhythms, and modern soundscapes; weaved together by beautiful transitions. The feel is light, yet DEEP as it moves you along like gentle ocean waves. The fresh smell of autumn is in the air in Toronto. The youth are back to school. The heat is dy...
Sep 07, 2023•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 157
dattrax: Welcome Fellow House Fiends!! Welcome to where house resides. I was a bit angry for a few days. Just a few business and personal challenges. No biggie. Life happens. I let all my negativity flow into this relentless mix. This is the most aggressive style of mixing and harder-edged house tracks that I've made in years. LMAO. Out of negativity comes a fun mix. It's probably good for a long drive or a great workout. We all have to let out our stress and start fresh. One problem at a time. ...
Sep 01, 2023•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 156
dattrax: Hello Fellow House Music Lovers!! Welcome to where house resides. Summer in Toronto is drawing to an end. I hope that you've enjoyed your summer or the last few months in the part of the world where you live. I want to do what I do best in each area of my life and let the results or failures fall where they may. Not be dependent on any desired outcome. All the best to you, fellow House Friends. This short mix has lots of energy and is fun to listen to or dance to. --------------- How do...
Aug 30, 2023•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 155
dattrax: Hiya Fellow House Luvers. This was recorded at a live event on a beautiful Sat afternoon in the west end of Toronto in Aug 2023. Enjoy this 3hr+ ride. --------------- How do we describe the dattrax sound? Always Fun, Tech-Fused, Funky-Foot Stompin', Carved Deep and Woven & Laced with Sweet Smooth Hands in the Air Vocals... Strictly House Music- always dattrax. --------------- Reach out to us and comment if you've enjoyed our mixes. Just Google 'dattrax' and find all places we've bee...
Aug 21, 2023•3 hr 16 min•Ep. 154
dattrax: hELloooooo Fellow House Enthusiasts!! Welcome to the place where house music rests. This mix is relentless, and I hope that you enjoy it. Always mixed with respect and love. It's a test run of the tracks I was prepping for a guest spot at this party in downtown Toronto. It's beautiful here—summertime in Canada. How is it where you live? All the best to you and your daily grind to improve your life. --------------- How do we describe the dattrax sound? Always Fun, Tech-Fused, Funky-Foot ...
Aug 18, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 153
dattrax: Welcome House Lovers!! Nothing like house music, is there? We're instantly connected. Thank you for stopping by and taking a listen to this mix. You are much appreciated. I've grateful for an outlet to share the brand of house that I love and that there's somebody out there that are getting enjoyment from my passion. Felt like just an impromptu mix just before last weekend. Just 51mins long. I hope you've all been well and winning the battles in your minds each day. All the best to you,...
Aug 08, 2023•52 min•Ep. 152
dattrax: Summer is in full swing. Welcome, Friends Who Love House Music! Happy and appreciate that you've stopped by to listen to our brand of house music. I hope that you're enjoying your summer wherever you're living. Just wanted to share this 3hour journey through my current fav vocal house tracks. This is a mix full of house music that has been listened to escape from daily work and stress. I hope that it does the same for you. All the best to you for the rest of August, and may you achieve ...
Jul 31, 2023•3 hr 7 min•Ep. 151
dattrax: Welcome Fellow House Fiends to the place where house music resides. I hope you are well in your corner of the world and living your authentic self. Last Sunday, my friends, Favian and James, decided to have a small get-together at another friend, Hubert's small music studio, CTRL Room. It was a fun time. It's always fun at CTRL Room in the Junction area of the west end of Toronto. A bunch of good friends dropped by, and we hung out. It was so much fun that we're holding another one on a...
Jun 21, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 150
dattrax: Welcome Fellow House Friends! How are you? Are you working to better yourself? Are you working on your happiness? The late and great comedian and philosopher, Patrice O'Neal gave the best advice: "Your happiness should be your #1 priority." Once you take care of that or are in hot pursuit of that, then everyone you encounter will be blessed with your optimism, positivity, joy and ambition. Fight the battles inside your mind daily. Win those battles and you'll be happy and nothing will b...
May 20, 2023•3 hr 28 min•Ep. 149
dattrax: What's going on in your world Fellow House Lovers??!! Welcome to the place where house music rests. I hope that all is well with you and your life. That you stay positive and win the tiny battles in your mind for your benefit. That you are striving to improve each day. Working and grinding at your passions. Discarding or displacing any negative thoughts or people. Surrounded by people who love and don't judge you. But they check you when you're going off the rails. You can't just do any...
May 10, 2023•59 min•Ep. 148
dattrax: Welcome Fellow House Luvers!! I'd love the opportunity to take you on a short hour-long ride. This session is filled with gorgeous vocals with Afro-Tech vibes, some alternative techy vocal tracks, some classic house re-rubs with fresh & modern instrumentals, and a few covers or house bootlegs of popular songs. This session was finished after two attempts at the end of July 2022 and was never released. It was for my friend, Andrew's internet show with a South African audience. We've ...
Apr 27, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 147
dattrax: Hiya Fellow House Music Lovers. Welcome and thank you for checking in and taking this mix for a ride. Welcome to where house music lives. Obsessive is putting it mildly how I feel about house music. LMAO. Last week, I decided to book 5hrs @ctrlroom (my pals, Hubert and Ian's DJ studio - https://www.youtube.com/@CtrlroomCa/videos in the 'Junction' area in Toronto) and invited a bunch of friends old and new to DJ and dance together on a beautiful Sunday afternoon. Turning 49 last Sunday w...
Apr 21, 2023•3 hr 28 min•Ep. 146
dattrax: HiYaAAA Fellow Underground House Heads!! Welcome to the place where House Music lives. Thank you for taking a listen to one of our mixes. We hope that you like it and if you do, then pls check out some of the others. Over 145 mixes from 45mins to over 4hrs for some. Sooooooooo many house tracks that are gems that you've NEVER heard before. House is so unique, if you haven't heard it, then it's 'new' to you. So many of the good tracks out there are timeless. It's so different than popula...
Apr 09, 2023•3 hr 17 min•Ep. 145
dattrax: Happy Friday Fellow House Affectianados!! Welcome to the place where house music lives and reigns. Booked a few hours at my pals', Hubert K and Ian Moore's studio, CTRL Room [Check out their YouTube channel » over 700 videos of Toronto's finest DJs and tons of out of town guests] for a DJ session so that I can spin some new tracks that I recently bought from Traxsource. Love the 30% off discount that they email once per month. It almost makes up the difference between Canadian to US dol...
Mar 24, 2023•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 144
dattrax: Welcome Fellow House Fiends!! Been dancing lately? It's soooooo therapeutic. For me, at least once a month to let out all my work and life stress. Sweat it out with great music and friendly faces. There's nothing quite like it. Or dance while walking your doggie as I've done almost daily. Listening to house, hunting for the goose bump making tracks, mixing it, hearing it loud, and dancing to it. Takes the blues away. Wherever you are. Be who you are. It's good and you'll feel better. Th...
Mar 01, 2023•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 143
dattrax: Well... in Toronto, Ontario, Canada spring is just around the corner. We had an extremely mild winter. Just 3-4 snow storms. I hope that the weather and life have been treating you well wherever you are in the world. Welcome, dear House Friends. Welcome to a place where house music lives. Jim, my best friend, and DJ partner have loved house music since we were 15yrs. We're almost 50 and are DEFINITELY too old to be doing this (listening, buying, mixing, and dancing to house music), but ...
Feb 28, 2023•2 hr 26 min•Ep. 142
dattrax: Welcome Fellow House Music FIENDS!! How are you and what is going on with you? Some new friends, thank you for visiting. Some returning friends, you know what you're going to get... or not many times ; ) Welcome to the place where house music is loved, cherished, thought about often, listened to intently, remembered fondly, discerning all the parts of the whole... all the layers, mixed with care and respect, expressed with love, encouragement, hopefulness, optimism, cheerful intent, and...
Jan 19, 2023•2 hr 44 min•Ep. 141
dattrax: Welcome Fellow Brothers and Sisters in House Music. Thank you for stopping by and taking a listen. I'm very thankful that you did. This mix took four attempts and took place in Nov and Jan. Happy New Year!!! 2022 was an extremely challenging year and I'm sure that I'm not alone. Whatever you've been through or going through. I want to give you a HUGE virtual hug. It will get better. Control what you can and discard the rest. Input motivating content. Find sources of inspiration. Surroun...
Jan 11, 2023•2 hr 57 min•Ep. 140
dattrax: Welcome Fellow House Fanatics!! How have you been this beautiful November? Thank you for visiting us and giving us a listen. If you like this mix, then there are 140 more to go through. People usually don't like listening to 'old' music, but house music is nothing like the rest ; ) The great thing about good house music is that if you've never heard a track, then it'll be brand new to you. It's not like popular music where a song is in and out of fashion after a few months. The greater ...
Nov 26, 2022•3 hr 19 min•Ep. 139
dattrax: HiYaAAA Fellow House Freaks!! I hope you're all well and doing what you can each day to better yourselves. Whatever you're going through, it will pass and you can displace negative with music. This mix is 'smooth as butter'... as the saying goes. This mix took three attempts in order to get the right feel. In search of that elusive perfect mix that never happens. Sometimes the first take is fantastic. Usually, it can take up to 12 attempts. Yes, DJing for 30yrs and still making tons of ...
Nov 18, 2022•3 hr 21 min•Ep. 139
dattrax: hEpPy tHuRsDaY EvEryOnE! Welcome House Fiends from around the world!!Here's a new house music mix for you. Enjoy and have a good weekend. Thank you Trevor LeCavalier and Mike Venditti for your invite to make this guest mix for your CRBN RADIO show.CRBN RADIO - EPISODE 064 mixed by dattrax The dattrax sound: Always Fun, Tech-Fused, Funky-Foot Stompin’, Carved Deep and Woven & Laced with Sweet Smooth Hands in the Air Vocals… Strictly House Music – always. dattrax is Jim and Dat, Best ...
Nov 18, 2022•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 138
dattrax: Welcome Everyone!! I love house music and always want to share what tracks I love at the moment and what I'm feeling in a mix. It's been a challenging year and I always work out my emotions in mix sessions. This mix took one attempt which is rare these days. Enjoy this mix and I hope that it brightens up your day and that you're feeling the positive energy that it conveys. I hope you are all well in the pursuit of your dreams and if not, then you're taking into your hands what you can c...
Oct 24, 2022•3 hr 3 min•Ep. 137
dattrax: Hiya Fellow House Music Aficionados from Toronto and around the world!! Welcome!! How has life been treating you? If not treated well, then... Are you doing what's true to you to get the most out of each situation? Are you refusing to be mauled by unfortunate circumstances? Are you choosing to stay positive? Are you choosing to get back up? I'm asking questions that I ask myself after life tries to kick me in the teeth. I hope that you choose to win as well. All the best to you and your...
Sep 18, 2022•2 hr 5 min•Ep. 136
dattrax: Welcome Fellow House Lovers!! WOW! Time is relentless. Summer is almost over. Toronto spring, summer, and fall are the best!! Winter, not so much ; ) We hope that you've each enjoyed your summers wherever you're from around the world. How does house music make you feel? When do you usually listen to house music? Do you love a specific sub-genre of house or a few of them or a bit of every type of house? How did you get introduced to house music? What made you continue to learn more about...
Aug 29, 2022•2 hr 56 min•Ep. 135
dattrax: Welcome to the Underground Friends... New and Old!! Who's ready for some vocal house music??!!!! How is Everyone's June and July 2022 been so far? Have you been connecting with close friends and learning more about new ones? Have you been spending time in person or virtually by video chats with people that you care about? I hope the best for you and your life. I hope for you as much as for myself, that we can minimize the negative and grow, change and overcome. That we could each day co...
Jul 26, 2022•3 hr 24 min•Ep. 134
dattrax: HIYA Fellow House Fiends!! Welcome new and our regular visitors from around the globe!! Thank you for taking the time to scan through some of our mixes to see if you'd like to listen to a full mix. We appreciate you visiting us here. Started this mix near the end of March. This is my 11th attempt at this final version. I hope that you enjoy this mix because it was made with much love. All the happy and negative energies that were pent up got released into the making of this mix. I start...
Jun 12, 2022•2 hr 34 min•Ep. 133
