This one takes me back to where it all started. Around 1997-8, I began DJing high school dances at boarding school in Massachusetts. My thing was subtly incorporating underground, funky music that kids didn’t hear on the radio or at home. That’s how I got into the various global scenes that existed at that time, like electronica, drum & bass, big beat, and NYC tribal house. I was discovering music by flipping through tracks on DJ mix CDs at listening stations in Tower Records, HMV, and Newbury Comics. I would go to our local DJ record stores — Boston Beat and Satellite Records — and listen to what was brand new in the nightclubs that I was too young to enter. Or I’d listen to alternative radio late at night where they would broadcast live from the clubs on Lansdowne Street. I started clocking the names of artists, producers and labels that I liked, and would seek out other DJ mixes that included those names somewhere in the track list. That would lead me to discover additional names, and the list just kept growing. It’s still growing.

Tracklist for January 21, 2026

01 :: The Feelgood Factor – The Whole Church Should Get Drunk
02 :: ITO – I’ve Been Loving You
03 :: Downtown Loop – Do I Have All Your Love
04 :: Olav Basoski – Playing Da Game
05 :: Armand Van Helden – Ultrafunkula
06 :: Sol Brothers – That Elvis Track (Dark Sky Remix)
07 :: The Wiseguys – Ooh La La
08 :: 2 Fat Buddhas vs. Fat-head – Electro Chocolate
09 :: Suburban State – It’s Yours (DJ Pooch Remix)
10 :: Mr. Spring – Blaxxtraxx 3 (Untitled Mix 1)
11 :: Cevin Fisher’s Big Freak – The Freaks Come Out (2000 Freaks Mix)
12 :: Jackson & His Computer Band – Make It Happen
13 :: Groove Armada – I See You Baby (Fatboy Slim Remix)
14 :: Wildchild – Renegade Master
15 :: The Crystal Method – Busy Child
16 :: The Freak Project – Beat Of A Drum (Peace Division Remix)
17 :: Chemical Brothers – Hey Boy Hey Girl
18 :: BBE – Desire (Tyrome’s Monkey Mix)
19 :: Dave Angel – Funk Music (DJ Tonka Remix)
20 :: Rec Rangers – Toot Toot Hey Beep Beep (X-Press 2 Razzle Mix)
21 :: [Love] Tattoo – Drop Some Drums
22 :: Minimal Funk – The Groovy Thang (Da Beatmunga Mix)
23 :: Deep Dish feat. Everything But The Girl – Future of the Future (Stay Gold)
24 :: Björk – Big Time Sensuality (Dom T. Growly Dub)
25 :: Modjo – Lady (Danny Tenaglia Statue of Liberty Mix)
26 :: Rui Da Silva feat. Cassandra – Touch Me
27 :: Jakatta – So Lonely