Podcast Archive: The Dance Megamix with Don Play

In honor of the TWILO reunion party in New York this past weekend, I dug out some of my favorite late 90’s/early 2000’s progressive house records to give folks an idea of what they might have heard on a given night at that legendary venue.

Tracklist for March 11, 2026

01 :: Killahurtz – West On 27th (A Tribe Called KHz Mix)
02 :: X-Press 2 – Muzikizm (Part I)
03 :: Mainframe – Blue
04 :: PQM – You Are Sleeping (PQM’s Thumpin Instrumental)
05 :: Saints & Sinners – Pushin Too Hard
06 :: Sleepfreaks – Chemical Shift (Original Mix)
07 :: Underworld – Dark & Long (Sickboys Remix)
08 :: Satoshi Tomiie feat. Kelli Ali – Love In Traffic (Satoshi Tomiie Dark-Path)
09 :: Amoeba Assassins – Rollercoaster (Oakey’s Courtyard Remix)
10 :: Luzon – The Baguio Track (Chus & Ceballos Mix)
11 :: G.Pal – Ocean of Blue
12 :: Sono – Keep Control
13 :: Meeker – Save Me (Futureshock Remix)
14 :: Underworld – Cowgirl (Bedrock Mix)
15 :: Humate – Choose Life (Trancesetters Remix)
16 :: Hide U (John Creamer & Stephane K Remix)
17 :: Danny Tenaglia feat. Celeda – Music Is The Answer (D-Tour Groove Mix)
18 :: Moby – James Bond Theme (Moby’s Re-Version) (Tenaglia Twilo Mix)
19 :: Tilt – 36 (Tilt’s Numerology Dub)
20 :: Morel – True (The Faggot Is You) (Deep Dish Poof Daddy Remix)
21 :: Avid – Fierce Affection
22 :: Trancesetters – Roaches (Peace Division Remix)
23 :: Nat Monday – Waiting (John Creamer & Stephane K Remix

I switched things up a bit this week and did a quick tribute to DJ Romain, who sadly passed away without getting his due respect as a producer of house music. So here we go, a Romain mini-set, followed by some deep house, followed by a rare downtempo mini-set. Let’s get it!

Tracklist for March 4, 2026

01 :: Tribal Outlaws – I Just Do
02 :: 2 Degrees of Separation – This Track (Vocal)
03 :: Romain & Danny Krivit – Philly’s Groove
04 :: Nedelka – Come & Go With Me (Dancetrack’s Dub Mix)
05 :: DJ Romain + Matt “Keys” Echols – Give It Up
06 :: Eternal Sun Feat. Ras Anthony – Sweet Spirit
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07 :: Soul Verité feat. Sabrina Britt – Chain Me To The Beat (Tuned In Dub)
08 :: Lectroluv – The Difference (Of A Different Funk Mix)
09 :: Cajmere Featuring Derrick Carter – Dream States
10 :: Georgie Porgie – All Because Of Me (Georgie’s Club Mix)
11 :: X-Files – Mysterious 1995
12 :: Bad Yard Club feat. Crystal Waters – In De Ghetto (Bad Yard Club Mix)
13 :: Tyree – Hard Core – Hip House (Joe Smooths Too Deep Mix)
14 :: Skee W. – Burn (Underground)
15 :: Hustlers – Let’s Dance
16 :: Three Kings feat. Jaygun and Bashy – Shake Dat Booty (Pal Joey Interpretation)
17 :: Crustation – Flame (Borderline Insanity Dub Mix)
18 :: The Rude Awakening – The Dip (5 AM Dipsco Mix)
19 :: 1 Vision – My Dubberground
20 :: Nami Shimada & Soichi Terada – Sunshower (Instr)
21 :: Shinichiro Yokota – Do It Again
22 :: Deep Forest – Sweet Lullaby (Round The World Mix)
23 :: Madonna – Bedtime Story (Luscious Dub Mix)
24 :: Lonnie Gordon – Do You Want It (Eclipse Mix)
25 :: Signal Hill – Release It
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26 :: Cloudless (Thai’s Mix)
27 :: Cath Carroll – Moves Like You
28 :: Pet Shop Boys – Love Comes Quickly (Dance Mix)

I was able to throw this mix together during my ongoing recovery from surgery! This week we have some fun acid and piano rave, with a steady dose of UK/European influence. Thanks for your patronage as always!

Tracklist for February 25, 2026

01 :: The Mixmasters – Grand Piano
02 :: Robin S. – Love For Love
03 :: LFO – Tan Ta Ra (Moby Remix)
04 :: The Project – Move It
05 :: Sir James – Special
06 :: Pragha Khan feat. Jade 4 U – Injected With A Poison
07 :: Shades of Rhythm – Sound of Eden
08 :: CJ Bolland – Camargue
09 :: Orbital – Halcyon
10 :: Rhythm Quest – Closer To All Your Dreams (Piano Mix)
11 :: Utah Saints – Something Good
12 :: Underworld – Juanita
13 :: The Prodigy – Fire (Sunrise Version)
14 :: R-Tyme – Illusion (M. I. Mix)
15 :: New Atlantic – I Know (Flute Mix)
16 :: Information Society – Peace & Love, Inc. (Disco Mosh Pit Mix)
17 :: CLS – Can You Feel It (Inhouse Dub)
18 :: Awesome 3 – Don’t Go (Kicks Like A Mule Mix)
19 :: System II – X-Tacy (Instrumental Mix)
20 :: Baby Ford – Beach Bump (Colin Faver Edit)
21 :: Bizarre Inc. – Playing With Knives
22 :: Human Resource – Dominator (Frank De Wulf # 1 Mix)
23 :: Spooky – Schmoo (Schmix)
24 :: Sublime – Sublime
25 :: 808 State – Pacific (Origin)
26 :: Opus III – It’s A Fine Day (Remix)

My Adam’s apple is still vibrating from this mix! This week I’m bringing back some good old fashioned “circuit” music, or “main room” house music. Two of my favorite tribal labels were Star 69 and Twisted America, and this mix pays homage to each of those. If you’ve never danced all night in a sea of shirtless muscle boys to the music of Peter Rauhofer or Victor Calderone played on a Steve Dash soundsystem, you really haven’t lived life to its fullest!

Tracklist for February 18, 2026

01 :: Madonna – Love Profusion (Ralphi Rosario House Vocal (Extended))
02 :: Celeda – Let The Music Use You Up (Peter Rauhofer’s Original Club Mix)
03 :: Funky Green Dogs – Fired Up (Club 69’s Future Mix)
04 :: Superchumbo – The Revolution (Volta Vocal Mix)
05 :: Depeche Mode – I Feel Loved (Danny Tenaglia’s Labor of Love Edit)
06 :: Panic Attackers feat. Alan T – Rock To The Beat
07 :: Sound of One – As I Am (Fire Island Remix)
08 :: Phunky Phantom – Get Up Stand Up (KLM Dub Mix)
09 :: Yabba – Sexuality (Meow Mix)
10 :: Fast Eddie – Let’s Go (Who Done It?)
11 :: Junior Vasquez – X (Sound Factory Mix)
12 :: The Ride Committee feat. Roxy – Get Huh
13 :: Kylie Minogue – Love At First Sight (Scumfrog Remix)
14 :: Angela Lewis – Dream Come True (Angel’s Rollercoaster Dub)
15 :: Green Velvet – La La Land
16 :: Alex Dolby – Psycho Garden (John Acquaviva Re-Edit)
17 :: Deepswing – In The Music (Superchumbo Remix)
18 :: Hans – Meet Her At The Love Parade
19 :: Robbie Rivera – Feel This
20 :: Stefano Greppi – Freedom Is (DJ Vibe Main Mix)
21 :: Celeda – The Underground (Saeed & Palash’s Addictive Trip Remix)
22 :: Madonna – Impressive Instant (Peter Rauhofer‘s Universal Club Mix)
23 :: Wet Dreams with Kenard – Sunrise (CF Sunrise 2000 Mix)
24 :: Danny Tenaglia – Do You RememberHe

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

Where is this one going exactly? That’s a great question, and one which I can’t exactly answer. Put another way: where this one is going, we don’t need roads.

Tracklist for January 14, 2026

01 :: Ramona Brooks – I Don’t Want You Back
02 :: K.I.D. – Hupendi Muziki Wangu?!
03 :: Tom Tom Club – The Man With The Four Way Hips
04 :: High Fidelity Three – B-Boys Breakdance (Instrumental)
05 :: Stephanie Mills – The Medicine Song
06 :: Klymaxx – The Men All Pause
07 :: Alexander Robotnick – Problèmes D’Amour (Ah Ou Ah Version)
08 :: Art Of Noise – Peter Gunn
09 :: Portion Control – The Great Divide
10 :: Skatt Brothers – Walk The Night
11 :: Juliane Werding – Großstadtlichter
12 :: Nia Peeples – High Time (House Peeples Dub)
13 :: Yazz – Got To Share (U.S. Extended Remix)
14 :: Kelli Sae – It’s Too Late
15 :: Duran Duran – All She Wants Is (Euro House Remix)
16 :: Twenty 4 Seven feat. Captain Hollywood – I Can’t Stand It (Dub Mix)
17 :: Lisa Mitchell – Rescue Me (DJ Stomp Mix)
18 :: Talking Drums – Courage
19 :: Alanis Morissette – You Oughta Know (Clean Album Version)
20 :: Jamiroquai – Alright
21 :: Psychemagik – Another Day In Paradise
22 :: Chicco – Modjadji
23 :: Gaznevada – Special Agent Man
24 :: Spyder-D – Smerphies Dance
25 :: Jonzun Crew – Space Cowboy
26 :: Mary Jane Girls – All Night Long
27 :: Nine – Whutcha Want? (Radio Version)
28 :: Thomas Dolby – Europa & The Pirate Twins
29 :: Prince – Let’s Pretend We’re Married
30 :: The Pretenders – Middle Of The Road

Hot, hot, hot DISCO dancefloor fever is upon is, in this groovy 2-hour edition of the Megamix. This one features some super rare and obscure disco cuts, including a hidden Luther Vandross track. Enjoy!

Tracklist for January 7, 2026

01 :: Crystal Grass – Crystal World
02 :: Ashford & Simpson – Don’t Cost You Nothing (Disco Mix)
03 :: Rick James – You And I (Extended M+M Mix)
04 :: The Jacksons – Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)
05 :: KC & The Sunshine Band – Do You Wanna Go Party
06 :: Alicia Myers – Spirit Of The Boogie
07 :: Funkadelic – One Nation Under A Groove
08 :: Chicago – Street Player
09 :: Patti LaBelle – The Spirit’s In It
10 :: Patrice Rushen – Haven’t You Heard
11 :: Goody Goody – It Looks Like Love
12 :: Gil Scott-Heron – The Bottle (Live)
13 :: The Whispers – Keep On Lovin’ Me
14 :: Sylvester – Someone Like You (Dub)
15 :: Unlimited Touch – I Hear Music In The Streets
16 :: Bruni Pagan – Fantasy
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18 :: Brenda Harris – Making Love Will Keep You Fit
19 :: Al Hudson & The Partners – You Can Do It
20 :: 2wice – You Set Me On Fire
21 :: Instant Funk – Bodyshine
22 :: Gregg Diamond, Bionic Boogie – Hot Butterfly

Every time I post a hip-hop mix with track names, I get a c_pyr_ght strike on my content — so you will just have to trust me that this one really COOKS. 2 hours of classic rap and hip-hop with a sprinkling of R&B, all mixed on wax by a dude who rarely mixes hip-hop.

Tracklist for December 24, 2025

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Riding the New Wave into the holiday break, with this epic mix of 80s alternative and club anthems.

Tracklist for December 17, 2025

01 :: Xymox – Blind Hearts
02 :: When In Rome – The Promise (O.N. Mix)
03 :: Industry – State Of The Nation
04 :: Depeche Mode – I Just Can’t Get Enough (Schizo Mix)
05 :: Torch Song – Prepare To Energize (The Fong Test)
06 :: Esavù – Sia-Sioù (Breakin’ Up) (Club Version)
07 :: Mya & The Mirror – Hesitation
08 :: Yoko Ono – Walking On Thin Ice (Re-Edit)
09 :: Play By Numbers – Cloud Nine (Ready Mix)
10 :: Data – D.J. (The Club D.J. Version)
11 :: Psyche – Unveiling The Secret
12 :: Lime – On The Grid (Re-Mix)
13 :: Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Two Tribes
14 :: Devo – Here To Go
15 :: Nice & Wild – Diamond Girl
16 :: Visage – Frequency 7 (Dance Mix)
17 :: Jamie Principle – Waiting On My Angel
18 :: Pet Shop Boys – Left To My Own Devices (The Disco Mix)
19 :: Echo & The Bunnymen – Lips Like Sugar
20 :: Talking Heads – Crosseyed and Painless
21 :: The Cars – Let’s Go
22 :: Kraftwerk – The Telephone Call
23 :: Peter Godwin – Images Of Heaven
24 :: Steven Tin Tin Duffy – Kiss Me
25 :: Anything Box – Living In Oblivion
26 :: Limahl – The Neverending Story
27 :: Erasure – Stop!
28 :: Marianne Faithful – Broken English

House for the holidays! Jump for Joi to the world in this epic mix that drifts from deep and soulful to an outright stomper.

Tracklist for December 10, 2025

01 :: Black Rascals feat. Roger Harris – Keeping My Mind
02 :: More Than Enuff pres. The Evangelos Project – Untitled (Thursday Nite Mix)
03 :: A Bitch Named Johanna – Freak It (Tony Humphries Instrumental Mix)
04 :: Susan Clark – Deeper (Underground Diva Mix)
05 :: 4 To The Bar feat. Alexis P. Suter – Slam Me Baby! (Extended Club Mix)
06 :: N.Y.’s Finest – Do You Feel Me (Dub Mix)
07 :: 95 North – Let Yourself Go (Capitol Mix)
08 :: The Funky People – Funky People (Blaze Klubhead Vocal)
09 :: Atjazz – Slide It In (Cyril K Remix)
10 :: Kings of Tomorrow – Finally (Danny Krivit & Steve Travolta Re-Edit)
11 :: Björk – Big Time Sensuality (Nellee Hooper Extended Mix)
12 :: Mariah Carey – Joy To The World (Celebration Mix)
13 :: Joi Cardwell – Jump For Joi (Spike Beats)
14 :: Mariah Carey – Joy To The World (Crash Dub Crash)
15 :: Joi Cardwell – Jump For Joi (Spike Vocal)
16 :: Chez Damier & Ron Trent – The Choice (Witch Doktor Mix)
17 :: Lil’ Louis & The World – Saved My Life (“Vintage” Louis Down Under Mix)
18 :: Nu Colours – Desire (Masters at Work Dub 3)
19 :: Basement Jaxx – Rendez-Vu
20 :: Pete Heller – Big Love
21 :: M People – Open Up Your Heart (Fire Island Remix)
22 :: U2 – Even Better Than The Real Thing (Perfecto Remix)
23 :: Vision Masters feat. Kylie Minogue – Keep On Pumpin’ It (Angelic Remix)
24 :: Andronicus – Make You Whole
25 :: Tom Bolas – Pantera
26 :: JWTWN017 – B3