mixmag december issue

Ben's 30th Birthday Party (DJ H Dee Limo Mix)

Here's the play list from Ben's 30th:

WHEN LOVE TAKES OVER (feat. Kelly Rowland) - DAVID GUETTA

TIME TO PRETEND - MGMT

I GOTTA FEELING (FMIF Remix Edit) - BLACK EYED PEAS

EVERYTIME WE TOUCH - DAVID GUETTA et al

POKER FACE - LADY GAGA

SEX ON FIRE - KINGS OF LEON

WHAT ABOUT ME - MOVING PICTURES

STAYING ALIVE - BEE GEES

MIAMI 2 IBIZA - SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA & TINIE TEMPAH

I NEED YOU NOW (featuring Samantha Jade) - DAVID GUETTA

GETTING OVER (featuring Chris Willis) - DAVID GUETTA

ROCK THAT BODY - BLACK EYED PEAS

ONE MORE TIME - DAFT PUNK

STOPOVER (Tocadisco Remix) - DIRTY SOUTH & MARK KNIGHT

LOUDER THAN WORDS (feat. Niles Mason) - DAVID GUETTA & AFROJACK

YEAH YEAH (feat. Luciana) (D. Ramirez Instrumental) - BODYROX

ONE (Original Mix) - SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA

(I'VE HAD) THE TIME OF MY LIFE - BILL MEDLEY & JENNIFER WARNES

73 m 30 s

mixed 6 Nov 2010

Available - Limited Single Issued Edition for Big Ben

ben's 30th birthday bash

My cousin's boyfriend, Ben, had his 30th birthday on Saturday - it went off! Dim T dim sum with views of Tower Bridge in the background, followed by a limo ride to end all limo rides (we went up Kilburn High Road for Christ's sake - I'm sure that's not covered by the company's insurance) and ended up at Jewel for an intense hour of booze and stolen cupcakes. Great night cuz!!

No Ipod in the limo, so plans went from bringing a stack of CDs to me burning songs that we only had electronically onto a CD to recording a full 80 minute mix specifically for the big night!

In a way, and in different ways, this mix was more of an achievement for me than my infamous debut during the Ibiza House Warming - mainly because I had no preparation time and had to record a faultless mix in one sitting.

I was pretty happy with it - and so were the limo riders - and I gave the finished CD to Ben for his birthday - it was a success!!

To run a critical eye over it, I'd say it was a good effort, under time pressures, especially as I accidentally deleted the first run through! There were only a couple of misses on the transitions, but otherwise, I am happy with it.

And Ben loved it - and that means so much more!

Happy Birthday big fella!!

the set begins . . .

This year was the year of the DJ dream.

Ibiza - May 2010 - Pete Tong / Mark Ronson / Sasha - dancing away on D'alt Vila in Ibiza Town, sun setting in the background, bass beats thumping in time with my heart, dancing, dancing, dancing.

It was at that moment I thought - yeah, I wanna do this.

So I'm chasing down those beats, hovering over those decks, firing up that crowd.

I don't know where this dream will lead or how far I will go, but we are going to rock da HOUSE in the meantime.