Show Notes
Here we are with the all male vocal edition of Men - Mardi Gras Men. I wanted to get this done before the actual main party weekend but I had so much going on, I had to push it back further in the month. This coming of age 20th edition of Men wastes no time in getting into it. The set kicks off with the awesome remix of "My Universe" by Coldplay from my good friend Rob of Division 4 and then swings into the funky sound of "Good Times". 7th Heaven feature three remixes here. The first is for Guy Sebastian's "Battle Scars". Guy is one of my all time favourite male vocalists. He won the first season of Australian Idol and he's voice is sublime. I've met him a couple of times through work and he is an absolute delight. If you're not familiar with his music (he writes all of his songs), then check him out. I've also met Adam Turner a few times in London and he is also a delight. He is the lead vocalist on the song "Amazing" featured here. He is also a music producer and his remixes are awesome. I've know Wayne G. for years and he is so much fun. He throws in two beautiful mixes for Bruno Mars and Darren Hayes respectively and then we're off into the big room sound. Robbie Carrigan is producing some amazing remixes (check out his Soundcloud page) and here he delivers a top notch mix of "Send Me An Angel" by Real Life - another Australian band from the 80's. Toy Armada & DJ GRIND deliver two anthems for Hardwell and R5 respectively and how could I not include any set without a couple of stand out mixes from DJ Mark De Lang of Dirty Disco. Here he works his magic on "I Feel Love" and "Stay". The set closes out with another beautiful 7th Heaven remix for boy band A1. The men absolutely rule in this pumping set. Enjoy Anthony
1/ "MY UNIVERSE" (Division 4 Remix) - COLDPLAY ft. BTS 2/ "GOOD TIME" (Whelan & Di Scala Remix) - WHEELS & DISCO ft. MIGHTY MARVIN 3/ "YOU GOT IT ALL" (The Alias Club Mix) - UNION J 4/ "BATTLE SCARS" (7th Heaven Club Mix) - GUY SEBASTIAN ft. LUPE FIASCO 5/ "HEROES" (7th Heaven Club Mix) - MANS ZELMERLOW 6/ "AMAZING" (Matt Consola & LFB Swishcraft Club Mix) - MARS & VANS ft. ADAM TURNER 7/ "JUST THE WAY YOU ARE" (Wayne G. Club Remix) - BRUNO MARS 8/ "BLOODSTAINED HEART" (Wayne G. Club Mix) - DARREN HAYES 9/ "THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON TV" (Sagi Kariv Club Remix) - A-HA 10/ "I FEEL LOVE" (Dirty Disco Mainroom Remix) - SAM SMITH 11/ "YOU NEED MY LOVE" (Roberto Ferrari Club Mix) - OFFER NISSIM ft. AMIT ZACH ADAM 12/ "SEND ME AN ANGEL" (Robbie Carrigan Vocal Club Mix) - REAL LIFE 13/ "JEALOUS" (Guéna LG Club Mix) - NICK JONAS 14/ "TAKE YOU DANCING" (Luis Vazquez Dance Club Remix) - JASON DERULO 15/ "DARE YOU" (Toy Armada & DJ GRIND Anthem Club Mix) - HARDWELL ft. MATTHEW KOMA 16/ "IF" (Toy Armada & DJ GRIND Club Mix) - R5 17/ "CAN'T FEEL MY FACE" (DJ PAULO vs Sagi Kariv vs Peter Rauhoffer Club Rework) - THE WEEKND 18/ "BLAME" (Enrry Senna & Edson Pride Remix) - CALVIN HARRIS ft. JOHN NEWMAN 19/ "STAY" (Dirty Disco Mainroom Remix) - THE KID LAROI ft. JUSTIN BIEBER 20/ "DON'T WANNA LOSE YOU AGAIN" (7th Heaven Remix) - A1
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