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137 BPM - Press On [Apr 18, 2008]
This week we put a bunch of different styles in a blender and come up with an eclectic mix of electric toonz for athletic fun.
177 BPM - Catapult [Apr 11, 2008]
Not a device for hurling cats, but a jet-assisted takeoff that'll move you fast enough to get windburn.
147 BPM - Soul Trainer [Apr 4, 2008]
A varied mix with some seriously funky stuff, one of my favorite dark & tribal tracks, a terrific remix of a funk classic, and one of my favorite melodic enders.
167 BPM - Runzilla [Mar 28, 2008]
A hellacious percussion barrage that transitions to house for the peak, then takes you the rest of the way with a big slab o' psy trance. Just like Mom used to mix.
157 BPM - Troubadour [Mar 21, 2008]
Several tracks featuring guitar, which is one reason I called this "Troubador." The other is because many troubadors were travelling musicians. Works for me!
132 BPM - Soundscape [Mar 14, 2008]
It's fun when music conjures landscapes. It's even more fun when you can travel across them.
172 BPM - Go at Throttle Up [Mar 7, 2008]
Rocket-fueled tribal beats bookending a solid-core engine of high-energy psy trance, and coming back to Earth with two gorgeous progressive house tracks.
142 BPM - Dark Designs [Feb 29, 2008]
We lure you in with nice opening tracks, then push you along with seriously dark tribal percussion.
145-180 BPM - Good Times Roll [Feb 27, 2008]
This Podrunner birthday present from dj beatsmith is a high-energy ramp mix that's a musical gale at your back.
162 BPM - Corybantic [Feb 25, 2008]
A frenzied hour of plugged-in Code Blue jolt juice.
152 BPM - Power Trip [Feb 22, 2008]
This starts out amped up and builds from there. It's also fairly trippy, especially at the peak. Don't fall down!
136 BPM - Soul Compass [Feb 19, 2008]
Funky house toonz familiar, new, and classic to get body and soul heading in the right direction.
176 BPM - Step Lively [Feb 17, 2008]
Driving, percussive tribal house bookended by progressive house and uplifting trance.
146 BPM - Travellers' Tales [Feb 15, 2008]
A guided tour with terrific remixes of "I Feel Love," "She Blinded Me with Science," and "Our House," as well as an epic ending track from Head Honcho, "Waters of Jericho."
166 BPM - Symphonic Movements [Feb 8, 2008]
This asks the burning question, Why don't they allow dancing at the philharmonic?
156 BPM - Running to Elysium [Feb 1, 2008]
Straight-up tribal house for the first half, then after the peak it turns into a long, uplifting section that's one Podrunner's best ending sequences.
135-175 BPM - Upward Mobility [Jan 25 2008]
This "ramp" mix accelerates steadily over the hour, reaching 25% of the target at 15 minutes, 50% at 30 minutes, 75% at 45 minutes, and 100% at 55 minutes, for a great conditioning workout.
131 BPM - Mainstreamer [Jan 18 2008]
A driving hour with remixes of Janet Jackson, Oingo Boingo, Suzanne Palmer, and a bluesy harmonica loop mix opener by yours truly.
171 BPM - Quicksilver [Jan 11 2008]
This one seems to get faster as it goes, but it doesn't. Around 40 minutes in it's invaded by a band of hallucinating psy goa trance musicians and it just gets crazy.
141 BPM - The True Point of Beginning [Jan 4 2008]
This first mix of the 2008 is driven, pushing forward, and full of promise by the end.
161 BPM - Airspeed [Dec. 28, 2007]
A smooth, driving mix that intensifies over the hour with a classic late-90s trance and progressive-house sound that doesn't let up until around minute 50.
151 BPM - Proof [Dec. 21, 2007]
Straightforward house to funky tech-house to progressive house, with a solid energy building throughout.
135 BPM - Guide Vocals [Dec. 14, 2007]
A solid hour of great vocals, irresistible hooks, and relatively unembarrassing lyrics.
175 BPM - Overclocker [Dec. 7, 2007]
A nice build to a solid progressive-house midpoint, and then utterly lunacy for the last half.
145 BPM - Machine Says Go [Nov. 30, 2007]
An hour stuffed with classic dance tracks and surprising new takes on familiar songs. Obey the Machine.
165 BPM - Fast Friends [Nov. 23, 2007]
Some older favorites running along with you at a pretty good clip down a dark tunnel until you all emerge into the light.
155 BPM - World Cruise [Nov. 16, 2007]
A great selection of music influenced by a wide variety of cultures. One nation, underground.
180 BPM - V-Tach [Nov. 13, 2007]
This mix was made by Martians who heard about Podrunner but never listened to it. The wheels come off around minute 19; the brakes fail right about the time it peaks and starts downhill.
130 BPM - A Walk in the Dark [Nov. 10, 2007]
A fairly downtempo mix that feels like a dark landscape. Prog house, breakbeat, classic house from Angel Moraes, and a killer tribal tech house track from Slim Yelow, one of LA's best-kept secrets.