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DJ ExMen presents... Grindr 2nd Anniversary Party Mix

25 March 2011 is the 2nd Anniversary of Grindr Application. This mixset is dedicated to all those who uses this application. Enjoy!! Keri Hilson - Pretty Girl Rock (ExMen Cahill Club Edit)
Black Eyed Peas - Just Can't Get Enough (Suneil S Club Mix)
Ke$ha - Blow (Linuxis1994 Remix)
Usher - More (Billionaire Extended Club Mix)
Jay Sean feat Lil' Wayne - Hit The Lights (Funk3d Club Mix)
Nelly - Just A Dream (Dirty Alcorz Remix)
Rihanna - S&M (Funk3d Club Mix)
Lady Gaga - Born This Way (Funk3d Club Remix)
J Pearl - It's Getting Physical (Wideboys Club Mix)
Jennifer Lopez feat Pitbull - On The Floor (ExMen Leandro Mello Tribal Edit)
Enrique Iglesias feat Ludacris - Tonight (I'm Fuckin' You) (Bit Error Explicit Vocal Mix)
Nicole Scherzinger - Don't Hold Your Breath (The Alias Extended Mix)
Britney Spears - Hold It Against Me (The Alias Club Mix)
L2 - Criminal In Bed (Lenny B Club Mix)
Katy Perry - Peacock (Cory Enemy & Mia Moretti Remix)
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Time: 60 Mins (55.66 MB)

Looking for these Simply Red Remixes

Dear All, I'm looking for the below Simply Red Remixes... If anyone have them could you pls email to me at djexmen@gmail.com Thanks a million!!Ain't that a lot of love (Club 69 Underground Club Mix)
Ain't that a lot of love (Desert Eagle Discs Remix feat. Rodney P)
Let me have it all (Remix For DJ's Only)
Mellow my mind (RH Factor Pop Mix)
Mellow my mind (RH Factor Club Mix)
To be free (Visnadi Richard III Club Mix)
To be free (Visnadi Richard III Run Mix)

Video Of The Week (20 Mar 11 to 26 Mar 11)

Tears For Fears: Mixes From The Big Chair

Tears for Fears are an English pop rock band formed in the early 1980s by Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith. Their platinum-selling debut album, The Hurting, reached number one on the UK Album Chart, while their second album, Songs from the Big Chair, reached number one on the U.S. Billboard 200, achieving multi-platinum status in both the UK and the United States. Following the release of their third platinum-selling album, The Seeds of Love (1989), Smith and Orzabal parted company, though Orzabal retained the Tears for Fears name throughout the 1990s. The duo reformed in 2000, and released an album of new material in 2004. To date, Tears for Fears have sold over 22 million albums worldwide, including more than 8 million in the U.S. This megamix is specially dedicated to Sunnyboi :)
Advice For The Young At Heart (Radio Mix)
Head Over Heels (Dave Bascombe's 7'' Mix)
Everybody Wants To Rule The World (RARE 12'' Promo Mix)
Pale Shelter (Extended Version)
Mothers Talk (Extended Version)
Change (Extended Version)
Closet Thing To Heaven (Solasso Club Mix)
Shout (Fergie Extended Mix)
Call Me Mellow (Tin Tin Out Coney Island Club Mix)
Mad World (DMC Remix)
The Way You Are (ExMen Extended Edit)
Suffer The Children (ExMen Re-Remix)
Sowing The Seeds Of Love (Wen's Overnight Mix)
Woman In Chains (Mix 42)
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Time: 53 Mins (48.37 MB)

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300,000 Hits!!

Yay!!! Yay!!! 300,000 Hits... We would like to thank everyone for their constant support. A Big Thank You for those who have left comments and donated to the blog... We really appreaciate it :) Our only request is that you continue to leave comments when you download our mixes.

One Night At Boo Hong Kong

This mix is dedicated to the mangement of Boo Bar in Hong Kong. Check out their website: http://www.boobar.com.hk/main.htmlW.onder G.irls - N.obody (J.ason N.evins Extended Mix)
F.ar E.ast M.ovement feat Dev & Cataracs - L.ike A G.6 (C.ahill Club Mix)
K.e$ha - W.e R W.ho W.e R (D.anny D.arko Remix)
K.aty P.erry - T.eenage D.ream (F.unk3d Remix)
M.ousse T - H.orny 2007 (D.igital D.og Mix)
E.dward M.aya feat V.ika J.igulina - S.tereo L.ove (M.olella Remix)
U.sher feat P.itbull - D.J G.ot U.s F.allin' I.n L.ove (DJ A.lexma Club Mix)
B.runo M.ars - J.ust T.he W.ay Y.ou Are (L.iam K.eegan Extended Mix)
R.ihanna - O.nly G.irl (I.n The W.orld) (L.iam K.eegan Club Mix)
K.ylie M.inogue - G.et O.utta M.y W.ay (Y.iannis R.isque Club Mix)
L.ady G.aga feat B.eyonce - T.elephone (DJ D.an Extended Vocal Mix)
H.urts - W.onderful L.ife (F.reemasons Club Mix)
C.heryl C.ole - T.he F.lood (T.he A.lias Extended Mix)
S.elena G.omez & T.he S.cene - A Y.ear W.ithout R.ain (A.lias Club Mix)
B.ritney S.pears - 3 (R.afael L.elis Club Mix)
L.otus W.ang - B.obee (DJ M.atthew B.obee Club Anthem Mix)
S.andy L.am - D.iva (P.rincess A.nn Tribal Mix)
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Time: 79 Mins (63.49 MB)

X-Clusive Interview with DJ StoneDog (2011)

This month exclusive interview with DJ StoneDog... ExMen: Evan, congrats on the launch of the album "Volume Presents: Club Anthems Asia"! This must have been a long labour of love involving many people. How did the concept for the album come about?
DJ STONEDOG: There aren’t any Asia-based dance labels, that I’m aware of, that are putting out very ‘Westernized’ commercial club music. Volume being a gay venue, this compilation, and our label Volume Up Records, naturally grew to become a platform for upcoming LGBT and LGBT-friendly artists. I wanted to showcase what Asia can do- and to prove that we do have the talent, often unfairly overlooked, here within the LGBT community. On top of that, I wanted to include songs that told stories relevant to gay culture. “Rainbows” is about our pride flag, the Hollywood Road track is about coming out, there’s a song about gay open relationships, a very daring one about ‘fun’ at the sauna and of course “Love Wide Open” which is about our struggle for gay marriage rights.

VIDEO: “Love Wide Open”- DAVID BOSLEY



ExMen: What, in your opinion, is a "Club Anthem"? What makes it "Asian"?
STONEDOG: I’m pretty sure most of your blog readers are familiar with what a ‘cub anthem’ is, but in terms of ‘Asian’, for this project, all the tracks on the album originated from Asia. If not the singer on the song, it was either the remixer or the songwriter. Some of the tracks have lyrics that specifically reference Asia, especially the song “Delay No More”, which to Hong Kongers sounds like a very rude Cantonese slang term. Something not very flattering about your Mother (laughs).

VIDEO: “Delay No More”- GOLD MOUNTAIN



ExMen: How were the vocalists selected? Was there singing auditions involved, or was there some scientific attempt to match certain vocalists to certain songs?
STONEDOG: I initially started writing for artists who were friends of mine like Olynn Saleh and Andy Josh Lim from Singapore, HK Magazine’s Johannes Pong and Volume’s resident Drag Diva La Chiquitta. Melanie Alexander (of 90’s girlband ‘Girlfriend’ from Australia) is a long time friend of mine. Manila’s DJ Brian Cua (whom you recently interviewed) recruited Med Marfil the lead singer of the famous Pinoy band True Faith and later, Ricci Chan. David Bosley’s manager approached me to work with David after hearing Chiquitta perform her song “Tranny in the House” during the 2009 Mr Gay HK finale. I found other talent by scouting HK’s nightclub and hotel circuits. I also put casting notices out via Facebook and found Helena Angwin and Kitty Fung who then auditioned for me. Tonally, Helena fit the song we had already wrote, whereas Kitty’s good girl/bad girl song was written specifically for her and was inspired by her uber kawaii girl next door looks which belie her ballsy, sassy sense of humour.

VIDEO: “Bad For You”- KITTY FUNG



ExMen: You have vocalists from Hong Kong, Philippines and Singapore. How challenging was the production and recording process?
STONEDOG: And not just that, there’s remix teams also representing Manila (Brian Cua, as mentioned before), Japan (willie2400), Malaysia (Princess Ann) and mainland China (DJ Chozie Ma). There was some jet setting required on my part but with technology these days I can have a singer in a studio in another city (as was the case with the Mel Alexander track) and simply phone in and have my call patched through to the singer’s headphones so I can direct the session. The whole album was 2 years in the making. I calculated I lost one night’s sleep a week for the final 6 months of production in order to deliver the album on time for Volume’s 4th anniversary. I was determined!

VIDEO: “Let’s Take It Higher”- RICCI CHAN


ExMen: How did you manage to bring together so many remixers, many of whom have cult followings, into this album?
STONEDOG: Not as difficult as you might imagine when we had a few really strong tracks like “No I Won’t”, “Love Wide Open” and “Rainbows” already completed to lure the bigger talent in with our limited budget. Matt Pop has a massive following on Youtube (I was a huge fan) and he had heard “Rainbows”, loved it and so happily came on board to work on the Kitty Fung song. As we completed more tracks, it became very apparent to the more established people like Bassmonkeys, Oren Nizri and Pete Hammond that we were on to something really special and they wanted to be a part of it. Especially for a project so ground-breaking in this region.

ExMen: Speaking of the amazing Pete ‘Mixmaster’ Hammond, you collaborated for the song "Change Your Life" by Hollywood Road. How was the experience like?
STONEDOG: I am one of the geekiest Stock/Aitken/Waterman super fans out there and to work with one of my teenboy idols from the PWL Hit Factory was an experience I will treasure forever. Pete is super affable and has been making quite a comeback of late especially with remixes for artists like Alphabeat and Mini Viva. He is able to re-imagine familiar loops and samples from his PWL days and thread them into these new songs. Pete and I discussed in length what classic PWL track would have the right elements to build in to the Hollywood Road song and we eventually settled on Kylie’s “What Do I Have To Do” not just because of the workable tempo and key. We liked the subtle subtext that blending these two songs created. Because “Change Your Life” is a song to help LGBT people find ways to come out of the closet, by including the other song’s connotations in it, we ended up layering in a whole new dimension, which as a songwriter and producer, I find very artistically satisfying.

VIDEO: “Change Your Life”- HOLLYWOOD ROAD



ExMen: Some of the tracks such as "The Snake and the Spider" talks candidly about relationship pitfalls, while "Rising 2 Fame" contains many catty references. Compared to the usual uplifting club anthems, are you also trying to provoke some kind of reaction with these tracks?
STONEDOG: As much as I do love a mindless, throw your hands up in the air sing-along song, as a songwriter I find it liberating to also be able to tell stories never heard in songs before, like the gay open relationship storyline in “The Snake and the Spider”. That song was based on listening and observing certain friends of mine who’d think nothing unethical about having on the side flings from their partners, yet also lamenting about the inevitable power struggle that often underlies many gay relationships. In the gay world, we have our own rules and codes of behaviour, both sexually and socially, so for me it’s a fascinating world to explore both lyrically and emotionally.

VIDEO: “The Snake and the Spider”- ANDY JOSH LIM



ExMen: Where will the album be released?
STONEDOG: So far it’s out in HMV & Volume in Hong Kong, and by the time this interview is published on your blog, it will be in all the leading record stores in Singapore. Hopefully soon other regions in Asia like Taiwan, Thailand & Malaysia it will find outlets too. It is envisioned to be available to the major markets outside Asia at various stages throughout this year, whether on physical CD or digital release. To everyone outside Asia who is interested, if you can’t wait, email us at info@volume.com.hk with the subject heading ‘Club Anthems Asia’ and one of our label staffers can assist you with an advance order.

ExMen: How has the initial reaction to the album been so far?
STONEDOG: We are such a new, grassroots little indie label but we’ve been met with such positive buzz. I’m so extremely grateful. We’re getting some radio airplay here in HK and a lot of positive praise from DJs and punters who’ve already got the album. Time Out Magazine Hong Kong put it in their “Best of 2010” awards. I’m hoping everyone who reads this will find a way to grab a copy to see what all the fuss is about.

ExMen: Will we expect a sequel? If so, can you shed some light on it?
STONEDOG: That depends on you guys. Get out there and support the first one to ensure there can be another one. Such is the nature of start up labels. We do have more songs waiting to either begin or be completed like the 2nd La Chiquitta song we recorded and an original track with Singapore’s DJ Big Kid that didn’t quite get finished in time. There is always hope our community feels compelled enough to act on it to help keep our voice heard and continue to give local LGBT artists a fighting chance to raise their profiles. It’s really up to the public to decide our fate. I’d hate for it to end before it really had a chance to grow and perhaps become a key that can help unlock a better future for gays in Asia.