From Russia with Club 8

It's been longer than intended since I last posted a set, but From Russia with Club Volume 8 should be worth the wait. This week's set includes tracks from our last two featured artists, as Roger Sanchez's "Lost" opens up the festivities and Morgan Page's mega-hit "Longest Road" pumps up the energy about 15 minutes in.

This week's edition of From Russia with Club offers a bit of a change of pace, especially towards the middle of the set. In honor of my friends who've been delving into Salsa dancing, I mixed in a few Latin House songs that really get the party moving on any dance floor. I find that these Latin House tracks really dial up the energy and are 100% infectious. Those of you who will see me DJing for New Year's can definitely expect a few of these gems to sneak their way into my set.

Without further ado, I give you Iggy N Scratchy Presents: From Russia with Club Volume 8 (128 kbps)

Production Quality (320 kbps) download available.

Iggy N Scratchy Presents: From Russia with Club Volume 8 Set List:

1. Roger Sanchez ft. Lisa Pure- Lost
2. DJ Robert Georgescu ft. Lara- I Can Feel (Extended Mix)
3. Carefree- Broken Strings (Sebo Reed Electro Mix)
4. Laurent Wolf- No Stress
5. Morgan Page ft. Lissie- Longest Road (Deadmau5 remix)
6. Ian Oliver ft. Shantel- Bucovina
7. Juan Magan & Marcos Rodriguez- Que Levante La Mano Mi Gente
8. Soul Purpose- A1 Salsa House (Main Mix)
9. Jus Jack ft. Phil Garant & Matina Parisi- Smoke
10. Enur ft. Natasja- Calabria
11. Afrojack- Take Over Control (Spencer & Hill remix)
12. Sebastien Leger & Chris Lake- Word (Original Mix)
13. Calvin Harris- Merrymaking (Deadmau5 Vox)
14. Robbie Rivera- Float Away (Gabriel & Dresden remix)
15. Two Door Cinema Club- What You Know (Cryptonites remix)
16. Jes- Imagination (Kaskade Club Mix)

Artist of the Week: Morgan Page

This week’s featured artist is Los Angeles based progressive and electro house DJ Morgan Page. Originally from Burlington, Vermont, Page got his start in high school, doing a local radio show and later worked as a DJ at his college radio station, while attending Emerson College in Boston.

Since college, the 29-year-old Page recorded music for a variety of labels, including John Digweed’s Bedrock and Satoshi Tomiie’s SAW Recordings before settling at his current homes, the Nettwerk Music Group and Nuance Recordings. A prolific remixer with remixes of Madonna, Katy Perry, and Coldplay on his roster, Page was on the opposite side of the remix equation earlier this year when hip hop artists Jay Sean and Birdman sampled his smash hit “The Longest Road” for their catchy track “Written on Her.”

Favorite Productions: The Longest Road (ft. Lissie), Fight for You

Favorite Remixes: Prisoner (by Jeffree Star), Signs of Happiness (by Mozez), Make it Mine (by Jason Mraz), Halfway Gone (by Lifehouse), Symphony #9 (by Dvorak), Show Me (by Carolina Liar)

Earlier this year, I was fortunate enough to catch Morgan Page's set and meet him at Nikki Beach in Miami, during Winter Music Conference in March:


Thank you to Julia Carn for the photo.

From Russia with Club 7

This week's edition of Iggy N Scratchy Presents: From Russia with Club is an upbeat blend of melodic instrumental based tracks and huge club-bangers. I've also thrown in some tribal house mixes that reflect the direction that Dutch House is moving in with artists like Congorock and Afrojack. Finally, to honor Artist of the Week, Roger Sanchez, I featured his recently released collaboration with Far East Movement and Kanobby, an infectious jam called "2Gether".

This set is very energetic and should be a great accompaniment for the long drives many of you will be making for Thanksgiving. On that note, I am thankful for all the amazing music I am privileged to discover, listen to, and spin. It is truly amazing how technology has opened up the creative world and allowed artists to constantly reinvent their music and share it with anyone with an internet connection. So much is available at our fingertips, and I'm just thankful I can enjoy it.

Another major thing I am thankful for is every one of my friends. I am especially thankful to those of you who are checking out my music, giving me feedback, and sharing it with your friends. I started this site because of the encouragement of a select group of you, and it's forcing me to constantly spin and innovate what I'm doing. I am thankful for having such great people in my life. Thank you for all of your love and support.

Enjoy the music and have a Happy Thanksgiving. Iggy N Scratchy Presents: From Russia with Club Volume 7 (128 kbps)

High Quality (256 kbps) download available.

Iggy N Scratchy Presents: From Russia with Club Volume 7 Set List:

1. Little Boots- Earthquake (Redlight remix)
2. Justice vs. Wolfgang Gartner- Illimerica Are Your Friends (Steve Camp Mashup)
3. Roger Sanchez and Far East Movement ft. Kanobby- 2Gether
4. Criminal Vibes- Saxone (Krafty Kuts re-rub)
5. Swedish House Mafia- One (Congorock remix)
6. Dizzee Rascal and Armand Van Helden- Bonkers
7. The Prodigy- Warriors Dance (Albin Myers remix)
8. Cisko Brothers- Guaglione 2008 (Alex Gaudino remix)
9. Henrik B- Now and Forever (Norman Doray Cazzo remix)
10. Moby- Mistake (Dabruck & Klein remix)
11. Marcus Schossow- Strings (Original Mix)
12. Henry Mancini- Love Theme (Iggy N Scratchy remix)

Artist of the Week: Roger Sanchez

I got some great feedback from the Artist of the Week feature on Laidback Luke but have admittedly fallen off the pace of making this a weekly column. I will be making an effort update the Artist of the Week feature more frequently in the future, and will be releasing a few special articles to commemorate the end of the year.

On to the Artist of the Week:
House DJ and Producer Roger Sanchez started his music career in 1994 and was one of the most consistent hitmakers of the 2000’s, churning out smash after international smash. A native of Queens, Sanchez has been an Ibiza favorite, holding residencies at El Divino, Pacha, and most recently Amnesia. In his 16 years of releasing infectious house and tribal house Sanchez has remixed some of the biggest names in music, including Madonna, Michael Jackson, Lenny Kravitz, and No Doubt, winning a Grammy in 2003 for his take on “Hella Good”.

Sanchez has been no stranger to DJ Mag’s Top 100 list, placing 25th, 57th, and 60th from 2007 through 2009 and coming in at 64th this year (another argument for how flawed the rankings are). With such an anthology to his name, it’s hard to know where to start with Roger, but you can always hear what he has been up to lately by tuning into his “Release Yourself” Podcast, which is also the name of his 9 volume CD series. Sanchez has been going strong for nearly a decade and a half, and there’s no reason to think that he’ll be slowing down any time soon.

Favorite Productions: Lost, Another Chance, Turn on the Music (Ft. GTO), 2Gether (with Far East Movement, Ft. Kanobby), Again

Favorite Remixes: Hella Good (by No Doubt), Only the Young (by Brandon Flowers), In Your Eyes (by Kylie Minogue), Be Mine! (by Robyn), Give a Little More (by Maroon 5)

For a full bio and track list for Roger Sanchez check out www.RogerSanchez.com

DJ MAG TOP 100 2010- the Name Game

What is in a name? Would not a tune by any other name sound as sweet? Apparently not.

On October 27th, DJ MAG released its annual TOP 100 DJ’s list. The rankings, which are determined by an open online poll, heavily skewed towards big name DJ’s , regardless of what they did this past year. As is always the risk in a fan poll, reputation took precedence over actual accomplishment.

Don’t get me wrong, I love guys like Armin Van Buuren, Paul Van Dyk, and Paul Oakenfold, but I don’t think anyone can actually justify the argument that any of them have had a better YEAR than Swedish House Mafia, Laidback Luke, or Avicii. Armin continued to spin pure fire on A State of Trance and got headlining gigs for some huge festivals, including Ultra Music Festival in Miami and Electric Zoo in New York, but how can the #1 spot go out to a DJ who literally took the first half of the year off to complete an artist album that certainly lacked the hit power of his other productions. “Mirage”, Armin’s fourth studio album, is by no means a poor effort, but it left something to be desired in a year when SO many other DJ’s had superior albums and tracks. PVD and Oakie’s inclusion in the Top 10 (and Top 25 for that matter) is even less defensible. This year the public straight up got it WRONG.

Above: Armin Contemplating, "Why in God's name am I #1?"

Unfortunately, the DJ Mag TOP 100 is the most notable DJ ranking in the world, and we are stuck with the fan voting. I only wish there was a separate list composed by industry insiders, with input from the DJ’s themselves. Until then, we’ll continue to see a flawed and unjustifiable DJ Mag TOP 100.

For my part, I will be releasing my TOP 10 DJ’s and TOP 10 Tracks of the year lists, along with some miscellaneous awards, during the week leading up to New Years, so keep an eye out for that.

Thanks for reading and check back over the weekend for Volume 7 of Iggy N Scratchy Presents: From Russia with Club.

From Russia with Club 6

Welcome back. This week's edition of Iggy N Scratchy Presents: From Russia with Club is a bit of a change of pace. After mixing epic anthem after epic anthem in Volume 5, I wanted Volume 6 to be a bit more low-key. What you'll find is a set populated with some chilled out house and melodic progressive tracks (relative to my usual adrenaline fueled nonsense).

Along with some solid tracks by artists such as Motorcycle and Armin Van Buuren, Volume 6 has a few songs that are especially close to my heart. "Say It Right in Twilight", a mashup of an Adam K & Soha track with a Nelly Furtado song, was one of my first productions, back when I was residing in Klüb Miller at tropical Tufts University.

The second sentimental song, "King of My Castle", is one of my favorite tracks by legendary British trance DJ Judge Jules, who happened to be my introduction to dance music. On a fateful May night 5 years ago my sister and brother-in-law got me a fake ID, fed me red bull-vodkas like nobody's business, and took me to Avalon Nightclub in Manhattan where Judge Jules popped my trance cherry and rocked my world. The rest is history.

For chapter 2 of my autobiography, check out Amazon. In the meantime enjoy Iggy N Scratchy Presents: From Russia with Club Volume 6 (128 kbps).

High Quality (256 kbps) download available.

From Russia with Club Volume 6 Set List:

1. Lemaitre- The Friendly Sound
2. Angel Stoxx- I Dropped My E on the Dancefloor
3. Tensnake- Coma Cat (Treasure Fingers remix)
4. Rose Rouge- Analog People in a Digital World
5. Riva Starr- Fanfare One
6. Judge Jules- King of My Castle (Iggy N Scratchy edit)
7. Nelly Furtado- Try (Gabriel & Dresden mix)
8. David Berrie- Get on the Eastside
9. Adam K & Soha vs. Nelly Furtado- Keep It Right in Twilight (Iggy N Scratchy's Tsaverich Mashup)
10. Lusine- Two Dots (Nic Fancuilli remix)
11. Motorcycle- As the Rush Comes (Exclusive Demo remix)
12. Armin Van Buuren ft. Gabriel & Dresden- Zocalo

From Russia with Club 5

Welcome back to Iggy N Scratchy Presents: From Russia with Club. It's taken me a bit longer than I intended to post a new set, but make sure to take a listen because it is definitely worth the wait. Also, as promised I will be posting my review of DJ Mag's Top 100 list in the next few days.

While you await that, enjoy some good tunes on me. Volume 5 is a mix of melodic progressive songs, epic anthems, and club bangers from some of my favorites in the biz including Steve Angello, Klaas, Morgan Page, and Laidback Luke among others. No other way to say it, this set is a straight shot of audio cocaine. So enjoy your 56 minute shot of energy, play it LOUD, and don't blame me if you're still jittery at 6am.

Iggy N Scratchy Presents: From Russia with Club Volume 5 (HQ, 256 kbps)

From Russia with Club Volume 5 Set List:
1. Stardust- Music Sounds Better with You (Eat More Cake remix)
2. Deadmau5, Evermore, J Duplaix, D. Delay- Late Strobe Bodyshine (Dirty South bootleg)
3. Tiga, Zyntherius- Sunglasses at night (Tocadisco Heavy remix)
4. Magnetic Man ft. Katy B- Perfect Stranger (Steve Angello remix)
5. iSquare- Hey Sexy Lady (Laidback Luke remix)
6. David Guetta ft. Akon- Sexy Bitch (Iggy N Scratchy edit)
7. Josh Gabriel- Crosstalk
8. Fedde Le Grand- Put Your Hands Up for Detroit (Club Mix)
9. Fedde Le Grand vs. Justin Timberlake- Put Your Hands Up for Sexy Back
10. DJ Antoine- This Time (Klaas remix)
11. La Roux- Bulletproof (Morgan Page remix)
12. 68 Beats- Replay the Night (Gabriel & Dresden remix)
13. Mark Ronson & The Business Intl. ft. Boy George & Andrew Wyatt- Somebody to Love Me (Congorock remix)
14. Nadia Ali- Rapture 2011 (Avicii New Generation Mix DRM)

From Russia with Club 4, Halloween Mix

Hello and welcome back to Iggy N Scratchy Presents: From Russia with Club. I will be posting my review of DJ Mag's recently released Top 100 list shortly, as well as an Artist of the Week and a new set.

In the meantime, enjoy my ode to one of my favorite party nights of the year. This week's special Halloween Mix features remixes of some Halloween classics, as well as a few big house tracks I've been loving lately. Pregame to it, Dance to it, Get wild to it, and ,as always, PLAY IT LOUD!

Enjoy the music and have a Happy Halloween, Iggy N Scratchy Presents: From Russia with Club Volume 4, Halloween Mix (HQ, 256 kbps)

Halloween Mix (Regular Quality, 128 kbps)

From Russia with Club Volume 4 Set List:

1. BetaTraxx- Mafiosa
2. Martin Solveig- I Want You (Laidback Luke remix)
3. Britney Spears- Circus (DJ TAJ vs Matt Green & Laidback Luke Edit Remix)
4. Lady Gaga vs. Madonna- Alejandro Hung Up (Ferry Corsten vs. System F Remix)
5. Madonna- Hung Up
6. All Stars- Thriller (Filthy Rich's Corpse Shell Remix)
7. Michael Jackson- Thriller (Iggy N Scratchy Edit)
8. Michael Jackson- Billie Jean (Bob Sinclair's Disco Galaxy Remix)
9. Beatfreakz- Somebody's Watching Me (Hi Tack Remix)
10. Eddie Murphy- Party All the Time (Deep Dish Remix)
11. Calvin Harris ft. Dizzee Rascal- Holiday (Laidback Luke Remix)
12. Justice- D.A.N.C.E (MSTRKRFT Remix)
13. Axwell- I Found You (Polish House Mafia Remix)
14. Brainbug- Nightmare (Sinister Strings Remix)
15. Ray Parker Jr.- Ghostbusters (Laidback Luke Remix)

From Russia with Club 3

Welcome back. It's taken me a bit longer than I had hoped ot post this next set. In the meantime, I hope you enjoyed the new Artist of the Week feature. If you haven't seen it yet, scroll down, and check out the inaugural issue.

Now back to your regularly scheduled broadcast. This edition of From Russia with Club includes some classic house and trance songs from some heavy hitters such as Armin Van Buuren, Tiesto, and more. Give it a listen and enjoy some nostalgia, courtesy of the early-mid 2000's. For those of you who like to take your music mobile, I've stepped up my game this week with a high quality, 256 kbps download. On to the tunes, Iggy N Scratchy Presents: From Russia with Club Volume 3

From Russia with Club Volume 3 Set List:

1. Depeche Mode- Precious (Matt Crofford Remix)
2. Armin Van Buuren ft. Jacqueline Govaert- Never Say Never
3. Tiesto- Lethal Industry
4. Gabriel & Dresden ft. Molly Bancroft- One Step Closer (Dave Dresden Lovefest Edit)
5. TyDi- Good Dream (Barnes & Heathcliff Mix)
6. Guru Josh Project- Infinity 2008 (Klaas Vocal Re-Edit)
7. The Ian Carey Project- Get Shaky
8. C-Mos- 2 Million Ways (Axwell Remix)
9. Miami Horror- Moon Theory (Sam La More Remix)
10. Adam K- Complicated (Vocal Mix)
11. Laidback Luke ft. GoodGrip- Rocking With The Best (2007 Remix)
12. Kaskade- Be Still (Robbie Rivera Juicy Mix)
13. Calvin Harris- I'm Not Alone (Deadmau5 Remix)

NEW FEATURE- Artist of the Week: Laidback Luke

With so many great DJ's in the world, it seems like there's never enough time to discover them all. This week I'll be introducing an Artist of the Week feature to try to remedy that problem. Every week I'll spotlight one of my favorite DJ's by giving a little background info and listing some of my favorite tracks in the hopes of providing a bit of an Electro-ducation.

Note: this feature is going to be comprised entirely of my opinion and not a definitive list of hits or ranking system. Disagree with me? Make your case in the comments section.

On to the first Artist of the Week profile:


Luke van Scheppingen, aka Laidback Luke, is a Dutch Electro House DJ and Producer. Known for his big, bold sound, Luke is a frequent collaborator with some of the biggest names of electronica, including David Guetta, Steve Angello, Axwell, and Roger Sanchez. LBL has also remixed everyone from Britney Spears to Jay-Z to Coldplay.

In 2009, Luke came in at #27 on DJMag's Top 100 DJ's list, climbing from the #46 position on the previous year's list. After seeing him this year at LIV in Miami during Winter Music Conference, I am confident that 2010 will represent another jump in the rankings for Laidback Luke.

Favorite Productions: Rocking with the Best, Breaking Down the House, Be (with Steve Angello), Show Me Love (with Steve Angello, Ft. Robin S), Leave The World Behind (with Swedish House Mafia, ft. Deborah Cox)

Favorite Remixes: Get Get Down 2008 (by Paul Johnson), I Want You (by Martin Solveig), You Used to Hold Me (by Calvin Harris), Delirious (by David Guetta), Again (by Roger Sanchez)

Studio Albums: Psyched Up (1998), Electronic Satisfaction (2002)

For a full bio and track list for Laidback Luke check out www.LaidbackLuke.com

From Russia with Club 2

Hope y'all enjoyed the first set. Thank you to those of you who've given me feedback and liked the Iggy N Scratchy fanpage on Facebook. Spread the good word to your friends and let's get the electronic revolution going!

Enough chit chat, here are the download link and setlist for Iggy N Scratchy Presents: From Russia with Club Volume 2

From Russia with Club Volume 2 Set List:

1. LCD Soundsystem- You Wanted a Hit (Soulwax Remix)
2. Joe and Will Ask?- Rainbow Trout
3. Edward Maya ft. Alicia- Stereo Love (Deejay Mury Extended Re-work by Gygy)
4. Pirupa & Pigi- Sweet Devil
5. Steve Angello vs. Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup- We No Speak Knas (Deniz Koyu Mashup)
6. Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup- We Speak No Americano (Oberheim Remix)
7. Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes- Mad About Me (Hot Pink Delorean's Cantina fun remix)
8. Yoshimoto- Du What U Du (Eric Prydz remix)
9. Deadmau5- Ghosts N Stuff
10. The Young Punx- Lola's Ghost
11. Swedish House Mafia ft. Pharrell Williams- One Your Name
12. Swedish House Mafia ft. Tinie Tempah- Miami 2 Ibiza
13. Supermode- Tell Me Why
14. Axwell & Dirty South vs. Adam K- Open Your Complicated Heart (Triarchy Edit)
15. Alex Gaudino- I'm In Love (Kurd Maverick Remix)

From Russia with Club 1

Welcome to Iggy N Scratchy Presents: From Russia with Club volume 1.

Like all future sets, the streaming set is accompanied by a few goodies for your listening convenience:

The blog post for each set will feature a download link so that you can throw sets on an iPod and take them on the go.

Also, you'll find a set list to pick out any tracks you particularly enjoyed.

If you have any questions about tracks or artists or have requests for future sets, feel free to ask in the comments section.

Without further ado, here is the download link and set list for Iggy N Scratchy Presents: From Russia with Club volume 1

Set List:

1. Radiohead- Reckoner (Matt Crofford Remix)

2. True Pseudo- Eletone (Nite Cells Let Go Remix)

3. Temper Trap- Sweet Disposition (Axwell & Dirty South Remix)

4. Deadmau5 vs. Steve Angello- Strobe N Changes (Iggy N Scratchy rework)

5. Scumfrog- Track 15 (WTF Happened to Monday)

6. Mark Ronson- Bang Bang Bang (Russ Chimes Remix)

7. Pryda- Pjanoo

8. Tiesto- Century (ft. Calvin Harris)

9. Perasma- Swing 2 Harmony (Gabriel & Dresden Remix)

10. John Dahlback- Pyramid (Dirty South Remix)

11. Chocolate Puma- Sexy Girl (Funkerman Remix)

12. Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Heads Will Roll (Spencer and Hill Mashup)

13. Evermore- Hey Boys & Girls (TV Rock Remix)