Mixtapes
Monday Mixtape: Bentley’s House Mix
(THE CD VERSION OF THIS MIX CAN BE PURCHASED HERE)
My boy Fave recently went on a search for my first House Music Mixtape on the mixtress. That made me smile but then I listened to it too. I have come such a long way since then. I decided to do a bit of a remix with Bentley’s in mind. If you never got a chance to go to Bentley’s Nightclub in the 80’s and 90’s, you missed a great place to party! Two floors with huge dance areas. An enormous front bar with plenty of seating area. Mirrors and poles everywhere! You could dance with yourself in the middle of the dance floor because they had mirrored columns in great spots. Bentley’s also had the best club DJ in New York working there. Darryl James was turntabling every Friday and Saturday night. Plus he was providing the “Live at Five” mix on Kiss-FM. He was kind enough to put me on the DJ’s list every week and let me hang around the booth picking up tricks and learning music. I still say Darryl James is the best house DJ ever! All those years watching him in DJ booths around the city. I sometimes wonder if he knows how much he taught me as a 19 year old and up. I tell you..I can’t wait to get new equipment to make these mixes even tighter.
I hope you enjoy it!
And if you want to catch Darryl James, here’s the flyer for his next event.
Track Listing
1. Brighter Days
2. Deep Inside
3. Get Up (Everybody)
4. I Get Lifted
5. djdiva-Perculator
6. djdiva-Gotta Have House
7. Nunu
8. Gypsy Woman
9. Follow Me
10. djdiva – Beat That B*tch (NSFW)
11. Work it to the Bone
12. I’ll be Your Friend
13. Love So Special
14. djdiva – Club Lonely
15. Preacherman
16. Plastic Dreams
17. French Kiss (NSFW)
18. Still In Love With You
- If you like this mix..maybe you’ll like these!
Tags: Bentley, best house dj, brighter days, darryl james, Diva, french kiss, gypsy woman, mixtress, Monday Mixtape, plastic dreams, The Mixtress Discussion
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I constantly talk about Bentleys and the way it used to be. I had just as much fun bartending there as I did going their to dance with my girls. No pretense. Just move. I loved it so. Now if we could just recreate that vibe again.
@Jonzee first off thanks for coming through lady!!! u was the bartender? oh man…i know i bought drinks from you!!! lol
This is great stuff – reminds me of the warehouse in CHI back in the good old days…
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