Beanie G Presents The Symi Podcast #10 - Beats & Breaks II

Back in May of this year, Beanie G was the first guest Dj to present The Symi Podcast. It rapidly became the most downloaded podcast to date. After several emails, Beanie agreed to do a second mix for The Symi Podcast. Carving up some old and new jazzstep breaks, this will either having you moving or chilling out. Many thanks to Beanie for this. Next cast will be yours truly, JordCuts. Been a while now thanks to our guests, but I'll do my best to finish of summer 2009 with some special cuts.


Playlist:

1. Keep On - Unknown Error
2. Day dreams - Donny Dubson & Andy Sim
3. Made It At Last - High Contrast
4. There For Me - In Context
5. Afraid Of Jazz (Lenzman Remix) - Madmen & Poets
6. Time - Command Strange
7. See It Thru (ft. Wildflower) - Aphrodite
8. Lost In This World - Netsky
9. Moonlight - Smote
10. Road (DnB Bootleg) - Ray Charles
11. I Can See (DnB Bootleg) Jazzanova ft. Ben Westbeech
12. Consumed - Bcee
13. Chicago - Shinobi



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Athan Presents The Symi Podcast #9 - Progressive Mix

This month, The Symi Podcast is a guest mix by the Athenian Dj Athan. I met Athan in May when he came to visit Symi. We talked about music and I mentioned I produced The Symi Podcast. Athan got his first Technics 1210s at the age of 15, and has been hooked on dance music and mixing ever since. DJing in several bars and clubs back home, I mentioned it would be great to feature one of his mixes for the podcast. He agreed, and so this months mix is a personal collection from him.

Athan has mixed some of his favourite new white labels for this podcast featuring tracks from Jozef Mihalik and Babak Shayan. This is not the last we'll be seeing of Athan. Thank you to him for a great mix. Passionate about Symi, passionate about his music maybe one day he'll play here in one of the clubs or bars.


Playlist:

1. Chinese Laundry (Sonny Wharton Remix) - Terry Grant
2. Waterfall (Den Rize Summer Breeze Mix)- Martin Everson & B Prime
3. Snake In The Grass - Babak Shayan feat. Strict Border
4. Famous When Dead (Milan Lieskovsky Remix) - Jozef Mihalik
5. We Are The Drink'N'Dial People (Norby's Mashup) - Empire Of The Sun Vs. Norman Doray & Albin Myers
6. Famous When Dead (Redanka Remix.) - Jozef Mihalik
7. Breaking All The Rules (D.O.N.S Remix) - Marco Petralia ft. Taleen Marie
8. Seasons - Babak Shayan
9. Without You - Babak Shayan feat. Alex Flatner
10. Day N' Night (Antonio Fernandez Get Down Edit) - Kid Cudi



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Evangelos - Music From The Soul

Vangelis Vlahakis was born in Heraklion Crete in 1965. He began studying music when he was 15 years old studying the classical guitar with Nikos Froudarakis, in Heraklion, and later with Evangelos Assimakopoulos and Nikos Piperis, in Athens. In 1999 Vangelis was hit by an illness of the nerves called 'conduction block'. This left his left hand paralysed, so he could no longer play the guitar. For 3 years he couldn't even listen to music, knowing in his mind that he was once able to play.

Today, the passion for music and the ability to play has come back to Vangelis. Not only does he play the guitar, he also plays the piano, and harp. Why do I write about Vangelis in this blog? For me the main reason is the way he makes a bridge to all music. Vangelis does not only know the traditional Greek music we've all heard in tavernas and bars around Greece. This is a man that has studied the classics of Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, Villa-Lobos etc. His true passion for music is probably no different from the rest of us. If it sounds nice, it's nice.

I know Vangelis not only because of his music, but also because he and his wife make excellent jewellery, and even have a shop in Elounda, Crete. We even have his jewellery in our shop here in Symi, and has proven to be very, very popular with people from all over the world.

Visit his MySpace page, grab a drink of your choice, and play the songs he's uploaded. Below are the links, and I strongly recommend you check him out. There is also a link below to the full interview of Vangelis by myriad-online.com

Finally, I'll leave you with a quote from one of his friends:

-Do you play music ? I asked.
-No, but I love the souls of the ones that do



Vangelis Vlahakis Interview:
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