dj aristocat and his top 10 tracks

[2009: Unsigned]
Album of The Week has been a long-time fan of DJ Aristocat, but it’s about time we spread the word and stopped keeping his awesome skills all to ourselves. A fixture on the Californian hip hop scene for years, the young LA-based DJ was mixing his Busta Rhymes with the Bangles long before “mash ups” became super popular through Belgium’s 2ManyDJs and, more recently, Pittsburgh awesome copyright infringement case Girl Talk. His most recent mix, Wonderland, shows off Aristocat’s ridiculous collection of tunes – old and new, as well as his amazing musical knowledge and the unique creativity with which he approaches mixing songs – like crossing Dire Straits “Money for Nothing” with “I Get Money” by 50 Cent, or indie rock band VHS or Beta with AC/DC. Clever. aware and tongue-in-cheek, but most importantly it sounds good.

The man has a reputation of getting people on the dance floor and keeping them there. So we’ve asked him to recommend ten tracks that never fail to get bodies moving. Here it is:

DJ Aristocat - Break In Case of Emergency On The Dancefloor Tracks (In No Particular Order)

10. Nightcrawlers - Push The Feeling On This is classic, reminds me of house parties and everytime I drop it, it takes me back and wakes the crowd up.
9. Michael Jackson - P.Y.T. This is a no brainer / tribute, if you are a dj and you don't have this in your crate/hard-drive, you suck.
8. Basement Jaxx - Red Alert Another classic that when it drops, usually so do the girls asses. Basement Jaxx ruled my cd player for like 2 years.
7. The Outhere Brothers - Boom Boom Boom Another classic, this totally kicks the crap out of that Black Eyed Peas Boom Boom Shit track - play this and you get my respect and the crowd screaming "way-ohhhhh!"
6. Crookers - Il Cattivo This one I was on the fence about, it murders in the right situation, in the wrong situation it can get you murdered, play at your own risk...
5. Robin S. vs. Steve Angello & Laidback Luke Show Me Love (Hardwell Bootleg) - This is the ish in LA right now, pretty much any 90's dance remix is, you can play this most anywhere and when it drops in, you have a party on your hands.
4. Cajmere - Percolater It's time for the Percolater, it's always time for the Percolater.
3. CeCe Peniston - Finally (Vandalism Remix) I love this remix, it's effective and electro...and it's a 90s dance song remix...nuff said.
2. Stardust - Music Sounds Better (Discotech Remix) Discotech do awesome remixes that are pounding and effective, this is no exception.
1. Justice - D.A.N.C.E. (Mstrkrft Remix) Justice meets Mstrkrft, I think Mstrkrft should do a Justice remix album, then I could just throw that on at the club and go get a drink as my work would be done for me.

Check out 'Wonderland', DJ Aristocat's latest mix and his other excellent party mixtapes at the link below.

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