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Dan Shake house and disco set
Mixmag Cover Mix
Dan Shake's house and disco set for Mixmag Cover Mix is a joyful romp through funk-laden grooves, starting with the irresistible, boogie-down call of Symbol 8's 'I Thought You Wanted to Dance'. The vibe is all smiles and shoulder shimmies, a virtual living room party where the only rule is to move. This is funky, disco-tinged house music, sitting pretty at 126.4 BPM and harmonically glued together by the ubiquitous 12A, ensuring every transition feels like a natural step.
The energy is heavily skewed towards the low-end at 0.70, providing a relentless, bumping foundation, while mids at 0.22 carry the infectious basslines and vocal snippets, and highs at 0.07 keep it smooth. Shake's mixing is playful and precise, weaving between classic acapellas and modern edits with ease. The tracklist is a celebration: Moodymann's 'Don’t You Want My Love' is a timeless, raw soul burner; Robin S.'s 'Luv 4 Luv' gets a stone-cold rework; Alexey Romeo's 'Set Me Free' remix is a driving, modern peak-timer; and Mr.
Lee's 'Get Busy' is a guaranteed floor-filler. Savas Pascalidis's 'Raw Mission' and Planet Soul's 'Set U Free' add tougher, tribal-tinged rhythms, while The Chemical Brothers' 'Out of Control' provides a proggy, seven-minute epic. From the funky opening, the set builds to the psychedelic peak of the Chemical Brothers, before closing with the quirky, bass-driven bounce of WE ARE CREEPZ's 'Fekete', a set that never takes itself too seriously.