RiffMix - Creative DJ Entertainment

25/03/2023

A remix of a Basement Jaxx's classic - Red Alert.

17/03/2023

17/03/2023

A live remix of a Basement Jaxx's classic - Red Alert.

The process was: doing a house remix of the original tune, turning it into a grid format that i can jam out, filming it on 4 cameras, syncing audio and finally editing it up...

Check out my RiffMix - Creative DJ Entertainment page for a few more of these live remix jam outs.

14/06/2020

Sometimes in a song you might love one part of it but not another.

I thought wouldn’t it be cool to be able to take just the best parts of a song and mix those together with the best parts of another song.

And when I say best part I mean the actual instruments, like a guitar riff, bass lines or piano melody.

In traditional DJ mixing it’s hard or impossible to separate a particular instrument from the rest of the song.

But when mixing stems, it’s different and way more fun and creative.

A stem in a song is an individual instrument's part, separate from the rest.

So a guitar stem is just the guitar playing and nothing else. Same with the drums, bass line and rest of the instruments which comprise the whole song.

RiffMix is a DJ style I've been working on where I mix the catchiest individual instrument parts.
Each instrument part is assigned to a pad so I can acually "play" the instruments or vocal snippets in a song

In this video I mix the parts I like best from seven different songs into one.

Obviously seven songs into four minutes is a bit over the top but thought it would be fun to try.

Here are the seven songs..Some are pop, some are funk, some are from the 80s. Can you recognise them all?

Krafty Kuts - Bring Back the Funk - Break beat and scratchy rap vocal
Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk - Funky bass line, guitar & a bit of vocal sample
Pharrell - Marilyn Monroe - Funky guitar
DNCE - Cake by the ocean - Funky guitar
Daft Punk - Around the world - Beats, Synth & vocals sample
Depeche Mode - Strange Love - Piano hook
Frankie goes to Hollywood - Relax - Synth pad

03/06/2020

RiffMix - A new concept in DJ'ing.
Compose, jam and remix songs from the ground up, taking the traditional DJ set to the next level.

This setup is really cool because there is so much freedom and creative control, a song never has to be performed the same way twice.

Ten channels of song stems in Ableton routed through Traktor along with the vocal acapella's, Native Instruments Machine and synths.

03/06/2020

Compose, jam and remix songs from the ground up, taking the traditional DJ set to the next level.s.C

Dynamically compose, jam aTnd remix songs from the ground up, taking the traditional DJ set to the next level.

Tof classics from the 80s. Both of these artists were incredibly influential and helped lay the foundations for the electronic music which followed.
My first track is a rework of two classics from the 80s. Both of these artists were incredibly influential and helped lay the foundations for the electronic music which followed.

06/04/2020

RiffMix is a new concept in DJ'ing. A palate of instruments, loops, samples, stems and accapella's providing complete musical freedom.

Dynamically compose, jam and remix songs from the ground up, taking the traditional DJ set to the next level.

I created this mix for one of my upcoming gigs at Reminisce Classic House 2020 - Sydney where the Superman Lovers were headlining.

I always liked their their catchy number Starlight so decided to put my own spin on it by remixing it with a another classic from the 90's you may remember by Sandy B..

07/09/2019

Had a great gig playing the Amex marquee at the Vouge One Night of Fashion pop up event in Pitt St Mall on Thursday. Had the pleasure of DJing alongside the beautiful and talented Colette Estelle Hammett and Sax player James from Hot Potato..
Thanks to Amex and Vouge for having us and putting on a large and well organised event in the heart of Sydney.

04/02/2019

Just released my latest mix - Electro Pop. It's a grooving poppy number which bridges the gap between house music and the poppy radio sound without being too commercial or cheesy.. Featuring tracks from Ellie Goulding; Wafia; Pharrell; Miami Horror; Lorde and a bunch of other contemporary artists. Enjoy..

A smooth mix of some of the best current indie and electro pop grooves featuring Pharrell, Palma Faith, Chromeo, Ellie Golding and more. https://riffmix.com.au/