S P A C E C O W B O Y S

Aaron Pope’s been a long time friend and favorite of the Cowboys, so we’re exceptionally glad that the recorder didn’t bomb out on is set like it did for Murphstar’s (sorry Murph!).

Pope wrote us a short play-by-play of his Ghost Ship DJing experience…

This year’s Ghost Ship party was one of the better SF parties I’ve ever been involved with. When I took over the decks at 4am, the main floor was packed with screaming, bouncing, costumed silliness, and the energy was infectious. At one point I remember there being a row of self-appointed go-go dancers, dancing on the stage in front of me – until security shooed them off. Since I was closing out the room, and wanted to keep the crowd on the floor, I kept the music fun, rather than dark and bangin’. I played an eclectic mix of house, breaks and electro, including some original songs that that my partner Chad and have done. Before I knew it, it was 4:50am and security guy was there again, giving me the ‘cut-it’ sign. I reluctantly lowered the fader, thanked the crowd, and the party was over. I hope the live energy and fun of this set comes through in the recording, and please excuse the few, of less-than-perfect mixes.

The tracklisting for his set is…
1) Apollo 440 – Dude Descending a Staircase (Stanton Warrior Vocal Mix)
2) Skee Lo – I wish I Was Taller (Big Deal Remix)
3) Waveplant & Ernesto – Bassline (Chad North and Aaron Pope Remix)
4) Franz Ferdinand – No You Girls (Zodiac Cartel ‘Weapon of Choice’ Remix)
5) Calvertron – Doggy Style (Zodiac Cartel Remix)
6) Armand Van Helden – This Ain’t Hollywood
7) Haggstrom-Be My Baby (Peo De Pitte Remix)
8) Chew Fu – I’m the Man in My City (Dirty Extended Fix)
9) NAPT – Angels
10) The Body Snatchers – I Like What I see (HiJack Mix)
11) Dr. Dre – Still D.R.E. (Tenzin remix)
12) Tittsworth – WTF (Deekline & Tim Healy Remix)
13) 30 Seconds to Mars – Kings and Queens (Chad North remix)
14) Beach Boys – Good Vibrations (Stanton Warrior Remix)

Get the mix here

More about Aaron Pope
You can also find Aaron Pope on his Facebook page

And you can download two more recent mixes full of house, breaks, electro, and some original tracks on JungoRoad.com.

Most of his other mixes, including lots of funky, mid-tempo fun, can be downloaded here.

Next from our Ghost Ship recordings is Kapt’n Kirk. He’s a longtimer with Space Cowboys, and if you’ve been to any of our landmark events like the Hoe Down or Breakfast of Champions, you’re familiar with this nutball’s dark and dirty breaks.

Here’s what he had to say about playing Ghost Ship:

I’ve now played a good handful of Space Cowboys Halloween parties at this point, so this time I wanted to put something together that would be good party music and would really get the dancefloor rocking. This was also the first time since my very first time playing out that I actually put together my set from start to finish prior to hitting the decks. Though, without working turntables or Cdjs I had no way to practice the set. While in many cases I believe that live mixes should sometimes just be left “on the dance-floor” (not in your car), I was truly stoked to have a live mix that was ready for ready for downloading. All of these tracks are new to me within the last few months. Please enjoy, and I’ll see you all at BOC with some nastier sh#@t to melt yer raving faces off. Blat!

Here’s the set list for his mix:

1. Hands Up – Benzo, feat Ed Solo Mc Flipside (Stanton Warriors Remix)
   
2. Sewer Gash – Stereo Type
3. FunkDation – BSD
   
4. Bouncy – G.T.M
   
5. Freestyle – J Mekka and J Bass
   
6. ThrottleFunk – Marc Adamo
   
7. Attitude – Alien Nation V DFunk
   
8. Schizophrenic – Utku Sonmez
   
9. Deft ODE – Vent
   
10. AvonDale Krunk – Timmy Schumacher
    
11. Garms – Vent, Ft. Profisee
    
12. Sickening – Stereo Type
    
13. On the Mic – Dom Almond
    
14. Hyper Flight – Equalizers
    
15. Under My Skin – Stereo Type
    
16. Blood Sport – Equalizers
    
17. Dusk Til Dawn – Stereo Type, Feat Wizard, $pida & Foreign Beggars
    
18. Bangers & Mash – Stereo Type, Feat Foreign Beggars
    
19. Mothermash – Unknown remix
    
20. Get Wild – Stanton Warriors

Download the mix here

We’re going to make as many of the Ghost Ship DJ mixes live as we can, starting with this one from Space Cowboy DJ rrrus, who played the closing set in the Desert Island room. He says…

Playing to close is one of my favorite times to play. It gives me a lot of freedom to take a set almost anywhere and send the party people home with my tracks echoing in their ears. Coming out of Shissla, I tried to match his breaks, even trying to give the floor one more kick into the sky before bringing the party back down to the ground. Opening with throbby bangin’ breaks, I then dropped it down a notch into electro and acid house before finally landing in a big chunky funk party. Special thanks to those of you who grooved live in the adventure. You rocked so hard with me.

And here’s what he played…
Hybrid – Higher than a Skyscraper
Stefan Anion – Inferior
LoFi Rebel – Ghetto Music
ILS – Angels
West London Deep – Tongue Tied
Chuck Love – Still Funky
Joel Harrison – Acid Boom
DJ Dan – Chop Shop
Alexkid – Rockin’ Down
Fort Knox Five – Spirit of `75
Neighbour – We Can Dance
Fort Knox Five – Dodge City Rockers
All Good Funk Alliance – NY Funk
All Good Funk Alliance – Superjam
Neighbour – Peaches and Herb
Torpedo Boys – Are You Talkin’ to Me?
Malente – Open Secret
Neighbour – Drunk on the Funk
Pimps of Joytime – Joytime Radio

Download rrrus’ set here

Trick or treat! Check out H8Ball’s new, 100% horrific Goth & Industrial mix, just in time for your Halloween weekend!

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Update, 4:45pm…

Tracklisting:
01. Get Down Make Love – Nine Inch Nails
02. As You Sleep – Psyclon Nine
03. Witchhunt – Godflesh
04. Eggshell (Pressure Mix) – Die Krupps
05. Mental Hopscotch (Kevin Haskins Remix) – Missing Persons
06. Triangle Walks – Fever Ray
07. Wounds – Hocico
08. Wreath of Barbs – Wumpscut
09. Anstalt (Cold Slomo Remix) – Kiew
10. Tower of Strength – The Mission
11. Defect – Imperative Reaction
12. Bullet – Covenant
13. Board Up The House (Renholder Remix) – Genghis Tron
14. White Rabbit – Collide
15. Burn – The Cure
16. If You Think I’m Sexy – Revolting Cocks
17. Rope (Keith Lablanc Mix) – PIG
18. Policy of Truth – Disown
19. Dead Bodies Everywhere – Motor Industries
20. Borderline – Skinny Puppy
21. Scum – Clan of Xymox
22. Quite Unusual – Front 242
23. The Rain With Her Hands – Bella Morte
24. The Lucky Ones – The Retrosic
25. Exterminate Annihilate Destroy – Rotersand
26. Hello, I Love You – The Newly Dead
27. Electric Head 2 – White Zombie
28. See You In Hell – Suicide Commando
29. Living The Wasted Life – Aesthetic Perfection
30. D.I.Y. – KMFDM
31. Amerika – Rammstein
32. Product – Imperative Reaction
33. Walking Away (Leather Strip Mix) – Information Society
34. After The Flesh – My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult
35. Lucretia – The Sisters of Mercy