One of my personal favorite times of the year is Halloween. Pumpkins get carved, houses get TP-ed, kids go around getting candy. However, in the club, girls can get away with dressing up as sluts, and the DJ brings the darkest and scariest music he/she's got. With the possible exception of New Years, Halloween can be the biggest time of the year for dance music (although with New Years there's no dressing up).So you're the musical maestro for the night, and you have this great gig lined up, but you're wondering what to play in your DJ set. In the past, I've kind of scratched my head on what to play at Halloween to keep in with the whole vibe. Each crowd will be different, and want/expect different things, but here are a number little bleeps to sink your teeth into.
Man this post in gonna be big...we'll start things off with a great Tech meets Electro House banger from Sebastien Leger. He samples Marilyn Mason's 'The Beautiful People' for great effect.
Sébαstïén Légér - Thé Péōplé (Orïgïnαl Mïx) <3 YSI
Paysites - Beatport
Moving right along, we've got a great one from Hervé. It's called 'Zombies'..."Yes I've seen zombies...I've seen men that have died and come back to life!"
Hervé - Zombies (Original Mix)
Paysites - Beatport
And speaking of zombies, Designer Drugs released a little bleep by that name a while back. Hot Pink Delorean remixed it and gave it away a while ago, so I can share that one with you all.
Designer Drugs - Zombies! (Original Mix)
Paysites - Beatport
Designer Drugs - Zombies! (Hot Pink Delorean Thrillernight Remix) <3 YSI
I got a great bleep from Barnery vs The Dinosaur the other day. It was by Figure, who does a very halloween themed Electro/House bleep. Awesome!
Figure - The Phantom (Original Mix) <3 YSI
No Halloween would be complete without talking about Justice. They had a little bleep, off of their album Cross, that electrofies 'Night On Bald Mountain' by one of the darkest classical music composers of all time, Mussorgski. Look for a HOT Nero remix in the coming months.
Jũstïcé - Stréss (Orïgïnαl Mïx) <3 YSI
Paysites - Beatport
Le Castle Vania did a stunning rendition of 'Zero Machine' from the Smashing Pumpkins. This one will definitely ignite any dancefloor.
Le Castle Vania - Zero Machine (Original Mix) <3 YSI
Laidback Luke came out with a fantastic bootleg remix of 'Thriller' not too long ago. This little bleep usually goes over well regardless of what time of year it is, but since it's Halloween, I imagine it will be particularly special.
Michael Jackson - Thriller (Laidback Luke Bootleg) <3<3<3 YSI
Dimitry G has a dark, scary vibe in a lot of his music. Below you will find bleeps that sample the movies Saw, and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, among others.
Texas Chain Saw - Shainsaw (Dimitry G. Remix) YSI
Saw - The Theme (Dimitry G. & Martis Kaneem Remix) YSI
Dimitry G. - Halloween Special feat. Starrbright (Original Mix) YSI
I will also be sharing a smattering of random Halloween House bleeps that I have accumulated. I am not usually a big fan of the 'typical House sound,' but these should still be in your library. I'll probably end up playing one or two of them myself.
Fast Foot - Halloween '09 (Original Mix) YSI
Alex Davey - Ghostbusters 2k9 (Radio Edit) YSI
Yacek - Halloween Bitch (Original Mix) YSI
And finally we will be delving into Dubstep land with a couple of dark free releases from Cave Light, and great bootlegs from Enigma, and Zeds Dead.
Cave Light - Dracula (Original Mix) YSI
Cave Light - You Must Feed (Original Mix) YSI
Enigma - Blood Countess (Dubstep Mix) YSI
Zeds Dead - Dark Side Dub (Original Mix) <3 [STAR WARZ!] YSI
Happy Halloween! If you use these for your DJ set, let me know how it goes!
