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"The Soul Shack" w/ DJ-J-MECottage Cocktails 2024 (aka August Soul Shack)I'm brought back "Cottage Cocktails"! I haven't posted a Cottage Cocktails mix since 2019, but after djing an amazing cottage tent wedding last summer, I was inspired to record a cocktail mix that would be the perfect soundtrack for that cottage setting (but the couple that weekend had their own plans for cocktail music) so the following weekend I recorded this during cocktails at a wedding downtown Toronto. Recorded in the big city, but this is meant to be listened to up in Muskoka, or at the very least while floating in a pool, or perhaps just sitting around a...2025-05-173h 09
"The Soul Shack" w/ DJ-J-METhe Soul Shack (July 2024) Live @ Beacon (June 21, 2024)The people spoke! I asked Instagram what I should post first, a house focused live recording from Beacon last month, or my eclectic 2024 Bar Promo that I recorded back at the same time as "So This Is 50", and the people wanted the Beacon mix first, so here it is! Beacon is an older crowd to begin with, and this particular night there were 2 birthday parties for women around my age, so there was plenty of retro remixes being thrown in the mix! It's a full night mix so it starts off a little more chill while dinner is ending...2025-03-084h 07
"The Soul Shack" w/ DJ-J-MESo This Is 50 (aka The Soul Shack May/June 2024) recorded live at Better Days, MiamiHow am I 50???? Well I am, and I celebrated in Miami, including djing several happy hour sets at Better Days...where they give me the musical freedom to record mixes like this! (Thank you Will and team) The first half starts off chill, a little lovers rock remixes, lots of rn'b, 90's hip hop, some old school and retro (you know me, nice and eclectic - hell, I start with a slow Adele song!) and then gets into some old school / retro and even a nostalgic freestyle set, reminiscent of my youthful March Break trips to Miami, listening to P...2025-01-254h 15
"The Soul Shack" w/ DJ-J-METhe Soul Shack (Apr 2024) Live @ Kasa Moto (Apr 19, 2024)My apologies, I've really neglected updating the podomatic page, despite being current over on Mixcloud.Back in April I knew I was going to record a "so this is 50" mix for my birthday at the end of the month in Miami, but I wouldn't be able to post it in time for April. I was pretty happy with my set that Friday at Kasa Moto, so I figured I'd use it for April. It's a nice mix of new and old house music, some nu-disco, some mainstream remixes, some disco mashups...an eclectic mix playing for a...2024-11-284h 09
"The Soul Shack" w/ DJ-J-METhe Soul Shack (March 2024) aka "2023 Lounge Music ReCap"Ugh, I'm so behind on posting mixes on Podomatic. Please note that I'm up to date on Mixcloud if you want to listen to the new mixes (while I catch up here)Here is my annual lounge music recap from the past year. Usually it's the February mix, but this year I'm a month behind because the 18yr Anniversary mix got pushed to January, and the house recap became February. Anyway, this is all the non-house stuff, filled with nudisco, daytime disco, amapiano, kaytranada type beats, retro remixes, boogie edits, rn'b, hip hop...all the good stuff...2024-09-254h 09
"The Soul Shack" w/ DJ-J-METhe Soul Shack (Feb 2024) aka "2023 House Music ReCap"This was supposed to be the January mix, but thanks to the Cottage Mix series, I couldn’t post the anniversary mix in November, it became January, and now for February we’re looking back with my #housemusic recap from the past year. A journey through various styles of house and the tracks that caught my attention in 2023 (not all released last year, I was late to the party on a few) including songs & remixes from #miguelmigs #blackcoffee #&me #rampa #adamport #keinemusik #peggygou #manoo #pablofierro #mk #domdolla #skepta #gigamesh and more! Say it with me #houseisafeeling !Subs...2024-06-273h 38
"The Soul Shack" w/ DJ-J-ME2023 Sunday Morning Edition (DJ-J-ME Cottage Mix Series)The last instalment of the 2023 Cottage Mix Series, the "Sunday Morning" edition (unless I decide to make a live recording from Kasa Moto or Black & Blue into a 2023 Summer Home In Mykonos edition ;-)Soul Shack fans should still enjoy (it's still based on my personal taste in music) but this one is the more chill background vibes and has a much wider audience, so please, if you appreciate this mix, share the link! Share it with coworkers, family and facebook friends! Thanks!Bookings & Merch: jamiewichartz @ yahoo.caSubscribe on...2024-02-192h 14
"The Soul Shack" w/ DJ-J-MEDJ-J-ME Cottage Mix 2023 (Saturday Afternoon Edition) aka August Soul ShackSorry for the delay in posting, I kept missing my window to upload a new mix before I went over my bandwidth limit, but here it is, the return of the very popular "Saturday Afternoon Edition" from the Cottage Mix Series. This mix was recorded live at the Thursday Ladies Night residency I was doing and it's pure retro nostalgia for the grown folks! (There's even a little freestyle set snuck in with some of my favourites)Hope you're had a great summer and hope you're able to enjoy this mix despite the warm weather being...2023-11-212h 43
"The Soul Shack" w/ DJ-J-MEDJ-J-ME Cottage Mix 2023 (Friday Night Edition Pt 1 & 2) aka July Soul ShackI'm bringing back the Cottage Mix Series for 2023! July (it was posted earlier on Mixcloud) is the Friday Night Edition, recorded live at a "Retro Attic" party, where all of the song selections had to be at least 10 years old, so nothing but throwbacks! Recording it live at a gig like this I had to keep it pretty mainstream, so no obscure gems here, but definitely some guilty pleasures lol! (Next up will be a new Saturday Afternoon edition which is already available on Mixcloud, and then there will be a Saturday Night Edition, a Sunday Morning Edition and...2023-08-294h 19
"The Soul Shack" w/ DJ-J-METhe Soul Shack (Sept/Oct 2022) aka "2022 Bar Promo"So back in the winter when places finally started opening up again, I recorded a 2022 Bar Promo mix, thinking I'd use it to try and get some gigs...and then got so busy that I never gave it to any venues! It's a great mix, so I figured I should use it as a Soul Shack mix before the year ends! Here's the full live recording with the "first half of the night" being a mix of funk, soul, retro, hip hop, rn'b, indie alternative, lots of blends and reworks...a real mixed bag, and the 2nd half being...2022-12-0101 min
"The Soul Shack" w/ DJ-J-METhe Soul Shack (April 2022) aka "Throwback Rn'B Mix"So April 2020 at the start of Covid I got nostalgic and recorded a 90's (isolating in the) house mix. A year later Ontario was going into yet another 4 week lockdown and I got nostalgic again, posting a hip hop from my twenties mix. This year I figured I'd keep with this new tradition of nostalgia for April and am posting a Throwback rn'b mix! This mix is more mainstream than my usual more "neo soul" rn'b vibes, inspired heavily by a wedding I had recently dj'd, where the grooms wanted throwback rn'b during dinner. Hope you enjoy this timeless...2022-06-172h 04
"The Soul Shack" w/ DJ-J-METhe Soul Shack (Apr 2021) aka "Hip Hop From My 20's Pt 1 (backpack boombap edition)So last April I got nostalgic and recorded a 90's (isolating in the) house mix. A year later Ontario is going into our latest 4 week lockdown and I'm getting nostalgic again, but this time for the hip hop from my twenties. There will be a second "street" edition, but part one here is (for lack of a better word) more of the "backpack" stuff. Still boom bap, but not the street, club or radio stuff... this is the jazz sampling more underground stuff. I had to put #Dilla on the artwork because his productions are all over this mix...2021-07-172h 38
"The Soul Shack" w/ DJ-J-METhe Soul Shack (June 2020) aka The LA Edition (live @ The Broken Shaker LA rooftop)To celebrate the 15 year anniversary of the Soul Shack next month, for the first time ever, we’re doing a Soul Shack t-shirt give away! To enter you have to follow me on Instagram dj_j_me (), post a screenshot of any Soul Shack episode on your phone, tag me in your Instagram post and comment on when you discovered or started listening to The Soul Shack. If a friend introduced you to the podcast, tag them too! This giveaway is not sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Instagram…it’s just me and The Soul Shack. Entries must b...2020-10-104h 01