DJ River is perhaps one of the first artists that I came across releasing their remixes and full DJ mixes online.  At the time bittorrent was pretty new and bandwidth was at a premium, and he chose to embrace the technology.  I’ve listened to 27 of DJ River’s mixes, and a few of them have been listened to a dozen times or more – generally when I need to focus on a lot of school work I tend to put them on as background music.  I’m happy to share one today for all of you out there who need a soundtrack for studying.

A little about DJ River.. he’s 30, a young age for a successful DJ.  He lives in Stockholm, and his sound is heavily euro influenced.  His mixes incorporate a lot of different styles of down-tempo, ambient, and chill-out.  He has more party mixes, some pre-electro, and some trance stuff circa 2005.  His focus is on quality of selection, and he strays very far from anything commercial.  He is definitely worth a deeper look – if people like him and comment, I’ll post some more of his stuff again.  Here’s a really cool snippet from his myspace, on his philosophy of mixing:

First of all I choose the tracks very carefully.  I then ensure the tracks fit together nicely.  I believe the combination of these two elements is the most important aspect of the mix. When I have made a mix that contains those elements in a asmooth blend, I know I’ve made a successful mix. I treat the creation of the mixes as a competition with myself.  It’s not always easy and its very time consuming. Despite the challenge, I never quit.

Another thing about my mix creations is that I always try to make them astimeless as possible.  I don’t use commercial music for this reason.  To be honest, I’m not that keen on commercial music anyway.  🙂

“an emotional journey through mind and soul” ..is the feeling I want you to experience with my mixes, and I hope I will create these feelings for you aswell.

DJ River’s Myspace

Cue File (Tracklist)

TRACK 01 AUDIO  

    PERFORMER “BT feat. Chicane”

    TITLE “Deeper Sunshine”

    INDEX 01 00:00:00

  TRACK 02 AUDIO

    PERFORMER “South Street Player”

    TITLE “Who Keeps Changing Your Mind [DJ River DP Mix 2003]”

    INDEX 01 06:05:60

  TRACK 03 AUDIO

    PERFORMER “Chicane”

    TITLE “The Drive Home [DJ River Edit]”

    INDEX 01 12:42:40

  TRACK 04 AUDIO

    PERFORMER “Chicane”

    TITLE “Offhsore [A Man Called Adam Remix]”

    INDEX 01 18:48:50

  TRACK 05 AUDIO

    PERFORMER “Chicane”

    TITLE “Nagasaki Badger”

    INDEX 01 23:58:49

  TRACK 06 AUDIO

    PERFORMER “Chicane feat. Power Circle”

    TITLE “Offshore ’97”

    INDEX 01 34:47:54

  TRACK 07 AUDIO

    PERFORMER “Chicane”

    TITLE “Overlap”

    INDEX 01 43:02:60

  TRACK 08 AUDIO

    PERFORMER “Chicane feat. Mason”

    TITLE “Strong In Love”

    INDEX 01 48:37:36

  TRACK 09 AUDIO

    PERFORMER “Chicane”

    TITLE “Sunstroke [Disco Citizens]”

    INDEX 01 52:28:30

  TRACK 10 AUDIO

    PERFORMER “Chicane”

    TITLE “Autumn Tactics [Chicane’s End Of Summer Remix]”

    INDEX 01 55:07:33

  TRACK 11 AUDIO

    PERFORMER “Chicane”

    TITLE “Saltwater [Tomski vs Disco Citizens Remix]”

    INDEX 01 61:10:30

  TRACK 12 AUDIO

    PERFORMER “Chicane”

    TITLE “Love On The Run [Original Mix]”

    INDEX 01 69:19:12