DJ Michael Rackley
69 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsEveryday music for everybody! Sometimes it's chill, sometimes it's house, sometimes it's trance. Be sure to subscribe, follow, and share out if the music moves you.
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March 2020: Happy Music
March 19, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 150 MBBound to happen, that a second mix would come out with all this free time. Honestly, most of these tracks were supposed to be on the last mix, but I decided to ramp up the BPM and these are the tracks on the lower end of the beats spectrum (averaging 120). Inspired by the Billboard Top 50 Dance Club list, I added a few favorites including album tracks by Harry Styles and OMD. Tracklist: 1) Adore You // Harry Styles 2) Good Man (Dave Aude) // Hilary Roberts 3) Drunk on You (Dave Aud...
March 2020: Happy Dance
March 02, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 141 MBI finally found enough songs to put a mix together! It's tough these days... EDM is huge (and not my style), and there's a lot of good (but slow) songs out there that just don't make you want to move. I wanted songs that would wake me up! I dug back a few years for some gems I'd never heard before, including both Owl City songs, Hola from Dario G, and Shakira's World Cup anthem that she sang at the Super Bowl (I was like "whatever happened to that song?"). Thank the stars for produ...
October 2019: Deep House
October 14, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour - 145 MBTracklist: 1) Dimma (Extended Mix) // Hosini 2) Road To San Vicente // Modd 3) Sama (Extended Mix) // Simon Doty, Zein 4) Kai (Original Mix) // Volen Sentir 5) Night Tales (Original Mix) // Bross (RO), VICTHOR 6) Angelica (Extended Mix) // Limara 7) Yugen (Original) // Mark Alow 8) Woodland Oracle (Original Mix) // Fulltone 9) Valhalla Rising (Nick Warren & Nicolas Rada Edition) // Anton Dhouran 10) Land Of Our Dead (Matthias Meyer Remix) // HOKI
October 2019: Church Special
October 13, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour - 147 MBTracklist: 1) Bless Me Today (12" Version) // Alan Dixon 2) Praying For You (Album Version) // Jasper Street Co. 3) Sing Our Song (Original Mix) // Jay Vegas, Johan S 4) Follow Me (Opolopo Remix) // Sense of Sound Singers 5) Are You Ready? (Joey Negro Redemption Mix) // Four80East, CeCe Peniston 6) Joy (Masaki Morii Remix) // Danny Clark & Carla Prather 7) Something Inside (DJ Spen & Gary Hudgins Remix) // Jersey Maestros, Sarah Dash 8) Raise Me Up (Alan Dixon 12" Version) // Sophie...
September 2019: Happy Dance
September 15, 2019 21:36 - 59 minutes - 137 MBTracklist: 1) Katy Perry // Never Really Over (Wow & Flutter) 2) Seri // Something For Everyone (Division 4) 3) Judah Holiday // All That I Got Tonight (Giuseppe D) 4) Freya Ridings // Castles (Until Dawn Club) 5) Sting // If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (Dave Aude Extended) 6) Madonna // I Rise (Kue Drops The Funk) 7) Billy Porter // Love Yourself (Barry Harris Club) 8) Alphabeat // Shadows (F9 Club) 9) Dion Todd (feat Maya) // Be Alright (Perry Twins Extended) 10) Ed Sheeran & ...
July 2019: Tahoe Edition
July 18, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour - 144 MBHello from Lake Tahoe! I hope you're enjoying your summer. Tracklist: 1) Summer on Lock (Sebastian Perez Extended) // Emily Perry 2) Words (F9 Club) // Molly Hammar 3) Easier (LA Rush Club) // AJ Salvatore feat Daiyan Trisha 4) My Love (F9 Club) // Will Young 5) Don't Stop Me Now (Moto Blanco Club) // First Ladies of Disco 6) Love Yourself (Barry Harris Club) // Billy Porter 7) If You Love Somebody Set Them Free (Dave Aude Extended) // Sting 8) Let You (Cahill Club) // Cheryl 9) We...
June 2019: Summer Solstice
May 28, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour - 161 MBHey there, sorry... life happened and the month of May got away from me. Not only that, but I feel that June is going to be super busy, so I'm pre-releasing a June mix to free up some time. Let me highlight a few standouts: The Calum Scott track is magnificent, jumping right into a 7th Heaven mix (constantly uplifting). I've chosen lots of my favorite producers for this mix, including Eric Kupper, Moto Blanco, F9 (Freemasons), Kue, and Barry Harris (offering a delightful mashup of J...
March 2019: Spring Break
April 07, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour - 144 MBMy dj music pool had a slew of new songs recently, each averaging about 3 minutes, so I slapped together all my favorites. This isn't so much a mix, as it is just a podcast of songs -- I imagine April's mix will have some longer versions from this podcast. Stay tuned. In the meantime, Happy Spring Break! 1) All My Friends Are Rich / filous f./Louis III 2) Say Something (Extended Mix) / Lucas & Steve 3) Swing (SDJM Extended Remix) / Josiah & The Bonnevilles 4) Make It Up To You / The Golden ...
April 2019: Roy's Mix, Vol. 3
March 31, 2019 04:35 - 1 hour - 115 MBIf you know me, then you know that I prefer my music happy and uplifting. I gotta say, this is some seriously happy stuff (at 134 bpm and higher). Uplifting, melodic vocals... the kind of trance you'd cry over (depending on your state of mind LOL). These tracks take me back to the late 90s / early 00s when I would play music for (and with) my San Francisco family. So not only is this mix for Roy, but it is also for my brother, Gregory Cox Byfield. I have to credit the blending of the two R...
March 2019: Happy House
March 02, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour - 111 MBHouse Music can be for everyone, with the right sound. Me? I gravitate towards melodic, uplifting vocals, beautiful accompanying instruments, and a groovy beat. That means sifting through a lot of tracks and choosing ones produced by amazing artists like The Reflex, Michele Chiavarini, Spencer Morales, and Mousse T, among others. I love this mix... there's a lot of love in this mix. Wonderful vocals from Sharon Phillips, Andre Espeut, and Tasha Lara'e, just to name a few... I hope this mix ...
February 2019: Happy Dance
February 15, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour - 139 MBLots of love went into this mix. Behold! Some great remixes by the legendary Barry Harris, plus 7th Heaven, Purple Disco Machine, Eric Kupper, and more. A new Dario G track starts your journey, taking you through Cher doing ABBA, Erasure getting a makeover, P!nk doing The Greatest Showman, and Pentatonix covering a Whitney Houston & Mariah Carey duet. Throw in some Ariana Grande for good measure, and even some songs I've used before but are so good that their new mixes had to be shared! Enjo...
February 2019: Happy House
February 03, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour - 140 MBI definitely have a love for house music. San Francisco mornings at The Endup were some of the best church I've ever attended. Granted, I'm normally less gospel and more -- well -- happy! Great lyrics, great groove, something that makes you shake your tush. It's a common theme for me. Happy Music, Happy House. These songs are a collection I've been gathering over the past year. I'm thrilled that more and more of the "classics" are getting remastered. That way I can share them with you! Enjoy...
January 2019: Happy Dance
January 06, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour - 138 MBHappy New Year! Taking a month off made me really want to get this mix out early. Seems last month saw a slight "dry spell" for happy tunes, so some tracks are from earlier in the year, but I'm glad I dug back otherwise I might not have found them. Plus, I love the Miley Cyrus remix; it's gorgeous. A lot of familiar remixers that I enjoy, too: 7th Heaven, Moto Blanco, Pink Panda, Matt Consola, and Dirty Disco (among others). Happy Music: from me to you, friends. Enjoy! Tracklist: 1) Mark Ro...
November 2018: Happy Club
November 29, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour - 172 MBHoly smokes! It's nearing December and I didn't share out my November mix with you (apologies). This was a fun mix to put together. There's a track from the new Mean Girls show on Broadway -- I usually love what they do to a song to make it mainstream, and this one's no exception! Lots of other great new tracks... Behold! Dario G, Aurora, Debby Holiday, Jennifer Hudson, Cher, Lady Gaga, Lenny Kravitz, and Sam Smith. I may need to go dancing... Happy Music, my friends! Enjoy :-) Tracklist: 1...
October 2018: Happy Dance
October 15, 2018 00:00 - 52 minutes - 120 MBPresented for your enjoyment, these are the top 10 songs from Billboards "Dance Club Songs" chart, week of October 6, 2018. Tracklist: 1) Alessia Cara - Growing Pains (Dombresky Extended) 2) Calvin Harris (and Sam Smith) - Promises (Eric Kupper Main) 3) Kygo (feat Miguel) Remind Me To Forget (Barry Harris) 4) Vassy (and Lodato) - Doomsday (Dan Thomas Extended) 5) Janet Jackson - Made For Now (Dirty Disco Tropical House) 6) Cher - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) (Love To Infinity...
September 2018: Fall Fun
September 03, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour - 149 MBThis collection is fun and frisky! It's got a dancefloor feel to it, something I don't often have in my repertoire. The songs still have my trademark happy feeling to them, though. A few standouts are Craig Armstrong's "Marelle" which verges on trance and is just gorgeous, a newer version of "Somewhere Above The Clouds" a song which I've used in a previous mix and absolutely adore, Bowie Jane's "Busted" which has a wonderful remix by Starbond, and Purple Disco Machine's "Dished" which is pur...
August 2018: Back to School
August 15, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour - 156 MBWow, the summer sure went by fast! Schools are back in session, and the radio stations are full of some great tunes. Most of these songs are in the "popular" category, heavy rotation on the radio, and others are just fun, happy songs that I came across and wanted to share with you. Lots of fun this time around, just in time to head back into the classroom, myself. Time to teach the children, LOL See you next month, my friends. Tracklist: 1) Stylo G // Powerful (Cahill Tropics) 2) Charlie P...
June 2018: Happy Dance
June 21, 2018 22:16 - 1 hour - 151 MBFirst Days of Summer! This mix started out more as a journey, with some slow, almost somber tracks, before bringing it up into happy, joy, club territory. Then I slept on it and decided to focus on the happy. (I seem to always do that anyway.) I even found one of my favorite classic tracks from 1997: Mama Cass's "Make Your Own Kind Of Music". Jeez, I love that track... So let's begin your next hour with some brand new Chicane, then round it out with some Donna Summer, Ariana Grande, U2, and ...
June 2018: Happy House
June 04, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour - 143 MBI've been sitting on music for MONTHS and finally, after my kids are all graduated, I'm able to spend some quality time putting together a new mix. This mix has a feel -- as several others have -- of Sunday morning at The Endup (SF). Greg, Scott, Chuck (and others)... we'd go have a little flagging session in the alley around the back. Magnificent memories. This mix brings those memories to mind. Please enjoy. Tracklist: 1) The Presets // Downtown Shutdown 2) The Soup Dragons // I'm Free (Y...