In his own words, the last few weeks have been “pandemonium” for hirsute dance music ambassador Tommie Sunshine. At the Amsterdam Dance Event
last September, inthemix heard Sunshine expertly lead the panel ‘The
United States Of EDM’, easily one of the most well-attended during the
conference. Throughout the panel, the Chicago-bred DJ returned to the
point that the U.S. ‘EDM’ boom should be welcomed, not agonised about.
“This is not a conversation anymore, it just isn’t,” he told the room. “There is plenty of pie for everybody. If you want to be David Guetta and write pop records, that’s fine. If you want to be Seth Troxler and freak out and play crazy music and eight-hour sets, there’s plenty of room for that. They just don’t need to exist in the same place.”
Since then, Sunshine has kept up his side of the argument, largely on his superhumanly prolific Twitter account and via a Guest Editorial for The Huffington Post, ‘EDM Is Growing Up’. Early last week, he praised the Platinum success of Swedish House Mafia’s single Don’t You Worry Child as a sign of big things for dance music in 2013. The comment sparked a discussion with Ed Simons of the Chemical Brothers, who dismissed the song as “drivel” that “sounds like Nickelback”. As Sunshine put it at the time: “Why is everyone from the roots of this music so fucking salty about the ones who are going mainstream?”
Tommie Sunshine’s position that “there’s plenty of pie for everybody” continues to stir up debate. Now the DJ has put together a new DJ mix to address his detractors. The Soundcloud mix – titled ‘Where’s The #EDM?’ and adorned with a cut-out of Pitbull’s face – is an ode to his Chicago house roots, before the flammable term ‘EDM’ was even on the radar. The likes of Jesse Rose, Solomun, Tiger Stripes and Duke Dumont all make the cut.
“In all of the pandemonium of the last few weeks I felt it necessary to make a mix that reflects my roots in Chicago & shows all the Underground nut jobs who berated me that I do, in fact, know the difference between EDM & House Music,” he writes. “This is a listening mix mean to be enjoyed loud. Make no mistake that I’m going this direction with my live sets for 2013; this is just a love letter to the city that made me want to be a DJ. These artists above are some of the best ones making this deep style & their catalogs are worth exploring. I hope you all enjoy this as much as I did making it. I hope you dance as much as I did while making it. This is House Music. Enjoy.”
Debora & Hannah Holland – Fight [Citizen Remix]
Dan Beaumont & Terry Farley – Fire
Rudimental feat. John Newman & Alex Clare – Not Giving In [Huxley Remix]
Jamie Jones – Road To The Studio [Fly Mix]
Northbrook – Dance [Tommie Sunshine Dub]
Jamie Jones – No Rush
Lana Del Rey – Blue Jeans [Omid 16B Remix]
Aphex Twin – Windowlicker [Tiger Stripes Remix]
Sidney Charles – House Lesson
Jesse Rose – Love The Feeling High feat. Ed Weathers
Deichkind – Leider Geil [Solomun Dub]
Deboa & Hannah Holland – Skentello [Donewrong Miami Mix]
Ts7 – Heartlight (Polygon)
Fake Blood – All In The Blink
Duke Dumont – Need U (100%) feat. A*M*E & MNEK
Chromatics – Ceremony feat. Ida No
Credit : InTheMix
“This is not a conversation anymore, it just isn’t,” he told the room. “There is plenty of pie for everybody. If you want to be David Guetta and write pop records, that’s fine. If you want to be Seth Troxler and freak out and play crazy music and eight-hour sets, there’s plenty of room for that. They just don’t need to exist in the same place.”
Since then, Sunshine has kept up his side of the argument, largely on his superhumanly prolific Twitter account and via a Guest Editorial for The Huffington Post, ‘EDM Is Growing Up’. Early last week, he praised the Platinum success of Swedish House Mafia’s single Don’t You Worry Child as a sign of big things for dance music in 2013. The comment sparked a discussion with Ed Simons of the Chemical Brothers, who dismissed the song as “drivel” that “sounds like Nickelback”. As Sunshine put it at the time: “Why is everyone from the roots of this music so fucking salty about the ones who are going mainstream?”
Tommie Sunshine’s position that “there’s plenty of pie for everybody” continues to stir up debate. Now the DJ has put together a new DJ mix to address his detractors. The Soundcloud mix – titled ‘Where’s The #EDM?’ and adorned with a cut-out of Pitbull’s face – is an ode to his Chicago house roots, before the flammable term ‘EDM’ was even on the radar. The likes of Jesse Rose, Solomun, Tiger Stripes and Duke Dumont all make the cut.
“In all of the pandemonium of the last few weeks I felt it necessary to make a mix that reflects my roots in Chicago & shows all the Underground nut jobs who berated me that I do, in fact, know the difference between EDM & House Music,” he writes. “This is a listening mix mean to be enjoyed loud. Make no mistake that I’m going this direction with my live sets for 2013; this is just a love letter to the city that made me want to be a DJ. These artists above are some of the best ones making this deep style & their catalogs are worth exploring. I hope you all enjoy this as much as I did making it. I hope you dance as much as I did while making it. This is House Music. Enjoy.”
Tracklisting:
Duke Dumont – The GiverDebora & Hannah Holland – Fight [Citizen Remix]
Dan Beaumont & Terry Farley – Fire
Rudimental feat. John Newman & Alex Clare – Not Giving In [Huxley Remix]
Jamie Jones – Road To The Studio [Fly Mix]
Northbrook – Dance [Tommie Sunshine Dub]
Jamie Jones – No Rush
Lana Del Rey – Blue Jeans [Omid 16B Remix]
Aphex Twin – Windowlicker [Tiger Stripes Remix]
Sidney Charles – House Lesson
Jesse Rose – Love The Feeling High feat. Ed Weathers
Deichkind – Leider Geil [Solomun Dub]
Deboa & Hannah Holland – Skentello [Donewrong Miami Mix]
Ts7 – Heartlight (Polygon)
Fake Blood – All In The Blink
Duke Dumont – Need U (100%) feat. A*M*E & MNEK
Chromatics – Ceremony feat. Ida No
Credit : InTheMix
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