There can never be too much progressive house, especially if it finds its origin in Blake Jarrell’s studio. The Chicago based producer/DJ has his sight fixed on a broad and open-minded horizon, looking back on the release of a pure housy ‘I Think I’m In Love’ under his Weightless alias and touching the techy side of EDM with ‘Hosoi’.

Travelling the globe to please the crowd is part of Blake’s everyday life. There isn’t many places he hasn’t spread his sound yet. Inspired by his travels, he names the follow up EP to ‘Borocay’ and ‘Manila’ after another two beautiful destinations. ‘Galapagos’, an ode to the Ecuadorian island-group, is a light-hearted feel-good track with catchy progressive stabs. Same goes for ‘Patagonia’, but the difference is in the more distortive, cheeky sound. Two keepers!

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Blake Jarrell Concentrate Podcast Episode 025 Tracklisting:

01. Zoo Brazil feat. Leah - You Can Have It All [Magik Muzik]
02. Ada - Lovestoned (Gui Boratto Remix) [Kompackt]
03. Sebastian Ingrosso - Kidsos (True Identity Remix) [Refune]
04. Late Night Alumni - Finally Found (Max Vangeli Remix) [Ultra]
05. Tocadisco feat. Nadia Ali - Better Run (Wippenberg Remix) [Superstar]
06. Filo & Peri feat. Aruna - Ashley (Andy Duguid Remix) [Vandit]
07. Pacific Wave - 1998 (DJ Phunk Remix) [Reserved]
08. Marco V feat. Jonathan Mendelsohn - Coming Back (Nic Chagall Remix) [In Charge]
09. TyDi - Good Dream (Barnes & Heatcliff Remix) [AVA]
10. Leventina - Naked (Incognet Remix) [Sirup]
11. Boom Jinx & Andrew Bayer - To The Six (Martin Roth Remix) [Anjunadeep]
12. Alex Kenji & Manuel De La Mare - Here Comes The Sun [Hotfingers]
13. Henrik B - Wettern [Joia]
14. Blake Jarrell - Galapagos [Electronic Elements]
15. BT feat. Jes - Every Other Way (Armin Van Buuren Remix) [Nettwerk]
16. DJ Rap - Give It All Away (Sultan & Ned Shepard Remix) [MoS America]
17. Andy Duguid - Dejavoodoo (Prog Mix) [405]
18. BT - Suddenly (Ferry Corsten Remix) [Nettwerk]
19. Deadmau5 - Strobe (Michael Woods Remix) [Mau5trap]
20. 8 Ball - Oydyssey To Anyoona (Club Mix) [Used & Abused]
21. Chris Lake & LYS - Sloane [Rising]
22. Alpha 9 - Bliss [Aleph]
23. Glenn Morrison - Playing With Ivory [Morrison]

Hey Chicago People!

Saturday January 16th I’ll be performing another installment of my Concentrate night at Vision in Chicago. Expect a 7 hour extended set of everything starting from chilled out deep house built up to peak hour epic trance. Listen to what happened when I did the first Concentrate Extended Set:

Download Blake Jarrell Live at Vision July 4th 2009 (7hour set)

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Can’t make it to Chicago? Listen to the entire set broadcast live on Sense.fm!

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Blake Jarrell Presents Concentrate Episode 024
December 17th, 2009

Tracklisting:
01. Ashley Wallbridge - Chimera (Intro Edit) [AVA]
02. Moonbeam - Tokyo Dragon (Club Mix) [Proton]
03. Kaskade & Seamus Haji feat Haley - So Far Away (Original Mix) [Ultra]
04. Francesco Diaz & Young Rebels - Crash (Original Mix) [Wormland Black]
05. Michael Woods - No More Waitin (Club Instrumental Mix) [Diffused Music]
06. Kay D Smith & Marc Tall - Hoipolloi (Wippenberg Remix) [High Contrast]
07. Dakota - Mr Cappuccino (Gai Barone Remix) [Coldharbour Red]
08. Cressida - Two O Ten (Original Mix) [Euphonic]
09. Ben Preston - Repeat After Me (Shawn Mitiska & Ad Brown Remix) [Garuda]
10. Moonbeam feat Avis Vox - We Are In Words (Ashley Wallbridge Dub) [High Contrast Nu Breed]
11. Steve Angello - Monday (Christian Smith Remix) [Size]
12. Way Out West - Future Perfect (Henry Saiz Remix) [Electronic Elements]
13. Norman Doray - Tobita (Original Mix) [Cr2]
14. Boom Jinx & Jaytech - Milano (Original Mix) [Anjunabeats]
15. Jerome Isma-Ae - Hold That Sucker Down (Original Mix) [Pilot 6]
16. Josh Gabriel - Entropy (Edit) [Organized Nature]
17. Shiloh - Landmine Hopscotch (Original Mix) [Proton]
18. Filo & Peri feat Eric Lumiere - Soul And The Sun (Jerome Isma-Ae Remix) [Vandit]
19. Sander Kleinenberg - My Lexicon (Eelke Kleijn Remix) [Little Mountain]
20. Solarity - Laika (Ashley Wallbridge Remix) [Enhanced Progressive]
21. Jes - Lovesong (Cosmic Gate Remix) [Magik Muzik]
22. Cicada - One Step Away (Arno Cost Remix) [Critical Mass]

Blake Jarrell has now made his widely-acclaimed radioshow “Concentrate” available as a podcast!  Each month you’ll get Blake’s personal pick of fresh new tunes mixed in a 2 hour enhanced podcast with chapters, artwork, and links to where you can buy the music you hear in the mix.  Subscribe now to get “Concentrate” piped straight down into your computer so you’ll never miss a beat!  Blake has also made available the archive of over 20 past episodes from the past 2 years so all you beatfreaks can get historical.  For more information and tracklistings, visit the Podcast tab of the www.blakejarrell.com website.

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Blake Jarrell Concentrate Podcast Episode 023 Tracklisting:

01. Tone Depth - Rumblefish (Ambient Mix) [Bedrock]
02. Tone Depth - Rumblefish (Maher Daniel Remix) [Bedrock]
03. Super8 & Tab - Irufushi (Ashley Wallbridge Remix) [Anjunabeats]
04. Kyau & Albert - I Love You (Original Mix) [Euphonic]
05. Heather Johnson - Washes Over Me (Rasmus Faber Instrumental) [King Street Sounds]
06. Paul Van Dyk feat Johnny McDaid - Home (Wippenberg Remix) [Vandit]
07. The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition (Axwell & Dirty South Remix) [Infectious Records]
08. Eric Prydz & Steve Angello - Woz Not Woz (Arno Cost & Norman Doray Remix) [Cr2]
09. Claude Von Stroke - Vocal Chords (Original Mix) [Dirtybird]
10. Jon Hopkins - Light Through The Veins (Tom Middleton Remix) [Domino]
11. Passenger 10 - Mikado (DJ Tatana Remix) [Unreleased Digital]
12. Luigi Lusini - A Neverending Story (Original Mix) [The Clubbers]
13. Eddie Thoneick - Perfect Moment (Francesco Diaz & Young Rebels Remix) [Wormland Black]
14. Arno Cost - Souvenir (Original Mix) [Kontor]
15. Leventina - Gravity (Original Mix) [Unreleased Digital]
16. Ben Preston feat Susie - Why We Run (Moonbeam Remix) [Songbird]
17. Wippenberg - Pong (Original Mix) [High Contrast]
18. Matt Darey pres Urban Astronauts - See The Sun (Aurosonic Remix) [Nocturnal Global]
19. Zoltan Kontes feat Tania Zygar - Take Hold Of Me (Original Mix) [Black Hole]
20. Lentos - Forget About Us (Barnes & Heatcliff Remix) [Coldharbour]
21. Bent - As You Fall (Guy J Remix) [G&E Analogue]
22. Calvin Harris - Flashback (Eric Prydz Remix) [Ultra]
23. Steve Angello - Alpha Baguera (Original Mix) [Size]
24. Arnej - They Need Us (Club Edit) [Armind]
25. First State feat Sarah Howells - Brave (Original Mix) [405]

It’s been a rollercoaster of a story for Blake Jarrell, having been one of the many people who lost his home to Hurricane Katrina in 2005 Blake Jarrell had to start over in Chicago. His feeling of loss was comforted by the thumping Chicago dance sounds in which Blake heard his calling and after handing over a demo of his production skills to Armin van Buuren himself, Blake Jarrell got the call!

The following two years were a manic whirlwind (no puns intended!) of global touring where Blake Jarrell adjusted to the full time lifestyle of a global in-demand DJ and producer and like any DJ and producer artist, finding the balance between touring and spending time in the studio is always a challenge. Blake Jarrell decided to put the touring on hold while he took an inspirationally obsessed month of being locked up in his studio, the result of which is his new album ‘Concentrate 2009′.

The album consists of a 2 discs, the first of which is a mix compilation of Blake Jarrell’s new and current remixes to which Blake tells us “I didn’t want to put out just another DJ-mixed compilation. I remembered an album of remixes where each remix was specially designed to fit one another in such a way that it not only makes sense as a traditional DJ-mixed set, but as an intricately customized story. The idea always intrigued me, but it wasn’t until now that it dawned on me that I had the perfect set of songs for such a project. I immediately fell in love with the concept and became obsessed with it, locking myself in the studio.”

There is a wonderfully calm and uplifting spirit sewn throughout the first disc, a journey that will leave you smiling from ear to ear. Highlights of the disc include the melodious and melancholy ‘Bittersweet Nightshade’ from Mike Foyle, the laidback and dreamy ‘Let It Go’ by Gabriel & Dresden featuring the vocals of Molly Bancro who finds the same success in this track as she did with Gabriel & Dresden in ‘Tracking Treasure Down’. Other highlights include Jerome Isma-Mae’s progressive tech trancer ‘Smile When You Kill Me’ and the excellent Kyau & Albert ‘Walk Down’ all in the Blake Jarrell remix of course! Blake comments “Within each remix is also a smaller story. I chose to remix these songs because each of the original versions spoke to me either as a DJ, a producer, or as a person.”

Just as his discovery by Armin van Buuren came at the right time in his sky rocketing career, it seems as though ‘Concentrate 2009′ has come at the perfect interlude to Blake Jarrell’s still growing career and if this is just the beginning for Blake we can expect a lot more from this young artist.

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