Mixes
The Volcanik Mix Collection
Remixes made strictly for the dancefloors..
A beautiful song by Lata Mangeshkar and S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, from the movie “Maine Pyar Kiya”. I wanted to remix a slow jam for my album and really liked this song, so I added my own beats along with verses from “Every Breath You Take” by The Police (written by Sting), and “I Just Called To Say I Love You” by Stevie Wonder. They are all in the same key and melody and went well together. Enjoy this remix!
Nazia Hassan (April 3, 1965 – August 13, 2000) was a Pakistani singer, lawyer and social activist. Most of you may know her from the popular song “Aap Jaise Koi”, which appeared in the Indian film Qurbani in 1980 and made her the “Queen of Pop” in South Asia. I still play a dance version of that song in my sets at wedding receptions. I recently discovered her song, “Ankein Milanay Walay” while listening to YouTube. She had a beautiful and distinct voice and most of her songs are amazing. As a DJ, I knew this song could work on the dancefloor, and I could mix it into Aap Jaise Koi in a reggae mashup Bollywood set, so I decided to produce my own dance friendly mashup of it. Nazia died at age 35 of cancer. It is said that she had a heart of gold, but she “died an unhappy person, she died in pain”. As a DJ, I can only pay tribute to her by modernizing her song and playing it at events to let the masses hear it and keep them moving on the dancefloors across the world.
The Gold Standard
My latest remix album which was released in 2020. I worked on this album for over one year to get it right and make it as hot as possible for my fans and remix music lovers. Get your copy on Amazon now!
Eastern Flavor
Eastern Flavor (1998). The CD that started it all for me. I released this in 1998 as a compilation of remixes I created from Bollywood songs of that time, mixed with current club music popular during that time. Going to school at NJIT in Newark, I was mainly into hip hop, house and reggae that ruled the radio and dj scene at that time. I was never much into Bollywood music. Remixing gave me a way to incorporate both worlds that would make the songs more appealing to my generation. Many other Indian DJs from NYC and Canada were already doing it. I had just started my first job out of college at PaineWebber. I would come home after work, take a quick nap, and then drive 40 mins from Bloomfield to Somerset to Todd G's studio to work on these remixes. @jerseysboywonder had referred me to him and he was the only engineer I knew using Logic Audio for music production on a Mac. To this day, I still get random emails from people asking me where they can get a copy because they lost theirs or scratched it up. I printed 5000 cds and 2000 cassette tapes of this "album". I spent my first few paychecks on it. I would go around to the music stores in Edison, Jersey City and Queens on the weekends to sell it. Those stores would then sell them to customers as well as ship them to smaller mom and pop indian stores across the nation. When they ran out, they would call me and I would sell them some more. I even found out that some of those stores were bottlegging my CD, burning their own copies and making color copies of the CD cover and selling them at a lower cost per CD than I was selling to them for. Imagine that, a bootleg of a bootleg! I wasn't complaining, it was free promo for me. This was all before Volcanik Entertainment , before client contracts, LLC's, DJ office space, and weddings. This was just me, two turntables, a mixer, and my dad's 1996 Chevy Celebrity.
The History Lesson - Bollywood Classics Mix
Pull up a chair kids, let me tell you a story. This is a tale of a few Bollywood songs which came out in its Golden Era, between 1975 and 1995. This DJ mix is a history lesson of the classics which will never lose their charm. My long time friend DJ Kash and I teamed up to mix this live on two turntables and a mixer. The first set is by yours truly, all DJ Volcanik remixes, some are unreleased from my upcoming remix album coming out this summer. The second half presents DJ Kash with his high energy mixing style. Together we have put together a 30 minute journey for you to dance, chill, drink, and vibe out to. The History Lesson - Presented by DJ Volcanik and DJ Kash.
Jimmy’s Losing It In ‘82
DJ Volcanik's much anticipated remix of the classics Jimmy Aaja and Disco '82, to the beat of the house smash Losing It by Fisher. This one will make you dance, a gauranteed hit on the dancefloors!
Back To The Eighties
A non-stop collection of the hottest 80’s mash-ups and remixes on the planet, professionally arranged by mixmaster DJ Volcanik!
I came out with this CD in 2008 but the music of the 80’s will forever be timeless. Hope you enjoy!
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