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Dance Megamix w/ Don Play :: North Carolina's Disco Mixer
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Don Play is a dance music dj and self-proclaimed disco historian living in North Carolina. His 2-hour weekly radio show on WCOM 103.5 is syndicated via this podcast, to go along with other archival mixes, interviews, and live shows. If you love new and classic house music, disco, soul, African, new wave and all things danceable — you've come to the right place.
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Ep. 403: Messages
2w agoTap to summarizeSome deep, trippy, moody house music for your higher state of consciousness. This one goes beyond the realm of your imagination and back. Tracklist for May 27, 2026 01 :: Critical Point feat. Viktor Duplaix - Messages (Main Mix) 02 :: Marshall Jefferson vs. Noosa Heads - Mushrooms (Mazi's Audio Soul Revamp) 03 :: Elastic Reality feat. Shaun Kéng Collins - Cassa De X (Dubfire's Deep Vocal Mix) 04 :: Wamdue Project - Are You High? 05 :: Departure Lounge - Dep Lounge (Dub) 06 :: New Order - Regret (The Junior Dub Mix) 07 :: New Century Soul - Solo Moments 08 :: The Return - Lights ...
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Ep. 402: Good To Be Alive
3w agoTap to summarizeElectronica! Big Beat! IDM! Do any of these terms mean anything to you? If so, you might have experienced the mid-to-late 1990s, when the worlds of rave, hip hop, and alternative rock collided. As a young kid, I was really into dance music before I even knew what the term "house music" meant. Shortly thereafter, I got really into alternative rock and punk music for a while, before rediscovering new wave, which eventually brought me back to dance music. How did that re-connection happen? Well, it's kinda hard to explain if you didn't live through it. But the short ...
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Ep. 401: Violently Happy
4w agoTap to summarizeTime for some soulful, uplifting house music to replenish your spirits! I got to break out some never-before-played tracks on the Megamix, and they made the whole episode a joy to put together. I hope you enjoy listening as much as I did while making it! Tracklist for May 13, 2026 01 :: Björk - Violently Happy (12" Mix) 02 :: Bette Midler - To Deserve You (MK Dub 2) 03 :: Blondie - Rapture (K-Klassic Mix) 04 :: Jamiroquai - Cosmic Girl (Classic Mix) 05 :: Black Science Orchestra - New Jersey Deep 06 :: Iz & Diz - Down 4 U 07 :: Bob Sinclar ...
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Ep. 400: Peace Magents
May 7Tap to summarizeEPISODE 400 IS FINALLY HERE! And it just so happened to coincide with my dearly departed friend, Josh Pressman's birthday. So I decided to make this one extra special, mixing some of my rarest South African kwaito records (and CDs, and cassettes!) with a mix of other international gems that rarely see the light of day. This mix is an homage to the entire 400 episode catalog of the Dance Megamix, so I included a bunch of tracks that illustrate the breadth and depth of what I try to do on the radio each week. Some of these cuts ...
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Ep. 399: I’ll Never Fall In Love Again
May 6Tap to summarizeTime to get funked up! This one slaps hard, with killer bass lines, deep grooves, and smooth vocals. If you love disco, boogie, and vocoder, you will love this mix. Tracklist for April 29, 2026 01 :: Debarge - I'll Never Fall In Love Again 02 :: Midnight Star - Midas Touch 03 :: Klassique - Somebody's Loving You 04 :: Geraldine Hunt - Can't Fake The Feeling 05 :: Aleem - Release Yourself 06 :: Shirley Lites - Heat You Up (Melt You Down) 07 :: Chic - I Want Your Love 08 :: Gino Soccio - Dancer 09 :: Tony Cook & The Party People - On ...
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Ep. 398: Action City
Apr 16Tap to summarizeYou never know what you'll get on the Dance Megamix! This one flies high among the stars, delivering rock and alternative from the 1980's, with a heavy dose of new wave mixed in. Some deep cuts in here! Tracklist for April 15, 2026 01 :: Kim Wilde - Action City 02 :: Altered Images - Don't Talk To Me About Love 03 :: Re-Flex - The Politics of Dancing 04 :: The Call - I Still Believe 05 :: George Michael - Faith 06 :: R.E.M. - It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) 07 :: The Bangles - Walk ...
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Ep. 397: Superstylin’
Apr 9Tap to summarizeMassive feel-good vibes incoming! This episode features legendary pop-inspired dance tracks as well as club tracks that managed to cross over into the mainstream. Many of these gems are only available on vinyl and are hard to come by, so it's fun to play them all together. Tracklist for April 8, 2026 01 :: Groove Armada - Superstylin' 02 :: Cheeky Boy - Once In Plastic Time 03 :: Kylie Minogue - Can't Get Blue Monday Out Of My Head 04 :: Madonna - Hung Up (SDP's Extended Vocal) 05 :: Sugababes - Freak Like Me (DifferentGear Remix) 06 :: Spiller - Groovejet (If This Ain't ...
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Ep. 396: Brief As Possible
Apr 8Tap to summarizeThis one takes inspiration from a bangin' 90's house record from Switzerland that I managed to cop this month. Essential listening for the true house heads! It doesn't really get better than this. Tracklist for March 25, 2026 01 :: C & M Productions - Brief As Possible 02 :: Farley & Heller - Ultra Flava 03 :: Party Crashers - Dance Machine 04 :: Jump "Chico" Slamm - Feel Free 05 :: Eddie Amador - House Music (Message Mix) 06 :: Peace Division - Got 2 Get (Vocal) 07 :: Tuff Jam - My Love (Mix 1) 08 :: Krimp - Get Up 09 :: C.V.O. - Mighty ...
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Ep. 395: Back To School
Apr 8Tap to summarizeOkay, so this one isn't exactly leftfield. But it is definitely a left turn! It goes from 80s and Italo to some new acid disco, into some world dance music. Get into it! Tracklist for March 18, 2026 01 :: Queens Brooklyn Connection - Back To School (3 Rs Radio Mix) 02 :: Koto - Chinese Revenge 03 :: 04 :: Thompson Twins - Sugar Daddy 05 :: Howard Jones - Things Can Only Get Better 06 :: INXS - Need You Tonight 07 :: Level 42 - Something About You 08 :: Pet Shop Boys - Pet Shop Boys 09 :: Topo - Ba Ba Go, Go 10 :: ...
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Ep. 394: West on 27th
Mar 12Tap to summarizeIn honor of the TWILO reunion party in New York this past weekend, I dug out some of my favorite late 90's/early 2000's progressive house records to give folks an idea of what they might have heard on a given night at that legendary venue. Tracklist for March 11, 2026 01 :: Killahurtz - West On 27th (A Tribe Called KHz Mix) 02 :: X-Press 2 - Muzikizm (Part I) 03 :: Mainframe - Blue 04 :: PQM - You Are Sleeping (PQM's Thumpin Instrumental) 05 :: Saints & Sinners - Pushin Too Hard 06 :: Sleepfreaks - Chemical Shift (Original Mix) 07 :: Underworld - Dark ...
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