LOLLIPOP’S ROLLER DISCO ARMAGEDDON MIX

Before drum machines, before MIDI, and before samplers there were beautiful records created by talented musicians. 

 During the period of ’78-’79, the foundation for the soon to emerge Hi-NRG, Boogie & House genres were being laid. Lollipop’s Roller Disco Armageddon is a musical snapshot of this period - taken just barely before “cool” became cliché. This mix perfectly captures the glossy, last gasps of a genre soon decimated by commercialization.

Of course, no official roller disco soundtrack would be complete without soaring, symphonic strings, scratchy guitar, plucky bass and sexy, growling horns. The unique experience of the amplified disco sound in the roller rink is also accurately re-created with the assistance of a custom-programmed acoustic reverb mirror. This podcast mix faithfully highlights songs that packed the skating rink floor and raised the energy level through the roof. 

With an incredible playlist mostly exiled from pop-disco radio programs, many of these “one hit wonders” and the rare 12 inch versions had to be lovingly transferred from my personal vinyl collection to authentically recreate a magical Saturday night at the legendary Hub Axle Roller Rink.

I know you’ll enjoy this mix. For some of you, it’ll bring back heart-warming memories and for those who missed it, here is your contextually-correct opportunity to experience it for the first time. Lace 'em up tight – it’s an “All Skate Armageddon!”

LOLLIPOP’S ROLLER DISCO ARMAGEDDON

Hub Axle Roller Rink Intro

Tuxedo Junction - Chattanooga Choo Choo

Bryan Adams - Let Me Take You Dancing

Peaches & Herb - Roller-Skatin' Mate

Isaac Hayes - Don't Let Go

Lipps Inc. - Rock It

Cheryl Lynn - Star Love

Amii Stewart - Knock On Wood

Leon Haywood - Don't Push It Don't Force It

The Brothers Johnson - Stomp

The Spinners - Working My Way Back To You

Dan Hartman - Vertigo

Dan Hartman ft Loleatta Holloway - Relight My Fire

Debbie Jacobs - High On Your Love

Deniece Williams - I've Got the Next Dance

Don Ray - Got To Have Love

Bonnie Pointer - I Can't Help Myself

Bonnie Pointer - Heaven Must Have Sent You

Voyage - From East To West

Michael Jackson - Working Day And Night

Debbie Jacobs - Hot Hot (Give It All You Got)

Front Page ft Sharon Redd - Love Insurance

La Flavour - Mandolay

Evelyn Champagne King - Shame

The Isley Brothers - It's A Disco Night

Edwin Starr - H.A.P.P.Y. Radio

Kat Mandu - The Break

Freddie James - Get Up And Boogie

Uncle Louie - Full Tilt Boogie

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LOLLIPOP'S FUR CLUBMIX

2013 International Mr. Leather & Bear Pride meet pop EDM for an unforgettable aural experience.

The latest floorfillers in DJ Lollipop’s FUR Clubmix can best be described as masculine, dark, sexy beats with crashing breaks and soaring synths.  Purposely twisted anthems are woven with energy build-and-release rhythms.

Get ready to sweat… and love every damn minute of it.

LOLLIPOP'S FUR CLUBMIX

Tube & Berger - Imprint Of Pleasure (Original Mix)

Daft Punk - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger (No Hopes Mix)

Emeli Sande - Next To Me (Manhattan Clique Mix)

Swedish House Mafia – Greyhound (Main Mix)

Sultan, Shepard & NERVO ft Omarion) - Army (Club Mix)

Gravitonas - Incredible (NORD Mix)

Alex Gaudino ft Jordin Sparks - Is This Love (Benny Benassi Mix)

Arty ft Chris James - Together We Are (Audien Mix)

Tommie Sunshine ft Disco Fries & Kassiano – Barbarians (Main Mix)

Daddy's Groove - Stellar (Main Mix)

Avicii & Nicky Romero - I Could Be The One (Bent Collective Mix)

Eleda - You Like Someone (Tonevice Switch)

Youngblood Hawke - We Come Running (Vicetone Mix)

Audien ft Michael S. - Leaving You (Original Mix)

David Guetta ft Ne-Yo - Play Hard (Albert Neve Mix)

Chris Brown ft Afrojack - As Your Friend (Original Mix)

Icona Pop - I Love It (Sick Individuals Mix)

Sub Focus - Tidal Wave (Original)

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LOLLIPOP’S DIVINE FAITH CLUB MIX

“Faith is the daring of the soul to go farther than it can see.”

2013 is the year to step out in faith and dare to follow your heart and achieve your dreams. We are divine enough to ask and we are important enough to receive.

Aimed at a packed dancefloor - Lollipop's Divine Faith Club Mix 2013 is chocked full of heavenly house remixes & exquisite EDM anthems. Replay as needed to encourage & inspire you.

Join the Lollipop tribe in dreaming big and making it happen NOW!

LOLLIPOP’S DIVINE FAITH CLUB MIX

Scumfrog ft Sting - If I Ever Lose My Faith (Becker Mix)

Robbie Williams - Candy (Sanna & Pitron Mix)

Christina Aguilera - Your Body (Cosmic Dawn & Jason Nevins Mix)

Michael Woods ft Ester Dean - We've Only Just Begun (Original Mix)

Cazzette - Beam Me Up (Kill Mode) (Original Mix)

Eric Prydz - Every Day (Original Mix)

Krewella - Alive (Original Mix)

Alesso ft Matthew Koma - Years (Original Mix)

Stooshe - Waterfalls (Moto Blanco Mix)

Zedd ft Foxes - Clarity (Original Mix)

Otto Knows vs Zedd - Million Spectrum Voices

Calvin Harris ft Ayah Marah - Thinking About You (Original Mix)

Arty, Nadia Ali & BT - Must Be The Love (Original Mix)

Rihanna - Diamonds (Rauhofer Mix)

David Guetta ft Sia - She Wolf (Falling To Pieces) (Calfan Mix)

Nari & Milani - Atom (Original Mix)

PSY - Gangnam Style (House Of Titans Mix)

Michael Jackson - Don't Stop Till You Get Enough (Dr. Kucho Mix)

Fedde Le Grand - Raw (Original Mix

Nervo & Hook N Sling - Reason (Cash Cash & Jane Doze Mix)

Keane - Sovereign Light Café (Afrojack Mix)

Tegan & Sara - Closer (Sultan & Shepard Mix)

Avicii & Nicky Romero - I Could Be The One (Vocal Mix)

Hardwell ft Amba Shepherd - Apollo (Original Mix)

M'Black - Crush (Original Mix)

Will.I.Am ft Britney - Scream & Shout (Original Mix)

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LOLLI's TWISTED XMAS PARTY MIXES

Yes, it's that time of year again...

If you enjoy twisted seasonal music... you’ll love these three compilations for a "unique" holiday cocktail party mixed with tongue-in-cheeky-humor sprinkling throughout. 

Played back to back - over 3 hours of fun!  These mixes are chocked full of unexpected selections that will stimulate your sassy holiday instincts.  Set the holiday mood with these cool tunes for working, chilling, gatherings, holiday baking & merriment all conveniently, creatively remixed and twisted by DJ Lollipop and DJ Santa himself!

1- LOLLI's TWISTED X-MAS PARTY MIX (1 of 3)

Mel Tormé - The Christmas Song (Michael Kessler Open Fire Mix)

Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree

The Island Paradise Players - We Three Kings

Bing Crosby - I Wish You A Merry Christmas

Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime (Esanto Mix)

Frankie Carle & his Orchestra - Little Jack Frost Get Lost

The Pussycat Dolls - Santa Baby

Burl Ives - A Holly, Jolly Christmas

Aretha Franklin - Angels We Have Heard on High

The Enchanters - Mambo Santa Mambo

Vince Guaraldi Trio - Linus & Lucy

Rosemary Clooney - Suzy Snowflake

Elvis ft Martina McBride - Blue Christmas

Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock (Q-Burns Abstract Message Mix)

Les Brown & & His Band of Renown - The Nutcracker Suite

Johnny Clark - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus

Darlene Love - Marshmallow World

Colossus - Charlie Brown Cut Up

Billy May - Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer Mambo (Malibu Mix)

Mercy Me - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

Patti Page - Christmas Bells (Northern Elektrix Remix)

Lou Rawls - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Away Team Mix)

Johnny Mercer - Winter Wonderland (Rise Ashen's Brazilian Beach Mix)

Ella Fitzgerald - Christmas Island

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2- LOLLI's TWISTED X-MAS PARTY MIX (2 of 3)

King Kooba - O Christmas Tree

Thurl Ravenscroft - You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch

Jars of Clay - Love Came Down At Christmas

Nat King Cole - All I Want For Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth) (MJ Cole Mix)

Doris Day - Here Comes Santa Claus (Down Santa Claus Lane)

Bing Crosby - Happy Holiday (Beef Wellington Remix)

Brian – McKnight - The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

The Blue Hawaiians - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree & Here Comes Santa Clause

Bette Midler - Cool Yule

Kay Starr - (Everybody's Waitin' For) The Man With The Bag (Thunderball Mix)

Sting - I Saw Three Ships

Rithma - Pyscho Jingle Funk

Elvis Presley ft Gretchen Wilson - Merry Christmas Baby

Sean Na'auao - Mele Kalikimaka Ia Oe

Berlin Symphony Orchestra - The Nutcracker Suite (Baz Kuts Breaks Mix)

Louis Armstrong & Velma Middleton - Baby, It's Cold Outside (Mulato Beat Mix)

Darlene Love - White Christmas

Pearl Bailey - A Five Pound Box of Money

Trans-Siberian Orchestra -Christmas/ Sarajevo 12/24

Perry Como - Home for the Holidays

CSSR State Philharmonic - Good King Wenceslas (Patrick Krouchian Mix)

Louie Armstrong - Zat You Santa Claus?

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3- LOLLI's TWISTED X-MAS PARTY MIX (3 of 3)

Beegie Adair - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

José Feliciano - Feliz Navidad

Duke Ellington - Jingle Bells (Rise Ashen's Reindeer Dub)

Bing Crosby & David Bowie - Little Drummer Boy / Peace On Earth

Mr. Heat Miser - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

K.T. Tunstall - Sleigh Ride

Nancy Wilson - The Christmas Waltz (Away Team Mix)

Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?

Barlowgirl - Carol of the Bells / Sing We Now of Christmas

David Seville - The Chipmunk Song

Beach Boys - Little Saint Nick

Ottmar Liebert - Deck The Halls

June Christy - The Merriest (Thunderball Mix)

Bing Crosby - It's Beginning To Look Like Christmas

Johnny Mercer - Santa Claus Is Comin To Town (Q-Burns Mix)

Brian Setzer Orchestra - Angels We Have Heard On

Gene Autry - Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You

Ella Fitzgerald - Sleigh Ride (The Latin Project Mix)

Fiona Apple - Frosty the Snowman

Taylor Swift - Last Christmas

The Blue Hawaiians - We Four King (Little Drummer Boy)

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LOLLIPOP’S PHOENIX REBIRTH DANCEMIX

“Change is the constant, the signal for rebirth, the egg of the Phoenix”

Everyone at some point realizes that life isn’t always easy – it’s the challenges that create the character which defines us. In the spirit of embracing defeat and rising from the ashes, Lollipop’s PHOENIX Rebirth 2011 Dancemix reminds us that with a little encouragement (and a great soundtrack) we can move forward and create positive change in our lives… a rebirth of sorts.

DJ Lollipop has carefully crafted a relatable confession of songs that are rhythm-fueled, shimmering pop diamonds filled with lush arranging, catchy hooks, booty-shaking bass lines and enough viral funkiness to infect at least half of China, if not all.

Join the mythical Phoenix for a sky ride by pressing play on Lolli’s flawlessly sequenced current incarnation of dancefloor-filling, sing-along club bangers. Let’s set fire to the rain - for we all were born to be alive.

LOLLIPOP’S PHOENIX REBIRTH 2011 DANCEMIX

Adele - Set Fire to the Rain (Thomas Gold Mix)

Katy Perry - Last Friday Night (Hott 22 Mix)

Swedish House Mafia - Save the World (Smash Mode Mix)

Pixie Lott - All About Tonight (Alias Mix)

Cahill ft Joel Edwards - In Case I Fall (Cahill Mix)

Hannah - Call My Name (DBN Mix)

Lady Gaga - Edge of Glory (Cahill Minor Mix)

Nadia Ali, Starkillers & Alex Kenji - Pressure (Alesso Mix)

Avicii - Levels (Lollipop's Vocal Mix)

Florence and The Machine - You've Got the Love (Mark Knight Mix)

Will Young - Jealousy (Alias Mix)

Martin Solveig ft Kele - Ready 2 Go (Hardwell Mix)

Parade - Perfume (Moto Blanco Mix)

Britney Spears - I Wanna Go (Pete Phantom Mix)

Jason Derulo - Don't Wanna Go Home (Mike Rizzo Mix)

William Naraine - If I Could Fall (Vincenzo Callea Mix)

Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks (DJ Kue Mix)

Kaskade ft Mindy Gledhill - Eyes (Kaskade Mix)

Velvet - Love Struck (7th Heaven Mix)

Ralphi Rosario & Xavier Gold - You Used To Hold Me (Acapella)

Zoe Badwi - Accidents Happen (Liam Keegan Mix)

Morgan Page, Sultan & Shepard, BT ft Angela - In The Air (Extended Mix)

Pitbull, Ne-Yo, Nayer & Afrojack - Give Me Everything (Wills & Sane Mix)

Armin Van Buuren ft Nadia Ali - Feels So Good (Jochen Miller Mix)

David Guetta ft Jennifer Hudson - Night Of Your Life (Guetta Mix)

Schiller ft September - Breathe (Dave Ramone Mix)

Jessica Sutta - Show Me (Gaudino & Rooney Mix)

Gabry Ponte ft Zhana - Skyride (Cahill Club Mix)

Andain - Promises (Myon & Shane 54 Mix)

Patrick Hernandez - Born To Be Alive (Disco Mix)

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LOLLIPOP’S POST-DISCO FUNK EXPLOSION

School is in session... old skool that is. The legendary DJ Lollipop invites you to reminisce in the distinct sound of the Post-Disco era. 

If these joints are new to you, here are the original club jams that ushered in a new era - the DNA of hip-hop. If you know these artists, press play on Lollipop's Post-Disco Funk Explosion and fall in love with these favorite classic rare funk gems all over again.

Post-Disco is the significant period in popular music history that followed the "death" of commercial disco during late 1970s. The anti-disco sentiment that proliferated at the time was partially due to the over-saturation and the big-business mainstreaming of disco. As a result of the "Disco Sucks" movement and the July 12th 1979 “Disco Demolition Night”, disco records & artists were rejected from airplay and their promotions dropped literally overnight. The face of pop radio changed following this backlash which social critics have described as “a bigoted, macho, attack on non-white and non-heterosexual cultures”. Top 40 radio stations avoided playing music by black artists in an effort to prevent their stations from being labeled with the dreaded "disco" tag.

It was the dawn of a new decade and a sonically edited, more stripped-down sound was emerging as a reaction against what was seen as the over-indulgence of disco. Thanks in part to advances in technology, the over produced, melodically complicated "disco sound" was passé, and a simplified sound driven by synthesizers accompanied by rhythm guitar moved dance music toward ever splintering genres. This drift from the original disco sound has been labeled “Post-Disco”. In this music scene are the roots of dance music sub-genres that evolved into Italo-Disco, Boogie, Hi-NRG, Electro, New Wave and early Alternative.

Funk music is sometimes overlooked and usually lumped with disco music. However, Funk has its own style, culture and was here before disco's birth. It was born in the mid-'60s by the legendary James Brown. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground. It usually is heavily syncopated with polyrhythmic rhythms, horn and percussive sections featuring rhythm guitar. Brown had the most outspoken voice in soul music and a groove that would prove to be the future of Funk music.

Many of James Brown’s band members such as Bootsy Collins would go on to funk with many other bands like Parliament and Funkadelic which were both created and lead by George Clinton. Parliament had emphasis on horns while Funkadelic had emphasis on psychedelic guitars. Both had a deep, rhythm filled groove that had elements of several genres of music all rolled into one. Clinton had successfully fused together these types of music to create what he called “P-Funk”. The success of Parliament’s "Flashlight" would greatly influence not only funk music, but also New Wave and Hip-Hop.

Lollipop’s Post-Disco Funk Explosion celebrates this exact time in musical history when horn sections were replaced by synthesizers and the horns that remained were given simplified arrangements. The classic keyboards of funk, like the Hammond B3 organ and Fender Rhodes piano began to be replaced by new analog synthesizers like the MiniMoog and Yamaha DX7.

In the Post–Disco era between 1979 and 1981, bands that began during the P-Funk era incorporated technological developments to continue to craft funk hits. The magical formula of classic funk guitar and rhythmic horn hits combined with thumping synthesized bass lines became a club phenomenon. Groups such as Cameo, Zapp, Lakeside, The Gap Band, the Bar-Kays, all found their biggest hits during this period, but as styles evolved, funk had lost its commercial impact by the latter half of the 1980’s. This time period witnessed many jazz funk artists like Tom Browne, Lenny White, Don Blackman (Twennynine) and Harvey Mason dip their toes into the post-disco funk pool to create their most successful hits.

Join Lollipop and the legions of counterculture groove disciples in enjoying this sonic slice of historic funk cake. To quote George Clinton – “Free your mind and your ass will follow.”

LOLLIPOP’S POST-DISCO FUNK EXPLOSION

DJ Lollipop Intro

Zapp - More Bounce to the Ounce

Cameo - Keep It Hot

Yarbrough & Peoples - Don't Stop the Music

The Bar-Kays - Move Your Boogie Body

Vaughn Mason & Crew - Bounce Rock Skate Roll

Tom Browne - Funkin' For Jamaica

One Way ft Al Hudson - Pop It

Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio - It's Your Night

Raydio ft Ray Parker Jr. - For Those Who Like To Groove

Lakeside - Fantastic Voyage

Gap Band - Burn Rubber on Me

Twennynine ft Lenny White - Peanut Butter

Prince - Controversy

Frankie Smith - Double Dutch Bus

Rick James - Give It to Me Baby

Harvey Mason - Groovin' You

The Jacksons - Can You Feel It

Latoya Jackson - If You Feel the Funk

Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove

Parliament - Flashlight

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LOLLIPOP'S WHOLESOME FOLSOM MIX

L.U. presents the ever evolving genre of popular dance music. DJ Lollipop works the knobs providing the perfect hormone soaked soundtrack for some outrageous sexy fun. Lollipop’s Wholesome Folsom Mix is charged with non-stop, electrifying, hands-in-the-air anthems, euphoric riffs grooving on the hottest beats du jour.  For those of you in-the-know, let me be discrete here… Just press play and get your freak on.

LOLLIPOPS WHOLESOME FOLSOM MIX

Lady Antebellum - Need You Now (Lollipop's Private Mix)

Yolanda Be Cool & D Cup - We Speak No Americano (Chew Fu Mix)

Selene Gomez - Round & Round (Dave Aude Mix)

Swedish House Mafia ft Pharrell - One (Your Name) (Lolly's ReRub)

Brandon Flowers - Crossfire (David Morales Mix)

Tim Berg - Bromance (Avicii’s Mix)

Technotronic - Pump Up The Jam (Funkerman Mix)

Donna Summer - To Paris with Love (Mendy Mix)

Taio Cruz - Dynamite (Stonebridge Mix)

Giulietta - Vertigo (Dave Aude Mix)

Ralphi Rosario ft Pagano - Questa Fantasia (Original Mix)

Adam Lambert - If I Had You (Morgan Page Mix)

Freemasons ft Wynter Gordon - Believer (Summer Of Pride Mix)

Kylie - Get Outta My Way (7th Heaven Mix)

Alex Gaudino - I 'm In Love (I Wanna Do It) (Wideboys Mix)

Ultra Nate - Free (Bob Sinclar Mix)

Enrique Iglesias - I Like It (Cahill Mix)

Rihanna - Love The Way You Lie (Esquire vs Offbeat Mix)

Sylvia Tosun - Above All (Reeser & Saenz Mix)

Kings of Leon - Use Somebody (DJs From Mars Mix)

Laidback Luke ft Jonathan Mendelssohn – ‘Til Tonight (Chris Kaeser Mix)

Reel 2 Real - I Like To Move It (Nicola Fasano Mix)

Usher Feat. Pitbull - DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love (Almighty Mix)

Armin Van Buuren & Sophie Ellis Bextor - Not Giving Up On Love

Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (Dave Aude Mix)

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LOLLIPOP'S LIVE & LET DIE MIX

Lolly’s latest audio adventure never fails to capture your attention, hi-jacks you with a wicked groove or sing-along-vocal that he lets you ride for a while before transforming it into a new rhythm or flavor that melts seamlessly from jam-to jam. On top of that brutal act of club seduction – he’ll pull the trigger on a classic anthem or two and there’ll be murder on the dance floor.

Join the disco bloodbath, download Lollipop’s latest lick of aural candy and be an accomplice for the journey through pop, house, electro, tribal and back. It would be a crime to miss out on so much fun… live & let die.

LOLLIPOPS LIVE & LET DIE MIX

Mary J. Blige - I Am (Dave Aude Mix)

Rihanna - Hard (Jody Den Broeder Mix)

Sound Factory - Understand This Rhythm (SFX Mix)

Sophia May - Come Back (Directors Cut Mix)

Lady Gaga - Telephone (DJ Dan Mix)

School Gyrls - Something Like a Party (Chew Fu Mix)

Adam Lambert - For Your Entertainment (Bimbo Jones Mix)

Delerium ft Kreesha Turner - Dust In Gravity (Van Gogh vs Ramone Mix)

Agnes - I Need You Now (Grant Nelson Mix)

Taio Cruz - Break Your Heart (Wideboys Club)

Livvi Frank - Automatic (Wideboys Mix)

Tiesto & Sneaky Sound System - I Will Be Here (Benny Benassi Mix)

Kelis - Acapella (Dave Aude Mix)

Kim Sozzi - Secret Love (Stellar Project Mix)

Blake Lewis - Heartbreak On Vinyl (Bimbo Jones Mix)

Charice - Pyramid (Dave Aude Mix)

Little Boots - Remedy (Avicii Club Mix)

Rihanna - Rude Boy (Chew Fu Mix)

Bananarama - The Runner (Buzz Junkies Mix)

Alphabeat - Hole In My Heart (Chew Fu Mix)

Agnes - On & On (Warren Clarke Mix)

Fragma - Forever And A Day (Extended Mix)

Sylvester & Patrick Cowley - Do Ya Wanna Funk (Original Mix)

Toni Braxton - Make My Heart (Alexander & Mark VDH Mix)

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