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So for a long time we have been talking about doing music mondays over here at Mix Rev and we finally got our SH#T together. So every week on mondays we will be posting a dj set from some of our personal favorite DJ’s from around the world across all musical genres. To Kick things off right we are bringing you a the latest mixtape from L.A.’s Own Dan Oh. For those of you who don’t know who this guy is, crawl out of that hole you have been living in for the last six months and walk yourself toward Cinespace every tuesday night in L.A. and go check this kid out. So with out further delay here is his latest mix Dan OH is legend

Dan OH@myspace.

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Ok so I didn’t go to the Staples Center last night. Should have but I was too lazy to leave the house this weekend. But the above moment was the highlight of a beautifully peaceful weekend. The Grammy’s, in it’s 50th year, are always entertaining, not sure why there was so much classical representation. It was interesting to see Herbie Hancock win the Album of the Year Award. I hope he Rock’s It! Pun intended. Oh and Jerry Lee Lewis made me want to cry.

All in all though Kanye killed it, Daft Punk made the track a new original! What more can I say?!! Nothing!

While we are not the first to tell you about this crazy new all in one dj mixer and internal player. We thought we needed to give those who missed this little devil a sneak peak at what the future might be.

The player is handheld, has up to 120 GB hard drive, supports mp3, wav, flac, aac, ogg, flac and will be perfect for house heads. For more info check out the companies site, www.pacemaker.net, they ship out sometime in Feb of 08.

Not the most clever tittle but hey, the year is ending and my mind is out of it!

So to finish off the year that was 2007 and pretty much MixRevolution’s first complete year in action, we reached out to many of our friends and asked them to send us their Top 10 albums and/or single of 2007.

For me I find it only fitting that the first two list come courtesy of some close friends of mine, Shala Esquire of Qualo and JustinJay (The DJ to break in ‘08).

Shala is a member of Chicago’s most infamous undeground group Qualo. They are Chicago’s hype masters! With appearances on CNN defending Hip Hop and representing the new Chicago sound all over the US, Shala is one of the men behind Chi Towns new musical movement. So here is his list of favorite albums that came out in 2007:

1.Graduation- Kanye West
2.American Gangster- Jay Z
3.Make Sure They See My Face- Kenna
4.Finding Forever- Common
5.The GetBack- Little Brother
6.Kala- M.I.A.
7.The Cool- Lupe Fiasco
8. The Big Doe Rehab- Ghostface Killah
9.Fancy Footwork- Chromeo
10.As I Am- Alicia Keys

If you want to hear more about THE MOVEMENT he is behind in the Chi then go download Shala’s latest mix for FADER magazine HERE.

On a different note, JustinJay, is sort of part of the MixRevolution.com family, he helps with some of our behind the scenes junk you all don’t care about. But, on the side he has been mixing it up for over 10 years and has been helping promote raves in the LA area for over 15 years. He loves spinning the Indie/ElectroClash sound that is killing LA right now Most recently though, he was the winner of Beatport’s “Open for Felix Da Housecat” contest. he was flown out to NYC and open for the Master at Club Rebel back in November. Click here to read more. Here were his favorite albums of ‘07, even though one was released in ‘06. I’ll let it slide.

1. lcd soundsystem - sound of silver
2. Goose - Bring it On
3. The Chemical Brothers - We Are the Night
4. Justice - Cross
5. !!! - Myth Takes
6. Radiohead - In Rainbows
7. Klaxons - Myths of the Near Future
8. Bloc Party - A Weekend in the City
9. CSS - Cansei De Ser Sexy
10. The Black Ghost- Self Titled

Head on over to JustinJayMusic.com and download some of his latest mixes including his set from Rebel.

Well there will be more lists to come. So enjoy, check out new music and spin some dope tracks this Holiday Season. Peace!