Episode 215: Global Dance - UP! January 2026

Welcome to the New Year. We've all made it. I was working like a dog over the Xmas / NY period so it's taken me a bit of time to get to the January '26 edition of UP! This set has a mix of classic, older songs with fresh, new remixes as well as some current charting hit songs. Kicking of the set is the amazing smash hit song "Man I Need" by Olivia Dean given a killer remix by Apollo. I love this song and Apollo maintains the integrity of the song with his remix. Division 4 has covered one of my favourite hits from the 70's, "If I Can't Have You" and Stephen Jusko & DJ Blacklow deliver a sexy, house mix of Kylie's sultry classic "Slow". Twenty year old American singer Sombr also gets the Division 4 treatment on "Undressed". The middle of the set has great house tracks from Raye, Taylor Swift and Joel Corry ft. Jennifer Lopez. Dirty Disco features four stellar remixes in this set. Two classics come from Donna Summer and La Bouche respectively along with Katseye's "Gabriela". The closing song is an original song from Mark and his writing partner Ryan. This song was inspired by "Wicked" but is not from the films. It is beautifully written, sung and produced and I see it becoming a gay anthem on future dance floors. Again, an enormous thank you to Mark for giving me this song and asking me for my feedback on it. I think it's pretty obvious that I love it. It's also my brother's birthday today so Happy Birthday big bro. This is dedicated to you. Let's lookout for and support each other in the New Year. EnjoyAnthony1/ "MAN I NEED" (Apollo Remix) - OLIVIA DEAN2/ "IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU" (Original Club Mix) - DIVISION 43/ "SLOW" (Stephen Jusko & DJ Blacklow Slut House Remix) - KYLIE MINOGUE4/ "WHAT WAS I MADE FOR" (Gavin Bradley Deeper House Remix) - BILLIE EILISH5/ "LAST DANCE" (Dirty Disco Classic Club Rework) - DONNA SUMMER6/ "TOMORROW" (Sultan + Ned Shepard Remix) - JORIS VOORN7/ "UNDRESSED" (Division 4 Remix) - SOMBR8/ "POWER" (Extended Remix) - ALEX PRESTON9/ "WHERE IS MY HUSBAND" (Kokiri Remix) - RAYE10/ "WOOD" (Dario Xavier Remix) - TAYLOR SWIFT11/ "COME FIND ME" (Corey James Remix) - MK ft. CLEMENTINE DOUGLAS12/ "GET RIGHT" (Joel Corry VIP Remix) - JOEL CORRY ft. JENNIFER LOPEZ13/ 'FIRE" (Rafael M Peak Vibe Remix) - JOSE SANCHEZ14/ "BE MY LOVER" (Dirty Disco Classic Club Rework) - LA BOUCHE15/ "GABRIELA" (Dirty Disco Mainroom Remix) - KATSEYE16/ "BECAUSE I KNEW YOU" (Dirty Disco Pure Love House Remix) - DIRTY DISCO