Anthony Whitlock's Podcast

Sydney Mardi Gras 2026 falls on the first weekend of March this year so I had to get the Mardi Gras Anthems edition out ahead of time. The festival takes place over the last two weeks of February and the parade and party are the culmination of the festival. This year's edition lands firmly in the 'camp' musical arena with a veritable smorgasbord of divas contributing to the mix and a who's who of remixers lending their talents to the updated versions of these classic songs. Melbourne based DJ and producer Argonaut kicks the set off with his outstanding remix of Kylie's "What Do I Have To Do". Robert from Division 4 contributes four killer remixes here for Irene Cara, Demi Lovato, Destiny's Child and Agnes respectively. Russ Rich and Andy Allder's remix of Billie Eilish's "Birds Of A Feather" is one of my favourites and had to be included here. Reaching back in time are remixes for songs from Taxas, Madonna, Yazoo, Deniece Williams and Britney Spears. Mark from Dirty Disco pretty much owns this edition with stellar remixes for Whitney Houston, Blaze ft. Barbara Tucker and Yazoo. His remix of Whitney Houston's "It's Not Right But It's Okay" is balls to the wall incredible and his own original song "Because I Knew You" closes out the set. Unfortunately, the main closing party for this years Mardi Gras has been canceled so alternate parties are filling the gap. This years edition of Mardi Gras Anthems should keep you moving and grooving until Pride rolls around in June. Happy Mardi Gras and stay safe. Enjoy
Anthony

1/ "WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO" (Argonaut's Tension Remix) - KYLIE MINOGUE
2/ "FLASHDANCE" (WHAT A FEELING) (Division 4 Remix) - IRENE CARA
3/ "SORRY NOT SORRY" (Division 4 Remix) - DEMI LOVATO
4/ "BIRDS OF A FEATHER" (Russ Rich & Andy Allder Romp Remix) - BILLIE EILISH
5/ "JUMPIN' JUMPIN" (Division 4 Club Remix) - DESTINY'S CHILD
6/ "I DON'T WANT A LOVER" (James Wiltshire Club Mix) - TEXAS
7/ "MOST PRECIOUS LOVE" (Dirty Disco Private Remix) - BLAZE ft. BARBARA TUCKER
8/ "CELEBRATION" (Wayne G. Atlantis Anthem Club Mix) - MADONNA
9/ "ECUADOR" (MY HEART GOES BOOM) (7th Heaven Club Mix) - FIDGET SPINNERS
10/ "DON'T GO" (Dirty Disco Classic Club Rework) - YAZOO
11/ "RELEASE ME" (Division 4 Remix) - AGNES
12/ "DREAM OF ME" (7th Heaven Club Mix) - MATT CONSOLA ft. BRENDA REED
13/ "LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE BOY" (Dirty Disco Classic Club Rework) - DENIECE WILLIAMS
14/ "FEARLESS" (Dirty Disco Mainroom Remix) - TAYLOR SWIFT
15/ "STRONGER" (Jack D Elliot Club Mix) - BRITNEY SPEARS
16/ "ONE NIGHT IN HEAVEN" (Brett Henrichsen & Oscar Velazquez Reconstruction Club Mix) - TOY ARMADA & DJ GRIND ft. INAYA DAY
17/ "MILLION DIAMONDS" (Tommer Mizrahi Club Remix) - JETFIRE ft. MAGGIE SZABO
18/ "HAVANA" (Sagi Kariv Remix) - CAMILA CARBELLO
19/ "DREAMER" (Mark Alsop ACE Remix) - LIVIN' JOY
20/ "COME ON" (James Fraser ACE Club Mix) - SOLO
21/ "IT'S NOT RIGHT BUT IT'S OKAY" (Dirty Disco Classic Club Rework) - WHITNEY HOUSTON
22/ "BECAUSE I KNEW YOU" (Dirty Disco Pure Love House Remix) - DIRTY DISCO

This month's edition of UP! has a front end full of funky, house pop tracks and transitions into a back end full of driving dance floor stompers. Kicking off the set is the awesome Nick Jay & Jean Luc remix of Katie Underwood's "Danger". The amazing Division 4 features three remixes here for Sabrina Carpenter, Sombr and SZA respectively. He has his own website (Division 4 Music : Div-4.com) where you can download quite a few of his mixes at really good prices. I highly recommend you check it out and also give him some support. Speaking of support, the incredibly generous Russ Rich and Andy Allder gave me an advance copy of their remix of Raye's "Where Is My Husband" and it is flat out amazing. The baseline, percussion and integration of the lyrics is masterful and I cannot thank them enough for this lovely sneak peak. Dario Xavier also features two mixes for Nick Jonas and also Taylor Swift. Sagi Kariv delivers a thumping mix of Charlie XCX's "Hello Goodbye" and the always on point Dirty Disco delivers a classic remix for Tata Vega and a punchy remix for Katseye. Closing out the set is the new track from Agnes given the big room treatment from Henriq Moraes. The Sydney Mardi Gras festival fires up in mid February and runs through to the first weekend of March which means Mardi Gras anthems will be out very soon. I would also like to dedicate this month's edition of UP! to my good friend Mark who just celebrated an 'event' birthday. Welcome to Club 60 ;) Enjoy
Anthony

1/ "DANGER" (Jean Luc & Nick Jay Club Remix) - KATIE UNDERWOOD
2/ "BUSY WOMAN" (Division 4 Remix) - SABRINA CARPENTER
3/ "12 TO 12" (Division 4 Remix) - SOMBR
4/ "I RUN" (eSQUIRE Piano House Remix) - HAVEN ft. KAITLIN ARAGON
5/ "WHERE IS MY HUSBAND" (Russ Rich & Andy Allder Club Mix) - RAYE
6/ "SHIRT" (Division 4 vs KREAM Remix) - SZA
7/ "RIDIN' DIRTY" (Original Club Mix) - JOE BERMUDEZ ft. AMANDA BRIGHAM
8/ "STARS" (Eric Kupper Vocal Club Mix) - STARRY VENUS
9/ "GUT PUNCH" (Dario Xavier Club Remix) - NICK JONAS
10/ "FATHER FIGURE" (Dario Xavier Club Remix) - TAYLOR SWIFT
11/ "HELLO GOODBYE" (Sagi Kariv Remix) - CHARLIE XCX
12/ "BELIEVE IN YOURSELF" (Project K Club Mix) - ROZALLA
13/ "JUST KEEP THINKING ABOUT YOU" (Dirty Disco Classic Club Rework) - TATA VEGA
14/ "GNARLY" (Dirty Disco Pillow Biters Remix) - KATSEYE
15/ "WAKE UP" (HenriqMoraes Club Mix) - AGNES

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. Enjoy
Anthony

1/ "MAN I NEED" (Apollo Remix) - OLIVIA DEAN
2/ "IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU" (Original Club Mix) - DIVISION 4
3/ "SLOW" (Stephen Jusko & DJ Blacklow Slut House Remix) - KYLIE MINOGUE
4/ "WHAT WAS I MADE FOR" (Gavin Bradley Deeper House Remix) - BILLIE EILISH
5/ "LAST DANCE" (Dirty Disco Classic Club Rework) - DONNA SUMMER
6/ "TOMORROW" (Sultan + Ned Shepard Remix) - JORIS VOORN
7/ "UNDRESSED" (Division 4 Remix) - SOMBR
8/ "POWER" (Extended Remix) - ALEX PRESTON
9/ "WHERE IS MY HUSBAND" (Kokiri Remix) - RAYE
10/ "WOOD" (Dario Xavier Remix) - TAYLOR SWIFT
11/ "COME FIND ME" (Corey James Remix) - MK ft. CLEMENTINE DOUGLAS
12/ "GET RIGHT" (Joel Corry VIP Remix) - JOEL CORRY ft. JENNIFER LOPEZ
13/ 'FIRE" (Rafael M Peak Vibe Remix) - JOSE SANCHEZ
14/ "BE MY LOVER" (Dirty Disco Classic Club Rework) - LA BOUCHE
15/ "GABRIELA" (Dirty Disco Mainroom Remix) - KATSEYE
16/ "BECAUSE I KNEW YOU" (Dirty Disco Pure Love House Remix) - DIRTY DISCO

This is a compilation that I've been wanting to put together for a while now. Dirty Disco remixing Taylor Swift is a dance floor match made in heaven. I have been so fortunate that Mark has given me advance copies of some of his remixes, not just for Taylor but for artists across the board. He is a very generous man and I think he knows how much I appreciate it and love him for it. This set has been several years in the making and features songs from Taylor's discography ranging from "Love Story and "Fearless" right through to "The Fate Of Ophelia" from her current hit album "The Life Of A Showgirl". Mark's mixes always add so much drive and energy to her songs. He can take a ballad and turn it into a dance floor anthem and he always leaves me thinking 'how the hell did he do that'? A couple of my all time favourite TS songs are featured here "Blank Space", "Message In A Bottle" and "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together". I'm going to nudge Mark into remixing "Out Of The Woods" and I'll be even happier. This is my final podcast for 2025 and I'm happy to be using the awesome combination of Taylor Swift and Dirty Disco to farewell 2025. Happy New Year. Be safe. Enjoy
Anthony

1/ "YOU NEED TO CALM DOWN" (Dirty Disco Mainroom Remix)
2/ "LOVE STORY" (Dirty Disco Mainroom Remix)
3/ "THIS IS ME TRYING" (Dirty Disco Eagle Houston Remix)
4/ "HOW BAD DO U WANT ME" (Dirty Disco Pillow Biters Remix) ft. LADY GAGA
5/ "MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE" (Dirty Disco Pure Love House Remix - Taylor's Version)
6/ "WE ARE NEVER EVER GETTING BACK TOGETHER" (Dirty Disco Mainroom Remix - Taylor's Version)
7/ "BLANK SPACE" (Dirty Disco Mainroom Remix - Taylor's Version)
8/ "ANTI-HERO" (Dirty Disco Mainroom Remix)
9/ "ME!" (Dirty Disco Eagle Houston Remix) ft. BRENDON URIE
10/ "FORTNIGHT" (Dirty Disco Pillow Biters Remix) ft. POST MALONE
11/ "THE FATE OF OPHELIA" (Dirty Disco Pillow Biters Remix)
12/ "FEARLESS" (Dirty Disco Mainroom Remix)
13/ "I CAN SEE YOU" (Dirty Disco Mainroom Remix) 
14/ "BAD BLOOD" (Dirty Disco Classic Club Rework)
15/ "I CAN DO IT WITH A BROKEN HEART" (Dirty Disco Mainroom Remix)
16/ "YOU BELONG WITH ME" (Dirty Disco Mainroom Remix - Taylor's Version)
17/ "I KNEW YOU WERE TROUBLE" (Dirty Disco Mainroom Remix - Taylor's Version)
18/ "WILDEST DREAMS" (Dirty Disco Mainroom Remix - Taylor's Version)

Here is the final edition of Essential Kelly Clarkson (at least until she releases some new music). This edition has more of a big room/circuit sound to it with some stand out remixes from Henriq Moraes, Bimbo Jones, Chris Ortega, 7th Heaven, Dirty Disco, Joe Gauthreaux and Toy Armada & Jace M to name a few. The Brian Cua mix Of "Broken & Beautiful opens the set in style and the Melodika mix of "I Dare You" absolutely soars. As I mentioned on the previous editions, Ms Kelly can sing the shit out of any song and that beautiful gift is on full display here. Enjoy
Anthony

1/ "BROKEN AND BEAUTIFUL" (Brian Cua Uplifting Anthem Remix) 
2/ "ADDICTED" (Dario Xavier Club Mix)
3/ "CATCH MY BREATH" (Toy Armada & Jace M Remix)
4/ "I DARE YOU" (Joe Gauthreaux & Melodika Remix)
5/ "FAVOURITE KIND OF HIGH" (HenriqMoraes Club Mix)
6/ "PEOPLE LIKE US" (HenriqMoraes Club Mix)
7/ "THIS IS FOR MY GIRLS" (Offer Nissim Remix) ft. Chloe & Halle, Missy Elliott, Jadagrace, Lea Michelle, Janelle Monae, Kelly Rowland & Zendaya
8/ "MR KNOW IT ALL" (Audio Assembly Club Mix)
9/ "WALK AWAY" (Craig J Big Love Club Mix)
10/ "ALREADY GONE" (Bimbo Jones Club Mix)
11/ "MY LIFE WOULD SUCK WITHOUT YOU" (Chris Ortega Club Mix)
12/ "BECAUSE OF YOU" (Tommy Love Remix)
13/ "SINCE U BEEN GONE" (Dirty Disco Classic Club Rework)
14/ "INVINCIBLE" (7th Heaven Remix)
15/ "MISS INDEPENDENT" (Hani Club Mix)
16/ "BEFORE YOUR LOVE" (Mixman Mike's Club Mix)
17/ "A MOMENT LIKE THIS" (Mixman Mike's Club Mix)