workout: pumping house

need some energetic beats and vocal inspiration to keep your workout pulsing in 2009 or just want some music to fuck by? your answer is the pleasure packed new cd workout: pumping house. now i've been busting my ass at the gym since august (packed on a bunch of muscle thank you) and this collection reminds me i need to mix up my tunes just as much as my exercise routine. since i can't count on my gym to play exceptional house (which by it's very nature takes me back to my late teens early 20s high nrg days) i need to fill it in with my own soundtrack for my own body. here's my skinny on selected tracks:

• workout - rupaul (tony puccio remix): nice smooth way to start. ru's vocals are yummy and fierce lite. this house has character and 40 inch heels. later ru build it up with a harder looking good, feeling gorgeous mix. rupaul is still a dance music superstar dammit.
• mindbuster - jocelyn brown and oliver cheatha (frankie c radio mix): hello 1979 with a time machine trip to future music technology. how come house duets never seem that heterosexual? oh yeah, cause they're not.
• that sound - brinsley evans ft. sy smith (funky junction and antony reale radio mix): she's got a great semi-scratch to her voice. it catches just right with the mix. faster faster. lift in time. legwarmers not required.
• found a cure - plaza people: this is my new cardio anthem!
• do you like my body? - the lollypop gang (audiophreakz vocal radio mix): reminder that at least 49% of the reason you're working out is to be more fuckable, or at least look it. "i see it in your eyes you want to dance with me..." oh yeah, gyms are also for cruising so replace dance with date and you're set for a social life of possibility and hope. just be nice cause you'll see him at the gym again.
• ding dong (pick up the phone bitch) - cell phish (money and fun club mix): thick beats get in my brain good. stay a bit longer at the gym. workout loud. workout strong. your body is your body is ready to move ready for more weight. hypnotized by this workout house.
• one nation - darrell martin vs. paul cortes (groovepusher mix): we're all a family on the workout floor. all reaching for our own perfection. oh you don't need to look like the guy on the cover of the cd. you knew that right? still this music will help you feel that desire to be your best self and workout: pumping house gives you the tunes you need to help make it happen.

p.s. if you get the hard copy (from amazon for example) you get a 7 day pass to bally's. plus both the 2 cd set and the mp3 version features an over hour long megamix perfect for interval training.

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