Officer Wes’ music

 

My dream is to put out music that I’d want to dance to!  Over a decade ago I bought the gear, signed up for music classes at Sonic Academy, and went to work.  I’ve been putting out a CD each year since.  About a third of these tracks are the result of successfully recreating Sonic Academy projects.

 

I hope you enjoy!

 

Officer Wes

2025:  Vintage Officer Wes:  Obsession

Is a curated collection of relentlessly upbeat songs about love and desire that Officer Wes mixed 21 years ago

2023:  Officer Wes 2010-2022
(3 ½ hour music DVD compilation)

2022:  I Want to Be

I Want to Be (Filtered House Mix) ¹⁵

15 © 2022 Sonic Academy Limited & Officer Wes

2021:  Second Chances

Second Chances (Main Room House Mix)¹⁴

14 © 2021 Sonic Academy Limited & Officer Wes

2020:  You Call Me

You Call Me (Garage House Mix)¹³

13 © 2020 Sonic Academy Limited & Officer Wes

2019:  Ubiquitous

^1.     Ubiquitous¹²

2. Ubiquitous (Jungle Drums Groove Mix)¹²

12 © 2019 Officer Wes

2018:  First Contact

1. First Contact (Berlin Dub Remix)¹¹
2. First Contact (Deep Melodic Remix)¹¹
3. First Contact (Dark & Deadly Remix)¹¹
4. First Contact (Textural Techno Remix)¹¹
5. First Contact (Techno Resurrection Remix)¹¹
6. First Contact (Techno Transmission Remix)¹¹

11 © 2018 Officer Wes

2017:  Funky 2017

1. Get Down¹⁰
2. Just a Taste¹⁰
3. Funk You¹⁰

10 © 2017 Officer Wes

2016:  Be With Me

Be With Me9

9 © 2016 Sonic Academy Limited & Officer Wes

2015:  ti amo

ti amo⁸

8 © 2015 Officer Wes

2014:  Frozen

Frozen⁷

7 © 2014 Sonic Academy Limited

2013:  Officer Wes:  The Remixes

1. Elaine and Jordan -- Jordan Is Coming to Town⁶
2. Ella Fitzgerald -- So In Love Electro Progressive⁶
3. Village People -- Macho Man Officer Wes remix⁶
4. Officer Wes -- Future Progressive Trance⁶
5. Paul Simon -- 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover Officer Wes remix⁶
6. Ella Fitzgerald -- So In Love Electro Progressive B Officer Wes remix extended cut⁶
7. Village People -- Macho Man Toot Toot Beep Beep Officer Wes remix⁶

6 © 2013 Officer Wes

2012:  Twenty Twelve

1.       Hades' Dancefloor⁵

2.       Hades' Dancefloor II⁵

3.       Live Lounge⁵

4.       Plan B⁵

5.       Working Title⁵

6.       Nu Gaze⁴

7.       Deep House⁴

8.       Puremagnetik⁵

9.       Bouncy Tech House⁴

10.   Progressive House⁴

11.   Love Is a Hurricane⁴

12.   Tech Trance⁴

13.   Live Lounge Extended Cut⁵

 

Ditty:

14.   Heavenly Morn⁵

4 © 2012 Sonic Academy Limited

5 © 2012 Officer Wes

2011:  Sister Ignatia’s Cross

01.   Nu Disco²

02.   Bumblebeat³

03.   Euphoria³

04.   Booty Bump³

05.   Magic³

06.   Disco Tech²

07.   Kraftwerken³

2 © 2011 Sonic Academy Limited

3 ©  2011 Officer Wes

2010:  Freeway Drifting

Freeway Drifting¹

1 © 2010 Officer Wes

ManDance^TM

Musical life before branching off to create my own:

Dance music has always thrilled me in that special way that makes me want to dance!  I started intensely seeking out and buying the songs I heard.  Eventually my collection grew to about 1200 twelve inch dance singles.

 

In college I began a 90-minute series of dance tapes called Disco Ho!^TM  There were over 60, with few repeats, when I began mixing digitally for CD format:

 

Ho Ho HO!

…was the first digital mix from this collection, created in 2003, a collection of great dance songs mixed beautifully, named with a nod to the dance tapes that preceded it.

 

ManDanceTM:  1977 - 1982

…is a 2-CD set with 22 dance favorites from 1977-1982 that collectively capture the unbridled, ecstatic energy of that period.

 

ManDanceTM II:  1975 - 1982

…is a followup to ManDance^TM with more dance favorites from that era.

 

ManDanceTM:  House Blend

…is an uptempo blend of house and other contemporary dance songs with lots of rhythm and few words.

 

ManDanceTM:  Big Beautiful Love Machine

…is a fun, perky collection.

 

Obsession

…is a compilation of dance songs all about love and desire -- attachment.

 

Bronski Beat & The Communards:  The Officer Wes ’86 Mix

…is perhaps my favorite all-around mix on many levels.  Plaintive, ethereal, driving, gay; it showcases some beautiful work.

 

I found discogs: Music Database and Marketplace quite helpful when filling in some information lacking in my iTunes library.

 

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