And here’s an exclusive “behind the scenes” LXD @ the Oscars dance vid from John Chu himself:





Find out more about the LXD here: www.thelxd.com

Gaga… ’nuff said.



Sorry we don’t have any Master Mix Stories for you right away… we’ll post ‘em later. Enjoy the mixes though!

Blueprint Cru
Blueprint story…
Blueprint Cru Master Mix of “Bad Romance”

Heavy Impact
Heavy Impact story…
Heavy Impact Master Mix of “LoveGame”

Hype 5-0
Hype 5-0 story…
Hype 5-0 Master Mix of “Poker Face”

Jungle Boogie
Jungle Boogie story…
Jungle Boogie Master Mix of “Video Phone” by Beyonce feat. Lady Gaga

Poreotix
Poreotix story…
Poreotix Master Mix of “Paparazzi”

Saltare
Saltare story…
Saltare Master Mix of “Just Dance”

Static Noyze
Static Noyze story…
Static Noyze Master Mix of “Beautiful, Dirty, Rich”

You can learn more about it by clicking here.

This is a once in a lifetime event, so if you can get involved, we here at D78 strongly encourage it!

Participants merely need to show up, but those who are serious professional dancers/choreographers and are interested in assisting Travis should contact Michelle McNulty by email at michelle@mcnultycasting.com to schedule an audition. Auditions take place on Tuesday March 9th at the Madrid Theatre in Canoga Park. The address follows:

21622 Sherman Way, Canoga Park, CA

You might have noticed that this week’s mixes were shorter than usual. Well, that’s for a couple of reasons. For one, we have a lot of crews on stage and only an hour to see them all! But this was also music video week, where the most important thing is the music video – it’s really the video and the matching choreography are the centerpiece.

Blueprint Cru
This week Blueprint Cru had the honor (or the challenge, depending on your perspective) of performing to Omarion’s “I Get It In”. While you gotta admire Derek’s dedication to perfecting the Omarion look, it was a rough week for them – so let’s hope they pull it together in the next week.
Blueprint Cru Master Mix of “I Get It In” by Omarion feat. Gucci Mane

Heavy Impact
We always love what these guys bring to the stage. It was a challenge giving them the heavy beats they thrive on while maintaining the integrity of “What You Got” by Colby O’Donis. But we got it working and these guys made us look good… again.
Heavy Impact Master Mix of “What You Got” by Colby O’Donis feat. Akon

Hype 5-0
Well, what can we really say? Knowing the guys outnumber the girls in this crew by 2:1, we tried to inject a little testosterone into “3” by Britney Spears. But the guys did great, holding it down and showcasing the ladies – and the ending of the routine… well… we think everyone can appreciate that.
Hype 5-0 Master Mix of “3″ by Britney Spears

Jungle Boogie
Jungle Boogie wanted to go into uncharted waters this week with a stepping routine. Only a couple of them were experts at it, so we were relieved to see it all come together. We recorded them doing it at their rehearsal and put their chant into the mix. After we put it all together, they wanted the stepping part sped up 20 bpm (beats per minute) faster than Shakira’s “Give It Up To Me”, crazy but they seemed to pull it off. Also fun was creating what they referred to as a “Lycan (a la Underworld) Roar” for the end of the routine.
Jungle Boogie Master Mix of “Give It Up To Me” by Shakira feat. Lil Wayne

Poreotix
This was a real challenge for us this week, because Rihanna’s “Umbrella” is structured in a way that it’s hard to fit in everything you want from it in only 45 seconds. But with the rain and thunder motif, we figured it out. Rough reviews for them this week, but we’re sure they’ll step it up in the coming weeks.
Poreotix Master Mix of “Umbrella” by Rihanna feat. Jay-Z

Royal Flush
We didn’t really know much about Cascada when we started this mix, but we learned a lot about them – and Natalie Horler in particular. And by “learned about”, we really mean that Furious started making wedding plans. If anyone knows her, holla at ya boys. Less fortunate was poor Royal Flush, who just didn’t have what it took this week.
Royal Flush Master Mix of “Evacuate the Dancefloor” by Cascada

Saltare
I guess you could say it was bound to happen, but it was still upsetting to see them falter this week. Metro Station’s “Shake It” was a song that had been kicking around in our camp for a while. It lived a previous life as a never-to-be-seen mix intended for Dynamic Edition, later to be replaced by “Shake That” by Eminem and Nate Dogg.
Saltare Master Mix of “Shake It” by Metro Station

Static Noyze
Always fun to watch, Static Noyze didn’t disappoint this week. And “New In Town” by Little Boots was a fun mix to work on. Keen eyed observers will be able to pick out Isaac from Heavy Impact in the video!
Static Noyze Master Mix of “New In Town” by Little Boots

Ok, maybe not.  But if you’re dying to know if we’ll ever upload your favorite mix or release a full version of an original song you can’t get out of your head… you’ll find the answers to those and many other questions here! (There’s also a new “D78 F.A.Q.” button in our site navigation at the top of the page.)

If you don’t see your question there, please leave it as a comment here and we may eventually add it to our FAQ.

District 78 Presents: Taze
This is some older tracks we did for various projects including Wicked Weed and Mrs. Green from the cult hit “Evil Bong”

College Girls by Young Pops
The first single from Young Pops. An up and coming LA rapper. Featuring J-Skillz

Let Out The Beast by Beast Mode
The first track from Dance Crew and musical artists Beast Mode

District 78 Presents: The Master Mixup Volume 1
These tracks sound a lot like the casting Special mixes from ABDC Season 1

District 78 Presents: The Master Mixup Volume 2
These tracks sound a lot like the casting Special Mixes from ABDC Season 2

…and here are the latest singles from Jazmin & Turtleman:



Celebrate by Jazmin feat. Excel





Woman by Turtleman





Suga Lady by Turtleman


We have lots of new music coming at you in the next couple months. We will be releasing tracks from Fanny Pak, Stutta Boii, GS, and more!

Here are the mixes we did for last season of SYTYCD. Not sure if all of these made the show, but if we could find video of it online, you’ll see it below.

Remix of “People Are Strange” by The Doors for Ellenor and Legacy

Mix of “Beggin” by Madcon for Russell, Legacy, and Kevin

Mix of “Ice Cream Paint Job” by Dorrough for Karen and Kevin

Mix of “Ring A Ling” by Black Eyed Peas for Mollee and Nathan

Mix of “What’s a Girl Gotta Do” by Basement Jaxx for Top 12

Mix of “I Can Transform Ya” by Chris Brown (aka. Punky Brewster) for Kathryn and Russell

9 banners were lifted as the national finals began and by the end of the night Swagger Crew were the first to watch their banner fall.

On the bright side… behold the return of “Master Mix Stories!”

Blueprint Cru
This features the Ting Ting’s “That’s Not My Name”. This is a fun song that is popular especially in the dance community and we knew we did a good job when Nathalie from the crew stopped us at dinner during the taping and gave us props for the mix.

Blueprint Cru Master Mix of “That’s Not My Name” by The Ting Tings

Jungle Boogie
“How Low” by Ludacris is one of our favorite songs out now and gives you so many parts to include in a master mix. When we first met with Jungle Boogie a couple weeks ago they had phrases that they wanted us to include in their mixes to buck and juke to. One of them was “Get Some” and we thought it would be a good way to start the mix. The other thing about doing a mix for this crew is to try to integrate the animal themes and this time we went for the big cat theme. We figured that animal definitely gets low so it worked. They wanted to have a section to african dance to so we included a tribal section at the end to really give them a big finish.

Jungle Boogie Master Mix of “How Low” by Ludacris

Royal Flush
We saw Jay Sean perform “Down” at this years Power 106 FM holiday concert called “Cali Christmas” and he really surprised us. Not only does he have a great voice, but he can beatbox too! Also, he says “blokes” – cause he’s British, which is charming. Also it makes him sound really smart. Also surprising was this week’s performance by Royal Flush. After a tepid review from the judges last week, they really brought it up a level this week.

Royal Flush Master Mix of “Down” by Jay Sean feat. Lil Wayne

Saltare
While walking up to the studio entrance this week, sixxxHole saw someone walking to the stage alongside him with a sign that read “Mansplits all day”. Turns out, after Billy from Saltare’s stunning mansplits (in the immortal words of JC Chasez) in their regional episode, he’s caused enough buzz on the web to earn him an official mansplits fan page on facebook. Better yet was the reveal that the person carrying the sign was Billy’s sister! Anyway, no man splits this week, but Saltare still killed it to a crazy mix of Pibull’s “Hotel Room Service” which wasn’t their original mix but this song worked really well for them and surprisingly lends itself to what they do. Although at the last minute, MTV standards and practices informed us that the word “gushy” wasn’t acceptable for air. Not sure why, but nonetheless, we had to change the words to “that nasty, that nasty stuff” instead.

Saltare Master Mix of “Hotel Room Service” by Pitbull

Static Noyze
This was a really fun one to make because while we like the original version of”Whatcha Say” by Jason DeRulo, we got to really dive into our more theatrical side with a nice piano breakdown in the middle. They were so happy with it that they stopped us before the show to thank us. No shablams this week, unfortunately, but they more than made up for it with a really pretty piece that told a whole story in just 55 seconds.

Static Noyze Master Mix of “Whatcha Say” by Jason Derulo

Swagger Crew
We were excited to do this mix this week. It reminded us of working with the guys from Red Zone, when we did the J.Lo mix for the AMA’s. We actually got to hear the original version of the beat with the Dream singing what would become Rihanna’s part. Always fun seeing the process come together. Shout out to Tricky, Urbo, Kuk, Wuepper and everyone else over at Red Zone.

Swagger Crew Master Mix of “Hard” by Rihanna feat. Jeezy

Poreotix
You never know quite what you’re going to get with Poreotix. Since they were performing to “Day N Night” by Kid Cudi this week, we decided to go with a sleepytime theme, complete with the sounds of alarm clocks, snoring and, of course a woodland owl. Well, we’re not sure it’s a “woodland” owl, but it is definitely an owl of some sort – you’d have to consult with an ornithologist to get confirmation on that. Anyway – they were dope.

Poreotix Master Mix of “Day ‘n’ Nite” by Kid Cudi

Hype 5-0
This was not the song that we did a mix for them originally but turned out to be a good fit. “Imma Be” by BEP is a dope song but has a tempo change in the middle which made it a little more challenging than the other mixes this week. When we found out that the end of the routine would include some crew members diving in the ocean, we were excited to put in some “island feel” at the end. You might not catch it at first but upon second or third listening you will notice the ukuleles and lap steel with cocoanut percussion to give them a distinct ending.

Hype 5-0 Master Mix of “Imma Be” by Black Eyed Peas

Heavy Impact
As soon as we heard that this crew got “Say Ahhh” by Trey Songz Featuring Fabolous we knew it was going to be a good routine. We were happy to get in some of Fabo’s verse which was hard when the mixes this week could only be :55 sec long. This mix got some extra sexy D78 treatment and the guys did not disappoint with their dance. Small blocks forever!

Heavy Impact Master Mix of “Say Ahh” by Trey Songz feat. Fabolous

Battle Mix
The Battle Mixes are usually a pretty tough nut to crack but Ke$ha’s “TikTok” ended up being a good fit for the crews to battle it out to. This was not the original song slated for the battle and after doing several mixes of this battle with a whole different song, we switched gears because of the popularity of this club anthem. Considering the episode is labeled the “Chart Topper Challenge” it seemed more fitting than the Lil Jon song originally selected. We really enjoyed one of the first versions we did of this mix where she goes “Wake up in the Morning feelin’ like” then gets interrupted by “Round One”.

Battle Mix of “Tik Tok” by Ke$sha

The West Regional Final was fire! Do you guys think the judges got it right? Speak on it in the comments…
(by the way… we’ll revive the Master Mix Stories next episode, ok? )

Blended Projekt Master Mix of “Get Involved” by Ginuwine feat. Timbaland and Missy Elliott

BreakEFX Master Mix of “All Eyes On Me” by Clipse

Heavy Impact Master Mix of “Raindrops” by Jeremih

Hype 5-0 Master Mix of “Drop It Low” by Ester Dean and that punk that hits girls

Poreotix Master Mix of “Love Story” by T-Swizzle

West Battle Mix of “Showdown” by Black Eyed Peas