Now that the summer weather is finally arriving in San Francisco it’s time to kick off our shoes and enjoy the sun. This mix is perfect for naps in the grass, walking around the city, or whatever you might be doing with a big smile on your face. It contains an eclectic combination of hip hop, pop, indie rock, electro, and maybe a few more genres that are impossible to pinpoint.
This has been the soundtrack to my extremely hot and humid summer on the east coast and I’m excited to say that I’m relocating to the west and best coast in less than 2 months. I can’t wait to bring this vibe to the bay area.
Let me know what you think and as always, enjoy the jams.
Ellen Page Intro
01 Fatboy Slim – The Joker (Steve Miller Band Cover)
02 The Shins – Australia (Peter, Bjorn, & John Remix)
03 The Roots & John Legend – The Fire
04 Aloe Blacc – I Need a Dollar (Chrome Remix) ft. Wu-Tang Clan
05 The Kickdrums – Tell Me Stories
06 Stevie Wonder – My Cheri Amour (DJ Scene Remix)
07 Andre 3000 – Behold a Lady (SR Intro Edit)
08 Ellie Goulding – Under the Sheets Remix (Audio1 Edit) ft. Chiddy Bang
09 Aeroplane X Friendly Fires X Flight Facilities – I Crave Paris
10 Erik Hassle – Hurtful (Penguin Prison Remix)
11 Chromeo – Don’t Turn the Lights On (SR Intro Edit)
12 MIA – XXXO Remix ft. Jay-Z
13 Nas & Damian Marley – As We Enter Remix (Audio1 Edit) ft. Tinie Tempah
14 Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP – We No Speak Americano (Vocal Edit)
15 Miami Horror – Make You Mine
16 Sky Ferreira – Stand Back (Stevie Nicks Cover)
17 Zero 7 – Destiny (Fred Falke Remix)
18 Princess Nyah – Butterflies (Donaeo Remix)
19 Kid Sister – Daydreaming (Telephoned Dreams Version)
20 Calvin Harris – Stars Come Out
21 Drop the Lime – Sex Sax (Club Mix)
22 Two Door Cinema Club – What You Know
23 Cee-lo Green – What Part of Forever
Last year Deep Sang’s summer-themed mix Beachball Bugaloo was pretty much the soundtrack to my summer. He is the perfect DJ for that chilled out vibe to get you in the feel good mood. Obviously I was super excited to see that he just put out a new mix based on one of the top labels in mainstream retro disco music, Warner Brothers.
He says
This is a tribute mix to one of my favorite disco labels of all time, Warner Bros., that I made for Marcus Dowling’s music/culture blog, TGRIonline.com. Most of these are big time classics, but I’ve tried to throw in a few surprises from WB subsidiaries like RFC, Whitfield, and Curtom as well. It’s always a tough thing to make a tribute mix for a label like WB that had so many hits, so I can’t call this a “best of,” but it’s definitely got a lot of my favorites on it. Hope yall like the tunes, and if you’re on soundcloud don’t forget to leave a comment telling me how awesome/wack you think it is!
So check out the mix below and start getting that warm and fuzzy feeling inside! To download click on the link to go to the Soundcloud page.
1. New Birth…Deeper
2. Chaka Khan…Some Love
3. Ashford and Simpson…Stay Free (Dimitri’s Edit)
4. Linda Clifford…Runaway Love
5. Lamont Dozier…Going Back to My Roots
6. Ashford and Simpson…It Seems to Hang On
7. Love Deluxe…Here Comes That Sound
8. Candi Station… When You Wake Up Tomorrow
9. Eumir Deodato…Whistle Bump
10. Mighty Pope…Sweet Blindness
11. Undisputed Truth…You + Me = Love
12. Stargard…Wear It Out
13. Ashford and Simpson…One More Try (Dimitri’s Edit)
14. Prince…Just As Long As We’re Together
15. Miroslav Vitous…New York City
16. Sly & The Family Stone…Remember Who You Are
A hipster favorite last year, the 500 Days of Summer Soundtrack is filled with somber vocals and beautiful instrumentation making it perfect for a cool summer day. I somewhat enjoyed the soundtrack on first listen but found it hard to repeat, sounding more and more like something I would want to hear on a rainy, depressed day. That’s where this new mashup mixtape, 500 Days of Weezy saves the day(s). Producer My Sick Uncle (not quite sure what kind of name that is) took various Lil’ Wayne vocals and mellowed those often intense songs down with the instrumentals of the 500 Days of Summer Soundtrack. It results in a great mix that keeps you feeling good without getting down or intensely raged out as the original songs alone might have done.
DJ Lil Elle recently released this heart-pumping, Latin/Caribbean inspired mix. It’s perfect for pre-gaming, dancing, and hitting the treadmill. Check it below.
TRACKLIST
Crookers – Put Your Hands On Me (Solo Remix)
Old Money – Dancehall QueenMalente & Dex – Lions ft. New Kidz
Daniel Haaksman – Kid Conga ft. MC Miltinho (Dubbel Dutch Remix)
Ms. Dynamite – Bad Gyal Remix
Reel 2 Real – Mueve la Cadera ft. Proyecto Uno
Chuckie & Willy Williams – Let the Bass Kick Remix
DJ Dstar – Get Money Honey (Calabria)
Verse Simmons – Buy U a Round (DJ Smiles Remix)
Dizzee Rascal – Holiday (Lee Morrison Remix)
Major Lazer – Keep it Going Louder (ALVARO RMX v2)
Busy Signal – Tic Toc (GreenMoney Liquid Re-Rub)
Beenie Man & Wiley – Rolex It Up (The Heatwave Remix)
Tigerstyle – Balle! Shava! ft. Vybz Kartel
Major Lazer – Jump Up ft. Leftside & Supahype
Attaca Pesante & Kardinal Offishall – Make It Funky For Me
Magic System – Zouglou Dance (Remix Caldera)
Major Lazer – When You Hear the Bassline (Dance Area Remix)
Serani – No Games (Roll Deep Remix)
DJ Felli Fel – Feel It ft. Sean Paul, Pitbull, Flo-Rida, & T-Pain (Benja Styles Remix)
Pitbull – Maldito Alchol
Jamtech Foundation – Pounds of Dro ft. Busy Signal
Hey-o! Just finished a mix I’ve been working on for a minute and figured I’d share it with y’all. It’s a great collection of hip hop that’s come out recently and includes most of the favorite artists out now. I’ve made some edits to the songs too to help improve the flow of the mix.
These tunes are seriously perfect for walking around the city, getting ready to go out, or partyin’ it up with a group of friends. Just make sure you remember to swagger like us..
1 Lil’ El Intro
2 Chris Brown ft. Lil’ Wayne & Swizz Beatz – Transform Ya (Emynd’s Extended Intro)
3 Drake ft. Lil’ Wayne & Young Jeezy – I’m Goin In
4 Cam’ron & Mase – Get It
5 Chalie Boy ft. Slim Thug, Juvenile, & Bun B – I Look Good Remix
6 Dorrough ft. Jermaine Dupri, Soulja Boy, Jim Jones, & Slim Thug – Ice Cream Paint Job Remix
7 New Boyz ft. Bow Wow – You’re A Jerk Remix
8 Ying Yang Twins – What’s Up
9 Ludacris & Shawnna – Everybody Drunk
10 DJ Felli Fel, T-Pain, Sean Paul, Flo-Rida, & Pitbull – Feel It
11 Trazz & Drake – All They Wanna Talk About
12 Dorrough Music – Walk That Walk
13 Gucci Mane & OJ Da Juiceman – Wasted Remix
14 Big Boi ft. Too Short & George Clinton – Fo Yo Sorrows
15 Wale – Contemplate
16 Snoop Dogg – Baller’s Night Out
17 Jay-Z ft. Swizz Beatz – On to the Next One
18 Wale & Gucci Mane – Pretty Girls
19 Kanye West Outro
Although the tour won’t be coming to the Bay area, this almost makes up for it. Six heavy hitting DJs contribute to this solid mix with some of not only the greatest songs out now but also a slew of their own productions. DC’s Nadastrom (Dave Nada and Matt Nordstrom) and Tittsworth team up with New York’s DJ Ayres, and Los Angeles’ DJ Haul are an amazing combo and we’re jealous of the cities that get to experience this live. Luckily, they all go on tour frequently and you should see them here sometime soon.
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Nadastrom
Jahdan Blakkamoore – The General
Crookers feat. Kardinal Offishall and Carla-Maria – Put Your Hands on Me (Solo Remix)
Armand Van Helden – Hear My Name (Solid Groove Hear My Rub Mix)
The Toxic Avenger – The Fall (Switch Remix)
Noob & Brodinski – Peanuts club (Beataucue Remix)
Will Eastman – Feelin’ (Nadastrom remix)
Dave Nada – Apocalypse Theme (12th Planet & Flinch Remix)
DJ Haul
Zombie Disco Squad – The Duke Sound
The Brown Acid – Try Humanity (Zomby’s Vitamin E Remix)
AutoKratz – Stay The Same (Rogue Element Remix)
Tiga – What You Need (the Proxy Remix)
Gossip – Love Long Distance (Fake Blood remix)
Meterhead – Les Aliens
Little Boots – Earthquake (Dekker and Johan Remix)
Krames – Sick Wid It (Meterhead Remix)
Tittsworth
Mowgli – London to Paris
Alvaro – Make if Funky
A1 Bassline – Here Come Da
Act Yo Ages – Night of the Hornheadz (Bird Peterson remix)
Passion pit – Little Secrets (Jack Beats remix)
Lily Allen – It’s Not Fair (Annie Nightingale Far Too Loud Bassline mix)
Tittsworth ft Nina Sky & Pitbull – Here He Comes (Stretch Armstrong remix + Nadastrom remix)
DJ Ayres
La Roux – I’m Not Your Toy (Jack Beats remix)
A1 Bassline – 8oh8
Busy Signal – Da Style Deh (Douster remix)
Vybz Kartel – Birthday Fuck
DZ – Jah Prayer
Dave Nada – Inner City Club (bootleg mix)
I always thought of DJs as being these unapproachable music gods who had the power to make or break your night. Turns out they’re more like musical GENIUSES who want us to have a good time and dance our bums off. And they are approachable, well sort of. Ask about music and you’re in, but ask them to play journey or kelly clarkson and you’re likely to get the silent treatment. Luckily, I’ve since learned my lesson (the hard way) and while catching up with Baltimore’s DJ Balagan, managed to keep “since u been gone” to myself.
So hey, Mister DJ Balagan, how did you first get started DJing? What sparked your interest? I started rummaging through my parents’ several hundred records early in high school, hitting thrift stores and putting it all together on tapes I would trade with friends in algebra class who were doing the same thing at home. Donny Hathaway, Bo Diddley, and Mongo Santamaria all got on those lovingly crafted tapes along with music like DJ Shadow that I was discovering on CD.
At the University of Kansas, I started DJing in earnest on student-run KJHK FM, along with many current SF heads like the Afrolicious crew, MAKossa, and what is now a worldwide diaspora of Lawrence, KS music lovers. Gigs at bars and parties followed, and now I’m based in Baltimore playing up and down the east coast and elsewhere.
What song or songs are you really loving to play out at your gigs right now? I DJ because I enjoy piecing together an audio tale for people to dance to and consider, and I especially like blending sounds you would never think could fit together, like Algerian chaoui music with disco rarities.
I love playing my own productions too, and tops right now is “1-2-3 Vou Pro Baile,” which I created from samples of Fela Kuti, field recordings, some Baltimore club staples and sounds I grabbed from CDRs, vinyl, and local DJs’ sample sets while in Rio for 2 weeks this spring. Here is an MP3 for download:http://www.divshare.com/download/8355418-db8
What exactly defines Bmore club music and how has it become this worldwide phenomenon? To me, Baltimore club is the sound of a city that thought no one was listening. Baltimore is an underdog city and the music was for people there, not anyone else. Not as a matter of exclusivity, just kinda saying, “Fuck it, we like this and we’re gonna keep doing it.” It’s aggressive but playful; simple but complex. Dancing to “club music,” as we call it out there, can also be a catharsis when helicopters are buzzing overhead and nearly a person a day is getting murdered. It’s also the sound of a city on the come-up. Many of us DJs in Baltimore are part of the knowledge economy that has to a large extent rescued the city from a post-industrial spiral down. We’re writers or doctoral students who want something real and raw and find a ready medium in the furious sounds created by producers like Scottie B, Blaqstarr, and Booman who also DJ the style to perfection. I think the Baltimore sound has caught the world by storm because it has so much life. You can “dance your pain away,” to paraphrase Rod Lee’s classic, or you can just “rock off” with gravity-defying dances to impress your friends (type “rockin off” on YouTube to see what I mean). It’s also a collage of rhythmic archetypes, with James Brown, disco, and early house music sounds surrounded by rap vocals and gunshot sounds. It’s like someone starting a story with “Once upon a time…” You’re ready to listen. Funk music in Rio is also a nod to a whole history of urban music, which is part of why Baltimore and baile funk have emerged at the same time. They share a musical genealogy almost by accident, and it doesn’t hurt that the BPMs match.
Can the styles of music in Baltimore or the Mid-Atlantic compare at all to the sounds of the Bay Area? As for bringing Baltimore to the Bay, I still have plenty to learn about the local scene. My hip-hop upbringing included lots of Latyrx, Shadow and the rest of the Quannum crew, and hyphy definitely got me interested when it swept the nation a couple years back. I’ve been working on tracks with Buddy Leezle for some time now, so you may have heard my beats here in the Bay without knowing it!
What is your favorite thing about San Francisco and the bay area? I have heard so much about the SF area, and I’m thrilled to finally make it out here, especially to get the opportunity to mingle with so many talented DJs and dear old friends who make their music happen here. I’m happy to offer up my Funny Accent international beat mix for you and your readers to get to know Balagan better: http://www.divshare.com/download/6045120-a49
And there you have it folks! DJ Balagan spins tonight at Dalva and tomorrow night at the Elbo Room. So bring your dancing shoes and show him how we do here in the bay, or do your best rockin’ off impression.
Yo, time for the weekly Spin Class to start off the weekend. Two great DJs have contributed to this mix, marking the one year anniversary of their monthly party The Player’s Club in NYC. Skinny Friedman, one half of DJ duo the Philadelphyinz, has been traveling the continent with Fools Gold Records rapper Izza Kizza and will be visiting the SF area in November, date and location TBA. He starts off the mix, and Fools Gold artist Sammy Bananas rounds out the second half.
You will be immediately drawn to this mix by the first infectious song, Mayer Hawthorne‘s ‘Maybe So Maybe No’ which I haven’t been able to stop listening to. Check out the video here that features the legendary LA Sunday afternoon party, the Do-Over. Combined with a grip of other killer tunes to keep you dancing, this mix is perfect good-mood music.
Mayer Hawthorne – Maybe So Maybe No
Maino + Swizz Beatz – A Million Bucks
Chip the Ripper – Get That Money
Jay-Z – Venus v. Mars
Izza Kizza + Colin Munroe – Connect The Dots
Kid Cudi – Make Her Say (Sammy Bananas rmx)
Q-Tip – Vivrant Thing
Skinny Friedman – Heaven and Hell (Vibrant Chop)
Wale + Lady Gaga – Chillin (Skratch Bastard rmx)
New Boyz – You’re A Jerk
Gucci Mane – Running Back (Skinny Friedman Sunchips rmx)
Nikki Minaj – I Gets Crazy
Ol Dirty Bastard – Shimmy Shimmy Ya (Skinny Friedman Can’t Wake Up rmx)
Rick Ross – Yacht Club
Three Six Mafia + Chamillionaire – Doe Boy Fresh (U-Tern rmx)
Major Lazer – Cash Flow
Washed Out – Feel It All Around
Sammy Bananas – Twisted/Why
Camp lo – Black Nostaljack
Ugk – Pinky Ring
Dorrough – Ice Cream Paint job (DJ Apt One rmx)
Rappin 4-Tay – Playaz Club
For feedback on mix/music selections holler at me on Twitter!
Start the weekend RIGHT with this rad POWER HOUR mix from the DJs behind one of DC’s hottest parties, Noveau Riche.
A lot of people don’t know it, but DC goes really, really hard. The vast majority of the people at Nouveau Riche are half out of their minds on cheap beer, literally hanging from the rafters, making out with the wrong guy/girl, falling into our DJ equipment, etc. What is their secret to success? The mythical POWER HOUR MIX. All you have to do is take a drink every time a new song comes on—conveniently, once a minute—and you’re ready to go to Nouveau Riche.
Power Hour mixes are best with wild variations in genre/tempo/mood, as well as a lot of familiar favorites, and this mix has all of that. And of course, many of the tunes and quotable snippets we’ve inserted encourage you to, um, get screwed up. We hope you have as much fun drinking to this as we did making it…
