You send one track and a little bit about why its meaningful and/or about yourself, and I explore it in an omni-genre mix

Friend Request Series

recorded 4-26-24
”Friend Request” is an ongoing series where one submits a single track along with a paragraph or two on why it is meaningful to them, and then I record a omni-genre set inspired by it. This clip is from #2 in the series (link in bio and track list on SoundCloud). I hope the series can help people feel seen, experience variety, broaden vibes, and have a kick ass time.

First submission to the series from a close friend is the track “Goodbye Hamilton” by Erobique.

Track List:
"Dove","Cymande"
"Love Hangover","Diana Ross"
"Is It Always Binary","Soulwax"
"L.A.NIGHT","Yasuko Agawa"
"Queen of Quiet (feat. Asako Toki)","Cro-Magnon"
"Long Gone","Al Zanders"
"Dry Cat","The Eastern Gang"
"Goodbye Hamilton","Erobique"
"Cola Bottle Baby","Edwin Birdsong"
"Holding On (Pomo Remix)","Disclosure, Gregory Porter"
"Holding On (Gus Pirelli VIP 7" Disco Mix)","Disclosure, Gregory Porter"
"I Heard It Through the Grapevine (Terrence Parker's Detroit Soul Radio Edit)","Shaun Escoffery"
"We Got the Funk (12" Version)","Positive Force"
"Do What You Wanna Do (Edit)","T-Connection"
"Woman Like You","Kryptogram"
"1960 What? (Opolopo Kick & Bass Rerub)","Gregory Porter"
"Fifty Dollar Bills","Sworn Virgins"
"Let It Happen (Soulwax Remix)","Tame Impala"
"Snakes Crawl (East Village Mix)","Phil Kieran, Bush Tetras"
"Goodbye Hamilton","Erobique"
"Paris City Jazz","Bellaire"
"Coco Bongo","Tom Tyger, Nico de Andrea"
"Kuar (FNX Omar Remix)","Emmanuel Jal"
"Betongbonus","Telephones"
"India In Me","Cobblestone Jazz"
"Another Day","Soul Saver"
"Where's Jason's K","Syclops"
"Yuvich","Alej Ch"
"Work It (Soulwax Remix)","Marie Davidson"
"Utopia","Dombresky"
"Sientelo","Daniel Orpi"
"catching the vibe (Bored Lord Remix)","Идиот, Jahanam"
"Nevah x 3","Escaflowne"
"Goodbye Hamilton","Erobique"
"Were Not Gonna Take It","Sure Shot Kid"
"Supernatural (feat. Ursula Rucker) [Accapellla]","King Britt, Firefly, Ursula Rucker"
"Rain (Original Mix)","Kerri Chandler"
"Supernatural (feat. Ursula Rucker)","King Britt, Firefly, Ursula Rucker"
"I Will Wait (Honeycomb Vocal Mix)","Josh Milan"
"Why waste yo time?","Escaflowne"
"Soul Sacrifice","Dombresky"
"Tell You No Lie","Floorplan"
"Dancing in the Night (Lucky Shot Extended Mix)","Cioz, Eleonora"
"New Lands","Justice"
"Don't Change (Main Mix)","Osunlade, Nadirah Shakoor"
"Big Love","Queer On Acid"

Friend Request #1: Goodbye Hamilton by Erobique

Recorded 6 - 11 - 24
The second submission to the friend request series was “Mohabbat” by Arooj Aftab

Track List:
Cups	Underworld
Forever Pimpin'	Joss Moog
Track 1	timmy regisford
Udhero Na	Arooj Aftab, Anoushka Shankar
Tendency	Jan Jelinek
Oh My Lord (DJ Spinna's Saxless Alternate Mix)	Danilo Braca
Discovery Channel	Orsery
Aatni el visa	Stati
The Facts	Sa√¢da Bonaire
Soro (Afriki)	Salif Keita
El Salamou Aleikom	Hakim
S√©no	Ba Cissoko
Woman	Rema
Baby	Quinteto Ternura
Dina Lam (Album Version)	Richard Bona
Workaround One	Beatrice Dillon, Kuljit Bhamra
Spiral Never Before	Yoshinori Sunahara
Talk To Me Nice	Tinashe
I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun	Jocelyn Brown, Nuyorican Soul
When I'm in Your Arms	Cleo Sol
All I Need	Noname, Xavier Om√§r
Human	Sevdaliza
Bangalore Whispers	Andi Otto
Liberta	Omeria
Veridis Quo	Daft Punk
Sambaca	Alien Alien
Babbelas	Arutani
El Tannoura	Fares Karam
Angola (Carl Craig Mix)	Ces√°ria Evora
Kwa Mama	Atmos Blaq
Flight of Birds	Bedouin
Horizon Red	Made By Pete, Zoe Kypri
Anchor Point	Ahmed Spins, Stevo Atambire
R U 4REAL (feat. Marina Maximilian)	Gordo, Marina Maximilian
Radiohead - Everything In Its Right Place (Reinier Zonneveld's Filth on Acid Remix)	Radiohead, Reinier Zonneveld
Your Disk Is Full	HAAi
Joy Squad	Koreless
Do you love me - Bendaly Family (Sharouh remix)	Sharouh
Sri Dalada Veediya	Anish Kumar
SOS	Little Simz
I'm Doing Fine (feat. Amp Dog Knight)	Moodymann
Actually	Dan Kye
Rose Rouge (Joy Orbison Remix)	Jorja Smith, Joy Orbison
Love Endeavor (Maurice Fulton Remix) (Mixed)	Alice Smith
Think Twice	The Detroit Experiment
Loose Legs	Demuja
Incognito	Red Axes, C.A.R.
Ooh (DJ Sneak Dub)	Paskal & Urban Absolutes, Charlie Sputnik
Is This Your First Time? (Artificial Remix)	Sobriquet
Made up Dub	Zwicker
Funky Suite	Blu Peter
Itan Jok - Volviendo (Original Mix)	Itan Jok
Laidu	Rokia Traor√©
Yote Yote	Winyo & Nina Ogot
Kalabancoro (Album Version)	Richard Bona, Salif Keita
Nour El Ein	Amr Diab
The Three Mushrooms	Gilberto Gil
Pallas	Pulsar Glitch
Control (Dallin Dance Remix)	Emmit Fenn, Dallin Dance
Skanka	Hamdi
Drips (Zenker Brothers Remix) [feat. 140]	Callum Asa
flight fm	Joy Orbison
Bad Tabs	K-65
Everything U Need	Overmono
Strange Planet	Shpongle, Astrix
Mohabbat	Arooj Aftab
Chiove	Roberto Murolo
Pide Trifler	Juk Juk
Everything Blooms Around Her	Anish Kumar
Bridges	Jerry Folk, Nedja
CMYK	James Blake
Sambassim (DJ Patife Remix)	DJ Patife
Back On 74	Jungle
Love What Happened Here	James Blake

Friend Request #2: Mohabbat by Arooj Aftab

recorded 8-23-24
Thanks to CHERY for submitting their Enya Sail Away edit to Friend Request: "this was the first edit I put out which brings a whole nostalgic energy with the Enya’s iconic 80s vocals I’ve always appreciated. Combined with the trance energy of music now I think it serves as a good bridge between the past and future dance trance music 🌊 enjoy xx" - @ibeenchery

I found the track bubbly, playful, feathery, ethereal, cute and definitely sweet. I also noticed the pace. Made me want to mix nostalgia with today's speed, and a bit of rucus ;)

Tracklist:
Fahrenheit Fair Enough	Telefon Tel Aviv
His Name Is Alive - One Year (Four Tet Remix)	Giacomo Marani
Life in Plastic	regularfantasy, DJ Chrysalis
Baby Love	Pablo Pepstasy
No Sleep (True To Da Roots) (Original Mix)	DJ Bone
Influenceur (Original Mix)	ascendant vierge
One Strobe	Hamdi
Alhassan (160 Flip)	Lijah
enya - sail away (CHERY edit)	CHERY
luv U nicki but Ur beats R trash	Moodrich
Princess Diana	Ice Spice, Nicki Minaj
My Money Edit	DJ „Åì„Çå„Åã„Çâ„ÅÆÁ∑äÊÄ•ÁÅΩÂÆ≥
Another Night	Real McCoy
Hydrate	Skrillex, Flowdan, BEAM, Peekaboo
No Clarity	Ice Spice
Wile Out	DJ Zinc, Ms. Dynamite
Are U Down (Kootenay Klub Mix)	Jayda G
Missing (Todd Terry Club Mix)	Everything But The Girl, Todd Terry
Holding Out for a Hero (From "Footloose" Soundtrack)	Bonnie Tyler

Friend Request #3: Sail Away (CHERY Edit) by Enya

recorded 9-23-24
Thanks to @vdmtrio for submitting Chega De Saudade:
"a timeless song about missing the one you love that also gives me nostalgia of childhood and memories of longing for an idea of what love would feel like in the future. But also most importantly an opportunity for you to show off your repertoire of Brazilian music haha"

Tracklist:
Canto de Ossanha	Baden Powell, Quarteto Em Cy
Capricho Arabe	David Russel
Aguas De Marco	Elis Regina, Antonio Carlos Jobim
Accadde a Bali	Arawak
Chega de Saudade	Jo√£o Gilberto
Chega De Saudade	Tom Jobim
Chiclete Com Banana	Gilberto Gil
Dakamana	Afel Bocoum
Zum-Zum	Edu Lobo
Goca Dunya	Altin Gun
Idolatrada	Simone
Solitaire	The Daou
Pontos De Luz	Gal Costa
Sempe	L.a.X
Ive Brussel (JKriv Rework)	JKriv
Etzli Babyt	Matti Caspi
Estrelar	Marcos Valle
Bateu	Yuksek, Fatnotronic
Teu Sorriso (Jex Opolis Remix)	Para√≠so
Cordeiro De Nan√£	Os Tinco√£s
Berro E Sombaro	Chuck Brown, The Soul Searchers
Ti voglio	Ornella Vanoni
Bofou Safou	Amadou & Mariam
Banana Boat Song	Harry Belafonte
Pais Tropical	Sergio Mendes
Pata Pata	Miriam Makeba
In√∫til Paisagem	Esperanza Spalding
Treacle Manifestations	Kaidi Tatham
Banho de Folhas (Maz Remix)	Luedji Luna, Maz
Maria Locomia	Supercontinent
Ah Bailar Cha Cha Cha (Album Version)	Pete Escovedo
Bum Bum Tam Tam	MC Fioti, Future, J Balvin, Stefflon Don, Juan Mag√°n
T'aimes pas √ßa (Guts Edit)	El Gato Negro
Nao Tem Nada Nao (VLVT JONES edit)	VLVT JONES
Ewe	Fabiano Do Nascimento, Airto Moreira, Kana Shimanuki

Friend Request #4: Chega De Saudade

Thanks to @trey_jamesii for submitting:
"It's a song about hope and new beginnings, definitely resonated with me as we step into these sr residency & fresh attending years"

Tracklist:
Mývatn	Barefoot
The Wind	PHABO
Montara	HNNY
Count Your Blessings	Nas, Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley
Danger	Romare
Casanova	Bryan Ferry
Pick Up the Pieces	Average White Band
Freedom	Folamour
Le Piroguier (Be Svendsen Remix)	Be Svendsen, Henri Texier
Mother Mother	Fat Freddy's Drop
Midnight Memories	Miguel Migs
Raw Cuts #3	Danilo Plessow, Motor City Drum Ensemble
Summer's End	Massane
Jazz Piece 2	DJ Aakmael
Radiant Reality	Bliss Inc.
Botanica	fwd/slash
All I Want Is You	Lavern, NEIMY
Homeless (Original Mix)	Sue Avenue
JOY (Easy To Improve)	Joy Anonymous
Weak	Vintage Culture, Maverick Sabre, Tom Breu
Intro	Alan Braxe, Fred Falke
better	Joy Orbison, L√©a Sen
El Bandido	Nicolas Jaar
Don't Pay Me No Mind	Mike Dunn
Talk About	Les Sins
Popcorn	Physical Therapy, Complete Walkthru
Bloom	Piece Wise, Abroad
Vaporware 01	Donato Dozzy
Supercosa	James Bangura
Quick Eternity (Four Tet Remix)	Daniel Avery
ONLY ONE	Close Counters, IZY
Jus Dance (Christian Nielsen Remix)	Christian Nielsen, Mr. V
Love One Another (Crackazat Mana's Vocal Dub)	Crystal Waters, SOUL CENTRAL, Robin S
I Can't Explain (Alinka Remix)	The Juan Maclean
Vent	Noit
The Pressure Pt. 1	Sounds Of Blackness
Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe (Extended Mix)	Trace, Liquid Rose
Memory Box	Peter Cat Recording Co.
Sun Serenade	Funsize
The Coincidence	The Carry Nation
Near Me	Oriol
Downstream	Mak√®z, Life on Planets
Rain	Todd Edwards, Shermanology, Rudimental
Relax	Rejjie Snow, Cam O'Bi, grouptherapy.
Late Night Love	Octo Octa
Change This Pain For Ecstasy (Eli Escobar Remix)	Rex The Dog, Eli Escobar
COPY COPY (Logic1000 & Big Ever Remix)	Moderat
Moonlight	Sammy Virji
Done With You	The Whitest Boy Alive
SCIENTISTS & ENGINEERS	Killer Mike, Andr√© 3000, Future, Eryn Allen Kane

Friend Request #5: Bloom by Piece Wise & Abroad

Thanks to @nadirbilici for submitting:
"I like the sweet drop in it. I dig vocal / orchestral techno/edm remixed beats (sometimes in other languages) with similarly awesome drops to dance to and get hyped up"

Tracklist:
Music for 18 Musicians: Pulses Steve Reich, Bob Becker, Chris Finckel, Claire Bergmann, David Van Tieghem, Douglas Hedwig, Ed Joffe, Edmund Niemann, Elizabeth Arnold, Gary Schall, Glen Velez, James Dooley, James Hamlin, James Preiss, Jay Clayton, Judith Sugarman, Larry Karush, Lewis Paer, Marshall Farr, Michael Finckel, Mort Silver, Nurit Tilles, Robert Chausow, Richard Schwarz, Russ Hartenberger, Ruth Siegler, Shem Guibbory, Vincent Gnojek, Virgin Blackwell
Psyco (Loud & Domestic Remix)	Infected Mushroom
Social Medication	Askkin
Do It Again (Original Mix)	Minimoonstra
Viento Funk Tribu
Anyway	NTBR, ÅMRTÜM
WHEN I SEE YOU DANCING	Zentryc, DAM√ò, GEWOONRAVES
Sufriendo	MYLO, Zafra Negra
Trompeta	San Pacho
Bracadu	Duke & Jones
Gas Pedal (Kyle Watson Remix)	Sage the Gemini, Kyle Watson, IAMSU
Lost In (Original Mix)	Horisone
The Drill (Original Mix)	Audiopile
Nebula	Hardmoon
Unleash (2023 Edit)	Rødhåd
Vois sur ton chemin (Techno Mix)	Bennett
Orion	Space 92, Hi-lo
Adagio For Strings	Ti√´sto
100%	ATW, Interplanetary Criminal, Main Phase
Xtasis	Nick Le√≥n feat. DJ Babatr
Calippo	Rhyw
Deep Jungle Walk	Astrix
Celesta 33	Stef Mendesidis
Emotional Boyz	Not A Headliner
Freedom (In Ur Mind) (Kiimi Remix)	Tibasko

Friend Request #6: Vois sur ton chemin (Techno Mix) by BENNETT

Thanks to @fineanddandyarchives @heyenrique for the submission! 
"It's a silly old song that immediately gets me up and moving. And a crazy video to match. It's a fun bop"

Recording is entirely stem mixed instead of any EQ mixing thanks to @algoriddim


6-1-2025
Track List:
Janet Jackson, Q-Tip, Joni Mitchell	Got 'Til It's Gone
Saada Bonaire	So Many Dreams (Amek Live Dub)
Tiger & Woods	Gin Nation (Original)
Blondie	Rapture (Remastered 2001)
Unique	What I Got Is What You Need
Motor City Drum Ensemble, Danilo Plessow	Raw Cuts #5
Raina Sokolov-Gonzalez	Better For You (Matt FX Remix)
Donald Byrd	Love Has Come Around
Gregory Porter	1960 What? (Opolopo Kick & Bass Rerub)
Sandy Barber	I Think I'll Do Some Stepping (On My Own) (OPOLOPO Rework)
The Glimmers	U Rocked My World (Pete Herbert & Tristan da Cunha Remix)
Kerri Chandler	The Bassline (Kerri's Dark Mix)
DJ Jazzy Jeff	Rock Wit U (Yoruba Soul Mix - Dub)
100Hz	Whisper
Equation	I‚Äôll Say A Prayer 4 U
Todd Terry	When You Hold Me
Chicken Lips	He Not In
Sneaker Pimps	Spin Spin Sugar
Loleatta Holloway	Can't Let You Go (Louie Vega & Josh Milan Truth Dub 1)
Body Shakers	Keep Me Moving
Johnny Corporate	Sunday Shoutin'
Mangabey	Just Luv Machine
Funky Green Dogs	Fired Up! (Album Version)
Motor City Drum Ensemble	Space Cadets
Tidy Daps	Identify
HVOB	Azrael
Detroit Grand Pubahs	Club Sandwiches (Marc Romboy's Systematic Soul Mix)
Moodymann	Shades of Jae
Harry Romero	Hot Music
K-HAND	I Can‚Äôt Take You Leaving Me
Paranoid London, Mutado Pintado	Light Tunnel
Paranoid London, Mutado Pintado	Eating Glue
Michal Ho	Mfz
Azari & III	Hungry For The Power (Jamie Jones Ridge Street Remix)
Red Axes, Justin Strauss	All Over Again (Paranoid London Edit)
Louie Vega, Honey Dijon	Feel So Right (feat. Honey Dijon) [Extended Version]
Tiga, Hudson Mohawke	Feel The Rush (Honey Dijon Remix)
Fierce Ruling Diva	You Gotta Believe
Fierce Ruling Diva	You Gotta Believe (Atomic Slyde) (Original '91 Rise Up And Work NYC Mix)
Yun√® Pinku	Killing Bee
Aurora Halal, Wata Igarashi	Eternal Blue (Wata Igarashi Cruising Remix)
Kollektiv Turmstrasse	Sorry I Am Late (Extended)
James Mac, Vall	The Boy Is Mine (feat. Rosalie)
WAHM (FR)	Another Star (Club Mix)
Against All Logic	Some Kind of Game
I:Cube	Mingus In My Pocket (Backroom Mix)
Floorplan	Never Grow Old (Edit (Mixed))
ChaseWest	TRY
Fred P	Tripping Out (On Escapism)
Ron Trent, Harry Dennis	Black Magic Woman
Larry Heard, Mr. White	The Sun Can't Compare (Long Version)
Dialect	Sitting in the Sun (Derrick Carter's Winter Crazy Dub Reprise)
Frankie Knuckles, Director's Cut, Eric Kupper, Jamie Principle	Baby Wants to Ride (Re-Directed)
LaTour	People Are Still Having Sex
Little Louie Vega	New York Housing Authority - Apt. 3A
Gucci Crew II	Sally (That Girl) (So so Booty Mix)
Paul Johnson	Let Me See You Buttefly (DJ Deeon Remix)
Gucci Girls	Gucci You're Thru (Acapella)
Christian Nielsen, Mr. V	Jus Dance (Christian Nielsen Remix)
Aaron Carl	Dance Naked
M.I.A.	Bucky Done Gun
Simian Mobile Disco	Hustler
Louie Vega, The Martinez Brothers, Hector Lavoe	Shut the Door (Tmblv Main Mix)
Stressman	House The Party
dj milton	Southside Beat Down (Original Mix)
Erykah Badu	I'll Call U Back
Erykah Badu	I'll Call U Back (ZJ Edit)
Paul Johnson	Let Me See You Butterfly (Romain BNO Remix)
Mabel	Lady Bug
Lenny Kravitz	It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over

Friend Request #7: Sandwiches by Detroit Grand Pubahs

17mics - intense & exploratory
Gaboosh - whimsical & improvisational

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Friend Request Series

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