CAST OFF Podcast 32: Elz

Being known for genre-bending and crowd-pleasing, Elz has mastered the art of reading the crowd by setting the mood with tasteful dance music. Growing up listening to breakbeats, techno, and house music and discovering classic rock, jazz, hip-hop, the 80s, and funk music, she learned how to incorporate all of these elements together to create some serious flavor. Her parents were opera singers, so they raised her with a great appreciation and passion for music and vinyl. She studied piano and violin throughout her youth and sang with her High school jazz band. She got interested in electronic music by going to local underground raves in San Francisco and saw her first female DJ perform and immediately became inspired to learn how to use turntables herself to express her love for music.

Her first DJ gig was in 1998 in a large warehouse space called 2nd and Jackson in Oakland. Soon after, she started playing for many legendary San Francisco long-running events, including 2nd Sunday, Sister SF, Feel Good, Sonic at 1015, Mixed Elements, and The Gathering. In March 2008, Elz graduated from Ex’pression College with a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Sound Arts. After graduation, she spent the summer interning for DJ Shadow, assisted in preparation for the launch of DJ Shadow Digital (DJ Shadow Digital Store), and processed sound samples for the store. She has releases on Muzimo Records, Harlum Muziq, Look Out Records, and has just joined the Tech House label Laser Native as their newest resident artist. In 2015 she studied Ableton at Sequence One in Oakland and then went on to work as a Music Curator and Audio Engineer at the DJ app, Crossfader.

She has performed gigs at the SXM festival in St. Maartin, BPM festival in Mexico, Tulum, Coachella, WMC in Miami, in New York, Los Angeles, Vegas, Seattle, Burning Man, Day Breaker, Sunset Campout, Boiler Room, E Komo Mai Festival in Hawaii, and all over the Bay Area at clubs such as The Midway, Public Works, Halcyon, The Great Northern, Monarch, 1015 Folsom, The End Up, DNA Lounge, Ruby Skye, Temple, The Clift Hotel, and Audio. She has opened for such acts as Bob Moses, Thugfucker, Hoj, HOSH, Hot Since 82, Detroit Swindle, Huxley, Terry Frances, Giom, German Brigante, Justin Martin, Christian Martin, Demuir, Doc Martin, Colette & Heather, Fred Everything, Sonny Fodera, Session Victim, Mood II Swing, DJ Dan, DJ Sneak, Jesse Perez, Richey Ahmed, Mikey Lion, Galen, and Solar to name a few.

She was a resident with The Kazbah for many years and is currently with the Disco Knights Burning Man crew. Elz was also a resident DJ at the Virgin Hotel in San Francisco at the Everdene Rooftop bar and the Common’s Club from 2019-2020. Elz is currently a DJ instructor at Blue Bear School of Music and teaches therapeutic beat-making workshops for elementary and middle school children using Ableton and the Push with the nonprofit Today’s Future Sound throughout the Bay Area. Her mission is to use music as a tool to heal people by giving them a safe space to be themselves while injecting them with positivity via dancing to the best music.

Follow Elz: 
- www.instagram.com/djelzabeth
- www.soundcloud.com/djelz
- www.facebook.com/djelizabethannhenderson
- www.djelz.com

Prepare for departure ⚓️

CAST OFF Podcast 32: Elz

This is my 1st burning man set. I had a lot of fun playing this list . I hope you like my music when you listen to it

Burningman Live Set

This set was recorded at Day One 2022 in the Crows Nest. As we bring in the New Year remember to give Love to those around you! Love is magic.

KirbyK/Day One/2022

Buy on bandcamp

Marcelo Cura & Onetram - Humpback (Long play)

Youla (Long Play)

Kazamayé - Youla (Long Play)

It's not often that two DJs seem to have a telepathic connection with each other, but this set would be as close as I have ever gotten to that. Having played many events together, in the desert, warehouses and clubs, it was at my own Open Air party that we finally decided to play back 2 back and boy am I glad we did. Please enjoy our closing set from Subtract Open Air in Long Beach.

@treavor-moontribe B2B @antontumas

Treavor Moontribe B2B Anton Tumas @ Subtract Open Air (1.24.2016)

Episode 006 of the podcast is a very special hour of hyperspace exploration from Dance Spirit (@dance-spirit). Hot on the tails of their recently release Kinships EP together with Adisyn (@adisynmusic), this podcast is an exclusive hour of original work, spanning ambient to electronica, house to breakbeats. In their own words, this mix "takes the listener on a wild and beautiful ride of lush melodies and psychedelic grooves and hypnotic sound design." We couldn't have said it better ourselves. Get your ears ready for a treat.

All material written + produced by Dance Spirit.

01 - Morning Dew feat. Brittany Cotto
02 - The Subtle Art of Rain Dancing
03 - A Temple For My Thoughts
04 - Ravi's Love Song
05 - An Angel Named Melanie 
06 - Is My Living In Vain
07 - Coming Back Home
08 - Immaculate Solstice
09 - Kinships w/ Adisyn
10 - Sabine McCalla - I Went To The Levee (Dance Spirit Bootleg)
11 - Led Zeppelin - Babe I'm Gonna Leave You (Dance Spirit Bootleg)

Manjumasi Podcast

Buy Kinships EP

Manjumasi Podcast 006: Dance Spirit

This year I was honoured to once again be asked to overrun the incredible Lucky Star on Sunday afternoon at Splore. It's a magic time of the weekend to play, the sun was shining and one of my favourite humans, Dim Shady, played before me. For this set I asked another amazing soul, Miss B, to join me for the latter part of it for a bit of a back to back jam. She jumps on at around the hour and a half mark and it's 2 for 2 from there on out. 

Thank you to the Lucky Star Crew, especially Mels, Jonas and Fred, you guys are the heart of Splore and your hard work and determination is an inspiration! A massive thank you to my amazing Alley crew, the dancers, the lovers and the dreamers. Till next year. x

Live at Splore 2019

Live at Lucky Star Splore 2019  with special guest Miss B

ReSolute x Caravan Gitane - CLUB LiBERTÉ    //   03.23.19

Here is my closing set at 5.30am ~ in the smallest discotheque in Brooklyn, the magical "CLUB LiBERTÉ".  

Playing at my favorite time of being, the sun was beginning to rise and the vibes were perfect as is the beginning of each new day.  Enjoy this hypnotic, cosmic dark disco journey <3

x kate

Kate Stein @ ReSolute X Caravan Gitane [NYC] 03.23.19

August's mix comes from a place of reflection on travel, thinking about culture and sense of place. Being an outsider looking in, perhaps one can only scratch the surface. But maybe, in another way, experiencing a well-aged surface actually presents a rich, nuanced expression of character, developed deeply over time. Maybe wrinkles, eyes, and smiles tell our stories more honestly than intentions.

Hopefully a bit of that comes thru in this mix, selections with complex, detailed textures, which also feel like expressions of something deeper.

(00:00) Move D - Dots [Aus Music, 2019]
(07:33) Tender Games - Movin' (Black Loops Remix) [Midnight Snacks, 2019]
(12:51) Alexander Koning - The Nicest Verdict (Forteba Remix) [Deeplomatic, 2019]
(18:14) Legit Trip - Little Helper 350-4 [Little Helpers, 2019]
(21:54) Dwson - Ethyl [Suol, 2019]
(26:02) Midas 104 - Quixotopia [Circles & Stones, 2019]
(31:30) Holtoug - Noisy Nights (Kollektiv Turmstrasse's Bleeps & Piano Version) [Connaisseur, 2019]
(36:28) Drisan - Street Lights Off for Dawn [Moira, 2019]
(41:03) Robag Wruhme - Venq Tolep (Hit Club Version) [Pampa, 2019]
(46:33) Doyeq - My Hidden Winter [Kindisch, 2019]
(54:05) MUUI - Cinematic Structures 1 [Here Now., 2019]

Patina: Touched

Mark Slee - Patina: Touched [August 2019]

Our founder and label boss Jamie Schwabl returns for her 3rd Wulfcast. For Jamie, music is a healing tool to elevate one's vibration. She embodies her energy healing work into her sets, and this mix is no exception. She invites you to enjoy just over three hours of her newest sounds, a journey through minimal, melodic, downtempo, and left-field.

Wulfcast 084 - Jamie Schwabl

Anton Tumas moves through the worlds of DJing, promotion, production, and label curation with quiet precision. For well over a decade, his work has been grounded in a deep respect for electronic music’s craft and culture, leaving a lasting mark without the need for fanfare.

From LA’s underground clubs to desert gatherings like Moontribe and Burning Man, and festivals including Lightning in a Bottle, Further Future, and Woogie Weekend, Anton has shared the stage with artists such as Hernán Cattáneo, DJ Tennis, and Danny Howells. His selections traverse the edges of house, techno, and electronica—guided by an ear for the forward-thinking and timeless.

As a promoter, he’s built experiences that speak for themselves. His Subtract On The Pier residency has transformed Long Beach into a destination for world-class talent, hosting everyone from Doc Martin and Lee Burridge to Patrice Bäumel and Mathew Jonson. As producer of the Love Long Beach Festival, he curates with precision and vision, drawing over 10,000 people each year.

Subtract, the record label he founded, reflects the same philosophy: releasing only when the music demands it. Each record is chosen with care, featuring artists from emerging voices to veterans like John Digweed, Stimming, and Matthew Dekay. The label’s consistency speaks to Anton’s uncompromising standard for quality.

In recent years, he’s brought that same discipline to his own productions. His music has appeared on All Day I Dream, Sudbeat, Balance, Endless, Sol Selectas, and his own Subtract imprint, including collaborations with Hernán Cattáneo, Dave DK, and Jamie Stevens. Patient and exacting, his work carries the same refined sensibility that defines his DJ sets and events.

For Anton, the work is never finished. In his own words: “We’re in an ever-evolving landscape, inventing it as we go. One thing is certain: We're only getting started"