Calico DJ Mixes

Live recordings from parties and sets for radio from 2024

Calico Mixes & Guest DJ Sets | 2024 & 2025

Live recording from our first Seattle show of 2024. We took over Cherry for the first time and Seattle showed OUT! High energy set from Calico (@calicosea) here, who blended breaks, drill, UKG, Jersey Club, and more to a raucous dance floor (shoutout to our host Tracey Wong and Go-Go dancer P Nasty for getting the crowd HYPE).

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Bad Idea is a party celebrating and incubating community, dance, global club music, and Bad Ideas. From Seattle to the World. There are no wrong answers, only Bad Ideas 😈💡

Bad Idea: Calico @ Cherry (March 16, 2024)

This month's edition of 'One Nation Under A Groove' features Seattle-based DJ, Calico (@calicosea).

Calico has been DJing dance floors at clubs, concert venues, and parties around Seattle & the PNW since 2013.

He independently produces, hosts, and curates Bad Idea, a party that has become a mainstay of Seattle nightlife. Bad Idea has hosted some of the best DJs along the West Coast, as well as DJs worldwide from Taipei to Sydney to São Paulo. It just returned from an LA debut in May and is making a return to Portland on July 12 at Kolectivo.

He also regularly releases dance edits and remixes on his SoundCloud (soundcloud.com/calicosea/sets/calico-tracks) and Bandcamp (calicosea.bandcamp.com), fusing elements of Baltimore Club, House, Breaks, and Jersey Club into playful tracks with DJs and dance floors in mind.

Check out his most recent release, "Club Party Function," and look for a remix EP featuring remixes from onlytom, Boxy Fit, and more in July.

One Nation Under A Groove w/ Disco Stu + Calico - Jul 3rd 2024

Another Day another dollar and another SLOP RADIO! This time we have Bad Idea founder Calico stepping up with a trove of club treasures. He's a freak behind the decks, mixing elements of rap, baile, club, jersey, and more for little mix that will put some bounce in your step! Close your eyes... you might just be transported to the club! 

Calico (Bad Idea) 
https://www.calicosea.com/
https://linktr.ee/calicoSEA
https://calicosea.bandcamp.com/
Based in Seattle, Calico makes and plays cheeky club tracks 😸 Though only producing music in earnest since 2022, he's been DJing dance floors at clubs, concerts, and parties across Seattle & the PNW since 2013. He brings an eclectic, cheeky, and chameleonic flavor to the DAW and the decks, playfully blending elements of Baltimore Club, Jersey Club, Electro & more into energetic tracks with dance floors in mind.

He recently released "Clubs Partys Functions," a remix EP of his original track, "Club Party Function," featuring five remixes from five collaborators and bastions of the club (and party and function): Mimi Zima, Boxy Fit, BRANDON, onlytom, & Ca$h Bandicoot.

Calico also throws Bad Idea: a nomadic, Seattle-based dance party celebrating and incubating community, dance floors, & global club music. A mainstay of Seattle nightlife, Bad Idea has been host to some of the best DJs from around the world: from Seattle to LA, from São Paulo to Taipei 😈💡


Tracklist: 
Calico - ID
DJ co.kr, Bryte - Brrrrr
Rihanna, 112 - Sex Anywhere (esentrik x miles medina edit)
bk beats & ca$h bandicoot - let it go [320 RIP]
Griff & Booman X Oh Snap - Pick Em Up (TRAYZE FESTIVAL VIP)
Baauer - Depop Damaga
Calico - Gang Been On [320 RIP]
DJ POLO - Polo Cake
DJ Lani Love - Iced Coffee
DJ co.kr, Riko Dan - Rude Bwoy Ting
Calico - Club Party Function (BRANDON Remix)
KHRIS P - 2050100! (Calico Edit) [Unreleased]
Frostydasnowmann - OH MY GAWD (Calico remix)
Skeptic - Whine Up
Technotronic - Pump Up The Jam (Refilled Remix)
DJ Houseplants - SAYDAT
KOOXLA - FRUTIGER AERO
Three 6 Mafia, Unk - I’d Rather
TINASHE - NASTY (DENAIRU CLUB EDIT)
onlytom & ca$h bandicoot - plaza [320 RIP]
Calico - Club Party Function (Mimi Zima Remix)
DJ Tameil - Fuck Em' Up
City Girls - Act Up (Fuzz Club Edit)
Nelly - Hot In Here (Sinjin Hawke Bootleg)
YBRYD - HEART SHAPED BAILE ft. Calico
SANTO - 3hunna (Funana Edit)
KHRIS P - Angel Dust (Calico Edit) [Unreleased]
1905 - SOFT THANG
Fabo - Jump (Amadeezy Remix)
Amaarae - Co-Star (Gaszia Edit)
Nick León, Erika de Casier - Bikini

Calico SLOP RADiO vol 7

Sounds best around midnight 🌙

Huge thanks to Alex + KEXP for inviting me to contribute a guest mix to this series- it was an honor <3 

Archived on KEXP: https://www.kexp.org/read/2024/11/4/midnight-in-a-perfect-world-calico/

Tracklist:

Phil Collins - Another Day in Paradise (Seriously Live in Berlin 1990)
KOOXLA - THINK TWICE
Calico - Can I Get Paid (feat. KHRIS P & Taylar Elizza Beth) [Demo]
KHRIS P - 2050100! (Calico Edit)
Calico - We Up (Calico Edit) [Up. Records]
Calico - Beautiful (Calico Edit) [Up. Records]
DJ Beukeboom - Ye Mele (DJ Version)
Fatman Scoop Tribute Acapella [RIP 🥀]
Calico - CALICO TAKIN OVER
JIALING - FREAKY HORNS
Ca$h Bandicoot - IMMA (Soffos Remix)
soffos & RK - one time for the divas [320 RIP]
Calico - Club Party Function (Mimi Zima Remix)
ShadowVariable - Take It Back [320 RIP]
Future - Diamonds Dancing
Calico - Sail Away (Calico Edit)
charli xcx - 360 (Refilled & Mad Bad Ting Remix)
styn - JUST DANCE
KOOXLA - THROW IT UP
Gucci Mane - Lemonade (Hotsauce & Jay Envy Drop It Edit)
Robyn - Dancing On My Own (onlytom bootleg)
Hudson Mohawke - FUSE
Cashmere Cat - Throw Myself a Party (feat. Starrah & 2 Chainz)
pop smoke - welcome to the party (dj puff edit)
Calico - WHO DA NAYBUZ??!
waka flocka - grove st party (dj puff edit)
Calico - Stereo Love (Calico Edit) [Up. Records]
HYALYTE - What You Say? (Hyalyte Edit)
Nelly Furtado - Say It Right (Burna Bootleg)
Young Thug - Relationship (Ft. Future)
Chief Keef - Ice Cream Man
Nourished By Time - Hand On Me

KEXP Midnight in a Perfect World | Calico (October 27, 2024)

Live from HYPER⚡️WORLD! Big thanks to @hyperpoppers for inviting me to be part of the final voyage. Hyper to the world and across the galaxy! 💫

Tracklist:

Real Tears & bk beats - 22
SOPHIE - Msmsmsm
SOPHIE - Lemonade (Jace Mek Bootleg)
Henrik the Artist - Perfect Workout
Charli XCX - Roll With Me
KOOXLA - CASTLES
Robyn - Dancing On My Own (onlytom bootleg)
Nicki Minaj - anaconda (sophie - immaterial inst)
Ke$ha - TiK ToK (808gong FLIP)
A. G. Cook - Beautiful (Rustie Edit)
A. G. Cook - Britpop (Ballads Edit)
styn - JUST DANCE
charli xcx - club classics (ECHOVALLEY Remix)
Calico, Charli XCX, Zombie Nation - CLUB CLASSICS 400
Ke$ha - Blow (Whym Remix)
SOPHIE - Bipp (Blombi Edit)
Hannah Diamond - Every Night
SOPHIE - Nothing More To Say (Jackmaster Dub)
Calico - Sail Away (Calico Edit)
hilary duff - come clean (onlytom bootleg)
charli xcx - 360 (bk beats remix)
100 gecs - ringtone (Remix) [feat. Charli XCX, Rico Nasty, Kero Kero Bonito]
Calico - Never Said Hello Goodbye

Calico @ HYPER ⚡️ WORLD (November 16, 2024)

Had a blast opening for Tinashe during the Bellingham stop of her Match My Freak: World Tour! ✨

Big thanks the Nasty Girl herself and the Wild Buffalo for inviting me to help get the party started. And huge thanks to the Bham crowd who pulled up ready to have fun. Thanks for matching my freak <3

Comment for IDs <3

Opening DJ Set for Tinashe (November 20, 2024)

709 is @calicosea, @cousin_chris, @deejaysmiles, @eavesevae & the PNW

Sets:
0:00 - DJ Smiles
22:10 - Calico
44:35 - Cousin Chris
1:07:23 - Eaves

THIS IS 709

My closing set from Dirty Pop in Seattle

Dirty Pop is Pop Music + Club Remixes by Calico & Toya B (@user-303583155)

https://www.instagram.com/dirtypopclub/

Tracklist:

Doechii - Nissan Altima (CAM GIRL & Gaszia Edit)
charli xcx - Guess (ft. Billie Eilish)
styn - JUST DANCE
charli xcx - 360 (Refilled & Mad Bad Ting Remix)
Sein - My Humps Love Parade (Sein Edit)
DJ Sliink - BoomBoomPow Ft [Black Eyed Peas]
Cassie - Me & You (Refilled Remix)
avicii - levels (dj puff edit)
Dj Mike Gip ft. Dj Jayhood - Show me love
DJ Sammy - Heaven
Edward Maya & Vika Jigulina - Stereo Love (Radio Edit)
Guhlee - Every Little Thing (Guhlee's Hung Up Flip)
Technotronic - Pump Up The Jam (Refilled Remix)
Destiny's Child - Say My Name (Chloe Martini Jersey Edit)
Badger & Ohmyrosh - Murder on the dance floor
Ke$ha - Die Young
David Guetta - Memories (feat. Kid Cudi)
David Guetta Ft. Kid Cudi - Memories (Leemz & DJ A.M.G Bootleg)
Madonna - Like a Prayer

Calico @ Dirty Pop (July 18, 2025)

TRACKLIST 

SARTANA
Janet Jackson - Someone To Call My Flight Risk (Janet Jackson x Leonce &amp;
Neana )
LOVE SIX x RAMOE - Finally (LOVE SIX x RAMOE edit)
Bleszt - Booty Too Fat
Hi$to - Get Nasty (Feat TT The Artist)
Black Eyed Peas - Rock That Body (K Bow Remix)
Justin Timberlake - Rock Your Body (Sartana Remix)
Wristboi - I Beat It
Dj Swisha - Dat Buhh
LightSkinKeisha - Supah Toxic
Sartana - New Position
Sartana - Come Girl 2020

CALICO
Calico - Can I Get Paid? (feat. KHRIS P &amp; Taylar Elizza Beth)
Smochi - Booty Twerkulator (Smochi Grind)
Lockah - Freaks Come Out
Calico - CALICO TAKIN OVER
Roddy Ricch - Boom Boom Room (DJ HOTSAUCE &quot;Like It&#39;s Freaknik Edit&quot;)
Calico - Money Cars Clothes Hoes
KOOXLA - beat goes on
Freak Force Crew - 80MFN8
Calico - Hump With It
Arma - My Way (Bonus)
The Egyptian Lover - P.E.L.F.
Rae Sremmurd - Sexy
Nina Sky - Move Ya Body (Austin Lebrón Remix)
Gucci Mane - Lemonade (Hotsauce &amp; Jay Envy Drop It Edit)
Waka Flocka - Round Of Applause (Junk Food &amp; Kingtut.mp3 Edit)
Calico - LEX
Calico - World Hold On (Calico Edit)

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Spaghetti Junction w/ Sartana + Calico - 09/08/2025

Calico B2B DJ Smoke opening DJ set for Routine: @saluteaut at Substation in Seattle

Lotta House, UKG, and 4x4 goodness

Check out
@calicosea
@dj_smoke_sea
@routineradio

Opening DJ Set for salute @ Routine (July 25, 2025)

My set at After Ours in Portland, OR for their Hip-Hop and R&B night 💌

Calico @ After Ours - Rap & R&B Set (October 11, 2025)

No wrong answers, only Bad Ideas 😈💡 Seattle-based community & dance party. Local DJs. Global club sounds 🌐

BAD IDEA FAMILY:
Another Magic
Aquatic Ambiance
Arel
Ballads (PDX)
Baloogz
BRANDON
Ca$h Bandicoot
Chong the Nomad
Cousin Chris
DJ Houseplants
DJ Mwangi
DJ Smiles
DJ Sush
DJ WiFi
DJ Zen
DJQJ
Eaves (PDX)
Edders
Firungi
HOJO (TPE)
Jason Code
Jenn Green
KBOOGIE
KraymerGdot
Kween Kaysh
Lace Cadence
Magic Sean
Mimi Zima
NAMI
NSO
ShayRosay
SHESGUCCI
Someone Someone (YVR)
St. Saudade
T-Reverie
Taylar Elizza Beth
THEISHYU
Timothy Bee (PDX)
Toya B
Tremenda Diosa
WD4D
Whodinii
WSUPTIGER (YVR)