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Here's a little story that must be told. . . .

LIVE DJ MIXES - LA to Bali to Burning Man

OLIVER KOLETZKI on:
- Facebook: www.facebook.com/oliverkoletzki
- SoundCloud: @oliverkoletzki

HOW I MET THE BASS on:
- Facebook: www.facebook.com/howimetthebass
- Mixcloud: www.mixcloud.com/HowIMetTheBass
- Instagram: www.instagram.com/howimetthebass

3 QUESTIONS to OLIVER KOLETZKI:

Q: Let's get into the mood for your mix. It includes strong messages according to a lot of different music styles, so: How did you meet the bass once?

A: This mix is actually very honest. Those are the most important acts/tracks of my musical education. I'm an 1980ies kid so it's a bit cheesy. The moment when I really met "the bass" was with the change from German Hip-Hop to House Music end of the 1990'ies. It's a bit of a cliche, I know, but that's how it was and I have stayed with Electronic Music still today.

Q: Slowly we're finding our way out of the pandemic and get back to normal step by step. How did you experience the past 1,5 years?

A: Even it was a horrible time for us humans, I really enjoyed that break from constantly touring for 15 years every weekend. I even enjoyed the lockdown, cause normally I'm not at home that much. Of course it was not easy for clubs, festivals, a lot of artists and our labels. But we made it somehow. Now I'm happy when everything slowly returns to normal.

Q: Which Koletzki projects are you currently working on?

A: I released my 9th album "Made of Wood" in July, so now I'm taking a break from producing until I'm starting with the very special 10th album. But of course there will be some remixes. Beside that I made a brand new live-act with my best downtempo tracks I'm going to tour with.

Oliver Koletzki - HOW I MET THE BASS #205

New mixtape, always searching for "this little space in between" groove, disco and house...at that beautiful time of the year when trees embrace their "couleur café".

P.S. : h/t to the spiritual and always inspiring Julie Delpy, from whom I borrowed a timeless dialog from her classic "Before Sunrise" movie.

Free Dwnld

Vibes4YourSoul Autumn Tape

I've been working on this one for over 4 years, if it was up to me it probably would of taken me a bit longer to wrap it up, between procrastinating and always thinking i can do better. But in the end, just like the previous ones i think life decides for me in someway. Music from Aphex Twin, Lone, Schacke, Nils Frahm, Ryuichi Sakamoto & others. Enjoy <3

Hisham Zahran - Fading Hearts [2021]

1 - Catastophic Blues - Bass/Sitar - Mark Deutsch
2 - Light Through Water - David Binney
3 - Don't Give Up (New Blood Version Instrumental) - Peter Gabriel
4 - A Serene Path - Laura Inserra
5 - Just Wrong (Tiny Desk Concert) - Pino Palladina + Blake Mills
6 - SAKURA - ROSALÍA
7 - Desert Dancer - DJ Trotsky
8 - Freedom - Richie Havens
9 - Step Right Up - Tom Waits
10 - Excursions - A Tribe Called Quest
11 - Happy (Make You Happy)- Max Sedgley
12 - Salvador (feat. Organic Audio) - Hexstatic
13 - Do You Know the Way to San Jose - Dionne Warwick
14 - Energy (feat. Nadeem Din-Gabisi) - Sampa the Great
15 - Sun Goddess (feat. Special Guest Soloist Ramsey Lewis) - Earth, Wind & Fire
16 - Open Sesame (Part 1) - Kool & The Gang
17 - Little Wing (Live At Royal Albert Hall, London) - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
18 - We Dance To The Beat - Robyn
19 - Journey To Anywhere - Ugly Duckling
20 - Pong Disco - Ohxalá
21 - Wax Werk - Ishmael Ensemble
22 - Definitely Maybe - Jeff Beck Group
23 - Higher Love - Steve Winwood
24 - Don't Give Up - Peter Gabriel

LADC - Oct - 2022 - Freedom

1 - Robert Fripp & Brian Eno - Evening Star
2 - Stanley Clarke - Desert Song
3 - London Grammar - Hey Now
4 - Peter Gabriel - Only Us
5 - Simonne Draper - Eclipse (Jon Kennedy Remix)
6 - DJ Taz Rashid, Shaman's Dream & Geometrae
Wakanda Dub (Panther Mix)
7 - Jean Vayat - Desert Flower
8 - Transglobal Underground - The Khaleegi Stomp
9 - Count Basic - Speechless Drum & Bass
10 - Late Night Alumni - Ring A Bell
11 - Blond:ish - Moonbow (Original Mix)
12 - Monkey Safari & G.Zamora Vive
13 - Soreab - Cave Walk (Cando Remix)
14 - Gipsy Kings - Hotel California (Spanish Mix)
15 - 40 Fingers - Walk This Way
16 - The Dynamics - Move on Up
17 - Jungle - Back On 74
18 - Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still
19 - Young MC - Know How
20 - Jungle Brothers - Feelin' Alright
21 - Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi 
22 - Madonna - Everybody (You Can Dance Remix Edit)
23 - Madonna - Express Yourself (Remix / Edit)
24 - Madonna - Open Your Heart (Dub)
25 - The Rascals - A Beautiful Morning

LADC - Sept 13 - 2025 - Breathe

1 - Tim Curry - Simplicity
2 - Marian Hill - Down
3 - Beck - Go It Alone
4 - James Brown - Doing It To Death (Funky Good Time)
5 - Peter Gabriel - Love to Be Loved
6 - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Michael Brook - My Comfort Remains
7 - Earth, Wind & Fire - That's the Way of the World
8 - Earth, Wind & Fire - Got to Get You Into My Life
9 - Nomadic - Struggle
10 - Nalini Blossom - Prophecy - Mose Remix
11 - Matija - Echoes Of Cool
12 - Hexstatic - Salvador (feat. Organic Audio)
13 - Max Sedgley - Happy (Make You Happy)
14 - 40 Fingers - Walk This Way
15 - Gladys Knight & The Pips - I Heard It Through The Grapevine (Sympathy For The Grapes Mix By The Randy Watson Experience)
16 - Indeep - Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life
17 - Patax -Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' (Live)
18 - Rhythms del Mundo - Clocks (feat. Coldplay)
19 - Unit Four Plus Two - Concrete and Clay
20 - Sly & The Family Stone - Everyday People
21 - Grace Jones - Slave to the Rhythm (Hot Blooded Version)

Ecstatic Dance South Bay - Sept 24 2025

1 - Bob Mills/ Jim Scott-Behrends = Gentle Landscape
2 - Heights Of Abraham - Eva (instrumental)
3 - Gabrielle Roth & The Mirrors - Ritual
4 - Peter Gabriel - Don't Give Up
5 - Scritti Politti - The Word Girl
6 - Madonna - La Isla Bonita
7 - Madonna - Lucky Star
8 - Madonna - Into the Groove
9 - Prince & The Revolution - When Doves Cry
10 - Prince - 1999 
11 - Prince - Little Red Corvette
12 - Daryl Hall & John Oates - You Make My Dreams (Come True)
13  - Chaka Khan - I Feel for You
14 - Madonna - Open Your Heart
15 - Madonna - Like a Virgin
16 - DNA - Tom's Diner (feat. Suzanne Vega) [7" Version]
17 - Sade - Paradise 
18 - David Bowie - Fashion (2017 Remastered Version)
19 - Michael Jackson - The Way You Make Me Feel (Single Version)
20 - Jody Watley - Looking for a New Love (Single)
21 - The Staple Singers - I'll Take You There
22 - Steve Winwood - Higher Love
23 - Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)

LADC - Oct 4 2025 - Madonna and '80's Tribute

1 - Gamardah Fungus - Samsara
2 - Pedro Martins, Martin Grozdanoski - Kerala (BirdZzie Remix)
3 - Jonas Hellborg - Little Wing
4 - Los Lobos - Kiko and the Lavender Moon
5 - Peia (DJ Mesmes Remix) - Blessed We Are (Zouk Remix)
6 - Jeff Buckley - New Year's Prayer
7 - Heights Of Abraham - Eva (instrumental)
8 - Jean Vayat - Desert Flower
9 - Be Svendsen - State the Obvious
10 - Safri Duo - Crazy Benny
11 - Yttling Jazz, Joshua Idehen & Saturday, Monday - Illegal Hit (Edit)
12 - Gipsy Kings - Bamboléo
13 - Outkast - The Way You Move (Instrumental) [feat. Sleepy Brown]
14 - Al Green - I Can't Get Next to You
15 - The Animals, Eric Burdon & War - Spill the Wine
16 - Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still
17 - Max Sedgley - Gotta Get Up (!!!) - (The Jazzual Suspects Soul Source Slap) [feat. Tasita D'Mour]
18 - Fila Brazillia - Harmonicas are Shite
19 - Ganavya - draw something beautiful 
20 - Janet Jackson - That's the Way Love Goes
21 - Steve Winwood - Back In the High Life Again (Remastered)
22 - Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - Let's Hang On
23 - New Radicals - You Get What You Give

LADC - Nov 22 - 2025 - Transformational Vibration

1 - DJ Trotsky - 2024 - Holo-Strat-SLO-79
2 - DJ Trotsky - Speculative Voices
3 - Laurie Anderson - Walking and Falling (I wanted you..)
4 - Boozoo Bajou - Yma
5 - Soul II Soul - Keep On Movin'
6 - Da Iguana - Timerider
7 - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Michael Brook - My Heart, My Life
8- Share The Light & Lunar Halo - Liquid
9 - The Bahama Soul Club - Ain't Nobody's Biz-Ness If I Do
10 - Veleyle - Desert Hippies
11 - Gobi Desert Collective - Noor
12 - Hraach, Armen Miran - Krunk (Original Mix)
13 - Kesha - JOYRIDE (Instrumental)
14 - Madonna - Vogue
15 - Heatwave - Groove Line
16 - Earth, Wind & Fire - Can't Hide Love
17 - Earth, Wind & Fire - Yearnin' Learnin' (Live)
18 - Noga Erez - SAD GENERATION, HAPPY PICTURES (feat. Flyana Boss)
19 - Acetone - Midnight Cowboy
20 - Vladimir Cosma - Promenade sentimentale (Diva Theme)
21 - Robyn - Indestructible [Acoustic Version]
22 - DJ Trotsky - Groove Garden - INST
23 - Hexstatic - Salvador (feat. Organic Audio)
24 - Deee-Lite - Groove Is In the Heart
25 - Pharrell Williams - Happy (From "Despicable Me 2")
26 - Sly & The Family Stone - Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)

LADC - Dec 6 - 2025 - Global Groove

Ash for Beausoleil Set

Even during the toughest times, We remain strong. We dance, and we smile it's a 
matter of time and it will pass!💚 

Now You control yourself, Some come join me on a sunny day with a greeting smile and a tight hug.💚 

#STAYHOME #STAYSAFE

You'll find me on a Sunny day

https://djtrotsky.bandcamp.com/releases

“My spiritual practice is writing pop songs. They’re a way to communicate to the world with emotional authenticity, express feelings, and give musicians a voice,” says producer DJ Trotsky. 

DJ Trotsky is a Los Angeles, California-based producer and songwriter who works with pop artists and developing pop artists. He works in a variety of contexts, including turning in complete songs, collaborating from scratch, writing top-line, building tracks from beats up, and simply producing artists with already-written songs. Through these many guises, DJ Trotsky tailors his perspective to suit the situation. “Often the best approach in my work is just me disappearing and serving the song,” he explains. 

Signature to DJ Trotsky’s aesthetic are well-crafted songs brimming with infectious melodies, and often intimate and vulnerable lyrics. From this core, he crafts sleekly modern tracks informed from a lifetime of crate digging as a DJ, and playing organic instruments in rock bands, and his tireless desire to always seek fresh sounds. Along the way, DJ Trotsky has played in funk bands in San Francisco. He has experienced the renaissance of modern electro dance music in Ibiza, Spain. He has reveled in the rumblings of punk, early hip-hop, and dance music in those seismic and formative music moments in New York City at the Mudd Club and CBGBs. And he has DJ-ed exclusive parties in vibey venues in Bali, Thailand, Ibiza, and Estonia. 

DJ Trotsky is a global citizen born David Brownstein, and his chosen moniker is a playful shout out to the Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky and his Jewish roots. He’s lived many lives, including being a Grammy-nominated music video producer and internationally-recognized career coach. DJ Trotsky has also released three albums as an artist of vibrantly varied electronic pop produced and recorded all over the world.

Select sample tracks that highlight the prismatic artistry of DJ Trotsky include “Across the Pond,” ”Strange Beautiful Dream,” and “What To Say To A Ghost.” The track “Across the Pond” has been described as “drum n bass n brass” and is a cross-genre symphony of acoustic guitar, be-bop trumpet, synth bass and electronic drum loops, showcasing DJ Trotsky’s songwriting smarts and his edgy production chops. This jam is paired with a warmly lo-fi, iPhone-shot video footage culled from visits to Bali, London, and Thailand that contrast the chaos and the calm of these tropical/urban paradises.

DJ Trotsky has enjoyed a wildly fishtailing music career and life journey, and what keeps him inspired is discovering that next sound, crafting jewels of authentically emotive pop, and connecting with artists as a producer. “I love working with new people, learning about their creative palate—where they’re coming from—and finding common ground,” he says. “The experience is different with every artist, but the process is always surprising and exciting.”					
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