Cool Multi Genre Dj Sets 2024

Here's Mark's mix from his Labour of Love set originally streamed Sept. 6 2020 from his home in Dallas, TX. Hit the link to check out the video on our GLA Recordings YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/7u1qsDa5O_4

Mark Farina - Labour Of Love - Sept 6 2020

I discovered DJ Koco a few months ago, watched many hours of his DJ sets, and was so inspired that I created a DJ set in tribute and gratitude to him.

DJ Koco aka Shimokita is Japanese, blind in one eye, and plays exclusively on 7" which are small vinyl records, hard-to-get and challenging to work with.

His craft and technics are masterful and he can perform all the "turntablist" tricks in the book. You know, scratching and cutting from deck to deck and much more.

I appreciate that, but what i'm really inspired by, is his art, style, and musicality.

In one DJ set he weaves old school hip hop, Brazilian, Latin, Disco, Rap, House, Funk, Jazz,  Pop, and many other genres and styles.  It all flows seamlessly and naturally. 
He plays both well-known anthems and songs very few people know. Trying to Shazam his songs is an exercise in futility. 
Koco keeps an upbeat, energetic and happy vibe throughout his journeys. I love to see how much he enjoys his music. 

I was already an open-format DJ and included many different genres, but watching DJ koco and listening to his sets gave me even more inspiration and the reminder I can play anything i wish, as long as it fits the vibe.

I loved hip hop since the late 80s when I heard Eric B and Rakim's sampling of Israeli/Yemenite singer Ofra Haza, as well as "Rapper's Delight" and other songs.
I remember that more than anything, I loved the syncopated (not symmetric) rhythms, the beats and the samples.

Many people think "Hip Hop" is the same as gangsta rap, and always includes "rapping", vulgarities and such.
I never resonated or related to those themes because my life circumstances are different.

The kind of Hip Hop I love and play here is mostly instrumental and features jazz, soul, funk and lots of Brazilian and Latin samples.     
Nearly any Hip Hop song you can name probably includes a sample from an old record. Visit whosampled.com and find the origins of your favorite songs.

In the past I usually did long transitions between songs, but now I experiment with very short and quick transitions, sometimes as short as 8 beats.

I'm also inspired by Koco and DJ Nick Spinelli to play just the best parts of the songs - What Nick calls "Quick Mixing". 
On average, every song here is only 2 minutes long.

I included a few of the songs DJ Koco plays, as well as my own favorites:
A song from the first James Bond movie, Israeli Bossanova, 3 versions of "Rapper's Delight", Balkan Hip hop, a remix and a cover of a 80s and 90s anthems, a piece by my good friend Adrian Atma, who is a multi-instrumentalist and beatboxer, and an amazing melodic samba song which is a journey by itself.

I have hundreds of songs for the next journeys and I've already been dropping some of them in my Ecstatic Dance, Tropical Chillout and Party sets.

Watch the video of me playing this DJ set, including the view of my DJing program, so you can really see what i'm doing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AID_kRFSF4U

Thank you DJ Koco and I hope I can see you play live one day.
Arigatō Gozaimasu

Featuring:

Adrian Atma
Alan Dixon
Atom Smith, Burkey
Bernardo Pinheiro
Black Eyed Peas
Byron Lee & The Dragonaires
Dee Felice Trio
Dekel Terry ft. Matti Caspi
DJ Alarm & Juan G ft. Garifuna Collective
DJ Shadow
DSTRUKT X RCADE
First Choice
Fuzz
Giacomo Bondi
Guts ft. Bon Tempos 
hansi
i.Ameni the BeatMan
Jorja Smith
Kabanjak
Lego Edit
MAILLE
Miami Sound Machine ft. Gloria Estefan
Mo' Horizons
Mop Mop
Nickodemus
Nina Simone
Rocky Marsiano (Another great inspiration !)
Samba Brazilian Batucada Band
Sergio Mendes
Shiha
Smooth Operator 3000
Tall Black Guy
The Pimps of Joytime 
The Quantic Soul Orchestra

#326

DJ Koco aka Shimokita  ~ Tribute by Nowananda

Opening set for Mark Farina 
@ The Bower
Sunday September 2, 2023

Junior Brown Opening Set @ THE BOWER (September 3, 2023)

"Heaven is a Hotel Lobby" 
3 Hours of lush, groovy & global sounds, recorded live in the Ace Hotel Lobby, Sydney/Eora.

3 Hour Jazz/Funk/House/Latin Mix - Ace Hotel Sydney 28-10-23

90'S  - 2000 DANCEHALL MIX (ThrowBack) #Oldschool

Katana Personal Mix 2024

80's - 90s Reggae/Dancehall Mix

(Goodie Xclusive Party) 19th of April 2024 Promo Mix (Multi Genre)

Summer Time Mix 2024 (Multi-Genre)   HIp Hop , Afrobeats , Soca , Dancehall

Mushroom jazz radio station returns for the fourth time. 
This time playing mushroom beats from Emapea, Diferenz, LTJ Xperience, Funkyloco, Deadbeats, Brandon Bass, The Groovers, Ray-D, Da Funksta, DJ Cam, Greyboy, 78 Edits, J. Bleds, Sylk 130, Marden Hill,...

Enjoy it now all day (all night) long.

Thanks to everyone for visiting the previous sessions. 
Hopefully you can also taste this fourth musical voyage.

The Big Mushroom Jazz Trip Volume 4

Recorded at WorldBeat Center, San Diego, California during the 2nd Annual West Coast Weekender

featuring music from Black Loops, Ron Basejam, Hot Toddy, Hotmood, Daniel Steinberg, Oliver Dollar, Demuir, Joris Dee, Paul Johnson, Nicholas, Loshmi, DJ Disney D

Download this mix at https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/westcoastwkndr/

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Save the Date: West Coast Weekender will be held May 3-6, 2018!

Mark Farina - Recorded Live at West Coast Weekender - May 7, 2017

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On the Saturday night of this year's Bestival the legendary Mr Scruff played a 4-hour set of Funk, Soul and Disco gems to a rammed Staceys.
The room was effectively a perfect Disco - a beautifully tuned soundsystem, plenty of mirror-balls and a 'Soul Train'-esq decor.
Enjoy!

http://www.mrscruff.com

MR SCRUFF -  Live from 'Staceys' - Bestival 2017

Mushroom Jazz 5 - Mixtape - 03/12/93

20200622 Dj Deep With St Germain Open Library

Wally Callerio was awesome enough to come down and drop this amazing set for our 5 year anniversary!! Enjoy

11.13.20 Wally Callerio HMF 5yr Ann

MARK FARINA
@ THE BOWER
Mushroom Jazz Set
Canada Day Long Weekend Party
Sunday June 30th 2013

www.thebower.ca

MARK FARINA @ THE BOWER Sunday June 30th (Mushroom Jazz Set)

bookings: stix@undrctrl.com
other: djmacaroni.xo@gmail.com

Sydney/Eora sweetheart DJ Macaroni has been making waves in the Australian club scene since arriving in 2022.  A booking agent by day and a muso by trade, she’s deep in the action both on and off the decks.

She's shared stages with a stack of heavyweights including Four Tet, Tourist, Daphni, Mark Blair, Interplanetary Criminal, Patrick Topping, Bushbaby, BLK. and Boys Noize, and played at some of the country’s most loved clubs and events including Lost Sundays, Revolver, Club 77, Need2Freak, The Abercrombie, New Guernica, Daydreaming, and Music Room.

She’s also slayed the festival circuit with sets at Splendour in the Grass, Lost Paradise, Laneway Festival, and Day of Dance.

With diverse sets spanning house, prog, trance, hard house, acid and techno, DJ Macaroni delivers high energy and good vibes, time after time.

3 Hour Jazz/Funk/House/Latin Mix - Ace Hotel Sydney 28-10-23

DJ Macaroni

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