3 hours of funk, soul, disco, R&B, and some pop. Recorded live in Oakland, CA on Halloween Night.

2021 Mixes

Funky Halloween

For all of your cocktail party needs. Funk, lounge and disco house, and a drop of pop. Recorded April 2022 at the Oakstop Ballroom, Oakland CA.

DJ Mixes

The Cocktail Party (Lounge House/Disco/Funk)

house, electro, breaks
eclectic +electric

tracklist soon

The Dreamliner: CFU Fundraiser 2022

Recorded live at White Rabbit, SF, 6/15/23.

Tracklist : 
1.	Un x100To  - Grupo Frontera, Bad Bunny	
2.	Yandel 150  - Yandel, Feid	
3.	California Love - 2pac ft Dr Dre & Roger Troutman		
4.	Twin Flame - Kaytranada, Anderson .Paak	
5.	Particula - Major Lazer, Patoranking, Ice Prince, Jidenna, DJ Maphorisa, Nasty C	
6.	Play  - Alewya
7.	Watch Out For This (Bumaye)  - 	Busy Signal, Major Lazer, FS Green, The Flexican	
8.	Persuasive - Doechii	
9.	Creepin' (Egnever Amapiano Remix)- Metro Boomin, The Weeknd, 21 Savage, Luke Wood
10.	Mnike  -  DJ Maphorisa, Tyler ICU, Tumelo_za, Nandipha808, Ceeka RSA, Tyron Dee	
11.	Happy for You  - Kaylow, Junior Taurus, Dj Sumbody	
12.	Akulaleki (feat. Shasha, DJ Maphorisa & Kabza De Small) - Samthing Soweto	
13.	Han Pan  - Peggy Gou	
14.	Operator (DJ Koze's Disco Edit)  -  Lapsley
15.	Everybody Loves The Sunshine (HAYNES Remix) - Roy Ayers	
16.	Dance Me (Jesse Rose 'Made In St. Lucia' Remix)	- Riva Starr, Trim	
17.	Coltrane Feat. Chris The Voice (Re.You Remix) - Format:B, Pleasurekraft, Chris The Voice
18.	I Feel It  - Leftwing : Kody
19.	Erotic City (Scotty Boy Remix) - Prince		
20.	California Dreamin'  -  Chris Lorenzo, High Jinx
21.	New Gold (Dom Dolla Remix) - Gorillaz, Tame Impala, Bootie Brown
22.	Sticky (Omar Woods Remix) - Drake	
23.	Just A Lil Bit (Nivedan Remix) - 50 Cent		
24.	Say Something - Nasser Baker	
25.	San Francisco feat. DD (Fred Falke Remix) - Citylife		
26.	Baby Again..  - Fred Again.., Skrillex, Four Tet
27.	Massive  - Drake
28.	Turn On The Lights Again.. - Fred Again.., Swedish House Mafia, Future
29.	Dakiti (Freshly & Percy Guaracha Remix) - Bad Bunny, Jhay Cortez

Inner Circle at White Rabbit, June 15

(Recorded at Toy Soldier, May 18th 2025) 1 hour of the event's mix.

A Graduation Party

~4 hour mix recorded live @ Kyte HQ

Tracklist:

1)The Void- Okelle
2)Rocket to Lee's Little Cloud- Sebastien Leger
3) Kolido- Dauwd
4)Epikur- David August
5)Deep in the Three- Thyladomid, Adriatique
6) Vibe all Night (Soledrifter Remix) - Karl Sierra
7) Making Movements (Baltra Remix)- Baltra, RALPH TV
8) Mona Yo ft. Junior- Lee Burridge, Lost Desert, JUNIORAKWETY
9)Not The Only One- 16BL
10) Over The Sun (Atjazz Remix )- Omar, Dilouya
11)Body Language (Danniel Self Made Infamous Vision)- M.A.N.D.Y vs Booka Shade
12) Good Feeling (Atjazz &  D Malice Vocal Dub)- Dominique Fils-AimA
13) Han Jan- Peggy Gou
14) Chameleon (Nick Warren + Nicalas Rada Remix) - Mark Slee, Atish
15) Drop It (Mayson Maynard Extended Mix)- CamelPhat
16) The Future Is Yours (Prok & Fitch Remix)- Kraak & Smaak
17)Save the Rave (Raito Remix)- Tommie Sunshine, Sabrina Signs, MureKian
18) Angie- Prok & Fitch
19)I'm Dreamin'- Will to Power 
20)When Doves Cry- Prince
21)  Love Somebody Else ft. Joi Cardwell- Joi Cardwell, Jon Dasilva, Maceo Plex
22) Not Leaving- Dosem
23) Night Blooming Jasmine (Rodriguez Jr. Remix)- Eli & Fur
24)Innerbloom (H.O.S.H. Remix) - Rufus du Sol
25) Tuesday Maybe (Atish Extended Mix)- Way Out West
26) Peculiar Colors (Lee Jones Remix)- atish 
27)Line Of Fire (Tube & Berger Remix)- Booka Shade ft Karin Park
28) Message- Dosem
29) Phoebe- George Bloom
30) Turn Off the Lights (Cages Remix)- Chris Lake ft. Alexis Roberts
31) Projection- Dosem
32) One Step Beyond- Raito
33) Into My Life- Mark Knight & Prok & Fitch
34)I Believe in You- Riva Starr
35) Trespass 2019 (Mark Knight Extended Mix)- Booka Shade
36) Mirror Me (Original Mix)- Maceo Plex, C.A.R.
37) Sheeple- Prok & Fitch & Green Velvet
38) Sordid Affair (Maceo Plex Mix)- Royksopp

melodies at dusk (Melodic/Deep House mix)

Technical difficulties forced me to switch back and forth between CDJs and my controller in this set. I still managed to record 45 minutes of my hour and a half melodic house and techno set. Enjoy.

Bits & Pieces (Live @ Asiento) (Melodic House/Techno)

Some melodic techno, into house, into a dash of sghubu/afrobeats. 

Recorded Month 2 of Shelter in Place, on CDJs, not my controller, so no tracklist on hand.

Quarantine Quasar

Tracks I've been sitting on for a while. A mix of amapiano, sgubhu, and gqom. A live stream recorded 6/6/20.

Track list:

Lalela (feat. The Squad)- MFR Souls
Akulaleki (feat. Shasha, DJ Maphorisa & Kabza De Small)- Samthing Soweto
Uyangqhaska (feat. DJ Tira, Dladla Mshunqisi, Stix Manyanyisa)- Andile Mpisane
Sinenkani feat. NaakMusiQ and DJ Tira (Original Mix)- Distruction Boyz
Sukendleleni (feat. Kamo Manje)- Jobe London & Mphow69
Siyawa (Original Mix)-  Alex Niggemann
Kabila Ngoma (Tribe Dance) (Original Mix)-Da Vynalist
MY POWER (Original Mix)- Beyonce, Busiswa, Yemi Alade, DJ Lag, Tierra Whack, Moonchild Sanelly, Nija
Night Cries- Citizen Boy
Yere Faga (Sun–EL Musician Remix) (feat. Oumou Sangaré)- Sun-El Musician
Soco (feat. Spotless, Terri, Wizkid & Ceeza Milli)- Starboy
Love You Tonight (feat. DJ Maphorisa, Sha Sha & Kabza De Small)- MFR Souls
Comfort Zone- Ubiza Wethu & Mr Thela
Qolo Lami ft DJ Sox- Sparks Bantwana
Ngwinyeleni- Sbucardo Da DJ
Fufa- Gigi Lamayne

Amapiano, Sgubhu, and Gqom, Oh My!

In lieu of an in person performance on the Oribombi Art Car at Burning Man, I performed virtually, streaming on twitch. (Does not include first 30 minutes of stream because I forgot to hit record)
Melodic techno, some deep house. 

Track list:
1)Gold (Enoo Napa Remix)- Daniel Rateuke, Awen
2)Taba Tsa Hao (Eltonnick Remix)- Malumz on Deckz, KB Motsilanyane
3)Strand (Original Mix)- Stephan Bodzin
4) Raven- Aether (DE)
5) Insi (Guy Mantzur & Roy Rosenfeld Remix)- Super Flu
6) This Is Our Time (Pure Mix)- Carl Cox, Reinier Zonneveld, Christopher Coe
7)Last Night (Live)- Saytek
8) Still Life (Original Mix)- The Passenger
9) Adam's Calendar (Original Mix)- Frigid Armadillo
10) Night Service- Jacques Greene
11) Pangolin (Satoshi Fumi Remix)- Simon Berry
12) A Thread of Light (Original Mix)- Takuya Yamashita
13)Noise feat. Lelah (Original Mix)-Denis Horvat, Lelah
14) Sordid Affair (Maceo Plex Mix)- Royksopp
15) Black Paint (Larry Heard's After Dark Mix)- Moodymanc
Bonus: Song for Denise (Maxi version)- Piano Fantasia

Virtual Burning Man

On Oribombi: Virtual Burning Man 2020 Live Mix

Weaving rich melodies into tactile soundscapes from across the globe, Carlos Cruz immerses you into a groovy voyage through amapiano, house, funk, and more... Turn on Cruz Control, sit back, and enjoy the ride.

-2023-
6/15 Inner Circle @ White Rabbit
9/8 Fault Radio

DJ Carlos Cruz

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