The collaboration between Alex Blackstock and Dan Sherman was born out of salty, sultry Playa dust. Both resident DJs in San Francisco, and best friends to boot, it wasn't until something happened over that silt-covered mixer in the burning desert that their styles coalesced into unforgettable sunrise sessions, and delicate afternoons on the Esplanade. 

Mixed live on 1200s after a few intense late nights of brainstorming and storyboarding, this set is the debut release of Alex and Dan's collaborative identity. Playing as the symbiotic duo Solomon & Sadao, we want to share some of that dusty magic with the Desert Hearts community. If you enjoy what you hear, give us a LIKE to help us win an opportunity to do what we love and play out some positive vibes at this fall's festival.

Alex and Dan are co-founders of Concept (https://www.facebook.com/ConceptSF), an experiment in musical communication, and Sui Generis, an intimate underground event series in San Francisco that brings electronic music artists who've never been to San Francisco, to San Francisco (first Lake People, then Canson, next, on Halloween, DoubtingThomas).  

Lots and lots of love and heartfelt thanks to all of you. See you in the desert!

- alex + dan

p.s. to check out the other mixes in the competition, go here: https://soundcloud.com/groups/desert-hearts-fall-mixtape-contest-2014

TRACKLIST
uP & pG - Follow You feat. David Kareyan (Asaga Remix)
Dance Spirit - Jardin
Matthias Meyer - Levant
Quenum - 5AM (Mathew Jonson Remix)
Fur Coat - Fall's Away feat. Mel Blatt (Just Be Remix)
Bedouin - Empire State
TVA - Pauseless
Tiefschwarz - Legends (Maher Daniel Remix)
Jinjé - Amya
Avatism, Federico Rizzo - Laments (DeWalta Remix)
VIMES - Celestial (Gardens Of God Remix)

alex: https://soundcloud.com/asblackstock
solomon & sadao: https://soundcloud.com/solomon-sadao

*recorded live at The SUB
*image credit: the Curiosity rover that's driving around on Mars. Alex helped write the code that stitches together big panoramic photos that Curiosity captures, like this one. 

Solomon & Sadao - "White Sage" - Desert Hearts 2 Year Anniversary Mixtape Contest 2014

Immigrated to the United States in 1980, a year after Iranian revolution, when the country became the dreaded "Islamic Republic of Iran." people were ecstatic to be rid of the corrupt monarch who gained power with a CIA engineered coup that overthrew the first democratically elected president Mosadegh, and had nationalized Iran's vast rich oil reserves to help our people, but this angered the United States, and using CIA resources, they engineered a coup and brought the old monarch Reza Pahlavi and his family back to Iran.  Although the only good thing was that he modernized the country to Western traditions, his Savaak secret service killed, many. But unfortunatelly all the advances towards peace that Obama made, were shattered ny thisvifiot Trump. Against almost all the major powers of the world, Trump broke the nuclear treaty and increased sanctions strangling the people by massive inflation of food and medicine.

taking you on a journey through the music that moves me

DJ, producer & musical experience curator and creator since 1998. Half of the DJ duo Solomon & Sadao, former resident/producer of Concept, Qoöl & Sui Generis event series in San Francisco. Host of Sunday Soundz, a weekly mix of fresh and eclectic choons, every Sunday @ 9pm pacific on Twitch.

Solomon & Sadao - "White Sage" - Desert Hearts 2 Year Anniversary Mixtape Contest 2014

dan sherman