Deep/Tech House Sets

April's mix is about wonder. These are some of my favorite sounds, enchanting and ethereal. To me they evoke a sense of childhood fantasy, but at the same time have a sophistication and depth that speaks to the complexity of adult life. The realization that so much is unknowable - we are always surrounded by mystery.

(00:00) Kulakostas - Shell [Igloo Pop, 2014]
(05:44) Pablo Bolivar, Javier Orduna - The Goat Stripe To The Mountain [Amam, 2014]
(10:24) Anton Lanski - Ashes Butterflies [Dear Deer, 2014]
(15:20) Rico Casazza feat. Maryam Bash - Lights Down (Terry Lee Brown Jr. Remix) [Refine, 2014]
(21:48) Doubtingthomas - The Long Way Round [Organic Music, 2012]
(26:28) Klartraum - Sweetness [Lucidflow, 2014]
(32:09) Michael McLardy - Orchid [Luna, 2014]
(34:12) Anton Lanski feat. Emily Richards - Give Your Love Away [Musik Gewinnt Freunde, 2014]
(37:40) Alex Bizzaro - Arctic (Jay Haze Twisted Pony Remix) [Tanzbar Musik, 2014]
(43:48) Ellroy - 1891 (Distant Relatives JHB Remix) [Something Different, 2014]
(49:08) Chopstick & Johnjon - Pining Moon [Suol, 2014]
(54:12) Schez - No. 1 [Igloo, 2014]


Mark Slee - Narnia: Into The Wardrobe [April 2014]

My friend Boz has been encouraging me to mix a set based on music that I have grown up listening to for the past 40 years (Indian ragas, sufi music, and ghazals).  I took his advice and his was the result. I think its my best set to date; I believe my prior and deep knowledge of this kind of music comes through.  The set mixes western artists with Indian influences (Thievery Corporation) with up an coming Indian electronic artists (Hamza).  Please let me know what you think and please repost.

Tracklist
Satyam Shivam Sundram (Govinda Remix)- Thievery Corporation
Tusindfryd - Morten Granau
God is a DJ (deejayotto and m.i.s.h.u remix) - Sheila Chandra
Counter Culture (Tara Brooks remix) - Jamie Charles
GItano - Hamza
Lament - Sheila Chandra

A Cosmic Passage to India (Deep House) - So You Like House Episode 13

My most "playa" set yet.  Thinking about the Burn coming up in the a month and all the crazy, amazing, beautiful memories it has given me. Excited for those who are going and created this set for them to listen to in their prep and drive down to the playa.

Spinning Robot Heart (In My Dreams) - So you like House Ep 17

A mix for my friends driving to Burning Man over the next few days; and more importantly for the drive back in a week. Its also a tribute mix to one of my favorite producers, DAVI. Please Repost if you love it.  Here is the tracklist:

Take It Easy - Nils Ohrman
Perfect Night - Rodg
Boy Boy Boy (Joris Voorn Remix) - Andhim
Connected - Melosense
Road & Lights - Melosense
The Gates of Babylon - DAVI
Metanoia - DAVI
False Awakenings - DAVI
Two Suns in the Sky - DAVI
The Bay 6 (Part 2) - DAVI
Illusion - DAVI
Calling For you feat. Shawni (Aidan Lavelle Remix) - Balcazar & Sordo

Both Ways Home - So You Like House Ep 18

Sunrise 2016 (Anjunadeep Edition) - So You Like House Ep 24

I Want My CBD At NIght - Live @ Columbia

Resident - No Vacancy

DJ Kitten (Nitin Khanna) grew up in India listening to Bollywood music, ghazals, and ragas.  He came to the US in 1989 and in 2010 he attended his first Burning Man and heard electronic music for the first time in his life. Since then he has been madly in love with House music listening to it for several hours a day each day. Now, there is an inner creative voice that is passionately calling out to him to both mix this music and potentially even produce it.  And he is following that passionate voice in his heart to where it takes him.