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Here's the set I played for the 2021 Virtual Edition of M+ Festival.

M+ is part of a circuit of events called Modular - REEF, based in Honduras, that connects the Central America electronic music scene with talents from Germany, Spain and US, to mention a few.

This edition brought artists like Sedef Adassi, Marc Puñol, Nadine Hennig and some good old friends of mine, Dan Freeman and Stefan Goldmann.

Thanks Balto Pinto for the invitation and all the people involved in this cool event!

Tracklist:

Aline Brooklyn & Obee - We (Liquid Earth Mix) [Liquid Earth]
Luca Lozano - It’s Alright [Running Back]
Kim Ann Foxman - Magic Magic (Matisa Remix) [Firehouse]
Massimiliano Pagliara - Midsummer's Dreams [Oddysee]
Eden Burns - Wetwork [Public Possession]
Ryan Elliott x André Galluzzi - Fontane [Osgut Ton]
Manuel Darquart - Agave Harvest [Sooth Sayer]
Brame & Hamo - Parade Rain
Guy Contact - Nice 2 B Free [Haws]
George Feely - Hypnagogic [Unknown To The Unknown]
Catz 'N Dogz & Gerd Janson - Modern Romance (Ryan Elliott Remix) [Running Back]
Route 8 - Faith In The Rave (Original Mix) [Paloma]
Fantastic Man - Acid Martin (Original Mix) [Kitjen]
Jeigo - By My Side [air miles]

Live At M+ Festival November 2021

Tracklist:
1. ﻿﻿Eversines - New Place [Nous!klaer]
2. ﻿﻿﻿Manipulate. - Eternity [Certain Music]
﻿﻿﻿3. Kepler - Together [Constant Sound]
﻿﻿﻿4. iO (Mulen) - it's Not a Problem [White Label]
﻿﻿﻿5. T. Jacques - Deux Heurs [Nuances de Nuit]
﻿﻿﻿6. Vitess - Cazio [HOARDER Records]
7. Subb-an - 43 Tides [Small Hours]
8. DJ Gear - Ode To M1 (Far Dub Mix) [Phlex Recs]
9. Fantastic Man - Altogethernow. [Kalahari Oyster Cult]
10. Yamen & EDA - Spectraculaire. [Nuances de Nuit]
11. ﻿﻿﻿﻿Luca Lozano - I-SOL-8 [Klasse Wrecks]
﻿﻿﻿12. ﻿Keisuke - OK Taiko [2020 Vision]
﻿﻿﻿﻿13. Matisa. - Lip Plumper [Steelcity Dance Discs]
﻿﻿﻿﻿14. Jordan Brando - Vagabond ft. Evanna [Shall Not Fade]

About Our Radio Show:

every wednesday from 8-9pm (Central European Time) we are broadcasting our "Ohral On Air" Show on "Evosonic Radio" . you can expect dj mixes, interesting interviews, competitions as well as in general news from the always fresh "ohral universe"... the news are brought to you by Maxie König and / or Hardy Heller
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about the mix you listen to:

in this episode you listen to a 1 h mix by Esteban Howell who is a DJ and producer based in San José (CR) and also the founder of DJLab Costa Rica. if you want to find out more about him follow the links below...

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107 - Ohral On Air - Esteban Howell In The Mix - Broadcasted By Evosonic Radio

I recorded this mix in October 2021 for a Costa Rican Mix Series called Melting Sessions by Heat Costa Rica.

It's still one of my favorite mixes so far. I hope you enjoy it!

EJECA - Looksee [Shall Not Fade]
Okain - Voyager 1 [Talman Records]
Harrison BDP - One For The Club [Phonica Recordings]
DJ Steaw - Luv [Rutilance Recordings]
Cinthie - 6am [Sound Of Vast]
Kassian - Breathe [Shall Not Fade]
Christian Engh - Initial State [Full Pupp]
Route 8 - Slowly [This Is Our Time]
Robert Dietz - Honey Stash [Live At Robert Johnson]
Eden Burns - Yardmaster Pt. 1 (feat. Nice Girl) [Public Possession]
Opal Sunn - Magic Mountain [Touch From A Distance ]
Clarinets - Dry Bridge [Funnuvojere Records]
Benjamin Fröhlich - One More Time [Permanent Vacation]

Heat

Here's another stop on my musical journey.

On this mix I look back to what I've been discovering as a selector these past months, aiming to include music from some of the artists and labels that have inspired me with their fascinating work.

I hope this mix will make you want to jump from your sit and start dancing because dancing is one of the clearest expressions of joy.

Tracklist:

Paramida - 33 [Love On The Rocks]
SY - Believe [Rawax]
Man/ipulate - The Beat Club [Opia Records]
Unknown - Epicerie.011 [Rakya]
Fantastic Man - Beyond Control [Superconscious Records]
Frontier Man - Express It Thru The Dance (Original Skank Mix) [Hooj Choons]
Man/ipulate - 1st Date [Sentaku]
Alex Neri - The Symbol Of Love [Wildflower Records]
Demi Riquísimo - Anxious Elephants (ASA Tate Remix) [Semi Delicious]
Tywi - Razor Cut (Tension Mix) [Gestalt Records]
Whitesquare - Inside Your Soul (Mirage X Remix) [Visual Distortions]
Picasso - Bendy Wendy [White Label]
Donald's House - Bassian Plain (Alex Kassian Remix) [Touch From A Distance]
T. Jacques - Cherry Lips [Nuances de Nuit]
Lone Saxon - Raised By The Island (Running Hot Remix) [Balearic Ensemble]

Enjoy!

Crave

This is the mix I played at Cross Fade's 100th episode on Amplify Radio Show.

Kepler - Decisions [Constant Sound]
ADR - Green Eggs And Bam [Limousine Dream]
Locky - Trouble Maker [Dansu Discs]
L.P. Rhythm - Street Knowledge
Tourman - Pareidolia [39 Records]
Jex Opolis - Molecools
Catz 'N Dogz & Gerd Janson - Modern Romance (Dusky Remix) [Running Back]
Alex Neri - It's All About Love [Slow Life Records]
Running Hot - Oogie Boogie
Anderson - Rocket Music
Solar Suite - Magic Carpet
Man/ipulate - Music Call (Alex Kassian's Power Play) [Certain Music]
Will & Batty - Open Your Mind
Fantastic Man - Party Rug [Superconscious Records]
Limit Blau - Mi Yoyo [Klasse Wrecks]

Thanks for having me on your show Prisma Deer and Vishap 🙏

Check out the interview at the end of the show on @crossfadecr <3

Cross Fade 100

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Danzon Presenta a Esteban Howell

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Esteban Howell - 14 Dec 2023

Here's the recording of my debut at the infamous Berlin Green Box in December 2023.

Thank you @hoerberlin for having me. Can't wait to be there once again.

In this mix:

Richer - Move At Night [Opia Records]
T.Jacques - Deux Heurs [Nuances de Nuit]
Man/ipulate - Dimension [Sentaku]
Gzardin - Ambicious [R.A.N.D. Muzik]
DIMMISH - Noob [Dansu Discs]
Corrado - Trust (Demi Riquisimo Edit)
Alex Neri - It's All About Love [Slow Life Records]
Francesco Farfa - Laser Beam (Alex Neri Remix) [Air Trance Communication]
Third Son x Baldo -This Is Your Brain On Music [Permanent Vacation]
Known Artist - Polpogba [Club Mix]
Man/ipulate - Music Call (Certain People's Early Prog Mix) [Certain Music]
Paige Tomlinson - Butts Bumpin' (Baby Rollén Remix) [Dansu Discs]
Jex Opolis - Catalytic [Good Timing Records]
tape_hiss - Teinturier [Permanent Vacation]

Watch this on YouTube here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T19k92bvtzw&t=22s

Live At Hör December 2023

Part 3 of Our Back2Back DJ Set at Magma Fest 2014. Thanks for the Love and See You Soon!

Esteban Howell & Erik Prestinary Live @ Magma Fest 2014

ESTEBAN HOWELL BIOGRAFÍA COMPLETA 

House Music con un sonido tech y rave progresivo es una buena forma de llamar a la estética musical de uno de los DJs para apasionados de la escena electrónica de Centroamérica.

Esteban Howell inició su relación con la música a una temprana edad a través de un teclado y posteriormente un piano. Sin embargo, su pasión por el mundo de lo electrónico se mostró gracias a las primeras fiestas raves de finales de los 1990 's en San José. Su característico abordaje a las mezclas de Progressive y Tribal House pronto le convirtieron en una figura reconocida abriéndole las puertas como DJ residente de legendarios clubes Vertigo y Antik.

Sus sets han sido parte de eventos principales en la región como el Ocaso Festival en Tamarindo, Full Moon y Magma Fest en Nicaragua, SunJam en Honduras, VFL Festival en Guatemala y Panama Crossroads.

Su versatilidad y amplio espectro en el House Music le han permitido compartir escenarios con artistas como Alex Niggemann, Alexi Delano, Bambounou, Camea, Chymera, Danny Howells, Dubfire, Fatboy Slim, Felix da Housecat, Hernán Cattaneo, James Lavelle (UNKLE), James Zabiela, Joel Mull, John Digweed, Junkie XL, Nick Warren, Paul Woolford, Robag Wruhme, Sleepy & Boo, Stefan Goldmann, Steve Aoki, Steve Bug, Technasia, Teki Latex, Thabo (DE) y YouAndMe.

A pesar de no estar dedicado a la producción musical, su “El Bicho Remix” de la rola de Steve Bug ‘Chordwalk Empire’ fue lanzado como parte de la celebración de los 20 años del sello Poker Flat Recordings en 2020.

En 2008, Esteban Howell abre la primera escuela de DJ/Producción Musical y Ableton Certified Training Center de Costa Rica, apoyada por Ableton, Arturia, NI y Pioneer DJ, acercando estas disciplinas a una diversidad de personas y construyendo una importante comunidad.

Dan Freeman (Ableton Certified Trainer NYC), Adam Collins aka Omni A.M., Ean Golden (DJ Tech Tools), Endo (Native Instruments/iZotope), Jonathan Wyner (iZotope), Stefan Goldmann (Macro Recordings), J Paul Getto, Gebrüder Teichmann, Mark de Clive-Lowe y Rich Medina han sido maestros invitados.

Incansable explorador de las experiencias rave, Esteban Howell es el responsable de eventos los RIDE los cuales incluyen un conversatorio sobre temas relevantes para la escena local como el impacto de la cultura queer en la música electrónica, la presencia del arte y el consumo responsable de las fiestas.

Sus fiestas CRAVE son una mirada a la primera era los raves con un sonido progressivo clásico y la ausencia de cámaras en el dancefloor como parte de una experiencia más presente. Artistas como Alex Kassian (Love On The Rocks), Thabo (Home Again), Baldo (Subwax), Phran (Klasse Wrecks), Lucient (Lapsus) y Stefan Goldmann (Macro Recordings) han sido parte de esta experiencia.

WARP, su proyecto de Club Festival en colaboración con Paul Wolsch y Distrito Carmen, propone una interesante deformación del open format josefino con una curaduría que celebra la diversidad y la equidad en los line ups. Roi Perez (Panorama Bar) fue el primer invitado internacional de WARP en 2023.


Track List 

  1.⁠ ⁠Simon TG - Warm days
 2.⁠ ⁠Revivis - Trip To Luzon
 3.⁠ ⁠DREAMRDREAMR - Crushin' My Movements
 4.⁠ ⁠Baldo - Not Just Physical
 5.⁠ ⁠Known Artist - Get Up (Alex Kassian Remix)
 6.⁠ ⁠Alex Neri - Can I See?
 7.⁠ ⁠Demi Riquísimo - The Force
 8.⁠ ⁠Gaskin - Drop Of Honey
 9.⁠ ⁠Kosh - The Zinger
10.⁠ ⁠E.T.H. & Palmiz - Interstellar
11.⁠ ⁠Matisa - Galassia Sentimento
12.⁠ ⁠Kim Ann Foxman - We Are Rhythm (Spray Remix)
13.⁠ ⁠Sweely - Let's Start
14.⁠ ⁠Jex Opolis - Wide Awake (Dub)
15.⁠ ⁠Alex Kassian - Secret Island
16.⁠ ⁠Dukwa - Coco

Set Del Mes - Esteban Howell

Free

(I'm About To) Lose My Mind (Original Mix)

Gracias a todos por ser parte de esta noche, especialmente a Antik, Inventaria, Javier Portilla, Jhans Masco y Esteban Contreras.

Recorded Live At Antik, Costa Rica, September 2016

Full Video: https://youtu.be/pxKV_IlHTtM

Live At Antik September 2016

LocoMotora RadioU 007 Mixed by Esteban Howell

Una selección de canciones y melodías para el programa O.K. Radio de Huba&amp;Silica, con artistas que forman parte de mis sesiones, algunos más recientemente como Amirali, Metronomy, The XX, SBTRKT y Odd Parents, y otros que siento que conozco de toda la vida, como Trentemøller, M.A.N.D.Y. y Ewan Pearson...

EH OK Radio Mix

En el Día Internacional de los Museos, nos reunimos Nicolás Bautista, Pablo Murillo y yo para presentar una instalación de Visuales y Música en la Sala 3 del Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo.

Esta es la Segunda Hora del DJ Set en el MADC.

Tracklist:

Thimble - Belkin (Original Mix)[Seven Villas]
Fort Romeau - DADA Pt. 1 (Original Mix) [Correspondant]
Red Axes - Sound Test (Original Mix) [Phantasy Sound]
Monumental Men - Enemy (Deetron Remix) [Radicalis]
Dalfie - Day Walker (Original Mix) [D-FLOOR MUSIC]
Walton - Squelch (Original Mix) [Kaizen]
Michael Mayer - See You (Original Mix) [Kompakt Extra]
Anja Schneider - Give It All to You (Fort Romeau's Osaka Mix)[Sous Music]
Kandar - All Started in Berlin (Original Mix) [Capital Heaven]
Vok - Polar (Ripperton Remix) [Nettwerk Records]
Polynation - Cascade (Original Mix) [Atomnation]

+ Sobre DJLab Costa Rica:

Sitio Oficial: http://djlabcr.com/
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/djlabcostarica
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/djlabcr/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/djlabcr/

Live At MADC May 2019

Este es el Set que grabé para el programa Musique Concrète de Radio 104.7 Hit.

El Set es una selección de mis artistas y labels favoritos en esta última temporada especialmente en las fiestas de RIDE. 

Es un viaje a través de paisajes melódicos con algunos momentos breaks y sonidos del acid que me remite al final de la década de los 90's cuando descubrí la música electrónica que me trajo hasta hoy.

Tracklist:

Audiojack, Just Her - Fall From Grace (Audiojack Remix) [GU Music]
Harrison BDP - Dust [Haŵs]
Scuba - Never Forget (Baltra Remix) [Hotflush Recordings]
Chaos In The CBD - Digital Sound [In Dust We Trust]
Brame & Hamo - Retro Active [Soft Computing]
Anunaku - Stargate [3024]
DJ Tennis - Intercooler [Life & Death]
Redshape - Shapes [Running Back]
Tim Engelhardt - Future Matter [Watergate Records]
Whitesquare - Pressured Mind [Whitesquare Series]
Alinka - Day Zero [Crosstown Rebels]
Neinzer - Voyager [Whities Recordings]
Donald’s House - Everything Is Fine [Permanent Vacation]
Jacques Greene & Cadence Weapon - Night Service (Fort Romeau Remix) [LuckyMe.]
Urulu, Steve Huerta - Hypoxia [W&O Street Tracks]
Nail - Cassiopeia (Luca Lozano remix) [Klasse Wrecks]
Avalon Emerson - One More Fluorescent Rush [Whities Recordings]
Ejeca - Beacon (Locked Groove Remix) [Yom Tum]
Fort Romeau - Dweller On The Threshold [Live At Robert Johnson]
9th House - Lyra (Dusky Remix) [17 Steps]
Prins Thomas - Træns 4 [Running Back]
Marco Resmann - Where Are The Birds [Upon You Records]
The Imbeciles - Decider (Deetron Remix) [The Imbeciles]
Wata Igarashi & Voiski present WAV - Riff [Delsin Records]
Project Pablo - The Solution [Spectral Sound]
Earth Trax, Newborn Jr. - Truth (Main Street Mix) [Phonica Recordings]
Wayward - Tables Have Turned [Silver Bear Recordings]

¡Que lo disfruten!

Gracias a @1047hit a lxs conductorxs del programa @frankstierdj y @djmariawabe

Sigan al proyecto Musique Concrète:

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https://www.facebook.com/musiqueconcret3/
https://www.instagram.com/musiqueconcret3/

Musique Concrète Radio Show pres. Esteban Howell

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Costa Rican native Esteban Howell is an established Electronic Dance Music DJ, Promoter & Educator and a key player in the Central America underground music scene since the early 2000s. 

Known for his fascination with the tech and progressive angles of House Music, Esteban’s passionate sets have been part of legendary regional venues and events such as Club Vertigo, Antik, Teatro Amador, Panama Crossroads Festival, Ocaso Festival, VFL Festival, Sunjam Festival and Casa Morelos. In the streaming world, in 2023 Esteban Howell recorded his set at HÖR Berlin and Refuge Worldwide.

His versatility as a DJ has allowed him to share the decks with world class talent like Alex Kassian, Jennifer Cardini, 131bpm, Bambounou, Camea, Danny Howells, Dubfire, Fatboy Slim, Felix da Housecat, Hernán Cattaneo, James Lavelle, James Zabiela, Joel Mull, John Digweed, Junkie XL, Nick Warren, Paul Woolford, Robag Wruhme, Roi Perez, Stefan Goldmann, Steve Aoki, Steve Bug, Technasia, Teki Latex, Thabo (DE) and YouAndMe.

An all-time active supporter of the local scene, Esteban has opened the door for future generations promoting both local and international talents through various projects. 

In 2008 he founded DJLab DJ & Music Production School partnering in education with industry’s well known platforms Ableton, Arturia and Native Instruments.

As a promoter, Esteban’s RIDE and CRAVE events offer an open-minded experience curated with a diverse and inclusive approach. Artists like Alex Kassian (Love On The Rocks), Baldo (Subwax), Roi Perez (Panorama Bar), Thabo (Home Again), Adam Collins (Omni A.M.), 131bpm, Jen Cardini (Correspondant), Secretsundaze and Lucient (Lapsus) are part of an international guest talent that continues to evolve.

In 2025, Esteban Howell joined forces with his long-time collaborator, Diego Goldberg, to open FAUNA, a club in downtown San José that preserved the values of club culture and offered a unique dance floor experience with a no-phone policy, a sense of community, and a music selection that ventured into experimental and Latin American territories. The project was short-lived but managed to inspire a new generation of artists, promoters, and partygoers, expanding the possibilities of a music scene more rooted in the essential.

Esteban Howell

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