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Natasha Kmeto is an outstanding artist currently based in Portland, Oregon. I had the chance to remix her song "Deeply" earlier this year, and the turning of the summer seemed like the perfect time to share it here. This is not an official remix, although I shared it here with Natasha's blessing. Please support her original work at http://soundcloud.com/natashakmeto and http://www.natashakmeto.com.

I like to heavily alter most remixes I do, but in this case, I introduced just one sample beyond the original song's stems, viz. a recording I made crumpling a couple pieces of paper and dropping the resulting ball on a table. I manipulated the living daylights out of that palette of not-particularly-musical sounds to construct a scope of percussive and tonal extrapolations from the spirit of the original track. In addition, I used some old school phasing techniques to isolate and then layer various sections of the original song's stems beyond what had been made available to me in the first place, adding more depth to the track in homage to one of Natasha's favorite producers (and one of my chief influences), J Dilla.

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At special request by my buddies and beloved fans, here's the second chunk of my New Year Mix for 2015. (Click this link to check out the first chunk: https://soundcloud.com/justjacobmusic/just-jacob-new-year-mix-2015-side-a)I built this mix around 41 tracks I found myself repeatedly returning to over the past year across multiple genres with a special emphasis on garage, bass, R&B, hip hop, and club. The more I produce and DJ, the more I gravitate towards the groovier yet also glitchier side of music that inspired me to pick up this game in the first place, and these tracks stand as a testament to that part of my journey. 2014 was a great year filled with multiple victories but also fraught by setbacks and challenges. My hope for you is that this mix will inspire you to reach further and enjoy more deeply all that life has to offer in the year ahead as you listen to music from artists spread all across the world who are trying to do that same thing in their own way, too.

Aside from things like gain adjustment for optimal playback volume, there are no additional edits that I introduced after capturing this recording straight from my Traktor DVS / Pioneer DJM 900 nexus set up. In other words, all of the effects and edits you hear in this mix were accomplished live using things like cue points, pitch / fade adjustments, hardware effects knob twisting, and so forth--exactly the same as you would encounter at one of my live sets. Note: Some of these songs include explicit language; hard times call for real talk. Here's a track list for the second chunk of this mix:

1. Isaac Bock - talk3
2. SevnthWonder - Magic
3. J Dilla - Welcome To The Show
4. MTBRD - Who Babe (Flamingosis Remix)
5. Rihanna - Stay (20syl remix)
6. SNAKEHIPS - After I Met U
7. The Beastie Boys - Right Right Now Now
8. KID SISTER - DANCEFLOOR CHAMPION
9. Aidonia - Pon Di Cocky (Djemba Djemba's Emotional 4AM Vine Twerk Edit)
10. Janet Jackson - If (Kaytranada remix)
11. Mochipet - Holler If You Hear Me, ft. Tupac
12. NK-OK - Mama Africa
13. Ultraista - Gold Dayz (Maribou State Remix)
14. Luke T. Duffy - Daughter
15. Alex Lane - I Survived
16. Gwen Stefani - What You Waiting For (Lets Be Friends Remix)
17. Djemba Djemba - Oh Sheila (Extended Mix)
18. Jeremih - 773 Love (Cashmere Cat Edit)
19. R. Kelly - Number One (DJ Hoodboi Remix)
20. Disclosure - Intro (Settle)
21. Disclosure - When a Fire Starts to Burn (C2C Remix)
22. Teddy Pendergrass - Love T.K.O.
23. Ayelet Rachel Robinson - one small song

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Just Jacob - New Year Mix 2015 - Side B

This might be the most important mix I've posted to this profile so far. It represents years of research into the work of outstanding Native American artists creating music at the highest quality across multiple genres, from traditional vocal arrangements and experimental orchestral works to hip hop, bass, house, and indie folk tracks. I'm deeply inspired by each of these master songwriters, performers, and producers, and I hope everyone explores their catalogs at length. Since I limited this mix to tracks made available for free download, I'm particularly happy that I can share a free download of this mix that perpetuates the generosity of the artists I've featured here. 

Clocking in at just over 20 minutes, this is not only the most stylistically eclectic mix I've shared to date but also by far the most challenging to mix well. Aside from things like gain adjustment for optimal playback volume, there are no additional edits that I introduced after capturing this recording straight from my Traktor DVS / Pioneer DJM 900 nexus set up. All of the effects and edits you hear in this mix were accomplished live using things like cue points, pitch / fade adjustments, hardware effects knob twisting, and so forth--exactly the same as you would encounter at one of my live sets. Note: Some of these songs include explicit language; hard times call for real talk. Here's a track list:

1. Kris White and Laura Ortman - Sonny Boy Song vs. Opening Ceremony (Just Jacob Live Mashup)
2. Indian Nick - Electric Indians
3. Silver Jackson - Starry Skies Opened Eyes (Impossible Nothing Remix)
4. A Tribe Called Red - Indians From All Directions, ft. Das Racist
5. Roots Want Water - Cherokee Rain Dance and Relapse (InDJns Remix)
6. Miss Christie Lee - Experience
7. Impossible Nothing - Buckin'
8. Tall Paul - Taurus The Bull, ft. $kywalker
9. Siren Call - Last One
10. Inez Jasper - Down Came The Rain (Acoustic Version)
11. Kansas Begye - C'mon Chizhii Let The Good Times Roll
12. Kait Angus - Juice

Cover Art Photo Credit: Cathee Dahmen, the first Native American supermodel, photographed by Claude Guillaumin ca. 1967. From http://catheedahmen.tumblr.com.

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Just Jacob - Native Mini Mix March 2015

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I learned about this dope, Angolan style of musical called kizomba during my last tour to L.A. in December 2014 from a good friend named Abraham Meisel, who was visiting from New Jersey. (He dances the pants off a nearly related genre from Brazil called zouk.) I knew I wanted to learn more when I returned home, and I found the stems for this excellent track by my very talented friend in Nashville, Jesse Santoyo, waiting for me in Chicago. Clearly, this song and kizomba were meant for each other.

I didn't have time to remix until March of 2015. Over those three, short months, Jesse's father had passed away, and so did two very dear friends of mine. By that point, my ongoing research on Native American culture began to focus on the sobering reality of missing and murdered indigenous women through the work of artists like Iskwé and activists like Sister Warriors Against Violence. Previously, I had learned of the gut wrenchingly high rate of Native American youth suicide, who are nearly twice as likely as any other race to die before the age of twenty-four with a statistical incidence of post-traumatic stress disorder rivaling the rate of U.S. military veterans returning from Afghanistan. This dimension of the ramifications of perpetuated, genocidal colonialism for my Native brothers and sisters sunk into my heart in a way it never had previously as I fought through the raw grief of the two friends I had just lost, the old and familiar pain that raised from all the others I had lost before, and my own loneliness as a single man with fewer ones left I truly love.

And so I'm offering this track not only in memoriam of those that all of us have lost. I'm offering this remix also as a single ray of light amidst a flood of darkness threatening to shroud completely those of us who remain behind. I can only spell this out in sounds; so, I'll rely on Jesse for the words: "Someday, we will be together for always. It will be just you and me alone. And the days will never end, our hearts set sail again to that place we dreamed that we would always be."

Shalem chai.

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Jesse Santoyo - Someday (Just Jacob Kizomba Remix)

Here's a live DJ mix of the top tracks people requested during my sets at the KizMet Cinci 2016 festival! Like most of my kizomba sets, it runs the gamut from more traditional kiz and pop remixes to more experimental stuff like zouk bass and Afro house. Enjoy! 

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01. DJ Chad - One Man Can Change The World (Kizomba Remix)
02. Zimous - A Tua Cama é Ringue
03. Asty - Curti Ma Mi, ft. Gentleman
04. Anarita - Letting Go Tonight
05. Daniel Santacruz - Lento
06. Dj Willy G - Angela, ft. Nindja
07. Elji Beatzkilla - Just The Two Of Us
08. Buraka Som Sistema - Sente
09. banginclude - Swerve
10. Dance Kill Move - Threepeat
11. Indojin - Cachupa Riddim
12. Vanda May - Nao Me Tarraxa
13. Zander Baronet - Toca Toca
14. Justin Timberlake-  Suit & Tie, ft. Jay-Z (M&N PRO REMIX)
15. C4 Pedro - B4 Mapolopolo Mané  (Big Nelo &  C4 Pedro )
16. Kyaku Kyadaff - Entre 7 e 7 Rosa
17. Dorgan Nogueira - Mono Zole
18. To Semedo - Ta Da
19. Mestre Dangui  - I Love Angola
20. Danny Cainco - In My Bed (Cleindl Remix)

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Just Jacob - KizMet Cinci Live Kizomba DJ Mix 2016

Here's a live DJ mix of zouk and zoukable tracks based on my most requested songs from the sets I did this year at DCBX / DC Bachata 2016 in the zouk and kizomba rooms hosted by District Zouk. Enjoy! Tracklist:

01. Ne-Yo - She Wants Me (Zouk Music Remix)
02. atim - Serás a Dona
03. Usher - Let Me See, ft. Rick Ross (M&N Pro Remix)
04. Marian Hill - Sway
05. Nelson Freitas - Otra Vês
06. Mura Masa - Know Me Better, ft. Bonzai
07. Kaysha - Forever
08. Mike Perry - The Ocean, ft. Shy Martin
09. July Child - Turn Me On (DJ Kakah Remix)
10. Spice - So Mi Like It (DJ Kakah Remix)
11. Aluna George - You Know You Like It (Jansen Zouk Remix)
12. Alina Baraz & Galimatias - Show Me
13. Drake - Jungle
14. Frank Ocean - Thinkin Bout You (Just Jacob Zouk Edit)
15. Post Malone - White Iverson
16. Tinashe - Bated Breath (DJ Kakah Remix)

Just Jacob - DCBX 2016 Zouk Homage Live DJ Set

Just Jacob - DCBX 2016 District Zouk Live DJ Mix

Here's a live DJ mix of some of my favorite bachata tracks that push the boundaries of the genre. Some are brand new, and some are several years old. Some are original compositions, and some are remixes and bootlegs. Some aren't even bachata tracks at all--they're mashups I did while mixing generally dope tracks against each other, with snippets of percussion I lifted from other tracks, and so forth--in fact, that's exactly how this mix starts. Tracklist:

01. 24 Horas vs. Just Jacob - Nunca Me Amaste, ft. Messiah (Uptown Remix Mashup)
02. Jill Scott - He Loves Me (Daeil Cha Bachata Remix)
03. Jay Ruiz vs. Just Jacob - Estas Mal (You Got It Bad Spanish Version Mashup)
04. Adele - Set Fire To The Rain (DJ BerGi Bachata Remix)
05. Justin Bieber - What Do You Mean (DJ Soltrix Bachata Remix)
06. Arcángel - Por Amar a Ciegas (Bachata Version)
07. Leslie Grace - Si Hay Fro ft. Johnny Sky
08. Romeo Santos - Odio, ft. Drake
09. James Vincent McMorrow - Cavalier (Daeil Cha Bachata Remix)
10. Prince Royce - Las Cosas Pequeñas
11. Migz - Orgulloso De Ty
12. Elliot Moss - Slip (DJ Pamanar Bachata Remix)
13. Yei - Hotline Bling (Official Spanish Bachata Remix)
14. Adele - Lovesong (Just Jacob Bachata Edit)

Just Jacob - Future Bachata Fall 2016 Live DJ Mix

Last week I went to the only live concert I really, really wanted to see this year: Madeon vs. Porter Robinson at the Aragon Ballroom during their Shelter 2016 tour. So, I stayed up all night after a DJ meet and greet making this mix based on the catalogs of those two artists, plus similar tracks by people with whom they've collaborated over the years, e.g. Knife Party, Kaskade, Dillon Francis, Skrillex, Yelle, Mat Zo, and more. For some crazy reason, I always have a hard time finding people to go to dope stuff like this with me; so, I'm dedicating this mix to my friends, Jordan Sexton, Jesse Sexton, Myla Ostroshenko, and Sophie Mann who were kick butt enough to join the fun this time around. Check it out if you need a dose of energy or are going through a rough time, and I guarantee it will lift your spirits a notch, just like it did for me. Here's a tracklist:

01. Madeon - Only Way Out, ft. Vancouver Sleep Clinic
02. Porter Robinson & Madeon - Shelter
03. Madeon - You're On, ft. Kyan
04. Mat Zo - Easy, ft. Porter Robinson
05. Yelle - Que Veux Tu (Madeon Remix)
06. Porter Robinson - Language
07. Kaskade & Skrillex - Lick It
08. Skrillex - Fuck That
09. Knife Party - Sleaze, ft. Mistajam
10. CSS - Hits Me Like A Rock (Dillon Francis Remix)
11. Porter Robinson - Sea Of Voices
12. Louis The Child - It's Strange, ft. K.Flay
13. Madeon - Innocence, ft. Aquilo
14. Porter Robinson - Sad Machine
15. Madeon - Nonsense, ft. Mark Foster

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Just Jacob - Shelter and Freinds Mix 2016

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02 Just Jacob - This Moment Here With You

The good people at Dred Collective gave me their permission to share my edit of one of my favorite frenesi remixes from Machine Girl's incredible 2014 album, "WLFGRL." My goal with this edit was to take the core of the track "覆面調査員" [Japense: "cover surveyor"] that had already been translated from the genre of footwork (by Machine Girl) to the genre of gabber trap (by frenesi) over to something in the general vicinity of danceable zouk with future bass production plays. To spice things up a notch, I'm challenging anybody who wants to give dancing to this track a shot to share a clip of them doing so in a low key competition with the winner scoring an original track from me in the genre and duration of their choosing. More info on this competition here: http://www.smarturl.it/WinJustJacobTrack1. 

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Machine Girl & Frenesi - 覆面調査員 (Just Jacob Future Kiz Edit)

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Machine Girl & Frenesi - 覆面調査員 (Just Jacob Future Zouk Edit)

Here is the very first original, Russian kizomba single, "I Am Looking For You," by Julia Korsakoff with official remix by Just Jacob! Download the single on iTunes here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/i-am-looking-for-you-single/id1243171862. Check out the official music video featuring Kizomba Chick aka Maria Ivanova and Jazzy Cubango here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j2AHOwM3RE

Julia Korsakoff - I Am Looking For You (Just Jacob Russian Kizomba Mix)

Julia Korsakoff - I Am Looking For You

"Infidelity (Chase Down The Dawn)" is the fourth track off my brand new album, "Niila Eehkwa Waahi." For more info and to support the launch, see justjacob.com/LaunchNiilaEehkwaWaahi

This is the darkest track on this project based on stories from some of the darkest times in my life and that of my friends. Without sharing too much personal detail, there was a period where for some reason, a bunch of people I'm very close to all experienced infidelity in their relationships. Some were cheated on by their spouses or significant others; some were were physically or emotionally abused. One of the things I really love about music is its ability to translate pain into an artistic expression that lends strength to people going through pain. I searched for a Native American legend that developed this theme and found a pair of stories from the Blackfoot tribe that served as different perspectives on this same dynamic, "The Lost Woman" and "The Bad Wife." The song is a bit closer to the first story, which you can read here: http://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/The-Lost-Woman-Blackfoot.html. You can also listen to my narration on the 9th track of the album here: https://soundcloud.com/justjacobmusic/09-just-jacob-the-lost-woman-a-blackfoot-story?in=justjacobmusic/sets/niila-eehkwa-waahi

--- Lyrics ---

What has come upon us now?
This time things have spun out of control.
Darling, tell me the truth how
Did the love between us grow so cold?

All I know is I failed you
And every time I promised to in us believe.
Did I loose the very heartstrings
That have bound you to me?

I don't know if we'll make it;
This time things have spun out of control.
Darling, I just can't fake it;
Bodies cross these lines but not my soul.

Not the soul I saved for you
From the first day I promised to in us believe
How could you cast aside the heartstrings
That have bound you to me?

Midnight has finally fallen
The fright feels like forever
And I cannot remain here
Any longer

Oh my dove
We lost the faith, the love, the truth 
Of every time we promised to in us believe.
How could we tear apart the heartstrings
That have bound you to me?

Midnight has finally fallen
The fright feels like forever
And I cannot remain here
Any longer

When we could chase down the dawn
The flight won't last forever
And right beside you I'll stay
All the way

Darling, let's chase down the dawn
Run right past who's right or wrong
The Morning Star can guide us on...
Darling, let's chase down the dawn

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04 Just Jacob - Infidelity (Chase Down The Dawn)

"Niila Eehkwa Waahi" is the fifth and also title track of my brand new album. For more info and to support the launch, see justjacob.com/LaunchNiilaEehkwaWaahi

I spent a lot sleepless nights during a dark time in my life that I mention in the liner notes to the 4th track on this album. To cope, I streamed public domain audiobooks, and that's how I discovered the work of the Lakota activist and educator, Zitkala-Sa, with her telling of the story "The Badger & The Bear." You can read it here: http://scienceviews.com/indian/iktomi6.html. You can also listen to my narration on the 10th track of the album here: https://soundcloud.com/justjacobmusic/10-just-jacob-the-badger-the-bear-a-lakota-story-as-told-by-zitkala-sa?in=justjacobmusic/sets/niila-eehkwa-waahi. Brian Butler created an original piece of fine art based on this song and story, which you can see here: http://imgur.com/a/Kri9p.

"The Badger & The Bear" develops the concept of vengeance through the lens of justice. Listening to that story on repeat when I lay awake through the night made me forget about my troubles and reflect on my location in a bigger story. It challenged my tacit acceptance of Native American genocide given my lack of action on behalf of the indigenous community in my city and nation, built over stolen Native American land and centuries of broken trust. This isn't to minimize the injustice that other people have faced. But for me, the ongoing genocide of the Native American community is the foundational injustice upon which the existence of the United States is predicated. None of us chose to be born into this state of injustice, but we still have a responsibility to do something about it. I wrote this song to honor what I learned from Zitkala-Sa, to take responsibility for my ignorance and to begin working towards a new tomorrow in mutual support with my indigenous sisters and brothers. 

Everything in this album is based on this track. The lyrics imagine a Native American interlocutor responding to people and institutions hell bent on the annihilation of the indigenous community that persists to this very day, naming the tactics that have been employed to that end: political power plays, religion, assimilative education, substance abuse baiting, and more. For those of us ignorant of that struggle (as I myself have been), there is a call to recognize and respond to the ongoing story of the indigenous community against these overwhelming odds. To own my position in this story, I included a reference from Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, a work often criticized for perpetuating vile, anti-Jewish stereotypes against my own ethnic community. Many of us find ourselves in a state of superposition, existing simultaneously as oppressed and oppressor to varying degrees. My hope is that we will follow a new path forward beyond both, and that is why I created this album. 

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I know you love me, baby, you tell me every day
When you slip your fingers round my neck in such a special way
You save me from my spirits when you whisper in my ear
But lately there’s another voice that I’ve begun to hear.

I know you love me baby, you taught me real good
I’m sorry that I struggled like a noble savage would
You said it really isn’t stealing when it’s really for the best
But you came to drain my blood when you took your pound of flesh

You know I love you, baby, it’s just one little thing:
Miss my my life, my land, my folk, the hope, the songs we used to sing
Got your baubles for my troubles, your booze to blur the dawn
I guess by now you figured, Wasichu, that I’d be dead and gone.

But I am still here, I am still here
You can try to put me down, but I am still here
Took every last thing that I ever held dear
I’m not just coming for you, motherfucker, I am still here

I am still here, I am still here
You will never hold me down, and I am still here.
Got nothing left to lose, nothing left to fear
I’m coming for you, motherfucker, ‘cause I am still here

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"The Badger & The Bear" links with the fifth and also track off my brand new album, "Niila Eehkwa Waahi." For more info and to support the launch, see http://justjacob.com/LaunchNiilaEehkwaWaahi

Without this story from the Lakota tribe as told by Zitkala Sa, this album never would have happened. It addresses the topic of vengeance with a focus on justice; everybody in the world and especially every single non-indigenous citizen of America should listen to it and reflect on how they should live. This story changed me, and you can check out my song "Niila Eehkwa Waahi" to hear where I took that inspiration musically: https://soundcloud.com/justjacobmusic/05-just-jacob-niila-eehkwa-waahi

10 Just Jacob - The Badger & The Bear (A Lakota Story as Told by Zitkala-Sa)

"The Lost Woman" links with the fourth track off my brand new album, "Niila Eehkwa Waahi." For more info and to support the launch, see http://justjacob.com/LaunchNiilaEehkwaWaahi

There are a lot of stories from the Native American community that skilfully develop the topic of betrayal, but the one that has most recently influenced me most comes in two different versions from Blackfoot tribe, "The Lost Woman" and "The Bad Wife." I found that the first version resonated with me more, and it spoke jn a restorative way to some broken parts of a very dark time in my life. Check out my song "Infidelity (Chase Down The Dawn)" to hear where I took that inspiration musically: https://soundcloud.com/justjacobmusic/04-just-jacob-infidelity-chase-down-the-dawn

09 Just Jacob - The Lost Woman (A Blackfoot Story)

"Indian Summer" is an awesome story from the People of the Southeast Woodlands, as told by my bro Jamie K. Oxendine--a badass activist, educator, leader, and also the founder of PowWows.com. This story links with the third track off my brand new album, "Niila Eehkwa Waahi." For more info and to support the launch, see http://justjacob.com/LaunchNiilaEehkwaWaahi

I love how this story talks about the struggle of moving beyond an absolutely desolating degree of loss. It covers so many bases that touch on everything from spirituality to identity to addiction recovery to community belonging and more. Check out my song "Stone Cold Sober" to hear where I took that inspiration musically: https://soundcloud.com/justjacobmusic/03-just-jacob-stone-cold-sober-1?in=justjacobmusic/sets/niila-eehkwa-waahi

08 Just Jacob - Indian Summer (A Story From The People of the Southest Woodlands)

"The Partridge Spirit" links with the second track off my brand new album, "Niila Eehkwa Waahi." For more info and to support the launch, see http://justjacob.com/LaunchNiilaEehkwaWaahi

Man, this story from the Algonquin tribe is heartbreaking. I nearly choked up several times trying to narrate it. It talks about love lost and second chances and the sacrifices we must make to pursue what matters most. Check out my song "This Moment Here With You" to hear where I took that inspiration musically: https://soundcloud.com/justjacobmusic/02-just-jacob-this-moment-here-with-you?in=justjacobmusic/sets/niila-eehkwa-waahi

07 Just Jacob - The Partridge Spirit (An Algonquin Story)

"The Girl Who Joined The Thunders" links with the first track off my brand new album, "Niila Eehkwa Waahi." For more info and to support the launch, see http://justjacob.com/LaunchNiilaEehkwaWaahi

I was really inspired by the way this story from the Lenape tribe develops the theme of finding yourself after you've become lost. Check out my song "Simone" to hear where I took that inspiration musically: https://soundcloud.com/justjacobmusic/01-just-jacob-simone-1?in=justjacobmusic/sets/niila-eehkwa-waahi

06 Just Jacob - The Girl Who Joined The Thunders (A Lenape Story)

Just Jacob is a Chicago-based artist, producer, DJ, and CEO of Just Jacob Ventures LLC. He currently spins in residence every week at Reverie / Salsa Bachata Thursdays, every first and third Wednesday at Beauty Bar / Poquito Mas Chicago, and every first Saturday at Subterranean / Cypher Chicago with sets and previous residences at clubs across the nation like Sound-Bar (Chicago), Club Fuego / Space 550 (San Francisco), Primary (Chicago), Lique (Miami), The Hard Rock Cafe (Chicago), TSAR (Orlando), Rio / Dolphin (Chicago), Wherehouse (Milwaukee), Club Mambo (Chicago), House of Loom (Omaha), Bassline (Chicago), Aeon Studios (LA), Toque de Kizomba (Chicago), and more. Festival appearances include Chicago SummerDance, The Montreal Salsa Convention, DCBX, The Israeli Salsa Congress, New York International Salsa Congress, Los Angeles Dance Fusion Festival, Chicago International Salsa Congress, Orlando International Kizomba Festival, Chicago Salsa Bachata Festival, Evolution Dance Festival, Future Zouk Chicago Congress, and more. His latest album project, "Niila Eehkwa Waahi," explores universally human themes developed by Native American culture through bass music juxtaposed with house, garage, rock, r&b, tech, and dub. For all inquiries, email jacob@justjacob.com. Shalem Chai!

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