Spring Summer 2014

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I began writing this song with Felix da Housecat a few months before my first Burning Man in 2012.  I wrote the pensive verses and melodies alone in my East London studio when I was in a profoundly lonely place, having been abandoned by people who said they loved me; others who said they had my best interests at heart; others who pretended to be my friend only to come into my home to steal from me; others who made promises that they never intended to keep.  I felt terribly isolated. Disconnected. 

Jason Swamy gave me my first DJ gig in New York City years ago, and last year in 2012, he invited me to perform at the Robot Heart. I wrote the words of this song knowing I would perform it at Robot Heart, without even knowing what the playa was like or what I would find there. It's almost as if I were possessed by a demon to sing sentiments from the future, because when I got to the playa, I knew that the words of this song would resonate there for those that would hear it.  Burning Man answered a lot of questions that had been ringing in my head about friendship, love, survival, manifestation, and following my dreams.  What appeals to me most about the Burn isn't the parties, the far-out fashion, the golden sunrises, or the fantastic art.  It's the realisation one experiences on the playa that once you take away the concrete, the money, the marketing, the noise, and false sense of urgency...space is made for CLARITY.  Things start to make sense, to come together. Fortunate mistakes transform into signs and serendipity.  People appear on the horizon when you think of them.  DJs play songs that seem to speak to you, to single you out of thousands to respond to thoughts in your head.  Love is found.  Human kindness is real.  Gifts are given with good intention. Fears and darkness are left to burn. Radical self-expression and radical self-reliance are exercised. The playa provides. We provide for each other. 

I returned to the playa again one year later, 2013.  There is a reason they say "Welcome Home" when you enter the gates, because the playa is just that. Home. I came HOME to sing new songs at Robot Heart, to write new wishes on the Temple walls, to see new sunrises, to reunite with dear friends and to forge eternal connections with complete strangers. I was able to build new memories on an existing familiarity. I had a look at the people I had chosen to surround myself with and I felt infinite gratitude to know them.  The playa had provided an environment where we could connect with perfect clarity.  After another week of HOME, I was able to let go of my loneliness. I feel an abundance of joy when I hear the melancholy words of this song because I know that I will never be alone ever again.  I am no longer afraid. I no longer feel Disconnected.  I feel free.  

A huge, warm thank you to the number who approached me at Burning Man to say that they heard me perform this song at Robot Heart last year, asking when it would become available, saying that it was a beautiful moment for them…including a lovely man named Ian who came up to me just after sunrise on Thursday morning to say that the lyrics of this song resonated in his heart when I had sang them last year.  My echoes in the dark had been heard.  There were surprisingly many of you who voiced your appreciation for this song on the playa - I am forever grateful. 

So please consider this song a playa gift, from my HEART to yours. 

Disconnected
written by Scarlett Etienne and Felix da Housecat
words by Scarlett Etienne
produced by Scarlett Etienne and David Earl

special thanks to the wonderful people of Robot Heart….and Saraswati x
Photo by Karim V Tabar


Scarlett and the Pixels - Disconnected ft. Felix Da Housecat

Legendary duo Deep Dish will be releasing their first single, 'Quincy' on Virgin Records March 17th before they are to play a remarkable headline show at Miami Ice Palace on March 29th. This clip is the official first play on Pete Tong's BBC Radio 1 show. 

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DEEP DISH - 'QUINCY' [PETE TONG BBC RADIO 1 RIP]

For this installment of my chill series I found inspiration the moment I heard a vocodered voice singing Hotel California in the Luxxury edit. A week later I heard AfroQBen's amazing remix of Sweet Emotion by Aerosmith and I was off to the races. Being a New Wave kid as a teen I didn't get into many of these songs until my adult years and yet somehow I listen to this mix and it makes me feel like a teenager again. 

It's my birthday so please enjoy my birthday present to you!

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01 David Bowie - Major Tom (Virgin Magnetic Material Remix)
02 Steve Miller - Fly Like An Eagle (Virgin Magnetic Material Remix)
03 Eagles - Hotel California (Luxxury Edit)
04 Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion (AfroQBen Remix)
05 Bee Gees - Travolta Fever (Luxxury Edit)
06 Blondie - Rapture (Luxxury Edit) 
07 David Bowie - Golden Years (Luxxury Edit)
08 Led Zeppelin - Ramble On (Virgin Magnetic Material Remix)
09 Simon & Garfunkle - The Sound of Garfunkle (Luxxury Edit)
10 80s Child - I Can’t Go For That
11 Sleazy McQueen - Rikki Don’t Lose My Number
12 Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure (Virgin Magnetic Material Remix)
13 T-Rex - Get It On (Virgin Magnetic Material Remix)
14 Sleazy McQueen - Mrs. Vanderbilt (Sleazy McQueen Re-Edit)
15 Big M - All Over Now

My Definition of Chill Vol. 6 Jukebox Hero

This month, we explore the concept of anicca, the Buddhist word for impermanence or change. The mix weaves through sounds that are bombastic vs modest, dark vs light, groovy vs trippy, haunting vs heavenly, and so on...My approach to DJing is to keep sounds and feelings in a constant state of flux, never getting stuck in a single place. I believe a well-crafted mix is a metaphor for life: anicca, anicca...constantly changing, changing...

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[00:00] Kadebostan - Caracas Soul [Freude Am Tanzen Recordings, 2007]
[07:16] Maya Jane Coles - Something In The Air (Bonobo Remix) [Hypercolour, 2014]
[11:15] Bog - Untold Stories [Akbal Music, 2014]
[15:47] Sandy Rivera - I REMEMBER (Simon Mattson's Mix) [Blackwiz Records, 2014]
[20:45] Pablo Bolivar - I Would Try to Make This [SEVEN VILLAS, 2014]
[25:29] Martin Roth - Epic Waves [Sudbeat Music, 2014]
[32:50] Dauwd - Lydia [Kompakt, 2014]
[37:35] Microesfera, ACUM 23 - I.D.M. Flashback [PencilBoy Records, 2014]
[43:40] Ben Watt - Guinea Pig (Vocal Variation) [Buzzin' Fly Records, 2008]
[48:18] Kiasmos - Driven [Erased Tapes, 2013]

Artwork is The Wheel of Life by ahermin

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atish - [043] - april 2014 - anicca

Sounds of the Dusty Rhino, Episode 15: DJMK's loft set from Dusty Rhino Safari at Public Works in San Francisco on March 29th, 2014.

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Dream Circle - So Many Things - Remix 2

Bob Moses, First To Cry
Domino Records, 2014

A1: I Ain't Gonna Be The First To Cry
A2: Grace

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A message from Blond:ish,

"We are gathered here today before the witnesses present to join you and the cabinet of curiosities, wunderkammer in unholy matrimony.  It is not to be entered into lightly but indiscreetly and always with wild abandon.
Moving on with our mission by spreading love through music, we've put together this exploration in music as a podcast for our favourite portable speakers, Minirig.   
Our idea for this podcast was to capture the vibe and inspiration behind our collected love for more ambient:ish music with some tougher but smooth sounds that still fit within the curiosity cabinet of El Oh Vee Eee.. "

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Wunderkammer:Love Podcast Series Mixed by Blond:ish

SoundPark Music was nice enough to invite me to do a podcast for them as well as an interview feature here. It's a bit lengthy, but maybe something nice to read while you listen to this mix:
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For this mix, I take a turn towards my interpretation of the darker side of my love affair with house music: at some points haunting, other times beefy, perhaps lush at points, but consistently melodic. I've always appreciated the range of feelings out that that producers of melodic house are releasing, so it's exciting for me to touch on as many of them as I can. 

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July 11 - Golden Gate, Berlin
July 20 - Naturklang Festival, Zurich
Aug 2 - Suma Beach, Istanbul
Aug 8 - Opening for John Digweed, MIghty, San Francisco
Aug 10 - Lovelife, San Diego

Tracklist:
Egal 3 - Orchestral (Vid Re'Shape) [Kina, 2013]
Canson - Bellevue [KATERMUKKE, 2013]
Der Dritte Raum - Morgenland [Der Dritte Raum, 2013]
Mike Ravelli - Toka (HearthuG Remix) [Sincopat, 2013]
Tiger Stripes - Glorified (Rodriguez Jr. Remix) [Audiomatique, 2012]
Tim Green - Seti [My Favorite Robot, 2014]
Kyodai - Sound Of the Falls [Exploited, 2014]
Super Flu - Jo Gurt (Stephan Bodzin Remix) [Monaberry, 2014]
Guy J - Sahara [Bedrock, 2011]
Mashk - Spheris [Parquet, 2013]

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atish - [044] - june 2014 - soundpark music

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Magda and NYMA present their newest project called DTR, short for Define The Relationship. Its aim is to reshape, reintroduce and revive early influences and act as a homage to the past, present and future. All DTR releases are edits of famous tracks from the past, released directly to the fans without a label. This way Magda and NYMA want to focus on the music and inspire people, who are not yet familiar with the originals to check them out.

The first release is DTR001 Chaka Khan "I Feel For You", originally released in 1984.

01 I Feel For You (MAGDA vs NYMA Crackerjack Mix)

Haunting, ethereal, emotive, propulsive Guy Gerber and Diddy’s long-awaited collaborative album project 11 11 will at last be revealed to the public for free this Summer...Continuing with a preview of their track Tourist Trap.

At once a meeting of two worlds, and yet also a dismissal of those signifiers, 11 11 inverts the recent dialogue between the worlds of hip-hop and electronic music, eschewing simple radio friendly factory fare, for darker, richer, deeper soundscapes. 11 11 is not a project aimed at main-stages and masses, but outliers and after-hours.

11 11 - Tourist Trap

Retrospective mix into 20 years of Café del Mar Volumes.. 

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Compilations

20 Years Of Café Del Mar Volumes In The Mix

Wunderkammer EP Preview.

Beatport Exclusive 21/07/2014 on Kompakt Records 
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Dilate Records Podcast

Low Tide (Touch Of Class, Motek)

DP003 - Low Tide

Spring 2014 and Eduardo Castillo returns to Robot Heart for an amazing night in New York City.  One to remember!

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Track list:

1 Kobresia - Biosphere
2 Bellevue - Canson
3 You're A Fish - A. Balter
4 Epikur - David August
5 The Bright Forest - Culoe De Song
6 a1 Simone Venanzi - Body (Eduardo Castillo Remix)
7 Kolombo Remix - Nhar Lotus
8 Unstable Condition - John Tejada
9 Fuse (Ame Remix) - The Machine
10 Cumbia 1 - JD Twitch
11 I Had a Dream That She Was Dying Alone - Gathaspar
12 Black Fiddler - Dubfound
13 The End feat. Csilla - Joe T Vannelli, Hot Since 82
14 Orchestral (Vid Re'Shape) - Egal 3
15 Coari - Dimitri Andreas
16 Nothing Can Be True  - Guy Gerber
17 taniec con golpe (Eduardo CASTILLO remix)  -  Eduardo Castillo


Eduardo Castillo - Robot Heart - NYC - Spring 2014

I struggled a fair amount with this mix as I tried to top what I put out in May (sounds like the same ol' story every month)...I must have cut, rearranged, and changed directions on this mix a half-dozen times. I'm moderately satisfied with this one, but slightly frustrated because it's not better than the last...Either way, there are still some nice tunes here.

I describe the first section as a combination of seductive, dreary, hints of fluffy, and dreamy feelings...I imagine myself driving around the hills of San Francisco (perhaps with a nice girl) on a foggy morning around 7am after a long night of partying at the compound. Appropriately enough, the beautiful track "I never sleep to sleep (James Taylor and Swayzak sleepy edit)" comes in at 9 min.

I'm not really sure how to describe the the middle feeling as things get a little wacky, k'd out, yet still pretty with that female "la la la ing" track around 19:00 (Dixie Yure - Tecnomascope)...After that, I strip down the sound and just groove for about 20 minutes. I considered staying dreamy for the entire hour, but instead gave into my ADD and changed styles...

The end of the mix we get melodic again and round it out back to where we started with a beautiful dreamy foggy track by Skinnerbox, "Purgatory"...


atish - [015] - june 2011 - circles

Picking up where I left off in October's mix, the first half of this mix has a dark sexy bass-driven sound which seems to be the inescapable but lovable trend these days...Half way through, we transition in to a more beautiful emotional sound with my current obsession @ 32:00 with Akabu - Another World (Andre Lodeman Mix)...this one is incredibly powerful to me and can make my eyes well up if the mood is right...simply a brilliant work.
From that point forward, we get violins, flutes, and singing about the sun shining and children smiling...

Two different sounds in this mix...one sound is sexydark and the other is pretty, yet they both wrap you up and keep you warm.


Aerea Negrot - Bipolintro
Suzanne Kraft - Morning Come
Tanner Ross - B Side
Alain Ho - Into A Deep (Hot Toddy Remix)
Motor City Drum Ensemble - L.O.V.E. (DJ Kicks)
Daniel Bortz, Sascha Sibler - Color of Love
Bunte Bummler - Lights
Akabu - Another World (Andre Lodemann Mix)
Mousse T - Toscana (Loco Dice Mix)
Blaze - Lovelee Dae (20:20 Vision Remix)
Mano Le Tough - Baby Let's Love

atish - [019] - november 2011 - warmthh

There are some tracks that just feel really good to me: the tracks that cause those tingle-type sensations that go up the back of my spine up through the top of the head...Cosmic Quivers, if you will.

In this mix, the single unifying theme I went for is tracks that make me feel good. A few of the selections have been known to cause Cosmic Quivers from time to time such as the super synthy Random Factor - Second Principles (10:20) and the techy yet surprisingly beautiful Hoito - Modern Kush (36:40) [thanks Slee]. Both of these are amazing pieces of cosmic work...I've been sitting on the Random Factor track for over a year waiting for the right mix to use it in....

After completing this mix, I noticed this mix has a fair amount of soul and vocal-influenced feelgood tunes as well, notably the Temptations vocals sample in Robert Poretti - A Girl Like You (24:44), Danny Daze+Matches - If This (27:00), Mike Shannon - Under the Radar (Rozzo Mix) (31:47), the scat singing in Daso, Jin Choi - Teer (Rodriguez Jr Mix) (43:47), and Miguel Migs closer....I suppose there's something about a vocal hook that makes it easier for me to connect with...

All in all, a lot of tunes here that make me feel good...hopefully they'll have the same effect on you.

Moomin - Raw Like 97
Shades of Gray - So Easy
Random Factor - Second Principles
Lee Foss - U Got Me
Phonique - Divertimento feat. Guti
Roberto Perotti - A Girl Like You
Danny Daze, Matches - If This
Mike Shannon - Under the Radar (Rozzo Mix)
Hoito - Modern Kush
Daso, Jin Choi - Teer (Rodriguez Jr. Remix)
Shades of Gray - Dis This
Miguel Migs - Intro - Life feat. Half Pint

atish - [021] - january 2012 - cosmic quiver

01 Mark Chillage - Falling Star
02 Mango - Tokyo 7am
03 Cinnamon Chasers - Luv Deluxe
04 Cherry - Alex (Ruthit Remix)
05 Tafubar - Constructing the Void (Lemongrass Balearic Remix)
06 Bent - As You Fall (Guy J Remix)
07 Sharam Jey - Army of Men (Original Dub)
08 Paul Kalkbrenner - Azure
09 Paul Kalkbrenner - Sky and Sand
10 Moby - Dream About Me (Booka Shade Remix)
11 Underworld - 2 Months Off (Tong and Rogers Wonderland Mix)
12 John Tejada - The End Of It All
13 LCD Soundsystem - Home
14 Scott Hardkiss - Come On Come On (Instrumental Mix)
15 Elite Force - Kinetic Connection
16 LCD Soundsystem - The Great Release

My Definition of Chill Vol. II  Part 2

Back again to leisurely rock your boomboxes with My Definition of Chill Vol. 3. I've been overjoyed with the reaction I've received from the first two installments.  What began as a mix I was initially going to keep to myself ended up becoming my most listened to mix I've released. For volume 3 my life in San Francisco was a big inspiration for the songs that made it in. A departure in style from both volumes 1 and 2. I'm really happy to share these 22 songs with you that I've been listening to for the last 6 months I've been putting this together. Lots of cool stuff I've run across with vocals from Bob Marley, Al Green and Paul McCartney, a classic from DJ Shadow remixed in elegant style, old school chill classics with Orbital and Nightmares on Wax (I had to include them at some point) and some nods to particular friends with a few of the songs. I want to send a big thank you to everyone who has expressed their gratitude for the My Definition of Chill mixes. It keeps the wheels turning knowing other people are really appreciating the end result. 
-Deckard

01 Orbital - The Box Pt. 1
02 Placebo - Pure Morning (Les Rythmes Digitales Remix)
03 Bon Iver - Skinny Love (Das Kapital Remix)
04 Long Time (Instrumental)
05 Nightmares on Wax - Les Nuits
06 Chromatics - Running Up That Hill (Live Beat)
07 Paul McCartney - Knocking At The Door (Dicky Trisco & InnerWestSoul Festive Edit)
08 DJ Shadow - Scale it Back (Benji Boko Remix)
09 Bran Van 3000 - Drinking in LA (JPOD & The Funk Hunters Remix)
10 DJ Shadow - Midnight in a Perfect World (Nate Wize Special Blend)
11 Bob Marley - Small Axe (Copycat's Slight Re-Edit)
12 Daft Punk vs DJ Fresh - Something About Gold Dust (Jimi Needle's Blend)
13 Al Green - Georgia Boy (James DB's Make It Funky Edit)
14 DJ Shadow - Scale It Back (Party Ben Remix)
15 Liftoff - Marshmeadows
16 Timo Maas - Bad Day
17 Gotye - Hearts a Mess (Supermayer Remix)
18 God Within - Raincry (Vance Musgrove Remix)
19 Gemo & Fabrice - Walking In The Rain
20 808 State - Pacific State (Massey Mix)
21 Kid Cudi - Pursuit of Happiness (Nightmare)
22 Amy Winehouse - Love Is A Losing Game (Lucian X & NAPT Redub)

Spring Summer 2014

Marc Gamboa