Recorded July 24, 2021

Patrick Miller is a club, and a DJ, one and the same since the early 80s, in Mexico City, in the classic resident DJ tradition.

As far as I can tell, it's one of the few places on the planet where hardcore Hi-NRG lovers still regularly convene to dance to their favorite classics and relive the good old days. Vice did a fun mini doc: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqaN0MPMVP0

I'd always wanted to pay my dues and experience it, but then the pandemic hit, and then news of it closing down came via social media: https://www.instagram.com/p/COp5V2UgB4B/?hl=en

I made this mix to process my grief that I would never get to experience it. The track selection is mostly based on my favorites from listening to a variety of old Patrick Miller mixtape recordings I could find on Youtube. I even added his DJ ID for fun a few times throughout (no impersonation intended).

Since then I've learned that it's reopened, and I look forward to visiting some day.

Incidentally, the visual art scene around the logos and mixtape art for Patrick Miller and his Mexico City contemporaries is really cool and I encourage you to check it out. The thumbnail for this mix is from one of those old flyers.

Tracklist:
Sarah - Tokyo Town 1986
Baby’s Gang - Jamin 1985
Max Him - Lady Fantasy 1985
Merce - I Wan’t You (Spanish Version) 1987
Dead Or Alive - My Heart Goes Bang (American “Wipe Out” Mix) 1985
Venus - Hot Sun On Video 1985
Divine - Native Love (Step By Step) 1982
Legear - Crashin’ Down 1985
Plaza - O-oh 1990
Nick Straker Band - A Walk In The Park (Extended Version) 1987
Andy Romano - Run To Love 2009
Stacey Q - Two Of Hearts 1986
Electric Theatre - Ballet Dancer (Night Version) 1983
Sylve - I’ve Only Got You To Blame 1988
Secret Ties - Dancin’ Insanity 1987
Miquel Brown - So Many Men, So Little Time 1988
Patrick Cowley - Menergy 1981
Jolo - Last Call 1984

Patrick Miller Tribute Mix

This mix is dedicated to Ryan Lee who reignited my love for this music way back in OODE VIII.

Not an especially great mix technically but the cuts speak for themselves. This is my favorite style of dance music, and somehow this is the first time I ever played a pure set of it in front of a dancefloor full of friends. It won't be the last(that's either a promise or a threat depending on how you feel about all this).

All vinyl except for Noise Overload and Force Mass Motion (couldn't find it). I meant to play The House Crew - We Are Hardcore but the flip isn't so bad.

Thank you Joe Rice for the recording, David Cox for the photo.

Tracklist:
4-Mega - Higher - White House Records (1992) 
Foul Play - Ricochet - Oblivion Records (1992) 
Manix - I Can’t Stand It - Reinforced Records (1992) 
Vocation - Equilibrium - Furious Records (1992) 
Release - Dance In Eden - Contagious Records (1992) 
Bad Influence - Never Too Much - BI Records (1992) 
Isotonik - Let’s Get Down - Ffreedom (1992) 
Rufige Kru - Believe - Reinforced Records (1992) 
Ace The Space - 9 Is A Classic - Dance Ecstacy 2001 (1992)
Interactive - Elevator - ZYX Music (1992) 
Force Mass Motion - Panic - Rabbit City Records (1993) 
Liquid Crystal - You Got Me (Remix) - Ruff On Wax Recordings (1993) 
Noise Overload – Right Here, Right Now, Part II - Global Dance Records (1992) 
Warped Kore - The Power - White House Records (1993) 
DJ Edge - Compnded - Edge Records (1992) 
The House Crew - Maniac (The Final Conflict) - Production House (1992)
Liquid Crystal - Radiate - Bizarre (1992)

matt holland - OODE XXVI (2022)

The old move was 3am music for dreaming sleepers, but I'm really feeling the daytime zone these last few years. Really happy with how this one turned out.

Recorded Saturday September 17 11:30-2pm.

Tracklist:
Sade - Sweetest Taboo (The Lone Flanger Dub - Orig. Live Ver.) (2020) 
Tom Wolgers - Collage (1986)
Haruomi Hosono - Birthday Party (1982) Happy Birthday Menyui <3
Craig Leon - Nommos (1982)
Bill Nelson - Birds Of Tin (1981)
Tim Carleton - Opus No. 1 (aka Cisco hold music) (1989)
Codek - Tim Toum (1982)
Thomas Leer - Tight As A Drum (1982)
Throbbing Gristle - Distant Dreams (Part Two) (1980)
Rexy - Don’t Turn Me Away (1981)
New Musik - A Map Of You (1980)
Holger Czukay - Persian Love (1979)
HIS - 500マイル (1991)
Velly Joonas - Stopp, seisku aeg! (1983)
Harry Hosono and The Yellow Magic Band - Shimendoka (1978)
Hiroyuki Namba - Tropical Exposition (1982)
Ryo Kawasaki - Hawaiian Caravan (1982)
Aksak Maboul - Mastoul Alakefak (1977)
Steve Hillage - Red Admiral (1982)
Kool & The Gang - Summer Madness (Extended Mix) (1981)
Azymuth - What Price Samba (Quanto Vale Um Samba) (1982)
Paul McCartney - Secret Friend (full length version) (1980)
Harry Hosono and The Yellow Magic Band - Shambala Signal (1978)
Cymande - Dove (1972)
Kay West - Shake Together (1983)
Mariah - Shinzo No Tobira (1983)
Logic System - Clash (Chinjyu Of Sun) (1981)
Sandii & The Sunsetz - Sticky Music (remix French version) (1985)
Black Box - Everybody Everybody (Rockapella) (1990)

matt holland - Chillits 2022

forgot to mention, the title for this mix was "we worship in the church of our choice" (for perhaps obvious reasons). truer words have never been spoken.

I almost didn't post this one. There are some sloppy mixes but for the most part I think my issue with this mix is that it didn't live up to the hype I'd conjured up in my head when I finally did it. This was played to a mostly empty dancefloor (though I love you folks that supported) and I'm starting to realize that it's not the technical mastery of your mixes or the sequencing of the tracks that ultimately matters but whether you actually forged a moment, a memory that is remembered by more than just the DJ. (In this case, I think I failed).

The initial idea for this mix was "midwest acid" and it grew to too many different themes and got a bit unwieldy. 

Respect: No Way Back/IT, Andrew Smith/Jasen Loveland RIP, Patrick Russell, FOM crew, IFM, Chicago (the whole city), Matt Cogger and Lee Purkis RIP, David Siska,  the midwest rave scene I fantasize about but was not a part of, Cologne acid maniacs, Murat Konar.

Love to Menyui for booth karaoke to "Running" <3 

Rude 66 - Die Stärke Der Vernichtenden Schläge
Plastikman - Kriket
Drum Club - Drums Are Dangerous (Hardkiss Remix)
Walker - Business Card (B2)
Modulator (Freddy Fresh) - Black Acid
user18081971 (AFX) - 8 knife fork freq
Goio - Strike
Pervocet - Neighbor
Dj Pierre - Box Energy
Traxmen - Playing With A Rubber Band
Gherkin Jerks - Midi Beats
In Sync - Pomping World
Neuropolitique - Mind You Don't Trip 
Martin Dupont - He Saw The Light (Mick Wills Edit)
Loco Loco - Mañana
Front 242 - No Shuffle
Information Society - Running (Vocal Remix)
Ubik - Crash Coarse Ambient
Manisdron - LFAD
i (Atom™) - L.T.B.C.Y.B.
Philus - Kuvio 3
Clay Wilson - Osho (Jasen Loveland's Twisted Interpretation Remix)
Structure - We Are Structure
DJ HMC - 6AM
Technotronic - Pump Up The Jam (The Limit Pumps Up The Rave Ultimix)
The Martian - Ultraviolet Images

matt holland - OODE XXVII (2023)

You are my melody, and this mix is for you.

menyui50

Recorded 5-6:30am at Camp n Sons

Philip Jeck - Pax
Ekkehard Ehlers - Nie Wider Schell Sagen
Ooray - ?
Gunshae - Southern Wind
Nurse With Wound - Colder Still (Beginning)
Machinefabriek - J'Espere Ca
The Acid Didj - The Acid Didj 1
VSVN - VSVN 8
Cid n Eric - Solution Space
Conrad Schnitzler - Electric Garden
ELpH - pHILM #1 (Vox) 
C-Schulz & Hajsch - 1
Christian Fennesz & Ryuichi Sakamoto - Oto
Labradford - Twenty
Sawako - Far Away
Pjusk - Rav
Library Tapes - ?
Autechre Drane 2

matt holland - Chillits 2008

The first of four mixes done in this style, revisited in 2008, 2009 and 2010. The idea was to start dark and move towards the light, bringing the largely sleeping audience into the new day. Recorded 4:40-6am.

Lustmord - Heresy Part I (1990)
Cerberus Shoal - A Man Who Loved Holes... (2003)
Dead Voices On Air - Swan Flax (1999)
Earth - Like Gold And Faceted (1992)
Nurse With Wound - Creakiness - 1992
???
Terre Thaemlitz - Still Life With Numerical Analysis (1998)
William Basinski - d|p 2.1 (2002)
Loscil - Brittle (2004)
Strategy w/ Caro - walkingtime (2004)
Tetsu Inoue and Carl Stone - %.Disk (2001)
Tujiko Noriko - Mugen Ressha (2002)
Tim Hecker - The Work Of Art In The Age Of Cultural Overproduction (2001)
Gas - Untitled (Zauberberg 1)(1997)
Fennesz - Rivers of Sand (2004)

matt holland - Chillits 2005

will come back and do a proper tracklist for this someday. This mix has music from the following artist:

Surgeon
Sutekh
Stewart Walker
Monolake
Teste
Maurizio
Burger/Ink
Rhythm & Sound
Pelon
Studio 1
The Kooky Scientist
Kit Clayton
Timeblind
Autechre


matt holland - OODE V (2001)

I was blessed to play midday Saturday again. Daytime allows so much freedom, but 90 minutes is too short. This is a rerecording of my set. I changed the order of a few tracks, added four more that I wanted to play but didn't have time for, and let the key ending track breathe for its full 15 minutes.

No tracklist this time at least for now, but happy to ID anything.

Thank you Skiplogic, Gabe Benzur, Tdel and Shawn O'Sullivan for your influences on this mix.

Fun fact: There are nine different languages in this mix, a personal best =)

matt holland - Chillits 2023

recording of my set for the bass camp stream March 9 2024

Ended up being mostly Italo at the wrong speed. What can I say I'm old 80bpm feels good.

no tracklist but happy to ID anything. shout out to Shawn O'Sullivan for a few of the edits on here.

20240309 Bass Camp

Streamed May 21 2022 a week after my first and only trip to Florida. I didn't hear any of this music while I was there but I was inspired to make this mix nonetheless. Seems like '85 to '88 were the golden years. Everything on this mix is from Miami except for a few which are at least from elsewhere in Florida.

Miami Mix

Rodney O & Joe Cooley - Everlasting Bass - 1987
Double Duce - School Breakdown - 1985
MC ADE - Bass Rock Express - 1985
Double Dose - We Got The Beat - 1985
Cynthia Roundtree & Starquest - Stop Searching For Love - 1985
Hassan - Pump Up The Party - 1987
Gigolo Tony - Dance With The Boogie - 1989
MC ADE - Bass Mechanic - 1986
Dimples Tee - Jealous Fella’s - 1987
Breezy Beat M.C. - Shake The Joint (Bass Version) - 1988
Dynamix II feat. Breezy Beat M.C. - Just Give A DJ A Break 1990 - 1990
Freestyle - Don’t Stop The Rock - 1985
Iceman Ja - Dance Transformer - 1987
Import #1 - Set It Off “Party Rock” - 1986
The 2 Live Crew - Throw The D. - 1986
L’Trimm - The Cars That Go Boom - 1988
MC Cool Rock & MC Chaszy Chess - Boot The Booty - 1988
Beatmaster Clay D - Do Your Duty - 1988
Magnetron - Welcome To The Planet Of Bass (Extended Version) - 1987
Gucci Crew II - Sally (That Girl) - 1988
MC Chief Featuring DJ Davie D. - The Melmac Rock - 1988
95 South - Whoot, There It Is (club style) - 1993
69 Boyz - Tootsie Roll - 1994
Dj Magic Mike - Drop The Bass - 1989
Omega II - Sonic Boom (Original Capsule Classic) - 1988
Dynamix II - Bass Generator - 1990
Dynamix II - Ignition - 1990
Debonaire - Answer To Your Robot - 2012
Dynamic II - Begin Bombing - 1992
DJ Debonaire & Exzakt - Final Ignition - 2007
Poison Clan - Shake Whatcha Mama Gave Ya - 1992
69 Boyz  - Hump N' Ya Back - 1994
Disco Rick And The Wolf Pack - Wiggle Wiggle (DJ Laz Mix) - 1992

the miami mix

will post tracklist later, feel free to ask for IDs.

Halloween Mix 2024

Recorded 6:45PM to 8:30PM at Chillits 2024 September 14

For my 9th Chillits appearance I went a bit more back to my roots with a more eclectic “ambient” approach (rather than the daytime balearic vibes of the previous two years). Initially I had wanted to play later in the dead of night (where it all started) but I ended up getting to soundtrack the transition from day to night and as the sun began to set everything felt absolutely perfect.

Language count: 8

Taeko Ohnuki - Sargasso Sea 1977
The Beach Boys - Vegetables 1967
Roberto Musci, Giovanni Venosta - Nexus On The Beach 1987
Jon Hassell - Dreaming 2018
Ryuichi Sakamoto - A Carved Stone 1985
Sugai Ken - Bantotenmoku 2017
Gigi Masin - Magic Touch 2018
William Selman - Voyage In The Blue 2023
Hako Yamasaki - Help Me 1976
Francis Dhomont - Implosion 1982
Monte Cazazza - Mary Bell 1980
Choir Of The Russian Orthodox Cathedral, Paris - Krestu Tvoyemu 1962?
Terez Sliman & Sofia Adriana - Terez Sliman & Sofia Adriana Portugal ｜ تيريز سليمان & صوفيا (Ya talêel al-jabal.) 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTnT42BF5-M
Autechre - Cfern 2001
Ryo Kawasaki - Mercy Of The Dragon - 1982
George Duke - North Beach 1974
Markus Stockhausen / Jasper Van’t Hof - Aqua Sansa 1980
Haruomi Hosono (w/ Francois Kevorkian and Got Hotoda) - Teaching Of Sphinx 1995
Drum Komputer (Taylor Deupree & Dietrich Schoenemann) - E.P.L. (Femme Machine) (Terre Thaemlitz remix) 1995
Cluster & Brian Eno - Schöne Hände 1977
Raymond Haddad - Dawn 2020 https://soundcloud.com/raymondhaddad/dawn

xo

matt holland - Chillits 2024

My set from Plunge 2011. sat 9/10/11 9:00-1030am, camp and sons.

rhythm &amp; sound - no partial (2001)
alter ego - brom (alter ego remix) (1996)
white noise - love without sound (1969)
otomo yoshihide's new jazz ensemble - peach (2002)
the staple singers - after sex (1975)
the o'jays - a letter to my friends (1983)
björn j:son lindh - stephan's cake-walk (1974)
herbie hancock - butterfly (1974)
roy ayers ubiquity - everybody loves the sunshine (1976)
lonnie linston smith and the cosmic echoes - expansions (1975)
dexter wansel - the sweetest pain (1979)
donald byrd - dominoes (1975)
b.t. express - express (1974)
le pamplemousse - le spank (1977)
taana gardner - heartbeat (1981)
 jerome "secret weapon" prister and output - say you'll be (instrumental) (1985)
lord of the isles - with an angel (2011)
p-funk all stars - hydraulic pump (part 3) (1983)



matt holland - Plunge (2011)

Recorded pondside at Camp & Sons at the Plunge party in Summer 2013.

Devadip Carlos Santana & Turiya Alice Coltrane ‎– Guru Sri Chinmoy Aphorism 1974
Devadip Carlos Santana & Turiya Alice Coltrane ‎– Angel Of Air/Angel Of Water 1974
Ozo - Anambra 1976
Haruomi Hosono / Tadanori Yokoo - Hepatitis 1978
Yves Simon - Raconte-Toi 1975
Azymuth - What Price Samba (Quanto Vale Um Samba) 1981
Cat Stevens - Was Dog A Doughnut? (Disco Version) 1977
Bob James - Blue Lick 1979
Herb Alpert - Rotation 1979
Jean-Luc Ponty - Computer Incantations For World Peace #1983
The Cure - Lullaby (Remix) 1989
Carly Simon - Why (Vocal) 1982
Delegation - Oh Honey 1978
Eddie C - Far West 2013 (edit of Kraan - Far West 1978)
Boards Of Canada - Nlogax 1996
Jah Wobble, The Edge, Holger Czukay (lyrics Arthur Russell) ‎– Hold On To Your Dreams #1983
Sun Palace - Rude Movements #1983

image credit Rusty Blazenhoff

matt holland - Plunge (2013)

Recorded live May 25, 2012 at the best party in the world 

Yellow Magic Orchestra - Computer Game (Theme From The Invader) - 1979
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Firecracker - 1979
Lee Ritenour - Countdown (Captain Fingers) - 1981
The Nick Straker Band - A Little Bit of Jazz - 1980
"D" Train - You're the One For Me - 1982
Jimmy Ross - First True Love Affair - 1981
Gibson Brothers - Oooh What a Life! - 1978
First Choice - Let No Man Put Asunder (Shep Pettibone Mix) - 1983
Double Exposure - My Love Is Free - 1976
Ce Ce Peniston - We Got a Love Thang (Silky House Thang) - 1992
TC Crew - I Can't Do It Alone - 1992
The Sound Vandals - Tonight's The Night (Club Mix) - 1991
33 1/3 Queen - Searchin' - 1990
808 State - Flow Coma - 1988
Baby Ford - Normal (Helston Flora Remix By AFX) - 1998
Ralphi Rosario Featuring Xavier Gold - You Used To Hold Me - 1987
Fingers Inc. - I'm Strong (Instrumental) - 1990
Patrick Cowley - Primitive World - 1982
Night Moves - Transdance - 1983
Pineapples Featuring Douglas Roop - Come On Closer - 1983
Giorgio Moroder - I Wanna Rock You - 1979
Space Dimension Controller - Journey To The Core Of The Unknown Sphere - 2010

matt holland - OODE XVI (2012)

Recorded 12:30am-2am Saturday Sep 14 2019
Cover art is a still from the visuals by Dr. Rek which can be seen here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FbdUWJOApI
Recording/Mastering by Aaron Ballard/Resynth Audio

Alan Watts - Voiding the Void (excerpt)
Matt Holland - Tablet Drone (field recording) (2013)
吉村弘 (Hiroshi Yoshimura) - Feel (1986)
Anthony Child - emeaningoflifeistoliveth (2018)
M Geddes Gengras - Passage (2014)
The Internal Tulips - Parasol (2010)
Scott Walker - Boy Child (1969)
CoH - Silence Is Golden (1999)
Pauline Oliveros - Alien Bog (1967)
Delia Derbyshire / Barry Bermange - Running (1964)
Zandvoort & Uilenbal - Prince Of Venosa (2016)
Thomas Leer & Robert Rental - Perpetual (1979)
Oöphoi - Mah (1998)
Jóhann Jóhannsson - Mandy Love Theme (2018)
Alice Coltrane - Govinda Hari (1982)
Autechre - Vletrmx21 (1995)
Drexciya - Cascading Celestial Giants (2002)
遠藤賢司 (Kenji Endo) - ほんとだよ (Honto Da Yo) (1979)

matt holland - Chillits 2019

Warts and all.

Connie - Funky Little Beat 1985
Carmen - Time To Move 1984
Shannon Beaty - Hot Love 1989
Elan and The Power Machine - Here's Your Hat (Radio Mix) 1992
Nice & Wild - Diamond Girl 1986
Stevie B - I Wanna Be The One 1988
Johnny O - Fantasy Girl 1988
Dino - Summergirls 1988
Fontaine - Seduced 1988
Paul Parker - One Look (One Look Was Enough) 1987
Judy Torres - No Reason To Cry 1987
Sweet Sensation - I'm Hooked On You 1986
Marqui - Hold Me Tonight 1990
Information Society - Running (Percapella) 1985
Jocelyn Enriquez - Only 1994
C-Bank Featuring Diamond Eyes - I Won't Stop Loving You 1986
Body - Have Your Cake (Club Dub) 1985
Georgie "Mixin" Porgie Featuring Connie V ‎– Baby "Come Back" 1988
TKA - One Way Love 1986
Nocera - Summertime 1986

2020 NYE Freestyle Mix

mixes from various annual events I participate in from Oregon and the Bay Area: oode, chillits, plunge. Archives of Deep Crates, a monthly event in San Francisco I curated with Jason Douglas from 2012-2015. (https://soundcloud.com/jasondouglas). Guest mixes and archives of assorted Twitch streams. Be sure to check https://soundcloud.com/mattholland/sets/guest-mixes-other-accounts for mixes hosted on other accounts.

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