Great set, Ricardo. Is there any chance to start posting track ID's or setlists again?

great selection and mix 🙌 🎯💫😎

Back this week with an episode that is nothing but DEEP. I even dusted off some old vinyl from Jay Denes who was the original label boss of the legendary Naked Music label out of San Francisco. This track by Jay was one of the early releases on Naked Music back in 2002 with a young talented singer at the time that you might recognize ;) Her sultry and familiar voice hasn't changed since those days and this was before she blew up in the scene and became a staple of this label. Let's see if you can guess who that is as this Denes' classic closes this show. 

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The NDYD Radio Show EP298

Holy sh** we've surpassed 300 episodes! FIrst thing first, a huge thank you to NDYD label boss @krissantiago for blessing us last week with that milestone episode. It kind set the bar for the next episodes with that proper dance floor feel. EP-301 tries to continue with the tone that Kris set and keeps you on the dance floor - or dancing while you clean your house, or driving, or working, or whatever it is you are doing and need some motivation. Plenty of new fire that aims at making you groove.

This episode is also a preview of next weekend where I have the opportunity to return to the shoreline stage at the Day Trip festival in Long Beach. I will be sharing the stage with two of my closest friends @djdavidbullock and @jask-thaisoul. Also on the lineup is one of my favorite producers and DJ - @mr-v-official. The festival is sold out so if you got tickets consider yourself lucky.

Next week, while I'm in Long Beach, we have a returning artist who is one of the OG guest we had on the program 7 years ago (EP-80). I heard his current set and I promise it will be a treat that continues this ready for the dance floor trend.

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Enjoy and see you next week with that special guest.

The NDYD Radio Show EP301

If you thought there was no NDYD Show this week well, surprise surprise. My very good friend and brotha from anotha @jask-thaisoul, that I hadn't seen since the pandemic, just happened to be in LA this past weekend because he was playing at the Day Trip Festival in Long Beach (so was I, but more on that later).  After he killed at the festival he decided to stay in town for a couple of more days and as usual I had the honor to  host him at my place. So what happens when you get Jask and RT together after all this time? A B2B of course! 

As soon as we were back from the festival and got to my place we took out our thumb drives, turned on my gear and wing it. I am very happy with the result and am so glad that nothing has changed. We still vibe together just like we always have for all these years. 

If you been following the show from the early days you know that Jask has been a guest many times and this is not the first B2B we've done together. The tribute mix we did for Depeche Mode a few years ago is one of the most popular and replayed special sets on here. Did you hope to hear some rare DM bootlegs this time? I promise that you won't be disappointed (and a bunch of other unreleased gems).

As I was saying, I also had the opportunity to play at this festival and that set was also recorded (imagine that)and I will put it up next week.

Enjoy and see you next week for my Day Trip recording.

The NDYD Radio Show EP302 RICARDO vs JASK 2023

I am so happy to have a returning guest to the radio show. Not just any guest but an OG guest from back in the day and most importantly a very good friend and brother - Justin Paul (@justinpaul)

Justin's last visit was on EP-80. If we are now on 303 than it certainly has been a minute. Justin is a very talented artist who is a music producer, DJ, music teacher at university, video editor, photographer, etc. He is the definition of multi-talented but unlike people who are like that he is good at all of them. You will certainly notice his DJ chops on this set which is technically perfect and a fantastic selection including some of his own music with his collaboration with The Model band.

Please give Justin some love at:

http://justinpaul.com
linktr.ee/justinpaul
linktr.ee/themodel
http://instagram.com/_justinpaul_

Enjoy and if you are in the US - Happy 4th!

The NDYD Radio Show EP303 - guest mix by Justin Paul

I-AM-BACK.

After taking two weeks off from the show, to give room to the amazing guests artists that were scheduled, I am back in my element. A huge thank you to the talented Justin Paul (@justinpaul) and Mario Dubbz (@mariodubbz)for taking control of the turntables while I was out. They are both OG veterans of the show and this was not their first NDYD rodeo.

I was itching to play again and bring you back to the underground. I think EP305 achieves that by bordering that Deep Garage vibe that is dance floor ready. I hope you feel that way when you hit play :)

Enjoy and catch the show on d3ep.com every Monday at 3pm PST.

The NDYD Radio Show EP305

So, we never left the underground that EP-305 took us into last week. The sun is about to rise and those who still have the energy (and those who took those pills earlier) are still here dancing. The groove got a little darker, even a little tribal but it's just perfect when you close your eyes and let that bassline drive you. 

As that classic line at the end of the movie 'Groove' says while our heroes are leaving the underground at 6am:

guy: "so, what you want to do now?"

girl: "let's go to the End Up"

[The Bay Area peeps will get it :)]

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The NDYD Radio Show EP306

The episodes keep coming :) more of some of my favorite underground tracks from this week. Put this one together fast but I am happy how it turned out. Hope you feel the same. Enjoy and see you back next week.

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The NDYD Radio Show EP307

I had a recent request from an OG listener to bring back some of my 'classic' sets from the days I was part of the West Coast Collective (WCC). I still have dozens and dozens of these sets on my old hard drives and I am remastering them for Soundcloud and to broadcast on d3ep.com

Here is the first one that dates to 2004 (!). Don't let the date scare you cause the tracks are still as fresh as they were back then with artists like Mateo&Matos, Dweli (remixed by David Harnes), Fred Everything & Roy Davis JR, India. Miguel Migs, and many more great artists from those years. This whole vinyl set is also one of the first online broadcasts that I ever did (streaming in the RealAudio format at 64kps) on one of the first online radio stations from the 2000's - Planet Soul Network based in Toronto, Canada.

I will bring more of these sets and put them on a Soundcloud playlist that will be called 'From the Vault'. I hope you will enjoy this trip as much as I did when I recorded it 20 years ago. I have to say that I am not mad at my mixing from back then considering this was all vinyl and live (you can hear the crackles and pops at the beginning). Let me know what you think and if you are an OG do you still have some of these sets that I use to send out by mail and CDs to the heads?

From The Vault

The NDYD Radio Show EP308 - Ricardo Live on Planet Soul Network all vinyl set

Back this week with a brand new episode that is hot off the presses. It was nice last week to go back to those vinyl days (and more are coming) but it's also nice to live in the present and this episode is full of 'presents'. 

EP308 grabs you right away with a beautiful collaboration from people I consider more family than just friends, Lisa Shaw and the Groove Junkies. A sexy Afro influenced track called 'Touch One Soul' which certainly did to mine. That first track raised the bar high but the rest of the music is able to keep up with fire like a new track by my favorite M&M pair - Miguel Migs and Meshell Ndegeocello and a new Sandi Rivera track that literally floored me when I first heard it - or I passed out cause it's that good :)

Enjoy and see you back next week when we return with a guest who is no stranger to the NDYD Show and is one of the listeners favorite.

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The NDYD Radio Show EP309

We return this week with another edition of 'From the Vault' all vinyl series. The year was 2002 and I had made my first mix CD that I would physically mail (for free) to the listeners. There was an online version of this set but the quality was not great in the Real Audio format at 64kps.

Now this set has been remastered for soundcloud for high quality streaming. These were the years I was obsessed with labels like Naked Music. All my money would be spend buying and ordering vinyl from this legendary label or any white label that was in that sexy Deep House style from the early 2000s

If you were around then and even might have attended the old Scuba underground parties that Naked Music use to throw in San Francisco then you will feel right at home with this set. 20+ year old music that still sounds and stands fresh for those After Hours sexy nights. 

Enjoy and keep your ears and eyes open for more from the vault series as I remaster these sets for the radio show.

The NDYD Radio Show EP310 - After Hours all vinyl set

Welcome back to the NDYD Radio Show. The new EP311 brings us back to 2023 Deep House with some amazing talented underground artists. back to 2023 Deep House with some amazing talented underground artists. Too many to name so you just have to hit play, enjoy, and check out the show's tracklist link to find out who musically contributed this week. Make it the soundtrack to your week.

The NDYD Radio Show EP311

The music of West Coast DJ, Ricardo Torres can best be described as a blend of deep, soulful house, and disco inflected with the particular sound of the west coast vibe, sultry and smooth. He plays the music that  heads love to dance to; confident that when the music flows from hands that loves the underground it can be an uplifting, groovy and sexy experience.

Ricardo has been on a quest to achieve that perfect mix ever since his first chance encounter at the turntables, in 1987 at his college radio station in Montreal, Canada. His first 12" records were from the Industrial Electronic Music of that time.  Shortly thereafter in 1988, he was first introduced to House Music. Ricardo quickly changed his direction and followed the early days of Chicago House.  He moved towards this style of music since he found it to have a new and unfamiliar energy within itself.

In 1995 Ricardo, moved to Los Angeles, a city basking in sunrays and radiating the good vibes he himself perpetuated. And here, Ricardo discovered the funky, soulfulness of the west coast sound.  Many of his early heroes such as Jay-J, Marques Wyatt, Julius Papp, Mark Farina, Miguel Migs, and others gave him the desire to gravitate towards this deeper, more soulful West Coast style.

While still a local Los Angeles DJ, Ricardo - inspired by his love for this genre-decided early on in the year 2000 to post his mixes online to share with the world. This was fairly new and innovative at the time. This act of sharing his musical vision without prejudice or limitations caused him to be sought after to play his brand of house music in cities all over the world. He continues to offer up his masterful mixes, as host of syndicated radio shows online as well as on satellite radio in the USA.

Within the recent past Ricardo joined forces with Nu Disco Your Disco out of Germany for representation and affiliation. This modern Nu Disco sound, to him, is the perfect way to bring that West COast vibe into the future and the new generation. Since NDYD has been a pioneer in bringing the Nu Disco genre to the masses in Europe he felt that they would be the perfect partner for doing the same in North America with their established brand. Hence, the syndicated NDYD Radio Show was born.  The show has been on the air for over a year now and besides Ricardo hosting and DJing it every week, some of the best talent in the industry and from all over the planet have been guest DJs and taken over the show. The loyal following keeps growing episode after episode. 

Underground music trends and styles have changed since Ricardo played his first vinyl record all those years ago but what hasn't changed is that he just loves playing music that inspires the heads to get up and dance!


The NDYD Radio Show EP309

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