All the 'Yacht' mixes will go in this playlist as they come out.

Yacht Series Full Playlist

Back, Jack, do it Again - Yes, back with my first program of the year. But before that, I would like to give props and a HUGE thank you to Yissel @soundsbyyissel for taking over the decks last week with the first show of the year and also being the first guest of 2022. She went beyond the call of duty to give the program a proper kick start. Her set and selection is everything that the show is about and what I’ve been trying to build on for the last 7 years. This was Yissel’s second guest spot on the program as a guest and I will definitely not gonna let so much time pass under the bridge for her next appearance. Speaking of last week's guest, I had a nice convo with her about music and how she approaches it. She said something that really stuck with me. A set, or mix, is really telling a story. Most of the time it’s our personal story and we have the ability to control the narrative which is very empowering and healing.

Keeping that in mind it’s how I approached this week’s show. I’ve been listening to different takes/edits on tracks that had a significance during my teenage years. These songs definitely tell part of my story, such as the break ups (hey, I can’t help it I’m a libra), the song that was playing the first time I went to a club underage using fake IDs (hint: it was by Billy Ocean), a track from the Cure that used to haunt me in high school, and many more cuts that were around before my time but that I used to love. There is even a song from my favorite TV show of the time. These are mainly rock and disco songs with a modern take. Hence, the Yacht Rock/ Disco edition. This is volume 1 cause I am hoping to do more if people dig it. If you also grew up around the time I did and these songs bring back any memories let me know. Would love to hear about it. Enjoy and get sailing.

The NDYD Show

tracklist

The NDYD Radio Show EP237 - Yacht Rock vol 1

Last week's guest mix by Pepper totally inspired me to do a volume 2 of the Yacht Rock edition. I did promise to make another one in that style and it was due. For some reason these series are really popular with the listeners, so I oblige. Last week's track selection from our guest was so good that I couldn't just stand by and be a Pisco to her Pepper - she will get :) I had to follow the lead she left us with. Will there be a volume 3?  Maybe. But this set, like the tracks in it, won't get old or go out of style anytime soon so let's go sailing.

"They knew all the right people, they took all the right pills" - love that line from The Eagles (track 17 BTW)

Catch the show's broadcast on d3ep.com every Monday at 4pm PST. Link to the show's archive in bio and enjoy!

If you missed volume 1 : https://soundcloud.com/ndyd-rs/ndyd-237

The NDYD Radio Show EP251 -  Yacht Rock vol 2

Continuing with the 'Yacht' series of mixes we now dip our dancing toes into the Disco realm. But this is not your parents cheesy Disco. You won't find any Funkytown or any Village People's tracks in this episode. We will leave that for your friend's wedding. Most of what makes this episode are edits of the less commercial songs from that era including some original newer songs that fall in that category. 

I originally had picked about 40 tracks that flowed very nicely for this episode but instead I decided to split it in two parts. Part 2 is already recorded and it will be EP255 next week. I will let you digest Part 1 first so you will know what to expect when it goes up. Enjoy.

Catch the show's broadcast on d3ep.com every Monday at 4pm PST.

The NDYD Radio Show EP254 - Yacht Disco Part 1

Part 2 of Yacht Disco is here! A tad early. That is because this weekend I will be attending the Day Trip Festival in Long Beach so I won't have time to record it then. I am actually playing on Saturday at the festival on the Shoreline Stage from 2 to 3:30 pm. Then Sunday I will be there all day to see and hear the headliners of that day.

I want to thank @djmartintaylor for giving us another great guest mix last week which actually gave me a chance to re-work part 2 of Yacht Disco. It was already recorded but during the week I got my hands on new music that was appropriate for it and it gave me the chance to extend it. I don't think you will mind :)

Catch the show every Monday on d3ep.com at 4pm PST and as always enjoy this boat ride.

The NDYD Radio Show EP256 - Yacht Disco Part 2

I felt it was time to slow things down again and started a new series in the Yacht category. We now have Yacht Rock, Yacht Disco, and the new addition Yacht Lounge. It's not the first time I do a downtempo episode but I've done enough that it needs its own category. This show reminded me and made me feel nostalgic of 2015-16 when I use to travel to the south of  France and to Spain to play this style of music on fancy Yachts and bars/clubs by the beach as the sun was setting. Good times!

Lots of new lounge goodies, Disco, surprise edits including new fire that I receive as a promo this week from my friend @larslb on his label Deeper Shades of House that was just perfect for this episode and to close it out.  Close your eyes, relax, and enjoy the sunset.

Catch the show every Monday on d3ep.com at 3pm PST

The NDYD Radio Show  EP271 - Yacht Lounge vol.1

Back by popular demand, the Yacht Series (specifically Yacht Lounge). If you went to high school in the 90s and you got your heart broken there for the first time then I can almost guarantee that you had the first song in this mix on repeat in your Discman. I know I did. I just couldn't stop listening to Mazzy Star. The singer of the duo, Hope Sandoval, was one of my biggest crush from those years and it's why she is on the cover. She was so beautiful and talented. The song 'Fade Into You' was engraved in my head and if CDs could be worn out like vinyl The Mazzy Star's second album, which had that song, would have been a victim of it. Besides that timeless gem there are 15 more tracks/edits such as The Eagles, Brian Ferry, Cowboy Junkies, Soul 2 Soul, and many others that should take you back to nostalgia land of the late 80s early 90s. A really nice balance of Soul, Rock and Disco that never goes over 100 bpm. Let's go sailing!

Thank you again to label boss of NDYD @krissantiago for giving us such an amazing set last week.

Catch the show on d3ep.com every Monday at 3pm PST. Enjoy and see you back next week as we return to House.

The NDYD Radio Show EP278-Yacht Lounge vol.2

It is time once again to put on the breaks and slow things down a bit with a brand new Yacht Lounge. To be honest, I'm doing this for myself as I needed to chill cause for the last 3 weeks (and weekends) I've been non stop at work. Recording this set which is a mix of lounge, jazz, hip hop, and deep house made me relax and is actually helping me with my tasks while I listen to it in the background.

This set is dedicated to all the artists that work on their art every day & evening, into the night, and weekends just to meet the deadlines. Put this on and get it done. Remember, art is never finished - just abandoned when it's good enough.

Enjoy the chill - no pun intended for this cold US winter. Catch the show every Monday on @d3epradio or listen to all the previous shows on demand right here.

The NDYD Radio Show EP289 - Yacht Lounge vol 3

Back this week with volume 4 of the popular Yacht Lounge series. Summer is almost here and these are the perfect tunes to listen to while lounging and tanning by the pool. Mid and down tempo interpretations of classic songs by artists like Massive Attack, Zero 7, Depeche Mode, Elton John, Animotion and more. Check out the tracklist to see what iconic songs made it to this episode. Enjoy!

If you book marked the Yacht series playlist this new set has been added to it. Catch the NDYD Radio Show on d3ep.com every Monday at 3pm PST.

The NDYD Radio Show EP295 - Yacht Lounge vol 4

Welcome to EP 313 of the NDYD Radio Show as we return to our old friend The Yacht to chill and enjoy lounge interpretations of our favorite tunes. I ended up splitting this mix into two parts as the original one take set is almost 5 hours long (!!). I was so into this set while making it that I just kept going very late into the night - almost until the sun came up. Thank God I wasn't working the next day :) Next week I will post the second part  but for now enjoy the first two hours and come chill with me.

The NDYD Radio Show EP313 - Yacht Lounge vol 5

... and here it is. The second part of last week's yacht lounge mix. As I said then the whole thing is over 4 hours long so I thought it would be a good thing to split it into two sections. If you play them back to back you will notice that it was one long set. I think i got the chill vibe out of me in these last two weeks so next week back to our regular deep house, disco, and just damn good music. BTW getting the chill out of me doesn't mean there will be no more Yacht Lounge. I still have enough chill tracks to fill at least 4 more episodes. All in time so for now enjoy this part of the collection and see you back next week.

The NDYD Radio Show EP314 - Yacht Lounge vol 6

Welcome to the NDYD Radio Show where EP-317 introduces a new category in the Yacht series  - MUSHROOM YACHT.

If you are a fan, like I am, of that amazing DJ & artist whose initials are MF 😉 and who is the one that popularized the Mushroom style 🍄 years ago then you will dig this episode. A nice variation of underground jazzy Hip Hop and R&B that starts at 95bpm and cruises closer to a House vibe by the end.

Check the full playlist of all the Yacht Series at:

https://soundcloud.com/ndyd-rs/sets/yacht-series

Catch the show on d3ep.com every Monday at 3pm PST and if you want to check the tracklist of the show there is a link right under the mix that you peep. See you back next week.

The NDYD Radio Show EP317 - Mushroom Yacht vol 1

*check out the whole Yacht Series: https://soundcloud.com/ndyd-rs/sets/yacht-series

Two weeks ago when I did the first set for the Mushroom Yacht collection I said you wouldn't have to wait too long for the next one. Promise kept. I am really enjoying doing these and a 3rd volume is definitely on the drawing board.

So grab your mushrooms (especially if it's legal where you are), turn on your Lava lamp and take a ride on on volume 2 of the Yacht Mushroom. Enjoy and let me know if this lives up to the first one.

Catch the show every Monday on d3ep.com at 3pm PST and see you back next week where we return to House and Deep House.

The tracklist link is right under the mix if yo want to peep it.

The NDYD Radio Show EP319  -  Mushroom Yacht vol 2

It is time once again to slow things down for the last time this year. The final 'Yacht Series' episode for 2023 is a nice mixed bag of the previous chapters' style with some rare edits, Yacht Rock, 90's Hip Hop, Jazzy R&B, and even Deep House all in one package. I hope you guys will enjoy it like its predecessors.

Catch the NDYD Radio Show every Monday on d3ep.com at 3pm PST / 23:00 London time or stream all previous episodes here on Soundcloud. Enjoy!

The NDYD Radio Show EP326 - Yacht Lounge vol 7

This week on the NDYD Radio Show we return to hear an old friend that is wayyyy too chill for its own good. The Yacht Lounge series returns with its 8th installment. Chill and mid tempo versions of tracks you will probably recognize but not in this form. We start real slow to ease us on the yacht but halfway through the journey the tempo picks up with some proper Deep House that never feels like it doesn't belong in the 'chill' category even if it cruises near 120 bpm.

Catch the show every Saturday night (00:00) on d3ep.com in the UK and at 4pm PST if you are, like me, in west coast of the USA. Come join us in the chatbox as we listen collectively to the latest episode. You can also stream it right now here. Thank you for the support and now... go chill with EP335 😎

The NDYD Show 

The NDYD Radio Show EP335 - Yacht Lounge vol 8

I really wanted to do a new Yacht Lounge mix this week but after recording and listening to this episode (EP342) I realized that it wasn't 'chill' enough to be part of the lounge series, plus there was a lot of disco edits in there.

I figured I will include it into the Disco Yacht collection. Then the issue was these disco edits were slow versions of the originals. What to do? Too fast for Lounge and too slow for Disco. How about a new yacht series called SLO-MO DISCO then?

Das it! (I'm so freakin' original).

That is how this new series was born. A new series in between the chill lounge and the uptempo disco yacht mixes - but ready to take you on a smooth feet tapping yacht ride.

Am I overthinking it? Let me know what you think and enjoy!

*tracklist link under the mix above

The NDYD Radio Show  EP342 - Slomo Disco Yacht

On the weekend of July 1st I had the opportunity, once again, to do a guest mix for the radio show 'In A Dream with Mystic Pete' on LA's local radio station 88.9 FM KXLU. I think this was my 3rd guest mix for Pete's show and I took a bit of a familiar detour with this one. All previous mixes I did for KXLU were underground and Deep House so for this one I decided to give them a taste of the Yacht  series. Yacht Rock was the goal but the edits I played were leaning a lot more 'Psyrock'. I am really happy how it turned out so now that it aired on 88.9 KXLU I am putting it up here as episode 347 of the NDYD Radio Show. 

Enjoy!

*tracklist link right under mix

The NDYD Radio Show  EP347 - KXLU Los Angeles Guest Mix July 1, 2024

Welcome to a new episode  of the NDYD Radio Show. Did you guys missed me? I skipped an episode last week as we are rolling out new products at work and that is where all my attention has been.

To make it up to you guys I did, as requested by listeners, a new Mushroom Yacht episode. I didn't realize I only had made two of this popular series. Volume 3 of this new Mushroom Yacht clocks in at two and half hours of jazzy underground Hip Hop that rarely goes over 100 BPM. I actually played a lot of that sweet underground Hip Hop from the early 90s by artists like LL Cool J. Tribe Called Quest, Grand Puba, Black Sheep, 2Pac, Pete Rock and many more artists that were part of my youth. Hope you will enjoy it as much as I did recording it. 

Sit back, relax, and jump into the Mushroom Yacht.

Enjoy!

The NDYD Radio Show EP360 - Mushroom Yacht vol 3

Valentine's Day falls on Friday this year which is the day I upload the radio show for the Soundcloud version. Perfect timing to do another yacht lounge episode, specifically for Valentine's, as it's been a while since I uploaded the last one inhere.

For those who are not familiar with the Yacht Lounge collection, it is my series of downtempo / lounge / balearic sets. I slow the 'f**k' down of the selected tracks to put you in a serene and relaxed state. This set cruises from 70 bpm to a max of 110 bpm throughout.

Run yourself a bubble bath, light some candles, pour a glass of wine, close your eyes, and enjoy where the Yacht Lounge will take you and your significant one. Careful tho -  this is baby making music 😍

You will notice that you won't hear me in this one. This is the kind of set that needs to run uninterrupted. Enjoy the slow grooves and let me know what you think of it. Back next week with our regular House and Deep House.

Happy Valentines!

The NDYD Radio Show EP376 - Yacht Lounge vol 9 - Valentine Edition

It had been a while since the last 'Mushroom Yacht'. I was really feeling that jazzy hip-hop this week and I said to myself 'I am due...' 

So here is Volume 4 of this series that was 100% inspired by Mark Farina's 'Mushroom Jazz'. See what I did there with the name?  :)

Grab a glass of wine and get ready to relax - but in a very sophisticated jazzy way of course. I am back next week with our regular Deep House foundation. I'll see you then and enjoy this Mushroom Yacht ride.

You can check out all the 'Yacht' mixes at https://soundcloud.com/ndyd-rs/sets/yacht-series

Catch the show, and me, live every Saturday at these world times on d3ep.com

- 1pm Los Angeles (PST)
- 4pm New York (EST)
- 21:00 London (GMT)
- 6am Sunday morning in Sydney (AEDT)

*tracklist at: https://ricardotorres.net/NDYD/page-40/

The NDYD Radio Show EP389 - Mushroom Yacht vol 4

Tracklist is posted below description

Originally aired December 4, 2017 on the d3ep Radio Network (d3ep.com) and mixed by your host Ricardo Torres.

Welcome to EP150 of the NDYD Radio Show. A milestone episode indeed. First, 150 freakin' EPISODES!! That is a lot of hours of music. It certainly has been a labor of love doing this for a 150 weeks but I do enjoy it. I can't take all the credit tho, we've had some amazing guests who have kept the show going when I couldn't and that is certainly something that has brought up the quality and variety of the program.

Secondly, this episode has pushed us over the 1 MILLION plays in total for all episodes. WOW! I never imagined that we would hit that milestone in a relatively short amount of time after what happened with the last account and the great SoundCloud purge of 2015. There is only one group of people to thank for that. YOU!! Thank you for the continuing support by listening to the show every week, sharing it, replaying it, and been understanding when we skip a week or two.

What is special about this episode? As the title says it's mainly Disco Edits and Yacht Rock which as you know by now is my favorite style to play. We hear edits an bootlegs all the time but I decided instead, in this special 2 hour episode, to play some of MY favorite that are not your everyday cookie cutter edit. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did recording it. If you like it leave a comment or even better share with like minded people.

Thank you again for the gift of your ears and much love from the West Coast!

Catch the show live on d3ep.com at these world times

-GMT(London) Mondays 11pm
-PST (Los Angeles) Mondays 3pm
-EST (New York) Mondays 6pm
-SGT (Singapore) Tuesdays 7am
-AEST (Sydney) Tuesdays 10am

Tracklist for EP-150 mixed by Ricardo Torres

01- Pink Floyd  /  The Wall (Dude Skywalker Remix)
02- Fingerman Edits  /  Tom's Dinnertime (Fingerman's VIP Re-Edit)
03- Blondie  /  Rap Chore- Be Pure (XX EDITS  edit)
04- Dr Packer & Mr Rhodes  /  Comin' Off
05- unknown  /  Striptease
06- Happy Mondays  /  Stamp Out Ya Fire (Fingerman's VIP Re-Edit)
07- Nina Simone  /  Be My Husband (Petko Turner Edit)
08- Mantronix  /  Got To Have Your Love (GM'S 2013 Beef)
09- Alfa Flite  /  Minnie's People
10- The Greg Kihn Band  /  Ourlovezin Jepurdee, Baby (XX EDITS  edit)
11- Latrece  /  I Want To Thank You (Dr Packer Re-Edit)
12- Talk Talk  /  Its My Life (Phil Drummond Mix)
13- Steely Dan  /  It's Your Favourite Foreign Movie (Fingerman Edit
14- Cheryl Lynn  /  To Be Real (Pete Le Freq Freakin Rework)
15- Patrice Rushen  /  Forget Me Nots (Jimi Needles Re - Edit)
16- Stevie Wonder  /  I WISH (HousemechaniX vs Groove Junkies Remix)
17- Lumoon & Rob!n  /  La Maison Verte
18- Mood J  /  NY Vibration
19- Erykah Badu  /  Honey (Guy Robin & DJ Leo Vocal Remix)
20- XX EDITS  /  Da Ya Think I'm Senay
21- ELO  /  Last Train To London (Jean Claude Gavri Re Edit)
22- Astronauts Etc feat. Toro Y Moi  /  Rocket Man

The NDYD Radio Show EP150 - The DISCO YACHT ROCK edition - Mixed by Ricardo Torres

Ricardo Torres, a West Coast DJ, is known for blending deep, soulful house and disco with a smooth, sultry West Coast vibe. His music is crafted for true dance music enthusiasts, delivering uplifting, groovy, and sexy experiences rooted in the underground scene.

Ricardo’s DJ journey began in 1987 at a college radio station in Montreal, Canada, where he initially spun industrial electronic music. By 1988, he was introduced to Chicago House and was captivated by its fresh energy, changing his musical direction. In 1995, he moved to Los Angeles, where the city’s sun-drenched, soulful vibe and influences from DJs like Jay-J, Marques Wyatt, Julius Papp, Mark Farina, and Miguel Migs drew him toward the deeper West Coast sound.

In 2000, Ricardo pioneered sharing his mixes online, a bold and innovative step that garnered him international recognition. This exposure led to global performances and opportunities, while he also became a syndicated radio host on satellite and online platforms.

Around 2016 Ricardo partnered with Germany’s Nu Disco Your Disco (NDYD), a leading advocate for the Nu Disco genre. Their collaboration birthed the NDYD Radio Show, which Ricardo hosts weekly, showcasing top global talent and steadily growing a loyal listener base. For Ricardo, Nu Disco offers a modern bridge for the soulful West Coast vibe to resonate with newer generations.

While underground music trends have evolved over the decades, Ricardo’s passion remains unwavering: playing music that inspires people to get up, dance, and celebrate the timeless groove of house music.