REMIXES

Fools Gold, L.A. Afro-cubist rock band gets in the chop block of the Secret Circuit blending machine with remixed results.

Fools Gold: Surprise Hotel- Secret Circuit Psychout Remix

Written by Rene Lopez
Produced by Rene Lopez and Edu Mora
Engineered and Mixed by Edu Mora
Mastered by Chris Gehringer 
Graphic Design - Brody Lowe
Rene Lopez - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Timbales, Drum Machine, Percussion
Edu Mora - Tres, Electric Guitar
Carlos Mena - Baby Bass
Daniel Sadownick - Congas, Bongos, percussion
Ben Stivers - Fender Rhodes, Organ

Hasta Luego

From the album "People Are Just People" 2009

People Are Just People

Pretty Much Happy

03 Steal Your Love

Rene Lopez-Dance Until The End Of Time (Secret Circuit Remix)

When everything falls apart, this track is about going inward. Finding love for yourself again. No frills, just truth and soul.

Goin' Back to Lovin'

SLIVERS OF YOU remix by Secret Circuit

Portugal's esteemed producer Tiago dropped the beautiful and aspirational Sea Power &amp; Change EP last year, and now the ESP Institute is delighted to deliver its counterpart, the Remixed EP. The Soft Rocks gang takes the eerie Strangefruit for a ride with an 80s dubby approach on side A, speeding it up slightly and throwing in a smack of a snare, only to be followed by a Secret Circuit (Eddie Ruscha of Laughing Light of Plenty) version of Wild Combination that juxtaposes wobbly synths and guitars in a spaghetti-western vibe. All is gravy once the record flips and we sink into the Jonny Nash (of Sombrero Galaxy) remix of Yesterday Is Dead. This is one of those remixes you can't link to the original no matter how hard you try, but why try when what you have is such a melted masterpiece on your hands? Everything Nash touches is gold.


A2 - Wild Combination (Secret Circuit Remix)

Following last years acclaimed Curse of Soft Rocks album, we're invited to revisit said masterpiece from an alternative entry — a robust compilation of remixes. The tracklisting follows its predecessor verbatim, however every track is re-contextualized so wildly that we're left with a beautifully obtuse yet complimentary rendering. The personnel employed vary in style and technique drastically, but such is the ethos of Soft Rocks, and furthermore the ESP Institute. At the end of the day, we implore you to shut up and listen.

05 Air (Secret Circuit Remix) SNIPPET

Produced by Ken Rich & Rene Lopez
Written by Rene Lopez
Engineered and Mixed by Ken Rich
Graphic Design - Brody Lowe
Rene Lopez - Vocals, Guitar, 
Royston Lagdon - Piano
Joseph Arthur - String Synth
Ken Rich - Bass

Nothing's Left

Nothings Left

Song by Rene Lopez
Produced by Daniel Collas 
Engineered by Ken Rich at Grand Street Recording
Mixed by Mike Napolitano
Rene Lopez - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion
Brett Bass - Bass
Avi Bortnick - Electric Guitars
Bill Dobrow - Rebolo
Chris Eminizer - Woodwinds
Daniel Sadownick - Congas, Percussion
Rob Clores - Keys
Sasha Dobson - Background Vocals

Runaway Heart

SUZANNE KRAFT- No Worries (Secret Circuit's Professional Gold Remix)

I Know What I See

Houses I Build Include You

Houses I Build Include U

Written by Rene Lopez
Engineered and mixed by Mario Caldato Jr
Recorded in Mario's Studio in L.A. 2010
Rene Lopez - Vocals, Timbales
Joey Altruda - Bass
Alferdo Ortiz - Congas
Money Mark - Piano
David Hurwitz - Tres

n 2010 I had the opportunity to work with Mario Caldato Jr. He helped me fine tune my album ELS that I started in Brooklyn and finished in LA. While working in his studio I had written a few more songs that never made it on to the album. This one is called "Get It While You Can" and I had forgotten all about it til now. It was never finished. The vocal was a scratch and I wanted to to put some other voices in there but never got around to it.Anyway this recording was just me getting the idea down but when I hear it back now I dig it. This is basically what to expect moving forward with my new music. Thanks to David Hurwitz for playing Tres even though that wasn't his main instrument. Joey Altruda on Bass, Alfredo Ortiz on Conga, and Money Mark on Piano. Enjoy and please share.

Get It While You Can

The Authority- one of the baddest baddest in the land 
Officer Friendly - Police Brutality Protest Song!
Performed by The Authority recorded in 1991
Rene Lopez - Vocals, Timbales
Dave Masucci - Vocals, Flute
Frank Ocasio - Guitar
Frank Cotto - Bass
Tony Brito - Keys
Brian Sachs - Drums

Officer Friendly - The Authority

There was a game we played when we were kids in the woods called Timba Simba. I wrote a tune about it years ago but never released it because I thought it was silly. I guess I'm ok with that now. This one goes out the crazy kids I grew up with and the trouble we caused.

Timba Simba

DJ and production unit of Eddie Ruscha (Secret Circuit/E Ruscha V) in context of cosmic leanings and meanings. Labels BEATS IN SPACE/RVNG, INVISIBLE INC., GOOD MORNING TAPES, EMOTIONAL RESPONSE, INTERNASJONAL SPESIAL, E.S.P. INSTITUTE. Dented drum machine overlords and also Technics power plays with moat rock drum settings and synth VCO boats to float over-which. I have drum machines and synths and remix artisté. Market value of gear unridden to the test of earth salts and flats. I appreciate desert views and sunsets, but mainly I try to make new tribal surf music.

Rene Lopez is a multitalented singer-songwriter, guitarist, and drummer whose career has carved a soulful, genre-defying path through the sounds of New York City and beyond. Born in the Bronx and raised in the NY suburbs & Manhattan, Rene is the son of renowned Puerto Rican trumpet player René Lopez Sr. (Ray Barretto, Tipica ’73), and his music carries that legacy forward with a sound that’s as steeped in Latin rhythms as it is in outlaw country, soul, folk, funk, and rock & roll.

With the release of his eleventh solo album, A New York Lie, Rene turns his lens inward — and outward — chronicling the ghosts, grit, and glory of a life lived unapologetically. The album is a hard-earned collection of songs that blend redemption and reckoning with swagger, tenderness, and the kind of wisdom that only comes from walking through fire. From the raw confessions of “Please Don’t Give Up” to the cinematic heartbreak of the title track “A New York Lie,” each song feels like a personal telegram from the edge of survival — and reinvention.

Whether he’s channeling the hazy streets of downtown Manhattan in “That’s The Truth,” breaking night on the Lower East Side, or telling someone he loves that it’s time to fly free, Rene captures the in-between moments — messy, holy, and real. There’s no posturing here. Just a man who’s loved deeply, fallen hard, and keeps finding a way to get back up.

“This is me fully embracing the gifts my father passed down,” says Rene, “but also reclaiming my own story — the heartbreaks, the rebirths, the ghosts of New York and the fire in my soul. These songs are my truth.”

Rene Lopez-Dance Until The End Of Time (Secret Circuit Remix)

Rene Lopez

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