My first mix in 7 years! sounds about right, as I write this I'm 6 years into a demanding and rewarding career in commercial real estate, my eldest son is 7.5  and my youngest is almost 5, life is good and I've still managed to keep djing through it all, just not hitting record that often! 
I took a different approach to this with time so limited these days, it's a pure studio mix done in ableton with some recorded automation for eq, but I tried to let the tracks do their thing mostly. I'm going to keep trying this studio mix stuff as I like the efficiency of it combined with the thoughtfulness of the programming. I'm hoping I  can put some stuff out more regularly this way. 
The inspiration for these vibes rides on the tail of a set I played for a friend's celebration recently where all positive vibes were necessary,  hopefully achieving the goal of lifting us all up through this wonderful music. Track list as follows:

1. Deep in the Three - Thyladomid, Adratique - 2DIY4
2.. What You Need (Enzo Elia Balearic Gabba Edit)- Soft House Company - Hell Yeah Recordings
3. Your Personal Healer feat. Juju - Move D. - Uzuri Recordings
4. Fling Up Your Wig (Extended Mix) - Harlem Zip Code - Paper Recordings
5. Closer (Fred Everything and Olivier Desmet Remix) - Mood II Swing feat. Carol Sylvan - Nite Grooves
6. High Tower (Yoruba Soul Mix) - James Curd - Exploited
7. No Sleeep (Soul Clap Remix) - Janet Jackson - bootleg (I think?) 8. Closer Than Close (Mentor Remake) - Rosie Gaines - Crimson
9. Hoping (Herbert's High Dub) - Louie Austen - Accidental JNR

Glad Days Vol 1

Glad Days Volume 2 - my realization that sharing love based music as a service to my community is putting fire into my energy for an art form I’ve spent the last 2 decades participating in- music is the gift that keeps on giving, thank you to all the artists, DJs, dancers, listeners for making this all possible. ❤️🔥❤️

Patrice Rushen - Haven't You Heard(Joey Negro Extended Disco Mix)
Folamour - Mad King in My Own Kingdom 
Sylvester - Over & Over (Kon's Find a Friend Remix)
Fouk - Chicken Dinner
Omar - Lay It Down (Andre Lodemann New Vocal Mix)
Joshua - Echo Chamber (Joshua's Dubwise Mix)
Crazy Penis - There's a Better Place
Prince - I Wanna Be Your Lover (Dimitri From Pari Re-Edit)

Glad Days Vol  2

Perfectionism Paralysis 

I created the glad days series as a way for me to destroy the perfectionism that for so long had put so many creative aspects of my life on hold. I am the guy who (proverbially) farmed his own goats to make his own drums to record his own sounds to not make any of the music that never sounded as good as the stuff he wanted to play. Perfectionism paralysis. The ethos of the Glad Days series is simple, feel good music, tracks I want to hear, unpretentiously sharing this with you all without overthinking it. I use ableton to put it together and am able to get up and be a family man in the middle of my “mix”. The result is getting the privilege of spreading the joy of creativity and music and being there for the ones I  love the most. Volume 3 is dedicated to my loves Celina, Freddie and Makai. 

Track list:

Another Day - Soul Saver
All my love - Louie Vega feat. Robyn
Freedom Part II - (Halo and Jamie Thinnes Revisted) - Rachel Claudio
Love Love Love - (DJ Spen's 2020 Reproduction) - Those Guys
Strings That Never Win - Jad & The
Divine - (Original Mix) - Jamie Antonelli
Shine (This Is It) - Soul Clap Feat. Nona Hendryx
One - Seven Davis Jr.
Calling Out (12" Mix) - Sophie Lloyd Feat. Dames Brown

Glad Days Vol  3

Glad Days Volume 4, nuff said. Hope everyone is happy about the warmer weather, let's go! Please support the artists in the list below!

Tracklist:

Sittin' Here - St. Germain
Paradise - Basement Jaxx
Music and Wine (Original Funkaphonic Mix)- Blue Six
Days Like This (DJ Spinna Original Mix Edit)- Shaun Escoffery
Don't Be Afraid - DJ Spen & Ziggy Funk Ft. Gary Hudgins
To Be In Love (MAW '99 Mix) - Masters at Work  feat. India
Sunday Shoutin' (B Boys Shoutin' Dub) - Johnny Corporate
What Am I Here For? (Original NDATL Vocal – Danny Krivit Edit)- The DangerFeel Newbies
Show Me Love (Emmaculate Remix) - Robin S

Glad Days Vol  4

Slowed the pace down to 120bpm for these tracks to relax in to their natural state, hope you enjoy!

Ten City - Nothing's Changed (Joe Claussell Acroostic Version)
Favored Nations - Always (Pezzner's Sunday Remix)
Till Von Sein, KE - Enjoy My Love (Homero Espinosa Vocal Mix)
X-Press 2 Ft. David Byrne - Lazy (Jack Priest Edit)
Soul Clap - Moov To Tha Beat
Lovebirds - Want You In My Soul feat. Steve Downes (Club Mix)
Dj Spun - Make Me Save the Day 
Aroop Roy - Talkin Bout Life 
The Vision featuring Andreya Triana - Heaven (Danny Krivit Edit)
Kenix, Bobby Youngblood - There's Never Been No One Like You  (Medlar Edit)

Glad Days Vol 5

part one of a great party in a great room with great people. so great.

Bizerk Part 1

Part 2 of the 3 hour set at Dance PArty Bizerk at Tang's Pagoda in Victoria. Magic happened that nght.. I hope you can hear it.

Bizerk Part 2

I am thrilled to share this interpretation of my set from Pachena Music Festival, 2023 in Huu-ay-aht territory. This was my third time in this beautiful place but the first time at this festival (or any festival here). I have to admit I am now a huge fan of the silent disco medium and would jump at the opportunity to do it again, this was my first time playing one and then after my set I enjoyed it as a dancer too.  It was a pleasure choosing the music for this and appreciate so much all the positive feedback I've received since. This set is dedicated to my boys, Freddie and Makai, who had the time of their lives at this family friendly festival, and special mention to my eldest Freddie, who woke up at 2am to come dance to my set, highlight of my summer for SURE! 

Big thanks to Ben and Kat Howells for the opportunity and for throwing such a rad festival, and to the Huu-ay-aht Nation for hosting us in one of the most beautiful places on planet earth. 

Tracklist:
1. Multiple Tributes [to multiple people, for multiple reasons] - Laurent Garnier
2. Unknown Summer - Burial
3. The Spell - feat: Ingrid Chavez (High Skies remastered Mix) - Charles Webster
4. All My Friends - Channel Tres
5. swag w/ kav feat. James Massiah feat. Bathe (Original Mix) - Joy Orbison
6. Rain Check - Sven Lochenhoer
7. No Name Groove ft. Kasia - Bakey
8. Red Alert (Steve Gurley Mix) - Basement Jaxx
9. Last One (Extended Mix) - Bakey
10. Lezgo (Smalltown DJs Remix) - Justin Martin & Ardalan
11. You're In My System (Dennis Quin Vocal Mix Ft. Troy Denari) - Kerri Chandler & Jerome Sydenham
12. Do You Feel Me (Gerd's No Kick Re-Interpretation) - NY's Finest
13. Encourage (Original Mix) - Justin Martin
14. Rose Rouge (Joy Orbison Remix) - Jorja Smith & Joy Orbison
15. Our Prayer - Beach Boys
16. Cardiology (Isolée Mix) - Recloose
17. Lost with You - Carlos Minuta
18. State of Grace (Silicon Scally Rework) - Swayzak and Kirsten Hawk

DJ Natty - Pachena Music Festival 2023 - Silent Disco

My set recorded live on a lovely friday night, I had a great time playing for a solid group of very appreciative dancers, great times indeed!

Tracklist:

1. Welcome (Full Length Meex) - Château Flight	
2. Watch Them Come (Derrick Carter Remix) - Roy Davis Jr., Men From The Nile
3. U Feel Mi (Kai Alcé’s New Feel) - Mr. G		
4. Respect The Unknown - Unknown Artist		
5. Stephen Howe - Body Heat			
6. Burnin' - Pontchartrain		
7. Don't Pay Me No Mind - Mike Dunn		
8. Cassius 99 (Tim Green Remix) - Cassius			
9. Simply Won't Do - Disclosure		
10. Installation - Pangaea		
11. Intro - Fred Falke, Alan Braxe	
12. Regular Absorbency - Jacob London		
13. Disco Engine (4-Stroke Dub) - Cylinder		
14. Sunday Disco Romance - Mathew Jonson
15. Love is Gonna Lift You Up (Julio Bashmore Remix) - Bobby Womack 
16. Look for Love (The Reflex Revision) - Cerrone		
17. Something Good Can Work (The Twelves Remix) - Two Door Cinema Club
18. NEW YORP.NEW DORK - SBTRKT feat. Ezra Koenig
19. I Get Deep (Superlover´s Private Edit) - DJ Le Roi feat. Roland Clark
20. Do You Feel Me (Gerd's No Kick Re-Interpretation) - NY's Finest
21. A New Day  (Black Science Mississippi Black Sunday Remix [feat. Trey Washington) - Native Soul
22. Starstrike - Soundstream		
23. T.C.O.A.H. Theme - Thee Church Ov Acid House	
24. Bodydub (Tiefschwarz Remix) - Unit 4	
25. Sunswell - Genius Of Time		
26. Background (Alexkid Remix) - Rafael Murillo, Jaw
27. Right Now - Confidential Recipe	
28. Happy House - The Juan Maclean

Natty 2hr DJ Set from Remember [That] - Cowichan, Vancouver Island - August 2023

I wrote this a while ago at my dear friend Alex Joy's studio in Krobokan, Bali, Indonesia. 

Krobokan Night

A special day, evening and early morning filled with love, I left a multi-couple vow renewal to go to a co-ed Stag/Stagette and then made it back to the vow renewal to cap of a string of 9 dj sets to close out the party. My set started at 4am and there were still some real appreciators hanging about, I brought the energy down with a beach boys chanting harmony's song called "Our prayer" (check out my Silent Disco Pachena Set from 2023 to hear that or find it on all the usual channels, it's beautiful) I left it off this one for simplicity. I then proceeded to play some mid tempo groovers to get everyone to relax a little after all my thirsty dj friends relentlessly had their way with the dancers for the previous 12 hours (lol). Once that was achieved I played another ambient track and then took the tempo back to 118 and built it up from there to try to keep everyone awake until the end of the set (bedtime!). The highlight for me was the classic Metro Area - Caught Up mix into Volume by Caribou, which had only come out a few days before and made everyone's hair stand on end, there was also certain feedback that lent itself to the name of the mix (if you were there you might know) anyway, I knew I had to go back and record it as I hadn't done so at the party, and I also now have a new DJ goal (Sploosh!). Also props to DJ Burrito Boy for the tracks that make them jack and slap and Eddie C and Max Essa for the Smooth Jazzcid. No less mention goes to all the artists whose music is featured in this set, I've put links to all the albums on bandcamp where I copped it (DJs go rinse!) I hope you all enjoy listening to this as much as I enjoy the precious memory of the evening XOXO Tracklist below:

1. Melon Stepping - Max Essa & Eddie C - https://razor-n-tape.bandcamp.com/album/we-live-in-the-hills
2. The Way It Is - Psychemagik - https://psychemagik.bandcamp.com/album/undercover-lovers-vol-5
3. Return Of The Boogie - Rahaan - https://streetedits.bandcamp.com/album/the-party-muzik
4. Keep It Right (TRRmx) - No Regualr Play - https://crewlove.bandcamp.com/track/keep-it-right-tanner-ross-remix
5. Sweet Life - Rick Wade - https://finarecords.bandcamp.com/album/rick-wade-sweet-life-ep-fina014
6. Music Turns Me On (Greg Wilson Re-Touch) - DJ Butcher - https://georgekellygr.bandcamp.com/track/dj-butcher-music-turns-me-on-greg-wilson-re-touch
7. Voodoo Ray (Miles Blacklove ReWork) - A Guy Called Gerald - https://hani27.bandcamp.com/album/a-guy-called-gerald-voodoo-ray-miles-blacklove-rework
8. Wax FM - Andras - https://publicpossession.bandcamp.com/album/boom-boom
9. Corner House - Hazxx - https://hazxx.bandcamp.com/album/volume
10. Pé di bissilon (Detroit Swindle Remix) - Bandé-Gamboa - https://bande-gamboa.bandcamp.com/track/p-di-bissilon-detroit-swindle-remix
11. Caught Up - Metro Area - https://metroarea.bandcamp.com/album/metro-area-15th-anniversary-edition
12. Volume - Caribou - https://caribouband.bandcamp.com/album/volume
13. Cold Coffee & Cocaine (HaNi's ReWork)- Prince - https://hani27.bandcamp.com/track/prince-cold-coffee-cocaine-hanis-rework
14. Throw It Back - DJ Burrito Boy - https://burritoboy.bandcamp.com/album/you-can-count-on-me
15, Nasty BB - DJ Burrito Boy - https://burritoboy.bandcamp.com/album/rewrapped-003
16. NUBASS - D'Julz - https://djulz.bandcamp.com/album/the-school-of-night-ep
17. Dencity (Alternative Album Mix) - Trans-4M - https://trans-4m.bandcamp.com/album/sublunar-oracles-remixes
18. Let House Reign - Zach Witness - https://zachwitness.bandcamp.com/album/club-works-vol-1-hood-house-hymns
19. Hoping (Herbert's High Dub) -  Louie Austen - https://matthewherbert.bandcamp.com/album/a-pair-of-remixes

Sploosh Factory XOXO - August 4, 2024

This was a really fun set, higher energy than I’ve ever gone and was well received by the crowd on the beach (though the star of the show might have been my 9 year old hype man, my son Freddie) that night at one of the most magical festivals that exists - Pachena Bay Music Festival, put on by some dear friends and very well attending , offering a great mix of diverse live and electronic music acts. Highly recommended to attend!

Tracklist  (see below)

Bonito - Dennis Cruz 
What's in Your Head? - Disclosure
A History (feat. Julian Mitchell) - Music To Dance To 
This Sound This Groove - Austin Ato
The Prophecy - Love Child
Let's Groove - George Morel
Erotic Discourse (Green Velvet Edit) - Paul Woolford
Mr. Loser - Hrdvsion
The Slip - Pangaea
Bad Boys (Humboldt Mix) - Bad Boy Bill, DJ Sneak
Rap House Jam - DJ Tjizza
Folded Reality - White Square
Move to Slow - CESCO
Honey - Caribou
Listen - Soul Mass Transit System
NUMBER 1 - NOTION
PULL UP - ODF VIP - SPECIAL REQUEST
DJ Burrito Boy - gypsy woman breaks edit
Key103 - Floating Points
Baby Trak - Arma
Pulse J (VIP VIP) - Jook
Counting (Sammy Virji Remix) - Hamdi
what a place - altrice
Up In Smoke (Extended Mix) - Dusky
Turn The Page - Overmono & The Streets

Natty - DJ Set - Pachena2024

Public Hearing! Radio 10102025

2 hours of old school dub and reggae from the 70s all vinyl

Public Hearing! Radio Dub Reggae 10-17-2025

Hey! Remember Vinyl? When i started djing that's all anyone played... Beat Matching took a bit of skill and record stores in Victoria were making money! Crazy hey?! I used to spend every extra dollar on vinyl dance records at Boomtown. I made the switch to digital years ago, but my love for the Black Crack never faded.  With the creation of All Wax Wednesdays at the Mint a few months ago, the vault was opened.  I rediscovered great records I still loved that weren't all scratched to shit. Next time i was in Vancouver I hit Beat Street records and left with a giant box of 2 and 3 dollar records..

   I had relapsed. 
   
   A few weeks later I decided it would be a good idea to go down to San Francisco where they still have lots of record stores. I had to buy two flight cases to bring home all the goodies I'd collected!  That was last week and this is a recording of my jam last night. One take.. so be kind! ;) Some of these records are brand new and others were mined out of giant discount bins.. Some are fresh copies of tracks i destroyed when i was so busy playing and partying i couldn't be bothered to put them away properly.  They all give me a little extra joy to share with you because of my experience acquiring them. Extra effort for extra enjoyment. I hope you love this mix as much as I loved creating it.

Tracklist:
Give it to Me - James Rick - nameless bootleg - Platter Brand
Out on the Floor - MJ bootleg- HNG ? maybe it's 4ng..
Pacific Walk - 2 Unlimited - Radikal Records
More I Get (trispin mix) - Full Moon - Dope Slap Records NYC
Rockin on Your Radio - Korin Ladke - Igloo Music
Free Music - Craig Bratley - Low Down
Trippin' - DJ Gray - Sol Selectas
The Birds and the Bees (x-press 2 remix) - The 2 Bears - Southern Fried Records
I'm feelin' (feat Frosche) - Dirty Two - Local Talk
The Arranger - Translucent - Red Hot
Gotta Get Off - Baby Cyrus - Igloo Music
Why Cliff? - MIDAS - Knockin Boots
Trombone - Stimming - Diynamic Music
Light Scent of Decay - Session Victim - Delusions of Grandeur

Wiggle Room - Vinyl Love

Natty has grown his following and dance floor sensibility with a combo of unwavering support for his local scene and relentless listening sessions, promoting shows and festivals and grooving to other DJs for the past 20 years.  At times defying the 4/4 foundation of his first love of house music and keeping his sets fresh across the genres of many aspects of dance music, old and new. Natty is a favourite amongst dancers and his fellow artists with his immaculate selections and positive energy behind the decks, creating profound experiences that toy with irresistible tension and unpredictable release. 2024 will bring a new monthly residency in Victoria TBA with a focus on supporting newcomers and veterans alike and presenting extended sets of club curated multi-genre dance music in an intimate setting.

DJ Natty aka Solomon Potashnick

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