Pleased to be releasing my first original music in about twenty years! Share and enjoy.

Mastered by @fanufatgyver

Also available on Bandcamp:
https://djtones.bandcamp.com/album/travels-ep

Travels EP

Crestone

Twentynine Palms

Cannon Beach

Downtempo abstract beats for a mellow autumn. A main course of 2013's finest glitch and bass, sprinkled with a few choice cuts from years past. Best served with butternut squash and mulled rum cider.


Share and enjoy,
=Tones=

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Tracklist:
http://goo.gl/J1xnUz

Foliage (2013 — abstract/downtempo mix)

Rap & trap & juke & jungle. Like being buried in a deadly wall of fast-moving ice -- but fun!

Tracklist: http://goo.gl/tLTvTi

Avalanche (2014 — trap/jungle mix)

Camp Tasty 2023 - Saturday night

Tones - Live at Camp Tasty 2023

Another day dawns in the Sierra Nevadas. A two hour evolution from mellow abstract beats to bonkers disco-house. A dancefloor crowd with brilliant energy and enthusiasm. This was a good one.

• Kuniyuki Takahashi - Night Forest
• Tor - Crossing (Murge remix)
• Salamanda - Truffles Sprinkles
• Barrio Lindo & Oyobi - Imago (Vincent Sebastian Deep Version)
• Laaar & Niro - Prism (Theo Gramal remix)
• Genii - Til The Moon And Back
• il:lo - Biome
• Coss & Kleintierschaukel - Lazy Weekz
• Tones - Cannon Beach
• KiloWatts & Pointbender - Swangert
• Thoma - Jade Oolong (feat. Kalaido)
• Lui Mafuta - You Know Me
• Paso - I Never (Petr Serkin remix)
• Lee Jones - One Grain
• Rodrigo Gallardo - Kalimera
• Marvin Gaye - Inner City Blues (Frameworks remix)
• Frameworks - Nami
• Kusht - Blurry Wamba
• DJ Raff - Todo Lo Demas
• Koresma & Richard Houghten - Orange Feeling
• Maugli - Wembo Wembo (M.Rux remix)
• Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit (Kusht remix)
• Kermesse - Sunday Glide
• DJ Raff - Show Me Love
• Tenem - Spectra
• Holo - In My Dreams
• Mazoulew - Shogun
• Clozee - Contemplation (Koresma remix)
• Laurence Guy - Wichita Falls
• O'Flynn - Spyglass
• Brame & Hamo - Hotshot
• Frameworks - Lights Out
• Jasper Tygner - Change Your Mind
• Makeke - Streichler
• Max Cooper - A Model Of Reality (Tor remix)
• Lake People - Trace Ae
• Calibre - Colby Park
• Motel Express - The Trees
• Dan Kye - Change
• Samba De La Muerte - OK!
• Terrence Parker - Your Love
• Boo Williams - Limited Time
• Dauwd - La Nota
• Philipp Lichtblau -  We Are (Ben Rau remix)
• O'Flynn - Mesablanca
• Solila - Atlantic (Timewriter remix)
• Moktar - Silk
• Bonobo - Rosewood
• Chris Carrier - Zulu Spins
• KH - Question
• Filta Freqz - Dizzy
• Funkadelic - One Nation Under A Groove (Team Zapata Brutal Disco Edit)
• Metro Area - Miura
• Mr. Scruff - Get A Move On
• Holo - Bleu

Forest Sunrise (2024)

Another year at Camp Tasty. Start with a downtempo head-nodding vibe, add spice and flavor, slowly increase heat and tempo, end with disco fun and fast techno bangers. Share and enjoy.

Big Top (2024)

2003. From the soundtrack to <a href="http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/reviews/01-2003/lovesad_2989.html">love/sad</a>. A collaboration with Bajir Cannon, Kabir Green, and the cast.


As If I Am Suffering - Part 1 (2003)

Tunes played for an enthusiastic crowd at the Priceless festival in Belden CA earlier this month. 

This mix was all over the place! Starts with dreamy harmonic trap, wanders into dark & funky glitch, then finishes with some fun upbeat house. I was able to include some of my absolute favorite music from the past year. Enjoy the voyage.

Playlist:
@xandg — 4am
@thriftworks — Perrenial Flight
@kllsmth — hopskotchtape
@esofact — Ive Got That
@shleepytimeprod — Lazy Day With Bae
Three 6 Mafia — Sippin On Some Sizzurp (acapella)
@guts — Musicotherapy
Eastward — Eye Twitch (@omelette-records)
@julien-mier — Light Footed
@kelpe — Doubles of Everything
@cygn-artist — Brain Fire
@bwoydebhajan — Mubar Camel Liquor
SidiRum & Barda — Color (@frentebolivarista)
@paloml04 — Cumbia Horns
@chanchaviacircuito — Sueno en Paraguay (@el-buho Remix)
@next-to-blue — LSD
@spectric / @officialberilium — Satori
@koan-sound — Sentient
@djwuwei — In Time
@werkha — Falling Through The Wall
@cheshire — Tha Beat
Soulja Boy — Donk (acapella)
@gramatik — So Much For Love
@mc2_music — Wesh Up (Staunch remix)
Jurassic 5 — The Influence (acapella)
@squelch-music — Hog Sox
@dephicit_production — Duality
Fugeez — Ready Or Not (acapella)
@warp99 — AstroDisco
@johnwaynes — Number 1
Boards Of Canada — Olson (@midland re-edit)
@floatingpoints — Montparnasse
@vynehall — Time


Tones @ Priceless 2015

I played this set for an amazing dancefloor at a friend's birthday party. Share and enjoy.

Tracklist:
Kenny Summit — Lemonade Was A Popular Drink (J Paul Getto rmx)
S3A — Duration
Tim Love Lee — Super Rappin No. 5
Gregory Porter — Liquid Spirit (Claptone rmx)
Rob Mirage — Bo Dont Know Jack
J Paul Getto — Somebody
J Paul Getto — Different Folks
Sharam Jey — Fly Beat
Dario D’Attis — Good Old Days
Purple Disco Machine — My House
Metro Area — Miura
Mr. Scruff — Get A Move On
Federico Scavo — Funky Nassau
Tradelove — Street Player
Julio Bashmore — Battle For Middle You
Rachel Row — Follow The Step (Kink rmx)
Herve & Zebra Katz — Tear The House Up
Kelis — Bossy (Crookers edit)
DJ T — Euphoria
Geeeman — Wanna Go Bang
DJ Nehpets — Lay It Down (Claude Von Stroke rmx)
DJ Sneak — Gettin Crazy In The Ghetto
Yolonda Be Cool & DCUP — Soul Makossa (Wongo rmx)
Da Horsemen — Make It Hot
Spank Rock — Gully
DJ Haus — Get The Fuck Out
DJ Pantelis — Brothers and Sisters
Vidaloca & Piem — Brother Beat
Bryan Cox & Sergio Pardo — Burnt Sun
Kidnap Kid — Lazarus Taxon
ZZT — SyZZTem700 Bonus Beats
DJ Neber — Mi Disco Cha Cha Cha
Sons of the Pitch — Da Onda
St German — Real Blues (ALA edit)


Cabana (2015 - house mix)

Sunrise set at Priceless 2016

• Beatsofreen - Deliverance
• Arts The Beatdoctor - Sleep
• Pablie - Everything Crystalized
• Griff - In Return
• Aaron Spectre - Heavy Thing
• Leon Vynehall - Midnight On Rainbow Road
• Seb Wildblood - Systir
• Tipper - Flares At Dawn
• AMB - Tales
• Oma & Amberflame - Tropic Of Capricorn
• Kruder & Dorfmeister - First Of The Month
• Invisible Cities - Sunkissed (Mad Professor's Kiss My Dub)
• Pawcut - 2%er
• Vertiqua - Garden
• Juan Rios - Tea
• Wagon Christ - Mr. Mukatsuku
• Kaytranada - Bus Ride (w Kariem Riggins & River Tiber)
• Decap - Feeling
• Submerse - Makise's Blips
• Dutchy - This Could Be Us
• Cuali - Birds Of Bliss
• Populous - Sundae Pitch
• Edamame - April
• Boards of Canada - Beautiful Place

Shout-outs, big-ups, and mad props: @falseprofitinc, @spokenbird, @griffincrafts, @beatsofreen, @griff, @tippermusic, @amb, @pawcut, @jakarta-records, @decapmusic, @submerse, @dutchmassive, @edamame

Belden (2016)

Back in Belden! Dancehall, cumbia, breaks, bass, blues, funk, glitch, house and hiphop — Tropical tunes puréed for lounging and dancing on the Feather River, or wherever you may find yourself.

- Flamingosis / Brazillian Haircut
- Co. Fee & Cut Chemist / La Burrita de Eliseo
- El Bomba / Party Your Ass Off
- The Clerk & Milangeles / Zion’s Speech
- The Strangest Freaks / Jaffa
- DJ Neber / The Cumbia Dr. Dre
- Banginclude / Fradonia
- Caju & Castanha / Besouro Manganga (Furmigadub Bootleg)
- Tribilin Sound / Lesly
- Kelis / Milkshake (Acapella)
- JStar / Regulate Rock
- Nirso / 4 Meninas
- JStar / Mahala Rai Banda vs Nas
- Oh Blimey / Make It Pop
- Vellum & Headknot / Jackbox
- Sage The Gemini / Gas Pedal (Acapella)
- Thornato / Chapinero
- The Weeknd / Can’t Feel My Face (Acapella)
- Yanivi / My Baby
- The Breakbeat Junkie / Work The Floor
- WBBL / Penguin Funk
- Ear Jerker / It Good
- The Meters / Handclapping Song (Tropkillaz Edit)
- Slynk / Good Time
- De La Soul / Saturday (Pickster & Melo remix)
- Basement Freaks / Funkin It Up
- Arteo / Let’s Party
- Marlena Shaw / California Soul (Cheshire edit)
- Haywyre / Do You Don’t You
- Grup Socavon / Homenaje a Justino (Uproot Andy remix)
- Kosta Kostov / Ginger Flute
- Missy Elliott / WTF
- S3A / Antois Benime
- Shiba San / Up And Down
- Cymande / Brothers On The Side (Young Pulse rework)

The Beach (2017)

Another year, another @pricelessfestival — Another fresh bassy hodge-podge of funk, house, breaks, glitch, dancehall, soul, jungle, and additional miscellaneous lunacy. 

* Father Funk — All Night Long
* Kaytranada — Nobody Beats The Kay
* Little People — Tonight
* Marley Carroll — Shiver
* Psycho Tropiques — Orangoline
* Prins Thomas — XSB
* Nachtbraker — Just Doing My Thing
* Riddim Research Lab — Not In My System
* Cheshire — Juicy Beat
* Ticklish — Nice For What
* Uki — Lemon
* Sirene — Chicka Riddim
* Pasquinel — Tipsy
* Deez — Who The
* Koan Sound — Hustle Hammer
* Vince Staples - Fun
* K.L.O. — Stash Pad
* Letherette — Cartoon Haunt
* Free The Robots  — Bearded Lady Theme
* Harmonic 33 — Moompah
* Thes One & DJ Day — A Brand New Sound
* Menahan Street Band — Make The Road By Walking (Jarreau Vandal edit)
* Cumbia Cosmonauts — Big Sound
* The Floozies — Love Sex & Fancy Things
* Lone Drum — Small To Tall
* Mickman — Tolerance
* Resonant Language — Slither
* Yheti — Crack The Window
* Omnist — Canadian Sock Monster
* X&G — Damn (Danny Grooves Halftime Flip)
* DMVU — Don One
* Sam Binga & Paul Wall — All Cap
* QNoe — Pull Up N Wreck
* Proc Fiskal — Soundwise
* Provoke — Shapeless
* Jay Rock — Kings Dead
* Metafloor — Fresh Fruit (Fixate remix)
* Ticklish — Wanna Be Your Lover
* Dream Continuum — Ride Away

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