Solid momentum and great energy on the maiden voyage of Rise Ritual at Gelato Vero Caffe. Resident and promoter Thomas Fitzgerald tweaked his more common sound from Sublime Saturdays to make you wanna run around the block like your mama's coming to visit. Slightly more Disco, but don't just take our word for it!

This will be a weekly jam-bo-ree every Wednesday morning from 7 - 9AM. Skip the gym, get your buzz, shake it down, and start your hump day right! This is one of the best places in San Diego to catch an outstanding morning view.

If you like the mix, feel free to check out the sister event, Sublime Saturdays. Rise Ritual and Sublime Saturdays will share the same home on SoundCloud. All tracks are lossless. Comment, like, and share if you dig! Enjoy.

Also, if you like any of the tracks, we encourage you to buy them in lossless format and find a dark place to listen to it with a good sound system or a nice pair of headphones. These artists are giving us their soul so we can make it another day with that fleeting sense of inspiration; so be sure to buy their merch if you dig them and check out their shows/ events if you can!

TRACKLIST:

SG Lewis, Channel Tres, Robyn - Impact (Soulwax Remix)
bRUNA - Won't Say It (Henry Saiz remix)
Ten Ven - When I Met U
Diskjokke - 1987 (Prins Thomas Diskomiks)
Flying Mojito Bros - Eight Miles Higher
Slove - Le Fly (Extended)
Chloé Caillet - Love Ain't Over (Gerd Janson Remix)
Hot Chip - Positive (Marcel Vogel & Adam Port Remix)
Faze Action - Tattoo Man (Special Disco Mix)
Soft Rocks - Talking Jungle (Justin Vandervolgen Remix)
Jakob Reiter - Il Rotori
Lauer - ESC (Prins Thomas Diskomiks)
Rachel Row - Follow The Step (KiNK Bass & Beats Mix)
Footprintz - Utopia (Ewan Pearson The Tale Of Bolo Brown Re-Trip)
Freeform Five - Weltareh (Prins Thomas Miks Del I - Vokal Versjon)
Catz 'n Dogz, Jono McCleery - Would You Believe (Alan Dixon Love Attack Remix)
Aeroplane - I Don't Feel (Deetron Instrumental Remix)
Cassio Kohl - Broken (Urulu Dub)
Sugar Hill - Choose Among (Franco & Salla Rmx)
Jakwob - Feel So Good (TRACE7000 Remix)
Florian Meindl - Warehouse 92 (Vazik Remix)
Shur-I-Kan - Won't Love, Can't Love
Tiger Stripes - All Night Long (Extended)
Horixon - Every Turn (Joseph Ashworth Extended Remix)
Paradis - Recto Verso

Gelato Vero Rise Ritual 8 . 6 . 25

Oh, you all missed a good one if you couldn't make it that night. Pretty decent sunset, and a pretty amazing set from Putisima. We may or may not get a copy of her mix to upload. You should have been there. I leaned hard into some Space Music and some Rave-y Gravy. Check it out and tell me what you think!

Recordings from previous weeks are in the Sublime Saturdays | Rise Ritual SoundCloud playlist. All tracks are lossless. If you like any of them, buy them in lossless!. These artists are giving us their soul so we can make it another day with that fleeting sense of inspiration; so buy their merch and check out their shows/ events!

TRACKLIST:

Kris Menace	The Entirety Of Matter (12" Extended Club)
Jakwob	Feel So Good (TRACE7000 Remix)
Shur-I-Kan	Won't Love, Can't Love
Alan Braxe, The Spimes	One More Chance (Lifelike Remix)
Confidence Man	Does It Make You Feel Good? (Greg Wilson & Ché Wilson Remix)
Faze Action	Good Lovin (Full Motion Mix)
Eddie Niguel	Absolute
Francois Dubois	Blood
Vinyladdicted, Jean Claude Gavri	Nym
Mouth Water	Dr House
Henry Saiz	Our Discovery
Stone Roses	Fools Gold (Rabbit in the Moon Remix)
Hercules & Love Affair, Daphne Guinness	Time (Hercules & Love Affair Dub Remix)

Gelato Vero Sublime Saturdays 9 • 20 • 25

Obsession Sessions IV is a Disco-themed concept I've been putting together for ages. This was one of the few planned mixes I've ever played out at Sublime Sundays. I tried recording Obsession Sessions IV in one take a few times, and songs would randomly be corrupted; but others that weren't corrupted on previous takes would be corrupted on subsequent takes. I know--super important detail. Obsession Sessions IV--like the other mixes in the OS series--is 60 tracks and about 4.5 hours long. Not sure what it is about the number 60, but the puzzle pieces always fit for me. I dunno--this last detail is pretty important. . .

This is the tail end of OS IV when I decided to break it into pieces and splice/ merge them together in Logic Pro. The first and second ends were recorded at subsequent days at Gelato Vero for Rise Ritual and the last day of Sublime Saturdays. I'd been working on this theme for three years; and I finally nailed down the format in a way that makes sense to me.

It all fit under a lttle, bittersweet bow. The theme of OS is long, layered transitions and all of them (besides OS I) are mixed in complementary keys. This adds a special, harmonic element that makes me obsess on them when I complete them. They also need to be a certain level of quality for me not to cringe. This one, in particular, is the last of the series I'm going to complete for a while, if ever. All of them were concepts I'd been thinking about and compiling for a few years. You need to know that I was highly critical of everything until it just snapped together. The few parts that I picked up to be less-than-perfect are acceptable; especially since I only gave myself a few bars to ready a lot of the following transitions. I pushed myself.

If you dig it, feel free to comment, like, and share! All tracks purchased in lossless quality. Also, if you like any of the tracks, I encourage you to buy them in lossless format and find a dark place to listen to it with a good sound system or a nice pair of headphones. These artists are giving us their soul so we can make it another day with that fleeting sense of inspiration; so be sure to buy their merch if you dig them and check out their shows/ events if you can!

TRACKLIST:

Underworld - Cowgirl (Remastered) (EDIT)
Jakwob - Feel So Good (TRACE7000 Remix)
Kim & Buran - Phazerdelique (Extended Mix)
Michael Jackson - Shake Your Body Down (Psychemagik Edit)
Nathalie Duchene - Praia (Yuksek Remix)
Sidwho? - Vote Bowie for President (EDIT)
Social Disco Club, Maia - The Way You Move (Greg Wilson Version) (EDIT)
SPACE - Tango In Space (Bottin Remix) (EDIT)
Soft Rocks - Talking Jungle (Justin Vandervolgen Remix)
Boys' Shorts - New Era (Extended Instrumental Mix)
Lele Sacchi - Dreaming Won't Do
Miss Kittin, Hot Since 82 - Naboo (Nick Curly & Jansons Remix)
Hot Chip - Eleanor (Krystal Klear Remix)
Rebolledo, WhoMadeWho - Chaser
Marvin & Guy - Discoteque
SPACE - Magic Fly (Greg Wilson & Peza Mix)
Alan Braxe, The Spimes - One More Chance (Lifelike Remix)
David Hasert, Diode Eins - Ah Oh Uh (Nicone Remix)
New Spectrum - Disco Nights
Datassette - Blue Monday (V4)

Gelato Vero Sublime Saturdays 9 • 27 • 25

As the son of a professional flamenco singer, Thomas has always been surrounded by music.  Exposure to flamenco influenced him because it has a dynamic range of emotions—from the "deep singing" style of cante hondo, to the more lively alegrias.  He has also worked in the corporate, independent, and online music industry for a number of years.  At one point he was a Content Manager for the Electronic Music genre at MP3.com, where he screened over 500 songs per day.  Exposure to a wide range of music explains the range of genres in his mixes—he uses whatever carries the mood.  From listening to Umm Kulthum's "Enta Omri" in his childhood, to New Wave and  Industrial as a teen, it became difficult for him to stick to one sound. Though vinyl was his original format of choice when he started in the 90s, the use of digital mixing has helped him better form soundscapes to expand your headspace.  Let him play with your moods for a spell.

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