guest mixes & appearances

For this 2-hour takeover, The Alaia and @djrandyellis go back and forth on 30 minute sets, riding the smoothest roller coaster of r&b, jazz, modern soul, modern funk, g-funk, and beyond. No motion sickness here.

Special Delivery on Dublab Guest Takeover w/ The Alaia & DJ Randy Ellis

Forty Minutes of Funk is a bi-weekly mix series hosted by @Kirollus celebrating the sound of boogie and 80's funk. Follow @fmofunk for more of your weekly funk mixes 🔥

instagram.com/fmofunk

For show 36 we have the multi talented Los Angeles based DJ and graphic designer The Alaia grace us with another super dope all vinyl mix!

Born and raised in LA on KDAY, The Beat, and Funkmosphere, The Alaia is attracted to music that has a feeling of perpetual summer and heat: soulful boogie funk, sexy disco, smooth g-funk, hard gangsta rap. She aspires to play music to make you bounce, to get you off your ass, to makes you want to cry, to make you wanna go home with a stranger, to makes you feel tuff enough to catch an attitude. 

Always discovering and rediscovering, she collects and selects vinyl and cassettes mostly, with some CDs here and there. She’s graced the Dublab and NTS airwaves, contributed a guest mix on Dash Radio, holds down a casual monthly residency on local online radio station VPN Radio, and has contributed guest dj mixes to an array of music selector series’ worldwide.

@the-alaia

https://www.instagram.com/the.alaia

Tracklist ---

Set The Tone - Dance Sucker (12" Club Version)
Funk Masters - Love Money '86
Pure Pimp - Can't Fade The Funk
Night Force & The Tom Cats - Search For Love
Perry Michael Allen - Turn On The Music
Equa - City Dub
TeeRoy Morris - Hold On Tight
Stanley Clarke & Bill Shields - Easy Listening
Asso - Don't Stop
Johnnie Taylor - I Want To Get Into You
Orlando Johnson And Trance - Turn The Music On
Omni - Warriors
Keith Sweat - My Mind Is Made Up
Dorian - Stacked To The "T"
Major Lance - Are You Leaving Me
Osiris - Consistency

FMO Funk - 036 | The Alaia

@djrandyellis and @the-alaia hit Reachin' Out and Club Paradise on WYXR Memphis for 3 hours of deep synthy soul, electro rap, boogie, and more. Shout out Le'roy Mathis, Witnesse, WYXR, and the whole Memphis squad for having us !

Reachin' For Paradise WYXR Memphis w/ Randy Ellis, The Alaia, Le'Roy, & Witnesse

first time hitting FM radio airwaves in my hometown :’) Originally aired on KPFK 90.7FM LA 12/10 8PM-10PM

The Alaia on Soundwaves KPFK 90.7FM LA

dusted off some gangsta rap wax and tapes for my first worldwide fm appearance for @astrofeverinternational

Astrofever Records Radio on Worldwide FM - The Alaia Guest Mix

r&b, g-funk, street soul for @love_high <3 on worldwide FM

Guest Mix for Love High on Worldwide FM

soulful boogie funk is on the rise here at tropicaldo. no wonder, our next guest is a master in this regard. straight from the city of angels, she comes with a very well-crafted set in the presentation of the genre.

born and raised in Los Angeles, The Alaia is attracted to music that has a feeling of perpetual summer and heat: soulful boogie funk, sexy disco, smooth g-funk, hard gangsta rap, soulful house. She aspires to play you music that moves you, that gets you off your ass, that makes you want to cry, that makes you wanna go home with a stranger, that makes you catch an attitude.

as a kid, the Alaia had vivid memories of her mom reminiscing about nightlife in her 20s, playing sounds of earth wind & fire, SOS band, chaka khan. her dad would continually show her new prince, had marvin gaye on repeat, and introduced her to the songs of roy ayers. The only radio stations she remembered in her youth were KDAY and the beat, peaking her interest in hip hop, rap, and R&B. soul and boogie still hit the alaia hard. she dove beyond the classics that she grew up listening to when she stumbled into the legendary Funkmosphere at Carbon Bar on her 18th birthday. 

always discovering and rediscovering, she collects mostly vinyl and cassettes, some CDs here and there. she’s graced the dublab and NTS airwaves, contributed a guest mix on balamii, worldwide FM, and dash Radio, holds down a casual monthly residency on LA local online radio station VPN radio, and has contributed guest dj mixes to an array of music selector series' worldwide.

In other creative worlds, she's also the art director and graphic designer for independent record label CQQL Records.
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o soulful boogie funk tá em alta aqui na tropicaldo. não a toa, nossa próxima convidada é uma maestra nesse quesito. diretamente da cidade dos anjos, ela vem com um set muito bem trabalhado na apresentação do gênero. 

The Alaia é nascida e criada em Los Angeles. atraída pela música que traz um sentimento de um perpétuo verão caloroso: sexy disco, g-funk suave, gangsta rap pesado, soulful house. ela se inspira a tocar músicas que façam qualquer um se mexer, que tire sua raba do lugar, que nos façam querer chorar, que queiram você ir para casa com um estranho, que tragam atitude para as pessoas. 

quando criança, alaia tem uma memória vívida de sua mãe contado suas histórias da vida noturna em seus 20 anos, tocando músicas do earth wind & fire, sos band, chaka khan, seu pai vivia aprsentando prince, marvin gaye no repeat e introduzindo novas músicas do roy ayers. a única estação de rádio que ela se lembra de ouvir na sua adolescência era KDAY and the beat, atraindo seu interesse no hip hop, rap, soul e r&b. 

sempre descobrindo e redescobrindo tracks lendárias, ela coleciona vinis, cassetes e alguns cds. alaia agracia a alma dos ouvintes da radio dublab e nts, contribuindo com mixes também para balamii, worldwide fm e dash radio, além de realizar residência na rádio local online vpn radio.

▶ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.alaia/
▶ SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/the-alaia

TropiCaldo Sonoro 032 - The Alaia

The Alaia & DJ Randy Ellis | August 13, 2022

beep beep! pull up we got The Alaia of CQQL Records on deck with Many Moods 07 🧢 this mix is fit to kick start any party or wind down a wild one. turn up the volume, roll down the windows and cruise the boulevard 🏁

Many Moods 07 The Alaia

MIXTA With Brown Amy, The Alaia, & Spiñorita | Octover 14, 2023

helluva thang - guest mix by https://soundcloud.com/the-alaia for mint condition
Originally aired on Hotthobo's "Mint Condition" show on NTS: www.nts.live/shows/mint-conditi…on-15th-april-2019

helluva thang - guest mix by the alaia for mint condition (NTS) 4/15/19

@the-alaia

Born and raised in Los Angeles, The Alaia is drawn to the warmth of smooth G-Funk, Soulful Boogie and hard Gangsta Rap. Whilst co-hosting a monthly radio show on VPN, Offline Goldmine, the LA native is a heavy collector in Vinyl, Cassettes and CD's. Desiring to make you move, get you off your ass, make you want to cry, make you wanna go home with a stranger, or make you feel rough enough to catch an attitude.

LIFE CLASSICS 20 THE ALAIA

Played an assortment of smooth rap, r&b, soul for a sunday afternoon chill.

"Rare Air is a product of its time and space, not adhering to any specific genre but rather whatever the wind blows into DJ Lady C’s consciousness. Roots reggae & dub records, classical cassettes, avant-garde electronic CDs, ambient and new age experimental media – Rare Air is a mixed bag made possible by the human experience of living in the 21st century in the City of Angels, surrounded by inspiration, noise, the constant hustle, and countless record stores full of treasure and good people."

dublab.com

Rare Air on Dublab w/ DJ Lady C & guest The Alaia 02.09.2020

The Dip w/ The Alaia on NTS 02.19.2020

Live at Home Mix for https://soundcloud.com/vinyl_honey iSOULation mixlr series
DJs: Hotthobo and https://soundcloud.com/the-alaia
Originally Aired: 3/22/20

DJ Randy Ellis & The Alaia - Live iSOULation Mix 004

Guest mix for Beaches Radio epsiode # 127 on XRAY FM. Modern soul with a touch of jazz funk, sweet soul, and suga free lol

https://xray.fm/broadcasts/35882

Beaches Radio #127 on XRAY FM

80 minutes of heaters from The Alaia, moving seamlessly through under the radar G-Funk, west coast staples, modern soul & boogie. Huge tip to check Alaia's other mixes on the cloud and tape for Hobo Camp for hours of jams you wish you knew.    

ID requests ~ @the-alaia