This week is a celebration – the one year anniversary of the detroit.dance live mix series. I am so thankful for all of the support from you over the last year! I love finding up and coming artists, and people that you may not know about that you should. It is important to showcase the individuality of each artist as well as showcase their mixes, which is what I aim to do with each interview and feature.

The one year anniversary mix is by The Bernabela Project – a duo consisting of Ramiro & Nicole Bernabela. This is a full circle moment, as I had Ramiro on for the very first mix.

Check out their interview and other content at www.detroit.dance

detroit.dance live ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY - vol. 026 : The Bernabela Project

My mix that was recorded live at Marble Bar in Detroit on Oct. 16th

Live from Marble Bar 2021/10/16

Chuck Love - Boots N Nuts (Ramiro Bernabela Remix) snippet

Ramiro and Roland's original mix of "Life After House" delivers some serious heat with its deep resonating bassline, powerful lyrics, retro synths, electrifying effects, and solid house beat.

Ramiro Bernabela & Roland Clark - Life After House

Ramiro Bernabela - Live At Confessions At Grenadier Club Detroit 11/05/16

Collaboration between Gettoblaster, Hatiras, myself, and Roland Clark that is featured on Gettoblaster's album "Pineapples & Palm Trees"

Pineapples & Palm Trees

Ramiro Bernabela, Roland Clark, Gettoblaster, Hatiras  - Life After House (Original Mix) (edit)

An original track that I made for AudioBite Record's 100th Release Celebration Album.

Ramiro Bernabela - Satisfaction (Original Mix) snippet

Recorded live at Marble Bar in Detroit on 10-17-2019.

Live at Marble Bar - Detroit - Ramiro Bernabela 10-17-2019

To kickoff our mix series, we selected Ramiro Bernabela. Ramiro is a Dutch DJ mainstay that has now made his home here in Detroit. Ramiro was born outside of Rotterdam, Netherlands and moved to the city of Groningen when he was 10 years old. He developed a love for music at an early age, playing his first synthesizer at age 12. He bought his first pair of turntables and began DJing at age 18 and played at parties and clubs in Groningen and Amsterdam for many years. He was the Saturday night resident DJ in De Golden Arm, the biggest dance club in the northern Netherlands, for 7 years. He was a regular guest DJ at De Melkweg in Amsterdam, and was a monthly resident DJ at Amsterdam's famous afterparties in Club Zoo in the early 2000s. Since moving to the U.S., Ramiro has made a name for himself in Detroit and had a bi-weekly residency at Grenadier Club, a monthly residency at The Works, and a monthly residency at Marble Bar.

In 1998 he started learning about music production and making special edits to use in his DJ sets. Since then, he has been perfecting his production skills and building up his studio. He uses various drum machines and analog synthesizers in his productions to give them an organic sound. Ramiro has a very individual style of combining many different types of elements together and not following the standard genre rules, giving his productions a unique and interesting sound. He co-owns the record label group AudioBite Records that was started in 2009 together with his wife Nicole. 2015 was a great year production-wise for Ramiro, having 2 original tracks in the Top 100 at both Beatport and Traxsource, "How Low Can You Go" featuring Mr. V, and "Life After House," a collaboration with house legend Roland Clark. Ramiro regularly releases on his own labels and has also had releases on System Recordings, Todd Terry's label Inhouse, Roland Clark's label Delete Records, Spring Tube, and Chuck Love's label Love Network. In 2020, Ramiro has releases coming out on Planet E Communications, AudioBite Records, and he is currently working on his first full-length album.

detroit.dance live - vol. 001 : Ramiro Bernabela

Our set from the 2020 Charivari Detroit online festival recorded live at The Marble Bar in Detroit.

Charivari Detroit 2020 Set live from Marble Bar

Electronic duo The Bernabela Project is a half-Dutch and half-American husband and wife team of Ramiro Bernabela and Nicole Simpkins Bernabela. Drawing elements from their '80s upbringing helped shape their sound to have a slightly retro feel, but using the latest software and techniques gives it a modern touch. They also use a lot of hardware in their productions, especially drum machines and synthesizers, giving them a warm and organic feel. Combining their musical interests together has given them a unique sound while producing everything from house, deep house, downtempo, electronica, to funky sexy disco dance grooves.