This mix takes me back man. Good stuff. Thank you.

Recorded live midnight to 2am at Tropical's 25-Year Anniversary in Santa Monica

I need to out more sets out, here's a start <3

Tropical celebrates NYE in a hilltop mansion in LA, and is also preparing for April's total solar eclipse in Mazatlan, Mexico. Holla if you need info :)

Ben Annand Live Tropical 25 Year Los Angeles 11-25-23

Exclusive Mix from Lee Reynolds! Courtesy of Uriah G Presents. Lee, along with Mikey Lion, Porky, and Marbs will be at Invy Nightclub in downtown Indianapolis for a Desert Hearts takeover on January 20th! Read our full feature for all the info @  https://graveyardradio.net/2024/01/07/lee-reynolds-gives-exclusive-mix-to-graveyard-radio-in-wake-desert-hearts-takeover-at-invy/

Graveyard Radio Exclusive Mix

Lee Reynolds Exclusive Mix - Courtesy Of Uriah G Presents...

Catch the magic of LA rave icons @Thee-O and @Ben-Annand in an unplanned b2b set at the Tropikroma Campout in Santa Clarita in August 2023!

This outdoor event survived a location shift the week of the party and crazy weather brought in by hurricane Hilary that canceled every other event, leaving Tropkroma as the last event standing.

The night was an homage to perseverance among the three organizers collaborating on the event - Tropical, Terrakroma, and The Gathering, ChinoSound who provided crystal clear Danley sound, and the 100 or so die-hard dancers that braved the first ever hurricane to hit LA - in August no less - and dance at this magical event in the trees.

Because we knew that rains would come in heavily in the late morning we made some shifts in the schedule.  Most notable was to move Thee-O's morning set into a combined nighttime back to back set with Ben Annand.

Thee-O is one of the most prolific LA DJs of all time, possibly playing the most total sets of any LA underground DJ from the 90s til now.  Ben also has an impressive DJ resume in addition to being the founder and vision behind Tropical, one of LA's most consistent, well-known and well-loved little underground events :)

There is no shortage of history between these two iconic LA underground warriors... At Ben's very first LA DJ gig for an outside promoter in 1996, he opened for Thee-O at Hollywood's infamous Gotham Club.  Ben DJed as Mr. Annand back then and is listed as such on the title for sake of nostalgia :)

The two have played together frequently since, and Thee-O has been a featured guest at Tropical parties in California, Oregon, and Hawaii.

Note how this set flows almost perfectly through a variety of styles between the 2 DJs switching every 4 tracks.  Hopefully this unexpected collaboration between Thee-O and Ben Annand will not be the last!  

Be sure and follow each of these DJs personal SoundCloud accounts at @thee-O and @ben-annand and get in touch with one of them if you want to make something like this happen again

Thee-O x Mr. Annand live b2b Tropikroma Gathering (L.A.) August 2023

To kick off another year in quality fun creation, Opel had DJ Dan and Stanton Warriors on the bill together at Great Northern.  I opened the night with a range of house I wanted to hear and I thought would kick start a dance floor.  Some tracks I just got and was test driving, some indulgent remixes, and some tracks from friends.

 It worked.  : ) 

Check it - 

Track Listing:
1. Fly : Namito, ARMEI				
2. Sanga Dance : Roy Rosenfeld			
3. Check It Out : James Haskell			
4. In The Midnight Hour feat. Dajae : Dajae, Riva Starr		
5. Celebrate the Night	 : Me & My Toothbrush				
6. On My Way (feat. Faouzia) : Faouzia, SIDEPIECE				
7. Soundboy : San Pacho			
8. Paralyzed By Your Eyes : San Pacho			
9. Bad Guy : Gorge, Markus Homm		
10. All Over My Body (feat. Superchumbo) : Superchumbo, Ben Sterling  			
11. Tom's Diner : Kevin McKay			
12. Mini Skirt : Will K, Shift K3Y			
13. You Get Me Ready : Madison Orange 
14. Better Recognize : Wax Motif, ZHU		
15. 1, 2 Step (Supersonic) : Lee Foss, SIDEPIECE			
16. La Vida : DiscoPill- 			
17. Superstylin (Riva Starr Edit) : Groove Armada			
18. Rock The Casbah : Vintage Culture 			
19. THG (Tech House Girlfriend) : Alex Amaro feat. Emma K	
20. Needle On The Record : Riordan			
21. No Sleep : AMPRS&ND				
22. Speaker Cone Blow : Croatia Squad	
23. Low Rider : War (Kyle Watson Remix)		
24. Hierbas : Gorgon City
25. Sono Leopardi : DiMO (BG), Mr-K (BG)

Syd Gris - Live at Opel '24 Kickoff

This is the 3rd time I have been to Bassmint in Bakersfield since August of 2022 and each and every time I go back, it just gets better. A lot of energy and a great crowd. Played some new stuff, some old stuff and everything in between. I hope you enjoy.

Live at Bassmint (03/01/2024)

Dirtybird Radio 433 - Rabbit In The Moon

Enjoying the show? Like, Repost & Share.

An absolute don and OG, Christian Martin joins HRVST for The Slabbbed Out Sesh as we head down the Path of Totality for the 2024 Texas Eclipse Festival. 
Christian's slated to perform on two different stages at the Texas Eclipse Festival, where you can expect absolute insanity from this mastermind of bassweight fueled house, breaks, techno and drum and bass

"Texas Eclipse is the first festival where I'm booked to play two genres on two stages, so I wanted to put together something extra special in anticipation. This is the first mix I've ever made where I started in the middle (the 126-174 bpm Ms. Fat Booty edit) and worked my way in both directions. The result is a snapshot of all the tunes I'm loving at the moment, old and new. Can't wait to rock the Sky & Moon stages in April!!" - Christian Martin

Get Tickets - https://seetexaseclipse.com

Christian Martin Tracklist

1. Dismantle - Street Knowledge
2. Borai & Denham Audio - Make Me
3. Jungle & Joy Anonymous - Joy (Back on 74)
4. Pangaea - Hole Away
5. Dead Prez - Hip Hop (Will Clarke’s doingitforthecuddles ReRub)
6. Simula - Bonesaw (Scruz & Kippo Remix)
7. Bodhi - Soup Dub
8. Moon Boots - Red Sky
9. Peter Pizzutelli - Test Track
10. Sade - Love is Found (The Martin Brothers Remix)
11. Lancelot - As It Were
12. Homeboy - Halfway (Youandewan Remix)
13. Dombresky - Too Soon / Unknown Artist - Ms. Fat Booty (Christian Martin Surround Sound edit)
14. Marble Elephant - To The Moon
15. Subwave & B.O.P. - Take It Off
16. Nuvaman - Night
17. Alcemist & MoMo - Stars On The Roof
18. Cutworx - Rvanina
19. Anile - Depths
20. Benny L - New Dawn
21. Mutated Forms - Let You Go
22. Lockerz - Worries
23. Mohican Sun - Blurred Peak
24. James Blake - The Wilhelm Scream (Lynx Remix)
25. Particle - Fall 2 Fast
26. Oram - Big Sound
27. Soligen - Lord Please
28. Nia Archives & Watch the Ride - Mash Up The Dance
29. Monty & Visages - Ace of Spades

HRVST Tracklist
30. Arfa - On You		
31. Kepler - Control		
32. Killa P, Soul Mass Transit System - Blocked (Bakey Dub)	[Time Is Now Records]
33. Dyed Soundorom - Up There		
34. Jacssen	- Thaemlitz's Theory (Original Mix)	[Friday Rush Record]
35. ZeroFG - Mind Who You Talkin' To		
36. Jay Phelps, Mhari Aurora - I've Got a Crush on You (Phonetix Extended Jazz Step Mix)	Strictly Flava	
37. A/B Sides - ppl		
38. Ramu - Ignite (Original Mix) [Shall Not Fade]
39. HRVST - Drippin Sweat [Slabbed Out Digital]
40. Kolter - Ghost In The Breaks (Original Mix)	[Pilot (UK)]
41. ZeroFG - Why Oh Why		
42. Bakey - Flowdan - Welcome To London (Bakey Edit)		
43. Kepler - Lowlife		
44. A04F - Run	Subtle Records	
45. Kepler - Stranded (ft. Wickham)		
46. Kolter - Get Out James! (Original Mix) [Pilot (UK)]
47. Farsight - Renegade (Original Mix)	[Scuffed Recordings]

The Slabbed Out Sesh #028 w/ HRVST ft. Christian Martin (Texas Eclipse Festival Pre-Sesh)

It has been about a year since my last desert show and last night I was deep in the desert dropping a 2 hour set of deep, melodic and tracky stuff. I even dropped a track I have loved for over 30 years and I am not sure if I ever played it out live. It is called "3/4 Heart" by Black Dog Productions and came out on Warp Records in 1993. One of my faves. It is towards the end of the set and to me it just fit the scenery and vibe of the desert during the rain. Oh yeah, it started raining about halfway through my set. Not heavy but noticeable. To me it just added to the moment. Hope you enjoy.

Live at Sonic Dream (Red E Stage) 03/16/2024

InStereo Recordings – Stereo Damage Episode 203
Exclusive Guest Mix: Freddy Silva 
https://soundcloud.com/freddy-silva

Stereo Damage Podcast

Stereo Damage Podcast - Episode 203 (Freddy Silva Guest Mix)

This set from 04-14-24 really exemplifies my deep house curation and mixing style.  

For 6 months I've been digging through my collection, resisting the urge to buy new music and instead learning my 29-year music collection better.

Over that time, I went back through and labeled thousands of tracks by energy and feeling and created playlists from there.  

The overall energy of this mix is uplifting and dreamy, starting and ending more vocal. 

You won't know many, or perhaps any, of the tracks.

The tracks were mixed on CDJ 3000s.

Never synced, never looped, never wasting time with filters and effects with just one track playing.

Fully concentrated on blending two tracks together beautifully with subtle EQ-ing only.

It's so weird, I was thinking this was the best I'd ever done with my levels on a live mix, perhaps because I was being a good boy, carefully watching the decibel meter at Mars Bar :) 

I added the fade in and out in Logic and gave it a light mastering in LANDR.  There I got a message that my mix was lacking in dynamic range - meaning there might not be enough difference between the high and low levels of the mix - which on a live DJ mix, I am taking as a compliment 100% :)

Ok enough geeky DJ talk...
As always, I'd love to know what you think in comments <3

Huge thanks to Chris Phleck and Ryan Stubbs (Duserock) and the Watch Our Step crew for bringing me to San Francisco, it's such a fun and friendly crowd.

Another big thanks to David Kiely of Mars Bar for providing a safe and lovely space for people to dance.

Final thanks to Anne Plehn for the great photo capture!  IG: anneplehn

Ben Annand Live Mars Bar 04-14-24 at Watch Our Step

Live set from the Rave Rewind takeover at Space Taco in Pomona. My main focus was to play nothing but great tracks from the 90's. The more memorable, the better. The more anthemic, the better. I started off with some classic house following my boy Tony Gamboa and then built up the BPM's slowly until we were in full on Trance mode. If you are up for some classic house and trance, well this is your mix.

Live at Rave Rewind at Space Taco (04/23/2024)

Thee-O started DJing at the young age of 13 and by the time he was 18 in 1992, he started DJing in the thriving underground rave scene of Southern California. He has created a name for himself while changing genres and staying true to his integrity, committing to what he feels is the best in underground dance music. His consistency of skillful mixing and lively scratching has cemented “his sound” regardless of what genres co-mingle in his style.

In addition to his DJing, Thee-O is also an accomplished producer and remixer that have landed tracks on Bedrock, Suara, Perfecto, Looq, Drops and System Recordings to name just a few. His approach to music production mimics his DJing artistry in the aspect that genre comes second over the feeling of the music. Genres and styles are split, shattered and then reformed into songs that work on multiple dance floors.

Recently, he was DJing and producing with Robert Pointer (AKA Robtronik) under the name Stylus. Stylus is also responsible for some of the most engaging events to occur in Los Angeles . Their events have occurred in amazing venues such as King King in the heart of Hollywood, The Standard Rooftop in downtown LA and Los Globos in the trendy Silverlake area, while attracting international talent of both House and Techno to join in on the fun. Thee-O also continues to work with the LA Based "re:love" crew to plan and execute the legendary park parties as well as pushing the brand to extend itself into new venues and opportunities.

As of January 2019, Thee-O has relocated to Honolulu. He is already DJing on the islands and has played for events at venues like Nextdoor and Hawaiian Brian’s as well as the Tropical Oasis Retreat in Maui. While he is on the islands, the slower pace of life will allow him to work on music with less distractions and should increase his output. 

While a lot can be talked about when it comes to “Old School,” Thee-O walks the walk. He has accomplished a lot in his 24 years of being a DJ, producer and promoter and he is just getting started. He remains wildly popular while staying firmly planted into the underground scene and not falling into the hype that can surround the current EDM culture. With a new island home, new ventures, new branding, new tracks, and new ideas, the future is going to be one for the books with lots more to come from this music innovator.

Live at Sonic Dream (Red E Stage) 03/16/2024

Thee-O

Recent comments

John O'Brien 23

REV+LOW

Father Taj

Related tracks