I've been wanting to work on this remix of @HTRK's Over The Rainbow for quite some time. I tested positive for COVID yesterday, so I guess my New Year's Eve party this year is a nice prolonged studio session. Using some of the sounds from my album, I started working on this last night about 12 hours ago and it's still a work in progress.

HTRK - Over The Rainbow (Eco Remix) - Sample

A week removed from one of my most magical gigs ever (and first "local" Burn), I have spent much of the time reflecting on my time at @camp-festival (Calling All Magical People) in Ramblewood, MD. On day 2 of the festival, "The Forest" zone had still not been opened due to the unpredictable rains throughout days 1 and 2.

Just hours before my set, I was told we would move the night's proceedings from the backup stage (in camp) to the forest right in time for my set at 3am. Some friends of mine pointed out the serendipity of Mother Nature clearing the way for an "Eco" set I will truly never forget. The community mobilized to make it happen in short notice, and shortly after the start of my set 3am, I was greeted by fire dancers leading a procession of hundreds of people making the trek from camp deep to join me into the forest. I will never forget the moment I saw the fire approaching from the distance.

If you were there, then you remember the magical feeling of leaving the camp at the darkest point of the night, walking across the dark bridge over a creek and into the forest, and taking in the overwhelmingly beautiful atmosphere once you arrived. We were not able to record the sets due to the many technical difficulties brought on by the rainfall early in my set, so I decided to put together a "journal" and share some of the music I played in hopes it can transport you back to the magic of this moment. More selfishly, I wanted a set I could listen back whenever I need a sprinkle of magic as well...

Thank you to the @club-rapture camp for inviting me to play this very special set, and for the community-provided photos (I took very few) to rekindle some of these great memories. I hope you enjoy the sounds from my first ever Burn set, please like and share.

In The Forest (Calling All Magical People)

Tracklist

1. Dorisburg - Irrbloss
2. Hermanez - Areia
3. Pavel Petrov - Fever (Pezzner Remix - Guy J Edit)
4. Tensnake - 1975
5. Dorisburg - Gripen
6. Impérieux - Ferishtah
7. m.O.N.R.O.E. - Push the Fader
8. Serge Devant - White Groove
9. Kasper Koman - The Observer
10. M.I.B. - Keep Pushin'
11. X-Press 2 - AC/DC (Guy J Remix)
12. Petar Dundov - Oasis (Timo Maas 2020 Remix)

Art: "Moonbeams in a Dark Sky" by Cat Huss

The Sound Of You 043

Tracklist

1. O'Flynn - Aletheia
2. Madben - Circuit Breaker (Avision Remix)
3. Radio Slave - Wild Life (Dub Mix)
4. Magit Cacoon - Soul Motion (&ME Remix)
5. TERR - States Of Mind
6. atish, Vridian - Instant Transmission (Mihai Popviciu & Markus Homm Remix)
7. Yotam Avni feat. dOP & Greg Paulus - Just Another Day (Glowal Remix)
8. Jimi Jules - Speed Meditation
9. Franck Roger - Spacefunk
10. Jerk Boy - Dropping Acid In Napoli
11. O'Flynn - Siberian Goose Down
12. Daniel[i] - Sgyro
13. Four Tet, Burial - Nova
14. O'Flynn - Talia
15. PROFF - Nibbana (Volen Sentir's Pink Sky Retouch)
16. Tobias. - Schism
17. Hugo Massien - God Knows We Tried

Art: "Trying Not To Think" by Cat Huss

The Sound Of You 044

Sharing a set I played recently for Austin’s WOMM Radio and long-time supporter and friend @nolightthing. In this set I played a lot of personal edits, mashups, and bootlegs I’ve made over the last couple years, so no track IDs this time... J.C. and California folx who've seen me perform the last couple years have been the only people to hear a lot of this music until now. Expect deeper late night sounds, hazy hypnotic dance floor connection / disassociation progressiv muzik. Enjoy.

As always, I like to share work by one of my favorite artists, Corpus Christi, TX-based Cat Huss, this one is called “Salt and Moon” (2022).

The Sound Of You 045

Over many recent conversations about classic trance, techno, and the O.G. underground New York scene I grew up in, I've been reminiscing a lot about my roots and beginnings as a DJ. 

I got my first gig playing a teen night at Club Deep in New York at the age of 15 around 2002, produced over the next several years and was signed by a German label in 2006. I've been deeply involved in rave and dance music culture for almost 25 years, something I'm very proud of and has given a lot of meaning and color to my life.

While searching through an old hard drive, I found this unlabeled .mp3 recording of mine from the summer of 2006. Having immersed myself entirely in the New York rave and trance communities at the time, I played a lot of different underground gigs that year and remember playing 3 warehouse raves that summer: two in Queens (in Flushing and Hunter's Point), and one in the South Bronx. This live set recording is from one of those nights, but I can't remember which.

I was playing a lot of progressive trance and house in the CLUBS I was booked at those years, but you can hear a different darker side of me here at the RAVE: hard driving techno, hard trance, hard house. This was a side I felt more comfortable unleashing in the rave scene, where other DJs were playing hardcore, drum n' bass, and hard house.

The New York club and rave scenes were pretty separate at the time. The people who went to see trance and techno DJs in Manhattan were not the kids who went to raves every week in The Bronx, Brooklyn, or Queens. Both scenes were pretty diverse but the raves I played at were a primarily Latino and Black crowd. 

The worlds were pretty different, and fewer people in the rave scene knew who I was than at the clubs in Manhattan. I feel lucky to have grown up in this era and experienced the New York underground in its totality, a world I exist in and am passionate about still to this day.

I hope you enjoy this really deep cut recording from 19 year old "DJ Eco" during the summer of 2006. Some of you have been following me for a lot of that time, and I hope you guys especially enjoy this one. I do it for y'all - and I do it for the underground; always have...

The Sound of (Me) 046 (Live in New York 2006)

This one is a nice long sloooooow burn...

Deep Space Gallery is a really cool contemporary arts gallery a short walk away in my neighborhood of Jersey City, and home to this awesome work Space Rocks by Shamona Stokes. It’s a gallery, incubator, and home for many local artists of all kinds, and a place I’ve played at many times over the last few years. I’ve gotten to know so many talented new/old DJs there in a short couple years, most of whom play vinyl and an eclectic range of styles. Being part of this community has helped me deepen my own sound and understanding of what it means to spin and curate music, all music, all genres.

I’ve been wanting to record a set like this for almost a year and never got around to it. It’s a bunch of different chill and vibey tunes I’ve played in bits and pieces around my home base of Jersey City the last few years: downtempo, trip hop, industrial, house, jazz, you name it. Deep Space asked me to come spin for a few hours last month for the closing weekend of their “Wallpaper” show, and I knew that’s where I wanted to finally record this. I threw all the different sounds I’ve been personally listening to onto a flash drive and walked on over there.

I hope you enjoy this almost 4 hours journey featuring so many grooves I’ve been enjoying on my headphones and home sound system the last few years! Clear some time in your schedule, turn the lights down, and *really* get into it ;)

047 (Live at Deep Space J.C. 10.24.24)

Here's a new Sound of You set with some sounds I've been playing to keep warm this winter. I've been having fun threading together deep layered progressive melodies with some rave atmospheres, music for the late hours. Be well <3

Artwork is by Cat Huss.

Tracklist

1. SG Lewis - Warm
2. Marcus Schossow & Thomas Sagstad - Yellow Cabs
3. Naden - Illusion
4. Powel - Perelin Der Nachtwald
5. Leon Vynehall - Time
6. Naden - Surface
7. Pete Tong & John Monkman - PHOENIX
8. David August - Epikur
9. Guy Gerber & Dixon - No Distance
10. Solomon Grey - Twilight (John Monkman Remix)
11. Sailor & I - Leave The Light On (Kidnap Kid Remix)
12. Royksopp - Sordid Affair (Maceo Plex Mix)
13. Alex O’Rion - Adventures Of Captain Jellybean
14. Thomas Hayes feat. Joni Fatora - Neon (LTN’s Sunrise Remix)
15. Alex O’Rion - Electrifying Love
16. Sian - Fur
17. Fabio Giannelli - Grenouille
18. Cubicolor - Enigma
19. John Drummer - You And Me (Andromedha “Beyond Space” Remix)
20. Blugazer & Cynic Projects - Feel Me Wondering
21. Vintage & Morelli - Dark Room, Happy Thoughts
22. Karen Overton - Your Loving Arms (Club Mix)
23. Harryson - Reckless
24. Arnej - They Need Us (Club Edit)
25. London Grammar - Hey Now (Arty Remix)
26. Rex Mundi - Echo
27. Terranova feat. Stereo MC’s - Tell Me Why (Danny Daze Mix)
28. Naden - Crimson Abyss
29. Eco - If I Survive (I’ll Worship The Moon)
30. tyDi vs. Tucandeo & Eco - Layla Is Calling (Maciej Ners Mashup)
31. Andre Sobota - Triangles
32. Faithless - Salva Mea 2.0 (Above & Beyond Remix)
33. Evol Waves - Everything In Its Right Place
34. Eddie Amador & Sinisa Tamamovic - Paralyzed
35. Albert Vorne - Formentera What (Gareth Emery Remix)
36. Eco - Soar
37. Viridian - Sunhump (Breakfast Remix)
38. JPL - We Move In Symmetry
39. Eco & Breakfast - Wide Open (Johan Malmgren Remix)
40. The Blizzard - Kalopsia
41. Breakfast - Air Guitar
42. Tiesto - Surrounded By Light (Extended Tiesto Mix)
43. Roberto Capuano - Dissolve
44. Monoloc - HH
45. Eemus - Medusa
46. L.S.G. - Netherworld (Oliver Prime Remix)
47. Jorn van Deynhoven - 101010 (The Perfect Ten)
48. Julie Thompson - Shine (Rafael Frost Remix)
49. Paul Oakenfold - Tiff Lacey - Hypnotized (Markus Schulz Remix)
50. Eco - Whale Song
51. Jonas Hornblad - Hope
52. Rafael Frost - If Only
53. Breakfast - The Girl From Moscow
54. Johan Malmgren - Be Yourself
55. Paul van Dyk & Ummet Ozcan - Come With Me (We Are One) (Paul van Dyk Festival Mix)
56. Leon Bolier pres. Inner Stories - Beyond
57. Lost Man - Destination Nowhere
58. DJ Eco vs. The Doppler Effect - Beauty Hides Forever (XiJaro Mashup)
59. Filterheadz - Curve
60. Alex Di Stefano - Pulse
61. Tiesto - Breda 8PM (DJ Montana Edit)
62. DJ Eco - Lost Angeles (Breakfast Remix)
63. Abstract Vision feat. Sarah Lynn - The Very Center Of Me
64. Solarstone - Solarcoaster (JPL’s Escape From Reality Remix)
65. Smith & Pledger - Northern Lights (Breakfast Remix)
66. Tiesto feat. Jonsi - Kaleidoscope (Ferry Corsten Remix)

Eco live @ Cielo NY (9.18.15)

Tracklist

1. Breakfast – Through The Night (Eco's 'Hello Sincere Strings' Intro Edit)
2. Paul Oakenfold – Southern Sun (Gabriel & Dresden Remix)
3. Eugina – Salt Tank (Michael Woods Remix)
4. Solarstone & Jes – Like A Waterfall (Eco Rework)
5. Allure – The Loves We Lost
6. Scott Bond vs. Solarstone – 3rd Earth
7. Ferry Corsten feat. Shelley Harland – Holding On (Above & Beyond Remix)
8. Eco – A Million Sounds, A Thousand Smiles
9. Ralph Novell – Hurricane

Eco live @ Ultra Music Festival (A State Of Trance 550) (3.25.12)

My bootleg remix of MMOTHS' amazing track "Thnx", now available for download.

MMOTHS - Thnx (Eco Bootleg)

M(You)Sic

Breaking The Habit (Album Mix) [feat. Einat]

A Million Sounds, A Thousand Smiles / Echoes

Echoes (Original Mix)

A Million Sounds, A Thousand Smiles (Radio Edit)

A Million Sounds, A Thousand Smiles (Original Mix)

Desert Song E.P.

Prism (Original Mix)

The Light In Your Eyes Went Out (Album Mix)

Alonism / A Cry To The Moon

Alonism (Original Mix)

My bootleg remix of this fantastic instrumental piece by the Manchester-based composer Phil France of Cinematic Orchestra.

Phil France - The Swimmer (Eco Bootleg)

The Book of Life: Chapter III

Crossroads

Crossroads

Eco live @ A State of Trance 600 Guatemala City (3.27.13)

Tracklist

1. Suspect 44 - Thoughts Uncovered (Terry Da Libra Remix - Eco Intro Edit)
2. EDU - Keep On Foot
3. Denis Kenzo - Sunrise (Lence & Pluton Remix)
4. Hanski - Sunlight Showers (Speed Limits Remix)
5. tyDi feat. Sarah Howells - When I Go (Arnej Remix)
6. Corderoy - When Magic Falls (Eco Edit)
7. Luigi Lusini pres. Galaxia LL - Don't Wanna Be Alone
8. Eco - Alonism
9. Dave Schiemann - Heartless
10. Eco & Masoud vs. John O'Callaghan - Staring At Yourself (Sedna Mashup)
11. Ferry Corsten - Take Me
12. Eco vs. Motorcycle - As The Desert Rush Comes (Bilal El Aly & Vince Aoun Mashup)
13. DJ Eco - Lost Angeles (Breakfast Remix)
14. DJ Eco - Tonight Is Forever (Martin Roth Edit)
15. M.I.B. - Keep Pushin'
16. M.I.K.E. - Back In Time (Orjan Nilsen Refix)
17. Ferry Tayle vs. Darren Porter - Neptune's Siren
18. 8 Wonders vs. Eco feat. Radmila - Change The X World (Bilal El Aly Mashup)

Eco live @ A State of Trance 600 Guatemala City (3.27.13)

Clips and Rarities (2008-2012)

Thnx (Remix of MMOTHS)

Hass und Liebe

Schmutz (Radio Mix)

Gier

Ich will Dich

Instabil

Hass und Liebe (Emotional Update)

Geld (Single Mix)

Girl

Realize

Hate and Love (Foreign Mix)

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