Digging the exotic and mysterious grooves!

Damn baseline already kicking harder than a horse!

🔥🔥🔥Tech me to that place I want to be🔥🔥🔥

Gavin Hardkiss DJ mix of favorite recent tunes from the Hardkiss Music and Do Not Sit labels.

Hardkiss Music XOXO Do Not Sit

Recorded at Uniting Souls Music presents 'Diggin' Deep' 
Monkey Loft // Seattle // September 2022 ❤️
@unitingsoulsmusic


1. Vito Lalinga - Maono (Lego Edit) @user-998436411 
2. Supershy - Change ft. Wayne Snow @supershy-music
3. Hunee - Rare Happiness @hunee
4. ANT LaROCK, Robert Owens - A Better Me
5. Franck Roger - I’m Waitin
6. Eli Escobar - Seein You (Richard Earnshaw Remix)
7. Konstantin Sibold - Dome
8. Mash - Style Is the Answer
9. Intr0beatz - Post Chili
10. Miguel Rios, Cris Herrera - Understanding
11. Da Lukas - Back for More
12. Bas Roos & Guy Steve - Piece Of Soul @basroos
13. The Scumfrog - E Injury
14. Chemars - Got Over You
15. Gianni Bini - Back to My Roots (Bootleg Mix)
16. DJ Tennis & Ashee - On My Own Now ft. Lady Donli 
17. Dennis Cruz ft Martina Camargo - El Sueno
18. Diplo & Melé - Make Me Believe
19. DJ Homewrecker - Trick Flows @djhomewrecker
20. DJ Sneak	- Funky Rhythm (Kreap Mix)
21. Danny Losito, Zama, Mr.Tune, AxelGroove - Life (Club Vibe)
22. Hermitude ft. Buddy & BJ The Chicago Kid - OneFourThree (Friend Within Remix)
23. Mike Nasty - Crazy Sexy Dirty @mikenastynyc
24. Destrada - Raynas (Mastermix)
25. Sean Finn - Calinda (No Hopes Remix)
26. Honey Dijon, Mike Dunn, Dave Giles II, Cor.Ece - Work 
27. Emanuel Satie	- One Love
28. Blond:ish, Francis Mercier, Amadou & Mariam - Sete (HUGEL Remix)
29. Motion Sky - What We Do
30. B Beat Girls - For The Same Man (Nic Fanciulli Extended Remix)
31. Riordan - No Hablo Español
32. Shiba San - I Wanna
33. Tom Budin & Kastelo - Time
34. Gettoblaster - Booty Shake ft. DJ Funk
35. TOBEHONEST	- Maquina De Bailar
36. Sean Finn & Dj Kone & Marc Palacios - Outro (Dj Kone & Marc Palacios Mix)
37. Honey Dijon, Ramona Renea - Love Is A State Of Mind

Jeromy Nail - Live @ Diggin Deep September 2022

Live @ Diggin Deep, Monkey Loft (September 2022) [download enabled]

Live recording of vinyl and digital songs for the dancefloor for one of SF's most loved people on her birthday

amanda's superhero 30th

live @ amanda's superhero 30th

Here's to new beginnings!  This mix - titled 'Strength" is part 1 of a 12-part monthly themed studio mix series that I've committed to releasing this year. 

I mixed this set in October 2022, when I began feeling my strength again, in my amazing DJ Lounge in Eugene, Oregon.
The picture was taken on January 1st, 2023 at Bucerias beach near Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

2022 was a huge challenge for me.  The best things about it were my DJ career thriving post-pandemic, my daughter of course, and other than those, just getting through it.

The hardest things were that it was the first year devoid of hope for my marriage yet still living in the same apartment together the entire year, and that it was the year my mother passed - and those things were HEAVY.  

Hence the need for strength.  Dating for the first time after 15 years was a shitshow, and by summer what I already knew started to sink in hard - focusing on my daughter was a way better idea.  When my mom became very ill, it drove this point home further.

Just as I was starting to feel some strength, my mom lost the last bit she had left.  At first I relapsed badly into bad habits. She passed suddenly while I was preparing to come out to Connecticut, and I felt tremendous guilt when I didn't make it out to be with her at the end.

Although I took my mom's passing really hard, it was the catalyst for change I needed. 

I went from mid-September through the end of the year alcohol-free. I've had a few drinks in January but don't think I'll ever have a drinking habit like I did before.  I gave up herb early November and haven't looked back.  

I gave up these 'vices' without judgement but in the name of health, clarity, and productivity.  I wanted to stop getting in the way of myself and achieve my true potential.  I wanted to feel my strength again.

2023 will be a crazy year for me.  It's the 25th year of my party, Tropical, and the last one.  No one wants me to end it, and so this also takes strength.  I've given a lot through this event - in many ways too much.  

Of course I'm going a little nuts with it to the finale but I'm also showing restraint.  I want to respect the party and give it the finish it deserves, but I have much else to do and know all too well it gets it the way of really being able to focus on other things.

My DJ career is a constant hustle, and is back to being my main source of income.  That's not actually my vision but you also have to respect what's working. My venue booking business is growing slowly, largely because I'm limited by the other things. but I know it's my most sustainable future.

This is the last year I will work this hard.  It's the end of a decade I knew I would work really hard, and I want to respect the deadline I set to take a chill pill and be focused on other things including self-care, and my daughter. I'm still going to work real hard after 2023, but more efficiently and with more help.  And without the burden and risk of organizing events.

I started a bit early last Fall with increased self-care, sleep, and focus on Cerise - but with the onset of 2023 I'm also feeling the crunch of so many projects and goals.  Still I feel more balance than I used to. And that is also strength.

Well I can go on forever but I'm going to cut myself off.  I haven't said a word about the music on this mix this time, but that's ok, it speaks for itself.

I hope you enjoy the mix, and find strength in yourself this year and beyond!

Track list coming soon <3

Ben Annand 2023 Studio Mix 1 - January - Strength

Lets take a quick journey into the abyss we call Space. Lets groove, Lets move, lets get lost!

Turn it up, Tune in, Feel the VIBES!

Please feel Free to share on your socials and leave a fresh comment!

#Housemusic #GoodVibes #DeepHouse #Deepvibes #Journeyintospace #canyoudigit

Strange Journey into the Abyss

I took that right of passage at one of Seattle's longest running house weeklies, Flammable. 
My crew Underscore Recordings was asked to do a takeover and we lit the stage with several ranges of classic house. 
This mix features my soulful roots and one of my favorite genres of house to play. Enjoy! 

Links to follow 
Flammable Sundays
https://www.facebook.com/FlammableSundaysSeattle
https://soundcloud.com/flammable_seattle

Underscore 
https://www.facebook.com/UnderscoreRecordings
https://soundcloud.com/underscorerecordings

Miss Min.D Live @ Flammable

Our first guest recording in our new home! Shaun was on our list to play well before the move so we were glad to get him in right away. He brought the vibes with fantastic deep, minimal house vibes that kept the crowd going all night!

Shaun Whitcher: Live at Back of the House March 9th, 2023

Excited to release my set from LIB 20-Year Anniversary!  Every LIB experience for me seems to top the last.  

This year was special as I hosted Camp Tropical for the first time and had my daughter, Cerise, there for the first time since 2019.  And it was LIB's 20th year, and a brilliant one!

Huge thank you to the Flemming Brothers - Jesse, Dede and Josh and team for producing the Fest, to Patricio Motta for producing the Junkyard Stage I played on, and to Todd Anisman for the ChinoSound!

I always put a lot of effort into my LIB sets, and this year no exception but with the extra challenge of extra responsibility x 2 - organizing a Tropical group camp, and caring for my daughter, who made a few visits to the DJ booth during this set as well.

Honestly I did feel a little less focused that normal up there and wasn't sure how I was going to feel about my set when I got the recording.  I'm a harsh self-critic but I actually love this mix as much as any of the 6 others I've played at this lovely fest :)

Many thanks to the brilliantly talented producers whose tracks I mixed - here is the complete listing, tagged, so you can check their work <3

1. @Undo	 - Aliens Go Home
	
2. @Matthias-tanzmann, @francisco-allendes - Disco Mike
	
3. @Ddigglerofficial - Sunset

4. @Le_bigz (Big Al) - Smiling in the Sand (@tim-barnett-5 [Tim Tonal] Remix)
	
5  @A_los_martires (Cienfuegos) - Around You (@col-lawton-d90 Dub Remix)

6. @Okain - Locked

7. @Mihai-popoviciu-1 - Emotion

8. @Dinyadalonzo - Can't You See (@jameshopkinsuk Remix)

9. @kevinmckay, Notelle, Eppers - On My Own (@Joe-vanditti & Kevin McKay Extended Remix)

10  @Tuccillo - It's Not Over
 
11. @Francisdesimone - Efdies (@Kevinmckay Extended Remix)

12. @Djqmusic, @Finnmccorry - Speedy Gs

13  @Ralphsession  - Rize (@homeroespinosa Remix)

14. @Petebandit-f2f - Computer's Creativity

15. @Milos-pesovic - Pam Pam (@Juan-dragster-viveros Remix)

16. @Format-b-2, @Royrosenfeld - Human Dynamo 

17. @Paulcpaolomartini (Paul C, Paolo Martini) - Modulator

I definitely play with a certain aesthetic at LIB, which is to honor the crossing of the underground and mainstream in my own way.  I describe this set as banging and uplifting, with carefully chosen vocals.  I mean a festival is a celebration, and this just year 2 out of the pandemic I'm definitely favoring uplifting over dark.  

Ok, I do favor that generally, but same time I am processing some darkness over the past 2 years as I've experienced huge losses.  Last year's LIB I was processing the recent demise of my marriage, while this year I was processing the loss of my mom last September.

Recently in our West Coast underground music community we have lost some very special people and there's been a lot of sadness over that, especially this past week.  

One of the very best tools for processing loss is of course music and dance - I hope this set brings you light and joy in these challenging times <3

Please give this set a listen, a like, and a repost if the spirit moves you. Your comments are always welcomed, and usually answered <3

Ben Annand Live at LIB Festival 20-Year - May 26, 2023

Truss [Minimal Groove Concept]

Brume [Minimal Groove Concept]

The Weeknd - Cry For Me (ALEE EDIT)
From one of my all-time favorite songs to my favorite remix I’ve ever created. This edit is packed with emotion, detail, and countless hours of work—crafted with nothing but love and respect for the original.
Massive respect to Lisandro (AR) & Mauro Masi for their stunning melodies that added so much soul to the track, and Ric Niels & Tomas Briski for the drum elements that gave it rhythm and drive.
Edited & Remixed by ALEE - Let the music speak!

Cry For Me (ALEE edit)

Maximus Grooves emerged from the heart of LA’s underground scene in the early ’90s, where his deep love for electronic music first took root. As one of the movement’s early promoters, he helped shape the city's rave culture from its inception, staying connected through every beat of its evolution.

Rooted in House and Techno, Maximus is more than just a DJ—he’s a sonic architect. A lifelong vinyl collector and selector, his sets are hypnotic, groove-laden journeys that fuse the raw energy of the past with the pulse of the future. From gritty warehouse floors to massive festival stages like Off The Grid, Nocturnal Wonderland, and EDC 2020, his timeless sound continues to resonate.

As the visionary behind Tribal Underworld Music, Maximus blends blues, reggae dub, disco, funk, house, and techno into immersive soundscapes—each one a story, each one a vibe. His mission is simple: spread MUSIC & LOVE, honor the underground, and keep pushing boundaries.

Tune in. Turn it up. Join the journey.

Strange Journey into the Abyss

Maximus Grooves

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