MIXED SIGNALS - EP

Just dug up this epic #KCRW show from 2003. Rashida and I were guests on Garth's "Unsung Heroes" show. He did this amazing series each year, for a month, on a Tuesday...where he picked out local people that were contributing to the scene...He picked us because of Proper and Cultura parties..We came in, goofed out, and had the best time ever. This is part one...I can't find part 2 of the show...When I do, I'll upload it!

Chocolate City, Dec 1, 2003 (Part 1)

Started things off with this chill mix for #BalconyBeats #2 with Overjoy, Heidi Lawden and Thee Mike B...Enjoy!

#BB #BALCONYBEATS 002 - PRESENTED BY PARADISE ULTD. | VALIDA (Warm Up)

If vaporwave, synthpop, and daytime disco birthed a pandemic love child, they would call it spacewave, and Do It Again would be their ultimate escapist daydream – complete with sci-fi soundbytes, steady grooves, and filtered synth tapestries.

Do It Again - Single

Do It Again

For best experience, listen in a dark, sweaty club....

Valida - Mixed Signals (Psychemagik Remix)

Oct 21, 2021

Valida - Mixed Signals [Psychemagik Remix]

I did a mix for Dublab in December and opted for mainly my favorite breaks/jungle tracks...old and new. Hope you dig!

1.	Harold Budd – Bismillahi 'Rrahmani 'Rrahim – The Pavilion of Dreams
2.	Melanie Charles and Dinah Washington – What a Difference A Day Makes – You Don’t (Really) Care About Black Women
3.	Corto.alto – Not for Now – Not for Now
4.	DreamWeaver – Altered Reality – Cloud9
5.	Dirty Bird – Oasis – Dirty Bird
6.	PFM – One and Only – One and Only
7.	Photek – The Rain – Natural Born Killa
8.	LTJ Bukem – Horizons – Logical Progression 
9.	Abstract Truth – Get Another Plan (Timecode Remix) – Abstract Truth
10.	4am Kru/Layla Sibelle – Keep 4 Eva (extended mix) – Keep 4 Eva
11.	Mystic State – Rest Assured (feat. Elysia Grace) – We Can Help Each Other / Rest Assured
12.	Lamb – Gorecki (Global Communication Remix) – Remixed
13.	Alex Reece – Feel The Sunshine (Pulse Mix) – Feel The Sunshine Remixes
14.	Appaloosa – Night Train (Instrumental Mix)
15.	Dillinja – Luscious Nights – Luscious Nights / Hoes & Tricks
16.	Dirty Bird – Midnight – Dirty Bird

Comfort Food - Dublab Mix Dec, 2021

Remix of Jenny O.'s "Well OK Honey". As soon as I heard the original I knew I had to hear it with a little more umph to it. I called my friends Art Bleek and Charlie Sputnik and we set to work...Et voila...Hope you like it!

Well Ok Honey (Valida/Art/Sputnik Mix) Jenny O.

This was my opening set for Jazz Is Dead event at the Lodge Room with Bebel Gilberto & Céu on July 21st 2022. This one features music by Brazilian jazz/bossa/samba legends such as Azymuth, Chico Buarque, Arthur Verocai, Orlandivo, Di Melo, Panama Cardoon,...some of my favorite Dilla/South early 2000s hip hop, and some of today's beat makers such as Kaidi Tatham, saib., Boyan, Dirty Bird, Karmawin, Captain Planet...and much much more... (Dom La Nena, Satya, Biig Piig, La Femme, LordJAG, ScruScru, Midan...Naja Loan...Anomalie)

07/21/2022 Jazz Está Morto w/ Bebel Gilberto & Céu - Valida DJ set Part 1

I made this mix for Dublab in January of 2022

https://www.dublab.com/archive/valida-cosmic-dance-01-30-22

TRACKLIST:

Sunrom – You Don’t Know – Nocturnal (inc. Tour Mauberg/Aldebaran Remixes)
Moodymann – Let Me Show You Love – Taken Away
Dirty Bird – Gurl – Dirty Bird
Sau Poler – Strange Lands – Nocturno
Cooly G – Save Me ft. Marcus Damon – Save Me / We Can Find Love Too
Juralove – Pepa – Pepa
Athlete Whippet – Take It Back
Reznik & Mikesh – The Moon Landing Was A Hoax (Area 51 Infinite Mix)
Jayda G – All I Need
Aili x Transistorcake – Oki – Oki
Mike Steva – Dimensions – Earth Mother
Galcher Lustwerk – Cig Angel (Dance Mix) – Information
Ron Basejam – They Speak Colour – Ron’s Reworks Vol 4
Dirty Bird – Whatchu Want – Time Traveler
Valida – Mixed Signals (Psychemagik Remix)
Fred Again x The Blessed Madonna – Marea (We’ve Lost Dancing)
Matuss – Fairy Dust – Absence Seizure Compilation
HAAi – It’s Something We Can All Learn from – Systems Up, Windows Down
Curt Reynolds – Switch
Peggy Gou – I Go
Baltra – Baby – Ambition
Brooklyn Baby – We’ll See What They Say
COEO – I Can Never Be Yours – Toy Tonics Top Tracks Vol. 9
Calmos and Berzingue Davelly – These Chords (Calmos and Berzingue Dub)
Kim Ann Foxman – Magic Magic – Connection
Meesho – Teleport – Dave Aju Remix
Kilig – Blue Coat, Red Dress

Cosmic Dance

Trax

1.	Asha Puthli – Space Talk (Dimitri from Paris Remix) – Space Talk: With Remixes by Dimitri From Paris
2.	Miki J – Playing Games – Japanese Boogie & Disco Reworks Volume 2
3.	Soultronic - Faded (Scruscru Remix) – Tunes & Remixes 2022
4.	Robot 84- Can’t U See (Dub) – Various Balearic
5.	Gloria Ann Taylor & Flying Mojito Bros – Be Worthy (Flying Mojito Bros Refrito) – Be Worthy
6.	Gigi Testa – Echoes In The Sky – Jinja (12”)
7.	Najib Al Housh – Ya Aen Daly – Habibi Funk Compilation
8.	Underset – Easy Summer – Woogie Hunter
9.	Domu – Nothing Ever Changes – Neroli EP
10.	Jayda G – Meant To Be - Guy
11.	Hauke Freer & Carlo ¬– Maison - Versus
12.	Nenor – Gonna Take My Time – Take My Time (EP)
13.	Eddie Leader – Slow Everything Down – Slow Everything Down EP
14.	Barbara Boeing – Brigada feat. Phil Mill – Brasiliana EP
15.	Channel Tres – Just Can’t Get Enough (Radio Edit) – Just Can’t Get Enough (Single)
16.	Konrad Ritter & Neph – Bring It Home (Dave DK Classic House Cut) – Finish Your Breakfast EP
17.	Sauco – Twisted Funk – Disco Selections, Vol. 2
18.	Black Loops & Carlo – Hungover - Versus

Take Me Home Dancing

Stevie Nicks cover of "Wild Heart" - the demo version from the Rolling Stone Magazine photo-shoot

produced by: Valida
vocals: Justine Bennett
additional vocals: Valida
guitar: Justine Bennett
mixed by Ken at Keenhouse
mastered by Kelly Hibbert at Almachrome

"Wild Heart feat. Justine Bennett" (Stevie Nicks Cover) Radio Edit

produced by: Valida
vocals: Justine Bennett
additional vocals: Valida
guitar: Justine Bennett
mixed by Ken at Keenhouse
mastered by Kelly Hibbert at Almachrome

"Wild Heart feat. Justine Bennett" (Stevie Nicks cover) extended mix

Lonely Eyes (Valida Remix)- Milo Greene

1.	Living (Death Rattle Remix) - Adna
2.	Ibiza Bass - Benoit & Sergio
3.	A Secret Place – Curses
4.	Emerson Todd – Say
5.	Stollice - Hotel Lauer
6.	Zipp - Krankbrother
7.	Witch Doctor – Crazy P
8.	Gauntlet (Vocal Version) - Siren
9.	C With No Name feat. Danielle Moore  – PBR Streetgang
10.	Too Cool To Dance – James Curd
11.	Only What I Am – DJ W!ld
12.	Brandy Alexander (Tuff City Kids Remix) – Freeform Five
13.	Piano Hand – Chris Lake & Chris Lorenzo
14.	La Spirale (J’s Loveboat Mix) – Phreek Plus One
15.	Tonii (Dixon Retouch) – Love Over Entropy
16.	12:00 – Hnny


A Secret Place

How do you follow a Stevie Nicks cover? That's how...

produced by Valida
vox by Valida
additional vox by Justine Bennett http://www.justinebennett.com/
mixed by Ken at http://keenhouse.com/
mastered by KH at http://almachrome.com/

Trouble (Lindsey Buckingham cover)

My very first hands-on remix....ha!

As seen on http://blogs.kcrw.com/musicnews/2011/07/kcrw-exclusive-saint-motel-puzzle-pieces-valida%E2%80%99s-repuzzled-mix/

Puzzle Pieces (Valida's Repuzzled Mix) Saint Motel

avec:
Lapointe,  Bardot, Gainsbourg, Gall, Birkin, Chamfort, Tellier, Taïeb, Fortier, Lindsay, Hercule & Mickey 3D, Dom La Nena, Belin, Hills, Levine, Poom, Paradis, Agnes Obel...

Les Amours Perdues (French classics mixtape)

A cover of a Bosnian ilahija (spiritual) song...recorded in 2005.

Kad Procvatu Behari

For some unknown reason, this track disappeared from my soundcloud page...So I decided to re-upload it. I'm super bummed this happened and have no idea as to why/how...

Here is how this remix came about: http://blogs.kcrw.com/musicnews/2011/05/kcrw-exclusive-foster-the-people-houdini-remix-by-dj-valida/#.VozROJMrJE4
And some good soul has uploaded it on youtube a while back:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uL0zfZ2K0E

Houdini (Valida's Slip Out Mix)- Reupload

Stars

System warning
Telling me that I’m about to
Exit orbit
Drift into your dimension
Headed for ya
Searching for this connection
Satellite spinning for you

System warning
Sends me a signal that
I'll reach you, shortly
Now that you’re in reception
We’re transforming
Lighting the constallation
Satellite spinning for you

We collide 
In a dream I’ve been weaving
Synthesize
Into a new feeling.....(Love)
Realize
It’s what I believe in
We’ll be stars together
Can’t you see we’ll never come down

System warning
Going off but I ignore it
Spinning forward
Pull me in your direction
Time is warping
Zoom in on your perfection
Satellite spinning for you

We are stars....shine together
We are stars.....dance forever
We are stars....love surrender
Can’t you see we’ll never come down

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STARS VALIDA

STARS VALIDA (LUXXURY REMIX)

I've loved Cannons since I first heard their gorgeous "Evening Star."
So excited to share this with everyone!!!

STARS VALIDA (CANNONS REMIX)

I have known this Bosnian Music Icon for a number of years and the topic of collaboration has come up a few times in the past but it never worked out. Finally this summer when I saw him in Sarajevo, I decided it was time. Upon my return back to LA he sent the vocal parts for his brand new single, Undo, and gave me complete artistic freedom to reinterpret the song.  I hope you like my LA Nights version. 
Here is a link to the original:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOve_CArLd0

Dino Merlin "Undo" (Valida's LA Nights Remix)

In our book, nothing says I LOVE YOU more than a good old fashioned mix-tape. You remember making these: agonizing over the tracks, recording songs off the radio, trying to get everything in just the right order, painstakingly handwriting out all the tracks on notebook paper. Making one of these babies was a lot of work but it was so worth it. Because you know what it meant when you received one of these? Getting a mixed tape, well, that pretty much meant true love.

As a special Valentine’s Day present, The Standard, Hollywood presents: From Desert Nights… With Love, a mix-tape featuring some of our favorite Desert Night’s performers curated just for you by KCRW’s DJ Valida. 

Desert Nights Valentines Mix (2012)

girl meets boy...

Music video here: https://vimeo.com/42296594

http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/mine-to-take/id524364388?i=524364678&patnerId=30&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

Mine To Take

A Dim-the-Lights DJ Mix for W Hotels

1. "Emmanuelle's Theme"    Pierre Bachelet, Hervé Roy & Ernesto Cortazar    
2. "Good Bye Emmanuelle"   Serge Gainsbourg    
3. "Caravan to Midnight"    Robin Trower   
4. "Darkness"    Leonard Cohen     
5. "Colored Emotions"    Night Moves   
6. "The Look of Love"    Nina Simone      
7. "Phantasm"     Flying Lotus Feat. Laura Darlington    
8. "To This Life"    Azure Ray   
9.  "la-la-love you"    Blank Tapes     
10. "Baby feat. Dam Funk"    Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti        
11. "Jesu"    The Late Great Fitzcarraldos 
12. "0318"      fennesz + sakamoto      
13. "Leap Frog"    Hiatus Kaiyote   
14. "We'll Meet Again feat. Marina Gasolina" (Bugged In Mix) Mickey Moonlight
15. "Doing Alright"     78 Edits    
16. "With Just One Glance feat. Scout LaRue" Nicolas Jaar     
17. "Only Everything"    Poolside       
18. "Sex Drive"      Jimmy Edgar        
19. "Plage (Dauwd Remix)"    Crystal Fighters   
20. "Dive (Keep Shelly In Athens Remix)"    Tycho    

WANNA MAKE OUT?

Background story on this mix: 
http://blogs.kcrw.com/musicnews/2012/12/runaway-dreams-mix-by-kcrw-dj-valida/

1. Kimbra “Settle Down” (Brenmar Remix)
2. Capital Cities “Kangaroo Court” (Shook Remix)
3. Kasper Bjørke “D.O.A.H” 
4. Dennis Ferrer “Hey Hey”
5. Tina Turner “What’s Love Got To Do With It (Zimmer Rework)
6. Joakim ”Nothing Gold” (Todd Terje Remix)
7. Citizens! “True Romance” (Gigamesh Remix)
8. Blende “Fake Love”
9. Holy Ghost “It Gets Dark”
10. Little Majorette “Never Be The Same”
11. Locussolus “Telephone” 
12. Fleetwood Mac “Dreams” (Soul Clap Remix)
13. Passion Pit “Take A Walk” (Classixx Remix)
14. Justin Jay “Femme Fatale”
15. Kasper Bjørke “Bohemian Soul” (Adana Twins On A Cloudy Day Remix)
16. Soul Clap feat. Mel Blatt “Need Your Lovin” (Nitetime Remix)
17. Lemâitre “Sceptics”
18. Pomplamoose “Don’t Stop Lovin’ Me”
19. Mr. Little Jeans “Runaway”


Valida - Runaway Dreams

When I got asked to open for Shigeto a few weeks ago, I was beyond excited. 
I love Shigeto, and I love Jazz (duh!) Also, Motor City has been such a huge influence on me, musically - from Motown to JayDee, to Moodymann, - it’s just an endless trove of inspiration.
I had such a great time DJing, and didn’t know at the time that they recorded it. I was glad they did because I don’t get to play this kind of stuff out very often these days. I used to do a lot of it 2003-2006…
Only thing is, the file I was given is only the second half of my two- hour set. So I recreated the first half at home. (Thank you Serato, for the history bins!) and then I joined them…I really wanted you to hear the whole thing and how the evening built…
Hope you dig.
ps. This is a drawing of yours truly by Kutmah (circa 2005 - when I used to frequent his weekly party, Sketchbook…those who know, know)

Including music by:
Doug Carn, Black Nile, Underground Canopy, Lionmilk, Freddie Gibbs and Madlib, Elusive, Yoshinori Hayashi, Kamasi Washington, Azymyth, Dwilt Sharpp, Jeff Parker, Sam Wilkes, Saib., HYUKOH, Shinji, Al Dobson Jr., Kirby, Robert Glasper, Jamael Dean, Sweatson Klank, Chuggin Edits, BKNAPP, Destroyer, Kit Sebastian, Slum Village, Roots Manuva, Rayko, Fantab, Kid Sublime, Jazz Liberatorz, Dimlite, The Jazzual Suspects, Nightmares On Wax, Birdy Nam Nam, PPP, Miguel Atwood Fergusson (Dilla Cover), Josef Leimberg, Captain Planet, Nicole Bus, Teebs, Massimo Vanoni, Hifi Sean, Karmaa, Ratatat, Toro Y Moi, Kaytranada, Glow In The Dark, Inxxxwel, The Black 80s, Werkha, Lovebreak, Kilig...

DJ set at Jazz Is Dead Series with Shigeto, LA, March 7, 2020

I love it when it rains. I also love The Fox Must Pay. There is a whole lotta love going on here...
The fox comes alive: http://validaaa.tumblr.com/post/48135962612/i-miss-the-rain-so-much-you-can-download-this

Xtraordinary Things (Valida's Rainy Day in LA remix) The Fox Must Pay

was feelin' some type of way when I made this

On Fire

Mixed Signals - EP

Mixed Signals

VALIDA-TED — DJ AND PRODUCER VALIDA IS ON FIRE (LA Weekly, October, 2021)
"Valida-ted — DJ and Producer Valida is On Fire: She’s a DJ with her own show on KCRW, and she’s a long-time event promoter in the Los Angeles area. People deep into the region’s electronic music scene know full well who Valida is; her radio presence alone has seen her local buzz expand while club nights such as Desert Nights were extremely popular. And she’s releasing her own, original music too."

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