Always a pleasure to hear your sets......🕺

Loved being there... AND now getting to return to the ride you gave us all that night !

The rhythm you create reflects such a beautiful soul. It’s truly inspiring.

Direct support set for Joris Voorn @ Halcyon SF w/Pathfynder on Friday, March 4th, 2022

Music by... Jamel Lee, James Blake,  Cristoph, Ruede Hagelstein, Dario D'Attis, Simone Vitullo, Cari Golden, Helen&Boys, The Organism, Javier Gonzalez, Pozdnyakov & Pola, Tunnelvisions, Gorge, Oliver Schories, Rafael Cerato, Nick Curly, Reflekt, Emmanuel Jal, Veerus

Jamel Lee - Direct Support for Joris Voorn @ Halcyon

"Being menial, how can we let vastnesses strike through 
Our fastened nerves, or see — being the ordered smallnesses
We are — the whole spill, squeeze, and boiling without
Losing heart, mind, or being
Insinuated — hugged or struck into the unwanted
Northless utmosts, the Southless balconies between
Gables of dust, rotundas of sun? Can it be our comfort's

Derived from our dumbness?"

- Alice Fulton, "The Fractal Lanes" from Powers of Congress

The deep playa is a direction, not a place. What began as a bike ride into dusty darkness became something else altogether. This mix is in memory of all the times I needed to ride into trackless oblivion to get the fuck away from other people, and more importantly, to get away from my own idea of who I am.

RIP Thich Nhat Hanh

The Fractal Lanes

I dont know what you call it but its got new wave, italo disco, electro, 80s style synth house, a nice mix of some of my favorite tunes for you to enjoy

New Wave Electro Mix 2022

Sunrise Set on BAAAHS @ Dreamweaver (By Giant Peach) Art Piece.
Since the feel of the art piece was retro-futuristic, we wanted to give the same 80's inspired vibe to our set.  We have fun synth sounds and some driving mids - perfect for that playa sunrise!

DREAMWEAVER - 09.02.22 - BURNING MAN 2022 - Sunrise Set on BAAAHS

here is a live set from the Big Fun Birthday bash in Long Beach.

Patricio Live at BIG FUN. Big Cee's and G-Dubbs Birthday

Copeland nailing the Viva Recordings resident vibes, getting deep and soulful with a sublime warm-up set to get things heated up at THIS!

Mphozil	- Brighter Day (Original Mix)
Jex - Laxmi Tool (Original Mix)
SIS, Alex Kennon - Spectre
D:Ream - Drop Beats Not Bombs (Eric Ericksson Remix)
Nima Gorji, Kevin Cook - Capish (Original Mix)
Cristina Lazic - Jazzy Feeling
COLLEN COHEN - Correspondance (Original Mix)
Retromigration - Secret of a Pimp (Jimpster Remix)
Vince Watson - Another Rendezvous
Roberto Rodriguez (Manolo) - Fall Night (Original Mix)
Carlo Gambino - Dance For You (Original Mix)
Seb Skalski, Barry Solone - Better Way (Karol XVII & Mb Valence Remix)
Mic Newman - Filthy Forever (Original Mix)
Black Loops - Higher
Intr0beatz - Brazilian Dreamz (Original Mix)
Sebb Junior feat. Eric Roberson & Paula - Don't Stop feat. Paula feat. Kaidi Tatham (DJ Jazzy Jeff & Kaidi Tatham Remix)
Block & Crown - U Got the Body (Original Mix)
Sandy Rivera - Long Time Coming (Main Mix)
Gabbi Lopez - Snakedance (Original)
Eli Escobar - I Need U (Original Mix)
Crystal Waters - Gypsy Woman (Teddy Douglas Edit)
Jimpster - Echoes In My Head (Original Mix)
CANCCI - Daylight (Original Mix)
Doza - It Comes in Waves (Original Mix)
Osunlade, Jimpster - Momma's Groove (Jimpster's Slipped Disc Mix)
Jimi Jules, Oliver Dollar - Pushing On (Original Mix)
AMP Fiddler, Tom Flynn - The Future (Original Mix)
Solomun - Love Recycled 1 (Original Mix)

Copeland Live DJ Set @ THIS! for Viva Recordings Oct 15th 2022

One of my most emotional mixes, this set was recorded Live at Subtract open Air party just outside of LA (Valley) in an absolutely chaotic time for me.  Two days after my only lover of 16 years and wife of 12 told me she didn’t love me anymore and I went to LA with my daughter to process it.  It was also my first time back in LA since moving from there in 2019, and first time seeing/staying with my family since the pandemic.  Unsurprisingly I had trouble keeping myself together in these circumstances.

So suffice to say there are a lot of feelings in this set.  It would have actually been yet moodier but there was a hiccup on start time at this party that changed my set (2nd in order and rt before Doc Martin)  from early-ish to peak.  But it is still an emotional journey, at least for me :) 

It's my break-up set, and those can be powerful.  I'll never forget DJ Heather's at Tropical 2-Year Anniversary in LA in 2000.  It was raw and full of feels and one of my favorites, but I didn't get approval to release, I think it was too personal.

I like to play with the mix of dark and light generally - being a positive person and eternal optimist I overall lean towards light.  This set of course a unique moment in time for me.  It starts more moody and breaks through into the light, also reflecting a transition from more techy opener Bellhop to housier Doc Martin, and a balance of hosts Subtract and Sublevel.  Yeah, I think about all these things :)

It felt so good to be in LA at the party, seeing friends I hadn’t seen in years, feeling supported and loved!  In a euphoric moment towards the end I actually caught air behind the decks - not too often my feet leave the ground back there the way I mix, but Armando Kroma thankfully caught this on camera.  It was the hopeful part of summer 2021 for events and everyone was feeling it -  soon after Delta variant kinda wiped things out again.  

So why didn’t I release this set earlier?   I actually tried.  I had it mastered by Brian Saitzyk, but tbh for about 10 minutes in the middle my attention to my levels was poor in all the emotion and excitement and I pushed the pioneer mixer a bit so there’s a bit of crunchiness that can’t really be mastered out.  

So then I re-recorded it.  I don’t like to do this, I like the way I mix live better, as well as for the live set really to be the live set.  But sound quality is a factor so I did the re-record.  But then never released it.  I also was planning to push the set so the Delta V perhaps another reason I paused on set release...

Maybe too much time just went by.  Maybe it was too emotional for me as turmoil in my life continued.  Things worsened in my marriage, poly definitely did not work, dating after 15 years and a pandemic neither easy nor the focus I really wanted.  I made a lot of progress getting my groove back and enjoying my life in 2022 until my mom became ill very suddenly June 2022 and passed in September. 

Anyway here we are, I am releasing things, moving on in my life and starting to feel my fire again.  

As such I am releasing this set!   This is the original live version lightly mastered for overall levels by Brian Saitzyk.   If the audio quality is compromised some for emotion that’s an accurate reflection of my state anyway, and it’s really just a little fuzzy in a small part of the set anyway.  So, live and raw it is!  

Big thanks to Anton for bringing me, Brian Saitzyk for mastering, Mikey B for commiserating with me, Doc Martin and Andrew Bellhop for playing great sets before and after me, and all my friends for uplifting me (literally this time!), and Armando for catching that moment I broke through into pure joy <3

Ben Annand Live in LA at Subtract/Sublevel Open Air with Doc Martin - July 31, 2021

Kristin Lush set at Technesium's Arctic Tundra.

Kristin Lush @ Arctic Tundra

# Changelog

## V0.1

Init version

## V0.2

- All Hihats, Shaker, Claps and Percussions replaced
- All melodies coming out of the synths now, no samples
- Bassline sounddesign todo etc
- Lots of transition FX and fills already
- Changed arrangement
- Removed some of the different melodies basically to keep track one idea

## V0.3

- Sounddesign for leads
- Rearranging drums
- New melody in break and also later coming back

# Todo

- Bassline
- Lots of automation
- The break and drop is more or less placeholder, not really impactful yet
- Mix sounds properly to have it not too noisy
- Master XD

Bubbles 0.3.1

Nyss [Minimal Groove Concept]

Acid Ride (Trancid Rmx)

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Founded in early 1998, the goal was to consistently put out records that would be loved and played by many in the house music community. Viva Recordings found success with its first debut from Johnny Fiasco and the with Rick Preston's Altruism EP, which gained notoriety when "Spring Fling" was featured on Mark Farina's San Francisco Sessions Vol.1. From these early releases the road was paved for Viva Recordings' success. Over the last few years we have been working on personal projects but now have decided to bring the label back and take the Viva name back. If you feel your music fits in the scope of our label please send demos to our A&R/Label Manager Chad Neiro at his email.

Copeland Live DJ Set @ THIS! for Viva Recordings Oct 15th 2022

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