Progressive Beats.... Oh Yeah!!! Muy buena musica broo...

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

Never one to stick to one genre, Dmitry Kuzmin aka Nuage has attracted both established artists and labels as fans since his debut in 2011.

With strong releases on Anjunadeep, 20:20Vision, Phonica and most recent House Of Youth, he continues to create emotionally charged, elevating music, channeling his love of various contrasting genres into his compositions.

The past couple of years have seen Kuzmin’s influence grow with releases consistently reaching millions of streams, garnering support from like-minded producers, and receiving regular radio play on BBC Radio 1.

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saturday afternoon at the junkyard grooves ~ here's my set from Lightning In A Bottle @thedolab! breaks n' 4 on the floor grooves to get ya movin' :) 

photo: @storiesbysay 
mastering: @tchilt

Torie – Live @ Lightning In A Bottle 2024: The Junkyard Stage

TRACKLIST 
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1. Be Free ~ Terry Grant, Spiritchaser
2. Make it Better ~ Colorjaxx
3. Ninety One ~ Jo Paciello
4. Concentrate & Relax ~ Mo'Cream Remix
5. Messing with my Soul ~ Mo'Cream Remix
6. Out Of Sight ~ Mike Suntower
7. Aba ~ Fulltone
8. Ask The Universe ~ M.O.S
9. Nexus ~ Peter Mac
10. Do That Thang ~ Pete Moss Remix
11. The New Day ~ Pete Moss Remix
12. Refined ~ Alley SA
13. Hope ~ Loveclub & Domingo + Remix
14. Hyacinth ~ Tomas Briski
15. Empire of the Sun ~ Nacho Varela & Cruz Vittor Remix
16. I'm Feeling Good ~ Alex Lo Faro
17. Jumbo Jet ~ Lost Desert
18. Interminable ~ Gorge Remix
19. Bootleg In My Soul ~ Domingo +
20. The Daylight ~ Ranta Remix
21. Nostalgia Del Presente ~ Danny Howells Remix
22. Whispers Of the Wind ~ Juan Domecq
23. Elephant Echoes ~ Fer Ferrari

Summer Vacation

1. Astral Body (original mix)  - G Spice
2. Cosmic Stream - BiG AL, Music P
3.Bless Vibes (original Mix) - Deeplomatik
4.Expansions (album mix) - Spiritchaser
5. Do you read music (original mix) - Tidy Daps
6. Come together (original mix) 
7. Significant other (soledrifter remix) - Always friends
8. My Dreams - Verlin R. Dickerson
9. Cant I just be? (Alton miller remix)
10. Oyama - Gorge, Oliver Schories
11.Boundaries (club edit) - Ky William & Nathan Gorey
12. What about Weekends - HUGEhands
13.The Groove - Nolek

#103 Oh! Records Podcast - HUGEhands

This mix is a collection of tracks that move me in so many ways. I hope they bring you joy, inspiration, and release the way they do for me. Put this on after an amazing experience. Blast it in your backyard and open up the earth!

We all have a duty to become the best and most authentic version of ourselves. Reality is ours to write. The meaning of of life is love! Find your passion and follow it. Be true to yourself. Find inspiration the way I have in this collection of music. Feel, and live deeply. You are the universe experiencing itself. Act like it!

I love you.

Sun Tears

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, there was a genre called techno. I remember going to see all the greats, Derrick May, Kevin Saunderson, Juan Atkins, and many more. I love the music these legends made, with incredible melodies and when DJing they layered the tracks with a hands-on mixing style. But even with the newer, almost unrecognizable forms of techno today, classic "Detroit" techno never really went away. It can be confusing how dance genres change over the years. The old adage is true, the only thing that is consistent in life is change. Some musical elements come back, other sounds are taken from different genres, and what's old is new again. This mix in front of you is modern melodic techno, a kind of homage to the old school.

In the 90's I played a lot of trance and progressive, which originally came from the original techno of the early 90's. But this isn't the first time I have DJ'ed techno with a melodic quality. Just after y2k I transitioned into a new genre we called tech trance. Sasha used to call it trance with a small "t." These days when you look through the charts from back then it's all been put in the progressive house folder, but it was originally a distinct genre onto itself. In 2002 I did a track with Seed called Chlorine Shots" that was a good example of tech trance. Most dance music was way faster back then, but there are other differences between the old 90's techno, 2000's tech trance and the 2020's melodic techno. Detroit techno was always very lush, but tech trance melodies were restrained, and it didn't quite have that same thump from old techno. Today's melodic tech house or techno swings from minimalism to epic sounds. What makes it differ from other melodic genres of organic house, trance and progressive is that there's less use of the house "cats and boots," and it usually has that mighty 808 kick. Because techno has been around from the beginning of dance music, there's quite a range of different drum parts in the melodic stuff, even with the occasional 303 wobble. 

I got three turntables going for this mix, something that techno really lends itself to. Enjoy!

Artist - Track - Label

1. (Intro) BBC - Sample from the news coverage at the Queen's memorial - YouTube 
2. (Intro) Marcan Liav - Auma - Stripped Digital
3. Symmetric - Decade - Infinite Depth
4. Raphael Mader - Tabularasa (Maxi Vega Remix) - Steyoyoke Black
5. Eddy Tango - Bedouin - Inner Shah Recordings
6. D-Formation and Masella - Indra - BeatFreak Recordings 
7. Coeus - Rain - Afterlife Records
8. Copini - Alone (Original Mix) - Androgyne Audio
9. Remains of Silence - Sixth Flower - Prototype Music
10. Dominik Marz - Object in the Mirror - Innervisions
11. M0B - Sunrise - Transa Records
12. Copini - Alone (Mila Journée Remix) - Androgyne Audio 
13. Galexis - Magnitude - Alaula Music
14. Peer Kusiv - On My Mind, featuring Avec (ANII Remix) - Embassy One 

The cover art is Turbulence 1 by the Polish painter Elena Verticova. Oil on canvas.

Yoseff Samchuk 15 - Turbulent - August 2024

Reflect is excited to announce Black Velveteen as our the newest member of our crew!

Before she became Black Velveteen,
Chris Offutt was born and raised on the South Side of Chicago. Her parents introduced her to a wide range of music; Motown to Mozart and everything in between. Some frequently featured artists in young Chris’s house were Aretha Franklin, Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Wonder and James Taylor.  Current influences include Chris Fortier, Amonita, Wilma, Nora En Pure, Tayllor, Wilson Kentura, and Matt Sawyer to name a few.

From a very young age she dreamed of hosting her own radio show. In 2011 that dream became  when she had her own show “ Progressions in House” on FNOOB based out of London. 
Chris enjoyed DJing around the San Francisco Bay Area from 2012-2019  . In 2012 she became the resident DJ and musical director at Aloft Hotel SFO. In 2013 Djing in the Pride Parade on the W Hotel float. In 2015 she was asked to perform on the Tantra Stage for Pride in San Francisco.  She was in rotation at The End Up and did guest spots and Monarch, The Great Northern and Wish. In 2016 Chris was asked to join AirPusher Collective.  She has also done guest  mixes for FriskyRadio, ProtonRadio and Elastic Beatz, Innerflight, Space Medicine and more.  Black Velveteen's style and sound is indescribable as she reaches for sounds and music that turn her listeners on to a new experience.

Black Velveteen NEW Resident Mix. 08.25.24

Powel @Sisyphos June 2024

A selection of deep, moody house music, tending towards the more soulful side of what I play. Nice and warm.

(00:00) MANQO - Faded [VOD]
(04:13) Yasin Hazim - Lost In Constantine (Mark Slee's Trouve Le Groove Mix) [Lips & Rhythm]
(10:03) Tomas Svensson, Jan Mir, Paul Sandberg - Cans & Coffee [URSL]
(14:48) Edmondson, Tour-Maubourg - Nite People (Edmondson Remix) [Noire & Blanche]
(19:50) Fiordland - Book of Shadows [Seven Villas]
(25:39) Weval - How You Feel (Night Version) [Technicolour]
(28:41) atish, Polo (AR) - Ultramar (YokoO Remix) [Manjumasi]
(35:34) Anja Schneider - Belize (Leafar Legov Sentimental Flashback RNB Dub) [Sous Music]
(42:11) Alex Albrecht pres. Melquíades - Aurora [Scissor & Thread]
(46:55) Dave DK - Don't Eat the Homies [Pampa Records]
(52:30) Aparde, Brecon - Ecstatic [With Bells Records]
(56:49) Alex Lustig - Thoughts of You [Alex Lustig]

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Deep Site Sessions Episode 063 w/ DJ JAUCHE [12.09.2024]
3:00pm – 4:00pm
Monthly on the second Thursday @ www.blooplondon.com

Deep Site Sessions 063 w/ DJ JAUCHE [12.09.2024]

Yoseff Samchuk's music is laden with enchanting melodies, sophisticated percussion and heavy bass. Moving and emotional, his sound spans from the dizzying heights of techno to the very depths of house and progressive. Known for five hour epic sets, his music is captivating, timeless and enduring.

Canadian and Ukrainian, Yoseff has been DJing since the mid 90s. He has held simultaneous residencies across Canada at legendary clubs such as Hush and The Limit in Victoria, Sonar in Gastown Vancouver and The Bassmint in Toronto. He has also played at Burningman, Noble House Events, Victoria Electronic Music Festival and Shambhala Music Festival.

His current project is called The Waters of Creation, a dance, chillout and ambient collaboration with Matt Laws (Binary Finary). Together they are bringing together a community of artists from around the world to work together under the same banner.

Yoseff has played alongside Timo Maas (Silver Planet), Taylor (Platipus Records), Jimmy Van M (Bedrock, Balance Promotion Group), Chris Fortier (Balance Promotion Group), Eddie Richards (Sweatbox Records, End Recordings), Jay Tripwire (Mosaic, Witching Hour, Nordic Trax), Rennie Foster (RF Recordings),  Dick Trevor (Bedrock), John Creamer (NY Lover Records), Max Graham (Hope, Platipus) and Christopher Lawrence (Pharmacy Music, Hook Recordings). 

He has also played with D.A.V.E. The Drummer (Hydraulix, Apex Recordings), Pascal F.E.O.S. (Eye Q, Harthouse, Tronic, Level Non Zero), John Kelly (Moontribe, Moonshine), Treavor Moontribe and Brad Moontribe. With Brian Seed (Moontribe, Moonshine) he produced the track, "Chlorine Shots" released on Ritual Sounds.

Yoseff Samchuk 15 - Turbulent - August 2024

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