Let your dreads down and puff on this bootleg mix of reggae mashups and remixes. The second release of the Rasta Rediscovered mix series is sure to make your eyes red and your feet bounce. You can chew on this until your Jah gets tired. ;)

Rasta Rediscovered Vol. 2

Pillow Talk Vol. 1

Lettuce Turnip Beets Vol. 4

It's been quite some time since I've posted a mix, but I've decided to get back in the habit of it. Over the past years, I've recorded many mixes, but was held back by posting them due to various imperfections. "Don't let the perfect get in the way of the necessary!" a mentor of mine used to say. So, let's get back to it with this lovely chill house mix.

This mix is dedicated to two incredible people, Dave and Amy, who live their lives in a perpetual embrace of love, creativity, celebration and freedom. These are some of the tracks I played for them in a magical place, out of time, out of reality, out in space, and full of love. I'm grateful for generous people like you who honor and support artists in their craft. 

You could call this a Paul Simon sandwich.

Also sending love to the legendary Joegh Bullock, my dear friend and mentor who passed this year. Now you're swimming in the Sea of Dreams and dancing in the Mystic Beat Lounge. I hope it's everything you imagined, as your imagination was infinite.

Mystic Boot Lounge Vol. 2 - Sea of Love

Mystic Boot Lounge 2 - Sea Of Love

FREE HIGH QUALITY DOWNLOAD - Welcome to dreamtrap. The BootsTrap mix is a bass-heavy excursion into the the evolving horizon of deep trap music where we'll explore the emerging style of chill, beautiful songs - infused with the hip-hop inspired bass beats that make trap what it is. This mix was specially crafted to make the use out of your subwoofers, so if you have bass in your soundsystem - turn it up. If you've tried trap music before and it's not for you, I urge you to give this sub-genre a shot. It's quite different than the usual in-your-face eardrum-wompers you've heard before.

FREE HIGH QUALITY DOWNLOAD - RIP IT! BUMP IT! SHARE IT!

Track Listing:

1 - 	Good Kush	 - 	Styles&Complete
2 - 	In the Wake of Forever (feat. Kristin Callahan)	 - 	Aligning Minds
3 - 	PiNK SPRiTE	 - 	MiM0SA
4 - 	Trap For Me (Van Toth Remix)	 - 	deadmau5 ft. Kaskade
5 - 	Keeping Secrets	 - 	PANTy RAiD
6 - 	Fade (Sane Beats Remix)	 - 	Jakwob
7 - 	The Fall	 - 	At Dawn We Rage
8 - 	Future	 - 	Houcemate
9 - 	BB Dont Cry (Its Gon Be Ok)	 - 	Sango
10 - 	First Aid Kit - Winter Is All Over You (Baauer Remix)	 - 	Baauer
11 - 	Toy Box	 - 	CRNKN
12 - 	Souls by TroyBoi - EDM.com Exclusive	 - 	TroyBoi
13 - 	Click Clack	 - 	Buku
14 - 	I Got 5 On It	 - 	LowRIDERz Feat. Ava Raiin
15 - 	Middle of Things, Beautiful Wife (Feat. SPZRKT)	 - 	Sango
16 - 	The XX - Angels (BeazyTymes Remix)	 - 	BeazyTymes
17 - 	I See Fire (Kygo Remix)	 - 	Ed Sheeran
18 - 	Pink Floyd - Is There Anybody Out There? (ChrisB. Refix)	 - 	ChrisB.

BootsTrap - Volume 1 (Chill Trap Mixtape)

Emerging from a long hiatus from my recording studio, I am thrilled to offer you this rich and energetic mix of bass, remixes, drum & bass, mashup, dubstep and mid-tempo house beats. I believe you folks are going to really enjoy this one, as I've had it on repeat for a while and it still sounds fresh and exciting. Turn up the volume and join me as we romp through chunky dance tracks, some new and some well known and loved.

I'd like to dedicate this to the many people who have been messaging me over the past few years, begging me to release new mixes. You know who you are! I can't tell you how loved and appreciated this has made me feel. I may not be famous, but it feels good to know that I have really dedicated fans. You are the best! You can expect more mixes coming soon.

Lettuce Turnip Beets Vol. 8

This mix is named after a magical night with my friends Cassidy & Christina as we tromped around Oregon Country Fair creating puns out of various farm terms. The best which was Lettuce Turnip Beets. Over coming months I plan on releasing a number of new mixes to blast off the coming 2010 summer festival season. Stay tuned for more as I currently have 14 different mixes in progress. This mix is a slower dance set that ranges from 92 to 100 BPM. The next 2 mixes from this series will be a bit faster with a similar style of mashups intertwined with thick dance beats.

Please! Burn this mix. Bump it in your car!  Share it with friends. Put it on your iPod. Turn it up and crank the bass! Comment on this page and let me know your thoughts!

I truly hope you enjoy this music as much as I do.

This mix was recorded by DJ Zack Darling on January 18th, 2010. The above track is a high quality MP3 at 320 kpbs.

Lettuce Turnip Beets Vol. 1

FREE DOWNLOAD - The second mix in the BootsTrap series takes us further into the world of the bass-heavy, hip-hop infused music of chill trap beats - also known as dreamtrap. This mix was arranged and mastered with the sub-woofer turned up and the low frequencies in mind. Be prepared for rich bass and dreamy melodies infused with the striking dynamic syncopation of trap rhythms. Enjoy the ride.

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BootsTrap Vol. 2 - (Chill Trap Mixtape)

The second set of the Lettuce Turnip Beets series defies genres and revisits familiar songs in new ways. This one ramps it up a bit from the first mix in tempo as well as energy. With a BPM of about 125 it's a whomper dance set that should hopefully inspire you to turn it up and move your body. Again, with all my music, this is a very eclectic mix that should spread the gamut of generations and music styles. Take a trip through mashups, breaks, house, classic rock, reggae, electro, and some that cannot be classifiied. Enjoy the music and share it!

Lettuce Turnip Beets Vol. 2

This is a DJ mix that has been in the works for many years. After finally compiling my collection of reggae mashups and remixes, I discovered that I had enough great music for more than one mix, so here is volume one. Rasta Rediscovered is an exploration of Reggae through Mashups, Bootlegs, remixes & rare re-creations. This eclectic mix of Reggae mashups and strange re-creations bring together many musical genres under the familiar bass lines and beloved riddims of Jah Music. This is a live mix by yours truly.

Rasta Rediscovered Vol. 1

On Christmas, dreams really do come true. After almost a decade, DJ Zack Darling has decided to jingle his bells once again on the holidays. I am pleased to give you the third volume of the much loved SantaMash series of DJ mixes. 

Over the years, SantaMash Volume 1 and SantaMash Volume 2 - Clause & Effects, have become regular soundtracks to many of your holiday parties, gatherings, long drives to see family, kitchen dance parties or present-wrapping sessions. I am eternally grateful to you, my devoted fans, for checking in with me every year to see if I'll release another mix. I'm happy to finally be in a creative space to jump back into my love of making mixes. 

Enjoy this fun holiday treat. There will be many more to come in 2024. 

Please share and share and share. 

Have a Merry Yule y'all.

SantaMash Vol. 3 - The Elfstep Sleighlist

This year I had the distinct honor of being the first DJ of the year for the Sebastopol Ecstatic Dance in Northern California. Coincidentally, many years ago, I helped start the Sebastopol Ecstatic Dance with some of my dearest friends. I was the first DJ to play an Ecstatic Dance in Sebastopol. It was kind of a homecoming for me as I love the Ecstatic Dance format, but haven't been playing in this world for a while... since my 3 year tour with Wanderlust Festival which ended a while back.

Anyhow, I hope you enjoy this set I put together and dance through the journey I offered to the amazing room of dancers and friends. Thank you, Loi for keeping the flame alive. ;)

TRACK LISTING
1. Chakra 4 Expanding Your Life Force In Love And Harmony - Luanne Oake - Spiritual Alchemy                   
2. Faith’s Hymn - Beautiful Chorus                        
3. Brilliant Light - MC YOGI                                           
4. Forever  -  Labrinth                                            
5. Home  - Medasin                                          
6. Lulacruza - Simple Reflejo (ATYYA Remix)                                                                                                                      
7. OTW  - Khalid                                             
8. Versicolor - Papadosio                                              
9. Zero State  LLMM DOPE START 4                                                                                                                                 
10. I'm Free - Symbolico                                          
11. One Giant Consciousness - Nanosphere Remix - Desert Dwellers                                  
12. Mountains - Shylow Remix -  Moontricks                                     
13. fragile-huglifes-unthugged-mix-no-intro                                                                                                           
14. JJ - Still                                                                                                                                              
15. Rain - CloZee Remix - Wildlight                                             
16. Iko Iko - The Dixie Cups                              
17. Voodoo Canyon - Tinush                                      
18. Rainbow (Amine Edge Remix) - Dub Makers, Outstrip, Maria Chirkova    
19. Hold Me  - Lavern                                
20. Ascend - Dezko                                   
21. Milkshake 20 (Alex Wann Remix)                                                                                                                   
22. Pink Floyd – Another Brick In The Wall (Tim Enso & Nadi Moss Remix)                                                                                       
23. Cheyenne - Extended Mix -  Trilucid                                          
24. Sudakra - Araya (Ft. BozzhoggBeatz)                                                                                                             
25. XOXOdus  - Phil RetroSpector                              
26. Breathe Slow (Let It Go) - MC YOGI                                            
27. Lemon Lucy (Lemon Jelly ft. Elton John)  - DJ Earworm                                          
28. Endless Falls - super steph

Zack Darling Live: Ecstatic Dance Sebastopol

If you journey far into the mountains of Northern California, through the majestic redwoods and follow the Eel River northward, you'll find a very special gathering of beautiful friends and family. Every year we gather to dance under the trees, swim in the river and reconnect with each other at the Northern Nights Music Festival. I have been blessed to be one of the longest-running booked DJ's at this festival over the years. It's my honor to play for my friends and I'm happy to share one of my most recent sets with you now. Every year I play at the Madrone Camp Stage to my close friends, cannabis lovers and Skinny Kitty family.

Please enjoy my 2+ hour recording my 2023 Madrone Camp Stage. This mix strays away from my beloved mashups and remixes and dives deep into my love for hip-hop, bass and trap jams. Turn up the subs on this one!

Big shout-out to my dear friend Ivy - Soul Seed - for mastering support. Check out here SoundCloud and support up-and-coming artists: https://soundcloud.com/soul-seed

Track Listing:

TRACK NAME	-	ARTIST
Blueberry Yum Yum	-	Ludacris & Sleepy Brown
Ludacris - Blueberry Yum Yum (Zzyzx Booty Tap)	-	ZZYZX
SUB ZERO	-	Just A Gent
I Like It	-	Cardi B
Cane Shuga	-	Glass Animals
Dr. Dre - Xxplosive (AceMyth Bootleg)	-	AceMyth
101 FM	-	Little Simz
Righteous	-	Ocean Wisdom
Wiz Khalifa On My Level Remix	-	DeathStar
Living Together	-	Minnesota
revolution-diplo-huglife-remix	-	Huglife
Answers [EDM.com Exclusive]	-	Evoke & Pusher
Daft Punk - Around The World (Defunk Remix)	-	Defunk
PICKLE RICK!	-	Oscar Santos
Chasing Marrakech	-	Zhu
Praise The Lord (Da Shine) (feat. Skepta)	-	A$AP Rocky
Marinate (ALRT Remix)	-	MEMBA
Thunderdome (Buku Remix)	-	Minnesota
Pish Posh	-	Mr. Bill
Raindrops	-	"Stylust Beats, Of The Trees, Perkulat0r"
Stay Fly (Perkulat0r Remix)	-	Three 6 Mafia
160-DirtySouth8th	-	NA
Big Bambu feat. Sudden Beatz	-	Sudden Beatz
Orbital	-	Perkulat0r
Marinate	-	MEMBA
Missy Dum Dum	-	DJ Y alias JY
Jiggle It_(Original Mix)	-	"Troi Boi, Marshmello"
Get Free_(Andy C Remix)	-	Major Lazer
Solar System_(Original Mix)	-	Sub Focus
Hold Up (MINNESOTA VIP)	-	Minnesota
Warren G featuring Nate Dogg - Regulate (The Polish Ambassador Remix)	-	The Polish Ambassador
As Crazy As It Is	-	ZHU
Vossi Bop	-	Stormzy
Nights	-	Pantyraid
Taste (feat. Offset)	-	Tyga
Working For It (Bonus Track)	-	"Skrillex, ZHU, THEY."
GET INVOLVED feat Defunk	-	The Funk Hunters & Chali 2na
Shakedown_(LOUDPVCK Remix)	-	Jackal
Bushwacka	-	Liquid Stranger
Harder Faster	-	Defunk
Heavyweight Sound_(Original Mix)	-	Wax Wreckaz (feat Dynamite MC Singer Blue)
Leikeli47 - Money (STRIPES Remix)	-	STRIPES

Zack Darling LIVE - Northern Nights Music Festival 2023 - Madrone Camp Stage

Zack Darling Live At Northern Nighs - Madrone Camp Stage

This mix is for the night owls who find their creative inspiration during the late hours when the rest of the world sleeps. When things get quiet, the phone stops ringing and emails stop pinging. When you should be in bed resting, you find your inner muse and the creative mind takes hold. This is harvesting the dreamtime. Ride that wave of inspiration and fall deep into the night as we explore further into the evolving wold of chill trap (dreamtrap, if you will) and ambient bass music.

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Harvesting the Dreamtime

This one's for all you ho ho ho's out there. Welcome to volume 2 of the SantaMash series. Let's get jolly, y'all! It's my sincere hope that this warms your chestnuts while bringing you comfort and joy for the holidays. If typical Christmas music makes you feel like you've got an eggnog hangover, this unique mix of mashup and remixes should shine out of the masses like a red-nosed reindeer. May we have whirrled peas and goodwill, dear friends. Yule have fun with this one, I'm sure.

Claus & Effects - DJ Zack Darling

Take yet another jaunt into the world of MashStep remixes. The 5th installation of the LTB series is a polarized bounce between hip hop and classic rock tracks - anchored with fatty bass and glitch-hop beats. Let's head-bob together to this upbeat mix of DJZD-signature style of mashups, remixed, re-tooled for the dance floor. 

Lettuce Turnip Beets Vol. 5

Prepare for an uptempo romp into house music mashups and remixes. The 6th release of the LTB series stays true to form with Zack Darling's signature rare tracks and unique gems of crafty EDM creations. After 5 years since his last 120 BPM house mix(LTB V2) it's clear that some things are worth waiting for. This is a free high quality download. Comments, likes and shares are always appreciated!

Lettuce Turnip Beets Vol. 6

FAT DROP - Fat Freddy's Drop Remixed

Lettuce Turnip Beets Vol. 3

MashStep Metal

After a year hiatus (because fuck 2016), DJ Zack Darling emerges once again into your ear holes. This rowdy romp of raucous debauchery is sure to inspire rump bumping, eye rolling and head bobbing. Your mom likes this mix. Enjoy!
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Lettuce Turnip Beets Vol. 7

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Lettuce Turnip Beets Vol 7

INDIAN BASS MUSIC... I was invited to DJ at the Hookahdome stage at SF's legendary New Year's Eve event, Sea of Dreams for the 2012 event. Anyone who's danced at the Hookahdome at Burning Man or other events knows of the magestic Indian and World Beat music that it's famous for. True to form, I created this DJ set of Indian breaks, glitch, and bass music.

Tracklist:

1	 - 	Brown Skin Beauty feat. Last Mango in Paris - Vdo Edit	 - 	Bandish Projekt
2	 - 	Brown Skin Beauty feat. Last Mango in Paris - Lost In Space Remix	 - 	Bandish Projekt
3	 - 	Hexed & Perplexed feat. Deeyah - Original Mix	 - 	Liquid Stranger
4	 - 	Heritage	 - 	Romay
5	 - 	Sita Ram-Dub Kirtan All Stars	 - 	David Starfire, FreQ Nasty & Rik Sharaj
6	 - 	Hungry	 - 	Govinda
7	 - 	Chase - Original Mix	 - 	Bandish Projekt
8	 - 	Hasourre - Original Mix	 - 	Romay
9	 - 	Red Zone - Original Mix	 - 	The Nasha Experience
10	 - 	Shapeshifter	 - 	David Starfire
11	 - 	Khandit Nayaka - Original Mix	 - 	Nucleya
12	 - 	Rogue Bagel	 - 	Ott
13	 - 	Cheb i Sabbah - Alkher Illa Doffor [Bassnectar Remix]	 - 	Bassnectar
14	 - 	Fearless feat. MC ZULU - KRTS Brooklyn Bounce Remix	 - 	Goonda
15	 - 	Watcha Want	 - 	Krishna Xl
16	 - 	Universal On Switch	 - 	Govinda
17	 - 	Living By Numbers [Pathaan's Countdown Remix] 	 - 	Sudha

Zack Darling - Hookahdome - Sea Of Dreams 2012

This mix was inspired by a recent live set I played at Juke Joint - one of the North SF Bay's most bumpin' parties. It's a interwoven journey of bass music and mashups that takes you through an eclectic paradox of beats and familiar tracks. 

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This is a free high quality MP3 download. Please share it!

Playlist:
1	-	"""What's Going On"" (Marvin Gaye) -- (BASS FROM ABOVE 2 Teaser)"	-	Nit Grit
2	-	King Of The Bongos by Manu Chao (Philly Sound System Refix)	-	Philly Sound System
3	-	Get Up Stand Up (David Starfire Dubstep Remix)	-	Bob Marley 
4	-	Because (GoldRush Remix)	-	The Beatles 
5	-	Pars Lunae	-	Russ Liquid
6	-	Let Your Love Grow V.2 (Minnesota RMX)	-	Minnesota
7	-	Pars Lunae	-	Russ Liquid
8	-	Come Together-Beatles (David Starfire remix)	-	David Starfire
9	-	Warren G featuring Nate Dogg - Regulate (The Polish Ambassador Remix)	-	The Polish Ambassador
10	-	Time Has Written	-	SuperVision
11	-	Pura Vida (selfmaster 320 mp3)	-	ProJect Aspect
12	-	Otoro feat. Dash Of The Root Sellers and Mat The Alien (Original Mix)	-	Ill.Gates
13	-	Fire Dance	-	Pairadimez (iONik + r.e.g.)
14	-	Robo Booty - Original Mix	-	Opiuo
15	-	Yet Again	-	Jpod
16	-	Louis Armstrong&Duke Ellington vs Missy Elliot vs A.Skillz - I Don't Mean a Mash	-	Dj Frogg
17	-	How We Do (JPOD The Beat Chef Remix)	-	See-I
18	-	Phil Collins - [Crunk] In the Air 	-	Mr Jennings

The Mashtep Evolution Volume 2

The MashStep Evolution Volume 3

An eclectic mix of bootleg and mashup tracks from the chill room. Enter a space where thick downtempo beats reel you back in time through familiar melodies and old memories while modern day electronica carries you forward through this unique DJ set.

Track Listing:

DJ Schmolli - Playground Rocket Man       
Unknown - Mercedes Beck                                        
Michael Franti & Spearhead - Stay Human (Stereo Steambath Remix)                        
Unknown - Sean Paul Gorrillaz Mash                                     
Steve Miller Band vs team9 - Fly like an Eagle (team9 Promotion remix)
team9 vs. Stereogum - Young Cats (Peter, Bjorn and John vs The Cure)
Trinity FM - S.O.S (The Sounds Of Silence) 
DJ Z-Trip - Girl from Eponima                                        
MadMixMustang - AirMail    
MaxwellJump  - Exodus Finger             
DJ Earlybird - Pink Floyd vs B-52's 'Wish you were at the Love Shack'
Lenlow - U Hide 2 
Copycat - The Other Wedding Song                     
DJ Lobsterdust - Cake Beatles Mash (Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds)
DJ Earworm - Lemon Lucy (Lemon Jelly ft. Elton John)
Colatron - A Light Lunch
Nightmares On Wax - Angie's Summer Night (ft. Bjork)
MICHMASH  - Jazzy Rockboat             
DJ Earworm -  Brazilian Diamonds (Paul Simon with Django Reinhardt)


Mystic Boot Lounge - Volume 1

SantaMash DJ Zack Darling

A bass-heavy journey into the Mashstep experience. When dubstep and mashups collide, you get an auditory juxtoparadoximoron of wompy bass beats and original tunes. 

The Mashstep Evolution

Led Zeppelin meets Zack Darling

Zack Darling is a mashup, bass/dubstep, house, downtempo, yoga and reggae DJ from Northern California who is widely known for a diverse and eclectic style of dance music.

Zack is a 2-time winner oF the “Best DJ in the North Bay” award and has shared the stage with artist such as Mix Master Mike, Michael Franti, Slightly Stoopid, Metallica, Matisyahu, Rebelution, Phutureprimitive, Beats Antique, Delhi 2 Dublin, Kayla Scintilla and countless festival headliner artists and DJs. He’s played at venues such as The Fillmore (SF), Shoreline Amphitheater, Regency Ballroom as well as some of the biggest festivals, concerts and nightclubs around the US West Coast. Zack’s music has been featured at Wanderlust Festival, Enchanted Forest Festival, Symbiosis Gathering, Lightning in a Bottle, Envision Festival, Raindance Festival, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, BottleRock Napa Valley, Ecstatic Dance Oakland, Burning Man, Lucidity Festival, Emerald Cup, Northern Nights, Bliss Camp, HushFest, Foreverland and the legendary Skunk Train parties. 

His unique style of classic rock & mashup dance floor fusion has built him loyal audiences at festivals, clubs, concerts, living rooms and car stereos. Zack’s DJ career spans over 25 years and began as a 14 year old electro-reggae-punk DJ playing late night sessions on public and pirate radio stations in Northern California. He’s since dropped multi-genre-smackdown dance sets on night clubs and parties large and small in the US and internationally. His mixes are expressions of the alignment between mashups and bass-heavy dance floor beats. Zack’s style of Mashup-meets-Bass-music-fusion allow him to follow all of his passions, old and new, merging Breakbeats, House, Dubstep and Mid-Tempo Hip Hop, with Reggae, New Wave, Folk, Funk, Soul and especially classic Rock favorites – remixed, retooled, repurposed for the dance floor.

Zack continues to feed the flames of the music community through his event production and emcee efforts. For 13 years he was the lead producer of Harmony Festival’s Mystic Beat Lounge Techno-Tribal Dance, After Dark Producer for Harmony Festival, North Bay Burning Man Regional Contact (2005-2011), co-founder of the nightclub event Decadance and resident DJ at the legendary party Juke Joint. He has emceed for Wakarusa Festival, Reggae on the River, Northern Nights and many others. 

Zack’s fanbase is loyal and enthusiastic for his positive energy and uplifting tracks that frequently offer the audience the chance to sing their favorite lyrics as they dance the night away.

Popular tracks by Zack Darling