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I've been on an emotional streak these last few months. February, March, and April were all very sensitive mixes coming from a similar place. While I'm quite happy with all three of them, and I think they have helped focus+define what people say is my "signature sound," I'm getting a little bored with that artistic formula, so it's time to try something in a slightly different direction....

For May I pushed myself to put together a mix that lacks emotion by design, yet still is me (by definition). In this mix we find a collection of slightly glitchier, syncopated, left brain tracks, some of which are very texture-based...but I wouldn't call this a traditional tech-house or minimal mix by any means. Despite the mathier, less human elements, the entire mix retains some feeling of melody, which I think for me, is very hard to escape and what makes music fun...Let's see if this resonates with you as well.

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Alejandro Mosso - Pampa

Masaya (CH) - Get You (Yapacc Remix)

Andrade - Bad Decision

Jeremy P Caufield, Seph - Vanitas

Stefan Goldman - Sleepy Hollow

John Tejada, Justin Maxwell - Domerocker

Marco Effe - Dosha's Adventure

Jack Dixon, Rick Grant - Muted

Cortney Tidwell - Palace (Michel Cleis Its Too Late Remix)

For April, I reach for some very melodic and emotional sounds, reminding me a bit of where I went with February and December...

This mix matches the ebbs and flows of a river...perhaps a bit bi-polar in its feeling from dark to bright and dark again. I'll admit, at first, I cringed listening through feeling shifts in the mix, especially near the end...but upon reflection, I kept it as is and found myself satisfied...these changes in feelings are human. We are all chaotic, unpredictable, emotional beings to varying degrees...a static being is dead and it's impossible to step in the same river twice...so I'll just stand back and let the music flow as is

tenderheart - save the tibet

distortion - alright after all

QMUSSE - lucille

spirit catcher - sedona (andre lodemann remix)

daso - in motion

rodriguez jr - niagadina

kolletive turmstrasse - was bleibt (jimpster instrumental)

alex niggemann - don't wait (extended mix)

dominik eulberg - daten-ubertagungs-kusschen (rodriguez jr mix)

matthew dekay, lee burridge - fur die liebe

Here's a mix I put together for my friends down at Electronic Groove. I'd consider this mix more my "classic" sound starting with a deep melodic beginning that slowly picks up intensity without getting too heavy. Hope you like it.

Also, check out http://www.electronicgroove.com/ and subscribe to their podcast for more very fine mixes.

01. Rayon, Ripperton - Folkes & Flakes (Morning Mix)

02. Kiki Sasse - Belvedere (Till Von Sein Remix)

03. Bassik Groove - Dubfunk Groove (Sven Weisemann's Funk Dub Mix)

04. Soukie & Windish - What's the Cure

05. David Durango - Extraball

06. Ken Hayakawa - Way of Life

07. Maya Jane Coles - Something in the Air

08. Safeword - You Can You Will

09. Aki Bergen - Don't Call Me Artist

10. Rills - Panoramix

11. Terje Saether - Scared feat. Malin Pettersen (Gregorythme Remix)

January was a month that started with several highs and ended with some lows.

As I assembled this mix track by track over the month, my idea of what sounded good and felt right was unintentionally and unsurprisingly reflective of my overall mood at the time. We hear an opening with deep, nice, beautiful, slightly quirky sounds followed by an early mid section of more serious driving intense melody. What really makes this mix special is 33:00 until the end which is the darkest most haunting sound I've ever explored.

Overall, it's been quite nice self-reflecting back on this mix seeing how my moods can subconsciously channel themselves through music selections...and more importantly (and hopefully), create something interesting to listen to.

Sven Weisemann - Slices (Ripperton Remix)

Carlos Sanchez, DJ Ray - Strombolie

Mark Henning - Me You And I

Basti Pieper - I Love You feat. Eddy Pirax

Guillame & The Coutu Doumonts - They Only Come Out At Night

Robert Dietz - Departure

Jose Armas, Luis Groove - Slow Night

Ripperton - A Skilift Upstairs The Sleeping City (Max Cooper Remix)

Arthur Oskan - Moodswings

Safeword - No Mountain

There are some tracks that just feel really good to me: the tracks that cause those tingle-type sensations that go up the back of my spine up through the top of the head...Cosmic Quivers, if you will.

In this mix, the single unifying theme I went for is tracks that make me feel good. A few of the selections have been known to cause Cosmic Quivers from time to time such as the super synthy Random Factor - Second Principles (10:20) and the techy yet surprisingly beautiful Hoito - Modern Kush (36:40) [thanks Slee]. Both of these are amazing pieces of cosmic work...I've been sitting on the Random Factor track for over a year waiting for the right mix to use it in....

After completing this mix, I noticed this mix has a fair amount of soul and vocal-influenced feelgood tunes as well, notably the Temptations vocals sample in Robert Poretti - A Girl Like You (24:44), Danny Daze+Matches - If This (27:00), Mike Shannon - Under the Radar (Rozzo Mix) (31:47), the scat singing in Daso, Jin Choi - Teer (Rodriguez Jr Mix) (43:47), and Miguel Migs closer....I suppose there's something about a vocal hook that makes it easier for me to connect with...

All in all, a lot of tunes here that make me feel good...hopefully they'll have the same effect on you.

Moomin - Raw Like 97

Shades of Gray - So Easy

Random Factor - Second Principles

Lee Foss - U Got Me

Phonique - Divertimento feat. Guti

Roberto Perotti - A Girl Like You

Danny Daze, Matches - If This

Mike Shannon - Under the Radar (Rozzo Mix)

Hoito - Modern Kush

Daso, Jin Choi - Teer (Rodriguez Jr. Remix)

Shades of Gray - Dis This

Miguel Migs - Intro - Life feat. Half Pint

When approaching this mix, I started by looking back on my approach to

previous ones. The November mix, like many others, had a trajectory with a

progression of sounds. With this mix, I wanted to try something different and

specifically Not have a grand vision for a musical journey.

This mix is a simply a collection pretty, melodic, "floaters" that

wander around and please the ears. It's a mix I envision for hanging

out after a long night of partying or perhaps something to fall asleep

to.

The two really special tracks to me are Lee Jones - Aria at

17:00 and the epic 15 minute journey Bender, Sevensol - Scuba (Aera's Diving Dub Mix) at 27:00....

This mix was also a featured on the Voidd Radio Podcast, Netherlands.

Mario & Vidis - Black Boogie

Andre Lodemann - Piece Of Mind

Pawas - Minidub

Lee Jones - Aria

Le Loup - I Keep Secrets

Bender, Sevensol - Scuba (Aera's Diving Dub Mix)

Komton - Sweet Princess (SCSI Remix)

Trentemoller - Serenetti (James Teej Remix)

Chmara Winter - Powidlo (Lee Jones Mix)

Picking up where I left off in October's mix, the first half of this mix has a dark sexy bass-driven sound which seems to be the inescapable but lovable trend these days...Half way through, we transition in to a more beautiful emotional sound with my current obsession @ 32:00 with Akabu - Another World (Andre Lodeman Mix)...this one is incredibly powerful to me and can make my eyes well up if the mood is right...simply a brilliant work.

From that point forward, we get violins, flutes, and singing about the sun shining and children smiling...

Two different sounds in this mix...one sound is sexydark and the other is pretty, yet they both wrap you up and keep you warm.

Aerea Negrot - Bipolintro

Suzanne Kraft - Morning Come

Tanner Ross - B Side

Alain Ho - Into A Deep (Hot Toddy Remix)

Motor City Drum Ensemble - L.O.V.E. (DJ Kicks)

Daniel Bortz, Sascha Sibler - Color of Love

Bunte Bummler - Lights

Akabu - Another World (Andre Lodemann Mix)

Mousse T - Toscana (Loco Dice Mix)

Blaze - Lovelee Dae (20:20 Vision Remix)

Mano Le Tough - Baby Let's Love

The last two mixes (lemonade and snapshot of how I feel) were light, melodic, and easy on the ears. I took this mix in another direction to showcase other moods of music I like and play. In this case, I was inspired by the idea "night time" music, which I interpret as more serious, driving, and dancefloor-oriented than the last two daytime vibey ones. Overall, I think I caught a few different feels in this mix while still holding together a single sound...I took a risk later in the mix when I mixed the "Tribe - Where Am I (Kyle Hall Remix)" curve ball out of a very techy track "Andri - Feel in Love With UUU", which was kind of fun, too.

This is also the featured mix for the vergissmeinnicht peru podcast, who I'll be playing for Oct 8th in Lima, Peru

M.A.N.D.Y. - 4+1 - SIS Edit

Pier Bucci - Canto Libre

James What - In The Dark

Gregorythme - No Time No Space feat. Tigerlily

Digitaline - Shivers

Matthew Dekay, Lee Burridge - Out of Order

Edfemin - Plenum

Philip Bader, Nico - Rootsa (Lee Jones Remix)

Andri - Feel in Love With UUU

Tribe - Where Am I (Kyle Hall Remix)

Maya Jane Coles - The High Life

Toky - Midnight's Angel

When working on this mix the image of a girl in sunglasses and a big gaudy hat (like this: http://bit.ly/njcrSf) drinking lemonade kept popping in my head almost every time I worked on it...Perhaps the really nice San Francisco weather we're having (and our bizarre fashion sense) influenced my track selection and visual associations. The first few tracks of this mix open with a very very delicate, breezy, and sunny feel...the flute sounds at 11:34 [Marvin Zeyss - Hannah] are one of my favorite parts. The mid section of the mix gets just slightly trippy with reverberated sounds still floating along with a little more drive. It rounds itself out with a housey-influenced sound - a sound I don't explore that much...overbearing housey high-hats can get on my nerves. However, the prominent organ sounds complemented by round beautiful bass on the last few tracks (like Roberto Rodriguez - I Keep Thinking of You @ 38:00) fit nicely into my vision of sitting outside on a summer afternoon drinking a cold sugary lemonade.

Til Von Sein, Aera - Dynamite

Bender, Sevensol - Poland

Marvin Zeyss - Hannah

Soukie Windish - Boys Are Us

Prosis - Dos Mou (Fierro Vocal Remix)

Masomenos - Two

Map.Aache - Enola

Marvin Zeyss - Numb

Roberto Rodriguez (Manolo) - I Keep Thinking Of You

Jay Bliss - Strange Faces

Matt Tolfrey, Eric Johnston - Bromance

In June, my friends and I rented a beautiful house near the water in Lake Tahoe. At the time, I had a lot stuff going through my head that I was trying to sort out and make sense of. So I ate some special treats, walked around the woods for a couple hours, hopped on the decks and recorded this set. I think this is the finest I've ever played live and the best mix I've released thus far.

When I started DJing a little over a year ago, I originally thought this little hobby was a technical skill, not an emotive art. The more I played in front of people, the more I quickly learned that building and understanding the emotional relationship between DJ and audience is just as important as track selection and mixing ability. In this case in Tahoe, I didn't have an audience (except my friends in the family room playing video games)…I was playing for myself instead of a crowd, so this recording is a direct representation of how I felt. Hence the title, "a snapshot of how i feel"

SIS - Break Down

Daniel Bortz - Boyz 2 Men

Dixie Yure - Mum Roll

Maceo Plex - Her Security

Vincenzo - The Clearing

Tigerskin - Feel for You

6th Borough Project - Back To Me

Mic Newman - The Fidelity

Pitto - Ceiling In Paris feat. Lilian Hak

Ruthit - I Feel (Kev Obrien & Chris Luzz Remix)

DJ Phono - gone (David August Vocal Mix)