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I struggled a fair amount with this mix as I tried to top what I put out in May (sounds like the same ol' story every month)...I must have cut, rearranged, and changed directions on this mix a half-dozen times. I'm moderately satisfied with this one, but slightly frustrated because it's not better than the last...Either way, there are still some nice tunes here.

I describe the first section as a combination of seductive, dreary, hints of fluffy, and dreamy feelings...I imagine myself driving around the hills of San Francisco (perhaps with a nice girl) on a foggy morning around 7am after a long night of partying at the compound. Appropriately enough, the beautiful track "I never sleep to sleep (James Taylor and Swayzak sleepy edit)" comes in at 9 min.

I'm not really sure how to describe the the middle feeling as things get a little wacky, k'd out, yet still pretty with that female "la la la ing" track around 19:00 (Dixie Yure - Tecnomascope)...After that, I strip down the sound and just groove for about 20 minutes. I considered staying dreamy for the entire hour, but instead gave into my ADD and changed styles...

The end of the mix we get melodic again and round it out back to where we started with a beautiful dreamy foggy track by Skinnerbox, "Purgatory"...

For my May installation, I start off feminine and sultry. About half-way into it, I get a little more challenging and spacey with some k-style tracks that I appreciate but rarely play (29:00+)...Then I depart from the heady stuff and heavily contrast it with a driving Romboy track (43:00+) before a melodic/sultry cooldown with a Guillame track followed by Marco Resmann.

I'm pretty happy with this one as I can feel my sound maturing, although perhaps at risk of alienating some listeners, but that's life...I also explored more varied and technical transitions. During the middle portion where I have a couple mixes that are each over 3 minutes: one starting at 31:30 and the other at 36:20.

I'm trying something different this month - if you want to geek out and analyze (ridicule) my technique, have a look here: http://atish.net/pics/atish%20%5b014%5d%20-%20may%202011%20-%20horsey%20off%20the%20bits%20picture.png

Blue = Volume

Yellow = EQ Treble

Purple = EQ Mids

Orange = EQ Bass

If you're a DJ and you use software to lay out your mixes, I encourage you to do the same...

This set was recorded from listed's Tyrant on the Tikki party during Miami Ultra Week. The Tikki boat parties are consistently the best parties in Miami. That combined with opening for DJ legends Tyrant (Lee Burridge + Craig Richards) made this gig really special for me. The first half of the mix is pretty chill as the boat was sitting around the dock as people were boarding...An hour into it, the boat set sail and I picked up the pace for the kids to start dancing...

Tracklist:

Ripperton - Leonor's Lanugo - Original Mix

Tanner Ross, Sergio Santos - Excuse Me While I Hit This - Original Mix

Quenum, Ripperton - Nude Black Runner - Riz Beurre Thon Mix

Francis Inferno Orchestra - Meet Me In Salt Lake City - Soul Clap Remix

Pantha Du Prince - Stick To My Side - Lawrence Version

Robag Wruhme - Thora Vukk - 12" Edit

jozif Sunrise - Original Mix

Jay Tripwire - Jupiter Modulations - Reshape

Mario Basanov - Caribbean Girl

Sensitiva - Viola Tricolor (Secretsundaze Mix)

Patryk Molinari - Clap Your Hands - Original Mix

Smash TV - Eating Bullets - Original Mix

Karol XVII & MB Valence - Hipopotam - Original Mix

Clown Dallas - Get Up - Ben Moss Loss Audio Remix

Kaap De Goede Hoop - Girl - Original Mix

Monoroom - We Can Say Yeah - Original Mix

Justin Drake - Nightmoves

Micha Klang - Loving & Leaving - Original Mix

Mri Crusty - Original Mix

Giom - Things U Do - Original Mix

DJ Le Roi & Ben Moss - Hold On (Original Mix)

Frivolous - Back Into The Deep - Original Mix

March is a big month for me. In addition to some big local SF gigs I have (including opening for Mr.C @ tutu tuesday), the highlight of this month is Ultra Week in Miami. I have a couple gigs lined up including an opening spot for Lee Burridge + Craig Richards on a tikki boat. I'll be distributing this mix as a promo mix during my travels, and I think did a good job of capturing my peak hour sound: deep, driving, melodic, and at times, pretty (@ 35 min, for instance).

Tracklist coming soon.

January has been a hectic month for me. With stuff busy at work, a DJ gig every week, me beginning production work, and a few other projects going on, it was hard finding time to put this one together...A majority of this mix was arranged on the bus ride to/from work.

I don't think this mix achieved the same flow that Dec and Jan did, but it does make a decent buildup from 97bpm-123bpm in less than an hour. There's definitely a few great tracks in here though, especially Guy Gerber - Hate/Love @ 49 min, which I've listed to on repeat for about an hour...

Kathy Diamond, Mario Basanov, Vidis - In My System - Dub Redo Mix

Duff Disco - Alive

Soul Clap - Michael Went To Hell

No Regular Play - Serious Heat - Art Department Remix

Thugfucker - Disco Gnome

Manik - Hold On

Jay Haze, Big Bully, Sven VT - Soul In A Bottle

Okain - Sleepwalking

Guy Gerber - Hate/Love feat. Dawn

Jay Haze - I Will Wait For You feat. Leila Tov

I bought a great collection of tracks in December in preparation for BPM Festival in January, so I was really looking forward to putting this one together. The first 35 minutes of deep and groove flowed really easily for me, but I must have iterated over the 2nd half of the mix a half-dozen times…Eventually, I felt most comfortable making the 2nd half really techy and minimal, which I don’t usually do (and didn’t even touch @ BPM), but I’m pleased with the result.

Tracklist:

Babak Shayan - Azadi Nist

Tanner Ross, Sergio Santos - Excuse Me While I Hit This

Mario Basanov - Sheiker

The Discowboys - At Midnight (Steve Bug's Always Late Mix)

Atnarko, Jevne - Get On Down (Roberto Rogriguez Remix)

Ost & Kjex - We Got Ticket To Moon

Maya Jane Coles - Humming Bird

Mark Henning - Get Me To The Moon

Subfractal - Do It Right (Talal & Zoi Remix)

Gaiser - Unstable Witness

Larry Heard - Deja Vu (Musaria Mix)

Holger Zilske - Enduro Disco

This was a fun mix to put together. I'm pretty excited about the opening track "Dinosaurs"...It's a track that will probably never be appropriate play out, but I enjoy its playfulness and humor when listening at home. Beyond that, I pretty much stick to my deep and tech-house guns, with a gem @ 30:00 (Dapayk & Padberg - Close Up - Exercise One Remix).That track is multi-dimensional and incredibly well mixed.The track it mixes into @ 36:00 (Benoit & Sergio - Full Grown Man) is also a favorite of mine. The last few tracks round out the mix with a weird/trippy vibe, too.

Tracklist:

Alex Flatner, Lopazz - Dinosaurs - Pal Wollfords Mannheim Beatdown

Shonky, Jennifer Cardini - Tuesday Paranoia - Jamie Jones' Submerged House

Ripperton, Minz - Crack - Alex Grzybowski Remix

Mic Newman - The Lovely Whore

Morgenking - Lubenica - Dachshund Remix

Rene Breitbarth - Le Groove Rhodes

Dapayk & Padberg - Close Up - Exercise One Remix

Benoit & Sergio - Full Grown Man

S.E.C.T. - Thieve Scrilla

Derek Marin - The Things That Come - Alexi Delano Remix

Sascha Funke, Nina Kraviz - Moses - Stimming Remix

A few of my friends rented a ranch/mansion for the weekend deep in the east bay. It was an amazing house with a spectacular view. Most importantly, they had a DJ setup where any of the dozen or so DJs at this party could hop on and spin...I jumped on decks for a bit before it became a shit show. Here's a mix of what I played.....

Gorge - Erotic Soul

Rhythm Place - Dirty

Chelonis R. Jones - Pompadour - Gorge Dub Mix

Alland Byallo - Eyes Closed, Looking in

Seuil, Boris Horel - He.ven - Bijou edit

Buckley - Catch a Taste - Geddes Remix

Stimming - Chemistry

Geddes, Alex Jones - Tubular

Ripperton, Minz - Crack - Alex Grzybowski Remix

Baeka - Right At It

Shonky, Jennifer Cardini - Tuesday Paranoia - Jamie Jones' Submerged House mix

Burnski, Robert James - Malibu - Jamie Jones Music Night Mix

My last two mixes were nudisco and hiphop, so I decided it was time to attack the other end of the spectrum and get back to my techy side. In the next hour or so, I tried to cover some deep/techy, heady, and peak hour tracks...Stick this one out until the end for some dance floor groovers...that popof - roxy track is heavy in my rotation right now.

Haito Gopfrich - Disconnected - Sascha Funke Mix

Buckley - Catch A Taste - Geddes Remix

Milton Jackson - Breathe - Pezzner Remix

Clara Moto - Sancy Cat (Original Mix)

Ruthit - Alright

Dan Berkson, James What - Mescaline Circus

Dyed Soundorom - Love Juice

Christian Sol -Thanks

Format:B - Dog Tag - Sebastian Leger Remix

Oliver Klein, Kolombo - Chica Chic - Loko Remix

Popf - Roxy

Geddes, Alex Jones - Tubular

Last weekend was Love Weekend in San Francisco. Although the actual Lovefest parade was canceled, and I didn't get to play the listed float (which I was REALLY excited about), I got to spin some tunes at my friend's Lovefest breakfast house party. The mimosas were flowing and the party vibe with my best friends was perfect. Before jumping into the typical deep and tech-house jams, I started the day off spinning a couple hours of chill nu-disco warmup, which I tried to recapture in this mix.

I suggest playing this mix on a lazy Sunday morning while you're eating brunch, going for a drive, or slowly recovering from your Saturday night bender.

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Tracklist:

Duff Disco - Return Of the Duff (Dub)

Linkwood - Tears (Original Mix)

Eddie C - The Show Is Over (Original Mix)

Disco Deviance - Give Me The Sunshine (Social Disco Club Edit)

Burnt Island Casuals - Scotch Hop (Original Mix)

6th Borough Project - Closer (Original Mix)

Chromeo - Don't Turn the Lights on (Aeroplane Remix)

Voltage - All Night (Ilija Rudman Mix)

Tensnake - Holding Back (My Love) (Original Mix)

Franc Spangler - Forever and a Day (Original Mix)

Hot Toddy - Down To Love (Original Mix)

J-Boogie's Dubtronic Science - Together feat. Jennifer Johns (Crazy P Remix)