'We Are...' Podcast

Golden sun low in the sky glistening off bodies sweaty from the long day.

Tonight we work through the late afternoon, through sunset, to twilight. …All the while, trying to hold on to that last sliver of summer sunlight.

I hope you are ready for these deep, percussive, melodic grooves. Just little headspace to remind you of those gorgeous summer sunsets.

because tonight

‘We Are…’

Wrestling the Night

tracklist

Damian Lazarus & The Ancient Moons - I Found You (Patrice Baumel Remix)

Ian Pooley - CompuRhythm (Dixon 4 4 Treatment)

Yunus Guvenen - Making Peace

Aaaron - Black Arp

Fake Moon - Lullaby

Tim Engelhardt - Rhy

Nohan - Four Walls (Lost Desert Remix)

Gab Rhome, Mark Allow - Microbioma

Nohan - Road to You (Eli Nissan Remix)

El Mundo - Rainbow

Black Space - Moon

The Organism - Gypsy (Tim Engelhardt Remix)

WhoMadeWho, ARTBAT - Closer

Rhodes, CamelPhat, ARTBAT - For A Feeling

Rufus Du Sol - Underwater (Yotto’s Dawn Remix)

Cubicolor - No Dancers

This morning, The BackDoor Session was plagued by technical difficulty. Then, once rectified, the set was officially blocked by the powers that be... Despite the proliferation of WTF's a pretty joyous, discofied get-down ensued, and this is the fruit of the sweat and swearing.

Put yourself in your Sunday best, mix your favorite cocktail, and shake it with your socially-distanced favorite folks.

I hope you're ready to work, because this time

'We Are...'

BackDoor Proud - BlackOut

tracklist

Michael Jackson - Rock With You (Frankie's Favorite Club Mix)

Joey Negro - Love Hangover (Micky More & Andy Tee Classic Disco Blend)

Seamus Haji, Bryan Chambers - I Got You (Remix)

Ferry Ultra, Gwen McCrae - Happy (Dr Packer Remix)

Kathy Brown, Eminence - Give it Up

Fish Go Deep, Tracey K - The Cure & The Cause (remix)

Soulsearcher - Can't Get Enough!

J Magik - Love Is Not A Game ft Kathy Brown (Julius Vocal Mix)

The Shapeshifters and Billy Porter - Finally Ready

Kevin McKay, Start The Party - Don't Leave Me This Way

Debbie Jacobs - Don't You Want My Love (Full Intention Extended Disco Mix)

Angelo Ferreri, Yakka - No More Apologies

Haters, Sebb Junior - Undisputed Queen of Disco

Peter Brown - Samba Soul

Chance, Sunkids - Rescue Me (Joey Negro's In Full Swing Mxi)

Used Disco - Need Me (Brian Tappert Re-Work)

Pray For More, Eric B Turner - The Sermon Pt 1 (Pray For More's Preachin' Mix)

Here is the audio from the evening that I had the privilege to select some tracks for the boys at Underground Wilma. They really go above and beyond blending the visuals to the musical selection. ...not to mention they bring in some solid talent (present company excluded, of course)

I hope you are ready for 5 hours of some very necessary catharsis,

because this time

'We Are...'

Alive at Underground WilMa

https://www.twitch.tv/undergroundwilma

Underground Wilma 003 - Daniel Kristopherre

This livestream series features some of Wilton Manors, Florida's best Underground House DJs paired with visuals to provide a unique virtual experience.

Our third episode features Daniel Kristopherre. Daniel Kristopherre is one of Wilton’s most well rounded DJs. The Manor, The Eagle, Ramrod and so many more have welcomed Daniel into the booth in recent years for very good reason. No one really knows how long he’s been DJing, some believe that he’s just always been here. This man has a way of telling a story without saying a word, and we can’t wait to hear what he has to say this Saturday.

Be sure to set up those big screens, this will be as much of a visual event as it is amazing Underground House.

Be sure to catch the show every Saturday from 8 - Midnight EST.

https://www.twitch.tv/undergroundwilma

For those that slept through last week’s early Saturday morning grooves… Kick back, craft yourself a cold quarantine adult beverage, crank the volume and catch the flavor that hit the airwaves. ‘We’ rode out the morning with house in all of her many splendored flavors: some soul, some funk, some tougher grooves, some techy sounds, but ALL HOUSE.

I hope you are up for it, because this time

‘We Are…’

ALIVE at the BackDoor Session

Tracklist

Groove Armada - Love Sweet Sound (Mark Knight & Funkagenda A.H.B. Mix)

Kings of Tomorrow ft April - Take Me Back (Sandy RIvera’s Original Mix)

Frankie Knuckles & Satoshi Tomiie - Tears (Rober Gaez Tribute Rework)

Adam Berecki - Nobody

Storm Queen - Look Right Through (MK Don’t Talk To Me Dub)

Nick Curly - Underground (Dennis Ferrer Remix)

Dangerous Dan, Nicky Night Time - A History ft Julian Mitchell

Sam Divine, Kormak - Feelings

MVZZIK, SAMO, 84Bit - Your Kisses (84Bit Late Night Summer Remix)

David Penn, ATFC - Dynamite (GUZ Extended Remix)

Martin Waslewski -Clouds (Purple Disco Machine Remix)

Heller & Farley Project - Ultra Flava (David Penn Extended Remix)

Milk&Sugar - That Body (Mattei & Omich Extended Remix)

Brokenears - Feel The Power

Terri B!, Earth n Days - Walk on Water

Brokenears - Keep Control

Reigns, Low Steppa - Wanna Show You

Apres - Chicago (Roger Sanchez remix)

Domino DB - Heaven (Yves Murasca & Rosario Gelati Extended Remix)

Sonny Fodera, Yasmin - Feeling U (Deep Mix)

Hot Natured & Ali Love - Benediction

Kings of Tomorrow - Finally (Dario D’Attis Remix)

Goooooood Morning! To those that shared in the experience, thanks so much for sharing in the coffee, sunshine, and grooves. For those who weren’t there, this is a recording of the disco, funk soul, and house grooves, that rose along with the sun.

I hope you enjoy, because this time

‘We Are…’

Vitamin D(isco) Sessions

tracklist

The Vision, Andreya Triana - Mountains

The Shapeshifters, Kimberly Davis - Second Chance

Joey Negro - Love Hangover (Micky More & Andy Tee Classic Disco Blend)

Double Exposure - Everyman (Joey Negro’s Salsoul Strut)

Horse Meat Disco, Kathy Sledge - Falling Deep in Love (Falling into Dub Again Extended Mix)

Carolyn Harding, Freeform Five -Strength

Deep Sensation - Somehow, Somewhere, There’s a Soul Heaven (Clepto’s Soul Mix)

Mark Lower - Express Yourself

Ben Delay - All I Need is You

Roland Clark, David Penn - The Power

Earth n Days - Just Be Good to Me

Holmes Ives, Avalon Frost - 8 Letters (David Penn Extended Remix)

Shaun Escoffery - Days Like This (Deepah Dub Re-Rub)

Miguel Picasso - Like Frankie Knuckles

Agua Sin Gas, Antoine Clamaran - I Say A Bitch

Reset Preset, Gershon Jackson - Hands Together (House of Omni Hands Together Extended Club Mix)

Fire Island ft Love Nelson - There but For the Grace of God

Izo FitzRoy - I Want Magic (Dmitri From Paris vs Cotonete 12” Version)

The Vision, Andreya Triani - Heaven (Danny Krivit Edit)

Tonight 'We...' move deeeeeep into the night with 101st episode of the 'We Are...' podcast.

'We Are...' reaching deep into the afters; you know the sound... the feeling. Despite the night being at it's darkest, 'We' find each other on the floor

bathed in dim light

lashed together by the sound

'We' know that there's a sunrise out there, but 'We' are in no hurry, because this moment of filth bonds us and it's just too perfect to miss.

I hope you're ready, because tonight, we continue the 10-year anniversary of the 'We Are...' podcast with:

In-TEN-tion 4: Lovers Deepening Thirst

tracklist

D. Ramirez, Denney - Rise

C. Castel - Munich (C. Castel's Original Mix)

Ant LaRock - The End is Near

Alcatraz - Giv Me Luv (Trent Cantrelle Remix)

Wade - Showtime

Amine Edge & DANCE - Serving Looks

Dilby - Hold Out

Manu Fuentes, Albert Garcia - Calocha

Roget That - How Does it Feel

RSquared - Riff

Antranig - Ride it Out

Saeed Younan, Ivan Pica - Drum Slayer

Danny Leblack, Don Santiago - The Doctor

Serge Santiago - Underground

Ohmme - Us

Danny Tenaglia - Don't Turn Your Back (Mendo Remix)

David Penn, KPD - Disc-Jokey (Dennis Quin Remix)

Danny Howard - Beat Control

Luigi Rocca - Robin Hooks

Martin Ikin - PWR

Jaime Soeiro - Darling's Bass

Carl Bee - Dirt Fader (Leftwing & Kody Remix)

Latmun, Iglesias - Rockin'

NIck Curly - No Takers (2019 Remaster)

Lane8 ft Patrick Baker - Skin & Bones (Enamour Remix)

Depeche Mode - Precious (Sasha's Spooky Mix)

10 years of the ‘We Are..’ Podcast finds us smack in the middle of the dancefloor at the sweet peak of the night…

We have sweat through the sun of In-TEN-tion 1, grooved through the warmup of In-TEN-tion 2, and are now sufficiently pliable enough to put in the ‘work’ required to summit the mountain that is a solid night at the club.

This episode was influenced by some of my recent visits to the decks: it’s loaded with raw rhythms, thick with soul, full of low-end funk, and reaches a crescendo with some dirty, full-blooded techno.

…and like all GOOD climaxes, it’s the comedown that really takes it home.

So suit up, strap in, and set it to 11,

because this time:

‘We Are…’

In-TEN-tion 3 : Lovers at Climax

Tracklist

Karizma, DJ Technic - Gabryelle vs 4 The Love (Low Steppa Extended Vocal)

Miss Kay Dee - Do It

Andrea Oliva - Right Now

Murk - Reach (Roog & Dennis Quin Murk mashup)

Alaia & Gallo, Dames Brown - Trippin’ (P.o.L. Extended Mix)

Lil Mo’ Yin Yang - Reach (Made by Pete ReRub)

Wade - Until Dawn

Steve ‘Silk’ Hurley - Jack Your Body (Doorly Club Rub)

Return of the Jaded, Dead Space -Nobody Else

Dale Howard - Frequency

Eli Brown - Searching for Someone

Booka Shade - Trespass 2019 (Mark Knight Extended Mix)

UMEK - Vibrancy vs Winx - Superfreak (Mr kristopherre Freaks the Pella)

Pagano, Agent Orange DJ - Conga Driver

Todd Terry, House of Gypsies - Sume Sigh Say (Agent Orange DJ, Alexander Technique Remix)

Niels Van Gogh - Pulvertum (Denise Schneider Remix)

Alan T, Nico Hamuy - The Door (Extended Mix)

Hannah Wants - Love Somebody

Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence (Jerome Robins ‘Heavy Breather’ Remix)

Fischerspooner - Have Fun Tonight (Mr A Remix)

BTW… did I mention that this is Episode #100? Well, it is.

Catch you soon at the Afterparty that is #101.

Tonight, ‘We’ continue the celebration of 10 years of the ‘We Are..’ Podcast.

The second installment of the ‘In-TEN-tion’ series finds us one of my favorite floors in The States…

The Scene: Low ceilings. Red lights. Sweat. Tightly packed bodies of people truly celebrating the moment; ever present and not a phone to be seen on the floor.

The Sound: Soul&Sleaze. That is to say, a blend of filthy rhythms and deep, heartfelt soul; all carried by a heavy, heavy low end.

The Time: Opening through the first set of peaks.

I hope you (and your sound system) are ready

Because, this time

‘We Are…’

In-TEN-tion 2 : DarkRoom Lovers

Tracklist

Joyce Muniz - Sleepless (Wehbba Remix)

Tom Middleton - Cicadas (Maya Jane Coles Remix)

Sagia - Don't Be Afraid

Luthier - Instinct

Andy Caldwell, Adam Johan - Hold You

MISHQA - Put It

Brett Gould, Malia Belle - Can’t You See

De’Lacy - Hideaway (Return of the Jaded Remix)

Antranig - JACKIN’

Harry Romero, Robert Owens - Back (Harry Romero 2018 Deep In Jersey Extended Mix)

Ben Remember - Run River

Rowetta, Martin Badder - In Your House

Dajae, Riva Starr - The Loft

Stacy Burkett - House Till I Die (Organ Just House) with Breach - Jack (Mr Kristopherre Jacks the Pella Live)

Karen Pollard, Angel Moraes - Reach Out To Me (Angel’s Bella Remix)

Josu Freire - Free Life (Reedit 2019)

Rene Amesz - 1080P

PEZNT, Martin Badder - Believe

Chocolate Puma - I Wanna BE U (Rework)

Vernon & DaCosta - Surrender

Childish Gambino - This Is America (Todd Terry & Louie Vega & Kenny Dope Remix)

Le Vinyl, Iva Devine - My Dream

Tonight, ‘We’ take on the first celebration of 10 years of the ‘We Are…’ Podcast.

Time spent in the nightlife has taken all of us to many places; seeing different faces; with different lives, different “In-TEN-tion.’ To celebrate 10 years of this little excursion into experience in life through music, ‘We’ will visit some of these places.

Our first stop is that party that only a few know about. That party that the unknowing just walk right on passed. It’s down a dank alley, in what is probably on the worn side of town. The kind of alley most folks wouldn’t even consider venturing down while on their way to bigger and better things. As they pass by, they catch unfamiliar sounds; not unpleasant, but unfamiliar (maybe those characteristics are the same for some).

But some of us, ‘We’ know the secret; ‘We’ walk through life wearing those masks, dreaming of the time we get to take it off, shed our skins and bear ourselves to the speakers.

This party can be found in the darkest parts of the night, or when the sun is highest in the sky.

‘We’ are drawn to the 120 BPM throb. You know that beat: synced perfectly to your heartbeat on the floor.

‘We’ know that dank alley and that nondescript door. The Back Door; only recognizable by the pile of masks and shed skins left at the door.

Once inside, ‘We’ are carried off by the infectious vibe deep into the Ritual:

the soul

the strings

the bass

the voices.

SO, remove your mask, shed your skin, expose yourself to the music, the magic, and the moment

because tonight

‘We Are…’

In-TEN-tion I : Back Door Lovers

Tracklist

First Choice - Let No Man Put Asunder (Dr Packer rework)

Joey Negro - Must Be the Music (Joey Negro 2AM Disco Reprise)

The Shapeshifters, Teni Tinks - Try My Love (On For Size)

Patrice Rushen - Never Gonna Give You Up (Joey Negro Re-Grooved Mix)

Jay ‘Sinister’ Sealee, Louie Vega, Julie McKnight - Diamond Life (Dance Ritual Mix)

Candi Staton - Hallelujah Anyway (Moplen’s Classic Club Vibe)

Kerri Chandler 7 Christopher McCray - Heaven (Kerri’s Ozone Mix)

DJ Gomi - Glad I Found You (Scott Wozniak Mix)

Lou Rawls, Kenny Summit, Franki Knuckles, Eric Kupper - You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine (AKA Brawls Deep)

Ron Hall & The Muthafunkaz ft Marc Evans - The Way You Love Me

Loretta Holloway - Love Sensation (Dimitri from Paris Classic Re-Edit)

Boris Dlugosch, Roisin Murphy - Never Enough (Drop Out Orchestra Remix)

Hercules & Love Affair - Do You Feel the Same (Purple Disco Machine Remix)

Mousse T & Clash - Melodie (The Shapeshifters Remix)

Bo Saris - Little Bit More (Mousse T Mix - The Reflex Revision)

Samo, Lee Wilson - Somebody 2 Love (KORT Mix)

Dubplate Disco - Pick Up (Yam Who edit)

Opolopo - Stroke My Disco

Reset Preset, Gershon Jackson - Hands Together (House of Omni Hands Together Extended Club Mix)

It's time to get deep into the vibe with the come up from the floor at Ramrod in Fort Lauderdale. This is how 'We' set the mood and got the Soul&Sleaze rolling...

I hope you are ready because this time

'We Are...'

Alive at Ramrod - Soul&Sleaze

featuring tracks by:

Danny Tenaglia

Maya Jane Coles

Dario D'Attis

Keri Chandler

Riva Starr

Paul Woolford