Shot Callin'

2009-11-04T16:37:00.004-05:00

Awesome

I've come across a pretty neat site.

Despite just being another photo themed website (Example: people of walmart), I personally like this one cause each picture shows parents in a more innocent time before many of the worries and responsibilities. Each picture (for the most part) perfectly portrays the idea of love. Bravo to the site creator, great concept.

Music:

Speaking of awesome, I finally gave a listen to Mathias Kaden's new album, Studio 10. It has been on constant rotation in my car and a great album concept overall. This along with Claude Von Stroke's, Bird Brain LP has given me a lot of great ideas and influence to draw from for my own album. They are albums full of songs that I necessarily wouldn't play at clubs not because they wouldn't be able to move a crowd, on the contrary I think this stuff is so groovy that I actually want to listen to it at home (or in the car).

I highly recommend to buy this album. Beatport is a good place to buy.

Out on Vakant.

Here's one of my favorite song off the album.

Mathias Kaden - Chazz

2009-10-23T18:14:00.006-04:00

Octoberfest

October means pumpkin beer and great weather (in Miami atleast). This time last year I did a side project (called Nitemares) where I sampled horror films and made Hell Cab. I also did a Nitemares dj mix. I've thought plenty of times of doing the same this year, I just have a lot of work and I am not sure I'll make the Halloween deadline. I will hope to get it done early November atleast.

The next petfood podcast is now up. This one is mixed by Diego De La Vega, he has a release titled Ormigas, that will be forthcoming on petfood.

You can subscribe to the enhanced podcast on iTunes here. Tracklist is included!

Also you can stream and download it directly from soundcloud here.

One of my tracks just came out on beatport, it's called Ay Negra. This is my second release with Three-O-Five Digital, the first was Rosa. Three-O-Five is a label started by Oscar G and Stryke and as the name suggests it is based out of Miami. This release (just like the first Three-O-Five release) features tracks from Oscar, Stryke, and myself. My song also includes a Dub mix. I've gotten amazing feedback/support for Ay Negra from great talent including, Tim Green, Tom budden, Jim Rivers, Andrew Grant and much more!

You can listen and buy it on beatport.

Also my October chart is up at the usual places. My website, myspace, and facebook.

But also here:

october:

● Stimming - Funk With Me /// Diynamic Music
● Claude VonStroke - Storm on Lake St Claire /// dirtybird
● Lazaro Casanova - Ay Negra (Dub) /// Three-O-Five Digital
● Precious System - The Voice From Planet Love (Dixon Edit) /// Running Back
● Steve Bug - Swallowed Too Much Bass (Joris Voorn Remix) /// Poker Flat
● Hot Natured - Electric Jones /// Wolf + Lamb
● The Detroit Experiment - Think Twice (Henrik Schwarz Remix) /// Juno
● Lee Burridge - Untititled (Lazaro Casanova Remix) /// Leftroom
● Oscar G - Fula /// Three-O-Five Digital

I'm very excited about my Lee Burridge remix!

Also for Halloween I will be playing Oct. 30th with Steve Lawler in El Paso @ Club 101 and Oct. 31st in Nashville @ Limelight.

Music:

I'm very pleased with Stimming's Stormdrum EP. I think Funk with me is his best work to date. Just an all around pleasure to play this track out.

I'm uploading a sub par quality vinyl rip of the track so you guys can hear and agree to buy the EP on beatport. The B-sides are very good too and carry a similar feel.

Hey wanna funk with me?

HEY do YOU want to FUNK with me?

Out on Diynamic Music.

Stimming - Funk with me

2009-09-22T17:11:00.007-04:00

A Million Updates

Rather than doing small daily updates, I always manage to get to the point where I have to do mega posts. So again, stick with me through this epic.

Today is the last day to vote for Djmag's top 100 list. I ask if you haven't voted yet and truly enjoy what I do to take a minute and head here to vote for me. This will help me come back to your city or even visit your city for the first time.

The next petFood release is out now exclusively on beatport. It's a track I did with the other petFood half, Jay-You. It's called Comandante. I'm very excited we got the chance to get a very good Oscar G remix on this release. We've gotten great feedback from the likes of Tom Budden, Xpress-2, Steve Mac, Davide Squillace, among others.

You can give it a listen and a buy (if you like) on Beatport.

If you've been following what we're doing with petFood you already know by now we're doing a monthly podcast. Each month it's a different petFood artist and we always showcase upcoming petFood releases on the mixes. It's a great way to get a sneak peak at what we're doing and hear some mighty fine mixes at the same time. This next one is from Mary Velo who has the next petFood release featuring Edu K and Stryke remixes.

You know the drill you can download direct here.

But if you want an enhanced podcast with all the track titles you will have to subscribe to our petCast on iTunes here.

Every Wednesday @ Hoy Como Ayer in Little Havana. Oscar G, Stryke and Me are there every week doing some real underground shit. Great soundsystem and none of that door policy BS. It's a fun vibe in there always and we are really playing whatever the fuck we want.

Music:

Randomly came across this track called Beach Ball. It's by M_Ferri, a German who mostly releases under the Autist label. It has a very lovely feel with a great disco sample. Almost reminds me of Patric Baumel's remix Booka Shade's Sweet Lies....can never be a bad thing to be compared to!

Out on Autist.

M_Ferri - Beach Ball

2009-09-05T02:22:00.003-04:00

Mutual Meetings

and in one fluid motion he's lost,

his mind,

his mind wanders, replaying

all

the

events that have led up

to this.

hello inebriated self,

we meet again at the lovely...

bottom.

so pleased to meet you!

again

aga in

ag ain

a gain was lost

and

a loss was gained.

and in one fluid motion he's lost,

his smile.

his smile chose to take an

ex te n de d

vacation.

his chest stings with the

wonderful delight of

solidarity.

let's have a look see,

you know a look....see...

and in one fluid motion he's lost,

her.

Dr. Dog - Ain't It Strange

___________________________________

regular updates will come soon but not now.

2009-09-01T17:37:00.002-04:00

Promo Mix

Quick update: Here's a promo mix I did last week. Lot's of stuff I play currently and a fun mix overall. Includes a new track of mine called Oh Yes, Wow.

Enjoy!

Download

2009-08-18T19:26:00.005-04:00

August Top 10

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Weekend gigs were great, big thanks to Beth & Giant as well as Rob & Compression for having me. They were really great parties. D.Ramirez is also one of the nicest fellas I've ever met and it was a real pleasure playing with him at Vanguard, even if the chocolate birthday cupcakes were knocked over.

I've got to link up with Jay-You and finally agreed to see his new place after much convincing and guilt trips.

Up next is Lima, Peru and then Monterrey, Mexico. Both will be epic raves.

Music:

My second remix for the very sarcastic Juan Maclean came out today on DFA records. I believe today was the digital release and later this month (maybe the 25th) the 12" will come out. The package has a slew of talented remixers, I'd highly recommend picking it up despite my shameless self plugin.

Tracklist:
1. Happy House (Radio Edit)
2. Happy House (VHS or Beta Remix)
3. Happy House (Chateau Flight Remix)
4. Happy House (Lazaro Casanova)
5. Happy House (Will Saul & Mike Monday Remix)
6. Happy House (Will Saul & MIke Monday Dub)
7. Happy House (Paul Woolford Apocalypse Version)
8. Happy House (Paul Woolford Apocalypse Dub)
9. Happy House (Matthew Dear vs Audion Remix)

Buy on beatport

Buy on itunes

Here is my August top 10.

● Marek Hemmann - Gemini /// Freude Am Tanzen

● 2020 Soundsystem - Sliding Away /// CD-R
● Loko - Scarlet House /// Soulman Music
● Daniel Steinberg - Bailando /// Front Room Recordings
● Glimpse & Alex Jones - True Friends /// Kindisch Records
● Seulo - Overcast /// Alive
● Uner & Coyu - Raw Sweat /// Diynamic Music
● The Juan Maclean - Happy House (Lazaro Casanova Remix) /// DFA
● Tim Green, Emerson Todd - Excercise /// Cocoon Recordings
● Samuel Knob - Makanie /// Glueckskind Schallplatten

This next track I played all weekend. It get such good feedback from the dancefloor. It's my first time hearing Marek Hemmann but with a quick listen of his other tracks I've become a fan. Also, he has a side project with Mathias Kaden who is already on my radar as a great producer.

Out on Freude Am Tanzen.

Marek Hemmann - Gemini

2009-08-12T16:20:00.007-04:00

True Friends

Slew of updates (again).

First head over to my myspace page to hear my latest remix I've done for 2020 Soundsystem's, Sliding Away. Throw some headphones on to catch the low end.

Next, I just had a gig at Space in Miami with fellow Three-O-Five brother, Stryke. Great show, good times, we'll see if we can make it happen again this year. I have the rest of my tour dates up for August on both myspace and my site (work in progress). But so you don't have to go through the painful task of clicking a link here you go:

8/14 - San Diego, CA @ Spin
8/15 - Los Angeles, CA @ Vanguard w/ D. Ramirez
8/21 - Lima, Peru @ Coliseum Mariscal Caceres w/ Donald Glaude & Cedric Gervais
8/22 - Monterrey, MX @ Aura (The 10th Party!)
8/28 - Mexicali, MX @ Arroyo Hondo
8/29 - Ciudad Mexico, MX @ Pasaje America

I am very excited about heading to Peru for the first time.

Also, a couple of my friends really encouraged me to go for this DjMag top100 thing this year, so I'm giving it a shot. If you guys can give me a few seconds of your time and head over to djmag and place your vote for me it would be very much appreciated. Usually, the list is comprised of a lot of commercial acts. My main angle on this is we can work on getting a Cuban on the top100. Would be the first time since Murk, I believe.

Music:

It's the time of the month again. Our fourth installment of our monthly petFood petCast is here. This one is courtesy of one of our younger talents, Daltn. He's been working with Diego De La Vega on a few things and recently gave us a great solo track called, Oye Africana, which you can hear on his petCast (it's a bomb!). As usual you know the rules:

Subscribe to our petCast on iTunes here. Our podcasts are enhanced so you get full tracklisting as it plays.

Otherwise you'd could technically download direct from here. But then you wouldn't get tracklisting. You see what I did here?

Here's your goodie today. This track I've been playing a lot lately and it grooves so well. It's also one of the most unique and addicting vocal samples I've come across in quite some time. It's by Glimpse & Alex Jones. Glimpse I''ve been following for a while now. He's put out with great labels like Leftroom and Cadenza.

Out on Kindisch. (Sublabel of Get Physical).

Glimpse & Alex Jones - True Friends

2009-07-17T02:41:00.005-04:00

July Top 10

Monthly chart is here but before we get into that I have a few updates:

1) lazarocasanova.com is now live! For a long time I had a "coming soon" page up but a friend of mine stressed how important a web page was even in todays social networking craze. Thing is social networking come and go but a solid artist website will always remain as a place to visit. I set up about 95% of the page in the matter of a night (no I didn't sleep). I am most excited about the main page that has random pictures load on each visit. Go take a peek! I am still making some tweaks and adding content.

2) 2nd petFood release is doing great (Gil Montiel's EP). We got great support from from a few ravers including those crazy Nadastrom lads. Also getting good feedback from other upcoming petFood releases.

3) You can take a listen to one of the upcoming petFood releases on the X-press 2 Kiss FM radio show. Yes, they are supporting again! This time they played Oscar G's remix of Comandante.

Tracklisting:

Hour 2
Shit Robot – Simple Things (Todd Terje Remix) – Dfa
Cobblestone Jazz – Traffic Jam – Wagon Repair
Danny Howells – Phycotic Bump – Dig Deeper
Pearson Sound – Wad – Hessle Audio
Lazaro Casanova & Jay – Comandante (Oscar G Remix) – Pet Food
Roberto Rodriguez – Saved By The Bell – Laka Worldwide
Idif – East Village Hustler – Cdr
The Revenge – Heavy Love – Instumentas Of Rapture
Frank Zander – Captain Starlight – Hansa

Download the show here.

Oh yea and check out that Shit Robot track that starts off the mix. Both the original and Todd Terje remix are great acid house!

Ok, and finally my chart for for July. Thanks for your patience.

● Santos - Hold Home /// Moon Harbour
● Pedramovich - Ashes /// Alive
● Shit Robot - Simple Things (Work It Out) /// DFA
● Daltn - Oye Africana /// petFood
● Sebo K & Metro - Saxtrack (Reboot Twisted Fist Remix) /// Cécille Numbers
● Davide Squiallace vs Alfa Romero - Black Cabbage Soup /// Supernature
● 2020 Soundsystem - Sliding Away (Lazaro Casanova Remix) /// CDR
● Lee Curtis - Reverse Caress /// Cityfox
● Toby Tobias - Shoon (Dave Ellesmere Remix) /// Rekids
● Style of Eye - Retur 2 /// Dirtybird

Music:

There is so much win in this release! Sebo K, Reboot, and Cécille records...again all sorts of win. Sebo K & Metro dish up a great jazzy house groover on the original. Reboot takes things into a different direction with a super loopy french house gem. If all french house can sound this good then I will welcome back the genre with open arms. This remix takes me back to the days of Crydamoure!

Out on Cécille.

Sebo K & Metro - Saxtrack (Reboot Twisted Fist Remix)

2009-07-06T18:28:00.005-04:00

Updates

Stick with me through the amount of information I'm about to give you guys & gals.

First, my song Rosa finally came out on June 30th. I had a few people ask about this one for a while now but the label kept pushing it back for promo reasons (which ended up being a great idea). It got good support/feedback from amazing artists including Xpress-2, Omid 16B (SOS), and Derrick May (yes!), to name a few.

Rosa is part of the first Three-Oh-Five Digital EP, which is a label started by Oscar G and Stryke, I am very thankful to be on this roster. The EP features music from Oscar G, Stryke, Noise Artistry, and myself. The label will pretty much remain with this line up including Ralph Falcon. This is a great addition to what I am doing with petFood to put Miami back on the map.

Second, petFood dropped it's second release last week as well. This one is a new act we've signed from Monterrey, Mexico named Gil Montiel. It's a solid two track EP which I would describe as groovy tech-house with a bit of quirk and some nice vocal touches to boot. I am excited we have a good squad of acts signed to the label releasing some great original material and remixing each other as well. Plus we have loads of releases lined up!

Upcoming releases:

food003- Mary Velo - Coming Down w/ Stryke & Edu K remixes.

food004- Lazaro Casanova & Jay-You - Comandante w/ Oscar G Remix

Plus more releases from SHDWPLAY, Daltn & Diego De La Vega.

Speaking of petFood & SHDWPLAY...Shoddy Lynn of SHDWPLAY (petFood's first lady) recently completed the latest petCast for us. The petCast is a monthly petFood podcast we started two months ago. Jay-You did the first, I did the second and now Shoddy Lynn has done the third. I am very happy with her mix, it has such great tracks in it. AND keeping in the tradition of letting you guys preview upcoming petFood releases you can hear a solid remix the Miami youngsters, Daltn & Diego De La Vega did of SHDWPLAY's Hollywood. It's all on the petCast.

You can download the mp3 of Shoddy's petCast here.

But a better choice would be to subscribe to the petCast on iTunes. Since you will get an enhanced podcast with the tracklisting ;) Trust me you want to ID some of these tracks.

Subscribe to the petCast here.

Also as a last minute side note I will be playing Tropicasa in Miami July 15th. I know some people in Miami have asked when am I playing Miami (because I hardly do). Tropicasa is Oscar G's weekly Wednesday party where I would frequent just to catch him in a small room with great sound and cheap drinks. Oscar will be gone to Ibiza the week of July 15th so Ralph Falcon and I will be filling in for him!

Music:

The nice guys over at 20:20 Vision have sent me some new goodies to post to you guys (guilt-free) so don't worry you aren't breaking the law downloading these.

First we have a Johnny D remix of 2020Soundsystem's, Sliding Away. I've been playing this one out earlier in my sets as it has a real nice vibe to get people to start dancing without slapping them in the face with a banger.

Those who may want a quick background check on 2020Soundsystem it comprises of 20:20 label owner Ralph Lawson, Danny Ward, Fernando Pulichino, and Julian Sanza. They play live and by the looks of the names you have two Brits and two Argentines.

Out on 20:20 Vision.

2020Soundsystem - Sliding Away (Johnny D Remix)

Also as a bonus here is a splendid Ralph Lawson DJ set, courtesy of 20:20.

Ralph Lawson Live and Direct at 2020 HQ (04/29)

2009-06-30T03:35:00.000-04:00

Letter of Resignation

I've just cracked open my first beer of the night,

the first of plenty tonight,

it's been a few weeks since,

i've had a drink and somehow

somehow, somewhere, somewho,

feeel

little

"ME"

Music:

Audiofly, in my opinion, are one of the most consistent producers these days and they put out new music at a very fast rate. It's almost as if this stuff just came to them naturally. This next one is titled, Sweeter Than.

A lot of there music has the same layout with some breaks that have some obscure vocal going on for just long enough to have people really appreciate when the beat drops again. Truly great arrangements going on here. Also, for those who have caught any of my later dj sets you might remember this one.

Out on their own label, Supernature.

Audiofly - Sweeter Than

2009-06-16T16:45:00.004-04:00

June Top 10

Here it is...

1. Buraka Som Sistema - IC19 (James Talk Remix) /// Fabric

2. Yousef - Anti Hero (Andy Chatterley Remix) /// Circus

3. Audiofly - Sweeter Than /// Supernature

4. The Discowboys - To The Mountain Top (Two Armadillos Remix) /// Dessous

5. Lazaro Casanova & Jay-You - Comandante (Oscar G Fuck Fidel Mix) /// petFood

6. Butane - Inferno Jack (Kalabrese Remix) /// Crowsstown Rebels

7. Lazaro Casanova - Ay Negra /// CDR

8. Edu Imbernon, Coyu - El Baile Aleman /// Liebe*Detail

9. Gil Montiel - U Got A Feeling /// petFood

10. Danien Steinberg - Cry All Night /// Supdub

Some quick updates. Those asking about when Rosa will be out. The final date is June 31st on Three-O-Five Digital. The whole EP has gotten great response and Xpress-2 played both Oscar G's, Toma! and my track Rosa on their Kiss Radio show! It's an honor to be amongst such a tracklisting of talented artists. It's also very exciting to hear Xpress-2 playing my stuff.

Here is the show tracklisting:

Hour 1
Jackspot - Lhakah - Highgrade Digital
Heinrichs - Quantum Leap - Highgrade Digital
Dj Koze - Mrs Bojangles - Circus Company
Kaiserdisco - Descalzo - Mbf
Dj Yellow - 1st Step (Dubfire Remix) - Composite Records
Mikael Stravostrand - Die A Little (Bruno Prosanto Remix) - Lick My Deck
Bjorn Bergland - The Essence (Jesper Dahlback Remix) - Soundz
Oscar G - Toma - Three O Five DigitalSlam - One Note Samba - Paragraph
David Squllace - Black Cabbage - Supernature
Lazaro Casanova - Rosa - Three O Five Digital
Floating Points - Truly - Eglo

Download:

Xpress-2 Show 1/6/09

Music:

I've been playing this one in about all my sets lately. Titled Cry All Night by Daniel Steinberg. It's a feel good jiggy joint. Very great use of samples and works extremely well. I mean it even gets me dancing from inside the booth ;)

Out on Supdub.

Daniel Steinberg - Cry All Night

2009-06-04T23:43:00.005-04:00

petCast

We've started a monthly petCast (petFood pocast) a month ago. Jay-You mixed the first, I mixed this second one. Each podcast features upcoming petFood music.

Here is tracklist:

1. Ernesto Ferreyra - Hunted /// Cadenza

2. Simon Baker - Way Out of My Head (Julian Chaptal Remix) /// 2020Vision

3. Darius Syrossian, Nyra - Osasuna /// Viva

4. Oscar G - Toma! /// Three-O-Five Digital

5. Davide Squillace, Michele Tabucchi - One Lobster Please (Mathias Kaden's Gambass Remix) /// Sci + Tec

6. Anja Schneider & Lee Van Dowski - La Roulette /// Mobilee

7. Peace Division - Eh Oh Um /// Tsuba

8. Nick Curly - Say Something /// 8bit

9. Gil Montiel - U Got A Feeling /// petFood

10. Lazaro Casanova - Ay Negra /// CD-R

11. Tom Budden - Tree Dance (Jim Rivers Remix) /// Alive

12. Paul Kalkbrenner - Sky And Sand /// Bpitch Control

Download the mix directly here.

P.S. Ay Negra is a new track I've finished that's intended for a special label.

2009-05-21T19:05:00.006-04:00

May Top 10

Here it is....

1. Anja Schneider & Lee Van Dowski - La Roulette /// Mobilee
2. Peace Division - Eh Oh Um /// Tsuba
3. Tiefschwarz - Voodoo /// Viva
4. The Juan Maclean - Happy House (Lazaro Casanova Amazon Remix) /// DFA
5. Ernesto Ferreyra - Hunted /// Cadenza
6. Jamie Jones - Summertime feat. Ost & Kjex (Extended Vocal Mix) /// Crosstown Rebels
7. Lazaro Casanova - Ay Negra /// CDR
8. Simon Baker - Way Out Of My Head (Julien Chaptal Remix) /// 2020Vision
9. Nihad Tule - Way Of The Lonely Ones (Jerome Sydenham Dub Mix) /// Spectrum

10. Tom Budden - The Tree Dance (Jim Rivers Remix) /// Alive

Music:

Keeping with the tradition of posting a track from my top 10 here is a new one from Cadenza (Luciano's label). This one is by Ernesto Ferreyra. It has a great house groove to it with a very nice vocal sample. I'm also featuring it on the next petCast at the end of the month.

As a side not it's becoming a bit difficult to keep posting tracks as my personal music network grows. So the post counts might slow down a bit but on the bright side I'm legitimizing the content being posted here.

Out on Cadenza.

Ernesto Ferreyra - Hunted

2009-05-20T00:52:00.007-04:00

Oscar G

Oscar G's new 3 disc project dropped today. It's titled DJ. For those who are intrigued by the cuban influence in my music well I will just openly admit right now that Oscar is the OG of this shit. He's been a big push in my music lately even giving me a home for some of my music with his new label Three-O-Five which he's started with another great friend of mine Stryke. The 3 discs are broken down like this:

Disc 1 is all new original material from Oscar. All tracks connect into each other very thoughtfully and in general is a great listen. Seriously, a nice range of music on this one. Stryke offers his vocal talent on three tracks. And already we have seen good support for the first single Back to You, which is great diva vocal house track. Here is a video of Cassy & Ricardo Villalobos playing it at Sunwaves Festival in Romania.

Disc 2 is a live mix of Oscar playing at Club Space. This is a solid mix and features the very first petFood release which is a track I made titled, Los Tambores. This was the first time I have been licensed for a compilation. Good looking out!

Disc 3 takes you to the visual aspect of Disc 2. Here you will see lots of footage of the infamous afterhours in the Club Space terrace. It is the same live mix of disc 2. Those of you who have done afterhours at Space terrace will get some flashbacks. Those of you who haven't been will be intrigued to go soon enough.

Here is tracklist:

P.S. There's a free download in Disc 1 tracklist ;)

Oscar G
DJ (dē'jā')

Tracklist

Disc 1 – Originals

1) “Stuck On You (Featuring Stryke)”
2) “Back To You (Featuring Tamara Wallace)” 

3) "Innosence”
4) “I Try (Featuring Stryke)”
5) “Your Love (Featuring Tamara Wallace)”
6) “Lost (Featuring Chino)”
7) “Asere”
8) “What You Need (Featuring Tamara Wallace)”
9) “Futro”
10) “Over You”

Disc 2 – Live From Space Terrace

1) Made By Monkeys – “I Think Of You (Oscar G Reconstruction)”
2) Jay Quik Feat. Stephanie Tiangco – “Cry Of Creation (Stryke and Quik Space Dub)” 3) “Ralph Berr – “Dutchie (Original Mix)
4) Christian Falero – “Easy Rider”
5) The Southern Brothers – “Break It (Korioto Trip Mix)”
6) Ralph Falcon – “Whateva (House Mixx)”
7) Kerri Chandler – “Pong (Ben Klock’s Bones & Strings Rework)”
8) Jean Claude Ades – I Begin To Wonder 2008 (Jerome Isma – AE Remix)”
9) Lazaro Casanova – “Los Tambores (Original Mix)”
10) Lemoch & Deibys – “Besame (Original Mix)”
11) David Penn & Rober Gaez – “What Is House? (Kot Anthem Dub)”
12) Belocca, Soneec, Chris Lauer, & Canard – “Raspberry Mouth (Groovenatics Remix)”
13 Morten Alik & Casper LT – “M.R.”
14 Charlie Solana Pres. Tri Fecta – “Wild Morning”
15 Jewel Kid – “Break My Heart”
Acappella: Eric Entrana – “Addicted”

Buy @ Beatport

Nervous Records

Disc 3 – Oscar G – DJ (DVD)

Ok onto more Miami related news. Earlier I mentioned Three-O-Five. So Stryke and Oscar had a great idea to get a nice little collective of Miami musicians together and just put out consistent good music. The music will initially come from Oscar G, Stryke, Ralph Falcon, Noise Artistry, and myself. My favorite part of this line up is that we each have our distinct sounds but are still able to work together. Time to put Miami on the map! For those of you wondering when my song Rosa will be out. It's coming out on Three-O-Five in June.

Three-O-Five Myspace

For those in Miami...Oscar starts a weekly party tonight at Hoy Como Ayer (in little havana). The party is called Tropicasa. I will definitely be checking this out and I think it's not to be missed. It's hard to explain what this party in words but think of cuban influenced house music, think drums, think some great cuban vocals...just a fun time and no bullshit at the door!

It goes down every Wednesday @ Hoy Como Ayer

2212 SW 8 Street

Little Havana

2009-05-07T00:00:00.013-04:00

Global Underground

Fellow friend Nic Fanciulli is the first to launch the Global Underground DJ mix series. Nic has been busy on all fronts lately, as he is now touring in support of the GU comp, hard at work with his label Saved, doing monthly Saved parties at Matter in the UK, as well as producing under his own name and with his production partner Andy Chatterley under Skylark.

This is a great 2 cd mixed compilation spanning through ambient, dubstep, house and techno. Featuring very talented producers including Seth Troxler, Spencer Parker, Jamie Jones, to name a few.

I definitely recommend picking this one up and when you get a chance go catch Fanciulli play live as he is one of the most well balanced DJ's I have ever heard.

For complete Fanciulli tour dates go here.

You can buy GUDJ001 mixed by Nic Fanciulli here.

Music:

Reboot is one of my favorite producers. His latest release is on the almighty Cocoon. The A-side, titled Ronson, is supported by Dj's across the globe and is very representative of a sound I personally like to play. It's summed up with a loopy hand drum that just keeps driving forward with a nice simple two note portamento synth on top. Be sure to pick this up and check out the B-side as well, Mirrasierra.

Out on Cocoon Records.

Reboot - Ronson (Original Mix)

2009-04-17T01:56:00.004-04:00

Audiojack

I first caught wind of Audiojack in a recorded live James Zabiela set. He specifically played the Audiojack remix of Underworld's, Holding the Moth. At first listen (while I was driving) I thought "Shit I need to ID this." And sure enough once I got my hands on this remix it immediately became a staple in my DJ sets.

This is why 9 months later when I got a friendly email from the 2020Vision guys asking if I wouldn't mind doing a review on the debut Audiojack LP I replied yes before I even gave it a listen. So here I am writing this as I am about 30 minutes into the new Audiojack Full Length titled, Radio.

At first listen I've noticed a few things. First off, the album never has a dull moment. There is constant groove and all the tracks uniquely segway into one another.

Radio kicks off the album just right. With a steady bassline and a killer combo of clap-snare. It meets two vinyl slow down effects and ends with the first segway of the album, which is creatively a radio host segment into the second track Disco Gameshow. Again, the bassline is key as it switches into a live sounding bass guitar. It has a great disco vibe with some nice string samples thrown in at random.

Jack the Keys has some mean pianos and starts giving you some hands drums. A preview of things to come which segways into my favorite track of the album, Red Eye. DRUMS.

The album continues this pattern of unique segways but Audiojack clearly thought this album through. The songs vary enough to keep fans of different dance music genres pleased. There is a broad range of sounds but all done logically.

Radio, will keep any listener engaged through it's whole journey. I personally listened to the album in its entirety at 2am.

Audiojack and 2020Vision have been kind enough to let me offer a song off Radio for free. But go and buy yourself the album as just one song does not do it any justice.

Out on 2020Vision.

Audiojack - Jack The Keys

Buy the full album at:

iTunes

Beatport

DJDownload

2009-04-01T16:57:00.003-04:00

April

Here is my top 10 for April:

1. Alex Moments - Yakamoz /// Below
2.Hermanez & Ramon Tapia - Straniero /// Miconn
3. Mark Broom - Jackpot /// Saved
4. Lopazz Feat. Eddie Zarook - V Point /// Get Physical
5. Lazaro Casanova - Rosa /// Three-O-Five
6. Tiefschwarz - Yeah /// Souvenir
7. Til Von Sein - Ovas (Catz N Dogz Ohne FX Remix) /// Dirt Crew
8. Tomas Barfod & Fredski - March On Swan Lake /// Get Physical
9. Matt Nordstrom - Spanglish (Dub) /// Saved
10. Dj Le Roi Feat. Roland Clark - I Get Deep (Mirco Esposito Edit) /// Deeptown Music

Music:

I've made it past a pretty crazy week at wmc with only getting slightly sick. Great parties happened and some didn't (I'm looking at you Circoloco). Some highlights were Get Physical, Nic & James, Danny Howells, Spectral, and Flying Circus. Unfortunately Circoloco got shut down cause of fire marshals and over capacity. Lights out (Lawler's party) suffered the same fate being downstairs of the same club (Nocturnal).

I missed Radio Slave at the Beatport pool party but caught a stream of his one hour set from home. The week had many one hour sets (just so much talent in one place) and this had to be one of the best one hour sets I heard all week. Matt (Radio Slave) is definitely feeling the drums. Props.

By the way the full lineup this day was Damian Lazarus, Radio Slave, and Josh Wink. ;)

Radio Slave @ Beatport Pool Party 3 WMC

2009-03-17T12:15:00.011-04:00

WMC '09

It's time of WMC '09 edition. Everyone is making their lists of top parties according to the "hype machine" (literally).

But here is my list (in no order), from a Miami native.

1)Sunday School for Degenerates

March 28 & 29

Adultnapper // Argy // Barem // Cassy // D'Julz
Guy Gerber // Ida Engberg // Joris Voorn // Marco Carola
Martin Landsky // Mathias Kaden // Matthew Dear
Mr. C // Onur Özer // Ryan Crosson (live)
Seth Troxler // Solomun // Steve Bug // Stimming (live)
and more TBA...

At the Ice Palace

59 NW 14 St

Info

2)Flying Circus

March 25

Audiofly & SAFE present:

FLYING CIRCUS

STEVE LAWLER
AUDIOFLY
NIC FANCIULLI
TIEFSCHWARZ

GUY GERBER (live)
PACO OSUNA
DAVIDE SQUILLACE
LUCA BACCHETTI
GEL ABRIL
JOHNNY D (live)
HEIDI
NICK CURLY
MISS JOOLS
AMELIE
KABUTO & KOJIALI NASSER
GEDDES
CONWAY
ALEX FLITCH
LUCA MONKEY
& MORE TBA

Nikki Beach

1 Ocean Drive

Info

3)One Night Only...an AM Only Event

March 27

Buddha Gardens:
Adam Beyer & Paco Osuna
Adultnapper & Mr. C
Alex Gaudino & Starkillers
Alexi Delano

Bart B More & Chris Lake

Behrouz & Guido Schneider
Christian Smith & Misstress Barbara
Funkagenda & Steve Porter
Guy Gerber
Josh Gabriel
Josh Wink & Steve Bug
Konrad Black & Seth Troxler
Lazaro Casanova

Loco Dice & Marco Carola
Martin Buttrich
Paul Ritch
Sander Kleinenberg & Victor Calderone

Karu & Y

71 NW 14 St

Info

4)Viva vs Cadenza

March 26

Steve Lawler
Luciano
Timo Maas
Tiefshwarz
Loco Dice

Bearweasel
Mirko Loko
Reboot

Space Terrace

34 NE 11 St

Info

5)Get Physical Miami

March 28

M.A.N.D.Y. vs Booka Shade

Matthew Dear

Audiofly

Italoboyz

Bronnt Industries Kapital (Live)

Studio K

60 NE 11 St

Info

6)One + One

March 27

James Zabiela & Nic Fanciulli

Studio K

60 NE 11 St

Info

7)Made in Miami

March 29

Murk featuring Oscar G & Ralph Falcon

Behrouz

Cedric Gervais

Patrick M

Stryke

Lazaro Casanova

Club Space (Main Room)

34 NE 11 Street

Info

8)Circo Loco

March 28

Luciano

Timo Maas

Tania Vulcano

Arpiar

Clive Henry

Davide Squillace

Andrew Grant

Tiefschwarz

Lee Burridge

Nocturnal

50 NE 11 St

Info

9)Hallucienda 2009

March 27

Three

Lee Burridge

Radio Slave

Mr. C

Reverse Commuter

Droog

Conway

The Vue Rooftop (Former Sony Building Rooftop)

650 Lincoln Road

Info

10)Crosstown Rebels

March 28 (Morning)

Damian Lazarus

Jamie Jones

Clive Henry

Seth Troxler

Butane

Dyed Soundorom

Lee Curtis

Lee Foss

Droog

The Electric Pickle

2826 N. Miami Ave

Info

Music:

My remix for Juan Maclean on DFA records is out now on a couple of online stores including beatport. Other remixes on there are by Marc Romboy, Surkin, and The Emperor Machine.

Tiefshwarz keeps releasing fire on their own imprint Souvenir (it's all consistently good). This time we get a 2 part EP titled Simple, Maybe. My personal favorite out of the bunch is Yeah. I look forward to seeing Tiefshwarz play during conference and ofcourse playing this one myself.

Out on Souvenir.

Tiefshwarz - Yeah

2009-03-05T20:47:00.004-05:00

Sesame Street

Sesame Street is partly to blame for why we're all fucked up. The best part of this skit is how the dogs continuously try to eat some of the ingredients and in one part a hand even slaps the dogs face away.

Music:

Yet another remix e.p. for Loco Dice's, 7 Dunham Place. The first remix e.p. had great contributions from Luciano and Cassy. This second one comes with even more talent, Marcell Dettmann, Onur Ozer, Marco Carola, and Mike Huckaby. I still play Luciano's remix of Pimp Jackson Is Talkin' Now!!! But I definitely will be supporting Marco Carola's mix of M Train To Brooklyn.

Out on Desolat.

Loco Dice - M Train To Brooklyn (Marco Carola Remix)

2009-03-04T15:05:00.003-05:00

Trilogy

A spot-on trilogy meter by Dan Meth.

Music:

The second remix e.p. for Crash is out now. Milton Jackson's choices for these remixes are very wise as both Jimpster and H.O.S.H. have delivered great tunes (they usually do). I have a hard time choosing between the two since they both do good in their own right but I have noticed Jimpster's mix fits better in my sets.

Out on Freerange.

Milton Jackson - Rhythm Track (Jimpster Remix)

2009-03-03T15:17:00.003-05:00

March Top 10

Here it is...

1. Mark Broom - Raincheck /// Saved
2. Milton Jackson - Rhythm Track (Jimpster Remix) /// Freerange
3. Michel Cleis - La Mezcla /// CD-R
4. The Juan Maclean - One Day (Lazaro Casanova Haunted Dub) /// DFA
5. Christian Smith & John Selway - Swingworld (Paul Ritch Remix) /// Jericho
6. Minilogue - My Teenager Gang /// Mule Electronic
7. Lazaro Casanova - Mango /// Three-o-Five
8. Spencer Parker - Yogoto /// Rekids
9. Lazaro Casanova - Feisty Hell /// Saved
10. Fergie, Reset Robot And Alan Fitzpatrick - Gas Mask /// 8 Sided Dice

2009-03-03T12:33:00.005-05:00

Videos

Music:

Catalog #2 on Slam's own imprint, Paragraph, is out now. The A-Side is Hot Knives and the B is called What's On Your Mind. I've been playing Hot Knives in some of my sets, especially the longer ones where I can build a few times. The song consists of rissets that lead to monumental build ups, but the fun part for me is after a few bars on the drop the song gets quiet again.

Out on Paragraph.

~~Slam - Hot Knives~~

2009-03-01T13:47:00.007-05:00

My Teenager Gang

First things first, I have finished my remix for The Juan Maclean, which is due out on DFA records soon. I'm very excited to be part of a DFA release as they're a very highly respected label in my book. They are other great remixes on the package as well. You can listen to a one minute clip of it on my myspace (sorry that's all I can do for now) but I've been playing it in all my sets as of late.

Second, Nic Fanciulli featured Hell Cab on his Essential Hot Mix on Pete Tong's Radio 1 show. If you look at the tracklisting you will see it under Saved Records. I guess now will be a good time to announce that a special full 'feisty' vocal version will be coming out right before summer (to coincide with Ibiza season). The release will have great remixes from various very talented artists. Again, I've been incorporating this one into my sets too.

Here is Nic's tracklisting from the show.

Essential Hot Mix from Nic Fanciulli
Nic Fanciulli - 'Green Tea' (Sample Edit) (Saved)
Schlomi Aber - 'Namgo' (Drums Only) (Be As One)
Dan Curtain - 'Marsupial' (Mobilee)
Phil Bader, Hirtenfellner - 'I Try' (Vox Only) (Still For Talent)

Mark Broom - 'Feathered' (Mixxx 1) (Saved)
Hard Drive - 'Deep Inside' (Fanciulli's Yawn Version) (SR)
Lazaro Casanova - 'Feisty Hell' (Saved)
Joris Voorn - 'Sweep The Floor'
Slam - 'Positive Education' (Paul Ritch Mix) (Soma)
Paul Woolford - 'Pandemonium'

Third, I am working on a remix for Oscar G's new single off his upcoming album. This is happening this week so expect to hear that in my upcoming sets. Oscar has been a big help and supporter of what I am doing and I am very grateful for that. petFood's first release, Los Tambores, will be featured on his next Club Space cd/dvd which is out in april. Speaking of Space I have been invited onboard a great wmc party...

petFood release #2 is just awaiting a mix down. You may have noticed on my monthly top 10 a track I did with Jay-You called Papayua. The delay has been due to a couple of vital plugin licenses for Pro Tools that expired January 1st. Lucikly DigiDesign's artist department is looking into the matter and I should have them renewed soon enough.

I am working on a couple of other tracks but saving them for wmc promos as of now.

So I guess it's safe to say I haven't been online much (or updating the blog) because I've been real busy working on other things. But I will do my best to balance out.

Music:

If you're a frequent reader of this blog then Minilogue is something you're very familiar with by now. The new release is titled, My Teenager Gang. I know...the title makes me want to join a teenage gang too. Anyway, I'm loving the hand drums all over the track (maybe because I'm cuban?). The vocal chant around the 5 minute mark is very afrocuban too. As usual, great work from the Minilogue guys.

Out on Mule Electronic.

Minilogue - My Teenager Gang

2009-02-13T04:47:00.006-05:00

Bada Bum Bum Bum

February Top 10

1. Radio Slave - RJ // Running Back

2. Behrouz & Andy Chatterlay - Lost in Translation (Timo Maas Mad Day Remix) // Audio Therapy

3. Loco Dice - Pimp Jackson Is Talkin' Now!!! (Luci Gets Loco Remix) // Desolat

4. The Juan Maclean - One Day (Lazaro Casanova Haunted Dub) // CD-R

5. Noze - You Have To Dance (Mathias Kaden's Beatpolka Remix) // Get Physical

6. Martinez - Le Cirkus // Moon Harbour

7. La Pena - Free from Love (Original Mix) // La Pena

8. Lazaro Casanova & Jay-You - Papayua // CD-R

9. Okain & Thomas Muller - Horadim // Bpitch Control

10. Mihalis Safras - Mails // Great Stuff

Music:

One of the hottest producers out right now, Mathias Kaden, has remixed Noze's latest release on the almighty Get Physical. Believe me when I say this is truly one of the most unique tracks I've heard in a while. Actually the post title is a hint of what's in store for you when you listen to this track. Really digging the live drum feel and especially that whistle!

Out on Get Physical.

Noze - You Have To Dace (Mathias Kaden's Beatpolka Remix)

2009-01-31T03:01:00.006-05:00

an encounter with bukowski;

part 1

"another pitcher," he said,
this was the third pitcher and i was already being out-drank,
out-drunken and out-spoken, and also out-thought .

"you know i went to school for writing?
a real fuckin fancy art school in brooklyn,

a real fancy expensive school, it must had been
atleast 40 thousand a year... no i never graduated.
but i always received good feedback from my professors,
especially manguso. she was one fine piece of ass, young thing,

dark hair, tall, oh and long legs. she wore these tall boots and
tight form fitting dresses. i think she wanted my cock,
she gave me that cock hungry look with that cock hungry
smile all the time. and i personally think my writing made her hot.
now that i think of it i would of definitely fucked my grammar professor too,
dark hair, shorter but had this great ass and nice skin.
she wore tall boots too, (every woman in new york does.)
that cunt failed me because i refused to wake up for her class most of the time.
but she TOO gave me that cock hungry stare...

hey man, did i mention i went to school for writing?

there was this lit class, taught by a bull dyke.
she managed to completely ignore the course description
and turned the whole fuckin' class into a women's' rights bullshit.
and i mean that with the utmost respect but
when you have other broads in class saying, 'i'm sick of this womens rights shit'
then you know, the bull dyke was preaching too much.
she made us read only women writers,
real preachy, boring, broads who probably had smelly cunts.
no i dont remember any of their names, why would i?
you remember that first professor i told you about?
she actually turned me onto your writing man.

and faulkner, and hemminway, and edson,
and burroughs, and even a book that faggot warhol wrote.
and we can't forget those russians either....
yea i know all those guys are boring,
except for hemmingway though,
and even HE eventually forgot how to write.

she most certainly knew her literature...
sure i'll go for another pitcher you son of a bitch.

but hey man listen...
did i ever tell you i went to school for writing?
you should really read my shit,

some real controversial shit that will blow your mind.
no i don't write about cock sucking, that shits overdone...
but these classmates, i had, all wrote real boring shit,
pieces about their emotional dilemmas with their fathers,
pieces about life and oh so wonderful...to...be....fuckin...alive.
i, on the other hand, i wrote about fucking.
and you know what bukowski?
manguso loved my pieces on fucking.
i knew she was bored of all these kids who wanted to be inspirational writers.
she wanted to read some real shit man..you get what i'm saying?
i would get drunk at a bar and write most of this shit on napkins,

hours before i had to turn it in. then i would show up still drunk,
and turn in my piece about pussy, assholes, fucking, the whole nine yards.
no man...i already told you i don't write about cock sucking.
so manguso would often read my pieces out loud, in front of the class.
you shoulda seen the look on some of these kids faces,
they were all so.....offended.

you figured by the look of some of their faces that i had personally
pulled out my cock and jacked off in front of all of them.
and you know what bukowski?
manguso would of loved my jacking off performance!"

we sat there, and he ordered another pitcher.
a broad at the other end of the bar caught my eye.
my beer glass was condensing.
a pool of water formed beneath it.my speech slurred,
my ability to operate heavy machinery slightly impaired.
i flipped a coin,
heads meant i would have to pick up the tab,
the coin stood mid air,
effortlessly,
timeless,
glimmering and
very decisive.
i continued to admire the frozen coin in air.
it was a better night than yesterday....

Music:

Radio Slave's remix of Trentemoller's, Moan has been on constant rotation throughout all my latest sets. I just love how I can throw this down in the middle of the clusterfuck and bring the vibe back down, people love and recognize the vocals. I know you may be thinking "fuck another Radio Slave post?" but I'll say it again, I think he's one of the best producers out right now.

Out on Poker Flat Recordings.

Trentemoller - Moan (Radio Slave Vocal Remix)