Rhye – Open (Ryan Hemsworth remix) Nicolas Jaar – Hey Boy denitia and sene – stupid.world No Doubt – Settle Down (So Shifty/Baauer remixes) Bondax – Baby I Got That Cabo Blanco – 93 Til’ Moombah Moon Boots – Sugar Malinchak – Beside me Just a Band – Extra Mat.Joe – Heart to Find 2 Player Co-Op – Petrograde
My friend Khairi is a double agent, by day for Puma and after work, his life is all about RECESS [ie. games for all us music-industry New Yorkers to play like ping pong, bowling, bocci ball and badminton tournaments on Governor’s Island]. I took the opportunity to break from genre themes in favor of a diversion into a heart-opener midtempo mix of songs that I just want to listen to all the time. This makes me happy.
M.I.A. : Bad Girls (NARS Mix feat Missy Elliott) Flosstradamus : Hood Fantasy Chelley : Took The Night Ciara feat. Ludacris : Ride (So Shifty Remix) Rihanna : Cockiness (love it) Brandy : Put It Down (Kingdom’s edit) TNGHT + Jay-Z & Kanye : Go/Go In Paris James Drake : Ransom Money Youth Captain Planet : Chingata Wildlife : Galang So (original) Minnesota : Ice Cream In Its Right Place XXYYXX : Amazeme Mr Lexx & Nikisha : TNGHT Riddim (The Heatwave Refix) Gappy Ranks : Stinkin Rich (Schlachthofbronx Remix) Gappy Ranks : English Money (Cocotaxi Remix) Santigold : Freak Like Me (Pickster One Remix) Million Stylez : Miss Fatty (Thornato Remix) Sean Kingston & Nicki Minaj : Letting Go (Dutty Love) Busy Signal : Poolside Lady Saw : Man Is The Least Beenie Man feat Ms. Thing : Dude Vybz Cartel : Fresh Erk The Jerk : Right Here (D Sharp Remix) Quentin Harris : Beautiful Black Women Come from Brooklyn Ashanti : Fancy (Brenmar Remix)
A favorite, fun BKNY designer (who dresses Nicki Minaj, Patra, Rye Rye & Nina Sky) asked me to make a mix for her line. I was stoked on the task of taking inventory of all of the types of clients she styles for and repping all of those cultural elements in one banging summertime mix. NSFW & not for the faint-of-heart!
Soultronica Vol.4 | Distant Lights for Hush Hush Records
Billy Cobham – Heather Nicolas Jaar – Colomb Jessie Ware – Devotion (Gold re-work) XXYYXX – Overdone (ft. Anneka) James Blake – Retrograde (Ion the Prize remix) Giraffage – Girl Cashmere Cat – Pays Koreless – 4D Szjerdene – Arrows (Jacques Greene + Koreless) Afta-1 – Prelude to MeMeaningWe Nosaj Thing – Night Crawler How To Dress Well – World I Need You, Won’t Be Without You Gold Panda – Marriage (Forest Swords 1am Hotel Room Redraw) Jhene Aiko – Marvin’s Room (screwed by Lewis) Cyril Hahn – Touch My Body DFRNT – The Warmest edit – Ltlp Solange – Look Good With Trouble Matty G – Strawberry Letter Para One – Lean On Me (Salva mix) Inc. – Heart Crimes
I have brethren in Seattle in the form of Alex Ruder from KEXP. He started a label called Hush Hush. Alex curates a mix series called Distant Lights, embodying a sound aesthetic I love, described as:
“A spotlight on the emotional and introspective sound known as “Night Bus,” a multi-genre aesthetic that elaborates on the world of headphones, late-night travels, intimate encounters, and contemplative rides on public transportation.”
The Soultronica sound I’ve been putting together for years is a sister to that. When Alex asked me to do a volume for the mix series. I thought, how deep can I take this steeze?
Reflecting on the spirit of the mix series and living in NY, my goal was a very tall order: to create a bulletproof halo for riding the New York MTA Subway. Over a month of riding the train I tested out songs. I picked tracks that have the ability to envelop and cloak the listener via headphones, in particular. This is a meditative buffer from the chaos.
Sinden feat Jesse Boykins III : HIgh Demand (Brenmar rmx)
James Drake : Find Your Limit
Alby Daniels : This Dawn
Little Dragon : Twice (SoulChorea rmx)
Raquel Rodriguez : Wildfire cover
Just a Band : Sunrise
Mars Today : Swim Good
Shlohmo : wen uuu
B.Lewis : Day 3
Mario : Let Me Love You (Lapalux rmx)
Jai Paul : Jasmine
Francis and the Lights : A Modern Promise
Jessie Ware : Night Light (Perseus rmx)
Cream Dream & Noms : Creamy Noms
Elly K : Hold Me Close
Shortcircles : Fallin’
Jeremih : F*ck You All The Time
Lianne La Havas : Forget (Two Inch Punch rmx)
Kimbra : Sattle Down (Bondax rmx)
Purity Ring : Lofticries
Vybz Kartel : Breathless
Cashmere Cat : Mirror Maru
Fantastic Mr. Fox : Evelyn
Swindle : Need to Know f. Toddla T & Sam Frank
Swiff D : Downtown Pomona
Terror Danjah : You Make Me Feel (feat Meleka)
Milosh : Something Good
Ellie Goulding : High For This
Jhene Aiko : Stranger
The Weeknd : The Birds Part 1
“Hot off the heels of a recent feature on Okayplayer, URB Alum, Erica Olsen, otherwise known as DJ Eko has shared her most recent outing– Soultronica Vol 3. Just what was needed to close out the office night, this mix sent us out floating and into the ether. Despite the ‘airy-ness’ of the mix, there is a lot going on here, as she has put together a multi-layered effort with her track selection that feels like the ebb and flow of inhaling the world and exhaling art. While some would dismiss this mix effort as one of the many Valentine’s season mixes that have dropped as of late, there is a penetrating vision displayed here that pushes it over the top of that pile and making it more than just ‘make-out music’.”-URB Magazine
Marvin Gaye : Third World Girl (Original Reggae Version)
Usher : Climax (Jr Blender Remix)
Gotye : Somebody That I Used To Know (Jr Blender Promiseland Remix)
Katy B : Katy On A Mission (Captain Planet Remix)
Kevin Lyttle : Bumpa Roll
Major Lazer : Pon De Floor (Blenda Sound Remix)
Collie Buddz : Good Enuff (Cash Flow Dub)
Ini Kamoze : Hotstepper (Original Flavor Version)
Rahim Selectah : No, No, No (me amas en la rueda del cumbion)
Good Bad & Ugly : Billie Jean
Althea & Donna : Uptown Top Ranking
Tanya Stephens : It’s a Pity (Vinyl Shotz Remix)
Desi Young : Don’t Know Why (I Love You)
Estelle : Come Over
Wiz Khalifa : Black and Yellow (unknown)
Major Lazer : Get Free (what so not/dj:eko edit)
Grace Jones : My Jamaican Guy
Mos Def : Ms Fat Booty (Danny Massure Remix)
Serani : No Games
Weird Reggae tunes. Been wanting to make a little mix of the stuff for a minute. The word “weird” is commonly understood as a bad ting. So, I hopped on good ol’ thesaurus.com. One synonym is “magic”. So, this is a mix of MAGIC REGGAE TUNES. Ha ha ha. Which means, songs on here are kinda reggae or are remixed in a reggae style or embody some roots vibe. I aimed for unusual and surprise! If you are still getting to know me, I’ll give you a hint.. I love playing left field. That, playing things listeners haven’t heard before.
ps. don’t get mad ‘that song’ is on there. it’s probably the best remix you’ve heard of it ever. so, shush.
Vindahl : The Opening Sinjin Hawke & Morri$ : One Kiss Mar Variations : Single Little Dragon : Twice (SBTRKT Rmx) Sweater Beats : Remember Kingdom: Let You No Sweater Beats Anxious Machinedrum x Azealia Banks : NEEDSUMLUV Four Tet : Love Cry (Joy Orbison Rmx) Donae’o : When Angels Sing (TEED Remix) Fantastic Mr. Fox : Fool Me Dena Deadly : Headgames The Bamboos : The Willhelm Scream Sleepy Brown : Fallin’ In Love Again Eliot Lipp : I Wnted 2 Be A Rock & Roll Str Idle Warship : God Bless My Soul Beyoncé : Countdown (Rewind Reggae Remix) Floetry : Closer Vybz Kartel : Yuh Love Dwele : Hold On feat. Kanye West Miguel : Adorn Goapele : Milk and Honey (AYBEE’s remix) Francis and the Lights : A Modern Promise Marvin Gaye : Anger (Musaics remix) Jamie Woon : Spirits Bonobo : Stay The Same feat Andreya Triana Erykah Badu : I Want You (Rancido’s Deepersoul Edit) Chin Chin : Don’t You See Quadron Average Fruit (fLako rmx) Sufjan Stevens: The Dress Looks Nice On You (Nate Compton Rmx) Sonora & Mundaca : Love You Down Nadastrom & Heartbreak : Church
I tweaked Soultronica around a bit for volume 2, a collab with Parlour Magazine
Hudson Mohawk+Robin Hannibal+Myele Manzanza : Ain’t Nobody Like You Joker : On My Mind Frank Ocean : We All Try The Weeknd : What You Need (Prison Garde Rmx) OOoOO : No Summer4U Kelly Rowland : Motivation (Jacques Greene Rmx) James Drake : Wilhelm’s Fucking Best TV on The Radio : Love Dog Subeena+Jamie Woon : Solidify Ifan Dafydd : No Good SBTRKT : Never Never Little Dragon : Ritual Union (Tensnake Rmx) Salva : Keys Open Doors (MachineDrum Rmx) Cecil : Bossom Jay Haze+Laila Tov : Tonight Tiombe Lockhart : Drifter Goapele+Los Rakas : Play Vida Jafari : The People Mar : Inglewood Miguel : Sure Thing (Brook D’Leau Rmx) Lunice : Out of Touch New Edition : A Little Bit of Love (Brenmar Rmx) Sade : By Your Side (Cottonbelly Rmx) J*Davey : Get Together
2010 I decided to create a mix series highlighting the intersection of soul, electronic and future bass. I had been brainstorming and collecting tracks in this vein and was waiting for the birth of more (and boy, did they get born).
The boys and girls over at Okayplayer like it as much as I do and just released it for Mixtape Mondays today, right in time for Valentine’s Day!
Stepped in for DJ Still Life on EVR, December 16th. Worldwide Smash is “global bass music, raw beats, dubstep, glitch and other emerging forms of electronic music.” I got the air-room, all to myself and laid the sexy down. Boy, did I have a good time.
::link coming soon::
hudson mohawke+robin hannibal : ain’t nobody like you joker : the vision little dragon : recommendation (toddla t remix) shystie + lioness : warning hudson mohawke : snapdragon mike slott : snow birds joker : milky way lostlojic : we can not hide matty g : caetano goapele : play (feat los rakas) the weeknd : wicked games (sy.ic remix) dragao : la luz del sol eliot lipp + jasia 10 : the surface sinjin hawk : the countdown (beyonce refix) new tone : teach me how to juke cee-lo : f*ck you (subswara remix) mia : paper planes DFA remix sonora : la verdolina el sonidero quilomobo : cumbia rockers 13 new edition : a little bit of love (brenmar remix) chong x : fin munchi : me and my bitch torito bandido : saya de san benito dj zhao : conga kwela nadastrom + heartbreak : church rktkt : homenaje a justino seekae : gnor richy pitch : dey suffer issa bagayogo : gnangran dj cecil : heather thornato : unreleased track pacific steppaz : pacific steppaz big boi : shutterbug (jack beats remix) maya vane : panama (lol boys remix)
This is a mix is for my very beloved-bay-area-burningman camp, Laughing Monkey. I motivated to trek out to the playa all the way from New York this year. All of venturing to the Playa have hours and hours to fly, drive, swim and cartwheel out to Nevada. I made this for our journey. There are epic moments and quiet moments transmitted via soultronica + future bass music. I really hope you dig it. Put it on when you hit Gerlach! Much love, ♥e
Going Home
Rustie: Neko
SBTRKT : Wildfire
Shaunise : Purple Haze (desto rmx)
Aloe Blacc : I Need A Dollar (killabits rmx)
Major Lazer + La Roux : Bulletproof (nacey rmx)
Untold + James Blake : Stop What Your Doing
Hudson Mohawke : Free
.:Foreward:.
Discovery : I Want You Bac
H-Town : They Like It Slow (starslinger refix)
Nina Sky : Love Song
The Weeknd : Wicked Games (sy.ic rmx)
Little Dragon : Twice (soulchorea remix)
Unknown Shapes : If I should Die
Mount Kimbie : Carbonated
Kingdom : Remember
Tropicaaliyah : Estas That Somebody (by still life)
Baby Cham : Ghetto Story (worldhood rmx)
Douster + Major Mackerel : Galang So
TV on the Radio : Will Do (xxxChange rmx)
Gappy Ranks : English Money
Sonido Del Principe : Wu Cumbia
Cassie : Long Way to go (hovatron rmx)
Thornato : Capoeira
Adele : Rolling in the Deep (platen-karton mix)
Uproot Andy : Daft Cumbia
Mos Def : Fat Booty (melo y pickster rmx)
Al Green : Let’s Stay Together (heartbreak)
Wham : She Wants (thomas blondet rmx)
Pepe Bradock : Deep Burnt (“” remix)
Lol Boys : LDR
Organic Grooves : Sutukung
Julio Bashmore : Ribble to Amazon
Outkast : Spottieottiedopalicious (nacey rmx)
Pacific Steppaz : Pacific Steppaz
.:Final Chapter:.
Europe : The Final Countdown (bangerz rmx)
I had the best time playing The People party in Oakland. I love the crew to no end. I’d have a hard time finding a party I like better. I can’t say enough good things about the crowd, good energy and amazing dancers. Playing there is the beez kneesl. I promised some folks that I would post up a recording of my live mix. So, here it is. Soulful House I really like.
