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future jazz. funk. deep house. reggae. ragtime. mischief! transatlatic grooves, live & loungin' from Oxford UK and Washington DC.
A whole night live in a lovely wine bar in KL, tag teaming with DJ Rumshot. Lots of downtempo lounge grooves, a few funky as hell classics, and plenty of reggae and latin kicks.
An all-vinyl one take tape with the beautiful Mastersounds Radius rotary mixer. Such a joy to play with this baby.
Super chilled mid tempo grooves - balaeric, nudisco, deep house. Recorded live at Sang Nila Utama Garden, Fort Canning, Singapore.
A livestreamed mix of melodic techno and house, laying it deep then firing up the funk!
With some new gadgets on hand, livestreaming from just about any location is doable. Check out the livestreams on Saturdays via mixcloud, usually around 10am GMT / 6pm SGT.
This vinyl mix pushes the pitch control allll the way down, laying down the laid back vibe of many Sunday sessions spent at Singapore's Kult Kafe.... a perfect dose of sun-drenched disco, afro, broken beats, hip hop and soul. Enjoy!
Varga Disco Tonic by Cynan ( Texturedjs ) on Mixcloud
Hello to the folks who still check in here. Thank you :)
Ten years after starting out, the original Washington DC textureDJs lineup are back in action, Friday 21 June at Varga Lounge in Hong Kong. Here's a well jaunty mix of some old favourites and some fresh cuts. Hope you enjoy!
Tracklist
| I Go Crazy By The Mighty Bop | 1 | | Famaican JunkBuyBy Eats Everything | 2 | | Jimmy's Gang (original mix)BuyBy Parov Stelar | 3 | | Raw Cuts #2BuyBy Motor City Drum Ensemble | 4 | | PanoramaBuyBy Tuccillo | 5 | | New York City Jacks (The Popular People's Front dub)BuyBy Drrtyhaze | 6 | | Lagos SpeedwayBuyBy Captain Planet | 7 | | The ChantBuyBy Beat Out Shrine | 8 | | Happiness (feat Krafty Kuts)BuyBy A Skillz | 9 | | Discomagnifique (Pete Herbert version)BuyBy Marius | 10 | | 8 Bit Trumpit (original club mix)BuyBy D Ramirez | 11 | | Jazz ShitBuyBy Sound Diggers | 12 |
There are only two things that can keep you high all night. Either a long distance flight - say, the 13 hours between Singapore and London - or having amazing music pumping through you.
Whether your feet are stamping in a club, or your head is lost above endless march of clouds, this is a mix of the very deepest, for those nights that go forever...
(Mixed live at 30,000ft, somewhere between the Caspian Sea and the Czech Republic, using Meta.DJ, on 22-23 Dec 2012)
The All Night High.mp3
Re-Entry.mp3
Does anyone still look at this blog? Here's something new.
(31/12: Link fixed.)
Hey folks. A well ecelctic, forward leaning textureDJs podcast #37 for you. A mix that just goes up and up and up, through some funk, hiphop, serious soul, superbly deep and minimalist house, disco, fabulous funky breaks, into b'more, baile funk, breaks and electro... before ending the ride with a tune that I wouldn't be surprised if Ennio Morricone had a hand in...
Enjoy!
textureDJs podcast 037 - the way forward by textureDJs
Download link: textureDJs-thewayforward.mp3
- Ed Smith - Billie Jean - EDR
- Lunatic - Poppa Large vs Riff Raff - Nova-Gain Records
- Greg Wilson - C'mon (You Can Get It) - TDJ
- Grace Jones - Williams Blood (Electric dub) - unofficial Yam Who release
- Downtown Party Network - Days Like These (Vocal) - Eskimo Records
- Manuel Tur & Dplay - Deviate - Drumpoet Community (Compost Records sub-imprint)
- Milton Jackson - Rhythm Track - Freerange Records
- Cheek - Venus (Sunshine People Mix) - NRK Music
- Jesse Rose - Touch My Horn - Dubsided
- Dmitri From Paris - Feeling about 'cha - Supreme Records
- A.Skillz feat. Krafty Kuts - Happiness - Finger Lickin Records
- Debtonate - Human Race - Funk Weapons
- Cobra Krames - Back To Life - Nasty Mix Records
- Frikstailers - Baile Frik - Revolt Into Style Records
- Chemical Brothers - Base 6 - Virgin Records
- Parov Stelar - Spider - Etage Noir
- Amplified Orchestra - Psyko Killer - Amplified
And remember. These artists are awesome. We buy their stuff. You should too!
We don't do this. We just don't. In three years and three dozen podcasts, we've never put forth a mix that didn't come from the textureDJs posse, or from a good friend we've spent some great nights spinning records and boozing with...
Well, we're gonna chuck that out the window today. A couple of months ago I came across a chap called Steve Lee, who was putting some simply marvellous mixes into the ether through his facebook group Another Late Night. Quality work that definitely needed some exposure to textureDJs listeners.
Steve is one half of the monthly party 'Mondo' from the DISCO NOT DISCO team. This party is held at the Horse & Groom in Shoreditch, London and tends to concentrate on the leftfield disco scene, mutant disco, acid grooves and classic italo. Steve also is Friday resident at DISCO NOT DISCO at the Lincoln Lounge in Kings Cross, where he's invited textureDJs down to play in March. So perhaps we're just getting the podcasting and boozing in reverse order this time!
So, wrap your ears around Steve's guest mix, pure.mp3
- Model 500 - Starlight
- Oblio - Escape
- Woolfy Vs Projections - Absynth
- Lodo - Volcano
- Blackbelt Andersen - November
- Barnabun - For My Love
- Tokyo Knife Attack - Love Vandal
- Kevin Yost - Photo Shoot
- Kirby - NIghtwriter
- Lovebirds - Gentle
- Roy Davis Jnr - I Have A Vision
- Marc Romboy - Sonora
You can also catch Steve's show over at Danceradioglobal, playing chilled out and electronic grooves.
Good gravy... textureDJs podcasts two months in a row! You'd think we'd made a new years resolution to get our sh&t together here or something! Do you think we can make it to three?
A wicked guest mix this month courtesy of Simon Platts. Simon's been rocking the joint with us at Thirst Lodge in Oxford and The Gallery in London over the last six months with his feature live sax playing alongside textureDJs on the decks. He's pretty damn handy on the wheels too, so get your ears on and enjoy this!textureDJs 035 - souledoutsimon guest mix.mp3
- Where's The One? - Kaino
- Romanowski - Flagranti
- Bitte Dreh'n - Grande Buffo EP
- Ladies and Gentlemen - FDEL
- Plastic Starfish - Tal M Klein
- Dodge City Rockers - Fort Knox 5
- The Flame - Parov Stelar
- Changin' (Vernon & Dacosta remix) - Brown & Steve Littlemen
- Brutal Baile - Cinnamon Kings
- Man Juice - Neighbour
- Let me Love You - Bunny Mack
- Wonderful Star - Beatfanatic
- Everybody (B1) - Cinnamon Kings
- Momy - Sebastian
- Ilu Baje (45rpm) - N.G.P. Afro Spot
- Clap Clap - Isley L. Relish
- Guitar Shaped Heart - Binary Chaffinch
- Brand Nu (Lack of Afro mix) - SoopaSoul
- Killing - The Apples
- Belief - Kaino
Sorry for the lack of podcasts. It's been a well busy year in these parts. textureDJs main night The Loft is rocking, where we've been working with Simon Platts and putting on a real burner of a sax & wax show here in Oxford and recently in London, playing some ridiculously awesome tunes.
So, let's get back in the groove... with some serious disco business. Enjoy!
Quantum of Disco.mp3
- Alastair Cooke - Talk About America (PYE Records)
- Count Basie And His Orchestra - The James Bond Theme (United Artists)
- Indigo Jam Unit - Back Shot (Basis Records)
- The Bamboos feat TY - Cant Help Myself (Tru Thoughts)
- Rephrase - Since 1939 (album version) (Rephrase Music)
- Big M Bootie - Your Thing (Big M Bootie)
- Ray Parker Jr. - Ghostbusters (Dub Version) (Arista)
- Faze Action - Hypnotic (disco mix) (Faze Action)
- Dmitri From Paris - Madd Luck (Supreme)
- Manmade - Beastie Nights (Manmade)
- Motor City Drum Ensemble - Raw Cuts #2 (Raw Cuts)
- FLASHnap - Spooky (Pulver Records)
- Hot 8 Brass Band - Jisten To Me (Hint Remix) (Tru Thoughts)
- Wumni - Work (Serious Assault Recordings)
- Parov Stelar - Fleur De Lille (Etage Noir)
- Atlantic Conveyor - African Disco Power (Sofrito Specials)
- 6ix Toys - Voodoo People (First Word Records)
PS. This mix is also featured at Blunted Presents, pop over there for a bit of an interview about this mix...
Hooray! We've finally managed to get in one place all the bits of this tracklist, and sit still long enough to stuff it into the tubes. Here's an hour-long sample of textureDJs' latest residency, AKA The Loft, filled to the brim with freaky, funky, retro, 'lectro, techno, tribal dancefloor mischief :-)
Click to stream or download textureDJs033 - The Loft.mp3
- Featurecast – One More (Bomb Strikes)
- Featurecast – Disco Diesel (Super Hi Fi)
- Lorenz Rhode – Back (Compost)
- Diplo & Eli Escobar – D.A.N.C.E. Some More (Money Studies US)
- Crazy P – Sun Science (Ron Basejam Dub) (Shiva Records)
- Telespazio – Galileo (Rodion Remix) (Tiny Sticks)
- Jerome Sydenham - In The Barbershop (Ibadan US)
- Simone Fedi - Sub Space (Original) (Eskimon Belgium)
- B.G. the Prince of Rap - Take Control of The Party
- Adonis - We're Rocking Down the House (Trax)
- Jerome Sydenham - Automatic (Ibadan US)
- Unknown! (Umm no title on it!)
- Radiohead - Everything In Its Right Place (Afefe Iku Remix) (Unknown)
- Zero Db - Galicia
- Bootie Boys – Fight For Your Right (Bootie Boy)
And remember... If you dig this shizzle, support these artists and buy their stuff! We do, and we did! Next edition of The Loft is Sat 12 July at Thirst Lodge!
Terribly sorry, but we've had some technical problems of late with getting live podcasts in the can. A few trips to Kenya have gotten in the way of regular podcasting as well. But I think we're just about back in business.
Plus, well, we've been a little busy...
We're about to launch into some celebrations here at textureDJs, both for the 2nd anniversary of our podcasts as well as the anniversary of one of our Oxford club nights. But January is still a step further down into the darker hours of the annual cycle. And one dark moment struck us here in Oxford in the last month: the closure of the town's last vinyl storefront still standing. Vale, Avid Records!
Still, we got in a last round of great crate digging in their attic before they closed doors for the last time. Some beautiful buried techno treasure to mix in amongst the fresh sounds we've been picking up for you too!
So we hope you enjoy podcast 032... perhaps textureDJs' deepest and darkest to date.
Darkest before dawn.mp3
(Tracklist forthcoming. Image courtesy of Sky First, Then Shoes.)
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We're heading all the way down to the shortest, darkest days of winter here in Oxford. The Port Meadow is covered in ice and there's mulled wine in all the pubs.
You can fight it, or you can go with it, and go deep... deep into the night.
So a set of soulful beats, straight off the wax, live in the mix, from textureDJs James & Cynan.
textureDJs031.mp3
- DJ T - Philly - Naked Music
- Kat - Conundrum (Danny Krivit re-edit) - Kat
- Lorenz Rhode - Back - Compost
- Kidgusto - Ay Yay Yay (Brooksie remix) - True Grooves
- Afro Medusa - "Pasilda" (Knee Deep Club mix) - Family Recordings
- Rednose Distrikt - Best DJ (Domu Remix) - Kindred Spirits
- Sumo feat Clarisse Muvemba - Lovebeat (Innocent Sorcerers Off beat) - Heya Hifi
- Bombs - Mama Told Me - Bombs
- Valique - Wine Or Vingear - Freestyle Records
- Greg Wilson - Redux 001
- Metro Area - Pina - Classic
- The Detroit Experiment - Think Twice - Electric Chair
- Todd Terje - Italian Stallion - Full Pupp
- Karizma - I C U - Co-op
- Blackalicious - A to Z
- Melba Moore - Standing Right Here
Whether you've been with us all year, or found us recently, whether you came over from the fabulous Bending Corners or searched us out or listen in direct through iTunes, thanks so much for tuning in. Best wishes for the holidays everyone and we'll see in you in the new year. January marks the second birthday of the textureDJs podcast - we'll bring you something special!
Anyone who's caught up with textureDJs in person will know that I'm of the Australian persuasion. And there's been some momentously joyful news in the last week from back home, with the tories finally turfed from office after over a decade, and new PM Kevin Rudd installed! For Australians this should make for more of a fair go in the workplace and an honest approach to our indigenous issues, and for people worldwide it means no more Australian foot dragging on Kyoto and climate change issues. Hooray!
Why is all this relevant to the textureDJs podcast? Well all this political euphoria has inspired me to throw together a mix of party rockin tunes! Click on the post title or here to download kev's party.mp3!
Now crank it up and enjoy!
Cynan
- Diplo & Eli Escobar – Groove Is In The Dick - Hollertronix
- Gwen Stefani – Yummy (J Tilla's No Pajama Edit) - Peaches
- The Popular People’s Front - Loose In Lisboa – label unknown
- Underdog Edits – Star Wars Cantina Band Theme – Underdog Edits
- FDEL – Get Up On Ya Feet – Freestyle Records
- Qdup Foundation – Renegade’s Revenge – Bomb Strikes
- Spanky Wilson – Spanky’s Sunshine - Bombs
- Rube – Get Up – Jazz & Milk Recordings
- Neighbour vs DJ Soup & Hoola Hoop – Bro Chant (Pt 1) – Homebreakin Records
- Speaker Junk – Foxxy - Dubsided
- Bazouka – My Deer Conqueror – Eklektrik Rekords
- Bryan Jones – Chicago Jack (Bobby & Klein Remix) - Ringside Recordings
- The Sound Republic – Get Loose (Take a Breath) - SpatulaCity Records
- The Naf Mob – If I Don’t - Peaches
- Pirate Breaks – Get Up & Dance (Plump DJs Remix) – Pirate Breaks
- RSL – Wesley Music - Giant Step
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Gee whiz, is this posting overdue! Hope you'll all forgive us for the hiatus -- between us, textureDJs have been in Thailand, Tanzania, Canada, Canberra, Sydney and San Francisco over the last 2 months... regular service should resume shortly!
Here's Christine Moritz and DJ Cynan, trading off tunes, live @ Honeypot. As always, we are all live in the joint, all wax, all quality tunes! Christine's tunes are listed in italics, Cynan's in regular text:
- Max Sedgley - Happy (Mr. Dan's Version) - Sunday Best
- Gecko Turner - Toda Mojaíta (Dutch Rhythm Combo Remix) - Lovemonk
- Quantic - Sabor - Tru Thoughts
- Watch TV & The Primetimes - Voodoo Royale (feat El Gran Lapofsky - Thunderball vs Fort Knox Five remix) – Hitop
- Rube – Big Band Jump – Jazz & Milk Records
- Quantic Soul Orchestra - Paintings & Journeys (Extended Version) - Tru
Thoughts - The Three Amigos - Louie Louie - Inferno
- Rednose Distrikt feat Melodee – Best DJ – Kindred Spirits
- Valique – Taking Your Seat - Freestyle Records
- Susumu Yokota feat. Alice Russell - Could Heaven Ever Be Like This
(Bugz in the Attic Remix) - Exceptional - Secret Stealth - Something to Live For - Bocajito
- Meco – Star Wars Cantina Band Theme - Underdog Edits
- M.A.R.R.S – Pump Up The Volume
- Fantastic Plastic Machine - Love Is Psychedelic (Bob Sinclar Remix) -
Avex Japan - Soul II Soul - Back to Life (12" Mix) - Virgin
- Fdel – Ladies and Gentlemen – Freestyle Records
- Indigo Jam Unit – Back Shot – Basis Records
textureDJs 029 - Cynan vs Christine tag team.mp3
Coming up in textureDJs 030... textureDJs James and Cynan get deep, very deep...