and another week in LA... east coast HEADS UP!

i love that a week can go by here and i've managed to spend time on the bike riding around the beach, getting plenty of sun, swimming in the pacific ocean, eating great fresh food and making some dope music with good people :) life is blessed!

this week i finished mixdown for the new collaboration: MdCL presents SY SMITH - 'TRUTH'.



there's the original mix which is a club-soul joint and the remix, a more straight 4/4 tech-soul affair strictly for the dancefloor. watch out for previews soon on soundcloud and the exclusive release on traxsource in the coming months followed by full worldwide release. if you don't know about sy, check her out. one of the illest and most soulful singers anywhere.

i'd met shafiq husayn (from SA-RA) at the art don't sleep jam session a few weeks back and a chance conversation at a party last friday with another mutual friend ended up with me doing a remix for shafiq's forthcoming solo album project on plug research. i got the parts for the remix on saturday, a downtempo afro styled vibe called NIRVANA. saturday and sunday evenings i did the remix, bringing it up to dancefloor tempo and ended up with a fela-meets-detroit tech kind of vibe. by 10pm sunday night it was on its way to mixdown, and now it's off to mastering and will be on the first 12" from shafiq's project 'Shafiq En A Free Ka'. check the album preview - including the original version of 'nirvana' here...



it was a pleasure to work with shafiq's material and flip it in a direction that's definitely in a different space but still keeping that nutty experimental vibe that he's so fresh with.

gonna squeeze some more beach in before heading to the east cost this weekend...

SATURDAY 18 JULY - carmina soul @ the old iron works in brooklyn... the official giant step after party for the summerstage show which features q tip, little dragon and benji b. the carmina soul party's hosted by afrokinetic's chris annibell and i'll be dropping a live freesoul set with very special guests including sandra st victor of the family stand... on stage about 1am

SUNDAY 19 JULY - sundae @ piazza at schmidts, illadelphia... the legendary sundae philadelphia party and finally, my debut show in one of the illest musical cities there is. live set featuring none other than philly's first lady of soul lady alma on mic. gonna be VIBES. on stage 8pm

MONDAY 20 JULY - back2basics @ silk city, illadelphia... two nights in a row in philly ? say WHAT ?!? :) spinning a DJ set at king britt's (also legendary) monday night music institution.



i'm looking forward to the trip, seeing all you east coast fam over the weekend and bringing the music. some fresh from the studio exclusives to be road tested on monday @ sylk130 for sure.

peace!