The Sound of You

This one is a nice long sloooooow burn... Deep Space Gallery is a really cool contemporary arts gallery a short walk away in my neighborhood of Jersey City, and home to this awesome work Space Rocks by Shamona Stokes. It’s a gallery, incubator, and home for many local artists of all kinds, and a place I’ve played at many times over the last few years. I’ve gotten to know so many talented new/old DJs there in a short couple years, most of whom play vinyl and an eclectic range of styles. Being part of this community has helped me deepen my own sound and understanding of what it means to spin and curate music, all music, all genres. I’ve been wanting to record a set like this for almost a year and never got around to it. It’s a bunch of different chill and vibey tunes I’ve played in bits and pieces around my home base of Jersey City the last few years: downtempo, trip hop, industrial, house, jazz, you name it. Deep Space asked me to come spin for a few hours last month for the closing weekend of their “Wallpaper” show, and I knew that’s where I wanted to finally record this. I threw all the different sounds I’ve been personally listening to onto a flash drive and walked on over there. I hope you enjoy this almost 4 hours journey featuring so many grooves I’ve been enjoying on my headphones and home sound system the last few years! Clear some time in your schedule, turn the lights down, and *really* get into it ;)

Over many recent conversations about classic trance, techno, and the O.G. underground New York scene I grew up in, I've been reminiscing a lot about my roots and beginnings as a DJ. I got my first gig playing a teen night at Club Deep in New York at the age of 15 around 2002, produced over the next several years and was signed by a German label in 2006. I've been deeply involved in rave and dance music culture for almost 25 years, something I'm very proud of and has given a lot of meaning and color to my life. While searching through an old hard drive, I found this unlabeled .mp3 recording of mine from the summer of 2006. Having immersed myself entirely in the New York rave and trance communities at the time, I played a lot of different underground gigs that year and remember playing 3 warehouse raves that summer: two in Queens (in Flushing and Hunter's Point), and one in the South Bronx. This live set recording is from one of those nights, but I can't remember which. I was playing a lot of progressive trance and house in the CLUBS I was booked at those years, but you can hear a different darker side of me here at the RAVE: hard driving techno, hard trance, hard house. This was a side I felt more comfortable unleashing in the rave scene, where other DJs were playing hardcore, drum n' bass, and hard house. The New York club and rave scenes were pretty separate at the time. The people who went to see trance and techno DJs in Manhattan were not the kids who went to raves every week in The Bronx, Brooklyn, or Queens. Both scenes were pretty diverse but the raves I played at were a primarily Latino and Black crowd. The worlds were pretty different, and fewer people in the rave scene knew who I was than at the clubs in Manhattan. I feel lucky to have grown up in this era and experienced the New York underground in its totality, a world I exist in and am passionate about still to this day. I hope you enjoy this really deep cut recording from 19 year old "DJ Eco" during the summer of 2006. Some of you have been following me for a lot of that time, and I hope you guys especially enjoy this one. I do it for y'all - and I do it for the underground; always have...

Sharing a set I played recently for Austin’s WOMM Radio and long-time supporter and friend @nolightthing. In this set I played a lot of personal edits, mashups, and bootlegs I’ve made over the last couple years, so no track IDs this time... J.C. and California folx who've seen me perform the last couple years have been the only people to hear a lot of this music until now. Expect deeper late night sounds, hazy hypnotic dance floor connection / disassociation progressiv muzik. Enjoy. As always, I like to share work by one of my favorite artists, Corpus Christi, TX-based Cat Huss, this one is called “Salt and Moon” (2022).

Tracklist 1. O'Flynn - Aletheia 2. Madben - Circuit Breaker (Avision Remix) 3. Radio Slave - Wild Life (Dub Mix) 4. Magit Cacoon - Soul Motion (&ME Remix) 5. TERR - States Of Mind 6. atish, Vridian - Instant Transmission (Mihai Popviciu & Markus Homm Remix) 7. Yotam Avni feat. dOP & Greg Paulus - Just Another Day (Glowal Remix) 8. Jimi Jules - Speed Meditation 9. Franck Roger - Spacefunk 10. Jerk Boy - Dropping Acid In Napoli 11. O'Flynn - Siberian Goose Down 12. Daniel[i] - Sgyro 13. Four Tet, Burial - Nova 14. O'Flynn - Talia 15. PROFF - Nibbana (Volen Sentir's Pink Sky Retouch) 16. Tobias. - Schism 17. Hugo Massien - God Knows We Tried Art: "Trying Not To Think" by Cat Huss

Tracklist 1. Dorisburg - Irrbloss 2. Hermanez - Areia 3. Pavel Petrov - Fever (Pezzner Remix - Guy J Edit) 4. Tensnake - 1975 5. Dorisburg - Gripen 6. Impérieux - Ferishtah 7. m.O.N.R.O.E. - Push the Fader 8. Serge Devant - White Groove 9. Kasper Koman - The Observer 10. M.I.B. - Keep Pushin' 11. X-Press 2 - AC/DC (Guy J Remix) 12. Petar Dundov - Oasis (Timo Maas 2020 Remix) Art: "Moonbeams in a Dark Sky" by Cat Huss

We'll take it up a few notches with my next couple episodes, but for episode 42, let's slow it down and soak into these cool deep dark grooves. While our summer tales are not yet fully written, here is a soundtrack for some of those (strange) late '22 nights. Art: "Sail" by Cat Huss. Tracklist 1. Landslide - Signs of Change 2. Treibgut - Eigengrau (Iorie Remix) 3. Detmolt - Kaos 4. GruuvElement's - White Monday 5. Zankee Gulati feat. Amega - We Are One 6. Pink Floyd - Careful With That Axe, Eugene (KØSTER Edit) 7. Leafar Legov - Our Love Is Strong 8. Triptease - Duodular 9. Raw Main - Lighthouse 10. Sahalé - Magharibi (Satori Remix) 11. Stan Kolev - Opia

Art by Cat Huss. Tracklist 1. Gidge - Perimeter 2. DIM KELLY - Nocturnal Animal 3. SAVE! - The Darkness (I:Cube Remix) 4. Rawdio + Floating Points - The Fresh Breeze at 3AM in the Club (Eco's Falaise Edit) 5. Kiko, Dave Davis feat. Phoebe - Living in Space 6. Kiko, Dave Davis feat. Phoebe - Living in Space (Olivier Giacamotto Remix) 7. Anthony Attalla - Back To Basics 8. John Acquaviva, Manuel De La Mare - Sacrilicious 9. Petar Dundov - Spark (Imran Khan Remix) 10. Robag Wruhme - Calma Calma 11. Durante, Maz - Ivory 12. Guy Gerber - Timing 13. Paul C, Paolo Martini - Yellorange 14. Las Cabra - Escondido 15. Doyeq - Sparkles 16. Elfenberg - Betongromans

Art: "Hand-painted Silk Jacket" by Cat Huss. Tracklist 1. Âme - Positivland 2. about : river - Silver Dusk (Volen Sentir Retouch) 3. Aera - Prana 4. Gai Barone, Luke Brancaccio - Just Stop 5. Avision - Real Talk 6. Yves Eaux, Octabar - From The Heart 7. Daniel Orpi, A21 - Ibiza 1995 8. Robag Wruhme - No 9. Guy J - Modulator 10. Ivory - Lost 11. Martin HERRS - Humalogy 12. Sanchez - Buenanza (Carlo Lio Remix) 13. Tranquil Elephantizer - Moon City (Waxing Mix) 14. Petar Dundov - Overtone 15. DuMonde - Never Look Back (Tiësto Full On Vocal Mix) 16. Tiger Stripes - Rocket

Art: "Alternate Roots" by Cat Huss. Tracklist 1. Kasper Korman - Wilder (Alex O’Rion Remix) 2. Scoom Legacy - Flow 3. Matthias Meyer, Ryan Davis - Crying Juno 4. Frankey & Sandrino - Mercury 5. Eelke Kleijn - The Hierophant (Tim Green Remix) 6. Sahar Z, Shai T - Colours 7. Eco - Let You Down (Kamilo Sanclemente Remix) 8. Greenage, Berni Turletti - Akasha 9. Eco - Let You Down 10. Sigha - Black Massing (Wata Igarashi ‘Dusk Falls’ Remix) 11. Eco - Let You Down (Chris Schweizer Remix) 12. Axel Karakasis - Outspread 13. NEM3SI$, Jesika Jane - Generation X 14a. Axel Karakasis - Tattered Condition 14b/c. Holland Andrews - Wordless/Gloss

Tracklist 1. Lindstrøm - Closing Shot 2. Haen feat. Lewyn - For Love 3. Audiojack feat. Jem Cooke - Feels Good (Patrice Bäumel Remix) 4. Alex O’Rion - Neuron (Version 1) 5. Sultan + Shepard - nCTRL 6. Matthew Dekay - Heimreise (Adriatique Remix) 7. Quivver - Don’t Say Anything (Rinzen Remix) 8. Aly & Fila - It’s All About The Melody (Eco Remix) 9. Leo Lauretti & Zohar feat. Steph Collings - In The Air (Mind Of One Remix) 10. FJAAK - Bassiani 11. Hoten - Surrender (Eco Edit) 12. Spartaque - Close Your Eyes 13. Jon Hopkins - Open Eye Signal (George FitzGerald Remix) 14. Maceo Plex - Sparks Of Life 15. Mir Omar - Offset Five

Here are some progressive tunes I'm enjoying at the moment, for a nice melodic trip to get us warmed up for Winter (which is coming....) Tracklist 1. Tripswitch - Box Fresh (Tripswitch & Nicolas Rada 2020 ReFresh) 2. Kaspar Tasane - Emotion Code 3. Nico Szabo - Junira 4. John Baptiste & Liam Sieker - Neon Sunset 5. Oliver & Tom - Till Sunrise 6. Waxman - Cherry 7. GRAZZE - Virah (Olivier Giacomotto Remix) 8. Nick Varon - Fertile Soil (Tripswitch Remix) 9. Sebastian Sellares - Room 09 10. Greenage - Melody of Love

Tracklist 1. Niko Schwind, Oliver Koletzki - Agitation (AFFKT Remix) 2. LADS & Traumhouse - Avem 3. Brigado Crew - Farah 4. Simon Doty, Zein - Dawn (Magitman Extended Remix) 5. Stephan Jolk - Analogy 6. Strinner, Kintsuku - Feel (Oliver Winters Remix) 7. Nick Devon - Adaptation 8. Temudo - Context 9. Temudo - In Chains 10. Andrea Signore - Injustice 11. Jak Aggas - I See You 12. Antares 101 & Lira Yin - Relic 13. Eco & Driftmoon - Trust In The Wind

As it has become clearer that many of us in the major cities around the world won't be seeing the inside of a club or warehouse party anytime soon, I wanted to capture some peak-time lightning in a bottle with this set. The result is some booming 3AM vibes, real head-bobbing techy stuff; I apologize in advance to your neighbors. Tracklist 1. Mind Against - Bloom 2. Catching Flies - Opals (Andhim Remix) 3. Rinzen - Siren Song 4. Drunken Kong - Certain Reason 5. Eco - Dogs 6. Moby - Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad (Enrico Sangiuliano Remix) 7. HANSN, Leo Beltramo - Restless 8. Jay Lumen - Contact 9. KUSP - Follow Us 10. Andrea Signore - Under Pressure 11. Slam - Primitive Shift 12. Kaze - No Rules

Tracklist 1. Adriatique - Voices From The Dawn 2. Sean Doron - Ritual Gathering 3. Tim Engelhardt - Light The Fire 4. Nick Devon - Dimensions 5. Earthlife, Eleonora - To You 6. Oliver Winters - Lake Of Richness 7. La Fleur - Hunting Grounds (Man Power Remix) 8. Pan-Pot - Confronted (Anfisa Letyago Stranger Remix) 9. Charlie Thorstenson - Acid Contemplation 10. Movement Machina - 4000 Dreams 11. Joseph Ashworth - Expectation 12. Andain - Summer Calling (Josh Gabriel Mix)

Tracklist 1. Sainte Vie - High Seas 2. Jonathan Kaspar - Khaya 3. Dorian Craft - Solara 4. Andy MacDougall - Shaman (Dennis Cruz Remix) 5. Doctor Dru - Wahah 6. Edu Imbernon & Los Suruba - Mehari (Fell Reis Remix) 7. Simon Doty feat. Haptic - Fever 8. Lee Coulson - Tia 9. ARMEE - Discovery 10. Alex Di Stefano - Rip It Up 11. Jak Aggas - I See You 12. James Kitcher & Adam Taylor - Faith Eternal

On this episode, we put the focus back on some trancy melodies as well as some dark and raw warehouse/rave sounds. The second half is not for the faint of heart, and reaches some dark depths, but not any ground we haven't yet covered on previous episodes.... until the closing track. Tracklist 1. DSF - Toyland 2. Lar Gibbons - Distance with Time 3. Fulltone - Born on a Friday 4. Darin Epsilon, Marc DePulse - Anamorphosis 5. Several Definitions - Quantique (Alberth Remix) 6. Valeron - Resha 7. Moogwai - Labyrinth Pt. 2 8. Ronski Speed pres. Sun Decade feat. Devia Lea - Follow You (Vocal Mix) 9. KAS:ST - Nepal 10. I Hate Models - Daydream 11. Introversion - Unmarried Old Man 12. Perc - Unelected 13. Advanced Human - Air (Ground Loop’s Echo Remix) 14. DjRUM - Showreel, Pt. 3

I think it's been a weird summer for a lot of people, myself included: strange weather patterns, long periods of rain, weird moments of unseasonal cold juxtaposed with record-setting temperatures a couple weeks later. I put together a bunch of tunes I've been enjoying these last few months, not necessarily all stuff I'd play out, but to try and paint a picture of the strange and unique summer it's been. The early parts of the set begin with a more relaxed vibe, a drive to the beach or the mountains, a carefree weekend away from the city; a soundtrack for the ride. It brings us to some interesting and fun places once we get to where we're going. Suddenly around the 40-minute mark, a sunrise. The night has come and all of the mystery that comes with it. Around the 90-minute mark, our night has been brought to a close, and bring on the sunrise. We made it in one piece, but as the universe is continually unfolding, we're not the same person we were when the day started. Enjoy the ride... Tracklist 1. Lindstrøm - Drift 2. Tornado Wallace feat. Sui Zhen - Running Back 3. Paulor - Planet Gold 4. HAAI - Drumting 5. Paulor vs. Mano Negra - Sueno De La Race (Eco + Harji’s moogroom Edit) 6. Slove, Sara Rebecca vs. Mano Negra - Sueno De Flash (Pachanga Boys Hippie Dance Remix - Eco + Harji’s moogroom Edit) 7. Khidja - Indecis (Red Axes Remix) 8. Fabio Aurea feat. Toshi - Yini 9. Chus & Ceballos, Dennis Cruz - The Sun (Algarve Mix) 10. Nordfold - Patterns 11. Kamilo Sanclemente - Gemma 12. Christian Smith - Traction (Paride Saraceni Remix) 13. Ronnie Spiteri - Riverside 14. Adriatique - Craft 15. Einmusik & Seth Schwarz - Eisheimer 16. Seth Schwarz & Be Svendsen - The Bar Tender 17. Tim Green feat. The Slow Revolt - Still Not Born (Dub Mix) 18. Ilu & Aaye - Amrum 19. Upercent - Pulsacions (Jimi Jules Remix) 20. Satori - Bad Looking Trouble (Hraach Remix) 21. Eco - Roots (Demo) 22. Petar Dundov - The Lattice 23. Rocketnumbernine - Matthew and Toby (Four Ret Remix) 24. Acid Pauli - Amadou (Stimming Remix)

Tracklist 1. Lusine feat. Sarah McIlwain - Ticking Hands 2. Bryan Ferry - Don’t Stop the Dance (Todd Terje Remix) 3. Fabrizio Lapiana - Far Away 4. Nick Devon - Overflow (Simon Doty & Nairo Remix) 5. Patrice Baumel - Grace 6. Blue Veil - Measure of Time 7. Kaz James - Life in Purple 8. Noraj Cue - Story at the Campfire (Be Svendsen Remix) 9. Luis Junior - Ways (Super Flu Remix) 10. ALMA - Run Away 11. Wild Dark - Below the Summit 12. Kamilo Sanclemente - From the Sky 13. Chaouche - It Will Come in Time

It's been a while but, as they say, "absence makes the heart grow fonder", so I'm back for a new episode of the podcast. I approached this one with some sounds I've been enjoying lately. This episode veers into darker, more forward-thinking afterhours territory, and it's definitely not for the faint of heart. Tracklist 1. Khåen - Newmaker 2. Stephan Bodzin - Zulu 3. Emanuel Satie feat. Billy Cobham - Don’t Forget To Go Home 4. Stephan Bodzin - Catamaran 5. Agatha Pher - Skinthings 6. Gardens of God - Ghost 7. Benttum - Atmosphere 8. Jon Hopkins - Singularity (ANNA Remix) 9. Ben Sims feat. Tyree Cooper - I Feel It Deep (Sandwell Remix) 10. Several Definitions - Enigma 11. Monolink - Father Ocean (Ben Bohmer Remix) 12. Architectural - A Girl With No Friends 13. Fiberroot - Roccodrillo (Shall Ocin Remix) 14. Soul Button & Clawz SG - Implicit Bias 15. Joseph Capriati - Psycology

Here is my 1 hour set live from Luminosity Beach Festival 2017. As mentioned in the last episode, this was Part 2 of 2 gigs last month that were my last 2 international DJ gigs. I tried my best to capture some of my favorite sounds and artists over the span of the last 13 years I've been producing and DJing. It was a very emotional gig for me, and now, those of you who were unable to catch a flight to the Netherlands to attend this sold out show now get to experience the set for yourselves. Enjoy the journey... Tracklist 1. Lostep - Burma (Martin Roth NuStyle Bootleg) 2. Mat Zo - Near The End 3. Saints & Sinners - Peace (Breakfast Remix) 4. Breakfast - The Horizon 5. Eco - Borealis (Solid Stone Bootleg) 6. Envio - For You (The Blizzard Remix) 7. Eco vs. The Doppler Effect - Beauty Hides Forever (XiJaro Mashup) 8. Eco - Lost Angeles (Breakfast Remix) 9. Eco & Driftmoon - Trust In The Wind 10. Eco - Light At The End (Lost World Remix - Martin Roth Edit)