For some places it doesn’t matter what the calendar says, it will always be mostly warm and sunny, no matter what time of year (growing up in Southern California, I became very accustomed to this). However, just North of our good friends in SLO-town it seems that we start to feel the seasons a bit more extremely. It’s just now finally gotten nice out here in Santa Cruz and the past few days it’s seemed like summer isn’t just something to look forward to, it’s practically here. Everyone’s in Miami taking sunny tanned pictures, and if you’re not doing that, you’re drooling over your Coachella wristband or EDC pass or whatever it is you’ve planned…and seeing a bunch of people with sunglasses and tanks ‘n boardshorts/bikinis smiling in the sun this past weekend when I played a little spring-break launching day party here, made me feel really fucking stoked.

Here’s the tracks from my set that got the best reaction, some old, some new. Was stoked to see kids get down with songs consisting of a pretty heavy (post)techno element, maybe it was the jello shots. I ended up mixing all the tracks together into a quick 22 minute minimix, so head to my soundcloud to save your right click fingers some trouble :)

Aerotronic – Helicopter
Bart B More – Romane (Gucci Vump Remix)
Keith & Supabeatz vs Slap In The Bass – Smoka (Myam Myam Remix)
Hot City X LOL Boys – Hot Boys
Miike Snow – The Wave (Style Of Eye Remix)
Bart B More feat. TAI – Nobody Canna Cross It (Di Bus Can Swim)
Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg – Still D.R.E.(The Rox 2012 Remix)

And if you haven’t grabbed Style of Eye’s single from the new OWSLA compilation, do so immediately. Please use caution, it’s not called ‘Devastate’ for nothin’.

Style of Eye – Devastate

Hope these bring some sunny vibes your way, always wear good headphones and support the artists!

This weekend I got a very special chance to see one of my favorite producers of all time, Style of Eye, come to town and destroy Motiv here in Santa Cruz. He played the main SF weekly at EPR the night before, and went onto Control at Avalon in Hollywood and to Voyeur in San Diego the next two nights, and I was incredibly stoked to not have to make the drive to any of those places, but instead got to see him in front of 200 other like minded nut-jobs and witnessed him bang the fuck out on 3 cdj’s (yes, he made extensive use of all three). It’s no secret that I have a musical boner for this guy, his Wet/Dry e.p. totally brought me back to life and it’s been in my sets for days now, and his track ‘We Are Boys’ has garnered support from some of the biggest dj’s in the world. I love this guy not only because he’s basically Jesus for Tech House (and a super friendly dude, bonus points), but his track output is unlike any other dj anywhere, both in varied styles and overall quantity. Take a look at my past Thursday…

He dropped a track that’s coming out on Crookers’ new album that they collaborated together on, a bit goofy, a bit creepy, all fun :) Here’s a rip from Tiesto’s latest club life where it was featured.

I’m just a damn fan of this guy. The playful style, immaculate production, and the sheer talent he possesses make him one of the best in the biz says I. If you so choose to head over to his beatport your ears will thank you.

Wear good headphones, and support the music!