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Yeah, I know I’m a little late on this one.  It has been quite the crazy month.  There has been a crazy photoshoot, a last minute performance trip to NYC only to return to DC the next day for my typical residency, and some jacked up car accident to screw up my whip.

That said, here is (finally) a sample of our last Lust4Life night.

B-Side tears it up

We are just about to kick it off again.  And instead of B-side who will be out of town that weekend with some family business, it will be the provocative styles of Joshua Vidal joining me for Lust4Life May.  You might have already heard the B-Side vs Stylo Prince’s Hair deck decadence.

Here is more from that night.  Joshua and I have a few more surprises up our sleeve for this month’s L4L.  In the meantime, enjoy this B-Side and Stylo treat (see bottom and press the ‘play’ button).

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Say hello to summer a little early

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This picture was taken with the front facing camera of my Galaxy Nexus

So I broke down an upgraded my phone. I ended up deciding on the Galaxy Nexus.

I have to say I am really empressed with this phone. Many of the photos in my posts since March are from my phone. And despite the size–the first aspect most comment on when they see it–it is incredibly light and th

This post is actually being done through a wordpress app for this phone. Other features include 4g speeds, HD front and rear camera, and google’s latest OS, to name a few.

I’ll be filling you all in on my experience with this device as a part of other posts as time moves along. However, this phone is already on my list of top devices on the market.

Trisha and Stylo out at the Shore Club Red Room in Miami Beach, the official after party of Future Classics 5

New York, New York! Are you ready??? We are taking our combined efforts on the road. We are reprising the show done in Baltimore and in Miami for WMC 2012.   Photographer and Artist Nicole Fallek will be adding her touches from behind a camera as well.  Are you ready?

Trisha of Alternate Seduction and I will be in NYC the night of May 2. We will be performing together at Lit Lounge. And there is an extended DJ set by myself as well. So it’s time to get your hump-day party on NYC, style….

OMG... A Riot!

Did you see that craziness recently with Ron Artest, I mean Metta World Peace?  This dude who was one of the escalators in the fight a few years ago that broke out in the Palace in Auburn Hills Michigan, the home of the Detroit Pistons was up to his old out-of-control self.  This time it was in a game between the storied LA Lakers and the super upstarts OKC Thunder.  Look if you want the play by play, there is plenty all over the ‘net.  I’m not going to give it any more attention but to say, we want to knock you out but not in that way.

So how do we want to knock you out? By re-introducing Riot Now to a ScandalDC show on Cinco de Mayo!  That’s right boys and girls.  The 5th of May is complete with a Riot.  Hahahaha.  Riot Now and I have killed some sets on Thursday night.  Now we are one-upping the game by bringing him out on a weekend with the rest of the ScandalDC crew.  And we know our Gazuza crowd and many more across the DMV will love, love, love this!  If you think I’m kidding just get a load of this DJ set from him…

Your house. Our house. Riot’s house…

Even though a Riot is in the place, we are all love, peace, House music…

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Saturday May 5th
Gazuza Lounge – 1629 Connecticut Ave NW
Washington DC 20009
202.667.5500 or matias [at] gazuzalounge.com

Lust4Life at Dionysus 4.20

In my recent post about a better one-two punch than blowing money on a Mike Tyson talk show, I forgot to include the Charm City Fashion Show. If you include this with Lust4Life tonight and Tommy Largo featured Gumball show at Red Maple tomorrow night, there is no shortage of cutting edge cool stuff to get into instead of over priced re-treading of Tyson’s well told zaniness or some sub-par to downright poor cover band performances, many times equally over priced.

Promotion of the show is from Urbanite, Gutter Magazine, PEDX, and Mothers among others. Designs to be featured include but are not limited to South Moon Under, Urban Chic Boutique, and Hanger Alley. For details check out Gutter Mag (Guttermagazine.com). With L4L and Gumball, I would qualify this as a TKO… Not a win by decision. Take that Mike.

Speaking of cutting edge forward thinking, here is the second video in the Sleight Of Hand series by No Brainer records.

I especially like they seem to be concentrating on making good dance music without adhering to a style or sub-genre label. See this:

See the No Brainer channel for more kickin’ music and video: http://www.youtube.com/user/NoBrainerRecords/featured

And a disclaimer that most of you know about my DJ sets; most of my music is from crate digging and data mining, NOT bought. Hence on that note, here is your BSB.

BSB – Brand Spankin’ Bought

• Slap In The Bass – Egypt
• Keith & Supabeatz vs Slap In The Bass – Smoka
• Coyote Cuts WMC Sampler Part 1
• Joey Negro pres. Z Factor – Sounds In The Air
• Dario D’Attis – I Dont Care EP

We won't break your wallet...

So did you hear? Mike Tyson is still taking audiences in Las Vegas. Apparently it is not boxing despite being at the MGM Grand. A one man show of him pouring out his soul might be interesting in the quick knockout sort of way of his old boxing matches. Plus, I just paid the tax man, so I am not trying to pay premium dollar to a guy who’s story is already quite well known. Hence, here are two bona fide fun times this weekend that won’t break the bank.

Lust4Life: Friday 4.20
The mGrooves.com monthly has been a Baltimore mainstay featuring local and international talent in dance music since 2006. This month B-Side and I hold down the decks. I’ll be showcasing some of the best out of this year’s WMC (Winter Music Conference 2012) and some new tunes out of my own studio.

• Dionysus, 8 E. Preston Street (right off Charles in Mt Vernon)
• No cover
• $2 select shots from 10 to midnight
• Full party details https://www.facebook.com/events/334350693295831/

ForQuarters’ The Gumball feat. Tommy Largo; Saturday 4.21
Gumball hosts the electric Tommy Largo. On a US swing from The Netherlands and having just rocked places like the Clevelander rooftop at WMC, Baltimore is going to awash with bumpin music.

• Red Maple, 930 N Charles Street
• Full party details https://www.facebook.com/events/148759018583323/

And THAT is the undisputed truth…

And so, some mad cooking has been going on.

Some mad cookin' has been going on in Da Bassment

This particular piece is carved out of some additional ingredients including a bassline, keys, rhythm and synths by me.  The idea is to have something light and spring or summer like with a little bit of bounce…

Feel free to leave me feedback.

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Of course I am performing live this week for Lust4Life at Dionysus.

Stargazing
Pinpoints hang in black
Warm breezes; calls of ocean
Dreams hang in the sky

A mix of Deep, Soulful, and Jackin' House with just a touch of Electro

It has really been hard to distill the feelings I have about my trip to Miami and WMC 2012. I am filled with such gratitude and a sense of humility by the wonderful people I have been able to meet; fans, producers, DJs, photographers, fashion designers, media, etc. I especially feel lucky in meeting the people who’s work I admire and try to emulate. And to find that almost every one of them to a person is down-to-earth and easy going.

What also nice is to find often the degree of separation is not as great as I imagined.

I’ll definitely expand on many experiences over the next few days. However, this mix seems to capture much of the feeling going from Deep and Soulful House to Jackin’ with just a touch of Electro. It also features a live remix of “Bulletproof” by La Roux and Collective Groove combined with Jamar Hughes’ “Bump Party”.

Thx Miami!

Thx Miami: A Mix By Stylo

• Natural – Afro-Mystik
• Dating Is Easy (Arsam Empresario’s Remix) – Husky
• I Don’t Speak About House (Original Mix) – Pablo Fierro
• Wonderland – Julien Jabre
• How Deep (I Can’t Handle It) (Groove Assassin Classic Remix) – jOHNNYDANGEROUs
• Keep Moving feat. Lisa Shaw – Vincenzo
• Rhythm Is A Dancer – Tom Novy Remix – Snap!
• Corner Kid (Original mix) – Mark Castley
• Baby Keep It Up (Pooley’s Main Mix) – Olene Kadar Feat. D-low
• Kandyman (Soul de Marin Bumpin Techmix) – Soul de Marin & Corduroy Mavericks
• Fly Robin Fly Re-Edit – Manjane
• Bump Party (Single) vs Bulletproof – Jamar Hughes, La Roux and Collective Groove, Stylo

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If you live in the northern hemisphere, did you catch the sky last week? It was a sky on which dreams are made, a sky that gets women and men to wax poetic, a sky on which wishes are made, a sky in which grand predictions are made.

I don’t know if grand predictions, poetry, or dreams were in that sky. However, a few wishes might have been there; maybe one for each of the planets that aligned and the moon. Much like how planets seem to move across the sky, sometimes seemingly together, sometimes independently, in a glorious dance. So dance with me, wish with me, maybe dream with me… Dream and wishes sometimes come true.

Make wishes and dreams... Dance!

Track List

Starry (Original) Melanie Sutherland
I Don’t Speak About House (Original Mix) Pablo Fierro
A Love Like This – Original Mix Jimpster
Forever (Timmy Regisford and Adam Rios Remix) EnaWadan
Juju (Lars Behrenroth Remix) Black Coffee feat. Zakes Bantwini
Nekkid Disco (Ibiza Dreams Remix) Melanie Sutherland feat Stylo
Trevoga (Original) KiNK
Easy Life (Original Mix) K-nto
when she’s gone (spence lee noel remix) dj sulli
The Good Life (Original Mix) V/A
stay with me (matt prehn filthy pass) luv boutique

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