This Saturday Feb 27th WCC vs 3 Amigos
Saturday February 27th is the date. Two of Los Angeles’ heavy weight crews (we mean that literally cause we have Torin) will have it out and the battlefield will be BALANCE.
Get ready for The West Coast Collective vs The Three Amigos. Kevin, Dustin, Torin, and Ricardo of the WCC have been training hard and we have been practicing our ninja house moves to take on these worthy opponents. We are sure that Adam Auburn, DJ Depth, and David Bullock of the Amigos haven’t been sitting on their butts either.
Someone told us that one of their secret weapon move is something called the “Dirty Sanchez”. We’re not sure what that is but we have no fear cause Torin’s spatula can stop anything!
This epic legendary battle will be know in the history books as “Hollywoods HOUSE MUSIC NINJA Showdown”.
RSVP HERE to get in Free before 11pm!
The second I Love LA is coming
WCC Live @ BALANCE Dec. 26th
The WCC are finishing
the year strong with a rocking after x-mas party
at their favorite house club - BALANCE Los Angeles.
Dustin, Torin, and Ricardo will be throwing
down and will make you lose the extra pounds
that you gained during the holiday. You will
dance baby! We will play lots of classics and
some of the best house tracks of the year.
Again we will be recording the full 6 hours and
broadcasting live audio and video for those who
can't attend on insoulwetrust.com We really hope
to see you there! It's going to be hot - we can
feel it!
Back in Montréal
On Wednesday November 4th I'll have the chance to play back in my hometown of Montréal at an event called "Les Mercredis DJ" which takes place at Mange Boire in Little Italy. I will be playing with up and coming producer and DJ Bacanito who has had a few releases on UK's Baldeelox label. It's going to be a really fun night of great people and great straight up House Music. If you live in Montréal I hope you can stop by and say hi. I will probably start spinning around 9 or 10pm. I heard the food is fantastic there also so if you plan to come early and eat I suggest to make a reservation.
Mange Boire is at 6961 St-Laurent street / corner of Bélanger. If you need to make reservations call 514-242-2316
Opening for Random Soul @ BALANCE
This Saturday, October 3rd, I will have the pleasure to open up for my friends Yogi & Husky of Random Soul at BALANCE. They are kicking off their US tour here in Los Angeles. If you live in the LA area do yourself a favor and come check out these guys. Yogi is an amazing singer and he also plays keyboards during their DJ sets. I hope to see you there. I'm playing from 10pm to about 12:30am and Random Soul will close the night.
WCC Live @ BALANCE with live broadcast
Yes it's that time
again. The WCC will be doing their 6 hour
little deal at BALANCE this Saturday Sept.
12th. I know that those of you who don't
live in Los Angeles really care cause well...
you can't be there. This time you will
have the chance to kind of be there
virtually. The nice folks at In Soul We Trust will be
broadcasting live our full night (video and
audio) on Ustream.com. You can watch the
broadcast on Ustream or right here on this
page since I will embed the video and the chat
for that night. I hope you get a chance to
join in and jump on the chat board to talk to
us. If you are nice we might even take
requests :)
If you live in LA no excuses and make sure you
come support us. Experiencing the WCC live
in person with the proper sound system is in
another league than watching it on your computer
plus we are better looking in person since the
camera adds like ten pounds on us.... See you
Saturday!
BALANCE is every Saturday at Club King King.
6555 Hollywood Blvd. @ Whitley. Enter in back.
10pm-4am... 21 & over with ID
Opening for Jay-J @ BALANCE
I am so freaking excited about this coming Saturday night. I'll have the privilege and the honor to open at BALANCE for my favorite producer and DJ in the House Music scene. The legendary and only Jay-J. He truly is my inspiration and I aspire to be as good as him someday. He defines the West Coast Sound like no one else. I'm not just saying that to suck up to him cause over the years he has become more than a friend. He is family. So my admiration for him is genuine (plus I know enough dirt on him to black mail him:)
Jay-J is touring right now to promote the release of his first artist album LOVE ALIVE. I've had the oportunity to hear the finish album and it is amazing. The artists lined up to do remixes for the singles of this album are the cream of the crop in House Music. People like Miguel Migs, Kerry Chandler, Random Soul, Chuck Love, Giom to name a few. Not only that but Jay-J is also giving the opportunity to an unsigned up and coming producer to remix the title track of the album. If you produce that could mean YOU. Jay-J will pick himself the winning entry and the remix will be release on his label Shifted Music. There is also additional prices from some of the sponsors.
The contest officially starts on July 17th. So on that date check out the Shifted Music Remix Contest for all the details and on how to get the samples and sound files to do your remix.
If you live in Los Angeles or will be here next Saturday please come by. It will be a night to remember. If you live somewhere else keep an eye on when Jay-J will be visiting your city with his tour.
WCC Live @ BALANCE this Saturday June 6th
This Saturday June
6th the WCC will be back at what has become
almost a rotating residency at our favorite house
club, BALANCE. Dustin,
Kevin and myself will be playing for another 6
hours. We will be recording again to
post the set in the near future.
Actually chances are that you will soon be
getting 12 hours of live music from the WCC
since I still have to post the set from our
last time there which was April 25th. I
still have to index that 6 hour set and I've
been busy with work so it's my fault it isn't
up yet but soon I promise.
If you live in Los Angeles or are going to be
visitng the city on that date please come hang
out with us. It's always a good time and I
love to meet people who support us.
BALANCE at King King. 6555 Hollywood Blvd. @
Whitley.
Enter in back.
$10 b4 11, $15 after... 10pm-4am... 21 & over
with ID
WCC back at BALANCE April 25th.
The West Coast Collective is back at Los Angeles' primo House club, BALANCE, for another full 6 hour of soulful and funky beats. Dustin, Torin and myself will start taking out those summer tunes to welcome the the hot Californian summer nights that are on the way. Join us on the dance floor April 25th. Click here or on the flyer's image to see a bigger version.
Full BALANCE set from March Available
The full 6 hours BALANCE set from our gig back in March is now available for download on the West Coast Collective site. Instead of one huge file with the full 6 hours we divided the set into six 1 hour segments to make the whole thing more manageable. If you play these files back to back (especially in iTunes) you will hear no pause or fade out at the end of one of the hours. The whole thing will feel like the original 6 hour set. It is available as ACC with the tracks name imbedded in the file and indexing or as a simple plain old MP3.
The West Coast Collective will also be back at BALANCE Saturday April 25th for yet another 6 hour House Music extravaganza. We will be again recording the whole night for future postings. If you live in LA or will be visiting around that date we hope to see you cutting the dance floor with us.
BALANCE set from March and video.
We've also added short video clips of that night on our Facebook fan page but if your not on Facebook you can check out the videos on this new video page on my site.
The WCC will be back for a full night at BALANCE on April 25th. We are going to be welcoming the summer West Coast Styleeee.
Playing this Thursday @ Juice
This Thursday February 12th my partner in crime Torin Rea from the West Coast Collective and I will be throwing it down at the premiere of new Deep House night in Hollywood called JUICE. It's a free night and the weekly party will be held at Vice on Hollywood Blvd. This new night is the brainchild of the co-creator of Incognito which is very respected promoter in Los Angeles so you know it will be done right. No cover so no excuse! Torin and I hope to see you there and support this new House Night in he middle of LA LA land.
Spinning in NY this week end.
If you live in NY City I invite to attend this event this Friday the 14th where I'll be playing along with Scott Wozniak, Luis Baro, and the legendary and grammy award producer Eric Kupper. There is no cover charge and the party goes til 4 am! Hope to see you there if you are in the city that doesn't sleep.
Solo Casa - WCC night
Sunday July 27th starting at 8pm the West Coast Collective invades Santa Monica with an exciting night of soulful beats less than a mile from the Pacific ocean. We are having a special party for our friend David Barton who is going back to Manchester, England but not before he gets to drop some tunes with the WCC. Also on the decks will be Soulsessions' Sal Antaloss straight out of the Netherlands. The whole event takes place at Main, a new club right in the middle of Santa Monica's trendy Main Street. If this night goes well there is a very good chance that the WCC will turn this into a regular monthly or bi-monthly thing. Please come join us while we do it west coast style on the west side of LA. This event has no cover charge.
Ricardo Live @ BALANCE tonight
Tonight I have to pleasure to open up for Joshua Heath (Salted Music) at Los Angeles' hot spot for house on a Saturday night, BALANCE. If you've never seen Joshua throw it down do yourself a favor and come check him out. He is an incredibly talented DJ and producer. This is the guy that Miguel Migs like to go check out and play.
I'm playing from 10:30 til 12:30 or so and then Joshua goes on til 4. If you are in the LA area I hope to see you on the dance floor tonight.
WCC RADIO Episode 006 is posted - Amsterdam maybe.
WCC RADIO EP006 (June 2008) is now ready for download. If this episode had a name I would have called it "Bass". The first half of the show as some wicked deep house bass-lines that just make you nod your head and raises your level of being cool by ten. I also did a live edit of Doobie J's "Cant Stay Away" vs Andre Harris' "10 things Not To Say To a DJ" and it turned out pretty good. I had some people asked me where I got that remix. Sometimes 2 tracks are just meant to go together.
This episode is a week earlier than schedule and that is because next week I will be in Europe for a few days. I will be in Cannes, France from the 28th of April to the 3rd of June for a friend's wedding. Then I'm off to Amsterdam for a few days. Officially I'm not going to gig but I might make a surprise stop to one of the SoulSessions night over there. I always have my music with me. If something is confirm I will post it on the blog and send an email out to let people know. If you live in the Nice area in France and know of a good house night there to check out please let me know through the contact page. Enjoy EP006!
Live @ BALANCE this Saturday May 10th
If you live in Los Angeles you know where to be on Saturday May 10th but if you don't you can still catch us live via SS Radio UK. We will be broadcasting our night Saturday May 10th, 10pm PST. Click here to find out the time of the broadcast in your city. 6 hours of non-stop booty shakin' house!
Opening for the Groove Junkies @ BALANCE
This is short notice but Saturday April 5th I'll be opening up for one of my favorite house duos, the Groove Junkies. Of course all this goes down at the top Soulful House club in Los Angeles: BALANCE. I hope to see some of you kats on the dance floor!
Playing live @ Universal City for Mondial
WCC @ BALANCE brodcasting live on SS Radio
Great news about our live gig this Saturday February 2nd at Los Angeles' top and hottest house club, BALANCE. We will be broadcasting our performance live and in real time to the World Wide Web thanks to SS Radio UK. Our live show starts at 10pm Pacific Standard Time on Saturday February 2nd and we will be playing for 6 hours. If you are not in this time zone check here to find out what time it starts where you live.
All you have to do to tune in is to go to SS Radio and click on your favorite media player to stream our gig. This performance will go right into our regular WCC RADIO show. We will be recording the whole thing so you will be able to download the full set at a later date. Hope you can tune in.
Guess What's Happening Feb. 2nd?
Balance, this Saturday Nov. 17th
I am very excited to announce that I will be playing this Saturday November 17th with the my WCC family at the prime house club in Los Angeles, BALANCE. The cream of the crop of house DJs play at BALANCE when they come to LA. It's one of my favorite clubs in town and where I like to get my groove on. It's an intimate venue with an amazing sound system. Dustin Brown, Torin Rea, and myself will be rocking a 6 hour set until 4am! Check out the flyer for more info and check the pics from the last time we played there together.
Playing at Balance November 17th
The West Coast Collective is back at Balance on November 17th 2007. Dustin Brown, Torin Rea and myself will be rocking the prime house club in Los Angeles for 6 hours from 10pm to 4am. This is with a doubt my favorite place to play in Los Angeles. The energy from the headz there is amazing. Check out some of the pics from the last time we played there.
Last Minute Gig Change. At GLOW Tonight.
Playing This Thursday in San-Diego
Tomorrow, Sunday, at Dragon in Hermosa Beach
Pictures from Balance in Los Angeles
Glow tonight and Balance tomorrow
Playing at SPACE Ibiza in September!!!
Playing at Glow tonight
Official Grand Opening of GLOW
BALANCE Los Angeles June 23rd
Grammy nominated producer and the godfather of the San-Francisco sound, Jay-J, will be playing there this Saturday May 18th. If you live or are visiting LA you have to come to this club. Check out the pictures from previous nights.