WCC RADIO EP-028 (April 2010) is ready for download on the radio page either as an AAC or MP3 file. I apologize for not updating the blog often but I've been real busy these last few weeks with personal and professional things. I've been keeping up to date with the radio shows but I haven't been posting entries about it on this page. I did not skip a month you can find WCC RADIO EP-027 on the same page as EP-028. You will notice that there is new drops on the last two shows. They are done by our LA friend Louis Hale who does killer spoken word. Actually he and Torin (of the WCC) have done an amazing track that they are shopping right now. Can you say Defected Peak Time? This is going to destroy the dance floors this summer. In the meantime enjoy EP-028 (and 27 if you haven't download) and rate it on the radio after you've listen to it. Stay soulful!

Tags: SSRadio UK, WCC, Radio Show, Raunchy Rhythms

People are always asking where are my classic mixes from the early 2000's. The reason I don't keep everything here is mainly because of space and bandwidth but now you can find them on the new WCC site. We have completely revamp our site for 2010. You have to check it out. Big up to Kevin for doing this. Here is the description from the WCC site for The Vault:

As we’re doing a bit of 2010 ‘house’ cleaning to the website in order to make it a bit more fan-friendly, we certainly couldn’t remove ALL the mixes we’ve done over the past 10 years.  So for a limited time, we’ve decided to create “The WCC Vault” of classic mixes.
Here you can find a range of mixes from house, to downtempo, to funk, soul, and all around amazing music that we’ve put together over our journey through the past 10 years.  Hope you enjoy and certainly feel free to pass these along to all that might enjoy.

Tags: Classic House, WCC, Deep House, Studio Mix, Mixes

This is one of those mixes that just came about cause I was in the mood. It is not my most "underground" mix but I think it's pretty uplifting. To be honest I did this just for myself to try to cheer me up as music has that healing power sometimes.

With tracks from Miguel Migs, Lisa Shaw, Tortured Soul, Blaze, and Samantha James, among others, you can see the direction and the sound of it. The title could mean a lot of things but don't read too much into it. House music is about positivity and love and we all need a little bit of that in our lives sometimes. We are not perfect creatures but we have to try to do the right thing as hard as that is sometimes. You will find this one in the current mixes page. I hope you like it.

Tags: WCC, Deep House, Studio Mix, Mixes

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!

Tags: Balance-LA, Live Set, Gigs, WCC, Live Broadcast

Tags: Balance-LA, Live Set, Gigs, WCC, Live Broadcast

WCC RADIO EP-026 (February 2010) is ready for download on the radio page either as an AAC or MP3 file. Second one of the year already. The first half of the show starts off and stays pretty soulful but picks up to some peak time tracks on hour 2. New tunes from Jay-J, Guy Robin, Reelsoul and others. Classic 90s garage from Butter on the great Smack label, classic Joey Negro and some amazing edits that you won't find at any store by Mario Dubbz and by Jask of Thaisoul. I hope you like this episode and as always tell me what you think by leaving a comment and/or rating the mix on the radio page.

Tags: SSRadio UK, WCC, Radio Show, Raunchy Rhythms

Don't forget also February 27th at BALANCE. WCC vs The 3 Amigos. It's going to be crazy...

Tags: Balance-LA, Live Set, Gigs, WCC, Live Broadcast

Tags: Balance-LA, Live Set, Gigs, WCC, Live Broadcast

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!

Tags: Balance-LA, Live Set, Gigs, WCC, Live Broadcast

So who likes Deep House? Well, it seems like a lot of you because people can't seem to get enough of the City Sonar series. This was never intended to be a series but because of the great feedback it got I did a vol 2. Now vol 3 is here and it's pretty clear where the trend is going... as long as you guys dig it there will be more of City Sonar. This one has some nice old and new skool deep cuts. I think it might the deeper one of all the sets so far. It's very dubby with not too many vocals. I always try not to alienate people too much by going too underground with my mixes but since this series is really meant for the heads it doesn't matter. WCC Radio takes care of the cross over House and City Sonar just takes you deeper into that journey. I hope you enjoy the latest installment of this Deep House series. Please let me know what you think of it by leaving me a comment and rating it on the mixes page.

Tags: WCC, Deep House, Studio Mix, Mixes

WCC Radio EP-024 is here. Last one of the 2009. Two freakin' years already!! Actually if you count when the show was called "Shameless Sessions" then it's been longer than that and boy do I have a treat for you with this one. I was in San Francisco for the Thanks Giving holiday to hang out with my bud Jay-J. He was doing a gig with his old producer partner Chris Lum at Temple on friday and then on Saturday he was playing with Julius Papp and David Harness at Mars Bar for a classics night. OMG they blew the roof of that place. The music was incredible, the mixing was flawless and the crowd gave me hope about the scene again. All the old heads came out. They left the kids with the babysitter and came out for one reason only: to dance! Watching and listening to these 3 veteran of the West Coast Sound playing back to back and switching it up every 30 minutes was so inspiring (BTW Jay-J recorded the set and he will have it as a podcast soon). Hence EP-024 which are some of my favorite classics. Not the usual stuff you hear in these classics show but more like the stuff that wasn't overplayed. If you were a club rat like I was in the mid to late 90's you will go "hell yeah" and raise your hands in the air as you listen to this set. You might have to take out the baby powder for the full experience (the heads know what I'm talking about:) I had to dust off some the old vinyls for some of these tracks so I apologize in advance for the fluctuating sound quality of the set. I also need to thank Jay-J for hooking me up with some of these tracks that are virtually impossible to find anymore and will never come out as digital.

It's funny that after I wrote that entry about our scene things seem to be showing signs of improvement. The San Francisco trip certainly made me come back with a smile and new energy and hope. Here in Los Angeles things seem to be picking up also. Some new local events (that actually play soulful house) are filling the clubs. Tortured Soul played this past week end and the place was also packed with happy people that just wanted to get their groove on. We might turn this ship around after all. Thank you to all who contributed to the entry and wrote in their two cents.

Please let me know what you think of this episode. Thanks to all who have supported the show these last two years. Hope we can keep it going for a lot more.

Tags: SSRadio UK, WCC, Radio Show, Raunchy Rhythms, Classic House

WCC RADIO EP-023 (November 2009) is ready for download on the radio page either as an ACC or MP3 file. This one starts off real soulful and then picks up with a mixture of deep, classics, and jakin' tracks. I hope you enjoy the November episode of WCC Radio and please rate it on the radio page after you listen to it. Next up is City Sonar vol 3, the now popular Deep House series of mixes. Thank you all for the support.

Tags: SSRadio UK, WCC, Radio Show, Raunchy Rhythms

WCC RADIO EP-022 (October 2009) is ready for download on the radio page either as an ACC or MP3 file. I think this one has turned to be one of my favorites. This show just glides with soulful tracks bordering the deep side. It really sounds like one of my live sets. I think it came out good because I didn't put too much thought into it and kind of didn't pick the tracks in advance. I had an idea of what I wanted to play but in no particular order.

Early in the set there is a very cool and soulful edit from Jask of Maxwell's "Ascenssion" that always gets people to the dance floor early. The bass line kills it. Mr Patron is also back with more bootlegs that just take you back and makes you want to sing along. Rambone Sold (not their real name but sounds just like it ;) comes back strong with a Marvin Gaye bootleg which is not your usual putting an accapella over a house beat. It's an amazing production of the classic "Heard it Through The Grapevine". My friends Yogi & Huski from Random Soul (sounds familiar?) were also visiting Los Angeles from Australia this week. They were staring their US West Coast tour and they have hooked me up with some of their amazing, yet unreleased tracks that will be coming out in the near future. Check out "Just Bounce" and "Got To Get Up" - funkin' jackin'.

The big news this month is that two people that are very close to me have brand new releases. The most beautiful girl in the world, AKA my wife Sandra Lima has 3 releases out and one of them is with my WCC brother Torin Rea. First, her track with Irish producer Scope is #4 on Beatport's Deep House chart. The track is called "This Rhythm" and you can hear it on my latest CIty Sonar Deep House mix. It's track #4. For now this release is exclusive to Beatport. She also has a new song on Reel Grooves with UK producer Greg Dorban. The Stereo Mutants kill it with their remix of "Get To Me" (track #9 on this episode). You can find this release on Traxsource. Finally Sandra has her first track out with our friend and my WCC partner Torin Rea. "My Kind Of Saturday Night" (track #19 on this episode) is a fun, funky track that will get any dance floor going. This production killed it when Torin played the first draft of it at Balance a few months ago. Torin also has another release out with another LA singer named Erin Powers called "Duplicity". I will play this one on the next show. Both of these tracks will soon be available on the Baldeelox label from the UK. They are now out as promos for DJs to get their reactions.

I hope you enjoy WCC RADIO EP-022. Let me know what you think of it by rating it on the radio page after you hear it or leave a comment here. Please also support Sandra and Torin by purchasing their tracks and keep House Music alive!

Tags: SSRadio UK, WCC, Radio Show, Raunchy Rhythms

I really didn't think I was going to make a regular series out of the last City Sonar but it seems there is a lot of Deep House fans out there who want more. So ladies and gentlemen the City Sonar series is officially a ... series. Vol 2 is now available for download in the current mixes page.

WCC Radio is not so much Deep even if I throw in a Deep House tune from time to time. I felt I have slowly gotten away from it over the years. That style is really how I started playing house music all those years ago. Also my first mixes online (in 2000!) were Deep House. They were hosted on the Deep House Networks and I know that some of you have those even if you can't find them online anymore. I'm glad there are still kats out there who are enjoying good Deep House. It seems the new generation of kids who are into house music like the harder (dare I say Electro) tunes when they go out and the Soulful and Deeper stuff is being played less and less in the clubs. It's sad but it might not be a bad thing. If anything those two styles will be pushed underground again and they will find their roots and come back even stronger. I for one am looking forward to that.

I hope you enjoy Vol 2 od City Sonar. I think this one is deeper than the last one. New and classic deep house tracks (some that I even played on vinyl). One notable mention is the Makam remix of the track Attica on Freerange. Wholly poop that track is incredible. It reminds me of the great Deep House from the late 90s and early 2000. Makam kills it as it goes from Deep to Funky and then back again. Like the boys at Stompy say it's the talk of the town. Keep it Deep!!

Tags: WCC, Deep House, Studio Mix, Mixes

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

Tags: Balance-LA, Live Set, Gigs, WCC, Live Broadcast

WCC RADIO EP-021 (September 2009) is ready for download on the radio page either as an ACC or MP3 file. I'm not quite sure how to describe this episode. My last mix, City Sonar, was very deep and this set is a lot more "Funky House" as they say in the UK. Definitely more peak time clubby with a some updated cool edits of past popular songs. There is a nice throw back to 90s with DJ Dan's "I Don't Care" and that processed robot voice that so many funk groups were using then. In term of the new stuff I'm really digging the Soul Purpose EP which has two killer tracks (both in this show) and the new Sonny Fondera EP which I think is really bringing Jackin' to the masses. I have to admit that MJ has been overplayed lately but I couldn't help myself and I included another one of his remixes. In my defense it is the remix of the title track from my favorite Michael album "Off The Wall". The chorus "So tonight gotta leave that nine to five upon the shelf, And just enjoy yourself" is one the most beautiful melodies and I fell for it again! I promise that I will leave Michael "on the shelf" in the future episodes and let him R.I.P. After that MJ remix I kicked into Disco gear with one of my favorite feel good songs "I Feel Good Things For You", some Donna Summers and a great re-work of A Taste of Honey's "Boogie No More" by Dorfmeister vs Madrid De Los Austrias. Overall this a great set to listen to while your doing your cardio at the gym. It's a lot of the tracks that I have on my iPod when I'm at the gym.

If you are a House snob and want a more deeper and underground sound (just kidding about the House snob remark ;) you'll be happy to hear that I already picked out most of the tracks for City Sonar Vol2. I'll have that mix on the site in about two weeks just in time for my next SS Radio show. I have been getting great feedback about Vol 1 and Deep House is still my first love. The City Sonar series is making those people who thought I was getting away from Deep House happy. WCC Radio for the bumping, soulful, funky house sounds and City Sonar for those who prefer it Deeper, darker and dubbier. Everyone happy!

Tags: SSRadio UK, WCC, Radio Show

It's been a while since I've done a mix that is not a radio show. Doing WCC Radio once a month doesn't give me too much time to do other regular sets. The last one, Happy Hour on the West Coast, was done in December of last year. I decided this time to keep it strictly Deep and underground to differentiate it from the radio show. Ladies and gentlemen I give you CITY SONAR - vol. 1. This is a really moody late night set with a pinch of soul on two or three cuts. The majority of the tracks are just head bopping deep tunes with some live edit acapellas layered in. I hope you dig it and find it different. Don't forget to rate it and let me know if you like it cause I'll do more. I want to make a series of Deep sets - that's why this is volume 1. Download as an indexed ACC or regular mp3 on the Current Mixes page.

Tags: WCC, Deep House, Studio Mix, Mixes

WCC RADIO EP-020 (August 2009) is ready for download on the radio page either as an indexed ACC or regular MP3 file. I can't believe that we are already at 20 episodes into it. If you've downloaded all of the episodes you should have around 40 hours of house music from our little show. If you were a listener when the show was called Shameless Sessions than you can double those hours.

Since it's the 20th episode I took this show out of the studio to give you the live recording of when I had the chance to warm up the dance floor of BALANCE for my friend Jay-J last Saturday night. This is my full set before Jay-J jumped into the decks so this show is a little longer than usual. Almost 3 hours. You might hear a couple of songs that I had already played in EP-019 but in a different context. If you've never experienced BALANCE this will give you a taste of what that amazing club is all about. It was a great night and as usual the crowd was awesome with it's amazing dancers. The show fades out when Jay-J started his set. You will get a chance to hear him when he puts up his portion on his podcast. Just for the record you will hear a bunch of "Jay-J" drops especially near the end. He really isn't that narcissistic. That was me doing those to f@#$k with him because he is a such a low key and humble guy... I was trying to embarrass him. I didn't succeed.

The show can also be streamed or podcast on SS Radio UK but this is a two hour edit of the show.

Tags: SSRadio UK, WCC, Radio Show, Jay-J, Live Set

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.

Tags: Jay-J, Balance-LA, WCC

WCC RADIO EP-019 (July 2009) is ready for download on the radio page either as an ACC or MP3 file. Summer is officially here on our side of the hemisphere and this show reflects that with light summer tunes from the pass and present and then really picks up on the second hour. This show is meant to be played loud in your convertible car as you drive up the coast. Ok maybe that's no everyone but I'm sure you can substitute the Pacific Coast Highway with what ever is a scenic road in your corner of the planet. We tend to forget here in Southern California how lucky we are to have this scenery. I for one often get inspired just by driving or biking up and down PCH.

One of the sad things that the month of June will be remember for was the passing of Michael Jackson. I don't care what he did or did not do in his personal life and we can debate that for years to come but the one thing that no one can argue is that he was an amazing musical talent and genius. So, among the thousands of DJs that are paying tribute to him I finish the show with my favorite Michael Jackson song of all times, "Rock With You" from his "Off The Wall" album produced by Quincy Jones. Of course this isn't the plain album version but the amazing Masters At Work remix of "Rock With You". This is not a bootleg but a remix that was commissioned by Epic, MJ's label. What an honor it must have been for Louis Vega and Kenny Dope to be asked to do this. I'm sure it means even more now. RIP Michael Jackson.

Tags: SSRadio UK, WCC, Radio Show

The WCC has joined the next social networking fad, Twitter. Dustin, Kevin, Torin and myself will be Twittering to update you when we have new mixes, new gigs and anything else WCC. If you Twitter join us and let's give new meaning to Uniting People Through House Music.

Tags: WCC, Just for fun

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

Tags: Balance-LA, Live Set, Gigs, WCC

WCC RADIO EP-018 (June 2009) is ready for download on the radio page either as an awesome ACC file or the tired old style MP3 (can you tell I'm not a fan of this format). I guess this is the first show of the summer.  When does summer start anyway?  After living in Southern California for 14 years it feels like we are in a permanent summer here.  How quickly I forget my winter cold Montreal roots.  I love my hometown but I just couldn't take those winters anymore.  It doesn't matter where you live this show has some hot tunes.  For once I do not have any white labels in this set. That means that you music collectors and DJs out there can easily find any of these tracks at the popular dance music digital retailers like Traxsource, Stompy or Beatport.  If there is any time to support the artists who make this great music it's now.  A lot of them are struggling in these hard economic times and we don't want them to stop doing what they do best.  I urge you to please go to these sites and buy the tracks you like. You can easily do that by clicking on the labels' name of the track list from that show on my site.  That will take you to where I purchased the track.

I'm very happy with this show.  I got to experiment again with some accapellas and some live edits using 3 decks.  You will hear that with Osulande's "Momma's Groove" and Jay-J's "Keep on Rising".  I have to give props to Yogi and Huski from Random Soul cause I heard them do that live edit of "Keep on Rising" and I thought I give it a try.  I also found some great house remixes of Janis Joplin and the Doors.  If you don't now who those artists are then I feel like a relic. I wasn't sure about these cause it's real hard to do a house remix of a classic rock tune that is not cheesy but Latenight Society and Mr Patron came through with two of my favorite tracks from this month.  Check out "Southern Comfort" and "Storm Riding".

About a third into the show the set gets real Jackin' and Funky with great tracks by Tommy Largo and Jazzy Eyewear but the highlight and my favorite track this month is the craziest and funkiest in the set.  It is courtesy of two guys from Belgrade, Serbia who go by the name of Gramophonedzie.  "Why Don't You" is one of most creative house tracks that I've heard in a while.  It guarantees to get the party started where ever you play it.  It's not for nothing it is in the top 5 of almost every House Music download retailer.  I played in Belgrade a few years ago with Jon Silva of Pesto Music but I don't think these guys were around then. I would have love to have met them.

The set ends with and old forgotten B-side from Naked Music and Miguel Migs.  If it wasn't for my compadre Dustin Brown of the WCC I would have completely let this track go into House memory lane.  I heard him play it during one of our jam sets and it reminded me why I felt in love with the West Coast Sound.  This Atjazz remix of "Take Me to Paradise" is everything that is right with sexy soulful House.  If you like it then you will like Dustin's new mix that will be up soon that includes this track and many more like it to bring you back to circa 2000 when Naked Music was in his glory days.

You can of course do a direct download of the show on my radio page or you stream the show online or subscribe to the podcast on SS Radio UK.

Tags: SSRadio UK, WCC, Radio Show, Raunchy Rhythms

WCC RADIO EP-017 (May 2009) is ready for download on the radio page either as an ACC or MP3 file. In this episode we have more of the same and I mean that in a good way. Lots of white labels from producer friends who've done really cool edits / mashups or unreleased mixes (thank you Jask, Jay-J, Random Soul, Zack Hill and Raul Kahn). We start off with some sexy vocals and then pick up with some great new Jakin' tracks from the Little Men, Giom and Frankie J among others. The second half of the show gets more soulful with a Random Soul remix out of Jay-J's new artist album "Love Alive" which will be out this summer. You will also find another Jay-J track in there that dates a few years back and features Latrice Barnett. "Love Is" was the big single of her debut album Illuminate but here we find an unreleased mix done by Jask of Thaisoul. Why was it unreleased? I have no idea but it should have been. As of now it's my favorite mix of that song. Check out the tracklist to find out about all the goodies this month.

You will also find a lot of these tracks (and more) in the last recording the WCC did at BALANCE on April 25th. We have another 6 hour set that will be available for download soon. The live recording from March 14th is available now. Don't forget to rate EP-017 after you've listen to it. Thanks!

Tags: SSRadio UK, WCC, Radio Show, Raunchy Rhythms

WCC RADIO EP-016 (April 2009) is ready for download on the radio page either as an ACC (better) or MP3 (booooo) file. This month we go back to our original format which is fresh tunes mixed with rare (and sometimes obvious) classics that still hold up the dance floor today. New music from Martin East of Kapa Music (my pick this month), Random Soul, Tortured Soul, Richard Earnshaw and others. Also an awesome remix of Marvin Gaye "What's Going On" from 1200 Warriors and the classic track is courtesy of Lisa Stansfield. I don't know why but lately I've been seeking out her tracks and especially her old remixes. She had such an incredible soulful voice and she reminds me of what was good and positive about the 90s. I got my hands on some of her accapellas and I'll see if I can do a bootleg of one of her tracks with the help of some of my friends who know what they are doing.

Speaking of accapellas I did some experimenting and live edits at the beginning of the mix with that real jazzy track from Stacey Mallory and over the Martin East track. And last but not least a very rare Jay-J / Chris Lum remix featuring Latrice Barnett.  From what Jay-J told me this was the first time that Latrice had worked with them. The stories goes that Latrice was at Moulton Studios to record with Chris and Jay-J the classic "Summer Time" that came out on Loveslap. Both producers were also finishing a remix of Brancaccio & Aisher's "It's gonna Be a Lovely Day". They had an idea to throw some vocals over the remix and asked Latrice to improvise over the track to warm up her voice. The result is track #17 of this episode. This remix never came out because the label didn't like the vocals. Big mistake. I think it's amazing, the best version and now vary rare. I hope you enjoy it and don't forget to rate the show after you've listen to the whole set.

Tags: SSRadio UK, WCC, Radio Show, Raunchy Rhythms

WCC RADIO EP-015 (March 2009) is ready to be downloaded on the radio page. It's March so this is the Miami WMC edition of the show and I did something different with this episode. Instead of playing some of the new tracks that will be hot at this year's conference (not that impressed so far) I did a set with 19 tracks that really floated my boat from previous conferences. These are tracks that range from the last 10 years or so. I picked these tracks because they made an impression on me when I heard them for the first time in Miami. Don't expect anything too underground. These are high energy tracks that really made people dance and have summer written all over them. Very Miami you might say. Think Defected and In The House of the late 90s and early 2000. I hope you like it and next month when I'm back from the conference with new tunes I will return to a deeper more underground sound. I will also post in a few days details of where I'm playing in Miami for WMC.

You will also notice that on the download page you will find two links for the mix. One is for the ACC and the other is for an MP3. Please only download one. I recommend the ACC for reasons outlined here. If the ACC doesn't work with your player only then download the MP3. Bandwidth costs money and I don't want to pollute this site with advertisements so I can cover the costs of the extra bandwidth.

Tags: SSRadio UK, WCC, Radio Show, Raunchy Rhythms

As promised here is the second video tutorial on how to use our new ACC format mixes with your iPod. This one is shorter and pretty straight forward. Like I showed you in the first video tutorial for iTunes you can skip the tracks, see what's playing and all that jazz. You've probably figured all this out already but in case you haven't here it is.

Tags: Video Tutorial, ACC, .m4a, iTunes, IPod

I did and interview last month with Craig Stewart on his Soul Horizon show that airs on Raunchy Rhythm Radio. Take a listen to this 10 minute conversation if you want to find out more about the man behind the site ;)

Tags: Raunchy Rhythms, WCC, Radio Interview

WCC RADIO EP-014 (February 2009) is ready for your listening pleasure on the radio page. This is the first mix in the ACC format with higher quality, track indexing, playlist embedding, and a bunch of other features as outlined in the previous post. Don't forget to watch the video tutorial to find out all the features and advantages of ACC over MP3. I'm also excited about this show because the classic track(s) take up the last 30 minutes of the show. It is a tribute to Eddie Perez of the Smack crew fame and who goes by the name of Mentalinstrum. Smack Productions put out some of the best and unforgettable Garage from the mid 90's. Eddie as re-release a lot of their classics on digital and I couldn't be happier since I had lost a lot of my Smack Crew vinyl that was out of print. I can't wait to play some of this stuff live again. It's going to set the roof of Balance on fire when we play there just before WMC. Enjoy the mix and don't forget to rate it after you listen to it.

Tags: SSRadio UK, WCC, Radio Show, Raunchy Rhythms

As of EP-014 of WCC Radio all the shows and future mixes will be in the ACC (.m4a) format. I am super excited about this because this format is miles ahead of the tired MP3. You are probably already familiar with this format since it's what you get when you buy music from the iTunes store. Basically this format will work with your favorite media player on your computer or any of the popular portable players that people use (iPod, Zune, etc). There are many advantages to the ACC format such as higher quality encoding but the coolest feature is that I can now index the mixes. This means that you can jump from track to track and see what's playing at the moment just like with a CD player with out affecting or hearing gaps in the continuous mix. There are other nifty features to this format and it's all outlined in this little video tutorial I created that explains everything. I will be doing another tutorial on how this works with your iPod. I hope you enjoy it and that you learn something new. The ACC format should work just like the old MP3 format but for what ever reason if it doesn't for you please let me know through the contact page and I will send you a link to an MP3 version. I will do this temporarily for the next few mixes as we go through this transition but eventually I won't offer that format anymore.

Tags: Video Tutorial, ACC, .m4a, iTunes

WCC RADIO has found another home for it's monthly show. Besides SS Radio UK on the first Sunday of the month we are now also on Raunchy Rhythms Radio on the first Friday of the month. You will get to hear on Raunchy Rhythms the mix before it is posted and available for download. We premiere with WCC RADIO EP012 (December 2008). The shows air the first Friday of every month at 22:00 GMT. Click here to find out at what time the shows play in your corner of the world.

Tags: Mixes, WCC, Radio Show, Raunchy Rhythms

Ok, ok. In all fairness it was on a Electronic Dance Music show called PowerTools and it did air at 2 in the morning. Still check it out and listen to our manly voices. I'm the one that sounds like a chipmunk. You can also catch an exclusive mix I did for the interview. Click on the play button below.

Tags: PowerTools, Radio Interview, WCC, Mixes, Balance-LA

I just started a WCC Fan page on the social network facebook. For those of you who are part of FB it will be an easy way to keep up with our mixes, podcats, gigs, etc. Join the WCC Fan page here.

Tags: WCC, Gigs, SSRadio UK

All of the tracks for our 6 hour set at Balance back from November are accounted for. If you downloaded the set and are curious as what those are you can check it out here. BTW the WCC will be back at the best House Club In Los Angeles on February 2nd, 2008. Mark your calendars cause it will be another epic night...

Tags: WCC, Balance-LA, Mixes, Live Set

First of all Happy Holidays to you and all of your love ones.  I want to thank you for the support that you have given me through out 2007. I can't believe this year is already over. It certainly flew by for me.

As a "Thank You" and a late holiday gift I would like to offer you the full set from our last gig at Balance here in Los Angeles.  This is kind of rare that you will find sets like these online because it is 6 hours long! It is our full night un-edited.  If you are looking for music for your NYE party this year you just put this on and you are good to go.  It starts off smooth and then just peeks with some old, new and rare tracks that we like to take out when we play live.

You will find the tracklist for all 57 tracks on the download page with who was playing what.  Basically Torin Rea, Dustin Brown and myself were rotating every 4 tracks so we kept it fresh.  We compliment each other when we play but we all have a little bit different style (in a good way).

This download is pretty big, 317 MB.  On a standard broadband connection it could take from 10 to 20 minutes to download so please be patient when you do.  I need to thank Pablo Godel of Server Grove Networks for letting me host the mix on his servers.  If it wasn't for Pablo's help I wouldn't be able to offer this mix to you because of the amount of bandwidth it would eat up with all the downloads that it will have.  If you need any kind of hosting solutions please check out Server Grove Networks and give them a try.

Again thank you for 2007 and have a wonderful, safe and fun New Year Eve and stay soulful trough-out 2008!

Tags: Mixes, Balance-LA, Live Set, WCC

A lot of people have asked me about the t-shirt I'm wearing in the bio page. The truth is that we had 4 of them custom made for all of the WCC so we can wear them when we all play together. There has been so much demand for these dam t-shirts that we decided to start selling them on the WCC site. So if you are interested in one of them go to the the WCC store and check them out (we even got some cool tank top for girls). They are selling fast.

Tags: WCC