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!
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.
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.
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!
WCC interview on LA's #1 Hip Hop Station (!?)
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!
Guess What's Happening Feb. 2nd?
Tracklist is Complete for Balance Live Set
6 hour live mix for your NYE from the WCC
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!
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.
Pictures from Balance in Los Angeles
Glow tonight and Balance tomorrow
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.