WCC RADIO Episode 011 now available for download
11/10/2008 11:01 PM Filed in: Mixes
WCC RADIO EP011 (November 2008) is now ready for download. If you prefer to stream it online or subscribe to the Podcast you can do so at SS RADIO UK. There is a new feature with this mix. Torin of the WCC showed me a neat trick that allows me to imbed the tracklist in the MP3 file. In itunes you can find it under the "lyrics" tab in the info window of the mix. If you have an iPhone or an iPod Touch you can see the tracklist by touching the artwork of the mix while it is playing. Try it out it really works. Don't forget to rate the mix after you've listen to it. Enjoy it!
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Spinning in NY this week end.
11/10/2008 10:57 PM Filed in: Gig Dates
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.
WCC RADIO Episode 010 now available for download
10/13/2008 10:14 PM Filed in: Mixes
WCC RADIO EP010 (October 2008) is now ready for download. You will hear quite a few main street artists in this episode (Prince, Snoop Dog, Soul 2 Soul, etc) but don't fear! These are bootleg house remixes done by some of the finest of the house crop (that Christina Aguilera remix is so dope). Listen before you judge :) If you prefer to stream it online or subscribe to the Podcast you can do so at SS RADIO UK. Hope you enjoy the tunes.
WCC RADIO Episode 009 now available for download
09/07/2008 05:36 PM Filed in: Mixes
WCC RADIO EP009 (September 2008) is now ready for download. If you prefer to stream it online or subscribe to the Podcast you can do so at SS RADIO UK. This episode is all about the underground. Not my usual soulful sets but a little more deeper and jackin’. I crave the days in the early 90s when our parties were in dark warehouses were the only light was from the mixer and turntables. Even if this set is nostalgic to me it doesn’t haver too many nostalgic tracks. They are pretty new. It just goes to show you that the underground is very alive. It’s just still...underground. Close your eyes when you listen to this episode and let it take you back to those days. I hope you enjoy it. Let me know how you feel about it by rating it after you heard it. I’ll know if you guys want more sets like this.
WCC RADIO Episode 008 now available for download
08/11/2008 10:55 PM Filed in: Mixes
WCC RADIO EP008 (August 2008) is now ready for download. If you prefer to stream it online or subscribe to the Podcast you can do so at SS RADIO UK. I apologize for the show being a week late. This was due to my best friend and Great Dane "Geronimo" passing away last week. He will be greatly missed since he was such a majestic and amazing dog. Episode 08 is dedicated to his memory. Hope you enjoy the tunes.
Solo Casa - WCC night
07/19/2008 07:14 PM Filed in: Gig Dates
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.
WCC RADIO Episode 007 now available for download
06/30/2008 10:02 PM Filed in: Mixes
WCC RADIO EP007 (July 2008) is now ready for download. Episode 07 includes the usual new and old favorite tunes plus some exclusive and unrelease tracks. If you prefer to stream it online or subscribe to the Podcast you can do so at SS RADIO UK. Hope you enjoy the tunes.
Ricardo Live @ BALANCE tonight
06/28/2008 03:49 PM Filed in: Gig Dates
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
05/09/2008 10:31 AM Filed in: Gig Dates
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 (!?)
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.
WCC RADIO Episode 005 is posted
04/27/2008 02:43 PM Filed in: Mixes
WCC RADIO EP005 (May 2008) is now ready for download. I'm really happy with this episode. It's my favorite of the year. I don't know why it just flows. I got to listen to it while driving on the coast with my sun roof open and enjoying this 90 degrees Californian spring. For a second I just forgot al of my troubles and got lost in the music. Hope you can do the same. Don't forget to rate it after you listen to it (might be just me who like it). Enjoy!
WCC Fan Page on facebook
04/18/2008 11:42 AM Filed in: WCC
WCC RADIO Episode 004 is posted
03/30/2008 09:59 PM Filed in: Mixes
WCC RADIO EP004 (April 2008) is now ready for download. I added a new feature to the track list, a link to buy the individual tracks from the mix. When you click on the track's label it will take you to digital download site (Traxsource, Stompy, Beatport, etc) where I purchased the track. It won't take you to the exact track but it will take you to the label's songs on the digital download site. It makes it a lot easier to find the song and to narrow your search. Give it a try and please go out and support the labels that are giving us such great and beautiful music.
What prompted this new feature was the whole Defected incident that happened to me last week. I figured by including this it will make the labels (and artists) happy. If they still don't want me to include their music it's their lost. You will notice that this set has 2 Defected songs even after I vowed never to play anything from them. Call me a sell out but dam these tracks are good ;) The ironic thing is that one of those tracks is one I removed from the Pesto Mix and both are, as of now, unreleased (you can find them on Traxsource but they are digital edits, these are the real thing). How did I do it? They gave me permission! Go figure... Maybe they think I have something to offer. So if you purchase tracks from their store tell them it's because of Ricardo Torres ;) Enjoy the mix!
Playing live @ Universal City for Mondial
03/25/2008 11:47 PM Filed in: Gig Dates
There is a new Thursday night happening here in
Hollywood called Mondial. The whole thing launches
Thursday April 10th, 2008 at the famous Rumba Room in
Universal Citywalk. The concept for Mondial is very
interesting. The main room downstairs will cater to a
more commercial crowd with main stream club music and a
live band playing Rock en Espanol but the more intimate
room upstairs will be nothing but Soulful House hosted
by the West Coast Collective. I will be playing all
night on April 10th and if things works out we will be
rotating the different members of the WCC for future
dates. I personally think that it will do great since
the promoters are experienced,they know what they are
doing and they are doing it right. I'm also excited of
having the crowd from downstairs coming to check us out
and discovering the style of house we play and
hopefully make a few converts. For more info about
guest list and all that jazz check out the front and back of the flyer.
WCC RADIO Episode 002 is posted
03/09/2008 05:08 PM Filed in: Mixes
WCC RADIO EP002 (February 2008) is now ready for download. If you are wondering why it's here after EP003 then read the entry below. The point is that it's here now so you are getting two shows this month :) The first hour is deeper and darker than I usually play but the mix brings the soul back in hour two. Check it out and let me know what you think of it by rating it after you've listen to it. Enjoy!
WCC RADIO Episode 003 is posted
03/02/2008 01:17 PM Filed in: Mixes
WCC RADIO EP003 (March 2008) is now ready for download. Some of you are probably wondering where is EP002? Last month when the radio show was schedule to air on SS RADIO the WCC was also playing live at BALANCE here in LA. We did a live broadcast from the club that a lot of people got a chance to tune into. Unfortunately the recording of the night had some glitches. Torin is trying to fix it and if he can we will post that set. I then promised that I would record a new EP002 and post it even if it was late. My life got crazy during February (read the post below) and I wasn't able to do it. I still want to do an EP002 not to break our streak so hopefully I can get that done with in the next week or two since I'm finally coming back up for air.
I'm really happy with this EP003. It's Deep, Jackin, Funky, and Soulful and I have for you a preview of my wife Sandra's new track "Higher" that will finally be out before the summer on Pesto Music. There will be remixes by Jay-J (Shifted Music), Justin Michael (Hermosa Recordings), Thomas White (Natural Rhythm) and of course Jon SIlva (Pesto Music). There are also a couple of other remixes floating around including a WCC remix by Torin Rea. What you hear in the set is Jay-J's dub mix. His vocal remix is also slammin and has the quality you come to expect from Jay-J. Justin Michael's remixes are pretty amazing also. Think "big room Dennis Ferrer" type. Thomas' version will of course be Jackin' a la Natural Rhythm and I'm sure the very talented Jon SIlva will have some nice surprises for us since he is the one that did the original mixes. I'm also looking forward to hear what Torin is cooking up.
WCC @ BALANCE brodcasting live on SS Radio
02/02/2008 01:25 AM Filed in: Gig Dates
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?
01/26/2008 12:35 PM Filed in: Gig Dates
Click here to find out. It's so
going to rock again :)
Tracklist is Complete for Balance Live Set
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...
WCC RADIO Episode 001 is posted
01/06/2008 05:54 PM Filed in: Mixes
The first WCC RADIO show has been posted and ready for download. As I told you in the last posting the format will remain the same as Shameless Sessions it is just the name that changes. The show will air once a month on SS Radio UK but I will try to bring it up to a bi-monthly edition if my schedule permits. The show is not exclusive to SS Radio so if you run an internet radio station and are interested in airing the program please contact me.
The first hour of the show is a mix of newer and older tracks and the second hour is a tribute to my favorite West Coast producer (and friend) Jay-J. It is an hour of some of my favorite remixes and original productions (he has over 300) of this Grammy nominated producer and DJ. I am also keeping the tradition to end the show with a classic track. This month is a dope Michael Jackson underground remix of Off The Wall. This was when MJ was normal and with darker skin... I found this one as I was digging through my crates.
New to the site is a rating system for the mixes. At the bottom of each track list page you are able to vote on the mix from 1 to 5 stars (5 being best). After you listen to the mix please rate it so I get an idea of what people are digging. The rating is also available for the old mixes so if you have a favorite one go vote for it.
In other news the WCC will be back at BALANCE LA in February. Stay tune for the date and details. HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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
11/12/2007 02:25 PM Filed in: Gig Dates
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
11/03/2007 07:52 PM Filed in: Gig Dates
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.
WCC T-Shirts are here
09/23/2007 10:12 PM Filed in: 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.
Tomorrow, Sunday, at Dragon in Hermosa Beach
07/07/2007 01:46 PM Filed in: Gig Dates
My WCC crew and myself are taking over Dragon in
Hermosa Beach for 6 hours tomorrow Sunday July 8th. No
cover, you just need your bathing suit and shorts.
Charles Feelgood is playing before us (opening ? :) )
from 1pm to 5pm . We are on from 5pm to 11pm. All the
info is here.
Pictures from Balance in Los Angeles
07/02/2007 01:33 AM Filed in: Gig Dates
The WCC had an incredible night at Balance in LA last
week. The place was rocking until 4 am. Blink Of An Eye
Productions have posted some pics from the night. Check
them out here. I'm the dork with the
grey "Trust Your DJ" T-shirt.
