A day late (and always a dollar short), I finally got around to putting Sista Stroke’s sexy mix up for ya’ll.

As I celebrate yet another anniversary with the hub, I suggest you keep a copy at your bedside. It’s recommend for nights of heavy cuddling for years to come.

Should I say more?

LISTEN

Sensuality – 10 Yrs. Later (vol.2) mix – Sista Stroke (Virb)

I’m kinda late (like, two months) on upping this mix, but Ramsey sent us another d&b mix exclusively for Dusty Crates to get us going this Monday. He promises his April (maybe May, too) mix will be in our in-box soon, so stay tuned.

Meanwhile, push play and the day will fast-forward.

March Mix 2010 by jseventeenthmd

Ramsey’s March Mix

Track List

Lenzman – Fade Away – Soul:r
Bygones Spectrasoul – Shogun Audio
Flamethrower – Lenzman – Soul:r
Noir – Edward Oberon – 31 Records
The boy who cried wolf – SPY – 31 Records
Robocall – Nymfo – 31 Records
Minimal funk -Icicle – Shogun Audio
Working with Muppets – Vapour – 31 Records
Social Isolation – Nymfo – 31 Records
Silence – Calibre – Signature

Dayta sent me NYC DJ mOma’s sunny mix last week. It’s been keepin my head noddin all day today and just the remedy I need for the Monday blues.

Listen to SFNY promo mix here.

Track List

Trev95 “Shoot Em Up” (95Flavas)

Outkast “Player’s Ball (Remix)” (LaFace)

Camp Lo & DJ Honda “Disco-tec” (DJ Honda Recordings)

Imagination “Music & Lights” (R & B)

Kano “Can’t Hold Back” (Full Time)

Matrix “Stay (I Need Your Love)” (Sugarscoop)

Gladys Knight & The Pips “Taste Of Bitter Love” (CBS)

D Train “Do You Wanna Ride (The “D” Train)” (Prelude)

Ghostface Killah “Paragraphs of Love” (Def Jam)

Erykah Badu “Gone Baby, Don’t Be Long” (Universal Motown)

Tech-house DJ/producer Henry Chow is rollin off his final Rekliner at Dean’s Downtown, which featured Austin’s JAMON. He wrapped up the monthly, an amalgam of house and techno featuring international and regional DJs, he has maintained with cohort Sasha Braverman for a couple of years now. They are moving the night over to Club FWD>> (510 Gray, 77002).

Formerly Deco in Midtown, FWD>> will usher a new era in Houston’s electronic music, says Henry. Currently, the local underground dance music community does not have a comfy home for regular, intimate house and techno events since La Strada closed. FWD>> looks to fill that gap with regular and special events starting in May. Sasha and Henry kick off their Saturday monthly Rekliner nights there on May 15th with San Antonio’s house playas, Sun City Hustlers (lovin’ the name).

Meanwhile, Sasha and Henry will maintain their more eclectic residency, Crossroads Fridays (Dean’s Montrose, 315 Fairview, 77006). This Friday, April 30th they host special guest DJ Jeff Shelton (Reverse, Houston).

And just to give you insight on what you may hear, Henry’s dropped his new house, disco and other rarities mix on us here at Dusty Crates.

About his To The Moon (Late Night Mix) release, he says:

…[it's] something for the ride, to do laundry to, dishes, exercise, and make love to! This mix set features a few new, a few old tracks by artists such as Lee Curtiss, Dirty Jesus, I:Cube, Manuel Tur, & many more. Pretty much a summary of tunes we play at our residencies.

Henry Chow – To The Moon (Late Night Mix) by Henry Chow

Track Listing

Mike Shannon – Under the Radar feat. Fadila (Massi DL Rmx)
Dirty Jesus – Don’t Fuck with My Shit (Plane Paper Edit)
I:Cube – Falling
Jozif – Just You
Guillaume & The Coutu Dumont – Raw
Sascha Dive – Suburban Night
Alvaro Ernesto – Inside My Soul (Pezzner Rmx)
Lee Curtiss – Sister
Hector – Suavecito (Nick Curly Rmx)
Jozif – Chicago
Lewie Day – That’s the Thing
Hall & Oates – I Can’t Go for That (Edit)
Manuel Tur – Beasts & the Birds
Lee Curtiss – The Glow
Tensnake – Coma Cat

Push play and enjoy!

Photo by Franny Pack

Go Go Garcia is sportin’ a big-ass smile.

His Big Moe dub remix of “I’ll Do It” is part of Brit boy Sinden’s new Fact mix featured this week on Fader:

…Graeme Sinden is your man with this mix for Fact. Check the tracklist after the jump, put on some sweatpants and do your thing.

DOWNLOAD: FACT mix 136 – Sinden

Track List

DJ Sdunkero – Choosing Love [dub]
Sbtrkt – Asymmillation [dub]
T. Williams – Chop then Screw [Local Action]
Sunny Beach Happy Slap Mardi Gras – Mamacita (Bambounou Remix) [Demeto Mori]
Roska – Time Stamp [Rinse]
Ill Blu – Blu Magic [dub]
Dubbel Dutch – Deep Underground [Palms Out]
Samo Sound Boy – Wacka Flocka [dub]
DJ Posh E – Dada Supercat (Bub Dance Mix) [dub]
Deesq – Bubble like Club [dub]
Big Moe – I’ll Do It (Go Go Garcia Remix) [dub]
Sinden & Sbtrkt – Kind of Familiar [Grizzly]
Bassanovva – Terrortactyl [Grizzly]
Brodinski – Arnold Classics (Egyptrixx Remix) [Grizzly]
Martin Brothers – Duckface [Dirtybird]
Para One – Toadstool [Sound Pellegrino]
Miike Snow – Silvia (Sinden Remix) [Columbia]
Jamtech Foundation – Too Fast (Julio Bashmore Remix) [Discobelle]
Jay Weed – On the Nile [Grizzly]
DJ Canchola – Africa 09 [dub]
Ultravid – Clan of Wow (Kingdom Remix) [Silverback]
Guido – Cat in the Window [dub]

Fact highlights include Roska, Dubbel Dutch, Go Go, Sinden’s own “Silvia” remix and DJ Canchola. Now this mix is only available for download for three, I said three, weeks.

So what are you waiting for? Now GO, GO >>

I don’t think that my boy Tommy (aka Psyne in social media circles) needed much convincing, but he finally released a high-energy mini mix he unapologetically describes as “ravey”.

I wanted to do a 130 bpm mix to listen to on the way out and this is what I came up with.  It comes in at about 31 min long (and 16 tracks), but the mixes are fast, and I tried to keep the energy up.

Truth be told, Tommy, after putting away those d&b dub plates years ago, it really was time to come back out and play.

Welcome back.

NOW, let’s DIRB!

DOWNLOAD: In My Bedroom, Vol 3 – Just A Quickie (mp3)

Sebatien Tellier – L’amour et la Violence (Boys Noize Remix)
The XX – Shelter (DEATH TO THE THRONE REMIX!!!!!!)
Bag Raiders – Turbo Love (Shinichi Osawa Remix)
Amanda Blank – Might Like You Better (GRVRBBRS Remix)
Digiraatii – Blood on the Dancefloor
Drop The Lime – Hear Me (Drums Of Death remix)
Duck Sauce – aNYway (LAZRtag Remix)
Miike Snow – Animal (Fake Blood Remix)
Fake Blood – Mars (Jack Beats Remix)
Calvin Harris – I’m Not Alone (Taku Takahashi Remix)
Santogold – L.E.S. Artistes (Left/Right Remix)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Maps (Elite Force Re-Fix)
TC – Wheres My Money(Caspa Mix)(Elite Force Re-Fix)
Designer Drugs – Drop Down
Hyper Crush – Keep Up (Tommie Sunshine Brooklyn Fire Retouch)
Mariah Carey – H.A.T.E.U. (Remix)

I came across this two-hour long Essential live mix by the Brazilian duo, The Twelves. Over the weekend, João Miguel and Luciano Oliveira recorded their DJ set using a laptop, bass and synths.

Matt seems to enjoy it, so it must have that “sizzle”. ;P

The Twelves Essential Mix, 12/19/09 (BBC Radio 1/MediaFire)

Tracklist

01. Fever Ray — Seven (The Twelves Remix)
02. The Rapture — Sister Saviour (DFA Dub)
03. Phoenix — Fences (Accapella)
04. Cerrone — Look For Love
05. Kraftwerk — Music Non Stop (Vocoder)
06. Daft Punk — Da Funk
07. Glass Candy — Last Night I Met A Costume
08. LCD Soundsystem LCD Soundsystem — Nike Run (Excerpt)
09. Yelle — Ce Jeu (The Twelves Remix)
10. The Chemical Brothers The Chemical Brothers — Music-Response
11. Mr. Oizo — Two Takes It
12. D-Train — You’re The One For Me
13. Metric — Help I’m Alive (The Twelves Remix)
14. Roger Sanchez — Computabank
15. Chilly — For Your Love
16. Dynasty — I Don’t Wanna Be A Freak
17. Radiohead — Reckoner (The Twelves Remix)
18. Siriusmo — Last Dear
19. Empire of the Sun — Walking On A Dream (Accapella)
20. Zeigeist — Humanitarianism (The Twelves Remix)
21. Eddie Tour — Up The Glitter
22. Gaznevada — I.C. Love Affair
23. Phoenix — Lisztomania (Accapella)
24. Groove Armada — Drop The Tough (The Twelves Remix)
25. Methusalem — Robotism
26. Gossip — Standing In The Way Of Control (Accapella)
27. Chromatics — I Want Your Love (The Twelves Remix)
28. Laid Back — White Horse
29. Metronomy — Radio Ladio
30. Sparks — Tryouts For The Human Race
31. M.I.A. — Boyz (The Twelves Remix)
32. Daft Punk Daft Punk — Voyager
33. Indeep — Last Night A DJ Saved My Life (Accapella)
34. The Virgins — Rich Girls (The Twelves Remix)
35. Fleetwood Mac — Dreams (The Twelves Remix)
36. In Flagranti — Just Gazing
37. The Alan Parsons Project — Be Like You (The Twelves Remix)
38. B.W.H. — Stop
39. The Chemical Brothers — Block Rockin’ Beats
40. Karen O and the Kids — All Is Love (The Twelves Remix)
41. Fleet Foxes — Mykonos (The Twelves Remix)
42. Patrick Alavi — Power
43. Michael Jackson — Thriller (Instrumental)
44. Justice — Stress (Siren)
45. Kano — Ahjia
46. Mr. Oizo — Gay Dentists
47. Donna Summer — I Feel Love
48. Cerrone — Give Me Love
49. Mr. Oizo — Hun
50. Chic — Everybody Dance
51. Coldcut — Timber
52. Basement Jaxx — Rendez-Vous
53. Les Rythmes Digitales — From Disco To Disco
54. Alex Gopher — Motorcycle
55. Nirvana — All Apologies (The Twelves Remix)
56. Kraftwerk — Trans Europe Express
57. Black Kids — I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You (The Twelves Remix)
58. The Rapture — House Of Jealous Lovers
59. Scenario Rock — Skitzo Dancer (Justice Remix)
60. Daft Punk — Aerodynamic
61. Boys Noize — Arcade Robot
62. Basement Jaxx — Good Luck (Accapella)
63. The Beatles — Eleanor Rigby (The Twelves Remix)
64. The Twelves — Nightvision (Daft Punk)
65. La Roux — In For The Kill (Twelves Remix)

Earlier this week I recorded HouseWife, an exclusive hour-long mix and a short interview for today’s Brick City House (BCH) on ChicagoHouseFM.com. The online weekly show is run by none other than my girl Sista Stroke and it features mixes by DJ staples of the house scene worldwide. I’m extremely honored to be part of this set. Many thanks, girl!

Now, it’s no secret that some of my DJ roots go deep into house, so doing this mix was the perfect opportunity to go back to one of my first loves. So I dug thru a few of my favorite classics and added a dash of new house to come up with HouseWife, a mix I feel truly represents the house I get down to. It’s so house, it’ll make you wanna do your house chores! Here’s this Mami’s track listing:

“HouseWife” – Gracie Chavez (DIRB! 2009)

1. It’s Just Begun (Larry Levan remix) – Jimmy Castor Bunch
2. Last Night A DJ Saved My Life – Dcup’s Bootleg Remix
3. Enjoy Yourself – Soul Avengers
4. Stepping Out (Frankie J mix) – Candy Dealers
5. Why Don’t You – Gramophonedzie
6. Phat Mama (Sub Dub) – Troydon
7. Sweat of Your Brow – Jully Black
8. Hit the Ground – Mario Fabriani
9. Baby How Long (Johnny Fiasco remix) – Da Sunlounge
10. Bushes (Norman Cook remix) – Markus Nikolai
11. Fix My Sink – DJ Sneak
12. Hot City Bass – Hot City
13. Come On Girl – Magik J
14. Let You Go (Got The Funk Mix) (Da Fresh Remix) – The Freshmakers
15. Life is Changing – Cricco Castelli
16. Vision of Paradise – Bob Sinclair
17. Big Love – Pete Heller

After today’s live webcast at 1 p.m. CST (if you’re DIRB! in Texas), I’ll sideline I have sidelined the HouseWife mix here on DustyCrates’s Mixes. You can also catch the entire show, plus more, as a podcast at SistaStroke.Podmatic.com.

In short, BCH is all about those solid house tracks that make you wanna put your fist up in the air and say “Amen, Sista!” And you can’t hate on that!

Coincidentally, this BCH show is also a preview of what’s in store for this weekend.

Ladies of the Kitchen

Before she returns to Mr. Hun in London, Stroke is wrapping up her stay in Texas with a stop in Houston this Friday, December 4. The Kitchen Family has teamed up with renowned Les Femmes de la Nuit DJs Jessica Lozano, Candice Elliott and myself to support the all-female DJ event, Les Femmes de la Cuisine (Ladies of The Kitchen), at Avant Garden (411 Westheimer, 77006). The Kitchen Family — Drew, Pooks, Mr.Bristle, and Criminal V and Brad of the Lamborghini Crew–will play more delicious house, UKG and funky upstairs. There’s no cover for ladies all night.

So bundle up! It’s gonna be cold (and possibly snowy) outside, but it’ll be oh-so hott in The Kitchen with Les Femmes de la Cusine!

Wow, it’s been a while since I’ve written here. What, maybe two weeks? Well, that’s way too long. Since then we experienced Oktoberfest in August, the start/end of a *ahem* new monthly (it had potential–just sayin), and the close of a high-flying venue (it went three months strong, yay! *applause*). Here’s the long-overdue recap:

Lasting longer than the requisite 16-day beer fest, Sista Stroke’s tour through Texas evidently still has some of us in an intoxicating honeymoon phase. The newlywed popped into the H for special “homecoming” performance at The Flat’s Sideways Tuesday with DJ Pooks & Drew and then played along with Eddie Spettro in her original hometown, San Antonio. Who knows how long she’ll be in the Lone Star State or if she’ll make another cameo behind the decks before jumping the pond back to London. But if you happen to somehow miss her Freaking Freely here, you can always tune into Mr. and Mrs. Hun’s Brick City House podcast sponsored by ChicagoHouseFM.com on Wednesdays.

Meanwhile, the DIRBY! came out of the starting gates at a slow trot. I’ll admit, we enjoyed the pageantry and newish spot; who cares if there wasn’t much participation–we still had fun. We did manage to declare a DIRBY! mustache winner at the end of the night. Thanks to TABC’s late entry, we thought G.Wizz had it in the bag until said agent and pahtnah swaggered in at 1:45 a.m. He won, hand(lebar)s down!

Speaking of going down, let’s all pause for a moment of silence for the untimely demise of the indirigible airship-themed venue. In it’s heyday it was a mecca for Rich’s over-spill; in its most recent short-lived rendering, it was a ragbag of music and misfits. And although it didn’t amass the notable acts and acclaim that Walter’s on Washington did, it goes to show that throngs of d-bags don’t always ruin it for everyone.

So now that we’re moving on, I should note that DIRB! Block Party is on an indefinite hiatus from Washington Ave. Last Saturday’s performance with Jessica Lozano at the Boo Williams show at Block was certainly memorable enough that I recorded our Les Femmes reunion. G.Wizz capped it off on the decks after 3 a.m. Click below for a listen.

On short notice, however, I’m closing out the HMNS Mixer & Elixirs summer series tonight before the lively Latin act Grupo Ka-Che takes over the Dino Exhibit Hall. It’s been a fun gig all summer long, thanks to the open-minded museum curators!

And tomorrow, Saturday, 8/29, Antonio & I are DIRH! (Doin It Real House) again at the swanky Zimm’s wine bar while LBO Takes 5. And heed this: no socks for shoes people! RSVP pronto on Facebook >>

Meanwhile, I’ve updated DustyCrates’ sideline events widget with upcoming event flyers. Peep it. iCal it. Twitter it.

And as promised, more music mixes:

DIRB! Live on KTRU (May 2009) (mp3)
Listen to the 3-hour long live mix with Squincy Jones, Gracie Chavez, Tonio, G.Wizz & Jep in it’s entirety.

Les Femmes Gracie Chavez & Jessica Lozano Live at Boo (August 2009) (Zshare)
Thanks to HMH’s Jep, I’m learning to record on the iKey-Audio. Here’s the raw, 3-hour live set from last Saturday.

Thanks for reading this extended DustyCrates Blog-a-thon of the Month. You’re now exempt from the pop quiz.

Houston’s Underground House Movement (HUHM) headed by dj/producer Lucas Keizer presents the first in a series of outdoor dance music events called “OASIS“. It starts this Saturday, July 18, at 2 pm in the afternoon and goes late into the night. The venue is conveniently located on Richmond Avenue near Mandel in the Montrose area, but you’ll feel like you’re in a tropical paradise complete with lush cabanas, palm trees and waterfalls. More details in sideline flyer here.

Before we get DIRB! Block Party going at Block 21 (2420 Washington) with guest DJ Chris Miguel, I’ll DJ out in the patio for coco-rita time starting at 5 pm and Tonio spins inside a bit later from 7-8 pm. We’ll both be spinning a set of Latin-inspired music very much alinged with Movida–DIRB’s revival of a sultry musical movement.

We set it off during a live recording on KTRU FM in May. The final installment of the DIRB! on KTRU Live mix Pt. 3 begins with some heat from south of the border. Bajo tropical and new cumbia is on the rise, folks. Make sure you’re part of la movida!

LISTEN/DOWNLOAD DIRB! Live On KTRU – Gracie & Tonio PT. 3

Cumbia Nena Mini Mix – Gracie Chavez

http://www.zshare.net/audio/61629779537d2a8f/

Gracie & Tonio

You bring the fans. We’ll bring our music. And we’ll all keep it cool.

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1423 Richmond Ave
Houston TX, 77006
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