Beat Soup

Welcome to another episode of Pocket Underground's Beat Soup. Today we have a delicious mix from San Diego DJ Lee Reynolds. Lee won the Do Lab's 2012 LIB Mixtape contest, which earned him a set on the Woogie Stage at next weekend's Lightning in a Bottle festival.

Lee is originally from England, but currently calls the San Diego area home. Lee moved to the southern California area in 1988 in hopes of taking his career as a pro BMX ramp rider to the next level but was waylaid by injuries. A few years later, he switched his focus to DJing, and in the years since has become a stalwart of the SoCal desert underground party scene.

We hope you enjoy Lee's mix in this week's beat Soup, and don't miss Lee's set on the Woogie Stage next weekend!

Connect with Lee on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/mr.lee.reynolds

And check out his sounds on SoundCloud:
http://soundcloud.com/dr-indulgent

Tracklist:

1. Franck Roger & Terence Terry - This Is Now
2. Kid Bliss - Disco Shit (Digitaline Remix)
3. Javier Carballo - Offender
4. Alex Celler - Bellawatt (Kabale Und Liebe Remix)
5. Nico Lahs - Never Ending Space
6. Marco Faraone And Arado - Get Reverse
7. Kate Simko - Go On Then feat Jem Cooke (Sparse Vocal Dub)
8. Alex Celler - Conundrum
9. Mobius Strum - Ma Is On The Roof
10. Onno - Paragroove
11. Matt Tolfrey, Kate Simko - Lazy B
12. Martyne And Julien Bracht - Deal For Shine
13. Andre Crom - No Sleep (Thyladomid's Nightmare Remix)
14. Little Fritter - On The Down Low
15. Hot Since 82 - Sundown
16. DJ PI-GE - Candyland (Christian Burkhardt remix)
17. Jamie Funk - Incessant Sub
18. John Tejada - The End Of It All

So, one random evening a couple weeks ago I hop onto Beatport, in the hopes of finding some new gems for my set at Coachella, and the very first track listed under Tech-house is by someone named Spork & Foon.  On top of that being the BEST NAME EVER it turned out that the track was fan-fuckin-tastic, so I bought it . . . and a few others on his "After Dinner EP."  I found a few other great tracks on his Soundcloud page, but other than that I couldn't find anything about this guy other than his self proclaimed title as "Mister Incredible, Earth, Australia" and this bio, which I love:  "Deep in the lush rainforest a pebble drops in a deep pool of blue water, its ancient vibrational frequency is heard and captured by musical psychonaughts, ready to be recreated only to be unleashed on an unsuspecting audience. I do not know these people, i make music on a laptop."  
This is the joy, and the amazing global reach, of the internet.  I then decided to send him a message on Soundcloud giving him props, wanting to learn more about him and, ideally, any additional tracks he might have . . . 'cuz I wanted them . . . all of them.  Since then we've struck up somewhat of a long distant friendship, one I couldn't be happier to have randomly discovered.  He sent me a few other tracks, most of which I did indeed play at Coachella, and then we started talking about him doing a mix for Beat Soup.  And here it is.
Turns out this kid is 23, from Brisbane, Australia, and has only been making music for the past 2 years.  His first EP release was on Kontrol Records and Regression Records just snatched up most of his back catalague, that will be available in the coming months.  He was recently asked to write a "more serious" bio, something most of us loath, and this was what he came up with:  "Spork & Foon is a human of earthian decent.  With nothing but the collective musical knowledge of the past 10,000 years, the earthling delves into a mixed bag of tech-house, techno, psychedelic funk and jam based baking goods.  New on the scene, his music is not light, dark, heavy or mellow, it is a rainbow of emotions neither strapped to a genre or driven by a theory.  Welcome to the dinner party."  
I love this kid . . . He makes great music and is totally silly & obsurd, just like us.  This mix is made up entirely of his original tracks and a remix or two.  Most of these tracks are not yet available, but you can find his "After Dinner EP" on Beatport; do yourself a favor and go buy it.  I expect big things from Spork & Foon and I recommend all you lovers of the techy house pay attention to what he's up to this year.  His sound is solid, minimal yet complex, full of funk and perfectly used vocal stabs.  How old was Deadmau5 when he first hit the scene?  Just sayin' . . . 
Go "like" Spork & Foon's new facebook page, buy his EP on Beatport, and then head to his soundcloud page for more tasty beats!

And, as always, share soup with your friends!!

- Big love . . . 
Sammy Bliss - Pocket Underground

TRACK LIST:
1 – Eat shit (Original Mix) - Spork & Foon – Rusty Day EP (Out soon on Regression Records)
2 – Transvestite Donkey Witch (Original Mix) - Spork & Foon – Rusty Day EP (Out soon on Regression Records)
3 – Rusty Day (Original Mix) - Spork & Foon – Rusty Day EP (Out soon on Regression Records)
4 – Uzi – Sunday Morning (Spork & Foon’s Better late then never mix) (Out soon on Regression Records)
5 – Bring the Noise (Spork & Foon Renegade Mix) – Free Download
6 – Church Organ (Original Mix) - Spork & Foon - (Out soon on Regression Records)
7 – Shapes and Patterns - (Original Mix) - Spork & Foon (Out soon on Regression Records)
8 – Classical Collusion - (Original Mix) - Spork & Foon (Out soon on Regression Records)
9 – Majuro (Spork & Foon Remix) - Sebastian Leger – Free Download
10 – The month of April - (Original Mix) - Spork & Foon (Out soon on Regression Records)
11 – Dam Vocal Snippets – (Original Mix) - Spork & Foon
12 – Food 4 Jazz - (Original Mix) - Spork & Foon (Out soon on Regression Records)

Another Monday brings us a fresh new bowl of Beat Soup, but this week we are venturing to the far reaches of the earth, featuring a brand new, exclusive mix by Maxi Storrs, who spends his days bouncing between Goa, India, Thailand and Ibiza, bringing beautiful beats to the masses.  As he prepares for a new summer tour through Russia, Europe and the US, Max created this gorgeous mix just for Beat Soup!  Eat it up!!

Check out Max's other mixes on his soundcloud page!  Follow Max, and get the track list for this mix, on his facebook page!

Share Beat Soup with your friends!!

Hello soup lovers, welcome to Beat Soup! This week's bowl is brimming with international flavours as we feature a hot, steamy, dubby-disco house set from South Korea-based New Zealand DJ Shannon Aston.

Shannon hails from the South Island city of Christchurch, New Zealand. During his New Zealand days, Shannon held residencies in some of the best clubs in ChCh, including the Concrete Club, Sanguine, and Eye Spy. Currently, he lectures at a University in Seoul, South Korea, and has a residency at the swanky Platoon Kuntshalle night spot in Cheongdam.

Shannon has played alongside a slew of international DJs whose productions are staples in the crates of any house lover - Ian Pooley, Magik Johnson, Slater Hogan, and John Larner, to name a few. He also brought the best deep and funky house to the radiowaves of New Zealand on the RDU 98.5FM station as the host of the Hauswerk show.

When he's not behind the decks or a lectern at University, Shannon is either shredding the waves of the Korean peninsula, or on a plane to the corners of the planet, cameras in hand, seeking the nectar of adventure that can only be found through travel to exotic lands.

These days, Shannon's musical styles are as diverse as his hobbies and the places he's traveled to in search of surf and photography. His favorite producers of late are Axel Bowman, Jesse Rose, Julio Bashmore, and Tim Sweeney. Shannon's mix for this week's Beat Soup is a journey through some of the disco-infused house sounds that are rotating through his crate at the moment.

Check out more of Shannon's sounds over on his Soundcloud page:
http://soundcloud.com/shannon-aston

And also be sure to have a look at his photography:
http://shannonaston.tumblr.com/
and http://www.shannonaston.com/
and http://www.facebook.com/pages/Shannon-Aston-Photography/128304763888385

Enjoy!

Hello soup lovers! This week's mix features San Francisco musician, DJ, and sound engineer Al Kal - also known as Alex Kalejs.

Hailing originally from Nova Scotia, Al moved to the Bay Area from Los Angeles in 2008. Al went to Johns Hopkins and The Peabody Institute, studying music theory and becoming even more awesome. Al is a talented live musician as well as a DJ, and he occasionally lays down keyboards on house tracks, having recorded with artists such as Rithma on Om Records.

When he's not cooking up the funky downtempo or playing keys, Al designs the most impeccably tuned soundsytems for concert halls and auditoriums. In 2010, he turned a pile of wet duty Mackies into a throbbing bass monster at the Burning man sound camp Electric Ladyland - it even sounded great in the rain!

In this week's episode, Al serves up a beautiful collection of funky mellow bass jams, ripe with world-music inspired rhythms and lush intercontinental soundscapes.

We hope you enjoy Al's mix, thanks for listening! Check out more of Al's sounds here:

Al's website: http://alkal.org
soundcloud: http://Soundcloud.com/al-kal

This week on Beat Soup we have a new live set from Anton Tumas of Subtract Music.  A staple in the underground desert music scene in the LA area, you can catch Anton making his debut appearance on the Woogie Stage at Lightning in a Bottle 2012!

Check out the full Woogie line-up and get yourself warmed up with this great new live set!  Happy Monday!!

Pocket Underground

Back before Pumpkin was Pumpkin he was a kid named Nick Alvarado.  And before Pumpkin played what Pumpkin plays, he used to be a tech-house DJ by the name of Nick.the.Neck.

Well, Nick.the.Neck is back and he's created a brand new mix for all you soup lovers out there that is good enough to eat.  Check out Nick's profile page for more info and other mixes!

Somehow in between playing at WMC, making phat tracks and generally being a badass, dirtybird recording artist Worthy managed to bang out a mini-mix just for Beat Soup. Whadda'guy!!

This DC native has been turning heads and rockin' dance floors since he first set up his studio in San Francisco in 2001, and now, as part of the dirtybird crew, is cranking out amazing tracks and playing gigs all over the world.

Worthy tore the roof off of The King King back in November 2011 when he played for us at Woogie Nights LA, along with Christian Martin. Check out the video recap of the night!

Get yourself some of Worthy's tracks on Beatport, he's an amazingly prolific producer with that delicious sound that dirtybird has become famous for.  This mix he made for us is full of that quinticential Worthy sound; we love it!  

Go buy Worthy's new "Sunkin" EP that just released on Beatport!!

Coming soon is an exclusive Pocket interview with Worthy which will be posted on the Pocket Underground site very soon!  

Enjoy!!

Jokton Strealy, one of the original members of the Pocket Underground DJ crew, has been through a variety of musical incarnations over the years but has always known how to rock a dance floor like no other.  From progressive to tech house to trance and now a new style that seems best described as "Swing House," Jokton's knowledge of music and love for genre diversity has set him apart as one of LA's longest standing local heroes.

Having played alongside some of the biggest names in the biz, including Sasha, John Digweed, Sandra Collins, Steve Lawler, Dave Aude, D:Fuse & Mike Hiratzka, to name a few, Jokton's 17 years of experience behind the decks has landed him sets from Coachella to Burning Man, from Lightning in a Bottle to Fuente Eterno, at Avalon, Giant, Spundae and pretty much every club in the Los Angeles area.

Check out Jokton's podcast, Elements2Dance, which has years of amazing audio by Jokton and a long list of top notch DJ's.  Learn more about Jokton and get booking info on his Pocket profile page.

Meanwhile, enjoy this energetic, fun new mix and, as always, share soup with your friends!!

Oh, and subscribe to Beat Soup in iTunes for instant access!

For the past couple of years The Do LaB has run a "mix-tape" contest that would give one lucky DJ or group the chance to play live at Lightning in a Bottle.  In 2011 the winner of that contest was SF based DJ/production duo The Sex Pixels.

We officially met these guys, Tyler and Brendan, in our turntable.fm room, and our interest was definitely peaked when we started to hear the tracks they were playing.  Tyler also produces under the moniker Solfire, and after he sent us an EP he recently released on the Perfect Driver label we were pretty much sold.

So enjoy this new exclusive mix by The Sex Pixels on Beat Soup and let us know what you think.  I see these guys making moves in 2012, so you can say you knew them when!

Check out the Sex Pixels website, follow them on facebook and check out Solfire's tracks on Beatport!

Subscribe to Beat Soup in iTunes to have each episode automatically download as soon as it's posted, and "like" the Beat Soup facebook page for new info and artist interviews!

For more info, and tons of audio, on Pocket Underground, go to www.pocketunderground.com.

Our first episode of March 2012 brings us a nice long mix by Santa Cruz based DJ/promoter LeafyGreen. The Leafster first introduced himself to us on the dance floor of the Woogie Stage back at LIB 2010, and we've been keeping tabs on him ever since. Deeply entrenched in the NorCal underground scene, almost every outdoor line-up you see these days has his name on it as he carves out a nice little niche for himself in the dance music scene. Take a listen to this mix, there's something a little different, something unique about this kid . . . feels like he's tapped into the right source . . . keep an eye on him, we expect to see and hear more from him in 2012!

Something else that makes LeafyGreen unique, in addition to his DJ skillz, is that he is also an amazing artist and glass blower, and he makes truly beautiful, unique pieces that are becoming renowned up and down the West coast.  We Beat Soupians love to support DJ's and we love to support artists, so it's an extra special treat for us to be able to highlight this talented DJ/artist!

Follow LeafyGreen on facebook to stay up to date with his DJ gigs and to check out his amazing art.

Listen to other mixes by LeafyGreen on Soundcloud!

If you happen to be in the San Francisco area on Saturday March 10th, you can catch LeafyGreen, alongside John Tejada, idiot Savant & Markie B, at Woogie Nights at Public Works!  

Remember, soup is even tastier when you share it with your friends!!  HAPPY MONDAY Y'ALLZ!!

A couple months back the Android Cartel boys turned us on to this guy named Mikael Stavostrand, they thought he might be a good fit for our Woogie stage at Lightning in a Bottle or maybe one of our Woogie Nights events.  And, you know, the 'Droids know their shit, so I figured that if they're recommending someone to us we should probably take a look.  And look we did . . . 

With an incredible catalogue of music and a resume that could choke a horse, Mikael has been producing tracks with some of the biggest names, on some of the most impressive labels, since the 90's.  He's run record labels, started his own label "Sunset Diskos," and his tracks have been supported by names like Richie Hawtin, Claude VonStroke and Steve Bug to name a select few.  In other words, Mikael is the real deal and we're incredibly fortunate to have had him create this totally new, exclusive mix just for Beat Soup!

So sit back, throw on your headphones, and do your best to look like you're working as Mikael takes you on a gorgeous journey, clearly created by a master of his craft.  Enjoy!

Check out Mikael's tracks on Beatport!  And, as always, share Beat Soup with your friends!!

TRACKLIST:
1. Onno - The Boy Who Drank To Much
2. Phono - Tigger Tiger (Wooble Mix)
3. Mirko Loko - N/A (Luciano Remix)
4. Shohei Takata - Last Resort
5. Sierra Sam - Your Secrets (Jay Haze Remix)
6. Larsson - Just The Beat
7. Pele & Findling - Deep Sea (Sante Remix)
8. Daniel Mehlhart - Playas Del Coco
9. Left - Please Don't Come Alone (Delete aka Sergio Munoz Remix)
10. Bjorn Storig - Connected Ways
11. Dub Dummies - Erza Fire (Dub Dummies Remix)
12. The Sorry Entertainers - The Only Thing I Know (dOP Remix)
13. Nicson - Hands out
14. Marc Faenger - Jabberwocky
15. Motor City Drumensamble - Love
16. Hans Thalau - 011.1 
17. David Jach & Sonntagskind - Basar (Sacha Braemer Edit)
18. Uner - Cocouna
19. Clio - Poem
20. Dapayk & Padberg - Continental Drift
21. Marcus Glahn - Distant Dreamer (Cosmic Cowboys Remix)

Episode #13 of Beat Soup brings us a new tech-house mix by San Francisco based DJ, and Space Cowboy resident, Zach Moore. A staple at Burning Man each year, the Space Cowboys also do some of the biggest, baddest underground parties in the SF area, and Zach is a huge force behind them. Zach also produces the Space Cowboys RIPEcast, another great podcast here on PodOmatic, so if you like good music then go check it out.
In the meantime, enjoy this great new mix. It's not often you get to hear Zach play this kinda stuff, so we're super excited to be able to show off his techier side!

Check out the Space Cowboys RIPEcast here: http://spacecowboys.podomatic.com/

Share Beat Soup with your friends: https://www.facebook.com/BeatSoupPodcast

Not like we needed any convincing, but after we had dirtybird recording artist Christian Martin play for us at Woogie Nights LA back in November 2011, we pretty much knew we needed a mix from him, which he has graciously provided.  As only he can do, Christian has compiled an amazing, unique mix of tracks for us and put them all together into a delicious bowl of Beat Soup.

TRACKLIST: 
-Space Dimension Controller – Flight of the Escape Vessels [R&S Records] Robag Wruhme – Wemmel [Kompakt]
-Patrick Chardronnet – Source of Life [Connaisseur Recordings]
-Nicole Moudaber – Hair [Mobilee] 
-Atlantic Fusion – Sanctuary Reprise [Classic Recordings]
-Disclosure – Tenderly [Make Mine Records]
-Brandt Brauer Frick – Pretend (Soul Clap remix) [K7 Records]
-The Sushi Club - Dopia (Christian Burkhardt remix) [Jubilee Records] Bokatola System & Evala Litongo – Lingala [DRC Music] 
-Ericksson – Somebody Else [Planet E]
-Todd Terje - Inspector Norse [Olsen / Smalltown]

-Heiko Laux - The Cat on Barbed Wire [Kanzleramt]
-Mutiny UK - Swimming With Sharks [Ovum]
-Maya Jane Coles – Something in the Air [Hypercolour]
-Robosonic – The Sweetness (J.Phlip remix) [Jackmode Records]
-Graphics – Colour Her Hair [Made to Play]
-Christian Martin – Waiting [dirtybird]
-Above & Beyond ft. Zoe Johnston - You Got To Go (MJ Cole dub) [Ultra] 
-Justin Martin vs. Leroy Peppers – Riding Spaceships [dirtybird] 

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