Los Angelenos know DJ Anthony Valadez as one of the hardest working DJs in town. He holds down several residencies at spots like Little Temple and Zanzibar. He has opened for the likes of Les Nubians, Ben Harper, Nikka Costa, Talib Kweli, Meshell Ndegeocello, Eric Roberson, Van Hunt, Sa Ra Creative Partners, Aloe Blacc, Platinum Pied Pipers, Doug E Fresh and much more. He can also now be found on the tastemaking radio station KCRW.

In addition to his vinyl-juggling schedule, Vala also finds time to produce some dope tracks. He has remixed projects for Ammon Contact,  Build an Ark, and was featured on Mochilla’s Keepintime Soundtrack alongside Daedelus,Nobody, Cut Chemist, J Rocc and much more. Now, in conjunction with the homie DJ Junior, he has just released a single on Record Breakin’ Music entitled “Go” featuring Wendisue and John Robinson. You can cop the limited edition 7″ single here. Oh yea, and he did the cover art for it as well. Take a listen:
Anthony Valadez ft. Wendisue & John Robinson “Go”

Here’s some other tracks to wrap your ears around that the man laced us with.
B Side for Philly:

Daru Remix:

Firefly, w. Kissey Asplund:

Galore:

Roommate Remix:

She Walked Away:

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Strictly Social brings you LA’s only night of truly eclectic and progressive live soul music. In case you happen not to live in LA, the Strictly Social mix series brings you a little taste of what the night offers. Volume 2 comes courtesy of DJ Myxzlplix. Check the tracklist below, then stream or download.

Track Listing
1. Dial 7-Digable Planets
2. If I Fall-Naked Music
3. Pray Together-Amp Fiddler
4. Actioneer (Wajeed Remix)-Black Spade
5. Massage Situation-Flying Lotus
6. Could It Be-Noel Zancarella f. Baatin
7. My First Love (K2wizzle Rmx)-DJ Syren
8. We All Want The Same Thing-Kevin Michael F. Lupe Fiasco
9. Sweet-The Politik F. Replife
10. Me And Armini-Emiliana Torrini
11. The Duck-Belleruche
12. Crucify-Milez Benjiman
13. Inhale Exhale-J Rawls, Venus Malone & Wordsworth
14. What Do You Know-Beatphreak
15. Northern Girls-Belleruche
About DJ Myxzlplix
myspace.com/djmyxzlplix
myxmanifest.blogspot.com
djmyx.com

About Strictly Social

Strictly Social is fast becoming one of Los Angeles’ most unique monthly events incorporating listening parties for major releases, guest DJs, visual artist exhibitions and intimate performances from rising stars in the soul community. Organized by DJ Destroyer of Soul Union, Norman Mayers of Nu-Soul Magazine, and Lucy Beer of Elemental Consulting, this night if “Eclectic Soul Fusion” aims to provide a non-traditional perspective on soul by fusing genres and styles. With recent events in New York City and Atlanta, the brand has begun to spread beyond its original home. Artists that have performed at Strictly Social include Sy Smith, Anthony David, Lina, Peter Hadar, Jimi James, Maya Azucena, and Kissey Asplund.

www.myspace.com/lastrictlysocial

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The Man Anthony Valadez just dropped another luscious mix on his KCRW radio show - catch him every other Saturday from 3am - 6am. Or listen right here, below.

PLAYLIST
OCTOBER 12 2008
DEE JAY ANTHONY VALADEZ

Quantic Westbound D Train
Dj Nuts Embalo Jovem
Coffee Garner LE Soun Boogie
Ninja Simone Jazz On It
Omear Saar Stakes is High (Re Edit)
Emily Wells Juicy
Keziah Jones 1973 (Jokers Reparations
Om’as Keith City got me watching
Myron Best is Yet to Come
Reefer Let it Go 12’
Flying Lotus Fall in Love
Risco Connection Aint no Stoppin us now
Prince Lady Cab Driver
Marvin Gaye Turn on some Music
Miles Bonny What it is I see
Kamal the Abstract Barley in Love
Jason Moran Planet Rock
Shawn Lee Happiness Soul Sessions Compilation
Jake One Feat.
Mf Doom Get er’ Done
E Rule Listen Up
People Under the Stairs Wiz (Instrumental
PPP UNTITLED
Madlib feat.
Frezna
Ras G and the African Space Program Aklebulan
Amp Fiddler I believe in you
Roni Size Heroes
Roni Size feat.
Bahamadia Brand Paper Bag Diabase Metroid
Mathew Herbertt Big Band The Story
Sylk 130 The Reason
Dj Shadow Six Days
Darondo Didn’t I?
Mos def May December

Now that’s a good lookin’ playlist.

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DJ Rahdu has just dropped this dope mix of progressive soul and hip-hop. Download it for free here (or listen below) and enjoy the dreamy sounds, featuring some of our faves like Peter Hadar, Kissey Asplund, Velben, Dwele, Sy Smith…well shoot, pretty much the whole damn tracklist.

Thanks homie!

PLAYLIST
1. Swoon Unitz Intro
2. Erykah Badu - Me
3. Hil St.Soul - Black Rose
4. Peter Hadar - Laugh Together
5. Raashan Ahmad - Close
6. Jazz Liberatorz - Cool Down
7. Esthero - Superheroes (GAS’D remix)
8. Deborah Jordan; Kamara - Rise
9. Kissey Asplund - You & I
10. Lemongrass - This Way
11. Black Spade - True Friends
12. Coultrain - Lilac Tree
13. Dwele - Free as a Bird
14. Circle Research - I’m Your Density
15. J-88 (Slum Village) - The Look of Love (The Liquid Crystal Project Remix)
16. Byron the Aquarius; Nadine - Turn Back Time
17. Prefuse 73 - Last Night
18. Sy Smith - Fly Away With Me
19. Attica Blues - Blueprint
20. Velben - Come Around
21. The Rurals - Mother Sun
22. Sene; Kissey Asplund - Demon Love
23. Stacy Epps - Addicted
24. Flying Lotus; Dolly - Roberta Flack
25. Samon Kawamura; Aloe Blacc - Try
26. The One - Drippin’
27. Shingo Suzuki - Eternal Sunshine

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So the dope folks over at ArtDontSleep have another killer show coming up for all you LA heads. On August 8th you can catch Platinum Pied Pipers, Muhsinah, and DJ sets from Kutmah and The Gas Lamp Killer. All the official details and such are below. Go have fun kids.

KCRW, ECHOPLEX AND ARTDONTSLEEP PRESENTS
Performances by Platinum Pied Pipers Cast No. 2, Muhsinah, and DJ sets by Kutmah and The Gas Lamp Killer

Friday August 8th 2008

The break is over and KCRW, LA Weekly, The Echoplex, and ArtDontSleep are at it again! In the midst of a Californian summer comes more heat, from Detroit and DC! For more information, visit www.myspace.com/artdontsleep. It will be held at The Echoplex, located on 1154 Glendale Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90026. Ticket prices are General Admission: $15. Admittance is again 21 and wiser. Presale tickets are available at Turntable Lab, located on 424 N Fairfax Ave Los Angeles, CA 90036, online at Ticket Web and through Shoptext by texting “PPP” to telephone number 467467. Guests are subject to availability.

Platinum Pied Pipers Cast No. 2 (www.myspace.com/platinumpiedpipers)
On the coattail of their second Ubiquity Records’ release Abundance, Platinum Pied Pipers’ duo Waajeed and Saadiq return, after three long awaited years, with a new mash up of vintage and modern influences, including pop, house, funk and Detroit techno, and combines them to be everything that is truly PPP’s sound. Their debut Triple P was hailed as the heaviest classic album of 2005 and their truthfully hyped live performances lead to a top three nomination for the Giles Petterson Worldwide Award, for Album of The Year. This time around PPP steps forward with PPP Cast No. 2: the refreshing St Louis crooner and lyricist Coultrain, Texas’ Karma, Jamila Reagen, from NYC, and long time Detroit collaborator Neco Redd. In the words of Waajeed, the inspiration for the new album is to “put some paint where it ain’t.” Fresh as ever, PPP has set the standards again!

Muhsinah (www.myspace.com/muhsinah)
DC producer, engineer and singer Muhsinah is the unexpected future soul! In a matter of seconds, her sound captures an audience wholly! In 2005, she released her self-produced Oscillations EP, but her full length album, day.break 2.0, is what earned her some buzz. BBC’s Radio 1Xtra’s Benji B brought her into the studio for an interview session, she just finished a UK tour and continuously flies forward! As Interdependent Media’s A&R Dominic Del Bene said, “Muhsinah’s music slithers all over your body like warm fuzzy slugs, thousands of them. Its warm and its dark and it effects you. Finally, when those thousands of fuzzy slugs have engulfed you, you feel the whole weight of it all…I’ll agree with it to the ends of the earth.”

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Another free DJ mix download, this time from DJ Nerstylist, via DJ Come of Age.
The mix is called “Quiet Time”. Tracklist below. Download HERE

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30 minutes of soulful vibes from DJ Rahdu. Check the details below.
Download HERE

1. Vicki Anderson; Bobby Byrd - You’re welcome, Stop On By - Mother Popcorn - Vivid Sound
2. 9th Wonder instrumetal - CD-R
3. DJ Babu - Dee On - Beat Tape, Vol. 1 - Nature Sounds
4. Erykah Badu - The Healer - Nu Amerykah - Universal/Motown
5. Pete Rock; Leela James - No Tears - Soul Survivor 2 - Rapster
6. G&D - Time - Message Uni versa - Look
7. Coultrain - Lilac Tree - The Adventures of Seymour Liberty - Ju Ju Dust
8. Byron the Aquarius - Turn Back Time - CD-R
9. Sa-Ra; Rozzi Daime - So Special - The Hollywood Recordings - Babygrande
10 DJ Spinna - Starz - Compositions - Female Fun
11. Busta Rhymes - Woo-Hah! Got you All In Check! - the Coming - Elektra/WEA
12. Quantic Soul Orchestra - Raw Ingredients - Stampede - Tru Thoughts
13. The Bamboos; Tyra Hammond - Head In the Clouds - Rawville - Tru Thoughts
14. El Michels Affair - Detroit Think Twice - Sounding Out The City - PID
15. Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - How Long Do I Have to Wait For You (Ticklah Remix) - Daptone Records Remixed - Daptone Records

This mix began as a blend of instrumentals. After I’d selected the 9th Wonder instrumental reworking of Vicki Anderson’s Stop on By and Babu’s refixing of Dionne Warwick’s You’re Gonna Need Me, I decided to go another route. Both of the originals have powerful female vocals which immediately put me in the mind of Northen Soul. Leela James and Georgia Anne Muldrow (1/2 of G&D) are current artists that I could easily see handling the reigns after Sharon Jones releases them. Strong drums, pianos and horns throughout and spacy at times, this mix is a 30 minute treat for the discerning listener. Enjoy!

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!K7 was kind enough to lace us with these exclusive promotional-only DJ mixes. Take a listen and enjoy the goodness. My personal fave is the Cobblestone Jazz, but there’s something for everyone between the 3 of them!

Tracklisting:
1. Subway Joy II Nuphonic
2. Eddie Fowlkes Where Will I Be (Claude Young’s Last Temptation) Backtobasics
3. Cobblestone Jazz Hired Touch !K7/Wagon Repair
4. Samim vs. Signor Andreoni Deep Meet Tuning Spork
5. Cuica Why Not Samba Ubiquity
6. 100 Hz Tub Run Pacific
7. DJG 6 White
8. Art Konik Hum (Playin’ For the City Mix) Comet
9. 100 Hz Shoot The Bar Pacific
10. Inner City Do Ya (The Claude Young Mix) Network
11. Mr. Scruff Giffin Ninja Tune
12. Theo Parish Sawala Sayale Sound Signature
13. Heiko Laux Dedicated to all Believers Yoshitoshi
14. Cobblestone Jazz PBD !K7/Wagon Repair
15. Dimlite Synonym4 (A Few Among Others)

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1. Shackleton Next To Nothing (Guillaume and the Cotu Dumonts remix) Crosstown Rebels
2. Radioslave Bell Clap Dance Rekids
3. Szenario Pleaseasy Leftroom
4. Marc Antona One More Sugar Mobilee
5. Kiki and Sasse Belvedere Moodmusic
6. Terence Fixmer Electrostatic (Audion remix) Planéte Rouge
7. Dubfire Ribcage Desolat
8. Andre Crom Bodenturnen (Skoozbot remix) Leftroom
9. Deetron ft. DJ Bone Life Soundtrack Musicman
10. Argy 1985 (Rune and Sydenham mix) Liebe Detail
11. Cortney Tidwell Don’t Let Stars Keep Us Tangled Up (Ewan’s Objects In
Space remix) Ever

1. Supermayer Please Sunrise Kompakt
2. H.O.S.H. White Elephant Kindisch
3. Mathew Dear Tide Spectral / Ghostly
4. Smith ´n Hack Falling Stars Smith ´n Hack
5. Alexi Delano & Xpansul Antioxidation Leftroom
6. Quarion Play your part Drumpoet society
7. Dave Gahan Kingdom / Booka Shade Dub Mix Mute
8. Depeche Mode Monument Mute
9. Booka Shade Numbers / Club Mix !K7
10. Quarion Karasu Drumpoet society
11. Riley Reinhold Lights in my eyes / Patrice Bäumel Mokum Rmx MBF
12. Tiger Stripes The Survivor Get Physical
13. Stewart Walker Fernbank 1991 Persona
14. Raz Ohara & The Odd Orchestra Kisses / Pantha du Prince Remix Get Physical

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