Dc House Grooves Meet The Locals Podcast

For episode #66 of the Meet the Locals Podcast, we've got a excellent mix of soulful house from a fixture on the Washington DC scene for many years, Rhythm & Culture label boss Thomas Blondet. You can catch Thomas open to close on the patio at Eighteenth Street Lounge on Saturday February 24, and be sure to follow his upcoming album as well as a DJ mix for Pioneer DJ Radio on Feb. 20th, 2018 and upcoming remixes for Tosca coming out in spring 2018. www.rhythmandculture.com www.facebook.com/thomasblondetmusic www.instagram.com/thomasblondet www.twitter.com/thomasblondet www.soundcloud.com/thomas-blondet www.beatport.com/artist/thomas-blondet/29144 www.itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/thomas-blondet/131746952

Can't believe we've reached episode 65 of the Meet the Locals podcast! This episode features a blissful journey through big, classic 90s house from Nick Garcia, resident of new party Werk Ethic, which celebrates the very best of 90s house and techno. This mix is really talking our language! Some stone cold classics right here. "First of all, this mix was extremely fun to record.  Playing these older records feels a certain way, different than playing brand new records.  It’s like you can feel the history in them.  You imagine all the people that have had amazing moments dancing to them over the span of 10, 15, 20 years.  That’s why I love Werk Ethic, the party that Ken Lazee and I do with U Street Music Hall.  At once it’s a tribute, a history lesson, and a proper party.  I tried to capture the feeling I bring to Werk Ethic in this mix and selected my favorite records from 90’s house and garage.  I included some better known tracks like Frankie Knuckles’ timeless remix of “The Pressure” and Masters at Work’

Originally broadcast live on Underground Quality Radio from DC House Grooves HQ in Washington DC December 23 2017 Catch the DC House Grooves Show on Saturday nights every two weeks at 10pm at undergroundquality.com. It's all about the vibe!

Recorded live January 6 2018. DC House Grooves show residents Andy Grant, Ramirez & Katrina Mir are back for the first show of 2018. You know what to expect: quality underground dance music, live from DC House Grooves HQ in Washington DC. Catch the DC House Grooves Show on Saturday nights every two weeks at 10pm at undergroundquality.com. It's all about the vibe! http://bit.ly/UQRadio

Happy to be back with episode #64 of the Meet the Locals podcast from local vinyl slinger Kenny M. We've been seeing Kenny's name cropping up on flyers around DC for a while now, so it's great to finally hear a mix from him! Quality deep, funky groovers. Real house music! "This is an all-vinyl mix of some deep and funky house tunes, old and new, that I've acquired over the past few months." Kenny hosts Heavy Rotation, an all-vinyl disco and boogie-funk party held fourth Saturdays bi-monthly at the Black Cat. He also DJ's third Saturdays at Studio Gaga in Adams Morgan. Facebook, Instagram and Soundcloud: @kennymdc Mixcloud: @kenny-megan

Episode 63 features an excellent second contribution from one of DC's finest DJ Kochi: "This is my second Meet the Locals podcast for DC House Grooves. I went deep and funky style on this one. I hope you dig it after you press play

Can't believe we're up to episode 62 of the Meet the Locals podcast, but here we are. This quality one hour journey through the underground comes to us courtesy of a recent arrival in DC's dance music community, co-owner of Weelhouse records, DJ Eli Cash. DJ's take note: this is the type of mix we love here at DC House Grooves! "The mix kind of plays like a mixtape because the style switches up a bit throughout, sometimes more abruptly than others. I don't really care about maintaining the illusion of a perfect set, and I kind of like for my sets to sound like a collage. I dig from a loose web of rougher house music, ranging from L.I.E.S. stuff to unreleased tracks by my online friends who I'll probably never meet IRL. The internet is wild. I do honestly find most of this music on Soundcloud in one way or another, which is where I seem to have the best luck finding fresh material. One last note: The first track is from UD Alta's latest @Weelhous release, a label I co-run with my friend Huestro. Enjoy!" Keep

Episode 61 features a quality hour long session from Baltimore's Nathan Gorey: "For this mix I wanted to start us off with a deep, percussive, near-the-equator sort of vibe and build up the energy from there. I brought tracks that all have elements I love—eclectic percussion, bass lines with a lot of swing and movement, and sounds that make you imagine you're dancing deep in the jungle or in the desert as the sun's going down. There are a few lighter sections sprinkled throughout with some lighter vocal lines to latch onto as the tempo builds. The November installment of Obsidian's Housework party is November 18. Every month our collective Obsidian throws an all-night, two room party that is all underground house, techno, and tech house in the main room, and things like downtempo, liquid DnB, and chiller house in the back room. November's Housework is also the after party for Re:Imagine's Throwback 3 party at Bambou earlier that night. If you're in the Baltimore area, come party with us! We go until 5 am ever

This edition of the Meet the Locals Podcast features none other than DC House Grooves very own Katrina Mir, delivering a solid one hour mix of big vocal disco & house grooves. "I played recently at the legendary annual Halloween party at Jimmy Valentine's Lonely Hearts Club here in Washington DC, and I went big with the vocal numbers. Sadly, my set wasn't recorded on the night, so I went ahead and re-recorded it. Hope you enjoy!" You can catch Katrina Mir at part 2 of Playlist's second birthday celebrations at Eighteenth Street Lounge on Thursday November 9 (https://www.facebook.com/events/433676937049061/), and on Friday November 10 spinning at the Solar Beats stage at Catharsis on the Mall at 10.30pm (https://www.facebook.com/events/433676937049061/) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KatrinaMirDJ/ SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/katrinamir

Recorded live at Resident Nights at Flash in Washington DC on October 21 2017, featuring Charles Martin, Andy Grant (DC House Grooves), Alex Eljaiek & Oliver Caine. Set Times: Charles Martin 0:00 to 8:00 Oliver Caine 8:00 to 53:20 Andy Grant 53.20 to 1:34:00 Alex Eljaiek 1:34:00 to 3.05:00 Charles Martin 3:05:00 to 3:54:00 Andy Grant 3:54:00 to 4:39:00 Oliver Caine 4:39:00 to 5:31:18

Andy Grant's (DC House Grooves) all vinyl opening set for Alton Miller, recorded live at Church of Secrets, Washington DC October 6 2017. See below for track list. Catch Andy Grant Saturday nights every two weeks on the DC House Grooves Show on Underground Quality Radio http://bit.ly/UQRadio http://dchousegrooves.com http://www.facebook.com/dchouse Track List: Last Forever - Tee Mango (Millionhands) Tribute To The Roots (Extended Mix) - Satore (Hizou Deep Rooted Music) Desperately In Love - Above Smoke (Sybaris Records) Alone (Life Underground Mix) - Solid Gold Playaz (Kanzleramt) Love Capsule Deluxe (Vocal Mix One) - Fresh and Low (Guidance Recordings) Guidance (Calm) - Larry Heard (Guidance Recordings) Waterfalls - Bjak (deepArtSounds) Dreamin' (Vocal Sandman Mix) - Brett Dancer & Glenn Underground feat. Andre Flagg (Track Mode) Solomonic Agents (Solomonic Sound Remix) - Universal Agents (Worship Recordings) Indian Summer - DJ W!ld (ÉTÉ Records) Unsound Mind - Chaos in the CBD (In Dust We Trust) Scum

We've been looking forward to this one for a while now: Episode #58 of the Meet the Locals Podcast by one half of enigmatic duo Pacific Fur Company features over two hours of quality sounds from across the electronic music spectrum. DJs take note: this is what we want to hear at DC House Grooves! Proper musical journeys lasting more than 60 minutes, taking us places we don't expect while keeping that vibe strong. Over to the man himself for a few words about the mix: "I wanted to bring in a variety of textures and styles - there’s some ambient, acid, breakbeat, house, electro, vocal, and so on. I’m actually not so great about keeping one style on the sound system in general. It’s always seemed strange when there is an expectation of what you are supposed to be playing out, and if you don’t meet that expectation then the music you play isn’t worth consideration or participation. That model seems to be based purely on club economics, and it makes the music a pretty boring piece of the picture. Diversity in th

Episode #57 of the Meet the Locals Podcast features quality soulful house grooves from Richmond's Omar Faison: “Summer vibes from a pool party in Norfolk, VA in July 2017” You can catch Omar Faison at the his residencies: Flow, 2nd Saturdays at Emilio’s, 1847 W Broad Street Richmond, VA, 10:30p-2a Southern Housepitality, Mondays, 10-11a, DanceGruv Radio (www.dancegruv.net) Facebook: facebook.com/omarfaisonthedj Mixcloud: mixcloud.com/omarfaison

Episode 56 of the Meet the Locals Podcast features an excellent hour long deep groover from local producer & DJ Soul Sway (Silence in Metropolis): "Deeper mix that features new, not so new and old tunes including an original and Silence in Metropolis release, enjoy. Tracklist below." You can catch Soul Sway with Silence in Metropolis label mate Funkdamentalist, Jandro and Philco this Sunday on the Patio at Eighteenth Street Lounge for the latest edition of Good Buddies. https://soundcloud.com/soul_sway https://soundcloud.com/silenceinmetropolis https://www.facebook.com/djsoulsway/ 0:00 - Mr. V. Somethin' Wit Jazz (Jimpster Dub) - [Razor-N-Tape] 6:00 - A M I R - Monologue (DJ Aakmael Unxpozd Mix) - [Silence In Metropolis] 11:00 - Soul Sway - Drift (Original Mix) - [Savoir Faire Musique] 16:35 - No Regular Play - Lake Gilmore (Glenngarry Leads Remix) -[Crew Love Records] 21:20 - 2 Vilas - 4224 (Original Mix) - [Organic Music] 26:35 - Nick Beringer - High Lines (Original Mix) - [Organic Music] 32:35 - Swoy

One of my own mixes for episode #55 of the Meet the Locals Podcast. It's been forever since I've recorded a studio mix, and since I'm heading out on a road trip this weekend, I wanted some of my new stuff to listen to on the road. This all vinyl mix features mostly new cuts not available on digital from artists including Ada Kaleh, Traumer, Varhat, Janeret, Joey Anderson, Adam Strömstedt, Octo Octa, Lowris, Molly, Hostom, Dixia Sirong, The Black Pony Orchestra, Patrice Scott, The Funky Green Dogs from Outer Space and Terrence Parker, taking you on a two hour journey through a range of vibes. You may find some tracks challenging and inaccessible at first, but stick with it and you will be rewarded :) You can catch me with Katrina Mir and DJ Ramirez on the DC House Grooves show on DJ Jus-Ed's Underground Quality Radio, every two weeks on Saturday nights at 10pm. Check the UQ Radio page for the full schedule: http://bit.ly/UQSchedule.

This episode of the DC House Grooves Meet the Locals Podcast features the welcome return of Symmetrical, delivering a two hour journey progressing from house to techno: "Thank you DMV for all the support on my Vinyl shows , Now I hope to push the envelope further transitioning to the Digital age to be able play all music , all shows and most importantly my own music . Hope you enjoy this House and Techno Symmetrical" You can catch Symmetrical this Saturday at Sentient Lighting's Summer Jam 2017 with DJ Dan, Nigel Richards, Wayne Davis, Tzeech, Malphunktion, Hogan & Obscubre & Symmetrical in Baltimore https://www.facebook.com/events/1465309713500985/ https://www.facebook.com/Symmetricaldj/ https://soundcloud.com/symmetrical1

Episode #53 of the Meet the Locals podcast features DJ Swink, recorded live at USB in the Flash Bar. You can catch DJ Swink next at the following: Chasing Sundays at Public Bar on June 18 Opening for Will Clark at Flash on June 21 USB at Flash on July 1 soundcloud.com/djswink

Episode #52 of the Meet the Locals podcast features Nick Flynn, recorded live at USB in the Flash Bar. You can catch Nick at the next USB at Flash on July 1. soundcloud.com/nick_flynn

Episode #51 of the Meet the Locals Podcast sees the triumphant return of Steve Kirn with 77 minutes of quality underground, slow BPM techno. Just the way we like it! "So this mix is back to what I love to play the most which is underground techno. Since I do the vinyl and digital art work for the techno labels Hidden Recordings and Brood Audio I only found it fit to play a few tracks from those labels (a couple unreleased but set for a month or 2). This mix is meant to have a dark warehouse feel to it but I enjoy playing slower BPM techno. " https://soundcloud.com/steven-kirn https://www.facebook.com/Steve-Kirn-149143118472943/​ You can catch Steve on Thursday June 8 at Spirit Featuring Steve Kirn at Game, Baltimore: https://www.facebook.com/events/1686059045034595/

For the 50th (!) edition of the DC House Grooves Meet the Locals Podcast, we've got something really special: a celebration of pure disco joy from Eighteenth Street Lounge resident Adrian Collazo: "I decided to record a mix with disco and boogie tracks that are near and dear to my heart. I grew up with a lot of these songs and remember recording late night mixes on WKTU (Disco 92) in Brooklyn. The next day I’d bring out my boombox and sit on my stoop with other neighborhood kids to hang out and listen to my tapes. I started the mix with a common WKTU station ID and boy, it brings back memories. People sometimes ask me why I love DJing and it’s really quite simple - I love being a disco/boogie/funk ambassador as well as sharing my love for house and other music that derives from the disco era. Enjoy. You can catch me in the Jazz Room at ESL or at various underground spots in the District including Jimmy Valentine’s, Dr. Clock’s and Looking Glass Lounge - serving up a mix of disco, boogie, funk, and deep house