Slip in after dinner with someone and continue the conversation. Bring a bunch of friends and take over the spot. Whatever you do is how I play. The only constant is flavor.

Have a listen to this new set, grab the previous joint then stop by tonight for a bite, some tunes, and a place to chill.

DJ Stylus at Blackbyrd Warehouse
alternating Thursdays
no cover, 21+, 10pm
2005 14th St. NW, WDC 20009

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DJ Format – Here Comes The Fuzz
Heatwave – Ain’t No Half Steppin’
John Legend & The Roots – Compared To What
N.E.R.D – Stay Together
Latyrx – Lady Don’t Tek No
Prince – Begging Endlessly
the Caesarz – Take Me Away
Biggabush – Shark Fin Soup
King Most x Frank Ocean x Notorious B.I.G. – Big Novacane (King Most Redirection Clean)
PPP – Smoking Mirrors
Matt & Kim – Block After Block
Grace Jones – Williams Blood (Aeroplane Remix)
Slave – Feel My Love (InnerWestSoul Edit)
The Fatback Band – I Found Lovin’
?uesto/FE/Carlitta Durand – Purple Flip
Analog Players Society – Feat. Cecilia Stalin – I Can’t Wait feat. Cecilia Stalin
Teena Marie – You Make Love Like Springtime (propsEdit)
Tall Black Guy VS Michael Jackson – Sunshine (Blame It On The Boogie)
Uncle Jesse – Even Closer
Anthony Hamilton – Prayin’ for you ( Hallex.M Edit )
Chanson feat. Q-Tip – Don’t Hold Back (The S-Man & DJ Phaze remix)
Edwin Birdsong – Cola Bottle Baby
Cymande – Bra
The Brand New Heavies – Saturday Nite (Jay Dee Remix feat. Mos Def)
The Politik – Saturn (the Gentleman Players remix)
N*E*R*D – You Know What
Ikenga Super Stars of Africa – Soffry Soffry Catch Monkey (Sol Power Dub)
Quantic & His Combo Bárbaro – Mas Pan
Gregory Porter – 1960 What? (Opolopo Kick & Bass Rerub)
d e g o – Eyelids Heavy
Tanya Morgan – A Love Joint Named Saturday (clean)
Donwill – Love Junkie (Wallpaper. Rmx ft The Park)

DJ Stylus at Blackbyrd Warehouse
every other Thursday
no cover, 21+, 10pm
2005 14th St. NW, WDC 20009

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Jon Lucien – The Ghetto Song
Lyrics Born – I Changed My Mind (DJ Spinna Remix)
Cacique’97 – Get No Stronger
Captain Planet – Get You Some
TiRon – the Do
Slum Village – Jealousy
Stone Allliance – Sweetie Pie
Soulive – She’s Hooked
Mike Baker the Bike Maker – Espionage
DJ Eurok – Hendrix Me By
De La Soul – Fanatic of the B Word
Poor Righteous Teachers – Each One Teach One
Special Ed – Ya Wish Ya Could
DâM-FunK – Monster Jam (DaM-FunK Re-Freak 4 Kool Herc)
B.T. Express – Do It (‘Til You’re Satisfied)
Frank Ocean – nature feels
Mayer Hawthorne – No Strings (Classixx Original)
Carl Anderson – Buttercup
Mary J. Blige – Keepin’ Real Love New (Pure P’s MJB v. Howard Johnson)

Been inserted into the Marvin week day rotation a few times lately, and since I’ve been getting lounge crowds more suited to hanging out than raving, I’ve been playing Refuge style sets… and enjoying it. Hope you dig it too. There are a few more of these on the hard drive that I’ll share in coming weeks.

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Tuesday night at Marvin: a Refuge special (pt. 1)

The Roots – Spain (ft. Chick Corea)
Matt Hudson – Trippin’ On Your Love
Kaidi Tatham – On A Vibe
Nicky Thomas – Soul Power
James Brown – Lowdown Popcorn
Randolph – Golden Days
The Memphis Horns – Soul Bowl
Monty Alexander - Love And Happiness
Tony Allen – Pariwo
Omar – Ghana Emotion
Amel Larrieux – Nadie Mas (CASAMENA Kitchen RMX)
Oddisee – Viva Brasil
Dorothy Ashby – Canto de Ossanha
Herbie Hancock – Trust Me
Jill Scott – High Post Brotha feat. Common
Oddisee – All Because She’s Gone feat. Phonte (clean)
King – The Story
Frank Ocean – songs for women
Kev Brown – What Ruling Means (feat. Grap Luva)
Dwele – Too Fly
DJ Day – Sunday
A Tribe Called Quest – 1nce Again feat. Tammy Lucas
Nas ft. AZ – Life’s a Bitch/Doonit
The ARE – Lyrics To Stay
Donwill – I See You ft Ragen Fykes

Here’s my segment from the 6th annual DC Loves Dilla party.

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Grab all the recordings from the whole night courtesy of the homie Quartermaine.

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DJ Stylus at Little Miss Whiskey’s Golden Dollar
1104 H St. NE, WDC
Saturday, Oct. 10
10pm – 2am
NO COVER

There’s no sign. Look for the purple lights and the friendly ID checkers at the door.

When you hit the bar, make sure you order “The Awesomeness”. Thank me later.

It was on smash mode for my first stint there. It’s time for a re-up. Actually, here’s some evidence from the scene of the crime. Thanks to The Couch Sessions, The Black Snob, Qool DJ Uncle Q and Brightest Young Things who originally posted these mixes.

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Tigercity – Other Girls
Little Dragon – Constant Surprises
Sergio Mendes – Yes, Yes Y’All feat. Black Thought, will.i.am & Chali2na
King Britt presents Sylk 130 – All The Way Live feat. Capitol A
Blackalicious – Make You Feel That Way (DJ Eurok Kenyatta Mix)
Ohmega Watts – Platypus Strut
Alice Russell – Somebody’s Gonna Love You feat. Quantic
N.E.R.D – You Know What
Chromeo – Opening Up (Ce Soir On Danse)
Dayton – The Sound Of Music
J Boogie’s Dubtronic Science – Inferno feat. Lunar Heights
Speedy Consuela – Sukka Suited
Estelle – Star
David Bowie – Let’s Dance
Tortured Soul – Enjoy It Now
PPP – Dirty Secrets
Digital Underground – Kiss You Back
X-Clan – Funkin’ Lesson
Wale – Good Girls
Ryan Leslie – You’re Not My Girl
Restless Soul – Turn Me Out feat. Shea Soul & Motet
Skillz – (For Real) He Don’t Own Me
Ty – Sweating For Your Salary
Robin Thicke – Magic (Mark Ronson remix) feat. Wale & Mary J. Blige
Michael Jackson – Billie Jean (Opolopo remix)
Q-Tip – Manwomanboogie feat. Amanda Diva
Cameo – Rigor Mortis
Rare Essence – Body Moves
Chuck Brown vs. Jackson 5 – Chucky Baby/ABC (Illo Rework)
Jamie Foxx – I Don’t Need It feat. Timbaland
Cheri Dennis – Portrait of Love feat. Yung Joc
Prince – 17 Days
Shannon – Let The Music Play
George Kranz – Dinn Daa Daa (dub)
Sygaire – Deux Mille Deux
Amy Winehouse – In My Bed [Bugz in the Attic Vocal Mix)
Anane – Let Me Love You (Masters At Work Mix)
Mr. V – Put Your Drink Down
Omar – It’s So

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The Roots – The Seed (Live On BBC Radio One’s Worldwide)
Bloodfire – Funky President (Yes We Can!)
War – Galaxy
Fela Kuti – Shakara
DJ Gregory – Block Party
Nathan Adams & Zepherin Saint – Circles
Enya vs. Stevie Wonder – Master Blaster (Foremost Boadicea)
Huey Lewis And The News – It’s All Right
The J.B.’s – Funky Good Time
Outkast – Morris Brown
Sleepy Brown feat. Big Boi – Margarita
Outkast feat. Sleepy Brown – The Way You Move
Che Grand – Sex Shooter remix feat. Apollonia
Status IV – You Ain’t Really Down (Acapella)
Prince – Raspberry Beret
Bill Withers – Who Is He (Henrik Schwarz Edit)
Wham! – Everything She Wants
The Jacksons – Blame It On The Boogie (live in Amsterdam)
The Jacksons – Blame It On The Boogie
Michael Jackson – I Can’t Help It (Tangoterje mix)
Stevie Wonder – Another Star
Louie Vega Featuring Raúl Midón – Cerca De Mi
Bah Samba – Tired Little One (Yoruba Soul Vocal)
Michael Jackson – P.Y.T.
Bugz In The Attic – Booty La La
Janelle Monae – Lettin’ Go
Jazzanova – Look What You’re Doin’ To Me feat. Phonte
Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam – I Wonder If I Take You Home
Junior – Mama Used To Say
Hall & Oates – I Can’t Go For That
Doobie Brothers – What A Fool Believes
Aretha Franklin – What A Fool Believes
D’Angelo – Spanish Joint
Jussara Silveira – Adalgisa
Bah Samba – Don’t Let Them Get You Down

Finally liberated an important SD card from Jamil‘s clutches. Now we can reminisce on the first minutes of 2009.

Part 1

The warm-up.

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Part 2

The clock striking midnight with maximum room capacity then busting the lightweights upside the head for about an hour.

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Part 3

Going deep and hitting a few peaks.

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Part 4

A little more head crack and then dénouement.

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The evening before Phonte tore it down at INAS, we had a little friends and family gathering to welcome him to DC.

Statik rolled down from Philly to kick it so we ran a three-man rotation.

Enjoy. More of these coming later in the week.

Here’s a flashback from last year.

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Meistro:
Bebel Gilberto – Aganju (Latin Project rmx)
Plastyc Buddha – String Vibe (Nickodemus and Osiris NY Hip Harmonic Remix)
7 Samurai – Feel The Same (Dubben rmx)
Soul II Soul – Jazzie’s Groove
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Alice Russell – Fly in Your Hand (DJ Vadim rmx)
Casbah 73 – Big Shoes, Small Feet
Gecko Turner – Un Limon en la Cabeza (Quantic rmx)

Stylus:
Afro Life – Sidewinder
Ohmega Watts – Adaptacao feat. Tita Lima
Common – Time Travelin’
Cloud One – Patty Duke
Milton Bros. – Living in the City
Tigercity – Are You Sensation?
Owusu & Hannibal – Lonnie’s Secret
Matisyahu/Rolling Stones – Chop ‘Em Down/Miss You Mash

Meistro:
Beatfanatic – Sumthin Betta
Common – Go (King Most rmx)
Amp Fiddler ft. Corinne Bailey Rae – If I Don’t
Casbah 73 – Freshly Sqeezed!
Bionics – Love Chains
Keyshia Cole – Shoulda Let You Go (Eli’s put echo on everything mix)
Space Lady – Gift Pt II
Faith Evans – Mesmerized (White label rmx)
Mark Hype and Jim Dunloop – The Mexican
Kathy Diamond – All Woman
Afro Heat 4 – White Label
Recloose ft. Joe Dukie – Dust (Roc Wun rmx)
The Rebirth – Evil Vibrations

Stylus:
Sesso Matto – Sessomatto
Universal Robot Band – Barely Breaking Even

Stylus:
Reel People – Upside
Nick Straker Band – A Little Bit of Jazz
Patrice Rushen – Number One
J Boogie’s Dubtronic Science – Conga Rock
John Arnold – Supadupe
Kelis – ’80s Joint
2000black – So Right
Aloe Blacc – Bailar

Meistro:
Faze Action – Hypnotic (Disco Mix)
Idan K – Ijidan Tribute (unreleased)
Louie Vega – Mi Gente (dub)
Matthias Heilbronn & Candela Allstars – Brobombique (Matty’s II Deep Mix)
Bunny Mack – Let Me Love You (DJ Gregory Original Vibe Mix)
Oreja – Manana por la Manana
Nickodemus – Conmigo
War – Galaxy

Stylus:
Ian Friday feat. Erro – Everything (Tea Party Vocal Mix)
Tiger Stripes – Missing You (Raw Artistic Soul remix)
Reel People – Alibi

Meistro:
Yam Who? – Flunky Gone Punky (we are ready)
Cymande – Brothers on the Slide (Ruffy Tuffy edit)
Awa Band ft Tony Allen – Bababateur (Quantic rmx)
Faze Action – Kariba (Copyright rmx)

Stylus:
Alice Russell – Somebody’s Gonna Love You (featuring Quantic)
Fela Kuti – Shakara

Meistro:
Nickodemus – Puerto Rico Pa’Gozar
Damn! – African
African-Scanian Music Continuum Rerouted

The two most recent DJ Book mixes on Decipher are must haves. As you know, our slot was moved an hour earlier. It’s a positive move but the one snag in that plan is that Book doesn’t finish at WPGC until 9:30. These two sets might be the last time you hear him on WPFW for awhile and as usual, he kills it. (subscribe/iTunes)

DJ Book – Decipher 3/13/08

DJ Book – Decipher 4/4/08

Jamil‘s still holding down Mondays at Marvin. That’s where he gets to dig into the deeper recesses of his crates that lie hidden when he’s playing his more mainstream gigs. He usually starts out with classic soul befitting the venue’s namesake and then veers off into the outer reaches of futuristic black muzik. You haven’t been yet? Download this set recorded live last month.

DJ Jahsonic – Live @ Marvin 3/17/08

I meant to write a blog about this night, it was a good one. I still might. In the meantime download these.

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It’s a regular thing with the homie Dredd. Make sure you check him out for the April installment.

Crowd was mixed, nobody paid a dime to get through the door, folks were partying and looking nice without having to be instructed to do so by a dress code. Isn’t that what a NYE party should be? My only regret is not having a mic to catch the roar of the dancefloor, makes the track mutes in the recordings sound silly. One women told us that “it’s time for you to play some mainstream hip-hop now.” We declined gracefully.

Part 1:
Setting the mood for the jump-off. “Champion Requiem” at a New Year’s Eve party? Whoa. Marvin Gaye makes the first of several appearances… ‘cuz we at Marvin.
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Jamil drops Cee-Lo’s “I’ll Be Around” right at midnight. Booties start shaking and moving all around. Somehow we get to “Sounds Like” and “Golpe Duro Calinda“. No mercy and no prisoners. Can you feel it?!
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Part 3:
More from the Soulful Party Peoples’ Holy Trinity of Jackson progeny, Prince and Stevie. The latin diaspora gets more love along with the Black President.
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Part 4:
Tryna slow it down but bammas ain’t tryna stop partying. That’s cool. 4am ain’t no thing.
Now you know that Soul Controllers have a podcast too. You should check it out.
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1. Vivian Green – Keep On Going
2. Common feat. Pharell & Q-Tip – Come Close (rmx.)
3. Critically Acclaimed – Wallflower
4. Slum Village – I Don’t Know
5. The Roots – The Good, The Bad & The Desolate
6. Jill Scott – Brotha
7. Little Brother – Altitudes
8. Lowrell – Mellow Mellow, Right On
9. Roy Ayers – Ain’t Got Time
10. Father’s Children – Hollywood Dreaming
11. Break
12. Pete Rock & CL Smooth – I Got a Love
13. Pete Rock & Large Professor – The Rap World
14. Blackstar – Respiration
15. DJ Spinna – Galactic Soul
16. Jurassic 5 – Thin Line
17. People Under the Stairs – Acid Raindrops
18. Steely Dan – Kid Charlemagne
19. Courtial – Losing You
20. De La Soul – Ring, Ring, Ring
21. The Whatnauts – Help Is On the Way
22. Loose Ends – Slow Down
23. A Tribe Called Quest – After Hours
24. Tracey Lee – Stars in the East
25. Mary J. Blige – All That I Can Say (instr.)
26. Soul II Soul – Keep On Movin’
27. Slum Village – Players

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These jonts have been sitting on my hard drive the whole time, occasionally burned on cd to share with friends. I’ll get them all up here eventually. Here’s #1.

1. Soulive – Tuesday Night’s Squad
2. A Tribe Called Quest – Description of a Fool
3. Q-Tip – Feelin’
4. Cru – Just Another Case (instr.)
5. Mystic feat. Talib Kweli & Kam – The Life (rmx)
6. Brand Nubian – Travel Jam (instr.)
7. Jamiroquai – Black Capricorn Day (Slum Village rmx.)
8. Davina – Comin’ For You
9. Critically Acclaimed feat. Cy Young – Flashbacks (rmx.)
10. Will.i.am – Ev Rebahdee
11. The Roots feat. Jill Scott – Complexity
12. Mos Def – Brown Sugar
13. Floetry – Floetic
14. D’Angelo feat. Redman & Method Man – Left & Right
15. DJ Krush – Big City Lover(rmx.)
16. Dwele – A.N.G.E.L.
17. Choclair – Mach 4
18. Hi-Tek feat. Mos Def & Vinia Mojica – Get Ta Steppin’
19. Digable Planets – Dial 7 (Axiom of Creamy Spies)
20. Amel Larrieux – I n I
21. Donnie – Cloud 9
22. Donnie – Do You Know
23. Rare Essence – No Ordinary Love