May 2012
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RELEASE: Theophilus London ft. ASAP Rocky - Big...
Just put an intro on Theophilus and ASAP Rocky’s new joint, and remastered it so it bumps a little more. Enjoy and pass along!
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MONDAY 5.14 // W.I.P. NYC
I’m back at ROXY COTTONTAIL’s “Mondaze” party at W.I.P. with a live performance from RYE RYE, and DJ sets by MIKE Q, ALEX ENGLISH, and myself. Gonna bring some club music back!
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NEW ASAP Rocky Video: Goldie
Dope visual treatment for ASAP Rocky’s most recent Hit-Boy produced track “Goldie”. Love the color palette!
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April 2012
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RELEASE: Lips- Everything To Me (DJ Fresh Direct...
Randomly stumbled across this song and was moved by her vocal. Pitched it up, flipped it a little bit, and put some really loud drums on it. Play it loud!
Check out her original here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lseB0Y0eQE
And her website: http://www.lipssongs.com/
And her Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/lipssongs?sk=app_216954765016828
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MONDAY 4.23 // W.I.P. NYC
This Monday is Roxy Cottontail’s birthday at W.I.P., and she’s brought in Just Blaze, A-Trak + Dave1, and myself to DJ, and Living Days to perform. Kirill is taking photos, and all the cottontails are gonna be in the building. It’s gonna be a huge night!
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Live Set from W.I.P. 4/2/12
Oh, and Just Blaze was there that night too, that would be why I went in with the Hip-Hop at the end! The DJ Premier remix of Showbiz & AG track “The Next Level” was the last song I played before they shut the clubs amps off on me.
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Will be playing this song obnoxious amounts for...
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FRIDAY 4.13 // GUNBAR NYC
WatchKing Fantastic. Nuff Said
“Desperately trying to get in the studio with Carly Rae Jepsen, anybody? A number...”
March 2012
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MONDAY 4.2 // W.I.P. NYC
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New Hoodie Allen Video + Single: "No Interruption"
My man Hoodie Allen just released the first single off his upcoming “All American” EP, entitled “No Interruption”. It’s another track of his that I recorded and mixed, and was mastered by the very talented Chris Gehringer at Sterling Sound, and frankly it sounds fantastic. The visual treatment is amazing too, but Hoodie refuses to give me any of the actresses’...
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FRIDAY 3.30 // GUNBAR NYC
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New Knocks Video: ROYL
The HeavyRoc Music homies The Knocks just dropped a new fan-sourced video for their track “ROYL”, compiled and edited by my man Ben Guzman who also shot and directed the video for Zak Downtown’s “Clap Your Hands”. I spy some of my friends in there too!
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New Ryan Leslie: Beautiful Lie
Ryan Leslie’s output is so consistently good, he’s definitely one of my favorite artists to watch evolve.
February 2012
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New mix on Dubset: Live at Ella
So just in time for me posting my latest recorded set, Dubset just added some new features, including embeddable mixes! Check out my recorded set from Ella a couple of weeks ago, playing funk, dance, and funky dance of course. Enjoy!
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New Music for Valentines Day!
Happy Valentines day! Was in the studio with my man Zak Downtwon earlier this week and we cooked up this track CUPID over an Emil and Friends beat. Sound really great, check it out.
And this morning I was also inspired to release this Black Eyed Peas remix of “Can’t Get Enough” that I had been sitting on for a few months. Also, all romantic themed and stuff. Send it to...
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Tonight, 1-7-12 at Lilium!
January 2012
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Aylen "The Remixtape"
I had the pleasure of working with Aylen doing the mixdown and mastering of his latest release, entitled “The Remixtape”. It’s a compilation of some of his remixes in various styles, the most prominent of which is bass-heavy electro house (we called it complextro). I highly recommend fans of Mord Fustang, Porter Robinson, and Zedd download this project! Also, check out his...
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Jasmine Solano's Birthday
Powerful team for one of my favorite DJ’s birthday parties! Jasmine Solano, Max Glazer, MeLo-X, and yours truly, hosted by Vashtie. Need I say more? See you there! Oh, and Heineken is one of my favorite beers!
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My Birthday Tuesday 1/17
Jonny Lennon, Roxy Cottontail, Julian Cavin, Zak Downtown, 151 Studios, 4AM, Dubset. Lets go.
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A-Trak on Traktor and a Holy Ship! Scratch Session
A few weeks ago, I was checking out Kirill’s (of KirillWasHere.com) photos of A-Trak spinning before for Swedish House Mafia at Madison Square Garden, and noticed that he was using Traktor control records! For those who don’t know, Traktor is the direct competition to Serato Scratch Live (my DJing software of choice).
If you look closely at the photo above, you can see what...
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New Mark Ronson x Erykah Badu!
These are all of my favorite things
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Azealia Banks "212" (Fresh Direct Remix) PREVIEW
Started this yesterday. What do y’all think??!
212 (Fresh Direct RMX Preview) by djfreshdirect
and if you havent seen / heard the original:
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Winksound: 3 Mac OSX Apps for my Workflow
I just did another video tutorial for my friends over at Winksound covering three Mac apps that are integral to my workflow once I’m done with a track in Ableton. XLD, VOX, and Cloud. Check it out!
December 2011
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SHOOK EP
I could probably write a long piece about how amazing Shook’s new EP is, but the music speaks for itself. It’s really really good. Filter Disco, Funk, Boogie, More Funk, Synthesizers, and some Funk to top it all off. Stream it below and buy it HERE!
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Zak Downtown: Downtown Delinquents
After another year’s work with my man Zak Downtown, we’ve got a great mixtape to show for it. It’s not long, but it consists of ten carefully thought out songs (of which I produced five) that range from oldschool hip-hop (Bad Man’s World / Gift or a Curse) to a more modern dubstep-pop hybrid (One For The Books). Also, our friend Phil Wong did an amazing job on the...
November 2011
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Skotch Davis: Are You Hearing Me Clearly !?!?
I hosted the my man Skotch Davis’ Mixtape “Are You Hearing Me Clearly !?!?”, and it’s out! Stream, download, and share to everyone.
Tracklist, and download after the jump. Oh, and I co-produced track 13 “Nights on Broadway” with Skotch, and it’s got a killer feature from Smoke DZA. The full track is coming out on our joint project “On The...
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Zak Downtown: Clap Your Hands Video
Zak raps on it. I produced it. It’s hot. Nuff said. Video and download after the break:
Download:
Clap Your Hands (prod. DJ Fresh Direct) by Zak Downtown
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Reason Clothing Store Opening
Tomorrow my buddies over at Reason Clothing are celebrating their brand new store opening at 463 East 9th Street. Drop in, eat some amazing burgers (it’s catered by Whitman’s down the street), and buy some clothes! DJ Price is spinning the opening, as well as the after-party at one of my favorite spots, Westway. Also, check out their lookbook below, which happens to be shot by the...
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Crakk Nicholson: Instrumental Hip Hop Album
While I’m working on anything literary, even writing and sending emails or blog posts, I find it hard to focus while listening to lyrics. Having a solid stash of instrumental hip-hop on deck is really important. Well, the lastest addition to my focus playlist is this dope instrumental album from Crakk Nicholson, which is a collaboration project from producers Benjamin Bradley and Shy Guy....
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3 New Transition Edits for DJs!
Good Life (Fresh Direct 125-85 Transition Edit) by djfreshdirect
Looped Michael Jackson’s “P.Y.T.” (the original sample) over some nice housey drums, and then brought it down to Kanye West speed.
Dance [Ass] (Fresh Direct 133-80 Edit) by djfreshdirect
Just chopped up the intro on this one with some nice B-More drums for when people ask you to play some Hip-Hop when...
October 2011
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Skotch Davis: Skotchtastic
Peep the homie Skotch Davis’s new video for “Skotchtastic” and stay tuned for our project “On The Rocks” on the way… It’s major!
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Ableton Live: How To Bundle A Session
I recorded another quick video tutorial for the good people over at Winksound.com that shows Ableton Live users how to package a session so that when transfered to another computer or user, everything is where it should be. Check it out!
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Some of my favorites of the past month
I’m On One (Diggz Dirty Club Banger) (Available NOW at: www.crooklynclan.net/dannydiggz) by dannydiggz
Danny Diggz killed this mashup of Drake’s “I’m On One”, turning it into a house record by blending it with Dirty South’s remix of “I’m Coming Home”
P-Money & Dan Aux - Kinda Lovin’ by The Disco 3
Been looking for more info...
September 2011
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THURSDAY!
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New York Fashion Week
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All Disco No Nap
All Disco No Nap - Funk / Disco / Boogie Edits by djfreshdirect
August 2011
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Look ma, I'm on the internet!
Just overhauled my Facebook page, so if you wanted to give that a “Like” real quick I’d appreciate you.
and also, my friends over at DUBSET featured a mix I did on their front page earlier this week. Check it out!
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July 2011
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Hoodie Allen: Leap Year
Over the past 4 months I’ve worked very closely with Hoodie Allen and his producer RJF to record, mix, and help produce what is now known as his album “Leap Year”. So far the reception has been terrific and I can’t wait to watch it continue to unfold. Also make sure to catch him on his North American tour in the next few months, including a New York date at Webster Hall...
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Winksound Interview at Tainted Blue Studios
A few months ago Roxy and I went up to Tainted Blue studios for an Artful Dodger showcase event. I spun and she performed a few songs, and afterwards we sat down in the control room with the Winksound cameras to discuss production, performances, software and hardware (and no, I’m not sponsored by Waves…) Check it out!
In the video Roxy is performing my remix of her song Kate Moss...
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RELEASE: Rapture (Fresh Direct Moombahton Edit)
Nadia Ali x Avicii - Rapture (Fresh Direct Moombahton Edit) by djfreshdirect
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"Ain't No Doubt About It" Video
The Game’s “Ain’t No Doubt About It” was an easy download decision for me considering it features the power team of Justin Timberlake and Pharrell that brought us Señorita. Well it’s been getting great reactions when I’ve played it out and I was pleased to see the video drop a couple of days ago. Check it out!