With Gav, Kenny, Jitterbug, and Jonny 5 all dropping seriously ill mixes over the last two weeks, I was feeling left out. Summertime is in serious effect here in the Burgh with temperatures in the 80s and 90s for the past few days and the same forecast for the next week. This kind of weather always inspires mixes for me, so I had a go at it the other day while pulling records for my monthly Love Is Wet night that went down this past weekend. Just like always, this was done live in one shot with vinyl only in my extremely hot studio.

Most of these are tunes I’ve been banging out in my club sets recently; the rest are new ones I haven’t had a chance to work in yet but that I have been banging repeatedly at home. Chase Smith kicks things off with a deep housey jam that is on Pittsburgh’s own Technoir Audio label that is just coming out now. I LOVE this tune, and his live set two weekends ago at the release party at Garfield Artworks (check my Twitter feed a couple weeks back for a few pics of the ridiculous analog setup at that party with crazy turntables, records, drum machines, and synths!) was exceptional as well. Another fresh new talent to check out! Also featured is one of my favorite cuts produced by our man Scott Ferguson (Marvin Belton’s “Any Day Now”), as well as one of the sweetest cuts off of the ridiculously limited Theo Parrish album “Sketches” that I picked up in Detroit over DEMF weekend. But all of these jams are nice, and only sound better in the hot sun…

Tracklist:

Chase Smith “Romance Synthetique” Technoir Audio 12″
Fred P. “On This Vibe (Original Raw Mix)” Esperanza 12″
Ricardo Miranda “Urbanism” Rush Hour 12″
Marvin Belton “Any Day Now (Electro Mix)” Ferrispark 12″
Hector Lavoe “Alejate (Joaquin’s Disparate Alejate Dub Version)” Sacred Rhythm/Fania 12″
Manu Dibango “Electric Africa” Celluloid 12″
Elektrik Dred “Butter Up (Gimme Some Bread)[Instrumental]” Sounds of Florida 12″
Jimmy Williams “All Of My Lovin’ (Extended Club Version)” Salsoul 12″
Tevo Howard “Kisses From New York With Love” Rebirth 12″
Nebraska “Time Has Come Pt. 1″ Rush Hour 12″
Theo Parrish & ???? “Sketches Pt. 1 track B1″ Sound Signature 12″

Download the mix here.