Episode 184: The Soul Shack (Apr 2021) aka "Hip Hop From My 20's Pt 1 (backpack boombap edition)

The last instalment of the 2023 Cottage Mix Series, the "Sunday Morning" edition (unless I decide to make a live recording from Kasa Moto or Black & Blue into a 2023 Summer Home In Mykonos edition ;-)

Soul Shack fans should still enjoy (it's still based on my personal taste in music) but this one is the more chill background vibes and has a much wider audience, so please, if you appreciate this mix, share the link! Share it with coworkers, family and facebook friends! Thanks!

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I took a poll on Instagram, which should I post first, Saturday Night Editon or Sunday Morning Edition...and Saturday Night won! So September is a bonus "Saturday Night Edition" recorded live on Niagara's biggest wildest patio at Mansion House earlier in the summer. Recording it live at a gig like this I kept it pretty mainstream (just like the Friday Night Editon), so no obscure gems here, no lounge vibes, just youthful party vibes (including my mashup of Morgan Wallen's Last Night over Amerie's That Thing)! Hope you enjoy and if you do, please share and repost for others to enjoy too!

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Sorry for the delay in posting, I kept missing my window to upload a new mix before I went over my bandwidth limit, but here it is, the return of the very popular "Saturday Afternoon Edition" from the Cottage Mix Series. This mix was recorded live at the Thursday Ladies Night residency I was doing and it's pure retro nostalgia for the grown folks! (There's even a little freestyle set snuck in with some of my favourites)

Hope you're had a great summer and hope you're able to enjoy this mix despite the warm weather being behind us now.

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I'm bringing back the Cottage Mix Series for 2023! July (it was posted earlier on Mixcloud) is the Friday Night Edition, recorded live at a "Retro Attic" party, where all of the song selections had to be at least 10 years old, so nothing but throwbacks! Recording it live at a gig like this I had to keep it pretty mainstream, so no obscure gems here, but definitely some guilty pleasures lol! (Next up will be a new Saturday Afternoon edition which is already available on Mixcloud, and then there will be a Saturday Night Edition, a Sunday Morning Edition and a new Summer Home in Mykonos Edition too!)

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I've been sitting on this mix for a while! Back in November I finally made it back out west and did another poolside rooftop set at the Broken Shaker LA. It felt so good to be back there (I hadn't been since Jan 2020). I love when I get the freedom to play like this and not have to focus on creating "energy", and instead just create a "vibe". Sadly Broken Shaker was already booked up through August, so I won't be back on the rooftop this July, but if you know of any other dj opportunities at the end of July in LA, hit me up!

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So back in the winter, along with the Bar Promo I also recorded a 2022 Lounge Promo. It's a great mix, more of a sexy vibe than the bar promo, so I posted half as the 17yr Anniversary Mix for November (can't believe I've been doing this podcast for 17 years!!!) and the other half for December... and here's the full mix. Hope you enjoy!

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So back in the winter when places finally started opening up again, I recorded a 2022 Bar Promo mix, thinking I'd use it to try and get some gigs...and then got so busy that I never gave it to any venues! It's a great mix, so I figured I should use it as a Soul Shack mix before the year ends! Here's the full live recording with the "first half of the night" being a mix of funk, soul, retro, hip hop, rn'b, indie alternative, lots of blends and reworks...a real mixed bag, and the 2nd half being more of a "party" mix of house, amapiano, throwbacks, hip hop, lots of blends and reworks too. Hope you enjoy!

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So April 2020 at the start of Covid I got nostalgic and recorded a 90's (isolating in the) house mix. A year later Ontario was going into yet another 4 week lockdown and I got nostalgic again, posting a hip hop from my twenties mix. This year I figured I'd keep with this new tradition of nostalgia for April and am posting a Throwback rn'b mix! This mix is more mainstream than my usual more "neo soul" rn'b vibes, inspired heavily by a wedding I had recently dj'd, where the grooms wanted throwback rn'b during dinner. Hope you enjoy this timeless mix!

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So last April I got nostalgic and recorded a 90's (isolating in the) house mix. A year later Ontario is going into our latest 4 week lockdown and I'm getting nostalgic again, but this time for the hip hop from my twenties. There will be a second "street" edition, but part one here is (for lack of a better word) more of the "backpack" stuff. Still boom bap, but not the street, club or radio stuff... this is the jazz sampling more underground stuff. I had to put #Dilla on the artwork because his productions are all over this mix! Hope you enjoy!

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