New verses from tha abstract

i guess before you write a dissertation you suppoed to write an abstract, which summarizes all tha shit you about to talk. with that in mind, listen to these two "new" q-tip joints (tha Andre3000 one has been in circulation for a minute) and consider rushing tha store when his new LP drops (sometime before 2015). nah, all jokes aside its supposed to be dropping in october.





Q-Tip feat. D'Angelo, "I Believe" [fixed link - sorry!]

Q-Tip feat. Andre3000, "That's Sexy"

RED LIGHT GREEN LIGHT ONE TWO THREEEEE

Sorry (1nce Again) for tha lag in updates. Life takes hella time!!! Sheesh.

Mind Motion is one of my all-time favorite DJs and a Bay Area institution. Those who know him only from his commercial radio gig are missing out on tha deep history in tha game this dude has. I will have more info on him coming up soon, but UNTIL then, check him out at his website and check out his edit of Green Light by John Legend & Andre3000....back later this week with more schitt!



John Legend feat. Andre3000, "Green Light" (Mind Motion Edit)

ADAM GOLDSTONE | TRENDY ETERNAL

Anyone who knows me knows my older brother Adam Goldstone (Ibaye) was a big ass influence on me. Basically, he taught me everything i know about music. My brotha DJ Dusk taught me most of what i know about being a DJ. Losing both of them in a 5-month span in 2006 wasn't easy, but in a strange way it has given me a reason to continue my strange, complicated relationship with music and DJing. In many ways, i stay in touch with them thru DJing....even when (especially when?) no one else is really paying attention.

My brother Adam passed away at tha tender age of 37 roughly two years ago; my family continues to learn new things about Adam almost daily and tha process of mourning him has turned into a reconstruction of sorts -- a reconstruction of a dude who was pretty private, especially with his immediate family members, and a reconstruction of a community that literally spanned tha entire world. Straight up, Adam was a Master Jedi and tha people who loved him originate in his neighborhood in Alphabet City (as it should) and radiates outward to countless cities, countries and websites across tha world.

This Saturday, my family and me will commemorate my brother's life and his indelible impact on his adopted and beloved community in tha Lower East Side/Loisaida. We're doing something that on a human scale is small: dedicating a tree in his name, in Tompkins Square Park. But its massive and eternal in that it again calls his community together, one (maybe) last time, to remember him and bear witness to the greatness that he manifested in both life and legacy.

My brother was truly one of a kind, and like many of those who are difficult to fathom in life, his luster grows exponentially in death. He was definitely ahead of his time, yet like any master DJ was absorbed in tha past -- determined to "get it right" in the footsteps of his hero, Larry Levan.

Saturday, September 20 at around 4pm at Tompkins Square Park please join us if you knew Adam or respect his work. Just look for tha big ass motley group of people standing around a big ass tree. Even in New York, that should be easy to spot ;)

This is a really dope edit my brother did of ANOTHER edit that Master Jedi Danny Krivit did, of Lamont Dozier's disco classic, "Going Back to My Roots." Enjoy....


Adam, Danny Krivit & Friend (c. 2004)

WATER | ROOTS | ANCESTORS
Carrying on tradition means bringing those who came before along with you. It means lifting as you climb; for me especially, it means climbing when you feel like falling into space. I don't feel like i have tha option of falling anymore - i have a legacy to uphold, and a master teacher on top of tha mountain that i need to have a real conversation with. One day i hope to make them all proud....

BONUS JOINT: Jarvis Church, "Shake it Off" (AG Dancehall Remix) (RCA Records, 2002)

NYC THIS WEEK

Fam-Dini,

Sorry for tha lack of updates tha past week or so. I came down with a nasty cold and was toe up, on top of which i been havin all kinds of internet issues (and we all know how helpful Comcast is when your having service problems....sheesh.....)

Ima be back on my grizz ASAP but meanwhile wanted to let tha NY fam know i will be rockin out there with my brotha from anotha motha DJ Eleven this weekend (and also rockin at tha super fresh Deja Vu jump on Thursday at Libation with my sista from anotha mista DJ Laylo) so hopefully i will see some of yall.

BIG CHUNE

Been runnin this joint all summer, sh*t still slaps hella hard!!

Mr. Vegas, "Must Come a Road"

¡BOGOTA!

Sorry this is a bit tard-y. Rocked in Bogota, Colombia this past weekend and wanted to share some pics and some audio. Peep tha pics with some comments, and a download of a 20 or so minute section of my mix at Club Invitro in Bogota.

Thanks to Brujo, Felipe, Eddie, Juli, and everyone who brought me down and made my stay there so damn fun! I had a great time!!!!



Bogota is a huge city (10 million people) tucked inside the northern tip of tha South American Andes mountains. For this reason, tha weather is temperate (around 60 degrees while I was there -- although it's winter in tha southern hemisphere, so it gets warmer in tha summer) due to tha elevation; and there are incredible views both from tha mountains beside tha city as well as from tha city looking UP AT tha mountains. A famous church called Monserrate sits atop a main peak overlooking Bogota -- apparently some devotees climb up tha mountainside to this church on THEIR KNEES to worship. Now thats gangsta!


Yadadadamtalkinbout??

You feel like a baller if you go to Bogota from tha US cuz every $1 USD is equivalent to a little under $2000 Colombian Pesos...so its nothing to spend like 100,000 Pesos on dinner. BALLLLLINNNNNN!!!



"...where tha sky stays tha color of grey like heroin."


You know how annoying it is in tha US when dancers start showing off in a circle when most of tha party is just couples dancing/vibing and everyone just sorta stops to watch even if they don't want to, but they sorta feel like they have to, and if your DJing you just kinda wanna play a Yanni song just to make 'em stop dancing and put their f***ing shirts back on so everyone can be normal again? Well, its hella NOT annoying when two super dope salser@s start getting down to salsa in Bogota, and it inspires everyone else to dance more, and dance better! See? Tha USA sucks!


This is me with Brujo who was tha promoter who brought me down (thanks!) along with Brujo's wife and my friend Juliana.



(Obligatory "people dancing" pic)


My friends Felipe y Juliana handling tha obligatory "party like un rock star" steez


A street in the Candelaria neighborhood, which is home to numerous museums, government offices, and cultural institutions. REALLY beautiful, and we peeped a whole museum of Botero paintings (he's one of my favorites).


This is tha National Museum which is in Chapinero neighborhood, which is where my hotel and tha nightclub were. YES, i went inside tha museums i just don't like taking pictures of historical artifacts!!! I didn't just take pics of them from tha outside LOL....


Me and Felipe chillin' in Candelaria. Felipe is SUPER cool and i wouldn't be surprised if he's president of Colombia some day. He and his girlfriend Juliana REALLY looked after me in Bogota -- thanks guys!


Window in Candelaria where tha father of South American independence, Simon Bolivar, jumped out to escape a police assassination attempt.




This was tha best sh*t EVER. Man i swear, anywhere you go in tha world, tha best food is on tha street!!




Obligatory Old Ass Church pic


Good news: Starbucks hasn't raped Colombia yet! Bad news: tha major coffee chain there is called Juan Valdez!!! More good news: they serve coffee with alcohol in it; this cappucino rite here looks normal but its a "Wicao" cappucino which means it has whiskey and liquor de cacao in it! Owwwwwwwww...



Arepas, which is a common Colombian dish. I ate these things like there's no tomorrow. They're especially good when your dronk, which I was regularly cuz beer there is like 75 cent. They make arepas with corn, or plantain or flour and they put all kinds of yummy stuff inside em.


Obligatory "we are all the same despite our cultural differences, so let's all smoke weed, listen to Bob Marley and be friends with each other" peace sign pic.



Hey like i said, beer is like 75 cent down there. And a mojito (made with Havana Club! Owwww) aint too much more. Roger is on tha left, he owns a REALLY good sushi restaurant and i am pretty sure we were all either dronk or tired in this here pic. Shout out to Roger, Felipe and Juli!!!


Bogota at night. REALLY amazing, and thanks to Felipe for taking this pic cuz i was too retarded to figure out how to turn tha flash off on my camera. Big up Bogota!! Big up Colombia!!!!!!!!!!!

SAKE1 LIVE IN BOGOTA