The Brass Tax Sound

Here's one from last year, the rematch of Jess Stockton and JoeJoe for the "dirty" crown at 2 Crews 1 Cup. If you followed the first 2C1C, you'll know that we both kind of went over the top digging for and making tracks that were ridiculously dirty. Hell, JoeJoe played the first years' set with no pants on. But Jess totally won the tag team this year.

Note that there are very explicit lyrics in this one.

Next up in the sets from the BTx Halloween Renegade of 2012 is a fun, funky, dirty electro & breaks set from our very own Jess! Played and recorded around noon at Joaquin Miller Park in Oakland.

Now what have we here? A brick house? Kicking off the Halloween recordings, here is kick-ass DJ and newest Brass Tax resident Haute Mess (aka Kristen Sunde) playing a bouncy, rocking morning set. Crank it up and get down!

Recorded live at the infamous Brass Tax 6:66 Halloween party, Joaquin Miller Park, Oakland, approx. 11am 10/28/12

So I've really been digging the midtempo funky breaks lately. Whether you want to call it "Nu-Funk" or "Ghetto Funk" or whatever, it provides a nice background whomp to summertime pool parties, barbeques, and car trips. At around 112BPM, it's less demanding and more laid back than my usual fare; something to play when kicking back some beers in the backyard.

I put together Flight Level 380 over the past two months whilst traveling on a seemingly endless number of planes, buses, and trains across a vast tract of Europe. This one tends away from my own mashups/productions, but is in the same style as my typical DJ sets, blasting through 24 tracks in a brief 53 minutes. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

kool hertz - whatta joint
cmc & silenta - lets dance
mooque & pimpsoul - do it
young mc - bust a move (stickybuds rmx)
father funk - oh!
the captain - got to change (your evil ways)
timothy wisdom & the outlier - rock with me
some dj - catch the beat
the commitments - mustang sally (bezwan rmx)
JPOD the beat chef - crowd control
some dj & mr chombee - its summertime
the dancefloor outlaws - magic badness
stickybuds - crowd murder
jiggyjoe - sweet home smoke (jj refix)
b-side - m-shot
a-skills - express yourself rmx
herbgrinder - shake your rumpah
featurecast - dreamer
father funk - check it out
the beatles - the word (the captain rmx)
ghostface killa - charlie brown (dj medhi & mapei mix)
featurecast - sniper
geto boys - damn it feels good to be a gangsta (bobby c sound tv rmx)

This mix was done last year, but I finally got around to posting it. Here we have an hour studio mix of some of my favorite drum and bass tracks, including a few of my own. Not too hard, not too soft, but just right for good time. Crank the bass and enjoy!

Please forgive the occasional fidelity changes, as there are a few whitelabels in here that probably never will see a digital release and I had to rip them from my worn down vinyl. I tried to clean them up as best I could.

Lovingly chunked, diced, smothered and covered in Ableton and Soundforge, and encoded -V0 VBR in winLAME.

biz markie ft elephant man - let me see you bounce (whitelabel rmx)
brains - top shota
TC - deep (roni size rmx)
fatboy slim - rockafeller skank (mulders urban takeover rmx vs. joejoe)
jah murda - wicked babylon
roni size - railings (2008 re-edit)
shy fx & t-power - everyday
soundclash - bang bang
tribe of issachar - tribal natty (aphrodite rmx)
joejoe - my jungle dick
top cat - smoke the sensi (marcus visionary mix)
kanye west/high contrast - gold digger (jj re-edit)
box bottom - bounce and boom
barrington levy - under mi sense (dj inspecta rmx)
jungle brother - urban takeover mix
aphrodite - franks n beans-side (joejoe edit)
dj fresh - gold dust
unknown - basssssssssss!
peter gabriel - in your eyes (joejoe bears rmx)

Get your earholes ready for this one... it's dirrrty. A Jess and JoeJoe tag set / title fight to see who can drop the nastiest tracks.

Played live at 2 Crews, 1 Cup in the OddJob Loft, Public Works, SF, CA.

Time to pay a visit to the Church of House. Got everything here from the soulful and funky to the dirty electro house, with some bangin techie stuff thrown in for good measure.

Fat Papa (Danny T Remix) - Monkey Safari
Africa...Boombasa! (Stupid Fresh Remix) -Teenage Mutants
Bruce And Paul Go Swimming (Original Mix) - Fantastic Boyz
We Have To Blackmail (Glitter Remix) -Gabriel D'Or & Bordoy
Rum & Sambuca - Original Mix - Aquabeat, Vein Litterback
Hotel Party feat. Marvell (Bass Kleph Remix) - Marvell, Too Fresh
The Funky Get Up - Danny T Remix - Q45
Mean Baby - Original Mix - Danny T
Vegalicious - Original Mix -Alexander Fog
Ride The Time - Sergio Mega Remix - Aquabeat
Needle Feat. Sirreal - Glitter Remix - Dirtyloud
Mamita - Criminal Vibes Hot Mix - Paul Darey
Show Me Some Respect - Zap! Pow! Die! Remix - Prosper 15
Willy Wonka (Original Mix) - Fantastic Boyz
Get Em feat. Eve. (Extended Mix) - Wolfgang Gartner, Eve.
Oh Yeah (Original Mix) - Bass Kleph

Recorded live at the Dirty 530 for Jungo Road, July 2009.

My studio mix for the Fall of 2010- more of a backyard barbecue and light dancing mix that is a little less banging than my previous ones, lovingly smashed together in Ableton 8. Lots of custom mashups and remixes in this one. Enjoy!

Track Listing:
Like a G6 - Far East Movement :: Loonies to Blow - A-trak x Drake x Birdman (jjmix) :: Drunk as Fuck - Tittsworth (Trackedemiks / jj remix) :: I'm the Ish - DJ Class & Lil' Jon ::Let's Make Nasty - Larry Tee ft. Roxy Cottontail :: Money to Burn - DJ Anonymous & Top Billin' (jj vocal refix) :: Gimme a piece of that Booty - Deekline & Red Polo :: Bruk Out - Major Lazer :: Boom Boom Pow - BEP (Annoy That Kids ehouse rmx) :: Cookies Fly - Ladybox :: Bounce - MSTRKRFT (A-trak rmx) :: All Sing Along - Audiobullys (jj rmx) :: Shake it Sporty - DJ Fixx (Electric Soulside rmx) :: Spank Judas - Mom & Dad x Spank Rock (jjmix) :: Bass Get Smooth - The Mobb (Caudill Turnipseed rmx) :: Snap Phooey - Defunct! (vocal mix) :: Here Comes Under the Sun - Herve x the Beatles (jjmix) :: The Beat Goes '10 - Red 5 (Thokula Radio mix) :: Real Smooth - Tomcraft, DJ Assault, Tim Healey :: Stand up for Body Language - Booka Shade x Deekline x Ludacris (jjmix) :: Blow the Sweet Whistle - Boys Noize x Boris Dlugosch x Too Short (jjmix) :: Master Blaster - Project Bassline :: International Wingman - DJ Baby Anne (DJ Fixx & Ill Chris B mix) :: Double Rainbow Children - Yosemitebear vs Orb vs Robert Miles (jjmix)

The year of my Chinese Zodiac sign was one of the best of my life, and a damn good one for music. These are some of my favorite tracks of 2011.

Track List:

Like It ft. Lady Esque (Original Mix) - Durez
Shake It Naughty - Electric Soulside Remix - DJ Fixx
Every Body (Beta Remix) - Left/Right, Digital Pizza
Volaverum - Deenk Remix - Wardian
Thats The Way - DJ Chaos Vocal Remix - Kyle Cross, Nablidon
Sidepain - Original Mix - Too Dusty
Disco (Club Mix) - Kid Digital, Rubber
The Voice Of Nightmares (GUSTOLABS Remix) - Mutantbreakz
Gurls Get Me In Trouble - Original Mix - Reepr
Time Is Up - Original Mix - Colombo
Sex On The Kitchen - Original Mix - The Brainkiller, DJ Rasco, Perfect Kombo
The Ish - Original Mix - DJ Icey
Back To Back (DJ Fixx Mix) - Wes Smith
Beezy - Electric Soulside Remix - The Gulf Gate Project
Time feat. Skibadee And Lady Chann (Dustin Hulton Remix) - Tony Anthem, Axl Ender