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exclusive mix for RECESS:NEW YORK
hey, my friend Khairi from Puma is a actually a double agent. That Puma stuff is really a front. His life is actually really all about scheduling RECESS [ie. games for all us music-industry New Yorkers to play like ping pong, bowling tourneys and badminton on Governor's Island]….
Distant Lights Vol.5 for Hush Hush Records #soultronica
I’m happy to report I have brethren in Seattle in the form of one Alex Ruder from KEXP. He has recently started a label called Hush Hush [www.hushhushseattle.com] that features producer Kid Smpl.. who is going to be here in New York for the Red Bull Academy (congrats!). Alex has a mix series at the…
(((Hush))) Easter Night edition @The Flat w/ dj eko & jerry jones
:: Where future soul and future bass have hot make-outs :: I have a crush on The Flat and asked them if I could come play beats sometime. Trying it out this Sunday. Which means I get three of my favorite things: Easter, sexy bass music and my good friend Jerry…
djing for denitia and sene @free candy, bkny
That was uber fun. Thanks to Fader sweethearts, Denitia and Sene for having me dj their Album release party. Peep their album HERE on itunes My favorites are Casanova and Stupid World! Click on the foto below for a link-thru :]
Okayfuture launches. eko dusts off journalism keyboard.
That’s right, Okayplayer just launched Okayfuture yesterday and they wrangled me back into the realm of music journalism. It’s been what, 5 years since I’ve written for URB Magazine. I’ve got to admit, it feels good. I’ve always enjoyed helping talented artists get some love. Radio and journalism always helps me get that fix….
Pie vs. Pi
A manager I was working with briefly last year, gave me A LOT of homework. To explain myself as a dj, she had me make a Pie Chart of genres. I wrestled with it a bit.. having a tough time pinning down my sound to genres and %…
URB Magazine reviews :: Soultronica vol.3 :: dj eko blushes [download]
“Hot off the heels of a recent feature on Okayplayer, URB Alum, Erica Olsen, otherwise known as DJ Eko has shared her most recent outing– Soultronica Vol 3. Just what was needed to close out the office night, this mix sent us out floating and into the ether. Despite the ‘airy-ness’ of the mix, there…
Ritual :: Silent Disco :: Cumba Mela, DirtyFingers, DJ Eko, Nappy G, Nickodemus, Small Change, Still Life
Silent Discos are my FAVORITE plus I get to play alongside all my most dear tropical/global boys. heaven.
22 Songs to Cook to: A Soulful Playlist by DJ Eko for Skinny Ms Magazine
I picked out a rad playlist to sing and dance around the kitchen too for Skinny Ms [Health & Fitness Magazine]. They’re even in a particular order. xo This is what they had to say: “We found DJ Eko this 4th of July via her super pumped up Electro Yum mix. Hopping online and visiting…
Tropic of Capricorn vol.1
I have been wanting to do a personal version of a reggae/dancehall mix all season, but I got way too busy. Then, my crate of potential songs got too big. Then I realized that some people dig roots/reggae and some like edgy dancehall but there are clearly people who don’t don’t dig both. I didn’t…
NEW LOGO!
Pretty much everyone knows that I love anime, japanese cartoons and being happy. This little logo embodies all of that. I am SO happy to have such a kawaii new logo that makes you smile when you see it. Looking forward to making stuff to give to people too! xo …
Burning Man : Going home…
I’m going for early entry and to play for my beloved camp, Laughing Monkey along with my hometeam soundcamp, Nexus. Looking forward to what adventures await.
Paleta! Tropical smasher… Aug11 w/Cumba Mela, Still Life, Joro Boro, Chief Boima y mas
HEY, daytime tropical smasher party on the radar. Talented dj/producer homies will all be in the house and trading off on picking out tunes. The backyard has shade, a sprinkler to run through, like you had in the front yard of your grandma’s house when you were a kid in your superfriends chones [oh,…
Makossa Cookout coming soon! Saturday, July 28th
The homie DJ Wonway, in collaboration with Fresthetic, DJ Tara and Fam-a-lam Deephunk have managed to create a beautiful summertime ritual gathering of cool folks. Not that kind of party where everyone is too cool to dance and watching the door for who comes in. Rainbow shades of all folks are knee-deep in bbque and…
We doin’ it up Crooklyn style w/Onra
aWOOooo. When I said I wanted to do a Brooklyn backyard party this summer, I got what I wanted. full-on Crooklyn summertime steeze. bring your handfans, spray bottles, water guns and parasols tomorruh! let’s kick it BK style. 2-9pm. I’ll be fanning people tomorrow. that, and drankin! anyone got one of those regulated fire-hydrant openers? bring…
Beyonce’s Memorial Day takeover at Revel dj:eko poolside
I got recruited to bring my Soultronica sound poolside for Beyonce’s big Memorial Day Weekend takeover of Revel Resort. Beyonce is playing 4 nights. Several of them are sold out already? I’m on the poolside decks, pre-show from noon to 6, all day in the summer sunshine. I’m so pleased I could turn into a nimbus cloud…
Future Bass at Bastrdzm w/Joro Boro… TONIGHT!
I quite enjoy being a floating head on this flyer. Bout to play some sexy bass tonight. yee.
Going home to the Bay next week…
I get to see all my family within 24 hours.. then I get to dj to dj with two of my favorite djs in two of my favorite cities. Thursday, May 10 at the new spot adjacent to The New Parrish in OAK called The Rocksteady, with my medulla oblongata, Be Brown. We have not…
Okayplayer loves up Soultronica Vol.2
After being interviewed and featured in Parlour Magazine, Okayplayer jumped in and featured volume 2 in their mix column. ♥ Holleur at this mix series if you are lacking sexy mantras in your life. Okayplayer said i’m “Back to burn!”.. and you know i likes that. xo “DJ Eko recently blessed us with a soultronica mix…
Parlour Magazine Interview & Soultronica Vol.2
Soultronica Vol.2 is here. Check out Eko’s interview with Parlour Magazine Parlour Magazine hit me up for Soultronica Volume 2 and an interview after the release of Vol.1 with Okayplayer. Folks know I release less than a handful of mixes a year. However, when I was making the first one, I knew it…
Miguel::B.Lewis::ElectricWireHustle::+++dj:eko
Brooklyn Bodega x Couch Sessions Presents SxSW Circus March 14 Austin,TX Miguel? Electric Wire Hustle? The Stepkids? Morri$? Alice Russell? B.Lewis? Pharoahe Monch? Yes! I’m in there, laying down sexy hawt soul sh*te with the best of ‘em!!! I was drooling on this line up and then 24hrs later I was djing with them. lovelife…
Enchanted Forest Silent Disco at SxSW
Coming UP! Saturday, March 17th It puts a smile on my face every time I think about silent discos. I still have to explain to people what they are. [djs transmitting to a wireless-headphoned audience, no out-loud music at all, not even a monitor for us.] And then I have to explain the…
dj eko feeling the love…
Soultronica hits 3000 listeners. I remember when I couldn’t get booked to play the sexy bass music I wanted to play.. (or rather, put on an opening slot because of it). And that was only 4 years ago. I’m glad the tides are changing in my favor. Super stoked on the reception of the mix…
Okayplayer releases Soultronica vol. 1
I decided a couple years ago that I’d be starting a series called Soultronica. I love searching out the convergence of soul music and electronic music. It’s one of my favorite combinations. With Soultronica, I did one of the things I do best. I put the sexy on it. I had to get the dark and…
East Village Radio – DJ Eko hosts WorldWide Smash
I stepped in for DJ Still Life on EVR when he was in Berlin last month. His show focus is “global bass music, raw beats, dubstep, glitch and other emerging forms of electronic music.” I got to step in the air-room, all to myself and lay the sexy down on WorldWide and boy, did I…
Fashion Week DJ Profile
Here’s a little fluffy fashion write-up by Oribe for Fashion Week about my style and music. ”I love an edgy mixture of playful, athletic and high fashion, i.e. dresses with hoods and onesies with sneaker boots.” -djeko 5 songs in heavy rotation on your playlist right now: SBTRKT – SBTRKT Jamie Woon – Mirrorwriting…
The Paleta party at Bembe NYC
The Paleta party at Bembe has been such good mojo. Collaborating with CumbaMela, DJ Panamami, Wonway, Chief Boima & Geko Jones has been too fun. To celebrate, I’m posting the tropical radio show I did on EVR this summer around the Latin Alternative Music Conference. Lots of people aren’t familiar with my tropical-latin-digitaldancehall-african steeze. So here’s…
DJ Eko at Coachella 2011
Thanks to Global Inheritance for inviting me to play. I treated them to a break from the crazy adrenaline-filled, throat-grabbing sets that were so popular this year. Sunset always demands something special. So I picked out lots of sexy cutting-edge bass music. And since I got to be there all three days this year, I…
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