The Rhythm - A New Mix!!!!!!!!!!

Wow,
Its been forever since i've recorded a mix. I really need to do this more often. Anyway, I did this in honor of the new party we have coming up at Belmont Lounge called The Rhythm.
I'm pretty excited about this party for a couple of reasons. For one thing, its at a bar i used to frequent quite a bit - a really nice spot near Union Square. For another thing, the idea for this party is to play all types of dance music, including disco, house, and more recent dance styles by the likes of Cut Copy, Chromeo, DFA artists, etc. This is a departure from my usual hip hop, reggae, r&b parties and sets, so come out and try something new.

This mix contains all time disco and house classics as well as some recent stuff i've been feeling and some other random stuff thrown in. Track list below:

Donald Byrd and 125th Street Band - Love Has Come Around
Rockers Revenge - Sunshine (Greg Wilson Edit)
Frankie Knuckles feat Rebe Jones - You Got the Love
Hercules & Love Affair - Blind (Frankie Knuckles Remix)
Cut Copy - Hearts of Fire (Holy Ghost Remix)
Francois K - Time and Space
Ralphi Rosario - You Used To Hold Me
Sagat - Fuk Dat
Cajmere - Let Me Be
Earth People - Dance
Recloose and Joe Dukie - Dust
Masters at Work feat. India - I Can't Get No Sleep
Arrested Development - Tennessee (Kenny Dope Remix)
Barbara Tucker feat. Darryl D'Bonneau- Stop Playing With My Mind
Dajae - Everyday My Life (Junior Jack Mix)
Patrice Rushen - Haven't You Heard
Jay-Z - Party Life (The Knocks Remix)
Jay-Z - A Million and One Questions (DJ Technics Remix)
Pase Rock - Get Money Kids
Lenny Kravitz - Breathe (Chromeo Remix)
MGMT - Electric Feel (Teenwolf's Extra Electric Mix)

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Long Weekend / Gordon Gatrell Radio

Well, its Monday morning and i'm going on about 10-12 hours of sleep for the entire weekend combined. Other than that, I had a good time and want to say thanks to everyone for coming out to the parties I was playing at - especially Sala this past Friday.

I managed to take a few pictures the other night, so i'll try to get some of them uploaded soon.

Also, big thanks to Brainchild for coming down and guest spinning with me. For those that liked his style, check him out on his new internet radio show called Gordon Gatrell radio that he's doing with Phonte from the group Little Brother. Its bound to be a nice mix of good music and funny banter:

Gordon Gartrell Radio

Up next in the wacky world of DJing, i'll be playing at a High School Prom this week. Then next week, it will be already time for Seamless again!

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Prof. Rockwell Mix

As you may or may not know, Prof. Rockwell will be blessing us with his DJ talent at our party on 12/20 at Uncle Mings. As a preview of what's to come, check out this mix he did of early 90s hip hop (set originally played at Blow Your Horn party at Hope Lounge in June).

Prof. Rockwell - Blow Your Horn Mix

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OP!'s Heineken Suite 903 mix

This Thursday I'll be joined on the turntables by OP! at our monthly Uncle Mings event. In preparation for that, here is a mix that he recently did for the Heineken Red Star Soul Tour. This mix is one of about 20 DJ mixes made for the tour, and each mix was done by a different DJ. It's great to see OP! on a list of such high profile DJs!

OP! - Suite 903 # 14

Also, check out OP!'s myspace here.

This Thursday is going to be real fun.

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Sound Advice 11/10

We've been talking about this for awhile, but now it's official. For 432 as a team, this is our FIRST BROOKLYN JAM as well as being our FIRST PARTY ON A SATURDAY. It was only a matter of time till we blew up BK considering that we, along with most of our friends, live here. We got love for our manhattanites, but we've been itching to do this for a minute.

...and what better people to help us rock the boro than our boys from Sound Advice. For anyone that was at Uncle Mings on 9/27, you saw how K-Ross and Knomad got the floor jumpin with their tag team dj set. Take that vibe, add in 2 other ill DJs, put us at a bigger spot in Williamsburg with its own solid crowd, throw in the 432 crew, and you've got one crazy ass party on your hands. For those of you that haven't been to Supreme Trading, check out their space. It's pimp.

So to keep you fiending, there's a mix below that the Sound Advice DJ's put together a while back. Check it out and then head over to their website for more beats.

Sound Advice - Play Anything Mix

Knomad Edit: I don't speak about myself in the third person. Varghese edited my post!

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The Morning After

After all that intense music and dancing last night, i'm definitely in the mood for some more mellow vibes this morning.

Thanks to everyone for coming out last night. We all had a blast and it was a good birthday party for Varghese.

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Live @ Home 9-15

I briefly uploaded a live mix the other day, but i decided to take it down and do a new one. Below is the result:

DJ Knomad - Live at Home 9-15

This will most likely be included in some random promotional bags at DCTV on Wednesday, but I wanted to give the 432 readers a sneak preview.

Jackson Jones - I Feel Good (Pilooski edit)
Pilooski - Can't There be Love
Marco Polo - Nostalgia feat. Masta Ace
Jazzy Jeff - Brand New FUnk feat. Peedi Peedi
Red Astaire - Move Yo Ass
Beatconductor - Rocksteady Skank
20th Century Steel Band - Heaven and Hell (Knomad live edit)
Eli Escobar - Heavenly Break
Dj Cash Money and Marvaless - Ugly People Be Quiet
Treacherous Three - New Rap Language
Roy Ayers - Love Will Bring Us Back Together Again
Prince - Hot Thing
Gwen Guthrie - Hopscotch
Poets of Rhythm - Ham Gallery
Wale - Good Girl (Cousin Cole Remix)
Escort - Starlight
Stevie Wonder - All I DO (U-Tern disco edit)

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Speaking of Zion I

Did you know that one of our frequent DJ collaborators ESE produced a track for them on his compilation "The Bedford Files?"

Check it out:
Zion I - Building Blocks

Also, to check out more of ESE's music and artists like Zion I, see the Embedded website here.

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Throwback mix

I dug up a mix i did back in the summer of 05, which at that point was one of my favorite recorded "practice mixes" yet. It ended up being used as a demo for a few places and was right around the time that i organized a party at the now closed Star 64/Starfoods. Due to the nature of the business, the owner of the bar probably never listened to the mix - he was more concerned with numbers of people and how much they spent - but i still associate it with that time anyway.

I'll post up a new mix sometime soon, i swear.

DJ Knomad - Summer 05 mix

The flyer:

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Get familiar with this tune

Because when it drops at 11:30 or so, everyone needs to sing along.

UUUGHHHHHHH

Reggie Stepper - Kimbo King

(Sorry for the scratchiness, but the record was a little scratchy)

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432 Podcast Vol. 2 Re-up

Back when we started these parties at M1-5, I had an idea to have a monthly podcast to go along with the the monthly party. I ended up only putting together two of them before falling off schedule and have yet to pick it back up.

My idea is to eventually have podcasts submitted by any or all of the DJ's that we work with and post them up for everyone to download. This will hopefully be easier now that we have this blog as a space to do so.

In the meantime, here is a re-up of the second podcast i did back in March. I'll have part 3 soon, i swear!

DJ Knomad - 432 Podcast 2

Oh, and here's the 432 logo that my friend Miles made. I used it for Album Artwork in the file.

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