Play 8: DJ Ayres’ “Sunshine At Midnight” Block Party Mix by Malibu Play on Mixcloud

This mix is designed to take you into the Spring – still a bit chilly in places, but with rays of sunlight peaking through. I brought a bunch underground dance artists to the party to rub elbows with perennial favorites like Kendrick, Diplo & Rihanna . The first half takes it to the club with soulful vocals, Korg M1 organs, pianos and raw beats, while the second half dips into Trill Dad territory.

RAC – Let Go ft. Kele & MNDR
Woz – Early Morning Champagne ft. Joel Compass (Adelaide Remix + OG)
Shadow Child – Friday
Anna Lunoe – Breathe
Joe Goddard – Gabriel feat. Valentina (Seiji Remix)
Toyboy & Robin – Jaded
Tatiana Owens ft. DJ Ayres – Beautiful People (Treasure Fingers Remix)
Canblaster ft. Para One – Presents
Kendrick Lamar – Swimming Pools (Four Color Zack Remix)
Rihanna – Pour It Up (RL Grime Remix)
Miguel – Do You (Cashmere Cat Remix)
Keys N Krates – I Just Can’t Deny
Diplo – Revolution ft. Faustix, Imanos & Kai 1
Rustie – After Light
Justin Timberlake – My Love (Instrumental)
B.O.B. ft. Wes Fif – Haterz Everywhere (Accapella)
Kastle ft. Jmsn – Make You Stay (Andrea Remix)

Another Valentine’s Day has come and gone, and with it another tide of randy, amorous DJ mixes cleverly hoping to capitalize on the trending topic and incite libidos around the world. Well, you can forget about all those cheesy basslines and sultry vocals, because we have an R&B mix to end all R&B mixes. The Rub has carefully assembled Luv U Better, an hour-long set, jam-packed with early 2000s R&B joints from top-shelf vibe dealers like Brandy, Ashanti, R. Kelly, and Aaliyah, which you can stream and download above.

Nina Sky – Intro
Brandy – What About Us
Ashanti – Only You
Cassie – Long Way 2 Go
Kelis – Caught Out There
Rell – It’s Obvious feat. Jay-Z
Joe – Stutter (Double Take Remix) feat. Mystikal
SWV – Can We (Get Freaky Tonight) feat. Missy Elliot
Aaliyah – Come Back In One Piece feat. DMX
Keyshia Cole – I Changed My Mind
Faith Evans – You Gets No Love
Ryan Leslie – Just Right feat. Snoop Dogg
Mary J Blige – Back 2 Life 2000 feat. Jadakiss
Mariah Carey – Heartbreaker Remix feat. Da Brat & Missy Elliot
Joe – Ride With U feat. G-Unit
Babyface – There She Goes
Faith Evans – Burnin Up (Just Blaze Remix) feat. Freeway
New Edition – Hot 2 Nite
Jaheim – Just in Case
Mario – Let Me Love You
Musiq Soulchild – Just Friends (Sunny)
Raphael Saadiq – Still Ray
Lauryn Hill – Ex Factor
R-Kelly – When A Woman’s Fed Up
Jaheim – Could It Be
D’Angelo – Untitled (How Does It Feel)

MDWWR #80: DJ Ayres “Parent Trap” by T&ARecords

“Trap Music” was all the rage with the kids in 2013, but what about the grown-ups? Now all you Trill Dads and Twerkin’ Moms can join in on the fun with the Parent Trap mixtape! It’s time to get Grown and Trappy as DJ Ayres mixes the biggest and best in adult contemporary electronic trap music, including music by Diplo, Miguel, Keys N Krates, Ryan Hemsworth, RL Grime, The Rub, Sinjin Hawke & Just Blaze. Mad Decent Worldwide Radio – we’re twerkin’ all the mollies!

Tracklist: www.djayres.com

Parent Trap merchandise coming soon at TrillDad.com!

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1. Shlohmo – Bo Peep (Do U Right) feat. Jeremih
2. Drake – Shot For Me
3. Miguel – …All (Kastle Remix)
4. Obey City – That Molly / PRGz – Rollin Accapella
5. Sinjin Hawke & Just Blaze – One
6. Cristian Dinamarca – Mamani
7. Wave Racer – Rock U Tonite
8. Canblaster – I Can’t Wait
9. RL Grime – Because of U
10. Keys N Krates – I Just Can’t Deny
11. Diplo – Revolution featuring Faustix, Imanos and Kai
12. Surkin – Lose Yourself (Rustie Remix)
13. Jakwob – Fade (Sane Beats Remix)
14. Ryan Hemsworth – Weird Life
15. Disclosure – You & Me (Flume Remix)
16. Miguel – Do You (Cashmere Cat Remix)
17. Rihanna – Pour It Up (RL Grime Remix)
18. Deadmau5 – I Remember (Zubah Edit)
19. Kelela – Bank Head / Three 6 Mafia feat. UGK – Sippin on Sizzurp Accapella
20. The Rub – At Night (Michna Remix)
21. Phaseone – Bianca

UPDATE:

I’ve uploaded a couple of blends from the tape. Download here:

Rub Radio – January 2014 by Brooklyn Radio on Mixcloud

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Vinyl Mondays was a feature I did weekly on the Flashing Lights website until we threw in the towel.  I migrated all the posts to DJAyres.com for future generations to read and download but haven’t done a new one in years.  And now like a phoenix, this new column on TTL blog rises from the ashes.  The first post is a favorite DC Go-Go tune, “The Bud” by Huck-A-Bucks.

READ AND DOWNLOAD AT THE TTL BLOG

JWS is the winner of the “Beautiful People” remix contest on Legitmix, sponsored by OkayFuture! Buy JWS’s remix here.

Listen to all the remixes from the contest here.

Download the original EP, with remixes from Treasure Fingers and Them Jeans, for free.

Kenan and Kray talk to Ayres about digging for records, Mayor Diblasio, surviving the arctic vortex, the Google Panther, bartending at The Rub, ball parties,working with troubled teens, Cusack Shakur, and Ayres plays a tryout DJ set for Chances With Wolves.

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Sand Flea Jumping Robot

Google Panther

Cusack Shakur

Songs played:

Big Daddy Kane – Raw
Nardo Ranks – Them A Bleach
Beatnuts – Here’s A Drink
Billy Hamlin – If You Ain’t Got No Bread
Tijuana Brass Band – Spanish Flea
GZA – Cold World
A Tribe Called Quest – Can I Kick It?
Jeru The Damaja – Come Clean
Gary Bartz & NTU Troop – Celestial Blues
Fania Allstars – Lamento de un Guajiro (Uproot Andy RMX)
Tove Jansson – Lato Muminków #1
Gerry Rafferty – Baker Street (DJ Detweiler Remix)
DJ Zinc – Super Sharp Shooter (DJ Detweiler Remix)

Gotta Dance Dirty just premiered this remix of Beautiful People, which will be out Jan 14. Update: Download the whole EP for Free!

“Treasure Fingers dropped off his amazing remix of Tatiana Owens‘s new track, Beautiful People, on T&A Records. It’s a quite bouncy disco-tech vibe with some amazing vocal work laced on top.”

More press:

Fingers on Blast said some very nice things about the single and remix.

Do Androids Dance picked up Beautiful People.

“Today, New York DJ, producer and label honcho DJ Ayres cooks us his crock-pot chili and A-Trak’s holiday party guests take it for a test drive. Ayres, best known as co-owner of T&A Records and one-half of NYC DJ crew The Rub, tells us about his acid trip of a life story growing up in the Deep South. Read on for tales of life as a late-20th-century Southern beau—stripping at bachelorette parties, eating road kill, selling shrimp out of a dumpster for crack money; old ladies giving away used porn found in hotels, and a restaurant run according to the dietary laws of Leviticus.”

Read the story and recipe on Thump