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Okay, actually, we’ve been back – I just haven’t gotten around to pointing that out here yet.

Long story short, last fall Craig came out to California for grad school, and Serious DJs has been playing a happy hour in San Francisco monthly, with Tim “Tones” Jones and his Sockpuppet Soundsystem. (We keep meaning to announce when we’re doing these gigs, since it’s a weekly and we’re not there every week, but we usually only have a week’s notice or so. We also keep forgetting to record our sets.)

At any rate, we’ve got some exciting plans, and we’re working on a new top-secret studio mix. Until that’s ready, here’s a mix we never properly posted.

Last summer, Alex made a surprise trip back to DC to wish me well on my birthday, and to distract me while others set up a surprise party, we did this mix. The best part is unquestionably the blend at the end – we could not stop laughing every time the chorus dropped.

Enjoy, and keep checking back (or stay on that RSS) for more soon!

Download: The Strip Club Museum (49MB, 36 min.)

Tracklist:

Cool Kids – Black Mags
Food For Animals – Swampy (Summer Jam)
Ghislain Poirier – Diaspora
Kid Sister – Pro Nails
Starkey vs. Ginuwine – Pony Store
Chamillionaire – Industry Groupie
Emynd & Bo Bliz – He Kissed Me (Club Theme)
The Bug – Skeng (ft. Killa P & Flowdan)
iTAL tEK – Bloodline
Shackleton – Hamas Rule
Benga – Crunked Up
Coki – Redeye
2562 – Kameleon
Goth Trad – Flags
Cotti vs. Cluekid – Sensi Dub
Wharfedale Riddim (version)
Huey – Pop, Lock & Drop It (a cappella)

Craig Davis Live at Beat Research

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As previously mentioned, I was the guest at Beat Research for August 6. Due to a shortage of DJs I got to do two sets, and I had the foresight to record both of them. Wayne is a terrific host, and the people at the Enormous Room are also nice, so a good time was had by all (at least by the standards of a hot/muggy summertime Monday).

The first set jumps all over the map, starting with some screw (Wayne asked for it; how could I not oblige?) and dubstep before finishing with some dancefloor-friendly tracks.

Download: Set #1 MP3 (68MB, 53 min.)

Tracklist:

Madvillain – Money Folder
Notorious B.I.G. – Juicy (Pete Rock remix)
The Clipse – When the Last Time
iTAL tEK – Bell Tower
5dots – Bad Ideas
Skream – Stagger
Bass Clef – Don’t Ask Me to Forgive You
Lady Fury Freestyle (from Eskiboy’s Tunnel Vision 4)
Virus Syndicate – Ready to Learn
Modeselektor – Edgar
Rich Boy – Throw Some Ds (Starkey Mix)
Plastician – Intensive Snare (ft. Skepta)
Moving Ninja – Kemancheh
Sean Kingston – Beautiful Girls (a capella)
Bass Clef – Opera
datA – Paste Back
Diplo – Work Is Never Over
Justice – Waters of Nazareth
Simian Mobile Disco – Tits & Acid
The Commodores – Easy (a capella)
Funkstörung – Commodore C128d
Rod Lee – Bass Drop
Superstructure – Idioteque

The second set starts with a few of my favorite soca tracks, and ends with a bunch of classic ragga jungle. It’s also shorter, and better mixed than the first set.

Download: Set #2 MP3 (45MB, 34 min.)

Tracklist:

Delly Ranks – Me and My Friends
Idonia – Straight Happiness
Dawg E. Slaughter – Spread the Love
Alison Hinds – Faluma
Madd Anju – Cellular Minutes
Shitmat – The Aomen
Barrington Levy – Here I Come (Jungle)
Nettle – Duende
Subsektor – The Breed
Sumone – Gimme Some Hardcore Choon
UK Apachi & Shy FX – Original Nuttah
Shitmat – That Track
Paulie Walnuts – That Day Will Come
Squarepusher – I Wish You Could Talk

Craig at Beat Research

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I’d hoped this announcement would be about a one night only SDJs reunion, but well, the man’s not exactly giving away cross country plane tickets these days.

At any rate, Craig (that’s me!) will be DJing solo at Beat Research on August 6th. Alex usually holds me back a little when we play together, so expect to hear some wacky stuff.

I’ll repeat – if you’re in the Boston/Cambridge area on August 6th, come out to the Enormous Room and catch me playing records and maybe making a fool of myself. If you’re not in the area, I’ll try to record it and get it up here, but we all know that live is better.

Oh and for anyone who saw us at Beat Research last summer, I won’t play any screw this time. Unless you ask.

We Get Paid To Screw, Vol. 2: Screwpocalypse

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Over a year since I promised it, here it is: the second volume in the Serious DJs chopped & screwed mix series. With more hyphy than the first time, and weird stuff Alex would never have let me play, pop your bottles to this and remember to get throwed responsibly.

Tracklist

The Clipse – Mr. Me Too
Akon – I Wanna Fuck You (ft. Snoop Dogg)
Nas – It Ain’t Hard to Tell (Danger Mouse remix)
Beans – Phreek the Beat
The Pack – 2 Dumb
Chamillionaire – Get Ya Umbrellas Out
DJ Shadow – 3 Freaks (ft. Turf Talk & Keak Da Sneak)
Tabi Bonney – The Pocket
Danger Mouse & Jemini – The Only One
Cex – Ghost Rider
Grand Buffet – Benjamin Franklin Music
Fam-lay ft. Pharrell – Beeper (Inglish remix)
Nelly – Grillz (ft. Jermaine Dupri, Paul Wall, & St. Lunatics)
Neutral Milk Hotel – Naomi (Joe Beats Experiment remix)
Kool Keith – I Don’t Believe You

Download: MP3 (45MB, 37 min.)

So Long; Farewell.

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Bittersweet: a hot new mix, and some somewhat sad news (for you, at least). First, the mix.

We got together to do this mix, had a couple beers, and decided to pull out all the stops. There’s rap bangers, club jams, you name it. It gets a little sloppy towards the end, but you know what? Fuck it.

Tracklist

Gucci Mane – Pills (Proper Villains remix)
Tum Tum – Caprice Music (remix ft. E-40 and Rick Ross)
Yung Joc – Coffee Shop
Justin Timberlake – (Oh No) What You Got
Claro Intelecto – New Dawn
Milanese – Caramel Cognac
Simian Mobile Disco – It’s the Beat (Luke Vibert mix)
Unknown – Men at Work club track
Cousin Cole – Chicken Moose Rhino Monkey pt. 1
DJ Toga Foam Party – Let Me See You
DJ Mehdi – Wee Bounce
Timbaland – Come Around (ft. M.I.A.)
DJ C – Jump Up and Bounce Riddim (ft. Ms. Thing)
Sizzla – Less Dan Dat
Nocturnal – Aaliyah Tribute 4×4 (instrumental)
Teki Latex – Disco Dance With You (Para One remix)
Dr. Evil – Shake It Up
DJ Class – Tear Da Club Up
Wu-Tang Clan – Ain’t Nuthin to Fuck With (Bird Peterson remix)
Tittsworth – Milli Vanilli
DJ Assault – Who’s Fucking Tonight
Punk Floyd – E’s Are Working
David Banner – On Everything (Radioclit remix)
Floops – Untitled 4 (instrumental)
Dem Heizman Boyz – Do the Heizman
Juelz Santana – Dip Set (Santana’s Town) (Ghislain Poirier remix)

Download: MP3 (90MB, 62 min.)

Now, the news. Alex is moving to San Francisco, and I’m staying here in DC. What this means for Serious DJs is not that we’re breaking up, but we are going to be on an extended hiatus of a sort. Hopefully over the summer I’ll go visit and we’ll throw down like old times.

As for the future, I’m going to keep on keepin’ on. Expect to continue seeing solo mixes from me here, and additionally, check out my new netlabel, Melt Records.

Alex says:

It’s true: work is taking me across the country, and I’m going to miss mixing like it’s an old friend (not to mention missing my old friends). I make no guarantees about doing solo mixes but I’m hoping to find the time. I’ll be scouting out locations for Craig and I to DJ in SF, so hopefully it won’t be too long before we’ve got some live sessions up here. Believe!

So that’s it for now! I feel like we’ve had a pretty good run, and while I’m going to miss Alex, I know he’s moving on to some good shit on the west side, so it’s all good.

Tones - Massachusetts Winter

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Just wanted to note: Serious DJs affiliate Tones recently put up a hot mix of slightly glitchy mellow hip hop, and if that sounds like your thing, you should cop it.

Tones – Massachusetts Winter

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5dots - Spring Break, Bitches

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Because I’m on spring break, here’s a mix of hard shit. Also I really wanted to end the last mix we did with this At the Drive-In song, but forgot, so it’s at the end here. Enjoy!

Tracklist

DJ Toga Foam Party – Homie
Bunji Garlin & JMC Triveni – Doi Festival (Ghislain Poirier remix)
Electric Company – The Crab Eating Fox
Precenphix – Iccir
Aphex Twin – Vordhosbn
Remarc – Drum & Bass Wise (remix)
Knifehandchop – Don’t Say a Word
Belladonnakillz – Yeah Hell Yeah
Soundmurderer & SK-1 – Call Da Police
DJ Scud – VIP Pressure Pt. 1
Istari Lasterfahrer – Sounded Intelligent
Aaron Spectre – You Don’t Know
Mochipet – Tumbacore
Wayne & Wax – A It Dat (DJ C It Dat)
Mochipet – Nelly vs. Venetian Snares
Kid606 – I Want to Join a Gang
At the Drive-In – Enfilade

Download: MP3 (46MB, 32 min.)

Who I Gotta Kill to Put a Mix on the Internet?

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Yeah, we’re slack. Sorry. Decided to throw down on a mix randomly last night, and Alex came prepared with some club beats. He also came with some work distractions, so Craig stealthily stole the mix towards the end. And then we got bored of the last song.

Some of the songs in this mix are kinda pervy. If that bothers you, maybe you should not listen to it? Or just skip those parts? It’s mostly that last song.

Also DJ C gives us a shoutout in this mix.

Tracklist

Frankie Valli – Beggin (Pilooski edit)
Emynd & Bo Bliz – Get F’d Up
Au Revoire Simone – Fallen Snow (The Teenagers remix)
Simian Mobile Disco – Hustler
Vitalic – Poney Part 1
Juvelen – Watch Your Step (Krazy remix)
Sami Koivikko – Fairtrade
Dachshund – Your Bitch
Ellen Allien – Funkenflug Der Träume
Modeselektor – Dancing Box (ft. TTC)
Errors – Mr. Milk
Björk – Hyperballad (DJ Ayres remix)
Jah Division – Dub Will Tear Us Apart
Mylo – Sunworshipper
The Clipse & Fields – Mr. Me Too (Z.A.K. remix)
Bishop Lamont – Cheah Beah (ft. Young Dre)
Cassie – Me & U (Liquid Pegasus Chamber Disco remix)
Acidwolf – Binedump (Acidwolf Mix)
DJ C – Come Back Wicked (Mashit Mix)
Mochipet – Botan Ricecore (Aaron Spectre Mix)
Dark Heartz – Skeeted On

Download: MP3 (69MB, 52 min.)

The Gettin' Paper Anniversary Mix

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It’s been too long, we know.

After our summer mini-tour we kinda went into musical hiding. Alex all but stopped listening to music, preferring instead to tap out primitive rhythms in time with falling rainwater. Craig forgot how to whistle for a couple days there. Shit was dire.

But we’re back, right about at the one year mark from when we started doing this DJ duo business. To celebrate, we’re bringing you this bundle of bassy joy. Share the love and stay tuned for another year of free mixes.

Tracklist

The Pack – Stuey
The Clipse – Ride Around Shining (Ft. Ab-Liva of the Re-Up Gang)
Alex Smoke – Jah Future
MRK1 – Sensi Skank
Mathhead – Bullets of Your Sound
Hawerchuk – Mr. Leotard
Bearman – Duppy (ft. Wiley, JME, Skepta, Jammer, Trim, & Footsie)
Plasticman – The Rush
Troy Pierce – 25 Bitches (Gaiser’s Too Many Bitches remix)
Drop the Lime – Died in Your Arms remix
M.I.A. – XR2 (Diplo’s Turbo remix)
Griff & Booman – Pump Me Up
DJ Class – Na Na Na
DJ Big Red – I’m a Alkoholik
Spank Rock – Rick Rubin (President Evil remix ft. Pase Rock)
DJ Ayres – La Da Dee (Crystal Waters Baltimore Club remix)
Kerrier District – Disclix

Download: MP3 (55MB, 38 min.)

5dots - Early in the Morning

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It’s been bugging me for a while that we haven’t done a new mix for a couple months, and Alex and I have been pretty busy, so I decided I’d make time – I got up early today. I’d had some vague plans to explore some of the crossovers between screw, dubstep, and trip-hop, but probably could’ve done better about that. Neat stuff happens, though!

Download: 5dots – Early in the Morning (39:56, 47mb)

Tracklist:

Portishead – Glory Box
5dots – Never Again
Kanye West – Get Em High (a cappella ft. Talib Kweli & Common)
Chamillionaire – Grown and Sexy
Chamillionaire – Grown and Sexy (instrumental)
DJ Garna – Sonic the Hedgehog
Frisco – Best in the Game (ft. Wiley)
Kano – Get Set
Cex – Eleven Million Dollars Worth of Bearer Bonds
Big L – Flamboyant (a cappella)
Deadbeat – Rock of Ages
Pole – Slow Motion (ft. Fat Jon)(Duckets remix by 5dots)
Portishead – It Could Be Sweet
Toots & the Maytals – 54-46 That’s My Number
The Specials – Racist Friend
Ironsoul – Never Been the Same
Dem Franchize Boyz – Ridin’ Rims (a cappella)
Big Tuck – I Know You Want That (ft. Chamillionaire & Tum Tum)
Enduser – Keep Telling

oh and if you don’t like this mix, I should be clear that Alex had nothing to do with it, so the blame is totally mine. Not that there’s any reason you shouldn’t like it?

EDIT: Live was being screwy this morning, so if you downloaded this earlier, you should maybe wait until 11pm EST and try it again. There’s some minor glitches (mostly you won’t get to hear much of that Enduser track). Sorry!