Video Roundup Vol. XVI

Posted on August 10, 2011 by

I need to stop starting all my sporadic posts with apologies for not keeping it up more often. Also, gonna drop the “Sunday” bit because we all know my Sundays are spent in the outdoors and/or cooking feasts for friends and fam.

Really though, I’ve been doing a ton of writing. Keep up with my stuff over on SF Station, including my recent interview with K.Flay on the eve of her Outside Lands performance this weekend. I’ll also be covering Outside Lands for a variety of sites so I’ll have some fun content when that’s all said and done. More news later, for now on to the videos…

HEARTSREVOLUTION‘s new track “HEART VS THE MACHINE” is a pretty little package of mindnumbing bass, creative street art, and an intro from the late, great Divine.

 

Watch the Throne? Pssshhhh. I was hyped up for Waka and Gucci’s Ferrari Boyz! Grimey post-2010 dirty south at it’s best.

 

I’ll round it out with some sultry Mayer Hawthorne; the video for his song “A Long Time” is a throwback video taken from “The New Dance Show,” his favorite as a kid. I’m not sure what’s better – the outfits or dance moves.

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DJing Thurs at Showdown – Summer Vibes

Posted on July 12, 2011 by

“I been gone for a minute now I’m back at the Jump Off” – Lil’ Kim

Sorry for a bit of an absence, I’ve been out adventuring and whatnot. Planning moves. Doing big tings. Will be more attentive in the future, promise. ;)

Wanted to give a reminder that I’ll be DJing happy hour at Showdown (10 6th St., at 6th & Market in SF) on Thursday night from 6-10pm with $3 drinks and solid summer vibes pumping from the speakers. There will be friendly crew in attendance so come out, mingle, meet each other, listen to good tunes, and be merry. Also – i think Showdown just started some alcoholic slushie drinks for “summer” so they’re gonna be tasty too!

This is the summer jam and will definitely get played, among many other styles of music.

Requests?

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May 2011 ’101 South’ Mix

Posted on June 13, 2011 by

I’d say the two biggest factors inspiring me to make mixes or, eventually, remixes are friends and traveling. My friends themselves make amazing music and I’m always eager to hear the new tunes they’ve delivered to my inbox or hear their opinion on the new stuff creeping into my ipod on the daily.  Traveling gives me a new outlook on things, allows me to think outside of whatever little box I’m living in at that moment, and stretch my musical interests to new levels.

That said, this mix is the product of two things. One, a visit to the Bay Area in early May by DJ extraordinaire, record label honcho, bringer of great vibes, and someone who is always encouraging as a female DJ herself, my girl Jubilee (check out my interview with her for SF Station). She actually insisted I put more work in on the house and electronic music tip and totally planted the seed for this mix.

The second is a trip we took back in April to San Diego to welcome friends home from a 6-month adventure in South and Central America. The combo of laying on the beach, the California sunshine, and actual warm temperatures compared to SF’s frigidness really helped me get in the right mood to listen to this music.

So the mix is called ’101 South’ because I listened to it a lot cruising that stretch of highway south of SF and that’s what we originally hit on our trip south to SD. It also contains songs from a lot of DC friends including Nadastrom, Tittsworth, and Starks and Nacey.

Great mix for a pick-me-up or to get your productive juices flowing and get some work done, or of course for cruising the CA highways in this beautiful sunshine. Got a lil’ bit of moombahton, some funky house, some hip house, some vintage sounding house remixes, some hip hop, some dubstep, some pop…a little of everything for every one.

Download the mp3 from Mediafire here.
Stream the track or download from my MixCloud here.

Tracklist after the jump.

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Video Sunday Vol. XV

Posted on May 9, 2011 by

Rusko‘s video for his new single “Everyday” brings together beautiful lyrics with images of California’s dried up and dilapidated Salton Sea community.

Nicki Minaj does not wear black and white. This colorful video with Nicki’s smooth, rhythmic lyrics is a party hit. Gotta love the wardrobe and scenery in her latest hit, “Superbass.”

UK producer and DJ Star Slinger has been a remix favorite lately. This video is his original tune “Mornin” which has been out for a while but finally gets a trippy, colorful accompaniment.

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New DJ Lil’ Elle Mainstream Club Mix

Posted on April 25, 2011 by

First of all, this is the 200th post of DJLilElle.com and although most of the beginnings were ramblings on whatever music I was into at the time from various Penn State computer labs, I’ve really been happy with the content going up as of late and plan on trying to ramp it up even more in the near future. More mixes, more reviews, more crazy stories from my adventure-laden life; you can just expect more in general. Let’s get to 300 posts before the end of 2011, shall we? If there’s anything in particular you’d like to see more of shoot me an email and give me some feedback!

I put this mainstream club mix together during the past month to use as a promotional tool showcasing what I would play at 12PM in a downtown club . It’s made its way around some circles of friends and they really seem to enjoy the general upbeat nature and many have started to use it as a workout mix – always encouraged. It’s about 31 minutes in length and poppin off from the start.

DJ Lil’ Elle
April 2011
‘Club Gettin Hot’ Mix

Adele – Rolling in the Deep (Keljet Remix)
Taio Cruz vs. Lady Gaga – Dynamite (DJ Tommy Diz ‘Gaga Intro’ Edit)
Pink – Raise Your Glass (Digital Dave Bizzounce w/ Hype)
Estelle – Fall In Love (Club Headliners Remix)
Katy Perry – California Girls (Scooter Cali Club Remix)
Rihanna – Only Girl In the World (X-Mix)
La Roux – Bulletproof (Benja Styles Remix)
No Doubt – Hella Good (Stefan Ponce Remix)
Mike Posner – Cooler Than Me (Hey Champ Remix)
Cee Lo Green – Fuck You (Full Tilt Remix)
Usher & Will.i.am – OMG (Riva Starr Remix)
Black Eyed Peas – The Time (The Dirty Bit) (Audio1 Edit)
Martin Solveig – Hello ft. Dragonette
Will.i.am & Nicki Minaj – Check It Out (Digital Dave Intro Edit)
Kid Cudi – Day N’ Nite (Crookers Remix)
David Guetta ft. Akon – Sexy Chick (Full Tilt Remix)
Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP – We No Speak Americano
Duck Sauce – Barbra Streisand
Groove Theory – Tell Me (Brenmar House Mix)
Prince – I Wanna Be Your Lover (Scarmixxed Remix)
Bucketheads – The Bomb

Download the mix as an mp3 file from Mediafire here.
Stream the mix from my Mixcloud here.

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Video Sunday Vol. XIV

Posted on April 19, 2011 by

Bollywood meets Brooklyn. This is cute and creative. Thanks Liz.

The British invasion continues with this hot new song from Jessie J.

An ode to New York City, Mara Hruby sings the Bob Marley classic “Is This Love” with a great video directed by newcomer Slick Jackson.

And finally, just go check out all the Coachella wrap up videos over on Youtube including this beautiful song by favorite Mumford and Sons.

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BYT, Blogging, and Books

Posted on April 12, 2011 by

Something I’ve been meaning to do for a while is start a separate page on this site to include blog posts I’ve written that have been posted on other, often larger blogs. I’m currently writing about music for SF Station but while in DC spent time as a food and drink blogger for megasite Brightest Young Things, a clique I got into through DJing.

Last spring BYT had the idea of a food month where we showcase the contents of certain DC locals’ fridges. I started off with a look into vegan and vegetarian activist Amber McDonald’s fridge and learned a lot about tasty veggie treats as well as local CSAs. My second fridge assignment got me a bit more excited as I was to inventory the fridge of Washington Post Food editor Joe Yonan, someone whose work I had followed for years.

After getting over my initial starstruck feelings thanks to Joe’s friendly attitude I learned that he was in the middle of writing a cookbook on cooking for yourself, one person. This was a great idea and something I could definitely relate to as I love cooking but spent my single years only eating Lean Cuisine because I didn’t want to waste the food or bother with groceries going bad. Upon opening Joe’s fridge and freezer and beginning to jot down notes I realized what his recipe making entailed; the fridge was full of concoctions and potions of all kinds, unlabeled, requiring Joe’s taste to correctly identify the contents within. There were a lot of them and it took me over two hours to go through Joe’s fridge with him.

Fast forward a little under a year and Joe is traveling the country on his book tour, supporting his project Serve Yourself: Nightly Adventures in Cooking for One.

I received a Tweet yesterday from my friend Alex who was editor of the BYT food and drink blog when I wrote for it and has since moved to the Boston area for a great new job. She was at the book signing and opened up the book to the first page of the first chapter and Joe actually starts the book off by mentioning my trip to inventory his fridge for BYT. I checked out Amazon who often gives previews of the beginning of books and – lo and behold – they included that page in their preview.

Pretty cool. Thanks for the mention, Joe! Definitely pick up a copy of the book, it’s full of great recipes for not just singles but also couples or even families.

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