Boys of Summer

The boys have been having a productive summer.

Lord FoFo did a live set at the 1st Annual Berkeley Beat Swap Meet. That's him in the upper right. The dude is still on that sub-level analog networking steez, so a lot of his set was new to my ears and I even heard the makings of a new track he started up in the loft. A few weeks later back in LA, he had round 3 of his Backyard Boogie at his crib. Lots of beats, vibes, and wavy culinary that lasted long after sundown. Say no names and check out a few perspectives here and here. Currently, the lengthy lock is on one hell of a hustle bender running graphics for Mawkus' Doo Doo Roo and (SD + SF) Sweet Cheeks series while maintaining steady work as a line cook and overall grind. Rumor tells its all on a poor boys budget in preparation for a fall tour of India.

Sweet Cheeks: SF Edition, Friday, July 29

If you're in San Francisco this Friday night and you're not at Madrone Art Bar, then you're missing out on one of the biggest parties going down. If you do come through, expect there to be a lot of baby-makin' music, more girls than guys in attendance and so much love in the air, you could cut it with a knife.

Sweet Cheeks: July Edition

Yeeeaaaaaah. So we got the homie Siik to come through as a magnificent guest DJ to play our next edition of Sweet Cheeks in San Diego! If you're in the area, do come through and get open because his music creates babies. The summer season of Sweet Cheeks is about to create an unexpected surge in immaculate beauty.

Summer Flavored Lawn Dairy

So I got a world music radio show on KSDS 88.3 FM and the summer season of Sweet Cheeks is about to get really real. Listen to me Wednesday nights PST, 12 till 2 AM. Real talk though, San Diego isn't ready for all things mawkward Popcorn & Jelly. Shout outs to the homie Siik!

Sweet Cheeks: June Edition

We doing it again. Come out to Sweet Cheeks tomorrow night at Til Two Club if you're in San Diego! Awnode, Abiva and I will be playing the juiciest jams y'all were conceived to. Free ring pops and no cover!

Rhodiola & Roses

So I recorded this mix on Saturday afternoon while it was very cold and gray outside. I had two pots of Cafe Bustelo in my system with my window wide open, breezin' on some very frigid drafts. As a result, this mix came about and is comprised of a lot of songs I've always enjoyed. When life gives you ugly weather, listen to beautiful music.

Tracklist:
Dave Mackay and Vicky Hamilton - See You Later
Billie Holiday - Speak Low
Pilooski - Love is Wet
Holly Golightly - My Love Is
New Birth - You Don't Have to Be Alone
Blossom Dearie - Doop-Doo-De-Doop (A Doodlin' Song)
Piero Umiliani - La Isola dell'Amore (Shake 2)
Les Baxter - Tropicando
Joao Donato - Manha de Carnaval
Minnie Riperton - Memory Band
Herbie Hancock - Tell Me A Bed Time Story

Rhodiola & Roses by Mawkus

Sweet Cheeks: Mama's Day Edition

We're doing it again. Sweet Cheeks is going down on Saturday, May 7th and we got the decknician Foniks coming through to rock the spot. Come through if you're in San Diego! Ring pops will be in effect again!



In other news, here's a handy summertime-flavored drum edit I made of a song that I've always been fond of.

Summer Anticipation Music Part 1

Just gonna post some hot jamz I feel will get beautifully played out this summer.






(Barry White talking points FTW)

Baby Makin' Mode

Because this is another secret mode in Serato, like Predator, I felt the need to share some sounds that were of the Sweet Cheeks night's variety. Shout outs to Feed Her Beats for opening the vibe up right! Girl knows her shit.





(this one is all mawkward everything)

Sweet Cheeks Redux!

Y'all remember the last time when this shit went down and Krystal Klear headlined? That shit was fun. This time I took the power of Popcorn & Jelly to turn this into a monthly and the first one is going down this Friday at Til Two Club! If you're in San Diego, come through. There'll be free ring pops for people who wanna get married on the dance floor. Shout outs to the decknician-in-levelz Foniks for the future sexual chocolate design levels!

Nice Creme Mix for Rebel Magazine Podcast

That picture of me is so goofy. But yeah, here's another mix I did for the good people of Rebel Magazine's podcast series. It's different from the last mix in a lot of ways. Go get familiar with it!

Tracklist:

01. Dexter Wansel – The Sweetest Pain (Ooft! Edit)
02. Esther Phillips – Home Is Where The Hatred Is (Onur Engin Edit)
03. Grooveman Spot – Looking Up To You
04. Dimlite – When Devices Off
05. Lazer Sword & Turf Talk – I’m Gone (Low Limit Remix)
06. Reso – Channel Pressure
07. Letherette – Eye To Eye
08. Julien Dyne – Falling Down
09. Peven Everett – Testin’ Me
10. SWV – I’m So Into You (Teddy’s Extended Mix)
11. Aaliyah & R. Kelly – The Thing I Like
12. Onra – Long Distance
13. The Cool-Notes – You’re Never Too Young
14. J. Rawls & Middle Child – Til The Sun Comes Up
15. Teedra Moses – Caught Up
16. 14KT – Miss U
17. DJ Vadim ft. Sabira Jade – I Want To Shout Out
18. Sade – I Couldn’t Love You More

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Mawkward Mix for Breaksof10.com

Here's one of two mixes I've made for special sound and culture collectives. This one was done for a lovely UK-based music blog known as Breaks of 10 run by some real good people. Y'all need to throw them on your blog feed or follow 'em on twitter forrrreal. The mix rounds out to about a lil' less than 40 minutes and it definitely goes all over the place but if you know me, you know how #mawkward things can get. Anyway, download this ish and get open because 2012 will make you love me more. Major shout outs to my Decknician-in-lvlz Lord FoFo for the mix cover art!

Tracklist:
Indigo Pyramid - Lover's Defect
Esthero - Superheroes
Endingining - All I Can Do
eLan - Face It
Ralph Myers & The Jack Herren Band - Wintergirls
DJ Spinn & DJ Rashad - Daydreamin'
DJ Nate - My Heart
Yo Majesty - Booty Clap
Machinedrum - Lemme Fuck It
Project Pat ft. Pimp C - Cause I'm a Playa
Maze ft. Frankie Beverly - While I'm Alone
Nancy Holloway - Sand and Rain
Harry Ray - Next Time That I See You
Sylvia - Sweet Stuff
Muscle Shoal Horns - Addicted To Your Love
Intimate Strangers - Love Sounds
William S. Fischer - Xarmangaria

Download!

New Mawkward Blends

So it's been a while since I posted any of the new blends I've made. Here's two new ones I threw together over the weekend.

You Don't Know My Name (Mawkus' Love Sounds Blend)

I swear, I'm so mawkward when it comes to Capricorn women. I think I'd die a little (or a lot) if Alicia ever knew my name.

Golden Cage (Mawkus on Holiday Blend)

Shout outs to all my Beckies and gays, this one's for you.

By the way, stay tuned for two new mixtapes I made recently for some special music collectives!

Dimethyltryptamindedness 2.0 Beta

So it's definitely been a minute since I last posted. I've done some mixes, got a shit ton of new music and have thoroughly exercised my pineal gland since then. Let me start by putting you up on the two mixes I've done.

Long Motion is all that early 80s jheri curl goodness that rounds out to 40 minutes. Listen to this when you're pre-gaming for a girl or the club or both. It'll make your hair drip. Oh and rest in peace to Woody Cunningham of Kleeer and Malcolm McLaren of W.F.S.T.

T/L:
Glass Candy Intro
Shazam - Luckier (2008)
Kleeer - Intimate Connection (1984)
Patrice Rushen - Feels So Real 12" (1984)
High Fashion - Love (1983)
Feel - Let's Rock 12" (1982)
BB&Q Band - Dreamer (Shep's Dream Version) (1985)
Rome Jefferies - Good Love (1983)
Krystol - After The Dance Is Through 12" (1984)
Phase 2 - The Roxy (Paris to NY) (1982)
World's Famous Supreme Team - World's Famous (Radio ID) (1984)
Hiroshima - One Wish (1985)



Download here!

The next mix I put together was a follow up to the personal "Yo Girl, Spliff Me" mix series I've been doing. This is volume two on that same cerebREAL type tip-tip shit.

T/L:
Shlomo - Spoons
Addled - Heartbreachno
John Cameron - Liquid Sunshine
Flying Lotus - Data Entry
Dimlite - Outernational Duet
Floating Points - Radiality
Mr. Beatnick - I Know All The Bitches (Simbad Slow Mix)
Dizz1 - Konotakosuke Yaro
Jose James - Blackmagic
Black Chow - Purple Smoke
Landau Orchestra - Wheel of Fortune
Débruit - Pure Check
Ras G - Overcast 78 Beat (Two)



Download here!

Now I wanna put you up on some exclusives I got from the homie eLan and his affiliates. He's a real ill beat fiend that runs with a lot of good LA and SD based producers.

I've had this track on repeat lately as it just kinda seductively melts into your brain on a frequency that reminds you of those girls you could have wrote a Craigslist missed connection about.



Here's another track but on some midnight cyphe sesh in your homie's ride driving aimlessly in East Hollywood, too blunted to change the beat because everyone is way on point with their rhymes.



And I just wanna call it out now that these songs will blow up the summer of 2010 because no one in California really cares about spring.

Two Bears - Mercy Time (Southern Fried)


Onra - Long Distance feat. Oliver DaySoul (All City)


And I cannot stop listening to Erykah's new album. This one has been on repeat for the last two weeks. REAL TAWK.

Mawkus invented a new mode in Serato

It's called Predator Mode. Get familiar. Dancefloor offender right here. Totally lurking forward to tomorrow night too, bitches...

You think I need you, girl?

This goes out to all my exes, past and future. It's been a minute but I'm gonna set it up on my next post with some shit I've been rotating. Oh yeah, I heard a rumor there may be a Count Mawkula & Lord FoFo collabo tape coming through this weekend? Hmmm...

Popcorn & Jelly Does Disco

So it's been another long ass minute since I've posted on here but alas, I come bearing a gift. I put this mix together a few weeks back for my radio show on KSDT and got a lot of fans from it so I decided to throw it out there in all its glory. It's got both old and new music so it appeases both sides of the spectrum. Stay tuned for another mix I'll be throwing up soon!

Download: Popcorn & Jelly Does Disco