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Funk the War 2 mix

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

So last night, after Beyond, I went to Five, and then around midnight I got an MP3 CDs to mix for an anti-war protest this Friday. I spent about 10 minutes reviewing the tracks, and then I pressed record. This is now the “official soundtrack” which is kind of weird. I think […]

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Downtempo mix

Friday, February 1st, 2008

This is a practice mix in preparation for next week’s show.
This is 37 tracks in 64 minutes. This is called ADDD - the extra D is for Downtempo!
Track list:

Prefuse 73 - Drum Machine, Cello, Headwrap
Portishead - Pedestal
De La Soul - Millie Pulled a Pistol on Santa
Pharcyde - Passing Me By
Al Green - Here […]

 Amitai - Downtempo mix 020108 [64:23m]: Play in Popup | Download

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Dubstep @ Beyond

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

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Check out some pictures from last night. I made only a quick cameo while Alter-Ego went for a smoke break. Also featured: DJ Gauge and David Bloom.
We were also mentioned in this week’s Washington City Paper. Online version here.

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Some hip-hop classics

Friday, January 11th, 2008

A bunch of hip-hop classics… Mixing is somewhat shaky but too lazy to re-record. Download!

 Amitai - hip-hop mix 011008 [39:03m]: Play in Popup | Download

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Beyond: Status Update

Thursday, January 10th, 2008

As you know, a couple of friends and I have been throwing a weekly happy hour / DJ event in DC. Earlier this week, we were mentioned in The Washingtonian:

…one of the best happy hours you’ve never heard of. Held every Wednesday from 6 to 11 in the upstairs lounge of Skewers and Cafe Luna […]

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Winter Goth Mix

Tuesday, December 25th, 2007

As some of you know, I’ve been a regular guest at Club Five’s Arcadia — a weekly “alternative” night that features “industrial, gothic, synthpop, ebm, indie, electro, 80’s, britpop”. I don’t tend to fit in too well there. There are a few reasons why. For one, even though I used to listen to […]

 Amitai - Goth 12-25-07 [55:33m]: Play in Popup | Download

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Mix: 60m

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

This mix is a full hour long! Yikes! This one’s a little hard to swallow because I tried to throw all my ideas in one mix, so you have five-minute pockets of great shit in a sea of juxtaposed nonsense. Also I just upgraded to the latest Serato with auto-loop, and those of […]

 Amitai - 60m [60:01m]: Play in Popup | Download

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Freeform DJ Collective Update

Monday, December 10th, 2007

the Freeform DJ Collective has existed for about a year and a half now… Here’s a little bit on our individual projects.

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Upcoming Gigs

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

I don’t usually post about my upcoming gigs here. To stay up-to-date you should check the Freeform DJs‘ RSS feed.
However, I’m playing a couple of cool shows this week:
Thursday: Marquis @ Napoleon with Michah Villain and Outputmessage.
Saturday: Sub Kontinent @ Rock and Roll Hotel Dubstep Legion of Doom Takeover!

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Winter Mix

Sunday, November 18th, 2007

This was originally a mix I made for my girlfriend but I kept changing it as I recorded… Took tracks out, added others, and now it’s something totally different. Anyway, this is the winter mix. A short mix for what will hopefully be a short winter.

 amitai -short winter mix [26:48m]: Play in Popup | Download

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