Space Cowboys

8ball Mixography

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Hello Friends, I'm 8ball (JDW, Josh Damon, Josh). I started DJing in the 90s at SF underground parties and on the playa. I played mostly drum n bass at first, but quickly expanded genres—breaks, disco, hip hop, funk, sleaze, electro, and all sorts of stuff in-between. I'm one of the original members of the Bay Area arts and music collective, Space Cowboys. Nuv8 is a side project I use now and then for mixing ambient, experimental, and leftfield stuff, including some originals. You can also find me here: https://www.linktr.ee/dj8ballhttp://instagram.com/dj8ballhttp://threads.net/dj8ballhttps://...

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8ball RIPEcast Octo Disco 2016 11.10.2016 1:59:13

8ball is back with 2 hours of house and disco for your aural pleasure.

8ball - Fogust In SF (2016) 21.08.2016 1:59:45

Karl the Fog is the undisputed king of summer in San Francisco. During the month of Fogust (known as August anywhere north, south, east, or west of SF), I played sets with these tracks at a few daytime events including the Daybreaker Summer Boat Party and Wild Feather's long-running Beyond The Fence playa fashion trunk show. Enjoy! - 8b

8ball - Space Cowboys 20th Anniversary 11.07.2016 1:34:56

This is essentially my DJ set from the Space Cowboy 20th Anniversary party at Public Works, 7/8/16, plus some additional classic breaks that I mixed in after the fact. Photo courtesy of Dirk Wyse https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10206252582626101&set=pb.1611516477.-2207520000.1468205517.&type=3&theater

8Ball RIPEcast Live at Precompression 21.06.2016 1:02:18

Recorded live at American Steel Studios in Oakland at Precompression June 2016.

8Ball RIPEcast BottleRock Funk 2016 31.05.2016 1:35:48

Recorded live at Hush Silent Disco at BottleRock 2016.

8Ball RIPEcast Spring FWD Bounce BCK 19.04.2016 1:30:24

This week's mix courtesy of 8Ball from Space Cowboys.

8Ball RIPEcast Live Public Works 2016-03-13 15.03.2016 59:23

Recorded live at Space Cowboys present Lady Waks! Public Works, SF March 13, 2016.

8ball - Casa Sayulita Feb 2016 27.02.2016 2:00:56

My 3rd mix of the year—inspired while on vacation in Sayulita, finished up back in SF. Lonely Planet says Sayulita is a "hipster surfer village" and there's gotta be more rich gringos living there than Mexicans. But I found the mostly quiet beach beautiful, and margaritas or cervezas were always within reach. Hard to find a problem with that. This mix has some of the upbeat, funky mid tempo house...

All Rubbish Is Wonderful - 8Ball's Bowie Tribute 17.01.2016 1:32:45

When I heard reports of Bowie's death I assumed it was a grand hoax to compliment Blackstar, a hoax that would have fit well with the albums themes. But no, as reports continued to flood the web along with sentiments from fellow artists and performers I rounded on the realization that it was all true. What a shit morning. While I can point to the direct link between Space Cowboys and Bowie, I know...

8Ball RIPEcast Live from BoC 2016 12.01.2016 1:01:02

Recorded live from Breakfast of Champions at the Midway in SF January 1, 2016.

8Ball - When It's Raining - Dec 2015 20.12.2015 2:06:06

A little something to go with the rain.

RIPEcast 8Ball - Ghost Ship Annihilation 2015 03.11.2015 1:06:06

Recorded live from the Hoe Down stage Friday Oct. 30 at Ghost Ship Annihilation.

8Ball - Rocktober (Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2015) 26.10.2015 1:16:16

Happy Halloween friends! Here's my #Rocktober set of rock remixes and mashups from the HUSHconcerts stage at this year's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass. See you at Ghost Ship this weekend! I'm playing Friday night on the Mog. Tickets are almost gone: http://bit.ly/GS2015sc

8Ball on the RIPEcast - Dust Off 2015 15.09.2015 2:03:39

On this week's RIPEcast we have 8Ball's opening set from the main stage at Opulent Temple's Dust Off party at Public Works. Photo by IamQuantum Photography

8Ball - Hush, Treasure Island (Director's Cut) - 8/15 20.08.2015 1:38:54

This is a director's cut of what I played at the 8/2/15 Hush Concerts picnic on Treasure Island. Same tracks plus a few more, re-recorded because I left my recorder at home.

8Ball - Oakland Proper (6/5/15) 16.06.2015 1:27:28

There's a new wave of chopped, stretched, bass soaked remixes coming out -- twists on old icon's old classics by new house producers that feature just enough of the original to make me smile, but enough new production to feel fresh. This mix = a bunch of that, plus some other stuff that I found hanging out on my hard drive the week before last, when Space Cowboys dropped by The New Parish for a pa...

8Ball's funk & disco happy hour @ Pier 70 31.05.2015 1:06:05

May 22, 2015 at Pier 70

8ball RIPEcast - Live From Yuri's Night 15.04.2015 1:02:57

I love playing Yuri's Night parties. They're not the biggest, certainly not the craziest, but they're still awesome because space is awesome. And where most holidays are about celebrating where we've come from, Yuri's celebrates where we're going. Also, while not quite as catching as 'One giant leap from mankind', Yuri kinda gets ya right there with this quote: "Circling the Earth in my orbital sp...

8Ball's Funk & Disco Happy Hour - March 2015 24.03.2015 1:20:47

Instant Happy Hour!

8Ball - Deep Feb 2015 21.02.2015 2:29:44

Longer mix for a shorter month.

8Ball - Jan 2015 DnB Mix 30.01.2015 2:17:14

8Ball RIPEcast - Live From Breakfast Of Champions 2015 06.01.2015 1:02:41

This year was the 15th anniversary of Breakfast of Champions. I've been to nearly every one and each time I walk away saying, "That was the best yet!" Well once again, this year was the best yet, with gorgeous weather, excellent DJs, strong drinks, and the vibe was off the charts. I'm incredibly grateful that our glorious little shitshow is still fun, mad, and going strong as ever. This BoC lande...

H8Ball - Going Goth for Ghost Ship 2014 16.11.2014 59:37

Halloween's the perfect time to play goth and industrial tracks on a big sound system. I played a short opener at Ghost Ship this year, and we got a late start so not all of it got recorded, so I re-recorded what I played plus a little more that I didn't get to. Halloween's over now, but the spookiness can keep going. Long live the undead!

8Ball RIPEcast - Return To Earth 14.10.2014 2:01:23

This week on The RIPEcast, it's our own DJ 8Ball with one of his signature, marathon dance mixes (2 hours plus) inspired by our "Return to Earth" post-Burn party at Monarch a while back. Enjoy. For more information on 8Ball visit: www.facebook.com/8ballxjoshdamon Artwork by www.jempanufnik.com

8Ball RIPEcast - Happy Unimog 40th 20.08.2014 2:27:01

The Mog's heard a lot of DJs play a lot of music genres over the years, but there's one style that it always comes back to -- breaks. Yep, when the Mog made the bold decision to give up its profession as a gainfully employed radio truck and pursue its dream of becoming the playa's very first mobile DJ sound system, it did so marching to a broken beat. The year the Mog turns 40, and while it may be...