Deep Reactions with Catalyst

Recorded live on 2016 Oct 10 at http://dogglounge.com. This was my 25th set at Dogglounge – at least counting from when I started playing a named, committed-time set on Sundays (and not counting the “guest” sets I did before I was invited to start playing regularly). Thanks to Odogg for such a great station, and thanks to all the loungers who listen – and contribute to keep the station online.

Recorded live at Dogglounge on Sunday, 2016 Oct 16. Let me forewarn you that I decided to go increasingly harder, trending all the way to Tech House, after the first (relatively chill) 45 minutes of the set. Hang on for the ride! (Thanks to all the loungers in chat that hung on for the ride!) Footnote: I got a twofer today. My local (american) football team (New England Patriots) won their game on...

Recorded live on 2016 Oct 21 at http://dogglounge.com It was Friday night, and I felt like some full-on music, like you’d hear when you’re out at a nightclub. No jazzy deep house. No cutesy pop EDM. But full-throated, whompy bass that you feel in your body when you have a big sound system playing. So I jumped in after Unknown Tone‘s normal set to play a short, unscheduled night. Out.

Recorded live at Dogglounge on 2016 Oct 29. This was an impromptu set. It was Saturday morning, and I had nothing to do, and felt musical. So I jumped on before Neonlogic played, which meant my set could only be one hour. PS – Yes, I know the name of this podcast is super-similar to my one named Shorty. But I didn’t remember this until after I’d done the artwork & the MP3 mastering, and didn’t wan...

Recorded live at http://dogglounge.com on 2016 Nov 13. I filled-in today for the other DJ that shares the Sunday afternoon time slot with me, as she had a milestone celebration to attend. I felt a BIG pull to spin some nu-disco, so put on your disco shoes and break out the mirror ball for the middle 1/2 or more of this. (I LOVE NU-DISCO!)

Recorded live at Dogglounge.com on 2016-Dec-11. So, well, I gotta admit that the live set of this show had a few … problems. Stupid, lazy DJ mistakes, like not having the volume down on a channel when I’m previewing the next track, and crap like that. I fixed it all in post-production (pre-podcast-release), but it doesn’t let me out of the obligation to admit I had some broken bits in this set. Th...

Recorded live at Dogglounge.com on New Year's Day, 01 January 2017. The year has come full-circle, eh? ;-) I hadn't planned on spinning a set on NY Day; it's a holiday, right? But around 15:45, I realized I had nothing to do. So I decided to spin. I had to set up all my DJ equipment, though, as I'd taken it down for parties over the holiday. So I actually had a bit of a mistake during the 2nd trac...

Recorded live at http://dogglounge.com on 29 January 2017. This date was on a weekend when the USA was deeply fractured over President Trump's executive order on immigrants entering the USA. It fractured our country. I tried to bring themes of love & open arms into the mix (though with only "ok" result).

Recorded live at dogglounge.com on 2017 Feb 26. As seems to be the case often with my set names & artwork, this title is taken from the weather outside. It has been unseasonably warm this winter / spring in Boston, and IMO, this isn't a bad thing. The prospects for a mild winter & early spring are looking up, indeed.

Recorded live at http://dogglounge.com on 2017 Feb 19. In the spirit of trying to find a name for the set (and cover art), I looked merely to the weather. It had snowed several days before this, and yet this day was unexpectedly very sunny.

Recorded live at http://dogglounge.com on 2017 March 12. Baby, it was cold outside! And remain so. But, it was warm and cozy inside, which got me in a happy mood, which - as always - led (in the end) to some Nu Disco. But I promise - not until the final hour ;-)

Recorded live at http://dogglounge.com on 19 March 2017. Support the station with your donations! No particular theme this time to the tunes, and the only reason for the title / artwork is that I thought the photo was nice ;-)

Recorded live on 2 April 2017 at http://dogglounge.com Oops- I forgot to post this episode immediately after I did the set. So, I'm "late" posting it ;-)

Recorded live at http://dogglounge.com on 2017 May 07. Though winter wasn't terrible here in the Northeast USA, I'm so happy to have longer, warm days that I couldn't help myself: I wanted a summery, beach-party type set. So the variety is a bit broad, and not super chill, but hopefully fun.

Recorded live at http://dogglounge.com on 2017 May 14 (Happy Mother's Day!) The first half of this is the usual Dogglounge fare - deep house, some nu-disco, etc. The second half tends towards Tech House more than the usual DL stuff. Much of it comes from releases intended for Ibiza and Miami 2017 beach clubbing. It's also a bit shorter than the normal 2 hours. Apparently I spaced out and played a...

Recorded live at http://dogglounge.com on 2017 May 28. Thanks to listeners; support the station! I'm headed to Ibiza this summer, and *WISH* I had some place to spin there. It is a "bucket-list" item for me to do so. This set has tunes that seem like what I'd want to hear as the sun goes down on a warm, happy, Ibiza afternoon with a glass of Rosé in-hand, standing among a beach-full of lounge chai...

Recorded live at http://dogglounge.com on 2017-06-04 This set is right down the middle of the Dogglounge sound - at least *my* feeling about DL sound is. I tend to get a little clubby in the last couple of tracks - but that's just who I am. I seem to be on a streak of naming my sets based on my feeling about the weather. Well, it's June, and here in New England, it's still cool (55F, 12C), and I'm...

Recorded live at http://dogglounge.com on 2017-06-18, Father's Day in many countries. Since there are lots of fathers out there that grew up in the Disco era, I thought it would be fun to do a disco-themed set - BUT, make it more modern by using either reworks of old Disco tracks that are more DJ friendly, or fully-new Nu-Disco / Indie Dance tracks. I had a TON of fun playing this set. I hope you...

Recorded live at http://dogglounge.com on 2017-06-25. Visit, listen, and support the station! After last week's set of full-on Nu-Disco, I decided to stay with the idea of "reworks of old genres", and put this set together using either reworks of old jazz tunes, or new tunes that have a solid jazzy feel to them. Thanks to the listeners, especially those who come and show up in chat. And credit to...

Recorded live at http://dogglounge.com on 13 Aug 2017. I was a bit all over the place on this set; it may not be my most well-crafted arc of music. But hey - it happens.

I have played live at some events recently, and I'm really pumped about getting people to dance. So this was a bit more "house-y" than might have worked well on a Sunday afternoon at Dogglounge, but it's where my music was at the time.

Recorded live on 2017-Sep-24 at http://dogglounge.com Not sure what to say about this set. I felt inspired by the minimalism of opening couple of tunes, and the closing one. (Thus the title - and cover art.) So I stayed in that vein - a bit. I tilted towards some normal deep house in the middle, but this one is a bit different for me. And fun to have played. I also discovered a new producer this w...

Recorded live at https://dogglounge.com on 6 Oct 2017 No real reason for the title. I just felt comfortable doing the set. I wasn't sweating what track to play next, all the broadcast tech was working, and I had a glass of wine (though sadly not an ocean view) during the set. So, the title emerged from that as I was doing post-broadcast mastering. Hope you enjoy the tunes. Support the station!

Recorded live at http://dogglounge.com on 2017 Oct 22. I originally wanted to call this podcast "Looking Up". I have an original song in this mix, and I felt like (for the first time) like I didn't struggle with the technology to make it - so things were "looking up" for me. But, I've already done a podcast by that name, and Mixcloud seemed to be getting confused (when I did tracklist time stampin...

Recorded live at https://dogglounge.com on 2017 Nov 05. Support the station! This week I went to a club in Brooklyn with 4 hours of great DJs form 8-midnight, and the George Clinton live from 12-2. This got my brain in the funky mode. My crate is not super-deep in funky house, and I don't know that end of my crate well enough. So I think I could have done better on the sequencing of these tracks....