Halcyon the AirAs of June 1, 2007, this page will no longer be updated. Please visit our new site to access newly added programs. DJ sessions from the Brooklyn club Halcyon Additional DJ sessions available at: PS1 Warm Up 2004, WPS1 DJ Sessions, and PS1 Warm Up 2005. |
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DJ Ian Adelman - listen | listen with RealPlayer First broadcast November 14, 2005 Ian Adelman has a lot of records. Hip-hop, downtempo, house, broken beat, reggae, and dub are among his favorites, but he likes other stuff too. Ian also has a sketchbook of sorts, Mirk.com. There you can find some nice pictures of his shoes as well as the ~Sfake~T Christo Gates. This set features ethnic/eclectic/downtempo/hip-hop beats. Adelman used to play frequently at Turntables on the Hudson, and still plays with DJ Nickodemus at events for our Wonderwheel Recordings label. Imagine the turntables/WW vibe, with a dose of Todd Terry/KenLou breaks, plus random surprises--that's one of his specialties. This early-nineties house set is a combination of Todd Terry, Strictly Rhythm stuff, MAW beats, Nervous, Murk, Vibe, some live-sounding stuff like T.U.B.A. and stuff on Talkin' Loud and Acid Jazz, as well as dubby UK tracks like those on William Orbit's Guerrilla label. |
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DJ Ayres - listen | listen with RealPlayer DJ Ayres (The Rub) recorded this exclusive set live at the Clocktower at WPS1 in April, 2005. Ayres ran through 80s R&B, Hip-Hop, Disco, Reggaeton, Baile Funk, Dancehall, House, Afrobeat, Rock and a few homemade remixes. Everything you need to know about DJ Ayres can be found online at www.djayres.com and www.itstherub.com. |
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DJ DB - Drum & Bass session featuring DJ DB of Breakbeat Science |
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Mr. C and Francis Harris (a.k.a. "Sycophant Slags") - listen | listen with RealPlayer Veteran British DJ/Producer Mr. C and Brooklyn's Francis Harris team up for a party at Superfreaq, London's hottest night. This exclusive mix highlights a fresh sound borrows textures from such primitive, analog synth-based styles of yesteryear as electro and acid and adds updated production techniques, with a focus on melodic song structures. British DJ/MC and producer "Mr. C", best known as one half of 90s techno-rave duo, The Shamen, has teamed up with New York DJ Francis Harris, a rising star on the international electronic house music scene, to form Sycophant Slags. Deejaying together at London's Superfreaq club night and at underground spots around the globe, they have emerged in 2004 at the forefront of a renaissance in electronic-based dance music that has been sweeping Europe and is now making inroads in the US. This mix features several cuts that are due for release in early 2004 on hot underground labels like Sex On Wax, Rebel One, The End, Mr. C's own Superfreaq and Francis's Matter/:Form. |
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DJ Chicus and DRM - listen | listen with RealPlayer DJ Chicus (Redbud) and DRM (Bastard Jazz) - two of Brooklyn's brightest producer/DJ/labelheads in the downbeat and dub genres - combined forces for this Happy-Hour session at Halcyon. This was their finale. |
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Cowboy Mark - listen | listen with RealPlayer First broadcast February 20, 2006 In a set recorded live in January 2006 at the Clocktower studios of WPS1, Cowboy Mark, a DJ who started out in 1999 at bars around New York City, playing rock, soul and country (and he'd sneak in an occasional dance track whenever he could). He was a DJ for the early Motherfucker parties. In 2002, he became a resident DJ of the Aktion! party at Lit Lounge where he helped spawn the "disco punk" phenomenon, with Carlos D. of Interpol fame. He started organizing his own parties in 2003 with guests including Kevin Saunderson, Miss Kittin, Superpitcher, M.A.N.D.Y., A Guy Called Gerald, Ed DMX, Frankie Bones, DJ T, Plastique de Reve, Felix the Housecat, Cylob, 2Many DJs, Smash TV, Legowelt, Ada, Marco Passarani, Richard Fearless, John Selway, Lady Miss Kier and Rex the Dog. His primary goal is to get the people dancing, whether it's through current techno/electro/house dancefloor fillers, classic freestyle/acid house/rave anthems, obscure synth/post punk rarities or rockabilly,garage, punk and new wave. Catch him on internet radio every Monday 4-6pm EST on East Village Radio. Starting in 2006 you can also catch him as a resident DJ at least two Saturdays a month at the PHONO parties at Avalon. As of February 2006, he is in the studio working on his first album, a bunch of remixes. Reach him at cowboymark@enablernetwork.org. |
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Daddy Lion Chandell - listen | listen with RealPlayer First broadcast March 6, 2006 Recorded live at the Clocktower, Feb. 17, 2006, Daddy Lion Chandell, a selector of the Jamaican sound system stylee and a real NYC renaissance man. He's been spreading the dub gospel throughout the city for years on the radio, at parties and anywhere where open ears and minds may gather to listen. In this exclusive set, Daddy Lion pays tribute to the late, great Melodians' lead-singer Brent Dowe, who died suddenly on Jan. 29, 2006 at the age of 59. |
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DJ Roy Dank - listen | listen with RealPlayer First broadcast November 7, 2005 A familiar freaky face in New York night life, Roy Dank has been playing in and around the city for the past several years. Connecting the dots between punk funk, oddball disco, with bits of house, techno, electro, funk and dub reggae thrown in for good measure, Roy likes to play music that you won't normally hear, let alone make you sweaty and wilin on the dancefloor. In 2003, he launched the Pop Your Funk monthly with friend and respected DJ/Producer Brennan Green, and since its inception, the boys have had played alongside Maurice Fulton, Chicken Lips, Joakim, Martin Moscrop from A Certain Ratio, Lindstrøm & Prins Thomas, Andrew Weatherall (whose 3+ hour punk-disco set was legendary to say the very least) and John Selway, amongst others. |
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Dublex, Inc. - |
Rock steady to this
mixmaster ,
actually Robin Hoffman of Pulver Records, Germany - quickly becoming one of the best
respected downbeat labels worldwide. Recorded live at the Brooklyn club on a
recent afternoon, but good for grooving anytime of day. Or night.
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DJ A. Frog - listen | listen with RealPlayer First broadcast April 18, 2005 An exclusive covers set, where every track is somebody doing somebody for the love of it, recorded live at the WPS1 Clocktower in March 2005. A. Frog is heard around New York at Splendid, Five Spot, Teddy's, SWIM, Bar Below, SALA Lounge, Halcyon, Guernica, Remote Lounge, and elsewhere bringing the noise in the form of jazz influenced hip-hop, funk instrumentals, Afrobeat, Latin, and soulful house music. Playlist 01 Walk On By ~ Roland Kirk 02 Spanish Grease ~ El Chicano 03 Superstition ~ Yesterday's New Quintet 04 Superstition ~ Leon Spencer 05 Foxy Lady ~ Booker T & the Mg's 06 Foxy Lady ~ Gil Evans Orchestra 07 Come Together ~ Tommy Guerrero 08 Come Together ~ Ike & Tina Turner 09 Ode to Billy Joe ~ The World's Greatest Jazz Band 10 Ode to Billy Joe ~ Lou Donaldson 11 Baby I Love You ~ Erma Franklin 12 Baby I Love You ~ The Sugarman Three 13 Pick Up The Pieces ~ Wilson Das Neves 14 Give It Up Turn It Loose ~ The Daktaris 15 Satisfaction ~ Otis Redding 16 Light My Fire ~ Shirley Bassey 17 Light My Fire ~ B.J. Thomas 18 Light My Fire ~ El Chicano 19 Be Thankful ~ Bunny Clarke 20 People Make The World Go Round ~ The Pharoahs 21 People Make The World Go Round ~ Herb Alpert & Hugh Masekela 22 What I'd Say ~ Rare Earth 23 Hey Joe ~ Love Revisited 24 Groove Me ~ Leroy Sibbles 25 These Boots Were Made for Walking ~ The Supremes |
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Ezekiel Honig - listen | listen with RealPlayer New York deejay and producer Ezekiel Honig lays down a set of microhouse and ambient techno in this elegant dance mix for Halcyon, the Brooklyn-based deejay shop. Playlist 01 Someone Else - Ploosh - Microcosm 02 False - Good Adder - Plus 8 03 Markus Nicolai - Chitchat on Sunset Cliff - Perlon 04 Geoff White - Peach Preserves - Spectral 05 Copacabannark - Garden Parade - Perlon 06 Ezekiel Honig - Cape Cod Getaway (John Tejada remix) - Microcosm 07 Someone Else and Miskate - Rip It Cookie Muenster (Matthew Dear remix) - Foundsound 08 Jabberjaw - I Speak For Some of That - Perlon 09 Pantytec - Candy Coated Conspiracy (Ultrakurt remix) - Perlon 10 Ezekiel Honig - Love Session - Microcosm 11 Studio 1 #8 Side B 12 Ezekiel Honig - Daily Human Emotions - Microcosm 13 Matthew Dear - Dog Days (Pantytec remix) - Spectral 14 Someone Else - Gushball (Ezekiel Honig remix) - Microcosm 15 Captain Campion - In Kind - Microcosm |
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I:Cube - |
I:Cube - ,
French master of minimal spaced-out disco house blesses the American dance floor with
this temptation-to-groove DJ set at
Halcyon's
Schematic CODA Party. Keep lights low.
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Paul Kennedy Live at the Clocktower - listen | listen with RealPlayer First broadcast October 17, 2005 DJ Paul Kennedy plays an exclusive "Lover's Rock" set of rare, smooth reggae grooves. Kennedy, national Imports Coordinator for Tower Records USA, has DJ'ed in Florida, Washington D.C. and New York City for 20 years, most recently with the WiLD FLeX parties, a Halcyon residency named Sci-Fi Soul, and guest spots at UK garage/grime nights. His specialties include lover's rock, pop, dancehall/reggae, uk garage/grime, r&b (every era) / northern soul, '91-'95 hardkore/jungle, soca/calypso, UK folk, rock'n'roll & eclectic mashup-style DJing. Playlist 01 Winston Reedy - Dim the Light 02 Portia Morgan - Let Me Be Your Angel 03 Michael Gordon - Magic Feeling 04 Carroll Thompson -- Move Me 05 Mike Antony - Spread Love 06 Louisa Marks - 6 Six Street 07 Barry Boom - I Will Understand 08 Sandra Cross - Can't Let You Go 09 Janet Kay - Do You Love Me 10 Cool Notes - My Tune 11 Kofi - Looking Over Love 12 Deborahe Glasgow - Fantasy Becomes Reality 13 Junior Brown - Long Time Me Call You 14 Leroy Mafia - One Tek (organ instru of Finders Keepers) (edit) |
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Kervyn Mark - From Halcyon in Brooklyn, NY, featuring Kervyn Mark (The Melting Pot). This jazz-infused set was informed by the DJ's lengthy musical history as a turntablist, and a pedigree that dates back to the earliest days of rap in his Brooklyn youth and the heyday of the Paradise Garage. |
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DJ Kwala - Kwala! Grrl-powered Brooklyn styler mixes Afrohouse with funk and hip-hop during her turn at this New York nightspot's "Hangover Helper" afternoon dance session. |
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DJ Monk One - listen | listen with RealPlayer Monk One is well known for his collection of rare vinyl, from which he plays everything from rock breaks to hip-hop and deep house. (His mixed CD, "Monk's Dream," has been a cult favorite.) You can also hear him spin every week on WBAI-FM radio's hip-hop show, "Underground Railroad". |
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DJ Nick AC - listen | listen with RealPlayer First broadcast August 29, 2005 DJ/promoter and all round music aficionado! Nick started up back in 1994 out of the club scene in London and has since been involved in projects including the clubs Tribal Sessions in Manchester, "arc" (previously Vinyl) in New York and most recently ROBOTS, drawing influences from everything from rock, punk, reggae, dub to house, electro and techno. He set up the weekly New York based party ROBOTS in 2004 to push forward-thinking electronic music. The project has him promoting and DJ-ing all over the city under the robot guise including a bi-monthly residency at Avalon/Spirit alongside world renowned DJ Chris Liebing. Recorded live at the WPS1 Clocktower studios, August, 2005. Playlist 01 Claro Intellecto - Lacan 02 Dub Archanoid Trim - Children (2005 Acid Dub) 03 Andy Stott - 8ight 04 Argy - Love Dose (Luciano mix) 05 Oliver Hacke - Subject Carrier"(John Tejada mix) 06 Superpitcher - Tell Me About It 07 Yazy Miko - What Words Can't Say 08 Jori Hulkkonen - Tiroli Track 09 Swayzak - Betek 10 James Ruskin - Confession 11 Carl Craig - Wonderful Life (Epic mix) |
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DJ Padati - listen | listen with RealPlayer This session, performed live at the WPS1 Clocktower on October 15, 2004, begins with mid-tempo tracks by Nickodemus and Osiris, Quantic, Farid, Levon Vincent & Jessica Elle, among others, then ventures into some very funky house territory. As an emerging deejay on the New York scene, ADDJ Padati has fully absorbed the dance-music styles that permeate parties throughout Manhattan and Brooklyn and given them a twist. His sets are often built around a recipe whose ingredients start with hip-hop and house, then add soul, broken-beat, down-tempo and dancehall classics to the mix. Recent performances include the 2003 Sprite Liquid Mix Tour at Jones Beach Theatre, and the 2003 Hip-Hop Awareness Festival in Leipzig, Germany. |
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DJ Bill Patrick - listen | listen with RealPlayer First broadcast July 4, 2005 Former Arc resident now resident at the weekly Robots party at Cafe Deville, DJ Bill Patrick displays the best in minimal techno/house and electro. Recorded Live At The Clocktower, 2005. Go to www.112crew.com for more Bill Patrick mixes. |
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Nat Rahav aka DJ Busquelo - listen | listen with RealPlayer Nat Rahav aka DJ Busquelo presents a trip through the world of Jazz Dance & Broken Beat. Sit back and relax as DJ Busquelo explores flavors of rare jazz, bossa hop, deep house & broken beat. The Name Busquelo means "Go Search For It" and this music is all about the quest for quality. |
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Schematic listen to part 1 | listen to part 1 with RealPlayer listen to part 2 | listen to part 2 with RealPlayer Blunted Funk Recordings duo Sneak-E Pete and Scottie B flex the deep dirty house and funked out breaks. This mix represents a typical "Schematic" Saturday night at Halcyon in Brooklyn with these two behind the decks. Check out Dankfunk for more information. |
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Scottie B - listen | listen with RealPlayer Scottie B runs Blunted Funk recordings and produces music with his band The Shift. He has a solo release on San Francisco's Big Popsicle records due spring 2005. You can see him deejaying every week in New York City. Here is a mix from March 2005 recorded live in the Clocktower. Plalist
01 BFG - Wild Turkeys - Unreleased
02 Troydon - Steppin' Up - Nightshift
03 All Good Funk Alliance - More People - Hi Phen
04 Swirl Peepz - Montevideo - Tango
05 Scottie B feat. Brian Fegan - Sweet Ass - Big Popsicle
06 Vibezelect - Do What You Know (Mario Fabriani & Olivier Desmet rmx) - Amenti
07 Edmund - Fusion of Sounds - Grab
08 Colette - Feelin' Hypnotized (Jason Hodges mix) - OM
09 B-Teen - ??? - Odds and Ends
10 Junia Ovadose - Hubba Hubba (Guided Methods mix) - Greenhouse
11 Market House vs. Natural Rhythm feat. Lea Rammpart - What I'm Gonna Do - Detour
12 The Shift - Crusin' (John Larner rmx) - Blunted Funk
13 Greenskeepers - Forget Mine - Greenskeepers
14 Lotus - Suitcase (Scottie B rmx) - Unreleased
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DJ Scribe vs. DJ Herbert - listen | listen with RealPlayer From Halcyon in Brooklyn, NY: eclectic funk featuring DJ Scribe vs. DJ Herbert |
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DJ Shakey - listen | listen with RealPlayer First broadcast June 20, 2005 Shakey is part of NYC's dj elite and she has spun at virtually every metro area nightclub that contributes to the culture. She created and directs the Nightowl Record Fair, is the music supervisor for fashion designer Nanette Lepore, and is the music editor of Sweet Action magazine. Her broad range of talent has led to appearances ranging from A Wedding Story on TLC to Shocklee Entertainment's Public Enemy Tribute. Her set for WPS1 reflects her diversity. She also has a legendary record collection, produces music under the name Jules/C, and teaches young women to become DJs. |
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DJ Dayo Shyne - listen | listen with RealPlayer First broadcast December 12, 2005 Halcyon The Air presents DJ Dayo Shyne's Downtown Soul Volume 1, a mix of soulful house tunes and deep floor-fillers. After a decade spent living outside of the US, in both Manchester UK and Tokyo, the Florida native has settled in Brooklyn, bringing his world class sounds and deep house grooves to NYC. As of late 2005 he is resident DJ at Triple Crown in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and at the Gallerie in Dumbo, also in Brooklyn. (59 minutes) Playlist 01 The Rebirth - This Journey In 02 Frank Roger & Oliver Portal - Me Myself and I 03 Kenny Carvajai - First Time 04 Mambana - Felicidad (Rasmus Faber Mix) 05 Safa Devine - Special (Louie Vega Mix) 06 Solu Music - It Ain't Love (Q. Harris Mix) 07 Deyampert - Held Him First 08 Jill Scott - Golden (The House Mix) |
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Shauna Slevin - listen | listen with RealPlayer First broadcast April 11, 2005 Shauna Slevin of Ibadan Records spins an exclusive set of deep and progressive House. Recorded live at the Clocktower at WPS1. |
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DJ Speck - listen | listen with RealPlayer Brooklynite DJ Speck tears the roof off the motha' with her unique blend of funky 4/4, lush tech-house delicacies and dark rhythms. Halcyon represents the unification of underground DJ culture and multi-media art and design. |
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Jonny Trunk vs. Tim "Love" Lee - listen | listen with RealPlayer First broadcast February 21, 2005 Jonny Trunk vs. Tim "Love" Lee in an exclusive tag-team set of sexy sounds and tasty beats from two Brit DJ eccentrics. Well-respected in the electronic music and DJ community for their distinctive brand of downtempo dirty beats and and far-out funk, Lee's Tummy Touch label is still going strong after nearly 10 years. The mantra for Jonny Trunk's Essex-based Trunk Records is "Music, Nostalgia and Sex." The label's output includes vintage porn soundtracks, rare and unreleased film music of the 60s and 70s and Jonny Trunk's own inspired funk entitled "Inside Outside," released in 2004. Jonny also hosts the "O.S.T." soundtrack show on Saturdays on Resonance FM in London, and catch him on WPS1's own film music show, "Selectors on Film." |
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DJ Levon Vincent: Nueromantica - listen | listen with RealPlayer Levon Vincent is the founder of More Music NY, a boutique-style record label based on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. MMNY releases hand numbered, limited editions of vinyl records, the most recent -- and successful -- of which is Vincent's third, "The Thrill of Love," featuring the vocals of Jessica Elle. He has been a professional DJ in New York since 1993. |
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DJ Levon Vincent: Acid Revival - listen | listen with RealPlayer Vincent serves up a mix of new music and old, with a fluent blend of original Acid, Techno, Tech-House, Disco and a couple Profan classics. He recorded this session live in January, 2004 at Halcyon in Brooklyn during the opening of a an exhibit for the artist Oliver Vernon. |
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