Ivan's Hidden Cove podcast

Guest Mix Brian Bejarano (SF)

Ivan Ruiz — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:04:37 GMT

Here's a mix from one of my loyal customers i had @ the time i was working @ Amoeba in SF. Brian has a great taste of music & it's shows. Check this mix out, it's def on the Hidden Cove Midtempo tip. On to the mix & enjoy =0 Tracklist(Artist-Title-Label) Hidden Cove guest mix w/ Brian Bejarano (SF) 1.Earwig and DJ Joseph-Australia-Groove Distribution 2.Hell Vice-Crawfish(Pilooski edit)-Dark and Lovely 3.Frank Booker-Universal Drive-Untracked 4.Zepp001-Dont Sleep-Delusions of Grandeur 5.Spirit Catcher-Move Closer-Winding Road 6.Hot Natures Edits-Modern Amusement-Wolf n Lamb 7.Wolf n Lamb-If u Had(Shaun Reeves Edit)- Wolf n Lamb 8.Ooft-This Sound-Instruments of Rapture 9.Phil and Dan-Brighter-Pooled 10.Crazy P-Sun Science(Ron Basejam Dub)-Shiva 11.Max Essa-Back to the Beach-Bear Funk 12.LTJ Xperience-I Love You-Irma 13.6th Borough Project-The Formula(dub Vibes)-Instruments of Rapture 14.The Detroit Experience-Think Twice(Mark E Remix-Juno 15.6th Borough Project-Hang On-Instruments of Rapture

Hidden Cove Vol.7

Ivan Ruiz — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 06:19:51 GMT

Here's my 7th installment of my Hidden Cove mixtape/cd series. Half of the mix is on the Midtempo tip & the other half is on the housey side of things. Hope you enjoy & feel free to share the vibes. Tracklist(Artist-Title-Label) Midtempo Side: 1.Troublemakers -Fatigue Universelle-Guidance 2.Guaranteed Raw-Get A Load Of This-R & S 3.Midnight Funk Association-Code-Mo Wax 4.9LAZY9-Train(Marden Hill Mix)-Ninja Tune 5.Ill Media & Psychokinetics-Interlude-Om 6.Trio Electrico-Supa Max-Stereo Deluxe 7.Soundscape-The Journey Within(Pre-Emptive Dub)-Notting Hill Music 8.Urban Tribe-Covert Action-Mo Wax 9.Marcus Aurelius-Come For The Vibe-Soul Fuel House Side: 1.Tony Lionni-Sundance-Mule Musiq 2.Willie Graff-When The Sun Goes Down-Drumpoet 3.Cle-Moon 15-Poker Flat 4.Kapuchon-Potato Tomato-Beyond 5.Russ Gabriel-Spirits-Partier 6.Stereociti-Waiting For Your Call-Mojuba 7.Tolga Fidan & Anthony Collins-La Cadence-Vakant 8.Delano Smith-Synergy-Third Ear

Guest Mix CJL (Tweekin', City Deep, MML SF)

Ivan Ruiz — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:08:35 GMT

Here's a great mix from my friend & fellow colleague CJ Larsen also known as CJL. CJ is notorious for recording some of SF's best underground House Music parties. Aside from recording parties, he also works for Tweekin' Records in SF. In additon to working at Tweekin, he also helps out with Halo's City Deep label & SF's very own MML. On to the mix! Tracklist(Artist-Title-Label) Hidden Cove guest mix w/ CJL (Tweekin', City Deep, MML SF) 1.Wednesday Night People-Moodymann-White Label 2.Iz & Diz-All In The Way–Tweekin Records 3.Mike Huckaby-The Jazz Republic(Original Mix)–Funky Chocolate 4.Rainbow Garden-Meatless Paste-Idea 5.Ray Meng - Bar O' Soap – Mangled 6.Drrtyhaze - Superhigh (Play It Loud Original)–Tirk 7.Fat Camp - Put A Little Jam On It–Anorak 8.Bill Withers-Who Is He (Henrik Schwarz Remix)–White Label] 9.Nick Chacona & Anthony Mansfield-Slow N'Low–Redux 10.Yazoo - Situation (Hercules And Love Affair Remix) – Mute Records Ltd 11.Andres-Love Heals Fea. Traci Vox-Mahogani Music 12.J. Boogie's Dubtronic Science-Suga Deadly-Swedish Brandy 13.Mock & Toff - Digit 3 - Rvng Intl. 14.Giorgio Moroder - Evolution (Edit)–Director’s Cut 15.Elektrons-Sunshine Love-Genuine

Guest mix Jason Douglas (Vinydj.com SF) Part 2

Ivan Ruiz — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 04:10:04 GMT

This month’s guest mix comes from Jason Douglas (djjd). Jason also owns and operates www.vinyldj.com, which is a gold mine for used record enthusiasts ranging from all sorts of electronic dance music. Jason is a die heart vinyl junkie and he carries an enormous passion for finding obscure records that only he knows about. You can also find more information about Jason @ www.myspace.com/discodevil & www.myspace.com/vinyldj With that being said, let’s go on to the mix of a special Disco Funk blend! Tracklist(Artist-Title-Label) Hidden Cove guest mix w/ Jason Douglas (Vinyldj.com SF) 1.Claudja Barry-Love for the Sake of Love-Philips 2.Sparque-Music Turns Me On(Larry Joseph Mix)-West End 3.Sergio Mendes and the New Brasil '77-The Real Thing-Elektra 4.Kasso-One More Round-Banana 5.I-Level-Give Me-Virgin 6.Destroyers-Slave of Love-Salsoul 7.Rah Band-Messages from the Stars-TMT 8.Queen Samantha-Take a Chance-TK Disco 9.Imagination-Burnin Up-Red Bus 10.Columbus Circle-If You Read My Mind(Tee Scott Mix)-Elektra 11.Barbara Norris-Heavy Hitter-United Performers 12.Dr. John-Jet Set-Beggars Banquet 13.Kay-Gee's-Kilowatt/Invasion-De-Lite 14.Vernon Burch-Get Up-Chocolate City

Guest Mix Marcus Aurelius (Soulfuel Recordings, Milwaukee)

Ivan Ruiz — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:01:13 GMT

This month's guest mix comes courtesy of Marcus Aurelius. Marcus has a great ear for quality house music, along with producing some great pieces of work himself. His work been rocked by Mark Farina, Ken(ECB), Dj Heather, Johnny Fiasco, Inland Knights, Fred Everything & countless others. He also has a new release that is due to drop on Alphabet Music! For more information on Marcus you can check out his record label, along with label mate John Hawley @ www.soulfuelrecordings.com Be sure to check out his myspace @ www.myspace.com/vinylgruve & www.twitter.com/m_aurelius Now on with the mix! Tracklist(Artist-Title-Label) Hidden Cove guest mix w/ Marcus Aurelius (Soulfuel Recordings, Milwaukee) 1.Kerri Chandler-Rain[Nervous Tracks] 2.The Funk Ensemble-Skunk(Jamie Lewis Reworked Edit)[Purple Music] 3.Jask-Back In The Brighter Dayz(2006 Mix)[Cdr] 4.Yass Feat. L.t. Brown - I'm Free(Main Mix)[Purple Music] 5.Dido-Don't Believe In Love(Dennis Ferrer's Objektivity mix)[Cheeky Records] 6.Stardust-Music Sounds Better(Unknown Edit)[Cdr] 7.Ken Ecb & Lns-Places[Sowat Music] 8.Dwele Feat. Bahamedia-Philadelphia(Marcus Aurelius' House Rework)[Cdr] 9.Mel Rosario-Still Maintaining[Cdr] 10.Bryan Jones-Jazz Box[Flapjack] 11.Mark Farina-Life(Pezzner Remix)[Om] 12.Sebastian Gamboa-Nuevelo(Main Mix)[Purple Music] 13.Smith Hall Project-Xscape[Undertones]

Guest Mix Tim K (UBC SF)

Ivan Ruiz — Fri, 22 May 2009 00:27:34 GMT

Here is another great mix compiled by my long time friend Tim Kilkenny. Tim has a great depth & understanding to first rate quality dance music & his mix shows just that! It is my pleasure to present Tim K live in direct & in the mix.... Tracklist(Artist-Title-Label) Hidden Cove guest mix w/ Tim K (UBC SF) 1.Astral Manhole Project-Funkology(40 Thieves Remix)-Smash Hit Music 2.Basement Freaks-Street Assassin(Rephrase Remix)-Breakbeat Paradise 3.Chicken Lips-3 Soaps in 1-Smash Hit Music 4.Gary Davis-The Professor's Here(Greg Wilson Mix)-Smash Hit Music 5.LSB - F.O.G.(DUB)-Eskimo 6.Leroy Hanghofer-Pin-Smash Hit Music 7.Iilija Rudman-After Midnight(Greg Wilson Remix)-Love Is War Music 8.Dirty Jesus-Don't Fuck With My Shit-(Salt City Orchestra Remix)-Paper Recordings 9.Force of Nature-I_ight-Mule Music 10.Lindstrom-Another Station(Todd Terje Remix)-Feedelity Recordings 11.ETI, Garth-Twenty Minutes of Disco Glory(Simon Mix)-Grayhound 12.Rocket- Between The Lines(Lost DOwn DUb)-Grayhound 13.John Cutler & Matthias Heilbourne-640- Distant Music 14.Reel People-Outta Love(Alix Alvarez SOLE Channel Outta Dub)-Papa Records

Guest mix Jason Douglas (Vinydj.com SF) Part 1

Ivan Ruiz — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 05:47:39 GMT

This month’s guest mix comes from Jason Douglas (djjd). Jason also owns and operates www.vinyldj.com, which is a gold mine for used record enthusiasts ranging from all sorts of electronic dance music. Jason is a die heart vinyl junkie and he carries an enormous passion for finding obscure records that only he knows about. You can also find more information about Jason @ www.myspace.com/discodevil & www.myspace.com/vinyldj With that being said, let’s go on to the mix of a special Balearic blend! Tracklist(Artist-Title-Label) Hidden Cove guest mix w/ Jason Douglas (Vinyldj.com SF) 1. Mark Almond-One More for the Road-Blue Thumb 2. Laurent Garnier-Fleur de Lotus-F Communications 3. Cocteau Twins-Sugar Hiccup-4AD 4. Badly Drawn Boy Promises-A Mountain of One Version-EMI 5. Williams-Love on a Real Train-Love Triangle 6. Woolfy vs Projections-The Return of Starlight-Permanent Vacation 7. Kaine-Welcoming Idaho-Spacetalk 8. A Mountain of One-Can't Be Serious-AMO 9. Iron Curtain-First Punk Wars-Pylon 10. Essa-E.P. Atmos-DIY 11. A Mountain of One-Warping of the Clock-AMO 12. Windsurf-White Soweto-Internasjonal 13. Arturo Capone-Curcuma-Bear Funk 14. Studio-Self Service-Information 15. Eurythmics-Revenge-RCA 16. A Mountain of One-Freefall-AMO

Hidden Cove Vol.6

Ivan Ruiz — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 04:23:56 GMT

Here's my 6th installment of my Hidden Cove cd/mix tape series. This one's on the Dub Downtempo tip & hope you enjoy! Unfortunately, i don't have a tracklisting for this set.

Guest mix Darren Davis (Tweekin' Records SF)

Ivan Ruiz — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 06:16:46 GMT

I am honored to have my buddy Darren Davis, former owner of the legendary West Coast record store Tweekin' Records in the house for a Hidden Cove podcast! Tweekin' Records is located in San Francisco's historic Haight St district or on-line @ www.tweekin.com Darren has been a major influence on the SF scene & has sold records to everyone in the business. You can catch Darren Friday nights @ the Triple Crown(www.triplecrownsf.com) during Happy Hour, showcasing his amazing record collection. Thanks for the mix Darren! Tracklist(Artist-Title-Label) Hidden Cove guest mix w/ Darren Davis (Tweekin' Records SF) 1. Fitchie Feat. Joe Dukie–Midnight Marauders–Best Seven 2. Marine Girault–Revival–FFRR 3. Jose Feliciano–California Dreaming–RCA 4. The Avalanches–Since I Left You–Modular 5. Jhelisha–Friendly Pressure–White 6. King Tubby–Bag A Wire Dub–Heavenly 7. Massive Attack–Day Dreaming–Circa 8. Horace Andy–Rock It Tonight–Pro-Zak 9. Tappa Zukie–M.L.P.A Dub–Heavenly 10. E.S.G–Moody–Factory 11. Culture–Two Sevens Clash–Heavenly 12. Little Axe–Storm Is Rising (Hebalizer Rmx)–Wired 13. Rockers Hi-Fi–Going Under ( K & D Rmx)–Warner 14. Joe Gibs–Rockers Delight Re-Edit–White Label 15. Ester Williams–Last Night Changed It All–Jazzman

Hidden Cove Vol.5 Side A

Ivan Ruiz — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:01:16 GMT

Here's my 5th installment of my Hidden Cove cd/mix tape series. This one's more on the house tip, enjoy :) Tracklist(Artist-Title-Label) 1. Bajune Tobeta-O Mar Em Paz Remixes-ODE Music 2. Tommy Bones-Future Classic EP-Real Tone Records 3. Omar-S–111-FXHE Records 4. Kai Alcé-Broken Headlights-Real Soon 5. Little Big Bee-Yellowtail-Flower Records 6. 3 Generations Walking-Nothing Or No One-Lion1Music 7. Rhythm & Sound w/ Tikiman-Ruff Way (Afefe Iku Remix)White 8. DJ Disse-Real Roots E.P.-Music For Dreams America 9. Ronnie Parker-The Prayer-Earthrumental Music 10. Sven Tasnadi / Brauns* & Nürnberg-A Run Into Flowers/Delicious-liebe detail 11. Serafin & Roman Bruderer-Mountain004-Mountain People

Hidden Cove Vol.3

Ivan Ruiz — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:57:40 GMT

Tracklist(Artist-Title-Label) 1.Migs & Jelly-Enter The Soul-Ascension 2.Sven Van Hess-Calypso-Life Enhancing Audio 3.Journey-Boogie Delites-Future Vision 4.Carlos Mena-??-?? 5.Soul 223-All City Ep Track 1-Soul Jazz 6.Soul 223-All City Ep Track 2-Soul Jazz 7.Das Etwas-Go Ahead-Cynic 8.Alice Smith-Love Endeavor(Maurice Fulton Rmx)-BBE 9.40 Thieves-Point To The Joint-Smash Hit Music 10.Foolish & Sly-You Can Come In Get It-Cynic 11.UB’s-??-Electric Souls 12.Rondenion-Tokyo Story-Still Music 13.Phonique-Go!-Intim 14.Nightmares On Wax-African Pirates(Troubleman Rmx)-Warp

Hidden Cove Vol.2

Ivan Ruiz — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:34:26 GMT

Here's my 2nd installment of my Hidden Cove mix cd/tape series. Hope your enjoy & tracklisting is located below :) Tracklist(Artist-Title-Label) 1.Patchworks-Deep Ocean EP-Still Music 2.Terry Hunter-The New Terry Hunter EP-House Jam 3.Susan Clark-Deeper-FFRR 4.Hustlers Convention-The Groovers Delight EP-Stress Records 5.Domu-Return Of The Rouge LP-Archive 6.Tokyo Black Star-Oka Uja-Yellow Productions 7.The Mighty Bop-Autres Voix Autres Blues-Yellow Productions 8.Boogiehouze-Edit That Soul-Compost 9.Kurtis Blow-The Breaks-Mercury 10.D Ren 1-Brothers & Sisters-Ugly Music 11.Sparkling Experiences-Hardswing Vision-Basenotic 12.Sugardaddy-Love Honey-Tirk 13.Lydia Murdock-Superstar(Inst)-Korova 14.Theo Parrish-Heal Yourself & Move-Peacefrog 15.Tokyo Black Star-Beyond The Future EP-Innervisions

Hidden Cove Vol.5 Side B

Ivan Ruiz — Tue, 20 May 2008 07:45:17 GMT

Volume 5 of my Hidden Cove series, sit back & enjoy :) Side B (Downtempo) Tracklist(Artist-Title-Label) 1. Mawglee-Out Of Luck EP-Bastard Jazz Recordings 2. The Congos-Congo Man(Carl Craig Edits)-Honest John’s Recordings 3. Noiseshaper-All A Dem EP-Different Drummer 4. Kruder & Dorfmeister-High Noon-Quango Promo 5. Passenger-Night on Earth EP-Leftfoot Recordings 6. Jol-Cool Cat-Quango 7. Hydroponic Sound System-Routine Insanity-Sound Evolution 8. U.N.K.L.E.-Berry Meditation(Fila Brazillia rmx)-Kudos 9. Miguel Migs-The Mercury Lounge EP-La Casa Records 10. Banda Utopia-The Wave(IG Culture Inst rmx)-Far Out Recordings 11. Alif Tree-Forgotten Places-Compost Records 12. Mark E-Déjà vu-Running Back 13. Vangelis-Let It Happen(Beatfanatic rmx)-G.A.M.M. Enterprises

Hidden Cove Vol.4

Ivan Ruiz — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:47:58 GMT

Volume 4 of my Hidden Cove series. Enjoy :) Recorded 6/05/07 Tracklist(Artist-Title-Label) 1.Bebel Gilberto-Bring Back The Love(Prins Thomas Minks)-Ziriguiboom 2.Kevin Reynolds-Anonymous Room At The Corridor Of Last Night-Todhchai Records 3.Claro Intelecto-Warehouse Sessions Volume 4-Modern Love 4.Ilya Santana-Discotized-Permanent Vacation 5.Studio-Life's A Beach!(Todd Terje Beach House Mix)-Information 6.L.S.B.-F.O.G. Dub-Eskimo Recordings 7.Richard Dorfmeister vs. Madrid De Los Austrias-Boogie No More (Reverso 68 Remix)-G-Stone Recordings 8.Dante & Dhula-Gallery 002-Itiswhatitis Recordings 9.The Persuader-City Of Islands-Svek 10.Daniel Wang-Cristal Plastique-Balihu 11.Keith Worthy -Emotional Content-Aesthetic Audio 12.3 Chairs-No Drum Machine Pt. 2-Three Chairs 13.Darren Abrams-Loose Piano (Malik Pittman Remix)-Third Ear Recordings

Hidden Cove Vol.1

Ivan Ruiz — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:50:20 GMT

The 1st volume of my "Hidden Cove" series. I was encouraged to submit this mix to URB magazine & they reviewed it! Tracklist (Artist-Title-Label) 1. Little Big Bee-Searchin’(Atjazz rmx)-Yellow Productions 2. Inverse Cinematics-Detroit Jazzin’-Pulver 3. Kenny Dope-The Illout-Dopewax 4. Eddie & the Eggs(Maurice Fulton)-This is your brain LP-Joss House 5. Duncan-Too Deep-Yellow Productions 6. Pimpmasters-To the rescue Ep-House Music Café 7. Franck Roger-Earthrumental Project Part 2-Real Tone 8. Naeeman Johnson-Rhean’s Theme-SOM Underground 9. The African Dream-The African Dream LP-Eightball 10. Julien Jabre-Time EP-Basic 11. Dino & Terry-Music(Apollo Dub)-Crash 12. Dino & Terry-Music-Crash 13. Calm-People from the sun & the earth(Dixon’s advc rmx)-Wave 14. Antonio Ocasio-Unknown-Tribal Winds 15. Olav Breeke Mathisen-Take to the sky-Henia 16. Boo Williams-Disco Swing-Headphoniq