DJ Sneaks #15 Kitsch & Sync

Our latest DJ Sneaks mix for your ears today sent over by Mr Josh Panton. Josh... a highly skilled rave promoter, party purveyor and all round top bloke has put the mix together to showcase the sound of his new bi monthly party venture Kitsch & Sync which will next be taking place at Bar a Bar in stoke Newington on Saturday the 1st October. The venture is being being run by Josh and a rabble of other highly qualified party organising veteran as an excuse to get a proper Sunday party style house music vibe on a more accessible (work on Mondays tends to ruin a Sunday party for me at least) day of the week and more importantly without breaking the wallet.

Entry will be free but guest list only (We'll come to that shortly) and they have also taken the running of the bar for their events into their own hands keeping prices at a minimum. Expect cocktails at near on cost price and a balloon bar as well. Full details and flyer at the bottom of the page and Facebook event page here where you can get your name down on that list.

Josh's Kicks-

A hard worn but very classic pair of Nike Dunk Low Safaris.

Josh sent though quite possibly the best blurb we've been sent yet with a DJ Sneaks image so I'll let his words tell you what you need to know.

"The sneaks were my favourite shoes in the whole universe when I bought them and I only very recently gave them their funeral at Secret garden Party. Nike Dunk Low Safaris. A very rich man once offered me £300 when high on pills at Corsica studios to buy them off me + a taxi fare home to Streatham as obviously Id be leaving shoeless. I turned him down, the £300 would have gone a long way but these trainers are gonna stay with me forever. In their hay day they were without doubt the flyest shoes on the planet. Now they look old & disheveled but wink like an old man in a chair reminiscing over his philandering days."

Josh's Mix.

A mix of slow sexy grooves building up to some meaty heads down house later on. This is what he had to say about it. "Mixed at 8 am after getting home, on my turntables. No funny business, just Serato & records. A vein and slightly tipsy attempt to try and showcase the music from Kitsch & sync."

kitsch & sync dj sneaks mix by Kitsch & Sync

Track List-

1-True Romance - CD Version David August

2-Passion feat. Mr. White - DJ T. Remix Phreek Plus One

3-Gonzales - Original jozif

4-Thinking Of You - Original Soulade

5-Oasis - Jozif Remix Shonky

6-Dee-p Nothing - Lazaro Casanova Miami Vice Remix Michael Mclardy

7-Gentle Doubt - Original Mix Andre Lodemann

8-Ultravision feat. Jaw - Original Mix Seuil

9-Face It - Leftside Wobble Re-Edit Master C&J

10-Mr. Duke - Original Mix Sebo K

11-Grey Area - Burnski & Robert James remix Simon Baker

12-Playdo - Laura Jones Remix Matthew Burton, Nick Lawson

13-Want You In My Soul feat. Stee Downes - Original Mix Lovebirds

The next Kitsch & Sync event is Saturday 1st October

10.00-05.00am

Bar a bar,

133-135 Stoke Newington Road.

Like their Facebook page here innit

DJ Sneaks #8 Firas

Been itching to get our latest DJ Sneaks mix up as it has been a wee while and what better way to bring in mix number 8 than with a tribute to a trusty pair.

Now I know we usually like to post the shiniest or flashest footwear a DJ may own and treasure but that loyal pair of kicks that keeps your feet comfortable yet looking pimp even in the muddiest of rave fields is sometimes forgotten and with the festival season upon us this is the pair that will hopefully take you through the next few months with pride.

My trusty Nike Air Max lights have been everywhere with me and still brush up clean as well as hold down the occasional washing machine spin with the stiff upper lip of an SAS commando so i am also glad that this edition of DJ Sneaks is displaying another pair of festival proven Nikes.

Stepping up with his veteran pair this time round we welcome Filthy Few boss man and one half of previously posted Caze Nove, Firas Waez. As well as his duo project alongside usual partner in crime Jay Karim, Firas has established himself as a serious player on the Dance music scene across the UK and beyond playing out regularly as well as hosting radio shows for NME, Snowbombing, Bestival radio and more with his latest mix below being put together for his new show every Thursday from 4-6pm on House FM.



The Kicks.
Firas is rocking his festival faithful Nike Dunk highs in white canvas with a tasty blue trim. White may not be the first choice of a rural action sneak but with the canvas model being pretty rugged as well as handling a good scrubbing these have most certainly done him well. We touched on the history of the Nike Dunk with DJ Sneaks #5 from Franky Redente so not going to go to much into it again, but the Basketball designed high ankles will definitely provide good support in muddy terrain.




We asked Firas why he chose these as his Sneaks mix choice.

"I've decided to go with these as they have done me proud over the last year. Broken in at Glastonbury, muddied at Bestival and trounced around London. They're nearing retirement age and for that reason, I put them on display today."

Big call.


The Mix
Just listened through the mix and it is definitely going straight pon di mp3 player, smooth clean house bombs throughout. No track listing just to keep you guessing but i will definitely be mailing him for a few hints on some.

Check it out on the mix cloud player below alongside the download link
Firas has also sent us over a free download of his latest production work "With Me" available on the Soudcloud at the bottom of the page. Get on the DL


Firas - House FM Mix http://www.mediafire.com/?01x46z4ub6pgb9b

Firas - House FM June 2011 Promo Mix by F I L T H Y F E W on Mixcloud

Firas - With Me by firas