Gerry V

CHERISH THE DAY (CALL TYLER MIX)

Sade with Tyler the Creator's "Massa" beats. 83 bpm, 320k. March 2023.

Cherish the Day (Call Tyler Mix) download mp3, 11.6MB

LIFT ME UP (SAULTED MIX)

Rihanna backed by Sault. 89 bpm, 320k. November 2022.

Lift Me Up (Protected Mix) download mp3, 8.8MB

LIFT ME UP (PROTECTED MIX)

Rihanna with some Massive Attack Protection bass and drums. 89 bpm, 320k. November 2022.

Lift Me Up (Protected Mix) download mp3, 8.3MB

MR. INCOGNITO (KEEP LOOKING MIX)

Me feeling the Fives vibe. A Tribe Called Quest previously unreleased track with Sade music and vocals. 92 bpm, 320k. May 2022.

Mr. Incognito (Keep Looking Mix) download mp3, 11.8MB

RECESS INTERMISSION ‘21

The world keeps turning. The world keeps burning. We gotta keep shining.

Continuous mix for RECESS Intermission. January 2021.

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ERYKAH BADU On & On (MF DOOM Special Blend)
HUDSON MOHAWKE Foam Finger
JORJA SMITH February 3rd
TALL BLACK GUY There Is No Love Without Love
O.C. Time’s Up
NOSAJ THING Aquarium
A TRIBE CALLED QUEST Peace, Prosperity & Paper
JOE SAMPLE Black Is The Color
J DILLA Sunbeams
NUJABES Luv(sic) Part 3 (Instrumental)

HEAR HERE

"What they don't tell you about the future? When you finally figure out how to isolate parts of your body, to create that illusory 'pop' into place, so it looks confident, it will be during a plague. You will have found those good bluetooth earbuds, that last nine hours. So, were anyone to witness your prowess, you'd look like some weirdo behind the front window of your flat, dancing to silent beats, part of a pal's playlist, a diary made of music. What if Boccaccio was a deejay?" - Michael Wharton

Continuous mix, September 2020. "Power of X" painting by Odili Donald Odita.

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EL MICHELS AFFAIR Villa
KENDRICK LAMAR Fuck Your Ethnicity
ADRIAN YOUNGE, ALI SHAHEED MUHAMMAD & ROY AYERS Synchronize Vibration
DEAD PREZ Hip-Hop
MICHAEL JACKSON They Don't Care About Us (Red Astaire Remix)
BINKBEATS The Healer
ERYKAH BADU The Healer
D'ANGELO Africa
BABY HUEY Hard Times
THE ROOTS Guns Are Drawn
A TRIBE CALLED QUEST Dis Generation
SOUL II SOUL + TALL BLACK GUY Keep On Movin' + JB Suite I
STORMZY Superheroes
THE JUNGLE BROTHERS In Time
DE LA SOUL Pain (feat Snoop Dogg)
FRANK OCEAN Godspeed (dvsn Remix)
SAULT Wildfires
JORJA SMITH Rose Rouge
JAMILA WOODS Betty
MOS DEF Umi Says (Zero 7 Remix)

WARM AIR

Hope you and yours are safe and sound. Just vibin’ over here – bringing a little heat with this continuous mix. Photo by Jeremy Bishop. April 2020.

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OTIS GAYLE I’ll Be Around
QUADRON Hey Love (Ryan Hemsworth Remix)
REJJIE SNOW Egyptian Luvr (feat Aminé and Dana Williams)
MARK DE CLIVE-LOWE That Minnie Break/Fall In Love
DJA1 My People
MABEL Finders Keepers (feat Kojo Funds)
BEATCONDUCTOR Sumthin’ Betta
EARTH, WIND & FIRE Brazilian Rhyme (Bozo Meko Edit)
AALIYAH One In A Million (dvsn Remix)
MICHAEL KIWANUKA & TOM MISCH Money
DJDS No Pain (feat Khalid, Charlie Wilson & Charlotte Day Wilson)
STEVIE WONDER Master Blaster (Billy Hoyle Flip)
BRANDY Afrodesiac (Callum Connor Remix)
SADE Flower of the Universe (Flowerhead Mix)
D’ANGELO Left & Right (Sam Champ Remix)
KHRUANGBIN & LEON BRIDGES C-Side
EVERYTHING IS RECORDED Close But Not Quite (feat Sampha)
GEORGE THE POET & MAVERICK SABRE Follow The Leader (feat Jorja Smith)
TOBE NWIGWE I Choose You.
TA-KU Love Again (feat JMSN & Sango)

FLOWER OF THE UNIVERSE (FLOWERHEAD MIX)

A little mix of Sade's "Flower of the Universe" with some new beats and old bass. They used to call me Flowerhead. 95 bpm, 320k. March 2018.

Flower of the Universe (Flowerhead Mix) download mp3, 10MB

RECESS INTERMISSION

Feeling good! Had fun making a mix for the good folks at RECESS. Check out all the other great Intermission music selections. October 2013.

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BEN WESTBEECH So Good Today (feat The Dap-Kings)
JMSN Love & Pain (Kaytranada Remix)
BROTHER JACK MCDUFF Oblighetto (Platurn Scenario Edit)
RENE & ANGELA I Love You More
SOUL II SOUL Back To Life (LNTG Forbidden Interpretation)
OMAR Feeling You (feat. Stevie Wonder)
MAXWELL Sumthin' Sumthin' (ESTA. Remix)
LEON WARE Orchids For The Sun (feat. Quadron)

YOUR DADDY LOVES YOU (OAKMONT MIX)

I added some beats to Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson's "Your Daddy Loves You" from their classic 1974 album "Winter In America." Made originally for LittleBigCassius (see below), the track is here for others to play. Happy pappy day! 112 bpm, 320k. June 2010.

Your Daddy Loves You (Oakmont Mix) download mp3, 7.1MB

LITTLEBIGCASSIUS

Cassius, your daddy loves you! This was a mix for my son turning the magical five. The name and artwork was a play on his favorite game LittleBigPlanet (which also features the DJ Krush track). May 2010.

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GIL SCOTT-HERON Parents (Interlude)
VISIONEERS The World Is Yours (Extended)
GHOSTFACE KILLAH The Sun (feat Raekwon, Slick Rick, and RZA)
THE METERS Handclapping Song
DJ KRUSH Song 2
TOWA TEI Happy (Q-Tip Remix Dub)
SLICK RICK It's A Boy (Large Professor Remix)
EL MICHELS AFFAIR C.R.E.A.M.
APPLE JUICE KID SnapMusic
LORDS OF THE UNDERGROUND Funky Child
JACKSON 5 ABC (Salaam Remi Krunk-A-Delic Party Mix)
HUGH MASEKELA Grazing In The Grass
OMAR Be Thankful (feat Angie Stone) (Blaze Mix)
GIL SCOTT-HERON & BRIAN JACKSON Your Daddy Loves You (Oakmont Mix)
THE ROOTS Din Da Da
SERGIO MENDES Here Comes The Sun

MR. FIVES - HOT WAX

Hot Wax hosts Freddy and Marky asked my great friend and dj partner The Selecter DJ Kirk and me to represent Mr. Fives musically one night on the decks. A week before the party we dropped a special Mr. Fives mix. May 2010.

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TERRY CALLIER I Don't Want To See Myself
LOOSE ENDS Time Is Ticking
YOUNG DISCIPLES Get Yourself Together
MARY J. BLIGE Real Love (Talkin Love Mix)
INNOCENCE Let's Push It (Big Beat Mix)
MICHELLE GAYLE Looking Up
ASWAD Need Your Love (Each & Every Day)
BARRINGTON LEVY Come On Little Girl
ECCLETON JARRETT Turn On The Heat
HOME T, COCOA TEA & SHABBA RANKS Pirates Anthem
DREAM WARRIORS & GANG STARR I Lost My Ignorance (Tim Bran Remix)
MASTERS AT WORK Get Up
A TRIBE CALLED QUEST Buggin' Out
EQUATION My Life
AFTER 7 Can't Stop (One World 12")
CARON WHEELER UK Black (Massive 7")
LAFAYETTE AFRO ROCK BAND Hihache
STETSASONIC Talkin' All That Jazz (Dominoes Vocal)
ORGANIZED KONFUSION Walk Into The Sun (Bill K Mix)
THE CHIMES Heaven (Summer Breeze Mix)

HANZO STEEL VOL. 2

Part two of the Hanzo Steel series again in homage to Kill Bill with most of the usual suspects from the first round. Cover art for both by Billions McMillions. Also 2004.

Billions McMillions - Intro, Vol. 2
Bart Blackstone - Shepherd's Bounce
Billions McMillions - Five-Point Exploding Heart Technique
Billions McMillions - The Hanzo Style
DJ Gerry V - Wide Lightning download mp3, 4.0MB

DJ Gerry V - Enlightened Path download mp3, 7.3MB

Bart Blackstone - Half-Japanesie (Green Hornet Hardcore Roar Remix)
Bart Blackstone - The Wrath of Beatrix (Bonus Break)
Billions McMillions - Hanzo Steel (Shepherd's Revenge)

HANZO STEEL VOL. 1

A group of guys got together and made some mixes inspired by Tarantino’s Kill Bill film. Blackstone and Atari brought the noise from Cali while Billions and I got down in NYC. From 2004.

Intro
Bart Blackstone & DJ Atari - Bang Bang (Overture)
Bart Blackstone & DJ Atari - Truck Turner (Can't Knock the Hustle)
Billions McMillions - Missted Nerve
Tokyo Interlude
Bart Blackstone & DJ Atari - Battle Without Honor or Humanity
Billions McMillions - Ironside Jumpoff
DJ Gerry V - The Flower of Carnage (Fives Mix) download mp3, 5.6MB

Bart Blackstone & DJ Atari - Twisted Nerve (Biter's Revenge Bonus Mix)

TRUE LOVES

True chief Mike B asked me to make a Valentine’s Day promo one year. I answered with a somewhat semiautobiographical dj mix. So many mixtapes were borne from lovers angst and joy, and the host of emotions in between—this was my mixtape for Julie. The cover shows our kids on the roof of our old Brooklyn brownstone. February 2003.

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TAKE 6 Spread Love (45 King remix)
JURASSIC 5 FEAT. NELLY FURTADO Thin Line
AVERAGE WHITE BAND School Boy Crush
INDIA.ARIE Strength, Courage and Wisdom
LIL’ MO FEAT. LIL’ KIM 10 Commandments
MARLENA SHAW California Soul
FAZE-O Riding High
CRAIG DAVID FEAT. MOS DEF 7 Days (DJ Premier Remix)
SADE By Your Side (Cottonbelly’s Fola Mix Edit)
ROY AYERS UBIQUITY We Live In Brooklyn
BROWNSTONE If You Love Me (Acappella) + JUSTICE SYSTEM Dedication to Bambaataa (Diamond D Reminisce-Strumental Mix)
COMMON The Light
N.E.R.D. Stay Together
ANGIE STONE Wish I Didn’t Miss You (white label remix)
CARMEN McRAE How Long Has This Been Going On? (MJ Cole Remix)
AALIYAH One In A Million
DR. BUZZARD’S ORIGINAL SAVANNAH BAND Sunshower

HARD DRIVE (ELIMINATING BAD BLOCKS)

A continuous mix of soul, jazz, electronic, d&b and hip-hop. I only made a handful of these for a few folks interested at the time (Acid Jazz mailing list!). Reminds me personally of working and living in Manhattan. Firstborn Maceo does a little drop at the end. From 1998.

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ROY AYERS UBIQUITY Life Is Just A Moment - Part II
PRESSURE DROP Caught In Session
SERGIO MENDES & BRASIL ‘66 For What It’s Worth
ON First Time (More Rockers Remix)
MILES DAVIS/BILL LASWELL Rated X (Doc Scott Remix)
MAJOR FORCE PRODUCTIONS Doctor Dub
SILENT POETS FEAT. INGRID SCHROEDER Cherry Tree (Attica Blues Remix)
THE HEATH BROTHERS Smilin’ Billy Suite, Part II
DJ KRUSH Kemuri + CHOCOLATE BAM BOO Test Da Rocket Launcha
NUYORICAN SOUL Black Gold of the Sun (4hero Mix)
DJ SHADOW Scatter Brain
SQUAREPUSHER Cooper’s World
RAY BRYANT Up Above the Rock
D*NOTE Waiting Hopefully (4hero Mix)
RYUICHI SAKAMOTO Anger (Rare Force 2 Meg Mix)
NINA SIMONE See-Line Woman
LALO SCHIFRIN The Human Fly (end)

WHITE LABEL, 1998

More Sade mixes. I took the Clean Heart blend from 2WD and tried using Original Concept instead of Masta Ace. The results were mixed, no pun intended.

War Of The Hearts, Fives Mix
Clean Heart, Fives Mix
War Of The Hearts, Fives Dub
Clean Heart, Fives Beats

TABLE MANNERS, TM-001

Compilation EP by San Francisco djs The Pirate DJs (DJ Mind Motion, Da Riddim Selecta Rolo 1-3, DJ Ivan), DJ Pause, and myself. Released March 1995.

SIDE A

The Pirate DJs - Make Some Noise
Main Ingredienz - Back On Up (produced by Pause)
Stereotype - Moving On (produced by Gerry V)
Dayze - Straight Underground (produced by Pause)

SIDE B

Dayze & Main Ingredienz - S.F.C. (produced by Pause)
Taz & D-Low - WYSIWYG (produced by The Pirate DJs)
Stereotype - Moving Beats (produced by Gerry V)
The Pirate DJs - Wicked Good To Me

2-WHEEL DRIVE

While I recorded a few mixtapes over the years, this was the first I actually saved, gave out, and still listen to. I originally made it in 1994 and revisited it ten years later since my cassette player gave up the ghost a long time ago. By 2004 mashups were everywhere, but in 94 we just called them blends.

SIDE 1 download mp3, 50.5MB

BILL COSBY Driving In San Francisco (Excerpt)
TUFF CREW Going The Distance
MASTA ACE INCORPORATED Born To Roll (Instrumental) + SADE Clean Heart
DE LA SOUL FEAT. MACEO PARKER I Be Blowin’
BLACKALICIOUS Swan Lake
BBT-1 TEST PRESSING
THAT’S HOW IT IS The Beat Is Over (Instrumental) + MASTERS AT WORK FEAT. SCREECHIE Dan Give It To Me (Acappella)
BUJU BANTON Deportees (Transporter Subway Instrumental) + JUNGLE BROTHERS On The Road Again (Remix Acappella)
A TRIBE CALLED QUEST Check The Rhime + MACEO PARKER/FRED WESLEY Track Number One
YOUNG DISCIPLES Funky Yeh Funki (Mek It)
YOUNG DISCIPLES FEAT. MASTA ACE Talkin’ What I Feel
COOL WORLD ENSEMBLE It’s A Cool World + ORGANIZED KONFUSION Fudge Pudge (Acappella)
ME’SHELL NDGÉOCELLO If That’s Your Boyfriend (Existential Meditation Mix)

SIDE 2 download mp3, 63.9MB

UNITED FUTURE ORGANIZATION Moondance (Moon Chant, Unkle Remix) + KRS-ONE Hip-Hop Vs Rap (Acappella)
HEN-GEE & EVIL-E Hermana Tan Linda (Instrumental)
RUN DMC Peter Piper (Instrumental) + JOCELYN BROWN Love’s Gonna Get You
AVA CHERRY Gimme Gimme (Radio Boot Mix)
SOULS OF MISCHIEF 93 ‘Til Infinity (Instrumental) + SOUL II SOUL Back To Life
MARVIN GAYE “T” Plays It Cool + GANG STARR Just To Get A Rep (Acappella)
THE BRAND NEW HEAVIES Never Stop (Heavy Beats Mix) + ERIC B. & RAKIM I Know You Got Soul (Acappella)
MAD LION Take It Easy
DJ SHADOW & THE GROOVE ROBBERS DJ Shadow’s Theme
DJ KRUSH Edge Of Blue
GRANT GREEN Down Here On The Ground + THE PHARCYDE Passin Me By (Acappella)
RAMSEY LEWIS Les Fleurs + NAS IT Ain’t Hard To Tell (Acappella)

WHITE LABEL, 1994

As a big fan of Sade, I always managed to get her songs in play, especially live blending her vocals with some rugged beats underneath. This was an early attempt to record some of those ideas. Even though the audio mixdown and mastering was poor (sorry my bad), the record made its way around the world, eventually rebooted on vinyl and cd a few times over, mostly for the Bonus Kiss Mix.