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**Please note! My moniker has changed to DJ Stripe since 11/13. Word to yo motha.

https://soundcloud.com/djstripetokyo

Greetings, Earthlings!

Summer is here and Tokyo is H-O-T! I've been living here for a little while, but the summers seem to surprise me every year. If the screeching cicadas aren't enough of a warning to stay indoors, insta-melt when you step outside sure will. I feel bad for the salary-men who have to wear suits to work everyday!

This latest drop in my Interstellar Sessions series is an all-vinyl mix. I was recently hanging out with my good friend (and, in my opinion, one of the top-3 house/techno DJ's in Tokyo), Groovepatrol, and our conversation inspired me to throw down some wax. Recently, I've been toying with the latest, digital Pioneer CDJ decks and have been loving the tight looping and speed of workflow. But, what Groovepatrol reminded me of is that, with digital coming to the forefront of the DJ world, there is a certain "perfection" which also comes with it. The human-element of DJ'ing is being lost to tools which can auto-beatmatch, lock mixes, loop perfectly until infinity, etc. DJ'ing is about the moment, the spontaneity, even if it means mixes aren't 100% tight.

After recording this latest mix, I've felt a resurgence of that spontaneous feeling... maybe not completely, but I feel it. Maybe it was using vinyl, maybe it was the feelings and nostalgia from some of the older records... but something did come back.

Anyways, it was a pleasure to mix this one for you. I hope you enjoy.

Interstellar Sessions Vol. 6 TRACKLIST

[0:00] Wyatt Earp & DJ Foxx - Sanctuary - PR2 Recordings
[10:00] Jeff Bennett - Smirching - Treibstoff
[15:00] Submeditation - Point Blank - Choke Music
[20:00] Maetrik - Fall Out - Intrinsic Design
[25:00] King Britt - Romeo's Fate (David Alvarado remix) - Sylk130
[31:00] Joy O - Jels - Hot Flush
[34:00] Abe Duque - /unknown/ - Abe Duque Records 7
[39:00] Nathan Coles - Come on Down - Is This Music
[44:00] Joshua Iz - Alpha & Omega (Jay Tripwire mix) - Vizual
[49:00] Dan Drastic - Behind a Green Door - Luna
[53:00] Jerome Sydenham - Ecoute! - UK Promotions
[57:00] Robin Jacobs & Martex - Good Rock Dancin (Ben Ryser Remix) - Trust Us
[1:00:00] Rennie Foster - A Commitment to Transit (Kaufmann und Ferdinand remix) - Gemini
[1:04:00] DJ Delicious & Simon2 - Cogito (Kolombo Remix) - Phunkwerk
[1:04:43] Trisco - Musak - VA Recordings
[1:08:00] DJ Ryno - Turkish Delight - Plush
[1:14:00] Housebreaker - Blunt (Blue Noise remix) - Oblong