Much Respect | DJ Tim O

Hi there disco boys and girls-

A large part of my music taste is influenced by other DJ's online sets and podcasts.  One amazing podcast my friend Andy Lax turned me on to a couple years ago was by DJ Tim O.  Tim is a DJ from New York, and his podcast is on iTunes.  Although I had been listening to his sets for years, I had never been able to track him down.  Luckily this year, I ran into one of his friends Rich Lee in Provincetown, and Tim and I were able to connect online.  His story is very familiar to me, and we have quite a lot of musical taste in common!

What started out for Tim as a basic love for music while growing up, has progressed to making mixed CDs for himself and friends (much like me), and now into a passion for performing live and sharing his music with others.  Tim loves the process of finding new music, crafting the songs together into a single free-flowing set, and then seeing how people react.

In terms of his music, Tim's into a wide variety of sounds - anything from club to pop, or house to rock. He listens for songs that have catchy beats, smart lyrics and memorable vocals, and most importantly, songs that can move people.

Tim seeks inspiration from several DJs / producers, including Danny Verde, Steve Pitron & Max Sanna, Abel, and Yinon Yahel. Each have completely different sounds, but all produce incredible music, spin amazing sets, and definitely have moved Tim over the years.

Tim has developed a strong fan base via word of mouth and the Internet, and is now establishing his name in the NYC bar / club scene.  I see big things from this great guy and wonderful DJ!  You can download his podcasts here. 

I hope you take some time to listen to another amazing DJ who has a very similar style to my own, and who definitely deserves Much Respect!

DJ Craig Gaibler

Podcast | 11.05 - Flagging in the Park 05.14.11 - Parts 1 & 2

Hey there disco boys and girls- 

Flagging in the Park is one of my favorite events of the summer.  It's a time when our San Francisco friends come together to celebrate life, remember those before us, and help raise money for important causes in our community.   This year I was honored to be asked back to DJ for the event by Xavier Caylor, the event's originator.  And in honor of my wonderful friends Suzan Revah and Graig Cooper's son Findley heading off to a very San Francisco school in the fall, I chose the Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy as the beneficiary of the event.

The day was another amazing reminder why San Francisco is so special.  And I can honestly say it was one of my most special DJ gigs I have ever spun.  I hope you can hear what an great day it was in the recording of the event.

As always, you can always find my music by subscribing to my podcast on iTunes, or download or listen to each mix on Soundcloud or Podomatic:

http://djcraiggaibler.podomatic.com/

www.soundcloud.com/djcraiggaibler

Without further ado, I present to you:

"DJ Craig Gaibler 11.04 - Flagging in the Park 05.14.11 - Part 1" 

11.05 - Flagging in the Park 05.14.11 - Part 1 by DJ Craig Gaibler

Tracklisting:

01.  DB Boulevard - Point of View

02.  Deepest Blue - Give It Away (Club Mix)

03.  Kelly Osbourne - One Word (Chris Cox Remix)

04.  Jamiroquai - White Knuckle Ride (Seamus Haji Remix)

05.  Booty Luv - Boogie 2Nite (Seamus Haji Big Love Club Mix)

06.  Ultra Nate - Turn It Up (Wawa Club Mix)

07.  Soulshaker & CeCe Penniston - Shame Shame Shame (Bassmonkeys Remix)

08.  Zoe Badwi - Freefallin' (Wawa Club Mix)

09.  Nicole Scherzinger - Don't Hold Your Breath (Cahill Club Mix)

10.  Enrique Iglesias - Heartbeat (Digital Dog Mix)

11.  Carnival - Not Over Yet (Antillas Steel Drum Mix)

12.  Black, Nello Simioli - Hands Up (Carmine Sorrentino Remix)

13.  Lustral - Everytime (Mike Koglin Extended Mix)

14.  Lady GaGa - The Edge of Glory (DJ Santos Fringe Love Remix)

15.  Tony Moran - The Promise (Tony Moran & Warren Rigg Extended Mix)

16.  Sting - Desert Rose (Melodic Club Mix)

17.  John LePage feat. Debby Holiday & LFB - Catch A Fire (Original Club Mix)

18.  Gustavo Santaolalla - Brokeback Mountain Theme: The Wings (Manny Lehman, Tony Moran & Warren Rigg Collaboration Remix)

"DJ Craig Gaibler 11.04 - Flagging in the Park 05.14.11 - Part 2"

11.05 - Flagging in the Park 05.14.11 - Part 2 by DJ Craig Gaibler

Tracklisting:

01.  Indigo - Everywhere (Definitive Mix)

02.  Armin Van Buuren feat. Ray Wilson - Yet Another Day

03.  Fragma - Toca's Miracle (Club Mix)

04.  Mat Zo - The Lost (Original Mix)

05.  Smashing Pumpkins - Disarm (Randy Boyer Mix)

06.  Paul van Dyk - For An Angel (PvD Remix 09)

07.  Daniel Liu - Return to Sender

08.  Reflekt feat. Delline Bass - Need To Feel Loved (Marc Van Linden Remix)

09.  Dirty Vegas - Tonight (Above & Beyond Remix)

10.  Armin Van Buuren, Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Not Giving Up On Love (Extended Mix)

11.  Natasha Bedingfield - Angel (Chicane Mix)

12.  Robert Miles - Children (In Petto Mix)

13.  Alexis Jordan - Happiness (Deadmau5 Mix)

The day was an amazing experience, filled with wonderful friends, beautiful weather, great music, and love in the air.  I hope you enjoy it as much as I had spinning.  That day we raised over $1,000 for the public elementary school, and I encourage all of you to support your local public schools.  Thank you to everyone involved.  And be sure to attend the upcoming FITP events this summer featuring DJ's Paul Goodyear, Susan Morabito, and Byron Bonsail!  Find out more info by joining the Flagging in the Park group on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=136033406424074

And finally, thank you to Mike Shriver for use of his amazing photo, and a huge thank you to my handsome cover-man Mark Benjamin!

As always, much love and respect,

DJ Craig Gaibler

Podcast | 11.04 - Live at Industry - 04.30.11

Last month I had a chance to DJ at Industry with some of the people I respect the most in music, and who I'm constantly inspired by - The Freemasons, Luke Johnstone, Jamie J Sanchez, and my great friend DJ Russ Rich.  That night, Russ and I played the VIP room for Luke and Billy Worthen's 40th birthday party, which was a collaboration between Luke's Industry night and Gus Presents.  It was a great night, and I got to play a great high-energy circuit set after Russ killed it for the crowd!

As always, you can always find my music by subscribing to my podcast on iTunes, or download or listen to each mix on Soundcloud or Podomatic:

http://djcraiggaibler.podomatic.com/

www.soundcloud.com/djcraiggaibler

Without further ado, I present to you:

"DJ Craig Gaibler 11.04 - Live at Industry - 04.30.11" 

11.04 - Live at Industry 04.30.11 by DJ Craig Gaibler

01. DJ Disciple - Whole World Party (Dom Capello Remix)

02. Zayra - Baby Likes To Bang (Razor N Guido Throwback Mix)

03. Nightcrawlers - Push the Feeling On (Ralphi Rosario Mix)

04. Amber - Sexual (Alexander & Mark Vdh Mix)

05. Edson Pride - Venus (Original Mix)

06. Kelis - Acapella (Gustavo Scorpio Private Mix)

07. Shontelle - Impossible (Thiago Antony Circuit Mix)

08. Wanessa - Stuck On Repeat (Dave Aude Club Remix)

09. Kat Deluna - Dancing Tonight (Ralphi Rosario Club Mix)

10. Alexis Jordan - Happiness (Gustavo Scorpio Club Mix)

11. Katy Perry - Firework (Gustavo Scorpio Private Mix)

12. Rihanna - S & M (Guto Rodrigues Club Mix)

13. Lady GaGa - Born This Way (Amy Alderman Don't Be A Drag Just Be A Mix)

14. Red Carpet - Alright (Moran & Den Broeder Vocal Club Mix)

15. Delerium - Silence (David Esse & Antoine Clamaran Remix)

16. Madonna - Like A Prayer (Amy Alderman's Private 2k10 Heaven Mix)

17. Usher - DJ Got Us Falling In Love Again (Edson Pride and Thiago Antony Mix)

18. Enrique Iglesias - Tonight (I'm Fuckin' You) (Rany & Bryan Reyes Dirty Mix)

19. Amy Winehouse - Rehab (Gustavo Scorpio Private Mix)

20. ABBA - Winner Takes It All (Gustavo Scorpio Private Mix)

That night was so much fun, and I got to play so much music I love.  I hope you enjoy it, and I look forward to spinning with these amazing guys again!

As always, much love and respect, 

DJ Craig Gaibler

Podcast | 11.01 - SESSIONS: with DJ Brian Maier

Happy New Year, disco boys and girls!
 
I hope you all had a safe and fun New Year's celebration!  I am excited to release my new podcast - my first collaboration with a fellow DJ!  One of my great friends DJ Brian Maier and I have spun together at Bearracuda in SF last year, and we'll be spinning together again next Saturday January 08, 2011 at Bearracuda's new home of Club 8.  It should be a great night!  Brian will be spinning from 9 PM - Midnight, and I'll be taking us home until 3 AM. 
 
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In honor of our upcoming gig, Brian and I wanted to create a podcast that combined our two eclectic sounds, and make a cohesive mix using both styles.  We won't tell you who pulled what songs, but you can trust it's a true and complete collaboration!  I'm excited to share this new and interesting set with you all!
 
As always, you can download my mixes by subscribing to my podcast on iTunes or at www.djcraiggaibler.com.  I have also begun a Soundcloud page to post my DJ sets and edits for folks who don't use iTunes (iLike, aka my "Music" tab on Facebook, has become increasingly unstable, and I will soon no longer support it on my page).  Without further ado, I present to you...
 
DJ Craig Gaibler 11.01 - SESSIONS: With DJ Brian Maier

11.01 - SESSIONS with DJ Brian Maier by DJ Craig Gaibler
 
01.  Freemasons feat. Wynter Gordon - Believer (Brett Allen & John Voltaire Mix)
02.  Chris Reece - Headonism
03.  Everything But The Girl - Missing (Fedde Le Grand Mix)
04.  Louie Vega & Jay Sealee feat. Julie McKnight - Diamond Life (Daddy's Groove Magic Island Rework)
05.  Sandy Rivera, Rae - Hide U (Sandy Rivera's Club Mix)
06.  Madonna - Impressive Instant (Peter Rauhofer Universal Club Mix)
07.  Young Love - Find A New Way (Dave Aude Club Mix)
08.  Katy Perry - Waking Up In Vegas (Jason Nevins Electrotec Dub)
09.  Basshunter - Now You're Gone (Fonzerelli Remix)
10.  David Guetta & Chriss Willis vs. Tocadisco - Tomorrow Can Wait (Tocadisco Evil Mix)
11.  Vinny Troia, Jaidene Veda - Do For Love (Mike Balance Remix)
12.  Kings of Tomorrow - 6pm (Mark Knight & Martijn Ten Velden Remix)
13.  Salty Fish - In The Air Tonight (Tim Royko aka Tim Le El Remix)
14.  Nadia Ali - Rapture (Avicii New Generation Extended Mix)
15.  Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are (Carl Louis & Martin Danielle Club Mix)
16.  Delerium - Dust In Gravity (Groove Police Dub Remix)
17.  Robyn - Indestructible (Pitron & Sanna Extended Mix)
18.  Kris Menace feat. Emil - Walking On The Moon (Henrik B Remix)
19.  Christian Marchi and Nari & Milani feat. Max C. - I Got You (Antillas & Dankann Inda House Rework)
20.  Tiesto - I Will Be Here (Wolfgang Gartner Remix)
 
Collaborating with someone I respect so much was an exciting adventure.  Thanks Brian for the wonderful idea - I had a great time working on this vision with you!  Folks, be sure to check out Brian's podcast on iTunes (search for him by name), or you can check out his website at www.tychronis.net.  Also, keep your eye out for more SESSIONS with other amazing DJ's throughout 2011!
 
There are also some exciting changes coming this year.  My new updated website www.djcraiggaibler.com will be dropping soon, and we will also be announcing quite a few new gigs shortly, both here in San Francisco, and around the country!  Bring on 2011!
 
As always, much love and respect,
 
DJ Craig Gaibler