By gavin hardkiss on January 27, 2010
Here’s a tripped out video that was made from found footage mixed with some live video from Hawke performing at Shooting Stars and Flamenco Guitars at the Kava Lounge in San Diego.
Rahmeen Shary, Ray Mathews and I performed live nurturing new material that would become the foundation of the +++ album.
Posted in chill, video
By gavin hardkiss on August 5, 2009
Michael Franti had me do a remix of Crazy Crazy Crazy in 2006. It was never released.
The song was co-written with guitarist Dave Schul. Dave was our go to guy for guitar work on many production throughout the ’90s. You can hear him on the Elton John ‘Believe” remix and the “Drums [...]
Posted in chill, music
By gavin hardkiss on July 11, 2009
A super chill sea drifting dj mix featuring tracks from one of my favorite labels Music For Dreams, as well as Curtis Mayfield, Shirley Bassey, The Rolling Stones, Sabres of Paradise, The Avalanches and New Order re-interpreted for the sea fairies amongst us.
My daughter has this book about fairies who have a grand party. [...]
Posted in chill, DJ Mix
By gavin hardkiss on June 24, 2009
Michelangelo Battaglia has declared this to be the Balearic Summer 2009. So without further ado, here’s a cover version of Happy Mondays “Bob’s Yer Uncle” from my new album “+++”.
Back in 1990, a friend and I were backpacking around Europe, and Scott Hardkiss cajoled us into soaking up some rain and music with 70,000 [...]
Posted in chill, dance, disco, music, unreleased
By gavin hardkiss on June 18, 2009
In anticipation of posting tracks from the new album “+++”, I though that I would post the first song that I ever made, which was released on vinyl in 1992 on the first Hardkiss Music release.
“I Feel It” was created in a shoe box apartment in the Lower Haight with Frank Genius. The Lower [...]
Posted in breaks, chill, dance
By gavin hardkiss on April 8, 2009
When Namaquadisco came out in 1997, people didn’t know what hit em!! The album was a mis-match of styles and ideas that made it unique in it’s day. Al little Chicago/French house, some detailed techno, popping breaks, indie-rock-dub with spanish lyrics, a cover of the nursery rhyme “Itsy Bitsy Spider” and other [...]
Posted in breaks, chill, music
By gavin hardkiss on March 20, 2009
From the vaults, from a long lost time, this mix sees the light of day. In the spirit of downtempo dj mixes like ‘1995′ and ‘In Vitro Dub’, this one is heavy on the effects and smokey vibe.
“Eastern alleyways wind like a maze through the smell of spice and tobacco towards the harbor where [...]
Posted in chill, DJ Mix, music
By gavin hardkiss on February 25, 2009
Originally released on Six Degrees Record’s Torch Song compilation, this was a one off collaboration with The Lady. Who is the Lady? No one really knows (except for me and that’s a well kept secret.)
I met her perched on a speaker at The Trocadero Transfer in San Francisco in 1996. We danced until the sun [...]
Posted in chill, music
By gavin hardkiss on February 11, 2009
I’ve posted a recent remix that I created of a song by Senegalese musician Youssou N’Dour. In 2004, Rolling Stone described him as, in Senegal and much of Africa, “perhaps the most famous singer alive.”
Artists and musicians including Nas, Estelle, Peter Buck of REM, Q-Burn and myself have joined Youssou N’Dour to release a series [...]
Posted in chill, music
By gavin hardkiss on January 5, 2009
This one is another Josi collaboration that we put together in the Lower Haight at the old Frisco Studios. Anyone been up and down Steiner recently will notice that the studio was bulldozed over the holidays. Bye bye extra super expensive sound re-enforced Hardkiss studio courtesy Columbia Records. Hello condos.
I had stumbled [...]
Posted in chill, disco, hip hop, music
Rolling Stones classic reworked in a way that Mick would love. Well done!! You can find out more here. 
An eye for an eye! Scott Hardkiss and Q-Burn trade mixes on this fantastic single from the album "Technicolor Dreamer." You can find out more here. 
Q-Burn's Abstract Message has a song called "Chainsaw" which doesn't sound like one. Pleasant mid-tempo balaeric vibes all round. Check out his blog here
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