Globally respected DJ and journalist Dan Greenpeace blessed us with a fantastic, brand new all vinyl Random Rap mix. Some real gems in this one and if you are a fan of Random Rap and the overall vibes from the old schools, then you'll truly utterly enjoy this. It's hard hitting, mid 80s flavs. Some real obscure oddities in there too. Only true heads will be able to pick this one a part. Dan has been producing mixes for many years so we're super thankful he was down to contribute something...

This is a nice new edition to the growing stellar line-up of exclusive DJ mixes. Another All Vinyl jumpoff - this one recorded JUST NOW in the planet Brooklyn by Mister Cam-Run. Cam has DJ'ed with some true titans of sound like Sir Norman Jay, John Morales, GE-OLOGY, Mase from De La, M-Phazes and many more. I've had the pleasure of hearing and seeing Cam spin around NYC many times. I met him through a my longtime homeboy Sean Rowlands, they held down a dope ass radio show on The Lot radio for...

Years ago on my old record label Female Fun, I dropped a mixtape from my friend Dooley O. It was called The Beat Segment. Now, the Beat Segment started as a cable access TV show or a VHS video magazine. Dooley has been involved in all things hip-hop from the jump - as a producer, rapper, DJ, graf artist and painter, videographer/director and more. He bleeds art. He has sick records and has been digging for years, way before it was ever even trendy. I asked him very nicely to produce an all...

Early alumni of the show (episode 11!) Andrew Broder (aka Fog) created this therapeutic all vinyl mix just days ago exclusively for the House List and I gotta tell ya, it's a pleasant offering. Subtle, meditative and measured with a really unique crosshatch of genre and intention. This is a good one to get lost within. I'd recommend it for staring out of windows, going for short government mandated walks, resting, drawing, cooking, cleaning and just about anything else. Again, all mixed...

House List podcast alumni J-Zone is the latest on board for our ongoing DJ mix series and he brought those heaters. Zone has been making strides with his own Funk project The Du-Rites and continuously building his rep in the drumming world - and those influences are surely available in this mix. We get crackling drums and boppin' baselines of that 60s and early 70's soul and funk right here. This is that up in the morning motivation kind of mix, or that late night groove. It's a head nodder....

DJ Randy Watson aka Ron is a long time member of the fabled Funkmosphere DJ crew from out of Los Angeles. Many of you that know Dam-Funk's work and history will be very familiar with this historic DJ residency that ran for 10 strong years in the LA area. Ron has always been the secret weapon of that squad, to me, and I always enjoyed his contributions. Great DJ that doesn't get the props I think he deserves, so I asked him if he'd be down to do a DJ mix for the podcast! If you are a fan of...

In this installment of our now beloved exclusive DJ mix series veteran underground producer JEL emerges from the shadows of the East Bay with a brand new, all vinyl fusion of some wild wild sounds. The crunch of drums, mad guitars, crusty dusty notions jump in front of your face like a crazed maniac in the Mission. This is a super interesting peek into the mind and record collection of Jeffery JEL Logan. Many should know his production work for the breadth of the Anticon collective - longtime...

Long time friend and affiliate of The House List podcast (see: Ep. 16 for our long form conversation) GE-OLOGY contributes an expansive, deeply soulful mix to our extended DJ series. This was recorded in his Brooklyn, NY studio with all original pressing vinyl and you can tell how well he keeps his records, because the sound is sonically stellar on this. GEO now has settled comfortably into the roll as a world class, world traveling DJ. Known for his late night, extended DJ sets - he's dug...

The latest installment of our DJ series is a very very special mix from our friend, the late, great DJ Stef. A long time supporter of The House List, as well as a good friend to its creator Peter Agoston - this rare all vinyl DJ mix was recorded by DJ Stef back in 1992. He husband Serge generously allowed me to upload this, he also says "About ten years ago Stef gave out copies of this tape for the 5th anniversary of her party Spindig...This mix has only ever existed as a cassette release and...

The latest installment of our DJ series is a very very special mix from our friend, the late, great DJ Stef. A long time supporter of The House List, as well as a good friend to its creator Peter Agoston - this rare all vinyl DJ mix was recorded by DJ Stef back in 1992. He husband Serge generously allowed me to upload this, he also says "About ten years ago Stef gave out copies of this tape for the 5th anniversary of her party Spindig...This mix has only ever existed as a cassette release and...

The DJ mix series is continuing on in full force. I'm very pleased the share our latest curated edition, coming from my dude in San Diego, Jason McGuiness. We go way back to the days of Humboldt. He has become a respected record collector and seller and recently opened a very cool shop in San Diego called Soul Shack Records. Find them at soul-shack.com or when you pass through SD on 3535 Adams Ave. We recently DJ'ed together in LA, where I was so impressed by Jason's selections I asked him if...

Continuing on with our DJ-mix series our latest installment is from none other than Buck 65. This is new brand, exclusive to The House List podcast and I can assure you, it's fantastic. This is an anything goes all-out musical journey into the netherworld of broken funk breaks and rare jawns few have heard. Much like Rich's career as Buck 65, the mix spans genre, is unafraid to mix and match styles and eras. Casual listeners to super hardcore heads alike will enjoy this one. It's fire. Spread...

Brooklyn's own DJ Spinna marks the 1st entry of our new DJ mix series. The mix, exclusively produced for The House List, is an awesome blend of old and new, super soulful, inspired tunes, perfect for any time of year or time of day. DJ Spinna is straight masterclass disc jock and it's a honor to have him a part of this. He is one of my all time favorite DJ's to spin live. If you haven't already, go back into the House List podcast files and check out in-depth conversation on episode 60 - it's...

A year ago I sat down with Peter Collins (aka Manifest) on episode 71 and re-traced his life story leading to a tumultuous head with an ill fated Northern California casino robbery in the Fall of 2006. Pete went on the lam until being apprehended in Washington state some months later. This - as the previous episode - is meant to be a cautionary tale of what can go wrong when a person finds themselves at the end of their rope. Now days he can sagely reflect on the untimely decisions made by a...

We caught up with long-time friend of the show Z-Man to hear all about his recent trip to China. Recorded in San Francisco. This is a great one, featuring two unreleased songs of Z's in the intro and outro as well as a live freestyle.

Making a rare appearance in Los Angeles for her live set at Desert Daze, the great Anika (pka Annika Henderson) is our guest on the 112th episode of The House List. Beyond being a vocalist/performer, she spent years as a show promoter, journalist and more. UK by way of Berlin, all of Anika's various artists endeavors are very much worth seeking out. Many may already have known of her debut s/t release from 2010 - in our convo I learn of many more projects she's created like the stellar...

Celph Titled is our guest on today's very special episode to The House List. Many know his work both as a producer and vocalist combined with Apathy, but within the many facets of groups like the prolific Demigodz and Army of the Pharaohs - here we dig into the origin story of his first group Equilibrium and much more. We even get some rec.music.hiphop talk in, for the older-older heads. Recorded in Los Angeles while on tour with Apathy. 

Our guest Luke Sick is an Underground Bay Area hip-hop vet. This seminal group Sacred Hoop played an integral roll in the mid 90's mega-blast of underground rap tapes spawned in California and traded worldwide. Luke's psychedelic story-telling approach is like Slick Rick meets Andre Nickatina meets Charles Bukowski meets Norman Mailer. In the late aughts he's been releasing a mind-numbing amount of new projects on cassette all worth tracking down. If you may not really be that familiar with...

Olivia Gatwood is a world renown touring poet, she just published her second novel of essays and poems titled 'Life Of The Party' on Random House. Our host Peter Agoston sat with Olivia in Los Angeles recently to talk about her childhood - growing up in Albuquerque as well as Trinidad and Tobago. She's a skillful writer whose work traverses deeply into personal reflection. On 'Life of the Party' she uses the modern fixation of so-called "true crime" as a devise to examine how and why it is,...

The last time I saw Dax Pierson he was on tour with Subtle in support of their genre-defying debut album 'The New White'. I booked them a show at an all ages DIY venue inside of an old schoolhouse by the beach in Manila, California. After the show, we made the 5 minute drive to Arcata and they slept on my floor. On the verge of making major artistic strides. That was in November of 2004. In 2005, while on another tour, driving on I-80 in Iowa, Subtle's 15 passenger Ford van hit a patch a...

We're back in effect, catching up with globe hoping producer/performer Onra during an off day on tour while in LA. Onra and I go way back. Oour conversation serves as a proper catch up as we discuss some of the benchmarks from his career thus far. Over the last year Onra started up his own imprint as well, Nothing But Net, part of the reason he is on tour right now. Felt good catching up with an old friend but also to get a new episode out. Sorry for the delay! ...

Group Home's debut album Livin' Proof is an impenetrable piece of street art. From DJ Premier's production, Danny Hasting's photographic layout to the gruff and honest vocals by Lil Dap and Melachi The Nutcracker. It isn't their only album though, I truly enjoy revisiting 1999's A Tear For The Ghetto as well. Last year they dropped the LP Forever and off the record, I know they have some big stuff coming soon. This is the last convo recorded at my old Brooklyn apt / studio. Hope you enjoy,...

I've know Tony for years! He designed memorable album covers for releases on my old labels, namely Sadat X's 'Black October' and J. Rawl's 'Histories Greatest Battles'. He's also designed numerous show flyers for me. Recently, he has been focusing his creative attention on his single-panel comic @mywingman - in this convo we shoot to gift about the comic's evolution as well as toss around some quick ruminations about the House List. I recorded this as I was packing up my apartment in Brooklyn...

This was the last podcast conversation recorded in my old Brooklyn apt, where the vast majority of all previous episodes have been recorded. It is an epic one. Breezly Brewin hasn't really had a long form interview like this on record, so it was fantastic to hear about his life and his journey into music. Now, a full time school teacher, Breeze grew up in the Bronx. We talk a lot about his childhood, playing basketball and how (like a few other of our most epic talks) Pete Nice helped him...

This episode is culled from an old cassette I discovered, where in 2001 (I believe) I interview Brendon 'Alias' Whitney from the Anticon collective. On the same tape were conversations with Doseone and Sole, but I wanted to share this. It was recorded on the phone as part of a larger story, although I don't recall where I wrote the piece for. Alias was in Oakland at the time. It's short but a great snap-shot of time. Ep...