“It had been a wonderful evening and what I needed now, to give it the perfect ending, was a little of the Ludwig Van.”

Pour a whiskey rocks and enjoy 15 minutes of “Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey presents a promotional short of the premier of their project LUDWIG, a contemporary arrangement of Beethoven’s 3rd & 6th Symphonies.”

Thanks to DTLA legend Mike Fran for passin this one on to us.

Volume 11 of our synth filled tropo mix tape courtesy of our friends over Gotta Dance Dirty.

“Foamy and frothy jams for those who get bloated easily. Another installment for that epic beach day or sensual shag session. Peace and Love.” – Tropicool aka Dr. Schlongo G.D.D.

Waves ≠ Raves Vol. 11

Adele – Set Fire to the Rain (Plastic Plates Remix)
Baby Monster – The Fear of Charlie Sunrise
The Chemical Brothers – Swoon (Mjolnir Bootleg Remix)
Das Pop – The Game (Villa Remix)
Holy Ghost! – Wait & See (Moby Remix)
Jamaica – Jericho (Tepr Remix)
Kolombo – Waiting For
Leopold – Sublime (She Said Disco Remix)
The Miracles Club – Light of Love (Cut Copy Re-Vision)
Mitzi – India (Joakim Remix)
The New Wine – Crescendo
Penguin Prison – Multi-Millionaire (Prince Language Instrumental Mix)
Steve Miller Band – Like a Beagle (Bottin Remix M1)
Tiger Love – Pussy Cocaine
Tyson – Love’s On The Line

All Files Zipped —-> HERE <—–

“Tropicool, radicool, sun-kissed nation vibration. Coconuts and mindtai’s. Heads in the clouds and your feet in the water. Babes in bikini’s, cool pool parties, and crackin’ freshies at the beach with your toes in the sand. Which brings me to my next point. Why don’t you sexy ladies out there wear the 80′s retro thong bikinis arching high above your thighs, that truely accentuate those dirty dancin’ stems of yours?  Bring it back, please, we beg you.

Here’s the tenth installment of Waves ≠ Raves, and might actually be my favorite compilation of the bunch. So be rad, don’t tell dad, and do the jungle boogie.” – Tropicool, G.D.D.

Download this volume of epic proportions and start entering a TROPICOOL state of mind.  It will mentally prepare you for Saturday’s NO SHIRTS/NO SHOES pool party.

RSVP HERE & now your regularly scheduled music:

Al Usher – Lullaby for Robert
Beat Connection – In the Water
Blackbird Blackbird – Hawaii (Niva Remix)
CSLSX – Keep on Shining
Foster the People – Pumped Up Kicks (Gigamesh Remix)
Foster the People – Houdini (RAC Remix)
Hey Champ – Anything at All
Jonathan Johansson – Blommorna (Niva Remix)
K.BHTA – Funky Beep (Photogenic Mix)
Monarchy – I Won’t Let Go (Mustang Remix)
Neon Indian – Psychic Chasms (Anoraak Remix)
Newcleus – Automan (Drop Out Orchestra Dub)
Niki & The Dove – Gentle Roar (Mylo Remix)
Siriusmo – Einmal In Der Woche Schreien
Yuksek – On a Train

All files Zipped ——> Here <——-

Waves ≠ Raves Treasure Chest ——-> Here <——-

As always, curated by the mystical TROPICOOL and our friends at Gotta Dance Dirty.

Pool Party @ The Standard Downtown LA Rooftop Pool with our friends at Dub Frequency.
Time to get Tropo Round 2!!!

Not to be missed – Get there early.

RSVP HERE

“There couldn’t be a better time for an over-abundance of songs filled with sun-kissed vibes for the beginning of our summer here in California. I told you in my last Waves there would be another compilation on the heels of the first, and shazam, here it is. You know the drill, grab your honey, a boom box, and get poolside. Peace and shibby!” – Tropicool G.D.D.

Waves ≠ Raves Vol. 9 (double overhead)

Robbie Williams – Bodies (Aeroplane Instrumental Remix)
Depeche Mode – Puppets (Royksopp Remix)
Peter & The Magician – Twist
Beaumont – Wings Like the Sun
French Horn Rebellion – Up All Night (Clubfeet Remix)
Starfucker – Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (Cindy Lauper Cover)
Edwin Van Cleef – Lisztomania (ft. Jane Hanley)
Gino Soccio – Love is (Prince Language Edit)
Munk – Rue de Rome (Cecile Remix)
Slow Hands – Rough Patch
JusLo – Mirikal
Tj Kong & Nuno Dos Santos – Birthday (Pitto Instrumental Remix)
Coma – Fameless

All Files Zipped —-> HERE <—- You’ll want em all…

“Snoballing off of my new ‘Tropicool’ alter ego and the success that has been attributed to the new set chocked full of steel drums, ocean and breeze samples, synth, cowbells and keys, I have a very special treat for you. I’ve been digging deep into the genre and the archives surfacing with many goodies hidden in both my sleeves and trunks. Within the next week, there will be 2 more installments of Waves ≠ Raves inspired by the tropicool beginning of summer sun-kissed weather. Also to top things off, our friends The Ampal Creative who we put this collab on with are releasing the Summer line of Aloha hats, that for the lack of better words, are the Frothiest lids from here to Bali.” – Tropicool aka Dr. Schlongo via GDD

Waves ≠ Raves vol. 8

Taragana Pyjarama – Ocean
Strange Talk – Eskimo Boy
K.BHTA – The Wave
Anoraak – Nightdrive With You
Familjen – Det Var Jag (Boeoes Kaelstigen’s Remix)
Penguin Prison – Golden Train (Penguin Prison Dub)
Pacific! – Unspoken (Anoraak Remix)
California Wives – Tokyo
Cosmic Kids – Reginald’s Groove (Classixx Remix)
Aeroplane – My Enemy
Jessica 6 – Prisoner of Love (ft. Antony)
Saint Etienne – Spring (Air France Remix)

¡¡Bonus!!
Dj Falcon & Thomas Bangalter – Together (Le Castle Vania & Computer Club Summer Bootleg Mix)

All Files Zipped —-> HERE <—-
Kick off your shoes, put on some chapstick, and keep it casual.

This year, I had to choose between Coachella and a trip to Cabo with 22 of my childhood friends. Coachella is an amazing experience and I would insist that any music fan of our generation check it out. For me the lineup this year lacked the weight of previous years, since I had seen a lot of the acts in their earlier days. However, I was pretty bummed about missing this afternoon’s Sahara lineup. Our friend, 12th Planet, made his coachella debut. John is one of the nicest guys you could meet and has been making fans the world over with an intense year of touring. From all accounts he blew up.



Even though, Im 2 hours away in downtown I get a sense of how epic it was.

Instead of having to wait until tomorrow or even tonight, I had live pics and video via other fan’s twitters and facebook.

I know that Usher and a bunch of other A list musicians were there watching the set, I think Cee-lo’s set sucked (but it might have just been the webcast) and I just watched Interpol’s set on the live feed.

There in lies the inherent problem with the internet, blogs and the variety of “social media” platforms out there today. It offers instant accessibility and a wealth of knowledge if you dig deep, but more often than not it’s just a glimpse. I didn’t feel the desert heat and the energy of the crowd rocking 12th’s set, my body did not shake from his pounding dubstep – I did not experience the show. It’s a double edged sword, learn from the internet, see what interests you and what’s out there, but ultimately its up to you to live it, experience it and make it your own.

And yes, 12th’s wearing our WILD in the STREETS denim snapback.

Sorry it took so long, but we’re, back again with another glistening Waves for all you beach sluts and wave whores alike. The weather outside is sun-kissed and teetering around 75, pretty good for early spring in Socal. So grab your ghetto blaster, head down to ze beach, and play this 14-song flowing ‘Tropicool’ theme as you get baked with the sand beneath your toes. This installment actually doubles as baby making music, so if the test comes up positive, don’t say I didn’t warn you! – Dr. Schlongo, G.D.D.

Brought to you with our friends over at Gotta Dance Dirty.

Waves ≠ Raves vol. 7

Amtrac – Midnight (ft. Jenna O’Gara)
Beni – It’s a bubble (The Magician Remix)
Breakbot – Shades of Black
Chilly Gonzales – You can Dance (Edwin Van Cleef Remix)
Dutch Rhythm Combo – Cartagenera (Ray Mang Remix)
Frankie Valli – Grease (Flight Facilities Remix)
Holy Ghost! – Wait & See (Flight Facilities Remix)
Housse De Racket – Champions (Edwin Van Cleef Remix)
Little Comets – Joanna (Amtrac Remix)
Lord of Isles – We Were There (Dancin’ Freestyle)
Marius – Jet Set (Ray Mang Version)
Orange Juice – Rip it Up
Pharao Black Magic – Yeah Yeah Yeah
Zimmer – Cruisin’ (Discotexas 2011)

All files Zipped —> HERE <—- Kick off your shoes and simmer in the sunlight. And always remember, keep it casual.

!!! FIRST POOL PARTY of the SUMMER + POOLSIDE + ALOHA HAT GIVEAWAYS !!!

Lets welcome summer with open arms, beer in hand.

POOLSIDE‘s first LA set. If you like our WAVES ≠ RAVES mixes (new one coming soon) you’ll froth on these guys.
“Studio project from Los Angeles based musician – producer – DJ- friends: crafting music in their pool house turned recording studio that captures the sound of a perfect afternoon. Honing their many musical passions down to a few simple yet innovative concepts, communicated as “day time disco.”

RSVP HERE

Check out this new mixtape we put out with longtime Ampal collaborator Surf Ambassador Hendo.

“Surf Ambassador Hendo presents his froth fourth mixtape brought to you by The Ampal Creative. A unique blend of Nu Disco booty shakin grooves and 80′s Synth-Heavy beats, “DiscoSYNTHesis” packs a punch and boxes a munch. Whether you play it, download it, share it, or froth it, the power of Poseidon will undoubtedly seize hold of you! For more info and TrackList please visits here, for those about to froth, we SAH-lute you!”

DiscoSYNTHesis by SURF AMBASSADOR HENDO

Even though its cold and rainy this will blast the clouds away and put you in a tropical state. Give it a go!!