
The Melker Project has been on a serious mash-up spree in the past couple weeks, and with his most recent handful of output, has basically made himself comfortable owning the throne as king of song-tweakers with the curious yearn to want to marry the pop with the hood. Taylor Swift vs. B.I.G. and Ellie Goulding vs. Juicy J truly have no business being actual things, let alone-especially in the former's case-being anything close to being good, yet, as has typically been the case, a little peppering of Melker magic defies all logic in not only making both [...]

Great Friday morning sit by the beach music.
In honor of Record Store Day on April 21, Cultivora asked DJs to recommend their favorite record stores. Among them? NYCs Flashing Lights crew - Nick Catchdubs, Jess Jubilee, and DJ Ayres. While it's been a while since these three have gotten together to throw a party (Jubilee moved to Miami last year), we're keeping our fingers crossed for a reunion. Check out excerpts from their recommendations after the jump, then head over to Cultivora for the full article , which also includes recommendations from Kid Koala , Mick Boogie , Terry Urban , and [...]

The long-awaited remix companion to 2011's " RCMP II " is finally out. RCMP - "RCMP II: The Remixes" presents seven reinterpretations of "RCMP II." Remixers include Pink Skull (RVNG INT'L), Laberge (Solid Bump), Elvis Suarez (Strictly Rhythm), DJ Ayres (Young Robots / T&A), Fifteenth (Fools Gold / Scion AV), Burnso (Young Robots) and Pumpkin Patch (Young Robots). Pretty huge. I'm very proud of the work all these guys did reinterpreting our record. We asked them all to remix it because we love listening to their work! DJs, you need these. Please support Young [...]

Wer die besten Zeiten der Chicago-Booty-Ghetto-Mania verpasst hat und nicht alle Tracks dieser Killerzeit tief ins Gedächtnis gebrannt sind, der kann sich mit dem Top Billin presents Booty Dew Vol.1 Mix noch mal kurz quer durch die gelegentlich überdrehten, immer albernen, manchmal schmutzigen aber vor allem aufgedreht funkigen Tracks der besten Dance Mania Tracks und dem was sie bis heute anrichten hören. Artists: DJ Slugo, DJ Deeon, Paul Johnson, Louis Bell, Jammin Gerald, Maurice Joshua, DJ Cease, Cajmere, Steve “Spinnin” Santoyo, DJ Ayres, DJ Sneak, DJ Gant-man, DJ WaxMaster, DJ Funk, DJ Technics, Sagat, [...]
New freebie from GLC. Produced by DJ Ayres. EP out now on T&A! GLC - Fellowship and Congregate Out Now! iTunes / Amazon / Beatport / Juno
"Angry Birds" is basically GLC’s version of R. Kelly's "Real Talk," a not totally rock solid defense of his relationship, where GLC consoles his girlfriend amid accusations from jealous women that he's cheating. The genius ... read more

Anybody who knows me, knows I may have a serious man crush on Mannie Fresh.... DJ Ayres - Cats, Snakes, Chickens, Ducks, Elderly People & Twerkers (Mannie Fresh Mixtape) by T&ARecords
The official video for DJ Ayres "Flashing Lights", this of course if from the I'd Fuck Me album that he recently released via T&A Records. Also a connection with this album and Vancouver, as the artwork cover was done by artist Alex Rhek, you can find the homie down at Sharks and Hammers in Gastown.

Picture an anxious Dave Nada just about to step behind the decks of a lil cuzz's basement house party in the suburbs of summer DC. It’s a school day, but the kids are out and a handful of brews have them wasted as fuck wildin’ out to dead reggaeton beats. But Dave, 1 half of Nadastrom, plays house. A genre opposite in the bpm spectrum, with a whole different groove and attitude. The last thing on his mind is clearing a dancefloor and imploding the [...]
Feeling super bad for any 1940s dude who shows up in a time machine in 2011 and immediately learns about the internet and decides to check out this blog post before he does anything else ... read more
We don't mean in the OMG WHAT IF GLC WAS SUPER RICH way, because for all we know he spends his free time diving into a giant cavern of coins like Scrooge McDuck. Instead, we ... read more
frontpage_features: Welcome back, ladies and gentleman to Mixtasy Volume 7, today on this fine day I bring to you DJ Ayres and his take on Moombahton. Imagine boogie nights on crack, latched onto some [...]

Wicked neat. DJ Ayres - Down Pon Me by T&ARecords

En aningens berikad version, som blir lite roligare såhär.. Ett riktigt safe kort att ha liggandes i foldern märkt "publikfriare". Toto - Africa (DJ Ayres Edit)

Hey guys! So I could really use some help and support - if you'd be kind to help a brother out. I have decided to enter one of these fancy Mixcloud competitions . This one is being brought to us by the fantastic label behind the DJ Kicks compilations, !K7 Records and Beatport . It's being judged by the too-hot-too-trot deep house champions from Boston, Soul Clap. The theme of the mix was to make a mix-tape for the "Brokenhearted." The only deal was that the first and the last track [...]
New York City's DJ Sure Shot gets the massive plug here in the "Heavy Warmup" series of mixtapes from DJ Ayres Hoxton's T&A Records, compiling a huge amount of preeminent hip hop, rap and funk records from what might seem like long ago. Yet, the mix is refreshing in its nostalgia for songs from the [...]

Dj Ayres made a bunch of moombahton edits for Moombahton Massive 3. Now he just gave that bunch away. Some great edits and mashups in there. If you're into moombahton you should check this out. Moombahton Massive 3 Edits
OK, so there are only 38 total photographs in this gallery, because, well, OK, we're not making excuses, but we had a really great time last night and we sort of just didn't really take any photographs because we were having too much fun not taking them. Watershed moment it might not be, but last [...]

This Friday February 25, Flashing Lights returns to Public Assembly with another edition of their infamous party! This time around, Douster joins the usual crew DJ Ayres , Nick Catchdubs , and Jubilee , for a night that's sure to be filled with awesome beats and good times, not to mention more than enough rave juice. Youthful French producer and ZZK Records compatriot Douster has been making a splash with his clubby European take on the various tropical rhythms (and riddims) emerging from around the globe. Whether it be dancehall or [...]