South By Southwest: Year IV Part 1
I’ve come to accept that traveling to Austin for South By Southwest is typically a very productive experience for me that it takes tremendous effort to enjoy. Performing on substandard sound systems, not finding out my time slot until the very last minute, playing in empty rooms, and show cancellations are par for the course....
On Rejection
There is a ton written on the web and in print about rejection. I’m writing this blog entry in an attempt to reconcile a rejection I’ve just received. Lately I’ve been breaking my long term goals down into shorter term goals, which then funnel into daily and weekly tasks to further my career as a...
Sunshine Jones: Fall Down (Eric Sharp Remix) – A Love Letter
Sometimes the music business seems like it’s not a very friendly place. It can be difficult to know whom to trust, and this can feel isolating. I can’t possibly underscore enough the importance of finding people who can serve as mentors in some way, shape, or form. Had I not done so I would have...
Scion A/V Night People Mix
Made this mixtape for my dude Blu Jemz‘ “Night People” show on Scion A/V Radio, which aired in January (sorry for the delay!) Features a ton of house tunes that I’m feeling and a couple of exclusive jams of mine. Enjoy! Track List: 1. Crookers – “Trillex” (Eric Sharp & George Cochrane Remix) 2. Para...
My 10 favorite tunes of 2012
This has definitely been a great year for music. Electronic sounds have gained more traction in America than ever before, and it’s an exciting time to be sure. Personally moving to LA has been very uplifting, and I feel like the pulse of dance music is all around and inside of me. I’m very much...
Download: Crookers – Trillex (Eric Sharp & George Cochrane Remix)
My good friend George Cochrane & I put a completely different spin on this Crookers track for a Fool’s Gold Records x Gotta Dance Dirty remix competition: built a bottom-heavy house groove and sprinkled some analog goodness on top. Enjoy
Download: Wongo – Days Are Gone (Eric Sharp Dub)
Hey y’all, I busted out this lush, moody vibed-out dub of Wongo’s “Days Are Gone” to give away with the Vanguard EP. This mix hit #3 on The Hype Machine’s Twitter chart and has been getting some excellent feedback. Really happy about the response, as this is the first window into some new production sounds...
Sick Boy & Eric Sharp – Sharp As A Knife
Fresh new banger from Sick Boy & myself out now on Plattenpussy Records. Think hard UK Funky drums meet slamming dutch electro synths plus congo madness.
Opening for Squarepusher
Every so often I get a booking request for a show that doesn’t seem real when I get the offer. This was definitely one of those events. First off, Squarepusher is one of the most respected, forward thinking electronic music artists in the world without question. He is signed to the seminal Warp Records which...
Media Contender Mixtape & Interview
My much-respected homies at Media Contender asked me to make an exclusive mix for them after my SXSW set warming the decks up for Photek, Apparat, Grenier and Kuru. The result is kinda twisted, ranging from mental tech-house to tear out electro. It features several exclusive original productions that I’ve made which have never been...
My speed garage remix of Roy Davis Jr ft. Bear Who? is out now
Sick release by Chicago legend Roy Davis Jr featuring Bear Who? entitled “Automatic Principles” is out now on Beatport on my label Rock It Science Laboratories. I decided to make my remix a tribute to a sub-genre called speed garage that blew up for a quick minute back in the 1990′s. Check Rip Groove –...
Download: my remix of Dirty Vegas – Little White Doves
This remix was made officially and was confirmed for release but never came out and I recently was given the green light to give it away. So, here you go! A bit cheesy, but enjoy. Mixed & engineered by Homero Espinosa at YBD Studios. Mastered by Michael Harms at Megasonic, San Francisco.
