Syd Gris Music A Sampling of sets for your listening pleasure...

I've posted some various sets from the last couple years to hear (or re-hear). Most are live recordings of the moment how it went down and so reflect the time and circumstance of that gig. These don't always translate into a listening experience out of the club environment, but these best represent what happens when I'm at the helm. Your feedback is always welcome. Track listings for most of these sets can be found HERE. Check it if you're curious.

Download Syd Gris : Live at Opulent Temple : Friday Night - 2011' (If it doesn't start to play or DL when you click it, on some browsers you'll need to right click 'Save as') Newest Mix posted, live from Burning Man at OT. We work all year to have that DJ moment at OT where we can most express our musical vision for a prime time playa moment imbued with flame throwers and lazers. So this is mine for 2011. Spoken intro to give context to the effort, into some classic metal before getting into the groove, making stops at all the musical places I like to frolick. It's intense Sydious ending on a pretty note for closure. Hope you enjoy !! (Syd Intro) 1. Judas Priest : You Got Another Thing Coming - (Josh Camacho & Syd Gris Remix) 2. Believe : Elite Force & Meat Katie (Rektchordz Rmx) 3. Save The World : Swedish House Mafia (Zedd Remix) 4. Sweet Dreams - Avicci (Cazzette Meet At Night_Mix) 5. Amen : Chrizz Luvly 6. Wake Up L.A. : Far Too Loud 7. Undermined : Ellar Sound (Miles Dyson DJ Friendly Makeover) 8. Everybody - Colombo 9. No Turning Back : Elite Force (Hedflux Rmx) 10. Energy Vibration : Hedflux & Neurodriver 11. Big Fat Bass : Utku S (Dylan Rhymes Rmx) 12. Ka Tako Grill Complextro : Curtis B, Houserocka (Re-Rub Mix) 13. Prude : Fussy Boy (Miles Dyson Breakfest Edit) 14. Heavy : Nicky Twist (Miles Dyson Breakfest Makeover) 15. Weird Day : Destroyers (Guau Remix) 16. Krakken : Hunter Vaughan (Loops of Fury Rmx) 17. Get Sucked : Umek 18. Belfast : Orbital (Dopamine Rmx)

More Sets Below

Download the Opel 9 Year Anniversary Set: February 19, 2011' Newest Mix posted, from the Opel Anniversary party For my set following Calvertron at the Opel 9 Year party, obviously I wanted to fully bring it with a range of full on Syd style electro, breaks, tech funk, and a dash of indie. So all my favorite producers are in the mix on this one, with tracks from Miles Dyson, Stanton Warriors, Lee Coombs, Dylan Rhymes, Meat Katie, Elite Force, Krafty Kuts, Vandal, Alex Metric and more. A couple technical imperfections due to the live nature and late night vodka crans but you'll hopefully be too wrapped up in the sickness to care. Let me know what you think!

Download 'Live @ Spundae : November 12, 2010' Opening set for Josh Gabriel at Ruby. If you've been following along, you know I DJ in more than one world. So if you're inclined to hear something different from the Sydious dirty electro, tech funk, and break beat, check out this mix more conducive for a listening vibe than a compulsory bounce vibe, if you know what I'm saying... Opening to an empty room and letting it flow for 2 hours as it filled up, I keep it along a tech house vibe for much of the set, dipping into some techno flavored progressive melody, and assorted offerings. Hope you enjoy.

Download 'A Burning Set : Vol. VIII' Live at Opulent Temple, Friday night Burning Man 2010. Prime time at OT for my set of the week, what would Syd do? Some electro, some breaks, some techno, some indie. Some dirt, some funk, some headiness, some heart opening. One of my favorite sets of recent memory, very happy to share this wonderous DJ moment with you.

Download or Stream 'Syd @ The No Pants Party' Live atop the Rhino Art Car, Thursday night, Burning Man 2010. The crew at the Flowers Camp had me out to play their 'No Pants Party' on Thursday night. I kept mine on, but still shook a leg or 2 playing some house and breaks under the fire light above me while moths kept dropping dead on the mixer. Good times.

Download 'A Cosmic Set' Live at Ruby Skye. Friday, February 19th, 2010. This was an opening set for Cosmic Gate so Prog Alert ! : ) It's off the normal Sydious Maximus dirty music tip. If you're a closet progressive house and trance fan you might like this. It still has muscle and headiness. I made a point of mixing out of most of the break downs to keep the energy moving. (One back and forth between tracks didn't come out so great but oh well). It's an opening set so it's meant to cruise along and not get too banging. Hope you enjoy.

Download 'A Summer of Syd' Summer Promo from 2009 Going into Burning Man 2009 I wanted a gift to give out so put together this set as a sampling of what I'd been playing that summer and some tracks I was taking into the desert. A nice range of Syd favorites, with a sprinkling of tech house, electro, indie, breaks and techno. I've only posted it recently as it was prior to only available as a gift CD. Hope you enjoy.

Download :: 'A 7 Year Old Set' - Live at the Opel 7 Year Anniversary Party (Part 1) at Mission Rock. 4-25-09. I went on after Meat Katie (who's mix, along with Dylan Rhymes & Zach Moore is available at the same link) at my anniversary party, so this one is special to me. A couple rough mixes, but the programming is sick, In My not so Humble Opinion. I played some tracks that appear in other mixes, but I was wanting to not be burdened by worrying about such things, and have a little indulgent fun alongside some new stuff as well. I consider this set another variation on quintessential Sydious Maximus, with a range of electro, dirty house, indie/nu-disco and break beat. Play it loud.

In Search of Tequila - Live from Ruby Skye (Tiesto Opening Set) 12-18-08.** (In 2 Parts) Download Part 1 : In Search of Tequila. Syd Gris Live at Ruby Skye - 12-18-08 Download Part 2 : In Search of Tequila. Syd Gris Live at Ruby Skye - 12-18-08 I had the good fortune of opening up for Tiesto last December at Ruby Skye at a sold out show on a Thursday night. I played for 3 hours as the room reached capacity and played a range of techno flavored progressive, Balaeric trance, melodic electro, and other 4/4 variations of proper progressive music. Enjoying the art of a good opening set, it was a blast to stretch out musically, take my time, and bring the crowd up and back down in steady waves. Nice long mixes, hypnotic undertones, lots of melody of course. This is different than most everything else posted here, you closet trance fans will like it. Plus, it's a lot of music! In case you want to burn as a single track CD, it's separated into (2) 80 minute portions. Part 1 is the warm up, Part 2 is the peak time (for an opening set). Both are solid.

Download :: 'Temporarily Definitive' - Live at the 'Music is Art' party at Mission Rock. 11-14-08. I wanted to share my set from this party, in part because I had so much fun playing that night. It's live and on the fly so not without it's imperfections, but I'm digging the music I have right now in this vein more than usual and I think the set rocks. It's not for the faint of heart, with songs about doing coke and licking pussy (only the latter of which I condone), and some dirty, fuzzy, distorted, raucous sounds that are best heard loud. This is the core of where I'm at musically right now when I get to let it loose. Thus, it's definitive, but only for the moment. Tell me what you think.

New Download :: 'A Burning Set, Vol. VI.' Part 1 Live at Opulent Temple, Tuesday Night, Burning Man 2008 Prime time at Opulent Temple with brand new flame throwers to play with. Intro for context of the purpose of our efforts by myself & Shahid Buttar. Covering the music bases with purpose as well. A who's who of some of my favorite producers : Blende, Miles Dyson, Lee Coombs, Uberzone, Justice, Rogue Element, Dylan Rhymes, Alex Metric, with a great seldom heard mash-up of Freeland's 'Hate' with Bassbin Twins' 'Dogs'. This is Syd at OT.

Download :: Syd Gris, Live at The Deep End. Thursday at Burning Man 2008. For my last set at the legendary DE, I played an at times indulgent set, including some played out tracks and one particularly craptastic mix. I should not even be sharing this mix. But it was for the ladies, and all in fun. Accessible house that's a good one to put on at a party. Don't get too serious on this one, with re-mixes of Depeche Mode, Run DMC, Justin Timberlake, and Chic Flowerz side by side with some kick ass electro by Vandalism, Deadmau5, Beat Assassins, etc.

Download :: 'Just This Moment' . Live from the Bada Big Boom Party at Mighty : 8-2-08. Electro, breaks and tech funk. My goal for this set was to play all music I had never played out before, so 14 of the 16 tracks on here I had just gotten. As a live set of this kind, it's a bit unpolished and the programming a little uneven, but if you're looking for new music, here's one moment in my play list.

Download :: 'An Achtung Set', from April 2007. Recorded for Hoj's Thick Frisky Radio show. This was right after Meat Katie and Dylan Rhymes loaded me up on sick unreleased tracks after the Opel 5 Year Anniversary party in March. I made this up as I went along, with lots of Blende, Alex Metric and Miles Dyson. This was a departure for me at the time, and this is still one of my favorite sets to listen back to for it's deep, dirty and at times distorted groove. A clear precursor to how I play presently.

Download :: 'A Political Set'. Syd Gris Live at Mighty Breaks, 4-21-06. This was a favorite of friends and fans for a while, a showcase of my taste in breaks : tech funk, rock influenced, with some other heady, muscley fun thrown in w/ a cross section of breaks's biggest names of the time. I programmed it with the theme in mind of political thoughts and commentary, from 'Mad as Hell' and 'Obey', to 'We Want Your Soul' and 'Hope Time', thus it's called 'A Political Set.' When I first played it out a lot of these were unreleased and fresh, now of course breaks has peaked but I still think you'll find something to like in this prime time banger set. It's live and un-fixed so there's a couple rough mixes, hope you forgive me.

All of these sets have the track listings HERE if you want to check it.