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RA.898 Colored Craig

RA Podcast

Resident Advisor

Music

4.6640 Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2023

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

People in Los Angeles usually remember the moment they first saw Colored Craig DJ. He cuts a memorable figure: throwing down records on the turntables and dancing like he's in the crowd, not behind the decks. He's one of those rare selectors who's almost as fun to watch as he is to listen. But the rest of the world should be listening. Over the past few years, Colored Craig has become one of the LA area's most in-demand DJs, not just because of his considerable skills, but because of his old-school, loved-up ethos. He plays classic house records with a verve and style that you can't really teach or learn. You just have to have it. A choreographer by trade, everything about Craig has to do with movement, the joy of it, the energy you both gain and lose through dancing. His RA Podcast, recorded in his living room (a sort of nightclub in itself) gets across the infectious, uplifting energy of his sets, blazing through tracks from Kerri Chandler, Masters At Work and Chez Damier, and even including a disco house track that samples the Price Is Right theme. You might call this sound nostalgic, but it doesn't feel that way coming from Colored Craig, who is obsessed with the now, and the power of the moment. That outlook is all over this mix, and with any luck, you'll be hearing and watching him DJ around the world outside of LA sometime soon. @coloredcraig Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/898

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0:00.0

Check this out.

0:07.0

I was out one day buying some records in the record store.

0:12.0

You know, I ain't gonna say which one, but you know what I'm saying.

0:16.0

I was feeling good. I had a nice pack of records in my hand, two bags, going back to the hotel.

0:22.6

Alright, all good, all good.

0:25.6

I get back to the hotel. Get on the elevator.

0:29.6

All of a sudden I walk in. I'm looking at my records all happy, all fun.

0:34.6

You know, yay, I can't wait to check this one out, see what like at the club and this lady looks at me and says is that a record wow

0:43.1

do they still make those I'm like yeah I'm a DJ yeah you know just getting

0:48.2

ready to play tonight she had a son with her and he tugs her on the shoulder

0:53.5

and says,

0:58.4

Mommy, hey Mommy, Mommy, what's a record?

1:13.6

And I'm like, damn, there it is. The The The

1:30.3

The The

1:47.0

The The

2:03.6

The The

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The The

2:37.0

The The

2:53.6

The Oh yes Oh yes

3:16.3

Oh yes Oh yes

3:48.6

I can see it on the back of my night and that's stop

3:52.6

Oh yes

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