The Do-Over

Take one part hangover, one part last minute surprise guest DJ we didn’t even know about, one part Haycocks’ sister Eleanor’s birthday and many parts the people that shared the day with us and you get a recipe for explosions at our Sunday backyard boogie down.

The heat keeps rising in August. Rising to a point where the shit is nearly boiling over. Another huge day led to many a sad face come Monday morning. In typical fashion, Haycock set the tone followed by our good friend DJ Pubes who kept it rolling. Next up, Do-Over and Los Angeles first timer from the UK, Floating Points went deep just like his tunes. Rich Medina stepped up and kept it classy as always. Before his set he hinted that he was bringing a friend to share the duties and we flipped when we found out that compadre was the one and only DJ Scratch! Wow! Big ups to our homie DJ Mel who had to follow these guys… Mel totally stepped in large and perhaps captured the best set of the whole 8 hours. Special thanks to Azul for holding down the host duties again.

What’cha Wanna Do? Do-Over!

Audio (soon come)

Video (thanks azul*213):

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It’s difficult to explain in words the levels of epic that we experienced this past Sunday at The Do-Over. Perhaps it was the smiling faces, the sweaty bodies or the sheer excitement preceeding the mystery guests (whom only Haycock, Strong and Blacc knew before opening time). Regardless, we can easily say that the energy that all experienced this day goes into the record books as the most anticipated Do-Over in our 5 years of existence, while the anticipation proved itself ultimately worthy to the challenge.

Following the usual warm-ups from Strong and Haycock, our favorite substitute host Azul stepped in and brought the levels up after too long of a hiatus from our backyard boogiedown. Next up, local hero and Do-Over fave Rareform, kept it going uphill as the place officially reached sardines. The first jaw dropping moment of the day was when our man Rich Medina stepped in the place and dropped his record bag behind the decks. His set did nothing short of amaze the people. As the bodies were locked in perma-groove following Little Ricky, we decided to redesign the Do-Over thermometer as it got even hotter. Originally we we agreed that we could state before, during or after the next guest, but something fell thru and things changed (good thing for everyone). Getting on with it, A-Trak smashed it out of the park like we knew he would, and even went on to say “Do Over was suuuuper fun, best party in LA”. Finally, lets not fail to mention one of our newest favorite DJ’s, DJ mOma from NYC doing it perfect on the late shift. Nobody wanted to leave, even though the bartender should have cut them all off around 6pm.

What’s it going to be this week? Only we know and if you arrive early, you will find out…

What’cha Wanna Do? Do-Over!

DOWNLOAD: A-Trak:
http://www.zshare.net/audio/6404978822954c0a/

DOWNLOAD: Rich Medina:
http://www.zshare.net/audio/640482759e8c7da7/

DOWNLOAD: mOma:
http://www.zshare.net/audio/64049678dab3e542/

DOWNLOAD: Rareform:
http://www.zshare.net/audio/640487977bfdc8aa/

DOWNLOAD: Azul:
http://www.zshare.net/audio/64048672d072a2ec/

It’s hard to tell if we are having more fun as of late because the end is almost here (and we can give ourselves / livers a much needed break) or if it’s a result of the amazing cast of DJs that have been rolling through? It’s probably a combo of both, but one thing is for certain, the mystery guests have been killing it as we end the season on a high note. It doesn’t get much higher than this past weekend as we had guests from all across The Globe. The Bay Area’s finest, Sake One, was first up on the decks who quickly heated things up on the dance floor and set the precedent for the rest of the day. Next up, Ed Banger’s own DJ Mehdi brought the Parisian heat with a wicked disco and house set. Longtime fan, but first time caller, Rich Medina finally made his way out from The City of Brotherly Love to experience The Do-Over and he absolutely destroyed it with an extended set of Afro-Beat, Soul, and Hip-Hop bangers. Closing duties belonged to HVW8’s Ty G who kept it extra smooth all the way out.

The Final 3: If you don’t know the score by now then you’ve never been done-over. Expect the unexpected: mystery guests, sangria stains, uncontrollable body movements, and meeting new faces, all in a day’s work. Whatcha’ Wanna Do?

Following The Do-Over this week, we will be getting our posse on and heading to LAX for Banana Split Sundaes. Haycock will be joining the resident squad of Thee Mike B, DJ AM and Steve Aoki while all of The Do-Over folks are invited. Just drop “Do-Over” at the door for no hassle entrance. Free keg of beer on the dance floor from 10 til 11pm.
LAX is located at 1714 Las Palmas Ave. Hollywood, CA 90028

Whatcha’ Wanna Do? Do-Over!

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