Meet The Locals Podcast #23: DFMO

We close out 2015 with a great podcast from DC native DFMO, who you can catch playing For the Love of Deep House and Debauchery at Jimmy Valentine's Lonely Hearts Club on New Year's Eve. In his own words: "This exclusive NYE mix for DC House Grooves has a blend of some of my favorite deep, tech and house tracks from 2015. (I thought it would be a great way to wrap up the year.) A key focus of my session is ensuring the mix has an organic feel. The playlist is unplanned and evolves during the set, which is a live recording with no post-production. Grooving to an unknown destination is a trip that can lead to some fun surprises. There are no retakes on the dance floor, so I approach each session on the decks in the same way. The dance floor and music become a rich feedback loop. The tracks I find myself selecting usually tend to contain at least one element that feels organic- that could be a smooth vocal track, some acoustic element or a live/sampled instrumental. I love when common themes, intentional or otherwise, appear in the mix or when one song answers or echoes the sentiment of the previous track. These are threads that bind the mix and can be more important than genre, BPM, or key. In this particular mix, the familiar Bill Withers “Ain’t no sunshine...” refrain is repeated at different points in the mix from different artists. DC has been such a great area to come up musically, with so many local influences and a thriving house scene. I was really excited to wrap up the year with a mix for DC House Grooves. Special thanks to Andy Grant for his tireless work on this go-to chronicle of the latest DC house events and artists.” DFMO is spinning next at Jimmy Valentine's on New Year’s Eve with Milk Chocolate City, C-DUBZ, DJ DOUBLE 07, DROMME and V-COCH: https://www.facebook.com/events/770703036389254/ DFMO on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedfmo DFMO on MixCloud: https://mixcloud.com/dfmo