«Me considero und DJ de House, mismo si a veces el House como género no domina en mis sets. La manera en que voy armando la noche —en conjunto con les bailarines en la pista— es algo que viene de ahí, y de recuerdos y experiencias compartidas con gente que definieron mi propio sentimiento del House, que está alejado de la narrativa oficial. Es en Colonia, la capital de la música electrónica en Alemania, en su momento denominada “Baby Chicago” por les DJs que nos venían a visitar desde aquella ciudad, donde conocí la pista de baile que proponía cada semana nuevos pasos. Christian S y yo teníamos una fiesta llamada “Lost” a la cual invitamos a Elbee Bad, con el que me fui en tren de Berlin a Colonia. Para mi hubo un antes y un después ahí, de cómo tocar, de cómo dialogar con la pista de baile. Este set que les presento me llevó a esos recuerdos y refleja una manera de ver el House que tiene que ver con Elbee Bad, The prince of dance, que tiene que ver con mi sello Cómeme, con Ana Helder, con Katerina, Diegors, con Christian S, con Sano – y que también tiene que ver con lo Latino en el House, y con Sudáfrica, donde el House nunca se fue y donde siempre lo he sentido muy vivo, en nuevas interpretaciones de un mismo sentimiento. En Johannesburgo sonaban temas de Cómeme (Como “ósea hello” de Diegors), y les DJs de Cómeme siempre tocaban tracks que venían de allá – con DJ Spoko marcando el paso de los ritmos que disfrutábamos en ese momento, culminando un día en el manifiesto colaborativo entre Spoko, Elbee y yo que fue “Something about the Groove”, título de mi Mix.
Ellos ya no están con nosotres, pero de alguna manera si permanecen vivos en nuestro ritmos y sonidos, y nuestra propia interpretación del House.»

«I consider myself a House DJ, even if sometimes House as a genre doesn’t dominate my sets. The way I put the night together – together with the dancers on the dancefloor – is something that comes from there, and from memories and experiences shared with people that defined my own feeling of House, which is far from the official narrative. It is in Cologne, the capital of electronic music in Germany, at the time called «Baby Chicago» by the DJs who came to visit us from that city, where I met the dancefloor that proposed new steps every week. Christian S and I had a party called «Lost» to which we invited Elbee Bad, with whom I went by train from Berlin to Cologne. For me there was a before and after there, how to play, how to dialogue with the dance floor. This set that I present to you took me back to those memories and reflects a way of seeing House that has to do with Elbee Bad, The prince of dance, that has to do with my label Cómeme, with Ana Helder, with Katerina, Diegors, with Christian S, with Sano – and that also has to do with the Latin in House, and with South Africa, where House never left and where I have always felt it very much alive, in new interpretations of the same feeling. In Johannesburg there were Comeme tracks playing (like Diegors’ «ósea hello»), and the Comeme DJs were always playing tracks that came from there – with DJ Spoko setting the pace for the beats we were enjoying at the time, culminating one day in the collaborative manifesto between Spoko, Elbee and myself that was «Something about the Groove», the title of my Mix.
They are no longer with us, but somehow they do remain alive in our rhythms and sounds, and our own interpretation of House.»

Something About The Groove

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Alias: Matías Aguayo
Pronoun: He / Him
Location: Ciudad de México
Collective: Cómeme
Label: Cómeme
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#tracklist
01. Elbee Bad – Intro “We Be Djs” (Self-Released, 2020)
02. Midi mechanixx Ft. The Wizard – Pump Wid Acid (Detroit Mix) (Vibe Records, 1988)
03. Raheem Hershel – House Of Hershel (Creme, 2014)
04. Diegors Ft. R Costa – O Sea Hello (Beats) (Self-Released, 2009)
05. K.C.C. – Def Con Bass (Hi Note, 1990)
06. Ani – Love Is The Message (Balance/Prescription, 2011)
07. Tony Touch – Apaga La Luz (OG Instrumental) (Vega Records, 2022)
08. Fernanda Arrau & Persona RS – Match Point (DJs Pareja Remix) (Pets Recordings, 2023)
09. I-Dentify – Flute Style (Strictly Rhythm, 1993)
10. Todd Terry – 1200 Beats (TNT)
11. The Bobby Konders Project – Don’t Trust Me (Christian S Edit)(Desire Records, 2022)
12. The Sanctuary Project – Running It (House Jam Records, 2017)
13. Leron Carson – Baby Said To Me (Sound Signature, 2021)
14. Zongamin – Underwater Paramid (Dub) (Multi Culti, 2021)
15. Byron Maiden – Lord Madness (Unreleased)
16. Todd Terry & Marshall Jefferson – Party People (Original Demo) (2015)
17. Spoko & Aguayo – Something About The Groove (Cómeme, 2017)
18. DJ Mujava – Townhip Funk (Matias Aguayo Remix) (Warp, 2009)
19. Mutant Beat Dance – Urban Dust (L.I.E.S. Records, 2012)
20. Baby Ford – Normal (Rephlex, 1998)
21. Modern Analysis – Proto Rhythm II (Nation, 2021)
22. Matias Aguayo – At The Gate (Cómeme, 2015)
23. Katerina – Bizarro World (Cómeme, 2020)
24. Christian S – Pitch Rider (Cómeme, 2014)
25. Louie Vega Ft. Joe Claussell – Igobolo Feelin love (Expansions-NYC-Dub)(Nervous Records, 2022)
26. Julie Stapleton – Wheres Your Love Gone (Remix) (V4 Visions, 2022)
27. The Maghreban ft. Nah Eeto – Got Your Number (The Maghreban, 2022)
28. A Certain Ratio – Spirit Dance (A&M Records, 1990)
29. Diegors – Electrificado (Self-Released, 2022)
30. Bok Bok – Ouais (Hysterics Remix) (Night Slugs, 2022)
31. STL – Something Is Raw (Something, 2007)
32. Paurro – They’re Here! (Matias Aguayo Remix) (Cómeme, 2023)
33. Iz Club Kid – Love In Your Body (Unreleased)
34. Matias Aguayo – The Tiger (Kompakt, 2022)00

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