Julius the Mad Thinker (Chicago) on MUSIC AND WINE Radio - Ep. 42

[I]t's official: Julius the Mad Thinker will be performing in Manila on Saturday, January 28 at TIME.  In our opinion, this is the year's "must-see" event. Few DJs have an effect on an audience the way Julius the Mad Thinker does.  I first heard about Julius when I ran across his name in 2004 on the site UndagroundArchives.com, the authoritative guide to New York City's house music scene (today no longer operational), run by Donna Ward (a.k.a. Fotochick). The site hosted the annual Choice Awards celebrating the scene's top players, from artists, DJs, and producers, to clubs, record labels, events, and reporters. That year, Julius had been recognized as Best Emerging Talent, and Donna wrote about a great interview she had with him and described him as smart and mature. The following year, I was invited to attend the 4th Choice Awards in NYC. Everyone who was anyone was there: Danny Krivit, Quentin Harris, Jovonn, Kevin Hedge and Josh Milan (Blaze), Lisa Shaw, Anane, Stephanie Cook, Jada, and Andre Harris, to name a few.  Awardees included Louie Vega, 718 Sessions, Deep House Page, Shelter, Roots, Bruce Tatum (Time Out NY), Cordell Mcclary.  I was invited to present the award for Best DJ International, and the winner was Jojo Flores for the 4th year in a row (someone I had just met in Manila the year prior in 2004).  Jojo was in South Africa at the time and his buddy E-Man accepted the award on his behalf (someone I met along with Jojo here).  To say that being on stage in front of all these stars--I had only read about up until that point--was surreal would be the understatement of the year! Julius may very well have been in the crowd that night. In 2009, I was going to visit Chicago for the first time with Ines--who had lived there before I met her, and a DJ friend Joe DiPadova, who was going out with Ines' best friend years ago, recommended that I look up Julius once there. Joe was at the time living in Montreal and working with Jojo Flores. I remembered that Jojo was at the time the Montreal resident of a group of DJs called 3Degrees Global, a group co-founded by Julius the Mad Thinker 10-years ago.  Once in Chi-town, I reached out to Julius and he recommended we meet at Evilolive (a palindrome). We finally met and he introduced us to Jamie326, Gene Hunt, and many of the people organizing that after-hour industry night. How's THAT for 3 degrees of separation?! The next time we saw Julius was in Manila about a month later.  It was a bit of a surprise and his first time there. He came to attend a friend's wedding along with Tiesto. We hung out for about a week and got to know him much better. He came to our night at the Mandarin Oriental MUSIC & WINE, we took him to M Cafe, and he performed at Embassy on his last night. He even recorded a mix at my place that he ended up featuring on [MUSIC & WINE Radio]. (You can scroll down to find it.)   Julius recording the mix "Traffic" at my Makati City pad.  Also seen dancing, Channel St Claire Julius invited us to participate in the 2010 Winter Music Conference in Miami (me as DJ and Ines as co-host) at the Mi Casa pool-party opening the annual conference.  It's amazing how many people in the global house scene we met in the matter of a few days.  We have been trying to find the right time ever since to bring Julius back to Manila.  Well, the stars are finally aligned and Julius will at long last be back in town to perform, this time at the city's number one dance club TIME.    The Mi Casa pool-party at WMC 2010. Elian Habayeb, Julius the Mad Thinker, Zepherin Saint (Tribe), ALA (Dive San Diego), Hallex M (United Music), Keith Evan (House Society), and Nathan Adams (Tribe). With the hopes of adding the Philippines to his roster, Julius, along with hundreds of music enthusiasts are preparing for the incredibly explosive 4th annual Mi Casa Es Su Casa Holiday season to start March at the WMC 2012 in Miami and ending October 4-7 in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico. This is the Thinker's annual birthday celebration, not yet published on his Soundcloud page. It's titled Celebrate and it's a real banger. Here's probably some of what you can expect on Saturday the 28th.  Click link to access the invite, enjoy the sounds, and here's the tracklist: 0:00 - 1. Incognito - Freedom To Love (Original Mix) - Reel People 6:49 - 2. KemeticJust feat. Terrance Downs - I Got Life (DJ Spinna's Galactic Soul Vocal) - NDATL Muzik 14:20 - 3. Hippie Torrales - If You Need A Man (Cdocks Earthshaker Vocal Mix) - What is Hip Records 20:35 - 4. Timmy Regisford feat. Lynn Lockamy - At The Club (Rocco Deep Mix) - Tribe Records 25:10 - 5. Osunlade - Manowirdz - Yoruba  30:05 - 6. Peven Everett - Inspiration / Girl Of My Dreams (Timmy Regisford & Adam Rios Remix) - Tribe Records 36:35 - 7. To Roccoco Rot (Henrik Schwarz remix) - Testfeld - Kitty -Yo 40:50 - 8. Osunlade - Envision Remixes (Ame Acoustic Remix) - Innervisions 46:50 - 9. Âme & Amampondo - Ku Kanjani (Version 2) - Innervisions 51:20 - 10. Reza - Harlem House - Stealth 56:00 - 11. Joey Negro & Gramophonedzie feat. Shea Soul - No Sugar (Club Mix) 1:02:10-12. Ben Westbeech - Something For The Weekend - Part 2 (Joey Negro ZMix) - Strictly Rhythm 1:08:25-13. Naked Music NYC - If I Fall (Jay's Naked Spirits Mix) - Naked Music 1:14:05-14. Miguel Migs feat. Meshell Ndegeocello - Close Your Eyes (OriginalMix) - Salted See you on the dancefloor. Subscribe for free with iTunes