gustoe💦 & HYPHA🍻 ~ The Roots🌱 by gustoe Greese💦 published on 2020-07-25T18:39:56Z I almost don’t know where to start with this one. This is a very meaningful mix for me. There was a time in my life where I discovered songs that I connected with in a way I had never felt before. They were on repeat for many months and since that time they have always been in the back of my head as the root of my musical inspiration. Something about the tones, patterns, voices and messages that deeply and honestly connected with me. I have always been drawn to music, but there are songs that I hear and instantly I identify with them and feel an instant union that will be there till death do us part. There is no question or doubt, I love that song through and through and I identify with it as something that represents me. It is a truly magical and inspirational feeling. This collection of songs represent an era of self discovery where I connected with myself and other like minded people. This is an unbreakable bond that will live happily ever after between me, myself and those friends. It doesn’t matter if my homie makes bad choices due to his childhood programming and ends up on the streets living a life of struggle, or if I don’t speak to a certain homie all the time. There will always be a strong and unwavering bond of love, compassion, acceptance and appreciation. I call it my chosen family. A chosen family that was born from a common love and appreciation for the same music. It is interesting how music can create those bonds. It’s a powerful thing. Another thing about this mix is that I mostly used a style of mixing from that era where people would make “start–stop” mixtapes. If you weren’t a dj with turntables and all you had was a dual cassette player, some people made some amazing mixtapes by recording a song from one tape to another, then pausing the recording and switching tapes. A very cut and dry way of mixing based more on song selection and finding that perfect spot to change to the next song. I realized while making this mix that this style of mixing is a part of how I blend songs now. I have also been influenced by house mixing and hip hop dj’s, but that is another story. This is the roots of my musical journey and it is perfect that I created this for the birth of my brother’s passion project, a local craft beer brewery in Vancouver that creates small one time batches and features local artists on the can of each release. It’s a beautiful concept that I really resonate with and it means a lot that my musical roots can align with the roots of his passion project. The brewery is called HYPHA. I helped in creating the brand and graphics. I’m really happy with how it turned out. Hypha is a singular branch in the root network of fungi. These branches are always seeking out nutrients at a really fast pace. This network also transfers nutrients to neighbouring plant life that needs it. It can also alert plant life in its vast reach of dangers. It is the underground network that binds a vegetative ecosystem together assuring it thrives. To me that is just like underground music communities. Also underground craft beer communities. It’s neat how things are associated. If you are ever in Vancouver check HYPHA out, try one of their brews, and share some nutrients! https://www.hyphaproject.com/ Genre greese roots Comment by Exterus chyea, shoes, boom shakalaka 2022-02-02T22:08:56Z Comment by Avvz fuck yea. ty for slappn me w/ nostalgia <3 2021-03-14T18:08:49Z Comment by NessaZee love! 2020-12-04T21:50:14Z Comment by Clayton LP XX 2020-10-10T05:32:13Z Comment by Brass Knuckle Butterfly Idiocracy <3 2020-07-30T16:00:47Z Comment by Robert Lebleu ❤️ 2020-07-27T06:50:42Z Comment by Ahmed M Khalfalla Word 2020-07-25T21:33:53Z