SharedViews Mixtape Sessions - Vol. 4 feat. JAY
From Engineer to electronic music producer. Probably not a very far stretch when you think about it. You wouldn’t know it either, when listening to the new SV mixtape from Bass House producer, JAY. This mix bounces you around, along the way giving no feeling of a “dialed in” or “engineered” set. It’s guaranteed to keep you moving and groovin' the entire time. If, however, you get the chance to talk to JAY or Jacob Smith about his music, the engineer in him starts shining bright!
Patterns, exact frequencies, artificial intelligence, and prediction technology. These are all things going through this young artists mind as he begins to shape his early career. “I really appreciate the visual arts too,” JAY tells us while outlining some of his long-term ambitions. “It’s kind of like my home base and when I started writing my own music I thought it would be so cool if there could be very specific patterns and things to go with my music. Kind of like an auditory and visual expression of the art at the same time.”
JAY started his music career while in school to be a mechanical engineer at Montana State University. Being only one year into living in Denver, he’s hungry to dive into the music scene and the ever-growing Denver community. He described the vast difference between his stomping grounds as a DJ in Montana and his new home in the Mile High City. “I don’t always want to melt face to dubstep at The Zebra. I come down here and I can get a little bit of everything” says JAY as he listed the never-ending string of parties and venues on any given night in Denver.
From Flume to Ghastly, to Dustycloud, JAY’s personal taste is as diverse as his delivery style. His only desire in the production of his art? “To blow peoples minds!” We can’t wait to follow along with JAY as his career takes off and we hope you will too! To get in touch with JAY about bookings or collaborations of any sort, you can find him on Instagram @JAY_harmonics.
Whether you are 20 minutes into this new mixtape or saving it for later, we’ll let the man himself give you the final note.
“Enjoy being bad at something until you’re good at it. Music or whatever it is you do, you might not ever be any sort of good until you suck at something for a long time.”
Photo credit: Kevin Hernandez Photography - @raw_5280
TRACK LIST:
Hurricane Love - L.A WOMEN & Jasper Dietze
Take Control - Gustavo Mota & Hot Bullet
Those Nights - Dustycloud
Meant to Love You ft ROUXN - Jauz
Ghost 'N' Stuff (Matroda Remix) - Deadmau5
Lick It - Valentino Khan
Keepmastik - Phlegmatic Dogs
BOMB - STIGRE
DIV:IDE - Funk Accelerator
Sudden Bloom - Kaux
Step Back - DLMT x Rob James
Lovin Me - SNBRN
RISE UP - GHASTLY X DR. FRESCH
Feel The Volume - Jauz
Baller - CMC$ & Crossnaders
The Factory - Carta
Make It - PopNONSENS
Double - CupCarta
Rough (feat. LexBlaze) - SLNCE & VILO
Fly Kicks (Wax Motif Remix) - AC Slater & Chris Lorenzo
Miami - ViceKjuus
Phone Cal - l$tand Alone & New Northern
Turn It Around - Merk & Kremont
Relics - Moretein
Back Again - Sikdope x LOUD ABOUT US!
Feels Like (Clubbers Remix) - Kickstarts & Dabox
21 Bad Bitches (Nocturne Remix) - Yellowclaw
Hawt - Brillz & Ghastly
Japanese Coke - Art Supplies
Revived - High 'n' Rich
GEISHA - GHASTLY
THIS IS HOW - GHASTLY
Four To The Floor - Ronko
Feel It - Breathe Carolina & Sunstars
Fracture (SUB-human Remix) - Slumberjack feat. Vera Blue
Switch (feat. Ephwurd) - JVST SAY YES
Brazilian Wax - FlipN'Gawd
Fat Beat - (David Puentez Remix)Tiësto
Night Of The Crowd - Julian Jordan & Steff Da Campo
End Of The Night - NGHTMRE & Ghastly
Prisoner - Drezo
ChunksOdd - Mob
YAKUZA - ANGELZ
Waist Time - Diplo & Autoerotique
Complex - Jake Dile
God's Plan (David Puentez VIP Edit) - Drake
The Depths - JAY