I started making this mix series 11 years ago to celebrate my birthday and DJ anniversary. After a short break, I am pleased to bring the tradition back to life with Twenty-Two, celebrating my 50th birthday and 22 years of DJing. I usually set a lot of rules for programming these studio mixes but I let that all go for this mix and just chose what moved me. I hope it moves you too! I found the album cover quite fitting, which was taken at my 40th at the first ShOOnanigans 10 years ago! I am excit...
Jul 13, 2025•1 hr 23 min
Summer is here and Space Cowboys RIPEcast has a special treat for you. 2 hours of back to back mixes from our very good friend, Instereo Recordings label boss and all around legend DJ Dan. From DJ Dan, "In celebration of my birthday today, I have decided to share 2 new dj mixes for one of my favorite San Francisco crews.....The Space Cowboys. I had a blast making these mixes and thought it would be a great way to celebrate with you all today by throwing down some of my favorite tracks. Much love...
Jul 08, 2025•2 hr
This week on the RIPEcast we have Space Cowboy resident DJ rrrus with his recording live from Breakfast of Champions. Recorded at Great Northern January 1, 2025. From rrrus "I am here to light your fuse and warm your shoes. Bump funk up your trunk and slam jam like a clam. Damn, I’m hungry. Let’s go to Breakfast of Champions and feast like beasts on bass so thick it sticks like a brick. Shake it!"
Jul 02, 2025•59 min
We're excited to bring Aylen to the Space Cowboys' RIPEcast! We are bringing Aylen to San Francisco for ShOOnanigans 5.0 on 7/19 at Public Works celebrating ShOOey's 50th Birthday. Get your discounted pre-sale tickets at https://bit.ly/shoonanigans50 Aylen says "I'm stoked to hit SF next month with the Space Cowboys! Here's a mix I put together featuring some tunes I'm vibin' atm and some unreleased! Enjoy the mix!" https://soundcloud.com/aylen https://www.instagram.com/aylenofficial/ Event info...
Jun 19, 2025•41 min
Hello friends! Here’s my set from the 2025 Bottlerock roller rink — a cheeky, slightly shameful ride through bouncy remixes, edits, and mashups. Think of it as one big, extended Rick Roll: full of guilty pleasures, surprise flips, and rollerskating-ready controlled chaos. I had an absolute blast playing, and I can officially check “DJ a roller rink” off the bucket list. Big love to the legends at HUSHconcerts and the Lululemon brand team for creating such a stunning activation! xo, 8b
May 28, 2025•2 hr 5 min
Danger Muffin and CRANE- what a thrill to kick off our BOC debut with all you beautiful people! A truly incredible event to play, it was a blast to share our music with so many friends! Can't wait for next year! DJ Danger Muffin https://on.soundcloud.com/yPUQs163FSmCvKeA9 CRANE https://on.soundcloud.com/QvX3W4vbpzKGo6zR6
Apr 24, 2025•2 hr 1 min
On the RIPEcast this week longtime Space Cowboy Tamo. In her words, "I LOVE New Year's Day & playing at Breakfast of Champions is definitely one of my favorite places to DJ. Enjoy the mix!" XO Tamo
Apr 03, 2025•56 min
Featured this week another Space Cowboy who brings it. Every. Single. Time. A man who has never missed DJing a single Breakfast of Champions. The one and only Brad Robinson. "It was another great New Year’s Day and the sunshine. Thanks to everyone that came out for Breakfast of Champions this year and those who stayed late to hear me play after the sun went down. Please check out the Sylvan Esso remix that I put together on the first track." -Brad Robinson
Mar 27, 2025•58 min
Breakfast of Champions is always been a special day of welcoming the new year with new and old friends and seeing our community come together in one place is magical! Although I have taken a step back from DJing and posting mixes, but without fail, BOC inspires me to keep on playing. If you were there with me on the dancefloor, I was seriously soaking in all your vibes... thank you all for making it such a memorable set! Catch me next on 3/22/25 at 7th West in Oakland with Disco Donutz! Find me ...
Mar 19, 2025•1 hr
On this weeks RIPEcast our good friend from New York @_defkon with a live set on the Mog stage from Breakfast of Champions '25. Link to mix in comments From Defkon - Playing the 25th Anniversary of Breakfast of Champions was an absolute honor. The Space Cowboys have been a huge inspiration in my journey as a DJ, so getting the chance to represent Brooklyn at BOC this year was a dream come true. Sharing the stage with legends like Sporty-O & Thug Shells —who both came out to perform with me—m...
Mar 06, 2025•1 hr
This week on the RIPEcast, Space Cowboys welcome back Smoove to the Bay Area. Aloha Funkateers Back in Y2K era San Francisco, there was a trend amongst the uber cool restaurants where - as part of the dining room ambience - you would often find a DJ mixing live during dinner service. It was here, spinning vinyl all night propped up at the end of the bar, in this bastion of late 20th century California fusion cuisine I found my entrance into the fantastical wonderland that is the Bay Area DJ comm...
Feb 25, 2025•1 hr 31 min
This week on the RIPEcast we have Space Cowboy resident DJ Workr coming at you from New Year's Day. In his words, "Every Breakfast of Champions I’m invited to play is a special opportunity to showcase my favorite tracks from the past year. This year, I was honored with an afternoon set, which gave me the space to really open up my sound and rock the crowd in a way that felt true to the moment. I’m excited to share this live recording of that set with you, and I hope you can tap into the energy I...
Feb 13, 2025•1 hr 6 min
This week on the RIPEcast we bring you Sol direct from Breakfast of Champions with a stellar house and breaks set! From Sol, "There's no better way to start off the new year then a little party with a few thousand of your closest friends! Once again the weather was amazing and everyone was looking stellariffic! I worked on this set together for a while as I wanted to combine my love for both house and breakbeats for the last 25 years. I start it off with a few newer tracks then dropped into an o...
Feb 05, 2025•1 hr
This week on the RIPEcast an OG if there ever was one, Space Cowboys' 8Ball is on the decks live from the 25th edition of Breakfast of Champions. From @dj8ball, "25th Breakfast of Champions, and I’ve played 23 of them! I’d say “I’m too old for this shit” but the party’s still going and it’s still the best way to kick off the New Year in SF—hands freakin’ down! About the mix: I brought a mix of new and old favs, and like last year I decided to pack the middle with drum n bass to keep folks steppi...
Jan 29, 2025•1 hr 4 min
Our 25th Breakfast of Champions was another one for the record books! This was my 9th year DJing the best party in San Francisco, and I couldn’t be happier with how it all came together. My set includes some bangin new tracks from Redux Saints, Wes Smith, Sam Collins, LEFTI, Kid Massive, Kue and more, plus a couple of absolute classics from Mike Balance and DJ Dan. Enjoy!
Jan 17, 2025•1 hr
This year was the 25th anniversary of Breakfast of Champions and the 15th anniversary of my first time DJing the best party of the year. It was a thrill in 2009 and remains a thrill to this day. It is an honor to DJ on that stage where everybody, DJs and those on the dancefloor bring their A+ game. Tracklist 01 SellRude - Vision 02 Kid Panel - Bass Down Low 03 Suga7 - Da Pop 04 MIAU / Shade K - Evilution 05 Paket / DJ Rotu - Fussion 06 FM-3 / Navigator - Blazin Fire 07 Citybox / Orebeat - Lets D...
Jan 09, 2025•1 hr 2 min
This was another Halloween for the record books and the Space Cowboys delivered big with an epic event at Great Northern full of great music and costumes. I had the pleasure of playing before the infamous Wes Smith and enjoyed dishing up some new edits for this amazing crowd. Check out the fun Sylvan Esso remixes. As always, tipping my hat to hard work that all of these producers but into these tracks to keep ass’ shakin around the world. Enjoy! Set List: Block & Crown, Luca Debonaire - Disc...
Dec 17, 2024•1 hr 1 min
It was an honor to play the opening set on the main stage at the iconic Sunset Campout. I hope you enjoy the mix inspired by all of the love that is poured into this special gathering. Stay in the know of upcoming Sunset events and next year's campout by signing up on their email list at https://www.sunsetsoundsystem.com. Love, Tamo
Nov 15, 2024•1 hr 51 min
On this episode of the Space Cowboys RIPEcast, we're bringing you a guest mix from long-time Space Cowboys homie Wes Smith! A Beatport #1 artist and label owner, Wes Smith is a DJ and producer based out of San Diego. Attracting official support from The Crystal Method, Dub Pistols & Stanton Warriors, his original songs, official remixes and edits have found homes on dance floors and radio programs across the globe. Wes has produced 8 studio albums, 3 video game sound tracks, and 500+ singles...
Oct 10, 2024•1 hr 3 min
This week on the RIPEcast Space Cowboy resident rrrrus in March live at the Rhythm Society quarterly. From the man himself “Back in 1998 rrrus nervously took the decks for the first time ever in front of a crowd in a small church in SF's mission district for one of the first Rhythm Society events. 26 years, a bunch of ANDCs, Burning Mans, Breakfasts of Champions, campouts, and a few naps later rrrus is back to give his home spiritual community a groovy bumping hug. Let's get busy.”
Sep 11, 2024•1 hr 14 min
Daybreakers at Oracle Park was an absolutely blast! I didn't record the set live, but here's most of what I played and some of what I didn't from a warm up set I captured before the party. Enjoy! - 8b
Aug 31, 2024•1 hr 19 min
This week on the RIPEcast Space Cowboys are happy to have Defkon of Breaks and Bangers out of New York. His set was recorded live from Birds of a Feather. In his own words "Based in Brooklyn, Defkon has hit the ground running to bring high-energy dance music back to New York. He takes pride in representing his love for West Coast house and booty breaks, delivering that sound to the northeast. He is known for dropping guaranteed nasty & dirty beats to keep the dance floor on fire. Defkon oper...
Aug 08, 2024•1 hr
On this week's RIPEcast our close friend and PInk Mammoth resident DJ Jonathan Will with a live set poolside from Birds of a Feather 2024. From Jonathan, "This mix comes from closing out the pool party at the famed Birds of A Feather event on Saturday. There was so many things I liked about this party, different crews that don’t always get to play or be together because they do separate events, friends I hadn’t seen in years, bird puns (upon puns) for days, and great peeps. Special thanks to all...
Jul 17, 2024•1 hr 16 min
July... just... eeeeesh. Maybe some drum n bass will help. - 8b
Jul 15, 2024•2 hr 17 min
Love is in the air! On this episode of the Space Cowboys RIPEcast, we're bringing you Leyl Master Black's disco house set from her Wedding Disco After Party at Natoma Cabana. Here's what she had to say about it: "What a privilege to get to celebrate my wedding weekend with so many of my favorite people (and Space Cowboys DJs!) Of course I had to spin a set at my own party… I kicked off the night with an hour of house and disco, then hit the dance floor with my honey for non-stop bootie-shaking b...
Jun 27, 2024•57 min
Ain't a person who can't use a little more disco in their life. This set includes a bunch of disco and house tracks I played upstairs at Monarch SF last month for the Baby Weight party. Enjoy! - 8b Tracks: 01 - Space Cowboy (Michael Gray’s Good Vibe Zone Mix) - Jamiroquai 02 - Satisfy Your Soul - Da Lukas 03 - Keep Moving (Dave Lee Jungle Boogie Mix) - Jungle 04 - Paradise (Feat Alexandra Prince) - Mark Lower 05 - Play 2 Win (Dave Lee Destination Boogie Mix) - Destiny II 06 - Say Yes - Flavans, ...
Jun 22, 2024•1 hr 33 min
I was honored to be invited to spin a disco themed set for good friend and fellow Space Cowboy DJ Leyl Master Black for her wedding after party (Congrats Leyl & Mike!). I took the assignment seriously and so the next installment of Party People is here. Enjoy the pumping disco vibes!
Jun 13, 2024•1 hr 7 min
Hella good time playing Bottlerock's 2024 Speakeasy! Shout out to Mo'Po and the HUSHconcerts crew for the invite and hospitality—they're the best at what they do and always great to hang out with. Played a lot of tech house, remixes, and lots of original edits and cheesy mashups. Enjoy! - 8b
May 26, 2024•2 hr 2 min
This week on Space Cowboys RIPEcast we have the man I consider the holder of the House music championship belt our very own Brad Robinson. Coming at you with a live old school vinyl set! “The Birds of a Feather event was something really unique. To have so many of the old school Bay Area burning man crews pool their energy and resources to bring community together into one place, was just phenomenal. When Tamo first told me about the plans for the event, I got really excited, especially when she...
May 23, 2024•58 min
On the RIPEcast this week close friend of ours Tadao! Recorded Live at Birds of a Feather 2024. Tadao became captivated by Breakbeats in the sands of the Black Rock desert in 2002. Years later he joined Strategik to help throw renegades and keep the Bay area Breaks scene vibrant. In the 2000 teens, the proliferation of Breaks in the Bay Area waned. Never content to stand on the sidelines, he jumped on the decks and founded Red Hot Beverly to help keep Breaks alive and well.
May 16, 2024•1 hr
