Sean Smith
by Terry Matthew | Published April 2007 | 5 Magazine DJ Series Archives | Audio Archives
One down, and several hundred (thousand?) to go. The 5 Magazine DJ Series is back in April with an exclusive mix - free on our website and in limited quantities of promos - from Smooth Agent Records founder, DJ/remixer/producer extraordinaire and 5 Magazine columnist Sean Smith.
Sean began spinning at age thirteen. "I remember my first party in the Roseland area. I sucked big time. I had no idea how to play for a crowd and just played music out of the crate. By the third party, I decided to play the music that I liked, that I would hear Farley play on the radio. It worked! I actually got the crowd dancing... From then on just about every weekend myself and friends were DJing at house parties in our neighborhood and throughout the city.
"In the early nineties I left to go to college in Grambling, LA. In my second year I started playing at a college club called The Renaissance, Thursdays through Saturdays - radio cuts along with House and dancehall.
"As a DJ, you gotta keep the crowd moving. It's not about about rare and obscure, but keeping the floor moving. I will play some rare pieces from time to time, but this is because they're cuts that should be heard, not just because they're rare.
"There are a few things you learn. Latin stuff goes with African, and African goes with tracks. But whatever kind of music it is, that song is about a moment. As a DJ, you've got to make the best moment.
"For this mix, I wanted to put in some of the newest work from Smooth Agent - tracks by Karu, Nature Love, Grand High Priest, and my first full vocal track as a producer with singer Richard Rogers, called 'All I Want is Love.' And I also thought I'd put one of my disco edits in there - y'know, you've got to give people something they can't get anywhere else."
Check out the mix below, and you can find out more about Sean and the label at smoothagentrecords.com.
Track Listing:
1.] Sean Smith : Test of Time [CDR]
2.] Grand High Priest : Long Time (Sean Smith Remix) [CDR]
3.] Nature Love : You Turn Me Around (Karu Remix) [Smooth Agent Records]
4.] Karu : A Feeling Deep Inside [Smooth Agent Records]
5.] Sean Smith feat. Karu : Every Step of the Way [CDR] + My Lolletta : Lolletta Holloway Accapella (over the track)
6.] John Legend : Save Room (UK Remix) [Rebel Soul]
7.] Bille Ray Martin : Running Around Town (BT's Shelter Mix) [Magnet]
8.] David Brown : Is Everything Good for You Baby (Sean Smith Re-Edit) [Smooth Agent Digital @ traxsource.com]
9.] Sean Smith featuring Richard Rogers : All I Want is Love [Smooth Agent CDR]
10.] Bernard Badie feat. Olandus : Imagine [Smooth Agent Records]
11.] Allen Smithee in Blue Blackness : Tell You All About It (Sean Smith's revisited edit) [CDR] + Splinter Accapella (over the track)
12.] Deagelo : Smooth (Sean Smith Remix) [CDR]
13.] Liasons Dangeresus : Avant-Apres Mars (Sean Smith Re-Edit) [CDR]
14.] Blanco : Metti Una Sera a Cena (Jazzanova Remix) [JCR]