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# How we curate mixes.
- URL: https://electronicdispatch.com/pillar-001-mixes/
- Published: 2026-05-28T00:05:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-28T00:05:00.000Z
- Description: How Electronic Dispatch curates DJ mixes — embed-only from SoundCloud and Mixcloud, no pay-to-feature, four working formats.
- Author: Jazmine Gonzalez
- Tags: Mixes, #pillar-launch

Mixes here are embed-only — pulled straight from the artist's SoundCloud or Mixcloud, with the artist's branding, artwork, and play counts intact. We don't re-host, we don't strip, we don't gatekeep.

## Selection criteria

- **Technical execution.** Mixing is craft. We listen for it.
- **Track selection.** A 90-minute mix is also a small essay on what the selector thinks the room needs. We're paying attention.
- **Sequencing and arc.** Where the mix starts, where it ends, what it does in the middle.
- **Context.** A residency set on a Wednesday night at a 200-cap room is a different artifact from a closing set at a festival. We say which.

## Formats we'll publish

- **Friday Sessions** — guest mixes from artists outside the LA circuit
- **Residencies** — resident DJs at venues we cover
- **Label showcases** — A&R-led mixes that double as label primers
- **In the Booth** — long-form sets from artists profiled in Features

## What we won't do

- Pay-to-feature placements
- Strip artist branding to white-label the player
- Re-host audio to inflate our own metrics
- Run mixes from artists whose music we've reviewed within the prior 30 days (cooldown to keep the verdict-and-the-mix from looking like the same favor)

Pitches and submissions go through the [Submit page](https://electronicdispatch.com/submit/) or directly to the editor — see [Contact](https://electronicdispatch.com/contact/).