A Day to Sing About

Nothing comes from burning out
Just a flash of light and they’re memories now
Stay here or leave

SWIF7 No Games
POST MALONE I’m Gonna Be
CAZZETTE FEAT. XANDER RAWLINS A Day To Sing About
POINT POINT All This
CAMO & KROOKED Climax
SASHA ALEX SLOAN Hurt
PUSHA T, JEREMIH Paid
KONSHENS Bruk Off Yuh Back
PURI, KILATE TESLA, ARCHITRACKZ POP
BAAUER REACHUPDONTSTOP (Cozway RMX)
ILLUSIONIZE & VISAGE MUSIC Diamonds
PARTYWITHRAY, ZHU Lil Mama
ELLA EYRE, BANX & RANX, KIANA LEDÉ Mama (Just Kiddin Remix)
SPIDERHOUND I Love You Like (Luke Rain & Schuz Remix)
DEPTFORD GOTH Feel Real
MAX COOPER Hope (Parra For Cuva Remix)
CULPRATE Acid Rain
BOOMBOX CARTEL Remember
NAVIGATOR, P SKINNA, MIXMASTER J Ghetto Strugglaz Lullaby (Pharoah, Liondub Remix)
SINJIN HAWKE, ZORA JONES And You Were One
SPIDERHOUND Forgive
SWIF7 Your Gain
GOLDFISH Moonwalk Away
SABREPULSE Banish
EMILY GLASS & DASYCHIRA We Will Find It

Go Home

This is my intelligent talented beautiful kid sister Souda her artist name is NAVEL4EVE. Go listen to her wonderful music, it’s like if Grimes and Depeche Mode had a baby, it would be NAVEL4EVE. Though I probably shouldn’t bring up Grimes, as Souda has a bone to pick with Grimes, but then, who doesn’t. Anyway check out NAVEL4EVE on Spotify and Soundcloud and whatnot, her music’s awesome. It’s been ten years since the release of Go Home, the debut album, and she just released the Spooks EP. Be sure and tell us what’s your song. Mine has always been “Sex in Armour” even though “Blue Cigarette” is about me. I like all the songs though. I’m still trying to decide my favourite from Spooks.

The Arrival

New full length ill.Gates album THE ARRIVAL is out now on all platforms! Click here to listen, share, support and purchase. Congratulations Dylan on such amazing work with thanks to everyone at Alpha Pup, Talent Mantra, AB Touring and Producer Dojo. Love and gratitude as well to all collaborators and musical guests, Jordana 187, Mimi Page, UHNK, RIP Kenny, EyeOnEyez, 42 Dugg, Stephan Jacobs, Conrank, Ill-Esha, Andrew Huang and Ian Ludlow.

Homesick

When home stops being a place and
becomes a person then you know
it’s love

DJ LUCAS AND BRANCHEZ Homesick
COLLIE BUDDZ FEAT. KREESHA TURNER Used to
SKRILLEX, STARRAH & FOUR TET Butterflies
NGHTMRE & ALEXANDAR SMASH FEAT. GHOSTLO Speak Easy
CAMO & KROOKED Ember
SKALES AND DAVIDO This Your Body
ALICE LONGYU, MURA MASA, BÜLOW She Abunai
ZOMBOY Lone Wolf (Tony Romera Remix)
SPIDERHOUND High Grade
IMANBEK & SEAN PAUL FEAT. SOFIA REYES Dancing On Dangerous
MØ Freedom (#1)
MUNGO’S HI FI, GARDNA, CATCHING CAIRO Back In The Dayz
ETANA FEAT. VYBZ KARTEL Baby O
SUB FOCUS & RUDIMENTAL FEAT. CHRONIXX & MAVERICK SABRE Trouble
MATRODA & RICCI Caliente (Na Na Na)
STEVEN MOSES Confessions Of A Hotboy
LIL BO WEEP MOVIN FORWARD
BLAQ JERZEE, MR EAZI, HARMONIZE Falling For U
MØ Nights With You
MEMBA Schools Out
GRANDTHEFT FEAT. LOWELL Quit This City
SIZZLA Too Long
JOE FORD Where is the Sun
DR. FRESCH & MARTEN HØRGER Take A Step Back
CLARENCE CARTER Slip Away
YAN ZOMBIE Winter

I Hope You’ll Like It

Finally just finished my next mix. Proofing loudly now on the living room speakers checking for any needed last minute edits and changes. Seems good so far. Stoked. A tad behind my mix a month schedule but at least it’s done or almost. Hope to post by the close of today, along with the tracklist and tagging anyone who might care, whoever’s shown interest or support for my sets in the past. The mix is super nice, I like it, I hope you’ll like it too. Yay. I must say I’m pleased.

6 Million Plays

New ill.Gates song commemorating achieving the incredible milestone of 6 million plays on Soundcloud! Click here to stream and download the track. Follow ill.Gates on Soundcloud, Spotify, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. The numbers matter, so all visible active support is appreciated.

Look What I Got

EyeOnEyez feat. 42 Dugg – Look What I Got (ill.Gates Remix) recently dropped and it’s glorious. Click here for all the ways you can stream, download, buy and support the track, or enjoy the video.

Make Up Your Mind

Keep holding on
baby girl
Don’t let go

COLDCUT, ON-U SOUND, CE’CILE, TODDLA T Make Up Your Mind
TRACK STARR & KHXOS D’s O’s
F MONTANA, P MALONE, CARDI B, RVSSIAN Writing on the Wall
ATMOSPHERE, ZED’S DEAD, SUBTRONICS GodLovesUgly (Remix)
MAJOR LAZER, MR EAZI, NICKI MINAJ, K4MO Oh My Gawd
AHEE iLLest Alien
AHEE FEAT. WILLIAM THOREN Hyperface
NEED FOR MIRRORS Thugga
AMADOU & MARIAM Sabali
JAMIE XX Idontknow
UK APACHE & SHY FX Original Nuttah 25
DUB PHIZIX FEAT. FOX Never Been (Electric VIP)
NOAH HAWLEY & JEFF RUSSO Didn’t Leave Nobody But The Baby
JAI WOLF Indian Summer
DRESAGE & AG Three Little Birds
M.A.N.D.Y., BOOKA SHADE, L ANDERSON O Superman (SIS Remix)
MUNGO’S HI FI FEAT. MARINA P Mama Was Right

Let Me Go

Oh love that will not let me go I hide my helpless self in thee I give thee back the life I owe that in thine ocean depths its flow may richer fuller be

You Don’t Know

My love has no beginning, my love has no end
No front no back, my love won’t bend
I’m in the middle, I’m lost in a spin
Loving you

NANCY WILSON (You Don’t Know) How Glad I Am
ALICIA KEYS No One
DILLON FRANCIS FEAT. VERA HOTSAUCE Barely Breathing
PUSHA T Come Back Baby
O.T. GENASIS & YOUNG THUG When I Get It
BABY BOY DA PRINCE FEAT. P TOWN MOE The Way I Live
PLAYER DAVE FEAT. REXEX Polkadot
SABREPULSE Hayati
NEED FOR MIRRORS & DRS Bobby
WHINEY FEAT. INJA Flashlight
DIPLO FEAT. NINSITOW JOKER Selfie w Me
POPCAAN 1guh (We Run the Grung)
CHOPSTICK DUBPLATE Little Soundbwoy
APASHE Uebok (Gotta Run)
DILLON FRANCIS DFR (Black Caviar Remix)
PEDESTRIAN TACTICS Kernel Panic
LOUIS THE CHILD Big Time (X Games Theme)
APASHE FEAT. YIZZY Dead

You Can Never Go Back

You can never go back and make a brand new start but you can always change the ending

ASKEL & ELERE Don’t Let This Go
CAMO & KROOKED Turn Up (The Music)
JAMES BLAKE FEAT. ANDRÉ 3000 Where’s The Catch
IGGY AZALEA Started
ML FEAT. MØ & DJS Lean On (Dillon Francis & Jauz Remix)
ML FEAT. NM & PND Run Up (Wax Motif Remix)
ELIMINATE Weeble Wobble
BC & DF FEAT. DESIIGNER Drip
WHIPPED CREAM & LICK The Greatest
APASHE & RIOT Fire Inside
BLANCK MASS Please
DEATH GRIPS Eh
BILLY KENNY, WALKER & ROYCE The Lonely Robot
MØ FEAT. FOSTER THE PEOPLE Blur
SOOM T Summer Day
EMANCIPATOR Eve II (Odesza Remix)

Throw My Hands Up

I should have known you were trouble

KIIARA FEAT. ASHLEY ALL DAY Dopemang
BAAUER Tep Tep
OF THE TREES Everglade March
CHAMPAGNE DRIP Show Me The Stars
WHAT SO NOT, SKRILLEX FEAT. KLP Goh
JON KENNEDY Iron Lung
SHLOHMO By Myself
CONGO NATTY FEAT. REBEL MC & 2NICE Rebel
MANU CHAO Bongo Bong (Ed Solo & Deekline Remix)
FORMER Hellth
FLUME, HWLS FEAT. SLOWTHAI High Beams
AYO JAY Let Him Go
MASICKA 10 Outta 10
JADU HEART The Cure
FLUME FEAT. KAI Never Be Like You (Martin Solveig Remix)
DJ ZINC That Sound
HIGH CONTRAST FEAT. CALLUM BEATTIE Save Somebody (S.P.Y. vs High Contrast Remix)
TROYBOI FEAT. BYP What We Do
TASKA BLACK, DROELOE FEAT. CUT_ Running Away
LUXE LAREDO FEAT. HONEY LAROCHELLE No Man’s Land (ill.Gates, R/D Remix)
SPIDERHOUND Throw My Hands Up

What We Do Now

We cling to memories as if they define us, but they don’t. It’s what we do now that defines us.

LAPALUX Guuurl
RUNTOWN Mad over You
IDALY Wine Slow
KILL THEM WITH COLOUR Get High (VIP Mix)
RUSKO Mr. Policeman
XXYYXX Good Enough
TWIN SHADOW Broken Horses (Santo Domingo Edit)
POPCAAN Lef My Gun
HERMITUDE Ukiyo
FEED ME FEAT. ROSIE DOONAN Feel Love
BAAUER FEAT. SOLEIMA Company
TROYBOI 4321
JACKY MURDA, RCOLA, GENERAL PECEOS Got the Lovin
BENNY PAGE, SWEETIE IRIE, CONGO NATTY Power
POPULOUS FEAT. NINA MIRANDA Cru
MØ Blur (Felix Cartal Remix)
GOLDFISH Moonwalk Away
KANYE WEST, KID CUDI, PUSHA T Feel The Love (Kids See Ghosts)

God

“I think God is either space or gravity,” I said. “Those are my guesses. What are your guesses?” “I don’t guess,” said Dylan.

MIGUEL FEAT. TRAVIS SCOTT Sky Walker
CASHMERE CAT, MAJOR LAZER, TORY LANEZ Miss You
TOKiMONSTA Rouge
WHETHAN FEAT. BROODS Be Like You
FLUME FEAT. ISABELLA MANFREDI Trust
HALSEY FEAT. CASHMERE CAT Hopeless
CAMO & KROOKED Honesty
TOKIMONSTA FEAT. SELAH SUE I Wish I Could (Sofi Tukker Remix)
ZHU, BONE THUGS-N-HARMONY, TROMBONE SHORTY Hold Up, Wait a Minute
NETSKY FEAT. LOWELL Forget What You Look Like
IAN EDSON Exhale
ALUNAGEORGE FEAT. POPCAAN I’m In Control
FLØRALS Waves
POPCAAN Give Thanks
BUSY SIGNAL Stay So
LSB & KINROSS Roots
PARTY FAVOR & NJOMZA FEAT. FKI 1ST Caskets

New Beginnings

You can never go back and make a brand new start but you can always change the ending

POPCAAN Mi Love Yuh
MAJOR LAZER Loyal
CAZZETTE Friends
ZHU FEAT. TOKIMONSTA Light It Up
DIE ANTWOORD Banana Brain
EL SPEAKER & SKAN Never Gonna Catch Me
CHRIS LAKE FEAT. ALEXIS ROBERTS Turn off the Lights
FEED ME & CRYSTAL FIGHTERS Love Is All I Got
COLLIE BUDDZ FEAT. KREESHA TURNER Used to
CONGO NATTY Nu Beginningz (Jinx in Dub Steppa Remix)
VODGE DIPER FEAT. RAGGA TWINS Reggae Bass
YEAH! WOHO! I Wanna Love You (Dillon Francis Remix)
SOPHIE Just Like We Never Said Goodbye
SINJIN HAWKE & ZORA JONES God
FEATHERED SUN Scheune
CLAMS CASINO & PLU2O NASH Gravity
MOUNT KIMBIE FEAT. KING KRULE Blue Train Lines

Redemption

I’m grateful to serpentwithfeet for keeping things interesting

Niteracer

IGLOOGHOST is my other favourite new artist

It’s Okay To Cry

SOPHIE is my favourite new artist

Departures

ill.Gates “Departures” out now! Please share to support. Between the release of this beautiful 16 track double LP, seeing a picture of our baby for the first time and hearing its heartbeat, today has been pretty special.

Wasteland Warriors

Dylan and KJ busted ass all week preparing for their live set at Lost Lands while still making time to look fit af. Let’s hear it for ill.Gates and KJ Sawka, two of the hottest happiest handsomest hardest working players in the game.