it’s the holidays… folks who have left town come back to visit family & friends…karina nistal re-visited a ritual of sorts when she dropped in at onion creek on wednesday to witness myself & the are put together my weekly all 45 set…karina has relocated to los angeles to further pursue music…karina is a tireless, generous talent, performing countless shows in houston before she left and completing an album with the rebel crew (“nistalgia”)…

i’m infinitely grateful for her contributions to one of the first songs i released, “hello feat jawwaad & karina nistal”…karina nailed her verse with great delivery of some real poignant lyrics, complementing jawwaad’s opening part after initially enhancing with a vocalizing melody which sets up the song nicely…it’s one of the more fun projects i’ve done to date- working with two guest vocalists with contrasting styles…

as with jawwaad, i hope to once again collaborate with karina on a future project… (btw, if you can somehow find “dependency”, a song produced by dj still wil and released as a b-side on “gooddbye” a 12″ on the extensive research imprint, that is one of my fave karina nistal songs…)