Chulita Hysteria - Music for self-love

This mix is a mix for self-care and self-love. We do so many things in our everyday life and we need a time for calming down and relax or dance. Music for enjoying and celebrate life. Face to all the multiple violences, these are times where we need to care and feel ourselves a lot. 

DJ Hysteria was born and raised in Mexico, she came to Austin to do her PhD.  She loves to dance, spin records, smash patriarchy and enjoy life with friends.

Every week we feature a mix from one of our very own Chulitas- the mix comes directly from her vinyl collection.

This week's mix comes directly from DJ Hysteria's collection.

Tracklist:

1.  Maniac- Michael Sembello
2.  Ladies Night- Kool & The Gang
3. I Feel Love- Donna Summer
4.  Yakety Yak-The Coasters
5. Long Tall Sally- Little Richard
6. These Boots Are Made For Walking- Nancy Sinatra
7. Ballade de Melody Nelson-Serge Gainsbourg/Jean Claude Vannier
8. Lucila-Enrique Guzmán
9. Sin Mi-Olga Guillot
10. Quien Será- Connie Francis
11. Triste -Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66
12. Maria del Carmen-Andrés Landero
13. La Pava Congona-Andrés Landero
14. LLegue- Joe Cuba Sextette

Reporting Texas + Chulita Vinyl Club

“Chulita” is a Spanish term of endearment, and Saenz remembers her grandmother telling her “ay, que chula,” or “oh, how cute,” when she was a child. Saenz gave it new meaning by incorporating it into the group’s name as a declaration of female empowerment. “We are chula because we are beautiful, poised [and] confident,” she said.

Chulita Vinyl Club Austin + CVC Founder Claudia Saenz talk to Reporting Texas, a digital media initiative from the School of Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin about the importance of comadres, historical preservation and togetherness. Take a read!

Chulita Lonely Girl - 1976

This mix is me. This is the mix you dance to on a Friday or Saturday night after putting in work all week against the oppressor. This mix is a big F-u to Trump and his fascist government. This is the mix you’re going to bump at the backyard boogie this summer or cruise to in your 72 Impala. It’s the mix you roller skate to with the Tios at Venice Beach. It’s music I imagine playing at a Black and Brown party after a Black Panther Protest at an Oakland Courthouse. Just a warning it’s going to make your hips move and arms sway. The title, 1976, is when my parents crossed to the US from Mexico, an important date for me. This mix includes funk, disco and boogie and my favorite songs to dance to. I hope they hit you in the same way, happy listening.  - DJ Lonely Girl

Every week we feature a mix from one of our very own Chulitas- the mix comes directly from her vinyl collection.

This week's mix comes directly from DJ Lonely Girl's collection.

 DJ Lonely Girl is a mom, teaching artist, analog photographer, Mexican Indigenous woman living and working in Oakland, California.

 Come out and listen to DJ Lonely Girl (CVC Bay Area) spin tunes at our next event.

Tracklist:

1. Donny Hathaway - The Ghetto

2. Charles Wright & The watts 103rd st Rhythm Band - Express Yourself

3. The Honey Drippers - Impeach the President 

4. Stevie Wonder - You haven't done nothing

5. Isley Bros - Fight the Power

6. Roy Ayers - Come out & play

7. Heatwave - Boogie Nights

8. War - Galaxy

9. Earth Wind & Fire - Serpentine Fire

10.Con Funk Shun - FFun

11. Parliment Funkadelic - Flashlight

12. Boosty Collins - She Jam

13. BT Express - Give up the Funk

14. Ozone - Gigolette

15. Hit n Run - Barkays 

16. Ozone - Strut my Thang

17. Westwood Cash - Psycho for your love 

18. Cameo - Attack me with your love

Chulita Viva Ari - This Is Dedicated To....

This collection of love songs is for whoever you, the listener, want it to be for. It could be for the person who understands your soul, or for the person you admire from afar. For the one who has been by my side for 6 years, “I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride", this one's for you. - DJ Viva Ari

Every week we feature a mix from one of our very own Chulitas- the mix comes directly from her vinyl collection.

This week's mix comes directly from DJ Viva Ari's collection.

 DJ Viva Ari is from Vallejo, Bay Area, CA. Come out and listen to DJ Viva Ari (CVC Bay Area) spin tunes at our next event.

Tracklist:

1. Oh Honey - Delegation, 1978 (vinyl, 7”, 45rpm)
2. I Do Love You - GQ, 1979 (vinyl, 7”, 45rpm)
3. Duke Of Earl - Gene Chandler, 1962 (vinyl, LP, album)
4. LaLaLa Means I Love You - The Delfonics 1968 (vinyl, LP, album)
5. I’m Your Puppet - James & Bobby Purify 1976 (vinyl, 7”, 45rpm)
6. Yes I’m Ready - Barbara Mason 2011 (vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition Reissue)
7. I Like The Way You Love Me - Brenton Wood 1967 (vinyl, 7”, 45rpm)
8. I Want To Get Married - The Delicates 1964 (vinyl 7”, 45rpm)
9. At Last - Etta James 2011 (vinyl, LP, Compilation)
10. Dedicated To The One I Love - The Shirelles 1958 (vinyl, 7”, 45rpm)