Ervin Arana

What up everyone. It's been a minute. My apologies for my absents, this past year has treated me well & I'm grateful for all th...

Something to get you in the mood for today! Enjoy, a love like this..... share with your peeps!

Big birthday shout to the lovely Miss Sade. Check out this incredible portrait done by artist Steven Lopez as part of his After Midnight Sou...

Legendary LA writer, Mear One featured in Alicia Keys' new music video "New Day." I'm happy to see Mear still doing his th...

The Root Down 15th Year Anniversary is only a day away! Check the details, you definitely don't want to miss this ridiculous line up. Yo...

In honor of Root Down's 15th Year Anniversary this Friday, I made a quick mix of some Root Down classics & some. Shout out to my Ro...

It's that time again. Before you spend Thanksgiving weekend with your families, come and enjoy a night of incredible music with your ext...

ReMitch came with it on his lastest mix, "Inside My Sample!" He features various artist who have sampled or covered Minnie Riperto...

How incredible is this!!? The trailer speaks for itself, check it.....

Root Down is a huge influence on who I am as a DJ, I'm honored and blessed to even be apart of such a legendary party. So many great m...

Open, a new residency in downtown LA. The formula is pretty simple, resident selectors, Bency, Ben Diggin & yours truly doing what we do...

Tonight, I'm spinning at El Dorado for Sweet Cheeks in San Diego, Ca. Also getting down will be Fonkis (LA) along with SD's very own...

This Sunday, I'm guest DJaying at my favorite Sunday hangout, Bodega!! If you haven't been, you can expect brazilian funk, hip hop, ...

The neo soul era in the late 90's, early 2000's was the era that I related to most. I loved the direction that hip hop was talking d...

Tonight, I'm back with my Root Down Crew at Motown On Modays. This time around, it's an all vinyl, stax vs motown edition, so that...

A couple weeks ago, I made my way out to see Jeremy Sole at Motown On Mondays at the Shortstop. Definitely my favorite Monday night spot rig...

I was digging through some old boxes and came across some old promo tapes. I was posting them on my instagram as #ThrowbackThursday photos, ...

I can really appreciate people who explore the world. I don't mean travel, but really explore and experience other cultures throughout t...

This Thursday Night, my good friend Frantick invited me to spin at Respect for his welcome back party. I know Respect is mostly a drum n bas...

I've been a little M.I.A. on the blog. My apologies to those that do take the time to visit. Been caught up with life, but always in a ...

Masta Ace's new album dropped a couple weeks ago. Produced entirely by MF Doom. I'll just get to the point, you need this in your l...

Always been a fan of DJ Spinna production, everything from his Mos Def remixes to his production with Tortured Soul. The guy is just so vers...

Special thanks to everyone who came out a couple Mondays ago for Root Down Does Motown! This Thursday, we get together again with special g...

Root Down fam is getting together for Motown On Mondays. I'm super excited about this one, please spread the word & join us!

Just got a new single from uncle Nu aka DJ Nu-Mark & thought I'd share it with everyone. Download ---> HERE . Enjoy!

Peace everyone, it's been a minute. You know how it is, blessed to able to stay busy. Anywho, just a quick reminder about Low Key, we do...

I've been to the last two & was really inspired. So considering that this year I'm focusing more on photography, this event is a...

New Roots album was released this past Tuesday. I've always been a big fan & will always support! You can preview the entire album o...

Peace world, and I really do mean PEACE! As messed up as the world is today, it's very important to set our personal agendas to the side...

A very special THANK YOU to DJ Cee Brown, Anthony Valdez, Jimetta Rose & everyone who celebrated our 1Yr Ann with us a couple weeks ago....

The 13th Annual Thanksgivends Benefit takes place this Wednesday Night Nov 23rd 9pm-4am. Thanksgivends is a community effort to raise funds ...

Pick up Justin Bua's new book and get it signed by the man himself at Amoeba Music in Hollywood (6400 W Sunset Blvd.) Here's the inf...

I just wanted to thank everyone who came to celebrate our 1 year anniversary at Low Key. A very special thanks to Anthony Valadez, DJ Cee Br...

A year ago I started a night called Low Key, focusing on the more soulful side of me & it's been a great journey. Many thanks to all...

Tonight, I've been invited to spin at Cherry Poppin with DJ Jedi (Root Down). This night is for those who truly appreciate that soulful,...

This past Sunday Night two of my favorite reggae/cumbia bands played live Irie Sundays. Let me just say, if you missed that show you missed ...

Just wanted to send a quick shout to everyone who came out to Descarga this past Saturday! If you missed it, here's a snippet...

On Wed Sept 28th, Low Key is honored to have special guest DJ Destroyer. If you don't know, join us and find out. You won't regret i...

Heard the snippet when it was floating around the internet, but I'm just now hearing the song in it's entirety and.... Wow, I'll...

Just a little reminder, every 2nd & 4th Wednesday I hold down a residency called Low Key at Carbon in Culver City. This night is a refle...

This Saturday I'm happy to be spinning at LA's favorite funk night. All vinyl & of course all FUNK!!! Doors open a little late, ...

Straight out of Argentina, Alika performs live at Little Temple, backed by one of my favorite LA reggae bands, Quinto Sol. Tonight w DJ sets...

I got to see the lovely Gina Rene perform at Nu Thurdays tonight. I highly recommend you pick up Soulstice' new album titled In The Ligh...

Michael Rapaport's documentary film directed about one of the most influential & groundbreaking musical groups in hip hop history. I...

Nasty Nas at it again! His first single "Nasty" produced by Salaam Remi has been floating around the internet. So I thought I...