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Too many Mikes not enough MC’s 🎙Mixed Up Mike Seattle DJ. House, Disco, Breakbeats, Bass
Disco Sucks every 3rd Thursday at @calypsoedmonds

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Our crews are called @seattlehousemafia and @dillydisco (with the one and only @_mixedupmike_ who joined us in the studio that day), but at the heart of it, we're just DJs united by a genuine love for the music, the positive energy of the culture, and the people who make it special.

#SeattleHouseMafia #DillyDisco #SeattleHouseMusic #HouseMusicCulture #SeattleDJs #HouseMusicAllNight #ViceSeattle #mixedupmike

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Thanks to everyone who listened to my show live on Select Radio yesterday! 📻

Big thanks to my guest all the way from the USA 🇺🇸 @_mixedupmike_ 🙌

Enjoyed playing a full hour of just my own productions

If you missed it, you can listen back anytime on the Select Radio website or app 🎶

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fridays are for dance music
📹: @_mixedupmike_

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Way to go, @calypsoedmonds ❤️❤️ @djcide @_mixedupmike_ #discosucks #musicinedmonds

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Edmonds, you don’t have to drive to Seattle to go dancing tonight. 🪩

Disco Sucks is back at Calypso in downtown Edmonds tonight, Thursday August 20, from 8 PM–midnight.

Jaogaz, DJ Cide, Austin Payne and Mixed Up Mike are bringing disco and dance music to Main Street, with late-night food, drink specials, and an actual dance floor right here in Edmonds.

If you’ve been looking for nightlife, dancing, or something fun to do in Edmonds tonight, here you go.

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#EdmondsWA #EdmondsEvents #SeattleNightlife #DiscoMusic #PNWEvents @_mixedupmike_ @calypsoedmonds @jaogaz @austinpaynemusic @djcide

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How much protein is in dancing to Tokyo Drift with your closest friends and family?

5.16.26 | with love from Portland

Coordinator: @goldendayweddingco
Photography: @sarahbloomphoto
Florals: @emjaeb
Catering: @fielddaypdx
Cake: @alchemydesserts
Venue: @polarishallpdx
Pickle: @picklesbaseball
DJ: @_mixedupmike_

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Samples on samples on originals on originals on samples on samples. Disco Sucks is a roadmap and a trip back in time. To that place in your mind where dance and community were the main motivations to get you out and amongst it. An excuse to get messy in a world that needs to remember its place in the cosmos. Before we spoke, we danced. Before house music and hip hop, there was disco.

Come get messy and irreverent as we challenge ourselves as djs to give you that magical pause and rewind button this month. I met @genelee_seattle and @_mixedupmike_ on a dance floor. As it should be. Honored to share the stage with them, one more time, for some perfectly imperfect summertime madness! Come join us on the 16th in Edmonds! @calypsoedmonds is the venue, looking forward to seeing you there! #discosucks #og #dance #vibes

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Girls will be girls 💁🏼‍♀️. The US is turning 250… we are not celebrating all the BS going on but rather the idea that progress is possible ❤️❤️

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Phil Anthony sits down with Mixed Up Mike (Mike Comella), a Seattle DJ, promoter, and dance music veteran with more than 25 years in the scene.

Mike's introduction to dance music is one you won't forget. After growing up between Portland and Seattle and getting into trouble as a teenager, he found himself being hauled off to a wilderness rehabilitation program by two giant dudes, an experience that changed the course of his life.

There, he met a new group of friends who introduced him to his first rave at NAFF Studios in 1999, and the rest is history. Later that same summer, watching Seattle DJ legend Donald Glaude perform at Bumbershoot became the defining moment when he realized exactly what he wanted to do with his life.

Phil and Mike trace the full arc, from the early days grinding on Gemini belt-drive turntables and building a vinyl collection to landing his first residency at Watertown in Belltown while working a day job at Guitar Center.

They also dive into his work with Kaos Theory Events alongside promoter Jeff Dowlz, including the story of bringing Skrillex to Seattle for the very first time in 2011. The contract was signed before "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites" exploded a month later, setting the stage for a memorable call from the booking agent asking to renegotiate the deal.

The conversation also explores why Mike stepped away from DJing for a time, and what ultimately brought him back. That story is deeply personal.

One afternoon, Mike's three-year-old daughter Lila wandered into the garage and instinctively started back-spinning on his turntables. As a non-verbal child with autism, music has become one of the ways she connects with the world, and one of the ways Mike connects with her. Watching her that day, Mike realized DJing had become something bigger than himself.

About a year into creating content, Mike's "Bring These Tracks Back" series caught Phil's attention on Instagram, long before he realized Mike was local. That's what led to this conversation.

They also dive into a thoughtful discussion about AI in music, what it means for creators, why it sparks such strong reactions, and what it could eventually mean for people like Lila.

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Seattle friends…

This Thursday I’ll be jumping on the decks at Disco Sucks at Calypso in Edmonds alongside Mike Check and Mixed Up Mike.

Expect disco, funk, dance classics, edits, remixes, and probably a few surprises. As long as it’s disco in origin it flies here. Let’s go North End!!!

No cover.
Doors at 9pm.

If you’ve been meaning to come hang out outside of the wedding world, this is your sign. 🪩

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