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Hear the Premiere of Virgil Abloh’s Latest Mixtape Here

Guillaume Berg and Virgil Abloh Photo: guillaumeberg / Instagram

Guillaume Berg and Virgil Abloh
Photo: guillaumeberg / Instagram

Whether helming Off-White or working as creative director for Kanye West, Virgil Abloh approaches each of his projects with a curatorial touch. His latest venture, a DJ duo with Brodinski cohort Guillaume Berg, is no exception. Together the pair have been reworking deep house with two mixtapes—the second one premiering below—and the occasional live set. If you’re wondering why this is the first time you’re hearing the moniker Paris, IL, as opposed to Abloh’s usual DJ name, Flat White, it’s because the group is still just starting out.

“Virgil and I met about two years ago,” says Berg, recalling their formation. “If we were together in the same city and one of us got a gig, we invited the other to play. One day we put a name on that and drew a logo in between two discussions in a club. Now we’re trying to play the most we can together, and the longest set we can, designing fliers with a pen in between trains, flights…Like how this mix has been made. The creative direction and the choices of the tracks—that’s what makes Paris, IL. No more reckless clubbing…”

Tracklist:

Leon Vynehall, “I Get Mine, You Get Yours”
Nautiluss featuring Vin Sol, “Aerochrome”
Leon Vynehall, “Step or Stone (Breath or Bone)”
Vin Sol, “House Freaks”
Marquis Hawkes, “Jerk U Later”
Louisahhh!!! & Maelstrom, “Body Music”
Dj Dodger Stadium, “Memory Lane”
Losoul, “Open Door”
A Made Up Sound, “Hang Up”
Pancake, “Don’t Turn Your Back”

Photo: Courtesy of Paris, IL

Photo: Courtesy of Paris, IL

—Marissa G. Muller, Style.com

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