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Spike Lee’s new movie, Highest 2 Lowest, hits U.S. theaters on Friday, August 15. That same day, A24 Music will release three projects connected to the film. First, there is the official soundtrack album, curated and executive produced by Lee and featuring new songs from A$AP Rocky, British American singer Aiyana-Lee, and Jensen McRae. Below, listen to one of those tracks, Aiyana-Lee’s “Highest 2 Lowest.”
Along with the soundtrack album, A24 Music will release composer Howard Drossin’s original score album and an EP featuring music by Scottish pianist and composer Fergus McCreadie and his trio. Get the details on all three Highest 2 Lowest projects below.
“I First Saw And Heard Aiyanna, Jensen And The Fergus McCreadie Trio On INSTAGRAM,” Spike Lee wrote in a statement. “My EYES And EARS Don’t LIE. It’s Da TRUTH,RUTH. Ya-Dig? SHO-NUFF.
Aiyana-Lee, who appears in Highest 2 Lowest alongside A$AP Rocky, Denzel Washington, and others, added, “‘Highest to Lowest’ is a soulful, triumphant journey. One rooted in vulnerability and hope. It’s a song and story close to my heart that proves even in the darkest moments, light always finds its way through.”
Highest 2 Lowest (Original Soundtrack):
01 Aiyana-Lee: “Highest 2 Lowest (Highest 2 Lowest Original Soundtrack)”
02 Fergus McCreadie / Howard Drossin: “We Got This (Stony Gate 2)”
03 Howard Drossin: “And Now We Shall Begin”
04 Norm Lewis: “Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’”
05 Howard Drossin: “All Money Ain’t Got Money”
06 Fergus McCreadie: “Loving Partners (Trio)”
07 Eddie Palmieri: “Da Lowdown”
08 A$AP Rocky: “Trunks”
09 Fergus McCreadie / Howard Drossin: “The Chase”
10 Fergus McCreadie: “Paul Begs (Solo Piano)”
11 Howard Drossin: “Da Kings”
12 Howard Drossin: “Questioning Kyle”
13 Jensen McRae: “King David (Highest 2 Lowest Original Soundtrack)”
14 A$AP Rocky: “Both Eyes Closed”
15 Howard Drossin: “Loving Partners (Orchestra)”
16 Eddie Palmieri: “Puerto Rico”
17 Fergus McCreadie: “Paul Begs (Trio)”
18 Howard Drossin: “Brooklyn Hospital”
19 Aiyana-Lee: “Prisencolin (Americano Joint)”
Highest 2 Lowest (Original Score):
01 Howard Drossin: “And Now We Shall Begin”
02 Norm Lewis: “Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’”
03 Howard Drossin: “Coach Foxy”
04 Howard Drossin: “All Money Ain’t Good Money”
05 Howard Drossin: “Loving Partners (Orchestra)”
06 Howard Drossin: “Somebody Got Trey”
07 Howard Drossin: “Kings and NYPD Detecting”
08 Howard Drossin: “Trey Is Found”
09 Fergus McCreadie / Howard Drossin: “It’s All About the Size”
10 Howard Drossin: “Paul Begs (Score)”
11 Howard Drossin: “Ice Cold”
12 Howard Drossin: “Lobby Talk”
13 Howard Drossin: “Father 2 Son”
14 Howard Drossin: “Balcony Disconnect”
15 Howard Drossin: “Paul on His Knees 1”
16 Howard Drossin: “Paul on His Knees 2”
17 Fergus McCreadie: “Stony Gate”
18 Fergus McCraedie / Howard Drossin: “We Got This (Stony Gate 2)”
19 Howard Drossin: “Da Kings”
20 Howard Drossin: “Questioning Kyle”
21 Howard Drossin: “These Mean Streets”
22 Fergus McCreadie / Howard Drossin: “The Chase”
23 Howard Drossin: “Brooklyn Hospital”
24 Howard Drossin: “Free Yung Felon”
Highest 2 Lowest: Fergus McCreadie Trio EP:
01 Fergus McCreadie: “Stony Gate”
02 Fergus McCreadie: “All Money Ain’t Good Money (Trio)”
03 Fergus McCreadie: “Loving Partners (Trio)”
04 Fergus McCreadie: “Paul Begs (Solo Piano)”
05 Fergus McCreadie: “All Money Ain’t Good Money (Solo Piano)”
06 Fergus McCreadie / Howard Drossin: “It’s All About the Size”
07 Fergus McCreadie: “Loving Partners (Solo Piano)”
08 Fergus McCreadie: “Paul Begs (Trio)”
09 Fergus McCreadie: “The Son, the Burden”
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Tributes have been shared following the passing of West Coast house producer DJ Dan, who has died at the age of 57. He was remembered as a “beloved, genre defying” figure in the scene.
Confirmation of his passing came from one of his representatives on Sunday, March 29, through a statement provided to Billboard. At this time, no details about the cause of death have been made public.
“It is with profound sorrow, deep admiration, and an enduring sense of gratitude and love that we announce the passing of Daniel Wherrett, known professionally to the world simply as DJ Dan,” the statement said, also calling him “one of the most beloved, genre-defying, and genuinely influential pioneers in the history of American electronic music.”
“He leaves behind not just a discography, but a culture, a way of feeling music that touched millions of souls across four decades and five continents. He often said he felt his purpose in life was ‘to heal through music.’”
DJ Dan had been scheduled to perform at Dead Ringer in Nevada on Saturday, March 28, but fans were informed only hours before the show that it would no longer take place and refunds would be issued. In a short message posted on Instagram, organisers only said that “unfortunately DJ Dan is unable to make it tonight.”
Further comments from Wherrett’s representatives described him as “a man who saw music in colours”, adding that his DJ sets were a “vision translated into something audiences felt in their bodies long before they understood it with their minds.”
“Off the stage, he was a cook, a traveler, an obsessive record collector whose family bought him a new turntable every Christmas, not because it was tradition, but because it was the only gift he ever wanted,” they continued.
“He leaves behind his music, his label, his mixes, and the countless thousands of dancers who found themselves, truly found themselves, in the middle of one of his sets. The world is quieter today. But press play on anything he touched, and you will hear exactly why we mourn him, and exactly why we are forever grateful he was here to inspire us.”
Since the news broke, fans have been sharing messages online to honour the late DJ. One fan wrote on X, formerly Twitter: “DJ Dan made some of the first mixtapes that got me into raving when I was young. So sad to hear this news,” while another posted: “RIP to a very formative person in how I entered into all of it.”
Another tribute read: “House music helped define an entire era of my life. DJ Dan was someone who shaped so many of my friends into the DJs they become,” while someone else shared: “RIP DJ Dan. A superbly nice person, fortunate to have known him and call him a friend.” More tributes can be found below.
Born Daniel Wherrett in Washington, DJ Dan originally studied design before relocating to California in the early 1990s to fully focus on electronic music. He later helped establish the Funky Tekno Tribe and became a key figure within the West Coast underground electronic scene.
By 1998, he had recorded ‘Essential Mixes’ for the BBC, and in 2004 he reached Number One on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart with ‘That Phone Track’. Earlier releases including ‘Needle Damage’ from 1999 and ‘That Zipper Track’ and ‘Put That Record Back On’ from 2001 also charted on the Official Charts.
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