“I select the records that express the mood that I’m in in this moment, so of course this is already a reflection of how I feel. There is a certain openness: maybe sometimes it goes a bit dark, sometimes it’s super happy or it’s maybe very emotional.”

“I’ve been in this moment, I feel like I lost my way and didn’t play necessarily what I felt because I thought people might not understand it… I rather chose what was easier and what was safe. [But to come back from that], I just forced myself to play the music I felt.”

“I would like people to leave from the party with the feeling that they actually experienced something, they went through different emotions and it filled them. To connect to these emotions will give them some kind of satisfaction. I always try to finish my set, especially closing a party, like bringing them home, bringing them back inside of themselves.”

“With Melliflow, we really try to consider how people feel and what they need in a party to feel comfortable and to feel welcome. It’s important that your crowd is comfortable and happy. That’s why we have such a nice vibe because people know that we care for them.”

@gwenans' rise through the ranks has always been driven by a love for the music. She hasn't produced any big breakout hit and never dreamt of headlining on a super-sized main stage. Instead, she has quietly honed her craft playing at intimate London parties like Toi Toi and her own Hi Fi, made a successful move to Berlin where she fomented close ties with cultured crews like The Ghost and impressed with her pitch-perfect sets as a resident at London's Pickle Factory as well as the beloved Freerotation in her native Wales. Her sound is rooted in house and techno that is deep and kinetic, but it can stretch way beyond and into a world of leftfield electronics and heady ambient. 

On this week's mix, Gwenan does what she does best: establishes a groove your body can't resist then slowly tweaks and builds on it for 80 minutes. There are never any big left turns or flashy tracks, just a well-sequenced, neatly mixed and super-tight selection of irresistibly good records. Some go heavy on the bass, some twist and turn on a cosmic synth and some have a machine-made soul that warms you to your core.

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Dekmantel Podcast 357 - Gwenan

Set I recorded for my residency at @eosfrankfurt

Small me grew up surrounded by dub, rocksteady, Trojan records, skinheads, Lee Perry and wah-pedals – this set is a reference to it 🧃

EOS radio | Super Venus

Childhood intelligence x Estimulo - A legendary underground digger with an endless passion for music since his childhood. Supporting and helping to evolve music since the early 80s. We are super happy to welcome our friend Estimulo to our mixtape series. 3 Hours and 3 minutes of pure sound bliss - for more info find his Resident Advisor Bio: https://ra.co/dj/estimulo/biography - Deffo check* 

Artwork by Childhood's Graphic Designer Stewart Armstrong in collab with works by Matt Fisher. 

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CHILDHOOD MIXTAPEZ VOL. 24 - Estimulo's Chillaz Dee - Lite

The Uruguayan downbeat sensation @melinaserser gives us a taste of what to expect at our Halloween party next Sunday, down in Hoppe's haunted lower deck. We've been fans of Mel for years and are very happy this all worked out.

GHOSTCAST 017 - MELINA SERSER

Kiosk Radio is an online community radio streaming 24/7 from a wooden shack in the heart of Brussels’ historic “Parc Royal”.
More info and music: https://kioskradio.com

For Playful Manners w/ Melina Serser @ Kiosk Radio 26.11.2022

Slow Life Friends Podcast - 021 - A VIRGO ON THE MOON -

CREVETTE RECORDS PODCAST #07 - DJ RINO

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CREVETTE RECORDS PODCAST #07 - DJ RINO

Kiosk Radio is an online community radio streaming 24/7 from a wooden shack in the heart of Brussels’ historic “Parc Royal”. More info and music: https://kioskradio.com

Olya Smok @ Kiosk Radio 30.07.2023

First hour of Vlada at Waking Life 2017. 

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Vlada at Waking Life 2017

Joining me for our 26th instalment is DJ, label boss, and promoter, @Veragoesdeep.

Having got her start DJing in the 1990s, Vera moved to Berlin where she has become a fixture at Hoppetosse and CDV, clubs which are also home to @MelliflowRecords — the event series and label she founded in 2016 with fellow DJ Alexandra. Vera is a master of the expressive, journey like DJ set, and in this conversation, we discuss how emotional connection between the DJ and the event, the crowd, and the music can feed the soul.

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Music: Vera - "Take Me" (Assemble Music 2013)
Audio treatment by Airlock Audio, Montreal

AIR 026 / Vera

Outercast 07 | Kyle Toole

AIR is an interview podcast series with a different theme each episode. 

Created in 2017, AIR aims to be something different in the wide world of music journalism. Tired of the usual promotional fluff, host Emma Robertson invites artists, DJs, and musicians to get deep on one topic that inspires them — everything from nature, to film, to spirituality — in the hope that it inspires you, too.

AIR 026 / Vera

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