Jex Opolis dishes out a stellar selection of proggy club cuts for our latest mix instalment. We caught up with the man himself to discuss some important milestones, new music and influences from a packed summer. 

Full interview with Jex here: https://oddysee.fm/podcasts/jex-opolis/

https://soundcloud.com/jexopolis

Interview

Oddysee 046 | 'Progressions' by Jex Opolis

A 2023 highlight for many Wonderers, Lipelis welcomed the rising sun at Solar Village on Sunday morning with a vibrant and unforgettable performance. His eclectic grooves and expressive musical style sprinkled a new kind of colorful energy onto the sunrise experience, keeping one of the biggest crowds Solar Village has ever seen dancing until the early morning.

🎧 For more from Lipelis: @lipelismusic

Lipelis – Solar Village – Wonderfruit 2023

Vinyl only DJ Mix by Frank & Tony
Recorded live at Public Records, NY, new years eve 2024

01. Bushwacka! – Strictly Nu
02. Paris Underground Tram – Sexy Thing
03. ID
04. Vince Watson – Into the Deep
05. James Zeiter – Js-01
06. Partners in Time – Tonight (Boneshaker Mix)
07. Toka Project – 7:38
08. Roman IV – Green Tea
09. ID
10. Bellringers, Mark Ambrose & Alexander Purkart – Sunrising
11. Wyatt Earp – Beachcomber
12. Omni A.M. – Can We Get (live)
13. ID
14. Appleheadz – Hold Your Turtles
15. Yann Fontaine – Open Your Eyes (New Punk Theory Remix)

S & T podcast | 23 mixed by Frank & Tony

ARTIST: THE ANALOG SESSION
TITLE: BLACK GROUND
LABEL: HOT ELEPHANT
CAT. NO: HEM1511
FORMAT: CD / DIGITAL 
RELEASED: 11 MAY 2015

Italian electronic pioneers, Alexander Robotnick and Ludus Pinsky deliver their second album as The Analog Session. 'Black Ground' is a journey into electronic music, from the early 70s to modern techno, performed only with vintage analogue synths.

Wires, cables, knobs, keyboards: they are still a vital part of The Analog Session’s improvised world. But as opposed to 2013’s ‘April’ album, ‘Black Ground’ is more dance orientated in its vision. Although most of the tracks originate from improvisation, there’s more editing work on their individual parts so that they sound more structured and danceable than usual.

Initially conceived as a video project (currently with over 320,000 hits on Youtube), The Analog Session then became an album project and finally a live performance. For Alexander Robotnick and Ludus Pinsky it’s not about being nostalgic for an era they represented but is more a progression and improvisation in the present music scene currently dominated by computers. Like the vintage analog gear the pair use, the Analog Session is a living, breathing entity. On the one hand capable of organic brilliance and on the other, breaking down at a moment’s notice.

The new album tracks range from electro-disco to techno, opening up to melody and chord arrangements throughout. ‘My Dream’ for instance is an introspective theme that is developed through different arrangements, alternating with an almost electro-house rhythm. ‘Lonely Dancers’ is made up by a sequence of synth notes whose sound transforms and becomes the backbone of a track that could be perhaps be seen as ‘minimal-electro’ whilst ‘We Are Here’ has a style that's more difficult to define. As in ‘My Dream’, here too a dream-like theme disrupts the minimal atmosphere that provides the tracks structure.

‘Space Circle’ is built on an harmonic progression of four chords, repeated throughout the track whilst undergoing continuous variations - inversions and substitutions - where the tone-colour of the analog synths fully capture the alternating soundscape. ‘Shure I Like’ injects an element of 80s synth pop with its infectious melody providing a link to the duo’s long-estbalished past but ‘Wild Electrons’ takes us further into future-space as the duo explore the sound potential of the latest (polyphonic) synth assembled by Ludus Pinsky.

Finally ‘Black Ground’, the title track, brings us back to planet Earth where the analog sound reveals its concrete, earthly nature. The CD also includes two previously digital only remixes: ‘Ascension’ (Late Night Rmx) and ‘Effai’ (Late Night Rmx).

Tracklist

1. My Dream
2. Wild Electrons
3. Space Circle
4. Black Ground (Club Mix)
5. Lonely Dancers
6. We Are Here
7. Shure I Like
8. Black Ground (Original)

The Analog Session - Wild Electrons (cut)

PDA MIX 12 ♥ Curses

Ahead of appearing at PDA this weekend, Curses has given us the honour to host a rare mix from him for the latest edition of the PDA mix series. As a musician, DJ and head-honcho of the Ombra International label, Curses has deservedly earned a status as a luminary in the field of modern New Wave, Post-Punk, New Beat, EBM, Italo and beyond which you can hear expertly showcased over the course of the next sixty minutes.

Thank you Curses for the music 💘

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

PDA MIX 12 ♥ Curses

It’s a bit of a Miracle (2016demo)

we're thinking in pressing this in a tiny cute vinyl edition 
(leave a comment if you would be interested)

track from aug 2016, never released
included in phonica mix 2016
lost in the cloud since then

thanks for listening

JT

JT - It's a Bit of a Miracle

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
 

Mengelmoes invites M.A.D. Records @ Kiosk Radio 05.04.2025

VINYL/DIGITAL - https://spacetalkmusic.bandcamp.com/album/night-city-life-ii

Much has changed for Ilan Pdahtzur since the release of his Night City Life compilation six years ago. Back then, he was a little-known record collector who shared obscure, synth-heavy music that “captured the night-time glow” of the city he calls home, London, via a dedicated Instagram page.

Fast forward to 2025 and Ilan is now a respected member of the international digger-selector community, having delivered must-check mixes for the likes of Bordello A Parigi, Bayete, Hunee’s Lifetones and Sound Metaphors.

It seems a fitting time, then, for Spacetalk to unleash Night City Life II, a second deep dive into Ilan’s distinctive, neon-lit sound world – a place where European synth-pop rarities, Italo-dance treats, dancefloor-focused post-boogie instrumentals soundtrack strolls around shuttered skyscrapers, dockside housing estates and wharf-side warehouse conversions.

In the six years that have passed since the release of Night City Life, Ilan has uncovered many more rarities, private-press gems and slept-on treats, with 14 of these featuring on the dusty-fingered crate-digger’s sublime sequel. As with its predecessor, much effort has been made to track down the artists behind the synth-heavy songs on show, with the vinyl edition featuring extended liner notes where some tell the story of their track in detail.

Musically, there’s much to set the pulse racing within Ilan’s superb selections, from the slow-motion shuffle of Playground’s self-released 1984 B-side ‘Rainy Day Woman’ and the brilliance of Shamor’s 1985 South African synth-pop special ‘Close To You (Bwela Pafupi)’, to Sharon & Tracy’s ‘The Sheik’ – a belly-dancing inspired slab of TB-303 bass-driven house – and the kaleidoscopic, piano-rich 1992 Euro-house brilliance of ‘Come Into My Life’ by Jennifer.

Dive deeper into the collection and more under-appreciated musical masterpieces make their presence felt. There’s Sicilian musician Claudio D’Ignoti’s lesser-known boogie-era single ‘Anche Per Noi’, where rubbery bass guitar, Nile Rodgers style disco guitar licks and spacey synths dominate the sound space, Lena’s fashion circuit-inspired, early Pet Shop Boys-esque ‘Embrasse-Moi (Strumentale)’ – one that members of Milan’s Paninaro movement would surely have enjoyed – and a sublime, spaced-out and effects laden dancefloor dub of ‘Rescue Me (Imagination)’ by Jimmy D, a genuinely sought-after jam originally released on a now impossible-to-find seven-inch single.

Offering another genuinely distinctive, carefully curated collection of lesser-known musical treats, Night City Life II is another essential, immersive and synthesizer-powered journey through Ilan’s unique sonic world.

Night City Life II

SPACETALK SHOP

Playground - Rainy Day Woman

My "just for fun" extended edit of this fierce 80s gem. 
Too bad this record wasn't more successful back when it came out.
This track rules and Marchella has great style.

Marchella Mah – I'm Yours Maybe (Hysteric edit)

NS Radio/ ep 2 - Ilya Santana

Eden - Free ( Special Maxi Version) 1985

Alexander Robotnick is the artist name of Maurizio Dami, an electronic musician, DJ and producer living in Italy.