Weekly Wave 9

After compiling the latest compilation for Soundway Records, DJ and producer Trujillo dives deeper into the deep and diverse well of Spanish Balearic, from synth-pop and boogie to house in its many forms.

Interview: https://www.stampthewax.com/2021/11/30/a-brief-history-of-spanish-balearic/

A Brief History of Spanish Balearic Mixed By Trujillo

Last mix of the year 2021 comes from long time friend of the label Alex Ho (@j0-j0armani) out of Los Angeles who has just released his debut album 'Move Through It' with us. Interview (excerpt) down below.

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MFM: Hi Alex, you're known for being deeply involved in LA's party scene through your Moony Habits events for quite some years now. How did you roll into the music scene?

AH: Some friends of mine in college were doing parties at this smaller, 200 capacity club in Glendale. I was hanging around these nights, sort of helping out, and eventually decided to do some events of my own at this spot. Eventually I was doing parties at this other place 333Live in DTLA - Prince used to own the spot but then it ended up in the hands of ex-Chinese mafia guys. My last event there, we got shut down because the owners of the venue didn’t have a valid alcohol license and were missing a number of other permits. From there, I just started doing warehouse parties like a lot of other promoter friends were doing, and it became a regular thing. 

MFM: So you've been a promotor and DJ at first, yeah? When came the first steps into producing music?

AH: In college, I learned how to DJ first, yeah. At the time, I had the software for production but didn’t really know what I was doing - still don’t. But I started making some tunes that I actually liked in maybe 2017/2018, and that’s around the time I passed some stuff over to Jamie.  

MFM: Did the Covid situation affect your productivity?

AH: I had my ups and downs with Covid for sure. Isolation didn’t necessarily increase my productivity, it gave me a lot of time to think about my life and I think I just came to the conclusion that I need to be doing more. When Jamie brought up the idea of doing a 7 inch or an album, I didn’t want to just settle for the two songs so I went for the album.      

MFM: On a few songs you've collaborated with other artists too. Those guitar and percussion parts for example. How did that process go?

AH: On those ones I was actually feeling a bit stuck - I knew I had some good ideas but didn’t know where to take them. I passed the sketches to some friends and thankfully they were supportive enough to send back some nice elements that I wouldn’t have been able to produce on my own.  

MFM: What's the story behind the album cover? 

AH: For the cover, Jamie had the idea of using a photo of the city at dusk. I reached out to my friend Kaleb who’s an incredible photographer and he was able to make it happen. We originally had the idea to use a nice, vintage car along with a number of other props in the shot. We got a bunch of different shots on 2 shoots, but ended up narrowing it down to the simpler ones. 

MFM: Is there a masterplan now that you've got your debut LP out? 

AH: No real plan. I just know that I want to make more music. I’ve had a lot of help on this record - from additional instrumentation to extra mixdowns from friends. I want to be able to do it all on my own but still have similar results - I guess that’s a goal, to be a better producer. This doesn’t mean that I don’t want to collaborate with homies - I’ll likely be doing that more as it’s more real and rewarding, and it’s not just one big fantasy in my brain.

MFM: Let's talk about the mix. It actually took a while for you to, as you put it, “get in the DJ mood” and record it. How come? 

AH: It’s not that I need to get in the mood necessarily, I just haven’t been digging or thinking about DJing as much lately. I think a lot of people spent the pandemic/quarantine getting dope records and working on their DJ skills in preparation for this big reopening. And for me, despite being a party promoter, I think I got really comfortable being together with only close people in the last couple of years - being in the party feels a little foreign and crazy to me now. Hoping to catch the party bug again, but I’m trying not to force it!

MFM Mix 035: Alex Ho

PP#38 BY GRAND VOYAGE

Live recording from the 20th of January 2024 at Club Zukunft.

Drawing by Anna Hilti

Parallel Universe @ Zukunft 20/1/24

Brazilian notorious digger Lucian Fernandes graced us with 80 min filled with Brazilian obscurities, delicious covers and mid tempo bangers 🤲☕️🎈

ID Requests -> @lucian-fernandes

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Lucian Fernandes

Legalize Lambada is back and there ain’t no moldy gorgonzola in this Italo homage!

Legendary cosmic captain Albion returns to Lambada-land and starts this edit compilation with “Nucleare”, a robotic jam seasoned with Italian vocals which serves as a great introduction. 
  
Ric Piccolo’s “Disco teacher” on A2 and “Alright” on B1 are serious floor fillers, possibly ready to injure part of the Boston dynamics fleet after inducing uncontrollable dance moves.

At the end it’s Hysteric’s “Moment” on B2 that prompts a soulful side of italo for some deep machine learning.

LEG006 A1 Albion – Nucleare

MIX01 - STATUES
Bradley Lucke is one half of Statues, a project  with Mark Crooks. Together, they've put records out on esteemed imprints like Claremont 56, Eclectics, Is It Balearic?, and more recently recently MM Discos and Shades of Sound Recordings.
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As a small glimpse into some flavours and rhythms we can expect for our night on the 15.6 at Sameheads, our friend Martha prepared a mix full of dance tunes from all over the globe 🌐🧳🛫

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Martha Pinel

Our first contemporary release on Avec Plaisir features a stunning collaboration of Munich-based Ly Nguyen and @supersoundglobal's @nicjalusi. We discovered "Laguna Azur" already years ago through our friend Pia and kept playing it in our sets since then, which caused almost ridiculous amounts of ID-requests from audiences all over Europe. So when Ly and Nic agreed on working together on a physical release, we knew this is gonna be something special. 

While the Original Laguna Azur Mix takes you on a motorcycle trip to  a beach bar sipping cocktails in the early 90s (with denim jackets, cocktail umbrellas and the full program), Jalusi's Acid Dub is already starting the party, when the dubby bass hits like we wanna dance into the sunset, watching smiles on everyones faces, rumpled hair from the early evening breeze. 2AM – was it Hazme Sonar or Sueno Latino or the Balearic Eric & Nic Jalusi Dream House Mix – You’re in a sea of hands up in the air when those piano chords kick in after the break. You just want to dive into the ocean for another night swim and shake your drenched body on the sandy dancefloor. A handful of friends remain at the beach in the very moment when the sun comes up and you’ll hear the hypnotizing leftfield dub "My Heart“, lying on the shore, everyone’s eyes turn into the greenish-blue color of a mystical lagoon hidden in the palm forest. A salty taste remaining on your skin.

We're more than proud and excited to present you the summer record of 2024: Suncream’s Laguna Azur EP.

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A1 Suncream - Laguna Azur (Original Version)

Recorded live at Flow festival 24 - Backyard stage (10.08.24)
Thanks for having us : ~ )

Photo by Richie Stan

Bayetë at Flow festival 2024, Helsinki

The radio season has finally begun again at Groningen's finest radio station, Relate Radio, after a two month summer break. Just like last season I'll host my own show called Jam City @ Relate Radio in which I showcase an hour of South African dance music from the 90's with a focus on a specific theme or subject. 

For this month's episode and the season two opener the theme was Kariba Records. Kariba was part of Tusk Music and handled the local music division. It was formed in 1993 and almost straight from the get go they released Kwaito and South African House records up until 1997 when it got sold to the Gallo Record Company.

Personally Kariba Records is one of the most stand out labels when it comes to Kwaito music. This partly comes due to the diversity in releases, it gives a really good insight into all the different subgenres there were back in the early years of development of the genre. I've tried to showcase this diversity in this show.

Tracklist:
1. Sharon Dee – Local Is Lekker
2. Syloman – Mhana Gezane
3. Khakha & Hlengiwe – You Care For Me
4. Monwa – Juicy Lady
5. Professor Rhythm – Kancane Kancane
6. Dennis Mpale – Paying My Bills
7. Malcolm – Jema
8. Bibbi – Just Another Memory (Stumpa Dance Mix)
9. T.A. Connection – Thank You Babe
10. Hip Hits – I Wanna Dance
11. Mpumi – Shibilika
12. Dance II Sweat – Duke Box (Remix)

Jam City @ Relate Radio - September 2024

Welcome back to another episode of Music From Mullets after the summer break, once again dedicated to Italian disco. I’m proud to add a guest contribution from the very core of the Italian disco scene for today’s show: A mix by Antonio Lubrano from Calabria. He runs the infamous Disco-Tic series with Daniele Giustra and plays at club Undead in Reggio di Calabria on a regular base. I’m warming up with one hour of emotional uptempo disco, like proper Ciao Amore Baci peak time material.

This show originally aired on Cashmere Radio on September 18, 2024.
For more info, the track list or other episodes visit the show's archive at
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Music From Mullets #22 W  Frinda Di Lanco & Antonio Lubrano

With a few hundred pairs of feet we danced together to the same rhythm like a millipede, being as happy as a june bug flying into some sun-freckled girl's hair. 

My set from Zmar Festival #3, friday night.
Thank you @zmarfestival

Frinda di Lanco @ Zmar Festival 2024

Max Hammur - 1st November 2024

Namenek (cover)_ viruzen X nahneikhmer

Made a very small run of these CD's during the summer of 2003. Anything goes, leftfield, italo, whatever... just for kicks

A1 Suncream - Laguna Azur (Original Version)

Avec Plaisir Records

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