@mikeburns incredible mix!! So so sick :) i would love an ID on this beauty please :)!?

@mikeburns suuuper nice! ID by any chance? <3

Awesome set @mikeburns Thanks !! Any ID on this one pls ? :D

amazing mix.. gift for the ears. One of the bests that I've heard in a while!!!

Our new captains are the Customs lads, sailing from London and navigating through a sea of lover soul, g-funk and garage house. 

Get in, sip your gin and juice, and enjoy the cruise !

@customs_ldn

Cruisin' with... Customs

While dropping their self-titled debut LP with us in August, Anya and Izaak from Loveshadow (@loveshadowdjs) were kind enough to also record a lovely mix and answer a few questions. Interview (excerpt) down below.

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MFM: Hi Izaak and Anya, nice to have you on board. Both living in Bay Area, how would you describe your daily surroundings? Is it a nice place to be as an artist?

LS: Right now we live in SF. We grew up one town away from each other near the airport, though we didn’t meet until much later. The landscape is inspiring for sure- we spend as much time as we can out in the parks and wild areas and draw a lot from that. The art and music scenes here run deep, though the cost of living and of course covid have made things tougher.
 
MFM: The songs on your debut album as Loveshadow -which will be out in August- sound incredibly fresh where they also remind to certain pop, boogie, funk and even house from the mid and late '80s. What were some of your main influences for this project? 

LS: Thanks! We have to mention the UK act Fashion after whose song we named the group, but our tastes range all over. You could say that Loveshadow is kind of a lap around the 80’s prehistory of today’s dance music, when things were still firmly rooted in pop songwriting but had a simultaneously psychedelic and funky sensibility- one that grew out of dub/disco/punk counterculture. Getting more serious about learning the records at the roots of the whole thing allowed us to see how we might contribute something new to it in a way that was more than a style exercise.

MFM: Of course also the use of specific instruments ad up to that flavor - it seems that for example the Linndrum plays an important role. Did you aim for that sound and gathered the instruments around it, or the other way around maybe?

LS: We had an overall idea in mind that definitely informed the instrumentation but we’re not purists. A lot of the sounds on the record are replications of or deviations from the iconic originals. Those famous drum sounds in particular are like symbols, they impart a particular meaning and we use them to set a mood.

MFM: What's the dynamic between the two of you like in the studio? Is there a certain steady structure or does this change all the time? Maybe you could tell a little about your writing and recording process?

LS: It changes all the time- we’ve lived and worked in so many places separately and together since we started recording. Either one of us might come up with an idea that we’ll design sounds around, demo, arrange, and then throw it all in the trash and start again. Most of the songs on the record have had a few lives.

MFM: It feels that the music from the LP could work really well live on a stage too. Are there any plans for you to go touring? 

LS: We’re going to play a gig in Detroit later this summer that will be sort of a test run! After that, we’ll see. The project started out as an interest in records and recording, but anything’s possible.

MFM: Thanks a lot for contributing! It seems you quite regularly record a mix. Have you both always been busy collecting and sharing records? 

LS: Our pleasure, thanks so much for asking us! We’re always looking for new music. Sharing mixes online has helped us organize our favorites but playing parties is the best. We were gigging around before covid and we’ll hopefully get back to it as things continue to open up. This mix is definitely on the hype side of things- new digs, old favorites, some edits, tunes pals graciously sent our way, and what we’ve been dancing around our apartment to while we were stuck inside.

MFM Mix 030: Loveshadow

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Milanese duo and Rocket Radio hosts Eternal Love introduce their 'Biblioteca Italiana' mix, a journey through 80s Italian Library records that connects the dots between obscure boogie, house and Latin freestyle.

Interview: https://www.stampthewax.com/2022/04/14/diggers-directory-eternal-love/

Diggers Directory: Eternal Love

The Customs lads need very little introduction for anyone aware of their deep as the abyss digs. This mix sees Tom taking the controls for close to a 2 hour ride spanning reggae, digi heaters, soothing streetsoul & raw rap through to dancefloor focused sleepers with both soulful & bleepy triiips for the house heads. 

ID Requests - @customs_ldn

1800 triiip - Customs - Mix 042

B.P.T. Radio 050: Trujillo

Live recording at Amsterdam Open Air 2022

Artist: Norm (@memorabiliarecords)

Norm @ Radio TNP x Open Air

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https://undertheapricottree.net/mademoiselle-linda/

Apricot 36: Mademoiselle Linda

Faking Jazz Together 🎷

For us, Norm is the ultimate definition of a selector, and many in the community will agree. Needless to say, we were incredibly excited when he joined TNP as a resident. His new show “Faking Jazz Together” is an excellent addition to his other projects, which include(d) Memorabilia, Bayetë and Native Dance.

Norm’s ability to unearth the warmest, sweetest and deepest sounds is unprecedented. The first installment of his residency stole our hearts: a jaw dropping, incredible selection of lush music that we didn’t know we needed to hear. We recommend you to listen to this one eyes closed, shoes off, laying in the sun. 

Words from Norm: “This opening Faking Jazz Together show connects the dots between songs cleverly juggling with chords voicing and offbeat progressions. Spanning from major studios productions, One-Hit-Wonders and confidential amateur acts, these titles share a charming perspective of these codes while treasuring a genuine song writing. 

This is my fantasized outtake of what could have been a local fusion jazz program back then. It features biting AOR, hazy Chanson, fierce Boogie, Japanese Bossa impersonation and wistful Italian score.”

Artist: @memorabiliarecords

Faking Jazz Together w/ Norm

JAZ @ The Lot Radio 08 - 24 - 2022

Near ubiquity is something unimaginable for anyone, even if we consider how the internet helps us transcend distances and timezones, but it seems to be easily accomplished by this vinyl-loving and show-hoarding selector that we have as our special guest at this edition of Gop Cast. Bianca Lexis is the kind of DJ that can accumulate as many outlets for displaying her immense creativity as opportunities to show off her gigantic collection: she seizes them all without diluting neither her unique collecting sensibility nor her special selecting ability. And from a steady slot at Dublab in her hometown of LA to her own spot at NTS aptly named ‘Panorama Heaven’ everything she does carries the same care for the audience and commitment to share her treasures that is shown here.

Gop Cast 028 - Bianca Lexis

𝐹𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝐵𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑐 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑎 𝑜𝑓 "𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑔𝑜𝑒𝑠", 𝑤𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑢𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝐵𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑐.


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𝑇𝑜 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑢𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑛 𝐵𝑢𝑦𝑀𝑒𝐴𝐶𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑒. 𝐼𝑡'𝑠 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑐𝑘, 𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑦, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡. 𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑛𝑒-𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔, ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑝𝑠 𝑢𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑒. 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 💖💖💖
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