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Podcasts de l'émission du Boudoir Moderne animée à l'origine par Cold Sivers et le Coutelier sur la radio FMR Toulouse, un mercredi sur deux et désormais de 21h à 23h avec le plus de guestmixes possible !
Retrouvez les playlists détaillées avec liens d'achats et d'écoute ainsi que les émissions à venir sur la page dédiée : https://www.facebook.com/foutoirmoderne

Foutoir Moderne

hi folks
welcome to the first mixtape episode of WANDERLUST, a new series focusing on my leftfield side, from obscure crate digger delights to cutting edge contemporary electronica unclassics with  a psychedelic twist including some handmade originals.  Post Kraut Exotica for bearded barefoot dancers. F.R.E.E.D.O.M. now!
tom wieland  5/21

ps. no full tracklist available, feel free to ask for the tunes

soundcloud.com/freesoulinc

WANDERLUST I   a post kraut exotica mixtape by Tom Wienland (freesoulinc Vienna)

Gramigna - Tempi Nostri ....

The final 162 mins of a session in which it’s fair to say both the DJs - and perhaps the crowd - had been afflicted by Saturday Night Fever. Recorded live at Brilliant Corners on 02/04/22 (which was a Saturday).

What's Good? w/ Customs (Disco Special)

KaterCast 64 kommt diesmal von miAs in der Katergeburtstags Spezial Edition !!!
Enjoy !!!

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mias_katerblau/

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KaterCast 64 - miAs - Katergeburtstags Spezial Edition

Mix of the Week #449 is "Radio Lido Florida vol. 2"  by Giorgio Lopez
Follow and include @giorgio_lopez in your track ID requests
Artwork by Giulia Serafin https://www.instagram.com/nebula_giulia_serafin

new Giorgio Lopez album "Chalet Miseno" is out now on Horisontal Mambo https://horisontalmambo.bandcamp.com/album/chalet-miseno?from=hp&action=buy

Listen to Vol 1: https://soundcloud.com/the-dream-chimney/mix-of-the-week-363-giorgio-lopez-radio-lido-florida

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Mix of the Week #449: Giorgio Lopez - Radio Lido Florida vol. 2

Budino's recording from M&G's very own night "It's A Pleasure To Disco" in Milan, November 11th 2022.
xx

Budino | It's A Pleasure To Disco - November 11th 2022

It was a warm night of august in Berlin and Chinotto Soundsystem was playing loud.. Rena Volvo and DJ SCM for the very first time back to back behind the decks at Monarch, Berlin. 
If you missed that night now you have the occasion here to listen to an extract of it: the "Versione Semi-integrale". Don't sleep this time, there will not be another chance, just play and dance with your favourite partner <3 

@renavolvo @dj_scm

STICKYMIX 53 - Rena Volvo + DJ SCM (Live at Monarch)

Tracklist: https://bit.ly/3W7zFB9
Read the cover feature: https://bit.ly/peachmxmg

“With this mix, I've been very inspired by a specific uplifting yet rolling sound that I've only been able to categorize in my efforts of organization as "forward feeling". Its a sound and a feeling that has always been a feature in my sets, and doesn't necessarily feel tied to a genre. Recently I've been digging for it more and finding a lot of fun and happiness when I play it out. It feels like the moment of when you're surrounded by friends and locked into a groove and the crowd is dancing together as one. Diving deeper into this sound has been a process that I've really enjoyed and this mix captures some of my favourites of this sound to play in a club at the moment. Hope you enjoy x.” @ohpeach

The Cover Mix: Peach

"New Years Party 1998 Rampelys - live vinyl mix - DJ Rune Cosmic as DJ Super Nova - Disko Fever - Silkeborg sound big city for a night!

Track list - Live vinyl mix - part 1
Disco Mix Club (DMC) - Space Is the Place
L.A. Mix - Don’t Stop
Patrick Cowley - Primitive World
Modern Rocketry - Cuba Libre
Stars On 45 - Abba
Bee Gees - Night Fever
Ottawan - D.I.S.C.O.
Spargo - You and Me
Village People - Can’t Stop the Music
Anita Ward - Ring My Bell
Eastbound Expressway - Cloudburst
Barry Manilow - Copecabana
Santa Esmeralda - Sevilla Nights
Walter Murphy - A Fifth Of Beethoven
Love & Kisses - Thank God It’s Friday 
Bee Gees - You Should Be Dancing
Cameo - Find My Way
Madness - Megamix
Peter Warberg & Carsten Schack (Soulchock) - Danish Dynamite
Wham - Wham Rap
Pet Shop Boys - Opportunities

"New Years Party 1998 Rampelys" Rune Cosmic as DJ Super Nova

Extended version of the Kiosk radio show broadcast on 14/12/22:
https://kioskradio.com/label/mothball-fm

Thanks to everyone who supported Mothball during this year <3

MOTHBALL FM with Hysteric (Dec 2022 - Extended mix)

Label: Off Track Recordings
Format: 12" Vinyl, Digital EP
Release date: 1/21/23

Tracklisting:
A1 - Melody and Rhythm
A2 - Know Me
B1 - Praise
B2 - Praise (Eli Escobar remix)

Will Buck’s Off Track Records welcomes Brooklyn, New York’s Malik Hendricks onto the label this January with his ‘Praise’ EP, accompanied by a remix from Eli Escobar.

Malik Hendricks, a Brooklyn-based purveyor of raw and soul-infused house sounds previously found on labels such as Bliss Point, Coloring Lessons, Darker Than Wax and more.

Title-cut ‘Praise’ opens the flip side and sees Hendricks embrace a more classic House feel courtesy of gospel vocal lines, jazzy keys and robust percussion. One of New York’s most iconic DJs of the cities contemporary house and disco scene, Eli Escobar, then rounds out the release with his take on ‘Praise’, putting his own stamp on the original with the introduction of a bubbling arpeggio line, choppy bass stabs and a gritty drum machine workout.

https://offtrackrecordings.bandcamp.com

Malik Hendricks - Praise EP preview [OFF006]

Shades Of Sound Radio - Jan 23

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* Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/eczg6srti-Q
* Pre-order: https://echocentricrecords.bandcamp.com/album/and-you-never-come-back-ep

"Four heady cuts, mind-bending and bold
For curious dancers, their stories to unfold
From Lithuanian maestro, Pletnev his name
Modular beats, a rhythmic refrain”

Alex Pletnev, a DJ & producer hailing from Vilnius, is known for his performances at top clubs and festivals across Europe such as Roxy in Paris, Razzmatazz in Barcelona, and Renate in Berlin. Alex is a resident at the renowned Opium club in Vilnius. He has previously released on Futureboogie, SZA & Swedish Brandy to name a few

And You Never Come Back EP (RMECR001)

PREMIERE: Pletnev - Bass Covered With Gold

@terrencepearce aka Biodive makes his full debut on Gestalt Records with 4 vogue cuts of low-slung basslines, rhythmic melodies and fleeting vocals, aimed precisely and entirely at the dancefloor.

Buy: bit.ly/3veKghz

Biodive - Club Deadbeat (GST29)

Très heureux de commencer l'année avec une invitée de marque pour ce numéro 112 avec Diana Chan McNally alias @automatic-amore !
Quand Diana ne s'occupe pas des sans-abris de Toronto, elle collection les raretés sur vinyles en digne représentante de l'italo d'outre-atlantique qu'elle est. Car c'est peut-être LA dj italo nord américaine (ne serait-ce que sur Toronto), d'où elle rayonne mondialement, armée de ses disques introuvables. Et c'est notamment sur sa chaine YouTube où elle dévoile régulièrement des "vinyls-rip" de ses trouvailles italo, nubeat et synthpop dont seule elle, en a le secret.

Duke of Burlington - Flash ’83 (Dub Version)
Fancy - Null Null
Daddy Cool - Take «One»
Android - Aliens (Special Dimension)
Brian Martin - Sex Tonight (Instrumental)
Xclusiv - Fools Are Friendly (Instrumental)
Pablo - Experience
Patricia Harris - Heaven is … (The Back Seat of My Cadillac)
B. B. Band - All Night Long (12” Version)
Esavu - Sia-Siou (Break-in’ Up)(Club Version)
Cellophane - Gimme Love (Italian Version)
Kiss Mich - Age
Max-Him - Roadhouse Blues (Psychotic Version)
Ladies Choice - American Man
Sun La Shan - Catch (Dub)
Travel Sex - Travel Sexiness
The NY Models - Love On Video (Mix)
Dorazio - Chasing For Love
Sissy - Queen of Discotheque
Vera - Baby, Won’t You Dance With Me (Special Remix)

Intro and Outro from Seiler & Nagel’s Klangbilder LP (Excerpts from Wave Terms)

Plus d'Automaticamore :
https://www.facebook.com/automaticamoretoronto
https://www.youtube.com/c/DianaMcNally
https://www.instagram.com/automaticamore_music
https://www.mixcloud.com/automaticamore

Plus de détails sur les titres (liens de téléchargement et achat physique): En cours.

Automaticamore | Foutoir Moderne #112

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Further information and tracklist: https://bleep.com/features/bleep-mix-255--red-axes

Bleep Mix #255 is a storming selection from eclectic Tel Aviv duo @redaxes built around a seamless club focused approach. Peppered by breakbeat vamps throughout and highlighted with various angles of electro from the year zero 2000s clash of Chicks On Speed to ROTCIV's recent worship of classic 80s claps and culminating in the one and only DMX Krew always keeping it frrressssh with their eternal take on the 808s - "Flipping and bleeping into this little trip inside a club."

Bleep Mix #255 - Red Axes

https://soundcloud.com/dj-swisha
https://soundcloud.com/acemo
https://soundcloud.com/kush_jones
https://soundcloud.com/moma_ready

DJ SWISHA, AceMo, Kush Jones & MoMa Ready B2B @ The Lot Radio 01 - 25 - 2023

BOUND with DJ Sharf @ The Lot Radio 01 - 25 - 2023

The breezy sound of the Canadian Riviera, from Mood Hut's Pender Street Steppers.

https://www.nts.live/shows/pender-street-steppers/episodes/pender-street-steppers-2nd-may-2023

Pender Street Steppers w/ Automaticamore 020523

Pour ce numéro 167, c'est avec un très grand plaisir que @malaikamalaika rejoint l'aventure avec un guestmix sur le fil du rasoir !
Originaire de l'île de la Guadeloupe, Mala Ika est une DJ et productrice d'afrotechno et techno mélodique. Fondatrice de Beweird et connue pour son hyperactivité et son énergie derrière le booth, Mala Ika utilise sa pop culture et son côté geek pour distiller une musique originale et épicée. Ces dernières productions ont souvent occupés les tops de Beatport et c'est ainsi qu'un ovni aux cheveux roses est apparu.

Dale Howard & Kevin Knapp - Gunny (In The Arms of House)
Mala Ika - ID ID
Sian feat. Watervelt & David LeSal - Clouds (Mala Ika Remix)
Musumeci & Mala ika - M&M (Green mix)
Mala ika - Niki (Original mix)
Riva Starr - Piknik (Original mix)
David Penn vs Roland Clark - The Power (Extended mix)
Catz ‘N Dog & Gerd Janson - Modern Romance (Dusky Remix)
Berny & Claudio Negro - C’est toi (Mala Ika remix)
Simion feat. Roland Clark - Lost (Teenage Mutants remix)
Kay-Chi & Keymon feat. Sharlese - Reversed Phase (Freudenthal Remix)
Mala ika - Zouk disco (Benjamin Fröhlich Remix)

Plus de Mala Ika :
linktr.ee/mala_ika

Mala Ika | Foutoir Moderne #167

Pour ce numéro 168, c'est @zaatar_music qui s'y colle en nous faisant le grand honneur de nous transmettre un set enregistré à la Machine du Moulin Rouge le 24/01/2025 pour les 5 ans du label @ritmofatale...
La musique de Zaatar est la combinaison particulière de ses deux origines : marocaine et belge. Elle trouve son inspiration dans le mouvement post punk et EBM de la fin des années 80 et du début des années 90. Ses morceaux sont donc construits autour d'une ligne de base grinçante et rugueuse qui crée l'ambiance pour des danses corporelles frénétiques. Des mélodies et des sons hérités de son pays d'origine - le Maroc - complètent son paysage sonore d'une manière qui lui est propre.

Orchid - GTO-Pure (Remaster)
Happy707 - Las Bolas
Sian - Memories
Curses & Third Culture - Lost & Found
B1980 - Chronology
Downwell - Under The Flood
Semantix - Delinquent (Original Mix)
GJ106 - Thierry Roland Jupiter (B1980 Remix)
Shy Girl - Making The Beast (Original Mix)
Fabio Monesi - Moonriver (Vocal Mix)
Carriego - Catwalk
Aline Umber & Poggio - Hypnotized
Agustin Barbei - Achure
B1980 - Continuos
Zaatar - Zankat Mimosas
Zaatar - Leaving for the Sky
Zaatar - Mortal Come Back
The Hacker - Monopoly
Corp - Bad Trip
Alquimic - Nostalgic Feelings
Downwell - Don't Stop Moving
Äitee - HII Forest
Art 1 - Olympia
Adrian Marth - Divine on The Late Show 88"
Tiga - Louder Than A Bomb (Disfreq Remix)
David Carretta - Shock Treatment
Channel X - Rave The Rhythm

📷 : ©Julien Gamarde
https://www.instagram.com/julien.gamarde

Plus de Zaatar :
https://linktr.ee/zaatar.music

Zaatar | Foutoir Moderne #168

Pour ce numéro 169, entre rythmes et notes, @maddrod incarne la curiosité qui sommeille en Rodrigo Pinheiro (c'est son vrai nom). Originaire de Lisbonne, DJ, producteur et directeur d'Inner Shah Recordings, il défie les frontières entre les genres de la musique électronique grâce à une approche à la fois nostalgique et avant-gardiste. Installé à Berlin depuis 2022, il a redécouvert son identité à travers un son rétrofuturiste qui a culminé avec son deuxième album studio, Sad Behaviour (2023) – une plongée robuste, punk et intime dans le passé, tournée vers l'avenir. Après sa sortie, il a passé un court séjour au Portugal, renouant avec la scène club du pays, créant sa série d'événements, Panthera, et travaillant sur Sad Behaviour: Expanded Edition (2024), qui a ajouté quatre nouveaux singles à l'album.
Son dernier album, l'EP Make You Sweat, sorti sur Inner Shah en février 2025, prouve qu'il maîtrise parfaitement la recette de ce mélange de genres. Rétro, brut et implacable, son son donne le pouls du mouvement.

Fred Ventura - Lost in Paris (Italoconnection Rework)
Madd Rod - Force Mécanique (Capitulation Mix)
Happy707 - FM o.O
Hong Kong Counterfeit - Metal Disco (Legowelt vs Orgue Electronique Mix)
Funk Hunk - Shun
The Hacker & Endrik Schroeder - The Voyagers
NECRØ - Into Oblivion (Madd Rod & Radondo Remix)*
Madd Rod - You Don’t Want My Heart (Vocal Mix)*
Robotiko Reject - Communication
Facets - Raw (Stigma Remix)
Black Light Smoke - Last Song Before Sunrise
Proper Monday Number - High Horse (DFA DJ Edit)
Credit 00 - Outtabahn
Altered View - Fast Paced Life (Man Power Remix)*
Madd Rod - Make You Sweat
Robotiko Rejekto - Density (The Radio Mix)
“O” - Orgasm (Hetero-Version)
Squeeze DJ - Roma
Bobby & Frankie - Pump & Relax (E.E.’s ‘Mancesco in the Lab’ Edit)
The Comfort - Bad Spencer
Venice Arms - Cuore Nero
Night in Athens - Words Unspoken (Madd Rod Remix)
Soft Cell - Tainted Love (DJ Hell Remix)

*Unreleased

Plus de Madd Rod :
http://maddrod.com
https://www.instagram.com/madd_rod

Madd Rod | Foutoir Moderne #169

C'est la fin... De la saison mais aussi et surtout de l'aventure Radio FMR !
Alors ce n'est peut-être qu'un aurevoir mais en tout cas une page qui se tourne... Retour sur cette session en direct "live" avec @damelise et @lecoutelier, les résidents du Foutoir !

Julian Sanza & Lafrench Toast - Come On
Borey - A Thrill
Introverso - Asesino (Original Mix)
Louis de Tomaso & Jo Kazan - Gjora (Fabrizio Mamarella Remix)
Back From The Wave - Multiplexor 
Galope Messier - Lumbre Apasionada
Dina Summer - Zombie (Karassimeon Remix)
Grizz feat. Vick Vapors - Puedes Amarme
tINI feat. Amiture - What If, Then What ?
Mon Cher Guy - Le Chant Des Coyotes (Extended)
Adrian Earth - Face To Face
Sarin - Exocet II
Zaatar - You Turn To Run
Effetto Joule - Robespierre (DayVentura 2023 Guillotine Edit)
Delores Galore feat. Tiffadelic - Ring Around The Rose
ID- ID
Adrian Marth - Clone Division
ID- ID
Äitee - Blue Swarm
MoM & Leonor - Electro (Original Mix)
A Black Rainbow - Don't Touch My Heart (Curses Remix)
Amarcord & Altutt - All That Matters
Parvale - Breaker City (Original_Mix)
Krystal Klear - Neutron Dance (Gerd Janson Birkenstock Remix)
Calystarr - Stronger Than Ever (Original Mix)
New Hook - What People Saw (Kate Stein Remix)
Michael Lane - Hope (Lauer Remix)
X Complex - The Walk (Original Extended Mix)
Tiffadelic - I Tried
VickVapors - Lost The Light
Lauer - Felt Bat

Plus de Dam Élise :
https://soundcloud.com/damelise
https://www.instagram.com/dam__elise

Plus de Coutelier :
linktr.ee/Coutelier

End Of FMR w/ Dam Élise & Le Coutelier | Foutoir Moderne #170

Oups ! On croyait avoir terminé la saison mais on a reçu le mix de @Zanias qu'on attendait avec impatience... Alors c'est l'occasion de finir (cette fois-ci) la saison en beauté !
Originaire d'Australie, elle vit à Berlin depuis 2013. Ces dernières années, elle a collaboré avec certaines des figures les plus respectées de la musique électronique... Si ses sets live sont un spectacle et une catharsis menés par une performance vocale intense, dans ses sets DJ et hybrides (avec chant live), elle exprime cette force émotionnelle sous la forme de mélodies évocatrices, finement tissées de rythmes industriels et de lignes de basse EBM, visant à émouvoir à la fois le corps et l'esprit.
Auparavant connu comme la voix des groupes Linea Aspera (avec Ryan Ambridge) et Keluar (avec Sid Lamar de Schwefelgelb), Zanias est une artiste solo, DJ et producteur, co-fondateur du collectif berlinois Fleisch dont elle dirige désormais le label du même nom.
Son premier EP "To the Core" (2016, Noiztank) comprenait le titre "Follow the Body", devenu incontournable des dancefloors techno du monde entier. Fin 2018, elle a enchaîné avec son premier album, "Into the All" (Candela Rising), un voyage d'éveil psychospirituel hors du commun, fruit d'un long travail d'enregistrement et d'expérimentation. Après 4 LPs, elle s'oriente en 2025 vers un nouveau projet "Serpentskin", plus trance et rave et surtout orienté dancefloor.

iD - iD
Body Clinic - Dream Rave
Rigson - Unrelaxed
Serpentskin - Basking In the Light at Heaven’s Gate
Biesmans - Sector B
Arrow - Back In the House (Kai Tracid Mix)
Anna Wall & Corbi - Persistence
Tapiia & Dwan - Trigger
Narciss - Per Aspera Ad Astra (The Club Mix for Gerd But Not By Gerd)
Peter Steele - Hiraeth
Schiela - Kaskade (Abdul Raeva Remix)
Foley - Paradise
Audrey Danza - Atlas of Self
Slipstream - Eternal Dream
Wigs - Night Watch
Bedrock - Heaven Scent (Eagles & Butterflies Sunrise Remix)
Zanias - Dawn

Plus de Zanias :
https://www.instagram.com/zoe_zanias
https://www.facebook.com/zoe.zanias

Plus de Fleish :
https://fleischrecords.bandcamp.com

Zanias | Foutoir Moderne #171

Head of Grimy Edits, Zernell Gillie's style can range from the heart of disco to the soul of Chicago house - he heads up a 2 hour slot once a month from our LA studio.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/zernell/episodes/zernell-1st-september-2025

GET GRIMY W/ DIANA CHAN 010925

This month, Automaticamore, Queen of Italo, sends us on a divine late-summer trip down memory lane. Her mix “In Heaven, 1987” features a full hour of wonderfully curated deep cuts from her famous music collection. Roll up your sleeves, we are going crate digging on this POHLCAST.

1. White Door – In Heaven
2. Gaznevada – Western Boys, Eastern Girls
3. The Machines – Take Me Away
4. Misty & Project – Magic Lover
5. Neon – Le Macho Du Mambo
6. Wish Key – Last Summer ('87 Remix)
7. B. Blase – Shake It Now
8. NOIA – True Love (Plathonic Version)
9. Liquid Eyes – Shine
10. Eugene – Livin' In Your Love (Instrumental)
11. Christal – Fire Lady (12'' Vocal)
12. Mania – Shine Shine Shine (Instrumental)
13. Legend – Don't Cry (Vocal)
14. Via Verdi – Diamond
15. Time Bandits – Listen To The Man With The Golden Voice

POHLCAST #007 - Automaticamore

This mix is definitely a "party mix" for me: a harder sound, full of Italo masterpieces past and present, which is what I'll be bringing for Drift Nieuwjaarsdans. I recorded this live, and almost every song I play is from a 12", with a couple of exceptions: the Strada, which is wildly beyond my price range, Nico Band, and a special edit of Vikki Benson's Easy Love by my friend and Italo hero, George Hysteric. I also play a 12" from one of Toronto's finest Hi-NRG acts, Tapps, as an ode to my hometown." - Automaticamore

Drift Podcast 039 - Automaticamore

Tracks from the vaults of the digger extraordinaire Filippo Bachini. Released as limited promo CD that came as freebie with shop orders.

https://www.discogs.com/Peet-Need-Dennis-Vd-Berg-Baldeejays-X/release/13457258

Bordello A Parigi

Peet Need & Dennis Vd Berg ‎– Baldeejays X

Hailing from Toronto Canada, Diana McNally aka Automaticamore aka the queen of Italo, comes in strong with an hour of carefully selected killer cuts - the energy bar that we all needed. With hundreds of live-streams flooding our news-feeds and new mix-series starting to come up during these challenging times, we leave it to Diana to finish off our weekly Quarantine series and return to fortnightly publications from now on.

In a way, her persona could not be more fitting, as she is not only an avid vinyl collector, but also works as a social worker at the Toronto Drop-in Network for homeless people. Diana is currently taking vacation days in order to work 12-14 hours on the frontlines of the pandemic, supporting and helping the most vulnerable ones - most of the times without proper protection, literally keeping people from dying. (Read more about it here: https://www.blogto.com/city/2020/04/toronto-homeless-covid-19/) 

A reminder, perhaps, that even after 4 weeks of quarantine, the pandemic is still very much real. There are still people dying and in order to support frontline-workers like Diana or the fantastic National-Healthcare staff all over Europe, we must drink and dance to Italo-Disco *inside* our homes.

Toronto-based DJ and avid record collector @automatic-amore weaves together a vinyl-only mix of Italo Disco sounds from across the board.

Interview: https://www.stampthewax.com/2020/06/24/diggers-directory-automaticamore/

Diggers Directory: Automaticamore

Hi and Welcome to ITALO MODERNI Mixes

We are so proud to have in interview one of our favorites italo djs, she is Diana Chan Mcnally @automatic-amore based in Toronto, Canada. It's time to meet her a little more with a good interview! Check it out!

Automaticamore in one word?

Fastidious.

What does ‘ITALO DISCO’’ mean for you?

Fun, funny, and fantastic.

Why did you choose ‘Automaticamore’’ as a name?

I didn’t! It was the name of my radio show, and then people started calling me DJ Automaticamore. Previously I was just DJ Diana McNally (I know – very dull).

Past or Future?

Both! A better future can only be informed by attention to the past, including all of its successes and faults.

What do you do apart from digging and being a DJ?

I am a community worker. I coordinate resources and opportunities for 51 drop-in centres in Toronto serving people experiencing homelessness. I also work frontline in one of these centres, and am an activist around issues of homelessness.

What are some of the current world issues you think about the most?

Envisioning a post-Capitalist world that is inclusive and humane. That society only exists through cooperation and an understanding of the collective good; yet, we are more divided than ever.

With all your passion and your fantastic YouTube channel, how did your first contact with Italo occur?

Through friends’ local DJ nights! I recall that they played Moroder, Alexander Robotnick, and Black Devil, as well as ‘newer’, Italo-influenced acts like Glass Candy.

Favorite channel from YouTube for digging Italo?

Moscu ION, just because it kind of isn’t curated, so you can dig around through an unsorted mass of Italo.

Favorite pizza?

Margherita, hands-down. But … Hawaiian pizza was invented in Canada, and I kind of like it! With added jalapenos.

Favorite vinyl?

Too hard to choose! Right now, Diviacchi - Waiting For Heaven. I come back to this record a lot, and it’s emotional and well-produced.

Most wanted record?

Right now? Tres – Smile on My Face. And … I never buy it, because it’s expensive and ridiculous, but Avenida 29 – It’s Pizza Time.

What is your process when creating a mix?

I usually will start with a mood or feeling, and I’ll fit together songs that somehow capture that feeling and play around with different records, in different orders, until it makes sense to me. Then I record myself playing live.

What was the first record you bought?

Madonna – The Immaculate Collection on cassette, no less.

Who was the first musician that influenced you? What other genres have influenced you?

Madonna, most definitely. I’m also influenced by New Wave, electro, post-punk, synthpop, freestyle, and Canadian disco.

Do you think the Italo world is dead?

Not while I’m alive, it isn’t!

What do you think about the new Italo producers?

I don’t know much about many of them, to be honest. It’s not because I actively dislike new music, I’m just busy digging through the 1980s!

Best Italo record labels from 80’s?

It’s not universally great, but I like FDT, an Il Discotto sublabel.  I also like Out Records, which is a sublabel of Discomagic, and very collectible.

New favorite track?

… as in new music? Again, I don’t know much, but I really like Mozaika – Drive. 

Any news regarding tours?

Not until there is some sense of what the impacts of COVID are! That said, I’m hoping to come to Europe next spring.

What did you want to express in this mix?

I just spent a week on the beach (albeit a Canadian beach), and so I wanted to capture that feeling of summer and sun. Also the beach I was on was clothing optional, and covered in booze, so there were many ridiculous and funny things happening. This mix hopefully reflects that humour.

Say something in italian!

“L'amore vince sempre.” It does.

IM #47 MIX : AUTOMATICAMORE + Interview

AUTOMATICAMORE [CA, TORONTO]
@automatic-amore

CTW124 • Automaticamore

Bands : 
Kesseling (Fr) "My Vultures EP" 2015 (BoudMo005)
Neils Children(Uk) "Dimly Lit" 2013 (BoudMo004)
Kilter Kappers(Fr) "Castellation EP" 2011 (BoudMo003)
