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Witchtape #91 | Guest Wizz : Funky Chap

That morning, the little witch woke up a few minutes before sunrise in a frosty forest.  With her eyes still half-open from a good night’s sleep, her heart suddenly skipped a beat from excitement when she realized it was the day of the Spring Equinox, which meant her wizard was coming to visit her.  Contrary to popular belief, witches and wizards are truly romantic beings, although they rarely meet.  So each year during the spring equinox, all stars align and everywhere on the planet couples of witches and wizards get together.
During her daily inspection round of the forest, the girl made all necessary arrangements to organize the customary game of hide-and-seek.  Of course, all forest animals were part of the conspiracy, and so was the tree nymph, who had never seen the wizard before.
The tradition is that the witch hides somewhere deep inside the woods and the wizard has to find her.  The last 2 years, the plan of the girl always quickly fell through with her lover managing to find her in a matter of minutes, despite hiding in the top of the highest tree or under a pile of dry leaves.  So this year she needed a better plan.  After weeks of thinking, she decided to simply hide in plain sight in the middle of the center clearing of the forest, speculating that the wizard would search everywhere, except in the most obvious place.
This year, the spring equinox coincided with a beautiful half-moon, with light and darkness perfectly balancing each other out.  This gave the little witch the idea to cast a spell over one half of the forest, so that the Southern part was full of flowers and singing birds while the Northern half was still frozen and silent.
At noon, an owl passed the news that the wizard had arrived in the forest so the witch quickly installed herself on a dry patch of moss in the center glade, while a couple of dunnocks decorated the girl’s long brown hair with little white flowers.  
This year, the hiding plan worked so well that after 3 hours of ransacking the woods, the wizards still hadn’t found his girl.  The giant wizz had a really tough time plodding through the muddy sections of the forest.  Finally, he found the pond which the badgers had dug for the nymph a few months earlier.  It struck him that this water body didn’t exist the last time, so he was almost 100% sure the little witch was hiding below the water surface.  It is a known fact that witches can stay under water for hours, so that looked like the perfect hiding spot.  The wizard slipped out of his clothes and waded into the pool.  He quickly sensed a female presence in the water, so his heart started to throb very fast from excitement.  Unfortunately for him, the girl in the water was the nymph and not the witch.  And nymphs are known for their fierce temperament, so after a brief but fiery encounter he made a quick getaway out of the water, apologizing at length to the nymph while hiding behind a tree, shivering from the cold until a group of helpful badgers brought back his clothes.
After an owl reported these events to the little witch, she started to chuckle so loud that she gave away her position.  After that it was only a matter of minutes before the wizard found the witch.  Her heart jumped from joy as she looked up to her giant (2m40 tall) lover of pure African blood, while his heart raced when he looked into the little (1m58) European witch’s mesmerizing green eyes.  Soon her soft snow-white skin touched his silky pitch-black skin while they engaged in the most tender embrace the forest had ever seen.  After their passionate welcome kiss, the intertwined couple observed the beautiful half-moon rising high in the sky, while the sun went down to announce an unforgettable starry night …

Connect with the wizz :
https://soundcloud.com/funky-chap
https://soundcloud.com/sunset-grooves

Artwork by Irina Alexandrovna (Ironika)

Witchtape #91 | Guest Wizz : Funky Chap

It’s about time! For the very first Mbuki-Mvuki-Mix!
‘Mbuki Mvuki’ comes from the Buntu tribe in Africa. Yes, they have words for that irresistible urge you can get when you hear such good music it gets you right in the mood that you just HAVE to take off all your clothes so you can dance around naked  - Nothing to add to that feeling!  

Creating this mix, I was inspired by many gorgeous podcasts that I listened to during the finest trips together with friends last winter. With all clubs closed it transformed our weekend gatherings into powerful pajama parties ;) This mix is an ode to those adventures ❤ 

My aim for the Mbuki Mvuki Movement is to collab with inspiring epic women, and hopefully help close the gap just a little bit more as there are still so many powerful female artist too little known ❤ I can't wait for the Mbuki Mvuki tribe to evolve :)

Amazing artwork from Jilles https://www.instagram.com/jillesvanalen/ 
connect with me on www.instagram.com/paboona_music

Next month we will have the pleasure to do a Mbuki Mvuki with lovely Gazbee!

❤

Mbuki Mvuki Mix #01 with Paboona

For you, a new creation, a beautiful celebration of the vernal equinox, the awakening of nature and the beginning of spring, one of the most unique natural phenomena, the essence of which, scientifically speaking, boils down to the fact that “at the moment of equinox, the center of the Sun in its visible movement along the ecliptic crosses the celestial equator , the time of music and beauty, we bloom and smell with love from VadimoooV

Для вас новое творение , красивое празднование дня весеннего равноденствия, пробуждения природы и начала весны , одно из уникальнейших явлений природы, суть которого, говоря научным языком, сводится к тому, что «в момент равноденствия центр Солнца в своем видимом движении по эклиптике пересекает небесный экватор, время музыки и красоты, цветем и пахнем с любовью от VadimoooV

❀ Spring ✿ Equinox ✿ Ashram ❀

Armando Letico begins this new Hupupa's adventure sharing with all of us his kind and deep touch reinterpretation of Una Palabra by Carlos Varela [@armandoletico]

Artwork .:. instagram.com/superbarabba/

Master .:. @kalunet

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InEdito #01 - Una Palabra - Carlos Varela (Armando Letico EDIT) .:. FREE DL

•English below•

Für mein treuestes Groupie, wichtigste Kritikerin, motivierteste Tänzerin und beste Unterstützerin - meine einfach wundervollste Schwester!

Ohne sie gäbe es kueksen vielleicht gar nicht. Als ich 17 und partytechnisch jungfräulich war (abgesehen von EDM in schlechten, oberbayerischen Dorfdiskos), packte sie mich kurzerhand ein und lud mich mitten auf der Fusion wieder aus. Was soll ich sagen? Schon der Soundcheck der Triebwerke versetzte mich in Entzücken! Tiefe Bässe aus dicken Anlagen, verspielte Melodien aus allen Himmelsrichtungen und diese magische Stimmung – so ist damals das kueksen geschlüpft. 

Für diese Initialzündung und ihre treue Begleitung meines Weges seitdem, möchte ich mich nun einmal gründlichst bedanken! Daher diese Podcastreihe. #sistertapes halt.... 

Zum Auftakt gibt’s #krawallkueksen in Reinform, weil ich weiß, wie sehr sie genau das liebt! Warum 'Von Hinne Links'? Guckt mal hier: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SVYprCcStI  (48:15) (ihre Lieblingsempfehlung für gemütliche Katertage).
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For my most loyal groupie, most important critic, most motivated dancer and best supporter - my simply most wonderful sister!

Without her, kueksen might not even exist. When I was 17 and a party virgin (apart from EDM in bad, Upper Bavarian village discos), she unceremoniously packed me in and dropped me off again in the middle of Fusion. What can I say? Already the sound check of the soundsystems put me in delight! Deep basses from thick equipment, playful melodies from all directions and this magical atmosphere - that's how kueksen hatched back then.

For this initial spark and their faithful support of my way since then, I would like to thank now once thoroughly! Hence this podcast series. #sistertapes ....

To kick things off, here's #krawallkueksen in the purest form, because I know how much she loves exactly that! Why 'Von Hinne Links'? Check it out here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SVYprCcStI (48:15) (her favorite recommendation for cozy hangover days).

Sistertape #1 'Von Hinne Links'

I had a bit of a difficult time lately,  reviving past moments and the emotions that come with them.

So I tried to translate that in to music, it's like sitting in the couch and watching the trees wave in the wind,  birds passing by, the cat is spinning next to you ;) thus Reverie ...

Special thanks to all that have reached out, for being their wonderful selves , to all the amazing artists for making magical music and last but not least to all listeners. You are all wonderful!

Hope you enjoy the music <3

Original art by Marcia Baldwin

fineartamerica.com/profiles/marcia-baldwin

ˈre-və-rē' mixed by d'Jai Maa

Theo Gramal (@theogramal) is the musical project of Leipzig based nature’s child Luca, artist and creator of our today‘s podcast # 062. 
We’re happy to share with you his very first live set - a warm coloured mosaic he has designed in his studio in collaboration with friends, containing exclusively his own productions.
When Luca learned to make music and express moods and feeling through it in his early 20s, a whole new world opened up for him, quickly getting addicted to creating those fluffy and energetic vibes we know him for.
With warm and deep baselines, melodious grooves with oriental touches and playful patterns, his sound makes you wander through imaginary worlds of warmth and mystery. 
To follow Theo Gramal’s idea of a bird as an inner spirit animal, a symbol of lightness and freedom, we invite you to get up, feel light like a flying creature, move and forget about gravity, just flow and enjoy the rhythms with us. ❤️

Tracklist

UCR #062 by Theo Gramal

Changa

I know it has been awhile since I've posted a Ecstatic Dance set. This was designed for strong festival setting. 

This is my Thursday night set at the Yoga Om Stage at Lightning in a Bottle 2016. It was epic and off the hook. Over 1,000 people went on this magical medicine journey. 

Truly a highlight in my life. Enjoy!

Thank you Jason & Miles for mastering this for me. 

www.shamansdreammusic.com

https://www.facebook.com/shamansdream/






Ecstatic Dance Set at Lightning in a Bottle 2016

YEM - ChiLL'Yol

Venus By Lemurian

Herhangi - Radio Mix (IstanbulGlobalRadio/November 2020)

On a glorious and unusually warm November afternoon, the little witch went for a gathering tour around the woods, accompanied by half a dozen of squirrels.  Global warming is also affecting the witch’s forest, although the effects are being tempered by the dense, lush vegetation.  Anyway, a mild and sunny November day is always pleasant, so it was the ideal day to collect some spices, nuts and mushrooms.  The squirrels knew what was going to happen so they happily interrupted their daily autumn routine of burying nuts all over the place.  The little witch cautiously picked some stinging nettles, dandelions and dwarf mallows from the side of the little stream.  After that she went to the section of the forest with the most majestic trees and the squirrels collected acorns and beech nuts for her (although all squirrels cheekily buried a few nuts for themselves in the process).  Finally, she treaded into the darkest and dampest section of the woods to gather a selection of mushrooms, mainly scurfy twiglets, chanterelles and suede boletes.
After collecting all these plants and fungi, she returned to the central glade of the forest at an unhurried pace, accompanied by a scurry of ebullient squirrels.  After depositing their trove, the squirrels spontaneously returned to the woods as they knew what would come next.  A little later, they returned with some firewood which they deposited at the feet of the little witch.  Then the forest dwellers waited until dusk, when the girl, with a gracious hand movement, created a little floating spark which lazily floated in the air until it landed inside the pile of firewood, setting it ablaze.  All the forest animals snuggled cozily together while enjoying the crackling campfire.  After a while, the fire faded out, leaving behind a small pile of glowing coals in the dark night.  During the afternoon the little witch had dried and pulverized all the plants, nuts and mushrooms she had picked in the woods, and now she gently threw the powder over the glowing pile of wood.  All the animals held their breath as they knew what was going to come.  Soon a column of thick smoke rose up from the fire.  This was the moment they had all been waiting for, the annual message from mother earth, projected on this smokescreen like every year on the 11th day of November.  Would they finally get the answers about the mystifying behavior of all humans, who in March abruptly stopped moving around with their cars and planes, giving a much-needed breather for planet earth to regenerate and purify itself.  Since then, all forest dwellers couldn’t stop wondering why the humans suddenly changed their way of living.  At first, they thought the muggles had become all of a sudden sane, but that theory was shattered after the people gradually reverted to their old behavioral patterns during the summer.  A popular theory among the forest dwellers was that the money printing press of the humans had broken down, effectively grounding the economy to a halt.  Another theory was that the oil well of the humans had run dry, leaving them without fuel to propel their vehicles and planes.  Meanwhile, slowly an image formed on the smokescreen, while all the animals held their breath … 

Connect with the artist : 
https://soundcloud.com/borell4

Photo credits : Tim Sandik (DED AGENCY)

Witchtape #83 | Guest Witch : Borella

PREMIERE: EZRA – Futur 2 (Twin Town Production)

Release Title:  Akte Eros
Artist: EZRA
Label: Twin Town Production
Catalogue No.: TTPD061 
Release-Date: 30 Nov 2020 

Buy Link: https://save-it.cc/twintown/ezra_akte_eros

Promotext:
EZRA opens a new chapter of TTPD061 in three acts with its second release "AKTE EROS" on Twin Town Production. What began in 2017 with the first EP "Clockwork" is now turning into the new decade at half speed on "AKTE EROS".
Future LoFi, Downtempo HiFi, Cosmic Funk or Modern Space House : EZRA combines rich basses and banging synths from the spheres of the 80s with sparkling hi-hats and crisp bass drums of modern times to a sound epic that combines the speed of hip-hop with the punch of house and techno in ecstasy.
RHYTHMUS 22" marks the beginning of "AKTE EROS": the pulsating rhythm rises leisurely from the mist of the dance floor. What begins slowly becomes an odyssey of sound and smoke: chaos emerges from uniform vibrations, followed by a total system crash.
Back from the darkness, "EROS" calls back onto the dance floor in the second act: hip-hop drums, funky basslines and popping snares bundle with chopped vocals to form a prism of rhythm and sound. Slowly the arpeggiator rises to the climax, hectically hissing the hi-hats. Rhythm becomes ecstasy, sound becomes EROS.
Outside of time and space, "FUTUR 2" opens the last act: beating basses, whipping claps and tactile percussions unite EZRA to a dynamic cosmos of arpeggio and drums. In this carpet of sound, only a soft piano and thundering bongos remind us of the organic origin. In "FUTUR 2" EZRA solves the dilemma of time and starts into new dimensions: with bass back to the Big Bang, with lead synths backwards into the future. LoFi becomes HiFi, dystopia becomes utopia: ASTRO DISCO!

✘ EZRA (Saarbrücken/Germany)
https://soundcloud.com/ezra-germany
https://www.facebook.com/EzraGER

✘ Twin Town Production (Saarbrücken/Germany)
https://soundcloud.com/twintownproduction
https://www.facebook.com/twintownproduction

Akte Eros

PREMIERE: EZRA – Futur 2 [Twin Town Production]

guest mix recorded by Pale Penguin exclusively for Lounge FM 96 on december, 11

@lounge-fm-96-0 
@cantanca

@pale-penguin

daydreaming with Pale Penguin (11-12-2020)

finally here is the promised third part of my South America series. I performed this set together with 
NU and Jo Ke under the name "Feathered Sun". Unfortunately Raz Ohara who also belongs to the Feathered Sun has been missing for this one :-( 
That Sunday (April 7th) we spent in Brasilia rounded off the amazing weekend in the smoothest and nicest way we could imagine. 
Thank you so much Miguel (and your family & friends) for having us. 
And my personal thank goes out to my very special friend Boris Enaud for all the beautiful music, las mejores empanadas and everything else! 
Have a nice one and see you somewhere around soon. 
Yours Acid Pauli

Acid Pauli - a journey to the feathered son of brasilia 2013

An hour and a half continuous dubby yoga flow created for yogitunes. It can be purchased at: http://store.yogi-tunes.com/products/yang-funky-dubby-yoga-grooves

Phat & Funky Dubby Yoga Groove

Yalos Music from our home to yours - An hour mix gift by our friend @vrunomusic from @stilvortalent label, created to make our atmosphare relaxed with his unique sounds.

"Exactly on February 28, 2021, will be a year of my absence from the stage, after 5 years of my 'never-ending tour' it's a new feeling for me.
This was a great incentive to record this podcast for my friends from Yalos in Santorini, Greece; trying to create an elegant ambient, relaxed atmosphere that can make us forget for a moment the global pause we are living ... I hope this mix helps you to relax, and if not, just be patient,
because we will definitely see each other after the pandemic.
with love VRuno" @vrunomusic

Free Download

Yalos by VRuno

Djane Austen (https://soundcloud.com/djane-austen) United We Rise Podcast Nr. 065

🗯🗯 How Did Corona change your artist life? 🗯🗯

Last year during the first lockdown, after the first DJ-livestreams got boring pretty quickly, I lost my motivation to make music. There was no crowd around, no more people from our HCIT collective, there were no emotions transported through that little window for chatting. That frustrated me for a little while. So at first, I decided to concentrate at first on my mental well-being and coping with the situation by myself. As we all got accustomed to this new way of living I found back to making music again. In that time I figured out that creating podcasts became my favorite substitute for gigs and parties.

🗯🗯 Where did you record the mix and how did you feel? 🗯🗯

I recorded this set at home - where else? ¯\_( • ‿ • )_/¯ - in my WG-bedroom in Erlangen. From time to time I become sad that I don't have real gigs anymore, but lately the thought came into my mind, that I'm not longer sure if I still would be practiced enough to DJ-ing live. Doing podcasts is very different for me. I love being focused on one podcast for hours, days and weeks, sometimes until late at night. I have fun improving it until it becomes exactly the way I want it to be; to cut it here and there, to transform the tracks, to work with four decks and sometimes making transitions, that would never ever work for me in live DJ-ing. That's what I like about doing podcasts. I can take my time, return to it several times. Of course this practice has its own downsides. Like sometimes my obsession for perfection wins the upper hand and maybe wants too much. But let's not speak of the downsides, haha.

🗯🗯 What are your wishes for the time after Corona? 🗯🗯

I can only echo the statements that have already been expressed by other artists here on this channel! I wish you out there all the best and that (sub-)culture, nightlife and club owners will survive and persist. For me personally, I wish that we will be able to catch up on our plans for parties and workshops, etc. we made before. And I really wish that our HCIT collective will survive this pandemic, because a lot of our members moved away in the meantime. Depends on how long everything will last. But we'll see. At last I'm looking forward to hugging friends and dancing through the nights together again.

✘ Djane Austen (HCIT | her.stories | studio della fonte - Nürnberg) 
SC - https://soundcloud.com/djane-austen
FB - https://www.facebook.com/djaneaustennn/
Insta - https://www.instagram.com/djaneausten/
Studio Della Fonte - https://soundcloud.com/studiodellafonte

✘ United We Stream (Berlin / Global)
FB - https://www.facebook.com/unitedwestream/
WB - https://unitedwestream.berlin/
INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/unitedwestream/

✘ ARTE United We Stream
https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/RC-019297/united-we-stream/

Djane Austen presents United We Rise Podcast Nr. 065

During these crazy times, I found back my love for very slow and calm tunes. This recording is what I want to share with you.

LENI | pattern of patience

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Good morning and welcome back to our cocktail joint! Today we're taking it a tip slower as musical poet arkadiusz. is honoring us with his Chelada - a Mexican drink based on beer and lime he learned to make, drink and love when he used to live in the latin american country.
 
akadiusz. is a versatile an electronic music enthusiast based in Spessart, Germany. He is the driving forve behind the globally respected mix and premiere channel "Afterhour Sounds" and is further part of collectives such as "Kollektive Liebe", "Half Wild" and "Oewerall".
 
His mixes are carefully crafted with a a unique track selection and a lot of love for details. arkadiusz.' tales always contain exciting twists and susprises. You can tell he shares a great passion for music and in particular elecrtonic music, as his nusical repertoire seems to be endless: ranging from slow to fast, from new to classic and including tons of hidden gems!
 
What a fresh way to start our week, arkadiusz.! We would like to have another round!
 
Salud!
The bartenders
 
Link up!
 
arkadiusz.
@arkadiusz-dmytrow
www.facebook.com/arkadiusz.official
 
Schirmchendrink
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Chelada | arkadiusz.

For our latest podcast, we're going to the Netherlands. Joep Esseling and Bram Harmsen aka Esteble have carved out a unique place in the electronic underground. Their emotive creations have found favour with some of house music's most prominent tastemakers such as Annie Mac and Solomun, while landing them releases courtesy of Anjunadeep, Diynamic, Do Not Sit On The Furniture and Stil Vor Talent. Also well travelled DJs, the Rotterdam duo have showcased their eclectic brand of electronic music at events around the world, such as Shoeless Festival, Feel Festival, Edit Festival and Pleinvrees. Now beginning 2021 in fine fashion, Esteble debut on Sound Avenue with a stunning rendition of Pedro Capelossi's 'Delusional'.

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