Name: Inspiration (Coco Fresco Edit) by Coco Fresco
Duration: 5 min 32 s
Description: Homespun edit of "Inspiration" by Jan Akkerman & Kaz Lux from their album "Transparental" (1980) for the sake of the vibes

Hailing from the Belgian capital and as 1/3 behind the Şelale record on Second Circle, it's our friend soFa (@sofaholic) on mix 32. Interview (excerpt) down below.

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MFM: Hi Chris, can you tell a bit about how you made your first steps in the scene as a DJ/producer?

SE: That was first by playing school parties only, and later by organising parties and getting booked by others in return. The usual game, but it was a bit easier as today since there was less competition I think. On the production side I am quite new to that. I started in 2018 only because I lacked time before that, I used to have a job as curator for an art festival and also digging for records kept me busy and excited for many hours every day. 

MFM: Earlier this summer saw the release of Selale on Second Circle, a collaborative project between you, Okay Temiz and Houschyar. Most releases you've worked on are collaborations. Is there a reason for that? 

SE: Yeh different reasons. It's much more fun to share the fun! I'm not a properly trained musician, I like to break rules, rather than applying them. Collaborating with people who know notes and harmonies allows to combine those 2 visions and the results are more exciting to my ears. I feel I have more to say by helping others to get their music right (or wrong) cause that's what all those years of digging after very specific records have taught me.

MFM: Any more projects lined up already?

SE: Yes, quite a bunch I produced with dear friends, Nyati Mayi, soon on Bongo Joe, CCCVVV with Clara Vellin on Strangelove Music and Sexo Y Fantasia with Da Boochie from Kiosk Radio on Glossy Mistakes coming up. There is also a solo record going to the pressing plant next week, coming out on Planet Trip in spring. It has guest singers, but I call it my solo record since I played the whole beats and synths by myself. Its probably gonna remain my only solo record for a while. I slipped into so many collabs and I'd like to focus on that. I especially love working with singers/voices and hopefully some day I get to produce a whole band project!

MFM: What are you hoping for to find in nightlife now that dancefloors are opening up again? Have you been thinking about this whole situation a lot at all?

SE: I am looking forward to seeing people smile and dance again! Party wise I would especially hope to find more groove and less hard music everywhere. I have the feeling the youth of today can only dance to hard stuff, I find that sad. Real music lovers can dance to anything. The whole situation is/was of course tragic for the nightlife sector. Especially for younger people who are in their best years to create a network of friends and experience adulthood for the first time. On a personal level I liked the time off. It allowed me to focus on a more healthy lifestyle and on making music. 

MFM: Cheers for contributing your mix! What can you tell about it? 

SE: I glued together the first half of it while on a roadtrip in Albania last month. Second half I did this morning in a rush. It's nice tunes, diverse and odd enough as I love. I don't care too much about the technical aspect, I just recorded a bunch of records I felt for sharing. In my opinion all that Dj thing is a bit overrated and way too serious. We are just playing other people's music afterall. There is an art behind that, but I feel it's getting lost more and more. For me it's not about the technical side of it, it's about adapting to people and still surprising them in an original way.

MFM Mix 032: soFa elsewhere

"A Wrinkle In Time" is a series of curated guest mixes inspired by John Peels habit to accidentally play records at the incorrect number of rpm. Though it never failed to annoy and embarrass him, one of the tribute compilations released after his death was given the title "Right Time, Wrong Speed". Nowadays Wrongspeeders are a popular and fun tool for most DJs. "A Wrinkle In Time" is not about playing 45s on 33 or the other way round though, but it has one important rule, its only rule: Don’t get too close to the original playing speed of the record, the area between +4 and -4 on the pitch scale of the turntable is a forbidden zone.

My first guests are those super nice guys and unerring tastemakers Phil OG & DJ Rotwein also known as the Berlin based dynamic duo BALEARIC BANANA.
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Frinda di Lanco with a guest mix for @lediscoboulet 's Balearic Disorder show, originally aired on March 10, 2023 on @radio80000 for International FLINTA Week — www.radio80k.de

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Hailing from Paris, Gautier Honorez, aka Monodominical is another top brass veteran digging deep in the trenches of European disco, sifting tightly through the endless catalogues of late 70s and early 80s dancefloor oriented releases. Heavy on the French and Italian fronts, this mix should serve as a good offramp to send you out into the weekend with a pleasant pep to your step. Listen carefully and may your Discogs wantlists be forever ruined.

H.A.N.D. MIX 039 - Monodominical

Welcome to another episode of Music From Mullets –– it's #14 already! This episode takes you right on the dance floor to one of our Ciao Amore Baci parties as the guest mix is a live recording from @le_discoboulet 's last set, full of cosmic disco, italo, german synth pop and oddball gems. I had the pleasure to warm up the airwaves with italian AOR, boogie & funk. 

This show originally aired on Cashmere Radio on May 24, 2023
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Music From Mullets #14 w/ Frinda di Lanco & Le Discoboulet

We are more than happy to welcome Valentin (@valentin-hauptmann) to our hallooo Mix Series. He delivers the soundtrack for your next road-trip with your besties, full of sun drenched AOR-Folk-Fusion and uplifting Synth-Pop-Disco.  So roll down you windows and enjoy the cruse 🌞🚗✨ 

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↓ ↓ ↓ INTERVIEW WITH VALENTIN ↓ ↓ ↓

Q: Thanks for your contribution to our mix series, how did you prepare for this mix, and how would you describe the eventual result?

Thank you for having me! After the sun finally showed up here in Berlin a few weeks ago I managed to get my ass up and put some music together. There were a few records I recently picked up with that certain summer mood I was in plus a few things I wanted to upload on the channel since a bit. Tried to make sense of all this with the rest of the things that are standing around here. I guess you can definitely get all your besties in a car, roll the windows down and blast this mix on your next adventure but listen for yourself! 


Q: Is there a record in the mix that you associate with a special story?

I have a certain emotional connection with that Johnny Star 7 Inch. Treated myself to it after handing in my bachelor thesis which has been a carousel ride for itself. Thanks again to Norm who was willing to let go of his spare. 


Q: How do you dig for new music?

I had phases were a spend a lot of time on Discogs but also love hitting up shops and flea markets especially while being on holidays and just going through everything that is there. Always looking for things that I haven’t seen before hoping it will either deliver a mood or make you want to dance. 


Q: One record you will never let go, one that doesn’t want to leave your waitlist and one guilty pleasure?

I will never let go of my copy of Yola Polastri’s Discoteque LP. Caminado Bajo El Sol is one of my all-time favs that pushes all the right buttons. 

One record that doesn’t want to leave my wantlist is the Spiegel B – Cool Down single. Didn’t pull the trigger the last time a copy popped up. Hit me up if you are willing to let yours go! 

One big guilty pleasure must be the whole Mini Stars series on Dino Music. They feature popular dance music tracks mostly from the 80s but with German lyrics sang by kids for kids. Please check out Jacqueline - Ferien Auf Dem Ponyhof which is a version of Jason Donovan’s Sealed With A Kiss to get an idea of what I am talking about. Too many great tracks to list here but if you understand German these will definitely put a smile on your face! 


Q: Music bonds people. Any djs/shops/etc.. you would like to shout out?

Sure thing! Very happy to have many passionate music lovers in my close circle. First of all William who encouraged me to record my first mix ever, Sandra (Frinda Di Lanco) and Henna Stein for giving me Italian lessons, the two Balearic Bananas Marvin und Phil, Dangerous Dave who’s is probably the most underrated DJ in Berlin (book him!), Los Chavales from Radio Relativa. I am sure I forgot some, but you know who you are! <3

Hallooo Mix Series No.15 – Valentin

Sandra Stein, alias Frinda di Lanco goes about her craft like a summer wind: Sometimes quiet with glimpses of blissful days at the shore. Other times as a refreshing breeze pushing away clouds and pulling at your limbs to get you moving, and in some cases, just raising the roof to a point where the shingles go flying.

These cosmically imbued gusts carried her name onto many line-ups alongside the grounds of the scene and to venues beloved: sharing the decks with names like Beppe Loda, Budino and Johannes Albert and casting aside the drapes of every day at Primavera Sound, Fusion Festival, Berlin's infamous "Cocktail d'Amore  "party, the "Warning "instalments at about blank and places as far as Krakow, Sofia, Beijing and Tokyo.

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Homespun edit of "Inspiration" by Jan Akkerman & Kaz Lux from their album "Transparental" (1980) for the sake of the vibes

Inspiration (Coco Fresco Edit)

Envoltos no desenvolvimento baleárico Zasou (Pajaros Pintados) e Simon (Bayette) chegam com tudo com o seu pra altercast, e nele apresentam elementos musicais característicos de tons folclóricos brasileiros, seja o som da Bahia, seja o melô carioca, a mix também transita por um new wave macio, chega com retoques de beats charmosos, uma mistura certa para refinar o embalo do seu final de semana.

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Fueled by their inner passion for the balearic subculture, this podcast has been recorded by Simon (1/3 Bayetë) and Vitor (1/3 Pajaros Pintados) on a breezy summer afternoon in Rio de Janeiro, encompassing a wide array of their mutual influences : early italian house, continental beats, italo-disco and sun-kissed brazilian records. A true reflection of what you can expect from them when we finally get to meet all together on a dancefloor again...

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