Love Injection is a New York music and culture monthly fanzine in print since February 2015, founded by DJs, archivists, and audio enthusiasts Paul Raffaele and Barbie Bertisch. Their namesake record label launched in 2020. Avid record and audio enthusiasts, Paul is also an art director and Barbie writes and performs music with various projects.

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Darker Than Wax FM with Marco Weibel @ The Lot Radio 02-10-2024

First show back in AGES
https://margateradio.co.uk/

@danellanthony + @bragacircuit

Margate Radio - Feb 2024

Here is an amazing mix by my good friend & musicical legend, Mr. Fingers aka Larry Heard. Mr. Fingers takes us on a deep musical journey on this mixtape... & this is only side 1.
Larry has been with me through some rough times in my life, especially the passing of my mother back in 2005. Always sending me Bible scriptures to read during those times. I am so God blessed to have you as my brother. It's beyond the music my brother.

You Will Enjoy My Brothers Mix!!!

Manny Cuevas
aka
DJ M-Traxxx
aka
Thee House & Techno Historian

Psalms 150=Thee Ultimate Eternal Party...

Mr. Fingers Mix 2-7-02' (Manny'z Tapez)

I Just Want To Mix: Volume 3

Podcast #222 Mix By @itsnaomigreen
Coming Live from NYC, Naomi Green is next on the Cool Contest Podcast. PEACE AND LOVE.

(Naomi Green) Cool Contest Podcast #222

Psyched to welcome @eddielogix to The Spinzone for a HEAVY guest mix. While he’s known for his stylistic versatility, Eddie leans into the nu-disco on this set with some fiercely groovy tracks. Not to mention, sounds like there are some exclusives in here as well! You can snag Eddie’s new release on Rocksteady Disco “Edits from Detroit Vol. 3” out now: https://eddielogix.bandcamp.com/album/rsd-se05-edits-from-detroit-vol-3

Spinzone Mix

Eddie Logix | The Spinzone #96

DJ & producer Shy One oversees the chatroom nonsense and brings that necessary get-up-and-go vibe every other hump day...  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/soup-to-nuts-shy-one/episodes/soup-to-nuts-shy-one-24th-april-2024

Soup To Nuts w/ Shy One 240424

Mari Ella is a DJ, dancer, podcast host and all around artist originally from Vienna, Austria. A dancer and clubhead since the mid/late 90s, she moved to New York in 2004 and immersed herself into the NYC club scene and culture, and was fortunate to have been guided by members of New York’s Dance Fusion Crew early on.

Transitioning from dancer to DJ in 2018, she has since played at multiple venues in NYC, such as Public Records, Elsewhere, Jupiter Disco to name a few. Outside of New York, her blend of Deep & Soulful House as well as Soul, Funk and Disco has taken her to Dante’s Hi-Fi Miami, Portland, Houston, Philly, Denver and Detroit.

Internationally, she has played in Paris, London, Amsterdam, Zurich & Vienna & Mexico. Influenced by how DJs like Rich Medina, Spinna, Reborn, Marcellus Pittman, Theo Parrish; to name a few - control a dancefloor, her deep sound prioritizes the dancers in the dark room in front of the speaker. 

In 2022 she started her own party DEEP WATERS - a deep & soulful house music experience - in Brooklyn, NY.

In addition, she hosts and produces the podcast DANCE TO THE MUSIC, focusing on the meaning and importance of “dance” in dance music. It is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts & YouTube.

She is currently working on her first production which she plans to release in spring 2024.

Follow Mari Ella on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/its_mari_ella/

Coloring Lessons Mix Series 065: Mari Ella

Next up in Mr Bongo’s Record Club mix series, we’re delighted to welcome São Paulo based DJ, @giununez. Collecting music since she was a young child, Giu started piecing together the sounds she had been digging into DJ sets from the age of 18. Fast forward 16 years and Giu’s prominence as an eclectic and inspiring DJ and selector has seen her regularly grace the lineups of some of Brazil’s best parties and festivals including Gop Tun Festival, Coala Festival and DGTL São Paulo. Further afield, European tours have seen her playing at Amsterdam Dance Event alongside gigs in the likes of London, Paris, Prague, Bordeaux and beyond.

Giu is also part of the Domply collective as a resident DJ of one of Rio de Janeiro’s most loved parties, alongside being a key presence in the São Paulo scene. She contributes to radio shows all over the world with appearances on Worldwide FM, The Lot Radio, Rinse FM, Kiosk, Operator to name just a few. 

For this hour long mix, Giu has put together a selection of sumptuous Brazilian street soul sounds that really highlight the melting pot of influences this scene encompasses. In her own words she mentions:

“My intention was to share a bit of Street Soul from Brazil, some more popular songs, some more obscure, but in any case, all beautiful songs about being in love. 

There are too many favourites in here. I love the version of Jorge Ben ‘Menina Mulher Da Pele Preta’ by Sublimes, it's another mix from a single with six minutes that keeps me totally in. There’s also another Jorge Ben version, ‘Meu Namorado’ by Verônica Sabino, which is a very interesting production. 

Luna & Dj Cri ‘Acabou Como Começou’ has so many amazing details to it. The guitars, keyboards and synths - everything is perfect. Inimigo Público with ‘Fantasia’ uses keyboards like guitars, two vocals working in an awesome way. ‘Soltos Pela Noite’ by Nina Catarina has a layer of reggae that catches me every time.”

Big thanks to Giu for the mix, she will be touring Europe again in September so keep an eye out for upcoming dates.

Mr Bongo Record Club Guest Mix - Giu Nunez

Slowed Down, sun kissed journeys through dub, synth, cosmic & balearic beats. Brought to you from LA each month. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/masha/episodes/masha-5th-june-2024

Beyond The Clouds w/ Masha Mar 050624

I have been recording mixes for 29 years & this might be one my favourite sets ever. 

It seems I've grown to love long emotive arches – within songs as well as in programming. And Songs Not Tracks lets me do just that.

I get to showcase a variety of beautiful dance music I've been obsessed with. I can let it unfold over multiple hours, as an open-to-close club set would: with "the patience of an opening set, the drama of peak time, and the tender emotionality of closing a night" (quote from DJ Voices, one of the best writers in the dj realm).

Selections cover 5 decades and include many of my fave new releases of 2024. Once again house is front & center, but as always, surrounded by adjacent vibes (ok ok, you don't really get a real house song until 45 minutes in or so 😎) 

We begin slow, but start building soon enough. Eventually we get to peak time drama... and close with tender emotionality.

Open your mind, tune in, enjoy! 🧡

Thx for help and/or inspiration: Victoria, DURH crew, Perennial Rhythms, Ita, TINPE, Woody, DJ Voices, Eli, musclecars.

----Sampo / Ocean People

TRACKLISTING:

Space Craft's Men - Crossing 
Simply Red - Thrill Me - Steppin' Razor Ambient Instrumental Mix 
Theophilus London feat. Leon Ware - Water Me
Loose Ends - Nights Of Pleasure (The Dancing Danny Dee Dub)
Sjunne Ferger - Reality 
Jazzadelic - Time
Angelique Kidjo - Batonga - The Jungle Club Mix
YBU - Soul Magic - Deep Vocal Version 
Schatrax - ? (I misplaced the record & they all look alike)
Antonio Ocasio - Below The Underground
Circulation - The Return 
Mark E - Sanctified 
DJ Different - A Woman’s Aura
The Rock Posse Featuring Fonda Rae - Do You Want My Love? - Smooth R&B Mix 
Deep Choice - Fix Of 4:38AM 
Push / Pull - Secrets Of The Nile
ARN4L2 - Caribe
Munir - Pit Stop 
Mike Perras - Beginning Of Life
Sade: Pearls - Phillip Damien Remix 
Jorge C: A Little Beat A Little Beat - DJ Sprinkles The World Is Ova Megamix
Kelela - Contact - Karen Nyame KG Remix 
Trinidadian Deep - Native Revolution 
Jeremias Santiago - Congasoul 
Raw Elements - Last Foundation
A Man Called Adam: Que Tal America - Ocean People Edit 
Pascal’s Bongo Massive I - Pere Cochon (I Like It) - The Shirley Bassey Suite
Janet Jackson - Any Time, Any Place - D&D House Mix 
Musclecars - There’s Space For Us All 
DJ’s Rule - In Deep 
Prolific feat. Simone - Stay With Me Forever - Grand Piano Paradise Mix 
Inner City - Share My Life - Kenny Larkin Detroit Mix
Joe - Claptrap 
Erykah Badu - Didn’t Cha Know - L3Ni Love Remix
Josh One - Contemplation - King Britt Funke Mix 
Los Hermanos Detroit -  Family 
John Beltran - Gutaris Breeze (6000 km To Amsterdam)
Ten City - All Loved Out - Extended Vocal Version

OCEAN PEOPLE /// Songs Not Tracks #4 /// 4-hour mix excursion 🧡

THERE WILL BE NO WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ORANGE

HOUSE MUSIC WILL NEVER DIE

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SINCE 2016

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