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M August - Shades of Love

061022 restaurant recording by norm (@bayetecontact & @memorabiliarecords)

cornerstore during service • #3 • NORM

"Put on the DJ hat for BPT and made a long song for y’all. I have no control over it really, the hat is the one with all the power. I just place it atop my head and the songs put themselves together like magnets. Don’t argue with me, alright? It’s science. Ask your friend Bill Nye, he’ll back me up on this. Also there may or may not be a little rat under the hat who looks like Daniele Baldelli who makes me transition super clean but I guess you’ll never know will you? What you will discover however is that this mix has a 100% chance of music and if that doesn’t put a smile on your face then it’s time to see a therapist!" - @m_august

B.P.T. Radio 064: M August (Funyons)

From Oakland with love comes the 50th submission in the mix series comes by the hand of prolific producer and deejay Space Ghost (@space-ghost-1). Interview (excerpt) down below.

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MFM: Hey Sudi. How's life in California, what's been keeping you busy?

SG: Hey, not much! Just trying to enjoy the summer with friends and get in the studio when I can.

MFM: Looking at your discography it seems that you favor the LP over the EP format, having released well over a dozen albums. How come?

SG: I can’t say that I favor one over the other, just seems that as a musician you strive to write full length LPs. I enjoy LPs for home listening and it feels good to create a nice body of work that flows through a journey. Writing dance singles and eps are trickier for me. It feels harder to write 1-4 really good stand alone songs.

MFM: With such a prolific output, does writing music come easily to you? Can you tell us a bit about how you go about writing and recording, is there a certain flow or method?

SG: Hmm I wouldn’t necessarily say it comes comes easy but I’ve definitely gotten a lot better at getting ideas in my head out into my recordings. It’s still a process of getting into the studio and spending time on it. Sometimes I can spend a whole day or two just spinning my wheels and not being able to get my ideas out. But once I get that perfect dose of creativity and I’m in the right mood, then things can definitely start flowing out. When writing music I often need to start with a very specific idea based on a song I’m listening to at the time. It’s helpful for me to start out with that initial inspiration, whether some chords, style of drums, bassline or a tempo or something. Once I get a few elements working around that idea the song can start to morph and move in any direction, but I really need that specific direction to start. I find that I can often make a rudimentary idea fairly quickly this way and then if it’s inspiring me, I’ll start to try a little bit harder and flush out more of the idea.

MFM: How do you cope with not being inspired or motivated when in the studio?

SG: Honestly it can be a bummer to be in the studio and the ideas aren’t flowing. I’ll just have to step away and do something totally unrelated for a few days.

MFM: Your sound overall has a very soft and melodic touch. The mellow part may be from living close to the Pacific and nature, but where does the melodic part come from? Did you ever learn how to read and play notes?

SG: You know I’m really not sure if I can pinpoint my melodies and where they came from but ya I grew up taking music lessons of all sorts. Piano, drums, guitar, band class, all that stuff. I wasn’t the best at reading music, I learned basic stuff but eventually didn’t progress much farther. Now everything I do is by feel.

MFM: Is there some kind of masterplan for Space Ghost? Like, do you have certain goals to achieve or dreams to chase?

SG: I think my master plan would involve me getting to focus on writing music full time. Honestly I’m not really sure how to get there specifically, seems like everyone gets there on their own path so hopefully mine will end up there as well.

MFM: Tell us about the mix. How did you go about selecting and recording it? Does it have a certain theme or idea to it?

SG: I’ve been wanting to put out a nice lil ambient sort of electronic mix for awhile. Really soft deep introspective vibes. I’ve been holding on to a lot of these tunes for awhile and just listening to my playlist of ambient tunes while traveling or relaxing with friends. After coming back from my NZ/Australian tour, I was ready to play some non dance music for a sec and listen to some other stuff. This mix is just a nice break from DJing a party. I also really want to make an ambient album soon if I have the time, so there are a lot inspirations in this mix.

MFM Mix 050: Space Ghost

Sleazy disco and house gems in Raphaël Top-Secret's fifth Outsiders episode. 

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Outsiders: RTS YES! w/ Raphaël Top-Secret @ Kiosk Radio 27.04.2024

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My favorite Locomotion yet?? It's been a long time coming but finally had the extended club b3b with Merchant we've been waiting for ever since we played together for the first time. The result is my favorite journey yet - almost 7hrs of spiritual grooves & futuristic rides spanning every genre in our record collections. 

Hope you enjoy the ride as much as we did. We are very happy with this mix recording <3 

Next Locomotion is on July 11 with Evie! Tickets & info: https://bit.ly/LMJULY


What is Locomotion?
Locomotion is about DJ artistry, the creative process & storytelling with music. Every month, I invite someone for an all night b2b DJ set and we go on a journey of spiritual grooves & futuristic rides, making you move like crazy.

The long set time allows us to play long tracks, not shying away from those 8-12min tracks, moving through emotions & genres like there are no boundaries.

Locomotion #15 - Merchant b3b DJ Tracksuit

13122024 restaurant recording by @tienson-smeets

cornerstore during service • #35 • TIENSON

Next up with magic mix number eighty six is @larsfromearth

Host of 'Das Lebendige Radio' (formerly on rtm.fm) he popped into our inbox with the following message and mix -

'About six months ago I picked up a green record at a small art and vintage gallery in Pimlico. On the back of the sleeve I read that it was the culmination of a two day workshop focused on the exploration of hip-hop. The twist: The workshop happened at ETAT, a community group for the elderly.

The gallery was full with locals celebrating the opening of its latest art exhibition. As I went up to pay, someone shouted: 'Thats my record!'. A bubbly lady, probably in her 70s walked up to me and took the record out of my hand to proclaim to everyone in the small room: 'This is my record! I'm a rapper!'

This mix is inspired by a chance encounter with a chance piece of art. The record is a loose collage of even looser interpretations of hip-hop. It was the perfect start, middle and end point to explore my own - very loose - interpretation of the genre.' 

Question is, can you spot the record mentioned above? timestamp your guess to win a prize! Enjoy :)

M a g i c a s t - 0 8 6 🎇 - Lars From Earth

A live cut of a new Sameheads sister Martha Pinel... Playing for that quite lovely Banana Dance double act after their recent early June Summer open air....

Get stuck in x

Martha Pinel - Banana Dance @ Sameheads 07.06.25

My own Version of Ain´t no Sunshine original from Bill Withers

Ain´t no Sunshine Bill Withers Cover my Version

https://www.nova.fr/news/entre-les-fleuves-27-le-mix-de-marwan-filali-pour-nova-lyon-130044-23-02-2021/

Entre Les Fleuves ~ Radio Nova Lyon

Amsterdam-Noord based resto • drinks • vinyl. Here sharing guest dj recordings from our joint. Connect for collaborations and music enquiries • info@csnoord.com • with love team CS.