this one is crazy!! gotta know what it is

What's Good?

This time, turning the tempo slooow, Telephones takes us on a beautiful and emotional "end of summer" balearic voyage with soul, pop and smooth groovers for some final lazy days in the sun. From recent scene-hits to new finds, mainly centered around mid-80s and early 90s tracks, Episode 008 of New Massage takes us from Japan to UK, Italy to US, and France to the things dreams are made of.

Telephones' New Massage 008 [Refuge Worldwide]

Back from rumoured retirement with more than 188 minutes of seasonally-appropriate selections, recorded live at Brilliant Corners on 16/10/2021.

What's Good? w/ Customs

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)

Tune in to Average Radio label head Tom Bolas, who has invited MLiR for this month’s episode. Fresh nugs by two dear friends. 

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Outsiders: Average Radio w/ Tom Bolas & MLiR @ Kiosk Radio 15.06.2022

The enigma that is Tropical Hi-Fi delivers a long ride into the minddd spanning reggae, rap, downtempo triiips, organic earworms from north of equator through to deep and heady house music and everything in between. Showing a range like no other and selects with no rules, as it should be. 

ID Requests ~ @tropical-hi-fi

1800 triiip - Tropical Hi -Fi - Mix 047

Live recording from Fandango in The Lighthouse, Plötzensee, 2023 

Extra long and extra special upload from dear friend @alexfromtokyo <3
This soft sunrise opening set is the first live recording to go up from The Lighthouse series.

On a cold morning in February, Alex warmed up our sunrise dancers in Plötzensee and set the perfect mood for 5 beautiful hours. Listen now xo

LIVE AT FANDANGO - Alex From Tokyo

San Francisco's 45 king Mr. Big Happy jetted in on the first leg of his European tour packing a giant bag of small records and brought longtime sparring partner Ill Logic along to join us in the Brilliant Corners booth.

Buckle up for three hundred and twenty three minutes of transatlantic soul selections, recorded live in high-definition at Brilliant Corners on 27/5/2023.

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What’s Good? w/ Customs, Mr. Big Happy & Ill Logic

180 minutes and 9 seconds of high-welfare audio, recorded live at Brilliant Corners with all the trimmings on 04.11.2023.

What's Good w/ Customs

After a prolonged break, our podcast is back with the long-awaited 150 episode! Our special guest co-founded @beachfreaksrecords and has one of the deepest collections of obscure vinyl from the 1970s and 1980s in Europe. His passion turned into one of my fave compilations this year, Club Meduse on Spacetalk, 13 hazy, soft-focus and life-affirming cuts that you would have heard at resort discos in the mid-to-late 1980s. His last mix dated 2015, so we’re here to listen something really special. Turn on your heaters as we’re headed down south one last time this year. Lush, humid jungles, red emeralds and purple sunsets. The Balearic Islands, the Côte D’Azur, the Greek Cyclades, Africa, Japan, the Brazilian rainforest and a quick dance in Miami. Lean back for a drift ambiantale.

@charlesbals

Krossfingers Podcast 150 - Charles Bals

Amsterdam’s tallest DJ duo took time out from their hectic UK crumpet-eating schedule to join us in the Brilliant Corners booth for four hours and one minute of (mostly) high-fidelity audio on Thursday 4th October 2018.

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What's Good? w/ Customs & Beesmunt Soundsystem

What's Good? w/ Customs & Trujillo

Mike Burns needs little introduction. From A to Z, from big stars to hermit diggers, from East to West, everyone follows what Don Papa digs. Mike's sound is varied, but stays very true to itself. For 5918 mins., he delivers a June special with lots of that good Digi Dub - perfect for Sekt auf Eis, Campari Soda or big fat long island ice teas in the sun. Ai Papi!

Mike Burns

Near ubiquity is something unimaginable for anyone, even if we consider how the internet helps us transcend distances and timezones, but it seems to be easily accomplished by this vinyl-loving and show-hoarding selector that we have as our special guest at this edition of Gop Cast. Bianca Lexis is the kind of DJ that can accumulate as many outlets for displaying her immense creativity as opportunities to show off her gigantic collection: she seizes them all without diluting neither her unique collecting sensibility nor her special selecting ability. And from a steady slot at Dublab in her hometown of LA to her own spot at NTS aptly named ‘Panorama Heaven’ everything she does carries the same care for the audience and commitment to share her treasures that is shown here.

Gop Cast 028 - Bianca Lexis

No words for this mix by one of the best DJs out there. JD Twitch is an absolute legend and definitely one of the most interesting record collectors in the world. Just sit back and listen how it is done [period]

JD Twitch (Optimo)

Great guest mix this month from Athen's finest Ilias Pitsios @dynamons who runs the equally brilliant labels @echovolt-records and @intothelightrecords 

https://www.nts.live/shows/jamie-tiller/episodes/jamie-tiller-26th-october-2020

NTS Radio Show - Episode 16 - w/ Ilias Pitsios

Celebrating the 25th mix with a special 2 hours long "ambient / electronica journey" from the man that has been running Neroli since over 20 years. Welcome Volcov (@neroli). Interview (excerpt) down below.

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MFM: Ciao Enrico, congratulations with your 50th release, such a milestone and with a beautiful compilation too that is. 20 years deep in running Neroli, how do you look back to it now? 

V: Thank you! In 2000 I started Neroli on my own and since then that has been my baby. Apart from the music itself, I think a great relationship with your distributor is essential to make things work, and I’ve been lucky during all these years [mostly Goya, RH and Syncrophone along the way and now Mother Tongue]. I always liked the role of ‘curator’ and I was always fascinated by certain collectable labels like ART/OPart, Retroactive, B12 so to start mine was the next step.. There were a lot of different moments and phases but I think the main thing is that is essential to stay true to your own story! I have to say that the making of The First Circle was a real pleasure and, although it might have been unexpected by some people, for the ones who know me well it really describes my musical journey.

MFM: While Neroli mainly focuses on the deeper and soulful side of electronic music, you were a drum 'n bass head before that, right?

V: Not really, I was always a so called ‘house head’ since I started buying Trax, Alleviated, Lil Louis, Nu Groove and so on in the late 80s/early 90s. Across the 90s, like many, I got also interested in other styles and sounds as long as they were exciting wether it was Mo Wax, Plaid, Reinforced or Photek. The thing with drum n bass was that I did my first productions in that style and I got booked to play dnb gigs on the back of that in ‘97/98. But in ’99 I started an Archive night at this amazing squat club called Pergola and that was an eclectic affair with guests like Dego, Phil Asher, Ian O’Brien, etc.

MFM: The catalogue looks very much like a close family of artists, lots of them having a long history in music and with only a few newer faces. How come is that?

V: The catalogue is a mix of releases by some longtime friends like Dego [who always had an essential role on Neroli], Just One/Kemetic Just or Alex Attias as well as some artists we met along the way and ended up releasing several records with us [Trinidadian Deep, Ricardo Miranda, Lee Pearson jr for example] or younger producer whom I really believed in like Skymark, Marcello Napoletano, Deenamic. I think its especially the continuity along the years with certain artists that can be a bit unusual compared to other labels. We have just released now the Theo Parrish reinterpretations of Patrick Gibin/Kaidi Tatham/Josh Milan ‘Love to the World’ but in April we’ll have an EP by another artist never been on the label before.

MFM: You're quite at ease with doing mixes, without a crowd, right? Is there a certain way to how you approach recording?

V: Well, as much I am at ease recording these type of mixes at home as much I find almost impossible to do some with dance material. Most of my ‘dance’ mixes online are live from clubs. Usually when I approach ambient/jazz/electronica radio shows and podcasts I have accumulated a little pile of records in a corner that I think should be included in the next one, stuff that comes to mind almost on a daily bases. So then I just need to go through them and try to make them ‘talk to each other’.

MFM: Your mixes tend to have a really strong story telling kinda vibe. This one's no exception. Did you have a specific narrative in mind?

V: Since MFM asked, and you guys just released the excellent ‘Virtual Dreams’ album, I imagined to somehow do an ambient / electronica selection since I had fond memories of those times, buying records at Fat Cat, playing chill out rooms in the 90s and so on…. I thought of certain songs that I wanted to include and tried to create a little journey with them…

MFM Mix 025: Volcov

2024

27/07: Brilliant Corners
04/07: Moko w/ Discothèque Tropicale
10/06: Kiosk Radio (Brussels)
31/05: Jolene (Copenhagen)
15/05: NTS Radio - The NTS Breakfast Show w/ Flo
20/04: WSA (RSD In-Store)
06/04: Kiosk Radio (Brussels)
31/03: Giant Steps
16/03: Brilliant Corners
12/02: Kiosk Radio (Brussels)
09/02: NTS Radio - Between The Sheets mixtape 🌹 
10/02: Brilliant Corners

2023

02/12: Kiosk Radio (Brussels)
25/11: Nam (Manchester)
04/11: Brilliant Corners
07/10: Kiosk Radio (Brussels)
16/09: Brilliant Corners
02/09: Villa Pozzolo (Florence)
19/08: Decimo, The Standard
05/08: Kiosk Radio (Brussels)
03/08: Behind This Wall
26/06: Diggers Dozen @ Brilliant Corners
03/06: Kiosk Radio (Brussels)
27/05: w/ Mr Big Happy @ Brilliant Corners
30/04: w/ Orpheu The Wizard @ Brilliant Corners
01/04: Kiosk Radio (Brussels)
01/04: The Standard
12/02: Giant Steps
04/02: Kiosk Radio (Brussels)
21/01: The Standard

2022

10/12: Minus Eden, Skopje  (North Macedonia)
09/12: BKW, Skopje (North Macedonia)
27/11: Gasoline Radio (Kyiv)
27/11: The Apartment, LayLow
01/10: Quinta da Comporta (Portugal)
30/09: Melides Art, Comporta (Portugal)
25/06: Decimo, The Standard
07/05: Brilliant Corners
02/04: Brilliant Corners
29/01: The Standard

2021 - 🦠

06/11: The Standard
16/10: Brilliant Corners
27/05: Dublab (Cologne)
06/03: Refuge Worldwide Radio (Berlin)

2020 - 🤣

18/11: NTS Radio - The Spaces In Between
05/09: Rimbobo Invites Customs @ Costa Del Tottenham
2̶6̶/̶0̶7̶:̶ ̶K̶i̶n̶g̶d̶o̶m̶ ̶F̶e̶s̶t̶i̶v̶a̶l̶,̶ ̶B̶e̶l̶v̶o̶i̶r̶ ̶C̶a̶s̶t̶l̶e̶ POSTPONED
1̶1̶/̶0̶4̶:̶ ̶T̶h̶e̶ ̶W̶a̶i̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶R̶o̶o̶m̶ POSTPONED
0̶4̶/̶0̶4̶:̶ ̶B̶r̶i̶l̶l̶i̶a̶n̶t̶ ̶C̶o̶r̶n̶e̶r̶s̶ ̶H̶o̶u̶s̶e̶ ̶P̶a̶r̶t̶y̶ ̶(̶L̶a̶t̶e̶ ̶F̶i̶n̶i̶s̶h̶)̶ POSTPONED
06/03: Secretsundaze
29/02: Tanzparty @ arkaoda (Berlin)
14/02: The Four Quarters
25/01: Montezuma Cafe (Paris)
01/01: Crate Brewery

2019

22/11: NTS Radio - The Do!! You!!! Breakfast Show
09/11: NTS Radio - Last Resort
21/09: Giant Steps Closing Party
07/09: Pender Street Steppers Meet Customs @ Giant Steps
14/07: w/ Time Is Away @ Brilliant Corners
29/06: Giant Steps
14/06: NTS Radio - The Do!! You!!! Breakfast Show
08/06: Crate Brewery
30/05: Nuits Sonores (Lyon)
08/05: w/ Trujillo @ Brilliant Corners
04/05: Jolene (Copenhagen)
13/04: Phaserboys Meet Customs @ secret loft TBA
12/04: w/ Phaserboys @ Brilliant Corners
16/02: Décalé w/ Bufiman @ IBOAT (Bordeaux)
15/02: Cafe Mancuso (Bordeaux)
31/01: NTS Radio - The Do!! You!!! Breakfast Show
12/01: w/ Suzanne Kraft & Jonny Nash @ Giant Steps
05/01: NTS Radio - Last Resort

2018

14/12: Bruits De La Passion Meets Customs @ secret loft TBA
13/12: w/ Bruits De La Passion @ Brilliants Corners
07/12: Giant Steps
06/12: NTS Radio - The Do!! You!!! Breakfast Show 
16/11: Hunee Residency @ XOYO
02/11: NTS Radio - The Do!! You!!! Breakfast Show
27/10: w/ Joscha Creutzfeldt @ Brilliant Corners
20/10: Tate Modern
05/10: Beesmunt Soundsystem Meets Customs @ secret loft TBA
04/10: w/ Beesmunt Soundsystem @ Brilliant Corners
01/09: w/ Jeremy Spellacey @ Jaguar Shoes
18/08: w/ Calypso Steve @ Radnor Rooms (Bristol)
11/08: Tate Modern
04/08: w/ Nu Guinea, Mr Mendel and La Mamie's @ Macki Off (Paris)
27/07: House of St Barnabas
30/06: w/ Zaltan and PAM @ Giant Steps
16/06: w/ Mikkel O. Brask @ Brilliant Corners
09/06: Giant Steps
01/06: Selvagem Meets Customs @ secret loft TBA
31/05: w/ Millos Kaiser @ Brilliant Corners
25/05: Nica (Barcelona)
30/03: Edit Bar (Bristol)
29/03: Brilliant Corners
16/03: No Fun Radio - Pacific Spirit (Vancouver)
11/03: w/ The Pilotwings @ Brilliant Corners
10/03: The Pilotwings Meet Customs @ secret loft TBA
04/03: Dublab (Cologne)
03/03: Acephale (Cologne)
23/03: Red Light Radio - London Pop-Up Event
03/02: Brilliant Corners
27/01: Plein Sud @ Kumiko (Brussels)
06/01: NTS Radio - Last Resort

2017

25/11: w/ Riccardo Schirò @ Jaguar Shoes
08/11: NTS Radio - Okonkole Y Trompa
13/10: Garage Noord (Amsterdam)
13/10: Red Light Radio - Dekmantel (Amsterdam)
28/09: w/ Lauren Hansom @ Brilliant Corners
08/09: Brilliant Corners
26/08: The London Loft Party
19/08: NTS Radio - Last Resort
11/08: w/ Prequel @ Jaguar Shoes
22/07: Brilliant Corners
21/07: w/ Dene (La Casa Tropical) @ Club Makossa
02/07: w/ DJ Vegetable @ Brilliant Corners
01/07: w/ Magic Touch @ Jaguar Shoes
24/06: Red Light Radio (Amsterdam)
18/06: w/ Calypso Steve @ Brilliant Corners
17/06: Redlight Records Meets Customs w/ Calypso Steve @ secret loft TBA
08/06: RA Live w/ Chee Shimizu @ Brilliant Corners
20/05: w/ Kejeblos @ Club Makossa
13/04: w/ Julian Horn & Cedric Bardawil @ Brilliant Corners
07/04: w/ Marcel Vogel @ Bloomsbury Bowling
18/03: NTS Radio - Extended Play Sessions
12/03: Deriday w/ La Mamie's, Le Camion Bazar, Charlie Bones & Donna Leake
04/03: NTS Radio - Last Resort
25/02: Morning Fever Meets Customs @ secret loft TBA
22/02: w/ Patrick Mocan @ Brilliant Corners
17/02: w/ DJ D.DEE @ Jaguar Shoes
15/02: w/ DJ D.DEE @ Brilliant Corners
10/02: w/ Mr Pedro & PAM (Okonkole Y Trompa) @ B75 (Paris)
09/02: w/ Théo Top & DJ D.DEE @ La Maison Sage (Paris)
05/02: w/ Jan Schulte @ Brilliant Corners

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