What's Good?

While dropping their self-titled debut LP with us in August, Anya and Izaak from Loveshadow (@loveshadowdjs) were kind enough to also record a lovely mix and answer a few questions. Interview (excerpt) down below.

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MFM: Hi Izaak and Anya, nice to have you on board. Both living in Bay Area, how would you describe your daily surroundings? Is it a nice place to be as an artist?

LS: Right now we live in SF. We grew up one town away from each other near the airport, though we didn’t meet until much later. The landscape is inspiring for sure- we spend as much time as we can out in the parks and wild areas and draw a lot from that. The art and music scenes here run deep, though the cost of living and of course covid have made things tougher.
 
MFM: The songs on your debut album as Loveshadow -which will be out in August- sound incredibly fresh where they also remind to certain pop, boogie, funk and even house from the mid and late '80s. What were some of your main influences for this project? 

LS: Thanks! We have to mention the UK act Fashion after whose song we named the group, but our tastes range all over. You could say that Loveshadow is kind of a lap around the 80’s prehistory of today’s dance music, when things were still firmly rooted in pop songwriting but had a simultaneously psychedelic and funky sensibility- one that grew out of dub/disco/punk counterculture. Getting more serious about learning the records at the roots of the whole thing allowed us to see how we might contribute something new to it in a way that was more than a style exercise.

MFM: Of course also the use of specific instruments ad up to that flavor - it seems that for example the Linndrum plays an important role. Did you aim for that sound and gathered the instruments around it, or the other way around maybe?

LS: We had an overall idea in mind that definitely informed the instrumentation but we’re not purists. A lot of the sounds on the record are replications of or deviations from the iconic originals. Those famous drum sounds in particular are like symbols, they impart a particular meaning and we use them to set a mood.

MFM: What's the dynamic between the two of you like in the studio? Is there a certain steady structure or does this change all the time? Maybe you could tell a little about your writing and recording process?

LS: It changes all the time- we’ve lived and worked in so many places separately and together since we started recording. Either one of us might come up with an idea that we’ll design sounds around, demo, arrange, and then throw it all in the trash and start again. Most of the songs on the record have had a few lives.

MFM: It feels that the music from the LP could work really well live on a stage too. Are there any plans for you to go touring? 

LS: We’re going to play a gig in Detroit later this summer that will be sort of a test run! After that, we’ll see. The project started out as an interest in records and recording, but anything’s possible.

MFM: Thanks a lot for contributing! It seems you quite regularly record a mix. Have you both always been busy collecting and sharing records? 

LS: Our pleasure, thanks so much for asking us! We’re always looking for new music. Sharing mixes online has helped us organize our favorites but playing parties is the best. We were gigging around before covid and we’ll hopefully get back to it as things continue to open up. This mix is definitely on the hype side of things- new digs, old favorites, some edits, tunes pals graciously sent our way, and what we’ve been dancing around our apartment to while we were stuck inside.

MFM Mix 030: Loveshadow

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

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B.P.T. Radio 048: Mademoiselle Linda

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)

A survey of some of my favorite songs from Japan, mostly 80s, many "classics," and some obscure gems to boot. xo, JAZ

My Favorite Songs from Japan

https://www.nts.live/shows/bill-spencer/episodes/bill-spencer-26th-june-2022

A Month of Sundays w/ Bill Spencer 260622

020 John Ross

Over the years I've bumped into John here and there, all over the place. At one point, by chance, I even worked on an IT project with him, we never actually spoke, and I can only remember John being the guy who wore the large fancy headphones (probably an early sign of his passion for music). We'd continue to cross paths on those niche Facebook music groups too ('Rotation' for example). 

When we were opening Waxflower, he stuck out in my mind as someone who'd be great to have play through their no-doubt thoughtful collection. I knew he had spent time in Brazil and we'd talked about Bossa Nova collections, so I'd only hoped that we'd get to here worldly and carefully selected gems. That's exactly what happened! John has a truly wonderful trove of music, and this brilliant mix only begins trek his long path of digging.

Surfing in with rhythmic waves of Brazilian Bossa Nova, slowing it down into street soul-esque jams, and picking the tempo back up to close things out – There are only jams here, with Portuguese vocals and musing melodies trending through the whole mix.

“Some, may say,
I'm wishing my days away, no way!”

Recorded live @waxflowerbar with @johnross020

John Ross live at Waxflower 21st June 2022

020 John Ross

DREAM ON with Lloyd @ The Lot Radio 02 - 01 - 2023

@sankywashere

https://undertheapricottree.net/sanky/

Apricot 45: Sanky

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.

https://soundcloud.com/bighappy
https://soundcloud.com/illlogicofficial

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

Broadcasted live at Radio Tempo Não Pára (14.10.2023)

Artist: @marwanfilali

Salon de Musique w/ Marwan Filali @ Radio TNP 14.10.2023

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

June Jams 2017 ( Guestmix - DJ Vegetable  )

The masterful Japanese digger Chee Shimizu showcased his singular taste in music during the June 2017 edition of RA Live at Brilliant Corners.

RA Live

RA Live - 08.06.17 Chee Shimizu at Brilliant Corners

139 minutes on the wind-down after our Resident Advisor session at Brilliant Corners back in June.

Organic Music maestro Chee Shimizu joining in for a loose B2B-ish jam just after the hour mark. 

https://soundcloud.com/organicchee
http://organicmusic.jp

What's Good? w/ Customs & Chee Shimizu

What's Good? w/ Customs & Trujillo

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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