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Italo Disco 17

Last mix of the year 2021 comes from long time friend of the label Alex Ho (@j0-j0armani) out of Los Angeles who has just released his debut album 'Move Through It' with us. Interview (excerpt) down below.

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MFM: Hi Alex, you're known for being deeply involved in LA's party scene through your Moony Habits events for quite some years now. How did you roll into the music scene?

AH: Some friends of mine in college were doing parties at this smaller, 200 capacity club in Glendale. I was hanging around these nights, sort of helping out, and eventually decided to do some events of my own at this spot. Eventually I was doing parties at this other place 333Live in DTLA - Prince used to own the spot but then it ended up in the hands of ex-Chinese mafia guys. My last event there, we got shut down because the owners of the venue didn’t have a valid alcohol license and were missing a number of other permits. From there, I just started doing warehouse parties like a lot of other promoter friends were doing, and it became a regular thing. 

MFM: So you've been a promotor and DJ at first, yeah? When came the first steps into producing music?

AH: In college, I learned how to DJ first, yeah. At the time, I had the software for production but didn’t really know what I was doing - still don’t. But I started making some tunes that I actually liked in maybe 2017/2018, and that’s around the time I passed some stuff over to Jamie.  

MFM: Did the Covid situation affect your productivity?

AH: I had my ups and downs with Covid for sure. Isolation didn’t necessarily increase my productivity, it gave me a lot of time to think about my life and I think I just came to the conclusion that I need to be doing more. When Jamie brought up the idea of doing a 7 inch or an album, I didn’t want to just settle for the two songs so I went for the album.      

MFM: On a few songs you've collaborated with other artists too. Those guitar and percussion parts for example. How did that process go?

AH: On those ones I was actually feeling a bit stuck - I knew I had some good ideas but didn’t know where to take them. I passed the sketches to some friends and thankfully they were supportive enough to send back some nice elements that I wouldn’t have been able to produce on my own.  

MFM: What's the story behind the album cover? 

AH: For the cover, Jamie had the idea of using a photo of the city at dusk. I reached out to my friend Kaleb who’s an incredible photographer and he was able to make it happen. We originally had the idea to use a nice, vintage car along with a number of other props in the shot. We got a bunch of different shots on 2 shoots, but ended up narrowing it down to the simpler ones. 

MFM: Is there a masterplan now that you've got your debut LP out? 

AH: No real plan. I just know that I want to make more music. I’ve had a lot of help on this record - from additional instrumentation to extra mixdowns from friends. I want to be able to do it all on my own but still have similar results - I guess that’s a goal, to be a better producer. This doesn’t mean that I don’t want to collaborate with homies - I’ll likely be doing that more as it’s more real and rewarding, and it’s not just one big fantasy in my brain.

MFM: Let's talk about the mix. It actually took a while for you to, as you put it, “get in the DJ mood” and record it. How come? 

AH: It’s not that I need to get in the mood necessarily, I just haven’t been digging or thinking about DJing as much lately. I think a lot of people spent the pandemic/quarantine getting dope records and working on their DJ skills in preparation for this big reopening. And for me, despite being a party promoter, I think I got really comfortable being together with only close people in the last couple of years - being in the party feels a little foreign and crazy to me now. Hoping to catch the party bug again, but I’m trying not to force it!

MFM Mix 035: Alex Ho

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@user9142974 - Reggio di Calabria

Prima Musica with Antonio Lubrano

You don't get the nickname "King of the Cut" for nothing...

Over the years, Danish DJ and producer Flemming Dalum has built a reputation for being a dab hand at the edit. Italo is his life-long passion: he's been dedicated to the darker, underground shades of the sound since the 1980s.

His impact on the genre is remarkable: he's made nine edit packages for Centre Neptune; created mixes for Mothball Records, Bordello A Parigi and Roller Disco Records; and reworked tracks by Klein & M.B.O, Koto, Steel Mind, Mono Band and so many others.

He's also a longtime affiliate of Red Laser Records, the Italo-indebted Manctalo imprint run by Il Bosco, which he's contributed a ton of edits and remixes to. The Manchester label reached the ripe old age of 10 this year and to commemorate the imprint reaching a milestone anniversary, Flemming has whipped up a special mix of his favourite label cuts to take the listener on a journey. In his own words, "the sound of Red Laser will show you the way."

Flemming Dalum: The 'Ransom Note' Mix

Malkö is a paris-based digger interested in 80’s and 90’s forgotten electronic music,he shares his finds weekly on his YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYH0upeWReKXf7Fcf4A0Zw/featured?app=desktop

Malkö prepared a mix focused around 90’s Downtempo electronics. Groovy stuff!

IYKYK #19 w/ MALKÖ

Malkö is a record collector from paris,france ,he is interested by lost and forgotten worldwide electronic music from the 80's and the 90's decades, he shares his finds on his youtube channel but also on radio shows on Rinse france and Radio Nova.


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ALALA 005 - Malkö 12.04.2023

Get ready for a fantastic mix by Space commander Daniel @pignllrgdegg from Israel! He was born in 1976. From the age of 10 he loved long and special mixes Like the Bolero Mix and Max Mix. He was a DJ in the Techno and Trance revolution in the early 90's with analog equipment, 2 turntables and a mixer, today with all the digital equipment available it is heaven for him for the mixes and mashups he makes.
Follow: 
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https://soundcloud.com/pignllrgdegg

DANIEL: SPÆCIAL MIX 277

Hello ! I had the pleasure to remix my friend and Italian popstar Lorenzo Jovanotti ! 'Aracataca' is taken from the soundtrack of his recent 'docutrip' https://www.raiplay.it/programmi/aracatacanonvogliocambiarepianeta2
Play it loud ! x

Jovanotti 'Aracataca' (Luca Bacchetti Pirata Remix)

PP#38 BY GRAND VOYAGE

🌞💓 🌞 💓 Hello my dear friends 🌞 💓 🌞 💓

My guest in this week's Sunset Lovers show is France-based DJ/record collector and a passionate Parisian digger interested in the '80s and '90s hidden and forgotten dance music well known as Malko. 

He shares his findings on his eponymous YouTube channel, covering a large spectrum from new beat to kwaito, or italo house to dub.
Also, you can find some of his  DJ mixes, and radio shows on Rinse France and  Radio Nova.
He is influenced by the club culture (Hacienda, Boccaccio, Paradise Garage, Baia Degli Angeli…).

Here are a few more links to Malko's music:

https://www.youtube.com/@malko____
https://soundcloud.com/m_a_l_k_o
 https://www.instagram.com/_____malko____/
https://linktr.ee/M.A.L.K.O

He prepared a mix for our listening pleasure from worldwide downtempo, thai nuggets, and synthpop to the sound of France's cosmic balearic disco.
I hope you enjoy the mix as much as I did.

Here is the track listing:

1.Full Circle - Save the Planet, Save Yourself
2.Mignon Feat. Esra - Me Voy Soñando (This Is Not Heaven)
3.Férias Grandes - Mistérios
4.Nanda Rossi - Luxuria Bandida
5.Unknown Artist- สาหัส
6.Sex and Passion - Your Body (Instrumental)
7.Lili White - Requiem Pour Un Con (Cool Version)
8.Vienna - Say You Love Me (Extented Remix)
9.Malcolm Mc Laren and the Bootzila Orchestra - Call a Wave (DFC Dance Mix)
10.Busy Code - China Love (Special Guitar Version)
11.Matthew F - I Don’t Know What It Is
12.เพื่อน – รักสักนิด
13.Unknown Artist - จุดเจ็บ
14.Karin - C’est la Ouate (Instrumental)

Big love to all and huge thanks to Malko for his contribution💛❤️

Sunset Lovers

The Sunset Lovers #64 with Malkö

"SLALOM DISCO" GUEST MIX by RUNE COSMIC
Cosmic Disco, Space Oddities, and more trippin' sound from Rune back at control spacecraft.

"SLALOM DISCO" GUEST MIX by RUNE COSMIC

Mix of the Week #519 is "Balearic Waves"  by Malkö
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Mix of the Week #519: Malkö - Balearic Waves

Legalize Lambada is back and there ain’t no moldy gorgonzola in this Italo homage!

Legendary cosmic captain Albion returns to Lambada-land and starts this edit compilation with “Nucleare”, a robotic jam seasoned with Italian vocals which serves as a great introduction. 
  
Ric Piccolo’s “Disco teacher” on A2 and “Alright” on B1 are serious floor fillers, possibly ready to injure part of the Boston dynamics fleet after inducing uncontrollable dance moves.

At the end it’s Hysteric’s “Moment” on B2 that prompts a soulful side of italo for some deep machine learning.

LEG006 A1 Albion – Nucleare

Malkö is  a parisian DJ/record collector /digger interested in the ‘80s and ‘90s dance music.

He shares his findings on his eponymous YouTube channel, covering a large spectrum from new beat to kwaito, or italo house to dub.
Also, you can find some of his  DJ mixes, and radio shows on Rinse France and  Radio Nova.


Here are a few more links to Malko’s music:

www.youtube.com/@malko____
soundcloud.com/m_a_l_k_o
 www.instagram.com/_____malko____/
linktr.ee/M.A.L.K.O

"Espresso Martini" Guest Mix by: Malkö (Paris)

As a small glimpse into some flavours and rhythms we can expect for our night on the 15.6 at Sameheads, our friend Martha prepared a mix full of dance tunes from all over the globe 🌐🧳🛫

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Disco, boogie & house energy by malkö from paris.

https://www.instagram.com/_____malko____
https://m.soundcloud.com/m_a_l_k_o




MALKÖ @ The Lot Radio 04-12-2025

HyperThrust

UnderCover

RIMA GLOTTIDIS - ˈriːmə gl(ɒ)tidis
Un divertimento vocal-elettronico di Økapi 

Rima Glottidis è l’apertura tra le corde vocali e una cartilagine della laringe. In quel piccolo spazio è contenuto l’universo delle nostre esperienze sonore, da quelle fonetiche minime a quelle verbali. Nascono lì e, attraversando poi anche altre parti del corpo, escono da noi e ci individuano.

Bruno Maderna sosteneva che dietro a una “A” pronunciata si nasconde una complessa genesi sonora di centinaia e centinaia di frequenze difficilmente replicabili se non attraverso lo stesso paio di corde vocali. Sono consapevole che le tecnologie contemporanee stupirebbero anche Maderna. Non ho però lavorato con questa intenzione. 

Rima Glottidis è un divertimento musicale che gioca con parole e frasi che ho raccolto e ritagliato da antichi vinili di apprendimento della cosiddetta corretta dizione. Errori di pronuncia dialettale o disturbi fonatori. Errori? Qualcuno li potrebbe definire così. Per il musicista, sono suoni. Solo bei suoni.

RIMA GLOTTIDIS - ˈriːmə gl(ɒ)tidis - Part I

Økapi - Pakolilla

'AUTOMATIC CALL' is the 2nd single from NINA's brand new forthcoming album SYNTHIAN, due in 2020.

GET IT HERE:
ninasounduk.bandcamp.com/

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*AUTOMATIC CALL*

Always wondering
Where I’m going
Where is best to go
And you were my only hero
All these years and more

But I don’t wanna make a fool of you
And you don’t wanna make a fool of me
So baby why don’t we just leave it where it should be
And we’re through

We almost had it all
But the beating of my heart
Will always soldier on

An automatic call
And now I fall apart
I’ll always carry on

It was on a
Cold December
You and me were done
Saw you leaving through my window
Slamming the front door

But I don’t wanna make a fool of you
And You don’t wanna make a fool of me
So baby why don’t we just leave it where it should be
And we’re through

We almost had it all
But the beating of my heart
Will always soldier on

An automatic call
And now I fall apart
I’ll always carry on

And now you wanna meet up
You know how much it will hurt
It seems I’m never enough
You’re never gonna disrupt
The rhythm of my heart

We almost had it all
But the beating of my heart
Will always soldier on

An automatic call
But now I fall apart
I’ll always carry on
Even if you’re not here

We almost had it all
But the beating of my heart
Will always soldier on
An automatic call
And now I fall apart
I’ll always carry on

Automatic Call in the middle of the night


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Produced by Oscillian
Mastered by Mike Marsh
Written by N. Boldt / L. Fares / J. Wide

© 2019 Aztec Records Ltd
℗ 2019 Aztec Music Publishing

All rights reserved
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Synthian

Automatic Call

AUTOMATIC CALL (feat. LAU)

Metal Gear Solid - Encounter (Remix)

Recorded live from Cocktail D'Amore's winter garden on October 6th 2019.

COCKTAIL D'AMORE GARDEN Sound Metaphors DJs (Nemo&Castro) - October 6th 2019

A huge pleasure to have stellar shooting star @shubostar on our show! This is going to be special and spaced out as it should be and even more!

SHUBOSTAR: SPÆCIAL MIX 155

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Going Places (Butch Le Butch Rework)

Disco Segreta presents DS M 009 Metastasio - With You.

The first ever 12” officially licensed repress of this Yamaha DX-7 and Polysynth arpeggiated 1985 italodisco masterpiece, previously released only as a b-side of a 45 on the tiny italian Discokkio label.

The 12” edition - made in collaboration with Metastasio himself - will feature the original version plus the original demo tape instrumental and vocal versions of “With You”, titled “Fidiù” recovered from tape.

Tracklist:

A. Metastasio - WIth You (original 45 version)
B1. Metastasio - Fidiù (Instrumental original demo)
B2. Metastasio - Fidiù (Vocal original demo)

Formats: 

DS M 009 12" yellow vinyl limited to 300 copies 
DS M 009 COMBO 12" yellow vinyl limited to 300 copies + ORIGINAL With You 45! Limited to 20 copies -> PM!

DS M 009 Metastasio

DS M 009 Metastasio - With You

Made a very small run of these CD's during the summer of 2003. Anything goes, leftfield, italo, whatever... just for kicks

Living for Kicks (2003)

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@j-a-z-1 - Bedford, NY

Prima Musica with J.A.Z.

Disco Tic are Daniele Giustra https://soundcloud.com/danielegiustra  & Antonio Lubrano https://soundcloud.com/user9142974.
Diggers & Collectors, agitatori musicali, dj's & promoters. 
File under: Italo disco, cosmic trip, wave, capolavori nascosti, rarities & gems
Selezione musicale interamente in vinile.

I fondatori sono: Daniele Giustra e Antonio Lubrano, le menti che uniscono la loro collezione di vinili in un set interamente back-to-back.
Incontratisi, probabilmente, in qualche fiera del vinile, hanno cominciato a condividere l’amore per il collezionismo. 
Questa nuova formazione dalle sonorità sui generis, mescola, per l'appunto, l'obscure disco, la disco, l' italo disco, la cosmic disco, il synthpop, la new wave nonché le rarità, da molti dimenticate, se non addirittura sconosciute.
Il dj set Giustra & Lubrano sarà, pertanto, esclusivamente in vinile, per lo più in 45° propri degli archivi degli anni '70-'80, alla riscoperta della 'leggerezza' della musica di un tempo.


https://soundcloud.com/discotic