For some dance music fans, Hamish & Toby may be their new favourite DJs thanks to a recent US tour and excellent sets at festivals like Glastonbury, Dimensions, Houghton and Freerotation. 2022 was, after all, a breakthrough year for the UK duo. But in their own, close-knit world of Discogs fanatics and vinyl purists, Hamish Cole and Toby Wareham are admired and established names. They met while studying in Leeds, bonding over a shared love of wiggly bombs at countless clubs and hazy afterparties. They ran events (Butter Side Up, Dog Eat Dog), DJ’d tirelessly and continued to dig for obscure gems. Within a few years, they were both working full-time music jobs in London, booking Dimensions Festival (Hamish) and The Pickle Factory (Toby). (Hamish is now a director at Dimensions.) All in all, they’ve dedicated the past 15 years of their lives to dance music.

For all their behind-the-scenes work, Hamish & Toby’s true love is DJing together. They’re known for their long, expressive sets that go, in their own words, “all over the map.” Their RA Podcast, which was recorded live at Philadelphia party Subsurface in May, is a four-hour odyssey through golden-era house, tech house and UK garage. Proper party music, in other words. According to the duo, they were “fully locked in, as comfortable as we’ve ever felt DJing.” It really shows.

@hamishcole
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RA.851 Hamish & Toby

A live recording of Hamish & Toby opening the Earthling stage on Friday at Houghton 2023.

Recorded at Houghton - Hamish & Toby (2023)

Josh (@soundcloud.com/josh-t-music) is certainly one of the most ecletic selectors (and DJs) out there. Whether in his mobile record shop (now dysfunct unfortunately), with his buddie James as "The Ghost", or flying solo: the amount of quality records that have gone through this man's hand is close to unmatched.

For 5918mins., Josh unpacks a mix unlike anything we have ever heard before. It is hard to pin down genre-, or time-wise, but it is safe to say that it is up there with our favorite mixes of all time. His approach feels very patient, yet goes from organic to synthetic, from uplifting to drowzy and back within 80 minutes. Maybe it is the reappearing pockets of breathing space, the passages of insightful, beautiful vocals - or maybe, we'll never really know and just enjoy.

Josh Tweek

Gabriel at OverDraught 5th Bday

Introducing In Your Eyes 003. 
In the spirit of all things progressive, I've sequenced an hour of progressive
(psy)trance, breaks, house and a few things in between it all.
The best metaphor I have for this mix is that of an hour-long roller coaster,
Once again big thanks to Influence Ears for inviting me on!
Keep your ears peeled and your calendars free, great things in the pipeline from these guys :)
so strap-in!

http://nx1.info/music

*Words from Norman*

1. Abakus - Igmatik 
2. Marsolo - Synthesis 
3. Setaoc Mass - Flying Buttress 
4. MOY - Wisdom Track 
5. Insane Creation - Fly With U
6. Reefer Decree - Curved Air (Filur Remix)
7. Ki Ya Tori - Henjin  
8. David West - Carrier 
9. Rhino Drum - Dark Da-Da 
10. Saoirse - Mangomouse 
11. Sonify - Sonifunk (2005)
12. Buzzmonx - Search 
13. Jennifer Loveless - Pleasure (Sleep D Remix) 
14. Cristofeu - Hit 
15. Silverlining - Invisible Ink 
16. Introvert vs. Björk - Joga (Breaks Mix) 
17. Freq - Return to the Masters
18. Lube - Jay Lo
19. P.O.T.S. - Klangwelt 
20. P.O.T.S. - Image Acustica 
21. FileStyle - Your Dance 
22. Kalimax - Where is the party

IYE003 - Norman Khan

Coast 2 Coast [Gene on Earth & The Ghost] - Wildeburg 2024

Human Capital 05/09/25

Angel Waves 015 w/ GABRIEL

1Live Treibhaus 1997-09-13

https://soundcloud.com/theghost are Josh Tweek and James Creed, the DJ duo behind Berlin’s first mobile record shop.  Combining over 15 years of experience in varied corners of dance music - most significantly, the vinyl corner, their history of feverishly sourcing obscure tunes has blossomed into a full-time job.

The vintage Mercedes bus-turned-shop takes them just a short distance around Berlin, feeding the voracious appetites of the city’s most discerning taste-makers and DJs. The musical journey contained therein is a much longer road, exploring three decades of house, techno and various other strains of underground electronic music. The end-product is a couple of ultra-refined record bags, traversing genres and styles with a zesty and unique approach - demonstrated seamlessly throughout this offering for our mix series.

You'll catch the duo at the final outing at the fort for Dimensions 2019.

DIM159 - The Ghost

Before our last event in BAR we had The Ghost over for our Operator radio show and what a show it was. Laidback rhythms and downtempo instrumentals for 2 hours as Josh & James show you the other side of their record collections. Enjoy!

@theghost

Submid Radio - The Ghost

progressive house/speed garage

https://linktr.ee/gabrelmcflip

Gabriel at OverDraught 5th Bday

djgabriel

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