"This mix is an ode to Lovers Rock, mostly 80s tracks by women, with a few contemporary echoes. Beyond the romance, Lovers Rock was about crossing lines, blending genres and cultures - a form of soft resistance through love and rhythm."  — Platina Rosa

Platina Rosa follows that thread, gently weaving eras and moods into something tender, soulful, and sunkissed.🌞

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Frukt & Tobakk vol. 8: Platina Rosa

LUBRIKATE YOUR LIVING ROOM
Episode 2 - 'Remember Yesterday' by Ilan (Night City Life)

WORDS FROM ILAN
"Didn't Time Sound Sweet Yesterday" - Scott Walker

WORDS FROM CASPER
'Remember Yesterday' is a pensive, at times almost elegiac selection of home-listening beauties which have been carefully put together and mixed (with vinyl only) by a dab-hand selector who I've had the pleasure to know for quite some time. Ilan has become known more recently for his synth-driven 'Night City Life' compilations of forgotten and obscure gems, distributed via the Spacetalk label, but we first met on or around the dancefloor of his erstwhile Hypnotic Tango events in various London basements, which he ran alongside my close friend Olly Fas. He's quietly developed a reputation over the years as somebody that goes the extra mile to source weird and wonderful music of a generally upbeat nature, which is befitting of the weird and wonderful chap with a generally upbeat nature that Ilan undoubtedly is.

As with all of the forthcoming mixes in this series, please give it a chance and listen without prejudice. There's no tracklist this time around.

💦LYLR 2💦 Remember Yesterday by Ilan (Night City Life)

Long time Dream Chimney contributor, DJ, Producer Dennis Kane is facing eviction and looking for support. https://gofund.me/7db0132b

We are hosting the original Disques Town podcast episodes and making them available to stream/download. Please consider donating to help Dennis. At the moment Dennis finds himself in a serious financial jam, and we are raising funds to help he and Roan stay in their home of 31 years.

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Originally Recorded Sep 21 2011

DJ Harvey has been on his disco horse, riding the plains for some time, carving out a specific lyrical and influential path that many have tried to follow. Harv always shows up ready to get down, and this day was no exception. Enjoying the comedy of our car service adventures, picking up threads of conversation from the week before in Cali, and debating where and what to eat, he is present and good to go. Of late Harvey has been very busy, travelling for gigs worldwide, bringing the Locussolus project to completion, and attending to an increasingly broad range of remix duties and new material. It is always fun to have a friend drop by and play some tunes, even better when they cover such a broad range with energy and grace. Thanks Harv! Now if we can just get a cab to get us to the restaurant.

Special thanks again to Tariq and Sean for their set up and board work.

Disques Town podcast: Episode 2: Dennis Kane w/ DJ Harvey

Recording of Sound Metaphors DJs's set at RDC Stage on Saturday afternoon.

RDC 093 - Sound Metaphors DJs at Rainbow Disco Club 2025

An hour of Shanti Celeste live from the Love International Sunrise Sessions in 2025. 

TP540 Shanti Celeste (Love International Sunrise Sessions)

Frukt & Tobakk welcomes Pavlo Plastikk!

Kyiv’s LOW Party founder and Closer resident has, since arriving in Oslo as a refugee from the war in Ukraine, filled our community with warmth, love, and happiness, and we’re in awe of his spirit!

This mix is Pavlo with his heart on his sleeve: an all-vinyl journey through  experimental and heartfelt pop, recorded live at Quakfestivalen, Gressholmen Island, 2025 – mastered by the great @runelindbaek

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Frukt & Tobakk vol. 9: PÁVLO PLASTIKK

The Grouch DJ is a record dealer, digger and DJ originally from the San Francisco area. Currently based in São Paulo, Brazil, when he is not at home, he is on the road DJing, and digging for records around the world.

This mix is compiled of some of the favorite digs from the DJs last year on the road, including records from all over Brazil, Peru, Washington State, Portland, Argentina, New York and beyond.

LINKS: 
souncloud https://soundcloud.com/user-564909028 
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thegrouchdj/

H.A.N.D. MIX 077 - The Grouch DJ

Odd hazy shady 80BPM to 120BMP 80's sunburnt balearic brit house.

1. Khruangbin - Zionsville (Vuelo remix)
2. The Gist - Love at first sight
3. Mo Foster - Alone in New York city (KBE edit)
4. Mori Ra - Synchroid
5. Duckcomb - Every Night
6. Witch - Let's get together
7. Tryck & Ton - Æ
8. Mori Ra & ASN - California Real
9. Jon Astley - Put This Love To The Test (KBE Edit)
10. Christian Falk - Quel Bordel
11. Eintopf - All 2 Me
12. Black Science Orchestra - where were you
13. Paradiso - here we go again (stairway to heaven mix)
14. Working Week - El Dorado
15. Barbara St Clair - Teacherman


Sommerhope in a hanging snore

Liverecording of a mix on a beach in 2016.

PETE BLAKER AND MIES -BEACH ON THE E

This Was Belgium 1987-89 - 2 hours of New Beat favourites

New Beat was born and initially exploded in 1987, went supernova (in Belgium) in 1988 and then the formula morphed a bit and was declared dead in 1989. It was slow and initially all about the atmosphere with industrial strength beats - the main form of rhythmic propulsion being the pounding kick and heavy snare. It was often mainly instrumental and when there was lyrical content it often became more about slogans and giving commands - "Move Your Ass And Feel The Beat!", "Let There Be Brightness!", "Shout Out Loud!". While not really New Beat, it's no surprise Technotronic's "Pump Up Jam" was produced by a crew who had produced a ton of New Beat gems.

In 1989 one of New Beat's founders, Marc Grouls said "New Beat is atmosphere, beats, no lyrics, and sure as hell not commercial!!!!!" But, it was already too late. A zillion bandwagon jumpers had diluted the music and flooded the market with too many sub standard 12" singles. New Beat temple, the legendary Boccaccio nightclub, in Destelbergen, near Ghent, had been closed down and it looked like it was all over, but really, it was just the beginning. New Beat morphed into Hard Beat (many of the tracks on this mix are from the Hard Beat era) which quickly morphed into Belgian Rave, which was huge and hugely influential in the UK and is an often overlooked part of the DNA of UK Hardcore, and all that came after. Then from Ghent, R&S Records established itself as thee European Techno label and a huge wave of incredible Techno records emanated from it and many other mighty Belgian labels, but that is another story. 

New Beat arrived just as I first started DJing and I played a lot of it in my DJ sets and built up connections with several of the leading Belgian labels who would send me 12" singles so I had records nobody else here had any idea even existed. I would compile New Beat charts for the music paper The NME which may have given the impression there was a thriving New Beat scene in Scotland. The reality was very different; people here, many of whom would embrace the rave just a little while later never really took to it in a big way.

This mix is comprised of many of my personal favourites that I have loved since they came out (and two I missed at the time and only heard later). I think the tracks have aged like a fine wine, often sounding as good if not better today as they did then. There is definitely a faint whiff of fromage and a big dollop of stoopid in several of these tracks. Of course, it is not all about the cheese and many of these adhere to the "atmosphere, beats, no lyrics, and sure as hell not commercial" rule mentioned above. Some of the best programmed 303 Acid basslines ever made can be heard here along with transcendental hypno synths and those Belgian beats going on and on....! Slow and low, from under 100bpm up to 116, New Beat doesn't chug, it swings in a very distinct way. If you get to see any videos of Belgian clubs of the era, the way people moved to this music is incredible and so different to any dancing we see today.

Many of these tracks are made by the same people under various aliases, which will perhaps be audibly evident. Most of the names have been forgotten, if they were ever even known outside their native Belgium at all, but all are legends to me. 

This mix isn't any kind of attempt to tell the story of New Beat but rather a mix 33 of my favourite 12" singles from that era showing many of the various strains of the New Beat and Hard Beat sound. A lot of love went into this and I hope someone somewhere discovers this music for the first time and falls in love with it as I did way back when. This was Belgium!

This Was Belgium 1987-89 - 2 hours of New Beat favourites

Panthera - Sandstorm (Darude Cover) Free Download

#ADM - Adult Dance Music - Based in Oslo, Norway

Sommerhope in a hanging snore

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