Name: Donna Leake at Dekmantel Selectors 2018 by dekmantel
Duration: 2 h 2 min 44 s
Description: Recording of Donna Leake's set at Dekmantel Selectors 2018.

008 Earl Grey

DJ Earl Grey aka Nik Thorup takes us beyond the dancefloor and into the realm of the cerebral. During his month-long residency at Waxflower, Nik spun a cornucopia of captivating and unique records that always left us hungry for more.

We’re still not sure how Nik managed to intertwine so many polarising genres so effortlessly. Few DJs can stroll from ambient to jazz, from folk to dub, making it sound so organic. Maybe there’s a link to be drawn between this kind of musical curation and some of the more adventurous wine-making processes we’ve come to love at Waxflower. Skin-contact wine often leads to bolder, more intense, and less predictable palates. 

Shady wine-making comparisons aside, it was an honour for us to have Nik play for the whole month. We’ve spent plenty of time listening to his recorded sets, so it was a treat to experience his talent live at Waxflower.

Recorded live @Waxflowerbar

008 Dj Earl Grey

Feb, 2010

Mix originally for http://noncollective.com/

夕方の影「Evening Shadows」[Mix, 2010]

Astrobal ‎– 100 000 Ans 
Torky Tork & Fid Mella -  Nove   
Haircuts For Men ‎–  あなたの目は悪魔です
Fillo & Soupbox ‎– Impressions
Lord Akton ‎– Folk Tales
R23X ‎– Letting Go
Pascal Viscardi ‎– Guided By A White Light
Scott Bomar ‎– We Done    O.S.T.  Dolemite Is My Name
Chris Coco ‎– Down To The Sea
The Lasso ‎– Pier Of Dreams
Sweetback ‎– Gaze
KevinTheCreep – Afta All Dis Time
knxwledge ‎– Learn
Smoke DZA x Pete Rock – Cheeba (Bonus)
Devin Morrison – Guaranteed (Instrumental)
B.A.R.
Tibor Szemzo - The Lullaby of Á
U.C. Redd – The Way I Like It 
Fabio - Heroes show up late
Connan Mockasin - K is for Klassical
Dean Blunt - WOOSAH
Years 
Sam Gendel - They B All Like
YL Hooi - Lucky
World Famous ‎– Robby's Song
Meyna Co. - Theme Of Lui

artwork by Hiroto Ise
instagram.com/iseneehihinee

cosxmes 2021

cosxmes 2021mix

Last mix of the year 2022 comes from Rotterdam based Suze Ijó (@suze_ijo) who has been making heat across dance floors world wide. Interview (excerpt) down below.

www.musicfrommemory.com

MFM: Hi Suze, welcome to the series. You used to work at Clone. Do you believe working in a record store has helped you as a DJ and the other way around?

SI: I think that the type of person that gets attracted to working in a record shop are usually music geeks(like I am). So it was wonderful being surrounded by only music geeks for three years and sharing with each other our influences, hearing all the records coming in and finding out about some cool releases on labels you would never even think of listening to if it wasn’t for it being played in the store. I did get a discount but in the end my salary was basically being spent on new records. I think as a DJ working there it did inspire me to dig deeper because you need to advice all different kinds of people about what’s in store. As for benefits for the record store, I guess having qualified music lovers is a good thing to have around.

MFM: By sticking to the more soulful sounds, such as gospel, soul, disco, broken beat and house, and also being outspoken in championing the black community, it seems like you're expressing a message through music. Could you please share your thoughts on this?

SI: Being a black Dutch-Caribbean woman is definitely a big part of my musical identity. I like to weave Afrodiasporic sounds together mostly because they have so much in common, whether it’s House music, Salsa, Boogie, Broken Beat or Techno. I can hear the connections so clearly. Each time I might have a different message but a lot of them have to do with: losing and finding love, letting go, finding community and expressing joy. 

MFM: With playing so many shows at different places on this planet, how do prepare for your gigs?

SI: Sometimes it’s hard to prepare because you won’t know where you’ll end up playing or for what kind of crowd. I usually bring a variation of new finds and old classics with me. Also I try to make a playlist per event in Rekordbox. I kind of see it like puzzling, you want to make sure the pieces fit together. It usually starts with me overpacking and then slowly taking out the records that aren’t necessary or most likely won’t be played. I used to spend a lot of time preparing but because I play so much these days, I am almost always in a state of preparation and that takes away the stress that used to come with it. It allows for more spontaneity.

MFM: Please tell us about this mix, was there a certain vibe or idea you wanted to capture?

SI: I wanted this mix to be slow paced and imaginative, to almost make it feel like a movie soundtrack when closing your eyes. I don’t want to say too much about it because I want every listener to have their own interpretation but the transmission of intergenerational trauma and memory is something that I had thought about a lot lately. Then I found a poem by Brazilian Maestro Milton Nascimento which is the guideline of this mix. The Poem “Era Rei e Sou Escravo” (translation: I was a king and I am enslaved) tells the story of an enslaved person, being taken from the African mainland and no matter how badly he is treated or wherever he is taken, he says that the memory of his country and the memory of the music of his people stays and never goes away. It keeps him hopeful, he ends the poem with: Sou Escravo Serei Rei(I am a slave, I will be a king). From that moment on we travel.

MFM Mix 046: Suze Ijó

Powder & 5ive live from the Sunrise Sessions at Love International 2022.

Love International returns in 2023 from July 12th - 18th, tickets available now at: www.loveinternationalfestival.com/

Live from the Adriatic 2022: Powder & 5ive

Yu Su's exclusive mix for RDC 2023 podcast:

"sneaky dance music!"

RDC 062 - Yu Su

Live @ The Garden, Zadar [24/4/2014]

Coco Maria’s performance on the Rush Hour takeover of 1908 was a clear reminder of just how deep her dedication to music discovery goes. We couldn't be happier to share her three hour set from what was one of the most glorious days in GALA history.

www.thisisgala.co.uk
May 24-26, 2024.

Coco María live from 1908 - GALA '23

Big numbered Trushmix 70 features Cross-Atlantic session from Pender Street Steppers & Hashman DeeJay outta Vanvouver in-the-mix with Sex Tags Mania’s DJ Sotofett. The crew takes the left-turn; blending fine recent Polish digs, regular dubs, connected world music as well as disco & house trods, classic breaks and cuts of modern latin during 3h45m of endurance.

Should you be in Bilbao the 20th of March - be sure not to miss
Pender Street Steppers & Hashman DeeJay
at Paraleloan, Kafe Antzokia

And - in Berlin March 21st you shouldn’t miss
Sex Tags Mania with DJ Fett Burger & DJ Sotofett
at Ohm, Berlin

Trushmix 70:  DJ Sotofett w. Pender Street Steppers & Hashman DeeJay

Recording of Donna Leake's set at Dekmantel Selectors 2018.

Dekmantel Selectors 2018

Donna Leake at Dekmantel Selectors 2018

Here's a new episode of the Pender Street Steppers Show (PSSS) with our good friend @czwang . CZW wanted to present a mix that showcased the music he grew up with in Vancouver, back when he was a breakdancer battling rival crews on the daily https://www.instagram.com/p/B2RxzCKhH8g/ 

Tracklist available - https://bit.ly/2nFhE1A

Please check out CZ Wang's band People Plus - https://youtu.be/1cr9GkR_o6w

NTS Radio Episode 15 with guest CZ Wang (24/9/19)

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