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Mixes - Space Disco/Balearic/House

Walking In The Sun (Crussen Bootleg)

Wise Dub in honour of grandfather Huachuma. 

DJ-set from Antaris Festival outside of Berlin, July 2014.

Huachuma Dub - @ Antaris Festival 2014

Namnet försvann

Greetings from the land of eternal spring!

Recorded while living and working at a hidden retreat in southern Ecuador. Recorded for one purpose only: hiking the mountains with Huachuma...

Mein Dzei 2016

Recorded at the beautiful Human Evolution Festival in Italy late august 2016. Following the theme of the festival I created a journey from where it all began, through our species past, present and inevitable future. Hope you'll enjoy!

Please support the artists and labels who dedicate their lives to fulfill your souls.

01 – Chancha Via Circuito – Macá Tobiano (Simbohlic Edit)
02 – Populous – Guadeloupe
03 – Axel Krygier – Cumbia Tucumana
04 – Tremor – Viajante
05 – Umoja – ZuchoMaya
06 – El Búho – Tecolotin
07 – Nicola Cruz – Invocacion
08 – Jota Karloza - Sloth
09 – Mala & Dreiser & Sexto Sentido– Como Como (Theo Parrish Remix)
10 – R Vincenzo – Cabras No Elevado Quilombola
11 – Xanga – La Luz
12 – R Vincenzo – Eletrotranse Do Alto Rio Negro
13 – Jota Karloza – Ugate Soraj
14 – Psilosamples – Agulha No Boneco
15 – Kurup – Macaúba
16 – Clap! Clap! – Ichnusa
17 – Umoja – Beatacuda
18 – Psilosamples - Perdão
19 – Panchasila - Cariñito Dub
20 – El Remolon – Energia Natural (Chancha Via Circuito Remix)
21 – Mala – Shadows
22 – Freeman – Obelisk
23 – Shackleton – Man On A String Part 1 & 2
24 – Ricardo Villalobos & Max Loderbauer - Meets Tshetsha Boys
25 – Mala – Cuba Electronic
26 – DJ Khalab – Malala
27 – Clap! Clap! – Camo
28 – Clap! Clap! – The Rainstick Fable
29 – Psilosamples – Chocolate
30 – Bwoy De Bhajan – Splooj Yodor’s Coconut Island
31 – Bwoy De Bhajan - Northern Quartz Aurora 
32 – Bwoy De Bhajan - Mysterious Moon Village (Celestial Space Version)

Anthropos Logos - @ Human Evolution Festival 2016

Soulrise 2017

A very personal and eclectic collection of love songs from the vinyl collection of my past. Many stories could be told about the music, the different styles and my own relation. But I'll spare you....

Stay Balearic,
Sim

01 – Nu Guinea – Howls
02 – Fonda Rae -  Heobah (Instrumental)
03 – Cameo – She’s Strange (Long Version)
04 – New Musik – Hunting (I-Cube Edit)
05 – Andras & Oscar – Make It Better
06 – Endgames – Ecstasy
07 – Nu Guinea – The Birds Rejoice
08 – Shuggie Otis – XL-30
09 – Thunder Tillman – Jaguar Mirror
10 – El Molito – Machine Alley
11 – Lilacs & Champagne – Babbling Brooke
12 – Terry Brooks & Strange – High Flyer
13 – Ptaki – Ostani Kurs
14 – Parachute Club – Tobago Style (Edit)
15 – TCP – Twonga
16 – Quando Quango – Genius
17 – Idjut Boys – Dainty Dish
18 – Push/Pull – Zanzibar
19 – Dream 2 Science – Breathe Deep
20 – Raiders Of The ARP – Arrival
21 – Eirwud Mudwasser – Caldafar
22 – Secret Circuit – Out West
23 – Francis Lai – Young Freedom
24 – Vasco Rossi – Una Splendida Giornata (Instrumental)
25 – Dayton – Promise Me 
26 – Leon Lowman – Liquid Diamonds
27 – Motion – Hawian Hi!
28 – Jah Wobble, Jaki Liebezeit, Holger Czukay, The Edge, Arthur Russell & Marcella Allen – Hold On To Your Dreams
29 – Gigi Masin & Tempelhof – Red Venus
30 – Woo – Trish’s Return

Kolibri Funk (Vinyl set) 2017

An evening of beers and giggles ended up in this edit.. 

Johnossi - Man Must Dance (Crussen Re-Edit)

Excerpt from a maraton set at Swedish psychedelic festival Forest Star around midsummer 2018. This was the first half, while the sun was setting, the rest of the set went deeper, darker and more techy. Included a whole bunch of my own little edits for this set, for some extra personal flavour. 

01 - Todd Terje - New Mjondalen Disco Swingers (Don Pepe Edit)
02 - Ponty Mython - Lovin' You Is A Pleasure (Don Pepe Edit)
03 - Williams - Confused Arp Disco (Frisvold & Lindbaek Remix)
04 - Das Komplex - Tonight, Good Night
05 - Lindstrom & Lindbaek - Alien In My Pocket (Rune's Extended Mix)
06 - Das Komplex - All For Love
07 - Lemonade - Bliss Out (Frisvold & Lindbaek Remix)
08 - Khidja - Microb
09 - Tony Allen - Asiko (Motor City Drum Ensemble Remix)
10 - Strategy - Tuff Life
11 - Owiny Sigoma Band - Nyiduonge Drums
12 - The Emperor Machine - Africa (Wolf Müller Remix)
13 - Dude Energy - Renee Running
14 - Todd Terje & Det Gylne Triangel - Maskindans
15 - Khidja - Die Wilde Spirale
16 - Owiny Sigoma - Changaa Attack (General Ludd Remix)
17 - The Coober Pedy University Band - Kookaburra
18 - Bob Holroyd - African Drug (Four Tet Remix/Don Pepe Edit)
19 - Ost & Kjex - Milano Model (Mungolian Jetset Remix)
20 - Thomas Krome - The Real Jazz (Erot Remix/Don Pepe Edit)
21 - Flash Atkins - Squatting (Mental Overdrive Remix)
22 - Ralph Myerz & The Kosmik Diamondz - Lett Sommarmat
23 - Låpsley - Operator (DJ Koze Remix)
24 - Lindstrom - Another Station (Todd Terje Temix)
25 - Space Dimension Controller - Flight Of The Escape Vessels
26 - The MFA - The Difference It Makes (Superpitcher Remix)
27 - Kilowatts - Hyperion Hustle
28 - Nathan Fake - Undoing The Laces
29 - Petter - Robotfood
30 - Britney Spears - Breathe On Me (James Holden Remix)
31 - Bjorn Torske - Langt Fra Afrika (Todd Terje Remix/Don Pepe Edit)
32 - Four Tet - Kool FM (Champion Remix)
33 - Blawan - Bohla
34 - Pearson Sound - XLB
35 - Josh Wink - Talking To You
36 - James Holden - A Break In The Clouds (Beats Tool)
37 - Snacks - Order To The Senses (Kornél Kovács Remix)
38 - Janis - Parental Advisory House (Kornél Kovács Remix)
39 - Mr. Oizo - Flat Beat
40 - Dextro - Do You Need Help (The MFA Remix/Don Pepe Edit)

DJ-set @ Forest Star 2018

Musik skall byggas utav glädje!

Recorded around christmas 2018 as a nod, ode and shoutout to one of my long time selector heroes Mixmaster Morris. I first became familiar with him in high school ca 2004-05, hearing his early 90's classics as Dreamfish and The Irresistible Force. But it wasn't until around 2012, when my own DJ-adventure was already living it's own life, where I started to notice his true brilliance: behind the decks. As a hobby music historian/anthropologist I loved digging into his older and newer mixes (easily found online), exploring his vast library of music and learning that it can be completely OK to hear a Minnie Riperton ballad next to Plaid next to an old, dusty house track next to an Adrian Sherwood dub beast. Don't think in terms of genres, think in flow, think in the tidal waves that make up the human spirit. Spontaneity. Joy, sadness, depth, memories, experimentality, playfulness, and back to joy again. Always come back to joy. Perhaps this isn't the words Morris would use himself, but this is my understanding of his wordless teaching. It has been a revelation to me, and something I've been trying to adapt to my own art ever since. And for that I'm forever grateful.

In the summer of 2018 I joined my friend and DJ colleague Anders Navigare to Ozora Festival. Quite accidentally the two of us received a drop of pure and very potent acid in the moment Mixmaster Morris started playing at the Dome stage. Let me tell you it was quite possibly the most powerful musical experience in my life. I thought I knew the music world of Mixmaster Morris, but I guess you can't really say that until you've been tripping under his command. Outside the Dome an enormously violent thunderstorm was causing havoc over the festival, but inside we had the most loving and blissful music experience, grooving to D'Angelo, DJ Koze, Kamaal Williams, Flying Lotus, The Orb/Sun Electric and gosh, did my heart melt to the sounds of "hey teachers, leave those kids alone!!!"? I kid you not, I bursted into tears twice over these 4 hours! Forever imprinted into my DNA.

I bow my head and wish to express my deepest gratitude and respect for you Mixmaster Morris, if you ever read this. Thanks for all the inspiration throughout the years.

// Simon

01 - Bugge Wesseltoft & Prins Thomas - Bar Asfalt
02 - Siriusmo - Liu
03 - Michael Jackson - I Can't Help It (Todd Terje Remix)
04 - Roy Ayers - I Am Your Mind (Pepe Bradock Remix)
05 - James Vincent - Space Traveller
06 - G.R.C. Five - Saga Of A Secluded Swamp Monster
07 - Hi-Fi Companions - I Croon On Empire
08 - Axel Boman & Kornél Kovács - Paris 2006
09 - Move D & Fragment - Untitled
10 - Latecomer - Cosmic Cart
11 - Femi Kuti - Beng Beng Beng (Ashley Beedle Remix)
12 - Vakula - Oceaxe
13 - King Britt & Ursula Rucker - Circe (Jazzanova Remix)
14 - Bwoy De Bhajan - Amazon Lily Hut
15 - Nalepa - Uh Oh Hey Um
16 - Glenn Astro - Forgotten Intro (4 My Peeps)
17 - Linkwood - Pumpernickel
18 - Black Devil Disco Club - For Hoped (Dub)
19 - Georges Vert - En Plein Air
20 - Jaga Jazzist - Oban (Todd Terje Remix)
21 - Kraftwerk - Home Computer (Live)
22 - Seb Wildblood - Wet Summer (Kornél Kovács Remix)
23 - Magic Mountain High - Spacepod
24 - Porn Sword Tobacco & SVN - Untitled
25 - Floating Points - For Marmish

Possible Musics 2018

Excerpt from an all night set at the beautiful chill out barn of my favorite festival. Tropical heat wave in the Norwegian forest, amazing music, flawless aesthetics and my favorite people.

Blissout @ Andra Vaerlden Gathering 2019

For the second installment of our Sofacasts, we are treating your ears with this sublime eclectic mix from Simon Bohlin, a diverse journey into a broad variety of sounds and rhythms.

Get involved:
https://soundcloud.com/don_pepe_sthlm
Tracklist:
01 - Sigur Rós - Ba Ba
02 - Bonobo - Return To Air
03 - Fudge Fingas - Gettin' Together
04 - The Orb - Doughnuts Forever
05 - Saine - Leisure Song
06 - Bison - New Moon Boy (Night)
07 - Tornado Wallace - Trance Encounters
08 - Linkwood - Tears
09 - Link 1
10 - Peter Tosh - Legalize It (Secret Circuit Remix)
11 - Nalepa - Daytime
12 - Jafu - All Clear
13 - Daedelus - Tailor-Made (Floating Points Remix)
14 - Link 2
15 - Bwoy De Bhajan - Nova Celesta
16 - SW. - Untitled
17 - D. Tiffany - Spirit Alien
18 - FaltyDL - The Sale Ends
19 - Djrum - Untitled 9
20 - Synkro - Realize
21 - Ramzi - Coeur Cassé
22 - Rings Around Saturn - Engineered Ruins
23 - John Frum - Shreveport Shuffle
24 - Mangabey - Night Frames (Glenn Astro Remix)
25 - Plaid - Summit (Simon Bohlin Edit)
26 - Bjorn Torske - Bobla
27 - Move D - Reflect
28 - Natalie Beridze - These Things (Thomas Fehlmann Remix)
29 - Sound Voyage - Golden Garuda (Khidja Remix)
30 - Terekke - Mix 91
31 - The Orb - Angel 4 Matrix
32 - Tornado Wallace - Warp Odyssey
33 - Desolate - Ravishing (Simon Bohlin Edit)
34 - Yosi Horikawa - Kingdom Of Frogs
35 - The Invisibles - Wings (Floating Points Remix)
36 - Link 3

Sofacast 2 | Don Pepe

One of my greatest memories of last summer was closing the main stage at Andra Halvan in Norway on an insanely hot Sunday afternoon in July. The organizers gave me the blessing to do it my way, resulting in a 5 hour session that still gives me the chills just thinking about it. Many people asked me then and afterwards about the music, but for some stupid reason I forgot to record the set.

Fast forward to last week, when I found one of the USB-sticks used at the gig, still with a music library named "Andra Halvan 2019". Since there's little to no DJ-activity for me in these strange times I decided to record something out of that vibe. Impossible to re-create the golden moments of last summer, but hopefully enjoyable for your private headphone/hi-fi pleasure of summers to come. Please play loud!

01 - Namaste!
02 - Super Flu - Jo Gurt (DJ Koze Remix/Don Pepe Edit)
03 - Ponty Mython - Street Sunbath
04 - Linkwood - Pumpernickel
05 - Axel Boman - Europa
06 - Nu - Man O Tu (Pepe Bradock Remix)
07 - Nicola Cruz - Espíritu De Proteccíon (Don Pepe Edit)
08 - Ponty Mython - Slippin' Into Darkness
09 - Dreems & Jagma - Bilbio Bush Baby
10 - Axel Boman - Purple Drank
11 - International Pony - Bubble In The Bottle (Pepe Bradock Remix)
12 - Lone - Ultramarine
13 - D. Tiffany - Respect The Flute
14 - Urulu - Body Drum
15 - Space - Magic Fly (The Orb Remix)
16 - I Led 3 Lives - Juini's Arrival (I:Cube Remix)
17 - Tornado Wallace - Open Door
18 - Gilles Peterson - Urgent Rumba (Pepe Bradock Remix)
19 - Coldcut & Roots Manuva - Only Heaven (Matthew Herbert Remix)
20 - Bryan Ferry - Alphaville (Todd Terje Remix)
21 - Iz & Diz - Mouth (Pepe Bradock Remix)
22 - Die Vögel - Everything
23 - Harald Björk - December (Axel Boman Remix)
24 - Mount Liberation Unlimited - Double Dance Lover (Radio Edit/Disko Dubb)
25 - Deee-Lite - Frenchapella/Groove Is In The Heart (Bootsified To The Nth Degree)
26 - Gichy Dan - Cowboys & Gangsters (Social Disco Edit)
27 - Annie - The Greatest Hit (Dub Mix)
28 - The Persuader - Slussen (Erot Remix)
29 - Jean Claude Gavri - Off Broadway
30 - Tore - Battlestar XB-7

Orange Sunshine 2020

The Soundway label manager and Soho Radio resident celebrates the '00s, a special time in her life that marked new clubbing experiences, with a vinyl mix of the sounds that dominated this landscape at the time; Afro-Latin, soulful and tribal house.

Interview: https://www.stampthewax.com/2020/10/15/diggers-directory-norsicaa/

Diggers Directory: Norsicaa

MIMS is excited to share a deep and varied but suitably acid soaked mix from Osaka's Akio Nagase. 

A low-key figure in the Japanese underground for over 20 years, Akio Nagase recently stepped into the spotlight with his Darker Than Wax debut, the genre-defying Roots Magic EP. The Osaka-born producer and DJ honed his craft in the early 2000s, hosting his ‘Makedub’ party in Osaka, and putting out an album and string of singles on Tokyo labels Sound Channel and Rudiments. After a quiet period throughout the 2010s, the artist has returned with a refined, vibrant sound showcased first on his 2019 release with Osaka label Chill Mountain, and now on Darker Than Wax. 

@akio-nagase: "This mix features four tracks from the RootsMagic EP. It's a mixture of old school music from my roots and new music.
I hope you enjoy it.😊"

Buy Akio's new record on Darker Than Wax: https://darker-than-wax.lnk.to/RootsMagic
https://soundcloud.com/akio-nagase
https://twitter.com/makedub

MIMS Guest Mix:  AKIO NAGASE (Osaka, Darker Than Wax)

Hailing from Brussels, Bandler Ching is a creation of musical ideas from composer and saxophonist Ambroos De Schepper. Flawlessly blending contemporary jazz, electronics, hip-hop, noise and global beats, the sound is based around the freedom of expression and improvisation and performed with dazzling conviction.

“If there is any connection between these tracks, it's groove or the imagination of groove. Some of them are rather dark and trap-like, others are dreamy or nostalgic, others are dub and jazz. Whatever the direction, it had a big influence on my own musical perception and I hope it will have the same on you.” - Ambroos De Schepper

TRACKLIST

1. The Gaslamp Killer - The Butcher (with Mophono)
2. Mala - Como Como
3. Mark Guiliana - BUD
4. Nosaj Thing - Get Like
5. Chukwu - By All Means Necessary
6. Sam Wilkes - Descending
7. Panda Bear - Nod To The Folks
8. Jeff Parker - Cliche
9. Bandler Ching - Opalescent
10. Mansur Brown - God Willing
11. Kosmo Sound - Rank
12. Kneebody & Daedelus - The Hole
13. Mbongwana Star - Malukayi (ft. Konono °1)
14. A Z E R T Y Klavierwerke – Ligtijd

Bandler Ching are:
 
Ambroos De Schepper: saxophone
Alan Van Rompuy: keys
Federico Pecoraro: bass
Olivier Penu: drums

Key Links

https://www.facebook.com/bandlerchingmusic/
https://www.instagram.com/bandler_ching_music/

MIMS Guest Mix: BANDLER CHING(Brussels, Belgium, Sdban Ultra)

Passez une heure bloqués sur @lyl_radio dans un ascenseur avec la parisienne Elise Kravets et une sélection intime de library music, allant de l'easy listening à la synth-pop et tout ce qui se trouve entre les deux, parmi Vladimir Cosma, John Fiddy ou Trevor Bastow
Tracklist & more : https://lyl.live/episode/elise-kravets

Plantlife [Sonoton SON 192][1983]

Elise Kravets @Lyl Radio(05/11/20)- Library music special

Hi Everybody, we're almost at the last edition "My Favorite Things" show of this very strange year. 

Show #29 has a very particular flavor cause I’m very happy to receive my favorite Parisian DJ : Emanuela De Luca. To welcome this very special guest, I started the show with a very special track from 1957 by a legendary french singer on a lovely jazz melody. As usual I have selected some of my last favorite diggings like the great cover of the huge spiritual jazz theme  "The Creator Has a Master Plan" by Dezron Douglas & Brandee Younger, a track from the last fusion album from Byron the Aquarius, the brand new Jimi Tenor and Kokoroko and the fabulous Sun Palace’s Edit from Moodymann on BBE. To complete my personal part, here are two lovely soul nuggets : Arthur "So close to you" with its folk attitude and the 1st reissue of the Brand New Kev Beadle Label by Dianne Mower "The Secret Sign".

The Emanuela’s mix starts with some Soul Jazz Gliding including a very actual track called « I'll sing from my window » from O'Donel Levy … if you follow what I mean !!! Her mix carries on with some great deep and mellow tunes by Eiji Nakayama, Noe's Jazz Ensemble, Tom Scott & the L.A. Express, Catalyst  and the italian Sestetto Dino Piana & Oscar Valdambrini. Gradually the selection goes into some wicked fusion Jazz Dancefloor including Ryo Kawasaki (RIP), Boy Katindig and the anthem "Sombre Guitar" by Danser's Inferno.

Enjoy !!!

DJ Psycut :

01 - Léo Ferré - Le serpent qui danse (1957)
02 - Dezron Douglas, Brandee Younger - The Creator Has a Master Plan (2020)
03 - Byron the Aquarius - Timeless (Alternative Dub Mix) (2020)
04 - Arthur - So close to you (1981)
05 - Dianne Mower - The Secret Sign (1980)
06 - Jimi Tenor - Sugar And Spice (2020)
07 - KOKOROKO - Baba Ayoola (2020)
08 - SunPalace - Rude Movements (Moodymann Edit)

Emanuela De Luca :

09 - O'Donel Levy - I'll sing from my window (1976)
10 - Eiji Nakayama - Faraway Road (1978)
11 - Noe's Jazz Ensemble - Devils and Angels (1981)
12 - Tom Scott & the L.A. Express - Spindrift (1974)
13 - Ted Coleman Band - What A Lovely Way To Spend A Lifetime (1980)
14 - Ryo Kawasaki - Trinkets and Things (1979)
15 - Kirk Lightsey and Rudolph Johnson with the All Stars - Fresh Air (1974)
16 - Johnny Hammond - A child's love (Fast) (1975)
17 - Boy Katindig - Midnight Lady (1978)
18 - Catalyst - Ain't it the truth (1972)
19 - Sestetto Dino Piana & Oscar Valdambrini - Brioso (1973)
20 - Danser's Inferno - Sombre Guitar (1973)
21 - Morning, Noon & Night - Feeling Strong (1977)
22 - Incognito - Shine on (1981)

MY FAVORITE THINGS — Show #29 w/ Emanuela De Luca (Hosted by Psycut)

Meditative, no-bullshit ambience for reading purposes. Safe travels <3

Functional Music - Reading 2020

"If you can't even clean up your own room, who the hell are you to give advice to the world?" // JBP

Functional Music - Cleaning 2020

Simma lugnt, flyg högt, landa mjukt.
Swimming peacefully, flying high, landing softly.

Functional Music - Afterglowing 2021

Another mix from the vaults. This was the first hour of a closing set at Forest Star Festival in 2017. This was probably around midnight. We continued for another couple of hours before police forced us to close down from one moment to another. Touche....
I haven't listened to this since those days, but I'm happy to say it's a damn fine hour of phutureprimitivism!

Functional Music - Dancing 2017

"... selector extraordinaire, aural archeologist, free-form philanthropist, merry prankster, sonic sufi, and the list goes on..."