Mixes - Space Disco/Balearic/House

Grateful Dog - Birth (Song For Levi)

From the vaults of the Beyond Within. Living by the Norwegian west coast, pushing through neverending North Atlantic winter storms, combined with deep personal struggles, I found, like always, solace in music. 

This mix was uploaded on a separate Soundcloud-account where I put up experiments apart from my "Psy"-persona. It was quite an inactive account, so when I one day noticed that the mix had been listened to 10.000+ times my jaw dropped. Lots of comments in Spanish, so I suspect that the tag "Cumbia" had gotten some random Latinos interested, and once the snowball started rolling........

So yes, there are some Peruvian "Chicha"-classics there, along with other psychedelic variations of Jazz, Blues and Rock. And yes, the silver flute in the end is a young Raja Ram.

Bäverian Roots 2011

Pepe's Island has a sandy cove
Where boys and girls fall in love
They make fires on the shore
Love is all they live for

Don Pepe - Pepe's Island 2025

A trip down memory lane. Recorded in december 2011, while living by the Norwegian Atlantic coast. Winter darkness, constant fog and aggressive winds - my cure was studio time, tropical fungi and these joooozy froots.

Bäverian Froots 2011

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

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

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

"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

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

From the vaults once again. Two hours of quite a laidback house-trance-hybrid, recorded only weeks before I went out on my month long pilgrimage in northern Spain in 2017. So personally this mix takes me back to majestic sunsets, endless body aches, sweet Rioja wine and an adventurous pellegrino spirit. Buen Camino!

Seagle

Functional Music - Sunsetting 2017

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