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

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Gigs 2024:
- Pepe's Bodega - Live - Rävarnas Afton, Sweden - 10/5
- Don Pepe - DJ - Oslo, Norway - 25/5
- Pepe's Bodega - Live - Dance For Life, Belgium - 22/6
- Don Pepe - DJ - Ethereal Decibel, France - 5-7/7
- Pepe's Bodega - Live - Ethereal Decibel, France - 5-7/7
- Don Pepe - DJ - Ethereal Decibel, France - 5-7/7
- Pepe's Bodega - Live - Waha Festival, Romania - 10-15/8
- Don Pepe - DJ - Waha Festival, Romania - 10-15/8