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The Embassy

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Summer Sessions Vol. 1

“[He] read Cat’s Cradle and had a crucial realization, what he called the ‘Accident’ - when you invent a new technology, you also invent the accident of that technology. When you invent the car, you also invent the car accident. When you invent the plane, you also invent the plane crash. When you invent nuclear fission, you also invent the nuclear meltdown.

I’m not a genius like [him or Kurt Vonnegut or my father. But I have a theory too: The Accident doesn’t just apply to technology, it also applies to people. Every person you meet introduces the accident of that person to you. What can go right and what can go wrong. There is no intimacy without consequence.

I remember, as a kid, when I first understood that only half of every tree is visible, that the roots in the soil are equal to the branches in the sky, that a whole other half is underground. It took me a lot longer, well into adulthood, to realize that people are like that too.” - All Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastai

The Accident - Ecstatic Dance Dallas

Friday Night Ecstatic Dance Set @ Yoga Barn Bali (2023)

Friday Night Ecstatic Dance Set @ Yoga Barn Bali

“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I'll meet you there.” —Rumi


04. Ley
for Willow. Made right after a group prayer. Infused.

05. Manna
for Devon and Honey.

Art by Ava Clifforth

Buffer

Music to swim in a lake by…

“Live” from Something Else 2023. More rain than sun, but it was fun anyway.

Just Add Water

NEW TO BALAMII - Listen back to bratmode's solo debut, live from arcade. Inside, RnB, bruk, and post-punk selects from the likes of Missy Elliott, Radioactive Man, and Julie Stapleton.

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bratmode - September 2023

FireTribe 12 Year Anniversary -1 Hr Set

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Garden's Gates 04 - Eden FM

箱の中に

Another classic mix from the vault.. Lots of breakbeats and acid in this one. 

Zack Hill - Was There Ever Any Doubt?

This is an all, first press vinyl mix............ I recorded my voice a bit low, but the mix sounded so nice, I thought I'd post it anyway.

All original vinyl, Ska and Early Reggae Mix

A(mostly) live mix recorded in December 2017 at the Sonic Runway in San Jose, California. The Sonic Runway is a light-art installation that converts audio signals into a pattern of lights that shoot down a corridor of arches at the speed of sound. More on the Sonic Runway here: https://sonicrunway.herokuapp.com/

There was an audio signal loss around 30 minutes in so I dropped the last part of the mix but threw back Stranger Things to go full circle

Frequencies from the Upside Down (live at Sonic Runway 2017-12)

A big mash-up of all things tropical & funky, from Dominica to Haiti, Benin to Martinique, Morocco to Cape Verde and much much more..

TRACKLIST:
Den Sorte Skole: Heli Yosa (Denmark)
Dexter Story: Merkato Star(USA)
Lord Echo: Long Time no See (New Zealand)
Exile One: Ole Ole (Dominica)
Super Combo: Moin Domi Dewo (Martinique)
Super Combo: Descarga Super Combo (Martinique)
Bentho Gustave Titiou & Poly Rythmo: Agnon Djidjo (Benin)
Cedric Im Brooks: Sabasi (Jamaica)
Den Sorte Skole & the Danish National Chamber Orchestra: Symphony No1 (Side C) 
Fadoul: Maktoub Lah (Morocco)
Abel Lima: Corre Riba, Corre Baxo (Cape Verde)
Urbano de Castro: Merengue Rebita (Angola)
Magalhães e sua Guitarra: Xangô (Brazil)
Dionisio Maio: Corpim Sabe (Cape Verde)
Antonio Dos Santos: Djal Bai Si Camin (Cape Verde)
Swinging Stars of Dominica: Las Mal Parlé
Tabou Combo: Tu As Volé (Haiti)
Les Maxel’s: Toto is Back (Déni Shain & Papastomp Rmx) (Guadeloupe)
Guehi Jean: Pantalon Craqué (Ivory Coast)
Magic Source: Lovestruck (Voilaaa Rmx) (France)
Jimi Tenor: Quantum Connection (Finland)
Rob: Make it Fast, Make it Slow (Ghana)
Ghostfunk: Make it NY (USA)
Miles Bonny: Fela (USA)
Dj Quik: Roger’s Groove (USA)
Da Weasel: Todagente (Xxoy & Ruben Carrington Rmx) (Portugal)
Eneas: Delicia (Spain)
Erick Cosaque: Embawgo (Guadeloupe)

Mael's Rum Diaries

Here is a Second World Tour of Reggae Music

Ismaël Isaac et Les Frères Keita - La Paix (Ivory Coast 🇨🇮) 
Saraba - Mbarly Warly (Gambia 🇬🇲 / Ghana 🇬🇭) 
Gramacks - Want What You Get (Dominica 🇩🇲) 
Mushapata & Saba Fithing - Briba Baba (France 🇫🇷) 
Eric Donaldson - Rocky Road (Jamaica 🇯🇲) 
Adioa - Soweto Man (Senegal 🇸🇳) 
CMX5 - Why Should We ? (Cayman Islands 🇰🇾) 
Touré Kunda - Hamidu (Senegal 🇸🇳) 
Vision - World Crisis (Barbados 🇧🇧) 
Stanley Murphy - Gnipa Gnileu (Ivory Coast 🇨🇮) 
The Night Rockers - Quanza (Netherland 🇳🇱) 
Bovick - Semeki Joe (Democratic Republic of The Congo 🇨🇩) 
Calcutta - Katmandu (Sweden 🇸🇪) 
Jah Globe & The Pyramid Posse - More People Are Walking (UK 🇬🇧) 
Atumba - Mother Land (USA 🇺🇸) 
Nasio - Babylon Is A Fallin (Dominica 🇩🇲)

Worldwide Reggae Selection vol.2

During our 30+ year history we have become well-known for championing a wide-range of musical genres, but for many people we will forever be associated with the golden age of hip hop and our Soho stores. The memories of the music and culture from that time are intertwined with the experience of being in that store (for customers and staff alike). Mr Bongo founder and MD, Dave Buttle, recalls that heady period in Mr Bongo history…

"It was a really exciting time. Soho was booming - full of media companies, record, stores, labels, and the place to go in London for your vinyl shopping needs. If you had an exclusive new hip hop release in store the word would spread and it would be a roadblock. We are talking the early Rawkus releases, Mos Def, Company Flow, then we had Dr Octagon, exclusive Lord Finesse bits from Japan."

Hip hop will always be in the DNA of Mr Bongo and a couple of years back we decided to channel that into a Mr Bongo Hip Hop 45 reissue series. Our ambition was to release the best and most in demand cuts from the 80’s and 90’s on 7" in original picture sleeves. It’s a collection of our personal favourites, Bongo store anthems and undeniable classics. We kicked the series off with A Tribe Called Quest ‘Scenario’ and we are about to hit release number 20 with the Egyptian Lover ‘Computer Love'. The series has featured artists such as Nas, Souls of Mischief, Ultramagnetic MC’s, Cypress Hill, Gang Starr, Black Sheep - to name a few. The response to these releases has been fantastic - the demand for these cuts is coming in from all around the world and we are very thankful for the support and love they are getting!

To celebrate reaching release number 20 in the series we thought now would be a good time to showcase the catalogue in full. We called in DJ Chris Read to put together an exclusive Mr Bongo Hip Hop 45’s mix. Chris is a long-time collaborator with Bongo, has a deep knowledge of hip hop, and is an incredible DJ. Perfect for this mix. 

"Every track featured in the Bongos Hip Hop 45s reissues series is a certified classic and a high proportion of these records featured heavily in my DJ sets during the 90s and beyond. It was a lot of fun not only to see these records again on 45, but also to revisit them in this mix. 

In the years after I moved back to London in the early 2000s, a record shopping trip to Soho was a regular part of my Saturday routine and a visit to Mr Bongo's Berwick Street store was an essential stop on a circuit that took in stores including Record and Tape Exchange, Major Flavas, Scenario, Deal Real and many others. The space was small, the queue for the counter usually deep and the vibe was often hectic, but the atmosphere was electric. I have no idea how many hours I must have spent flicking through the racks or stood at the counter trying to get a glimpse of the latest arrivals up on the wall, but they were hours well spent, made all the better by the presence of some top class DJs serving from behind the counter.” Chris Read

Mr Bongo Hip Hop 45s - Mixed by Chris Read

Bedroom producer and occasional DJ based in SF, California. Ears fixed on new music conjuring future vibes and sprits past from the Global South

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stay fresh & keep digging !

Frequencies from the Upside Down (live at Sonic Runway 2017-12)

--AWAZ--

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