Southern Californian DJ & Producer @teakmakai spins together a loose selectors mix of tantalising curiosity, flexing his quirky and cool taste in tunes. ID crew listen up.

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What’s your ideal breakfast?
Strawberries, Blueberries, light toast with peanut butter, and a ton of water.

What was the first record (or CD) you ever bought?
My first record was GEN-Y - Saturn Flow

What’s your musical guilty pleasure?
I am in a serious bluegrass phase, exclusively practicing harmonica and banjo

Does your alias have a backstory?
No alias, my dad was a carpenter in Hawaii for many years and he used Teak wood a lot. Teak Makai Zachary is my full name.

What’s the best thing you’ve ever got for free? (not a gift/present)
Advice on seeing the bigger picture from a cab driver in Croatia

Do you have a party trick?
I can spin a ball on almost anything (my finger, pencil, spoon, etc)

What’s your current rotation of non-dance music?
Lots of 90’s boom bap with some late 70’s trippy rock, like The Police, Blue Oyster Cult, Rush

Where's your current favourite place(s) in the world (and why)?
There is still a lot of world for me to explore, but Peru was an amazing place to experience. Berlin will always be special as well, of course.

Any other passions besides music?
I am a crafty guy, I love to make things. I like to skate and snowboard, but it is all in the spirit of music. I rarely think of anything else

What’s something you’re proud of about yourself?
I was lucky and found out what I want to do for the rest of my life at a very young age, I have been doing it ever since.

Describe your Earworm mix
I have been wanting to do a mix like this for a long time. It is very experimental and abstract in transitions and BPM, which allows me to showcase different techniques than normal. There is a lot of mashing, scratching, and jumping between two turntables and two CDJs. This is a story I haven’t been able to tell yet, very humbled and excited for a chance to share.

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Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - Night Creature (Second Movement): Stalking Monster
Lulu Mushi - Moon Funk
Gil Scott-Heron - Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Earth Leakage Trip - The Awakening
Radio Trip - Schoolmaster’s Theme
Greyboy - Greys Groove
Vakula - Untitled
Unknown - Riders on the Storm
Thomas J., Krichen O. - Confidence
Teak Makai - (Unreleased)
S. Moreira - Empty Your Mind
Jimpster - Bad Hair Blues
Morcheeba - On the Rhodes Again
Esthero - O.G. Bitch
Frederic Chopin - 24 Preludes op. 28
Fila Brazillia - Heil Mickey
Teak Makai - The Dining Room

earworm027 ~ Teak Makai - 'Specifications'

Label & Mixes 
a passion project by @whambolam

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Creating mixes for an atmosphere to your personal dancefloor — From LA 🪩❤️

Former -- Ibiza Stardust Radio
Former — Club Ready Radio
https://www.mixcloud.com/shredy02/

Contact 📧: shredy02@gmail.com

Exploring Sounds 
World Electronic 
https://linktr.ee/aymamusic

Upcoming Gigs:
05 / Sep - NGBG Festival _ Malmö
16 / Aug - Solar Beats _ Malmö
08 / Aug. - Amadena Terra - Slovakia 
18 /July - Kif Kif Festival - Malmo/ Sweden 
28/June - Ethnosphere - Rossenhill/Stockholm
14 /June  - The  Magic Sun _ Barcelona/Spain 
25 /May - Festival Sagrado _ Sacred Valley 
17 / May - Amadena Terra Festival _Sacred Valley 
26 /May - Activation Station _ Sacred Valley 
24 /Apr -The Magic Sun  _ Sacred Valley
31 / Dic - Munay Sonqo _Ecstatic Sacred Valley 
28 / Dic - Solseed _ Sacred Valley 
18 / Oct - Ecstatic Dance Malmö
27/ 28 Sept - STPLN Gallery - Malmö
14 / Sept - Klubbmagnet - Malmö
30 / August - Bivac - Gothenburg
21 / June - Kajuteriet - Malmö
14 / June - Kajuteriet - Malmö
31 / May - Inkonst _ Malmõ _ Sweden 
25 / May - Backyard Sessions _Sweden
18 / May - Ecstatic Dance - Cusco  
17 / May - Ecstatic Dance - Solseed Pisac
14/ May - Ecstatic Dance - Sacred Valley 
19/ April- Ecstatic Dance _ Pisac _ Solseed 
06 / April - Ecstatic Dance _ Pisac _ Atipax
16/ Mars - Ecstatic Dance _ Munaysonqo
9 / Dec - Solidaritet Aw - Malmö 
8/ Dec - Plan B - Malmö 
1 / Dec - Carpet Collective - Malmö
14 / Oct - Hastad Centrifugue 3.0 - Lund 
26 / Agst - Bunker Sessions - Malmö
19 / Agst - PLX  Tjarō
8/ Jul - Purple Fields _ Strafastrof _Sweden 
1 / Jul - Joyful Noise _ Whintertur _Zurich 
25/ Jun - Roots&Sounds _ Zurich
24/ Jun - Heidy&Tell _Zürich 
21/ Jun - Le Musique_ Saint Etienne _Francia 

Past Gigs :
2023
Centrifuge Hastad 2.0_ Lund_ Sweden
Rex Sessions _Malmo_Sweden
Global Carpet _STPLN_ Malmo Sweden
Mikkeler _ Bornholm _ Denmark


2020
Ecstatic Dance _ STPLN _ Malmo _Sweden
New Moon Dance _STPLN _Malmo _Sweden
Ecstatic Dance Sacred Valley_ Cusco _ Peru
Vamos a la Playa _Open Air _Malmo_Sweden
2019
Grobund Bygge  _ Ebeltof _Denmark
Bass Under Buen ( Ohoi ) _Aahrus_Denmark
Det Turkise Telt _ Aahrus _Denmark
Globalistan pa Fatter Eskil _Aahrus _Denmark
Latin Spirit_Aahrus _Denmark
Le Melies _ Saint Ettienne _Francia