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PURE MUSICA @ Wisodome LA - Teak Makai B2B Jay Loez

Tracklist:
00:00 Luminer - Undersound
04:00 aka desinteresado - Musiquedelaboutique
08:15 WiDisk - Discosex
13:20 Ora - Acid Captive
17:08 Teak Makai - Medium Rare
21:39 Coco Steele and Lovebomb - Work It
26:22 El Prevost - Allez Ally (Shonky Remix) ft. D.Ham
31:19 Traumer - Underlying 
35:48 Akyra - Retrouve
37:58 Sedef Adasi - Mermaids on Acid
41:31 Teak Makai - Play It Again

Teak Makai for KXLU 88.9 FM L.A.

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'

Coalesce 2024 Promo Mix: Teak Makai

DJ, Record Label owner and widely recognised online promotional channel @moskalus serves up an hour of sickly selected UK-inspired cuts.

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What’s your ideal breakfast?
Oat meal, yogurt and scoop of protein!

What was the first record (or CD) you ever bought?
That was an album by Jeff Mills - Art Of Connecting.

What’s your musical 'guilty pleasure'?
My musical guilty pleasure lately is Croatian music! Nothing bad against it of course. I do not understand 90% of what they say, but somehow it really touch my soul. Especially the oldies! For example Dino Dvornik or Oliver Dragojević!

Does your alias have a backstory?
Yes, there used to be a browser game called gladiatus (actually still active!) and I was creating an account there and simply added suffix -us to my surname and here we go!

What’s the best thing you’ve ever got for free?
All the records, clothes and letters that people have been sending me during those years.

Do you have a party trick?
I don't think so hehe.

What’s your current rotation of non-dance music?
For a really long time: Hip-Hop, Bossanova, all kinds of Jazz and other lounge & chill out genres.

Where's your current favourite place(s) in the world (and why)?
My favourite place in the world at the moment is Zadar because my girl and the best dog are there. Not only that, I just love being there to just chill out, especially when it is not full summer season.

Any other passions besides music?
I do go to the gym and play Magic: The Gathering!

What’s something you’re proud of about yourself?
I am proud that I have always kept moving when people were saying no.

Describe your Earworm mix
A lot of people know that I began my musical journey with the UK Sound, so I am always happy to pay a tribute. This one is really fresh and reflects the actual sound of the movement!

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Tracklist:
Ebende - The Source (Arkajo Remix)
Andy Martin ft. Gavsborg - Plato & Caves (Dub War Remix)
City Kudu - Airful Hands
Quelaan - Like This
Roska - Lay Low ft. Lu.Re
Danny Scrilla - Real
Sammy Virji & Flowdan - Shella Verse
Silky Klub - Time To Listen
FREEMAN - Deep Down
Skin Teeth - Void '93
Smolny - Need Love
Dogpatrol - Non PGR (NKK Remix)
Moderat - DRUM GLOW (DJ Lag Remix)
Rodman - OMA
Special Request feat. Novelist - Sliver
LB aka LABAT - I Wanna Rave (KiNK Remix)
Young Muscle - Bad Spirits
IsGwan - Keep Goin' (feat. Macca.47)
Nyreau - Wanting More (Karl F Eugen Remix)
Anthemic Tapes - Raindrops

earworm030 ~ Moskalus - 'Bass Heavy Business'

Earworm curator @whambolam returns to the series bringing a special 2 hour mix to the platform which is a love-letter to a certain sound-signature that always perks his ears - haze.

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What’s your ideal breakfast?
Fried Egg, Avocado, Red Onion, Tomato and Cream Cheese with some Sriracha squished into a Bagel.

What was the first record (or CD) you ever bought?
The first record was ‘A Guy Called Gerald - Black Secret Technology’ from 1995, such an amazing dreamy jungle album with a sick alternate version of Voodoo Ray on it. First CD was either the first Gorillaz album or Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park, can’t remember which.

What’s your musical ‘guilty pleasure’?
Yodelling. 

Does your alias have a backstory?
When I first moved to Edinburgh for music studies I lived in student accomodation on the college campus. One day I was staring out of my dorm window trying to think of a new alias and my eyes were locked with the name of the building written on the side with big letters and then it just clicked. The building was called “Bolam House”. I really liked the sound of the word so rolled with it.

What’s the best thing you’ve ever got for free?
I found a couple hundred dollar bills on the ground once. I’ve also been given a fair few cool hats over the years.

Do you have a party trick?
I can make far too many stupid pointless noises with different parts of my face and hands. Also accents, I’m pretty good at those. 

What’s your current rotation of non-dance music?
I’m really into psychedelic surf rock and stoner metal at the moment. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard is a regular rotation. Also very much into an old Celtic Fusion / Folktronica band from Shetland called Bongshang.

Where's your current favourite place(s) in the world (and why)?
Scotland will always have a place in my heart because it’s my home, its beautiful, my family live there and it’s good craic. Malmö is also great, it offers so much for small city and your friends are never too far away.

Any other passions besides music?
Film and Animation. I used to make short movies when I was younger with a budget video camera before I even touched music production and have always had a real appreciation and interest for the craft behind it all.

What’s something you’re proud of about yourself?
I’ve built the Earworm brand from the ground up using my own vision for it all, have put in a lot of hard work and time getting it to where it is now. That includes this website, the social media, the ‘Malmö Multum’ Bolero Fundraiser VA and collecting all the amazing mixes I’ve recieved. I’m very proud of what its become and I’m glad people seem to like it as well.

Describe your Earworm mix
I’ve wanted to explore this side of my taste in mix-form for a while now. The entire thing has a focus on tracks that all have an element of “haziness” within them. Often psychedelic, misty and melty, enabling the listener to zone out into the sonic fog. I’ve listened to and loved music like this all my life and have always been attracted to it in some form, so it feels liberating to show you this part of me. I really hope you like it.

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George Clanton - I Been Young
One Dove - Fallen
Sonhos Tomam Conta - Wild Strawberrys
Massive Attack - What Your Soul Sings
Eyeliner - Pictionary
テレヴァペ - スペクトラル流体 
Brian Jonestown Massacre - Bout Des Doigts
Sibille Attar - Paloma
Bongshang - Tackhead
Bowery Electric - Freedom Fighter (Remix)
Avalon Emerson - Sandrail Silhouette
Bodywash - Massif Central
Slowdive - Slowdive
Lone - Inlove2
Maara - The Ancient Truth
Afro Celt Soundsystem - Eireann
Software - Island Sunrise
Haircuts For Men - 決して見ません
Darling - Kiss The Glass
Timo Torben – our concrete castles
Aphex Twin - We Are The Music Makers
Oso Leone - Virtual U
Little Dragon - Feather
Cocteau Twins - Heaven Or Las Vegas

earworm029 ~ Bolam - 'Cascade Of Haze'

Berlin-based @evacrystaltips whips up a funk filled butt-wiggling-boog-a-thon in her signature well known fashion. Get your flares on!

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What’s your ideal breakfast?
Coffee, fresh fruits smoothie and poached eggs on toast.

What was the first record (or CD) you ever bought?
First CD/EP I bought with my own pocket money was Lou Bega ‘Mambo N° 5’ when I was 10y/o, it was a great one to bring to the birthday parties!

What’s your musical 'guilty pleasure'?
2000/2010s British Indie Rock

Does your alias have a backstory?
When looking for a DJ name, my friend and mentor Trendy Wendy mentioned ‘Crystal Tipps and Alistair’, a BBC cartoon from the 70s that she used to watch as a kid, the main character has bushy, curly hair, very similar to mine! I reminded her of her, she suggested to use this, I simplified it to Crystaltips and kept my first name too. Even if a lot of promoters still cannot spell it properly, it’s a fun name, and the colourful/trippy visual atmosphere of the cartoon reflects my vibes.

What’s the best thing you’ve ever got for free?
Digital files of unreleased or vinyl only tracks that producers send me.

What’s your current rotation of non-dance music?
‘Avec les Yeux’ by Fishbach

Where's your current favourite place(s) in the world (and why)?
Berlin, I’ve been wanting to live here since I first visited as a teenager in 2006, moving here 3 years ago was the best thing I ever did, there is pretty much everything I want or need, it’s still cheaper than any other major cities in Europe, I don’t see myself being anywhere else for now, I can fully be myself especially as a DJ. It sounds boring but that's true!

Any other passions besides music?
I make analog collages, and I own about 60 plants.

What’s something you’re proud of about yourself?
To have been able to make it into the Berlin clubbing scene in a short time, then join a label/collective (Small Great Things) and being involved in the organisation of our monthly parties (Small Great House), seeing how we are growing our community and how successful the parties are.

Describe your Earworm mix
It’s a condensed version of what I would play for a 2/3 hours set, I’m going through Disco, House and Balearic vibes.

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Tracklist:
Jaegerossa - Get It Together
Sound Support - Bump Into You
Solazz - Work It Out
Todd Terje - Ragysh
Don Carlos - I’m Steel Here
Loose Change - Straight From The Heart (Moplen Remix)
Scruscru - Space Jam
Natasha Kitty Katt - Batt Danse (The Lost Boys Original Mix)
Ricky Razu - Self Control
Turntable Orchestra - You’re Gonna Miss Me (Cinthie Remix)
Ian Pooley - Bay Of Plenty

earworm031 ~ Eva Crystaltips - 'Boogie Dreams'

Berlin-based DJ & Eclectic selector @behrangmohammadi whips up an hour of techy and wonky tunes using his usual light-hearted and fun approach to mixing.

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What’s your ideal breakfast?
Not that much of a breakfast-person but Yoghurt and crushed knäckebröd is what I eat mostly for breakfast.

What was the first record (or CD) you ever bought?
Queen – Greatest Hits

What’s your musical 'guilty pleasure'?
Don’t really believe in guilty pleasures, but If anything I guess Persian dance-pop from the 80s and 90s that reminds me of my childhood.

Does your alias have a backstory?
Well, its my name so I guess that’s the backstory haha

What’s the best thing you’ve ever got for free?
I would say education

Do you have a party trick?
Maybe annoying people with talking/bad jokes?

What’s your current rotation of non-dance music?
Bill Evans, Pari Zangeneh, Saint Vitus, Terry Riley

Where's your current favourite place(s) in the world (and why)?
Körner Park in Berlin is nice during summer as well as some places in Rydsgård, Sweden. But it’s not summer now, so I would say our living room in our apartment, it has a nice view.

Any other passions besides music?
I enjoy playing basketball a lot as well as cooking

What’s something you’re proud of about yourself?
My ability to procrastinate

Describe your Earworm mix
Fun (I hope?)

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Tracklist:
1.  Klaus - Sabz
2. Gent1e $oul & Cubemode - Recurve Bow
3. SP:MC ft. Youngsta - Full Circle
4. Small Export I - Top Key
5. Geo Rip - Tooni
6. Joe Lewis - Crazy Wild
7. Mister Bellini - Hum
8. Rhyw - Engine Track
9. Dan Curtin - Paradise Lost
10. Asusu - Serra
11. Dimi Angélis & Jeroen Search - Divisio
12. The Jak - Aftermath
13. Joey Anderson – Head Down Arms Buddha Position 
14. Mono Junk - Untitled / The Future Remix
15. KAB - Reconnect

earworm032 ~ Behrang Mohammadi - 'I Have No Idea What I'm Doing'

London-based producer Hannd channels an ambient soundscape weaving through different moods and feelings, resulting in a wonderful thought provoking journey.

What’s your ideal breakfast?
Ideal: Good ol' English fry up with a bit of spice; Eggs, beans, potato pancake/hashbrown, merguez sausage, black pudding, sourdough toast, mushrooms, tomato.

What was the first record (or CD) you ever bought?
First record = Four Tet 'Rounds' + Burial 'Archangel'
First CD's (not proud of this) = Hoobastank 'Reason' + Keane 'Hopes And Fears'

What’s your unexpected musical indulgence?
I still find myself listening to old screamo / emo bands like Alexisonfire, Bury Tomorrow, Of Mice & Men, it's like overly aggressive, softboi nostalgia and I'm 100% guilty about it.

Does your alias have a backstory?
I used to have the alias Han Dopkins, which is just a simple swapping of letters in my birth name. When I started to make darker or heavier music I wanted something a bit shorter and punchier, so Han Dopkins became Hannd.

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What’s your ideal breakfast?
Ideal: Good ol' English fry up with a bit of spice; Eggs, beans, potato pancake/hashbrown, merguez sausage, black pudding, sourdough toast, mushrooms, tomato.

What was the first record (or CD) you ever bought?
First record = Four Tet 'Rounds' + Burial 'Archangel'
First CD's (not proud of this) = Hoobastank 'Reason' + Keane 'Hopes And Fears'

What’s your unexpected musical indulgence?
I still find myself listening to old screamo / emo bands like Alexisonfire, Bury Tomorrow, Of Mice & Men, it's like overly aggressive, softboi nostalgia and I'm 100% guilty about it.

Does your alias have a backstory?
I used to have the alias Han Dopkins, which is just a simple swapping of letters in my birth name. When I started to make darker or heavier music I wanted something a bit shorter and punchier, so Han Dopkins became Hannd.

What’s the best thing you’ve ever got for free?
I would say education

What would your autobiography be called?
Hannd: How chronic overthinking became chronic over creating of new musical projects and ventures.

Do you have a party trick?
I can attend and leave a party without anyone knowing I was there.

What’s your current rotation of non-dance music?
A band called plantoid are dope, psych-jazz-rock vibes! Enjoying a lot of Japanese ambient music, artists such as Susumu Yokota, Chihei Hatakeyama, H.Takahashi, love their tones, moods and subtle melodies. The a.s.o. and Acopia album's that came out last year, still not bored of them. I'm re-discovering my love of Emiliana Torrini's 'Me and Armini' album from 2008 too.

Any other passions besides music?
I'm very passionate about mental health awareness with a leaning towards addiction and suicide, something very personal to me and want to help out where I can towards those causes. I'm also an avid reader of books, I've found my love for reading each year as social media becomes more and more consuming of everyone's lives and screen usage, in general, is just way over the top, I found sanctuary and escapism through books and exercising imagination through creative, fantastical writing to be way more calming and enjoyable for my brain.

Describe your Earworm mix
Kicking off 2024 I found it quite challenging, the winter blues in full effect with my first winter living in Central London following a move here from Bristol. I found little joy in going out to parties or events, thumping prog was getting a bit taxing and I needed a break from it all. This mix for Earworm is an experiment really, I wanted to find a voice for myself within the more ambient and beatless genres, playing around with the idea of 'ebbs and flows' within tones and moods rather than tempo changes and driving frog wobs. This mix explores quietness to create emotional impact in a mix, contrasted with some loud shifts and epic builds. It was really fun to put together and there are some teases of beats in there too.

earworm033 ~ Hannd - 'Headfog Mood Life'

Malmö-bred, Stockholm based Bob G showcases a selection of shuffly tech house tracks that are the bedrock beneath his now well-known style.

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What’s your ideal breakfast?
Keeping it quite simple and Swedish, freshly baked bread with butter cheese and some sliced paprika. With some black coffee and orange juice.

What was the first record (or CD) you ever got?
Must be something I got from my older brother, maybe Black Sabbath or The Offspring.

Any recent TV / Movie reccomendations? 
I always talk about this documentary called rain-deer spotting which is one of my all time favorite films. But other more recent ones I don’t really have any.

Does your alias have a backstory?
Yes! It stems from my nickname which is Bob. Bob comes from Bob The Builder, which a friend namned me as I use to work full time as a carpenter. Then the G at the end is just a little homage to one of the greats, Mr G.

Do you have a party trick?
Maybe a bad joke from time to time.

What’s your current rotation of non-dance music?
Nationalteatern, The spits, Elliott Smith, Kokoroko, Cory Hanson.

Who’s your favourite Music Artist right now?
Electronic wise I must say Garrett David, he’s just a constant inspiration. But otherwise I think atm it would be Eterkropp.

Any other passions/hobbies besides music?
I have quite a few, but climbing, painting, hiking and reading books are some examples.

What’s something you’re proud of about yourself?
Having been a carpenter for many years, that skill of being able to build is something I cherish and take pride in.

Describe your Earworm mix
It’s just all my first vinyl purchases (and some newer ones that fit the vibe) but the sound stems from the minimal side of things. So it’s paying homage to what got me started with electronic music.

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Tracklist:
Voles - You Have What You Want
Harrison BDP - Untouched
Tripmastaz vs Satoshi Tomiie - Drift One
Diego Krause - Superposition
Mbius & Mateo Dufour - Delorean
Pierre Marty - Sweet Dance
Admnti - Overthink
Parsec - Error
Nick Beringer - Revert
Julenn Apollo - They Don’t Know
Per Hammar - Tv1000
Djoko - In Favour
N Gynn - Pull Up
Malin Genie & Per Hammar-Disposer

earworm034 ~ Bob G - 'Humble Beginnings'

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