HOW MUCH

Happy 2025 to all the Idlers out there! We're back with our first mix missive of the year - and it's a doozy. When it comes to edit records, so much has already been done. These London-based boys decided to ditch the well-trod paths of Disco, Boogie & Soul to dive headfirst into the devil's maw that is American Rock & Country music, making some of the best we’d heard in awhile, subtly turning some of the stodgiest 60's & 70's shitkicker jams into glorious glitterball anthems. The fact that they're kickass DJ's to boot made this decision a no-brainer! Ladies & germs, please welcome to the Idle Cellars Mix Series stable - Flying Mojito Bros! These two fine gents were extremely gracious - if not eager! - to tackle the Idle Cellars brief and we all have hit the jackpot. Presenting "Americana Pacifica" - we would call it Balearica re-imagined through the lens of US AOR, soft rock, country and more. Accompanying the mix is this message from FMB:

Rugged, saline guitar jams and sea-smoothed rock – from really recent finds to long-cherished shoreline treasures once popped in our pockets for another day, another day. Well – yesterday's mañana has come. Reach for your nearest Idle Cellars cuvées, grab your grampa's corkscrew, hit the cove barefoot and let the 'super-space-age seventies' pass on by while we linger, carefree.

Here we go - stretch out, grab a glass and press play! See you next time! 

@flying-mojito-bros - follow them!

Mike Bee
San Francisco
January 2025

mp3 & tracklist

Flying Mojito Bros - Americana Pacifica

Winter in NYC soundtrack

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Eli Escobar @ The Lot Radio 02-03-2025

What up IC cru! Been a minute - how you been? We took a little break to let that last mix marinate but we’re back with another for your discerning pleasure. This time around we’re excited to showcase a real UK OG who has been active in various guises over the years, flying the Balearic flag as a DJ, producer and connoisseur of fine choons in The Main Stem circa 2010 and lately with Midlands trio Wrekin Havoc, whose edits and original productions - both of which blur the lines of what is what - have been on rotation in my bag since they first stepped on the scene a few years ago. It’s Rob.J! Robert to his mum, when not up into the wee hours pushing rare track rips to his friends via online chat like some kind of strange drug dealer with incredible taste, has been hard at work with his WH mates Stu & Rich, working on new music seemingly nonstop and blowing minds at last year’s Rotation festival in the English countryside. 

Rob is truly taking us on a Balearic journey with heaps of impossibly rare tunes that sound like they were beamed from the White Island telepathically, mixed by the seat of his pants over a whopping 150 minute mix! Obscure 80s pop gems meeting late-decade dance music head-on, 90s breakbeats, Italo cheese, Spanish vocals dancing with guitar licks - one could be forgiven to think this was recorded poolside at Ku in ‘88!

Big thanks to Rob for contributing such an epic mix, we hope you love it like we do. May it soundtrack your Spring & Summer! 

Mike Bee
San Francisco
April 2025

@wrekinhavoc
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Rob.J (Wrekin Havoc) -  No Rules

What up Idle Cellars fam? We’re back with another stellar new mix for your spring-into-summer fun, so pop a tasty bottle and get horizontal! Once again we’re proud to give you a mix from some of the world’s best selectors and this month showcases another favorite - it’s Brooklyn’s JKriv! We met Jason while he was holding down basslines for incredible acoustic House band Tortured Soul, which he followed swiftly by a stint in NYC disco-obsessed group Escort (amazing!), then linking up with Aaron Dae to create the influential Razor-N-Tape label empire! Since then the man has been living the disco dream, traveling the world playing tunes, making some fantastic music (check out his groovy and soothing Within EP) and opening the RNT record shop in addition to being a wonderful human being. 

He’s hooked us up with a poolside killer that has us dreaming of hot, hazy afternoons treading water, mornings when there’s nothing to do but soak in some rays, & nights of wine & torchlit patios. We hope you enjoy as much as we do!

Mike Bee
San Francisco
May 2025

@jkriv


JKriv - Summer Daze

Raver desde os anos 90, onde foi apresentado a dance music e a cultura de dj, @dirty_dave mora em Los Angeles onde é residente de importantes projetos locais. Musicalmente segue uma linha Balearico eletrônico sempre mantendo uma especie de hipnose do front. Este set @dirtydave foi gravado live na noite do 29 de dezembro de 2024 no Mareh Festival que aconteceu nos Pequenos Lençois no Maranhao

Dirty Dave @ Mareh Festival 2025 - Pqnos Lencois/ MA

cobra clutch 

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Eli Escobar @ The Lot Radio 10-13-2025

XDB & PLO Man at Waking Life 2025

A New Series entitled: The Document Archive presents:
Art Funk a masterclass in funk, groove and soul: 
1981-2025!!…a 6.5 hr odyssey (live in baltimore)

the soul of the groove is still alive and well if you're willing to be patient and listen because audiences in dance music nowadays aren't challenged enough 
as the definitive deknician beyond description broke through that entitlement giving the attendees what 
was needed, not just what they wanted as the 
audience of attendees were beyond intrigued, 
stunned and blown away…
 😳 🎶 🔊 🎼 💥 🎶🙌🏾 🎶 👏🏾 



music concepts selected for this journey includes:

twitch of (optimo)
pre•fix
material
indoor life
dinosaur L
wang chung 
daniele baldelli
an anomaly
duke strange
nu vision 
mbd
the jak
jtc
dmarc cantu
2amfm
delroy
elbee bad
rahaan
nico babylon
mark grusane
the falcon
jordan z
marcus mixx
lex lathan
gene hunt
sneaker
mike dunn 
larry heard 
marshall jefferson
jamal moss 
steve poindexter
gene farris
human league
section 25
absolute body control
esplendor geometrico
liaisons dangeruses
musumeci
twilight ritual 
rhythim is rhythim
klan of xymox
psyche
depeche mode
dave ball
soft cell rare moments of archives🎶 🕯️ 
james white & the blacks

Traxx {Document Archive Series} - ArtFunk (Live in Baltimore)

full recording of my all day long set at into the woods, los angeles – 7th december 2025, 3-10pm

tracklist: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/f7axg6cr8sgoeb75tvk3m/all-day-long-tracklist.txt?rlkey=9my22o3vaz4iqisb0n6sc7tbe&st=0f2ky4cg&dl=0

i started with slower non-electronic records and gradually brought the tempo up as the sun went down. lights, weather and sound were amazing all afternoon and night

huge thanks to the into the woods team and everyone who came through and stayed present for the full journey

enjoy

salute - Into The Woods, Los Angeles (2025) (7 hour set)

W H A T T A N I G H T ! Hy on mic duties, Beautiful Swimmers & Jack J in the booth. Things Will Be Better In Future Times

FT Holiday Party 2015 - Beautiful Swimmers & Jack J w/ Hy - 12/23/15

Dance music with a pop lean and spacey, new wave intentions. 

HOW MUCH

EASTERLY