Listen to the exclusive GROOVE-Premiere of „Nejjjj" by @user-nattl4mpe, taken from the „Nejjjj EP” LP on Mhost Likely Black, Released  on July 16th.

Read our introduction here: https://bit.ly/36mKZ41

Nejjjj EP

Nejjjj (Original Mix)

Nattl4mpe - Nejjjj (Original Mix)

@redstork

Yoga approved.

Leider gab es auf der Stage Probleme mit den Plattenspielern + playing Vinyl war noch im Anfangsstadium.Verzeiht mir bitte deshalb den einen oder anderen Übergang. :)

Regular Playtime: 11-13am. Da Nepomuk ausgefallen ist gab es spontan ein 4h Set von mir nur mit Hits.

PS. Thx 2 the guy with the Polaroid :)

PPS. Feel free 2 download.

Mastered by @true_mike

Plan:et C

Red Stork at Plan:et C Alpha I Seebühne I Fusion Festival 2021

Spül die Trichterschläuche durch! Release unserer ersten Single "Trichter Romantik" <3

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Trichter Romantik

Up next are our dear friends The Zenmenn (@user-847972032) with whom we have a new 7" and more coming up soon. For the special occasion they came up with an unexpected mix extraordinaire while being generous in answering our questions. Interview (excerpt) down below.

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MFM: When did the first idea for The Zenmenn project present itself? Did it start with a few existing songs, or is it a conceptual project?

ZM: A couple of years back we got the opportunity to join this cool studio run by a gentleman called Franz. We did some stuff with friends and at the same time we just began jamming and recording what we did, and eventually we had a couple of songs in our hands, that we thought sounded interesting, and it dawned upon us that we should spend our time working on our own stuff. The name The Zenmenn came later, probably most of the album was recorded by then. There are still some old jams on the Zenmenn hard drive filed under Pharaohs Lounge, which is one of the earlier name ideas stolen from an alcohol free coctail bar near the studio.

MFM: Quite some fans refer in their comments on the LP to the '80s and include terms like 'melancholic' and 'nostalgic'. What are your thoughts on comments like these? 

ZM: Oh that’s nice. It’s generally very nice to hear people describe our music. Today a guy told us he thought we sounded like an Ethiopian band played on 45 with John Mayer on top… could be something to it. 
But true - it’s not really a party record and some of the songs like topaz or homage to a friendship certainly have a nostalgic, melancholic tone. Also the 80s vibe is well helped along by the Dx7 that features on every song. The presets we use are mostly the legendary e piano which features in all the 80s power ballads and the amazing fretless bass that still sounds better than any of the other fretless bass presets we’ve come across. Harp and steel drum are also great.

MFM: If all your current equipment would break down and you'd have to work with newer instruments of modern technology instead, how would that affect your music? Do you think you'd still non-mistakenly sound like The Zenmenn?

ZM: Most of our keyboards are from the 90s or even early 2000s, like the Triton Le and the Casio Ctk900 with which we recorded this whole mix. The 90s stuff is way more affordable. In some way we would probably sound the same cause we don’t loop, quantize or produce music in a contemporary fashion, and we’re into certain chord progressions and grooves. If we wanna play one pattern for 5 minutes, that’s what we mostly do, and then you always end up with some embellishments and quirks. But making music comes a lot down to workflow and if we had some fancy new synth in your hands with a thousand effects, sequences and menu diving we would probably do something different. That could be cool too,  but at the moment we prefer the old school approach. 

MFM: Thanks so much for this very special "mix". Tell us about it please?!

ZM: We made a mix of tracks we liked but it didn’t really come across too original so we decided to take another approach. Magnus plays around on keyboards whenever he can, and the way we make music is mostly just jamming something and then giving it structure as we go along. Magnus made 2 jams and we put them together and chopped out things that didn’t seem to fit, but mostly everything is recorded in one go. Our friend Helen Wells came by and played some harmonica, guitar and tweaked some pedals. We overdubbed some Casio, cool voices etc. Ben had a couple of curatorial suggestions in the end and did some great spoken words. Since our first little tour this summer Magnus has been carrying around some small drawing books and has been noodling away. This has been a great influence on this mix where all the decisions have been quick, with a loose hand and not too many layers. We’re happy to have the opportunity to make a mix and we’re very inspired to do more just like this.

MFM Mix 037: The Zenmenn

Inside

DJ Kiera coming through with dreamy, breezy mix of soft rock, folk, vintage pop, & other delights. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/day-dreamers-only/episodes/day-dreamers-only-4th-march-2024

Day Dreamers Only w/ Kiera 040324

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A first look of the upcoming Abyssinie Club's second EP "Live at the Castle" Recorded Live during the summer 2015. The band is going deeper and deeper into the concept of mixing Ethiopian tradition (a field chant in this track) with Electronical Music. 
Abyssinie Club is:
Loouis Muad (Jay B): Sax and Prod.
Renaud Vincent: Soprano Sax
Romain Bouez: Bass Keyboard
Arnaud Van Hove: Percussion
Remy Porcar: Visual Mix

Sound was taken by Florent Locatelli in The Castle Of Joux (France) August the 19th 2015.
© Produced by Loouis Muad for Arrakis Records

Ethio High Life

7038634357 is the alias of Neo Gibson (b. 1995), a musician born and raised in Arlington, VA. They currently live in New York City. Previous releases include 2017's LYSE on Brooklyn's Pastel Voids, and 2017's MY VISION OF THE SUN, a self-released EP. More background and contact information can be found on their website ive-been-waiting-all-my.life.

XPETAL is a loosely narrative 5-track EP. It explores the inner soundtracks of suburban anxiety comedowns, and dreams for futures of radical justice.

Composed/mixed by @neo_petal
Mastered by James Xu
Artwork by Tavi Lee

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