Nice Work Vol. 3

Thanks for all of the support in 2022! Decided to put together a lil mix featuring some of my fav tunes I played out while on tour this year. Hope you enjoy it, leave a comment or repost, if so! See you in 2023. <3

Ash Lauryn Hot Mix 2022

Sam Shepherd a.k.a Floating Points barely needs introduction. Cataloguing depths uncharted to expose some of the best jazz, soul, rare groove and disco around.

https://www.nts.live/shows/floating-points/episodes/floating-points-13th-february-2023

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The world-beating London DJ, producer & remixer goes live from sunny Los Angeles. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/jamie-xx/episodes/jamie-xx-18th-april-2024

Jamie xx 180424

Sunset Corp - Angel
Gladys Knight & the Pips - The Makings of You 
Infinity Song - Hater´s Anthem 
Portraits of Tracy - Conversation Snippet
Boy Deco & Quantum Keys - Real Sugar (Kosi Edit)
Harris Rudman & Brian Lentz - Really? (Interlude)
Meridian Brothers y Grupo Renacimiento - Bomba Atomica
Overmono - Arla Fearn
High Frequency (1988) - Dialogue
Skiifall - Intense City
Moodymann - Live at the Music Locker, Los Santos
Yaya Bey, DJ Nativesun - Pour Up (Kosi Edit)
Iso, Dlala Thukzin - Nika Nika (Magical Remix)
Sykes, Dlala Thukzin, Zaba - iPlan (Original Mix)
Roísín Murphy - You Knew
Atmos Blaq - Mfana Wase Dobsi (Citizen Deep Edit)
Ghetts - Tumbi 
Rosin Murphy - Crazy Ants Reprise
Salamanda - Kali
Pauline Oliveros - Music With Roots in the Aether
Ferkat Al Ard - Oghneya

The Recording Angel on NTS - Episode 3 - The Avalanches x DJ Koze - 15.05.24

Tracklist here: http://www.mixesdb.com/w/2015-01-02_-_Floating_Points_%26_Four_Tet_@_Plastic_People_Closing_Party,_London

Over the past 8 years or so we have had, along with Theo Parrish, the honour of playing the monthly residencies at a small basement club in Shoreditch, London with an impeccable sound system. After 20 years of operation, it was time to move on and close the doors on a place that has a lot to answer for in shaping modern club culture. To say this space along with the owner Ade’s singular vision was fundamental in our personal musical formation would be a complete understatement. 
 
On the day of their closing, manager Charlotte asked us if we’d put the system through its paces for the last time that the club would be open to the public. We set about packing the anthems from our respective residencies and on the night once the people were through the doors played 2 records in turn for the rest of the dance. We included tracks of our own and of friends that were made with that place in mind. Records like Daphni - Ye Ye and Four Tet - Pinnacles were made to first be played at Kieran’s nights there, and the Floating Points - Vacuum EP was born out of the CD-R night at the club, and its launch party was the trigger for Sam’s monthly residency.
 
We set this recording up just before the start of the night and unfortunately it distorts in places, but we make no apology for how joyfully noisy people get! The vibe in the room this night was typical of the club on any given night and we hope this recording captures just a fraction of the spirit of a Plastic People night.
 
A massive thank you from us to everyone that has come down to the nights over the years and supported our music there. We are truly humbled to have shared the music we love with people at this place, and your energy in turn has influenced the way we make music on an unfathomable scale. We also thank the bosses Charlotte Kepel and Ade Fakile for inviting us to the club and having faith in us over  these years! All the best for the future!
 
 
See you in the dance
 
Much Love 
 
Sam &amp; Kieran

Floating Points & Four Tet - Final Plastic People 2 1 2015

We're beyond thrilled to welcome French house music pioneers Alan Braxe & DJ Falcon who share with us with their recent set from Golden Plains Festival! 

Fasten your seatbelts for a high-octane genre bending encounter, packed with plenty of cult French house classics mixed with the duo's signature blend of indie pop, disco and techno with some special edits they made just for the set. 

@braxe1 + @djfalconofficial

Q. What inspiration did you both draw upon when planning for this set at Golden Plains? How would you describe the feeling in the crowd, and what kind of a story were you hoping to tell with the music that night?

Alan Braxe:

Weeks before playing at Golden Plains many people and friends told us this one is going to be special, you’ll love it! So we were very excited. When we arrived on the site we immediately felt very good energy with a big crowd focusing on the music. All these lights everywhere made it quite unreal, a bit like in a fairy tale. When we played we tried to be quite eclectic covering a wide range of the music we like. We even prepared some special edits backstage before the set when we realized how good the atmosphere was.

DJ Falcon:

As Alain said we were already excited to play there as we had tonnes of great feedback from our Australian mates weeks before the show. We knew this festival was going to suit us well as we’re constantly flirting with pop, rock and electronic music. Honestly we simply play the music we love and tell a little bit of our story, some of our French classics combined with a selection of tracks we like from the moment. 

Q. What were some of your favourite moments from this particular set, and how do you guys find the right balance between the nostalgic classics and the newer French house sounds when preparing for your sets together? 

AB:

As said above we love to play eclectic with a bit of techno, house, French house, indie pop, we don’t really prepare the set, it’s more an improvisation based on our respective selections. It doesn’t really matter to us if the music is new or made 20 years ago, it’s more about playing tracks we love 100%. My fave moment was probably when I played the 1st track “I Saw” by Young Fathers that I edited a few minutes before the set. On stage, when I saw this very enthusiastic crowd, I felt like wow we have full freedom to play whatever we want.

DJF:

Favorite moment, for me, is when you arrive at the place and you instantly know that you’re gonna have a good time. Also after 10/15 mins of our set we were able to know that the audience is super receptive, that’s a good satisfaction for us. Talking about the right balance between classics and newer tracks is mainly dictated by the energy of the audience. I feel like we’re simply going with the flow, we’re somehow just some kind of energy sensor…

Q. Now having completed this long awaited Australia tour, how did you find the experience of returning to the country after so many years, this time as a duo, and where are you hoping to take the Braxe + Falcon project next? 

AB:

It’s been a very pleasant tour, we did other festivals with also a very positive reaction from the people, touring as a duo is also very exciting as there is this common excitement backstage before playing, and also my son is now living in Sydney so I had the chance to spend a lot of time with him. Next for us is studio time to release more music, our next single is set to be released on July 10th on Smugglers Way / Domino, and there will be more to come later in 2024.

MDC.297 Braxe + Falcon

Has the heat fully fried your brain? Is everything just weird these days? Have you deleted all yr dating apps yet? Yr Boo returns with some big solo energy to grind yrself silly on the dancefloor.

http://www.instagram.com/boo__lean

@boo_lean

A SOUND PLACE: Solo Cup with Boo Lean @ The Lot Radio 08-11-2024

from Nice Work Vol. 3, the final volume!

"Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end - Lucius Annaeus Seneca" - Semisonic

The final volume of the Nice Work series...and how nice it's been! From the start of this series the ethos has been to release a continual, if not instant, flow of tracks to steadily document the creative practice inspired by a 1985 treatise on the topic titled Art & Fear.

And of course to, like, drop big heavy groovers.

Nice Work Vol. 3, Fennec's most personal entry into the series, does just that with tracks made last month and some that were started over 3 years ago. Opener "I Luv It" (which you may recognize from Fennec's "a dj set under the texas sun") begins with a moody piano loop before descending into pure subterranean goodness with more breaks & bongos than you can shake a stick at.

Next up, it's the track that DJs have been hounding Fennec for every time he plays it; that's right, it's CLAM TIME Y'ALL. "Vongole Asporto" (aka “takeaway clams”) has it all: serial killer interviews, warped television feedback, and dubby girl group echoes from your dreams. After sweating your soul out, it's time for a snack break. On "Snack Dub" we take a brief meditation on a piano loop filtering up and down until poor Mr. Drum Machine can't machine no more.

We end with a little comfort, a little consolation, and a ton of loopy reassurances with "Better" which eventually, as all things do, breaks loose into a chopped up blitz of soul-infused madness. It's gonna be fine, just give it some time!

Who are we? Where are we going? Where have we come from? What is the best kind of potato chip? Nice Work Vol. 3 answers these questions, and more.

Bandcamp

Better

End Of Summer Mix (2024)

I Luv It

Snack Dub

Vongole Asporto

Exclusive 1 hour mix recorded for our friend Diplo, originally broadcast on Radio 1 in October this year. 

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Unknown - Send Me Power (Mysterio Edit)
Goom - Massai
Paladin - Third World
Joao Donato - Cala Boca Menimo
The Steel Cavalier - Oy Come Va
Caetano Veloso - Alfômega
Gal Costa - Vou Recomeçar
Pussy Cat - Aucune Fille Au Monde (Power Of Love)
Serge Gainsbourgh - La Horse
Ike Turner & The Kings Of Rhythm - Funky Mule
Beyond The Wizards Sleeve - Finally First
Matti Oiling - Oiling Boiling
Air - Kelly Watch The Stars! (Moog Cookbook Remix)
Beyond The Wizards Sleeve - Creation (Psychmagik Rework)
Stardust Vs The Unknown - Music Sounds Better With You
Roberto de Simone & Nuova Compagnia di Canto Popolare - Secondo Coro Delle Lavandaie
Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood & The Rajasthan Express - Roked
Jab Chaye Mera Jadu - Asha Bhosle [Bwana's Thank U Mr. Ansari)

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Live from the Adriatic 2018: Four Tet & Floating Points

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