HIMix 006 is delivered by our good buddy Brian Foote. Wearer of many hats – general manager of Kranky, co-founder and runner of Peak Oil, and DJ and performer under the alias Leech – Brian knows how to set a mood with deep and varied selections. This time around he curates a warm breeze coming in from the west coast and arriving just in time for spring. Enjoy and continue to be safe and well!

Georgia – “Organ of Corti” // Abed Nil Tumult – Self Released
Yamaan – “冷帯雨林” // 幻想区域 EP – Dotei Records
Salamanda – “Violet” // Allez! – Good Morning Tapes
Jabu – “Water Temple” // Sweet Company – Do You Have Peace
Takayuki Shiraishi – “Tomorrow Fiction” // Slow Shoutin' – Pickin' Mushroom Recordings 
Yu-Ra – “My Cosmic Wave (Remixed by Robin Guthrie)” // My Cosmic Wave – Dolce Vita
D.K. – “Cham Dance” // The Ancient Kingdom – Good Morning Tapes
Teno Afrika & SilvadropZ – “Trip to Vlakas” // Amapiano Selections – Awesome Tapes from Africa
Move D + Benjamin Brunn – “Magnetically Levitated Train” // Let’s Call It A Day – BineMusic 
M.Goddess – “The Seated Friend” – Unreleased
Rings Around Saturn – “Erosion” // Erosion – Analogue Attic
Namlook & Move D – “Coda” // Exploring the Psychedelic Landscape – Fax +49-69/450464
Photonz – “Head Garden” // Daylight Saving – Naivety
Optica – “Microstatic” // All the Colors of The Rainbow – Kinetix
Colourform – “Diving into Sun” // Visions of Surya – Virtual
Astral Engineering – “Untitled” // Network Space – Self Released 
Zero Kama – “Atavism Dream” // Zero Kama – Infinite Fog Productions
Acemo – “Low Pressure” // Low Pressure – Self Released
John Beltran – “Collage of Dreams” // Ten Days Of Blue – Peacefrog Records

HIMix Series 006

Harlem & Irving Mix Series 006 Leech

Harlem & Irving Mix Series - 006 Leech

A Boorloo born treasure returns to its home shores for the holidays. The undeniably adored Jo has been and still continues to be an integral part of the music community spanning between Perth & Melbourne. Although Jo had already left for Melbourne before I got to meet her, her name was echoed among peers whether it be the alias Toni Yotzi (RIP Tony Yozzi) or Jo. From Day Woo to Deep Doogs Jo’s commitment to bring alternative dance parties to the scene never went unnoticed or unappreciated. No matter how far and wide her talents may take her across this globe, she will always remain a true G.

Jo: "I love when the environment allows for a long game, when music feels like mist, an all encompassing presence but not intrusive. There's no anxiety waiting for the next track to be mixed quickly, with long form music being woven into a new journey. I love subtle intensity, metallic textures with breathing room, sweetness and lots of melancholia. 

I've finally come to place where I 'mostly' feel mixes exist because of a certain time and emotional place. It's not the last exploration, so they don't need to represent all parts of you in your entirety. They're a moment, not your life's work.

Here's this one, not perfect, but from where I was standing everything and everyone was. 

I can't properly describe what a deep joy it was to play for old + new friends. I am profoundly grateful that a year of missing, distance and disconnection allowed me to feel so embraced and cared for throughout the beautiful Boorloo summer. Thank you Monty ❤ thank you friends, thank you family.
ily"

@toniyotzi

Jo Lettenmaier - 13.2.2021

Key Clef X INxxAN

Mix 26 comes from dear friend of the label and Revelation Time shop owner Eiji Taniguchi, who(with Norio Sato) is responsible for compiling the 'Heisei No Oto' compilation. Interview (excerpt) below..

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MFM: Thanks for joining the series Eiji. How is life in Osaka?

ET: It's a pleasure to join the series along with other great lineups. The state of emergency has just been lifted in Osaka. Bars & restaurants are starting to open later than 8pm gradually. Everyone is feeling like doing parties again now. I miss when it was more lively with many tourists. Compared to Tokyo, it’s more chill and relaxed. And things are much cheaper although it's the 2nd biggest city in Japan.

MFM: Is it a healthy city in terms of culture, art and nightlife?

ET: About 5 years ago, clubs were cracked down and people couldn’t dance after 1am but it became legal and now it is allowed to open clubs till morning. I think it’s not so close to the mainstream, and you can be more free from commercialism and you can do what you want.

MFM: Your record store Revelation Time has gained a lot of appreciation and respect within the worldwide music industry. How did it all start?

ET: I was more like a collector, private dealer, buying records in Europe, States, selling them on the internet. But I got bored of sitting in front of the computer for a long time, then I opened my shop. Fortunately you can have shops on like 4th floor of the building for cheap in Japan. And luckily I met many good friends and famous DJs, artists I had never imagined to meet before. I learned how people listen to music, and how to recommend music.

MFM: Osaka counts many more record stores, most of them in the same area too. Do you have an explanation to why so many record shops can survive next to each other?

ET: I think there is relatively less pressure economically to live in Osaka and more small shops with speciality than big commercial shops. People try not to compete but help each other to coexist. I personally try to sell different stuff from other shops. It’s the same for clubs. In clubs, you sometimes find party flyers of other clubs. We have many tourists from Asia, not only from Europe, Australia, and the States, after relaxed visa (of course not at the moment), we have sales from people of many different countries.

MFM: Heisei No Oto contains music released almost exclusively on CD. What do you think is the reason that a lot of Japanese music got released on CD but not on vinyl? 

ET: I think it was a global trend but a specific reason for Japan is the residential environment. CDs take up less space than records and 1990 was the peak of the bubble economy, CD was a better format for the mass market. But vinyls for DJs were still pressed in the 90's because there wasn’t CDJ yet. Japanese Hip-Hop became popular in the 90’s and my friend DJs in the UK wanted those Japan exclusive releases so much. 

MFM: How is that for you, does the CD have a different meaning or value to you compared to a vinyl record?

ET: For me it’s just a different source of music. I was into 80’s stuff but as my interest moved to 90’s, it was very natural to start to dig CDs. I think I bought almost 1000 CDs in the last few years, but I'm still buying a lot of vinyls too. I love the sound of vinyl of course but I like the clear hi-fi sound CD too. And it’s very easy to digitize. 

MFM: Did you encounter a lot of difficulties with making the selection and contacting the artists for Heisei No Oto?

ET: I guess it’s relatively easier to find artists than before, thanks to the internet and social media. I almost gave up on licensing one track but Jamie suggested to find the player and contact, (actually the artist was a fictional character) and it worked. Some artists weren’t so interested at first but I think everyone is happy to get involved now. More artists understand now that people listen to music regardless of when they are made, after Youtube and music subscription.

MFM Mix 026: Eiji Taniguchi

One year ago, the UK entered its first lockdown after Boris Johnson made the announcement on 23 March. To mark the UK's first lockdown anniversary, we asked sitarist and producer Ami Dang to create a meditation mix. Something to help keep us going in lockdown – because we're almost near the end of it now.

Dang's work has often been steeped in a deep mysticism, finding a tension between ancient stories, fairytales and modern electronics. Her 2020 release, 'Meditations Mixtape, Vol. 1', was created early on in the pandemic after her aunt and uncle became ill with coronavirus.

Here, Dang dreams of "whispering secrets into ears, warm tides, summer leaves floating down the creek, pressure drops before the storm, flowers that look like snowballs, and roaring laughter". Some of the small joys we haven't been able to experience lately.

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Meditation Mix: Ami Dang

made it some time ago and just posted it off, I actually used it for my ringtone for sometime lol

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Read our interview with @kamarujoseph and check out this mix's track list here: bit.ly/KMRUPod

Groove Podcast 297

Tracklist

Groove Podcast 297 - KMRU

Kaleidoscope of tropical dreams full of rare and eclectic findings of fusion, avant-garde balearic and downtempo by the member of ex-project Krossfingers Artem Ikra.

Stay tuned @ www.20ftradio.net

Dug Up The Bongo w/ Artem Ikra @ 20ft Radio - 10/05/2021

Here'z a dope set by my brother Ron Trent live @ Movement in Detroit. The muzik speakz 4 itself!!!

Enjoy,

Manny Cuevas
aka
DJ M-TRAXXX


Psalms 150=Dance Like King David Danced!!!

Starlight

Elliott Fienberg

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