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Cannot Nod

The 5th installment of the Reptilian Mixes marks a change in the series, as for the first time in the Blockbuster franchise, the main protagonist is not a Reptilian, but a Doggo. Not just your usual good boï, but simply the best. 

Rafon (@rafon27) and the crew go way back. The mattress king quickly became a roommate, a best mate, a partner in parties, and co-host of Mulack Space Mixes. During these years we witnessed @ordinateuf co-founder translate his passion for music into pure dedication. First into digging, then into mixing, and through all that, into good old partying. Along the way, this work paid off, and this mix is the expression of it. 

It’s groovy, moody, and gets you slowly but surely into that kinky house frenzy you just wish huge speakers would blast in the morning hours of a dirty club. The mix is as aced as the Rafon aces his pasta: with tension, love, and style. He got the secret recipe, and oh boy it’s a good one: the mix « à la Rafon ». You’re going to ask for a refill, with extra tunes. And Parmigiano. 

We are really proud and moved to feature this mix in our series. Thank you for the music Rafon

Artwork by our beloved @just1lpt

Rafon - Reptilian Mix 05

Slow Life Friends Podcast - 019 - ZEUS -

on float

Darren Jay & MC Fearless, then GE Real & MC Conrad & MC Contagious - Dance Paradise 25-02-95

Darren Jay

A1) Marvellous Cain – Hitman (Dream Team Rmx) [IQ]
A2) Prizna feat Demolition Man – Fire (Urban Shakedown Rmx) [Labello Blanco]
A3) Top Cat meets DJ Rap – Ruffest Gun Ark [Jungle Fashion]
A4) Da Dogz – Cool Operator [Prime Time Wax]
A5) Rude Bwoy Monty – Out In Da Streets (Junglites Rmx) [Frontline]
A6) DJ SS – Black (A) [Formation Colours Series]
A7) More Rockers – You're Gonna (Make Me) (Roni Size & DJ Krust Rmx) [More Rockers]

---tape fades out---

Mastervibe

A8) Cloud 9 – Snow [Moving Shadow]

GE Real

A9) Blackstar feat Top Cat – Champion DJ (Blue Print Mix) [Congo Natty]
A10) Blackstar – Sound Clash Dub [Congo Natty]
A11) Remarc - RIP [Suburban Base]
A12) Fallen Angels – Oh Yeah (Johnny Jungle Rmx) [IQ]
A13) Krome & Time – The License [Tearin Vinyl]
A14) Major Popular – The Ruler (GE Real Remix 1) [Boom Tunes]
A15) Prizna feat Demolition Man – Fire (Urban Shakedown Rmx) [Labello Blanco]
A16) Sound Of The Future – The Lighter (Mix 2) [Formation]
A17) Urban Shakedown feat DBo General – Some Justice 95 (Full Vocal Rmx) [Urban Shakedown]

B1) Sound Of The Future – The Lighter (Mix 2) [Formation]
B2) Urban Shakedown feat DBo General – Some Justice 95 (Full Vocal Rmx) [Urban Shakedown]
B3) DJ Kane – Game Over Part 1 [Renegade]
B4) Roni Size & DJ Die – 11.55 (Gangsta Mix) [Full Cycle]
B5) Flatliner – The Big Bang (Liftin Spirits Rmx) [Ram]
B6) Badman – War For 94 [IQ]
B7) Easymen – Untitled (A) [Easymen – ROLL 001]
B8) Blackman – Bastards [Red Light]
B9) Asha Senator & Jimmy Cliff – Harder They Fall [Jet Star]
B10) Bizzy B & TDK – Wicked Man [Brain]
B11) DJ SDR & Subsonic – Back To The Future Part 2 [Shoebox]
B12) Subliminal – Bad Man [Little Rollers – Volume 2]
B13) Rhythm For Reasons – The Love Statement (DJ SS Rmx) [Formation]
B14) Firefox & 4-Tree – Warning (Powder Mix) [Philly Blunt]
B15) Sedzy – All My Love [Flex]
B16) Blackstar feat Top Cat – Champion DJ (Blue Print Mix) [Congo Natty]
B17) Blackstar – Sound Clash Dub [Congo Natty]

Thanks to jj and Coiza on rolldabeats for the tracklist.
RIP MC Conrad

Darren Jay & MC Fearless, then GE Real & MC Conrad & MC Contagious - Dance Paradise 25-02-95

We know Mac @InternationalMac from 'down the front' at Paris parties circa 2017/18 before he moved to Berlin with Tau Car. A good friend since then, we are happy to invite him to lay down a mix of his very distinctive & funky, sample based house.

GHOSTCAST 026 - INTERNATIONAL MAC

Truffle Mix 002 - Hazr 🛥️

Steering the ship for the second quest in our mix series is Lisbon based - Hazr. A meandering trip through the subtle sounds of his record bag. A pleasure to have you on board captain.

@haz_r

Truffle Mix 002 - Hazr 🛥️

Atmospheric drum & bass, old vs new.
Between all the trends in electronic music illesta always kept his eyes on the developments within drum & bass, mostly the atmospheric and autonomic styles. With the current revival of atmospheric drum & bass illesta mixes the old with the new, a sound that would fit on a dancefloor but also in a chill-out room or at home. 

operator-radio.com

Jungle Dreams w/ illesta - 28th March 2025

A lively 1 hour-long radio show about language examined through music. Your guide to the latest and greatest tunes from around the globe. Osmanbas diving into the newest releases, breaking free from the confines of one sound with another episode of 'A Way With Music' 

A Way With Music [176] w/ Osmanbas -  27th March 2025

contemporary french + international rap presented by Stephane. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/gelato/episodes/gelato-28th-march-2025

Stephane 280325

00:00:00  1 Ed O.G. & Da Bulldogs - Streets Of The Ghetto
00:03:56  2 EPMD - Brothers On My Jock
00:07:38  3 Nikki D - Up The Ante For The Panties (Main Mix)
00:10:28  4 Big Daddy Kane - How U Get A Record Deal?
00:14:02  5 Public Enemy - Louder Than a Bomb
00:17:15  6 LL Cool J - Pink Cookies in a Plastic Bag (Remix)
00:22:08  7 Rakim - Heat It Up (Album Version)
00:25:37  8 Showbiz & A.G. - Fat Pockets
00:28:47  9 Sylk Smoov - Here Come Sylk Smoov
00:31:55 10 Run-D.M.C. - Back From Hell
00:34:30 11 Stezo - Bring The Horns
00:37:32 12 Eric B. & Rakim - Set 'Em Straight
00:41:13 13 Black Moon - Shit Iz Real
00:44:43 14 Black Sheep - Try Counting Sheep
00:48:28 15 Shazzy - Play in Vain
00:51:58 16 Public Enemy - Rebel Without a Pause
00:56:17 17 Black Moon - Who Got Da Props
01:00:16 18 Showbiz & A.G. - He Say, She Say
01:03:52 19 KMD feat. Busta Rhymes & Brand Nubian - Nitty Gritty (Remix)
01:08:46 20 Souls Of Mischief - That’s When Ya Lost (I Ain’t Trippin’ Remix)
01:11:39 21 Ultramagnetic MC's - Dolly And The Rat Trap
01:13:28 22 Public Enemy - Prophets Of Rage
01:16:42 23 Scarface - Your Ass Got Took
01:20:05 24 The Notorious B.I.G. - Party And Bullshit (Lord's Dirty)
01:23:55 25 Big Daddy Kane - Ain't No Half-Steppin'
01:29:00 26 A.D.O.R. - Let It All Hang Out (Pete Rock Mix)
01:33:47 27 Sham & The Professor - So-Low-Ist (The Kenny "Dope" Remix)
01:37:09 28 A Tribe Called Quest - After Hours
01:40:50 29 Pryme Suspect - Sudden Impact
01:44:49 30 A Tribe Called Quest - Footprints
01:48:11 31 Smooth Ice - Do It Again
01:51:15 32 Kool G. Rap & D.J. Polo - It's A Demo
01:55:49 33 Beastie Boys - Shadrach
01:59:21 34 Royal Flush - Watch Out For the Plant
02:02:23 35 Diamond D - I'm Outta Here (My Name Is John Doe)
02:07:14 36 X-Clan - Tribal Jam
02:11:49 37 Cooly Live - All Possibilities
02:15:39 38 Public Enemy - Gotta Do What I Gotta Do
02:19:17 39 Public Enemy - Terminator X to the Edge of Panic
02:23:22 40 Steady B - Serious
02:27:11 41 Stetsasonic - Rollin' Wit Rush
02:28:11 42 Stetsasonic - We're The Band
02:30:41 43 MC Shan - I Pioneered This

Cannot Nod Vol. 1 100-101

00:00:00  1 EPMD - Get The Bozack
00:04:35  2 Main Source - Live at the Barbeque
00:08:26  3 Slick Rick - Runaway
00:12:11  4 The Pharcyde - Return of the B-Boy
00:14:43  5 Terminator X - Buck Whylin' (Featuring Chuck D & Sister Souljah)
00:18:47  6 Cypress Hill - The Phuncky Feel One
00:22:04  7 Grand Puba - 360° (What Goes Around)
00:25:30  8 EPMD - Scratch Bring It Back (Part 2) (Mic Doc)
00:27:59  9 Gang Starr - Just To Get A Rep
00:30:05 10 Big Daddy Kane - Mortal Combat
00:34:53 11 JVC Force - A Musical Sample
00:37:44 12 EPMD - So Wat Cha Sayin'
00:42:18 13 Slick Rick - Kit (What's the Scoop)
00:45:56 14 Public Enemy - Can't Truss It
00:50:28 15 Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)
00:54:29 16 Wu-Tang Clan - Protect Ya Neck
00:58:42 17 T La Rock - I'm Gettin Mine
01:02:20 18 Freestyle Fellowship - Bullies Of The Block
01:08:00 19 Brand Nubian - All for One
01:11:50 20 Roxanne Shante - Have A Nice Day
01:16:05 21 Rymezof (Daassassin) (Original Version)
01:19:41 22 A Tribe Called Quest - Show Business
01:22:56 23 Brand Nubian - The Travel Jam
01:26:26 24 Criminal Nation - Release The Pressure
01:31:13 25 Wu-Tang Clan - Method Man
01:35:02 26 Beastie Boys - Shake Your Rump 
01:37:59 27 Double XX Posse - Addicted To The Game
01:41:17 28 EPMD - The Big Payback
01:45:22 29 Heather B. - I Get Wreck (Street Mix)
01:48:58 30 The Pharcyde - Soul Flower (Remix)
01:52:19 31 Redman - Time 4 Sum Aksion
01:54:43 32 Public Enemy - Hazy Shade Of Criminal
01:59:06 33 3rd Bass - Wordz Of Wizdom
02:05:06 34 T La Rock - Runaway (Vocal Mix)
02:09:28 35 K-Solo - Spellbound
02:12:45 36 Slick Rick - Moses
02:15:35 37 Chill Rob G - Dope Rhymes
02:18:35 38 EPMD - It's My Thing
02:23:18 39 Alphabet Soup - Sunny Day In Harlem
02:28:04 40 Naughty By Nature - Uptown Anthem
02:30:14 41 Run DMC - Beats To The Rhyme
02:32:44 42 3rd Bass - Steppin' To The A.M.
02:37:12 43 Freestyle Fellowship - Legal Alien
02:40:52 44 De La Soul - This Is A Recording 4 Living In A Fulltime Era (L.I.F.E)
02:43:41 45 N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton
02:48:15 46 Eazy-E - Eazy-er Said Than Dunn
02:51:18 47 Ice Cube - Rollin’ Wit The Lench Mob
02:54:43 48 Slick Rick - Children's Story
02:59:18 49 Isis - Great Pimpstress
03:02:27 50 Stetsasonic - DBC Let The Music Play
03:06:14 51 Souls Of Mischief - 93 'Til Infinity
03:10:33 52 Gang Starr - Take A Rest
03:14:29 53 Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - Good Life

Cannot Nod Vol. 2 102-103

00:00:00  1 Above The Law - Freedom Of Speech
00:04:07  2 Cypress Hill - How Could I Kill A Man
00:07:52  3 Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - Act Like You Know
00:11:10  4 Double X Posse - Not Gonna Be Able To Do It
00:14:34  5 Uptown - Dope On Plastic (Vocal)
00:18:20  6 Master Ace - I Got Ta
00:21:43  7 Isis - Rebel Soul
00:25:24  8 D-Nice - Crumbs On The Table
00:28:26  9 Freestyle Fellowship - Danger
00:31:50 10 Eric B. & Rakim - I Know You Got Soul
00:36:21 11 Serious Tripp - For Those Who Don't Know Me
00:39:06 12 Downtown Science - Down To A Science
00:42:12 13 Tim Dog - Low Down Nigga
00:43:32 14 Brand Nubian - Drop The Bomb
00:48:36 15 X-Clan - In the Ways of the Scales
00:52:15 16 Showbiz & A.G. - Soul Clap (Short Version)
00:55:50 17 Public Enemy - Rebirth
00:56:36 18 Boogie Down Productions - Jack Of Spades (BDP Movie Mix)
01:01:04 19 Mc Lyte - Paper Thin
01:05:22 20 A Tribe Called Quest - Rhythm (Devoted to the Art of Moving Butts)
01:07:49 21 Poe Hustlers - Law on the Run 
01:12:46 22 Chill E.B. - Menace To Society
01:17:28 23 Legion Of Doom - This Is Diego (Underground Remix)
01:22:33 24 T La Rock - Flow With The New Style
01:25:24 25 Jamalski - Piece of Reality
01:29:07 26 Da Lench Mob - Ain’t Got No Class
01:32:21 27 Chubb Rock - I'm The Man
01:34:37 28 Latin Alliance - Know What I'm Saying (Pal Joey Remix)
01:38:45 29 Ms. Melodie - Communication
01:42:11 30 Public Enemy - Brothers Gonna Work It Out
01:46:21 31 Ms. Melodie - To Sing All Night (Vocal)
01:49:56 32 Ultramagnetic MC's - Ease Back
01:53:02 33 Slick Rick - Mistakes Of Women In Love With Other Men
01:56:55 34 Kool G Rap & D.J. Polo - Nuff Said
01:59:01 35 EPMD - Gold Digger
02:03:47 36 Run-D.M.C. - Peter Piper
02:05:58 37 Main Source - Looking At The Front Door
02:09:56 38 Heavy D. & The Boyz - Don't Curse
02:14:56 39 Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - Wig Out
02:18:20 40 Eric B. & Rakim - Casualties Of War
02:22:08 41 Digital Underground - No Nose Job
02:26:18 42 Biz Markie - Spring Again
02:29:26 43 Above The Law - Menace To Society

Cannot Nod Vol. 3 104-105

1)	Shadow Propaganda mix (Somepling) 
2)	Hindsight
3)	Building steam with a grain of salt 
4)	Blood on the motorway
5)	Midnight in a perfect world 
6)	Interview 
7)	Mutual slump
8)	Transmission 2
9)	David Mc Callum : House of mirrors
10)	 Dark days 
11)	 Meets his maker
12)	 You made it (Featuring Christina Carter) 
13)	 Transmission 1
14)	 What does your soul look like part II 
15)	 Changeling 
16)	 Influx
17)	 Giving up the ghost
18)	 Contact (DJ Shadow tribute) 
19)	 Tangerine dream : Invisible limits
20)	 Organ donor
21)	 The number song
22)	 Best foot forward
23)	 Stanley Clarke : Concerto for jazz rock orchestra part 2 
24)	 Transmission 3 
25)	 Napalm 
26)	 What does your soul look like part 1 (Blue sky revisit) 
27)	 Outro : Trip out…

DJ Shadow in 66 minutes

Finn Johannsen is a DJ and writer for numerous print and web publications. He also co-runs the label Macro Recordings, used to work at the Hard Wax store, and is now acting as impresario at the clubs @palomabar and @kottimonarch.  

Booking: booking@finn-johannsen.de

https://linktr.ee/finnjohannsen

For mix playlists (except live recordings), check my website:
http://finn-johannsen.de/category/mixes/

Member of the @druffalohitsquad