not bad days

006 Myles Mac

Myles Mac has been adding colour to Melbourne’s electronic music scene for over a decade now. His presence is felt across a number of seminal productions: from the Lost Weekend parties at Boney – where a few of Waxflower’s own shared late nights and sweaty mornings – to his pairing with DJ Camov and the formation of Project 95 and, of course, the world renowned Melbourne Deepcast label and mix series responsible for showcasing local and international artists. Myles stands out from the crowd as a consummate curator of feel good times.

Big Mac played amazing mixes for us at Waxflower throughout his residency. This one provides a glimpse into his exceptional taste, sleuthing between jazzy vibes and street soul and hip hop. No doubt if we locked the doors and begged him to keep playing we would have ended up deep in Mac’s first love: house. Shifting gears and pleasing ears – that’s Myles Mac.

Recorded Live at @Waxflowerbar

006 Myles Mac

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Automaticamore - Discoteca Podcast 83

Wax’o Paradiso Recordings continues its dive into the extraordinary canon of contemporary Antipodean psychedelia with its second outing on vinyl, four spacious and soaring balearic cuts from local duo Donald’s House. 

From the glistening textures of 37° South (featuring renowned Australian percussionist Phil Stroud), to meandering meditative freakouts Aurora Australis and Under the Lilypad, to the italo new beat muscularity of ‘Budge-E Beat’, Donald’s House are showcasing a constantly evolving versatility and a truly unique take on the acid trip sunrise at the metaphorical Café del Murray.

A1 37° South

Rework (@wannarework) serve up a superb new EP taken from their forthcoming ‘Real Love’ full length on Exlove Records (@exloverecords). The label's musical universe includes indie, electro, synthpop, post-punk and more from Rework side projects such as Pola Woman, Sceti, Sugartin and She Lies.  Rework are Michael Kuebler, Daniel Varga and Elmar Mellert who often work alongside a series of vocalists. They have put out modern club classics on Frankfurt-based institution Playhouse and make what they say is “new wave house” combined with icy minimal structures and catchy euro-girl vocals. More music has come on My Favorite Robot, Items & Things and Visionquest and their upcoming album is another musical adventure hinted at here. The dazzling 'Take Me Out' is a languid, low-slung and sleazy disco cut. The bass guitar is fat, the twitchy synths bring a cosmic feel and the steamy vocal is utterly seductive. As the loops build, arpeggios appear to bring further light and energy and lock the dance floor in for a pleasurable ride. 'Boring' then picks up the vibe with a cheeky, funk-elected groove and some sensuous female vocals that entice you to the dance floor. 'Real Love' is another track steeped in libidinous synths and vocals, with grinding French touch drums, shooting cosmic chords and hip swinging claps designed for maximum dance floor effect. 'Stardust' closes with crystalline synths and a downtempo rhythm that sinks you into a cosmic reverie full of love. 

This is a great teaser for the adventurous house and disco full length to come.

Take Me Out

Bandcamp

Rework - Take Me Out [Exlove Records]

One of the best and most unique steppers out there. Italo bassline? Come ooooon

Colour "Deeper" - IPS 7" - US, 1986 - SOLD

Some personal faves, mixed with love.

Videomix: https://youtu.be/z9GeK5qVuAc

Videomix

Hotaru - "Lovebox" Videomix

‘Eighty Three’, a sumptuous slab of slow-motion gorgeousness smothered in sun-splashed synth sounds and warming electric piano motifs, was one of the undoubted highlights of Mudd’s critically acclaimed sophomore solo album, In The Garden of Mindfulness. Now the track has been given a makeover by Conrad McDonnell, a long-time friend of the family and Claremont 56 contributor.

 

McDonnell is famous for his wild and effects-laden dub mixes, both as a solo remixer and alongside long-time musical partner Dan Tyler as the Idjut Boys. Together, they provided deliciously wayward and mind-altering takes of tracks from the Claremont 56 catalogue as part of the label’s 10th anniversary triple-CD compilation back in 2017.

Now McDonnell has gone solo to deliver an album of dubbed-out revisions of In The Garden of Mindfulness, a set that will land next year. To get us all in the mood, he’s laid down a trio if reworks of ‘Eighty Three’ in his distinctive style.

McDonnell first offers up the ‘Le Cidre Dub’, a slowly pulsating rendition in which lightly echoing and tape delay-laden guitar, synthesiser and Rhodes riffs drift across a throbbing electronic groove and low-tempo dub disco drums. The veteran DJ/producer has effectively given the track a more cosmic and spaced-out spin whilst retaining much of Mudd’s intricate and densely layered instrumentation.

Those seeking even wilder and more out-there acoustics are catered for by McDonnell’s two alternative dub takes. He successfully strips back the track to its most skeletal form on the ‘Uppity Dub’, bringing the sparsest of beats in and out of the mix whilst focusing on ambient synthesiser sounds, bubbly electronic patterns, echoing electric piano notes and Mudd’s squelchy and addictive bassline. His favoured effects are all audible in the mix but never dominate the sound space.

This celebrated side of McDonnell’s audio output comes to the fore on the EP-ending ‘Uppity Again Dub’, in which waves of trippy and picturesque electronics lap against a locked-in, delay-laden dub disco groove and flashes of reverb-heavy bass. It’s effectively a heady, mind-altering ambient dub interpretation of a sun-splashed Balearic treat. Like the other revisions on the EP, it offers a mouth-watering appetiser for the album of dubs still to come.

Eighty Three (Le Cidre Dub)

Guest mix from @mantas-t (@partyzanai, @gars-records; Cologne, DE) 

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Stay

Pearz is the evocative project of Italian-born, LA-based multi-instrumentalist Francesco Perini. His debut album, Pacifico is the culmination of a five-year journey through the cities that shaped him: Florence, London, and Los Angeles. Drawing inspiration from a mix of disco, electro, nu-jazz, and Japanese City Pop, Pacifico, reflects his eclectic musical evolution. The title, Pacifico—meaning “peaceful” or “calm” in Italian—embodies the album’s theme of the closing experience of his travels.

The album features collaborations with a diverse range of artists, including Kuntessa (East London's DIY queen), VANBASTEN (The voice of Roma’s suburbs) Natalie Findlay, Jules Apollinaire, Gimmy El Helou, David Bardon, Oscar Robertson, Ruari Meehan, Luca Landi, Fabio Ricciolo, Andrea Palombi and Jamie Allen.

The album 'Pacifico' is out on Bordello A Parigi the 18th of April.

Vinyl: https://bordelloaparigi.com/shop/vinyl/pearz-pacifico-lp/

International Lovers

Artist: Nu Guinea
Title: World
Cat.No. TART031
Release date vinyl: June 2015
Release date digi: July 2015
© 2015 Tartelet Records 
DISTRIBUTED BY OYE RECORDS & ALL EARS

A1. Bougainvilles Live
A2. Nu World (vocal edit)
B1. Nu World (flute mix)
B2. Exotica Dance Club
B2. Outro

World EP :: NU GUINEA :: Tartelet Records 2015

I Shot The Sheriff

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Les Yeux Orange - Jungle (BACK IN STOCK !!)

Percussions Pour La Danse

Jean-Pierre Boistel / Tony Kenneybrew - Vas Y Peter

wir sind uns nah - Frwctrl's longer Version

004 Jamie Bennett

Do you know Jamie Bennett? Maybe you do, maybe you don’t, maybe you heard one of your friends whisper: “That’s the Crown Ruler guy." One thing is undoubtedly true – Australia’s music scene wouldn’t be the same without Jamie’s influence. The wonderful Crown Ruler brand has exerted its influence throughout the country and far beyond. If this is news to you, start looking a little closer to home and you’ll spot the clues.

We’ll keep this intro brief – a cheeky web-surf will provide plenty of thoughtful write ups on the man’s roots. We think Jamie’s an incredible DJ. A trove of aural excellence comes through in this mix; Lovers rock, sun-kissed gems, and plenty of soulful rarities from all corners. It’s a little less about genre and a little more about mood.

When we joked with Jamie that the cost of the records in this mix alone must be his retirement fund, he slyly shot back: "That's my super." It’s hard to explain the effort, the research, and even the resources that go into pulling together the sort of collections that are at the heart of a mix like this. Perhaps that’s a little digger-to-digger nod, a silent sign of appreciation at the incredibly impractical art of carting around bags and bags of records in this day and age.

Our admiration goes beyond knowing the work involved. Hearing and experiencing Jamie’s talent through Waxflower’s speakers was, for us, a thing of joy. And at the heart of it all is Jamie’s love of music. We were honoured to have him play on the wheels at Wax. Music and Human connection, Enjoy!

Recorded live @Waxflowerbar

004 Jamie Bennett

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email: c.beetz78@web.de

...my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light...

discography/records:
FRWCTRL EDITS 01 - 
whitelabel (2 copies exist), 2010
https://www.discogs.com/de/release/6610814-FRWCTRL-FRWCTRL-EDITS-01
Hafenstrassen Disco Vol. 1 - 
Bordello A Parigi 042, 2015
https://www.discogs.com/de/release/6573631-Various-Hafenstrassen-Disco-Vol-1-
Discómanos Ep - 
Villalegre Recordings 002, 2017
https://www.discogs.com/de/release/9701501-Various-Disc%C3%B3manos-Ep
Balearic Blah Blah No. 15 - 
Balearic Blah Blah, 2017
https://www.discogs.com/de/release/10259689-Various-Balearic-Blah-Blah-No-15
Edits For The Common Man 1 - 
Edits For The Common Man, 2017
https://www.discogs.com/de/release/10233908-Various-Edits-For-The-Common-Man-1
Balearic Blah Blah No. 17 - 
Balearic Blah Blah, 2019
https://www.discogs.com/de/release/13632603-Various-Balearic-Blah-Blah-No-17
Edits For The Common Man 3 - 
Edits For The Common Man, 2025
https://www.discogs.com/de/release/34480081-Mr-Fonk-FRWCTRL-Edits-For-The-Common-Man-3

wir sind uns nah - Frwctrl's longer Version

frwctrl - frequency without control

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