new sonic journey on the excellent radio alHara - https://soundcloud.com/artifactsvibe is a focus on the deeper side of my collection - mostly non-electronic psych sounds from around the world. ENJOY!

ARTIFACTS 01 (every 2nd sunday of the month / 8-9pm Palestine Time)

Bobbye Hall - Copula
 斉藤ノブ - SURE
Pnu Riff - Bula
trigal - tamara
Zahouania - Loukane Tjibou Toulba Men Rife
Omar Khorshid - Rakset El Fadaa
sven wunder - hot winds arrive
baligh hamdy - gada
Horacio "Chivo" Borraro - Mi amigo Tarzán
Maulawi Nururdin - Root In 7 4 Plus
Jeanne lee - sundance
Marion - Abyssinian Secret
Amedeo Tommasi - Gemelli
Les Abranis - Chenar Le Blues
salma - Hasseb Fi Rouhek
Minoru Fushimi / Hoodoo Fushimi - Ai Wa Noushintou (Love Is Like the Concussion)

Artifacts 01 with Funk Bast*rd on radio alHara | 11 Oct

Buy/Stream: darker-than-wax.lnk.to/CircuitLine

No stranger to the label, Munir (AKA Midnight Runners) is one of Southeast Asia’s most unique talents. A deep record collector, he has put his hometown of Bandung, Indonesia on the map with a relentless output of self-released edits drawing on Indonesian funk, Chinese pop, and Middle Eastern psych as source material over the last several years. Equally skilled as a producer, Munir’s signature boogie-funk sounds have graced labels such as Neon Finger, Shaken Palms, and No Bad Days. We’re pleased to unleash Munir’s sounds on Darker Than Wax once again, with a strong sonic step forward from the artist and perhaps his most polished work yet - ‘Circuit Line’.

Blending his signature Boogie sound with Italo-Disco influences, the record brings forth four stylishly crafted modern dancefloor cuts. ‘Circuit Line’ is built on a foundation of reverence to the arpeggiator, driven by neon synth tones racing each other to the finish line. This racing theme defines the record throughout, painting images of classic 80s racing games on standout tracks ‘Finish Line’ and ‘Race Car’. ‘Interlinked’ takes on a more subdued approach, building in intensity and weirdness with each synth line layered on. Showcasing Munir’s prowess with percussion, ‘Pit Stop’ is a feverish club workout rounding out the record as a complete package for the discerning DJ’s arsenal.

Crafted in his Bandung studio with love for classic hardware and respect for its musical influences, ‘Circuit Line’ represents a turning point for Munir’s sonic evolution.

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Munir - Finish Line (Circuit Line EP)

"PATHWAYS" on Norrm / Every 3rd Friday of the month
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1st "PATHWAYS" show on NORRM radio out of Bandung!

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TL :
Tamia & Pierre Favre ----------------- Maroua
Richard Hayman ------ Don't Rain on my Parade
Patrick Henderson ---------------- Is This Love
Marva King --------- Who’s right Who’s Wrong
Claxic ---------------------------- Suzie Funk
Minoru Fushimi ----------------- Makezu Bushi 
Guohan ---------------------------- Sundown
Champaign ------ Off and on love (dance remix)
Andrew Ashong & Kaidi Tatham - Washed In You
Pleasure Model ------------------- Degrifture
Mark Seven ----------- Secret to Success Dub
Freux ------------------------ Gruss Aus Tirol
Dj Raff -------------------------------- Babel
Diegors --- Un Poquito de Jazz (Diegors Remix)
Munir ------------------------------ Racecar
Tryezz -------------------------- Terrains No.3

Pathways 01 on Norrm Radio | 23 Oct

Buy 12"/Digi: https://darker-than-wax.lnk.to/Oil

Darker Than Wax’s final release of the year brings us back to the world of UK dance music with Dampé - the solo project of Joe Munday, a musician, producer and DJ from South London. Joe’s foundation in dance music stems from becoming a regular on the floor at influential parties like FWD>> and You’re A Melody. Dampé brings together these London sounds with worldwide influences and nuanced, ethereal production to create something entirely his own. With a string of releases on Berlin’s Dirt Crew Records, and a monthly show on the venerable Rinse FM, Dampé has carved out a space for his sonic brand of introspective, deep UK dance music. Spurred by a chance meeting with the Darker Than Wax crew in London in 2018, an instant relationship between artist and label flourished through our shared sonic ethos. After numerous setbacks from the chaos of 2020, we are proud to finally share Dampé’s label debut with the world – Oil.

A polished, wide-ranging work in its own right, Oil run’s the gamut from moments of lush, meditative sound design, to banging mutant-Bruk and flailing percussive dancefloor cuts. Kicking off with restless ambient excursion ‘Jawahar Park’, into the deep, evolving dancefloor affair with title track ‘Oil’, and rounding out with the shimmering slo-mo house of ‘Flora Waves’, the first side of the record showcases Dampé’s sonic range and his unique approach to forging new sounds. On the flip side, ‘Awning Slapper’ is the EP’s certified party starter led by distorted bass and accented with fleeting chords and percussion, while ‘Manzana’ brings us on a rhythmic excursion built on saturated found sounds and some made-for-the-Adriatic euphoric synth lines. Also featured on the record is a remix from Canadian producer Teo Mattress, putting his signature dreamy Vancouver-house spin on ‘Jawahar Park’. Despite travelling through a number of diverse auditory peaks and valleys, Oil oozes consistency and polish from front to back – a solid spin at home or in the club.

Dampé - Oil (Oil EP)

2nd Pathways on Norrm!
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Get on it :)

TL
Mad Professor ------------- People of Yoruba
Inner Circle   -------------------------  Frelimo
Winsome ------------------------ SUG002-A
Martyn x Om Unit --------------- Tracksuit Dub 
Dampé ---------------------------- Manzana 
Farragol --------------------------- Disorder
Simisea ---------------------------- Cotorra
Kevin McDowell ------------------------ Birds 
Soso Tharpa -------------------- Simon's Mind
Chrissy ---------------------- A Lot More Love
Ric Wilson x Terrace Martin - Don’t Kill The Wave
Ian Fink ----------------------- Full [aries mix] 
Takuya Matsumoto ----------------- Somebodi
Lay-Far -------------------- Round and Round
Sousk ---------------------------- The People
Ben Hixon & Stefan Ringer --------- Tom Track 01

FUNK B

Pathways 02 on Norrm Radio | 20 Nov

• DTW FM #243 •

Hosted by:
Marco Weibel
@marcoweibel
&
Mawkus
@mawkus

Special Guest Senay
@eddiesliquor

Show #243 • This week we have Marco starting the show with fresh bits, a guest set from Senay via Long Beach and Mawkus to close things out.

Marco Weibel Set:
DTW Intro
cktrl - will the feelings leave
Liam Bailey - Awkward 
The Fantastics! - Oblique 
Deborahe Glasgow - My Thing
Ralph Weeks - Algo Muy Profundo
James Reese & The Progressions - Throwing Stones (Kenny Dope Mix)
Zeitgeist & Tucceri - Tzimtzum 
Steve Spacek - Do U Want My Lov
JK Group - What’s Real?
Billy Lo - It’s The Life

Senay Set:
Coming Soon 

Mawkus Set:
Adeline - Twilight
Mark Pritchard - LFO Special
David Walters - Soleil Kréyol (DJ Steady Remix)	
Elia Y Elizabeth - Alegría (demi Riquísimo Remix)
Ashley Beedle & Abi Clarke - Yes Indeed (Rock Free For Trouble)
Moodymann - Slow Down
Walter Ego - Attack
Swordman Kitala, K-Lone - Malanga Ja 
Le Motel - Durban
Omaar - Denumbawon (The Number One)
Mr President - One Night feat. Cindy Pooch & Celia Kameni
Ash Soul, Inc. - I Do Love You
Children Of Zeus - Hard Work
Quelle Chris & Chris Keys - Sudden Death

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Every Saturday
12PM - 2PM EST
Broadcasting via The Lot Radio
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Darker Than Wax FM #243 w/ Senay • 21st November 2020

Butcher Brown - Love Rock
Black Nile - Second Serving
Str4ta - Aspects
Dezron Douglas & Brandee Younger - You Make Me Feel Brand New
Levitation Orchestra - Wave Potentially
Nick Walters & The Paradox Ensemble - The Underdog
Bokani Dyer - Ke Nako
Kaidi Tatham & Andrew Ashong - Eye Mo K
Jeff Bradshaw - Gratitude
Thana Alexa - Ona
Donald Byrd - Loving You
Patrice Rushen - Lets Sing A Song Of Love
Lonnie Liston Smith - Rainbows Of Love
George Duke - Reach Out
Caldera - Sky Islands
Bob James - Touchdown
Dave Valentin - Clove and Cinnamon
Judy Roberts - Never Was Love
Angie Bofill - Share Your Love
The Crusaders - Feel It
Roy Ayers - Turn Me Loose
Donald Byrd - Makin' It

FoldedSpace on Jazz FM w/ Tony Minvielle 6/12/2020

Sunday Sessions Nº380

Cherry B and Kiina were back in the studio for the first time since March. To wrap up 2020 they gave us two hours of laid back late night flavours. Dusty hip-hop, RnB and Neo-Soul all come up over the two hours with tracks from Lojii & Morriarchi, Horoshi Sato, The Black Byrds and more.

Flavours w/ Cherry B and Kiina - December 2020

Synths and storytelling captured in a live performance by London jazz fusion outfit Brother's Testament.

Download + Donate: bit.ly/DAY_21_BrothersTestament

Part of our 2020 charity Advent Calendar in aid of You Make It and Project Protect.

All money raised through Bandcamp sales goes directly to You Make It and Project Protect, so please give generously.

Download + Donate

Day 21: Brother's Testament - Icarus Live At Jazz re:freshed [7:34]

Earning praises from a worldwide range of selectors that include the likes of Gilles Peterson, Dam-Funk, Tama Sumo, San-Soda, Mike Huckaby, Lefto and many more, Dean aka the Funk Bast*rd (one half of the Cosa nostra duo and co-founder of Singapore-based label Darker Than Wax) has been tirelessly pushing and promoting an alternative expression of lefteld music through his widely eclectic and genre-bending sets. Being the main A+R and creative mind behind DTW, the label has flourished tremendously over the past 5 years, cementing its place as one of the go-to labels out of South East Asia.

His musical selection, which traverses between a huge variety of musical genres like deep jazz, soul, funk, boogie, brazilian grooves, deep house, hip hop and bass numbers have left many indelible marks on the dancefloors.

It’s no surprise then that he has played alongside some of the world’s finest like Kyle Hall, Lefto, Recloose, Gerd Janson, Basic Soul Unit, Linkwood, Norman Jay, Souleance, Ramadanman / Pearson Sound, Krystal Klear, Tiger and Woods, Mike Huckaby, Seven Davis Jnr and most notably, warmed up for Dj Ez, Fourtet, Kamaal Williams and Dam Funk .

His sets have also taken him around the world, playing most recently in New York, Brazil, Switzerland, Paris, London and Shanghai, just to name a few. In 2016, Funk B was also invited on BBC 1XTRA, Radar Radio, and swung through the legendary Brownswood basement of Gilles Peterson with a 2-hour exclusive Worldwide FM mix. Following that, he has most recently completed 3 tours in Europe, and played at Dimensions Festival in 2018. It comes with no surprise then that he has secured a monthly radio spot on the highly esteemed Worldwide FM.

The Funk Bast*rd always has something in the box that surprises. Just open those ears.

1. DTW Intro
2. Ryusenkei - Tokyo Coaster
3. Finn Irregular - Find A Way
4. Paris Bis - Unis Dans La Nuit Unique
5. Mina Anatoli - Too Late (Skyrager Edit)
6. Astra - Wake Up To
7. Accura - Gettin' Down (Hip Hop)
8. F.J - Fool's Love
9. Gordon Koang - Y Dah (Sleep D Remix)
10. U’MOH - Acid Reign (Full Mix)
11. Club Nouveau - Heavy On My Mind (Heavy Beats mix)
12. Astrid - Dua Kekasih
13. Minoru Fushimi - Makezu Bushi (Song of Not Givin' In)
14. Munir - Detroit Arena
15. Cobalt - Manipulation Genetique
16. Night Beat - Money
17. James Cobbin - Caught In The Middle
18. Jordan Passmore - Voice Crystal 1
19. Understars - Forestfunk (Nodamkkb Mix)
20. Woolph - Ume2Me (Original Mix)
21. Jon Dixon / minor INVENTION - 12:03 in 303
22. Leo Rosi - Mystic Runner (A Place In Paradise)
23. Clafrica - U can’t guard me

SFM Podcast #59 - Funk Bast*rd (Darker Than Wax, Singapore)

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DTW radio show on Balamii / every 3rd Monday of the month | 2100-2300 GMT
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< "Dean Chew is setting the standards in Singapore" - Gilles Peterson >

Earning praises from a worldwide range of selectors that include the likes of Dam-Funk, Tama Sumo, San-Soda, Mike Huckaby, Jamie XX and 2562, Dean aka the Funk Bast*rd (one half of the Cosa nostra duo and co-founder of Singapore-based label Darker Than Wax) has been tirelessly pushing and promoting an alternative expression of leftfield music through his widely eclectic and genre-bending sets. Being the main A+R and creative mastermind behind DTW, the label has flourished tremendously over  the past 5 years, cementing its place as one of the go-to labels out of South East Asia.

His musical selection, which traverses between a huge variety of musical genres like deep jazz, soul, funk, boogie, brazilian grooves, house, techno, breaks, hip hop and bass numbers have left many indelible marks on the dancefloors.

It’s no surprise then that he has played alongside some of the world’s finest like Gilles Peterson, Benji B, Kyle Hall, Lefto, Recloose, Gerd Janson, Basic Soul Unit, Linkwood, Norman Jay, Souleance, Pearson Sound, Krystal Klear, Tiger and Woods, Mike Huckaby, Seven Davis Jnr and most notably, warmed up for Dj Ez, Fourtet and Dam Funk.
His sets have also taken him around the world, playing most recently at Dimensions Festival in Croatia, various cities in Europe, Asia, and Brazil. In 2016, Funk B was also invited on BBC 1XTRA, Rinse RM, Radar Radio, and swung through the legendary Brownswood basement of Gilles Peterson with a 2-hour exclusive Worldwide FM mix. He is also a regular presenter on Gilles' Worldwide Fm, transmitting good vibes every 3rd Tuesday of the month.

Dean Chew always has something in the box that surprises. Just open those ears.

Pathways 02 on Norrm Radio | 20 Nov

DEAN CHEW | DTW