Thanks for recording and posting, must have been a blast! Will try to figure out this one now :)

B.C.P.A. = BIG Crimbo Pressie Alert: 

Ok, this is a special one we have been holding on to for over 10 years. Yes that's right this mix was recorded over ten years ago but only came out on Good Morning Tapes last year... Only a few people heard it before, can you believe it? 
Now things are coming even more Full Circle as it was aired live for the first time last week on Crimson's "Pink Eyed Blue" show on https://radiozora.fm/ I thought this was fitting as I will also be playing with him this summer at THE Ozora Festival! Those who know, know ;-) 
Anyways hope you will enjoy and have a great Christmas and New Year Celebration.

Some lovely words below from my great friend TC aka The Ch... for those that wish to read further! Enjoy...



The empty longings of nostalgia exist as a far cry behind taking from the past with a view to understanding a new place it might hold in the future. Now - with the 90’s revival in something of a full swing - Good Morning Tapes finally gets the chance to release a pivotal 10 year old mix that didn’t just ignite a curious wave of reflection and appropriation, it marked a culmination in the shifting sonic sands for its creator Mr. Alexis Le-Tan. His name needs little light trust upon it in these hallowed cosmic halls, with his enduring and ever present mixes being a staple for those that know. Back to Disco Valley is arguably his most important mix - it both recontextualised a dirty and forgotten sound of the past, and facilitated a wave of new freedoms for those wishing to look backwards in order to move forwards. Most importantly it planted the seed for everything Full Circle to come.

Back to Disco Valley is above all else a personal reckoning for Alexis and Joakim, it marked a moment when many problems inherent in a trapped older sound - with a sublime yet dated history of its own - could breath fresh life in the present day; a new slower realm was born. The slowing down of dance music is nothing new, and certainly where peak time beats have existed a spiritual shadow that revels in a slower ethereal space to dance has never been far away. Stylistically on one level, Back to Disco Valley might seem to build on what Baldelli or Loda were doing many years ago, and it certainly has that effortless charm, but it goes much further, not just in its re-appraisal of the frenetic fast paced sounds of Goa, but as a signifier of where many wanted to head on the dancefloor - towards a slower oasis - incorporating new releases and modern sounding rarities along the way. Indeed, in selecting the 33rpm dial rather than that marked 45, Full Circle at once opened up the new space inside a music some of us went bananas to 30 years ago, and at the same time made sense of a crucial yet forgotten heritage; a confession became a badge of honour.

Coming back to Full Circle and its genesis: it was only a matter of time before the old Goa records would come back down from the racks and spawn a new life, and perhaps whilst Le-Tan cemented something a lot of us knew, Disco Valley somehow liberated many of those early records from their stylistic shackles initiating a creative project that - along side the collaborative work with Joakim - has released a wave of inspirational edits and re-imaginations. Full Circle - in all its conceptual & metaphorical majesty - really has come to represent the most stylish of takes on past sounds, both in the realm of selection and re-working. It is certainly true that Back to Disco Valley - sounding now as it did then (to the select tuned ears that got to listen) - reflects a perfect meeting between an off-tempo past, present and future, being more than a functional assemblage, it revives many a lost memories, inspiring a new batch of ideas. There is nothing wrong with looking back, as long as it has a purpose.

Tom Colebrook

Full Circle - Back To Disco Valley (GMT 52)

Recording of @front-de-cadeaux set at SUPERCAMP Festival 2023

Front De Cadeaux - SUPERCAMP Festival 2023

To come ‘Full Circle’ is to travel the path and arrive back at the point you think you left from.

Full Circle, also known as Alexis Le-Tan (Wonders Ovze World) and Joakim (Tigersushi, Crowdspacer), a long term project with close friends Le-Tan and Joakim music project and “concept band born from loving ears that want to re-process our electronic past.”

They’ve delivered some amazing edits of obscure Goa tracks and remixed the likes of Die Orangen, 10Lec6, and Tapan and released on Good Morning Tapes and Vladimir Ivkovic’s Offen.

“To complete a journey is to learn and to slow down and re-imagine is to enrich – Full Circle hears the hedonistic sound of the 90’s in a light that reflects a different space for our current time and beyond. Always bridging the gap between the past and present: they are and continue to go Full Circle.”
 

You got that? Good… then let’s get our ears round their first recorded mix action and dig into their minds a bit more.

Listen and read the interview below:
https://www.theransomnote.com/music/shine-a-light-on-mix-full-circle-alexis-le-tan-joakim/

@alexisletan @joakimbouaziz

INTERVIEW

Shine A Light On Mix... Full Circle (Alexis Le-Tan & Joakim)

Heap digs deep. Not one to bow to trends and fanciful fads he knows his shit. Real abstract electronics for the dancefloors with a twist. The Neubau founder has worked tirelessly for years showcasing the best in raw, rugged, forward thinking music. Florian Stöffelbauer is Heap. The prolific man co-leads the Vienna based record label Neubau and Wiener Brut, which keeps impressing vinyl enthusiasts since its birth in 2015. Artists like Aufgang B, Karamika, Leo James and more recently Alexander Arpeggio, Gil.Barte, MR TC and Lo Kindre joined the roster and participated with forward thinking and brave dance music.
		
As diverse and interesting as his label’s output, so is Florian’s DJing. Deep knowledge of music and many secret gems in his vinyl bag let him guide faithful listeners all over Europe.

Sound Metaphors Mix Series 23 : Heap

benedikt frey & chez de milo b2b all night long at the love inn, bristol

Benedikt Frey b2b Chez de Milo @ Club Blanco - The Love Inn, Bristol [18/11/23]

@freybenedikt

Benedikt Frey made this amazing mix focused on a great amount of Kraut-ish material. Surely a pleasure for your senses. 
Benedikt is running the great @riolabel label from Berlin alongside @menqui & @daloworks .
All the moments we bumped into each other (I guess a few times at Digital Tsunami), were soundtracked by only good stuff.

Knekelhuis # 107 - Benedikt Frey

Live recording of our yuletide extravangaza featuring Jamie Paton as guest, get stuck in to the leftovers...

LIVE MIX @ Wrong Party 27/12/23 w/ Jamie Paton (Hoga Nord/Multi Culti/Emotional Response)

November 10 2023
Limited Edition in Portland.
Home on the fringe of night life, family, goodness. 
Gathering No. 70.
If you know you know.

Live at Limited Edition

Vladimir Ivkovic All Night Long at 70th Limited Edition Portland

It was a joy to play the warm up set at Optimo's New Year's Day party in The Berkeley Suite earlier this month. The night started at 8pm (until 4am...so a long night) and the room took a while to get busy so I felt it was completely acceptable to veer into the stranger atmospheric territories of my record collection. By half an hour or so in, people had started arriving and dancing so things pick up around halfway through but I still keep the tempo below 110bpm for a slow build. Artists featured include: Beige, Mauoq, Peter Power, C.P.I., Renaldo & The Loaf, Alek Lee, James Holden & Maalem Houssam Guinia, Froid Dub, Olta Karawane, Killing Joke, Mugwump, Girls Chat Room, CatCat, Alterleo, Lust Pattern, Ballistic Mystic, La Bottine Souriante & Legion Of Green Men, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Aiku. If you can't ID anything leave a comment and I'll answer asap. Peace! x

GK Machine @ Optimo, The Berkeley Suite, Glasgow (01.01.24)

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Managing @invisible-inc since 2014.
Turning knobs and banging metal with @komodokolektif since 2016.
Fader flipping @wrongparty since 2021

DJing/Live around and about:
2024
01/01/24 @ Optimo, The Berkeley Suite, Glasgow
17/02/24 @ Wrong Party, Brunswick Cellars, Glasgow
01/03/24 @ Invisible Inc w/ guest Krokakai, Brunswick Cellars, Glasgow
16/03/24 @ Wrong Party, Dannsa, Glasgow
13/04/24 @ Wrong Party, Brunswick Cellars, Glasgow
26/04/24 @ Slay with African Head Charge, JD Twitch & Hometown Soundsystem, Glasgow
15/06/24 @ Eden Festival, Optimo Takeover
08/07/24 @ Kelburn Garden Party Festival

2023
21/01/23 @ Wrong Party, Glasgow
18/02/23 @ Wrong Party, Glasgow
26/02/23 @ Club Cosmos, Leeds
18/03/23 @ Wrong Party, Glasgow
15/04/23 @ Wrong Party, Glasgow
20/05/23 @ Wrong Party, Glasgow
02/06/23 @ The Berkeley Suite, Glasgow
10/06/23 @ Wrong Party with Anatolian Weapons, La Cheetah, Glasgow
08/07/23 @ Boxhub, Glasgow (7pm-midnight)
08/07/23 @ Symbol, Glasgow (1-3am)
11/08/23 @ The Poetry Club w/ Mutant Radio meets Clyde Built Radio, Glasgow
12/08/23 @ Wrong Party, Glasgow
02/09/23 @ The Berkeley Suite with Vladimir Ivkovic, Glasgow
16/09/23 @ Counterterraism, Upstairs, Inverness
23/09/23 @ Wrong Party, Glasgow
21/10/23 @ Wrong Party, Glasgow
18/11/23 @ Wrong Party Second Birthday w/ Dirt Brooks (live), Glasgow
27/12/23 @ Wrong Party Festive Freakout w/ Jamie Paton, Glasgow

2022
19/02/22 @ Wrong Party, Glasgow
19/03/22 @ Wrong Party, Glasgow
21/05/22 @ Wrong Party, Glasgow
18/06/22 @ Wrong Party, Glasgow
03/07/22 @ Kelburn Garden Party Festival
09/07/22 @ The Old Hairdressers, Green Door Studio Birthday
14/07/22 @ Doune The Rabbit Hole Festival (as Komodo Kolektif)
16/07/22 @ Wrong Party, Glasgow
17/07/22 @ Doune The Rabbit Hole Festival
19/08/22 @ Piedicavallo Festival (IT) (as Komodo Kolektif)
04/09/22 @ Watching Trees Festival (as Komodo Kolektif)
10/09/22 @ Wrong Party, Glasgow
15/09/22 @ Africado Festival, Glasgow
15/10/22 @ Wrong Party, Glasgow
18/11/22 @ Aqualarre Nights, Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh
19/11/22 @ Wrong Party 1st Birthday w/ Kusht (live)
10/12/22 @ Opal Nights, The Flying Duck, Glasgow
17/12/22 @ Komplex, Glasgow

2021
29/07/21 @ Bandobar, Queen's Park Arena, Glasgow
20/11/21 @ Wrong Party! at McNeill's, Glasgow
03/12/21 @ Electric Goldmine, The Rum Shack w/ Ty Lumnus + Womensaid (Live), Glasgow

2020
25/01/20 @ Pickle Factory, London (UK) (as Komodo Kolektif)
21/02/20 @ Freak Out Club, Bologna (IT)
04/04/20 @ Knotwilg Festival, Brussels (BE) (as Komodo Kolektif)(Cancelled)
08/04/20 @ Golden Pudel, Hamburg (GER) (as Komodo Kolektif)(Cancelled)
11/04/20 @ Fort Superposition, Lyon (FR) (as Komodo Kolektif)(Cancelled)
12/04/20 @ Dynamic Range, Amsterdam (NL) (as Komodo Kolektif)(Cancelled)
30/05/20 @ Netil Radio 3rd Birthday Weekender (as GK Machine)
26/06/20 @ Pop Mutations Virtual Festival (as GK Machine)
11/07/20 @ Mutabor, Mosco (RU) (as Komodo Kolektif) (cancelled)

2019
19/04/19 @ Invisible, Inc., The Rum Shack, Glasgow
25/05/19 @ Vocal or Version, The Rum Shack, Glasgow
05/07/19 @ Kelburn Garden Party, Beach Plateau
07/07/19 @ Kelburn Garden Party, Landing Stage (as Komodo Kolektif )
12/07/19 @ tbc (Komodo Kolektif live set)
21/07/19 @ Doune The Rabbit Hole Festival
16/08/19 @ Invisible, Inc., The Rum Shack with tbc (live)
21/09/19 @ The Flying Duck, Glasgow (as Komodo Kolektif)
21/09/19 @ Late / early secret location
29/09/19 @ Bar á Vin (Convenanza Festival Debrief), Carcassonne (FR)
01/11/19 @ Invisible, Inc., The Rum Shack, Glasgow with Cantillate (live)
16/11/19 @ Z-Bau, Nürnberg (as Komodo Kolektif) (DE)
23/11/19 @ Sameheads, Berlin (DE)

2018
27/01/18 @ Invisible Inc, The Rum Shack with Krokakai (live), Glasgow
09/03/18 @ Platform, The Arches, Glasgow
16/03/18 @ Invisible Inc, The Rum Shack w/ Komodo Kolektif (live)
06/04/18 @ Vague Terrain, San Francisco (US)
12/04/18 @ Zebulon w/ Dublab + Secret Circuit, Los Angeles (US)
25/05/18 @ Invisible Inc, The Rum Shack with special guests Double Discone (live)
01/07/18 @ Kelburn Garden Party, Highlife Stage
21/07/18 @ Lunacy Module, Glasgow
04/08/18 @ Five March, Glasgow
10/08/18 @ Invisible Inc at The Rum Shack w/ Eva Geist (live) + Natural Sugars
25/08/18 @ Rum Shack w/ Adrian Sherwood + Lo Kindre
21/09/18 @ Convenanza Festival, Carcassonne (as Komodo Kolektif) (FR)
28/09/18 @ Lunacy Module w/ Alexander Robotnik, Glasgow
29/09/18 @ Flying Duck w/ Kid Congo Powers, Glasgow
09/11/18 @ Invisible Inc at The Rum Shack, Glasgow
17/11/18 @ Love Inn, Bristol (UK)
14/12/18 @ Freak Out Club, Bologna (IT)

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