Danny McLewin aka Skyrager is one of my favorite people on the planet. His ability to dig out rare unheard of bangers and drop them hot on the dance floor sums up all the reasons we love to go out. Based out of England, Danny travels the world spreading love through music with the group Psychemagik and under his solo moniker Skyrager. An avid record collector and dealer, I'm always so excited to comb through all his mixes. Before After Hours takes you on a blissful musical odyssey. From demented dubbed out synth reggae jams, Krautrock, Italo, Arabic disco and beyond, this mix has it all. Enjoy friends x

Before After Hours

Blue Yes Blue: Soulful Rocksteady and early reggae 
musical selections all taken from vintage dusty recordings 
by selector and collector Guv'nor General (Pressure Drop)

https://www.instagram.com/pressure_drop_sound/

TPS 044 - BLUE YES BLUE soulful Rocksteady & early Reggae - Selections by Guv'nor General

TPS 049 - EARTH SOUNDS: 
Blazing Horns and Binghi Drums of Jamaica - 
Selections by Guv'nor General
https://www.instagram.com/pressure_drop_sound/

Rootical jazzy sounds played by some of Jamaica's finest and most deeply spiritual musicians: Cedric Brooks, Tommy McCook, Vin Gordon, Roland Alphonso, Bobby Ellis, Ernest Ranglin, Lynn Tait, Calvin Cameron, Karl Bryan, "Deadly" Headly, Count Ossie, Lennie Hibbert, Jackie Mittoo, Ras Michael...and many more great artists.

TPS 049 - EARTH SOUNDS: Blazing Horns and Binghi Drums of Jamaica - Selections by Guv'nor General

Made a series of mixes of some things I like.  
Each are in their own pocket.
Don't want to spend too much time trying to describe them so just have a listen

Gerry - MIX2

In celebration of Canada Day, Alister Johnson and Gerrence dig for some smooth Canadian AOR rarities. 

TRACKLISTING:

Michael Kane - In The Light
Sunband - Everybody Wants To Win
Craig Ruhnke - Reach Out
Double - Try
Boule Noire - Sexy Mama
Diane Tell - Mon Ami
Ken Tobias - Run Away With Me
Sunband - You’re The Only One That You’re Fooling
Moses - Comin’ On Strong
Crowcuss - Down On My Knees
Black & Ward - This Is My Confusion
Pierre Lalonde - Viens
Barbara Fisher - Tossed Up & Reckless
Richard Stepp - Summer Love
Robert Maciag - You Make Me Feel So Good
Pete Richards - Baby It’s You
Dwight Druick - Voudou

Check more music and mixes here: https://www.fromwhere.ca/

Alister Johnson and Gerrence - EH' OR - MIX

Many thanks to Martijn Soetens for this great mix of "smooth neo-psychedelia, dreampop and soulful grooves." Track list to follow at: www.aordisco.com

Psych Mix for AOR Disco by Martijn Soetens

SHOP - https://spacetalkmusic.bandcamp.com/album/night-city-life-compiled-by-ilan-pdahtzur

Should you find yourself taking a Thames-side stroll in the shadow of the City of London, keep an eye out for the headphone-clad figure of Ilan Pdahtzur. While be-suited bankers and frustrated office workers scurry home to their families, Ilan can frequently be found casting admiring glances towards the blinking lights of towering skyscrapers while filling his ears with the synthesizer-driven sounds of lesser-known 1980s dance music. 

Ilan, an avid but little-known record collector best known for sharing the artwork of obscure and under-appreciated early-to-mid ’80s club cuts on his popular Instagram feed, has been digging for vibrant, kaleidoscopic records since his teens. Now, thanks to Spacetalk, he’s been given a chance to offer a glimpse into his neon-lit nocturnal musical world. 

The result is Night City Life, a killer collection of 1980s synthesizer songs inspired by Ilan’s admiration for the glow of London’s late night skyline. Over the course of 13 essential tunes, Ilan escorts us on a vibrant sprint through rare Italo-disco, steamy South African synth-boogie, fizzing American freestyle, oddball Austrian electrofunk and so much more. 

There are naturally a fair few sought-after cuts present, but also a fine selection of under-appreciated gems that for one reason or other have been all but ignored since they were released three and a half decades ago. In fact, some selections are so obscure that barely any information exists about them online. 

Check for example Preludio’s “Mysterious Nights”, an evocative fusion of slow electronic grooves, dreamy chords and twinkling piano motifs previously buried on a lesser-known album of unremarkable German synth-pop, or the dollar-bin brilliance of Fragile’s sweet synth-pop gem “We’ve Got Tonight, Boy”, a cut that Ilan says is capable of “wrapping itself like tendrils around your soul”. He’s not wrong. 

At the other end of the scale you’ll find the ultra-rare Italo-disco breeziness of Friend of Mine’s incredible “Just Your Pride” and Mac & Monica’s soulful 1986 South African synth-boogie cut “You’re So Good To Me”, copies of which regularly change hands for hundreds of pounds online. Ilan originally reached out to the men behind the record last year to tell them how one of their other forgotten gems had been played on a Boiler Room session; naturally, they were thrilled. 

There’s plenty to admire elsewhere on the compilation, too, from the waves of analogue synths, bubbly melodies and bobbing beats of the instrumental dub version of Brian Tatcher’s “Hot Love” – a cold-war era cut inspired by the idea of love blossoming in the midst of a nuclear meltdown – to the Bobby Orlando-esque freestyle bustle of Janelle’s “Don’t Be Shy (Dub)” and the sparkling post-boogie brilliance of Jarmaz’s “Night City Life (Disco Remix)”, a track Ilan has listened to countless times while admiring the midnight skyline of his home city.

A1. Catherine Brénot - Et Tout Est Yin Et Tout Est Yang (Club Mix)
A2. 1 Plus 1 – Coming Up For Air (Instrumental)
A3. Fragile – We’ve Got Tonight, Boy
B1. Jarmaz – Night City Life (Disco Remix)
B2. Friend Of Mine – Just Your Pride
B3. Mac & Monica – You’re So Good To Me
B4. Sala & H – Feel The Love
C1. Alexandra - Fantasia (Fantasy)
C2. Gioia – No Secrets (Instrumental)
C3. Janelle – Don’t Be Shy (Dub)
D1. Alessandro Scellino - Dinner In The Jungle (Erotic Mix)
D2. Brian Tatcher - Hot Love (Instrumental Dub Version)
D3. Preludio – Mysterious Nights

Night City Life compiled by Ilan Pdahtzur

SHOP

Night City Life compiled by Ilan Pdahtzur - Mini Mix

Took some of my fave records to play a show for Diverse Frequencies radio in Deal last December. Some classics and a few obscurities including tracks by Rhythm & Bliss, Robert Wyatt, Love Junkie, Heaven & Earth,  Dennis Olivieri... any many more sweet gems for your Sunday listening pleasure. Download here: https://we.tl/t-ruJ9aQZ7aD

Diverse Frequencies - Skyrager

a soundtrack to float you into atmospheres; taking you to a time and place far away.

Artwork is from @brianqtn album Lubricating The Species, featuring the song Purple Martin which is the opening song to this mix. Check out his music here: brianQTN.bandcamp.com

Lubricating The Species - 01. Drowning Your Sorrows

Hi.  We've been busy preparing a few exciting new projects and thought a good way to kick off the New Year would be to share a new mix of rare  Canadian gems we've been building from our collection.   This time we're traveling within the Folky, Psychey, Jazzy, realm.  
So get yourself in a nice open headspace, and join us for the ride.
Tracklist as always is available at https://www.fromwhere.ca/

More love.
A&A