Head in the Clouds - Radio ARA

Track list:

1. LARS BARTKUHN – Every morning I meditate
2. REGGAE DISCO ROCKERS – The whistle song (Silent Dream version)
3. THE ZENMENN – Bella fantasia
4. HELADO NEGRO – Pais nublado
5. JAIME E NAIR – Sob o mar
6. SIVUCA – Ain’t no sunshine
7. ERICK COSAQUE – Guadeloupe, île de mes amours
8. VS QUARTET – A pou zot
9. TWYLYTE ’81 – Some go up
10. DOC DANEEKA & ABIGAIL WILES – Tobyjug
11. SAULT – Wildfires
12. HUGO MOLENAAR – We can live together
13. SERGINHO MERITI – Bons momentos
14. SONYA SPENCE – Let love flow on
15. NATHAN HAINES – U see that
16. LAURENT BARDAINNE & TIGRE D’EAU DOUCE – Kinshasa
17. ARP FRIQUE & MARISEYA – Nyame ye
18. MAUSKOVIC DANCE BAND – Space drum machine (Dam Swindle Flute remix)
19.VALÉRIA – Marcação (Delfonic edit)
20.BAIANASYSTEM – Água (Jimpster remix)
21. CLUB PARADISO – Romagna tropicale
22. NU GENEA & CELIA KAMENI – Marechià
23. STR4TA – Rhythm in your mind
24. EMMA-JEAN THACKRAY – Say something
25. THE CONGOS – Solid foundation — Rest in Power Lee “Scratch” Perry £$P Music Master Mind —

Head in the Clouds // Radio ARA // Episode 1 // 21.09.2021

Track list:

1. JUN FUKAMACHI – At the cutting edge
2. ETUK UBONG – Uyai mi Margaret
3. SONS OF KEMET – To never forget the source
4. DOS SANTOS – City of mirrors
5. DAZION – Eu não sei
6. VICTORIA SANTA CRUZ – Me gritaron negra! (Daniel Haaksman edit)
7. GRUPO MAGNÉTICO – Hermanos latinos
8. NILAMAYÉ – Tierra
9. ARNAU OBIOLS & KAYYAK – Chang’an (Kalabrese remix)
10. SHEITAN BROTHERS – Gardien volcan
11. GHETTO KUMBÉ – Tambó
12. THE QUIET ONES – Matamba
13. FRANK M. – What JAH give
14. KHRUANGBIN & QUANTIC – Pelota (Cut A Rug mix)
15. BEBETO – A beleza é você menina
16. EMÍLIO SANTIAGO – O amigo de Nova York
17. LAMAR THOMAS – Feel so good inside (Waxist edit)
18. EL TURRONERO – Si yo volveria a nacer
19. FLAMINGO PIER – Cosmic sunset
20. HERBIE HANCOCK – Stars in your eyes
21. MARVIN GAYE – I want you
22. LORD SHORTY AND FRIENDS – Who is she?
23. MELVIN VAN PEEBLES – Quittin’ time    —RIP Sweet Sweetback—
** Let the spirit take you to where it wants you to go **

Head in The Clouds // Radio ARA // Episode 2 // 19.10.2021

Track list:

1. ORCHESTRE TOUT PUISSANT MARCEL DUCHAMP – Blabber
2. MARCEL VOGEL – Human being
3. JORJA SMITH – Rose rouge
4. OSCAR JEROME – Gravitate
5. DJOSA – Amazone
6. JOSEPH MALIK – I don’t want
7. THE NEW AGE ORCHESTRA – Let’s dream together, pt. 4 (Kenneth Bager refix)
8. BIANCA – Tabú
9. MUNGOLIAN JET SET – Moon jocks n prog rocks (Montezuma’s Rache remix)
10. HOLGER CZUKAY, JAH WOBBLE, JAKI LIEBEZEIT – How much are they?
11. BOTS & GAS – Nasty beings
12. DENIS MPUNGA & PAUL K. – Criola
13. GRATIEN MIDONET – Osana (Kuniyuki remix)
14. MENDES & MENDES – Riqueza & valor
15. JOHNNY HAMMOND – Los conquistadores chocolates
16. LETTA MBULU – Kilimandjaro take us higher
17. BURNIN’ BEAT – Searchin’
18. MARTEN YORGANTZ – Ammenain serdov (de tout coeur)
19. BEL – Ready to die (Mudd’s extended mix)

Head in the Clouds // Radio ARA // Episode 3 // 16.11.2021

Track list:

1. LUCIO BATTISTI – Angel (Mars & Jupiter Numero Uno vocal mix)
2. NED DOHENY – Get it up for love (demo version)
3. R.J. RIGGINS – I need you now
4. LLOYD McNEIL (Rest In Power) – Samba for the animals
5. ANA MAZZOTTI – Agora o nunca mais
6. BO & RUTH – You’re gonna get next to me
7. AHMED FAKROUN – يا فرحي بيك (Ya farhi beek)
8. TATSURO YAMASHITA – Love talkin’ — one for the Manila city pop dons…

——————Interview with THE HOME CURRENT——————

9. BOMB THE BASS – Megablast
10. THE GRID – Floatation
11. FUTURE SOUND OF LONDON – Papua New Guinea
12. THE UNDERGROUND SOLUTION – Luv dancin’
13. THE HOME CURRENT – Leave your fears
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DJ mix by THE HOME CURRENT:

14. STEIGER – Lambda
15. STUFF – Waksi
16. TOITOITOI – Goliards
17. EMERSON KITAMURA – 窓から (Mado kara)
18. DANIEL ÖGREN – Kristinehamn by night
19. ANN SOREL – L’amour à plusieurs
20. SERGE GAINSBOURG – Je suis venu te dire que je m’en vais (instrumental)
21. ANDRZEJ KORZYNSKI – Losy 2 (mid-guitar theme)
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22. THE HOME CURRENT – Exit signs

Head in the Clouds - Radio Ara

Head in the Clouds // Radio ARA // Episode 4 // 21.12.2021 // The Home Current

Track list:

Intro: DAVID BOWIE – Moss Garden

Giuseppe’s 2021 Favorites

INOYAMA LAND – Hair Air
FLOATING POINTS & PHAROAH SANDERS – Movement 5
FABIANO DO NASCIMENTO – Planalto
MANDUKA – Patria Amada, Idolatrada, Salve
AMARO FREITAS – Nascimento
ARTHUR VEROCAI – Sylvia
HARUOMI HOSONO – Something Stupid
THEO CROKER- Soul Call // Vibrate
INSIGHT – Fantasy (feat. Ashaye) [Insight Mix]
KINA TOMOKO – Ink
JAMBAL – Kind Of Being (feat. Culture The Kid)

Mike’s 2021 Favorites

PAULINE ANNA STROM – Tropical Convergence
AYANE SHINO – Kodomotachi
G.S. SCHRAY – Diverted By Faint Pathway
JOHN CARROLL KIRBY – Swallow Tail
MNDSGN – Masque
MARA TK – Te Kete Aronui
PAINTED PICTURES – Air
MAWIMBI – Kakraa (feat. K.O.G.)
TONY ALLEN & HUGH MASEKELA – Robbers, Thugs And Muggers (O’Galajani)
TENO AFRIKA – 8 Ubers
MOODYMANN – Let Me Show You Love
NIGHTMARES ON WAX – Wonder (feat. Haile Supreme & Shabaka Hutchings)
SISONKE XONTI – Newness
MATTHEW HALSALL – Tropical Landscapes (Live at Hallé St. Peters)

Outro: PARCELS – Shadow

Head in the Clouds

Head in the Clouds // Radio ARA // Episode 5 // 18.01.2022 // Best of 2021

This show was recorded @VinsFins in Grund....again!

Track list:
1. Elias Mazian - Vrij van Dromen
2. Cesaria Evora - Petit Pays (Chateau Flight remix)
3. João Bosco - Incompatibilidade De Gênios
4. Ruy Maurity - Nem Ouro Nem Prata
5. Ruy Maurity - Festa Crioula
6. Zé Roberto - Lotus 72 D
7. Bebeto - Preto Velho
8. Leci Brandão - Cara Pintada
9. Os Originais Do Samba - La Vem Salgueiro
10. Jorge Ben Jor - Ma Ma Ma Ma Mãe (A Língua Dos Anjos)
11. Flora Purim - From the lonely Afternoon
12. Da Lata - Jungle Kitten 
13. Bernardo Pinheiro - Deixar A Peteca Cair
14. Northy Davies - De D.J. Redde Mij Vannacht
15. Steve Monite - Only You
16. Basa Basa - African Soul Power
17. Letta Mbulu - Kilimanjaro Take Us Higher
18. The Volcano Brothers - Neocolonialism Is Strong Tea
19. Bibi Flash - Histoire D’1 Soir: Bye Bye Les Galères
20. Alec Mansion - Dans L’eau De Nice
21. Pino Daniele - Chillo è Nu Buono Guaglione
22. Barrabas - Woman
23. Jungle Fire - Comencemos (Let’s Start)
24. Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band - Pimp
25. Boogaloo Assassins - No No No
26. Afshin & Kiss My Black Jazz - Jesuino Galo Doido
27. Poppers - 299BPM
28. Elia y Elizabeth - Alegría (Vagabundo Club Social Remix)
29. Dj Bert & Eagle - Import (Spacelex Extended Drum Edit)
30. Sly 5th Ave The Clubcasa Chamber Orchestra – Uptown Funk 

Vive la FRANZ!!

Head in the Clouds // Radio ARA // EPISODE 12 // 16.08.2022 // Street Party in Grund

We are two Luxembourg-based record diggers who love warm, organic, analogue, eclectic and deep sounds which bring to mind tropical sunsets, campfire parties on the beach, humid jungle nights and star-filled skies. Maracas, vintage synths, saxophones, drum computers and echo machines are common ingredients. 

Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @editionsdelux.

Head in the Clouds is a monthly show on Radio ARA focused on new, rare, and rediscovered underground music, 100% on vinyl records from our own collections. Genres covered during the show could be labelled Balearic, electronic, deep house, jazz, Brazilian, funk, Japanese, African, folk, cosmic disco, boogie, Afro-Caribbean, ambient, New Age, dub reggae, soul, downtempo, vaporwave, Fourth World…

Overlooked records, forgotten gems, or classic masterpieces, no bias and no limits when your head is in the clouds!

Artwork by @JanineCharlotte (Instagram).

Hear more music from Editions de Lux at 
https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/sWhnp and https://www.ara.lu/shows/head-in-the-clouds/

Playlist with songs played in the shows: 
Head in the Clouds // Radio ARA
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7JNn2QD5ckILm7PEpaKjvB?si=148b7670a89646d6