Our 3rd installment of Midnight Lovers. 
Mixed by @space-ghost-1 and @san_lo  
80s/90s r&b, street soul, new jack swing, and funk. 

For the sunset drives, lakefront views, and downtown vibes. 
Limited Edition Cassette Tapes and Poster of album art available here: https://space-ghost.bandcamp.com/

Tracklist:
Intro
Portrait - Lovin’ U is Ah-Ight
Fresh Four - Wishing On A Star
Robyn - Searching (’94 Remix)
Azizi - Midnight Lover (Young Girl)
JT Taylor - Be My Lover Tonight
Northbeat - Do You Remember Me
Kut Klose - Lovely Thang (Remix Edit)
Rohan Delano feat. The Code - Intimate Connection
Mind - Right or Wrong
Portrait - Here We Go Again! (Extended)
JB Rose - Time 4 Love
CeCe Peniston - Keep On Walkin’
The Project - Soul (Vocal Mix)
Interlude
Kashif - Kathryn (Instrumental Version)
Roger Morrison - Changes For The Better
Ingram  - Just For You
Anne G - Love At Dawn
Tawatha - Did I Dream You (Extended Mix)
Darshon Nicole - Come To Me
Trellini - Take It Slow
Mark Morrison - Moan and Groan

Midnight Lovers 3 (Mixed by Space Ghost & Steve Sandwich)

https://www.nts.live/shows/theo-parrish/episodes/theo-parrish-17th-july-2022

Theo Parrish 170722

https://www.nts.live/shows/theo-parrish/episodes/theo-parrish-31st-december-2022
Semi-regular feature length sessions from one of the greatest to ever grace the decks. Theo Parrish on NTS: you know it makes sense.

Theo Parrish 311222

From Oakland with love comes the 50th submission in the mix series comes by the hand of prolific producer and deejay Space Ghost (@space-ghost-1). Interview (excerpt) down below.

www.musicfrommemory.com 

MFM: Hey Sudi. How's life in California, what's been keeping you busy?

SG: Hey, not much! Just trying to enjoy the summer with friends and get in the studio when I can.

MFM: Looking at your discography it seems that you favor the LP over the EP format, having released well over a dozen albums. How come?

SG: I can’t say that I favor one over the other, just seems that as a musician you strive to write full length LPs. I enjoy LPs for home listening and it feels good to create a nice body of work that flows through a journey. Writing dance singles and eps are trickier for me. It feels harder to write 1-4 really good stand alone songs.

MFM: With such a prolific output, does writing music come easily to you? Can you tell us a bit about how you go about writing and recording, is there a certain flow or method?

SG: Hmm I wouldn’t necessarily say it comes comes easy but I’ve definitely gotten a lot better at getting ideas in my head out into my recordings. It’s still a process of getting into the studio and spending time on it. Sometimes I can spend a whole day or two just spinning my wheels and not being able to get my ideas out. But once I get that perfect dose of creativity and I’m in the right mood, then things can definitely start flowing out. When writing music I often need to start with a very specific idea based on a song I’m listening to at the time. It’s helpful for me to start out with that initial inspiration, whether some chords, style of drums, bassline or a tempo or something. Once I get a few elements working around that idea the song can start to morph and move in any direction, but I really need that specific direction to start. I find that I can often make a rudimentary idea fairly quickly this way and then if it’s inspiring me, I’ll start to try a little bit harder and flush out more of the idea.

MFM: How do you cope with not being inspired or motivated when in the studio?

SG: Honestly it can be a bummer to be in the studio and the ideas aren’t flowing. I’ll just have to step away and do something totally unrelated for a few days.

MFM: Your sound overall has a very soft and melodic touch. The mellow part may be from living close to the Pacific and nature, but where does the melodic part come from? Did you ever learn how to read and play notes?

SG: You know I’m really not sure if I can pinpoint my melodies and where they came from but ya I grew up taking music lessons of all sorts. Piano, drums, guitar, band class, all that stuff. I wasn’t the best at reading music, I learned basic stuff but eventually didn’t progress much farther. Now everything I do is by feel.

MFM: Is there some kind of masterplan for Space Ghost? Like, do you have certain goals to achieve or dreams to chase?

SG: I think my master plan would involve me getting to focus on writing music full time. Honestly I’m not really sure how to get there specifically, seems like everyone gets there on their own path so hopefully mine will end up there as well.

MFM: Tell us about the mix. How did you go about selecting and recording it? Does it have a certain theme or idea to it?

SG: I’ve been wanting to put out a nice lil ambient sort of electronic mix for awhile. Really soft deep introspective vibes. I’ve been holding on to a lot of these tunes for awhile and just listening to my playlist of ambient tunes while traveling or relaxing with friends. After coming back from my NZ/Australian tour, I was ready to play some non dance music for a sec and listen to some other stuff. This mix is just a nice break from DJing a party. I also really want to make an ambient album soon if I have the time, so there are a lot inspirations in this mix.

MFM Mix 050: Space Ghost

Closing out the summer with LF31. Bringing the energy of a slow sunset rave on the block by LA's finest selecta Sonrisita @melisduenas

Melissa Dueñas aka Sonrisita is a DJ based out of Los Angeles. Coming up as a record collector in her hometown of San Diego, Melissa pursued DJing as a means to create space for overlooked sounds. As a DJ she’s known for building eclectic sets that weave together dance music from the past and present. Melissa’s played in various cities across the U.S. and in Mexico City. She’s opened up for artists like Quantic, Peanut Butter Wolf, and Dam-Funk. Throughout the years she’s had radio residencies on WorldWideFM and Dublab where she took deep dives into various facets of music culture through her curation and guest interviews. No matter what she’s doing, Melissa’s intention is always to use music as a vehicle for dialogue, healing, and community.

Late Feelings 31 (Mixed by Sonrisita)

We start the year off with a smooth winter jazz-funk mix by San Francisco's Infinite Jess @infinitejess. 

Here's a few words from her:
This Jazz Funk mix is meant for mid-Winter moments -- when we’ve settled into the hibernation, magic hours extend, and the white skies help make the world look new and still.

Infinite Jess is a Bay Area DJ based in SF. With a lifelong love of record digging and dance music, she brings a moody range and a deep knowledge to the decks— from euphoric daytime moments to red-light-sweatbox vibes, to thoughtful journeys primed for the diggers.

*comment for tracklist id's

Late Feelings 32 (Mixed by Infinite Jess)

This is a luvers mix of contemporary r&b, afrobeats, blends, and edits by Sánlo. 🌹
@san_lo

Late Feelings 33 (Mixed by Sánlo)

Ari Goldman (Beautiful Swimmers / World Building ) live at Bar Part Time April 5, 2024

Ari Goldman Live @ B.P.T. April 2024

Continuing the series is Mancunian producer, dj and music teacher Tom Burford who just released his LP 'Elevations' with us as Contours (@contoursmusic). Interview (excerpt) down below.

www.musicfrommemory.com

MFM: Hey Tom. You just returned from a big hike, how was it?

TC: Hey! Yeah, we were able to get out on some beautiful hikes around the Anaga national park in the north of Tenerife. It’s a stunning landscape and a nice change from the overbearing grey we get in Manchester for half the year. 

MFM: Does nature play an important role in your life and music?

JC: Definitely in life, and then I guess that just seeps into my music. I grew up in a pretty rural part of Cumbria. It was very beautiful landscape but with very little to do from an entertainment perspective, so getting out in the landscape or jamming with friends always felt like the two most freeing things to do. 

MFM: About jamming with friends... Your new album Elevations includes a lot of collaborations with other musicians, of which you did the recordings yourself. Can you highlight one special moment from those recording sessions?

TC: When recording Pots, I had initially written and recorded the percussion and synth parts at home and hit up Abraham to see if he wanted to add some Trumpet parts. He is based in London and so he recorded initial takes remotely and sent them through. They sounded great, but I really wanted to transform and process his parts for the track to manipulate them into sounding more synth like at points. Doing, that without him in the space felt like there was dialogue missing. In the end I went down to London and we recorded and dubbed them out in the same space at the Rhythm Section studio (shouts to Mali on engineering duties). Being able to respond to his playing and him in turn being able to respond to the dubbing of his parts felt like it was able to capture some really special elements.  

MFM: The A side of your new LP has Elevations 1, 2 and 3. Was it intentional for these tracks to end up separately or did they used to be one larger piece?

TC: When I started writing Elevations 1, 2 and 3 it just began as a series of jams and recording sessions in my flat bouncing ideas back and forth between myself, Beka, Abel and Simmy. These sessions were always just me and one other collaborator at a time, partly down to schedules, the size of the flat, but also the chance to not have to rush the process and to really dig into how we worked together. I continued building out the same project over multiple sessions so that I could have access to all the material collated in one place. Specific sections and ideas started to come together, but I liked the idea of them forging part of a wider piece. I’d previously worked in a largely self-contained track basis but had been listening to a lot of pieces like Six Marimbas, Music for 18 musicians and Tehillim by Steve Reich that build over a long period and loved the scope this gave to get completely lost in the music. I love the hypnotic nature created when polyrhythms morph over each other for a long enough period, shifting emphasis and eventually melting away.  

MFM: What can you tell about the mix you've made?

TC: I wanted to create a mix that was able to showcase the variety of sounds that influence me, both as a DJ and Producer. I love listening to mixes and radio at home and the best club experiences I’ve had have always been when a DJ is able to surprise you and really take you on a journey. The album makes heavy use of strings through the violin and cello, but also the Guzheng, a Chinese Zither and the Clàrsach a Celtic Harp. The initial three tracks of the mix focus on these sounds before skirting into more percussive and jazz focused influences and then into some deeper acid-tinged downtempo tracks and sub heavy club sounds. Hopefully this mix takes people on a journey and is something for people to get lost in.

MFM Mix 051: Contours

This will blow your mind!
Top don Frankie Valentine puts together a mix live on @worldwide-fm filled with gems you wished you had ahead of our Bank Holiday dance: http://bit.ly/RS_BH_TIX
Check out some of Valentine's music: 
https://www.discogs.com/artist/10604-Frankie-Valentine
https://www.beatport.com/artist/frankie-valentine/6401

Buy Tix!

Frankie Valentine In The Mix @ Worldwide FM

A mix I did in January 2008 for Brooklyn Life Radio

:Red Hook Shooters:

01. Happy Mondays-Rave On (Club Mix)
02. Divine Edits - Sermon (Serotonin Edit)
03. C.O.M.B.I.  - It A Late
04. Michael Chapman - Lescudjack (Disco Devil Edit)
05. Sammy Barbot - New Mexico (Lovefinger's Barrio Edit)
06. Revanche - 1979 It´s Dancing Time (Kotey Edit)
07. Random Rune - Pride Before A Fall
08. Tony Orlando - Don’t Let Go (Pete Herbert edit)
09. BS Machine & Der Beat - Jump Up Let's Go
10. Beautiful Ballet - Energy
11. P-Funk All Stars - Hydraulic Pump
12. Angela - I Gotta Little Love
13. Chaz Jankel - Get yourself Together
14. Odyssey - Inside Out
15. Goody Goody - It Looks Like Love
16. Jackson Jones - I Feel Good Put Your Pants On
17. Q. Lazzarus - Goodbye Horses (Krikor Edit)
18. Fun Boy Three - Our Lips Are Sealed
19. Hot Coins - NG Style
20. Force Of Nature - I-Ight

ABL:Radio

Red Hook Shooters - Mixed by Goldstitch (January 2008)

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Red Hook Shooters - Mixed by Goldstitch (January 2008)

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