Seoul-based digger and dear friend of Isle of Wax, Airbear (@airtothebear) takes over the 11th installment of our series. Tune in for some unknown treasures and bonafide classics across the dance music spectrum. This mix was recorded live during a breakfast session at Seoul's Lost & Found.

Isle of Wax 011 by Airbear

Live recording @ the Future Intel headquarters in The Hague. Streaming live on Youtube, Facebook and futureintelradio.com.

Kennedy ╚═ Future Intel ═╗ 13 08 2022

Pat Metheny - Sueno Con Mexico
Andro Alessandroni Orchestra - Love On The Sand
Dizzy Gillespie - Love Poem For Donna
Frank Harris & Maria Marquez - Ethnocity
Maryn - One Who Cares
Wings - When The Night
Robert Palmer - From a Whisper to a Scream
Barabas - The Horse
Walkie Talkies - Spin it Out
Steve Miller Band - Electro Lux Embargo/Sacrifice
Lee Oskar - Our Road

Music For Dreams Radio Show 28.1.23

I:CUBE special mix for the "get a room" show on Radio Nova, Paris, 19/2/2023.
Some upcoming unreleased tracks, some classics and rarities, for your listening pleasure.

i:cube special mix for the "get a room" show on radio nova, Paris, 2023

I:CUBE special mix for the "get a room" show on radio nova, Paris, 2023.

Coyote - A Place Called Bliss

HEADSTREAM RADIO FROM STUDIO EXOTICA @ DESA POTATO HEAD 
BALI, INDONESIA 09 MAY 2023

HEADSTREAM radio / DR.DUNKS w ERIC DUNCAN

My set from The Beat Herder festival.  I was asked to play a wake up the woods set so expect sunrise ambience & dubby slo mo beats

Live at Beat-Herder Festival 15.7.23

Good Room is welcoming another DJ to the family... Tom of England is starting his residency at the club next month. Thomas Bullock's roll call includes Tonka Sound System, Wicked Sound System, A.R.E. Weapons, Rub-n-Tug, Map of Africa and STD Records, having worked with DJs like DJ Harvey and Eric Duncan.

Anyone who has seen him DJ before can attest to his sheer brilliance behind the decks with a musical knowledge that is hard to beat. In the 12th Good Room Podcast he goes from rock disco to techno and everything in between. Eclectic doesn't even begin to describe it.

Good Room Podcast 012 - Tom of England

Recorded 20.7.19 at Distrikt Leeds

Beyond Paradise presents Tom Of England.

Beyond Paradise Party July 19

Beyond Paradise - Tom of England - Distrikt Leeds 20.7.19

Oldie but a goodie! I went on Beats In Space in 2009 and made this mix "Lullabies" for my newborn son. Finally uploaded it to Soundcloud. Mellow vibe, lay down and sink in.

[MIX] LOVEFINGERS - Lullabies (Live on Beats in Space – Dec 29, 2009)

Celebrating the 25th mix with a special 2 hours long "ambient / electronica journey" from the man that has been running Neroli since over 20 years. Welcome Volcov (@neroli). Interview (excerpt) down below.

www.musicfrommemory.com

MFM: Ciao Enrico, congratulations with your 50th release, such a milestone and with a beautiful compilation too that is. 20 years deep in running Neroli, how do you look back to it now? 

V: Thank you! In 2000 I started Neroli on my own and since then that has been my baby. Apart from the music itself, I think a great relationship with your distributor is essential to make things work, and I’ve been lucky during all these years [mostly Goya, RH and Syncrophone along the way and now Mother Tongue]. I always liked the role of ‘curator’ and I was always fascinated by certain collectable labels like ART/OPart, Retroactive, B12 so to start mine was the next step.. There were a lot of different moments and phases but I think the main thing is that is essential to stay true to your own story! I have to say that the making of The First Circle was a real pleasure and, although it might have been unexpected by some people, for the ones who know me well it really describes my musical journey.

MFM: While Neroli mainly focuses on the deeper and soulful side of electronic music, you were a drum 'n bass head before that, right?

V: Not really, I was always a so called ‘house head’ since I started buying Trax, Alleviated, Lil Louis, Nu Groove and so on in the late 80s/early 90s. Across the 90s, like many, I got also interested in other styles and sounds as long as they were exciting wether it was Mo Wax, Plaid, Reinforced or Photek. The thing with drum n bass was that I did my first productions in that style and I got booked to play dnb gigs on the back of that in ‘97/98. But in ’99 I started an Archive night at this amazing squat club called Pergola and that was an eclectic affair with guests like Dego, Phil Asher, Ian O’Brien, etc.

MFM: The catalogue looks very much like a close family of artists, lots of them having a long history in music and with only a few newer faces. How come is that?

V: The catalogue is a mix of releases by some longtime friends like Dego [who always had an essential role on Neroli], Just One/Kemetic Just or Alex Attias as well as some artists we met along the way and ended up releasing several records with us [Trinidadian Deep, Ricardo Miranda, Lee Pearson jr for example] or younger producer whom I really believed in like Skymark, Marcello Napoletano, Deenamic. I think its especially the continuity along the years with certain artists that can be a bit unusual compared to other labels. We have just released now the Theo Parrish reinterpretations of Patrick Gibin/Kaidi Tatham/Josh Milan ‘Love to the World’ but in April we’ll have an EP by another artist never been on the label before.

MFM: You're quite at ease with doing mixes, without a crowd, right? Is there a certain way to how you approach recording?

V: Well, as much I am at ease recording these type of mixes at home as much I find almost impossible to do some with dance material. Most of my ‘dance’ mixes online are live from clubs. Usually when I approach ambient/jazz/electronica radio shows and podcasts I have accumulated a little pile of records in a corner that I think should be included in the next one, stuff that comes to mind almost on a daily bases. So then I just need to go through them and try to make them ‘talk to each other’.

MFM: Your mixes tend to have a really strong story telling kinda vibe. This one's no exception. Did you have a specific narrative in mind?

V: Since MFM asked, and you guys just released the excellent ‘Virtual Dreams’ album, I imagined to somehow do an ambient / electronica selection since I had fond memories of those times, buying records at Fat Cat, playing chill out rooms in the 90s and so on…. I thought of certain songs that I wanted to include and tried to create a little journey with them…

MFM Mix 025: Volcov

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Good Room Podcast 012 - Tom of England

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