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Melting Point show 06 for RedLightRadio  22.08.2013

illusione mix by Siba

Right when you thought the 80's had been mostly dug out, the "Night City Life" compilation hits the shelves. 
Ever since we heard his compilation for Spacetalk we were blown away: one of the best curations of early MIDI dancefloor/radio oriented productions we'd heard in a while. Truly refreshing to the human ear, not to mention the heavy research behind it. As such, we've wanted to book Ilan ever since but then COVID happened. Still a wet dream to see him do his thing live but for now here's this amazing bit of aural goodness to get you in the right mindset. 

Ilan is a London-based record collector. He can often be found posting the artwork of 80s vinyl from his collection on Instagram; a patchwork of nostalgia from musical days gone by.

Check him out on IG and listen carefully - your discogs wantlists will never be the same.

H.A.N.D. MIX 027 - Ilan (Night City Life)

Live recording at Amsterdam Open Air 2022

Artist: Norm (@memorabiliarecords)

Norm @ Radio TNP x Open Air

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

Next up with magic mix number seventy three is Fritjof Drake @Mrdrake

Stockholm based where he works at the Nitty Gritty store, which occasionally has in store gigs / events and a number of those mixes can be found here - @nitty-gritty-store-hours He's also popped up with mixes on NTS and Idle Cellars to name a few.

Here he provides a 99% vinyl only mix for you to get stuck into. Enjoy :)

July 2023

M a g i c a s t - 0 7 3 🎇 - Fritjof Drake

027 Herrera

Oh sweet Papi! 

Herrera (Occasionally Abraham - Occasionally Baberaham) is a special alumnus of the 'Waxflower College of Good Times' in more ways than one. The only human on the planet to have officially cooked in the Waxflower kitchen, hosted customers in the front, and stirred hot wax on the DJ pans.

This mix hears Herrera unpacking heat from deep underground - Much like the volcanoes of his home place, more west than the Western Sahara, the Canary Islands. Some might call that exotic, never quixotic, a Balearic blend of upper atmosphere downtempo electronic.

Que pasa chico? Nada.

Recorded live @waxflowerbar with @_herrrrrera

TASCAM DR-40

027 - Herrera

"This mix will take you on a musical journey of Latin America in the 1970s! Starting with the percussion and wind-instruments driven Afro-Colombian sound of Gloria Perea, from Chocó on the Pacific Region of Colombia, expanding to Perú where a distinctly Amazonian style of Cumbia emerged in the early 1970s with Ranil—Los Ecos bringing another local style called: Guaracha. Pop duo from Colombia formed by sisters Fleta bring us ‘Alegría’ meaning ‘Happiness’ (and it is full of joy this one!) from 1973. A cover (and getting a little heavier) from 1978 of Stayin' Alive’ by The Bee Gees performed by Machuca Cumbia. Of course stopping in Puerto Rico: the no-where-to-be-found on digital (maybe on YouTube) :‘Piccadilly’ by Fania All Stars from 1976. Tito On Timbales by Tito Puente from 1956: this is the sweetest expression of Tito Puentes mastery on timpani! El Gran Combo and Ismael Miranda representing the influence of the country in this era also. ‘El Preso’ and ‘Improvisando’, songs that always make it to my record trolley. Both by the legendary Fruko y Sus Tesos. ‘Latin Parang’ by Colleen Grant from Barbados and a surfie cover of ‘El Ratón’ by Cheo Feliciano performed by Los Invasores from Panamá. Both under Soundway Records. Hope you enjoy it!" - @paulajuana

B.P.T. Radio 082: Paula Juana

The follow up to Far Away Places. www.testpressing.org Mix 377.

01.	Keni Stevens - Passionate (Dub) 
02.	Sesac – Boot Man
03.	Begin – Bassballs
04.	Eddie C – Farmer God
05.	The Spins – The Valley Of Temples
06.	Every Breath I Take (Soft Rocks Reconstruction)
07.	Clasique Vibes - Ghetto 
08.	Annette Brisett - Jumping Up And Down
09.	Manasseh Meets The Equalizer – Souljah
10.	Loose Ends – Feel The Vibes
11.	A Vision of Panorama - Time Capsule (Andras Fox Remix)
12.	Nautic – Freedom On The Floor (Open Space Remix)
13.	Black Joy - Paloma
14.	Vesuvio Solo - 18th Parallel

Night Moves [Mix/Nov. 2014]

Mix of the Week #549 is by Faint Waves
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INNER TRIBE_05_MARS AND THE MOON

01.	Bob Lind – Cool Summer
02.	Gordon Lightfoot – Something Very Special
03.	Thorinshield – The Best Of It
04.	Soft Soul Transition – She Came Back
05.	Nimbus – What You Mean To Me
06.	David Batteau – You Need Love
07.	Ned Doheny – The Devil In You 
08.	Matthew Larkin Cassell – All That I’m Missing
09.	Sunbear – Let Love Flow For Peace
10.	Michael Franks – Monkey See, Monkey Do
11.	The Stills Young Band – Midnight On The Bay 
12.	Happy End – Natsu Nandesu
13.   The Lovin’ Spoonful – Coconut Grove
14.	Jose Gonzales – Sensing Owls
15.	Tommy Guerrero - And the Folklore Continues
16.	Edwyn Collins – You Never Know My Love (Dub)
17.	Smith & Mudd – Ling Ling
18.	Nimbus – Hold Me Close

First published via testpressing.org February 2010

Symptoms Of Love [Mix/Feb.2010]

If you haven't been on a submarine for the last years you might have heard of No Frills aka Lukas and Viktor and their intriguing finds (https://goo.gl/H3moqK), spectacular mixes (https://soundcloud.com/no_frills), pure personality guests (https://soundcloud.com/5918mins), love for the unknown and subtle humour. Now here's more of their good stuff, combining gregorian Oktoberfest vibes with paprika soul, pop rap pearls and Westberliner Kneipenhits. See you in the queue for track ids!

No Frills - Curiosity Thrilled The Cat (Guest Mix , 2019)

Some cheeky grooves from around the cosmos and beyond...

Cosmic Mischief

Crown Ruler Mix # 12 - Mike Who

Our fave northeast coast hispanophone has just gone and dropped a mix on us. 

As usual, high class sounds that are uniquely his own.

@planettrip

Crown Ruler Mix # 12 - Mike Who

After being absent for many months, we would like to revive our podcast series by introducing you to one of the finest artists we could ever present - Danaga! (https://soundcloud.com/danaga)
This superb producer was born and raised in one of the wildest and mysterious areas of the old continent: the region of Transylvania, in Romania, where he grew up in the analog era, studying the classic guitar and the piano and collecting music on cassettes.  The secrecy and mystique of that land is well represented in Danaga’s productions, which are beautifully displayed in the live recording. For this Mix he used Elektron Analog Keys, Hohner Pianet T, Memory Man Analog Delay, a cheap romanian Stratocaster Guitar, Kaoss Pad, PVC homemade flutes and various percussion instruments. It comes as a sort of music diary telling of the ‘transformative experience’ he went through while experimenting with those Instruments in the last years. Unlike other mixes of our series, this is not a musical journey, but rather a flow which is neither meant to lead anywhere, nor to serve a function. It is only meant to be. This intriguing concept follows the ideas of the British philosopher and writer Alan Watts, which inspired Danaga while recording the mix.

We wish you all a wonderful awakening.

Find Danaga here:
https://soundcloud.com/danaga
https://www.facebook.com/agadanaga/
https://www.youtube.com/user/agadanaga
https://danaga.bandcamp.com/
http://www.danaga.info/
https://www.patreon.com/danaga

Tracklist

UCR #054 by Danaga

NO DEMOS PLEASE! 
growing bin records is a micro-label and online record store. With lots of love and affection we bring you music that is special to our ears. Well actually we're a one man business, but "we" sounds a bit more professional, or maybe even royal. Forget about that. We're small and not a bit royal and we'll stay small and loyal. Cheers!  If I should not react to your demo I probably didn't feel it, and I'm too shy to tell you.  Sorry but life is short and I don't release stuff that i feel 100%. Keep on keeping on! 
I am actually not releasing much at the moment as I am focussing on selling the thousands of used records in my studio. SO do me a favour and come over to the bin aka www.growingbinrecords.com and help me get rid of the black gold :)

No Frills - Curiosity Thrilled The Cat (Guest Mix , 2019)

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