Embark on a deep musical journey across Asia Minor, Anatolia, the South Caucasus, the Middle East, and the Maghreb — the crossroads where ancient trade routes and migrating cultures gave birth to rich musical traditions. 

Timeless folk melodies and rare instruments intertwine with modern electronic rhythms, forging hypnotic new forms shaped by millennia of cultural fusion.

For Volume 4 of my world music radio show Global Grooves I was inspired by the music of Cheb I Sabbah and Sahalé to do a deep dive into the music of this region. To explore how influences from India, Africa and The Balkans came to this crossroads and merged with the local cultures. 

So I discovered many traditional artists I had never heard of like Dhafer Youssef, Anna RF and Faran Ensemble. As well as many electronic artists from the Café de Anatolia record label who add these traditional musical elements into their productions.

So I blended them all together into a DJ mix that is a deep meditative musical ride through history....

GLOBAL GROOVES 4 : Anatolia, Middle East, Maghreb, South Caucasus

Massive thank you to the South Australia / Imbolc crew for inviting me to play at my first interstate doof. It was an awesome weekend in the cold, and my absolute pleasure to provide the music for you lot! 
This set was performed on Sunday morning at 2:30am. 

Tracklist:
Primal Era Worship - Exojungles
Akinsa, Xiûa - Arrival
Ital - Outpost
Ikiryō, Xiûa - Crimson Sky
Akinsa - Focus Level
Roho, Torn - Proelli
Caspian - Terminal
Caspian - Cryptic
Torn - Yamuna
Tuscan, Shinbu - Current
Vex Seven - The Welcoming Abyss
Ahmad, Akinsa - Delusions
Clarity - Tendrils
Clarity - Cyclone ft. Indigo
Dreadmaul, Code 906 - Shirai
Mønic - Beyond The Bounds
Dreadmaul, Heatwave - Dub X
Heatwave - Angel Of The Sun (VIP)
Sam KDC - Maelstrom
Dreadmaul - Wendigo
Yanai - The Dedalus
Shiken Hanzo - Ancient Mystics
Voidloss, Homemade Weapons - As The Guillotine Invites
Shiken Hanzo - Phantom Zone
Shiken Hanzo - Trinity
Jem One, Sr - Stone Cold
Blocks & Escher - Emerald
Primal Era Worship - Eyes of the Deep Desert

SAMp3 @ IMBOLC FESTIVAL 2025

Would you?

A weekend at the snow with a chance to play some chill beats after dinner? Yes please 
Track list:
1. Marvel Years – Off The Path
2. Lucid Vision - Amrita
3. Blue Wednesday – Hold On
4. Late Night Radio – Cabin Crew (ft. Taiyo Ki)
5. Redtenbacher's Funkestra – Skintight (feat. Beat Fatigue) [Beat Fatigue Remix]
6. Late Night Radio – Further into the Night
7. Derlee – Chao For Now
8. Manic Focus – Buoyant
9. GRiZ – I’ve Been Dreamin
10. GRiZ – Sexier Than Austin Powers
11. Motifv – Elephants in the Park
12. GRiZ – Feel Like Makin Love (feat. The Cabin)
13. Detox Unit – Flatline
14. Defunk – Funk It
15. GRiZ – Love Will Follow You (feat. Russ Liquid)
16. Odjbox – Made You Look
17. Lazy Syrup Orchestra – Sweet Trees (Original Mix)
18. Lazy Syrup Orchestra x Slynk – Mellow Kinda Hype
19. K+Lab – I Can’t Wait (feat. Phonik Ops & Jakeda)
20. Manic Focus – Bumpin’ in the Voodoo (feat. Dominic Lalli)
21. The Funk Hunters – Soul City (K+Lab Remix)
22. The Funk Hunters – Revolution (feat. WANZ, Def3 & SugarBeats) [Fort Knox Five Remix]
23. Lazy Syrup Orchestra – Pin Drop
24. Father Funk – Easy Roller
25. Father Funk – Keep The Funk Real
26. Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators – One In A Million (Father Funk Remix)
27. WBBL – Very Final Bits – 03 Sax Weapon
28. GRiZ – Wicked (feat. Eric Krasno)

Lounge Funk Sponars Chalet #31 Aug 25

Closing the Guya Guya (lake) Stage on Sunday at Dragon Dreaming was an absolute privilege and honour. The energy on that dancefloor was electric, and I felt completely lifted and connected after such a beautiful weekend. 
Thank you to everyone who danced, who connected, who were present and came on a journey with me - it meant everything.
Huge love to Cam Volkeine for trusting me with the Sunday sesh closing set, and to Dragon for having me back.
Special thank you to OHCULT and onefifteen for working on that epic Tool bootleg I opened with - it set the tone perfectly.  
Big love to Ryze for the incredible visuals that brought it all to life.
Dropping Wings as my final track of the night is something I've wanted to do for years, and the joy and emotion in that moment was unforgettable.
My heart is so full - Dragon will always hold a piece of it. 🙏

Tracklist:

⇛ Tool – The Pot (OHCULT x onefifteen Bootleg)
⇛ Signal – Unsure
⇛ QZB – Haste
⇛ Sully – The Wash
⇛ Tweakz – They
⇛ Skantia – 2Drill (Calyx Remix)
⇛ Mefjus/Camo & Krooked – Sidewinder
⇛ Joe Ford – Tomb Raver
⇛ High Contrast/Overmono – If We Ever
⇛ SyRan – Twister
⇛ Nelver – Flicker
⇛ Monrroe – Last Verse
⇛ Machine Code – Speaker
⇛ QZB – Greyhound
⇛ Sub Focus – Follow The Light (Pola & Bryson Remix)
⇛ Kyrist – Tectonicz
⇛ Arkaik/Amoss – Chugalug
⇛ Caspian – Lethe
⇛ Neonlight – Uhrwerk (Cuckoo VIP)
⇛ Grafix – Acid Generation
⇛ InsideInfo/Aref Durvesh – Num Num
⇛ Signal – Rain Dance
⇛ Flowdan/Millbrook – Power
⇛ Quadrant/Iris – Dark Star (Homemade Weapons Remix)
⇛ QZB – Unity
⇛ Jon Hopkins – Breathe In This Air (Toronto Is Broken Bootleg)
⇛ Submotion Orchestra – All Yours (S.P.Y Remix)
⇛ Buunshin – i think i feel…
⇛ Culprate – Dawn
⇛ Cliques – Raver (Kravitz Remix)
⇛ Corrupted Mind/Chaos – Save The Rave VIP
⇛ Drumsound & Bassline Smith – Bloodclaaart
⇛ Enei – Acid Shot
⇛ Kanine/INDI – Release Me
⇛ Koherent – Thunder
⇛ PRTCL – Surface Noise (Drum Machine VIP)
⇛ Signal – Lunala
⇛ Spectrasoul – Untitled Horn
⇛ Liquid Bloom – Sacred Blessing
⇛ Drop Frame – Flow
⇛ Monika/Akuratyde – Navigating Dreams
⇛ Bcee – Alpha
⇛ Polaris – Distant
⇛ Imaginary Friends – Break It Down
⇛ Subkey – Vaporjungle
⇛ Monrroe – Eventide
⇛ Jon Hopkins – Forever Held (Drop Frame Remix)
⇛ Birdy – Wings (Nu:Logic Remix)

Dragon Dreaming Festival 2025 Set - 28 September 2025

Tab & Anitek - Harlem Cut

A recording of the set of tunes I mixed for the Renegade Playground takeover at EARTH FREQUENCY FESTIVAL on the BoomBox Stage (Big up the HEX sound system) 10pm-11pm on the Saturday night. Thanks to all who came out to hear it as it happened. 

Tracklist:
Hans Zimmer & Benjamin Wallfisch - Sea Wall
Slikback - Exposure
The Untouchables - Cloak of Levitation
Darkgray Heart - Witch Doctor (Akinsa Remix)
Ahmad - It Comes Back 
Akinsa - Mayantu
Reac-Zo, Esthetic - Limb
Ahmad, Akinsa, Darkgray Heart - Two Headed Demon
Entire - Coast Decay
The Untouchables - Lifeforms
The Untouchables - Fibreglass
Torn - The Fear
Quartz - Lucid
OB1, Kolectiv, Omega Point - After It All
DJ Crystal - Warpdrive (Benny L Remix)
DJ Trace - Dibby (HLZ VIP)
Homemade Weapons, Todd Buchler - Jellyfist
Dom & Roland - Burn Bright
Dom & Roland - Going Solar
Aikanã - Affliction
The Untouchables - Silence Your Ego
Sciama - Anima Trace
Ancestral Voices - Stanzas Of The Graves
Snare - NTRJ
Snare - War Supply
Ital - Echo Fang
Ital - Huntress
88 Katanas - Clear Mind
Presha - RATS (Torn & Roho Remix)
Torn, Roho - Vigilance
Homemade Weapons - Cicatrix (Todd Buchler Remix)
Todd Buchler - Danger
Technical Itch, Brakken - Hold

SAMp3 - Earth Frequency Festival 2025

Blessed Samhain! Feliz día de los muertos! Happy Birthday Jeremiah!
I do not own the rights to this music, I am not profiting off this mix, this is meant for entertainment purposes only.

Samhain Dungeon Dub

HallucinoJENic n Cardiac Arrest Breaking the mould of Psytrance norms at Earth Frequency Festival. Finishing up the closing set for the Renegade Playground Takeover stage with Strictly Vinyl Gabber Bangers from the likes of Da Predator, Painbringer, Reeza, Formek, Tripticon, Biodome and More...

EarthFreaq25

A recording of my set at Tribe of Frog at Lakota, Bristol, October 2025. Featuring some of my favourite tracks of late, and some new material from myself.

Leave a comment and let me know what you think.

Recorded live at Tribe of Frog, October 2025

Future Engineers stride onward with their latest release, the All Inside EP, out now on Transference. This marks the duo’s first EP in 23 years, following their acclaimed Technetium EP on Good Looking Records in 2002.

‘All Inside’

The track’s neural core pulses with rhythm and gravitational magnetism, its usual hum now a fractured stutter that echoes through the corridors like a dying heartbeat. What begins as a
minor systems glitch in the terraforming bots, has escalated into a full-blown breach, something alien has slipped through the quantum relay during the deep-space transmission.

‘All Inside’ cocoons the listener safely, while the visions and chaos battle outside.

Words by Alex Corton

Written and produced by K. Cleminson and L. Batchelor
Artwork: Gareth Paul Jones Studios
Mastering: Safire at Plasma Lab
Publishing: S2K Music Ltd

Buy on Bandcamp

Future Engineers - All Inside [Transference] - Out Now

From underground dance floors to global festival stages, GUAPO has built a solid reputation as a DJ, atmospheric guitarist and producer who thrives on the unexpected. With festival appearances spanning three continents, including Glastonbury (UK) and Telerama Dub Festival (Paris), his electrifying sets have earned him international recognition. 

His DJ mixes regularly chart in the global TOP 5 on Mixcloud, cementing a place in the world of Bass Music DJ's. GUAPO’s résumé boasts collaborations with Grammy Award winners like  Youth (Killing Joke, The Orb) and Juno Award winners like Alpha Yaya Diallo. As a Composer he was nominated for a Jutra Award for Best Film Score. 

As DJ & Music Coordinator for fashion icon Jean Paul Gaultier’s PINKARNAVAL and Cirque Du Soleil founder Guy Laliberté's TERRAKARNAVAL, he played to crowds of over 15,000 spectators, fusing music and fashion into an unforgettable spectacle. 

As a producer & guitarist, he contributed to multiple albums by UK world-beat pioneers SUNS OF ARQA, blending global dub grooves, classical Indian Raga and cutting-edge electronic production.

As a co-founder of the Flamingo Funk crew, he’s shared the stage with Bass Music legends, closing after breakbeat heavyweight Krafty Kuts and Swing N Bass founder Mista Trick. 

Combined with his explosive festival-closing sets at Tribunion Boreal, Khumeia, Timeless and Lucioles, he is building a solid reputation as a top notch closing DJ.

In his hometown of Montreal, GUAPO has performed at some of the city's biggest events, including Montreal Jazz Fest, Bal en Blanc, Just For Laughs, Lumifest, Eclipse, Timeless, Groove & Bass, and marquee venues like Olympic Stadium, Rialto, Metropolis, Place Des Festivals and the Satosphere Dome. 

Guapo brings his genre-blending sound to the airwaves with two monthly radio shows. He’s a resident on CKUT 90.3 FM’s The Magic Roundabout, founded by influential Montreal DJ Andy Williams. The first Sunday of every month Guapo drops the latest in underground Bass Music sounds. 

Whereas on LaFaceB, he co-hosts Y Fait Chaud, offering monthly mixes that explore Afro Latin Brazilian House rhythms. Previously, he hosted the world music show Global Grooves and co-hosted Pépites, showcasing bass-driven sounds.

Musically, GUAPO is a sonic shapeshifter—his Bass Music sets are a wild tribute to sample culture, weaving together anthems from Funk, Soul, Blues, Reggae, Rock, Latin, Brazilian, Disco, Metal, Swing, and Hip-Hop. These classic sounds are chopped, glitched, and remixed into futuristic forms like Glitch Hop, Ghetto Funk, Bass House, UK Garage, DnB, Jungle, and Swing & Bass.

But what sets GUAPO apart is his electric stage presence. A natural showman, he thrives on crowd interaction, fueling a high-energy atmosphere that turns dance floors into full-blown frenzies of absurd, anarchic fun. His performances are a wild experience, driven by badass bass from the bowels of Hell !

While his main focus these days is Bass Music, Guapo is versatile in other genres.

His HOUSE MUSIC sets are a seamless fusion of tribal percussion, AfroBeat Funk, Latin sophistication and Brazilian sensuality, expertly layered with soulful House and funky Electro.

In his WORLD MUSIC sets, he weaves a tapestry of sounds from India, the Middle East, the Maghreb and Anatolia, melding them with the  resonant vibrations of Dub, Downtempo, Breakbeat, and Deep House. Taking listeners on a journey across continents and cultures.

His DOWNTEMPO performances are an eclectic blend of Jazz, Soul, Reggae, Brazilian-Latin Lounge, and Hip Hop, infused with the melancholy atmospheric textures of Chillstep, Trip Hop and Synth Pop.  Offering a laid-back experience that hits you right in the feels.