Legendary Italian musician Sergio Messina serves up his 13 track Sensual Musicology on Hell Yeah this March. It comes a couple of years after he first released on the label's Buena Onda compilation and takes in everything from demented waltz to grown-up jazz, groovy beach music to heart-aching melancholia with artwork by virtuoso Italian AD DeeMo.

Now based in Lombardy, Sergio was there at the birth of pirate radio in the mid-seventies and eventually produced Radio art for national broadcaster Rai. At the same time, his DJ career took off and he helped establish Hip hop in Rome before taking his own live show to the stage with a mix of PCs, samplers and tape recorders as early as 1989. Frank Zappa declared himself a fan and in the years since Sergio has done everything from radio art to producing Neapolitan reggae and hip hop band 99 Posse, producing his own solo albums and writing for monthly music magazine Rumore.

The multi-talented Sergio has delivered talks on Realcore, the digital porno revolution, contributed to an Italian TV show about technology called Mediamente and worked as a strategy consultant for several brand and artist websites. He teaches History of Pop Culture at the Istituto Europeo di Design in Milan, lectured on his research on amateur pornography, and has written books such as Real Sex, Alt Porn is the New Rock'n'roll. All this makes him a truly original creative thinking who has long been immersed in many niche facets of popular culture.

Sensual Musicology took several years and four different locations to happen. Its release has been delayed by the pandemic, during which Sergio lost many friends and relatives close to him. As a result, the album is dedicated to all of them. It is a record that addresses many topics from economic migration to jazz piano, 60s blues motifs to corruption, pollution and racism via Michael Jackson covers, odes to West Coast guitar albums and spaced-out pieces of electronica.

Opening with the beautifully delicate Mingus melodies of 'Goodbye Porkpie Hat' the album roams through the bluesy Italo-American-Jamaican groove of 'Amara,' slow melancholy of 'Sometimes Remember' with classy vocals from chanteuse Valeria Rossi and 'The Way You Make Me Feel', an acoustic rebuild of Michael Jackson's hit song. Then comes the serenade that is 'Just Because You're Dead,' and 'Still Stufa' which is based around a protest speech recorded from the radio in the 1980s.

The second half of the album opens with 'Jon Hassell Beach Bar,' a musical hybridisation for dancing pleasure, then takes in 'Ouana Di lambo' which is the Four Twenties taking you to a cocktail bar in the tropics. 'Benjamino Placido' is a melody for a man who inspired Sergio to start writing his columns, 'Nowhere Special' is a tribute to West Coast guitar albums and 'Bolero' then has a Zappa-esque theme.

Sensual Musicology is a rich and diverse musical world that is as thought-provoking and deep as it is emotionally rewarding.

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Goodbye Porkpie Hat

DC Promo Tracks #1730: "Golden (Sunrise Mix)" by Ishmael Ensemble is part of the release "Golden" on Severn Songs @ishmaelensemble  

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DC Promo Tracks: Ishmael Ensemble "Golden" (Sunrise Mix)

1) Rude Audio - North Star Dub
2) Rude Audio - Nobix
3) Trotskij Beats - Veen - Hoo - Rah Dub
4) Rude Audio - No Sleep
5) Brainbeats - Early Skyland
6) Rude Audio - Swamp Ting
7) D'Ream - Do It Anyway (Al MacKenzie Dub Remix)
8) The Impossible Dreamers - Spin
9) Dreamers Inc - L'il Twil
10) REM - Untitled (Jon Carter Remix)
11) Autokratz - Dead Daylight (Vocal Version)
12) Get Down Services - Crisps
13) Franz Ferdinand - Stand On The Horizon (Rude Audio's Second Re - Edit)
14) Kalabrese - Desperate Man (Matthew Herbert Instrumental Remix)
15)The Fall - Touch Sensitive (Dance Remix)
16) Rude Audio - MGB1
17) Leroy Van Dyke - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
18) Rude Audio - Milo On A Hill (Original)
19) Rude Audio - Milo On A Hill (Rich Lane Remix)


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DC Promo Tracks #1737: "Camel Night-Rate (Clear To The Ocean)" by Max Essa is part of the release "Camel Night-Rate / Love's New Merdian" on Is It Balearic @coyotesounds @max-essa  

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DC Promo Tracks: Max Essa "Camel Night-Rate" (Clear To The Ocean)

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Love's New Meridian

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DC Promo Tracks #1743: "Ida Falls" by Hewitt & Volpato is part of the release "Creek Soul" on Shades Of Sound Recordings @joemorris  

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Straight outta Oz and straight into your sunset playlists, Hewitt & Volpato deliver Creek Soul. A lush, laid-back EP that blends deep house, balearic sparkle, ambient haze, and a splash of street soul swagger.

Think balearic, but with added Roos. Call it Australearic if you like. It’s music for beachside bars, lazy afternoons, and that mysterious hour where the party either winds down or kicks off again.

To sweeten the deal, Joe Morris jumps in with a remix, pushing it deeper into the cosmic zone and making sure the EP works just as well under the mirrorball as it does under the gum trees.
Warm, breezy, and ever so slightly cheeky Creek Soul is out 22/09/2025 on digital and streaming. Perfect for anyone who prefers their chill with a groove and their house with a hammock.

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DC Promo Tracks: Hewitt & Volpato "Ida Falls"

Hewitt & Volpato – Creek Soul (with remix by Joe Morris)

Straight outta Oz and straight into your sunset playlists, Hewitt & Volpato deliver Creek Soul. A lush, laid-back EP that blends deep house, balearic sparkle, ambient haze, and a splash of street soul swagger.
Think balearic, but with added Roos. Call it Australearic if you like. It’s music for beachside bars, lazy afternoons, and that mysterious hour where the party either winds down or kicks off again.
To sweeten the deal, Joe Morris jumps in with a remix, pushing it deeper into the cosmic zone and making sure the EP works just as well under the mirrorball as it does under the gum trees.
Warm, breezy, and ever so slightly cheeky Creek Soul is out 22/09/2025 on digital and streaming. Perfect for anyone who prefers their chill with a groove and their house with a hammock.

PREMIERE: Hewitt & Volpato - Creek Soul (Joe Morris Australearic Remix)

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In The Shade [Mix/Oct. 2025]

Listen Back to my Radio Show from 20.10.2025. 3Hours of music and some little talking about my previous weekend. enjoy!

Mumbi Kameri Radio 20.10.2025

"If you didn't know, Hell Yeah is the Italian label hell-bent on releasing the best modern disco(ish) you can find. Sometimes it's blissed out and Balearic, sometimes it's squelchy and down-right weird and sometimes it's the sort of elongated, tribal stuff that works dancefloors into a salacious frenzy" (Kristan J Caryl - DJ MAG January 2014)


Hell Yeah Recordings, a descendent of leading Italian dance label Mantra Vibes is an Italian-based electronic music label active since 2006. Releasing from Ferrara, Bologna, and Amsterdam and led by Marco Gallerani “peeDoo” (A&R), the label bases its philosophy on a diversity of artists and recording experiences tied together by a common vision of what defines quality progressive recording. 

With a sound as diverse as the artists it represents, Hell Yeah does not limit itself to the constraints of genre but packs a complex palette of sounds ranging from techno to minimal-nu-rave to electro-funk and tech house.  Artists as varied as Radio Slave, Santos, Umek, Oliver Koletzki, Congorock, 3iO, Crimea X and the mighty Balearic Gabba Sound System have helped establish Hell Yeah’s eclectic sound, a distinct take on party music loaded with a sonic Balearic feel good vibe that has made press around the world hail Hell Yeah as a label to watch, always

Hell Yeah aims to build upon its current reputation as a leading Italian Electronic Music play, overseeing the release of a series of progressive productions that straddle genres, defy conventions and blur barriers between listening and dance music. Stemming from Hell Yeah’s initial graphic identity formed by Neverending’s Rocco “the Boghe” Pezzella, new mind-bending web and label artworks from Italian artist Andrea Amaducci and the Berlin-based Ice Cream For Free collective promises complete visual as well as aural stimulation.

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