OOFT! - MAREH NYE Festival in Fortim, CE (Jan 2nd _ 2023)

"SEMPRE IN PISTA" GUEST MIX by  LUCA SORRENTINI.
Last mix of the year by the one and only "enfant prodige" our beloved Luca Sorrentini.
Italian Special Mix, odds and rarities as usual.
Dig time!
Happy New Year ya ' all and Stay "Sempre in Pista" whatever 
you love.

"SEMPRE IN PISTA" GUEST MIX by  LUCA SORRENTINI

Great music is often about chance meetings and impromptu creative sessions and so it is that Hell Yeah proudly serves up Sensory Blending, a new collaborative album from Italian collective Aura Safari and Finnish musician Jimi Tenor. The nine-track record arrives on 26th April 2024 and is a lush and luxurious fusion of jazz-funk styles.

This glorious record came about after Tenor was playing a Hell Yeah party at Tangram in Perugia. Aura Safari were local and, in some free time the day before the gig, everyone jumped in the studio together. They had never met before but soon found plenty of free-flowing common ground and the result of that one-off session is now served up on this vibrant new album that brims with musicality, indelible melodies and subtly uplifting vibrations.

Tenor has toured the world and previously collaborated with the likes of Japanese master Calm. He is a psychedelic space-jazz-funk king, skilled musician, composer and producer who, since the mid-nineties, has released more than 25 albums and 45 EPs. Aura Safari is made up of bass, synth, guitar and keys players Lorenzo Francioli, Ruggero Bonucci, Nicola Pitassio Andrea Moretti, Lorenzo Lavoratori, Daniele Melloni and Nicholas Iammatteo, and they are label regulars who served up their sublime Island Dreams album here last year.

Says Jimi, who enjoyed his time in Perugia and adds that "the studio session was 100% efficient. I showed up and we started to play. Almost all that was made was material that we could use for the album. I love to work fast. Quick brushstrokes. Finish! I was amazed at how intuitively the Aura Safari guys could come up with new parts for songs. I mentioned some feeling or approach and they seemed to find it just like that.”

'Bodily Synesthesia' is the seductive opener with steamy sax notes and gentle grooves that are topped by aloof vocal whispers. 'Lunar Wind' is another slow and steamy mix of jazzy keys and soulful vocal hooks, 'Bewitched By The Sea' is a more tropical and percussive number with majestic melodies and 'My Bluebell' picks up the pace with jazz-funk grooves and hustling chords. 'Last Waltz In Perugia' has freeform sax lines soaring over meticulous drums that ebb and flow and 'Gimlet' brings a playful, samba-tinged rhythm and sunny flute leads straight from South America. There's a laidback, carefree mood to 'It's Too Easy To Love You' while 'Your Magic Touch' is a dancey number that exudes melodic joy, and 'Indigo' closes in dramatic fashion with a conversational sax that sticks long in the memory.  

Sensory Blending is a seamless fusion of collaborative minds from Aura Safari and Jimi Tenor and it could well be performed live at some special select shows later in the year.

Sensory Blending

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Aura Safari & Jimi Tenor - Lunar Wind

House Saladcast 947 | Mystic V
Léman Records
Lausanne, Switzerland

Mystic V is a Swiss producer and DJ based in Lausanne. He is the co-founder of the label Léman Records.  With 2 vinyl releases under his label, he shows his sound between mellow grooves and deeper sounds.

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Tracklist:
01  Wamdue Project – Instrumentation
02 Chris Brann - Journey to the Centre
03 Seek – Surrender
04. Kenyatta - Love Again (Joey Negro Mix)
05. Vick Lavender feat Peter Jericho - The L.O.V.E. Song (From Chicago to New York)
06 Leyo - Barcelona Boogie
07 Mystic V - Miracles (Kai Alcé NDATL Flute Dubstrumental Mix)
08 Sheldon So Goode - Where U R (Quality Control Aka Mark Francis & Adam Rios Remix)
09 Oral Deep – Another Way (Oral Deep Dub)
10 Chris Perez & Louie Gorbea feat Nina Rodriguez - Babalu Aye Y Yemaya (Instrumental)
11 DJ Booker T and Mike City - Just 2 C U Smile (Luis Radio & Souldynamic Vocal Mix)
12. Round Two - New Day (Club Vocal Mix)
13 Mystic V – All One’s Hope

House Saladcast 947 

Mystic V

House Saladcast 947 | Mystic V

Whisper it quietly, but Andrew Meecham’s ninth album as The Emperor Machine, Island Boogie, may well be the long-serving producer’s strongest set to date. Of course, all his albums ripple with vintage synth sounds, colourful lead lines, dub-flecked electronic disco and lashings of cosmic intent, but this one just feels a little more special.

Island Boogie is certainly special. Meecham’s “most personal” full-length to date was inspired by his experiences at the Rotation Garden Party – a beloved micro-festival promoted by a group of friends (including sometime Bizarre Inc and Chicken Lips partner Dean Meredith), renowned for the quality of its custom-built Klipschorn soundsystem. “The album’s title sums up the vibe that you get from Rotation,” he explains. “It may be held in a landlocked venue but it gives a wonderful sense of isolation – it is an audiophile paradise.”

Meecham road-tested rough versions of the album’s eight tracks at Rotation 2023, with the feedback and dancefloor reaction guiding the sound and arrangement of the final mixes. Fittingly, Meecham will return to the event to showcase the album at Rotation 2024 this July. Given the inspiration he’s drawn from previous editions of the festival, that will be a very special occasion.

Musically, Island Boogie offers the most fully functioning and expertly constructed expression of The Emperor Machine sound yet, a style Meecham describes as “electronic cosmic disco-boogie”. It’s a sound that takes cues from early ‘80s NYC punk-funk and dub disco, vintage electro, proto-house and left-of-centre synth-boogie, but one that’s instantly recognisable to those who have followed Meecham’s career over the last three decades.

Island Boogie also sees Meecham continue his blossoming working relationship with Séverine Mouletin, whose stylish and distinctive vocals previously graced his popular ‘Dance Par Amour’ and ‘Your Own Style’ singles. Here Mouletin features on four tracks: the acid-flecked retro-futurist wave-boogie of ‘La Cassette’ (featuring additional percussion by Rupert Brown); the infectious, bleep-sporting headiness of recent single ‘Dévoilez-Vous’; and the squelchy analogue synth-funk of ‘Wanna Pop With You’ and ‘Vas-y-Le Chat’.

Meecham also finds space for a cover of Fox’s 1976 pop-rock classic ‘S-s-s-single Bed’, one of the Stafford-based artist’s all-time favourites. His version, featuring lead vocals by Michelle Bee and guitar from Dave Atherton, re-imagines the track as a subtly Chic-influenced slab of infectious electro-pop rich in kaleidoscopic synth sounds, sing-along choruses and shuffling drums.

The instrumental foundations of the classic Emperor Machine sound come to the fore on the album’s three other cuts. There’s the jazz-funk-flecked warmth of the LP-opening title track; the sparse squelches, bleeps, TB-303 style bass and brightly coloured electronics of ‘Walk The Dog’; and the exotic, slow-motion cosmic electronica of ‘Cha Murrah Etem’, a warm but poignant affair dedicated to his late father. Heady and intoxicating, with hints of Balearica and digital reggae, it offers a fittingly beautiful and tactile conclusion to Meecham’s most expressive and accessible album yet.

Island Boogie

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Emperor Machine - Cha Murrah Etem

Chez Gare du Nord, le chemin de fer se poursuit dans la joie et la bonne humeur pour bagardo!. Après avoir plongé dans l'été infini lors d'un épisode 1 léché, l'épisode 2 offert est une dystopie solaire pleine de house et de disco. Plus joyeuse qu'à l'accoutumée, la section s'ensoleille au rythme des médailles françaises et de la canicule. 3

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Dystopie Solaire #12 - Gare Du Nord Invite bagardo!

Here's the short version of my weekly podcast, where I play you a sampler of what's on my menu this week. To get the full fat pod you need to go here (it's over two hours of new music this week): 
patreon.com/billbrewster

The Bill Brewster Podcast #757 (Short Version)

Name : SOUL IMAGO VARIOUS ARTISTS 001 
Cat# : Soul Imago 1201-04
Release Date : 25 May 2015
Format : Vinyl

Tracklist: 

A.1 Soulphiction - Swing Low 
A.2 Lay-Far - Looking for Changes (Pablo Valentino Remix) B.1 Noa Siano - Rhodesy 
B.2 Duktus & Blunted Monkz - Tokyo Hotel 

A & R : Blunted Monkz // P&C 2015 // All rights reserved. // Manufactured by Soul Imago (A subdivision of Faces Records) Mastering by Steffen Baldo a.k.a Ugly Drumz // Cover design by Stefan Lange. 

 Soul Imago is coming up with a killer deep House 4 Tracker featuring Soulphiction,LayFar,Pablo Valentino, Noa Siano,Duktus and Blunted Monkz. Don’t sleep on this one ! 

A.1 Soulphiction - Swing Low(SI1201)

Relatively simple re-edit here, longer intro for mixing, the original 12 mixes of this start straight on with the horns and piano. Bit of fooling around on the melody too.

https://highhopesrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/various-edits-remixes-2011-2020-pt-1-hhd01

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Winners - Get On Up And Do It (Hober Mallow Doin The Loop  Edit)

Edit I did a couple of years ago of this 1986 proto-house classic.

I adore both the vocal and dub version and simply combined both into this 10mins version.

Hope you like it.

Willie Colón - Set fire to me (TJ Kong monster edit)

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Demuja b2b Pontchartrain (Live Outta Detroit) with Ruff Stuff - 19 August 2019

DJ // Producer // Radio guy 2SER 107.3
Apparel Music/Resense Records/High Hopes/Rollover Milano / Midnight Riot


*"Mighty Reel" 2ser 107.3 FM Sydney Fridays 2-4 pm aedt (and on 2ser.com streaming and on demand)
Compiling: That's Not An Edit https://soundcloud.com/thats-not-an-edit
Bookings/Contact/Remix requests/Horoscopes: 
Mightyreel (at) 2SER dot come (or PM me HERE!)


+so much more.