B.P.T. Radio 036: Tornado Wallace

@biancalexis brings a whole new level to the world of eclectic DJing. Anyone who has regularly tuned into her radio sets for dublab or NTS will know that there is no limit to what she might play. It isn't just the electronic spectrum she traverses with ease, but also soul, synth-pop, folk, post-punk, soft rock and myriad other sounds. She also knows how to hold down a vibe in the club, either at her Standard Downtown LA residency or anywhere else around Europe. Later in summer, she will play at both Lente Kabinet Festival and then Dekmantel Selectors, but first...

Bianca keeps one foot firmly on the dance floor with her mix this week. That's not to say it is a traditional club set, but the whole thing is underpinned by a very seductive and danceable groove that is always slowly building. There are proto-house cuts, dusty and analogue 80s rhythms, flashes of acid and breezy, feel-good sounds that send you off on a high. It is a perfect taster of what to expect from this exciting break-out selector.

Dekmantel Podcast

Dekmantel Podcast 379 - Bianca Lexis

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https://www.nts.live/shows/jamie-tiller/episodes/jamie-tiller-6th-june-2022

NTS Radio Show - Episode 29

Ahoy! We're thrilled to share with you the latest dreamy transmission from our friend from the West, Montana! An all out relaxation degustation full of sun-kissed grooves and beachside nostalgia, the host of the lovingly curated @inourpersonalspace series offers us the ultimate afternoon accompaniment, awash with heavenly atmospheres and sensual vocal cuts from the hedonistic days of yore. Paradise awaits, just don't forget to hydrate!

Jump over here to hear a bit more about the mix: melbournedeepcast.net/portfolio/montana

@montana-bourke

www.melbournedeepcast.net

Interview

MDC.275 Montana

2 hrs of tunes from Montreal’s Patrick Holland.

@ppatrickholland

2MR Transmission With Patrick Holland @ The Lot Radio 09 - 17 - 2022

Please meet London based DJ and producer, former Cafe Del Mar resident, and our long time close friend Phil Mison (@cantomamusic). Interview (excerpt) down below.

www.musicfrommemory.com

MFM: Hi Phil, many know you as one of the DJ's who has played all the best sunset spots across the globe. How did your summer look this year, still been scoring sunsets here and there?

PM: My summer was great. I travelled to Amsterdam, Cork, Copenhagen and Barcelona and had some nice gigs in the UK. My friend Deke has opened a bar on the seafront in Margate, you get pretty epic sunsets down there. I played a few records one evening and managed to fit in a few old cafe classics as the sun disappeared into the sea. 

MFM: Please tell us a bit about how it all started for you?

PM: I grew up in the 70’s, so there were quite a few different influences. David Bowie ‘Life On Mars’ was an early memory, and I was obsessed with Blondie. Parallel lines was the first album I bought. Later it was Northern Soul, Electro, nothing really that mellow! In 87 I met a couple of people who were really into House. I started going to groove records in soho to buy records like Adonis - No Way Back, Ten City - Devotion. Then as 88 rolled around I got into the more Balearic side of things. Later in 89 I’d pop into Reckless Records for second hand stuff and started to browse the New Age section where I got things like Kitaro  ‘Tunhuang’ and Paul Greaver ‘Joy’. Those records were the starting point really. 

MFM: DJing in clubs to make people dance never really attracted you?

PM: I’d say pretty much most of my DJing has been in clubs. I started at the Milk Bar in Soho in 1992 after giving Darren Emerson a tape. Even though I was doing the warm up and playing mellow stuff at the beginning, you had to build it up to a full dance floor by the end. In 1996 and 2000 I was the tour DJ for Lefttfield, playing in front of 1000 odd people. ‘Just get it going before we come on!’ Alongside Ross Allen and Rob Da Bank, I was resident at Bar Rhumba for our Next Level night in 1997. It lasted a year and we opened with Harvey and closed with Andrew Weatherall. I Have to mention Moonboots and Jason Boardman’s night Aficionado too. I always enjoyed playing to a dancefloor there, they’ve kept the Balearic flag flying since 1998. 

MFM: At what point did you got into making music on your own? 

PM: I’d worked on a project for Kenneth Bager in 1994. Then later on he started his Music For Dreams Label, and asked me if I would be interested in making an album.  So the first Cantoma album was started in Copenhagen in 1999, and finished in London in 2003. 

MFM: How do you come up with a new song, is there a certain Phil Mison way to it? Do you write the parts for the musicians?

PM: It usually starts with an idea that pops into my head. Sometimes a memory or travelling will get a melody going, and I’ll sometimes hum it into my phone and use that as a starting point. Ive worked with Engineer/Producer Robin Twelftree on all the Cantoma albums. I’ll go into Robin’s studio and usually start with some basic keyboards, then I’ll play a bassline in. I’ll take the demos away and think about what would work on the tracks. For some musicians the music is written down. Ive worked with Robin Lee from Faze Action on a few Cantoma tunes, and he usually transcribes my basic melodies onto sheet music. Other times I’ll play the melodies on a keyboard or hum the tunes for the musicians to follow along to. On some tracks I’ll write the lyrics too and get a singer to record on a track. There’s a lot of going back and forth until I’m happy with the final cut. The music rarely ends up sounding like the first version.

MFM: Making a mix must have been a piece of cake for you :) What is this mix like?

PM: I went back through my 92-94 selection and picked a selection of the lesser played records. Memories of magic times at the Milk Bar and warm summer evenings at the Cafe del mar.

MFM Mix 044: Phil Mison

Tribqu connect Zjoso serves up two hours of melters spanning streetsoul & rnb through to the soulful and deeper side of houseeee. 

ID Requests ~ @zjoso

1800 triiip - Zjoso - Mix 049

‘Please Don’t Step on My Rainbow,” our latest mixtape and contribution to Jungles cassette series, is an escape into the Wax’o world of assorted balearica, sun-drenched psychedelia, downtempo and contemporary soul. Music both new and old, some rarities and some starterpack jams. Cassette available now via Bandcamp or Jungles webstore!

Jungles Mixtape: 'Please Don't Step on My Rainbow'

Telephones is a renowned DJ for his free-spirited curve ball-mix of ranging from Balearic tutti-frutti, proto-house and percussion workouts to cosmic techno, discokraut-gymnastics and outer worldly explorations.

A firm believer in quality over quantity, Telephones has released a sparse but highly sought-after discography on acclaimed underground labels like Running Back, Sex Tags UFO, Acido, Love On The Rocks, Klasse Wrecks and Full Pupp. As well as production work and remixes for legends like José Padilla, Joan Bibiloni and Vangelis Katsoulis, to mention some. Starting with primitive PC software and DJing in the late 90s, he has since equally focused on production and DJing, now with more than 20 years of experience behind decks and knobs. In 2016 releasing his debut album, "Vibe Telemetry" on Running Back, taking his eclecticism and sound one step further, expanding the palette with influences from early Norwegian club-roots, Ambient House, NY House and Disco, 90s UK Balearic, Italo House, Underground Resistance and Detroit Techno.

The recent years has taken Telephones across the globe with frequent tours in Asia, Australia and the Americas, playing in over 35 different countries and as diverse locations as Sao Paulo, Taipei, New York, Mexico City, Hanoi, Tokyo and Melbourne, as well as frequently laying it down on his Berlin/EU home-turf at some of the best underground clubs, such as Berghain/Panorama Bar, Bassiani, Corsica Studios, Griessmuehle, Jaeger and festivals like Love International, Dimensions, Pitch Music and Arts, The Garden and Bahidora.

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WORK REDUX MIX is a collection of mixes made to be listened to while working. We work closely with local and international DJs to assemble thoughtful music that will carry members throughout their day and introduce them to new sounds. They are created to lift our members up when they need it, or calm them down when concentrating.

WORK REDUX MIX 016 - Telephones

Alongside the usual soft play hits expect some of Yukirio Takahashi's productions, solo work and of course the timeless gems created with Hosono and Sakamoto.

Mogwaa - Musing [Zen2000]
Stella Z - 6 Leaves Elephant [Third Place Records] *
Khotin - Fountain, Growth (feat. Tess Roby) [Ghostly International]
Avalon Emerson & The Charm - Sandrail Silhouette [Another Dove]
Susan - Ah! Soka [Epic]
Albert Et Guido - Calculs aux Reins [Stroom]
Tonino Balsamo - Sta Guagliona Mo Ddà [Periodica Records]
Manuel Darquart - Porno Balearica [Planet Trip Records]
Barry Biggs - Illusion [Emotional Rescue]
Coral D - Core Group [Tears]
Tribal Earth - Interaction/Reaction [Invisible City Editions]
Firkit el Lotus - Nerjaa (Moving Still Edit) [Disco Arabesquo] *
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Behind The Mask [A&M Records]
Azura - Theme From Azura (Dream Version) [World Building]
Sasha Nevolin - Time Marker **
Eurythmics - Doubleplusgood (Arash & Quasar Remix) [Fauve Records]
Bliss Street Queens - Spiritus Sanctus [Pacific Rhythm]
Regularfantasy - Hot Gossip [Specials]
Chaos In The CBD - Higher Elevation [fabric Records]
Cathy Dennis - Touch Me (Seb Wildblood Edit) **
Aksel & Aino - Reykjavik (Bell Towers Remix) [Live at Robert Johnson / Public Possession]
Christopher Rave - Airwolph [Acid Waxa]
RAMZi - megafauna [Music From Memory]
Nice Girl - Take Me Home [Public Possession]
Yukihiro Takahashi - Drip Dry Eyes [Alfa]

* denotes forthcoming
** denotes unreleased

No Bad Days with Hollick - January 2023

New year, new massages! Celebrating the show's two years anniversary AND a new year, Telephones pulls his dusty fingers out of the crates for a change, dedicating the first episode of 2023 to strictly new releases. Some from last year or so, and some freshies not yet out. A blueprint for the coming year, with usual eclectic selections ranging from ambient, experimental, jazz, breaks, street soul and balearic, to leftfield pop, dub, house, and techno + some in between, to the left, above and beyond.

Telephones' New Massage 024 [Refuge Worldwide]

Record label, radio show and party series started by Hollick and Szatan in 2015.

www.nobaddays.dance

No Bad Days with Hollick - January 2023

No Bad Days

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