Welcome back y'all! Welcome back to the Idle Cellars Mix Series. This time around we have yet another special treat for you. We reached out to one of our good pals up in the Great White North to supply us with a special downtempo mix! The manlike JEX OPOLIS is in the house, putting together this killer 90-minute joint, full of late 80's & early 90's downbeat house, ambient trance & post-acid house groovers. You may know the man from his Nu Disco Good Timin' and evil twin Bad Timin' labels, where he amps up the Italo & 90s Progressive vibes with massive kicks for the dancefloor, or his well-known mixes for The Lot Radio NYC. We're so stoked to present this to you, and grateful that our man hooked us up with this jammer! We hope you enjoy - more to come soon!

Mike Bee
San Francisco
September 2025

@jexopolis
jexopolis.bandcamp.com/

Jex Opolis - Moon Chasing

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Holotropic Music

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@warningberlin
@tartelet-records
@epicure-rec
@multiculti
@atol-diskz
@playgroundrecords
@estuary-tapes
@special-place-rec
@phobhorecords
@bellydanceservices

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@future_island

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Abruzzo / Center South Italy

Run: Accented Measures Series
Distributed by @kma60
Promos/Enquires - accented.measures@gmail.com

insta / max.stedeford
bandcamp / maxstedeford

Estuary Tapes
Unexplored Earths EP OUT NOW
https://ilnico.bandcamp.com/album/unexplored-earths

Taste Records
Light Echoes EP with Grand Riviera
https://tasterec.bandcamp.com/album/light-echoes

Hard Fist
Cosmic Terroir Comp
https://hardfist.bandcamp.com/album/cosmic-terroir-compilation

Inside Out Records
Steve Pepe - Vivere in Diagonale (Remixed) 
https://insideoutrec.bandcamp.com/album/vivere-in-diagonale-remixed

Huntleys & Palmers 
BLTRSX - Connections (Compilation)
https://huntleyspalmers.bandcamp.com/album/bltrsx-connections-compilation

For bookings please message directly on Soundcloud or IG.

for inquiries, bookings or loveletters: party@villafatale.com

1/2 of @pufcollective

Previously known as Jan Janssen

2025
14.03 Radio Tempo Não Para, Amsterdam
29.03 Huis van Iemand Anders, Amsterdam
12.04 Maxi Radio, Leiden
25.04 Club Poema, Utrecht
06.05 Toffler, Rotterdam
11.05 Open Source Radio, Nijmegen
16.05 Kallumaan, Kraggenburg
17.05 Kallumaan, Kraggenburg
08.06 Lepeltje Lepeltje, Amsterdam
02.08 Pride Blockparty, Amsterdam
09.08 PUF Collective, Amsterdam
18.08 Senang, Hoek van Holland
30.08 Keilecafe, Rotterdam
07.09 Fattorino Innamorato, Rotterdam
04.10 Amstelhaven, Amsterdam
11.10 Golfslag, Rotterdam

2024
04.05 Bar Dancing Multipla, Amsterdam
20.09 Golfslag @ Beachclub Indigo, Scheveningen
23.11 Huis van Iemand Anders, Amsterdam
21.12 Bar Dancing Multipla w/ Heijne's Hymnes, Amsterdam
31.12 NYE, ???

2023
06.01 PUF & Friends @ Containerbar Noord, Rotterdam
04.02 Born to Boogie @ Lovelee, Amsterdam
17.02 Open Source Radio, Nijmegen
03.03 PUF & Friends @ Containerbar Noord, Rotterdam
06.04 Opening Garden of BIRD Rotterdam, Rotterdam
15.04 PUF @ Time is the New Space, Rotterdam
20.04 Birdcage Radio w/ Disko Disko, Utrecht
27.04 Koningsdag @ Containerbar Noord, Rotterdam
05.05 Zegevieren Festival, Rotterdam
05.05 Weelde, Rotterdam
02.06 PUF at the Seaside, Hoek van Holland
09.06 Maxi Radio, Leiden
16.06 Huis van Iemand Anders, Amsterdam
23.06 Amore, Rotterdam
24.06 Funkie House In-Store, Rotterdam
20.08 Panorama Festival, Rotterdam
02.09 Huis van Iemand Anders, Amsterdam
02.09 NortNort, Rotterdam
22.09 Radio TNP, Amsterdam
23.09 Bar Dancing Multipla, Amsterdam
14.10 PUF @ Time is The New Space, Rotterdam
27.10 Maxi Radio, Leiden
09.11 Bar Dancing Multipla, Amsterdam
12.12 Savage Hostel, Koh Tao

Moving from 2023 onwards...

Idle Cellars is a boutique winery located in Sonoma County, California. We are Ben Larks, a teacher and explorer from Los Angeles and Ari Heavner, an entrepreneur from Berkeley. Our shared affinity for world travel and adventure led us to connect in 2006 while working crush in Sonoma. Idle Cellars was born with our first batch of Cabernet Sauvignon reflecting, as in most harmonious relationships, a balanced yin and yang between city dwelling Heavner and country living Larks. We strive to produce an elegantly balanced wine through our grace of art. Our belief is that the essence of winemaking is getting dirty in the vineyard, ensuring the best of Sonoma. We make it from the vine to the bottle through hands-on craftsmanship. Our knowledge and deep understanding of our agricultural surroundings allows us to choose what we believe are the best processes for each varietal of wine. Working together for 17 years now, Ben and Ari’s winemaking bond is stronger than ever, escalating the Idle movement one glass at a time. 
Music is such an important part of our lives and our wine making experience, we decided to start a mix series which is a musical representation of an #idlemoment.
#EnjoyYourIdleMoment