The final round of my favourite tracks, that I played a lot over the past 15 years.

Benjamin Fröhlich - I Miss Djing Pt.4

Cute Crush (Original Mix)

“Well, I’ve been travelling a lot. Italy, the UK and Japan were my highlights. More holidays than work so I got lucky. Playing music for people I would never ever dare to call ‘work’ anyways. Besides I set up my new studio above Renate club here in Berlin. Maybe this was a bit of work then? Building absorbers, renovating and stuff to make the room sound good, you know. So I’m looking forward to next winter season where I should be spending a lot time inside by then. Wait, no heating installed yet. Damn.

The mix was recorded at my Neukölln apartment. I was using the Standard setup: My beloved 10 year old Rane Empath Rotary Mixer, a bunch of CDJs as well as the classic Technics 1210. Another amp from the 80s and one day I got some older Canton speakers. Music all went into the tascam recorder. So that is that.

The idea of a dj mix, that is still a tough one. After thinking about it for months (or seconds for that matter) I just told myself ‘it’s basically one hour of dance music’ … right? So I went through my digital and analog shelves and went for a selection of music I like to play and (rarely but it happens) dance to these days. A lot of upcoming stuff I made myself plus some soon-to-be-released music and some arpy trance classic back from 1993 as a bonus. So yeah a bit of everything, including sloppy mixes. I tried hard not to get you bored. Maybe we should call this mix ‘The Idea Of A Trance Part 7’?”
 
Up next…

“What comes after travelling? Right on, travelling. After some more vacational days I’ll have the honour to play some shows around including Amsterdam and finally Robert Johnson, which is my definition of a club ever since. And god. I love to DJ. The motivation gets better each and every year. No kidding. On the producer side of things I have 2 more EPs coming your way early fall. Both on my own labels ‘Frank Music’ and ‘Fine’. One of them is called “Giovanni Frizzante” and it does what it says on the tin. Italo time. Before you ask – yeah you will actually hear it in the mix. Also a bit proud that Mr. Prins Thomas provided another Diskomiks for us.”

Feel My Bicep Mixtape 81 | Johannes Albert

The My Dear Mix series has been created to bring back memories. Memories of wonderful nights at the Gewölbe Club. 
Each recorded souvenir is a snippet of about an hour. Volume 1 comes from regular guest and favorite DJ from Berlin: @saschafunkeofficial

Recorded at Gewölbe, Cologne
Artist: Sascha Funke
Date: January 11th, 2019
Duration: 01:00:00
Time: 4:30am - 5:30am 
Full length: 5 hours

My Dear Souvenir Vol. 1 - Sascha Funke

This new chapter of our podcast series is curated by British talent Man Power. We have been following his work for a while and always loved his productions,  so we were delighted to invite him to do a mix on the channel. 

We also got the chance to ask him a few questions. Read the interview here: https://www.melodicdiggers.com/interviews/man-power

Check his latest release on his label Me Me Me: https://bit.ly/2Q1D7hn
Follow @manpower-1 // https://www.facebook.com/pg/manpowermakesmusic/

Photography by Blank City: www.instagram.com/_blank.city_/

Melodic Diggers 038: 'Audiononism' by Man Power

Here is the mix I recorded for my lovely friends isolated on the beautiful and calm Korčula island in Croatia. Ain't such a bad place to be "trapped" at for these weird times, right? Recently they started the Elektrochat radio show so follow them for more music and interviews (in case you speak any ex-Yugoslavian language). Enjoy and stay safe!

Follow Elektrochat here:
https://www.mixcloud.com/Elektrochat/

The Emperor Machine - Danse Blanc
Faze Action - Magic Touch (FA Paradise '89 House Mix)
Roman Flügel - Juke City
Bell Towers - Want You (Need You) (Tornado Wallace Remix)
Donald Dust - I'm Bobby Orlando (Local Artist Re-Rub)
Super M - Lovemachine (Taxi Turner Edit)
Sebra Cruz - When Life Was Slow
Ibiza Pareo - Voy y Vo (Djs Pareja Remix)
Crustration - Flame (Mood II Swing Vocal Mix)
Takenoko - Lee Harvey Oswald (Zaza Dance Mix)
Jeff Bridges - Feeling Good

Kristijan Molnar Elektrochat Mix - Radio Korčula, April 2020

Drawing upon his many influences across the house/disco/funk spectrum, South London based Kiwi has been illuminating the more discerning dancefloors of late with a strong of releases for Cin Cin, Needwant and his own new label venture, Crossbreed. 

Kiwi tees up a brand new mix exclusively for Futureboogie, as well as dropping his latest EP, 'Charlies New Vision', on the label, backed with a remix of epic proportions from Johnny Aux (Paranoid London).

More info >> https://fanlink.to/charliesnewvision

Futureboogie: Kiwi

art:cast °85 | Peter Invasion

The latest art:cast episode is a musical invasion by one of Leipzig's leading musical heads, namely by Peter Invasion. The creative and former Here Is Why band member, Peter Invasion was the drummer, firmly has things under control when it comes to one of Germany's aspiring clubs, the Institut für Zukunft, for which he's done the bookings. Besides Markus Krasselt, Peter Invasion's real name, is the co-label head of Riotvan, a label he founded in 2012, the label hosted the first two releases of Here Is Why, before it's become a familiar family affair as Panthera Krause joined Peter. From day one the label has served close artists as a platform to releases their (demanding and ambitious) music. Speaking of the latter for Peter Invasion's art:cast the artist provides his audience with exclusive and eclectic music, the first track for examples comes from Sexxy Legs, Peter Invasion's partner, and also underlines his philosophy to keep his loved ones (musically) close. However, the art:cast is not only a family affair but includes disco-ish, rock-ish and housey takes from producers that have been under Peter's radar for a moment or just popped up in his exclusive promo inbox. The result is a heterogenous homogenous composition: heterogenous because Peter draws on to various electronic sub-genres; homogenous because Peter smoothly mixes them so the musical borders soften – if they have ever existed in his world.

Artist & label information
Peter Invasion: https://www.facebook.com/invasionpeter // @peter-invasion // www.instagram.com/peterinvasion
Riotvan: www.facebook.com/riotvanevents // @riotvan-family // www.instagram.com/riotvan_family

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art:cast #85 by Peter Invasion

Tracklist

art:cast °85 | Peter Invasion

art:cast special #87 by Iron Curtis & Johannes Albert

Each of them could easily stand on their own – musically. But Iron Curtis and Johannes Albert decided to go back to the studio together and produce their second LP Moon II. Whilst their debut Industrie & Zärtlichkeit was released under their Moon moniker the artist duo now decided to turn their Moon fascination into ten droplets of nectar. And the MySpace-friends don't disappoint with those vitamin-rich tunes that they harmonically produced by using the Casio CZ-3000. Shortly before Moon II drops the artist duo, whose had a record with labels like Permanent Vacation, Uncanny Valley, Tamed Musiq, ://about blank and, of course, Johannes Albert's Frank Music, on which the album will be released, spoke to Torture the Artist about Leftie (at heart), subcultures, tech-gear, scaring away pigions and (alcoholic) beverages. Additionally, Albert and Curtis or the two Johanneses, namely Johannes Albert and Johannes Paluka, mixed and compiled the latest art:cast, an eclectic piece of music taking the listener on a journey through House music and connects one with the musical mindset of the duo.

Read the interview here
https://torturetheartist.net/2020/06/10/artcast-87-interview-iron-curtis-johannes-albert

Tracklist
DJ Ony 'sdunm'
Hi & Saberhägen 'TyTB'
No Smoke 'Righteous Rule'
Reggie R 'Get up (Mr. Ho Edit)'
Iron Curtis & Johannes Albert 'The Ultimate Seduction'
Carl Finlow 'Descent'
Bell Towers 'Want You (Need You) (Tornado Wallace Remix)'
Marco Shuttle 'The Vox Attitude'
Iron Curtis & Johannes Albert 'Portal Vision'
Perm 'VLIW'
Transcendence 'Frenzy'
Active Surplus 'Yaye'
Housefactors 'Total Control'
Housey Doingz 'Brothers'
Zazou Bikaye 'Na Kenda (Afro-Acid Mix)'
Obalski 'Keep Me Going (Edit)'
Iron Curtis & Johannes Albert 'Feingold'

Artist & label information
Iron Curtis: www.facebook.com/ironcurtismusic // @iron-curtis // www.instagram.com/ironcurtismusic
Johannes Albert: www.facebook.com/JohannesAlbertFM // @johannesalbert // www.instagram.com/johannes_albert_

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art:cast #87 by Iron Curtis & Johannes Albert

Interview

art:cast °87 | Iron Curtis & Johannes Albert

#1 Kid Simius´s Ácido Flamenco Rave Club Radio Show on Ego Fm with a Fjaak Interview and a DJ Set by Sarah Wild.

#1 ÁCIDO FLAMENCO RAVE CLUB w/ FJAAK & SARAH WILD

booking request: markus@imagine-agency.eu 

out soon:
Johannes Albert "Private Dancer LP" (Permanent Vacation)

Johannes Albert is a well-known House music producer and DJ from Berlin. For over 10 years, he has been running his own music label, Frank Music, and has become a key figure in Berlin’s club scene and beyond.

Feel My Bicep Mixtape 81 | Johannes Albert

Johannes Albert / Frank Music