Radio Pandemico

Some tunage for da foliage. Squeal baby, squeal

Road To Knoxville

Inspired by all you lovely people who keep coming out to give me a smile and a thumbs-up from the dancefloor - from winter midweek workouts at House of X to the Met overlooking Central Park on a stormy summer night; from deep soulful sessions on East Coast decks to Fridays in Williamsburg and a slamming North London get-down old school style with my homies - this is my groove for 2022. Enjoy xoxo

Fontaines XTC

My set from Love Burn 2023, deep in the fairy forest at the magical Cymatica camp, playing out of a bus that was being swallowed whole by an RV. Great crowd, lovely warm vibes, banging sound, amazing scene. Thanks to Julian, Colleen, Lane and the Cymatica family for welcoming me, to Nick Ladd for the intro, to all my home crew for the big smiles and groovy moves, to the man dancing in the tree and to the DJ fluffers - you rocked it!

Fairies On Fire @ Cymatica

To prepare for a truly rocking party, start with an iconic Burner artisan's warehouse in downtown Las Vegas, and invite a few hundred of the coolest people on the planet. Line the space with some atmospheric anthems, then stir in a few downtempo love grooves to get the place sizzling. Throw in a handful of 80s mashups, turn up the disco heat, bring to a boil in a Mirage Garage stylee and top off with some creme de la creme de Luther. Serve with lashings of love and gratitude.

VJ Party Starter

My closing set to match the VJ Party Starter from an epic weekend at Area 15. Letting it rip to wrap up the night, in loco parenthesis as it were, with a wild group of cosmic space cats. Kept it tidy at 60 minutes on the nose, before the security moved in to throw me off the decks. With thanks to V&J for bringing us all together, and big love to our stellar menagerie xx

Galactic Zoo

The Friday evening party at Psyclone camp has become a Burning Man highlight and it was a big thrill to spin for such a fab crowd again this year. The day-long dust storm was dying down, we fired up the sound system, the bar team got down to business and the vibe just kicked off from there. There really is nothing quite like bringing things to the boil til you've got a delirious bunch of dressed up fiends punching the air and chanting 'I've got this Burning feeling, Burning feeling, Burning Burning Burning feeling!'. LMFAO. Good Times! I'd rather have that than 1000 dudes nodding out to minimal techno any day. This set again goes back to my Balearic roots: take a little disco, a dab of funk, some electro-pop, a techno sprinkle... eh voila! house music in all its glory. There are tunes here (complete with vinyl pops) that I've been spinning for 20 years. Thanks (as often) to Jerad, Ben Weston (there in spirit with the Jacko track) and the Colonel for the final disco nugget. And to the Psyclone tribe of 2015 - you're a class act. I would plug in and play out for you anytime. Big love from the Journeyman xo

Psyclone To The Bone

The mix from the House of Yes in Brooklyn, deep into Halloween 2015. Without a doubt, one of the best parties of the year, brilliantly orchestrated by my good pals Wiley and Laura. PsyClone and various Burner posses in da house, firedancers, burlesques, fantastic costumes, refit Roseland sound system pumping out the jams, and this here hundred minutes of hawtness. Those who've been following since the early days, think of it as JDJ Ultimate House Party, Vol 19

Le Noir Illumine

A relative oldie but damn what a goodie. This mix from Burning Man 07 captures a special moment with a bunch of firm friends who have been rocking down the house ever since. From the wild antics at the Flying Monkey pub (thanks Wheylan for the outfit!) in the days when there were few bars to be found on the Esplanade, let alone off-the-charts ones like that one, to the Disorient bus with the dayglo worms parked under the Big Rig Jig, made of two deconstructed artics arching back like a huge upended insect, with plants growing up the climbing frame inside. Deep emotional sunrise house music moving into party tunes and some wicked funky breaks. Boomshankar

The Monkey Flies at Dawn

Enjoyed this set for Disorient at sunrise on the Playa, BM2011as much as any I can remember. Great crowd rocking it beneath the geodesic rhomboids as the sun came up, warm strong and spiritually invigorating. Thanks again to Jerad for some crucial tunes, to all the soulful heads, and to my missus Lucy for being the last one standing. Also to Scott London for the pic - Wheel of steel. Can she handle it? 

Geodesica

Assuming you're all warmed up after Mirage Garage mix part 1, we can get straight down to business. No more words, time to shut up and dance. With a nod to my stalwart deck-mates Jerad Hioki, J Gabriel and the Scumfrog & all the other DJs who span for us this year, and a big Thank You to the whole tribe who made Mirage Garage such a fantastic camp to play at. See you in 2017! )'( <3

The Greasy Get Down - MG2

From aboard the mighty Hajj at Black Rock City to the City of Gods hedonistic extravaganza Halloween 2017, here's a house party mix done the old-fashioned way. Upbeat funky tunes building into deeper soulful tech vibes, floor-fillers mingling with trainspotter fodder from the early 90s through to the latest jams, programmed for maximum listening pleasure by your coast-to-coast, groove-trotting, everlovin' Journeyman. With thanks to Sacred Cow and the House of Yes!

Journeyman Mix

Hajj of Yes

The soundtrack to summer of '17, pulling from various Nu Disco and Balearic Jazz rummagings on Juno in recent years, and coming together on the terrace at sunset at the Elk Gathering in Mendocino. Perfect for cruising on the Pacific Coastal Highway with the sun going down on the back of your ears. Big shout to Nico, Robin, Peter and the extended Elk family - it's always a treat to play for you. <3 )'(

Pacific Twilight

This one goes out with masses of love to my gorgeous sister Anabel, queen of London partyland, with whom I have had more good times than I can remember. Her recent birthday party was a classic in her image: stylish, sassy, spilling over with good friends, and seriously loads of fun. I was honoured to lay down the grooves with my T'n'T Music Factory compadre Colonel Tim Reeves, and here it is for your listening pleasure. Have at it y'all. Love you babe! T xo

A Star Is Born

This is the set i played for Disorient at Burning Man 2010 looking out at the amazing sculpture Bliss who seemed to be dancing across the playa. House with some nice soulful vocals going into some funky tech and rounding off in phat trippy breaks territory. Plenty of old stuff in there with the new. Enjoy, and feel free to ping me for tracklist. 

2010 See of Bliss

This mix is one of the best I have recorded, in terms of how it felt when it landed at the time. It’s been 16 years in the making - more if you cycle back to the Balearic sets of the 1990s which inspired me with the notion of telling stories by sequencing tracks and creating a time capsule to take people on a journey through sound. Since Sol System in 2003, with memorable repeats thanks to Disorient, Kostume Kult, Mirage Garage and others who have been kind enough to invite me to play, I’ve been itching to program a more ambitious, ‘soundtrack-ish’ type of set for sunrise at Burning Man. I’ve lost count of the times I’ve stood in front of art cars as the orange orb rose up over the mountains, stared up at the decks and wondered Why, when you’ve got a few thousand spaced-out people in front of a massive sound system, would you choose to play… this?? DJs that don’t take risks and just plod along monotonously – I just don’t get it.

The risk I decided to take this year was to kick off with 10 minutes of beat-free ambience and vocals. Following a chance meeting with the legendary Jefr of Root Society – consistently among the most thunderous, jaw-droppingly awesome sound stages on the playa - he asked me to spin for him Friday 7am. The crowd had thinned out by then, so it didn’t take much balls to pull the rhythmic rug out from under their feet. What it did do was clean out the sonic cache in the audience’s collective head and create a sense of space to reflect the vast expanse and arresting stillness of the desert. There is a more somber side to the Black Rock City experience than the wild hedonism for which it is famous: a soulfulness that emanates tangibly from the sacred terrain and is symbolized by the Temple where thousands leave dedications to those that have recently passed. Gazing out at this year’s edifice, it felt poignant to play a tribute to Talk Talk’s Mark Hollis, a true pioneer of loud/quiet dynamics, who died in February and whose work brims with the existential hum of a lone human coming to terms with a stark wilderness. Thanks to Duncan Forbes for turning me onto that seminal B-side. It provided a lush backdrop for the beats to come back in on a ‘Spiritual High’. Talk about luxury: to let that play out in its entirety, and then bask in Moodswings’ fat bassline rumbling up from the bins below (24 x 21”s among them, FYI)… the cascading choruses and Chrissie Hynde’s peerless vocal pouring out across the playa, scything through the elements, shrinking time and space… it was full-body goosebump stuff that sent shivers down to my bones and gives me shivers just thinking about it as I write this now, a week later. A track I’ve known for 24 years and will now always associate with that amazing moment.

Yes, I do know how I survive, Yes, I do know why I’m alive, To love and be with you, Day by day by day by day…

The next section of the mix offers nothing much new, just a few favorite tracks from over the years that seemed to gel really well as the dawn warmed us up. The power of the stage made these tunes sound fresh and BIG: stopping people on their bikes as they rode past, inducing them to take a break to dance up their own little private dust storm, then bound up to the platform on Rolling Root all misty-eyed to give me a hug, the music creating a connection with friends and complete strangers alike – that’s what I do it for; that’s what makes it feel like these moments can last forever.

For those who couldn’t be there, and especially Lucy F (whose presence was missed most keenly during the bittersweet cadence of the final track), I hope you’ll get a chance to hear this in similar circumstances: rich vibes, deep frequencies, smiling faces, uplifting lyrics, warm breeze, golden rays bathing distant hills, all the dials turned up to 11. It's not a mix to hammer, it's one to keep under wraps for certain times when this will all make sense - a lucid hour of inner escapism, where music touches your soul.

Air de Root

Second in a series of three mixes that define 2019 for me, this one is aimed squarely at my hard-dancin' disco-lovin' friends who like their chicken funky and their gravy groovy. It's that time or year when the nights are closing in and thoughts turn to house parties and shimmying round the kitchen wearing something silly with a warm buzz on - and here's the soundtrack! With thanks to those who turned me onto many of these corkers, especially Stephen Richards, Ruff Diamond and my old mate the Colonel. Jingle jingle, let's get ready to mingle. Ring a ding ding!

Winter Funkerland

Custom edition for the Burner Alkaline podcast, based on my set this year at Root Society with the old firm Mr C and Darren Emerson. Spectacular night and one of my favorite sets of 2019. Special thanks to Jefr, Skywalker and team, and to the troupe of synchronized dancers who showed up spontaneously at the start and got the "dancefloor" rocking!

Salty Roots

Because Funk will get you through times of No Socializing better than Socializing will get you through times of No Funk. Bearing out my theory that quality Disco music is as ageless as it is timeless, this is the sound of our little family in lockdown, where everyone gets to do a star turn on the floor. If you’re starting to go a bit stir crazy out there, here’s my remedy: hand the old man the headphones, get mum to liberate the top shelf tequila; kids, break out the costumes from the dusty old Burning Man rave chest, fire up those apps and turn that sucker UP! You don’t have to treat every night like it’s Saturday night just because you can, but it doesn’t hurt to give it a whirl every once in a while. With a nod to Gabriel Garcia Marquez and the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, your pater family-ass on the wheels of steel, Journeyman xoxo

Funk in the Time of Coronavirus

On August 18th 2020, at the behest of a twisted genius driven to distraction by an insidious virus, a fleet of intrepid astronauts assembled on the High Fidelity launch pad to set off on a journey into Space. Guided by the Lead Investigator of Mission Juno, they sought new thrills and stimulation, and to boldly try what no one had used before. 
This was to be no ordinary journey. The astronauts were in armchairs; their spaceships were computerized avatars, powered by Vatomic energy; and the space being traveled to was mostly virtual, composed of 3D graphics, with photos and videos curated from NASA’s rich archives of stunning cosmic imagery.
We orbited Earth and watched her perform a planetary pirouette with the Moon. We journeyed to Jupiter and delved into the secrets of the Solar System, exploring the Jovian red dot and the Ionosphere. We flew through solar winds to hear the howl of electromagnetic plasma fields, like desert storms punctuated by ghostly galactic whale-song echoing through the vastness. 
On we ventured through an intergalactic portal to the Orion Nebula, transmigrating past meteor showers, gigantic gas clouds, star bursts and waves of apocalyptic radiation, slingshotting back to our own Sun to dance with solar flares before a wall of astral projections. 
Then we settled back in a lunar lounge to learn more about these marvels that we are only beginning to comprehend.
Here, fellow travelers, is the soundtrack. Selected and performed live for the occasion, it’s a blend of synapse-tingling Techno, deep progressive House and a little bit of what our late friend Mr Weatherall would have called ‘posh Trance’ LOL. In honor of the illustrious cosmonauts on this trip, I plucked some real gems from the crates, endeavoring to mirror the itinerary with a musical meta-narrative designed for you to close your eyes and blast off into the outer reaches whenever the mood takes you and regardless of the availability of a functioning rocket ship. The titles in the track-list below tell a story of their own. 

With thanks to Scott Bolton & Janet Froio from Mission Juno, JB @ Meta, Eric P, Eric N & Josh at Vatom, Michael Beneville, Morgan Wynne, Jen Bishop, Josh Fielding and all those who contributed to this special Journey by DJ. Massive respect to all the artists featured on this mix – every one an absolute diamond. We may do it again – watch this Space!

Journey to Jupiter – Tracklist

Intro from ‘Thing in a Book’ by Underworld 		

Cut Me Down 		Sasha & Krister Linder (Kastis Torrau rmx)

Cicadas  		Tom Middleton (Maya Jane Coles rmx)	

Other Side of Time	Matt Flores

Deep Within		Frank Le Fever (Ewan Pearson rmx)

Strand 			Stephan Bodzin

Playdo 			Matthew Burton (Inxec rmx)

Dark Matter 		Melodi Hristov

Chorus			Kink

Angelus		Olivier Weiter

Vapors			Patrice Baumel (Joris Voorn rmx)

The Middle		Ben Pearce

The Universe Unfolding	Shiny Objects

Float Away		Yousef

No Smoking		Sacha Freetz

Tocatta		Kevin Yost

Timelapse		Jerome Isma-Ael

Rainbow Superstars	Rebolledo			

Planet of the Apes	Tantsui

Journey to Jupiter

Kicking off with a tribute to that fine man Jimmy Carter, building to a climactic call to action for us all to make a change, meandering through some House and Disco stylings to an anthemic denouement of hairy-chested Funk… this mix will hopefully be a soundtrack to celebrations around the world as America calls time on the toxic clown in the White House and we progress to an era of more positive togetherness. And if the toss of history’s coin goes the other way, then this should help you dance your way through the darkness.

Make America Gyrate Again

When putting a mix together, it helps to picture a great night that inspired you back in the day. One that often inhabits my mind’s eye is a classic lock-in at a pub in Camden. Picture the scene: a Friday night, out on the razzle and a call comes in from a night owl pal that there’s something afoot up Kentish Town Rd. 20 minutes later you’re easing your way past a Maltese paramilitary gentleman and up the stairs of a high-ceilinged Victorian building that’s vibrating to a 4/4 beat and hundreds of feet pounding on the floor.
The place is packed with that North London demi-monde of club characters, music heads, raggas, hipsters, criminals, celebrities on the down-low, hookers, druggies, cab drivers, kebab shop owners and other assorted nightlife that wandered in off the street; all talking, smoking, drinking, dancing and laughing at the same time. The music is funky and soulful, full of punch but edgy and eclectic, because this is the metropolis and an educated dancefloor can be counted on. 
You get swept up in the social gumbo, bump into some friends, have a bit of banter with a few new randos. The mood intensifies, there’s a change of DJ, and you realize something more serious is in the works. Somehow they’ve got a proper sound system in there and you’re wondering how the hell they’re getting away with it when you see a local copper with his uniform half off, sweating it out in the thick of it, and you realize you’re in safe hands.
By the end of it all you stumble out into the grey light of dawn, fizzing with good energy, like you’ve just had your marbles dusted with the finest that any club has to offer, anywhere in the world - but in fact you’re just a bus-ride away from the sanctuary of home and whatever Saturday has in store. 
For my dear departed friend Phil Asher, that deep transition in the middle was made with you in mind. The music takes you high!

Voodoo Odyssey

Founder of Journeys by DJ, MD of Brainiak Records, producer of JDJ After Hours and Ultimate House Party, partner in The End nightclub, now based in NYC, still playing House music all night long and keeping the Funk alive

Journeyman JDJ

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