Up next are our dear friends The Zenmenn (@user-847972032) with whom we have a new 7" and more coming up soon. For the special occasion they came up with an unexpected mix extraordinaire while being generous in answering our questions. Interview (excerpt) down below.

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MFM: When did the first idea for The Zenmenn project present itself? Did it start with a few existing songs, or is it a conceptual project?

ZM: A couple of years back we got the opportunity to join this cool studio run by a gentleman called Franz. We did some stuff with friends and at the same time we just began jamming and recording what we did, and eventually we had a couple of songs in our hands, that we thought sounded interesting, and it dawned upon us that we should spend our time working on our own stuff. The name The Zenmenn came later, probably most of the album was recorded by then. There are still some old jams on the Zenmenn hard drive filed under Pharaohs Lounge, which is one of the earlier name ideas stolen from an alcohol free coctail bar near the studio.

MFM: Quite some fans refer in their comments on the LP to the '80s and include terms like 'melancholic' and 'nostalgic'. What are your thoughts on comments like these? 

ZM: Oh that’s nice. It’s generally very nice to hear people describe our music. Today a guy told us he thought we sounded like an Ethiopian band played on 45 with John Mayer on top… could be something to it. 
But true - it’s not really a party record and some of the songs like topaz or homage to a friendship certainly have a nostalgic, melancholic tone. Also the 80s vibe is well helped along by the Dx7 that features on every song. The presets we use are mostly the legendary e piano which features in all the 80s power ballads and the amazing fretless bass that still sounds better than any of the other fretless bass presets we’ve come across. Harp and steel drum are also great.

MFM: If all your current equipment would break down and you'd have to work with newer instruments of modern technology instead, how would that affect your music? Do you think you'd still non-mistakenly sound like The Zenmenn?

ZM: Most of our keyboards are from the 90s or even early 2000s, like the Triton Le and the Casio Ctk900 with which we recorded this whole mix. The 90s stuff is way more affordable. In some way we would probably sound the same cause we don’t loop, quantize or produce music in a contemporary fashion, and we’re into certain chord progressions and grooves. If we wanna play one pattern for 5 minutes, that’s what we mostly do, and then you always end up with some embellishments and quirks. But making music comes a lot down to workflow and if we had some fancy new synth in your hands with a thousand effects, sequences and menu diving we would probably do something different. That could be cool too,  but at the moment we prefer the old school approach. 

MFM: Thanks so much for this very special "mix". Tell us about it please?!

ZM: We made a mix of tracks we liked but it didn’t really come across too original so we decided to take another approach. Magnus plays around on keyboards whenever he can, and the way we make music is mostly just jamming something and then giving it structure as we go along. Magnus made 2 jams and we put them together and chopped out things that didn’t seem to fit, but mostly everything is recorded in one go. Our friend Helen Wells came by and played some harmonica, guitar and tweaked some pedals. We overdubbed some Casio, cool voices etc. Ben had a couple of curatorial suggestions in the end and did some great spoken words. Since our first little tour this summer Magnus has been carrying around some small drawing books and has been noodling away. This has been a great influence on this mix where all the decisions have been quick, with a loose hand and not too many layers. We’re happy to have the opportunity to make a mix and we’re very inspired to do more just like this.

MFM Mix 037: The Zenmenn

Mostly electronic music productions presented in a mixed manner

Skee Mask @ The Lot Radio 05-20-2024

A set I played last weekend at Super, Århus. 
It's a bit all over the place, but that's what happens when you play at a place like Super and you're too comfortable <3 
S/O to all the volunteers there and to DJ ECO who played after me for handling it so well! Big love - 
Natal

DJ Central - Recording of set from Super (10AUG24)

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LUXE invites regularfantasy - 25 August 2024

Take a journey into Raga and Tala based music, and find out the intricacies of this ever evolving ancient musical tradition as we weave our way though musicians, instruments, ragas and time-cycles. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/sway-of-the-verses/episodes/sway-of-the-verses-29th-march-2025

Nāda Sonics w/ Sway of the Verses 290325

For Trushmix 239 we got Thurlow Joyce in the mix.
A producer and DJ based between Vancouver, and Berlin. His most recent record, Lemon Citrus, was released on NAFF last year and explores dub techno, trance, and other styles with additional music from Priori x Regularfantasy.

In the mix he presents varied styles of techno on the more early nineties progressive side, with some added elements of micro house, house, trance and ambient.
A one hour and twenty two  minutes of vibes.

Enjoy!

Trushmix 239 - Thurlow Joyce

First back to back set ever with my Dallas diva at the inaugural Rewild 2025, held on beautiful Dja Dja Wurrung Country. 

A heartfelt thank you to everyone involved in making it such a queer and special weekend- Sam, Mason, Blair, Gerard, Piers, Kayzar, all the amazing deejays for playing, planters for planting, and dancers for dancing. 

Much love, Mason & Dirk xx

DJ Koze - XTC
Nathan Coles - Back Foot Boogie
Douglas, Duijn - Sensuwal Fielink feat. Bernice (Original Mix)
Steve Bug - Sensitive
Mark Ambrose & Alexander Purkart Presents The Bellringers - Zulu Groove
Chaos in the CBD - Marlboro Sounds
Dirty Vegas - I Should Know (Flatline Dub)
Synaptic - Transmission (Original Mix)
Pangaea - Cuba Vox
DJ Koze - Rue Burnout
Madonna - Skin (The Collaboration Remix by Peter Rauhofer & Victor Calderone)
Liquid Earth - The Breakdown (Charms Of Gaia Mix)
Sweely - Don’t Stop
State of Mind - This Is It (Vocal Mix)
The Modifiers - The Rise (KGB Remix)
Spray - Zippycher
Jerome Hill - Paper Bag Acid
kylie - padam (d. tyrone's hypnotik groove)
The Electric Press - Re:Evaluate (Dub Mix)
Charli XCX - 365 (Tom VR Remix)
Layo & Bushwacka! - Love Story (Bushwacka! Remix)
Minilogue - Elephants Parade
Steffi x Virginia - Nightflight
D. Tyrone - Programmer (Rewild Mix)
Sandy Rivera, Kings Of Tomorrow - I Want You (For Myself) (Holmes Ives Dub)
Ghost - Bodyguard (Booker T Remix)
Oklou - harvest sky (ft. underscores)
Pangaea - Like This (Volt Mix)
Unknown - Love & Birds (Pional Panorama Bar Edit)
Expansions - Move Your Body (Tony De Vit Remix)
Discovery Vinyl - Hyperstate - Take Me High (Discovery Vinyl Edit)
Calvin Harris - I’m Not Alone (Deadmau5 Remix)
CRUSH3d - SO YESTERDAY
Ann Lee - Two Times

Mason TM b2b D. Tyrone @ REWILD 2025

Carlos Franco - Dark Matter (Original Mix)

Recording of Pender Street Steppers and Beautiful Swimmers's back-to-back at Dekmantel Festival 2016.

Dekmantel Festival 2016

Pender Street Steppers & Beautiful Swimmers at Dekmantel Festival 2016

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Hessle Audio feat. DJ Stingray recorded live at XOYO - 22nd October 2018

photo by Christelle de Castro :) 
Tracklisting
The Miracles Club-U&ME (Discodromo remix) -Cutters Records
Stereogamous feat. Shaun J. Wright- Face Love Anew (Kim Ann Foxman remix)- HNYTRX & Cocktail D' Amore
Kim Ann Foxman-Return It (John Selway Remix)-Needwant Records
Inner City-Back Together Again (Reese Phuture Dub)- KMS
R-Tyme-Use Me (Carl Craig's Piano Mix)- KMS
Garage $ale- Bump n Grind (Waze & Odyssey Mix)-W&O Street Tracks
Bicep- Vision Of Love- Feel My Bicep Records
Felix!-Again (Embryo Remix)- Splash Recordings
Eddie "Flashin'" Fowlkes- Time to Express -10 records
Trackman Lafonte & Bonquiqui-The Feeling, The Force- Crème Organization
Wired- To The Beat of The Drum (crash version)- Brooklyn South

Kim Ann Foxman's Skyline Mix

Firehouse Recordings NYC // [SELF:TIMER] // Pleasure Planet 
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Kim Ann Foxman's Skyline Mix

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