Nadar entre sonidos: un homenaje a Arthur Russell @ La Casa Encendida

Music To Water Plants

As Heard on Club Fantasma

"For Every Island" es un viaje al interior, una luz en la oscuridad, un recorrido por diferentes paisajes y emociones que emergen de la soledad de nuestros apartamentos, nuestras cocinas y dormitorios. 

Un reflejo de un tiempo frágil y extraño en el que volvemos sobre nuestros recuerdos, temores y esperanzas.

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"For Every Island" is a journey inward, a light in the dark, an odyssey through different landscapes and emotions that emerge from the solitude of our apartments, kitchens and bedrooms. 

A reflection of a fragile and strange time in which we return to our memories, fears and hopes.

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TRACKLIST

1. Letfield - Melt
2. Mark Isham - Raffles In Rio
3. Ashra - Oasis
4. The Durutti Column - Sketch For Summer
5. Tornado Wallace - Voices
6. Patrick Cowley - The Runner
7. Jonathan Goldman - Ultimate Om: Deep Om Chant
8. Fuck Buttons - Olympians
9. Daniel Avery - Lone Swordsman
10. Ocean Moon - And Breathe
11. Richard Norris - Music For Healing 4
12. Luke Sanger - Swimming In The Rain
13. Golden Ivy - Kläppen II
14. The Blue Nile - Heatwave
15. Sea Oleena - Portugal (A Lift)
16. Laraaji - I Can Only Bliss Out (F'Days)
17. Ana Roxanne -  - - -
18. Plaid - Ralome
19. Robert Wyatt - At Last I Am Free
20. Julianna Barwick feat. Nosaj Thing - Nod
21. Suzanne Kraft – Flatiron
22. Arthur Russell - Sunlit Water (Live June 24th 1984)
23. WiMiracle Tones, Solfeggio Healing Frequencies - 528 Hz Anxiety Relief


Music selection – Guillermo M. Ferrando
Dedicated to Andrew Weatherall

For Every Island

DJ set by Guillermo M. Ferrando for TRAMA @ El Sotano (10.07.21), with dearest Pablo Ruizgalan, Betamax, LaInd0, Oskr1 and Bruno Ruizgalan on visuals. From new wave to italo, from synth pop to house music. Straight to the floor, 100% vinyl.

TRACKLIST

1. Payfone - Sofian
2. Doomsquad - Aimless
3. Rajan - Time
4. Talking Drums - Courage
5. A Thousands Points Of Nights - Read My Lips
6. Simple Minds – Theme From Great Cities (Edit By Mr. K)
7. Mr Monday -  Pushing (Full Up Mix)
8. Laura Palmer Featuring Twin Peaks' Killer - In The Mix (Twin Peaks) (Leo Piano Version)
9. Robert Owens - I'll Be Your Friend
10. Nina Simone - 	Blackbird (Joaquin’s Edits & Overdubs Bonus Beats Organ Dub)
11. Paul Rutherford – Get Real (Happy House Mix)
12. Kenny "Jammin" Jason & Fast Eddie - Can U Dance
13. Mr Monday - Future
14. Midway - Set It out (instrumental)
15. Aborted At Line 6 - Mammut (Extended Version)
16. Lama - love On The Rocks
17. Midnight - Beam Me Up (Each Other remix)
18. Lee Harlow - Do Ypu Want Me (Let's Go)
19. Band In a Box - get Dynamite (Piano Version)
20. Agua Re - Holy Dance (Large Sound Mix)
21. Chris And Cosey – Hybrid 'C'

More info about TRAMA at @user-755338401

As heard on TRAMA @ El Sótano (10.07.21)

“That Summer Feeling” es una mañana brillante, un coche con las ventanillas bajadas, una carretera que se pierde entre los pinos. Una selección de canciones que sueñan con veranos interminables, destellos filtrándose entre las olas, tardes sofocantes, nubes de calima, tormentas, amaneceres y una frase que resuena en la cabeza: you're gonna want this feeling inside one more time.

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"That Summer Feeling" is a bright morning, a car with the windows down, a one-way road that gets lost among the pines. A selection of songs that dream of endless summers, sparkles filtering through the waves, sweltering afternoons, calima clouds, storms, calm dawns and a recurring thought running through your mind: you're gonna want this feeling inside one more time.

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TRACKLIST

1.	Coastal Sounds – Gliding on waves
2.	Joan Bibioni – Sa Fosca
3.	The Durutti Column – Jaqueline
4.	Guru Guru Sunband – Taoma
5.	The Jeremy Spencer Band – Travellin’
6.	Steely Dan – Only a fool would say that
7.	Bill Withers – Lovely day
8.	Khruangbin - August 10 (Ballroom edit)
9.	Hermanos Gutiérrez – Mi amor
10.	Phyllis Dillon - Perfidia (with Tommy McCook & The Supersonics)
11.	Prins Emanuel – Aquarious
12.	The Blue Nile – Heatwave
13.	Dougie Poole - Don’t you think I’m funny anymore?
14.	The Jeremy Spencer Band – Cool breeze
15.	Leon Lowman – Bumpin on sunset (intro)
16.	Kool & The Gang – Summer madness
17.	Pharoah Sanders - Love is everywhere 
18.	Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers – That Summer feeling
19.	A.R.T. Wilson - Rebecca's Theme (Water)


Music selection by Guillermo M. Ferrando

That Summer Feeling

Perfidia Mix es una y treinta perfidias. Un viaje de México a Jamaica, de Cuba a Finlandia, de España a la Argentina. Un homenaje a una de las canciones de desamor más celebradas de todos los tiempos, y un cruce de caminos en el que se encuentran Lee Perry y Xavier Cugat, Najwa y Los Panchos, Nat King Cole y Hugo Montenegro.

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Perfidia Mix is one and thirty perfidias. A musical journey from Mexico to Jamaica, from Cuba to Finland, from Spain to Argentina. A love letter to one of the most celebrated heartbreak songs of all times where Lee Perry meets Xavier Cugat, Najwa meets Los Panchos, and Nat King Cole meets Hugo Montenegro. 

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TRACKLIST

1.	Julio Gutiérrez – Theme on Perfidia
2.	Isaac Delgado – Perfidia
3.	Nat King Cole – Perfidia
4.	La Internacional Sonora Maracaibo – Perfidia
5.	Ibrahim Ferrer – Perfidia
6.	Jimmy Sabater – Perfidia
7.	Laurel Aitken – Perfidia 
8.	Olavi Virta – Perfidia 
9.	Chico Che – Perfidia 
10.	Najwa – Perfidia 
11.	La Portuaria – Perfidia 
12.	Linda Ronstadt – Perfidia
13.	Hugo Montenegro – Perfidia
14.	Pérez Prado – Perfidia 
15.	Cliff Richard – Perfidia 
16.	The Four Aces – Perfidia
17.	Phyllis Dillon – Perfidia
18.	King Tubby & Lee Perry – Perfidia 
19.	Xavier Cugat – Perfidia 
20.	Ben E. King – Perfidia
21.	Johnny Clarke – Perfidia
22.	Los Panchos – Perfidia
23.	Cal Tjader – Perfidia
24.	Carola – Perfidia
25.	Los Rítmicos del Caribe – Perfidia
26.	Chico García – Perfidia
27.	Jackie Davis – Perfidia
28.	Glenn Miller And His Orchestra – Perfidia
29.	Mantovani – Perfidia 
30.	Xavier Cugat – Perfidia 

Perfidia was originally written in 1939 by Mexican composer and arranger Alberto Domínguez. 
It was first performed in 1940 by Xavier Cugat and became an instant hit and one of the most covered songs of all times.

Music selection by Guillermo M. Ferrando.
Dedicated to my father.

PERFIDIA MIX

"Songs from year one" is a family album, a soundtrack for new parents and newborns, a sequence of scenes that take place in broad daylight and just before dawn. A selection of songs to recall a time of which there are no memories left, a moment when you and us were listening very closely, dancing and wondering how much of this music will ever sound familiar to you, as if we were somehow shaping your earliest musical memories. Happy first bday, baby G, it's been such a ride.

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“Songs from year one” es un álbum familiar, una banda sonora para padres primerizos y recién nacidos, una secuencia de escenas que transcurren a plena luz del día y poco antes del amanecer. Una selección de canciones para recordar un tiempo del que no quedan recuerdos, un momento en el que tú y nosotros estábamos allí escuchando muy atentos, bailando y preguntándonos cuánta de esta música algún día te resultaría familiar, como si de alguna manera estuviéramos dando forma a tus primeros recuerdos musicales. Feliz año uno, baby G.

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TRACKLIST 

1. Sonnymoon - Just Before Dawn (Kind Edit)
2. Beverly Glenn-Copeland - Ever New (Reworked by Joseph Shabason & Thom Gill)
3. Bobbie Gentry - Courtyard
4. Damien Jurado - A.M. AM
5. Chico Hamilton - People
6. Daniel Ögren - Annalena
7. Jerry David DeCicca - Watermelon
8. Josiah Steinbrick - Full Bloom
9. Shabason & Krgovich - I Am So Happy With My Little Dog
10. Saint Saviour - Rock Pools
11. Jack J - Clues (Part I + II)
12. Sandro Perri - In Another Life (Edit)
13. Steve Hiett - Walking Across The Field
14. Resavoir - Sunset
15. Robert Maxwell - Strange Music
16. Dezron Douglas & Brandee Younger - This Woman's Work
17. Chelsea Carmichael - Bone And Soil
18. Svaneborg Kardyb - Knob
19. Lynn Avery & Cole Pulice - Plantwood (Day)
20. Domenique Dumont - Back To Everyday Life
21. H Hunt - Go Home
22. Catrin Finch, Seckou Keita - Listen To The Grass Grow
23. Khotin - Water Soaked In Forever
24. Europa Falls - Salt Dreams
25. Woo - A Little Long Way
26. Joseph Shabason - Friends

Songs from year one

Music curation for SUOT STUDIO Flash Store in Madrid. Celebrating its second anniversary, the brand opened a multidisciplinary space to showcase its latest collections and host different activations and creative collabs in a brutalist environment designed by BATE studio. Music direction was conceived to perfectly match the atmosphere, the raw materials and the brand's experimental ethos, including artists such as Chris & Cosey, Saâda Bonaire, Aphex Twin, Paula Tape, Roy of the Ravers, Richard H Kirk, Paramida, Future Sound of London, F.O.E., DJ Gigola and Sophie. 

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TRACKLIST

1. Saâda Bonaire - Could Be More As You Are
2. Richard H Kirk - The Feeling (Of Warmth And Beauty)
3. Richard H Kirk - Frequency Band (Intro)
4. Drames Rurals - L'Empelt
5. Modern Art - Alternative Universe
6. Chris & Cosey - Exotika
7. Subject - Be Careful!
8. Moev - Cracked Mirror
9. F.O.E. - Lunar Gloom
10. Marie Davidson - Excès De Vitesse 
11. Operating Theatre – Spring Is Coming With A Strawberry In The Mouth
12. River Yarra - Aorsom Wislhs
13. Psychic TV - She Was Surprised
14. Emiliana Torrini - Speed Of Dark (Andrew Weatherall Remix)
15. Severed Heads - Lamborghini (Live at Metro July 1982) (Kind Edit)
16. Sfire – Sfire1 feat. Marcella
17. Sansibar - Wallah (SANS DJ mix)
18. Paula Tape - Panamericana
19. FSOL - Papua New Guinea 
20. Paramida - Sailor Moon House
21. DJ Gigola & Kev Koko - Sueño
22. Megabeat - Es Imposible No Puede Ser
23. Roy Of The Ravers - Emotinium
24. AFX - 215061
25. Dream 2 Science - Dream 2 Science
26. Lord of The Isles - For a Burning World (Kind Edit)

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Music selection by Guillermo M. Ferrando
Cover photo: Saâda Bonaire by Ralph von Richthoven

SUOT STUDIO Flash Store Minimix

Tracklist:

1. Murmurs of Earth - Greetings in 55 languages
2. Etienne Daho - Le grand sommeil
3. Jaakko Eino Kalevi - Macho
4. Casino Music - Viol af dis
5. Bon Voyage Organisation - Love soup
6. Ruth - Roman polaroid
7. Lio - Amoureux solitaires
8. Le Club - Un fait divers et rien de plus (re-re-mix)
9. Laurie Destal - Frivole de nuit part 1
10. Tom Tom Club - L'Elephant
11. Jacno - Rectangle
12. Caroline Loeb - Narcissique
13. Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Wawa
14. Pierre Schaeffer & Pierre Henry - Symphonie pour un homme seul (reverse)
15. Jean-Pierre Massiera & Bernard Torelli - Quelquepart quel'qun
16. Kaméléon - Microcosme
17. Moon Birds - Cosmos No. 1
18. La Femme - Sphynx
19. Essaie Pas - Carcajou
20. Bal Pare - Palais d'amour
21. Cerrone - Générique B.M. II
22. Antena - Camino del sol (Todd Terje remix)
23. Frédéric Mercier - Storm
24. Bot'Ox - Sans dormir
25. Vicious Pink Phenomena - Je t'aime (moi non plus)

Music selection by Guillermo M. Ferrando
Image credit - Lizzy Mercier Descloux on ZE Records

The OV Series - Version Originale

Sesión de Guillermo M. Ferrando (The Ballroom) para la primera noche de Club Fantasma (21.01.17)

As heard on Club Fantasma (21.01.17)

Sesión de Guillermo M. Ferrando (The Ballroom) para la segunda edición de Club Fantasma (25.03.17)

As heard on Club Fantasma (25.03.17)

Calling All Kids es un recorrido musical por la vida de Arthur Russell, adaptada a los más pequeños y acompañada de sus canciones más alegres y coloristas. 

Una suerte de fábula interpretada dentro del ciclo "Nadar entre sonidos: un homenaje a Arthur Russell" en la que cada canción representa una etapa del camino, desde los campos de maíz de Oskaloosa hasta Nueva York, donde todo era grande y nuevo y los domingos se reunían para bailar bajo un mar de globos.

TRACKLIST

0. Intro (Arthur Russell - A deer in the forest)
1. Arthur nace en Oskaloosa (Arthur Russell - Close my eyes)
2. Arthur elige el chelo (Arthur Russell - Lucky cloud)
3. Arthur viaja a San Francisco (Arthur Russell - Come to life)
4. Arthur conoce a unos monjes budistas (Arthur Russell - Goodbye old paint)
5. Arthur se muda a Nueva York (Arthur Russell - Janine)
6. Arthur descubre la música disco (Loose Joints - Tell you)
7. Arthur conoce a Tom (Arthur Russell - Habit of you)
8. Arthur monta un grupo (The Necessaries - More real)
9. Arthur descubre un mundo de ecos infinitos (Arthur Russell - See through)
10. Arthur no aparece por ninguna parte (Arthur Russell - A sudden chill)
11. Arthur emprende su último gran viaje (Arthur Russell - Love is overtaking me)
12. Despedida y cierre (Arthur Russell - Don't forget about me)

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Calling All Kids is a musical journey through the life of Arthur Russell, adapted to the kids and accompanied by their happiest and most colorful songs.

A sort of story tale inside the homage "Nadar entre sonidos: un homenaje a Arthur Russell" where each song represents a stage of the story, from the cornfields of Oskaloosa to New York, where everything was great and new and on Sundays they danced under a sky of balloons.

TRACKLIST

0. Intro (Arthur Russell - A deer in the forest)
1. Arthur is born in Oskaloosa (Arthur Russell - Close my eyes)
2. Arthur chooses the cello (Arthur Russell - Lucky cloud)
3. Arthur travels to San Francisco (Arthur Russell - Come to life)
4. Arthur meets some Buddhist monks(Arthur Russell - Goodbye old paint)
5. Arthur moves to New York(Arthur Russell - Janine)
6. Arthur discovers disco music (Loose Joints - Tell you)
7. Arthur meets Tom (Arthur Russell - Habit of you)
8. Arthur has a band (The Necessaries - More real)
9. Arthur discovers a world of infinite echoes  (Arthur Russell - See through)
10. Nobody knows where is Arthur(Arthur Russell - A sudden chill)
11. Arthur embarks on his last great travel (Arthur Russell - Love is overtaking me)
12. Lights and farewell (Arthur Russell - Don't forget about me)

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Música cortesía de Audika Records - www.audikarecords.com
Fotografía de Janette Beckman. Cortesía de Audika Records.
Archivo oficial de Arthur Russell: www.audika-records.myshopify.com
Más información sobre el ciclo: https://www.lacasaencendida.es/conciertos/nadar-sonidos-homenaje-arthur-russell-8738
More info: https://www.lacasaencendida.es/en/films/swimming-sounds-tribute-arthur-russell-8812
Comisariado por Guillermo M. Ferrando

Nadar entre sonidos: un homenaje a Arthur Russell - Calling All Kids @ La Casa Encendida

Tower of Meaning es un espacio para la escucha en el que los asistentes al ciclo "Nadar entre sonidos: un homenaje a Arthur Russell" pudieron explorar la cara más experimental del músico, productor disco y compositor avantgarde. 

Un océano de ecos, reverberaciones y voces desnudas que nos recuerda que existen otras formas de acercarse a la música, otras relaciones más sencillas y honestas, alejadas de la industria y sus convenciones, en constante búsqueda. 

Una selección en la que disfrutar del Arthur Russell de Instrumentals y Tower of Meaning, el de Calling Out of Context, Ballad of the Lights –grabado junto a Allen Ginsberg– y, sobre todo, el Arthur de Another Thought y A World of Echo. Y todo ello en un ambiente relajado que invitaba a la escucha acompañados de los visuales de Álex Zeta.

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Tower of Meaning is a space for listening where attendees to the homage "Nadar entre sonidos: un homenaje a Arthur Russell" could explore some of the most experimental works from the avantgarde musician, disco producer and composer.

An ocean of echoes, reverberations and naked voices that reminds us that there are other ways of approaching music, simpler and more honest relationships away from the industry and its conventionalisms, in constant search.

A selection of tracks to enjoy the Arthur Russell of Instrumentals and Tower of Meaning, Calling Out of Context, Ballad of the Lights -recorded with Allen Ginsberg- and, over all, the Arthur of Another Thought and A World of Echo. And all of that in a relaxed atmosphere accompanied by the visuals of Álex Zeta.

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TRACKLIST

1. Arthur Russell - Tower of meaning / Rabbit's ear
2. Arthur Russell - All boy, all girl
3. Arthur Russell Feat. Allen Ginsberg - Ballad of the lights
4. Arthur Russell - See through love
5. Arthur Russell - Losing my taste for the nightlife
6. Arthur Russell - Instrumentals
7. Arthur Russell - I'll be outside 
8. Arthur Russell - In the light of the miracle (suite 1)
9. Arthur Russell - Let's see
10. Arthur Russell - Reach one
11. Arthur Russell - Treehouse (vocal)
12. Arthur Russell - Me for real
13. Arthur Russell - This is how we walk on the moon
14. Arthur Russell - Soon to be innocent
15. Arthur Russell - Let's go swimming
16. Arthur Russell - A sudden chill
17. Arthur Russell - Being it
18. Arthur Russell - I take this time

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Música cortesía de Audika Records - www.audikarecords.com
Fotografía de Tom Lee. Cortesía de Audika Records.
Archivo oficial de Arthur Russell: www.audika-records.myshopify.com
Más información sobre el ciclo: www.lacasaencendida.es/conciertos/nadar-sonidos-homenaje-arthur-russell-8738
More info: https://www.lacasaencendida.es/en/films/swimming-sounds-tribute-arthur-russell-8812
Comisariado por Guillermo M. Ferrando.

Nadar entre sonidos: un homenaje a Arthur Russell - Tower of Meaning @ La Casa Encendida

El Arthur de Loose Joints, Dinosaur L e Indian Ocean. El héroe inesperado de la escena disco, el que frecuentaba clubes primigenios como The Gallery, The Paradise Garage o The Loft. Pero también el Arthur que soñaba con renovar el pop, el Arthur de Calling Out of Context, Springfield y Another Thought. 

Tras el concierto de Peter Broderick, Guillermo M. Ferrando (The Ballroom) fue el encargado de cerrar la jornada con un dj set en el que explorar algunas de sus producciones cercanas a la new wave y sus incursiones en la escena disco underground. 

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The Arthur of Loose Joints, Dinosaur L and Indian Ocean. The unexpected hero of the disco scene, the one who frequented clubs like The Gallery, The Paradise Garage or The Loft. But also the Arthur who dreamt with renewing pop music, the Arthur of Calling Out of Context, Springfield and Another Thought.

After Peter Broderick's concert, Guillermo M. Ferrando (The Ballroom) closed the day with a dj set that explored some of his pop and new wave oriented music and his incursions into the underground disco scene.

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TRACKLIST

1. Arthur Russell - Lucky cloud
2. Arthur Russell - Planted a thought
3. Arthur Russell - You and me love both
4. Arthur Russell - Springfield (DFA Remix)
5. Arthur Russell - Me for real
6. Lola - Wax the van (Jon's dub)
7. Clandestine feat. Ned Sublette - Radio rhythm (S-I-G-N-A-L S-M-A-R-T) (Extra Cheese Mix)
8. Dinosaur L ‎– Go bang (Francois Kevorkian Mix)
9. Dinosaur - Kiss me again
10. Felix - You can't hold me down
11. Loose Joints ‎– Is it all over my face
12. Loose Joints ‎– Tell You (today)
13. Arthur Russell - In the light of the miracle
14. Arthur Russell - Love is overtaking me
15. Arthur Russell - That's us (wild combination)- Screening of John Michael Boling's video tribute with The Muppets, which Arthur and Tom loved so much. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwlsdSutsQw

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Música cortesía de Audika Records - www.audikarecords.com
Fotografía de Charles Arthur Senior. Cortesía de Audika Records.
Archivo oficial de Arthur Russell: www.audika-records.myshopify.com
Más información sobre el ciclo: https://www.lacasaencendida.es/conciertos/nadar-sonidos-homenaje-arthur-russell-8738
More info: https://www.lacasaencendida.es/en/films/swimming-sounds-tribute-arthur-russell-8812
Comisariado por Guillermo M. Ferrando

Nadar entre sonidos: un homenaje a Arthur Russell - Go Bang @ La Casa Encendida

"Music for Seas" es un viaje por mares tranquilos. Una selección que navega entre guitarras y sintetizadores, ambient y minimalismo, balearic y pop ensoñador. Música para surcar tardes y amaneceres, brisas, tormentas e islas bañadas por el sol.

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"Music for Seas" is a journey through calm seas. A selection of tracks that sail between guitars and synthesizers, ambient and minimalism, balearic and dreamy pop. Music to sail through afternoons and dawns, breezes, storms and islands bathed by the sun.

TRACKLIST

1. The Durutti Column - Otis
2. Soft Hair - Lying has to stop
3. Arthur Russell - A little lost
4. Destroyer - Kaputt
5. The Durutti Column - For belgian friends
6. Brian Eno & John Cale ‎– Spinning away
7. Quintus Project - Night flight
8. The Ghostwriters - Slow blue in horizontal
9. Global Communication - 8:07
10. Holy Ghost Inc. - Walk on air (Sun & Moon Mix)
11. Sueño Latino - Sueño latino (Illusion first mix)
12. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - The Messerschmitt twins
13. Aphex Twin - Alberto balsalm
14. Antena - Camino del sol
15. Tangerine Dream - Love on a real train
16. David Sylvian & Holger Czukay - Premonition
17. Studio - Indo
18. Brian Eno - Deep blue day
19. Fleetwood Mac - Albatross
20. John Foxx - Splendour
21. Ashra - Ocean of tenderness
22. Harald Grosskopf - Synthesist
23. Gaussian Curve - Impossible island

Music selection by Guillermo M. Ferrando

Music for Seas

Closing set de Guillermo M. Ferrando (The Ballroom) para San Junipero 1979,  una sesión organizada por El Cuerpo del Disco y Vicente Bustillo en la Sala El Sol.

Una selección para celebrar la música disco producida en el mismo año en el que muchos la dieron por muerta, empezando por el Dj de rock n' roll Steve Dahl y su infamous Disco Demolition Night en el estadio Comiskey Park de Chicago.

Pero la música disco estaba lejos de morir. Tras varios años de sobreexposición comenzó su regreso al underground, donde pronto mutaría en nuevos géneros y estilos como el disco not disco, el cosmic, el italo disco o el Hi-NRG.

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Closing set by Guillermo M. Ferrando (The Ballroom) for San Junipero 1979, a club session organized by El Cuerpo del Disco and Vicente Bustillo in Sala El Sol. 

A selection that celebrates disco music in the same year that many took it for dead, starting with rock n' roll Dj Steve Dahl and his infamous Disco Demolition Night at the Comiskey Park Stadium in Chicago.

But disco was far from being dead. After several years of overexposure it began its return to underground, where it soon mutated into new genres and styles like disco not disco, cosmic, italo disco or Hi-NRG.

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TRACKLIST

1. Disco demolition night (disco sucks?)
2. Talking Heads - I Zimbra
3. Supermax - African Blood
4. Skatt Brothers - Walk The Night
5. Who's Who - Hypno Dance
6. Jean Carn - Was That All It Was
7. Shalamar - Right In The Socket
8. Martin Circus - Disco Circus (DC Pablo's edit)
9. Bunny Mack - Let Me Love You
10. Sparks - Beat The Clock
11. Mandré - M3000 (Opus VI)
12. Harry Thumann - Underwater (Alkalino edit)
13. Hot Chocolate - I Just Love What You're Doing
14. Tantra - Wishbone
15. Slick - Space Bass
16. Donna Summer - Lucky
17. Sister Sledge - Lost In Music (Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers edit)
18. Alma Faye - It's Over

As heard on San Junipero 1979 - Closing set by The Ballroom (30.08.19)

On Valentine’s Day 1970, David Mancuso hosted his first Loft party in his apartment on 647 Broadway Avenue, at a time when many streets had no public lighting and the artist community could still afford the rent for the many lofts in the area. With the words “Love Saves the Day” and an image of Salvador Dali’s “The Persistence of Memory”, each invitation was a doorway to a safe and neutral space with no clocks to tell you the time, no mirrors to throw your reflection back, and no social classes. 

Inside, the dance floor was a test run for a world with no barriers based on race or sexual orientation. A space where an eclectic audience came together with a simple purpose: to make new friends and enjoy themselves to music. A message of love and community that was a true revelation for people such as Nicky Siano, Larry Levan, Frankie Knuckles, Tony Humphries, François Kevorkian, Danny Krivit or David Morales, and that can still be heard today not only in the New York Loft but also in many Loft-style parties that have spread its spirit to many corners of the world.

“Love is the Message: 50 years of The Loft” is a personal tribute to five decades of freedom, community and a profound love for music. A selection of Loft classics in which, according to David’s beliefs, there is no room for mixing, sound effects, or changes in pitch as a simple matter of respect for the musicians who created these songs. A music selection to be enjoyed in a warm and welcoming space, on a clean and bright sound system, under a mirror ball and lots of balloons.

Thank you to Thomas Fitzpatrick, Eric Escobar, Tim Lawrence, Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy, Douglas Sherman, and the entire Loft family for their trust, inspiration, and some of the best musical experiences of my life. And, most of all, thank you to David Mancuso for giving us his love for sound and taking us on a limitless musical journey.

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TRACKLIST

1. Cymande - Dove
2. Brian Briggs - AEO (parts 1 & 2)
3. Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes - Expansions 
4. Unlimited Touch - I Hear Music In The Streets
5. Mass Production - Shante
6. Logg - I Know You Will
7. Joubert Singers - Stand On The Word (Larry Levan Mix)
8. Idris Muhammad - Could Heaven Ever Be Like This
9. Damon Harris - It's Music
10. Manu Dibango - Soul Makossa
11. Black Uhuru - Big Spliff
12. Man Friday - Love Honey, Love Heartache
13. Konk - Your Life
14. Babe Ruth - The Mexican
15. Demis Roussos - L.O.V.E. Got a Hold on Me
16. The Chi-Lites - My First Mistake
17. People's Choice - Do It Any Way You Wanna
18. Brass Construction - Movin'
19. The Equals - Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys
20. Executive Suite - Music, Harmony and Rhythm
21. Edgar Winter - Above And Beyond (Instrumental)
22. Cloud One - Atmosphere Strut (Parts 1 & 2)
23. Nick Straker Band - A Little Bit Of Jazz
24. Odyssey - Inside Out 
25. Risco Connection - Ain't No Stopping Us Now
26. The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds
27. Mr. Fingers - Mystery Of Love 
28. Dinosaur L - Go Bang (François K Mix)
29. Titanic - Sultana
30. Francine McGee - Delirium
31. Soft House Company - A Little Piano
32. Code 718 - Equinox (Heavenly Club Mix)
33. Powerline - Double Journey
34. Sister Sledge - Lost in Music (1984 Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers Remix)
35. MFSB - Love Is the Message
36. Double Exposure - My Love Is Free (Tom Moulton Disco Mix)
37. Wings - Goodnight Tonight
38. Stevie Wonder - As

Cover photo by Kate Glicksberg

Love is the Message: 50 years of the Loft

Jazz, soul, afrodisco and synth pop, recorded live from home. 

Music selection by Guillermo M. Ferrando. Dedicated to Bill Withers.
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Music To Water Plants (04.04.20)

Jazz, soul, balearic, afro, minimal and synth pop, recorded live from home.

Music selection by Guillermo M. Ferrando.
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Music To Water Plants (25.04.20)

Midori Takada, Priscilla Ermel, Orquesta de las Nubes, Suicide, Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Caetano Veloso, Chris & Cosey, The Cars and a special tribute to Florian Schneider.

Music selection by Guillermo M. Ferrando. Recorded live from home.
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Music To Water Plants (09.05.20)

Haruomi Hosono, Herbie Hancock, Jorge Ben Jor, Waaju, Tullio de Piscopo, The Magnetic Fields, Conrad Schintzler, Anna Domino, The Sabres of Paradise, David Byrne & Brian Eno, Heaven 17 and The Durutti Column, among others.

Music selection by Guillermo M. Ferrando. Recorded live from home.
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Music To Water Plants (23.05.20)

Jazz, soul, afro, latin and cosmic funk, recorded live from home. 
Dedicated to George Floyd. 

Music selection by Guillermo M. Ferrando. 
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TRACKLIST

1.	Zann – Tatopani
2.	Paco de Lucía – Entre Dos Aguas
3.	Rachel Sweet – It’s So Diferent Here
4.	Letta Mbulu – Kukuchi
5.	Francis Bebey - The Coffee Cola Song
6.	Ayizan - Deblozay
7.	Dave Samuels – New Math
8.	Erick Cosaque - Guadeloupe Ile De Mes Amours
9.	Olodum – I Miss Her
10.	Ebo Taylor – Love and Death
11.	Herbie Hancock – Watermelon Man
12.	Brian Briggs - Aeo (Parts 1 & 2)
13.	Mike Fabulous - Wang East (Instrumental)
14.	Orchester Werner Müller – Bodybuilding
15.	Duke of Burlington - Viva Tirado (Part 1)
16.	Double - Woman of the World (Long Instrumental)
17.	Roy Ayers Ubiquity - Everybody Loves The Sunshine
18.	Gil Scott-Heron - Did You Hear What they Said?
19.	Ken Boothe - Is It Because I'm Black?
20.	Curtis Mayfield - We The People Who Are Darker Than Blue
21.	Baby Huey & The Baby Sitters - Hard Times
22.	Hailu Mergia & Dahlak Band - Wede Harer Guzo  
23.	The J.B.'s - Theme From King Heroin
24.	Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson - Better Days Ahead
25.	Mulatu Astatke – Tezeta (Nostalgia)
26.	Ozo - Anambra

Music To Water Plants (07.06.20)

Jazz, folk, disco, afro and synth pop, recorded live from home.
Dedicated to Bonnie Pointer.

Music selection by Guillermo M. Ferrando.
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TRACKLIST

1.	Matthew Halsall – Life
2.	Cerrero feat. Coladera – Sutileza
3.	Mariah – Shinzo No Tobira
4.	Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band – Bocas Del Dragon
5.	Hailu Mergia – Gum Gum
6.	Voilaaa feat. Sir Jean – Spies Are Watching Me
7.	Karriem – I Love You
8.	Pierre Tchana ‎– Soul Disco
9.	Amadou & Mariam – Filaou Bessame
10.	Dj Tron – Mexico (Pt. 1 & 2)
11.	The Pointer Sisters – Don't It Drive You Crazy
12.	Holger Czukay – Cool In The Pool
13.	Cloud One – Disco Juice
14.	Nirosta Steel – So Unusual
15.	Eurythmics – Love Is A Stranger
16.	Jon & Vangelis – State Of Independence
17.	Blood Orange – Is It All Over My Face & Tower of Meaning
18.	Little Big Bee – Scuba
19.	CCFX – Venetian Screens
20.	Arthur Russell – That’s Us (Wild Combination)
21.	The Arrangement – Coconut Mango

Music To Water Plants (20.06.20)

Jazz, bossa, ambient, disco, minimal, afro and synth pop, recorded live from home.

Music selection by Guillermo M. Ferrando.
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TRACKLIST

1. The Durutti Column – Silence
2. Greg Foat - Symphonie Pacifique
3. Antonio Carlos Jobim - Brazil (Aka Aquarela do Brasil)
4. Ivan Lins - Quero De Volta O Meu Pandeiro
5. Jorge Ben Jor – Comanche
6. Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band – My Jamaican Dub
7. African Futurism – Akal Akal
8. Falle Nioke & Ghost Culture – Barké
9. Tania Maria - Funky Tamborim
10. Earl Sixteen – True Rastaman
11. Roberta Flack – Go Up Moses
12. Expérience 7 - Pou Vou
13. Voilaaa feat. Pat Kalla - Le Disco Des Capitales
14. The Unknown Cases - Masimbabele 89 (Adrian Sherwood Remix)
15. Bibio - Old Graffiti
16. Frank Harris, María Márquez - Down By The Rio
17. Odyssey – Inside Out (Al Kent Remix)
18. Steal Vibe - Selene (The Goddess Of The Moon) 
19. DJ Applejac, Miles Bonny – Adinkra
20. Mandy Smith - I Just Can't Wait (Cool and Breezy Jazz Version)
21. Doomsquad – Aimless
22. Blitzzega - New York Heatwave
23. Scott Matthews - Boats In Rivers
24. Jasper Van'T Hofs Pili Pili - Be In Two Minds
25. Petros Skoutaris – Tropika
26. Cerrone - Générique B.M. II
27. Todd Terje feat. Bryan Ferry - Johnny and Mary
28. Harald Grosskopf - Synthesist
29. Laraaji - I Can Only Bliss Out (F'Days)
30. Westerman – Confirmation
31. John Cooper Clarke – I Wanne Be Yours
32. Felbm – Takumi
33. Javier Bergia - Midnight Round Mekines

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