Please continue with this format! Simply amazing

Hour of Light at Worldwide.fm is hosted by Ahu, Istanbul-based cult singer, DJ and songwriter. I was honored to  create a special 1 hour mixtape of groovy tracks for my dear sista Ahu. Thank you for having me in your show <3

Tracklist:
1. Siostry Panas - A Więc To Już Się Stało 
2. Tülay German - Sevmem Bir Daha 
3. Akofa Akoussah - Dandou Kodjo 
4. Virginie Gaudji - Wassile-Ame 
5. Bemibek -  Panie Co Pan 
6. Ebo Taylor - Odofo Nyi Akyiri Biara 
7. Kokoroko - Uman 
8. Fedia Laguerre - Divizion 
9. Stella Chiweshe - Sarura Wako 
10. Cuttlefish & Asparagus - Freaks 
11. Nu Guinea - Je Vulesse 
12. Sarah - Carwash 
13. Bernardino - Sciummo 
14. Krystyna Prońko - Deszcz w Cisnej 
15. Igor Savin - Alfa 
16. Siostry Parnas - Pożegnajmy Marzenia

https://worldwidefm.net/episode/hour-of-light-ahu-with-kornelia-binicewicz-ladies-on-records

Guest Mixtape @ Worldwide.fm - Hour of Light with Ahu

It can take a while for an artist to find their musical voice. For Alex Andrikopoulos, it’s been a journey that’s taken the best part of two decades. Now he’s set to mark a major milestone in his transition from record store owner, label co-founder and DJ to producer with the release of his long-promised first solo album for Leng, Waving.

The Greek artist first joined the Leng Records roster in the autumn of 2020 
and has since gone in to release the acclaimed ‘Punta Allen’ EP for the imprint. Before that, he spent the first decade of the century running the popular Radical Sounds record shop in Athens, before refocusing on running Quantized Music with fellow DJ/producer Tolis Q and developing his DJ career, where his unique blends of disco, house and techno tracks earned him bookings at some of Europe’s most storied clubs.

Waving, which appears on the back of a handful of fine EPs for a variety of labels, is his boldest and strongest statement yet as a musician and producer. Created with a little help from guest musicians and collaborators including keyboardist Artis Boriss, bassist Brotha Gilla, percussionists Ilario Arnel and Harold Perez, pianist Luciano Ledesma and guitarist Alex Searle, the album brilliantly blurs the boundary between 21st century disco, afternoon-ready downtempo grooves, and the kind of dancefloor-minded Balearic fare that’s devilishly difficult to pigeonhole.

Fittingly, the set begins with previous single ‘Punta Allen’, an eight-minute chunk of organic dancefloor goodness which slowly unfurls before rising towards and gorgeous and joyous conclusion, and ends with the squelchy, slo-mo cosmic funk of ‘Patrol Di Caribe’, where trippy synthesizer lines, layered percussion and more tuneful style pan style lead ins catch the ear.

In between, highlights are plentiful, from the driving, piano solo-laden dub disco brilliance of ‘Down My Soul’ and the languid, sun-kissed, beach-ready downtempo grooves of ‘The Jamail Pass’, to the rubbery, pitched-down electrofunk of ‘Window Spells’ (featuring a fine lead vocal from Max Giovara, the flash-friend, dubwise Balearic funk of ‘Waving’, and the throbbing brilliance of ‘La Di Da Di’, whose crunchy Clavinet lines, fluid electric piano solos, snappy drums and pulsating, arpeggio-style bass encapsulate all that is good about the album.

The digital edition of the album also comes bundled with eight more tracks not featured on the double-vinyl LP. Featuring the same blend of expansive musicality, organic drums and dancefloor nous, this octet effectively extends the album via a string of similarly playable, club-ready and sofa-friendly tracks. Standouts include the non-stop, nu-disco-meets-house excellence of ‘Large Stacks’, Hammond-laced head-nodder ‘Take The High Road’, horizontal Balearic funk shuffler ‘Prezend’ and hazy, vocal-sporting dub disco roller ‘Angels of Rhythm’, which previously appeared on the flipside of Lex’s ‘Punta Allen’ 12”.

Waving

LENG SHOP

Lex - Punta Allen

Sound Postcard 1: 
Hümeyra - Adım Kadın

Bana kimse sormaz / Noone asks me
Atarlarken düğümü / When throwing the knot
Ben bir dilsizim / i am a mute
Silkemem ki yükümü / I can't change my fate
Gözlerimde ürkeklik / with imidity in my eyes
Kimse bilmez küsümü / Nobody knows anything about my issues
Çünkü adım kadın / Because my name is woman
Dinletemem sözümü / I can't even hear my own words

Bana herkes sahip / Everybody owns me
Benim hiç hakkım yoktur / But I have no rights
Ben akıldan yoksun / I am out of my mind
Ama vazifem çoktur /But I have a lot of duties
Adem‘in yediği elma /The apple which Adam ate
Hep benden sorulur / I am always asked about
Çünkü adım kadın / Because my name is woman
Kadınım hükmüm yoktur / As a woman, I have no rights

Italian text in Kaleydoskop: https://kaleydoskop.it/suoni/donneinmusica/adim-kadin-di-humeyra/

Sound Postcards from Turkey:

Everyone has a story that is a unique universe. A story which fulfils their existence. Singers and musicians are those who tell their narrative through music. Unspoken dreams and forgotten patterns of culture, politics, and aesthetics are all found in the songs and lives of these artists.
 
"Kaleidoscope. Turchia, Cultura e societa" is an outlet that offers a critical view of contemporary Turkey. Through a series of stories about female singers and their songs published on Kaleidoscope, we pay homage to the artists from Turkey and decode the social and cultural meaning of their songs written and performed between the 1950s and 2000s.

https://kaleydoskop.it/suoni/donneinmusica/donne-e-musica-in-turchia-a-cura-di-ladies-on-records/

Sound Postcards from Turkey - Hümeyra - Adım Kadın

My Friend Dario continues to expand his wondrous musical world with a new collection of characterful cuts that show his broad stylistic range. These are all designed for cultured dance floors as the artist works towards his much-anticipated debut album. 

'Sambatismo' kicks off with nu Balearic breaks that bristle with energy and are peppered with steamy jungle drums. After the spine tingling breakdown a sultry sax comes in to bring the sex next off-balance chords while 'Nature In A Different Planet' takes you to a new sort of tropical world far off in the cosmos, where deep synths, mystic pads and rave-y whistles all bring a new kind of experience. 'Easy Sunday' is loose and elastic mid-tempo house with star-gazing synth craft and pixelated leads that leave you in awe, then 'Carmico' is a killer chugger with sleazy guitar riffs and heavy drum loops taking you on a trip. 

Food for Woofers Volume 1 is another innovative outing for this new school Balearic tastemaker.

Artwork by Matteo Pozzi 
Mastered by Justin Drake at Bakehouse Studio

Sambatismo

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My Friend Dario - Sambatismo

Who Knows

Three Generations Walking - Slavery Days (Extended Vocal Mix)

Recorded live @ Zoobar, Lorraine, Bern - CH - 09.12.2017

Radio Bollwerk

Radio Bollwerk Special : In Flagranti Hotfoot 7" Single DJ Set  at Zoobar - Bern - 09.12.2017

A 4.5 hour live recording from Spiritland, London, UK, on their brilliant custom system

Live @ Spiritland, London. 10/07/18

https://soundcloud.com/sofaholic's new compilation 'Elsewhere Junior 1 - A Collection Of Cosmic Childrens Songs', is available now on vinyl!

https://musicfordreams.bandcamp.com/album/elsewhere-junior-i-a-collection-of-cosmic-childrens-songs

With Music For Dreams collectors’ series, we aim to bring you something a little out there. After eclectic contributions from Jan Schulte, Moonboots and most recently Basso, we’ve lent the slot to DJ soFa. As always, he’s been granted supreme curatorial sovereignty, and trust us, he’s held us to our word on that one. 

On this double LP, the Belgian sonic globetrotter takes us on a galactic joyride through the mystifying reality of childhood - and a trip, it is. While soFa has had a soft spot for these obscure children’s pieces for a large part of his life, the compilation itself has been 2.5 years in the making. 

That’s time spent handpicking old pieces and producing new ones with young collaborators, mostly by means of analogue synthesizers and vintage drum machines. Two tracks on here, the ones by Zahn and Oslo Karamell, are in fact creations of parent/child collaboration. 
The result is a thematically and sonically homogenous collage of cosmic children’s music. Full of synaesthetic curiosities, it immerses the listener in all kinds of creative ways, nudging you down hidden experiential pathways. It’s both hyperreal and magical, with important lessons for young and old alike in an increasingly disenchanted world.

soFa starts us off with Milo Kolarov’s interpretive exercise in sonic imagery ‘Analogue Beam’, a story about animal characters, presented to us as distinct motifs of bleeps and blitzes. Next up is the surreal jigsaw puzzle dub ‘Totti und Pippo’ by Jah Limonardi Und Die Kleine Gräfin Dubski. Here, we come bouncing on giant, iridescent mushrooms, lulled deeper and deeper down the rabbit hole by incantations of a child’s voice.
‘Der Kleine Roboter’ by Volkers Musikspiele gives us a classroom choir performing a cheerful verse about being little robots, suspended beneath the droning of an icy locomotive synth. Two layers, subverting and transmuting each other.
On the B- and C-side, our host for the hour spins us into a 16-bit midi mania straight outta the 90’s Nintendo-sphere. Palla Templouf’s ‘Ping en Keun’ evokes the ominous mood of unknown threats lurking behind every corner, while Jan Turkenburg’s ‘In Hyperspace’ takes us through uncharted galaxies searching for lost space-treasures.
Rounding off, ‘Pêle-Mêle’ twists a non-sense nursery rhyme mantra around a trudging bassline, while Thomas Natschinksi’s ‘Robotertanz’ returns to the robot-theme in a 70’s-inspired, hypnagogic space-funk-ballad. One of the few songs on the compilation that actually sounds like something out of the vast rock-pop continuum we’re familiar with.

Connect with DJ SoFa
FB : https://www.facebook.com/DeejaysoFa
SC : https://soundcloud.com/sofaholic

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Elsewhere Junior I - A Collection Of Cosmic Childrens Songs (Mini Mix) - 0169

24 Hours of Vinyl 20th Edition
Recorded in Montreal @ Agora De La Danse

Event Series Created by Music Is My Sanctuary
Presented in partnership with Discogs, Agora De La Danse, Nuit Blanche à Montréal, Tangente Danse, Bar À Vinyle and Vinyl Caravan

24 Hours of Vinyl: CANICULE TROPICALE (03.2020 - Montreal)

I heard voices : "@ home you have to stay today. No, Melody Nelson, you can't go at the Garrison". 
I know. And tomorrow also. So, how to go to Toronto? I really need to share my love for the music 
with A man called Warwick. So many beauties, countries and discoveries to show, like in movies. 
Blind travel. Close your eyes. We are cycling on a black circle track. Mind marvel. Open your skies. 
We are travelling on flying vinyl. Don't hide your trip, go to the flip side. That's Turning Point in our lives.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_qYaScg1wP/?fbclid=IwAR11aPTUouQrEQbE8kAHFJR4ebUij0OzqxsFaI1Y61k2txh4Ccjw52AkyR4

TRAVELLING ON A BLACK CIRCLE TRACK 🚲 02-05-2020 👉🏼 Turning Point

After his acclaimed debut « Cotonou » on Alma Negra’s record label, James Stewart comes back with his new EP « Atlantic River Drive » for Mawimbi Records, featuring two collaborations with Ghanaian kologo musician Ayuune Sule as well as two remixes from Simbad aka SMBD.

James Stewart met Ghanaian kologo musician Ayuune Sule, after booking several shows of kologo music star King Ayisoba in Lyon. Stewart was quick to witness the bluesy tone of Ayuune’s voice and his kindness as a musician, despite his impressive stature. Quite logically, Stewart invited Sule to record vocals on two of his ongoing demos at Bruno Patchworks’ recording studio (Voilaaa, Mr. President, Da Break), with the idea of making a rather unheard crossover between traditional kologo music and contemporary styles that would both appeal to Ghanaian crowds and a Western audience. Stewart then had a number of his arrangement ideas re-recorded by a talented cast of musicians (see list of credits), resulting in a brilliant mix of acoustic and electronic textures, sounding both vintage and modern.

Nodding to Eddie Palmieri’s landmark record “Harlem River Drive”, “Atlantic River Drive” is a stomping dancefloor track, drawing from the 6/8 feel of kologo music and the energy of contemporary club music. The track can be read as a tribute to the musical cross-pollinations between the African continent and its many diasporas, which Stewart has dedicated a long part of his life to, while also a more intimate story about his life and family. All words were written by Stewart and then translated by Sule in his native Fra fra language from Northern Ghana. 
 
“Where Are You Going?” is a two-part journey that reminds us that we should care about each other, about our communities while we don’t know what the future is made of. An important and much welcome message to navigate through these troubled, uncertain times. Referencing N’dombolo music, the track has two parts and rich arrangements, with its first part going deep with syncopated clarinet hooks and playful percussion parts, and its second part moving to a four-on-the-floor pattern and an entrancing baritone saxophone solo. 
 
The EP also features Worldwide FM and Brownswood maestro Simbad, who delivers two dancefloor-ready reworks of the track “Where Are We Going?” under his SMBD moniker, turning it into a spiritual, dubby journey, as well as an emotional peaktime track.

James Stewart est l'hôte, DJ résident et co-promoteur de la soirée mensuelle "Black Atlantic Club" au Sucre à Lyon. Empruntant le terme «Atlantique noir» du livre de 1993 du savant renommé Paul Gilroy, Stewart présente la «musique noire» comme un échange culturel transnational incroyablement diversifié. Conférencier avide sur le sujet et fondateur du Blog Afrosouldescarga, il fusionne une approche intellectuelle avec le côté musical et créatif des choses: en tant que joueur de conga et percussionniste actif, membre de Voilaaa Sound System et showhost à Radio Nova. 

James Stewart
› https://www.facebook.com/james.stewart.543908
› https://www.facebook.com/blackatlanticclub/
› https://www.instagram.com/jamesstewartdj/
› https://soundcloud.com/jimmmy-1
› https://www.mixcloud.com/jimmystewart/
› http://www.afrosouldescarga.blogspot.com
› https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ57pj7PFfhosz3cDnnuLuw?view_as=subscriber&pbjreload=10

Mawimbi Records
› https://wearemawimbi.bandcamp.com/
› https://www.facebook.com/wearemawimbi
› https://www.instagram.com/wearemawimbi/
› https://twitter.com/wearemawimbi
› https://soundcloud.com/wearemawimbi
› https://www.youtube.com/c/mawimbi

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Atlantic River Drive 

[PREMIERE] James Stewart - Atlantic River Drive ft. Ayuune Sule (Mawimbi Records)

Kornelia Binicewicz is a Polish origin DJ, creator of Ladies on Records project, record collector, curator of music compilations and anthropologist of culture currently living in Istanbul, Turkey. In 2015 moved to Istanbul to explore female music from Turkey and the Middle East. She travels all around the world in search of mesmerising music and meaningful stories to tell. For DJ enquiries: binicewicz.kornelia(at)gmail.com

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