Hello Everyone, and welcome to the first exclusive Progcast from 2022. We continue with our quest to find those perfect progressive beats, so wether you're new to this or a frequent flyer, strap in tight!

Our first mix of the year sees us land in England, and the home of a seasoned rave veteran. With over 25 years industry knowledge to his name, and a CV that writes itself, PFG are proud to kick off a hopefully brighter year.... with MOONFACE!

Deeply entrenched with more than 30 years in the music industry, MOONFACE is transcendent with hope and positivity, his online catalog growing with a stack of releases, remixes and DJ compilations.

His exposure to the superstars saw Sasha choosing “U Get So Give” for his legendary E-Mix in 2000, and then John Digweed signing “Futurized Fears/Overactive" as a double A side for his then brand new Bedrock label. Following this came a mini album, "BETWEEN WORLDS" sold out globally way before the dawn of the internet!

Many top DJs from Burridge, Pappa, Howells, Tenaglia, Cattaneo and Cox supported the MOONFACE sound back in the golden age of dance music, and it was Danny Howells who Phil took over from as Bedrock resident. For 5 years he warmed up in London and Brighton! 

Phil was also touring the globe, playing at many festivals and events while flying the MOONFACE flag. Hot spots in Bali, Japan, Russia, Eastern Europe, Georgia, Malta, and South America. He also held up a long-term residency at the legendary Decadance club Thessaloniki, Greece.

Then came his more recent single "Across the Gulf of Space" released on Bedrock 18 -Signals compilation.  Along came releases, remixes and label compilations for Krafted, Tulipa, Gibbon and Mirabilis, Wolf Trap & Mind-warp, to add to his already glittering back catalog. June 2019 was the most recent mixed compilation, called "FREAKIN’ PROGRESSIVE VOL.1" on label Freakin303.

2020 sees Phil continue to host his FUTURIZED monthly show on Frisky Radio plus presenting his vinyl only live streams via YouTube whenever he's in the mood. December 2020 saw Phil self-releasing for the first time his new double album exclusively on Bandcamp called "PUSHOVER MANKIND". A collection of 8 weird abstract chill out style tracks, and 8 dance floor underground style tracks.  

In 2021 Phil and other Krafted DJs had a show on Radio 1's "Wind down zone" with Paul Sawyer. Then in April John Digweed aired his 5th transitions show (866) featuring only Moonface productions and remixes gaining over 14,000 listens.  One track included called "U Have to Change" was supported by John Digweed in his DJ sets, then went on to be remixed by Nick Muir taking it in a new dance floor direction.

Towards the end of 2021 he started a new monthly Livestream called MOONFACE Plus DJ Mates, featuring Phil's DJ/Producer friends, over on YT, Twitch & Mixcloud. ENJOY THE MIX!

1. Sleepy & Boo - Notion
2. Bumps & Bridges - Touch & Roll (Pseudo Pulse Remix
3. Sleepy & Boo - Emerge
4. Max Gardner - Witching Hour
5. Muon - KMC (Max Gardner Remix)
6. Monococ, Rocco Liptai - Welcome to the Jungle (Sleepy & Boo Remix)
7. Sleep & Boo - Thrive
8. Maddrum - Loopmania
9. Max Cooper - Repetition (Josh Wink Interpretation)
10. MOONFACE - Lockdub

Facebook Artist Page: https://www.facebook.com/PhilMOONFACEThompson
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/philmoonfacethompson
Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/philmthompson/
YouTube Live Streams:  https://www.youtube.com/c/PhilMoonfaceThompson
Twitch Live Streams: https://www.twitch.tv/philmoonfacethompson/videos

The Progcast - Episode 97 - MOONFACE

We travel to Australia and find Sam Hopgood at the controls for this weeks Selador Session's show. We welcome his return to the label, as his new track 'Trust' (released on the new Selador Showcase) enters the top 100 progressive chart.

BEATPORT DOWNLOAD: https://www.beatport.com/release/the-selador-showcase-the-phenomenal-fifteenth/3602787

SPOTIFY STREAM: https://open.spotify.com/album/3KYY8MsdWIx3exlDOgH2E7?si=soIj8-4_RV-mpDtqhsBPTA

APPLE MUSIC STREAM: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/the-selador-showcase-the-phenomenal-fifteenth/1600670076

Tracklist...

1. Framewerk - Yeke Yeke (Framewerk Reprise)
2. Tal Fussman - Truth [Stil Vor Talent]
3. Arteforma - Memento [3rd Avenue]
4. Sam Hopgood - Lobster [Particles]
5. Brian Cid - Mesh [Endangered]
6. Sam Hopgood - Spectre [Perspectives Digital]
7. Third Son - Counterculture [Polymath]
8. Sam Hopgood - Trust [Selador]
9. James Harcourt - Epsilon [Selador]
10. Lane 8 - Visions feat. RBBTS (Township Rebellion Remix) [This Never Happened]
11. Enamour, Rinzen - Miracle of the Sun [Last Night On Earth]
12. Gonza Ponce - Kabuling (Sam Hopgood Remix) [Massive Harmony Records]

This podcast is hosted by Syndicast.

Selador Sessions 142 | Sam Hopgood

With a  consistent 3 year residency at renowned music festival Cream, music producer @steveparrydj has been making noise for himself in the techno realm. The DJ and promoter made headway in the DJ sphere with his sessions called ‘Alderaan’ nights which took place between the late ‘90s to early 2000s, just above the influential DJ venue Lemon Lounge.

Read the full feature: https://www.theplayground.co.uk/tp-mix-146-steve-parry/

TP Mix #146 - Steve Parry

The Selador Sessions reaches its 150th episode, and who better than Nunchi Coup (aka label bosses Dave Seaman and Steve Parry) to deliver a full hour of music from Selador!

A collection of label favourites from our first 9 years, mixed seamlessly with a couple of new exclusives coming soon on the label. 

So get ready to dance and smile, as the boys celebrate in style!

Happy 150th episode to us!


Tracklist :



1. Anthony Pappa & Jamie Stevens ‘Hold You Back’ (Luke Brancaccio & Gai Barone Remix)
2. James Harcourt ‘Act Of Resistance’ 
3. Dave Seaman & Steve Parry ‘Repeat Offender’ (D Nox & Beckers)
4. Darksidevinyl ‘Internal Jungle’
5. Nunchi Coup ‘Slaves To The Algo-Rhythm’
6. Never More ‘Forward Momentum’
7. Luke Brancaccio & Tim Healy ‘I Hear Voices’
8. Nunchi Coup ‘Coping Mechanism’
9. Dave Seaman ‘Nightfalls’
10. Steve Parry ‘Fenner’ (Muart Uncuoglu Remix)

This podcast is hosted by Syndicast.

Selador Sessions 150 | Nunchi Coup

Interstellar Groove - Anthony Pappa - The Anchor Stage - Sunday night

IG FESTIVAL 22 - ANTHONY PAPPA - THE ANCHOR - SUNDAY

Hello Everyone, and welcome along to another episode of our infamous Progcast! Transporting you all to our favourite destinations on the planet, in search of those perfect progressive beats..

For the month of June, the Progcast is settling down for a non stop tour of England, as we go scouring the country for some of her finer, edgier, unique artists. With so much excellent music coming into our scene right now, we invite you to settle in and kick back, and let PFG bring you the essential sounds you need.

Our first artist, fresh off the back of an LNOE EP, is always pushing the envelope on what we would describe as underground dance music. Throw your expectations away, get with this program, and make some noise for Ben Watkins, AKA Robots With No Soul! 

Don't be fooled by robotic motifs – Robots With No Soul is an electronic battle cry for authenticity. The British techno renegade is driven by a pit-of-the- stomach feeling. There is no boxing, packaging or mass-producing of his off- kilter drum beats, raging basslines and emotive melodies.  Rejecting mechanical, copy-and-paste culture for something far deeper, his music is a personal exploration into the possibilities of sound...

Robots With No Soul quickly caught the attention of modern techno's most distinctive duo, Dense & Pika. After joining their roster to play the Watergate Berlin main room, Ben released his debut album “Rose” album on their acclaimed Kneaded Pains label in 2020. 

The release of "Sedonda Circle" on Sasha's LNOE imprint last year, further elevated Ben's profile. 

But donʼt believe the hype – use your ears! 

ENJOY THE MIX!

Stellios Vassiloudis - White Cells (Yui Onodera remix) 
Rival Consoles - Noise Call And Response 2 
Subduxtion - Ambience
Otik - Whole Wide Worlds
Flug - Just You
Future 16 - The Kingdom Of Nobody
Birds Ov Paradise - Tutor
Evigt Mörker - Högre
SLV - Darkness
Altman - Floating Dust
Sigha - Christ Figures
Christian Gerlach - Orbit XND
Shlomo - Escape The Void
Falling Echos - Abyss
Vertical Spectrum - Mitochondria
Obscure Shape, SHDW - Geseng der toten Dinge 
Aoud - SE MKII
Amotik - Athais
Answer Code Request - The 4th Verdict
Dorian Gray - Experiencing The Now
Lavel - The Emotion Machine
Raar - Le Sacrifice Moral
ORBE - Dual Synth
Fergus Sweetland & Casual Treatment - Dorian Moods

MORE RWNS:

https://m.soundcloud.com/robotswithnosoul?fs=e&s=cl
https://www.instagram.com/robotswithnosoul/?fs=e&s=cl

The Progcast - Episode 118 - Robots With No Soul

G'day peeps! 

So to help me celebrate the 2nd anniversary of GLOBAL DANCE MUSIC COLLECTIVE the legend that is ROBERT BABICZ has made an exclusive mix for us all to enjoy.

This set is a masterclass in genre-hopping through a kaleidoscope of sounds that only Robert can muster. This truely is BABICZSTYLE at its finest... 
Thank you Robert! xx

I would also like to send a massive THANK YOU to all of YOU GUYS for taking the time to read my the interviews every month making this 'labour of love' all worth it.

Here's to many more years to come!

Enjoy the mix guys

B xx

GDMC EXCLUSIVE MIX #002 - ROBERT BABICZ

Beautiful chats about formative times in the dance music explosion of the early '90s.

Unintentional Conversations with Dave Seaman

DnB has been really filling my cup lately.  Before a few months ago, It was a genre that never grabbed me.  Things changed and I’ve been slowly collecting what, to me, are the best tracks - just as I always try to do, no matter what I decide to play.  I did my homework and, as with any genre, you gotta sift through all the BS to get to the good stuff.  A little over two decades of spinning and it's my first ever Drum & Bass mix.

This shit lit a firecracker in my ass - giving me intermittent flashbacks of how good it felt when I first got into underground dance music.  Ironically, as upbeat and fast as it can be, it engulfs me with a sense of tranquility...It's been so refreshing both chillin and rockin out to these cuts.  I can only imagine what the UK rave scene was like back in the 90s.  I may have missed out on a pivotal moment in the scene and art at the time, but I am glad I feel the way I do about it at this time.

That being said, I dedicated this mix to tearing down those mental 'fences' that need it, having the strength to walk away from anything that holds us back, and to the inevitability of change as part of our human experience.  

Enjoy :)

Picks:
1. Casino Times - Oddity (Moonin Remix)  [2017 Wolf Music Recordings]
2. Mark J - Flight 19  [1998 Good Looking Records]
3. Big Bud - Emotionography  [1999 Good Looking Records]
4. Moomin - Move On  [2018 Wolf Music Recordings]
5. Eusebeia - Observatory  [2021 Ryoko]
6. PHD & Conrad - Progression Session  [1999 Good Looking Records]
7. Voyager - Aurora (Remix)  [2022 Eternal Soul]
8. Blu Mar Ten - Global Access  [1999 Good Looking Records]
9. Kloke - Age of Life  [2022 Fresh 86]
10. Artemis - Innerworlds  [1999 Good Looking Records]
11. Madcap - South of the River  [2022 Jazzsticks Recordings]
12. Redeyes ft. DRS - Lost Connections  [2022 Five Alley Records]

The only constant Is..

Well, it's been a minute since the last Electronica Showcase (and by that we mean over 2 years), so it's given us plenty of time to collate a 2 hour dive into some of our favourite emotive breaks. Chief among these are, of course, those from our label family, who are soon to be released: the most excellent Mattr and Mia Mendi. 

Elsewhere we include Bicep, Future Sound Of London, Overmono, Andhim, Agents Of Time, Hammer, Butch, Framewerk, Betical, Reset Robot and many more...

KESSLER - Surrender 00:00:00
Mattr - Jarnac 00:07:49
Baril - Youth 00:12:43
Eynka - Shadow Dance 00:17:21
Cipy - Breath of Izzy 00:23:02
Ede - Kadre 00:26:54
Hermetics - Escaping Samsara 00:29:58
Bicep - X (feat. Clara La San) 00:35:38
Overmono - So U Kno 00:40:08
Hammer - Penrith 00:46:03
Fobos Hailey - Piggy Bank 00:49:09
Mia Mendi  - Comfort In The Void 00:52:21
Young American Primitive - These Waves 00:57:56
Joone - Mirror Mirage 01:03:47
White Label 01:07:27
Jabberwocky - Feeling Dancing Tempo 01:11:34
Clubroot - Cherubs Cry 01:17:27
Agents Of Time - The King Of Our Days 01:21:18
Betical - Exil 01:26:10
Andhim - German Spring 01:30:17
Momüs - Khoeli (DJ T. Remix) 01:36:23
Future Sound Of London - Papua New Guinea (Framewerk Rewerk) 01:40:44
Mattr - Xd 01:46:51
Butch, Kemelion - Raindrops feat. Kemelion 01:52:50
Reset Robot - Believer 01:58:25

Ren' Radio #055 - Electronica Showcase Vol.3

Hello everyone! If you are new to the series or well versed, welcome! This is our infamous weekly Progcast, and today we are celebrating the third year of our journeys around the world of global underground dance music. What better way to celebrate this massive achievement? In the only way PFG knows how..

Little did anyone think, that when we started this series, it would grow into what you see now. Delivering an exclusive mix on a weekly basis, from a range of DJ's & artists, headliner's, label bosses, industry legends, upcoming talent and even our own members. The series has grown from strength to strength, gaining recognition from the highest levels of power within our scene,  and raising a few eyebrows along the way.

It seemed only right to mark such a prestigious occasion as this by delivering a mix that will go down in history. Always keen to top what's come before, we celebrate our 3rd birthday with the one and only... Jim Rivers! 

After a hiatus of a few years 2023 sees the rejuvenated Jim Rivers back in the studio and making music again…

With releases on stellar labels like Bedrock, Global Underground and Renaissance and an album on Carl Cox’s Intec, Jims back catalogue is littered with a wide variety of music, all made with a depth and warmth few others can match.

Jim featured in the highly acclaimed Nu Breed series on Global Underground as well as lending his remixing skills to world class artists such as Quivver, Laurent Garnier, Deadmau5 and Photek to name a few.  

Under the alias Copy Paste Soul, Jim took his sound to a different place fusing garage, techno and drum and bass with a heavy dose of soul and dancefloor fun, that saw the project gain support from big hitters Annie Mac and Skream on BBC Radio 1.

His DJ travels have taken him from Ministry of Sound and Fabric in London, to Space in Ibiza, Pacha in Buenos Aires, Air in Tokyo, North and South American tours and many weird and wonderful places in between.

After rupturing his achilles at the end of last year and facing time away from his day job, Jim knew this was all the motivation he needed to really get his music making mojo back. Over the past few months his Maidstone studio has been a hive of activity, culminating with a folder full of new productions that will make their way out this year. In 2023 Jim is back and finding his groove again. 

It’s about making music that makes him feel something first and then seeing where it goes! Expect to see a lot more new music this year, some of which you can hear exclusively on this mix!

In line with Jim's wishes, there's no track-list for this very special set. Enjoy xx

Socials
Facebook - facebook.com/jimriversofficial
Soundcloud - soundcloud.com/jimrivers
Instagram - @jimrivers_copypastesoul

PFG The Progcast - Episode 156 - Jim Rivers (3rd Birthday Special)

Artist Manager, Label Boss, Radio DJ, unintentional conversationalist documenting the infinite jigsaw of music culture one piece at a time.

Unintentional Conversations with Dave Seaman

Leon Alexander