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We are more than happy to welcome Nick Stropko (@nickstropko) for our new series of hallooo Mixtapes featuring some spicy chord progressions paired with sticky melodies. Enjoy his contribution suitably named The Spicy Sticky Mix. Q&A here below:

hallooo: Thanks for your contribution to our mix series, how did you prepare for this mix, and how would you describe the eventual result?

Nick: Thanks for having me! The mix started from a record bag I packed for one of my favorite local parties, Air A Danser. I tried to then grab some other favorites from the past six months or so. On the whole, I think the mix encapsulates some of my favorite qualities in dance music — spicy chord progressions paired with sticky melodies.

hallooo: Is there a record in the mix that you associate with a special story?

Nick: One song in the mix came to me from some of my coworkers. I work in a restaurant where the rest of the front of house staff is from Montenegro. While we’re closing up, they usually play terrible Balkan pop songs, but one night, a tune came on for about 15 seconds before they skipped it. I immediately knew that it was right in my lane, and after insisting they replay it, I took a photo and bought a copy the next day.

hallooo: Walking into a record shop can be quite a intimidate experience. Do you have a digging process and/or what kind of things do you look for in a record when you’re out digging?

Nick: The process varies from store to store — what do they specialize in? What am I looking for? But generally it’s a matter of looking for labels I don’t recognize, releases that look distinctive or like they would’ve been overlooked in their day. That, and spending quality time in the listening booth. Ultimately, you have to trust your ears. 

hallooo: Is there a record, that has continued to be in your wantlist over the years?

Nick: While there are loads of records I’m always on the hunt for, ultimately, I find the chase of finding new stuff more engaging. The pleasure of dropping the needle on something that immediately grabs and stays with you is a bit more fun than finally tracking down (or, more likely, paying boatloads of money on Discogs for) an old favorite. That being said, if anyone wants to send me a copy of “Need More Time” by Nick Allen, I wouldn’t be opposed. My bootleg is terrible.

hallooo: Is it possible for you to sum up what the collection means to you in a more general sense?

Nick: It’s just an overview of the records I’ve been listening to recently — some favorite finds, some tips from friends (or coworkers) mixed together in my bedroom.

hallooo: Music bonds people together. Any local heroes/parties you would like to shout out?

Nick: Outside of the aforementioned Air A Danser and a little shameless self promotion of my Japanese mix series/party Nippon Leagues (with my mentor and perpetual inspiration Alex Tebbs Mitchell) I’d be remiss if I didn’t shout out my dear friends at Universal Cave, Extra Water, and Earth Beat.

Hallooo Mix Series No. 3 - Nick Stropko

DC Promo Tracks #513: "Foam (Seaside Mix)" by Symptoms Of Love is part of the release "Foam EP" on Planet Trip @planettrip  

Worldwide via Rush Hour - https://www.rushhour.nl/record/vinyl/foam-ep-1
Bandcamp - Planet Trip Records - https://planettriprecords.bandcamp.com/album/pt002-foam-ep

“Symptoms of Love, a project by Detroit duo Ryan Spencer (Freakish Pleasures) and Ben Christensen (Sector 7G), present “Foam EP” scheduled to drop in January 2020 on Sydney label Planet Trip Records. This is the team’s second release, a follow-up to their 2019 “Eye Contact” (SOBO, Montreal). “Foam EP” reflects a contrast of the high-energy late nights and laid-back afternoons in the sprawling echo-chamber of Detroit. 

Recorded over the course of two years, the duo stack live instrumentation onto the vast synth and drum machine collection in Christensen’s home studio. The tracks are finished with explorations into sample-based wormholes that deliver a truly diverse EP. The sounds cruise through balearic and streetsoul inspired smoothness, machine funk dance floor jams, and bleepy percussive workouts.

This five tracker holds a mood and a groove for every hour of the dance; be it at peak time, sun up or sun down. Receiving early support from Jex Opolis, Millios Kaiser, CC:DISCO!, Lauren Hansom, DJ D.DEE, Ben Fester, Ruf Dug, Bayete & more…It’s a no brainer tip to start 2020 right!

DC Promo Tracks #513: Symptoms Of Love "Foam" (Seaside Mix)

Automaticamore on IC Radio 2019-12-13

https://www.nts.live/shows/doing-time/episodes/doing-time-8th-march-2020

Doing Time 080320

It’s a family affair on the second Growing Bin 7”, as Peter & Patrick Jahn @patrickjahn enjoy some father and son boogie with a smooth split release. A sunblushed moocher served two ways, this disc is designed for horizontal dancing…
Rooting around the cupboards in his family home outside Nuremberg, Patrick Jahn unearthed a dusty box of cassettes, saved for posterity but eventually forgotten. Somewhere between ‘True Blue’ and ‘Brothers In Arms’ was a faded C60 full of unreleased demos by his father Peter, recorded in the mid to late 80s. Back then Jahn Sr owned a pub club called Schrank (Cupboard to the Anglophones), with an upstairs office he used as a music studio. In amongst naïve synthesiser experiments and carefree noodling was a Balearic boogie bomb, all strolling synth bass, clipped funk guitar and seaside melancholy – like Brenda Ray on a Wim Wenders soundtrack. 
Too impressed to keep it a secret, Patrick played the cut to Carsten “Erobique” Meyer, when he was over there jamming, and Hamburg’s premier funk freak suggested this might be of interest to his likeminded hometown freak Basso. Instantly in love, the Growing Bin boss suggested Patrick provide his own version for the flipside, and so it was, reborn with percussive sway, moonlit keys and beefy bass tones for the next generation. Here’s to the Jahn family, father and son but brothers in calms… (words by Patrick Ryder)

on a note:  the original tape was not in good condition so the sound of the original version is a bit distorted at the end of the track. SInce I love it so much I can live with it. Hope you can too :) Best, Basso

Patrick Jahn - Abenteuer Überm Schrank 2020 Version (shortened clip)

Sticky Tapes is a seasonal mixtape series. Four times a year we ask our favourite selectors to compile a mixtape in the ambiance of the seasons.
Fourth in the series is Bart Eichholtz AKA Tache, known for his tropical selections and the Rotterdam nights l'Afrique Discothèque. For his summer soundtrack he compiled a mix that feels much like returning back home from an exotic summer holiday, without a worry in the world. Those kind of trips are good for the soul, as is this mix. Best enjoyed sipping a caipirinha in your hammock. Or in your office chair, reminiscing those sunkissed moments. Enjoy!

Sticky Tapes 4 - Summer - Tache

"DISCO DRACULA"
Selected and mixed by @Monodominical
Huge thanks to my Space Invaders fellows and all the freaks around the globe who helped me in this project
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"Disco Dracula" Halloween Special Mix

This is a monthly show by our dear friends Princess P & Cio!

Princess P [09.12.2020]

Introducing: L’Age D’Orlog from @earlorlog

We've been excited for this one! The passionate digger, DJ, producer and fabled founder of Radio Orlog still remains some kind of phantom. His tracks, edits and mixes are the only genuine insight into the winding alleys of his musical multiverse: wistful psychedelic potpourris, epic cosmic kraut clashs and brutalistic loop bangers, parading a sophisticated touch of incompetence, haphazardly garnished with stolen drones and a hint of patchouli. 

Oscillating between the echo chambers of the wild wild west and the golden beaches of the middle and far east “L’Age D’Orlog” is extendedly showcasing the erotic art of erratic tomfoolery. This mix aims at the dancefloor but is also suitable for enjoying it while drinking a cup of strong Mu-mu-tea, smoking caleidoscopic cigarettes or floating two feet above the ground.

IG: www.instagram.com/earl_orlog/
Find more: linktr.ee/EarlOrlog

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