2022 kicks off with a mix by long time dear friend and Lullabies For Insomniacs mastermind Izabel (@lullabiesforinsomniacs) who recorded the mix live in Melbourne outdoors during a Wax'O Paradiso event. Interview (excerpt) down below.

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MFM: Hey Izabel, nice to have you kicking off the mix series in this new year. You're in sunny Australia now but before that you'd been living in Europe for quite some years. What made you decide to move back?

IZ: Europe was home for almost 7 years, I left Australia in my early 20’s thinking I would be away for some months but fell in love in Amsterdam and spent years living in the city. In 2018, I moved to Berlin where I lived for a year, I found inspiration through all walks and was surrounded by great crew but grew tired of life in the big smoke. I wanted new challenges and yearned to be amongst nature, so left the city and travelled south to the Atlantic where I spent time in France, Spain and Portugal before heading to Corsica. I slept in a tent or stayed with friends and got on by doing seasonal work. I had not been back to Australia to see family and friends for many moons and was homesick, so decided to make my way across the Indian Ocean. Australia had heavy border restrictions, so plans to return were slow.

MFM: Your label Lullabies For Insomniacs had some busy times from 2016 to around 2019, after that it got more quiet and also the format shifted from vinyl to digital and cassette. What can you tell about this transition?

IZ: The transition happened naturally, I was traveling a lot which effected the label and my creative output. The tapes from Unearth Noise and Baldruin are recordings that we had been sitting on for some time but for various reasons kept delaying release. We decided to bring them out on tape as the music was better suited to this format. My sound world has been heavily inspired by the DIY music and tape scenes of Amsterdam and Berlin in the 80’s and there are great tape labels around today that were also motivating, my friend Etkin’s label ‘Kinship’ is one of these.

MFM: And now that you're settled in Australia again, what are your thoughts and plans with the label and music? Did the past 2/3 years change your perspective/vision?

IZ: Visions and inspirations come and go, some solidify and take root while others are fleeting in dream form. My focus has certainly changed as I devote more time to learning new skills and pursuing other crafts like furniture design, ceramics and writing. The music scene here in Melbourne is thriving, there are a lot of great artists and as I was
away for so long there is much to discover.

MFM: What can you say about the set/mix? Perhaps you can describe the setting it was recorded in?

IZ: The records I packed were chosen while isolating at home, this setting could not be more different to the glorious Sunday afternoon on the lawns at the Wax’o event. I played before OK EG who did a live set to celebrate their new record released as the debut on the Wax’o imprint. It was the second time I had the pleasure hearing them perform, their set made way for a great night. I thought a lot about European winter whilst making selections, I do miss spending the end of the year wrapped warm in Winters caress. These reflections and the recent passing of someone close to the family has brought me into a state of deep
introspect these last weeks, the session is both celebratory of life and a lament to lost life. This mix is a recording from the first hour, the second hour I played some psych, dub and percussive jams. 

MFM: Any plans, wishes or anything else for the near future that you'd like to share maybe?

IZ: At the moment I am taking each day as it arrives and am happy to continue on a journey learning and growing and enjoying time with family and friends. In February I will start a little party series in Melbourne with my friend Martha called Dub Cake. All the while my dream to move sea or country side lingers.

MFM Mix 036: Izabel

Merhaba! 

We are absolutely delighted to have Istanbul's Zozo over for the first mix of 2022. Ambient, pop, jazz, funk and more, she takes us on an hour + trip to some beautiful places.

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Tape 026 - Zozo

@Larsnoll is a Dj and painter living in Berlin. As a part of „3ECK“ he was organizing several musical events and exhibitions all over the city. Since 2018 he is involved in Cosmic Gathering Festival and curates his own radio show under the name „Tanz um den Kopf“ on mutant radio.

LIO Press mix #05 ~ by Lars Noll · 'Krooked Stall'

For this instalment, we couldn’t be happier to host a mix by our dear friend and R.I.O. label cofounder Menqui :)  
He has been a huuuuge inspiration for us since the very beginning of our digging journey, and when you listen to this mix you’ll understand why. 
You know the deal, light it up and hit play 💆‍♂️❤️‍🔥🍁

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Very pleased to introduce CV Vision and Lars Noll to the series. Their rock laden encounter perfectly manifests winter fantasies of heated times ahead. "I'm trying to dream away." 🫧

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ZEPTER 26 - CV Vision & Lars Noll - 21/10/22

Diving into the musical magma, trying to reach its core... 

The fantastic 26th Music for Indoors Mix has been simmered by @sanjacozma 

Enjoy the brilliant journey this musician's mind has created for us. :)

Sanja's new musical selection prologues the narrative of his self-uploaded mix "At the Water’s Edge“ https://soundcloud.com/sanjacozma/at-the-waters-edge that placed the listener in a warm, mellow, obscure journey, seamlessly floating through melancholy, beauty and weirdness, bringing with this follow up mix, some sort of a punchier counterpoint. 💥

That earlier mix caught @cobeia 's ear upon listening to it and lead to contact Cozma, who's been working hard in the past months creating this beauty for @ecoutesauvert 's MFI Mix series.

"Sharing musical selections as an introvert is a liberating feeling, especially knowing that there are people who have a similar appreciation of music." ✨
 
Sanja Cozma is a multi-instrumentalist, music producer and third hand of the musical project "Das Wettbüro", who released their first EP on the Düsseldorfian label @Candomblé
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He is also a member of the explorative sound collective Frank Nubala
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Music for Indoors 26 - SANJA COZMA (Das Wettbüro - Berlin)

Wonderful Sallad Egg from London paid us a visit at the new cashmere studio in Wedding.

Artwork by @magicmuelli

The Past Forward radio show is hosted and aired on Cashmere Radio. Find more info and other episodes on the Cashmere Radio website - https://cashmereradio.com/shows/past-forward/

Past Forward #76 w/ Sallad Egg

Segundo episodio de la residencia del @aliciacarrera para el proyecto RRWaves, un proyecto donde artistas que admiramos ahondarán en temas específicos de su propio interés.

"Espacio Singular es un lugar de exploración a través de distintos territorios sonoros seleccionados por Alicia Carrera. El primer programa es una selección de géneros como el psydub, downtempo, hip hop experimental y el rock como elemento conector

El segundo episodio de Espacio Singular va dedicado a covers de canciones. Desde Jefferson Airplane hasta Opus III, los Beatles o Mazzy Star en sus versiones más contemporaneas, haciendo guiño a la memorabilia popular."

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Alicia Carrera: "Espacio Singular" - 01/06/2023

We are happy to introduce Son Objet and Smetana for no less than edition no. 30 – cheers! 🥂

SMETANA (@smetana-berlin) is rippling through Berlins' subcultural periphery with her bold explorations of sounds and sensations along the spectrum of pop, folk, rock and rave that seek to reach beyond the boundaries of conformity and uncompromisingly celebrate freedom of mind and heart. 

Following her invitation is SON OBJET (@son-objet), a visual artist from Porto whose work resides in the fields of archive and appropriation. This time, her artistic exploration extends to music, where she engages in researching and selecting bizarre and cosmic ideas along a chronological path. Within this journey, different rhythmic and energetic states meander, alluding to a kind of mnemonic language. 

Join us and tune into our curious frequencies. 🔮
(First hour by Son Objet, second by Smetana)

Artwork by @globalflex

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ZEPTER 30 - Smetana & Son Objet - 26/08/23

2019/09/08 - Eupen | Music selected by Tako, recorded live at the Heuboden / dublab Sleepless Floor at Meakusma Festival 2019.

In September 2019 the Meakusma Festival took place in Eupen / Belgium for the 4th time, celebrating the unclassifiable through music, installations and lectures. Once again dublab set up shop at the Heuboden of “Alter Schlachthof”,  commited to create a cozy safe haven for all visitors from far and near, driven by respect for each other and a mutual love for the arts. 

In this surrounding a handpicked selection of live-acts and DJs from the musical cosmos of Meakusma and dublab shared amazing music all weekend long and was embraced by a gentle and highly attentive  audience. Top times!

Tako - Live from dublab Sleepless Floor (Meakusma Festival 2019)

Ruaidhri, Stewart and Fergus are not only the world's best Scottish boy band, they also run the ever fantastic 12th Isle label, which has released an array of incredible music by the kinds of RAMZi, D.K. and Lo Kindre as well as a great debut album by the two mysterious Russians Dices and AEM Rhythm Cascade. 

Hailing from Glasgow, 12th Isle recycles aspects of Scottish mythology, as the trio create an aura of mystical science-fiction swamp utopias around their releases - communicated visually with the help of artist Al White, or in text by the best promo texter to probably have ever graced this earth (who wishes to remain anonymous). 

When Ru, Stew and Fergus (who some may know better as "evil" Ferg) play together on the other hand, their different perspectives and incredible knowledge really comes out in the most unpretentious and admirable fashion imaginable. So, we're very happy to have them all together onboard for this mix series, with this extended mix recorded live at the infamous RubaDub, meandering through everything from Ambient to Dub, Disco, Folk, New Age, House and Trance.

Tape 026 - Zozo

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