About Ricardo Baez.
Florence’s very own tastemaker Ricardo Baez has always been immersed in music. On one hand, he had his Italian father's extensive collection of old blues and jazz records. On the other hand, the 80’s pop cassettes his Venezuelan mother used as the soundtrack for her dance classes.

This melting pot gives Baez a different way to make his musical mark, as shown at his legendary party Tropical Animals in Florence, which has been running weekly since 2010. Tropical Animals has been cited as one of the most important drivers in the evolution of club culture in Italy, broadening people’s music tastes. Ricardo Baez’s trademark sets are unique- genre blurring, technically excellent and full of surprises. Ricardo Baez always leaves his audience wanting more.

And then there’s the sensational guests he books week in, week out. From Avalon Emerson to Marshall Jefferson, Vladimir Ivkovic to Jayda G (just to name a few). Ricardo Baez’s knowledge of electronic music is incredible.

It didn’t take long for his eclectic style and boundless enthusiasm to start turning heads internationally. Soon after hearing about Tropical Animals, the world wanted a piece of Ricardo Baez. Berlin came calling through Tresor, Watergate and Renate. Then Frankfurt’s Live at Robert Johnson, New York’s House of Yes and Le Bain, and London’s XOYO and Corsica Studios.

Ricardo Baez is also a well accomplished producer, taking all of his musical savoir faire and impeccable taste as a selector and making something new, that is instantly recognisable as his own. After releasing on some of the most prestigious labels in electronic music, he realised his music needed a place to call home. Since 2018, that home has been his own label, also called Tropical Animals. Other exotic creatures and musical chameleons that share his hot house include Whitesquare, The Cyclist, Robert Owens, Rebolledo, and the pioneer of Italian disco, Daniele Baldelli.

Recently, he has appeared on compilations for Running Back, Correspondant, Polifonic, and Hotmix Records, as well as outstanding releases on Mule Musiq, Permanent Vacation, Bordello a Parigi and Correspondant.

Winter 2024 brings Ricardo Baez’s pièce de resistance: His stunning debut album, Tutto Passa, available on Live at Robert Johnson. Every track filled with meaning, an anthology of the most important moments in Baez’s life. Stay tuned - the lucky few who have heard it say this work of art is going to be yet another outstanding contribution to music. We’d expect no less.

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Ricardo Baez - Tutto Passa

5. MY THURSDAY NIGHT

This track talks about My Thursday Nights since 2010. These are the feelings that I still have before, during, and after my Tropical Animals parties.

My Thursday Night

3. TEARS OF JOY

You know when you're so happy you want to cry? When you feel like you've achieved a goal? Or when you love someone so much that you get emotional inside and feel a void between your chest and stomach? These are Tears of Joy.

Tears Of Joy

2. PICCOLO INCERTO FUTURO

When I was 11 years old, I left my small town in Southern Italy for Florence. Through the choice of my father, Wladimiro, we left behind all of my friends, part of my family, and my roots. Piccolo Incerto Futuro (Little Uncertain Future) is a dichotomy - a sad song that simultaneously gives hope for the future of two little children, myself and my beautiful sister, Deborah.

Piccolo Incerto Futuro

1. HI NO TORI 2772

The title of this intro track comes from a 1980s Manga. This story is set in the distant future... Planet Earth is dying from a lack of energy resources. A subjugating political regime ensures all human beings are produced in test tubes, their roles in society selected by computers, predicting how things could unfold now, with an uncertain ending. With this track, I wanted to represent the moment of change, from pure natural to technological evolution.

Hi No Tori 2772

4. INSIDE OF ME

This is a track to apologizing to myself - becoming aware of my mistakes and having the strength to move forward.

Inside Of Me

8 hours of Disco and Nu Disco seasoned with House, Deep, and Chicago shards.

8-Hour Mixtape - 2025 10

🎶 Vongold is a Mexican DJ and producer whose sound flows through the rich textures of indie dance and house, infused with hypnotic grooves and acid/psychedelic undertones. Her selections often lean into the underground, especially when commanding the club floor.

💃 Her natural way of seducing the dance floor has been determinant for Vongold to be chosen as one of the favorites in the current scene in Guadalajara, Mexico—in places such as Bar Americas, Casa Cobra, Jamaica Gogo. She’s also one of the Polifonic Club residents since 2024.

🌍 Vongold is well known as a constant performer at the most exclusive venues and parties from Mexico to Colombia, Spain, and the USA; recently, also burning Vancouver’s multiple dance floors.

🚀 Her career has been in constant evolution—from her early beginnings warming up at local parties, creating a smooth but effusive dance floor, to supporting acts like Perel, Zimmer, DJ Tennis, Manpower, Axel Boman, Cut Copy, Chromeo, Airrica, Trikk, Musumeci, Moscoman, Red Axes, Lovefingers, Magic Touch, Poolside, Diplo, Nina Kraviz, Adam Port, &ME, Vitalic...

Tracklist of the mix recorded for Disco Pastors:
1. Francesco Chiocci Marcoradi "Dystopiano"
2. Tomper "It Works".
3. KultureKind "HuHa"
4. Chemo "Glock 43"
5. Siavash "Lost Kid" (Alican Remix)
6. Far & High "Life Selector"
7. Booka Shade, Yaruba "Get funky, Henri"
8. IvanMasa "Soul Blackground" 
9. Blackloud "The mind shaker" 
10. Yamil "Eternal Spring" (ELIF remix)
11. Sashcha Funke "MZ" (Mano Le tough REMIX)

Mix №: 049 – Vongold

Dennis Zhgarev aka ZHGRV is based in Kyiv, Ukraine, ZHGRV is a true vinyl collector, he crafts warm, textured mixes using only records from his archive, bringing an analog soul to today’s digital world. He’s a resident at top Kyiv clubs and a regular at leading Ukrainian festivals like PodilskyShuk, Kyivness, and Kurazh.

ZHGRV also curates the “Dolce Sunday” Italo nights at Gram club, offering a nostalgic-yet-fresh dancefloor vibe. From private events and embassy receptions to fashion shows and brand showcases, his high-energy sets leave lasting impressions wherever he plays.

Take a spin through ZHGRV’s latest vinyl mix for the Bordello A Parigi community - a danceable blend of Italo, synth, and nu-disco grooves, pulled straight from his personal archive. Let’s move, sweat a little, and drift into sweet nostalgia together.

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https://www.instagram.com/dennis_zhgarev/

Tracklist

Panthera - Stunt
Formula Uno - Home
Andy Romano - Sayonara Robot
Vertigini - Final Space
Hypnotique - Paralyzed
Franz Scala - Chrono
Amount - Feel You
Senor Chugger - 75 to Seafront
Local Suicide - Moustache
Boy Harsher - Machina
Anbau - Altro Sogno
Vermelho Wonder - Dance Fatal
Amount - Love You
Sally Shapiro - Forget About You

Bordello Radio #201 - ZHGRV

Wandering through the mountains there wasn’t anyone else around. He was up here by himself amidst the clouds with an absence of friends and family.

For him this would be some much needed alone time, a chance to reset and regroup from it all.

Pausing for a moment he looked out at the world beneath, taking a deep breath and watching as the birds swooped and soared in the distance.

The wind blew softly in his hair…

boys be kko is a stellar producer from Japan. This EP features a classy assortment of house music, each track paced differently, yet this was our favourite – a deep moody cut.

PREMIERE: boys be kko - Sant Esteve (Kko Edit) [Bliss Point]

Ludmila Fuks at HÖR Berlin 10th July 2025 / electro EBM

3615... 4 magic numbers created in the 80's by the best french engineers which allowed you to connect with the world !

Let's bring them back to connect you with the best artists and Djs.

#3615 NACKLEY

After years working behind the scenes as a talent agent, Nackley returned to music production as a way to process life’s chaos, anxiety, and the awkward beauty of being human. His debut EP, Anger Management (Bordello A Parigi, 2025), emerged from this transitional period – part catharsis, part tongue-in-cheek commentary on trying (and often failing) to keep it together.

A classical and jazz-trained bass player with a passion (bordering on obsession) for patch cables and modular antics, Nackley creates music that blends dark, cinematic synth textures with playful, punchy rhythms. Imagine coldwave and synthpop having an existential crisis at a club, but with a sense of humour about it. There’s tension and drama in his sonic palette, yet it’s never fully bleak – there’s always a cheeky twist, a groove that makes you smirk while you dance. It’s music for foggy dance floors, late-night reflections, and anyone who likes their emotional depth served with a side of goofy charm.

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#3615 NACKLEY

Moo Moonster is a multidisciplinary artist raised among techno-pop vinyls, rare-disco and italo, thanks to his father!
He is one of the spanish producers of the scene nu-disco that is more giving to talk about at the moment, with productions on labels like Ya Hala Ya Hala, AEON, Espacio Cielo, United Colors of Rhythm, ROAM, NEIN... 

His sound is unique italo-disco, where arpeggios and pads more vintage, come together to create direct hits onto the dance floor. 

He has currently gone through booths clubs as representative of the current scene as Mondo (Madrid), Sabotage (Berlin), Electroluch (Sevilla), El Sotano (Madrid), Razzmatazz (Danceteria/BCN), The Warehouse (Madrid), Nylon Club (Valencia), Charada (Madrid), Halley (Specka/Madrid), Moss Club (Murcia), Invitro or Tokyo Club in Bogota (Colombia), etc...

Mix №: 051 – Moo Moonster

🪩 🪩 🪩 This weeks show we have Trontsephore taking over the controls 🪩 🪩 🪩
John Braine is an Irish DJ and producer who’s been part of the UK and Irish underground electronic scene since the ’90s. Recently, he’s been recording, performing, and creating visual art under the name Trontsephore. His music has appeared on labels such as Headspace, Emoticon, Scart, Psychonavigation, and Front End Synthetics.
His track Shmegly received amazing feedback from Andrew Weatherall on its release, and Carl Cox played the Funk D’Void remix of Trontsephora to hundreds of thousands of ravers at the 1998 Love Parade.
John has a broad range of musical tastes, with a particular love for deep, dubby, and trippy sounds that sit somewhere between electro, breaks, and electronica — whether it’s peak dancefloor vibes or slower, immersive headfeed for an open-minded Sunday morning radio show.
He is also one-third of @Pint Window Productions, the crew that brings ALFOS to Dublin every year, among other events.

Feed Your Head Guest Mix: Trontsephore

Town was packed and crowded, the traffic was a riot.

Everywhere it seemed as though lights flickered and flashed – glimmering and dancing against a backdrop of black, helping to make pretend that there was some sort of light or hope left in the city.

One wrong manoeuvre these days and it could be lights out.

One wrong manoeuvre these days and the whole game was up.

He weaved between the traffic and looked out for anyone who might be on the hunt, this was his town for the evening and he better not be caught short.

First Epoque releases a wicked, dubbed out set of weirdo bass mutations on Redstone Press as part of an EP called The Antonelli Scrolls. This was our pick of the bunch.

PREMIERE: First Epoque - WRONGMANOEUVRE [Redstone Press]

Hot on the heels of the acclaimed Tears Maker Chant 12” LP, illustrious French Electronic duo Froid Dub are back on Ransom Note Records with an interstellar remix package. Featuring the inimitable talents of Richard Fearless, Lena Willikens, Rug Dug, Tia Cousins, Zillas On Acid, Tolouse Low Tax, Timothy Clerkin and Vacant Heads, there is a little something special for all occasions on this colossal record. Slip into something comfortable and sit back.

Opening proceedings, Mr Richard Fearless starts us off with a bang with his remix of Control. Or, indeed, a warp. Bubbly Dubby bass abound, frenetic, IDM-esque beats skip along underneath the low end pummelling before giving way to luxuriant chord progressions. A perfect balance of light and shade, this is a weapons grade banger.

Next up, Lena Willikens puts her own distinctive imprint on Digital Pond. Upping the bpm and the pressure, this dark, synthy, Lofi safari is an anxiety attack is audio format. But an exceptionally pleasurable one!

Lead single comes from Strange Affair with their mix of Just One. Who are Strange Affair, we hear you ask? They are the exquisite combination of two big hitters, Ruf Dug and Tia Cousins! We’re delighted to introduce their maiden voyage as a production pair, and they make waves here with a frenzied reimagining of the original.

Elsewhere, Philly Chug Champions Zillas On Acid turn On The Nose into a dance floor stomper of epic proportions. Tolouse Low Trax takes on Terri’s Dub, sliding into a pair of laidback slacks and sipping a cocktail on the showery terrace, his insouciant approach will have you dancing in the most relaxed way imaginable.

Timothy Clerkin remixes LP lead track Tears Maker, which in Froid Dub’s very own words is “like been catapulted back to a DJ Alfredo mix at Pacha Club in 92”. Hands in the air! Finally, our old friends Oliver Ho and Christian Donaghey (Autumns) team up as Vacant Heads to undertake Tears Maker too, moulding it into an angular, industrial dirge, brimming with sleaze, distortion and grimy 808s. You have been warned!

Artwork by Sylvia Tournerie
Mastered by Justin Drake

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FROID DUB - Digital Pond (Lena Willikens Remix) [Ransom Note Records]

As the name states Live at Robert Johnson is the associated label of the respected venue in Offenbach and incorporates what the club stands for. The imprint has been establishing a solid ground for the new Frankfurt sound since 2009. By featuring internationally acclaimed artists LARJ has been providing DJs and audiences with essential tunes in an extensive range of high-quality house music. Laid-back dance-floor awareness with a sense for particularity in sound is what might describe best most of the releases and artists.

Hi No Tori 2772

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