Ilias Pitsios, the mastermind behind ‘Into The Light’ records, has had the scene on ice for a number of years now. Recent excursions for NTS, Pacific Rhythm and Sanpo Disco are top of my essential listening list. After various late-night chats and juicy tips, a perfect fusion of sleazy dancehall hits and ballads landed on my doorstep. Suffice to say I was psyched. 

Ideal for a midday revival, afters wind-down or whenever, it’s that tight.

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Ilias Pitsios ... #23

Merchant invited Italian duo Eternal Love to supply a selection of tropical house, soca, and disco cuts fresh off the back of their Australian tour.

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Merchant w/ Eternal Love - November 2022

It’s been a while, but therefore we are gonna start the year with a big one… We are more than happy to welcome Oskar (@floorlengthskirts @fgleeds ) to our hallooo Mix Series. He delivers a 5h long mega mix, taking us on a journey through his favorite records and digs of the last year. From Ambient, Folk, Synth, Wave, Dub, Electro to House, this mix perfectly winds through all genres. Tune in for the big journey! 👗🖤⛓ 
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↓ ↓ ↓ INTERVIEW WITH OSKAR ↓ ↓ ↓

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

I prepared poorly, as the original mix was lost in an irretrievable data breach and I had to re-record. I don't really plan out mixes that much, which I think is pretty easy to hear in some of the transitions between records and moods. The mix is essentially a stack of records I put together from my shelves, in a rough order, which I then recorded in my living room when my housemates weren't in. It sort of traces the past year, records I have found or at least listened to the most.

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

Too many to mention really, but 'I Love the Night' by Blue Öyster Cult is probably the record in here that I have had the longest so brings with it the most nostalgia. I reckon I probably got that single when I was 18 and freshly arrived in Leeds, in one of the charity shops opposite my student accommodation.

– How do you dig for new music, and/or what kind of things arouse your interest in a record/music? 

Bandcamp for new stuff, which is actually more my cup of tea these days. Bit of Discogs of course, but even that I have calmed down with a bit. I prefer emailing people and trading without the formality (and cost implications) of Discogs. Tip offs from friends are also always welcomed.
As for what interests me in a record, the cover is important as a signifier - but in terms of sound I don't really have a criteria for what I like or don't like, just a sense of good or bad. I also really like some bad stuff too, and regularly confuse myself with the distinction.

– Are there three records you would take with you on a deserted island?

This is an absolutely impossible question really, but definitely the new Tara Clerkin Trio because I know I can listen to it repeatedly without the enjoyment fading. Station M.X.J.Y. by Maximum Joy possibly or To Each... by A Certain Ratio. Stuff that would send me into madness more quickly? Also not sure if you'd want to even take music you enjoy to a deserted island?

– Music bonds people. Any djs/shops/etc.. you would like to shout out? 

Again too many to name really, DJ-wise particularly because I am surrounded by so many good ones. Queenie, a friend from Leeds who has a show on Narr Radio is my most consistent listen and has amazing taste. Ben Wrong too, if you know you know. The people I live with and my/their friends and loved ones are a pretty talented bunch of people musically and otherwise, but there are too many to namedrop properly so I'll namedrop none of them. Its been nice to meet online friends that have become offline friends, like Caldu and Alex, who both know their beef from their eggs. The Little Record Shop in Hornsey is no secret really, but is the shop I try to get to most regularly. The owner David goes against the record store manager stereotype, and the digging is always productive.

;-)

Hallooo Mix Series No.16 – Floor Length Skirts

SWAYMIX 011 - Bell Towers

Veteran NTS host Hampus brings you Doing Time: a genre-agnostic monthly trip through quality records from around the world’s past and present, featuring regular appearances from musical friends and family. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/doing-time/episodes/doing-time-5th-january-2025

Doing Time w/ Mostrow 050125

| GOOD MORNING SKYLAB| w/ Miki | 21.06.25

In the absence of my radio show on - the station took a different angle /direction - I will be putting a few new  mixes up here  -mostly records i ve been digging lately , on the deeper side of house , techno and beyond

tt  cavernous mix july 25

Yuzo Iwata returns to Dreaming Mix. His fourth appearance was recorded live at the MOLDIVE party held in January 2025. Based on complex and diverse percussive beats, psychedelic elements and acid stabs intertwine, gradually rising in altitude and taking off into space. Enjoy the trip.
@fabio-konair

DREAMING 048 : Yuzo Iwata - MOLDIVE @NOON 31 Jan 2025

On this month’s show, we welcome a guest mix from Arthur Lastmann, Marseille-based DJ, record collector, and co-founder of Into The Deep Records and Into The Deep Treasury. Arthur’s reputation is built on an ever-curious ear - one that moves between dusty cellars, flea markets, and club systems with equal fascination. His guest mix unfolds in that same exploratory spirit, drifting from ambient textures into dub-soaked basslines, and winding through IDM structures that glow with cinematic undertones. It’s a set that mirrors the ethos of his work as a label-runner: bridging eras, geographies, and moods in search of overlooked beauty.

chOOn!! w/ Arthur Lastmann: 7th September '25

The Toronto brothers going full Benihana on this four hours mix, taking off over an ocean of siq tunessss 

LET'S CRUISE BOIS !

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Cruisin' with... Phuk Hugh & Kool Ty (Modern Art)

The 10th installment in our guest mix series comes from our London friend, Ilan Pdahtzur ✨

A true Italo-head, Ilan curated one of our favorite compilations of 2019, Night City Life (@spacetalkmusic). As quarantine was hitting all of us hard, he sent us this beautiful mix, and we naturally offered to upload it.

In his words, this one was "inspired by the memories of the view from my late grandparents' apartment in Haifa, surrounded by the warm stillness of night. It features an assortment of crackly/senescent vinyl & dreams of a brighter future".

Press play, and dream away 🍃

Guest Mix 010 w/ Ilan (Night City Life)

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~~2025~~
26.07 Boat Party, Paris
21.06 Le Mayday, Paris
01.06 La Prairie du Canal, Paris
01.02 Les Jardiniers, Montrouge

~~2024~~
29.11 St. PAX, Tokyo
03.08 Karmakoma, Belgrade
03.08 La Prairie du Canal, Paris
01.05 Cadence, Paris
16.03 Yellow House, Amsterdam
20.01 Alimentation Générale, Paris

~~2023~~
16.11 Cadence, Paris
13.10 Alimentation Générale, Paris
30.06-2.07 Divagations Festival, Corrèze
21.06 Tagada Bar, Paris
29.04 Divagations Especial, Atelier, Ivry
22.04 Cadence, Paris

~~2022~~
03.12 Alimentation Générale, Paris
05.11 9b, Paris
04.11 Mazette, Paris
30.09 Groom, Lyon
17.09 Monarch, Berlin
07.09 Point FMR, Paris w/ Loveshadow
2-4 .09 Divagations Festival, Corrèze
28.08 Le Barboteur, Paris w/ Cadence
30.07 20/44, Belgrade
09.07 Radio Tempo Nao Para, Amsterdam
08.07 Club Lovelee, Amsterdam
21.06 Cadence, Paris
16.04 Milagrosa, New York
28.01 Groom, Lyon

~~2021~~
11.12 9B, Paris
04.12 L'Appart du Badaboum, Paris
05.11 9B, Paris
22.10 Scilicet, Paris
02.10 Alimentation Générale, Paris
28.08 Groom, Lyon
08.08 Sunday Sunday, Mexico
07.08 Departamento Studio Bar, Mexico
21.06 Cadence w/ Maybe Tonight, Paris
20.06 Le Mazette, Paris

~~2020~~
18-20 .09 Divagations Festival, Normandie
05.09 L'International w/ Maybe Tonight, Mimi, Paris
25.07 6b, Paris
11.07 Le Mazette, Paris
27.06 Enigma La Crypte
29.02 Montezuma, Paris
21.02 Alimentation Générale, Paris
08.02 Bon Esprit, Paris
07.02 L'appart du Badaboum, Paris
16.01 Ground Control, Paris

~~2019~~
21.12 Cadence, Paris
23.11 Bon Esprit, Paris
16.11 La Karambole, Paris
15.11 Cadence, Paris
28.09 Bon Esprit, Paris
20.09 Gambetta Club w/ Bayetë, Paris
05.09 A la Folie, Paris
31.08 Club Azteca w/ Make It Deep, Into The Deep & Bayetë, Paris
07.08 Le Barboteur, Paris
30.07 La Bobine, Grenoble
26.07 Le Barboteur, Paris
21.06 Fête de la Musique @Le Bon Esprit, Paris
25.05 Mob Hotel Rooftop w/Waxist & NotSeriousBigs, Lyon
18.05 Gambetta Club w/ Maggie & In Medias Res
16.05 9B w/Mo' Soul, Paris
26.04 Le Refuge @La Rotonde, Paris
22.03 Mob Hotel Restaurant, Lyon
15.03 A la Folie w/ Maybe Tonight, Paris
02.03 Terrain Vague w/ Jita Sensation, Paris
23.02 Maison M w/ Wayatt, Lyon
09.02 Private Location w/ The Dare Night, Grenoble
26.01 Le Terrain Vague w/ Maybe Tonight, Paris
18.01 Ground Control, Paris
12.01 Gaudi Café, Grenoble

~~2018~~
21.12 Mini Club @La Rotonde w/ Secousse, Paris
20.10 Le Terrain Vague w/ Mercredi Records & Sanshiro, Paris
17.10 Super 5 w/ Sanshiro, Lyon
12.09 Ground Control, Paris
07.08 La Bobine, Grenoble
14.07 Super 5, Lyon
23.06 Le Mellotron w/ Mo'Soul, Paris
09.06 Drak Art w/ Sacha Mambo & Mo'Soul, Grenoble
31.05 Stade Parc des Princes, Paris
22.05 Norio Az Music Radio, Osaka
15.05 Bonobo w/ Sanshiro, Ryo & Satomii, Tokyo
07.04 Bar Parallèle w/ Mo'Soul, Lille
31.03 Chez Emile records w/ Décalé & Lamusa II, Lyon
09.02 La Cave du Forté, Grenoble

Cruisin' with... Phuk Hugh & Kool Ty (Modern Art)

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