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Start your weekend in the right gear with this here beautiful new mix from down under dancefloor queen CC:DISCO, nothing but love for music - you can hear it loud and clear. No introduction needed, she's dedicated her existence to music on many different fronts, from party promoter to label manager and radio host to now international touring DJ, her unique technique on the floor has been changing dancers' lives for a while now. Check it out 💋 Thanks @ccdisco for taking the time and letting us share this one! 💖💖💖

Sound Metaphors Mix Series 08 : CC:DISCO

Recording of Bárbara Boeing's set at Dekmantel Selectors 2022.

Dekmantel Selectors 2022

Bárbara Boeing at Dekmantel Selectors 2022

Please meet London based DJ and producer, former Cafe Del Mar resident, and our long time close friend Phil Mison (@cantomamusic). Interview (excerpt) down below.

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MFM: Hi Phil, many know you as one of the DJ's who has played all the best sunset spots across the globe. How did your summer look this year, still been scoring sunsets here and there?

PM: My summer was great. I travelled to Amsterdam, Cork, Copenhagen and Barcelona and had some nice gigs in the UK. My friend Deke has opened a bar on the seafront in Margate, you get pretty epic sunsets down there. I played a few records one evening and managed to fit in a few old cafe classics as the sun disappeared into the sea. 

MFM: Please tell us a bit about how it all started for you?

PM: I grew up in the 70’s, so there were quite a few different influences. David Bowie ‘Life On Mars’ was an early memory, and I was obsessed with Blondie. Parallel lines was the first album I bought. Later it was Northern Soul, Electro, nothing really that mellow! In 87 I met a couple of people who were really into House. I started going to groove records in soho to buy records like Adonis - No Way Back, Ten City - Devotion. Then as 88 rolled around I got into the more Balearic side of things. Later in 89 I’d pop into Reckless Records for second hand stuff and started to browse the New Age section where I got things like Kitaro  ‘Tunhuang’ and Paul Greaver ‘Joy’. Those records were the starting point really. 

MFM: DJing in clubs to make people dance never really attracted you?

PM: I’d say pretty much most of my DJing has been in clubs. I started at the Milk Bar in Soho in 1992 after giving Darren Emerson a tape. Even though I was doing the warm up and playing mellow stuff at the beginning, you had to build it up to a full dance floor by the end. In 1996 and 2000 I was the tour DJ for Lefttfield, playing in front of 1000 odd people. ‘Just get it going before we come on!’ Alongside Ross Allen and Rob Da Bank, I was resident at Bar Rhumba for our Next Level night in 1997. It lasted a year and we opened with Harvey and closed with Andrew Weatherall. I Have to mention Moonboots and Jason Boardman’s night Aficionado too. I always enjoyed playing to a dancefloor there, they’ve kept the Balearic flag flying since 1998. 

MFM: At what point did you got into making music on your own? 

PM: I’d worked on a project for Kenneth Bager in 1994. Then later on he started his Music For Dreams Label, and asked me if I would be interested in making an album.  So the first Cantoma album was started in Copenhagen in 1999, and finished in London in 2003. 

MFM: How do you come up with a new song, is there a certain Phil Mison way to it? Do you write the parts for the musicians?

PM: It usually starts with an idea that pops into my head. Sometimes a memory or travelling will get a melody going, and I’ll sometimes hum it into my phone and use that as a starting point. Ive worked with Engineer/Producer Robin Twelftree on all the Cantoma albums. I’ll go into Robin’s studio and usually start with some basic keyboards, then I’ll play a bassline in. I’ll take the demos away and think about what would work on the tracks. For some musicians the music is written down. Ive worked with Robin Lee from Faze Action on a few Cantoma tunes, and he usually transcribes my basic melodies onto sheet music. Other times I’ll play the melodies on a keyboard or hum the tunes for the musicians to follow along to. On some tracks I’ll write the lyrics too and get a singer to record on a track. There’s a lot of going back and forth until I’m happy with the final cut. The music rarely ends up sounding like the first version.

MFM: Making a mix must have been a piece of cake for you :) What is this mix like?

PM: I went back through my 92-94 selection and picked a selection of the lesser played records. Memories of magic times at the Milk Bar and warm summer evenings at the Cafe del mar.

MFM Mix 044: Phil Mison

Paula Tape's monthly residency on WWFM episode 27
broadcasted on Oct 2022

An hour of odd rhythms and organic dance, from leftfield to electronica, plus some rarities.

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Astral Jam With Paula Tape [27] Worldwide FM

Catch Mimi every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month from 15h to 16h [CET]

Rinse France Podcast

Mimi invite Tornado Wallace - 17 Janvier 2023

Budino from the Sunrise Session at Love International 2022.

Love International returns in 2023 from July 12th - 18th, tickets available now at: www.loveinternationalfestival.com/

Live from the Adriatic 2022: Budino

Today marks what would have been the Guv'nor's 60th birthday.

As a little nod to the late great Andrew Weatherall we've re-sharing an old mix of his alongside Sean Johnston, recorded in the lead up to Electric Elephant 11 years ago, which was only previously available on Mixcloud.

This came just a year into the duo's journey as ALFOS and their now infamous project which Andrew described as “an oasis of slowness in a world of increasing velocity”.

A solid slice of oompty boompty music to see you into the weekend. Stick it on and raise a glass to the chairman!

Andrew Weatherall: 'A Love From Outer Space' Electric Elephant mix [R$N Exclusive 2012]

Jex Opolis shares prime cuts from his dance music collection.

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Bad Timin' with Jex Opolis @ The Lot Radio 05-12-2023

► Raphaël Top-Secret & Music From Memory's Jamie Tiller, two of the foremost diggers in the game, blessing us at Dekmantel with their finds.
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Jamie Tiller & Raphaël Top-Secret | Boiler Room x Dekmantel Festival 2018

Heads Radio Show 0030 - Basic Spirit

19:00-21:00 Tornado Wallace b2b Jamie Tiller
21:00-22:00 Bézier LIVE
22:00-23:00 Roza Terenzi

Tornado & Jamie's semi-reg dancefloor jig Basic Spirit returns in all its glory this upcoming Wednesday on Heads Radio --- Joined by a rare live set from Bézier and Roza Terenzi ...

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Intimate festival in Tisno, Croatia. Brought to you by Team Love. 

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Live from the Adriatic 2022: Budino

Love International Festival

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