Finally forcing myself to press upload on something. I've always found it difficult to put something up on Soundcloud as I've accumulated such a wide spectrum of sounds on my USB and never know where to start without a dance floor in front of me. Every time I go to record a mix, something completely different comes out.
 
This time I just decided to start slow and see where things took me. Went on a journey from 120 to 130+bpm, peaking with Pangaea's high-pressure "Fuzzy Logic" before coming back down again. The mix passes through everything from house, techno, trance and breaks with a constant rotation between atmospheric and groovy records.

I'm looking forward to following this up on a monthly basis with the same premise, sifting through my USB and seeing where the mix takes me.

Feb '23

Recorded this the day after the rave with PMAD, still pretty exhausted and barely unable to stand, but was itching to get some of the feels I had in me out on the decks.

Really happy to be getting the second one of these out, going to try put one of these longer journeys out there every few weeks.

March '23

Time to get back on track with the monthly mixes. For this one, I went back through some of my fav records I played at the GAFFE Summer Opening following TSUNIMAN's high energy progressive trance set.
Starting with some harder grooves, and transitioning into percussive melodic bits at the end.

If you want to see my knees bounce to the beat, I recorded this and stuck it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/JKo7vyENuXg

Track list:
Hudson Mohawke & Nikki Nair - Set The Roof (ft. Tayla Parx)
Frederic. - Greetings
Fibre Optixx - What If
Leonce - Gatherer
Laurel Halo, Hodge - Tru
Leon Vynehall - Black Dove
moktar - All Like That
GCOD - Rattlesnake
Suchi - Birdy Bell
Aldonna - Divine Time
Laars, Cosmic G - Five Atoms
Joshua James, The Ride Committee, Roxy - Love to Do It (Mella Dee Law & Disorder Mix)
Clint - Libra Falls (Eden Burns Remix)
Roaming Data - 106 Regulate
Elkka, Jeigo - Body
Leonce - Sagittarius
Leftfield - Afro Left (Hodge & Peverelist Mix)

June '23

Deep, dark breaks, topped with a sprinkle of electro and proggy goodness.

July '23

Weaving between house, techno and breaks with an undertone of deep, dubby beats. This 2 hour ride gives a good idea the sounds that are interesting me right now: loop heavy percussion with sprinkles of melody.

Watch: youtu.be/R2MqJ9_sUjk

August '23

Started slower than usual with this one, built up to nearly 140 and went back down again; a real beginning, middle and end.

If you like these sounds, highly recommend coming along to the next GAFFE on Saturday 14th October. Tickets are cheap and live on RA, hope to see you there :)

September '23

October '23

Working on a bunch of side projects at the moment, one of which gives me the opportunity to record this mix in a pretty cool secret location somewhere in Central London.

Went a bit harder and faster for this one considering the setting. Deffo worth giving the video version a watch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TpJIzPxL0A

November '23

Starting off the year with deeper sounds to settle into the winter months.

January '24

March '24

Coming off the back of Lukas Wigflex closing the day portion of the party in the garden, we headed inside as it became clear it was time to bring some energy.

Catch me next at Friends of Friends festival, Winchester in a couple weeks.

Luca Gaffe

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