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In the first week of September we're heading to the beautiful scenery of Tisno, Croatia, to celebrate the first edition of Dekmantel Selectors. In the run up to the festival, we've launched a new temporary podcast-series where we invite ten of our selectors from the festival to dig deep in their unique collections. The idea behind the mix is to create a Time Document, focusing on a specific period of time with the artist being free in choosing this period. This period could in fact entail anything: a certain decennia, the time he or she fell in love, The Cold War, November ’92 – March ’93, or the rise of Nigerian music. It’s up to the Selectors to choose and tell us a story based on their music collection.

Our next Selectors Podcast is created by the UK based Andy Votel, who we’ve been admiring for the work he has been putting out with his highly anticipated Finders Keepers Records. 2015 marks the 10th anniversary of the renowned label, a seemingly tireless imprint which at this point has archived a wide array of psychedelic, jazz, folk, funk music and more from over six decades and across forty different countries. As a co-head of the Finders Keepers operation, Votel (who has also enjoyed a long, prolific career as a DJ and producer) brings a similar passion for disparate sounds to his sets, full of exotic tracks you've never heard before and will likely never hear again.

Votel's love for Turkish records is a well-known thing, and his connection with the country is a truely special one. Votel: "I first discovered Turkish psych in a Dusseldorf bookshop in the late nineties, and was amazed by the loud fuzz guitar which I later learned was a Saz. Since then I have been fascinated with the nations truly alternative approach to pop-music via psych, funk, electronics, surf and disco as well as their total genuine independence from the Western music industry."

Altough his love for this music is a well-known thing, he has never made a mix that fully consists of Turkish. Until now. "I spent a lot of time searching for heavy prog, but after introducing the work of Selda to the wider world via our Finders Keepers label, my obsession with the Turkish female vocals and synthesizers has become more of an unwanning obsession than a passing penchant. Various magazines and festivals have asked me to do a Turkish Mixtape over the years, but his finally seemed like the right opportunity. I’ve been waiting years to do this mix, so it’s very close to my heart."

Votul continues. "The mix is called 'To The Davul A Daughter Vol.1’ and consists of two hours of exclusively obscure ‘Anatolian Femme Funk’. This mix is also dedicated to the people of Turkey who have shown major enthusiasm and encouragement in Finders Keepers activities, via both record digging and parties, which remains globally unrivaled to me. The recent tension and hardships the country has had to face will never destroy the spirit of a nation which continues to dance to the unshakable beat of its own Davul.”

Selectors Podcast 007 - Andy Votel

After starting the mini Dekmantel Selectors podcast series two years ago, it feels like a tradition to bring this back to life again in anticipation of the third edition in August. In the next couple of months, we will release 6 podcasts by some of the exciting artists from the line-up. This year’s podcasts challenges the artists to work around a theme or idea they picked theirselves. First up: French/Belgian selector Raphaël Top-Secret.

Raphaël Top-Secret is known for his notorious digging skills, which he prefers to put in practice at the best Parisian record stores or unknown flee markets. In his earlier days, he used to dj frequently with Antinote label boss Zaltan, touching on everything in between balearic, boogie, reggae, world music, disco and house. As a producer, Raphaël’s work is remarkable too — his ‘Love So High’ EP dropped in 2016 on the same label and three dance floor gems we still can’t get enough of. It should come as no surprise that we’re more than happy to have Raphaël joining us not only for Dekmantel Selectors, but also for Lente Kabinet later in May.

For us, he put together a special mix that covers and touches on many genres. Raphaël on is own podcast for us: "This mix going from 90s hip-hop and R&B to downtempo, house and tropical dance. Overall, it's stuff that I recently found out about and that I really wanted to incorporate in a mix. Beside that, it includes long time favorites as well. I only had two days to do the mix, so the approach was more spontaneous - it was quite fun to do as I was less prepared and just went with the flow. Hope you'll like the vibe and see you in Tisno!".

Selectors Podcast

Selectors Podcast 017 - Raphaël Top-Secret

Paramida is a breath of fresh air on the Berlin scene. Her sound and style goes against the dark, mono-chromatic, machine made music of most of the city and instead heads in a more colourful and Balearic direction. She pushes a bright and emotional sound, and runs the Love on the Rocks label with a similar aim. She calls herself ‘Berlin’s most hated’ but surely isn’t, instead she’s picking up ever more fans because of her “discofied tropical leanings” and passion for unusual house music. 

And you can expect plenty of that in her podcast. It soundtracks a slow awakening with retro synths drawing you into, and jumbled grooves ranging from dreamy to sunset in style. The overall vibe is one a late eighties house party in Ibiza with plenty of curveballs and moments of subtle euphoria all included. It’s refreshing alternative to the Berlin sound the world knows and loves, and is a timely and welcome edition to our own series.

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Dekmantel Podcast 176 - Paramida

Hazy summer selections from a Paris digger.

Read more here: https://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?id=632

Resident Advisor podcast

RA.632 Raphaël Top-Secret

Crown Ruler Mix # 8 - Lauren Hansom

Lauren joined the Crown Ruler roster / family at the beginning of the year and has shared a few special parties with us since, including the recent Winter Freedom Time. 

Keeping that party spirit in mind, Lauren lays down a freestyle set for the CR series aimed directly at the dance-floor.

@laurenhansom

Crown Ruler Mix # 8 - Lauren Hansom

Crown Ruler Mix # 9 - La Casa Tropical

Dene & Niall from La Casa Tropical go in deep and b2b for 3.5 hours to bring us the next mix on the CR series.

If you haven't already, go and explore more of their wonderful sounds and discoveries here: https://lacasatropical.bigcartel.com/

Crown Ruler Mix # 9 - La Casa Tropical

► 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

Darcy Justice - MFB

Vintage grooves for warmer climes from the Love On The Rocks boss.

Interview with @paramida:

melbournedeepcast.net/portfolio/paramida

"I was pretty tired, had a cold, was in between cities and had time pressure. Guess I was a bit moody and you can hear it out. But it’s groovy and at the end of the day, it’s all about the groove."

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MDC.201 Paramida

Live recording from the Have A Nice Day Party in Berlin, with Dea Barandana from Bali, Indonesia.

H.A.N.D. MIX 002 -  Dea Barandana

A little preparty mix for our Ten year anniversary party the 1st of december. If you are in stockholm join in! 
https://www.facebook.com/events/1868651993169882/

Bon Valentino - Bon Chance! 10 Year Pre Party Mix

Recording of Mendel's set at Dekmantel Selectors 2018.

Dekmantel Selectors 2018

Mendel at Dekmantel Selectors 2018

Recording of Esa's set at Dekmantel Selectors 2018.

Esa at Dekmantel Selectors 2018

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Interview & Tracklist: http://bit.ly/uvpod057
Spotify: http://bit.ly/uvpod_spotify
iTunes: http://bit.ly/uvpod_itunes

Uncanny Valley Podcast

Interview & Tracklist

UV Podcast 057 - Barbara Boeing

DJ Rick - MFB

Leading on from last month, we’ve another slow-burning and sleazy mix coming courtesy this time of Les Yeux Orange (@les-yeux-orange)– a Parisian duo, famous for their incredibly rich YouTube channel of releases. 
These guys have had their head in the game for a while now, and have truly become pillars of the underground music scene. Dive into this mix of heady slow beats and voodoo sounds, then read their interview. We’re lucky to have ‘em!

Ace & Tate Sounds - guest mix by Les Yeux Orange

Crown Ruler Mix # 10 - Fredfades

Ahead of his debut Australian tour, our multi-talented friend outta Oslo found some time to put down a special mix for the CR series.

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Crown Ruler Mix # 10 - Fredfades

This month we’ve got party starters Tokyo Fantasy taking the lead in our mix series. Cam and “Nervous” Fergus are the self-proclaimed music dork duo from London, whose diverse parties have hosted highly respected names like Tornado Wallace, Secretsundaze, Jamie Tiller, and previous guest mix contributor, Carista.

Whilst they have outgrown their reputation as “perpetual warm up DJ’s”, Cam and Fergus do know how to de-ice a crowd like no other. This is exactly what you’ll hear in this 1 hour 45 mins long mix, developing gradually from smooth-as-Sade tracks, to dubby instrumentals, into boogie, slow Italo, African voodoo, finishing off with some grade A disco. Absolute diggers delight, without any of the pretentiousness. As they say, break out the lambrini and enjoy. 

Arigatōgozaimashita Tōkyō Fantajī!

@tokyofantasy
Q&A: https://www.aceandtate.com/journal/tokyo-fantasy/

Ace & Tate Sounds - guest mix by Tokyo Fantasy

Nu Guinea came together over a love of studio jam sessions. The Berlin based Italians fuse live instrumentals and synthesisers that journey to far corners fo the musical world, from weird disco to exotica, world grooves via ethno rhythms. Their most adventurous work has come in the form of albums on their own NG Records as well as Early Sounds Recordings, one of which found them rewire original Tony Allen drum recordings with their own jazz-funk vibes.

In the mix for us this week they stir up a steamy summer session of boogie bass, township funk and squelchy synth goodness. It’s 90 minutes of storytelling music that speaks of a lifetime of digging deep into local sounds and scenes and stitching them all together with the sort of underlying grooves that transcend boundaries and bring people together under the sun.

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