Up next in the series is a DJ who we have just got so (so) much time for, one of London's most active resident DJs and super selector @santero.

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Q: LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR MIX FOR OUTDOOR TAPES. HOW DID YOU DECIDE ON THE TRACK SELECTION AND WHAT DO YOU SEE AS THE PERFECT SETTING FOR THIS MIX?

This mix was a real pleasure to put together. I love the DJ career I have, but its a funny thing - I rarely if ever get to play the sort of stuff I listen to at home in a DJ set. With this mix, I was able to dig through a corner of my collection that I hold dear, and which to me really evokes the glorious beauty of the outdoors. In particular I wanted to try and capture the magical, almost euphoric, feeling of a sunrise, and the feeling of the undulations of a trek to the top of a peak. There’s a slow pace to my mixing in this mix that is quite different to how I generally play in a club/festival setting, where its a lot faster between songs. I wanted to really let the music reveal itself slowly -  the same way as the day does, as the landscape does, and let the mood of the mix change with that. 

The perfect setting to listen?  I would never be so bold as to say that - its for the listener now, it’ll mean something different to every pair of ears that hears it, and that right there is the beauty of art. 

Q: IN YOUR YEARS OF DJING AND EVENTS, WHICH PLACES AND EXPERIENCES REALLY STAND OUT FOR YOU?

There’s a few - DJing New Year’s Eve at the top of the Shard for several years in a row was amazing. The view at midnight as the city erupts with firework, as far as the eye can see, in every direction, from a 70 storey vantage point… Its like Blade Runner on steroids!

I love a festival - my first Secret Garden Party I played an 11 hour set in the 24 hour bar, from about midnight until nearly midday, I made a lot of friends that night! And the sets I did for Monkey Shoulder there, especially the closing night parties, were always insane! 
One really fun one was in Nairobi, where the club was literally built into this giant tree! And playing at Volar in Hong Kong was amazing - Lone showed up at the end of my set, we went to see Seth Troxler playing round the corner and he played one of my favourite Depeche Mode tracks and I nearly died of happiness!

Q: WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN LISTENING TO RECENTLY THAT YOU'D LOVE TO PLUG (AND DOESN'T FEATURE IN THE MIX)?

I’ve got really into Genius Of Time recently, and everyone needs to be listening to Murkage Dave, dude is a genius. 

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~ TRACK LIST ~

▷ UNKLE - Do Yourself Some Good (Rōnin Throwdown)                
▷ A.A.L (Against All Logic) - Now U Got Me Hooked                                    
▷ JIM - Still River Flow (Generalisation Dub)                  
▷ Andrew Ashong - Flowers                                                
▷ Ron Trent - Melt into you (Feat. Alex Malheiros)                   
▷ YSE SAINT LAUR'ANT - Warm Wind Brewing                                      
▷ Session Victim - Over and Over                                          
▷ Satin Jackets - Mirage                                                 
▷ Bonobo - Flutter                                                
▷ Josh Ludlow - Touch                                                  
▷ KONYE EAST - FATHER STRETCH PT.3 - KON'S DISCO CHEST ™ REMIX
▷ Joakim - Nothing Gold (Todd Terje Mix)                 
▷ Plant Life - when she smiles she lights the sky (4 Hero Remix)      
▷ Andrés - You're Still the One                                   
▷ Sofia Kourtesis - Estación Esperanza (Feat. Manu Chao)                   
▷ Frankey & Sandrino - Acamar                                                 
▷ Oliver Nickels - Velvet Graveyard

Outdoor Tapes E09 | Santero

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