~ DJ Aakmael [USA] ~

Richmond-based veteran DJ Aakmael was born to a trombonist father and a singer mother, which inevitably led him grow up in a jazz-and-funk-led environment. At the age of 16, he got his start behind the decks, playing everything from hip-hop and RnB to jazz and reggae at house parties and school jams, before getting into house thanks to Inner City's huge tune 'Big Fun'. On a mission to steadily educate the ears of his audience, he could have easily been part of those Founding Fathers of House who have devoted their life to producing and curating some of the best house vibes to date. Aak is mainly known for producing underground hard-hitting deep and raw house, assuredly filled with a touch of melancholy and nostalgia. Today, he no longer has anything to prove as his track record is as long as your arm; he first started to release records in the early 2000s on top dance labels like Note Grooves or Axe on Wax, before creating his own imprint UnXpozd Entertainment. Besides, he has been regularly gracing worldwide dance floors such as ://about:blank (Berlin), Fáklya Klub (Budapest) or Output (NY) alongside house geniuses including Patrice Scott or Kai Alcé.

Living up to his reputation, Aak has been extremely picky when putting his tracks together for this mix in order to uphold his standards. Today, he is delivering mellow but serious house grooves from Demuir, Local Options or Satoshi Tomiie. This could definitely be your new summer chill soundtrack!

DJ Aakmael’s latest crush: Hiatus Kaiyote - Mood Valiant

Our team’s recommendations: Spreadsomluv [People of Earth], Dubb 3 [Poker Flat Recordings], Untitled91 [ANMA Records]

s. // @djaakmael
f. // www.facebook.com/djaakmael/
i. // www.instagram.com/djaakmael/
b. // www.djaakmael.bandcamp.com/

038 ~ plastic/vibes x DJ Aakmael 🇺🇸

NTS just recently aired this mix, which is a special one for us, as this was recorded right after our first show after the reopening of Heideglühen here in Berlin. Such a mind blowing experience!

A few days later still buzzing from the energy of that gig, we went thru our bags and laid down this mix.

hope you enjoy! 🎶❤

Finally got our copies of BASIC INSTINCT, for the top 3 tracklist contributors here on soundcloud, we are giving away 3 signed copies. 

mixed with 3xMK2 and El Capistan delay.

You can listen to the full show including an interview of us talking about our new record and our favorite pinball machine here: https://soundcloud.com/user-637448757/rhythm-section-010622?in=sessionvictim/sets/session-victim-tracks-and-sets

NTS Summer 2022 Mix

Fred P (Soul People Music)
Date / Friday 16 December 2016
22:00 - 06:00
Venue / Breakfast Club
Rothschild 6, Tel Aviv,
Israel  Israel

TASCAM DR-100MK2

Fred P At Breakfast Club (Tel Aviv)

BYRON THE AQUARIUS IS THE JAZZ HOUSE VIRTUOSO MAKING AN IMPACT

http://mixmag.net/feature/byron-the-aquarius-is-the-jazz-house-virtuoso-making-an-impact/

Full feature

Impact: Byron The Aquarius

live @ the lot radio, nyc (02.08.17) 100% unreleased

Most of the recording from the Lionoil 3rd birthday, when our big pal fae Heidelberg @move-d came along to play a one on, one off b2b with @telfort.

There were party hats, lots of balloons, a few bottles of Rioja and plenty of smiles.

┌( ಠ‿ಠ)┘

Move D B2B Telfort: Lionoil 3rd Birthday @ Bongo Club, 8th December 2017

Uploaded to commemorate the release of my new Lockdown House E.P. on @ausmusic, check out this set recorded live at a hot and sweaty  @about-blank-berlin @toysberlin event last September!

Marquis Hawkes at TOYS, ://About Blank, Berlin, 13.09.2019

Pervasions Pt 3

* TRACKLIST & INTERVIEW: https://boltingbits.com/mixed-by-jimspter/
* Pre-order next Jimpster's release: https://freerangerecords.bandcamp.com/album/smile-for-a-while

''As we touched a bit on my early influences in the interview I thought it’d be good to revisit some of my favourite early 90’s techno/electro/IDM for an all vinyl mix.  The kind of tracks you might have heard played by Colin Dale and Colin Faver back in the day, and perfect for a late night/early morning drive home from Moondance or Elevation as the sun rises.  Enjoy!'' Jamie



Jimpster (Jamie Odell) is one of the most renowned DJ’s in the world of house music, and his name has been synonymous with the scene since the 90’s. Over his career, Jimpster leveraged his musical-upbringing to craft remarkably tasteful productions, ranging from deep house, chilled-out downtempo and acid jazz. Jimpster’s catalogue features an impressive seven albums and countless EP’s, managing to never sacrificing quality which signals a creative output that is a pipe dream for most artists. When he isn’t behind the decks or in the studio, Jimpster is busy running his two record labels, Delusions of Grandeur and Freerange Records.In celebration of Jimpster’s upcoming ‘Smile for a While EP’ on his very own Freerange Records, we were lucky enough to have him on for a special edition of MIXED BY. 

Check out the interview with Jimpster below to catch a glimpse into his career as an artist, his labels, and his creative process.

INTERVIEW.

MIXED BY/ Jimpster

Moodymann Live @ RBMA Rollerskating Jam, The Renaissance Rooms, London - 04-03-2010 2

FROM THE ARCHIVES - 2016

Brothers Ben and Louis Helliker-Hales had somewhat of an international breakthrough year in 2015 after releasing stellar EPs as Chaos In The CBD on Church and Peckham staple Rhythm Section International. Both demonstrated the pair’s penchant for starry-eyed, jazz-inflected deep house. 

Interview & tracklist: http://www.stampthewax.com/2016/01/14/stamp-mix-54-chaos-in-the-cbd/

Interview & Tracklist

Stamp Mix 54: Chaos In The CBD

Mark Hawkins is a studio based musical artist with a career spanning more than 25 years.

Cutting his teeth in the UK underground party scene throughout the 90s, he has built an extensive body of work collaborating with a wide variety of record labels and artists, in numerous styles of electronic music under many different aliases, including his given name.

After two and a half decades of performing both as a live electronic act, and as a DJ, at many events around the world, which had included many of the most well known clubs and festivals, he decided to narrow his focus down to his main passion of writing, producing and engineering music in his Berlin studio, working on both his own material, and as a sonic “gun for hire”, assisting other artists in achieving their own aspirations in the studio environment.

Mark is a reclusive character who is more interested in sculpting sound, and searching for the perfect beat than promoting his own work, and as such declines to participate in the social media world which dominates contemporary culture.

Preferring to immerse himself in the world of audio manipulation, he has become a go-to studio engineer amongst those in the know, who want their own sound to take on a more professional sheen, or even a more retrospective aesthetic that relates to music from days gone by. 

But this has in no way slowed down his own output of material, in fact, without the distraction of unwanted self promotion or touring, he has been able to place an increased emphasis on crafting exactly the kind of music he wants to create for himself.

Looking ahead, Hawkins will continue to forge his own path via his artistry, blending styles and blurring the boundaries between genres, and will inevitably in the process discover and create exciting new works.

Marquis Hawkes at TOYS, ://About Blank, Berlin, 13.09.2019

Mark Hawkins

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