Back to the monthly series after a little holiday break, this mix plays with a bit of dark and light. Some tunes in here that oscillate between melancholy and optimism, dark at times but playful at others. A bit of rumble, a bit of sparkle.

(00:00) Mind Against - Harp [Maeve]
(05:59) Birds ov Paradise - Kajsa [Hypnus Records]
(11:14) Lucas Gonzalez - Brief Chemistry [Seven Villas]
(17:05) Powel - M13 [When We Dip XYZ]
(24:09) David Keno, Jaxson - Fargo (Mass Digital Remix) [Natura Viva In The Mix]
(28:41) Drtinieblas - Funk [Conceptual Deep]
(34:37) Sonido - Searchin [Stay True Sounds]
(37:49) Sascha Dive - Whispering Voices [Bondage Music]
(43:47) North Phase - Sun Raves (Maher Daniel Remix) [Body Movement]
(50:03) Portable - Ripple Effect [Circus Company]
(54:00) Helios - Our Distance [Ghostly International]

Photo features the work "ShadowPlay" by John Edmark
On view at Heron Arts: https://heronarts.com/exhibition/resonance-in-light

Diffraction: In Shadow

Mark Slee - Diffraction: In Shadow [February 2022]

Paying tribute to Cece Blake is a vexing task. She was such a multi-faceted character, any collection of words (or music) feels like it will be frustratingly incomplete. The longer you spent with Cece, the better you got to know her, the more you came to realize just how much more there was to her story. Rich new chapters with intersecting casts of characters that you didn't even know about. And yet Cece was no chameleon. She existed in many worlds but I never felt that she changed her colors. Quite the opposite, she always knew how to be herself. In hindsight, I think Cece was more like a prism - the colors were always there, if you only knew the angles from which to look.

Things I adored about Cece: her cool confidence, her seemingly effortless and unerring sense of style, her tough-as-nails pride (even if to a fault), her ability to gracefully ignore bullshit, her endlessly patient demeanor, her earnest love and encouragement of artistic expression.

Dance music was the initial force that brought Cece and I into each other's lives, long before we even realized. Years into our friendship, after it had grown well beyond the club, I recall our amusement at digging through online party photos and spotting ourselves unknowingly side by side on the same dance floors, there all along. I never thought of Cece as being the "life of the party." She was too reserved for that, not the type who needed everyone to acknowledge her presence. But she was very much the "soul of the party." Present for the right reasons, letting her energy flow, sensitive to the experience of others, available for connection without ever demanding attention. And yes, every once in a while finding the right moments to let it rip.

There is just too much music to pick from, and this mix is definitely not an attempt to express or summarize Cece's tastes. Honestly, Cece might find this a bit too sappy. Some of the tracks and artists in here I do know were very special to her, but mostly this mix is just about my fondness for her and the loving energy that she shared with so many of us, which I miss very much and will always remember.

Mix titled after the poem by Maya Angelou:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48985/phenomenal-woman

(00:00) Gus Gus - Believe (16B Remix) [4AD, 1996]
(07:05) Lawrence vs. Seth Troxler - Miles in Aphrika (youANDme Edit) [CUTZ, 2010]
(13:26) Chelonis R. Jones - One And One [Get Physical, 2002]
(19:19) Omid 16B feat. Morel - Escape (Driving To Heaven) (Omid's Epic Vocal Mix) [Hooj Choons, 2001]
(27:30) Karen Overton - Your Loving Arms (Martin Roth Extended NuStyle Remix) [Armada Electronic Elements, 2017]
(34:25) Amber - Anyway (Steve Porter Mix 1) [Bedrock, 2003]
(38:36) Underworld - Two Months Off [UMC, 2002]
(46:41) Chaos in the CBD - I'm Losing You [Youngunz, 2012]
(51:40) Bent - Always (Ashley Beedle's Mahavishnu Remix) [Ministry Of Sound / Sport, 2001]
(59:14) Aphex Twin - Avril 14th [Warp, 2001]

In Memoriam: Phenomenal Woman [Remembering Cece Blake]

Mark Slee - In Memoriam: Phenomenal Woman [Remembering Cece Blake]

Melodischer Grind

Sometimes, it's necessary to take things as they come. This also applies to track speeds. It's quite nice to play them at their original tempo. Enjoy this set, which has inherited its name from an exceptionally beautiful song by Lucio Battisti.

Prendila cosi  - Mix 2024

Super nice to play a bunch of music from friends both released and unreleased during this cut from my set warming up the floor on a housier tip, shooting straight from the hip.

Recorded at Kater Blau 2024 Zapped Records Showcase

I'm a Gold Digger, Baby! 🖤

United Freaks of Frequencies, it's the shared love for the hottest and most banging tunes, what sparks our hearts and brings us together, sharing the message .... and the message is bass ;) with a hint of love and passion and quite some wonderful madness.
Buuuut I would absolutely shine less, if my friends along the way wouldn't have let me gold dig in their magnetic treasures and get aways mingling with their biggest and most mesmerising nuggets.
That's my story, ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ gold digging my life through time and space, through hard (heart) drives and clouds of other frequency freaks... and here I am, guided my own inner MAD MUSE ... and enjoying gold digging and being gold digged in return ... because actually, that's where the magic happens ... bada boom tz tz tz booom boom tz tz ... and it seems to be our love language anyway 🖤

Show me your playlist and I tell you who you are ;)

So baby, do we dance!?

@zmadzmusez

9:00 – 10:00pm
Monthly on the third Saturday

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Drippin in Gold w/ [MADMUSE] - 21.09.24

Louboutins (Red Soul)

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Magik Deep - Day Dream (Manuel Costela remix)

M.I.L.L.O & Lars - 'Gloomy Walk'.

July 2016.

https://soundcloud.com/millicamilli
https://soundcloud.com/lars_neubert

Gloomy Walk

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M.I.L.L.O & Lars - Gloomy Walk

On New Year’s Eve,  we had something very special. 150 invited guests. 5 hours of never-ending journey by @FlorianRietze, and, of course, a kaleidoscope of endless emotions that made the night the best thing that could happen to the family in the very beginning of 2018.

photos: goo.gl/DTj9AX

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illustration by: Khoren Matevosyan
sound engineer: Levon Navasardyan, Samvel Saryan

music session at Rambalkoshe

Florian Rietze - "Familie"  @ RAMBALKOSHE

Manjumasi · Listed · Seven Villas · Cityfox
Kindisch · Everything Will Be OK · Cosmic Society
Booking: gunita@listedbookings.com
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Intricate grooves, dreamy textures, playful whimsical bounce. Over the course of an electronic music obsession more than 20 years strong, Mark Slee has evolved a deep musical style that reflects a unique personality, blending intuition and introspection with a methodical approach to production and curation.

Fully committed to digging the troves of modern dance music, Slee aims to uncover releases that stand out. His monthly mix show on Proton Radio showcases his discoveries, with over 100 mixes presented in the past decade. In 2016, Slee joined forces with musical partner Atish to form the label Manjumasi. Debuting with his own Nocturne Belle EP, Manjumasi celebrates quirky dance music that explores new territory without forgetting the dance floor. Beyond Manjumasi, Slee's original productions and remixes have been released on such imprints as Cityfox, Seven Villas, Kindisch, Everything Will Be OK, Sound Avenue, Lost Diaries, Cosmic Society, Magician On Duty, Nugget, Where the Heart Is, Proton Music, and more. In addition to regular appearances on his San Francisco home turf, Slee's style has earned him DJ sets in notable locales, such as Kater Blau and Sisyphos in Berlin, Cityfox in New York, and Robot Heart.

Since 2016 Slee has also been developing immersive, spatial audio-visual production tools for systems of up to 32 channels via Envelop. Notable live performances with Envelop include MUTEK.SF and FORM Arcosanti.