26.5 September

HÖR - Love On The Rocks - Alex Kassian - September 19 2022

Sunset at Ooranook festival on the 5th October 2024.

Sunset at Ooranook

@fais-le-beau
He/Him

Drummy start, silly tech house and happy ending!
I hope it takes you on a sexy ride!





MARICAS n.82 - Fais Le Beau

@natalie-robinsonx
House in all it’s forms that’s what Natalie is all about. Raised in a multiculutural household, Robinson grows into a cultural connection to Gospel, Funk, Soul, R&B and traditional Ghanaian music. Roots that built the foundation for her aesthetic and raucous DJing style delivering a virtuous blend of house music.

In this 1-hour mix she takes you into some deep, sunny and pumping house music with some raw, sexy & dusty edges exactly the way we love it! 
Thanks so much Natalie<3 

Track highlight:
Let It Go – Toka Project (Highlight)

“Let It Go” by Toka Project is one of the first records I bought when I started collecting. This track touched something in me and gave me a feeling of calm, warmth, and connection.

The groove is deep and steady, the chords are jazzy and soulful. There’s a softness in it, but also strength. It creates space to breathe, to feel, to let go.

It’s one of those tracks that doesn’t try too hard – it just flows. It reminded me of what music can do. That’s why it’s a highlight for me.

Natalie Robinson...IsBurning #168

Next up on the GROOVE Podcast is Bennet (@bennet_bb). Go to bit.ly/BennPod for interview and track list.

GROOVE Podcast 461 – Bennet

Baka G at Ring, Horst Arts & Music 2025

Dropping in like a bat out of a high place (and definitely worth the wait) is 4 throbbing hours from professional hype man/producer/DJ @glenstefani
Scattered with brainwave samples and rolling through high NRG sex appeal, let your teeth and feet get into it.

LIVE AT FANDANGO - Glen S

Sarayu is a key figure amidst the Bangkok underground and remains pivotal in the progression of the scene. As the co founder of More Rice records he has been pivotal in releasing music from locals and broadening the reach of music from Thailand. He works tirelessly and also produces his own music alongside involvement in Bar Temp and Bangkok Community Radio.

He keeps busy.

This mix demonstrates his prowess as a DJ and what a mix it is.

Weaving between different variations of house music, this one is perfect for the hot, sticky summer and is packed with feel good moments and deep groves galore.

Sarayu: The Ransom Note Mix

Check out the Intro mix:
https://soundcloud.com/re-flectionuk/isla-intro-mix-elevated-state?si=7941008dfce741e6ab9549bb47434ac8&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Isla (Extended mix) [Elevated State Recordings]

Melodism

@andrasfox recorded live on the uno rooftop, march 11 2017.

up for a limited time only. 

www.unodanceclub.com

www.unodanceclub.com

András Live @ UNO Rooftop Garden, March 2017

Video here > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3FHEv4n5Rs :)

Jamie Tiller @ HÖR (Berlin) 15.10.2020

As the year winds to long overdue a halt, we called on local Berlin DJ, Love On The Rocks favourite and all round class act @alexkassian to supply us with one of his finest blends, rewinding to the dawning age of early morning trance hypnotics and big outdoor breaks with splashes of dream house for the tired minds.

We linked up via the Internet to speak about Alex' latest musical endeavours, touching base on the @opalsunn collab and @planetsundae label he shares with likeminded studio head @hiroakioba.

Click here for our chat with Alex: melbournedeepcast.net/portfolio/alex-kassian

https://planetsundae.bandcamp.com/

@alexkassian
@opalsunn

www.melbournedeepcast.net

Interview

MDC.258 Alex Kassian

The last mix of 2020 comes from Jonah Sharp (@reflecto), electronic mainstay and part of 'Virtual Dreams' as Space Time Continuum. Interview (excerpt) down below.

www.musicfrommemory.com

MFM: Welcome to the series Jonah. Originally from Edinburgh, San Francisco resident since 1992, do you still live in San Francisco?

JS: Actually I recently just moved back to SF after spending most of 2020 in the UK. I had planned to be in Europe for an extended break from the US but Covid saw an end to that and my plans had to change. I miss British and European culture. I have family and friends there so I intend to be back over as soon as I can!

MFM: According to your discography the majority of your output started to shape up right after you moved abroad, in '91. How would you explain this creative outburst? 

JS: Before I arrived in San Francisco i was still figuring out how to produce the music that I wanted to make so when I got here I started to collect gear in earnest - it was a little moment in time when most people thought analog synths and drums sounded shit so I managed to find a TR-909 for $150, a Roland SH101 at the flea market and so on. So yes, suddenly having some decent gear and fun gigs to play was very inspiring! I did feel a kind of creative freedom being so far from South London and the pressures of living there as an artist. SF in the 90’s was very affordable for artists and it gave us the freedom to really focus on the music.
 
MFM: You started your own label Reflective in '93 and had quite a busy release schedule, especially during '95/'96, before it suddenly seemed to stop right after. What happened? 

JS: I started Reflective in '93, the year my first son was born. Flurescence EP was my first solo release and it got noticed around the world so that enabled me to keep putting releases out. With the momentum of the Terence McKenna collab album, things were going pretty well. But what we found was that even though there are lots of amazing labels in the US, it was actually pretty hard to sell them domestically so most of our stock was exported to Europe and Japan. We ended up pressing in the UK and running the label from SF and that presented problems so I had to put the release schedule on hold. At that time I had also signed a deal with Astralwerks so had contractual obligations to deliver albums and tour. It was a very busy time and by 1997 when our second son was born we decided to take a hiatus from the label. Not to say the label is gone forever though!
 
MFM: Flurescence, now found its way to the Virtual Dreams compilation, almost 30 years later. How does it feel that your older music is being re-released and rediscovered by newer generations?

JS: I am very happy and honored to be part of the Virtual Dreams compilation. Yes, there seems to be a bit of attention for this time period of electronic music at the moment, and the chill out thing in general. With so many online resources, everything is discoverable by anyone so all those tiny labels like Reflective that were putting out small runs of 1000 records (that was a small run then) are maybe enjoying some retroactive attention now. 
 
MFM: Does this new interest change your motivation and/or inspiration in the studio maybe?

JS: I follow my own interests and direction when it comes to making music but reaching new audiences has to gratify the artist whose work was made for sharing. My development as an electronic musician has come through thirty years of studio experimentation, initially with hardware and then incorporating digital software. When I made Fluorescence in 1993 there was no computer in my studio, but by the early 2000s San Francisco was the epicenter of computer innovation, people like my friend Josh Clayton were writing amazing software and so I went off on a long exploratory trip to integrate digital technology both in my studio and in my live rig. My aim right now in the studio is the same as always: make sounds and keep the good ones.

MFM Mix 023: Jonah Sharp

As usual in good tradition now here at Trushmix. Cato Canari is back  with another new years mix! Deep, tech, trance, emotional, techno and the harder sounds, surprising like we always get from the Tokyo based Norwegian underground man. Always on point!
A more subtle and darker leaning party oriented mix. Somehow a reflection of this past weird and off year. But there is light in the tunnel! We keep it rolling and we keep it positive!

Again as last years reminder for this year to come as well.
Hope it will be a way better year for everybody. And as always let's keep peace and unity in mind, respect each other and let the good vibes take over for 2021! 100% and more!

Enjoy!

Trushmix.com

Trushmix 169: Cato Canari

Montreal-based DJ, producer and label owner Francis Latrielle, better known as Priori, joins us for the 79th edition of the Phonica Mix Series.

Priori has become a firm favourite of ours here at Phonica over the past couple of years. His releases, which crossover through many electronic genres, from house and techno to IDM and ambient, have been picked up by such labels as Echovolt and Dust E-1’s Dust World in recent years, although much of his musical output, including his phenomenal 2019 album, ‘On A Nimbus’, comes via his own label, NAFF, which he co-runs with fellow Montrealer Ex-Terrestrial.

Head on over to Off The Record to check out the full feature, including an interview, where we talked about his past, present, and future plans, life in lockdown, Montreal’s music scene, and more. Enjoy!

MDC.258 Alex Kassian

Melbourne Deepcast

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