Dembou captures a collision of heat and grit. @Funka channels the pulse of Latin percussion into a framework built for late-night floors, where raw rhythms lock in with weighty low-end pressure. The grooves stay tight and propulsive, yet there’s a darker edge threading through the production, giving each drop a sense of urgency. The result is a hybrid that feels both ancestral and forward-leaning—roots in motion, basslines twisting, energy rising. Dembou stands as a sharp statement of Funka’s sound: instinctive, pulsing, and unmistakably alive.

Dembou

Links

Funka - Naquever

IBT (Izolyatsiya Bez Tebya)

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* FULL INTERVIEW :  https://boltingbits.com/mixed-by-ciel

Our next Mixed By comes from Toronto-based DJ, producer, and community organiser: Ciel. You might recognise the name Ciel via her Discwoman affiliation, or you might have read all about her on Resident Advisor’s Breaking Through. You might have listened to her record released on Shanti Celeste’s Peach Disc last year. You might have heard about her inclusivity and safer spaces work in Toronto through her projects Work In Progress and It’s Not U It’s Me. Or else, you might have simply just seen her name plastered on bills all across Europe and North America non-stop this summer. 

The mix she kindly recorded for us, self-titled “My House Is Prog House”, is an hour or so of pleasantly tuneful yet decisively hard-hitting rave music. It’s an elated flurry of uplifting trancey keys, feel-good euro-dance vocals, shuffley breaks and hard-house basslines, all sandwiched between a dramatically poignant climax at open and close. 

Listen to the mix whilst reading Ciel’s reflection on touring, promoting and producing over the past year… then dance, shed a singular tear doused in pure euphoria, and dance even harder.

INTERVIEW.

MIXED BY/ Ciel

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Ghetto Opera - Nicholas Ft Nikki O 
Stars - Naomi Daniel 
Moxas Theme - Osulande 
I Never Knew Love - Chez Damier
Idris Rises - Mateo & Matos 
Modularity - Cignol 
Love / Change - Soul Connection
Love Is On My Side - Walt J

Peer 2 Peer for Riley (Post Iso)

Hannah D is the manager behind the impressive The Space Between Us imprint, a label becoming one of our country’s finest. Her penchant for unearthing new talent is second to none, and in 2020 alone she has signed some of the most forward-thinking electronic music to come out of Australia. In her hometown of Brisbane, she is a DJ known for a diverse selection of dance music that is always engaging and highly interesting. For this mix, she has chosen a more reflective mood in line with the pressing times we’re all in.

@hld
@thespacebetweenus

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Wes Baggaley - 28 October 2020

Sleepy Snoozy Vol. 1
Buy Now: https://mangomangomango.bandcamp.com/releases
100% Proceeds to Waterford Solas Centre

Tracklist:
Heathered Pearls - ASMR Exhaustion (Ghostly International)
Manmade Deejay - Amone (Mango)
Pedrodollar - Mer Orgelwhine 3 2020 (unreleased)
Bibio - Phantom Brickworks III (Warp)
Ulla Straus - Billow (Quiet Time)
Billow - The Glade (Unreleased)
Billow - Cashmere Bloom (Unreleased)
Space Ghost - Forest Dub (Tartlet)
Emily Kokal - Hymn (Self Released)
Omar Santis - Tranquillo (Mango)
Emily A. Sprague - Star Gazing (RVNG INTL.)
Meitei - Nami (Métron Records)
Veranda Culture - Potential of we (Veranda Culture)
Pedrodollar - 4-Ever-2.mp3 (Mango)

NTS Sleepy Snoozy w/ Bill Mango (03/12/2020)

As we reach the 10th episode in our mix series, label father @jordannocturne steps up to the plate with an hour of eclectic sounds and positive energy. 

Let's dance our way into the new year.💛

From Belfast With Love. 🌙

Art: @coccomio

Nocturne Series 010: Jordan Nocturne

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