Sassy J takes us on a ‘Quest’ traversing a colourful landscape of warm grooves and intriguing rhythms. We caught up with her to see how the recent year has affected her approach and perspective. Whilst describing the mix, she said ‘It’s a reflection of what I felt within the last year: The dense dynamic of different moods. Facing the turmoil around. Navigating and taking action. The quest to the omni-potential that is you and surrounds us’.

Check out the full tracklist and interview with Sassy J here: https://oddysee.fm/podcasts/sassy-j/

https://soundcloud.com/sassyj

Interview

Oddysee 027 | 'The Quest' by Sassy J

https://www.nts.live/shows/jamie-tiller/episodes/jamie-tiller-10th-may-2021 (:

NTS Radio Show - Episode 22

Rinse FM Podcast

Download

Hessle Audio feat. Ben UFO with Ehua (Nervous Horizon) - 06 September 2021

Live from Lost Village www.lostvillagefestival.com

Lost Village 28th August 2021

Royksopp - Here She Comes Again

Electric Counterpoint  III. Fast - RYXP's Milde Salve

Patch 3

Listening mix recorded exclusively for Radio Student

Matt Didemus - exclusive set for Radio Student

Hailing from the city of Bern it's the always colorful Sassy J (@sassyj) with her musical message in the shape of mix contribution number 18. Interview (excerpt) down below.

www.musicfrommemory.com

MFM: Hi Judith, welcome to the series. How is your day so far? How do you normally start your day?

SJ: Good! The sun is shining, its summer and I am exited about the Mix. Thank you for inviting me to do this! I normally start my day with a rap and a spicy spring roll. After that I head straight into a whistle battle with the birds, if I have enough discipline I do a Spanish crossword , some exercise on my plastic carpet, then water the flowers and preparation of my breakfast. 

MFM: This pandemic came by surprise for most of us, leaving many uncertainties for the future. You seem like a spiritually grounded and calm person. How did you cope with this new and unexpected situation?  

SJ: It was a challenge, but also a gift to be more present in the moment, to take it slow and take it day by day. To trust and not worry. Deal with the fears, the issues, the old patterns as an individual, within your close circle, within your surrounding, in the society, in the global happenings and the virtual reality. A chance to feel, reflect, be quiet, disconnect, reconnect, observe, give thanks, change, adapt, envision new perspectives and infinite possibilities. 

MFM: Do you manage to still focus on music and art, whether it being in a different way maybe? What are you working on these days? 

SJ: I focus on music and art everyday - its everywhere and I can’t imagine life without it. I had a bicycle accident at the end of April and was forced keep still until the beginning of June. I had to rest a lot, which is not the easiest thing for me. After I was less tired I was reading a lot, getting inspiration, doing research. Writing down ideas, thoughts, that nurture the process of creating textile creations, audio journeys and ideas for the future. I am working on different textile pieces. I’ve listened to a lot of records and researched for new music online. Just did five exclusive Mixes for the National Radio, which was the fist time ever and meant a lot to me.

MFM: Have you found comfort in making mixes, especially since dance floors got locked? Is it an important outlet for you? 

SJ: Its my passion and craft to find music that moves me and create an uplifting, imagination triggering, inspiring and reinforcing audio journey that I like to listen again and again. There’s usually plenty of messages in my mixes. They have a either a theme or a title. It starts with something on my mind that I want to share with the world. A story I want to tell. A message that I want to spread. Or then this specific mix I want to be able to listen: A tape to put into the walkman and head off to an adventure! The kitchen tape for my mother to chop and wiggle. The perfect mix for the perfect situation. I always loved that. Since its summer I wanted this mix to be a dreamy, lush and hazy journey with an ultimate summer feeling to it. 

MFM: Any suggestions for how, where and when to listen to it best? 

SJ: On a sweet summer morning, on a hot summer day, on a lush summer evening. In a room with open windows and a good sound system drinking an ice-cold lemonade with big ice cubes,  meditating, origami folding, doing a tropical island puzzle, drawing, writing a poem or a letter, free dance improvisations… On your favorite headphones outside: laying on the gras in the sun, bouncing in a hammock, relaxing by the river or the sea, eating a coconut raspberry ginger ice cream, driving through the countryside, going on a long walk with a big hat… In general: Any time you need a hug, clear the head, come down & get reenergized.

https://sassyj.net/

MFM Mix 018: Sassy J

https://soundcloud.com/zarabat/call-super-zarabat
Call Super is the primary moniker of Joseph Richmond Seaton, a DJ and musician from London who has carved out his own place in the landscape of electronic music.

Call Super is the primary moniker of Joseph Richmond Seaton, a DJ and musician from London who has carved out his own place in the landscape of electronic music. Defined by a meticulous approach to the composition, production, art direction and presentation of his work, every release encapsulates Joseph’s idiosyncratic vision. It is a colourful world that gives life to the shadows and throws a mist over the boundaries that have become so commonplace in electronic music.

His record The Present Tense provided the launching point for Houndstooth (the label arm of London’s fabric nightclub). The following two releases, Black Octagons and Depicta/Acephale, cemented his status as one of the brightest new talents to emerge in the current wave of producers disturbing the musical landscape. Next up came Suzi Ecto, his debut album, which was widely regarded as one of the standout long players of 2014. Described by Pitchfork as one of “the most evocative sound worlds that the genre has seen” it featured in many annual polls from WIRE magazine to Resident Advisor, topping those at XLR8R and Juno Plus.

Alongside his work as Ondo Fudd for influential label The Trilogy Tapes, his collaboration with Beatrice Dillon for Hessle Audio and two releases for Dekmantel, he has been compared to Ricardo Villalobos, Jon Hassell and Brian Eno. His second LP Arpo arrived in 2017 and was greeted to similar praise to his first, with The Guardian hailing it as “outstanding” and DJ magazine naming it Album of the Year.

This all stands alongside Seaton’s revered work as a DJ. His esteemed entry into the Fabric mix CD canon “brought to mind one of Salvador Dali’s famous clock faces—at almost every quarter-hour a tactile shift takes place, where sounds seem to melt away, revealing a strange new psychic space.” [Pitchfork]. This deft ability to craft sets known for their hypnotic intensity and musical breadth has brought him across the world and been recently showcased on BBC Radio 1’s The Essential Mix. His versatility is seen in the range of his schedule, from headline slots at Sónar festival’s 25th anniversary in Barcelona, to his regular appearances at the Golden Pudel, Hamburg’s famous sweatbox and Berlin’s Panorama Bar. He is a natural musical communicator pushing on in his own world, a world that has guided Call Super outwards and upwards.
#callsuper #zarabat #zarabattehran #iran #blacklivesmatter #playlist #2020

CT2

Mohammad Ebrahimi

Related tracks