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"Downtown Calling expresses the diversity of the sonic influences that music had on Jean-Michel Basquiat’s life.  
 
The mix is created around references from his works, with hints to Miles Davis, Max Roach, and Duke Ellington. It takes inspiration from photos testifying of his encounters with Anna Domino, Lizzy Mercier Descloux, James Chance, Vincent Gallo, strolling through Downtown New York in the 80s, and to what I imagine Basquiat might have heard on the radio and in clubs, with tunes from Rammellzee, Arthur Russel, The Last Poets, and other tracks that touched me personally and needed to be featured. 
 
Like a soundscape wandering from Jazz to No Wave, from early Rap to cinematic passages, the mix is punctuated by interludes of Gray, the music project of which Jean-Michel Basquiat was a member and that created experimental, underground, and poetic music." 

A few words from Aurélien Arbet, Founder and Artistic Director of Études, author of this special mix.

Miles Davis - In a silent way 
Gray - Ba da da
Anna Domino - Everyday, I don’t
Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Hard Boiled Babe
Vivien Goldman - Launderette
James White and The Blacks - Almost Black (Pt. 2)
Gray - Wig
The Last Poets - New York, New York
Liquid Liquid - Cavern
Arthur Russell - This is how we walk on the moon
Rammellzee, K-Rob - Beat Bop (Edit)
Max Roach - Lonesome lover
Dorothy Ashby - The moving fingers
Gray - The man who
Throbbing Gristle - Tanith
The Durutti Column - Sketch for summer
Rosa Yemen - Nina con un tercer ojo
Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Torso corso
Gray - I know
Vincent Gallo - Was
Sun Ra - Flamingo (Arkestra, 1978)

Études Downtown Calling

Refuge Wolrdwide /Deep House Tehran / Katayoun

After a couple of months off, El Commodino returns for the last mix of 2023 courtesy of Alexandria's low-profile DJ and main techno head, SANAFAWY. Stepping away from his fast, propulsive techno into an older-school slow and sexy groove, giving us an hour of house, EBM, synthwave and much much more.

Unknown Album

El Commodino: Solofan invites SANAFAWY 19/12/2023

CURRENTS

Sanafawy... in a garden - 09.12.2024

WEIRDO

An hour that bridges themes of psychedelia, melancholy, and nostalgia, with records from different eras and cultures, unfolding into a highly dystopic ending.

SANAFAWY on Radio Alhara 22/12/2024

Experienced Producer, DJ and Musician! After many years of producing together with and for various artists and projects, I'd love to present my first solo project: MONO SOLO! Hope you guys enjoy! *LOOKING FOR LABEL*

Whisper Grass (Live Studio Edit) demo version *looking for label*

Oneohtrix Point Never smashes together some of his favorite soundtrack moments on his second FACT mix.

For more information and tracklist head here: http://www.factmag.com/2017/11/13/oneohtrix-point-never-fact-mix-good-time/

FACT Mixes

FACT mix 627 - Oneohtrix Point Never (Nov '17)

The 22nd System 108 podcast was recorded by Artem Kryuchkov aka El at test5. Artem is the co-founder of St Petersburg promo-formation and label Roots United, he is an tireless digger and a notable musical terrorist who accidentally can smash the morning dancefloor with a couple of pulpy jungle tracks.

https://soundcloud.com/untitledel

CURRENTS

SANAFAWY

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