Label chief Kenneth Bager rounds up the very best tracks released this year on Music For Dreams. The compilation will be released digitally on December 29.

'Music For Dreams, Best Of 2023' →https://linktr.ee/musicfordreams

The Copenhagen-based indie label has entered the third decade of its existence as a stronghold in the outer regions of pop and electronic music. The label’s ever eclectic output reflects the taste of its founder and man-in-charge, DJ and producer Kenneth Bager: a man as comfortable with campy sunbathed pop as he is with finespun minimalism and experimental electronic adventures. What is sought here at the Copenhagen offices is music with a personality.

As a showcase of the label’s current operations, Kenneth Bager here compiles the highlights from this year’s releases. “I think the selection of tracks reflects the consistent quality of output we’ve been able to produce. Our music is very eclectic and often outside the codes of conventional taste. But I think that is what sets us apart and why people keep listening to us,” Bager says.

The compilation comprises 25 tracks which run the full spectrum of MFD’s
offerings: from full-bodied Balearic anthems and funk-heavy house pop to
sweeping ambient landscapes and nebulous electronic experiments.

Check out such gems as the warm, cornucopian downtempo of ‘El Malagueño’ from Spanish Be.lanuit’s debut LP; the exquisite repose of Ambala’s ‘Quiet Yellow Purple’; the ethereal melancholia of Hess Is More’s ‘You And Me And Them’, the vulcanic funk of Julie Pavon’s house pop hit ‘Don’t Call Me or the ghostly electro-acoustic echoes of Prins Emanuel’s ‘Västan Vind’.

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The London-based DJ and producer Phil Mison is back in style—by which we mean proper unabashed jazz-&-funk-loaded Balearic-style—with the new single ‘Amor Bailar’ under his Ambala-moniker.

'Amor Bailar' →https://linktr.ee/musicfordreams

The track releases January 12 on Music For Dreams and features a selection of the MFD usual suspects. Young guns WALTHER and OliO have their signature on the programming: a sleek, cruising groove adorned by guitars courtesy of Jonas Krag aka Santino Surfers, and vocals by trio Iyami Aje.

‘Amor Bailar’ comes off Mison’s next album, one of the big projects on the horizon for Music For Dreams.

Supported by Koda’s Cultural Funds and Musik Forlæggerne.

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Music For Dreams are proud to present the first edition of this year’s Copenhagen compilation, a selection of the best tracks from the label’s current releases, dropping Feb 27.

'Copenhagen 2024, Vol. 1' →https://linktr.ee/musicfordreams

Here at MFD we believe in a varied diet—with food as with music. Life has its happy bits and its sad bits, its familiar flavors and weird twists—why shouldn’t your music have the same?

This is something we try to reflect in our Copenhagen series. As always, there’s a little bit of everything. From the sweet, soulful balearica of Pepe Link, Be.lanuit and Ambala to the serene beaty of Troels Hammer and Jacob Gurevitsch to the oblique poise of Julie Pavon and Jamie Porteous.Also featuring music from such great artists as islandman, Hess Is More, Kenneth

Bager, Anders Ponsaing, WALTHER & OliO, Dj Pippie & Willie Graff, Valentin Huedo, Wille, Dalholt, Subnesia, CheapEdits and Santino Surfers.

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Mike Salta & Mortale release their debut album ‘Moloko Island’. Moloko Island is a getaway where good vibes can float freely. An island where only fantasy set the limits.

'Moloko Island' →https://linktr.ee/musicfordreams

It's a collection of tracks, some of which have already been buzzing around the balearic / downtempo scene for a while now. The Album includes the infectious ‘Hey Moloko’ which was picked up by Hot Chip for their splendid Late Night Tales compilation, and the gamers amongst you may have noticed it in the most recent Playstation – Gran Turismo 7 soundtrack. Outro track ‘Bye Moloko’ is a brand new Re-edit of this classic.

The music of Mike Salta aka Gert Nygaard flaunts an eclectic palette, collecting strands from New Orleans funk, 80’s italo disco or Brazilian tropicalia and transforming them into rich and sun-drenched dance music.

The album is produced in collaboration with long-time studio partner Mortale, and is a sumptuous piece of chillout to call on the summer. A full-bodied groove of an album to transport you and soundtrack those sunny days & balmy evenings. Moloko Island concludes a voyage and reconcile an era where electronics and acoustics have been explored and united in the unique sound and vibe Mike Salta and Mortale has strived to unfold…

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A heady, expansive cosmos-exploring piece from Dalholt, released as an addendum to his 2023 album La Vie.

'Infinity' →https://linktr.ee/musicfordreams

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Mikkel Hess, alias Hess Is More, continues the run up to his forthcoming album with the single ‘Sometimes You Get Lucky’, dropping March 26 via Music For Dreams.

‘Sometimes You Get Lucky’ →https://linktr.ee/musicfordreams

Hess recently returned from performing a series of ensemble concerts in New York and now sets his sights on his home of Denmark with several shows lined up, among them a sold out release concert at Hotel Cecil. The album, titled CÆKE, will drop April 23 and sees Hess return as (mostly) solo act.

Trained as a drummer, Hess started Hess Is More as an electronic solo project in the mid 00’s and has since evolved into a larger ensemble featuring musicians from both sides of the Atlantic. Hess Is More has released 10 albums and several EP’s and cross-disciplinary works in a career spanning two decades.

Hess Is More has received high acclaim as a live act, winning multiple awards for their cross-disciplinarian shows that often feature elements of theater and art installation.

Supported by Koda’s Cultural Funds and Musik Forlæggerne.

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Mix24

@highhatartist kicked off the Waves Stage on Friday morning with some groovy eclectic tunes to set the mood for the whole day! 

Warmth and good energy radiates from this set and its very good listening! 

Big Love

- Tabularasa

HIGH HAT @ Waves Retreat Chapter 3 | February 2024

Ventas Rumba

Piccolo

Ezéchiel Pailhès - Piccolo

Phish @ Sphere after party - poolside silent disco in Vegas.

Photo cred to Scott Harris

20240422 Outta Sphere: Vegas Afters

This Weeks Show on MUSIC FOR DREAMS Radio features Be Svendsen, Valentin Huedo, Robag Wruhme, Allah-Las, Copenema, Aussteiger, Herbie Hancock  & Jacob Gurevitsch!

Listen to Music For Dreams Radio on TuneIn, Sonos, musicfordreams.dk or get the Music For Dreams Radio app in your App store : apple.co/2bli4ko ☏

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KENNETH BAGER - MUSIC FOR DREAMS RADIO SHOW - MFD RADIO 17 JUN 19

The label Music for Dreams, initially released in 2001, is a sonic kaleidoscope of musical tones and colours. It is an exciting aural journey from label boss and founder Kenneth Bagers feeling for all things good as manifested in the diverse offsprings of the Music for Dreams label. The label has since its day of birth sold over 2 million albums and its artists have featured on more than 1000 different compilations worldwide. 

Contact: info@musicfordreams.dk
Submissions: jon@musicfordreams.dk
Promolist: oliver@musicfordreams.dk

MUSIC FOR DREAMS WITH KENNETH BAGER
Broadcast on Ibiza Sonica FM
Mondays 10am - 11am UK time 
www.ib​izason​ica.co​m/

KENNETH BAGER - MUSIC FOR DREAMS RADIO SHOW - MFD RADIO 17 JUN 19

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