Music From Memory

Jimi Tenor & Kabu Kabu - Dede (Baumhaus Remix)

We're none too fond of terms like 'selector' here at the figurative 12th Isle HQ. We think it was a shrewd marketing ploy concocted by natural wine bar owners - and possibly the freemasons - who repackaged the spergy single-mindedness of record nerds into something that sounded much more socially agile and cool in order to distract punters from the exorbitant price of nibbles. Thankfully, the time of white label soundtracked £40 sashimi seems to be behind us, and DJing can go back to being obsessives playing odd music made by even odder folk without much in the way of pretence. Someone who encapsulates that kind of energy has very kindly put together a nearly 4 hour long sprawl and has stated that under no circumstances should this mix be enjoyed alongside thinly sliced bits of raw beef and wine with bits in it or there will be hell to pay. Floor Length Skirts for Forecast 79, it's good gear like.

Forecast 079: Floor Length Skirts

Dive into Donna Leake's ever developing taste, drawing sounds from all over the globe and all over the clock including jazz, reggae and psych. 
 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/donna-leake/episodes/donna-leake-1st-september-2025

Donna Leake 010925

Low, slow and sleazy sounds with babyschön, in the studio for the early afternoon shift...  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/soup-to-nuts-babyschon/episodes/soup-to-nuts-babyschon-18th-september-2025

Soup To Nuts w/ babyschön 180925

Virtual Utopia's 16th sonic simulation has been programmed by Cardiff's own sonic scientist Tywi (@tywi) - one of the founding members of record label and party series Haŵs (@hawsmusic). This update is a 2-hour, perfectly paced journey exploring natures charming perfection. Drifting through mellow downtempo intwined with a infectious mycelial groove, and glossy day-dreamers layered with sheets of floating iridescence. Plants dancing in a rythmic symbiosis to the warming basslines and low-slung drum breaks. A soundtrack to orange suns, soft touches and calming energies. Sit and be here... there is plenty of room to breathe. 

Thankyou Eben for contributing to the series <3

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Virtual Utopia 16: Tywi

Vibrant eclecticism from Portuguese selector Mafalda, for two hours every month.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/mafalda/episodes/mafalda-24th-september-2025

Tropic of Love w/ Mafalda 240925

Arkive B2B2B2B vinyl sessions at BLHQ with TAJ [Groovers Ball], 5TR8TCH [No Nonsense Records], DJ DEX [Yaxteq/UR] and host KOSMIK [Black Lodge]. Originally broadcast on https://soundcloud.com/sutrofm and https://soundcloud.com/mutantradio

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BL Radio EP 132: TAJ X 5TR8TCH X DJ DEX X KOSMIK

Settle in for weekly shows from Margeaux aka @marg.mp3, soothing with an hour of selections, offering an eclectic range of sounds old and new. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/margeaux/episodes/margeaux-30th-september-2025

Self Soothe w/ Margeaux 300925

A conversation with Jeff Mills regarding his project Tomorrow Comes the Harvest and Improvisation. 

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https://www.soundcloud.com/russellelbutler 



Russell E.L. Butler in conversation with Jeff Mills @ The Lot Radio 10-07-2025

Gassy’s NTS transmissions are radiophonic arrays of old and new soundwaves, spanning the psychedelic, bass dubs, synth odysseys and rave memories. Simply add a pinch of special herbs and spices and bring to the boil.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/totem/episodes/totem-13th-october-2025

Gassy w/ Khotin 131025

DJ & music supervisor Taylor Rowley forages for the forgotten musical past every month, uncovering soundtracks, psych rock & other treasures.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/the-windmills-of-your-mind/episodes/the-windmills-of-your-mind-15th-october-2025

The Windmills of Your Mind w/ Taylor Rowley 151025

B3 - Michal Turtle - On The Plateau (6:31)

B2 - Michal Turtle - Jovan's Island (6:06)

A4 - Michal Turtle - Dub This Heavy (6:00)

A3 - Michal Turtle - Uiko's Return To Jeka (5:58)

Contribution number ten comes from long time label friend and multi instrumentalist Michal Turtle (@michalturtle). Q&A (excerpt) here below.

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MFM: Hi Mike, how's life in beautiful Swiss? What's the story of you leaving the UK for Switzerland actually?

MT: Life is sweet thanks :)I've been here since the end of 1987, of course it was a lady story that brought me here.

MFM: Do you think that moving places changed you as an artist or maybe your approach to (writing) music?

MT: Once I got here, things quietened down a lot. I found a job in a recording studio, and started working with local heroes, some of whom I still do work for. The music scene here, compared to what I was used to in London is very low key, and I soon found quite a lot of time for writing my own stuff. The public has yet to hear (maybe one day) my early 90s output, but I carried on much in the same vein as the London years, albeit with improved technology. (this was my bronze age 
output, as opposed to the stone age London recordings)

MFM: Imagine if your inspiration or motivation ever runs dry, what place would you move to in order to find new?

MT: Geographically, it doesn't seem to matter to me where I work, if I'm on the road or on a long plane flight, I can work just as easily. If I don't have a (piano) keyboard, the writing style changes a little, and becomes more mathematical perhaps.

MFM: You have quite a background in musical education, correct? If you'd have to name one thing studying academically has taught you and which you still value today, what would it be?

MT: For much of the work I have ended up doing, I am grateful for my studies in orchestration and notation. I have written (physical) orchestral parts for real players, and they always worked just fine, and sounded as I imagined.

MFM: Experiment seems to play a vital role in your music, which never sounds the same and always rich of unconventional textures and musical combinations. Is that something you inherited from studying music at academical level?

MT: I would say no to that. My classical education was very traditional, and during it I was also experimenting at home and with other people, but the 2 elements never really overlapped. Luckily in college was a “state of the art” (8 track analog) recording studio, and the guy in charge of it was looking for projects to record. I ended up doing 7 or 8 pieces, multi-tracking everything. After that I was hooked on the recording process. (which I still am)

MFM: Did it ever cross your mind to work on a new album after your first and only one from 1983?

MT: In the late 90s I was discovering my production skills, and did 5 albums with my own project “wearedust” It was very much of that time, but some songs still get airplay on swiss radio, but as you say MFTLR was my only album under the name “Michal Turtle” I have written much new stuff in the intervening years, and there may well be a solo project of new material at some point.

MFM: Such a nice thing from you to join our mix series, thanks. You're not really a DJ right? How then did you approach making the mix?

MT: I've done several now, sometimes they are theme based, and other times it can be stuff I like and that has influenced me. This one is basically that, plus a couple of tracks from old projects (you may spot Lucianne and Tim in there) and a couple of more recent tracks by me.

MFM Mix 010: Michal Turtle

PLEASE DON'T SEND DEMOS

www.musicfrommemory.com

Amsterdam based record label releasing visionary electronic music from both past and present.

Sublabel: @secondcircle

B3 - Michal Turtle - On The Plateau (6:31)

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