Music from Memory

chill and vibey (would you fuck 2 it?)

24 Hours of musical storytelling DJ sets.

ॐ MIXTALES ॐ Book 1

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2025 ljeto

La prima

MFM MIX SERIES

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@love_high

Alex Intas has been moving and shaking in Australia’s soulful underground scene for well over a decade. Appreciated by many as a true student of music culture, his insight and tasteful selections can be heard monthly on his Worldwide FM programme. In this offering, Alex highlights all the flavours he digs for; “This mix is blend of 80s & 90s Soul slickness, touching Boogie, New Jack Swing & G-Funk. Full of rare joints, b-sides, hard to find remixes, instrumentals, New Jack covers and just slept on cuts.”

LIFE CLASSICS 42 ALEX INTAS

@thedudeofstratosphear
@mogambokushhua
@siamesetwinsrecords

Artwork: Fon Something
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At the dawn of the history of the human race, the vault of the sky, stretching over the Earth like an overturned bowl or dome, seemed to the nomadic shepherds who roamed with their flocks in the valleys of Western Asia, like a tent under which life flowed...This cover was not thought of by ancient people as something airy or light, as it seems now...
Oddly enough, it seems to our ancestors solid, comparable to a cast crystal mirror separating the upper waters from the lower ... and celestial bodies: meteorites, were considered its fragments, sparks cutting through the iron vault...
Thus, the thought of the hardness of the sky was preserved, with a simultaneous idea of ​​its transparency...Some told the legends how a certain messenger reached the edge of the dome in order to get out of the routine to examine the secret mechanism of the universe...

THE DUDE OF STRATOSPHEAR - AMATEUR EXOTIC'S SECRET MECHANISM OF THE UNIVERSE

@bengerhardt

Artwork: Marco Tammen
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A brilliant lunar disk transformed the car's plexidome into a shimmering silver cupola that splashed soft radiance on the figure of the girl seated beside me...Reticent and distant, eyes boring ahead as the road unfolded before the car's air cushion...she seemed like a fragile Dresden that might crumble beneath the feathery assault of moonlight...She was withdrawn in thought now, but she had not been only a few minutes earlier. Then she had pleaded with me, almost desperately...

I laid my hand upon hers. "Hey, are you in trouble?"

Her normal reaction would have been to ask whatever had given me that idea. But she only said, "No, of course not."

The words were a calm resolution, a dedication to the course she had elected...And I knewbI could push no further along that avenue...I would have to look elsewhere, even though she represented a direct route to my objective...

- "There's so much in life, isn't there?"

Then I retreated into my own shell of thought, switching onto automatic and letting the car guide itself along the unfamiliar, deserted country road. There were only two possible explanations that would cover all the incongruous circumstances...One: Some vast, malevolent agency of a capacity both fierce and unguessable was pursuing an unfathomable course. Two: Nothing at all of an extraordinary nature had occurred - except in my mind...

But I couldn't shake off the insidious notion that some brutish, mystical force was determined to discourage me from pinning down while it held out the implied promise at the same time that if I quit flouting its authority, as both it and she seemed to want me to, everything would be all right. I wanted things to go right. Glancing over at the girl, I realized how feverishly I longed for normality. She was beautiful in the moonlight, like a warm beacon inviting me to cast off my distress and accept the ordinary things.
But she wasn't ordinary. She was something very special. Seeming to sense my thoughts, she moved next to me, took my arm in hers, and laid her head on my shoulder.

"There's so much in life, isn't there ?" she said with a strange mixture of melancholy and hope in her voice.

"As much as you want to find in it," I answered.
"And what do you want to find?"

I thought of her, exploding into my existence at a time, when I so critically 
needed her stirred but didn't awaken. I sat there for an eternity, staring incredulously ahead. The road ended a hundred feet away. On each side of the strip, the very earth itself dropped off into an impenetrable barrier of stygian blackness. Out there were no stars, no moonlight -- only the nothingness within nothingness that might be found beyond the darkest infinity....

DJ GERHARDT - AMATEUR EXOTIC'S SIMULACRUM OF THE HOLOGRAMIC MIND

We welcome Tornado Wallace (@tornadowallace), long time friend of the label and whose record 'Falling Sun' we released through Second Circle back in 2016.  Interview (excerpt) down below.

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MFM: Hey Lewie, how have you been lately?

TW: I dipped out to East Asia and Australia for the infamous Berlin winter and now I’m back ready for the euro warmth. Though it’s in no hurry to arrive here just yet.

MFM: There's a new record coming on Basic Spirit, the label you run with Jamie Tiller, and it all looks rather secretive... Can you tell us more about it Lew E? :) 

TW: I made these tracks when I was holed up sick for a week. Not being able to go to the studio I relied strictly on samples and software, which was fun to change the workflow up a little bit. I wanted to make some very club ready tracks, without any intention for a release. They (rather obviously) sample two well known tracks, but there’s a lot of new ideas too. I use a different name as it felt like a different style and approach to how I usually go about things. I think there will be more Lew E things on the horizon though :D.

MFM: Previous releases on Basic Spirit also had this '90s touch to it. What is it that you like about (music from) that era?

TW: I grew up in the 90s so a lot of the music coming out then really hits the nostalgic feels. But also, really interesting things were happening with technology, and it became a lot more affordable to put together a record. So there were a lot of - for lack of a better term - laymen releasing electronic music. Some of which had very new and out-there approaches to processes like sampling, mixing and arranging. But trends and technology all moved along so quickly that some of these sounds and ideas never had a chance to get fully fleshed out. Which is why it’s nice to pick up where some left off. People are currently very responsive to this late 90s/early 2000s sound, which is great for me because that’s a time when I really fell in love with electronic music. As a DJ, I’m playing these really personal tracks that I discovered as a teenager, and for the first time since I began playing parties/clubs 18 years ago, people seem to really understand them. It’s a very cool feeling.

MFM: You've also started a new more pop oriented project called a.s.o. together with vocalist Alia Seror O’Neill. Has it always been a dream or goal of yours to start a more band kind of project? Does it require a different writing/recording approach compared to when making dance music for the clubs?

TW: I like making music that I like listening to. And with the pandemic in full swing in 2020, I was having a little break from club music, and diving deeper into other styles of music I enjoy. Both from a listening and producing perspective. I found it to be a very different approach. It’s more melody/hook driven and focuses on getting ideas down quickly as they’re forming. A lot of the time I would use a basic keyboard and guitar to record, and Alia would add vocal melodies and harmonies on the fly. Sometimes it could get difficult when we would both want to put our fleeting ideas down at the same time! On that note, collaboration is never easy for me as I like to have full creative control of whatever it is I’m working on, and sometimes the creative paths divide and compromises have to be made. Sometimes the compromised path is thick and thorny, and sometimes it is paved gold and smells of roses.

MFM: How did you go through the selecting and recording process, any specific record or mood you had planned?

TW: I came across a bunch of really nice tracks all in a relatively similar downtempo/shoegaze style, and wanted to make a mix of music like that. For moody home/car/train etc listening. I also included a forthcoming Cousin remix of an a.s.o. single which I love and wanted to share early!

MFM Mix 049: Tornado Wallace

Streaming from Amsterdam's Radio Radio: this is RRFM.NL w/ @loradeniz

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

RRFM • Ghost Town Dance w/ Loradeniz • 03-01-24

Continuing the series is Mancunian producer, dj and music teacher Tom Burford who just released his LP 'Elevations' with us as Contours (@contoursmusic). Interview (excerpt) down below.

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MFM: Hey Tom. You just returned from a big hike, how was it?

TC: Hey! Yeah, we were able to get out on some beautiful hikes around the Anaga national park in the north of Tenerife. It’s a stunning landscape and a nice change from the overbearing grey we get in Manchester for half the year. 

MFM: Does nature play an important role in your life and music?

JC: Definitely in life, and then I guess that just seeps into my music. I grew up in a pretty rural part of Cumbria. It was very beautiful landscape but with very little to do from an entertainment perspective, so getting out in the landscape or jamming with friends always felt like the two most freeing things to do. 

MFM: About jamming with friends... Your new album Elevations includes a lot of collaborations with other musicians, of which you did the recordings yourself. Can you highlight one special moment from those recording sessions?

TC: When recording Pots, I had initially written and recorded the percussion and synth parts at home and hit up Abraham to see if he wanted to add some Trumpet parts. He is based in London and so he recorded initial takes remotely and sent them through. They sounded great, but I really wanted to transform and process his parts for the track to manipulate them into sounding more synth like at points. Doing, that without him in the space felt like there was dialogue missing. In the end I went down to London and we recorded and dubbed them out in the same space at the Rhythm Section studio (shouts to Mali on engineering duties). Being able to respond to his playing and him in turn being able to respond to the dubbing of his parts felt like it was able to capture some really special elements.  

MFM: The A side of your new LP has Elevations 1, 2 and 3. Was it intentional for these tracks to end up separately or did they used to be one larger piece?

TC: When I started writing Elevations 1, 2 and 3 it just began as a series of jams and recording sessions in my flat bouncing ideas back and forth between myself, Beka, Abel and Simmy. These sessions were always just me and one other collaborator at a time, partly down to schedules, the size of the flat, but also the chance to not have to rush the process and to really dig into how we worked together. I continued building out the same project over multiple sessions so that I could have access to all the material collated in one place. Specific sections and ideas started to come together, but I liked the idea of them forging part of a wider piece. I’d previously worked in a largely self-contained track basis but had been listening to a lot of pieces like Six Marimbas, Music for 18 musicians and Tehillim by Steve Reich that build over a long period and loved the scope this gave to get completely lost in the music. I love the hypnotic nature created when polyrhythms morph over each other for a long enough period, shifting emphasis and eventually melting away.  

MFM: What can you tell about the mix you've made?

TC: I wanted to create a mix that was able to showcase the variety of sounds that influence me, both as a DJ and Producer. I love listening to mixes and radio at home and the best club experiences I’ve had have always been when a DJ is able to surprise you and really take you on a journey. The album makes heavy use of strings through the violin and cello, but also the Guzheng, a Chinese Zither and the Clàrsach a Celtic Harp. The initial three tracks of the mix focus on these sounds before skirting into more percussive and jazz focused influences and then into some deeper acid-tinged downtempo tracks and sub heavy club sounds. Hopefully this mix takes people on a journey and is something for people to get lost in.

MFM Mix 051: Contours

Taken from 'Dead Sound - Into The Void' (MFM069)
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Into The Void

Illusion

A2. Dead Sound - Illusion

From Japan here's producer, DJ and friend of the label Kunyuki Takahashi (@kuniyuki-takahashi) with a special recording of his live set during Rainbow Disco Club this year 2024. Interview (excerpt) down below.

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MFM: Hey Kuni. What was growing up in Sapporo like, being quite remote from the other major cities in Japan? Via what channels/media/ways did you learn about music, art, etc? 

KT: Tokyo is most biggest scene about culture and music, but I was really looking for more out of Japan. Sapporo is more slow. I was just into music when I was teenager so everydays looking interesting music, because around 80's was crazy it' like big bung for music. My friends and i also really looking for PUNK, Industrial music, Ambient music, also of cause electric music as well at that time. It was just our like networks and channels for connect to other essence from each one. You know Teenager No need mainstream, no need TV show just believe to get some good one  from friends!

MFM: Your sound overall has a very 'organic' and 'spiritual' touch. Where does this come from? Who and what were/are your inspirations?  

KT: Both of feeling is definitely I need and my favorite things about when I touch instruments because it's nice to connect into music. So many instruments has lot's of colors so it's my inspirations come from. But to be honest i'm really bad to playing instruments....

MFM: That is debatable, haha. Where did you actually learn to play all those instruments, like the conga's and flute?

KT: I learnt about percussion and congas by listening to African music, and in the 90s I spent a lot of time with these. I used to listen to Peter Gabriel's Realworld record series so it's my teacher of  music! There are flute-like instruments in synthesizers and music workstations, but when I tried to use flute sounds by Synth, I couldn't feel spiritual, so I decided to try my hand at it. There is so much spiritual real instruments.

MFM: Your contribution is a recording of your live show at Rainbow Disco Club in Japan this year 2024. What can you tell us about the show? For those who had to miss it, maybe you can describe the setting a bit?

KT: Yes it was from My good friend Masa From Rainbow disco club.
I've been joined Rainbow disco club many times and always did a Dance set but he Told me “could you play live show like your album from Music from memory For RDC2024?”, and I was say “YES I would love to and if we can do then I want to do proper Music from memory live set.” So it was so exciting. Because these music from MFM was very special. It was morning time, there is nature and birds singing, and I was joined with my like bird whistle, feel windows, relaxing people waiting before making dance time. I re-created all sound patterns so it was so fun like should do make Tape sound like bit noise sound, more retro sound. Also I really remembered about what I used different Chords before in the 80's and 90's!

MFM: Your live shows seem to be improvisation based, very playful. As if you're jamming in the studio. Does playing live differ much to you from working in the studio?

KT: Yes I love like improvisations when doing live show. I'm always thinking about each party is totally different energy from music lovers. I love to get something good happen with music lovers, and yes it's totally different with Studio works. Prepare for live set also needs time and skills, so i always try to do at my studio for what can happen at the live show.

MFM Mix 052: Kuniyuki Takahashi

Taken from 'H.A.N.K. - The Big Melt' (SC021)
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The Big Melt

Cruise

A1. H.A.N.K. - Cruise

For the 30th edition of OK Series, Ciel leans in to the Off-Kilter concept, drawing on her influences away from the dance floor. A collage of instrumental and vocal struck shoegaze, left-field, new wave, trip hop and touches of darker electronic grooves.

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Ciel, real name Cindy Li, is a music producer, DJ, pianist, and radio presenter based in Toronto and originally from Xi'an China.

As one of the most prominent exports out of Toronto, she has graced the decks at world-class clubs like Berghain’s Panorama Bar, De School, Robert Johnson, Nowadays, and fabric.

Now becoming known as a prolific producer, Cindy has released music on labels such as Peach Discs, Naïve, Terrafirm, Ghostly International, Studio Barnhus, Mister Saturday Night, !K7 Records, Lucky Me, Planet Euphorique, Jacktone, XKalay, Unknown - Untitled, as well as Eris Drew's Ecstatic Editions whilst collaborating with artists like D Tiffany, Dan Only, Priori, Ali
Berger, & Kilig.

Being a founding member of the Toronto electronic music label Parallel Minds, Ciel is also a member of the globally recognized women and LGBTQIA+ DJ collective Discwoman and has produced a monthly radio show on Rinse FM in London, UK since 2018.

OK030 - Ciel

Vaporwave meets hip hop for an hour a month. Enjoy The SIC Records experience today. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/sic-records/episodes/sic-records-30th-january-2025

SIC Records 300125

“A sultry and groovy Valentine’s Day mix combining some of x3butterfly’s favorite love and heartbreak tracks - a perfect mix to immerse yourself in no matter your relationship status. Touching on nostalgia, oxytocin, sensuality, and togetherness. Everything from Erika De Cassier, Ojerime, Sade, Moodyman, SWV, and more.”

COMMON UNITY MIX 001

Honey Trap Valentines Affair opening b2b with @ameliaholt and @second_contact at Night Club 101 (formerly known as Pyramid Club) in East Village, NYC.

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Amelia Holt b2b Second Contact – Honey Trap Valentines Affair – 02.14.25

Streaming from Amsterdam's Radio Radio: this is RRFM.NL w/ @lylodoesmusic

RRFM • Loradeniz • 20-03-2025

Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/nts-x-oatly/episodes/nts-x-oatly-19th-march-2025

Macca's Morning Mix with Oatly x NTS 190325

Live recording at the Future Intel headquarters in The Hague.
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Loradeniz ╚═ Future Intel ═╗ 24 04 2025

Futura - SEX

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This episode is a live improvised session with Mr. Edd Butterworth, a key figure from our London Modular days. Edd was in Berlin for Superbooth, and we took the chance to patch a self-playing drone at "Strange Bound" incredible studio. With International Drone Day coming up and a weekend of sound exploration behind us, it felt only right to go full atmosphere for this one. Edd has just opened a new synth shop in London called Schneidner’s Keller, and next week they’re hosting a 12-hour drone session with multiple artists. If you’re in London, definitely check it out.

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Longhaul – London Modular Alliance [with Edd Butterworth]

HUNEE live from Giant Steps at GALA'22. 

A precious recording lifted from our archives ahead of Ten Years of GALA.

HUNEE live from GALA '22

Read-Only Memory. Reboot your spirit with a sonic morning shower consisting of ambient landscapes, recordings, conversations, and simple beats.

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ROM - 15th May 2025

the mood is: the feeling of descending and ascending / an exploration through different genres.

operator-radio.com

the_moodring w/ g4yfx- desc/ascending - 16th May 2025

Different Shades - Aaja Channel 2 - 14 05 25

The MFM Mix series continues with Istanbul-born, Amsterdam-based multidisciplinary artist Deniz Omeroglu (@loradeniz), who released her debut album 'SUN SHONE' with us earlier this year. Interview (excerpt) down below.

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MFM: Welcome to the series Deniz. Being from Turkey originally, what did your musical upbringing look like? 

LD: There was always music playing in our house - we even had speakers in the bathroom. My dad really enjoyed listening to music; he had an open mind and a great collection of CDs and records. It brought together Western influences, world music, and local sounds. That diversity really shaped my ears and sense of sound from early on. My brother played the piano, so classical music was also part of the atmosphere. I guess I grew up listening to almost everything except electronic dance music. That came into my life later - after graduating from the conservatory and going through my own personal rebellion. 

MFM: Comparing to West-Europe, where you live now, do you feel there's difference in how music plays a role culturally? 

LD: Totally. I think we, as a culture, tend to experience and express emotions more intensely - both internally and outwardly - compared to Northern European countries. So you can often feel that emotional depth and variation in our melodies and rhythmic forms. Just the other day, I found myself wondering... what kind of music would I be making now if I had grown up listening to Chicago house at home?

MFM: You've produced the whole album yourself. Being a classically trained pianist probably helps a lot when creating and writing new music, right? How did you go about writing the songs?

LD: In the past, my creative process was often fueled by pain and drama. But now, I don’t need those emotions to create anymore. Maybe that used to be what made my music distinctive, but now everything feels a lot more free and in flow. Coming from a classical background actually caused years of writer’s block - I often had no idea what to do next. Being classically trained means you're expected to perform everything perfectly. It took a lot of unlearning to let go of that mindset and teach myself that there’s actually more comfort in imperfection. So, rather than being a pianist specifically, it’s more about having music theory to fall back on when I feel stuck - that’s what really helps. But honestly, the most important part of writing new music for me is taking care of myself. All the self work - that’s what keeps my creativity alive.

MFM: When does a song determine if it needs your voice incorporated? And how do you then decide whether its going to be in Turkish or English?

LD: When it comes to language, it’s not really a conscious choice - it just happens naturally. I dream in both Turkish and English, and even while answering these questions, I find myself thinking in both. Sometimes it’s just easier to express something in Turkish, and other times it flows better in English. As for when I decide to use my voice in a song, it really depends. Sometimes melodies come to me while I’m just humming, and other times I feel the need to actually say something. I think of my voice as a human oscillator - just another unique textural element. I use my voice to create percussive or synth-like sounds, layering it in the same way I would with instruments, to add something personal and distinctive.

MFM: Please can you tell us a bit about your mix? 

LD: I think this mix gives off a sense of melancholia but not too much, intimacy, and cerebral energy. It’s not really representative of what I’d play out at clubs, but it’s full of tracks I love listening to, my all time and latest favorites. There’s a lot of slow burners, ghostly sensuality, and a touch of leftfield sass. my intention was to record something as much for the body as for the head in the most mfm way possible. Something light, something fun and something genuine.

MFM Mix 053: Loradeniz

Track List & BIO

Sum of its Parts : Hello High
Chaos CBD : Intercourse
Eddie C x LJ Simon : U Be Mine
Patapenka : I Feel You, I Love You
Mark Seven : My Caesar (The Message)
Jura Soundsystem : Udaberri Blues (Tapes Remix)
Frits Wentink : Shred Bread
East Coast Love Affair : Love of Mind
Frits Wentink : Rhythm & Blaze
George 808 : Sweet Spot
Captain Sky : Moonchild
Evans Pyramid : Never Gonna Leave You
Alex Kassian : Spirit of Eden
Jori Hulkkonen : Let Me Luv U (Musique Tropique)
Alex Kassian x Spooky : Orange Coloured Liquid
Quiroga : Cala Ventosa


A lifelong record collector with a deep-rooted love for music, DJing came as a natural extension of sharing that obsession. With over 35 years selecting, he’s played across the UK at parties like Got The Bug, Ultragroove, Jack Yer Boots Up, Balearic Social and Shades of Sound.

His style leans towards the exploratory: a fluid mix of Dub, House, Disco and Balearica; often shifting gears mid-set and finding unexpected links between tempos and moods.

eclectics mix - 181 | Scott Proper | May 2025 |

colourful soundtrack like the Landscape when you are tarvelling

Travel Day

Gang of Ducks invites Loradeniz, representing a multidisciplinary music and art project conceived by Deniz Omeroglu, originally from Istanbul but residing in Amsterdam since 2017.

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Outsiders: Gang of Ducks w/ Loradeniz @ Kiosk Radio 26.09.2025

New mix made by Paris-based sound artist, radio producer, composer and DJ Elen Huynh (@nowherearu). "A soundscape of shifting emotions, reflecting a reality shaped by joy, sorrow, doubt and hope."

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MFM Mix 054: Elen Huynh

Recorded live in bar Lulu in Athens at the end of 2024, Mix 055 is by long time dear friend Petit Bear (@petit_bear) from Greece. 

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MFM Mix 055: Petit Bear

Up next in the series is Johnny Sais Quoi (@johnny_sait_quoi) who just released his dancefloor-focused pop debut album 'Love On Ice' with us last month. Interview (excerpt) below.

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MFM: So, who is Johnny Sais Quoi and where does he (and it's name) come from?

JSQ: Johnny Sais Quoi is my new French identity, I felt that France needed another Johnny after the passing of Hallyday. I live in Marseille now, but I’m from the UK.

MFM: Your debut LP 'Love On Ice' just got released a few weeks ago. Do you remember the first
steps or moment that eventually led to it becoming a full record?

JSQ: Not so much.. I write quite consistently, so they were made over a long period of time. During that period I was trying to find my ‘sound’ and trying lots of new ideas, so I suppose it was when I had enough tracks that I could make a selection that felt good to me.

MFM: The music on the LP somewhat reminds to the sound of the '80s, like New Wave, Pop and Italo but with it's own new identity. Would you agree? In what way did the '80s have an influence on you as an artist?

JSQ: Yeah I love 80s music. I love the production, emotion and romance of it, it’s always been such an inspiration for me musically and culturally. I love how the production seemed to go a bit crazy and people were really pushing the way music, even pop music, could sound. Also the advent of home recording and the seemingly endless supply of people at home who were trying to be their own variation of Wham! or Depeche Mode. These days I’m really interested in finding ways to borrow from this epoch but still sound contemporary. I find that hard sometimes, but always more rewarding.

MFM: Although the music is all yours, it's easy to imagine a full band on stage. Do you have a
background in playing in bands? And do you have any desire to bring it out on stage at one point, alone or with band?

JSQ: I started playing bass when I was 12 and then in bands from around 18. My history in bands was short and I miss it - I would love to join a band to play bass or synths or drums. Then I was part of a duo with my brother, we had a band for a while but now it’s just me. I’m beginning to work on the live show for this project which I’ll do alone to begin with, then maybe bring in some other instruments as I go, we’ll see.

MFM: Does writing new music come easy to you or...? What comes first, the instrumental part or the lyrics?

JSQ: I say that I’m working on the live show but in reality every time I try to work on it I end up making new songs. Making the music often comes very easy and is normally first. I’ve realised recently that writing lyrics is a very different process for me - the instrumental often comes very fast and I work fast, but I often forget that I need to slow down and work in a different way for the lyrics. I’m still learning how I work.

MFM: Tell us about your mix!

JSQ: I made it in Bretagne whilst I was doing some work there this summer, in the peace of the countryside. I wanted it to be a wide mix of things that I’ve listened to since I wrote Love on Ice. New inspirations and some classics, maybe a taste of what’s to come next. 

MFM Mix 056: Johnny Sais Quoi

For the 57th installment we welcome Berlin-based Courtney Bailey (@courtneyey) who just released her debut album 'In Dream' with us on Second Circle. Interview (excerpt) below.

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MFM: Welcome to the series Courtney. Born in Japan, now living in Germany... Can you tell a bit about your upbringing in Japan and what kind of role music played?

CB: I grew up in a small chill seaside city about an hour away from Tokyo by local train. When I was young, skateboarding and surfing was always around. So when I was 17, I got into skateboarding and used to hang out with friends at a local skate shop. That shop had turntables and a mixer, and the owner often played records. l thought that was cool and started to get more into house music playing with the mixer. Then I started to go more parties in Tokyo! And I started organizing parties and started DJing. I really love DJing,  I’d even mix on a DJ app on my phone while riding the train to Tokyo for work, haha. My parents also love all kinds of music, and when I was little, they used to take me to little beach parties during the summer. Sometimes I would jump in and sing at live shows there! 

MFM: Your voice plays an essential role in your songs, mostly singing in Japanese. How did that start and what is the writing and recording process like?

CB: The music from this album came together after I first listened to Dream Dolphin. I was instantly drawn into the dark but hopeful and deep sound. After that I couldn’t stop making music!  I was also inspired by other Japanese new age artists from the ’90s, like Poison Girl Friend, Nav Katze etc. I come up with the lyrics at the same time as making the track or make the track first and then fit the words to it. All the vocals on this album were recorded with my MacBook’s built-in mic. My younger brother joined for one track, and we actually recorded the voice from the phone through computer mic.

MFM: How do you go about writing music in general and where do you get your inspiration from? 

CB: I don’t have a studio, so I work from home. I don’t really have a routine. I am always having new experiences in Berlin and also doing lots of travel. And also enjoying the party scene a little bit haha. So every day feels different! I am glad that I have moments of high productivity and inspiration during these interesting times!

MFM Mix 057: Courtney Bailey

Our first and last EP

takayama yuji: guitar
suzuki makoto: guitar
sato ryo: drum
saito toshiaki: bass

all tunes are written by takayama yuji
arranged, played and produced by the perfect sports
recorded at hmc studio june 2014

recorded and mixed and masterd by nakamura kohsuke
cover designed by miura rei

Parallel Bars

@eshu-est

Artwork: Dima Rabik
https://www.instagram.com/dimarabik_

Electromagnetic forces controlled by stars and planets, moving around the universe and interact with the charges of physical bodies...Cause of this is creating a concept of ''personal gravity'', which, in various manifestations, affects vital activity, attracting certain phenomena...
My life was constantly guzzled by a whole heap of events unfolding around, but they passed, significantly inheriting, but never leaving me with internal knowledge leading to the primary source of occurrence...It seems to be asking questions, but, in all this fuss, I didn’t notice the answers that were desperately signaling from everywhere or maybe I was simply not ready to accept them...But, once everything changed...

June...As always sat up late for work, my mind was immersed in some sort of inaudible discussions about seemingly important personal problems, replaced by questions of why a green radiance appeared on Mars and turned to messages from intergalactic forces of light...So it would apparently continue until I fell asleep, but, suddenly, a sound wave - ''the nada'' swept through introspection, and the space of the room seemed to be electrified...The impulse in the reptilian brain panicked and turned on the protection mode...After taking a few steps, I fell...But it was mysterious that there was a body on the floor, and felt myself standing or rather levitating beyond time, cause, effect, and...Gravity ...
There was no more mental burden of rajas and tamas...Just calm...I saw what initially was ''electricity'' - it were two flows, two jets, like DNA, they intertwined and circled around, creating a vortex that attracts images of the potentialities of various events which, in vivid pictures, opened in front of inner vision...So, this is how they act these electromagnetic forces...After a moment, I became the third spiral of this ''macromolecule''...At the same time, ''we'' been in millions of worlds, transfix them inside and out...

Morning, sunlight seeps through the windows ... Feelings can be described like - chill after the storm... Everything became obvious - the experience that opened, taught is that its important to learn how to surpass gravity and levitate over any life situation, thereby destroying any suffering from its consequences...

TASSILO VANHÖFEN - AMATEUR EXOTIC'S LAGHU TULA

@djantonberezin
https://www.instagram.com/berezanto

Artwork: Ventral Is Golden
https://www.instagram.com/ventralisgolden

Somewhere outside of the window...The universe speaks, by breaking the sunlight with ionized elements that penetrate into the depths of creatures living at different levels of the universe...Dew, lazily sparkling on a hazy leaf glisten to it moving with jewels suspended on it, spectrally scattering and radiates harmony...

With the pleasant lightness of early morning, inhaling the opalescent albumen, he tries to stir the frozen tongue in order to tell about the impressions that are arising from the seething mass of dreams, until they disappeared somewhere in the distant swapna levels...Lazy movements crave rejuvenating power and, following impulses, steadily controlling the senses, he forms a light body of vegetable proportions...
The ablution of the corporal membranes activates the alogisms that are hanging in extrapolated forms, allowing one not to follow these ritual patterns along which, distracting the inner observer, the mind so loves to wander...

''From the universe outside the window
the dew on the hazy leaf is speaking
lazily
glisten to it moving
with jewels suspended on it
like a thirsty frozen language
breathing in the opalescent
the albumen of the morning.
With breeziness of easy hour
a seething mass of distortions
arises from the seven seas of slumber
a rejuvenating power
that forms a body of vegetable proportions
a contour
hung in the coastal form
reflecting rainbows of a thunderstorm
the breaking light of gradual hues
uniting the viewer with the view
a soothing groan of the bough enhances
as it cleaves the air
the leaf leaves
a mantra in the branches.''

ANTON BEREZIN - AMATEUR EXOTIC'S MORNING EXERCISES

@giorgipipia

Artwork: 

Cut Wise:
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Fon Something
https://www.instagram.com/fon_something

Warm, April evening...The sun has just set behind the mountains...From there, beams shot out like a fountain and, piercing the sky, painted it in a fiery color...Nature froze: the breeze did not move the foliage and only sometimes was heard the chirping of restless birds, who choosing a comfortable lodging for the night and fighting for it with each other...The shepherds drove the cattle out of the forest - the herd hurried home...

Feel the barely perceptible moment of the dance of day and night...

A traveler walked slowly...His clothes are dusty, it looks like he has been wandering for days...The twilight began to thicken and seeing the sparks of the fire permeating through the trees, he, like a moth drawn by an impulse, headed for the light...Several seekers sat around the fire, they cooked supper and offered him lodging and food...With appreciation, he shared this ballad ...
This is a tale of a fortress that cannot be destroyed...The story has its origins in turbulent times - when constant wars led entire countries to ruin...Suffering and fear reigned over these lands, and the sultans and kings resorted to completely different methods to maintain the independence of their possessions...

In the heaven-blessed land, Zskneli lived a sultan, whose words and possessions stretched far beyond the horizon...Everyone wanted to grab a part of his resources and greatness...Raids became more frequent, and in order to defend against the coming war and the offensive of the enemy, the chief vizier proposed to build a fortress on a strategically important pass, which, in his opinion, would give the necessary protection...The construction of the new fortification proceeded as usual, But - a strange thing! - as soon as the fortress wall was erected to a height of about ten cubits, it shattered with a crash in the middle and collapsed...It seemed that an unknown force was preventing the completion of the fortress...They called the priest, served a prayer service - it did not help: the wall settled again...All sorts of means were tried and in vain: the wall was crumbling...What to do?

- Shouldn't we turn to a witch? Someone said.
- To the witch, to the witch! - picked up the satellites of the vizier
- We must go to Ghemrti! Ghmerti! - several people exclaimed in one voice
- Once she guessed such a thing that no one could know about, except me, and God
- And with me was the same case, - responded another
- And with me! And with me! - voices rang out 
“My wife also visited her once and then told amazing things,” the vizier himself finally said.

The wise witch predicted that the fortress could be completed when the most beautiful young man was walled up alive in it...But who will be the one to fall for this honorable, but so sad fate? 
The sultan gathered all the inhabitants of the nearby villages, including his beloved son, and it was decided to cast lots - and the fate fell to his son...The rite predicted by the fortuneteller was completed, and the defenders of the fortress successfully completed the construction of the fortifications ...

Several centuries have passed, but since then no one has been able to destroy the Zesknel Fortress ...Was the fortuneteller's prediction true? And why did the sultan's son have to die?

GIORGI PIPIA - AMATEUR EXOTIC'S LEGEND OF ZESKNELI FORTRESS

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