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Very pleased to host a mix from legendary DJ Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy !

Originally from Massachusetts, she attended New York University where she was Program Director and a DJ at the university radio station WNYU.

Colleen has been a radio host, DJ and programme director since the age of fourteen and today hosts "Cosmodelica" and "Classic Album Sundays Worldwide" on Worldwide FM and "This Women’s Work" series for Public Radio International. Cosmodelica was selected by Time Out as one of the 10 best shows in London.

She is the writer and host of BBC 6 Music’s album series "Sounds of a City"and BBC Radio 4’s documentary series "Turntable Tales"]

Unfold Japan, a radio series she hosted for Worldwide FM and Asahi has been nominated for an ARIA Award in 2020 Audio and Radio Industry Awards for Best Branded Content.

As a DJ, Colleen was mentored by David Mancuso at his seminal Loft parties in New York City and became one of his most trusted friends and artistic collaborators. Together they co-produced the compilation series David Mancuso Presents The Loft Volumes One and Two, and worked together on David’s record label The Loft Audiophile Library of Music. In 2000, David told Time Out New York City “She is very devoted and very pure about the music. She’s one of the only people I would trust, both with the music and with the equipment, to fill in for me.” She was asked by David to help manage his legacy and continues to be one of the musical hosts at The Loft in NYC.

She is also the cofounder of the Lucky Cloud Loft parties in London which she co-founded with Mancuso and friends and DJs internationally on the world's best sound systems and dance floors.

In 2019, Colleen was nominated in the DJ Mag North America Hall of Fame and launched Love Dancin’ Sound System with Trojan Sound System's Daddy Ad at Gilles Peterson’s We Out Here Festival, sharing some of her musical and sonic passions to dancers outside of her existing communities.

As a producer, Colleen has remixed Roisin Murphy, The Rapture, Candi Staton, Phenomenal Handclap Band, Cantoma, Horace Andy or Chaka Khan & more under her Cosmodelica moniker and as DarkStarr Diskotek (with Ashley Beedle). Along with former Captain Beefheart guitarist Gary Lucas, she recorded and produced as Wild Rumpus.

She has also mixed her own compilations - New York Afterhours: A Later Shade of Deep(Nervous Records 1998), The Disco-Tech of DJ Cosmo (Yellow Productions 2003) and Psychedelic Disco-Tech: They Live by the Night as Darkstarr with Ashley Beedle.

Colleen's Classic Album Sundays platform tells the stories behind the albums that have shaped our culture and in some cases, our lives. She founded it as a stance against the increasing devaluation of music and sound. What began as a passion project is now the world’s most popular album listening event with satellites in four continents and the website and social media channels host content on classic albums and artists such as interviews, videos, playlists and more. BBC Breakfast Television remarked, “Classic Album Sundays treat our best loved records like great symphonies.”

Colleen and Classic Album Sundays are one of the leading pioneers and inspirations behind the resurgence of vinyl, listening venues and high quality sound.

She has hosted events with talent such as Jarvis Cocker, Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason, Jazzie B OBE (Soul II Soul), Sister Sledge, Lisa Stansfield, Thurston Moore and many more.


Colleen 'Cosmo" Murphy will be playing at Campo Sancho Festival 29th - 31st July.

LYO#207 / Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy

My mix for Drum Chums aka Talking Drums of Manchester. I'll be there for the Drum Chums All-Dayer on August 28th playing all forms of mid(tempo) life crisis music you've come to know and love from my Best Friend series. Watch out for a new Drum Chums vinyl EP from aka Captain Attractive coming soon! Recorded on-the-road .. in Berlin.

EDDIE C - TALKING DRUMS MIX // BEST FRIEND 028

Next up on @idlecellars mix series we have a dear friend, legendary Dj, selector and producer @felix-dickinson blessing us with his unique style and effortless flow. Some sweet unknowns and a few lost classics thrown in, a perfect journey from start to finish.

Felix has been part of the UK's underground dance scene for the last 3 decades, learning his trade DJing at free parties and illegal raves and co-founding his first record label Ugly Music in the 90's. He's produced records for well renowned record labels worldwide including DFA, Rush Hour, Eskimo, Golf Channel, Claremont 56, Futureboogie and his own label Cynic.

He has secured slots at well known clubs and festivals across the globe, and the last few years have seen him receive a lot more attention due to his high profile residencies for Block 9 (Glastonbury) and Croatia’s Love International as well as regular appearances at Houghton, Gottwood, Thailand’s Wonderfruit festival and regular tours of Japan, the USA and beyond.
 
Felix:

"The brief for this mix was something that you could listen to with a glass of wine in your hand as the sun goes down. It’s a pretty mellow early evening selection, something you can unwind to at the end of the day, but get’s a little more lively as the second and third glass goes down, so could just as easily be something to bung as you’re getting ready to go out."

We hope you enjoy this selection as much as we do 🎶

Felix Dickinson - Sundowner

Recording of a set I played @ Bambino (Paris) early January 2023

Live @ Bambino

Next up in our Record Club Guest Mix series are Admin and Raw Queen. It's a back-to-back, Bristol meets Paris affair, resulting in a blistering mix of underground disco and funky sounds. Packed with heat, there’s cheap UK pressings, rare private 45s, under the radar gospel LP cuts, instrumental britfunk and much more. Thoroughly recommended and guaranteed to bring you up. 

Admin (Adam Wickens) is a DJ and producer that’s long been on our radar, with his ‘Step Into Light’ jam proving to be a particular favourite of ours. So much so we put the jazzy club joint onto the latest instalment of our Record Club compilation series. Based in Bristol, he founded the clubnight and edits series 'Community Disc-O’s’. The party is fuelled by a pure love for disco and hosted out of the backroom of Bristol’s The Crofters Rights venue. The night has blossomed into a platform for lesser-known DJs and the occasional international guest to stop on by. Previous guests to play have included Mark Grusane, Frederika, Island Times and Yadava. The ingredients are simple: two turntables, one rotary mixer, one mirror ball, a smoke machine and a bag full of disco, funk and boogie.

Another name to add to their international guest appearances is Raw Queen (Antoine O’Quin). A DJ based in Paris who took a trip to Community Disc-O's’ for their ninth party at the end of January. With an insatiable appetite for obscure private modern soul, gospel and disco rarities, Antoine quickly made an impression with his mixtapes, landing him coveted spots at Brilliant Corners and Spiritland. Back in Paris, Antoine can be seen DJing regularly in the city at musical hotspots Frequence and Bambino, and also co-runs the club night DiscoStormy (where Admin was a recent guest).

The mix was recorded at Admin’s place, the Sunday after the party. Mixed on a pair of Technics SL-1210 MKII running through an E&S DJR200, and post a big roast lunch, the idea was to capture some of the magic of the party. An extension of Friday's music that reflected the pace, energy and joy of that night. Like many B2Bs, there’s a raw feeling to the mix, with each DJ introducing their sound and keeping the other on their toes. 

Thanks to Admin and Raw Queen for giving us this big mix to share, a lethal pairing doing it right. 

Find them here: 

Admin 

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/adminuk
Bandcamp: https://admnbristol.bandcamp.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/admin_bristol/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AdminDJ/

Raw Queen

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/rawqueen
Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkPIa_Vy5oiT6sT9DeFN0Vw
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_raw_queen_/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rawqueendj/

Photo Credit - Sophia Stefellé

Mr Bongo Record Club Guest Mix - Admin & Raw Queen

The Guest Mix returns for no.41 as we welcome back Lausanne’s own Leo Luscher alongside friend & fellow DJ Pierre Wolff, this time going b2b as the ‘Limited Brothers’.

Active since 2013, the Limited Brothers are, first and foremost, long-time friends sharing the same passion for rare grooves and dusty records. Drawing from their different backgrounds, they provide musical diversity and colorful visuals to eclectic crowds. 

Through various residencies, they have been able to spread their groove, inviting a handful of acclaimed selectors such as Mark Grusane, Volcov, Alexander Nut, Fredfades, Alton Miller and many more... 

With a selection of soulful gems and deeper sounds, they bring bright and joyful vibes to the dancefloor and this week they’ll bring the soul vibes to your headphones, speakers, living rooms & commutes 🎶

The Guest Mix 041: Limited Brothers

One of London's OG graffiti writers and DJ's drops a mix and interview for OVER&OVER® #044.  Read more about Cazbee and see his artwork here:
https://overandovermixes.squarespace.com/mixes/044-cazbee

OVER&OVER 044: CAZBEE "BEATS OF LOVE" MIX

Recorded live from the legendary Cafe Del Mar. Starting out at 7pm with the sunsetting at 8:43pm the mix takes you through the drama, tension and final release of Another Bloody Sunset.

Another Bloody Sunset #14

Mix of the Week #482 is by Crazy P
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Radio host, label owner, disc jockey and a beloved OG of the Balearic sound. It's a big honour to introduce this week on SOULMEEX to Andy Pye from Balearic Social. Can't think of a better way to end up the month of July, definitely the month of Balearic.

01. Prins Thomas - Bobletekno (Bugge Wesseltoft Steinway Grand Version) [Horisontal Mambo] 2016
02. Albrecht La’Brooy - Darby Saddle [Apollo] 2018
03. A Mountain of One - Ride (Fontån Rework) [10 Worlds] 2008
04. Beatconductor - Cuvam Noc (Beatconductor Rework) [Yugo] 2020
05. Begin - Lay [Begin] 2011
06. Howie B & Dobie - Cloud Spa [Claremont 56] 2011
07. Eugene Tambourine - In The Good Life [Tummy Touch] 2016
08. Saidera - Luzes Da Cidade (Instrumental Flute Mix 33 +8) [Leng] 2022 
09. Emmanuelle - Italove [Deewee] 2016
10. Maxx Mann - Bloody and Blue [Maxx Mann] 1982

More at https://soundcloud.com/balearicsocial

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