Hey hey :) any chance to grt an ID in this one ?

Thanks for the amazing mix! Great work!!!

Robert Aaron and Victor Simonelli Killer as usual!

Our new captains are the Customs lads, sailing from London and navigating through a sea of lover soul, g-funk and garage house. 

Get in, sip your gin and juice, and enjoy the cruise !

@customs_ldn

Cruisin' with... Customs

"Here’s a mix of some various records bought during lockdown that I’m looking forward to play on the rave we’re throwing in the woods of Oslo this weekend. Starts off with some nice stuff for the early hours, and ends with some more uptempo vibes. Loads of weirdo private and indie street soul, disco, boogie, italo, new wave dub's and different types of house from the late eighties and early nineties. Quite Balearic shit. Emotional and heartfelt jams with a playful or corny twist to it. Bring out the magnums!" - @fredfades

B.P.T. Radio 029: Fredfades

While dropping their self-titled debut LP with us in August, Anya and Izaak from Loveshadow (@loveshadowdjs) were kind enough to also record a lovely mix and answer a few questions. Interview (excerpt) down below.

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MFM: Hi Izaak and Anya, nice to have you on board. Both living in Bay Area, how would you describe your daily surroundings? Is it a nice place to be as an artist?

LS: Right now we live in SF. We grew up one town away from each other near the airport, though we didn’t meet until much later. The landscape is inspiring for sure- we spend as much time as we can out in the parks and wild areas and draw a lot from that. The art and music scenes here run deep, though the cost of living and of course covid have made things tougher.
 
MFM: The songs on your debut album as Loveshadow -which will be out in August- sound incredibly fresh where they also remind to certain pop, boogie, funk and even house from the mid and late '80s. What were some of your main influences for this project? 

LS: Thanks! We have to mention the UK act Fashion after whose song we named the group, but our tastes range all over. You could say that Loveshadow is kind of a lap around the 80’s prehistory of today’s dance music, when things were still firmly rooted in pop songwriting but had a simultaneously psychedelic and funky sensibility- one that grew out of dub/disco/punk counterculture. Getting more serious about learning the records at the roots of the whole thing allowed us to see how we might contribute something new to it in a way that was more than a style exercise.

MFM: Of course also the use of specific instruments ad up to that flavor - it seems that for example the Linndrum plays an important role. Did you aim for that sound and gathered the instruments around it, or the other way around maybe?

LS: We had an overall idea in mind that definitely informed the instrumentation but we’re not purists. A lot of the sounds on the record are replications of or deviations from the iconic originals. Those famous drum sounds in particular are like symbols, they impart a particular meaning and we use them to set a mood.

MFM: What's the dynamic between the two of you like in the studio? Is there a certain steady structure or does this change all the time? Maybe you could tell a little about your writing and recording process?

LS: It changes all the time- we’ve lived and worked in so many places separately and together since we started recording. Either one of us might come up with an idea that we’ll design sounds around, demo, arrange, and then throw it all in the trash and start again. Most of the songs on the record have had a few lives.

MFM: It feels that the music from the LP could work really well live on a stage too. Are there any plans for you to go touring? 

LS: We’re going to play a gig in Detroit later this summer that will be sort of a test run! After that, we’ll see. The project started out as an interest in records and recording, but anything’s possible.

MFM: Thanks a lot for contributing! It seems you quite regularly record a mix. Have you both always been busy collecting and sharing records? 

LS: Our pleasure, thanks so much for asking us! We’re always looking for new music. Sharing mixes online has helped us organize our favorites but playing parties is the best. We were gigging around before covid and we’ll hopefully get back to it as things continue to open up. This mix is definitely on the hype side of things- new digs, old favorites, some edits, tunes pals graciously sent our way, and what we’ve been dancing around our apartment to while we were stuck inside.

MFM Mix 030: Loveshadow

Globetrotters, time travelers, fun seekers, vinyl diggers, dance lovers… Many are the types of beings that thrive in this sonic culture of ours, finding shelter and happiness in this sensorial and emotional universe fostered by musical communion. And the creatures therein are more than just characters, they comprise the fauna and flora of these aural environments in which we dwell and revel, sustaining it with both their projects and their passion. Take the magnificent French trio known as Bayetë for example, an autonomous ecosystem of discovery and debauchery that strives to create the perfect conditions for our enjoyment of the treasures they find in their excursions across the world. A noble purpose that is so powerful that it does not solely rely on the collective's togetherness to exist, each of its members carry that same seminal drive in everything they do individually. Something we can perfectly perceive in this episode of Gop Cast where Simon, one of its members who recently relocated to São Paulo, manages to encapsulate the eclectic excellence of their musical abundance in a stellar mix of moods, grooves and everything in between.

Gop Cast 080 - Simon (Bayetë)

——> Yoooooo we baaaack <——

 Compensating for the absence, we couldn’t be happier to present this 2,5 hour jaunt by the Australian/Greek Queen - Adriana.  You know the drip, get yourself some good refreshment because global warming isn’t the only thing making this late summer hooooot 🍹🧊🥵

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JAZ @ The Lot Radio 08 - 24 - 2022

We've been big fans of Coco's presence in dancefloor music for a while now. Relative to what we've had in stock so far, this is a very refreshing take on presenting music to the human/dancer ear. Much respect to what she's doing! Huge honor to be able to share a mix she did for the H.A.N.D. mix series! Thank you Coco!

H.A.N.D. MIX 031 - Coco Maria

ChewChew (Berlin, DE)
Valerija aka ChewChew ( @schuh_schuh ) have been spending her past couple of years touring European underground clubs setting fire on their dancefloors with her eclictic style covering anything between jazz-funk and world music to more static, clubby and electronic sounds! We're having the pleasure to have her guest our next annual Christmas Takeover at BLÅ - the 28th of December! Here's a quick preview of the damage she will be doing to our ears! 

Event:  https://www.facebook.com/events/1175666353058770 

See u there!

Mutual Mix #18: ChewChew (DE)

Jura Soundsystem aka Kev Griffiths, the mastermind behind the always on point "Isle of Jura Records" serves up a 90 minute micro vacation triiip to a place we all wish we could escape to. 

ID Requests ~ @jura_soundsystem

1800 triiip - Jura Soundsystem - Mix 052

The festive hiatus is over and what a way to kick off the year.. MFE17 and the first of 2023 with great thanks to @philogkeepon & @djrotwein of @balearicbanana, one of the best series on the cloud! Enjoy this soulful hour wherever you are and whatever you're doing as this one doesn't discriminate, just make sure to strap in!

Music for Ears #17 - Balearic Banana 🇩🇪🇧🇷

Recorded live from Cocktail D'Amore's winter garden on October 6th 2019.

COCKTAIL D'AMORE GARDEN - Nemo & Castro - October 6th 2019

Mutual Intentions is an Oslo based label and crew unified by their work in music and visual arts. 
WWW.MUTUALINTENTIONS.COM
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ARTISTS: 

Ivan Ave: @ivanave
Fredfades: @fredfades
Yogisoul: @Yogisoul
SUNRAW: @sunraw
Kristoffer Eikrem: @kristoffereikrem
Jawn Rice: @jawnrice
Bendik HK: @bendikhovikkjeldsberg
Stimulator Jones: @stimulator-jones
NEDJA: @nedjabouzaida
Zee: @zineb_bs
han gaiden: @hangaiden
TUITION: @tuitionsocial
KURTISS: @curtisvodka
Touchdown: @touchdownsound

Visuals: 
Erik Treimann: @erik-trei
Hans Jørgen Wærner: @dirtyhans
Moe Chakiri: https://www.instagram.com/moechakiri/

Management/PR: stian@mutualintentions.com / @stianstu

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