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Lexx has a worked in record shops for close to twenty years, produced records since the late 90’s and played in clubs on a regular basis. He run’s his own label and is a passionate music enthusiast to this very day. Known for some of the most exquisite mixes for Test Pressing he’s delivered us a mix very much in the vein of those seminal Renaissance Mixes. Tune in and bliss out to this perfect Idle soundtrack.  soundtrack.https://soundcloud.com/lexx72

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Long time Planet Trip extended family Andres Astorga aka Trujillo, a go to ear of approval for forthcoming cuts on the label, he was also part of the first Ordinary Dreams compilation and remains a constant source of inspiration with sharing and unearthing incredible music. This mix does what it says on the box, Trujillo running deep across different genres and timezones always with a humble nod to the sunshine.

Hugeeee tip to check and buy his recent compilation on Soundway - Ritmo Fantasía,  listen to hours of incredible mixes on his soundcloud or also check his new label True Class he has started with Claas Brieler

ID requests ~> @trujillo

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RFC is back and this time we've drafted in some help in the form of the Soca Santa aka @bongobarns coming through to save Christmas with a Running For Covers Soca Special! Featuring Soca versions of smash hits from the likes of Bob Marley, Gloria Estefan, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder and many more!

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Up next are our dear friends The Zenmenn (@user-847972032) with whom we have a new 7" and more coming up soon. For the special occasion they came up with an unexpected mix extraordinaire while being generous in answering our questions. Interview (excerpt) down below.

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MFM: When did the first idea for The Zenmenn project present itself? Did it start with a few existing songs, or is it a conceptual project?

ZM: A couple of years back we got the opportunity to join this cool studio run by a gentleman called Franz. We did some stuff with friends and at the same time we just began jamming and recording what we did, and eventually we had a couple of songs in our hands, that we thought sounded interesting, and it dawned upon us that we should spend our time working on our own stuff. The name The Zenmenn came later, probably most of the album was recorded by then. There are still some old jams on the Zenmenn hard drive filed under Pharaohs Lounge, which is one of the earlier name ideas stolen from an alcohol free coctail bar near the studio.

MFM: Quite some fans refer in their comments on the LP to the '80s and include terms like 'melancholic' and 'nostalgic'. What are your thoughts on comments like these? 

ZM: Oh that’s nice. It’s generally very nice to hear people describe our music. Today a guy told us he thought we sounded like an Ethiopian band played on 45 with John Mayer on top… could be something to it. 
But true - it’s not really a party record and some of the songs like topaz or homage to a friendship certainly have a nostalgic, melancholic tone. Also the 80s vibe is well helped along by the Dx7 that features on every song. The presets we use are mostly the legendary e piano which features in all the 80s power ballads and the amazing fretless bass that still sounds better than any of the other fretless bass presets we’ve come across. Harp and steel drum are also great.

MFM: If all your current equipment would break down and you'd have to work with newer instruments of modern technology instead, how would that affect your music? Do you think you'd still non-mistakenly sound like The Zenmenn?

ZM: Most of our keyboards are from the 90s or even early 2000s, like the Triton Le and the Casio Ctk900 with which we recorded this whole mix. The 90s stuff is way more affordable. In some way we would probably sound the same cause we don’t loop, quantize or produce music in a contemporary fashion, and we’re into certain chord progressions and grooves. If we wanna play one pattern for 5 minutes, that’s what we mostly do, and then you always end up with some embellishments and quirks. But making music comes a lot down to workflow and if we had some fancy new synth in your hands with a thousand effects, sequences and menu diving we would probably do something different. That could be cool too,  but at the moment we prefer the old school approach. 

MFM: Thanks so much for this very special "mix". Tell us about it please?!

ZM: We made a mix of tracks we liked but it didn’t really come across too original so we decided to take another approach. Magnus plays around on keyboards whenever he can, and the way we make music is mostly just jamming something and then giving it structure as we go along. Magnus made 2 jams and we put them together and chopped out things that didn’t seem to fit, but mostly everything is recorded in one go. Our friend Helen Wells came by and played some harmonica, guitar and tweaked some pedals. We overdubbed some Casio, cool voices etc. Ben had a couple of curatorial suggestions in the end and did some great spoken words. Since our first little tour this summer Magnus has been carrying around some small drawing books and has been noodling away. This has been a great influence on this mix where all the decisions have been quick, with a loose hand and not too many layers. We’re happy to have the opportunity to make a mix and we’re very inspired to do more just like this.

MFM Mix 037: The Zenmenn

Delighted to host Brandon Hocura Influence mix on Oddity Radio for @seance-centre.

Brandon Hocura : Thinking back to my formative musical experiences brought back places, moods, and memories, mostly from my late teens and early twenties. For the mix, I wanted to connect those salad days with my long-term interests; basically I chose some foundational favorites and filled the spaces between them with sonic portals, linking then and now in my mind.

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Mix of the Week #567 is "In the Right Place" by Bobby Myseh
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Here the warm up set of ESD SOUND recorded during the party of the 26/05/25 at La Paloma

ESD SOUND live recorded set at Glove Party at La Paloma

Reality Check - Music for the Third Ear

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Given away as a promo CD in early 2004. 

A problem with the first upload of this meant there are dropouts in many of the copies, so here it is clean from the original CD.

A Slow Blow (2004)

01 — Nilton Castro — Ondas (Les Vagues)
02 — Arrangement — Coconut Mango
03 — Harry Case — Air Dancer
04 — Roedelius — Wenn der Südwind Weht
05 — Hiroshi Yoshimura — Kotoritachi No Kafe (Café)
06 — David Sylvian — Answered Prayers
07 — This Mortal Coil — Barramundi
08 — Manual — Open Skies
09 — Interior — Park
10 — The Durutti Column — Lullaby 4 Nina
11 — Yoshio Ojima — Biodome
12 — Yoshio Ojima — Sealed
13 — Tom Kazas — Vision of Serenity

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Past and future:
07.06.2025 Handmade Festival / Guastalla
10.01.2025: Horrorscope @ Sameheads / Berlin
08.11.2024: Soilseek @ Panke / Berlin
20.07.2023: Braille Satellite @ Mushroom Manor Park / Lithuania
05.04.2023: HONORABLE BENEMERITO MERITORIO EJEMPLAR @ Arkaoda / Berlin
17.02.2023: HONORABLE BENEMERITO MERITORIO EJEMPLAR @ Arkaoda / Berlin
07.01.2023: MUSIKIÍ NIGHT #2 @ Sameheads / Berlin
09.12.2022: DISCOTECA INFINITA @ Crack Bellmer / Berlin
16.9.2022: MUSIKIÍ NIGHT #1 @ Sameheads / Berlin
15.07.2022: Cosmic Gathering @ Alte Spinnerei / Chemnitz
01.04.2022: METARAVE @ Mensch Meier / Berlin
19.11.2021: O Tannenbaum / Berlin
15.10.2021: Arkaoda / Berlin
25.09.2021: Reality Check @ Secret Location / Berlin
03.09.2021: O Tannenbaum / Berlin
21.08.2021: Auroville Open Air @ Tempelhofer Feld / Berlin
06.08.2021: Cosmic Gathering @ Alte Spinnerei / Chemnitz
28.08.2020: Cosmic Gathering @ Alte Spinnerei / Chemnitz
18.01.2020: Discophrenia @ Crack Bellmer / Berlin
21.11.2019: Pergamon / Jerusalem
06.08.2019: Discophrenia w/ Neu Verboten @ Crack Bellmer / Berlin
14.06.2019: Discophrenia w/ Trent @ Crack Bellmer / Berlin
22.02.2019: DO.G.S. / f.w. Edition @ Milan
19.05.2018: Roler Skate Disco @ SO36 / Berlin
26.10.2017: Frisky Park @ Schwutz / Berlin
10.07.2017: Warm party @ Farbfernseher / Berlin
11.12.2015: NUL w/ Syracuse @ Plastic / Milan
27.11.2015: NUL w/ Lena Willikens @ Plastic / Milan
06.11.2015: NUL w/ Paquita Gordon @ Plastic / Milan
30.10.2015: NUL w/ NGLY @ Plastic / Milan
23.10.2015: NUL w/ Aurora Halal / Milan
16.10.2015: NUL w/ DJ Dustin / Milan
18.06.2015: In Treatment w/ The Mole @ La Cristalleria / Milan
11.06.2015: Electropark #1 @ Genova
21.03.2015: In Treatment w/ Vakula @ La Cristalleria / Milan
20.12.2014: In Treatment w/ Ada @ La Cristalleria / Milan
07.12.2014: Laroboterie @ Dude Club / Milan
28.11.2014: In Treatment w/ Fumée Grise @ Macao / Milan
19.09.2014: Crimewave w/ Alessandro Parisi @ La Sacrestia / Milan
04.04.2014: Cameo Nights w/ Alien Alien @ Vanilla / Milan

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