In the realm of Balearic beat, the vinyl notes waver between the echoes of house and Italo house, embracing the mellow sway of deep house. A languid R&B-infused beat, clocking in below 119bpm, sets the rhythm, composed of the essential trio: bass drum, snare, and hi-hats, often choreographed by the Roland TR-909 drum machine. These beats unfold in a laid-back dance, a rhythmic tapestry woven with the soulful threads of Latin, African, Funk, and Dub influences. Balearic beat borrows production techniques from its dance music contemporaries, an eclectic fusion popular in its heyday.

Vocals, though intermittent, share the stage with instrumental compositions, where acoustic instruments like guitars and pianos occasionally join the melodic conversation. Yet, tethered to a specific percussion pattern that eventually fell out of favor, the once-prominent Balearic beat gracefully bowed out, its repertoire assimilated into the broader realms of "chill out" and "downtempo" genres.

The architects of Balearic beat, in contrast to their UK disciples, define its essence as the DJ's ability to traverse a vast sonic landscape, navigating from the early minimalism of New Beat to the pioneering extended remixes of pop anthems. Balearic DJ sets are a testament to the art of musical divergence, marked by sharp turns in direction. Beyond Ibiza's shores, the general perception labels Balearic beat as a distinct music style. However, within the island's community, it is a rebellion against conformity, an embrace of non-style—a challenge to the norm. It embodies a freestyle expression seamlessly binding sporadic vinyl inspirations through technical finesse on the turntables.

In the present electronic dance music landscape, where stylistic boundaries reign supreme, only a handful of promoters and DJs dare to stretch the spectrum of styles as far as Balearic beat once did, fearing the loss of identity and clientele. DJ Alfredo remains a torchbearer of diversity among Ibiza DJs, but the art of mixing and the terminology that once defined Balearic beat have largely been absorbed by the Chillout scene.

Balearic Boogie

As we kick off the Traxsource 20 year anniversary celebrations, Our very own Co-Founder Brian Tappert steps up to the decks repping Soulfuric Recordings and delivers a superb 100% live set. Brian joins us today in support of many forthcoming releases on the mighty Soulfuric imprints, the labels that He and our other  Co-Founder Marc Pomeroy founded back in the 90s, before there was a Traxsource.

Some of these include Brian’s rework of ‘Shake’ by Off The Cuff & the all new Groove Assassin Remix of the Melba Moore Classic "My Heart Belongs to You”. He and Marc are also back in their Jazz-N-Groove moniker revamping Orange Muse ‘Keep The Funk Alive’ on Soulfuric Deep, Available now for Pre-order!

Dive into Brian’s mix loaded with some fresh exclusives, acapella’s and more featuring releases by Groove Assassin, Prunk, Louie Vega, Kapote, E. Live and Sebb Junior to name a few. Raise a glass and crank up the mix as we kick off the celebrations of being the Voice of the Underground since 2004!

If you are in Miami next week, drop in at Dante’s Hifi on Thursday March 21st from 3-8pm for our ‘Friends of Ours’ Traxsource 20 event. We will be hosting a free party, with special vinyl sets by Dennis Quin, DJ Spen, Prunk, Harry Romero, Jask, Brain Tappert + LEGENDARY SPECIAL GUEST FROM NYC! You can also catch the Soulfuric crew at Coyo Taco (Wynwood) on Friday from 9-3am (also free) ‘Friends of Ours Too’ featuring Low Steppa, Ron Carroll, John Julius Knight, House Funatik & Brian Tappert.

20+ countries, 80+ radio networks and 10 million+ weekly listeners can’t be wrong. Keep it Traxsource. Keep it underground.

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BRIAN TAPPERT - TRACKLISTING: MAR 14TH, 2024

01. The Jacksons - (Opening) Can You Feel It - Epic
02. White Label - Feel It Children - White Label
03. E. Live - Hidden Oasis (Original Mix) Star Creature Universal Vibrations
04. Sandee - Notice Me (acapella) Inhouse
05. MAW ft. India - To be in love (Jo Paciello rework)	DEMO
06. ROTD Ricky Inch Mr. V - Let's Work - Soufuric Deep
07. Melba Moore	- My Heart Belongs To You (Groove Assassin Remix) Soulfuric
08. Jam Jamiro, Scott Diaz - Try & Stop Me (Scott Diaz Remix) Large Music
09. Daje - Every Day of My Life (Accapella) Defected
10. Orange Muse	- Keep The Funk Alive (Jazz-N-Groove Mix) Soulfuric Trax
11. Kapote - The Party (Extended Version) Toy Tonics
12. Shik Stylko, Tyree Cooper - My People (Clap-A-Pella) Realbasic
13. Chesster, Prunk - Tribute (Prunk Remix) PIV Records
14. Sebb Junior	- What I Keep (Extended Mix) Groove Culture Deep
15. Ralphi Rosario - You Used To Hold Me  (Accapella) Hot Mix 5
16. Basile De Suresnes - U All Disco Lovers. Fuck - FRAPPÉ
17. Jungle Brothers - I'll House You (Accapella) Idlers
18. Hatiras - Joburg - Spacedisco Records
19. Prunk, RUZE	- Incredible (Original Mix) PIV Records
20. Louie Vega - Mozalounge (Jazz-N-Groove Dub)	Vega Records
		
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GCM106 - Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze) 🇮🇪 

Stephen Richards is a DJ, producer and radio host from Waterford, Ireland. He has been producing and DJ'ing since the late 90´s. 

His diverse style includes genres such as Nu-Disco, Disco, Indie Dance, Soul, Funk, Jazz and Deep House. He has played in Ireland, UK, Egypt and Mexico. 

He is the host of the acclaimed DiscoDaze radio show on Open Tempo FM since 2017. 

As a producer he has releases on labels such as Tropical Disco, Hot Digits Music, Discoweey. Spa In Disco, Super Spicy Records, Masterworks Music, Bandolier, Rare Wiri, Slightly Transformed, Hot Gorilla Records, Mango Sounds amongst many others.

Tracklist: 

1. The Funk District - Robot Soul
2. Ben Jamin - Dam Rite
3. Charly Angelz - Movin' On
4. Jack District & Marelua - Essa Menina
5. Dirtyelements & Drunkdrivers - Keep It Coming
6. Ubaruh - Mecento Frisson (Yuksek Remix)
7. The Funk District - My Woman
8. Scruscru - Flamingo Dance
9. Captain Morgan - Funky Stuff
10. Andromeda Orchestra - Do It (Like You Mean It)
11. Waves Within - Boogie That Sound
12. Ian Pooley - Close Your Eyes

🍯 The Artist 👉🏻 @srichards1975
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Good Custard Mixtape 106: Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze)

Welcome back to another week of the NDYD Radio Show. EP-337 continues the tradition of nothing but the best Deep House that is out there in the wild.

LET'S GET DEEP!

Catch the broadcast of the show on d3ep.com every Saturday night at midnight in the UK and at 5pm PST on my side of the pond.  Enjoy!

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The Sound of Midnight Riot: Street Sounds 003 Yam Who? Feat Faz

Midnight Riot now graces the iconic Street Sounds Radio with their fresh weekly primetime show every Friday night, running from 11pm to 1am. 

Following Episodes one and two featuring guest mixes from Young Pulse and Adam Nova we are back with a guest mix from the mighty Faz.

Check back every week for a brand new episode featuring the cream of the disco and house worlds.

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The Sound of Midnight Riot: Street Sounds 003

The Sound of Midnight Riot: Street Sounds 003 Yam Who? Feat Faz

Back, back, like Jack.

FIrst thing first. A huge thank you to brother @cloakdaggernyc for taking over the show last week. As always he didn't disappoint with his beautiful Nu Disco set in which he played some of his own tracks. This def ain't last time you hear from him as he is part of the NDYD fam. 

Cloak sets the bar high when he is a guest so i'm gonna try to keep up with him and get your ears attention by taking you to the deep end of the NDYD pool. The show starts strong with one of pour favorite artist that we haven't heard from in a while. The amazing Lovebirds, on Glitterbox Recordings no less, with their new release 'Shut The Lights Out'. From there we raise the tempo a little bit more with artists like Scott Diaz, Turbojazz, Kevin Yost, Soledrifter, and many more.

Enjoy and catch the broadcast of the show on d3ep.com every Saturday night at midnight in the UK (4pm if you are on the west coast of the USA) and come join us in the Shoutbox.

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The second mix of our Balearic Disco Guest Mix Series!

Providing us with a funky poolside / beach house mix this time is the amazing: @chuggin-test CHUGGING EDITS

Chuggin Edits, well known for his amazing edits is born and living in Essex u.k and has been djing for 35 years and turned his hand to producing 10 years ago 
With Support from Greg Wilson, DJ Sneak, The craig Charles funk & soul show, Mi Soul radio. Where many of my edits and reworks have been played 

Chuggin Edits is one half of the record label @slightlytransformed Slightly Transformed with Ash Reynolds: releasing tracks on his own label and previously with:
Seamus Haji’s  Reloved - Records 
Tropical Disco 
Hot Digits
Too Slow To Disco 
and many more

TRACKLIST
1. CHANGE - THE GLOW OF LOVE ( CODY CURRIE RE-WORK)
2. CHUGGIN EDITS - BUT ITS JAZZ
3. DJ SPEN & MICHELE CHIAVARINI - FREE LOVE
4. FF EDITS - SEXY
5. DISCO GRAM - MELBA
6. MICHAEL GRAY - YOU MAKE ME FEEL MIGHTY REAL
7. THELMA HOUSTON - DONT LEAVE ME THIS WAY ( YOUNG PULSE REMIX)
8. CHILLY - FOR YOUR LOVE ( MIKEANDTESS EDITS)
9. DC LARUE - CATHEDRALS ( JKRIV REMIX)
10. RICHIE HAVENS - GOING BACK TO MY ROOTS (DJOKI EDIT)

GUESTMIX #02 CHUGGIN EDITS

The Black Light Disco Show tickles the armpits of the My House Radio airwaves with another sonic spectacular to whet your whistle for the upcoming week ahead. 
 
This week it’s the turn of BLD’s resident international man of mystery (and all-round diamond geezer) Cole Kutz to lead you on a two hour journey of ups, downs, rights, lefts and inter-dimensional jaunts into the disco and house biosphere. With his trusty big butterfly net on a stick, Cole has been busy chasing and catching choice tunes all around the BLD rooftop garden. In the specimen jar for later are tracks from Oldchap, INFRASOUL, Brothers In Arts, Hotmood, Dr Packer and Fish Go Deep ft Mary Cigarettes to name but a few. 
  
Please do give that ❤️ a push if you like what you hear, and give the show a repost / share if you'd be so kind! 

Track List:

1. Nigel Hayes Slow Burn 
2. Oldchap - Je Vend Du Reve 
3. Infrasoul - The Disco Sound 
4. Brothers in Arts - Thats What We Got 
5. Hotmood - love Bite 
6. Quell - Army Of Lover Miles Maeda Mix 
7. Calabasa - Catching Wesley  [Robsoul Recordings] 
8. Dr Packer - Waves of Funk 
9. Fish Go Deep ft Mary Cigarettes - Chemical God 
10. Stephane Deschezeaux - It's Turning Me On - (Steppin' Out) 
11. MMH - Chicago 
12. Foo Funkers, Paolo Barbato - Bar Groovin 
13. YSE Saint Laur'ant - Dance, Dance, We Dare 
14. Makossa & Megablast, Megablast - Kunuaka (DJ T.'s Body Contact Remix) 
15. Skankin Pickle-Thick Ass (Stout-Jlmix)
16. Paco Caniza - Soul Spirit  - (Boogie Brunch Records) 
17. Maex, Point85 - Welcome to Paris  
18. Kirk Degiorgio - Starwaves - Jimpster remix 
19. Corrado Alunni - When You Want Me  
20. Johnny Fiasco - Last Word 
21. Darren Marshall - Lit The Wick - (Groovphoria Records)
22. Love Is A Bassline starring Rowetta - Better Be Good 
23. Ron H - The Money (DFJ Recordings) 
24. Ant Acid vs. B.T.W. - Party Time 
25. First Choice - The Player (The Boris & Mousse T. Player's Groove) 
26. Light Boy - Step Back  
27. ANOTR, Abel Balder - Relax My Eyes

BLD 29th April 2024 with Cole Kutz

Welcome to the next installment of the NDYD Radio Show - we going out to a proper House Club night and this week's set is the password to get you into the VIP ;) Some sexy new Deep,Garage, and even Soulful House to keep you on the dance floor. Enjoy!

*catch the NDYD Radio Show on d3ep.com on Saturday night at midnight UK time and 4pm Saturday afternoon in the west coast of the USA. Join us in the show's chatroom.

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Hell of a night at Not Another Disco's 1st birthday bash at the Pan in Cork! Amazing venue, amazing rig, amazing crowd, amazeballs night! Big thanks to Generic People and Noden for having me along!

Bookings email: hotdigitsmusic@gmail.com

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Tracklisting:

Palavas - I Need Somebody Tonight (Palavas Edit)
D-Train - Keep On (Mikeandtess Edit)
Prince - 1999 (Hlynur Solvi Rework)
Chewy Rubs - Future Freak (Surgery Edits Tweak)
Peoples Choice - Jam Jam Jam (Dr Packer Rework)
Fingerman - She's A GF
Selvagem - Chitty Disco (Selvagem Edit)
FPI Project - Everybody All Over The World (Chewy Rubs & Fingerman Edit)
Detroit Experiment - Think Twice (Edit)
Lovebirds - I Want You In My Soul (Petko Turner Edit)
Idris Muhammad - Could Heaven Ever Be Like This? (Late Nite Tuff Guy Rework)
Deep Zone - It's Gonna Alright (Help Is On The Way) (Crackazat Mana Dub)
Metro Area Vs Chicago - Miura (Dj Psy Edit)
Ragtyme - Fix It Man (Chrissy Edit)
Dave Gerrard - Paid In Beats
Toronto Hustle & Sean Roman - The Rain
Wagon Cookin' Feat Aqeel 72 - Start To Play
Andy Buchan - Get Naked (Chewy Rubs Strip Down Dub)
Dan Shake - Buy Yourself Friends
Sean Den - Je Suis
Daft Punk - Fresh (Manuel-M Rework)
Dj Falcon - Honeymoon (Sgt Slick Melbourne Rework)
The Chemical Brothers - Life Is Sweet (Daft Punk Remix)
Lil Louis Vs Homero Espinosa - I Called You (Fingerman Re-Edit)
Gat Decor - Passion (Shadow Child Re-Edit)
Voices Of Life - The Word Is Love (Silk Anthem)
Gwen McRae - Keep The Fire Burnin' (The Revenge Need II Edit)
Saison - Suffer (Fouk Remix)
Stephen Richards - Lift Me Up
Dick Johnson - Into The Groove
Dam Swindle - That's Right
Raven Maize - Together Forever (Closer To The Source Remix)
Moodymanc - Joy (Nostalgic Piano Mix)
Optimo - Liquid (Cratebug Edit)
Moplen - Ain't No Dub About It (De-Gama Re-Drum)

Fingerman LIVE @ Not Another Disco, Cork, April 2024

Back to another episode to get your butt out to the dance floor.

EP 341 is nice mixed bag of Deep, House, Garage, and even Soulful.

Great set to get your cardio up at the gym also :)

Enjoy!

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The music of West Coast DJ, Ricardo Torres can best be described as a blend of deep, soulful house, and disco inflected with the particular sound of the west coast vibe, sultry and smooth. He plays the music that  heads love to dance to; confident that when the music flows from hands that loves the underground it can be an uplifting, groovy and sexy experience.

Ricardo has been on a quest to achieve that perfect mix ever since his first chance encounter at the turntables, in 1987 at his college radio station in Montreal, Canada. His first 12" records were from the Industrial Electronic Music of that time.  Shortly thereafter in 1988, he was first introduced to House Music. Ricardo quickly changed his direction and followed the early days of Chicago House.  He moved towards this style of music since he found it to have a new and unfamiliar energy within itself.

In 1995 Ricardo, moved to Los Angeles, a city basking in sunrays and radiating the good vibes he himself perpetuated. And here, Ricardo discovered the funky, soulfulness of the west coast sound.  Many of his early heroes such as Jay-J, Marques Wyatt, Julius Papp, Mark Farina, Miguel Migs, and others gave him the desire to gravitate towards this deeper, more soulful West Coast style.

While still a local Los Angeles DJ, Ricardo - inspired by his love for this genre-decided early on in the year 2000 to post his mixes online to share with the world. This was fairly new and innovative at the time. This act of sharing his musical vision without prejudice or limitations caused him to be sought after to play his brand of house music in cities all over the world. He continues to offer up his masterful mixes, as host of syndicated radio shows online as well as on satellite radio in the USA.

Within the recent past Ricardo joined forces with Nu Disco Your Disco out of Germany for representation and affiliation. This modern Nu Disco sound, to him, is the perfect way to bring that West COast vibe into the future and the new generation. Since NDYD has been a pioneer in bringing the Nu Disco genre to the masses in Europe he felt that they would be the perfect partner for doing the same in North America with their established brand. Hence, the syndicated NDYD Radio Show was born.  The show has been on the air for over a year now and besides Ricardo hosting and DJing it every week, some of the best talent in the industry and from all over the planet have been guest DJs and taken over the show. The loyal following keeps growing episode after episode. 

Underground music trends and styles have changed since Ricardo played his first vinyl record all those years ago but what hasn't changed is that he just loves playing music that inspires the heads to get up and dance!


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