The world will not be destroyed by those that do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything.
(Albert Einstein)
Do the right thing. Be brave. 

The first stone

Hell Yeah's lovingly curated Buena Onda series is back with a new edition that focuses on Adriatic Beats & Beyond. It has been assembled by label head Marco Gallerani and features four exclusive new tunes that reflect his summer residences at a cosy beach bar on Italy's Eastern and Adriatic coast.

Marco moved back to his hometown of Ferrara after the pandemic and began spending more time at the local seaside, the famous Lidi Ferraresi. It's there, at Lido di Spina, that a friend runs Kai Beach Bar, a small spot where, every Thursday throughout August for the last three years, he has soundtracked afternoons and sunsets under the Buena Onda banner, more than a decade after the party first started in Berlin.

"The beat has become less Balearic, more Adriatic," he explains of the sounds that can be heard up and down the coastline. "There’s no sunset culture yet, but they like a groove for aperitivo. This selection reflects the music I propose there, a kinda sunrise to sunset trip."

The 13-track selection includes four exclusives: the first is Blende's 'Amor,' which is forthcoming on the label. Johan Blende is a Swedish producer, songwriter and DJ who weaves together modern dance with retro sounds of the 70s and 80s and debuts on the label this summer with his Recess EP. 'Amor' is a bubbly groove with a New Age wash and lo-fi pads full of charm.

Hell Yeah regular and Italian magic man Walter Del Vecchio aka Quiroga also offers a new Baia Club Ambient Version of 'French Kiss' which has a lazy acid line worming its way through dubby kicks and tabla drums, and his dreamy electro soother 'Cala Ventosa' also features. Secret Soul Society, aka South Wales's Cal Gibson, also tests a new EP with his 'Orange Surprise' blending off-balance rhythmic shuffles with starry cosmic melodies. The final exclusive is from Balearic Gabba Sound System, who flip The Vendetta Suite aka the legendary Gary Irwin's 'Della Notte' into a quietly epic cinematic closer with icy analogue beats and a warped bassline for dubbed out late night escape. His 'Island Hill Microdot' also offers some warped cosmic ambient house introspection.

Elsewhere, Michele Mininni features twice - once with Gallo's Tropical Hinterhof Remix of the suspensory ambient lushness pop 'Carousel of Tears' and once with the original percussive pressure and hip-house fusion of 'Urban Voodoo' from his Pop Archetypes LP. Buena Onda veteran Feel Fly comes through with an Estatico Danzante Remix of Pedro Bertho's 'Tornei' feat Mariana Gehring and takes us to the stars on twinkling keys, dusty breakbeats and steamy vocals that glow as warm as a setting sun.

Add in further groovy gems such as Bonnie and Klein's synth and vibes laced 'Horizon Avenue,' dreamy, breaks-driven downtempo brilliance from pub wave innovator Dawn Again, hints of Ibiza cool from Willie Graff's remix of Aura Safari & Jimi Tenor and some upbeat synth-laced house from label stalwart Luminodisco and you have a faultless collection of grooves for grown up dance floors. 

Compiled by Marco Gallerani
Artwork by Matteo Gallerani

Thanks to Everyone at Kai Beach Bar - Lido di Spina (FE)

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Joyride

"Means To Me" is the sophomore full length from Long Beard. Out August 30 2019 via Double Double Whammy.

Long Beard - Means To Me

WATCH THE MUSIC VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nE4R2ZSMgGg&list=UULd_Xh7AohgUOiF4KOEjFtw&index=1

Why you never talk to me? 
Can’t you read my mind?  
It’s telling you to say something 
All the time 

I know that i’m uptight
silly things keep me up at night
I know i’ll be alright 
but is it worth putting up a fight?  I wanna sit and do nothing
and you wanna make me be something
and that’s alright
cause no one’s ever made me feel the way i do
for you

pretty girl with the pretty eyes
put her hand right on my thigh
probably thinks that i wanna know why
but i can hardly describe

the way that she made my head spin
she hit me like i’m a pedestrian
in the middle of the night
walking straight into her headlights
but she saved me from my tired life
maybe next time i will think twice
that’d be nice

I never thought she’d love me
she’s just way too cool
so when she came up to me
that day at school
i looked around to check and see 
if she was really talking to me
and she was staring directly 
into my eyes
i felt hypnotized by her gaze
i was intimidated by her face
everything was put into place
no more lofty dreams for me to chase
and she wanted me to my surprise 
the heart wants what it wants and it don’t lie
no it don’t lie

Co-written by: Agustin Ortiz 
Additional Vocals by: Agustin Ortiz, Jessica Walsh, Alex Varni & Grace Cardinale


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