Name: Pender Street Steppers w/ Lito Ford 050520 by NTS 2020
Duration: 2 h 26 s
Description: https://www.nts.live/shows/pender-street-steppers/episodes/pender-street-steppers-w-5th-may-2020

whats this Chocolate Milk ‘Who’s Getting It Now’ remix? Huuuuuuge tune

020 John Ross

Over the years I've bumped into John here and there, all over the place. At one point, by chance, I even worked on an IT project with him, we never actually spoke, and I can only remember John being the guy who wore the large fancy headphones (probably an early sign of his passion for music). We'd continue to cross paths on those niche Facebook music groups too ('Rotation' for example). 

When we were opening Waxflower, he stuck out in my mind as someone who'd be great to have play through their no-doubt thoughtful collection. I knew he had spent time in Brazil and we'd talked about Bossa Nova collections, so I'd only hoped that we'd get to here worldly and carefully selected gems. That's exactly what happened! John has a truly wonderful trove of music, and this brilliant mix only begins trek his long path of digging.

Surfing in with rhythmic waves of Brazilian Bossa Nova, slowing it down into street soul-esque jams, and picking the tempo back up to close things out – There are only jams here, with Portuguese vocals and musing melodies trending through the whole mix.

“Some, may say,
I'm wishing my days away, no way!”

Recorded live @waxflowerbar with @johnross020

John Ross live at Waxflower 21st June 2022

020 John Ross

For Merchant's 11th edition of the podcast they welcome Evie Weily. A Sydney based collector and writer who has an exceptional ear for downtempo treats.

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Merchant w/ Evie - December 2022

And we're back! Here's another dusty trip down memory lane. Two hours and change of Dane (@commonedit)& DJ D.DEE (@derekdee) going cheek to cheek in the booth at Pacific Rhythm's annual Halloween session, Walk The Night.

Revisiting this one was a real treat. Enjoy the sounds everybody!

Paradise Archives Vol. 2 with Dane B2B DJ D.DEE

Tako Reyenga & Raphael Top-Secret for an exquisite back 2 back
« Cause weekend loving ends on Sunday morning ... »

Recorded live at NOSE JOB on Saturday 05-03-2016
Occasional volume skips, rumble and distortion are part of the fun

https://soundcloud.com/raphael-top-secret

TAKO & RTS at NOSE JOB (05-03-2016)

Ahead of Outro Tempo II close friend John Gómez (@johngomezldn) contributes to the MFM Mix Series with this wonderfully soothing second episode titled Spring Awakening (photo credit: @marionavilaros). Q&A here below.

www.musicfrommemory.com

MFM: Hey John! So, before we talk about the present and future let's briefly flash back. How do you look back on the first Outro Tempo compilation? It seems that it has opened up quite a lot of ears and doors, do you think it had the same impact in Europe as it did in Brazil?

JG: It had different sorts of impacts, in the sense that in Europe Outro Tempo was very much an introduction to a world of music most of us didn’t know about, but in Brazil it offered an alternative take on its own musical history. It generated a lot of interest in that period – I mean, you can see how many reissues of music with a similar sound have come out in the past two years. I was amazed at how much it resonated in Brazil: I still get emails, occasionally from quite prominent musicians and journalists, thanking me for my work promoting Brazilian music. I never could have expected that kind of response and, to answer your first question, on a personal level Outro Tempo generated a lot of good will for me in Brazil. 

MFM: Outro Tempo II the full compilation will be out in May but first there's the Single Promocional teaser EP, containing 2 exclusive tracks. How did you decide these 2 tracks had to be on it? Do they connect both the compilations in one way or another?

JG: Yes, naturally they connect, as two of the members from Bruhahá Babélico were in another group that features on the compilation and were part of the São Paulo scene. The idea for the EP came from being blown away by the incredible Babélico II when I first heard it. It was actually a 26 minute jam that was recorded directly to cassette and it would have been difficult to release in its original form. I edited the music in a way that was true to the original, but as it was taken from cassette it had very different sonic qualities to the rest of the music on the compilation. I felt this would interrupt the overall flow of the comp, so I thought it would be a nice idea to release it independently as a teaser EP. It’s totally bonkers and I’m thrilled that people seem as excited by the track as I am! 

MFM: Would you say Outro Tempo II is the logical or natural follow up to its predecessor, does it really continue where the first left off?

JG: Initially I didn’t really want to do a follow up. I thought there was no point in just compiling the tunes that didn’t make it on to the first. But eventually I distanced myself enough from the compilation to see another narrative emerging in Brazilian music of the time. There are points of intersection but it feels like an evolution from the first, moving in a different direction towards the experimental soul of Brazil’s gigantic cities and the relationship developed with new influences from outside. 

MFM: So, thanks for contributing to our new mix series! When we first asked, you said about maybe doing a more 'chilled' mix. Did you have a specific purpose in mind with that? 

JG: I just wanted to record something less functional and self-promoting than the hundreds of dance mixes that are uploaded each week. Last year I did an RA mix and a Beats In Space but it feels like ages since I’ve simply put together some nice songs. I like saving my dancefloor tunes for the dancefloor as I think they lose some of their magic or impact if they’ve been heard many times before. This is definitely not geared towards the dancefloor: it is deep music for listening and features outsider folk from North Carolina and the Basque country, fusion from Mexico and Argentina, cosmic sounds from Martinique and Nigeria, and hypnotic rhythms from Brazil, with a little nod to Outro Tempo II.

MFM Mix 002: John Gómez

Music that keeps company. Recorded at home, March 2020.

@johngomezldn

Reencuentros

https://www.nts.live/shows/pender-street-steppers/episodes/pender-street-steppers-w-5th-may-2020

Pender Street Steppers w/ Lito Ford  050520

Hailing via Ontario (CA), Brandon co-founded the famous "inivisible City" Record Shop in Toronto which has since then released some important re-issues on the self-owned label and generally become a haven for the local record-digging scene. 

Around 2016/ 2017, however, Brandon has parted with Invisible City and it certainly did not take him long to establish his own fantastic label "Séance Centre" which does not solely focus on the music  but instead situates its releases in their individual cultural and physical environments via visual modalities like photos and documentary but also word-based comunication such as interviews, essays or storytelling.

It was immediately clear to us that his approach fits perfectly with 5918mins. and so we are glad that Brandon has contributed this summer special full of goodness, seamlessly meandering between more experimental and pleasing sounds. Perfect for the current heat wave.

Brandon Edward Hocura (Séance Centre)- Summer Mix

For my Maika,

I miss you. 

Love forever, 
Lauren.

- - - - -

I pay my respects to the traditional custodians of this great southern land, the Gadigal of the Eora nation and their Elders past, present and future. I acknowledge their culture and relationship with the land and water. Aboriginal land; always was, always will be.

For Maika

Kejeblos is the man behind Phantom Island label, works at Hum Records in Zurich and has been DJing at Zukunft for over a decade. Unstoppable digger and record collector, his mixes are always the promise of a game on point. The one he made for Motel Campo certainly follows this rule. Dig in !

@kejeblos

Motel Campo Podcast 012 - Kejeblos

004 Jamie Bennett

Do you know Jamie Bennett? Maybe you do, maybe you don’t, maybe you heard one of your friends whisper: “That’s the Crown Ruler guy." One thing is undoubtedly true – Australia’s music scene wouldn’t be the same without Jamie’s influence. The wonderful Crown Ruler brand has exerted its influence throughout the country and far beyond. If this is news to you, start looking a little closer to home and you’ll spot the clues.

We’ll keep this intro brief – a cheeky web-surf will provide plenty of thoughtful write ups on the man’s roots. We think Jamie’s an incredible DJ. A trove of aural excellence comes through in this mix; Lovers rock, sun-kissed gems, and plenty of soulful rarities from all corners. It’s a little less about genre and a little more about mood.

When we joked with Jamie that the cost of the records in this mix alone must be his retirement fund, he slyly shot back: "That's my super." It’s hard to explain the effort, the research, and even the resources that go into pulling together the sort of collections that are at the heart of a mix like this. Perhaps that’s a little digger-to-digger nod, a silent sign of appreciation at the incredibly impractical art of carting around bags and bags of records in this day and age.

Our admiration goes beyond knowing the work involved. Hearing and experiencing Jamie’s talent through Waxflower’s speakers was, for us, a thing of joy. And at the heart of it all is Jamie’s love of music. We were honoured to have him play on the wheels at Wax. Music and Human connection, Enjoy!

Recorded live @Waxflowerbar

Pender Street Steppers w/ Lito Ford 050520

NTS 2020

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