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The Sound Of Love International #005 - Orpheu The Wizard (2023)

1. 江差追分(前唄) (Virtual Reality Mix) Intro
2. Folie 2 - Confrontation (Teams For Great Cities)
3. Cumbaya - The Liquid State (Wake Dream)
4. General Ludd - Marraskuu (Rubadub)
5. Tack>>Head - Ticking Time Bomb Dub (World Records)
6. Mark Grusane - The Next Ride (Rush Hour)
7. Dhuo - Rome By Night (Remixed Extended Version)(Seven Seas)
8. S Transporter - S Transporter 4 (Portage Garage Sounds)
9. The Jak - Gravity D-Lyte (Dirty Blends)
10. Touch - Fallen (Instrumental) (Supertronics)
11. D Chow - Original Force (Microcosmic)
12. Drawing Future Life - C.A.D. (Syzygy Records)
13. Chimere FM - Vol Du Heron Cendre (Versatile Records)

Orpheu The Wizard NTS Guest Show Feb 24 2022

As played on the beach at the Beaches Brew Festival in Marina di Ravenna in Italy. Including all the HITS :)

Orpheu The Wizard! @ Beaches Brew Italy

Buy 2LP/Download/Stream >> https://fanlink.to/LITPLP005

Orpheu the Wizard has a magic touch at finding records that fall between the gaps in music - oddities, curios, the weird, the wonderful. But that's just half the trick. It takes a sensitive and selective ear to construct a coherent, accessible narrative from them. So you get DJs who can play for the crowd and "selectors" adept at mining the black gold. In Orpheu, you've got yourself someone who can do both. On a festival main stage, he can keep it weird enough for the heads. In an audiophile setting, he'll keep the flow. 

These skill sets come into play on the fifth The Sound of Love International compilation. Jumping between genres, decades, continents, the truly rare, and many B-side cuts that passed you by. But never eclecticism for its own sake; this collection makes sense. Orpheu never loses sight of the listener - he's a friendly and knowledgeable guide to the cosmic outer reaches.

He opens his account with the warm, psychedelic electronics of Drawing Future Life, with ‘1969’. Tucked away on the B-side of an LP of ambient/trance hailing from Fukuoka, this is a very pretty piece of music on a truly rare piece of wax. Then, leapfrogging a couple of decades and timezones, we have Rutuu Poiss' "IHATSIN." Off-kilter, experimental sounds with an endearing melodic hook, followed up by the with lethargic ambient breakbeat of Digital Distortion's "Mellow Bug".

On the B-side, things start to get lively. French Audacity featuring Valerie's "That Fine One" is Gallic garage that has simultaneously got it hugely wrong and mas­sively right. Owing as much to new wave as New York house, this is propulsive and quirky dance music at its finest. Next, we're on a ferry over the channel for DJ Spike and "Gaps In Space." Up-tempo electro with a fondness for sampled vocal cut-ups, like its predecessor.
 
lnterdance's "Kurz" (another B-side) is the perfect segway - house from 1990 with that sweet, slightly goofy naivete. Things move toward the gnarly with Bad Behaviour and "Living on Smoke," a lesser-known cut on the legendary Atmosphere records. The tempo edges upward on "Systematic Input" by Frequency, hectic hardcore techno that still retains a lightness of touch. 

"Lushes" by Diffusion spins us off into space, filigree techno with an emotive trance edge. The chiming intro of "Blue to Be Happy" by MFA lulls us into a sense of false security before massively putting the boot in with a pounding kick drum, bassline, and arpeggiation. From there, it's a sharp left turn into the urban psychedelic dub of R.I.P's "E.O Pan" on cult label Digi Dub.

Sticking with UK sound system music but taking it down a notch, Orpheu closes proceedings with a leftfield reggae excursion from the master of the mixing desk, Mad Professor’s"Oh Hell".

It's a compilation as varied as the many moods and grooves of Love International itself - from sun-dappled olive groves to moments deep in the strobes. This is serious music for party freaks or party music for serious freaks. Tisno is calling.

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Interdance - Kurz [clip]

French Audacity - The Final One (feat. Valerie) [clip]

Digital Distortion - Mellow Bug [clip]

Ruutu Poiss - Ihatsin [clip]

Drawing Future Life - 1969 [clip]

Ruutu Poiss with his second album “II” after his 2021’s debut full length “Palav Aed“, a welcome return to Wake Dream. Recorded in a concentrated period of time during the dark winter days of late 2022 and early 2023, “II” now finds it’s way to the public’s ears in the brighter days of the year.

An album as conceptual as it is emotional, with feelings of transformation and dreaming, hope and arrival, and an aesthetic that is both cinematic and hypnagogic, nostalgic and futuristic, it turns contradictions into harmonies, brings together the dark and the light, spinning and whirling freely around a steady core.

Recorded mainly with one synth and a collection of old drumcomputers, Ruutu Poiss once again shows his futuristic sonic virtuosity within the boundaries of a compact studio setup.

Released April 8th 2024
Distribution by Rush Hour. distribution@rushhour.nl 
All music recorded, arranged and mixed by J. Tomson
Additional mix and mastering by Sam IRL 
Cover photo from the ’Nature Morte’ series by A. Maasik

B2 Ruutu Poiss - Formation (Snippet)

B1 Ruutu Poiss - Arbo Disco (Snippet)

A3 Ruutu Poiss - Digi Bog (Snippet)

A2 Ruutu Poiss - Patapan (Snippet)

A1 Ruutu Poiss - Advent (Snippet)

OTW recording in the REX at Down The Rabbit Hole 2024

OTW @ DTRH 2024 REX

7hr set I played at All Under One Roof Januari 30th 2015

Orpheu The Wizard @ All Under One Roof 30-01-2015

Live recording @ the Future Intel headquarters in The Hague. Streaming live on Youtube and futureintelradio.com.

Orpheu The Wizard ╚═ Future Intel ═╗ 21 11 2024

Recording of Orpheu The Wizard's set at Dekmantel Selectors 2024.

Dekmantel Selectors 2024

Orpheu The Wizard at Dekmantel Selectors 2024

Re upload of this 3 hr mix I did in January at Red LIght Radio

Orpheu The Wizard At RLR 23 January 2015

Mix I made for The Attic Magazine:
http://the-attic.net/audio/1440/the-attic-podcast:-13.-orpheu-the-wizard-_-mythical-movie-music.html

Tracklist:
Gregory Taylor - A Short History Of Malice
Scott Fraser - Ether OAR
Astarius - Ancient Times 1
Scott Fraser - Azan, Wishing Ramp
Paleis Van Boem - 1001 (Days)
Michal Turtle - Village Voice
Marten Ingle - Mythical Movie Music
The Fates - Who Am I
Gregory Taylor - Kursas
Dennis Hart - Asia
Francis Bebey - Kapsiki
Eblen Macari - Clarion 
Ramuntcho Matta - Zoique 3

Mythical Movie Music

This recording is the last 2hrs of the 4hr b2b set Tako (@redlightrecords-amsterdam) & myself did at Lente Kabinet Festival 2015, opening up the @redlightradio Stage. Enjoooooy & thanks @dkmntl for everything!

Tako & Orpheu B2B @ Lente Kabinet 2015

Amsterdam selector Orpheu The Wizard connects oddball and straight forward jams from different decades and different record shelves in a monthly show.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/orpheu-the-wizard/episodes/orpheu-the-wizard-8th-august-2025

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Amsterdam selector Orpheu The Wizard connects oddball and straight forward jams from different decades and different record shelves in a monthly show.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/orpheu-the-wizard/episodes/orpheu-the-wizard-5th-september-2025

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Nosedrip b2b Orpheu The Wizard live from The Olive Grove at Love International 2025

Live from the Adriatic 2025: Nosedrip b2b Orpheu The Wizard

Amsterdam selector Orpheu The Wizard connects oddball and straight forward jams from different decades and different record shelves in a monthly show.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/orpheu-the-wizard/episodes/orpheu-the-wizard-3rd-october-2025

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Rowdy 'Gas op de V6' hour outtake from a 5 hour set @ Studio 80. Will get back to making sophisticated listening mixes now :)

Orpheu The Wizard! @ MID Studio 80 (August 12 2015)

Amsterdam selector Orpheu The Wizard connects oddball and straight forward jams from different decades and different record shelves in a monthly show.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/orpheu-the-wizard/episodes/orpheu-the-wizard-31st-october-2025

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@orpheuthewizard moves through a realm suspended between concrete and moss, where rusted fire escapes chime like wind bells and forgotten records hum with dormant spirits.

Shaped by the open-windowed chaos of Amsterdam, a city where stone, water, and sky collide in restless dialogue, His sound is a portal to a world perched on the trembling boundary between the organic and the urban, mirroring the city's raw, ever-shifting architecture while channeling his own timeless, cosmic stillness. 

Yet for all his singularity, he is no hermit-wizard. His magic flows through others, nourished by the community around him. 

Orpheu stands as one of Amsterdam's vital pillars: a connector, a cultural catalyst, a gardener of scenes. His mission extends far beyond his own spellcraft, to carve space for voices yet unheard, to create platforms where others may shine. 

This devotion took shape in the founding of Red Light Radio, a beacon that redefined the city's underground mythology, and later in his stewardship of Het HEM, Oudekerkamsterdam and nestruimte musical curation, where he nurtured a thriving ecosystem of artists, ideas, and sonic constellations.

He has also been a vital part of the dkmntl and rushhourmusic families, further amplifying his impact on Amsterdam's and the world's underground music landscape through music and graphic design. 

While so many are drawn toward narrow specialization, his work as a curator celebrates eclecticism and interdisciplinarity, connecting music, performance, and art into a single, living experience that defies boundaries and expectation.

Collective Memory w/ Orpheu The Wizard (Radio Alhara 24.11.2025)

Amsterdam selector Orpheu The Wizard connects oddball and straight forward jams from different decades and different record shelves in a monthly show.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/orpheu-the-wizard/episodes/orpheu-the-wizard-28th-november-2025

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Old mix I did for The Fat Cat aka Moustapha Spliff back in 2013

Orpheu For The Fat Cat/Moustapha Spliff 2013

Freaks, geeks & party people. A long time ago (7, 8 years?), in a studio far far away (Studio 80) before there was thought of RLR, mr (then actually) Young Marco & myself used to do a weekly radio show for years in row, every Thursday evening, called Weird Science. In the studio Hugo came to visit and the first steps for Red Light Radio were made. Now, RLR is almost 5 years so one more time Marco & me joined jams in a one off epic episode of WEIRD SCIENCE....

Weird Science on Red Light Radio

Podcast made for DJBroadcast, article including tracklist here: https://www.djbroadcast.net/article/130471/djb-podcast-orpheu-the-wizard

DJB Podcast: Orpheu The Wizard!

Laidback afternoon selection at the Red Light Radio x Rush Hour Weekender Broadcast

On RLR @ Rush Hour Weekender Broadcast

Did a mix and interview for Stamp The Wax in their Diggers Directory series, full feature here: http://www.stampthewax.com/2017/04/26/diggers-directory-orpheu-the-wizard/

Stamp The Wax Diggers Directory Mix 2017

Did the last hour on the final day at the RLR broadcast & stage at Dekmantel 2017, fun times!

Closing The Red Light Radio Stage At Dekmantel 2017

Did a guestshow on NTS Radio in London, here is the tracklist:

SUSUMU YOKOTA - AMANOGAWA
STRÖER DUO, HOWARD FINE - NOMAD SONG
PARIS BIZARRE - BLACK AND BLUE (REALLY BLUE)
COSMIC HANDSHAKES - NO HEAT
CAFE ALE - THE ONE
DSORDN - DELITTO E PASSIONE
CHRIS & COSEY - GO-GO LATINO
JIMMY PATRICK LONGFORT - ATTENTION
ŒIL CUBE - XXXX (ABEL'S EDIT)
PHAZER BOYS - INCLUDING NO INFORMATION
THIS IS - WASTE OF TIME
POWERMAN - LOST TRIBE

NTS Radio Guestshow - March 17 2018

RBMA Radio recorded my set at the Hivern Discs stage at Primavera Sound 2018.

RBMA Radio Main Stage: Orpheu Live At Primavera Sound 2018 Hivern Discs Stage

Went to the Clone Shop in Rotterdam and picked a few records from the racks to play, these are the releases I played:
https://clone.nl/item55390.html
https://clone.nl/item39550.html
https://clone.nl/item54475.html
https://clone.nl/item54657.html
https://clone.nl/item54997.html
https://clone.nl/item52551.html
https://clone.nl/item54264.html
https://clone.nl/item52922.html
https://clone.nl/item54257.html
https://clone.nl/item54208.html
https://clone.nl/item49768.html
https://clone.nl/item38240.html

(TV TAS, also in the pic, played the second hour https://soundcloud.com/twan-stoffels-1)

Clone Monday Instore Stream

Etelin - Been Really Good Today // The Ecstasy Of Saint Theresa - Vacuum Blow // Heavenly Music Corporation - Innerdimensional // Newworldaquarium - Levels Halo // James Booth - Locus // Tim Jackiw - Silicon Dream // Tarzana - Gemini Observatory Landingstrip // Ghostride The Drift - Untitled // Claude Young - Gates Of The Afterlife // Trans-4M - Amma // Modulator - Timmy’s Trance // INTe*ra - Aqueduct A 697 // Tim Taylor & Damon Wild - Lazer Worshippers

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