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To mark the 20th edition of Dubwise Vinyl on Test Pressing I put together a mix using the 20 records I’ve written about so far. Full tracklist on the Test Pressing website and Dubwise Vinyl Instagram.

Test Pressing Dubwise Vinyl Turns 20

A blend of songs I had on loop while grieving and being in my creative process while producing my debut album "Mascarade". Including some unreleased original productions.

Tracklist:
Break Your Down - Georgia Anne Muldrow
Fail - Jon Bap
God Said it's Okay to Fall - Matt Martians
Forbidden Forest - Gayance & Gene Tellem feat. Laroie, Edward Reilly (unreleased)
Lord Have Mercy - Gayance feat. Judith Little D & Raveen (unreleased)
That - Jerome Thomas
Duet - Gonjasufi
Gran Mèt - Manno Charlemagne
Don't Run Into The Dark so Quick - Jon Bap
Song 33 - Noname
Find You (New Jerusalem) - Peter CottonTale
Sirens - Gayance feat. KALLITECHNIS & Dapapa
Legba Mia Mia - Les Grandes Vissages de Cyvadier
Moon Rising (10 Years) - Gayance feat. Judith Little D (unreleased)
How Bad I Want Ya - Mr. Bobbyjazz, Soulement, Peven Everettt
Shore Apart - Gayance feat. Raveen (unreleased)
Do You Know ? - Donnie

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Bio:
Gayance (real name Aïsha Vertus) takes her alias from the Haitian creole word for joyfulness. She started as a DJ in 2013, collecting vinyl from afro-Latin jazz, vintage Caribbean sounds, West African, and black electronic music from both sides of the Atlantic. But her musical roots can be traced back even further. Her Grandfather, who was playing Haitian-influenced gospels in church, showed her how music can be used to touch and uplift people. A gift she’s taken with her wherever she goes.

Born and raised in Montreal-Nord, Gayance has been tearing down venues in Paris, Amsterdam, Brooklyn, Marrakech, Berlin, São Paulo, and more. Her own production is influenced by UK Garage and broken beat, and the Detroit and New York house scene, with nods to the vivid, sun-soaked colors of Latin America.

Aïsha’s first project came in 2021, an entirely independent release that features Montreal native, KAYTA. ‘Kinda Strange’ is an ode to underground UK Garage with soulful melodies from KAYTA, accompanied by gospel-style backing vocals as Gayance reaches back to her Grandfather’s roots.

This was quickly followed up by the EP, ‘No Toning Down’, where Aïsha explores her global influences. She cites artists like Betty Davis, Andre 3000, Caetano Veloso, and Timbaland as well as her contemporaries, Liv.e, Nick Hakim, Viktor Duplaix, Solange, IG Culture, and Little Dragon. The track ‘Meu Sol’ takes the listener to Brazil, where she teams up with Maleika Tidjani and Dapapa on this Dilla-inspired instrumental, full of summery chords and intricate melodies. By the end of the project, ‘All My Friends Are Triggered’, we hear Gayance in a darker cadence. Burial-esque, glitchy drums skip along below a solemn chord progression and robotic vocal chops.

Following her impressive catalog of self-releases, Gayance will be putting out her first full-length album on Rhythm Section in 2023. ‘Mascarade’ is a collection of dancey rhythms with melodies that appear in the form of hauntingly soulful hooks, or bright outpours of joy and celebration. Her list of collaborators will also feature some of her friends from underground Montreal. This record gives light to Aïsha’s talents, not only as a producer but as a vocalist and lyricist who shows us a great capacity for different emotions, styles, and languages to arise in her songs.

Links:
www.bygayance.club
www.gayance.bandcamp.com
www.soundcloud.com/gayance
www.instagram.com/gayance
https://open.spotify.com/artist/6HkmFbqw9k63LmmlBlCQic?si=5vI4rkkqRLulmW9sZ5FPrQ
https://music.apple.com/us/artist/gayance/1556200586

Artwork by Eric Chen - ericlchen.com

Gayance - Refraction Mix

A 2 hour listening session live from Kasheme. Tune in for some smooth funk and boogie selections to ease into the year.

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Pablo Valentino: Live from Kasheme (Zurich) - January 2023

This month's TAME Experience was a tribute to the late Joey Modiba, playing a selection of his favourite tracks for the full two hours. Co-hosts Shenaaz and Leeroy were introduced through Joey - they'll also be sharing some of their experiences, memories and adventures all woven through music, throughout this show. RIP Lirubishi.

**For the first time in our 8 year history, we’re asking you, our listeners to help support and build a better Balamii. By subscribing monthly you can contribute to the future of Balamii and help us to continue to nurture our creative community. From as little as £3 a month you'll help cover the cost of generating thousands of hours of great radio and support up and coming artists. As thanks, you’ll receive a code for 20% off our merchandise (code sent 24-48hrs after you subscribe) as well as being the first to hear about our events. Our goal is to develop new features that improve our service and therefore build a better Balamii for our family of artists and listeners.**

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TAME Experience: Tribute to Joey Lirubishi - July 2023

Hot Summer of ’23 river boat ride

 1. Kendra Morris - Wizards Float
2. The Ironsides - Outlines
3. Teddy Pendergrass - Love TKO
4. Yoni Mayraz - Palms
5. The Main Ingredient - Summer Breeze
6. Thee Sacred Souls - Love Comes Easy
7. Gil Scott-Heron - Legend In His Own Mind
8. Mike James Kirkland - Closer
9. Gwen McCrae - 90 of Me Is You
10. American Gypsy - Golden Ring
11. Terry Callier - Tokyo Moon
12. Ronnie Laws - Tidal Wave
13. Yusef Lateef - Livingston Playground
14. The Crusaders - The Well's Gone Dry
15. Asha Puthli - Space Talk
16. Patrice Rushen - The Hump
17. Shuggie Otis - Strawberry Letter 23
18. Malcolm Strachan - Elaine
19. Marcos Valle - Samba Fatal
20. Roy Ayers - Love Fantasy
21. Oliver Nelson - 125th St & 7th Ave
22. Joe Bataan - Young, Gifted And Brown
23. Nat Adderley Sextet - Space Spiritual

RADIO.D59B / INFLUENCES #76 w/ Coba

Synth-laden sounds from across the globe, from jazz fusion and street soul to lover's rock, zouk and calypso, courtesy of London-based DJ and radio host Zakia.

RA Live - 17.12.17 Zakia at Brilliant Corners

Hazy atmospheres from Pacific Rhythm's latest downtempo don @unknown-mobile.

Interview:

melbournedeepcast.net/portfolio/unknown-mobile

"I recorded this mix at the @n10-as radio studio, and tried to keep it pretty chill, even though it ended up being a little tripped out at points. The 2nd track in the mix is definitely a special one to mention, it’s a new project I am working on with Daniel Rincon. We just wrapped it up so are looking into options for releasing it now."

www.melbournedeepcast.net

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Recording of Mixmaster Morris' set at the listening stage during Dekmantel Festival 2019.

Dekmantel Festival 2019

Listening Stage: Mixmaster Morris at Dekmantel Festival 2019

Myles Mac - liquid lifeforms

Click here for the interview with Respect Guy (@treffene): melbournedeepcast.net/portfolio/respect-guy

Stepping to it this week we present you a Brisbane house music authority and a genuine don of the underground scene, Respect Guy! A co-founder of Brisbane's Bad Taste House Collective, Matt Treffene's latest pursuit has been to serve dancefloors with the respect they deserve, channeling the energy and tranquility of underground sounds lost in the pre-information age to refocus our minds, ears and feet. Never one to miss a moment, Matt takes us on an isolation-friendly return trip through downtempo relics of the past, mixing 90s IDM and moody psybient cuts from long forgotten trance and chill out compilations found within the deepest depths of the Internet. A spooky ride for spaced out minds.. full respect!

Interview

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Click here for the interview with Citizen Maze: melbournedeepcast.net/citizen-maze

A couple of months into studio isolation and Melbourne's @citizenmaze presents us with a new live set and our deepest trip yet! Hitting the radars in 2018 with a debut EP of four incredible mind melters for local label Analogue Attic, Citizen Maze (aka Adam McCoy) has an innate sense for the natural spaces we inhabit, intertwining serene soundscapes, organic drum sounds and synthesised atmospheres custom built for deep sonic introspection. Ready your mind for a trance inducing bliss-out, live sounds from the suburbs of Melbourne and beyond!

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Credited as the inventor of afrobeat along with his old bandmate Fela Kuti, Tony Allen pioneered a drumming style that led him to being described as "the greatest living drummer" by Brian Eno in 2010, an opinion rarely countered. After his passing last week, aged 79, South African DJ SNO has blended together 90 minutes of music from across his illustrious career. Get the tracklist → https://crackm.ag/Tony-Allen-Mix

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Tony Allen – Mixed by SNO

@colleen-cosmo-murphy really cares about music. That might seem an obvious thing to say, but even in our own obsessive world she stands out for her devotion to the cause. Initially mentored by legendary The Loft resident David Mancuso, she has gone on to champion the value of the long player with her much loved Classic Album Sundays on Worldwide FM, has written and produced a number of music documentaries for BBC Radio and this year was nominated for a 2020 Audio and Radio Industry Award for her Unfold Japan series. She's also co-founder of her own Lucky Cloud Loft parties in London, regularly plays on the world's best sound systems and has put together fantastic compilations focussed on the New York scene, Psychedelic disco and plenty more. 

All that means her mix is packed with musical knowledge and story telling sounds. After opening with a guitar-licked strain of deep, chugging electronica, Murphy opens up into a world of psyched-out grooves, tropical afro beats and dub deviations that is rich in ingredients. This is a real listening mix from someone who appreciates more than most that the devil is in the detail.

Dekmantel Podcast

Dekmantel Podcast 309 - Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy

Five hours of funk and soul recorded live in Hackney.

Read more: https://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?id=759

@andrew-ashong

Resident Advisor podcast

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DJ Possum with Volume 5 of Global Sounds and I'm not going to say much more than that, other than to say, read her account below of how this mix came to be and just listen, it's quite something.

"I just wanted to remember the day I decided to share this music, I wrote this and how I was feeling.

Other worlds, Other Sounds... it reminded me that music was always this to me: a traveling vehicle, escaping, dreaming, shifting my mood... meditating on these sounds it's a bittersweet feeling, like I thought I should make a fun mix, I thought, it should be a celebratory, joyful feeling and it's so hard to bring myself to be content with just that. It needs to be connecting me with the rest of the world and what we are going through, spiritually.

Not being from Australia and having family overseas didn't allow me to ignore the doors of apocalypses, so here you have something to look inwards."

Below you'll find a full-track list of all the tracks featured:

Hypochondria of The Heart-Les Halles- Transient 
Theme- Kelan Phil Cohran And Legacy -African Skies Jazz 
Om Mani Padme Hum- Constance Demby- I am the Center: Private Issue New Age in America, 1950-1990 Electronic 
Eternal Dawn- Voyage - Futur Secret Earth New Age
Chant- Jeff Majors -For Us All (Yoka Boka) Jazz 
White Nile- Kelan Phil Cohran And Legacy African- Skies Jazz 
Main Title- Vangelis- Blade Runner '82 Soundtrack 
Moments In Love- The Art of Noise- The Best Of The Art of Noise Classic Rock
Kalahari- Kelan Phil Cohran And Legacy African- Skies Jazz 
Living- Les Halles- Transient 
Na- Ken Ikeda + Chihei Hatakeyama- Moss Ambient/New Age/Cosmic 
Baby Daughter- Jeff Majors For Us All (Yoka Boka)- Jazz 
Transient- Les Halles- Transient 
One Million Years Ago- Broadcast & The Focus Group Broadcast and the Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age Alternative 
The Word Love- Gigi Masin Talk to the Sea Ambient- Ambient Pop
Ay Çürüdü- Anadol Uzun- Havalar

OWOS "Global Sounds" Volume 5 by DJ Possum

Our aim is to shed light on todays dance music sub cultures from the depths of urbanised underground movements to the main stages of the leading festival circuits. OWOS leaves no stone unturned in our search for sonic innovators, sub cultural leaders, bubbling dance music movements and rhythmic revolutionaries no matter the area code. Facilitating genuine cultural connection minus the tokenistic gestures is our priority for past, present and evolutionary emerging electronic dance music artists.
 
We care about the future of the music and its creators.

OWOS "Global Sounds" Volume 5 by DJ Possum

Other Worlds Other Sounds

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