Mix Series

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Waldschänke Dornheim at Callshop Radio w/ Yvonne - 07.05.21

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1) You have some special version(s) of disco classics, are you playing them digitally or on records? How do you approach your very smooth transitions? Via percussion & transition effects?
Sometimes I make my own edits which I tend to make a bit more DJ friendly with a nice drum intro/outro; you know that this disco stuff is often pretty hard to mix - that is why I also only play it digitally, then it is a bit easier to play, but you can mess it up too with CDJs LOL (house music on the other hand I love to play with vinyl). As for transitions: I think the way you make your track selection is key, e.g. if you want to mix a techno track with a disco tune chances are that the transition will sound rubbish. :) Also, I love to make rather short transitions, e.g. by using the filter-cutoff or just opening/closing the faders at a certain point of the track, because IMO often this will have more impact and might sound cleaner which is however not always possible of course.

2) All your songs have vocals (or vocoders) - what is your relationship to singing?
Well-spotted. ;) Don't know why, but I'm a sucker for good vocals - maybe because when I started out as a DJ around 2000 and/or was collecting vinyl, DJ music was becoming very electronic/dark for more than a decade maybe; consequently rather cool vocal tracks were almost not available anymore at that time.

3) Most, if not all, of the tunes you play are coming from the late 70-80s - how do you connect with this golden era?
Basically, many of those tunes I got to know through house music at some point in the 2010s or even later when I realized something like: "damn, that house track is not the original and was already there as a disco tune". So this disco music definitely opened my eyes, and also for other music genres which evolved from there.

4) Some DJs trying to convey a storytelling via the lyrics of the songs put one after the other, do you also have this approach?
Yes, me too - a sort of journey with some peaks and lows throughout the entire mix is something what I often have in mind while mixing; also I love making mixes where the majority of tracks is a bit of the same kind.

Paradisco 007 // DJ With Soul

01 REC - 2022 - 07 - 15

Cyclone Days

Somebody (Instrumental)

WELCOME TO NASTY GROOVES
💺👈 please have a seat before we take off

𝕎𝔼𝕃ℂ𝕆𝕄𝔼 𝕋𝕆 ℕ𝔸𝕊𝕋𝕐 𝔾ℝ𝕆𝕆𝕍𝔼𝕊

Imagine a beautiful day by the sea on an early summer eve or maybe just at your favorite park around the corner. Hanging out with your beloved ones or all by yourself and just enjoying the moment.


We tried to combine keywords that came to our mind when thinking of a situation like that: happiness, nostalgia, gratefulness…
Then we attempted to transform this general idea of a feeling into a mix of our favorite records that make us feel like this way and hopefully help you to seek that beautiful place in your imagination.

— If you want to watch us doing the mix, check out our video on YouTube. —
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8U7vOKdBKAY

Tracklist:
Derek Carr - Synapse 136 (B2 - KNOE 5/1)
Gilbert - New Reality (B1 - ECR010)
Aquarius - Sunset 17 (DJ Normal 4' Breaky Baby Mix) (B - EVR032)
Karizma - Tech This Out (B - HUSTLE008)
Brawther - VXVXVX (F2 - BLLPX)
Brawther - Basix (Deep Mix) (B - cab 59)
Urulu - The Banshee (A1 - SAFT16)
Jeremy - Soul S Kicks (A1 - BTL008)
Moor - Mod 30 (A1 - PLATTE012)
DJ Swagger - One (A1 - TYR001)
Mara Lakour - Bleu Mood (A1 - ruti014)
Sebastian Gummersbach - Those were the days (A1- RAWSOUL001)
M.S.D. - Like About You (B2 - WM50039-1)

Recorded with love on the 02nd of October, 2022 <3

No. 1 - Sunset Mix

Pour la résidence du collectif @saonecheck, le nouveau duo lyonnais @ritmo-logico nous a concocté un b2b special Italo Disco qui sent bon l’euphorie d’un Festival San Remo pour démarrer 2023 comme il se doit !

♦ Tracklist ♦  
Ma Pecche' (Vocal Version)- Assanti [1985] [MemoryRecords] 
KKK (Dub Mix & Bonus Beats) - Gang [1984] [Recordbreaker] 
I.C. Love Affair (Italian version) - Gaznevada [1983] [Italian Records] Club Is My Passion (Strumentale) - Club Band [1987] [Club 91]
Tobago - Pat And Pats [1984] [Pineapple Records] 
Cielo - Daniela Poggi [1985] [Polydor] 
The Dream - Ambra Orfei & Luke [1986] [NAR] 
Telecomando - Gigliola Cinquetti [1985] [Baby Records] 
Se Tu Vuoi - Flavia Fortunato [1983] [Yep Record]  
One Way Love (Italo Version) - Franz Scala [2018] [Bordello A Parigi] Elf's Chant Of Love (In The Digital Forest...) - Digital Game [1985] [Many Records] 
Invader - Timerider [1988] [ZYX Records] 
The MBO Theme (Warrior version) - Klein & MBO [1983] [WEA] 
Love Is Like A Game (Original Extended Version) - Hot Cold [1983] [Thick Record] 
Another Life (Instrumental) - Kano [1983] [Full Time Records] 
Feel The Drive - Doctor's Cat [1984] [ZYX Records] 
Dragon's Legend (Maxi Version) - Koto [1988] [MemoryRecords] 
Void Vision - Cyber People [1984] [MemoryRecords] 
Time For Changes - Faxe [1983] [MemoryRecords] 
Buona Sera Ciao Ciao (Sexy Poser Mix) - Mauro [1987] [Blow Up]

Le béguin pour Ritmo Logico [Saône Check] (04.01.23)

Le label parisien house of underground invite leur alter-ego bordelais, les casseurs de dancefloor et d'open-air Amplitudes crew !

Rinse France Podcast

House Of Underground invite Amplitudes - 18 Février 2023

MALOU. Her melodic take on dark disco en wave-inspired beats will definitely bring energy to the dance floor. This love child of Ian Curtis and Gigi D’Agostino has already spun at spots like Tivoli, de NAR and Radio TNP. So if you want to explore the world of synths and colourful sonic sounds, MALOU is your intergalactic guide.

Youtube: https://youtu.be/uu7OHOSA5ZA
SoundCloud: @rnalou
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rnalou/

PDU Dal Vivo | MALOU - 18.02.2023

@plattenaffine

1. We saw that you love playing records, and by extension, collecting them. Could you guide us through your preferred way of finding some little gems to share with your audience?

A lot of my records I bought at flea markets or small shops, find them on the street or get them for my birthday :)


2. You are playing a lot in festival and bigger clubs of Berlin and around - how do you manage to connect with the big crowds during your sets?

Good question I never thought about how to do it, I think it just happens through the music, I love my music and I get happy listening to my records and if I am happy the people get happier too, I guess.


3. The tunes that you gracefully played in your set for Paradisco are mostly things from quite a few decades ago; is there any particular time-era that you like the most in the music history of the world?

I love music from the eighties, for me this was just the best time, where a lot of really great music comes from.

Paradisco 022 // Plattenaffine

@paddy_jennings 
https://www.instagram.com/pat__dj/

Full interview on substack: https://paradisco.substack.com/023-pat

Interview snippet:
- We listened to your set during a Friday in Mid-July while it was raining by a low 20 degrees. When recording this delight, what kind of scenery did you have in mind for you & for the listeners?

I recorded this on a sunny Sunday afternoon into the evening and wanted to convey a warm and serene feeling as I was dreaming of an upcoming trip to the Italian coast. 

- We have been served here with an eclectic palette of genres & groove - how do you dig your tracks in general?

I love all kinds of music and am always looking for new and interesting stuff that I can draw from for whatever I need for the moment. I try to keep it simple and play what I am currently enjoying or feeling at that moment. I also love focusing on one particular style or sound as well sometimes for my radio show on Refuge Worldwide or for gigs. I really enjoy the flexibility to be able to share a wide range of music I enjoy with people whether it's an eclectic mix or one style. I don't believe any artist should be pigeonholed to one style even if that's what they're known for, I think everyone is free to express themselves how they see fit. 

- What is the most important message that you like to convey in your sets? 

I want to convey an unpredictable but fun and easy going vibe with a variety of moods and sounds where anything could be played. I want people to have fun, to hear lots of different styles of music and to be pleasantly surprised about what they hear. 


Tracklist:
Finis Africae - Ceremonia Magica en El Estranque
Khan Jamal - Lovely Afternoon
Beverly Glenn-Copeland - Sunset Village
David Axelrod - Holy Thursday
Jay Richford & Gary Dtevan - Having Fun
Move78 - But What If We're Wrong
Louisa Miller - Share The Love Around 
Zas - I Love My Body 
Costa & Chyps - Detriot City Cats 
Heather B - Takin Mine 
Yo Yo ft Mc Lyte - One For The Cuties
Mama Mystique - Style's I Murder 
Showbiz & AG - Full Scale 
Sault - Foot On Necks

Paradisco 023 // Pat

@kaodi-alum
https://www.instagram.com/koalum/

1. What an amazing mix, thank you so much for that! May we ask how your journey into jazz began?
I definitely grew up listening to a great deal of jazz and classical music: my grandma would have WQXR, NYC's classical music radio station, on at all times in the kitchen; and my mother would go from one Thelonius Monk album to the next in the living room. So I've always been passionate about jazz, even more so when I found out my grandfather -who passed away before I was born, was the biggest jazz fan. His favorite track was Glenn Miller's Moonlight Serenade, which will always hold a special place in my heart. I truly feel like jazz is the one genre capable of making you dance, weep, smile and swoon all in the span of one track.


2. How do you go about discovering new music?
I definitely go through phases: I'll listen to the same mix or playlist for a few consecutive weeks until I'm sick of it and forced to have an intense digging week -which usually involves around 90 open tabs at once at 3AM. I mostly find music through bandcamp, soundcloud, youtube -my personal favorite, and, when i'm lucky, I just wake up to an email from a friend sending me new tracks.


3. What are your thoughts on covers of tracks? We heard a cover we couldn't ID and would be curious to hear how you feel about them!
I absolutely adore covers ahah When I was a teenager, I got obsessed with this music collective called Postmodern Jukebox, that would make jazz covers of top pop hits -a 1950's Doo Wop cover of Miley Cyrus' We Can't Stop or a 1920's Gatsby style cover of Lady Gaga's Bad Romance... I've always found it fascinating when an artist is able to reinterpret a classic in a completely different tone or genre. I would even go as far as to say that a lot of hits we listen to today are actually covers of the original tracks; and especially in jazz, the most known versions of standards are almost always reinterpretations of the original compositions.

Paradisco 025 // Kaodi

We're happy to present our 24th mix by the Berlin-based DJ Planet 8, with elements of dub, disco, future jazz and more.

@planet_8
instagram.com/___planet8/

 1. We heard quite a deep dub influence in the mix, where does that inspiration come from?

For me, dub reflects an aesthetic approach that I like and strive to hear in my mixes. I am also fascinated by the influence that certain production techniques related to dub music had on various dance music genres, making them - in my opinion - more pleasing and interesting.

2. How do you go about digging new music?

I have a meticulous way of wading through obscure labels and artists on discogs.com, hopping from link to link to link (the research process being probably at least partly influenced by my training as a social scientist). Apart from that, I use Soundcloud and Instagram to keep track of current releases. Then I also like to dig for actual records in actual stores, especially when I’m visiting new places.

3. What is your relationship to disco and hip hop? There were a few superb selections we really enjoyed! Thanks for the great mix!

I used to produce hiphop instrumentals for my rapping friends as a teenager, making extensive use of sampling. This, in turn, led me to dig first into jazz, then soul, then funk, and finally disco music. Naturally, my first DJ sets were composed of the more dance-y tunes of these genres. From there, house music wasn’t far. What has always striked me about house - and what I am still looking for in the genre - is a specific approach that reminds me of hiphop: raw, organic, sometimes rough, yet subtle and reduced, combined with a DIY-aesthetic.

Thank you guys so much for the sweet words and the opportunity to showcase some of the music I like!

Tracklist:

Talaboman - Madhouse Dub (feat. Kristian Harborg)
Benjamin Fröhlich - Roundabout (feat. Vilja Larjosto)
Sultan Shakes - Interstellar Love (Young Marco's Trybal Dubb)
RTSAK - The Way They Do (Pender Street Steppers Remix)
hubbabubbaklubb - Mopedbart (Mystic Jungle & Whodamanny Rework)
Michael J Collins - Nothing Wrong To Holding On (Soul Clap Remix)
Uffe - Keep Smiles (Short Dub)
Nelson Of The East - Burning Palm (Fantastic Man Awakening Dub)
Tarjei Nygård - Katapult
Akwaaba & Todd Terje - Bodies (Prins Thomas Orgasmotron Mix)
Noel Nanton - North Of Houston (Dub)
SW. - Untitled C1
Dauwd - La Nota
Ski Oakenfull - Ain't Gonna Justify (A Short Trip To Space Mix)
The Ballistic Brothers - Streets Are Real
The Ballistic Brothers - Blacker (4 The Good Times)
Schmoov! - Destinations

Paradisco 024 // Planet 8

Premier voyage aux confins des genres, pour l'arrivée à quai en Gare Du Nord sur Radio Béguin. D'une disco expérimentale à une italo sans concession, une sélection qui devrait enchanter les amateurs de mélodies enchanteresses.

Quai du béguin #1 - Arrivée en gare

@funky-fasching
instagram.com/funkyfasching/
mixcloud.com/FunkyFasching/

We're delighted to present our latest mix and interview by Berlin-based musical explorer and radio show host Funky Fasching! A velvety smooth and soft mix to transport you to a sweeter place for an hour.

For the full interview, check our substack: 

Here is a snippet of the interview:

1) Some very lush strings, chords & saxos delighting our senses all the way through - could you guide us through your thought process while you selected your tracks?

I wanted to make a sweet and sensual mix and thought of a soft pink cloud that takes you away from the freezing cold and gray Berlin winter for an hour.
The trickiest part for me was to find a strong and meaningful opener that would also work as a headline for the whole mix. At first, I had a completely different track in mind. But then I threw all my plans overboard after discovering this great UK underground soul compilation "Just a Touch", which was recently released on the Athens of the North label. When I heard "Passion" by Taffy for the first time, I immediately knew and felt: This is it! It also asks this great and important question: "What would we do without passion?", which invites you to think about who or what makes your life special and what passion means to you personally. After the first track was set, I digged some balearic and r&b records from the mid 80s to early 90s, but also some dream pop and indie pieces with a similar smooth and breezy vibe that fit into the whole mood. And so one thing led to another.

Paradisco 026 // Funky Fasching

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