Hailing from the Belgian capital and as 1/3 behind the Şelale record on Second Circle, it's our friend soFa (@sofaholic) on mix 32. Interview (excerpt) down below.

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MFM: Hi Chris, can you tell a bit about how you made your first steps in the scene as a DJ/producer?

SE: That was first by playing school parties only, and later by organising parties and getting booked by others in return. The usual game, but it was a bit easier as today since there was less competition I think. On the production side I am quite new to that. I started in 2018 only because I lacked time before that, I used to have a job as curator for an art festival and also digging for records kept me busy and excited for many hours every day. 

MFM: Earlier this summer saw the release of Selale on Second Circle, a collaborative project between you, Okay Temiz and Houschyar. Most releases you've worked on are collaborations. Is there a reason for that? 

SE: Yeh different reasons. It's much more fun to share the fun! I'm not a properly trained musician, I like to break rules, rather than applying them. Collaborating with people who know notes and harmonies allows to combine those 2 visions and the results are more exciting to my ears. I feel I have more to say by helping others to get their music right (or wrong) cause that's what all those years of digging after very specific records have taught me.

MFM: Any more projects lined up already?

SE: Yes, quite a bunch I produced with dear friends, Nyati Mayi, soon on Bongo Joe, CCCVVV with Clara Vellin on Strangelove Music and Sexo Y Fantasia with Da Boochie from Kiosk Radio on Glossy Mistakes coming up. There is also a solo record going to the pressing plant next week, coming out on Planet Trip in spring. It has guest singers, but I call it my solo record since I played the whole beats and synths by myself. Its probably gonna remain my only solo record for a while. I slipped into so many collabs and I'd like to focus on that. I especially love working with singers/voices and hopefully some day I get to produce a whole band project!

MFM: What are you hoping for to find in nightlife now that dancefloors are opening up again? Have you been thinking about this whole situation a lot at all?

SE: I am looking forward to seeing people smile and dance again! Party wise I would especially hope to find more groove and less hard music everywhere. I have the feeling the youth of today can only dance to hard stuff, I find that sad. Real music lovers can dance to anything. The whole situation is/was of course tragic for the nightlife sector. Especially for younger people who are in their best years to create a network of friends and experience adulthood for the first time. On a personal level I liked the time off. It allowed me to focus on a more healthy lifestyle and on making music. 

MFM: Cheers for contributing your mix! What can you tell about it? 

SE: I glued together the first half of it while on a roadtrip in Albania last month. Second half I did this morning in a rush. It's nice tunes, diverse and odd enough as I love. I don't care too much about the technical aspect, I just recorded a bunch of records I felt for sharing. In my opinion all that Dj thing is a bit overrated and way too serious. We are just playing other people's music afterall. There is an art behind that, but I feel it's getting lost more and more. For me it's not about the technical side of it, it's about adapting to people and still surprising them in an original way.

MFM Mix 032: soFa elsewhere

Delighted to host @invisible-inc influence mix on Oddity Radio.

@g-k-machine : At first I decided to only pick records that existed prior to 2015, the year the label started. In other words I interpreted it as using the mix as an opportunity to showcase what HAD inspired its birth. Then I thought, fuck this weird limitation I’ve imposed on myself….there is so much great music being released NOW that I want to put on it. Besides, the label is constantly evolving so it would be weird to say the influences stopped after the label started. So in the end it encapsulated as much as I could possibly bring into it and despite it’s diversity, it’s still quite niche…….

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GK Machine - Oddity Influence Mix

Very pleased to introduce CV Vision and Lars Noll to the series. Their rock laden encounter perfectly manifests winter fantasies of heated times ahead. "I'm trying to dream away." 🫧

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ZEPTER 26 - CV Vision & Lars Noll - 21/10/22

Kayne the Hermit LIVE DJ cut - Dancing for Mental Health @ Sameheads 27.01.23

Hold on to your hats, this kid knows a thing or two about those outlying records we all wish we owned. This sparkles and hums at every turn... A real funked out cosmic jaaaam recorded live from the Sameheads basement a few weeks ago at our semi-reg event "Dancing for Mental Health, curated by Tom Bolas.

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Cheers xxxx

Kayne the Hermit LIVE DJ cut - Dancing for Mental Health @ Sameheads 27.01.23

A lovely springtime Tête-à-tête with @menqui & @hendrik_stein recorded live at the new cashmere HQ. Expect some fuzzy guitars, dreamy pads and some obscure sprinkles here and there. So good we’re home now!

Artwork by @magicmuelli

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Past Forward #77 w/ Menqui & Hendrik Stein

Ground Zero for all that cosmic tinged Euro disco... Here's a snippy snip from a bona fide scene sleuth xxx Thanks a bunch.....The night looked like this..

This Friday we welcome back an old friend for the 3rd round of the MUSIKIÍ NIGHTS residency of @oscarolias ..

#campcosmic founder @albionven is back for the umpteenth @sameheads gig to crack his cosmic whip...

Joining up on the night will be #r.moro LIVE and #smetana.. plus the little wizard himself....

Fruity..

Art by @ogarabello ..

Catch u there xxxxxx

Albion – Musikií Nights @ Sameheads 14.04.23

For the 136th guestmix in our AstroFM series, Cologne-based selector Earl Orlog comes through with - what he calls - a fever dream of a dancefloor. Beguiling flutes, buzzing sitar drones and undefinable psychedelic noises fill the imaginary room with danceable contradictions. Sounds like a party we would absolutely vibe to.

"Square Pegs & Round Holes" is a musical journey just under 2 hours in duration. It's stops are at private pressed French outsider folk, obscure trance with Dick Dale guitar licks, echo-drenched Lofotian postpunk, some Thai comedian going full throttle digi-Belafonte, Italian goth-dub, Ecuadorian Dance Music (EDM) played by a strikingly good-humored Bolivian folklore ensemble, beautifully touching Nigerian expat-Soukous, a song about a man who paid his dues in form of an instrumental reggae cover version and many more tunes from all around the planet...

Artist: @earlorlog

AstroFM 136 // Square Pegs & Round Holes by Earl Orlog

Another fortunate live recording which stands in for a busy schedule. A midnight express type escapade whilst on a family trip to Istanbul = a quick session at Gizli Bahçe! A hilly ride, like the streets of Cihangir. Taking on the eastern vibe from a westerner's stance, still trying to keep true to the essence of trance. Special thanks to old friend Minas for the hook up with Koray and big shout to Baris K…

More info and tracklist here: https://lyl.live/episode/the-other-side-66

The Other Side 68, Lyl radio 02/05/23 (recorded live @ Gizli Bahçe, Istanbul 26/04/23)

Dubbed out dance and weirdo balearic sounds from Sacha Mambo, taking over for a guest hour.

https://www.nts.live/shows/guests/episodes/sacha-mambo-23rd-may-2023

Sacha Mambo 230523

The Wrong Party crew have invited @anatolianweapons to record the first in a new mix series.  Wrong Side Of the Tracks will be out of the clubs and into your headphones - in a chance for our musical guests and similar like minded Wrong doers to showcase their sound that nods to our musical world and beyond.

Expect slow burning acid, hypnotic grooves and mystical delights as you trip away for a lysergic listening experience.  Anatolian Weapons plays Wrong Party this Saturday at La Cheetah club Glasgow as part of our “Summer Skool” series of events. Tickets are available here - https://ra.co/events/1700161

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#wrongpartyawaydays 
#wrongpartyglasgow 
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Anatolian Weapons for Worst

Wrong Side Of The Tracks #001 w / Anatolian Weapons

Soundtrack for Summer's road trips, enjoy!

Summer Moods 2023 by Sacha Mambo recorded the 10th of June 23
1. Susan Mazer « Indigo-Gold » (Rising Sun Records)
2. June11 « Matter Is Alive (For Marthe Wéry) » (EE Tapes)
3. Neotropic « Inch Inch » (Mush)
4. Dif Juz « Soarn » (4AD)
5. Tim Cross « Undercurrent Three » (JW Music Library)
6. Roy Montgomery « Otherness » (Grapefruit Records)
7. Alex De Grassi « Sleeping Lady » (Windham Hill Records)
8. Alchimia « Non Lo So » (Industrie Discografiche Lacerba)
9. Lippie & Martin « Lettre au President » (Groovedge)
10. Frédérick Rousseau « The Opening » (CBS)
11. Nasca « Tolbiac » (cortizona)
12. Joe Mubare « I'm Not Afraid Anymore » (YAYA)
13. Fiesta En El Vacío « 엄마 (Avec Ji Min Park) » (Simple Music Experience)
14. Blueboy « The Joy Of Living » (A Colourful Storm)
15. Patrik Fitzgerald + 3 « Poor John » (Red Flame)
16. The The « This Is The Day » (Epic)
17. Everything But The Girl « Shoot Me Down » (Blanco Y Negro)
18. Matthew Cang / Eddie Chin « Touch » (KPM Music)
19. Gerry Rafferty « Right Down The Line » (United Artists Records)
20. Cisco « Oh Man » (Forager Records)
21. Suzanne Vega « Wooden Horse (Caspar Hauser's Song) » (A&M Records)
22. Roy Montgomery Featuring Martha Skye Murphy « Heart Restart » (El Ron Del Mundo)
23. Guido And Maurizio « Goodbye My Friend » (Private Stock)
24. ADN' Ckrystall « Mais Elle Est Passée Où La Mélodie ? » (Macadam Mambo)
25. B. Says « Amore » (Off The Track Records)
26. Startled Insects « Desert » (Sense)
27. Roland Hollinger « Revival's Things Of Dreams » (Auvidis)
28. Luciano Beretta with Walter Camurri « Dice Le Sue Poesie » (Bla Bla)
29. Cinema « Looking Into A Dream » (Beverly Hills)

Summer Moods (10.06.2023)

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