Long time dear friend Jonny Rock (@jonnyrock) from London up in the mix for the 33rd in our MFM Mix series. Interview (excerpt) down below.

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MFM: Thanks for the mix and for taking time to answer these questions Jonny. Whatsup? 

JR: It is an absolute honor to do the mix and thanks for twisting my arm for the interview. Surfin’ the wild waves of the times at the moment… hanging tight on the board, but like water.. finding my way, with huge amounts of entertaining falls.

MFM: I once read you saying wanting to go “...fucking off from London, moving to LA or somewhere else”. Why would you want to trade London for another place?

JR: London is an addiction. been here since ’91 so hard to get it out of the system. working on a sunnier outlet to share the time which on its own puts a smile on my face but still enjoying London for its dirt and being versatile. LA is still and always in my heart for its sun and people.  

MFM: Looking at your discography your studio outcome is an almost equal balance of your own works and edits. Would you say other people's music is a major source of inspiration and motivation? Do you have a steady pace/rhythm of producing or...?

JR: Other peeps music I listen to is of course a huge inspiration or motivation. Even with ‘original‘ works I always have a trigger point. An inspiration from a record.. a dusty loop from somewhere. I play guitar but I am not an analog machine man (burn him burn him). I love samples, loops, rolandcloud on the go… but no particular pace tbh. sometimes a random focused period comes out fruitful. Sometimes it just doesn’t work so I leave it. It’s a sign that I need to have a break in my head. Edits come up as I find songs so the balance must be coincidental. 

MFM: You're the first guest on the mix series who actually requested to keep the comments off. Does it have to do with the 'music like water' principle these days?

JR: Well this idea also came out of the lost year. I was away from mixing for a while and podcast to-do pile had grown. And thought maybe one can try to rebalance listening to music and the way music is shared and searched. While the world is taken over by clicks and likes and online hangouts, thought maybe we push the talks and search back on real people interaction. From my side I asked kindly to the people I did the podcasts for, as an experiment…. let’s try it. Move away from ‘track id’s’ etc.     

MFM: You seem to be a romantic kinda guy with an old school approach when it comes to exploring and experiencing and valuing music. Does the '2021 way' offer only downsides from your point of view, or...?  

JR: I try to hang on to my own journey with belt and braces, so not to lose my values, and mind. A daily exercise sometimes to stop time and re-align to keep on staying true. Like all artforms there is controversy bubbling up in the speed of light everywhere with ‘kind’ help of the ‘social media’…  

MFM: Word on the street is that you've got a new thing coming up, a new label. Tell us all about it!!!

JR: Yessss its true … ‘Jonny Rock Orijinal’. A label for me by me featuring me. ‘Not an edit’ will probably write at the back of a t-shirt at some point. I felt it was the right time to have an outlet for the various explosions of my mind. Hopefully out in the wild by January. Hamam series is also branching out to a ‘Hamam Originals’ imprint too. 

MFM: Thanks too for the mix! Any specific theme or records or vibe you had in mind before or while recording it? 

JR: Not really to be honest. Tako is a huge influence and a great bud so when he asked, woke up instantly from my cosmic hibernation and wanted to do a dj mix with some of the grooves I found lately. I don’t think I played any of those records out yet so was also an excitement of playing them for the first time. I hope to get a few 👌's 🤟's 🔥's 💥's. Ah wait …comments are off so probably not.

MFM Mix 033: Jonny Rock

Paula Tape's monthly residency on WWFM episode 23
broadcasted on Jan 2022

TRACKLIST
Carl Craig - Es. 30
Angophora - Uncarved
Ben Tankard - All Keyed Up
Magic Mushroom Band - Aaravinda
Jamie Paton - Telefuture
Garagen Uwe - Balayage
J-Walk - Jaywalker (Theme)
Hove - Right Outside (longer version)
Maniquin - I Wanna Ride (Redleg On A Roll Mercedes Dub Edit) 4 C Soul - S-Mile (Bonus Beats)
Space Bunny - Space Dub (Wubble U Remix)
Come-n-Dance - Blekbela Mujik
Astralasia - Jongle Kakano

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Paula Tape's monthly residency on WWFM episode 25
broadcasted on July 2022

An hour of odd rhythms and organic dance, from leftfield to electronica, plus some rarities.

more episodes: worldwidefm.net/show/paula-tape/
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NO TRACKLIST

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ACTION SHADOW!

Mixed live at Horst Festival 2022
Thanks to the Horst crew for
the love and support!

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DJ FETT BURGER- Live at Horst 2022

4 hours set recording from the RSN party at Barbarellas for Love International. The real deal. Next full Ds:  Opium Vilnius (2608), Corsica Studios (1309)

DRESDEN @ BARBARELLAS-LOVE INTERNATIONAL/RSN-140722

7 (seven) hours of Dresden aka Ivan Smagghe & Manfredas recorded at Corsica Studios in September 2022.

Dresden returns to Corsica Studios on March 10th

Tickets - https://ra.co/events/1632750

CORSICA STUDIOS

Small Talk Live 002: Dresden (Ivan Smagghe & Manfredas) All Night

Live recording at Radio Tempo Não Pára (23.10.2022)

Artist: @runninghotmusic

Running Hot @ Radio TNP 23.10.2022

Brian Not Brian is a man of many stories, I enjoy someone with many stories. In the short time I've been in his presence I have been given countless facts, stories and been spread a wide variety of the musical encyclopedia to which of chapter's I didn't even know existed. Brian is a man who lives and breaths this industry, from digging in the furthest crates in the vast corners of the world reissuing never before seen or forgotten gems on his Midnight Drive, or more noticeably to finding some of the most interesting new talents coming up via Going Good. 
On top of all this he's an excellent DJ, a skill which has seen him play worldwide alongside underground greats like DJ Sotofett and Hashman Deejay to name a few. For his Off The Record Brian brings us on deep dive of various club sounds in house, disco and more. So get your pint of Guinness and have a quick once over of the chat we had with the man emself here:

Off The Record Mix Series 34: Brian Not Brian

JANUARY 2023 WARM UP

PP#34 BY CHRISTOPHER TUBBS

EKSPEDICIJA 092 (tribute - Move D)

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mgmt: CP@285.group

Tour Dates:
27 APR - Native Beach Club, Buenos Aires
03 MAY - Malasana Club, Madrid
04 MAY - Sound IT, Barcelona
10 MAY - Folklore, Lausanne
11 MAY - The Cause, London
17 MAY - Sandbox Festival, El Gouna
19 MAY - Boiler Room, Edinburgh
25 MAY - Outlier x Warehouse Project, Melbourne
26 MAY - Outlier x Warehouse Project, Sydney
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08 JUN - SWEAT Festival, Stuttgart
14 JUN - KM25, Paris
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22 JUN - Cova Santa, Ibiza
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