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1. Thank you for the amazing mix! We heard quite a lot of great new music in your mix and wanted to ask, what are your biggest influences?

Thank you, I‘m glad you like it. My biggest influences as a DJ are definitely clubs I went to and their DJs, that is Stammheim / Kassel with the late great DJ Pierre, Robert Johnson / Offenbach with a lot of underrated boss DJs like Thomas Hammann, Paul David Rollmann and (the of course well known but imho mis-categorized) Ricardo Villalobos. And then Panoramabar obviously with Ryan Elliott, Oracy and my personal hero Boris. 

I gotta say though that this mix does not contain anything new. It entirely consists of Disco tunes from 1976…1980 that are unavailable in digital form and will not be picked up by Shazam. This music would be lost if no one would play it out on vinyl. It's really the aura of a good Club and a dj that understands, nurtures and boosts it that is my biggest influence. That's the essence of a Club. The spirit!


2. Considering your incredible collection, how do you go about the digging process? Is there a particular way you find and organize your records?

I developed various ways of digging. Maybe the most important one is listening to old DJ sets from clubs and DJs I like and pick out the gemstones that really shine. I stopped going to record stores to be frank. The “Discogs pricing scheme” prevents you from making any lucky finds. Some stores wouldn’t even price or clean records so in fact you’re doing their job.

Another digging mode is just digging through my own collection. There’s so much stuff I’ve never played, some I’ve never even listened to, so there’s always a surprise round the corner…

Last thing is, I copy a lot. If one of my guest DJs plays a bomb, I never hesitate to adopt this tune. Most music enthusiast DJs do this. For many of my favorite tunes I remember whom I heard playing this first!


3. We’ve been a big fan of your “Smile For A While” label, with superb releases by Move D, DJ Duke and more, and were wondering, how did that get started?

in 2013 me and a friend heard a lot of nice house tunes on bandcamp that friends of ours from Frankfurt did. There was no way though they could get through to the well known local labels like Perlon, LARJ, etc. Thus we decided to put two four trackers out by ourselves. The rest came just naturally over the years.

Paradisco 016 // Mr. Fonk

Asa Tate delivers the goods, gearing us up for his set at the next Paradia on 25th Feb in the waiting room…

Hypnotic guitar riffs, euphoric floating synths, broken beat mischief, momentous chord progressions and tripped out baselines.

An hour long session of dance music delights 💅 with tracks from Man/Iplulate, Youandewan, Alex Neri & Kuniyuki.

Buckle up and enjoy the ride - the rest is noise

Paradia Sound

Tracklist:
- G.E.O. Corp - Lambrynna
- Alhponse - Fanatic
- Mark Ambrose - Harmony (Sun Mix)
- Youandewan - Slow Down ft. Art Feynman 
- Kuniyuki - Earth Beats (Fingers Deep Mix) 
- The Deep - Silver Surfer (Afro Mix)
- Kenton Slash Demon - Zstring (Urulu’s Liquid Earth Mix) 
- Man/Ipulate - Eternity (Cool Dance Mix)
- Alex Neri - Lost In Paradise
- Solace - Hold Me Now
- Feel Fly - Nebula
- Sai - Human (Anthem JAI Edit)

[2.02] PARADIA w/ Asa Tate

Recorded @ Folklor Club @ Black Disney on 28.01.2023

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@nicodemo
@alzaya

FloorKast 033 with VOLANTIS & NICODEMO

Absolutely thrilled to have the stunning selector Vio PRG contribute the first mix of the year!

Vio has spent the last 10 years roaming the full spectrum of the music industry, from her early days as an event organizer and journalist in her native Bucharest to the front lines of the Berlin scene as a DJ, radio host, writer and DJ tutor. Her Flight Mode show on Refuge Worldwide radio is a passionate crate dig, always on the lookout for weird and wonderful balearic, disco and afrobeat. A 90's kid, she brings that nostalgia into her sets, playing old school house and techno paired with fresh releases from leftfield labels and classics alike.

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We invite those we love, so that they might play what they love. We believe in true connections, not in guidelines. All heart, no hype. A receptacle for sonic visions. Our vibe.

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Isterika Mix 022: Vio PRG

One away from 100 mixes & another special one provided by our French brother, Samy. 

We first met Samy who DJ's as DVDE the first time we played in Paris & we instantly struck up a great friendship, he's a great DJ & a top human, much loved amongst the scene in Paris & rightly so. 

Here are some words he has shared with us for the mix. "I did something 100% electro with unreleased stuff from DMX Krew and Fabio Monesi + Detroit electro stuff I love. There are also 2 tracks from Paris based labels and friends. One is a remix of S.A.M of a track from my very good friend Aurèle launched on the demi-monde label, one is from the solid duo DO_1 on D.KO records. I've also putted some acid style stuff more 4/4. I wanted to show a side of my collection I don't play that much finally as I'm now more identified as an "House" head and an Acid House player, but I still have a LOT of electro records. 

I hope you'll like it!"

Support the artist with links below :)

https://soundcloud.com/dvdehou

CKFM.099 - DVDE

Zakaria [08.04.2023]

Rosa Red from Munich delivers a musical journey from deep and dubbed out choones to catchy melodies, spheric pads and bass-heavy pieces somewhere between groovy-house and more modern interpretations of a progressive 90's sound concept, all glued together in a very coherent mix for your listening pleasure.
Make sure to check out her latest EP called "Rhapsody" via Permanent Vacation.
@redrosared
Visuals:
www.bareis-nicolaus.com
www.lucas-hesse.de

ASHTRAY MONUMENTS VOL. 31 - Rosa Red

PEAK TIME NR 05
May 18 @ Fitzroy (Berlin)

Power • Pleasure • Unity

w/ S.A.M., ILY, Quseng, DJ Romantic
More infos www.instagram.com/peaktimeberlin/

PKT Live Recording: ILY b2b Quseng (May 18)

https://soundcloud.com/roudtraxx
https://soundcloud.com/frequent-horae
Artwork: https://soundcloud.com/greta-motif
🔊 https://youtu.be/clmGvEJ2JwM

Roudtraxx scores in the next LAYERS series. As an eager and restless digger, he has been involved in the Lithuanian music scene for over 5 years at various record shops, clubs, bars, and festival nights. What's more he is a crew member of independent community voice of Radio Vilnius. And likewise Roudtraxx is 1/2 of musical duo FREQUENT HORAE.

Play on YouTube

LAYER #344 | Roudtraxx

Recorded live by Dirac at the in-store session in Vodkast, sometime in May, 2023.

Artwork by Luka Gamtsemlidze

vodkast.254 - dirac

Polo Alto & Het Renard (RPU) | The Imaginarium VII

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