008 Earl Grey

DJ Earl Grey aka Nik Thorup takes us beyond the dancefloor and into the realm of the cerebral. During his month-long residency at Waxflower, Nik spun a cornucopia of captivating and unique records that always left us hungry for more.

We’re still not sure how Nik managed to intertwine so many polarising genres so effortlessly. Few DJs can stroll from ambient to jazz, from folk to dub, making it sound so organic. Maybe there’s a link to be drawn between this kind of musical curation and some of the more adventurous wine-making processes we’ve come to love at Waxflower. Skin-contact wine often leads to bolder, more intense, and less predictable palates. 

Shady wine-making comparisons aside, it was an honour for us to have Nik play for the whole month. We’ve spent plenty of time listening to his recorded sets, so it was a treat to experience his talent live at Waxflower.

Recorded live @Waxflowerbar

008 Dj Earl Grey

Heeeere weee gooo. A little blast from the past. Starting off with slow and sexy swings and quickly upping the tempo to move ya hamstrings. Raphaël Top Secret played an all too sweet set at Post Bar in February 2019 (when most people woulda laughed at the idea of a pandemic hitting in a year, hah). And it’s all on tape. Hit it.

Post Recording 019 - Raphaël Top-Secret

The sequel to the mix which started it all, and Wax’o Paradiso Recordings’ first release on cassette. Presenting WPT001: Wax’o Balearico Vol. II.

Selected and mixed by Edd Fisher and Simon TK, recorded at Motom Studios, designed by Milly Davison.

Cassette available now via bandcamp.
https://waxoparadiso.bandcamp.com/album/waxo-balearico-vol-ii

Wax'o Balearico Vol.II

Wax'o Balearico Vol. II

017 Daniel Pisano

Nearly 4 hours of being so smooth it's slippery. The fun kind of slippery. Sliding you downtempo into Boogie, slowly burning you through streets of Soul, touching you like only RNB can. 

Put down that ruler in your hand, because this mix from Daniel Pisano, we assure you, is very good measure. 

Recorded live @Waxflowerbar

017 Daniel Pisano

It’s been a minute between drinks 🥂

Our CR mix series returns with the prolific Parisian posse @lorem-ipsum-yo💫

Some of the most compelling wax diggers to bless our ears in recent times. Enjoy nearly 3 hours of uncovered 💎s crossing soul, gospel, r&b, gangsta hip hop & more.. diggin extra deep no matter the medium - private cassettes, CDs & vinyl.
Get ready to blast the comments with song IDs cuz this ones a doozey 🔥

Expect plenty more CR mixes to come 👀

🎨 by the master Ben Keynes.

Crown Ruler Mix #23 - Lorem Ipsum

One of our absolute fave local DJs "Evie" rolls out an hour of blissful selects wading deep into downtempo, leftfield pop and beyond both known and unknown for mix 40 in the series and one the best trips yet.

ID Requests ~ @evieweily

1800 triiip - Evie - Mix 040

Trushmix 195 presents Melbournes own Myles Mac! 
The man behind the now longs running mix page Melbourne Deepcast, check it out for a lot of fun interviews and mixes from a great variation of DJ's.

For this mix Myles serves us a three hour mix exploring house related music from the late eighties to mid nineties. Slower mellow house sounds, street soul, hip-house, balearic infused tunes, and much more. This a perfect mid summer mix to feel the vibe!

Enjoy music from the top!

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Trushmix 195 - Myles Mac

Live recording of @space-ghost-1 + @pqtrjck at Bar Part Time for a night of Street Soul August 2022

Space Ghost + DJ Patrick (Street Soul Special) Live @ B.P.T. Aug 2022

Please meet London based DJ and producer, former Cafe Del Mar resident, and our long time close friend Phil Mison (@cantomamusic). Interview (excerpt) down below.

www.musicfrommemory.com

MFM: Hi Phil, many know you as one of the DJ's who has played all the best sunset spots across the globe. How did your summer look this year, still been scoring sunsets here and there?

PM: My summer was great. I travelled to Amsterdam, Cork, Copenhagen and Barcelona and had some nice gigs in the UK. My friend Deke has opened a bar on the seafront in Margate, you get pretty epic sunsets down there. I played a few records one evening and managed to fit in a few old cafe classics as the sun disappeared into the sea. 

MFM: Please tell us a bit about how it all started for you?

PM: I grew up in the 70’s, so there were quite a few different influences. David Bowie ‘Life On Mars’ was an early memory, and I was obsessed with Blondie. Parallel lines was the first album I bought. Later it was Northern Soul, Electro, nothing really that mellow! In 87 I met a couple of people who were really into House. I started going to groove records in soho to buy records like Adonis - No Way Back, Ten City - Devotion. Then as 88 rolled around I got into the more Balearic side of things. Later in 89 I’d pop into Reckless Records for second hand stuff and started to browse the New Age section where I got things like Kitaro  ‘Tunhuang’ and Paul Greaver ‘Joy’. Those records were the starting point really. 

MFM: DJing in clubs to make people dance never really attracted you?

PM: I’d say pretty much most of my DJing has been in clubs. I started at the Milk Bar in Soho in 1992 after giving Darren Emerson a tape. Even though I was doing the warm up and playing mellow stuff at the beginning, you had to build it up to a full dance floor by the end. In 1996 and 2000 I was the tour DJ for Lefttfield, playing in front of 1000 odd people. ‘Just get it going before we come on!’ Alongside Ross Allen and Rob Da Bank, I was resident at Bar Rhumba for our Next Level night in 1997. It lasted a year and we opened with Harvey and closed with Andrew Weatherall. I Have to mention Moonboots and Jason Boardman’s night Aficionado too. I always enjoyed playing to a dancefloor there, they’ve kept the Balearic flag flying since 1998. 

MFM: At what point did you got into making music on your own? 

PM: I’d worked on a project for Kenneth Bager in 1994. Then later on he started his Music For Dreams Label, and asked me if I would be interested in making an album.  So the first Cantoma album was started in Copenhagen in 1999, and finished in London in 2003. 

MFM: How do you come up with a new song, is there a certain Phil Mison way to it? Do you write the parts for the musicians?

PM: It usually starts with an idea that pops into my head. Sometimes a memory or travelling will get a melody going, and I’ll sometimes hum it into my phone and use that as a starting point. Ive worked with Engineer/Producer Robin Twelftree on all the Cantoma albums. I’ll go into Robin’s studio and usually start with some basic keyboards, then I’ll play a bassline in. I’ll take the demos away and think about what would work on the tracks. For some musicians the music is written down. Ive worked with Robin Lee from Faze Action on a few Cantoma tunes, and he usually transcribes my basic melodies onto sheet music. Other times I’ll play the melodies on a keyboard or hum the tunes for the musicians to follow along to. On some tracks I’ll write the lyrics too and get a singer to record on a track. There’s a lot of going back and forth until I’m happy with the final cut. The music rarely ends up sounding like the first version.

MFM: Making a mix must have been a piece of cake for you :) What is this mix like?

PM: I went back through my 92-94 selection and picked a selection of the lesser played records. Memories of magic times at the Milk Bar and warm summer evenings at the Cafe del mar.

MFM Mix 044: Phil Mison

Here's a new episode of the Pender Street Steppers Show (PSSS) with our good friend @czwang . CZW wanted to present a mix that showcased the music he grew up with in Vancouver, back when he was a breakdancer battling rival crews on the daily https://www.instagram.com/p/B2RxzCKhH8g/ 

Tracklist available - https://bit.ly/2nFhE1A

Please check out CZ Wang's band People Plus - https://youtu.be/1cr9GkR_o6w

NTS Radio Episode 15 with guest CZ Wang (24/9/19)

Good and longtime friend and frequently collaborator is back again on Trushmix, for our 162 installment. Telephones! Now a familiar contributor to our ever growing list of great mixes. And as usual Telephones delivers 100%!

This time, an over three hour mix, bit slower in pace, packed with great jams!. A vibe mix par du style! Deep balearic, early nineties hip hop  street soul, hip house, old-school house music and UK sounds from end of the eighties and early nineties.

Perfectly crafted mix for this time of year, when the summer still is hotter than hot, and when the music can take us to the place we as DJ's and party people all love!
The good kind of party with the right vibes!

Enjoy! 
Music from the top!

Trushmix 162 - Telephones

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NTS Radio Episode 15 with guest CZ Wang (24/9/19)

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