MIXTAPES & RADIO WAVES

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

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 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

recording for the show Letters From Leipzig airing live on the 26th of November on Soho Radio London 🪐

tracklist:

Chmmr - 0x60 (Prins Thomas Diskomiks Del 1 & 2, Pt. 2) 
STR4TA - Aspects (Demus Dub)
Studio - Life’s A Beach! (Todd Terje Beach House Mix)
Toulouse Low Tax - Jeidem Fall (Wolf Müller Mix)
Bruxas - Más Profundo
Ballistic Brothers vs. The Two Lone Swordsmen - Side Order Of Noodles (The Noodly One)
Pender Street Steppers - Our Time
Pender Street Steppers - Glass City
Prins Emanuel - Seaside View
Ron Trent - Hooked On Your Love
Sunday Brunch - Honung
Mental Overdrive - Cheese Royale (Dr. Sennep The Hot Dog’s Remix)
Jack J - Thirstin’
Telephones - Blaff (Rhythm Tool Strip)
Idjut Boys - One For Kenny
Fila Brazilia - Throwing Down A Shape
Chaos In The CBD - Accidental Meetings
DJ Shadow - Midnight In A Perfect World

Soho Radio London // 26.11.2023

🌅 sunshine music for sunshine people 🌅

tracklist:

plunky - tropical chill (jazz mix)
afrobeat makers - howls
benoit b - 2090’
bufiman - momentum
blackbelt andersen - kuk av stal
metro area - caught up
parallel dance ensemble - shopping cart
paraíso - teu sorriso (jex opolis remix)
paula tape - eclipse
nelson bishop - alice et les aloes
apiento & co. - e.s.p. (lexx sunset ashram remix)
dino soccio - soccio’s break loose dub
atmosfear - xtra special (dry mix)
blue feather - let’s funk tonight (faze action dub mix)
ago - you make me do it
gino soccio - try it out (instrumental version)
touchdown - ease your mind (extended edit by mr. k)

Sunshine People We Are

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Late 90s cosmic house tunes with some odd disco balls sprinkled in. 

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Tracklist:

Maurice Fulton - A Night At Estudio Copito De Nieve
King Kuf Kuf - Adventures In The Valley Of The Superdooba (Pestmixed)
Al Dobson Jr - Malful - Nebetia
Dimitri From Paris - Free Ton Style (Edit)
Atmosfear - Deep Base Nine (Idjut Boys Mix)
Faze Action - In The Trees (Dubbed Bonus Beats)
Akwaaba - Munkey (Version Blithering)
Tarjei Nygård & Øystein - Sleeping (Torske's Damsgaardsdub)
Hacienda - Flannel Sunset
Joe - Tail Lift
Bjørn Torske - Night Call (Adjust Boys’ Green Beating Version)
Casbah 73 - Love Saves The Day (Percussion Jam)
D.J. Friendly - Sun Sun (Version 2)
Erot - Song For Annie
Goody Goody - It Looks Like Love (Dim’s Compiled Edit)
Per Cussion - Don’t Stop
Huba Buba - Gummibjørn (Vocal Mix)
Street Corner Symphony - Condomonium (Rubberdub)
T.P.O. - Hiroshi’s Dub (Savanna Mix)
Linkwood - Ignorance Is Bliss
Moodymann - Sunday Morning (Short)

Dance Music For Introverts

Dubby disco, balearic b-sides, and interplanetary excursions into cosmic sunshine land, that's what you have to expect from this new straordinary mix by Planet8.
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Sound researcher & DJ based in Berlin, Planet8 with his mixes recreate a feeling that everyone is longing for...an endless sunset filled with orange light, an ocean view, a dance floor full of smiles. 
Push the floppy disk inside and enjoy!!
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Dance Music For Introverts

PLANET 8