Frisco City

Merchant's fifth edition of their monthly residency sees them invite On The Rocks to the mix. This crew out of Birmingham host the town's best parties at Cafe Artum and runs a youtube page full of under the radar finds. Recommended listening.

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Merchant w/ On The Rocks - June 2022

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Through The Tree's with On The Rocks Records - 21.08.2022

Preorder under: https://n0frills.bigcartel.com/

In 1984, Gianni Ephrikian released “Chiquita”. Now a reputable conductor and composer of film music in Italy, he was surprised when we approached him about this release that we had picked up at a local flea market in Berlin Schöneberg almost 30 years later. Our label tries to situate old music into new contexts and it was clear that “Chiquita” should have a reissue. This resulted in a 2-year spanning collaboration between artists from various ages and musical backgrounds reinterpreting aspects of “Chiquita”while staying true to its root–fun, disco and dance appeal. “Mi Vida” is a groovy balearic house take, DJ Gigola reinterprets the original with vocals from the Barcelona-based band Habla de mí en presente. Rifts presents an italo-inspired floor filler featuring the catalan duo Tata Relena. Gerd Janson provides us with a classic dance edit, and of course the original, remastered versions will be featured on the record as well.

We are fully aware that "Chiquita" is a loaded term, used in both derogative and affectionate ways for addressing women. It is also the name of a multinational brand selling bananas. That is why No Frills has decided that all profits from this release will go to theLatin American Women's Aid Foundation (https://lawadv.org.uk/) who work tirelessly to free women from violence and oppression in Latin American countries. Good things take time and love.

Rico & C. - Chiquita (Rifts Epic Ripoff Feat. Tarta Relena)

Up next on the chopping block we have none other than Dene from La Casa Tropical! Over the past 10 years, Dene has split up his time between Toronto, Johannesburg and Europe, so musically you can expect everything and anything in between when Dene shows up. He's the kind of person that leaves his ego at the door and this attitude carries into his approach to digging and DJing. 

So here it is, another High 5s mix to get you inspired to find those gems for 5 bucks or less! Enjoy!!

Artwork by King Culture

High 5s by La Casa Tropical

One hour of downtempo slingers. One hour of up beat pingers. Go on, have a gorp

A tale of two inquisities

Let The Love

For the 100th installment (!) in our Just For The Night series, selectors take you on their own journey through groove. Anything goes.

Welcome Berlin-based digger, DJ & producer Tom Bolas. He runs Average Records @averagerecordsbln with a killer YouTube channel too, showcasing good or weird (and often rare) music with top-shelf digs

The mix in his words:
"The idea was to play some of the tunes that I enjoyed most through the summer months and to capture that feeling again as we are moving into autumn. I meant to finish the mix a few weeks ago in time for the last summer days, so let’s hope we get an Indian summer in Europe. I’ve had a string of edits come out recently on the amazing new @SmuttyEdits label as well as Duca Bianco and a 10 year-old Reggae-Disco edit is coming out on a local Berlin label in the not too distant future as well. I’ll be in Istanbul in late October / early November to play at @Arkaoda and a couple other places with Venus Exotica - looking forward to it."

Danke @tombolas.. Abschied vom Sommer 🌞🕶️🌴

*if you enjoy what you hear, please please like, share, comment as it goes a long way to making sure guest mixes get heard as far & wide as they can go. we'll crack on sourcing the next hundred...

Just For The Night #100 - Tom Bolas (Last Day Of Summer)

I found a big box of CDs on the sidewalk that someone was getting rid of. The box was full of classic Downtempo & Trip Hop! So naturally, I had to record a mix! I hope you enjoy! Enjoyed best in transit or on a walk! or with tea or coffee in a cafe! or with a spliff, you know what i mean!

CD MIX TRACK LIST

Brian Eno - A Different Kind of Blue
Zero 7 - Destiny
Wax poetics - Angels ft Norah Jones
Wamdue Project - In the back of your mind
Zero 7 - Likufanele
Wamdue Project - In A Circle
Zero 7 - In The Waiting Line
Archive - Old Artist
Afterlife - Dub In Ya Mind (Beach Club Mix)
Isabelle Antenna - Nothing To Lose
Fantastic Plastic Machine - Honolulu, Calcutta
Groove Armada - Inside My Mind (Blue Skies)
Sara McLachlan - Dirty Little Secret (Thievery Corporation)
Sneaker Pimps - 6 Underground (Fila Brazilla Remix #1)
Fantastic Plastic Machine - The Girl Next Door
Lamb - Trans Fatty Acid
Beyond The Clouds - Beach Sequence 

CROSSWALKS : 100% CD MIX (Downtempo, Trip Hop)

Magicast is back with a mesmerizing mix from @mirrens

Not much info can be found online but he's been busying uploading some quality bits to Youtube ~ His channel can be found here ~ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAcdX0mF2T8lgQHiWivSH-Q/featured

Expect a 90's ambient house / downtempo vibe with a number of CD-only releases thrown in for good measure. Enjoy floating along like we did :P

M a g i c a s t - 0 4 5 🎇 - Mirren

FRAGILE ON THE ROCKS - LA VIE CONTINUE

Musical host and party disorganiser

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2024 

Sept 21: Cafe 1001, London
Sept 20: Low Profile Studios, London
Aug 15: Common Ground, Oxford
July 19: Common Ground, Oxford
April 28: Common Ground, Oxford
Feb 17: Common Ground, Oxford

2023

June 10: HWK Garden & Terrace, London

A tale of two inquisities

Voyeurhythm