Mixes I Josh Caffé

As @sleepd, childhood friends Maryos Syawish and Corey Kikos have greatly helped shape Melbourne's underground scene over the last decade. Between them, they have Iraqi and Maltese heritage and put out music on the likes of Incienso, Play On and Cocktail d'Amore Music as well as their own blog/party/label Butter Sessions. Like their expressive live show, it explores "the rave unconscious" so think everything from dreamy pads to driving rhythms, gritty electro to cosmic techno. 

This week's podcast is a superb showcase of their style: a mix that is constantly on the move, building momentum as rhythms go from elastic and bouncy to more driving and sleek. Percussion is perfectly sprinkled in to give extra texture, while nebulous synths add the colour as the pressure builds and builds. This is physical, psychedelic, emotional, trance-inducing electronic music that follows the familiar arc of a well-executed mix but in all new and unfamiliar ways.

Dekmantel Podcast 

Dekmantel Podcast 401 - Sleep D

From acid and '90s rave to growling jungle, Hannah Holland & Josh Caffé sent the FM Tent spinning as part of Dalston Superstore's Sunday night takeover at Field Maneuvers 2023.

@hannah-holland @josh-caffe @fieldmaneuvers

Find out more about Field Maneuvers 2024: https://ra.co/news/80472

RA Live - Hannah Holland & Josh Caffé - Field Maneuvers, UK

Coming in hot with the latest OK mix! DJ, Producer, vocalist and performer Josh Caffé serves up some deep & sexy house and techno - pulsating drums, propulsive rhythms - touched with vocals, dominated with sass and licked with groove. 


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Josh Caffé has spent the last decade on a breathless trip through the fringes of London’s shifting house and techno continuum. As a DJ, singer/songwriter, producer and activist of British-Ugandan descent, Caffe’s influence has been felt everywhere from institutions such as Panorama bar and Adonis to his own Love Child party, curated at Fabric, where Caffe holds an influential residency. Collaborating with international icons of dance music and fashion such as Honey Dijon, he has become an even more visible and respected presence in recent years. Recently delivering his debut album 'Poppa Zesque' on Erol Alkan’s label Phantasy, Caffe has made his boldest statement yet. Two singles, ‘According To Jacqueline’ and ‘Do You Wanna Take Me Home?’ (remixed by Steffi & Virginia) effortlessly captured Caffe’s vision of queer liberation and sensuality. Working alongside both Quinn Whalley of Paranoid London, for whom Caffe has provided memorable vocal turns, and saxophonist Alex White of Fat White Family, Caffe’s solo material is charismatic, frenetic and rich in inspiration, from classic Chicago house, UK acid culture, 00s rap and his twin heroes, Prince and Grace Jones. All of these influences, be they sensual, jackin’ or sexually playful, echo through Caffe’s selections as a DJ. Mixes for Honey Soundsystem, Beats In Space, Naive and Love International speak for Caffe’s standing in the queer and wider dance music communities. Having forged an intimate connection with dancers across the sphere of underground house and techno, whether on the dancefloor and on record, on the mic or in the booth, in the grimiest of clubs or owning festival stages, Josh Caffe’s attitude and talent continues to inspire radical freedom.

@josh-caffe

OK026 - Josh Caffé

Field Maneuvers said it best: "Tasha brings out the techno in Josh and Josh brings out the sleaze in Tasha!" The two staples of London nightlife came together on the Friday of Field Maneuvers 2024.

@josh-caffe
@dj_tasha

RA Live: Tasha & Josh Caffé - Field Maneuvers, UK

Whatever Jennifer Loveless (@jenniferloveless) turns her attention to, she always looks to find real human emotion. The Berlin-based, Australian-born multidisciplinary artist works across a wide musical realm as a DJ, producer and top-line writer who also scores for the screen. In the club, she is all about big energy, warmth and colour as she flits between future sounds and euphoric nostalgia all while dropping plenty of big tunes on labels like Sex Tags UFO, Planet Euphorique and Future Classic.

Over the last decade-plus, she has proven herself adaptable in the DJ booth and just as able to lock in a heady crowd at Panorama Bar as she is making her mark on festival stages like Horst. Across 90 minutes in this week's mix, Loveless draws on all of that experience to lay down a silky smooth trip that touches on deep techno and lush electronic minimalism before delving into more menacing atmospheres, jacked-up house and feel-good sunrise sounds.

Dekmantel Podcast 480 - Jennifer Loveless

London-based DJ, producer and vocalist Josh Caffé steps in for Moxie this week.
 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/moxie/episodes/moxie-29th-january-2025

JOSH CAFFÉ 290125

ISAbella and Gabrielle taking over the lot for an hour of sexy lesbian house 

https://www.instagram.com/bellasalmonella 
https://www.instagram.com/gabriellekwarteng

https://www.soundcloud.com/bellasalmonella
https://soundcloud.com/gabriellekwarteng

ISAbella b2b Gabrielle Kwarteng @ The Lot Radio 02-08-2025

Amaliah & Tai Lokun's 2 hour set at District Unknown in October 2024 at The Pickle Factory, London.

Amaliah b2b Tai Lokun Live @ District Unknown 5.10.24

Josh Caffé welcomes us to paradise on SonarMix 063, a luxurious two-hour session of “deep, sexy and genre-bending” club music. Ahead of a pair of live shows at Sónar this year - you can catch him in Lisbon in April, and then in Barcelona this June - the multi-talented artist works up a sweat with this deeply seductive session. 


@josh-caffe



Tracklist
Aaron Carl - For The Money
DreamrDreamr - Escape Into
Sidetrax - Off Track (On The Right Trax mix 3)
Terrence Dixon - Return Of The Speaker People Kaustos Sudden Aphasia mix
Vulvareen & 1905 - Get Your Head Bust
Huey Mnemonic - Technician 3 (Max Watts Remix)
Skee Mask - A14 Vs Cb
Liano & P2P - Baile Duro
Malin Genie - Skump
DECIUS - So, So Strong
DJ Split - Agogo 4424
WTCHCRFT - 1 4 U
Eden_Burns - Xoh_dub
Dede - Actress - Typewriter World (DEDECUT)
MoMA Ready - SOUL DIVIDE
G-Emerald - 2-Dance
Vromo - Burn Up
Leftfield - Double Flash
CalvoMusic, DJ Glo 410 - Ga$ton Rasta feat. DJ Glo 410
Josh Steers - 100 PROOF
MCR-T - Top Shotta
Parris x Untold - Lip Locked
Marcus Mixx - Looked Down Upon By Rehabbed Butterflies (Multi Journeys In The Fog Mixx)
Materie - Landscapes Kaval Remix
Retromigration - YB
The Groove Room - Drift
DJ Bruce Lee - Jack Trak 1
Regal86 - Temperature (Hot mix)
James Ruskin - Mutate And Survive (James Ruskin Version)
G Flame - Da Wallz
G Flame - OGH
Soft Pink Truth - Soft on Crime

SonarMix 063: Josh Caffé

Back at the lot radio bringing some lesbian house.

https://www.instagram.com/bellasalmonella 
https://www.soundcloud.com/bellasalmonella



ISAbella @ The Lot Radio 05-10-2025

My Show is a Love Letter to NYC and my Community here which was my home for over a decade.

https://www.instagram.com/bashkka
https://www.soundcloud.com/bashkka



BASHKKA @ The Lot Radio 05-22-2025

A queer icon steps up for RA.998's B-side.

The RA Podcast began with RA.001 in 2006. Since then, it's spotlighted the best and brightest in dance music every week, without fail. As we approach our 1,000th episode next month, we're switching things up, pairing artists whose sounds complement one another and, in doing so, zeroing in on the forces shaping the past, present and future of electronic culture.

This week, we shift lanes to Roza Terenzi and Kim Ann Foxman, two artists who strike a rare balance between reverence and reinvention. Both are key figures in queer clubbing circles, deeply informed by the halcyon days of '90s and early '00s club music yet fully committed to pushing it forward.

Each artist has carved out a distinct path. Roza Terenzi started out in Perth, Australia, before making a home in Berlin in 2020, while the Hawaii-born Foxman made her name in New York by way of San Francisco in the early '00s. For RA.998, they've contributed separate mixes, to be enjoyed together as two parts of the same whole.

Foxman takes the B-side and makes her RA Podcast debut. As a vocalist for Hercules & Love Affair and a sought-after producer in her own right, the New York-based artist blends club heft and melodic flourish with a distinct pop sensibility shaped by '90s dance music. (She got her first job making smoothies at an all-ages club in Hawaii while Deee-Lite performed live behind her.)

Like Roza Terenzi, Foxman draws from across eras. Her contribution to RA.998 is warm, expressive and emotionally tuned, unfurling a palette of house, breaks and trance laden with bright pads, bold hooks and an ear for atmosphere. Listen out for the Whitney Houston sample and you'll know what we mean. 

While Foxman and Roza Terenzi embrace a fun, vibrant musical style, their work is grounded in intentionality. They're invested in honouring the cultural and political roots of dance music: Foxman has long advocated for a more inclusive, community-driven club scene, while Roza Terenzi was among the first artists to begin pulling shows this summer as a matter of political principle.

Both sides of RA.998 show how the sounds of past eras can be reimagined to move seamlessly with the present. Hopefully you'll even feel a jolt of inspiration to get yourself to the nearest dance floor, ASAP.

@kimannfoxman
Find the tracklist and interview at ra.co/podcast/1003

RA.998 Kim Ann Foxman

Tech odyssey_(2)

This is the next track release on my TechHouse journey. More to come. Enjoy :)

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Pulled from the vaults of Ballroom Records, Ass Kickin by Crazy Sonic and Ale F appears on TEN: The Archive Series, Pt. 3 — a collection dedicated to the label’s deeper, groove-driven club tracks.

Blending percussion and hypnotic flow, the track channels the subtle energy that defines Ballroom’s Minimal / Deep Tech and Tech House roots.

RA Live - Hannah Holland & Josh Caffé - Field Maneuvers, UK

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