Name: RA.566 Sisi by Resident Advisor
Duration: 1 h 15 min 15 s
Description: Smoldering pop and disco from one of Tokyo's finest selectors.

Tornado Wallace's exclusive mix for Rainbow Disco Club 2022 podcast:

"This is an excerpt from a live recording at a show I played in Sydney in March 2022. I played at 9 am and I wanted to start with the music slow, warm and soulful. A fresh and feel-good start for everyone that had been at the party since the night before."

"これは2022年3月にシドニーで行ったショーでの録音から抜粋したものです。朝9時から演奏したのですが、スローで暖かく、ソウルフルな音楽で始めたいと思いました。前夜からパーティーに参加していたみんなにとって、新鮮で気持ちの良いスタートになる様にプレイしましたね。"

RDC 040 - Tornado Wallace

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.

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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

Powder & 5ive live from the Sunrise Sessions at Love International 2022.

Love International returns in 2023 from July 12th - 18th, tickets available now at: www.loveinternationalfestival.com/

Live from the Adriatic 2022: Powder & 5ive

Recording of San Proper's set at Rainbow Disco Club 2018. Kicking it off with Sugar Babe’s “Kyou wa Nandaka”, this timeless set features many lively disco tunes that remind us of the sunny Higashi Izu weather.

RDC 054 - San Proper

HEADSTREAM RADIO FROM STUDIO EXOTICA @ DESA POTATO HEAD 
BALI, INDONESIA 09 MAY 2023

HEADSTREAM radio / DR.DUNKS w ERIC DUNCAN

Smoldering pop and disco from one of Tokyo's finest selectors.

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Japanese DJ and producer Powder rightfully debuting and delivering a mix of mirth house and techno on a sunny day.

Dekmantel Festival 2018

Powder at Dekmantel Festival 2018

Recorded live at Giant Steps in London on Easter Sunday, 2019. 

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John Gómez & Nick the Record at Giant Steps

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unfold: Kenji Takimi at Live Art Bistro, Leeds

00] Hole In One - Spiritual Ideas For Virtual Reality
[09] The Primitive Painter - Levitation [Klang Elektronik - KLANG 1]
[18] Dubtribe Sound System - Sunshine's Theme (Sunshine's Remix) [Organico - ORG 004]
[23] State Of Flux - Mercury [Finiflex - FF1009]
[29] The Primitive Painter - Cathedral [Klang Elektronik - KLANG 1]
[36] Ebi - Chuu [Space Teddy - ST 007]
[43] Some Other People - Astralise [Infinite Mass - MASS 018 T]
[52] The Primitive Painter - Invisible Landscapes [Klang Elektronik - KLANG 1]
[58] Squid - Emprisoning Sound On A Piece Of Wax [Apollo - APOLLO 16]
[64] The Keyprocessor - Feary Tales [Eevo Lute Muzique - EEVO 008]
[68] State Of Flux - The News [Bold! Stars - BR 2009-1]
[71] Ian Pooley And Alec Empire - Untitled (Pulse Code E.P. Side A) [Mille Plateaux - MP 3]
[83] Ebi - Sou [Space Teddy - ST 007]

Mixes 1993

Andrew Weatherall - Massive Mellow Mix

Blaze - Afro Jazz
Pal Joey - Love Dub
Jazz Documents - Private Code
N.Y. House'n Authority - Apt1A (Witness Remix)
Pal Joey - Spend The Night
Earth People - Reach Up To Mars
GU - S.J.U.
Kerri Chandler - Track 1
The Daou - Surrender Yourself (Ballroom Mix)
Loop 7 - The Theme
Jungle Wonz - The Jungle
Alison Limerick - Where Love Lives
Kim English - Night Life
Tito Puente - Para Los Rumberos
Blask Sheep - Strobelite Honey
Danny Tenaglia - Loft In Paradise
Frankie Knuckles -Keep On Movin'
Aly Us - Follow Me
Kenlou - Gimme Groove
Earth People - Dance
Lil' Louis - Club Lonely
Barbara Tucker - I Get Lifted
Cajmere - Brighter Days
Brand New Heavies - Close To You
South Street Player - Who Keeps Changing Your Mind?
Shafty - Deep Inside
Joe Clausell Presents Cosmic Ritual - Come Inside
Frankie Knuckles - The Whistle Song

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