for over 20 years i have created mixes of my favourite tracks of that time. when i listen to them they take me back there.

revd - time capsules - dj mix archive

Late night chuggers, nu disco, dark disco and acid house

Linkwood and House of Traps - Barely Eagle
Fiori - Andiamo (Mirror People Remix)
Mushrooms Project - Tropikal Mushrooms (Phoreski Remix)
Kris Menace feat. Miss Kittin - Hide (Nhar Remix Instrumental)
Cabaret Nocturne - Outlaw Knight
Heretic - Trite Progression
Dirt Crew - Manoeuvres (Motorcitysoul Remix)
Psychemagik - Mink & Shoes (Dub Mix)
Miguel Campbell - Collision
Pink Skull - My other feet is my car (Balcazar & Sordo Remix)
Tunnel Signs - Cold Future 
Romin - Ropeburn (Future Bones Remix)
Cabaret Nocturne - Blind Trust
Johnson -  Sick House (Rich Lane Remix)
Club Bizarre - Empote (Monoblok and Pslktr remix)
Flash Atkins - Drug Empire
Coma - Maelstrom
Pional - Just Passing Through
Crazy P - Cruel Mistress (Ron Basejam Remix)
Tronik Youth - splinter of the minds eye (Peza mix)
Sigward & Oliver Sudden - Sunburst

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2016

out of step [acid house, prog house, indie dance dj mix]

slomo techno disco acid house

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live 4-16 [downtempo acid house, cosmic and dark disco, slow techno dj mix]

This is from feb 2013.  

I likely spent a lot of time creating it (pre-parenthood), and I think its stood the test of time.   Some great house and nu disco tunes that I'd forgotten; synthy, groovy and proggy as you'd expect. My mixing has improved but my musical taste hasn't really changed!  

Take a step back in time with me....

2013

winter fuel [house, nu disco, indie dance dj mix]

A slightly stretched and pimped recap of the Set I played when supporting the fabulous Snapped Ankles.

Shifting Basslines (From the Forest of Your Problems to the Forest of Undilated Love)



Max Essa (@max-essa) has been active as a producer and DJ since the early 90s, initially releasing music on labels including Warp Records and Paper Recordings and DJing alongside the infamous D.i.Y Sound System.

His later work, for labels like Is It Balearic? Recordings, went on to be play-listed by legends such as Andrew Weatherall and David Mancuso, gaining him a devoted following and DJ bookings around the world.

Albums for the Japanese major label, Victor Entertainment ('Vacations Never Taken' 2015) and Music For Dreams ('Lanterns' 2018), plus EPs for labels including Hell Yeah! Recordings and Razor N Tape (with Eddie C), and a constant stream of remixes for labels like Compost, Ubiquity, Faze Action and Leng have shown him to be a prolific and deeply imaginative producer.

Since 2008 he has been based in Japan where he plays regularly at clubs and events around the country, from Hokkaido to Okinawa.
From 2010 - 2023 he was a resident DJ at the Lone Star parties, and later the Zim Zam Zu! events at the legendary, Bar Bonobo and for over a decade has been a resident at the ever popular, Aoyama Tunnel in Tokyo.

VHS Podcast #076 - Max Essa

" E uno e due e tre e quattr" Guest Mix by Cremaballare 
Napoli Football Strikes again and won the Scudetto Again.
Enjoy the weekend and celebrate with a Killer Mixage of Italo & Disco Synth action cooked for you by Cremaballare.

"E UNO E DUE E TRE E QUATTR" GUEST MIX by CREMABALLARE

Paisley Dark takeover. John takes us through some records that have inspired his journey through music to the present and leaves us with a Killer guest mix to sign it all off. 


Tracklist  ⬇️
First Hour;
The Beatles – Strawberry Fields Forever, Parlophone Records 1967
David Essex - Rock on, Columbia Records1973 
Donna Summer - I Feel Love = Siento Amor, Casablanca Records 1977
The Clash – (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais, CBS 1978 
Toots & The Maytel - Pressure Drop, Beverley’s Records 1969 
Lee Scratch Perry - Techno Party, Ariwa Sounds 2000 
The Temptations - 1990, Gordy Records, 1973
Alessandro Alessandroni - Afro Discoteca (Jolly Mare Lifting), Four Flies Records 2019
Guest Mix;
Claudio Diva - Funky Nephos, Antinote Records 2020		
Solar Kings - Long Ride (The Oddness Remix), Shango Records 2025		
Aiwaska - At Night, Exploited Ghetto 2021		
Roy Heyman ft. Alon Cohen - Você Perdeu (Balam Remix), U’re Guay Records 2023
Monty Luke - The Takover (Remove Ya), Permanent Vacation 2025		
TJ Hookers - Sound Man (Silvertooth Remix), Silvertooth Music 2025
Joeski - Para Elegua, Club Bad 2024
Bambook - Sonder, Ya Hala Ya Hala Records 2023
Darren Emerson - Seekers Of Cosmic Pleasures (Dub), Detone 2024
Ray Foxx - Suelta (Original Mix), Club Bad 2022
The Gardens of Babylon - 1998, The Gardens of Babylon 2025

Cosmic Disco with John Paynter 08 MAY 2025

Estelle (Cafe Del Mar Mix) - A Man Called Adam - Other Records Ltd
Coyote Tanits - Groove - Is It Balearic 
San Diego (Tour Werks After Hours Mix) - Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra 
Blue Miles - Paul Greendale (1990-91) unreleased
Loose Fit (Greg Wilson and Ché Wilson Remix) - Happy Mondays - London Records
Dream On (Balearic Ultras Brooking Bass Remix - The Woodentops
Eighty Three (Uppity Dub) - Mudd 

ask me for the rest.



'Balearic Is spelt BALERIC'

«Setblock» #52 for the zurich based radio station gds.fm. Enjoy!
gds.fm/artist/mdmo

1. New California – Space Melody
2. Joe Marino – The Force (Instrumental Dub version)
3. Maurice Mc Gee – Arabian Dance (Extended Vocal Version)
4. Karin Klark – Radio Man (Extended Version)
5. Automatic – Frogs In Spain
6. Moses – We Just
7. Larabell – Feel It
8. Max Coveri – One More Time (D-Version)
9. Texas Johnny – Superman (Instrumental)
10. Malvaho – People From Ibiza
11. The Chaplin Band – Il Veliero
12. Lama – Love On the Rocks
13. The Immortals – The Ultimate Warlord
14. Casco – Cybernetic Love
15. Bill Goins – Lone Rider

GDS.FM - M.D.M.O - SETBLOCK 52

Torn Sail - Mud People Reprise
Otterman Empire – Private Land
Florent F - Anata Take No Mono
Funkadelic vs Moodymann - Cosmic Slop (Moodymann Mix)
Tony Allen & Jeff Mills - The Seed
Paul Hardcastle - You're The One For Me / Daybreak / A.M. (Instrumental Dub Version)
Unknown Artist - Do
Monsoon - And i you
Tom Robinson - Listen to the radio (Atmospherics)
Carlo Fontana - Amica Luna
Mark Barrott - Xarraco

Music For Dreams Radio Show 7.6.25

Pfingstiphos 9.6. - 10 AM - 2 PM

Sounds in Waves - Episode 28

Horsebeach - Midnight
K. Leimer - Auf Einem Fahrrad
Greg Foat - Island Life
Joe Morris - Emerald Mountain
Statues - Pilina - (NOTI Remix)
Morgan Szymanski and Tommy Perman – Canción del Adiós
Kiu Tu Ets El Meu Amic - Un Dia Especial
Diane Birch - In It For The Race
Statues - Lessons (Coyote remix)
Mudd - Massimo's Steps
Simon Peter - Arc Of Lark (Layne's Night Vision Mix)
Toto - Africa (Rune Lindbæk edit)

Sounds in Waves - Episode 28

Such an amazing guest mix from Gez Dewar aka Random House Project! It was aired on QMLS Weekly Show at Radiocafé 98.0.

Random House Project - Hard Day's Night Mix

00:00 Beatles Hard Days Night Outakes 
00:19 Grace Jones - It's Only Rhythm (Mixed)
01:50 Payfone & KYD Nereida - I Feel You (Mudd Remix)
04:24 Jezebell - Vibrations (Cotton Bud Re-master)
07:40 DJ Pippi & Willie Graff - Stimulation Dub Feat. Paul Powell (Original Mix)
10:12 Hot Toddy feat. Ron Basejam - I Need Love
13:55 23 Skidoo - Meltdown (Original Mix)
16:34 Soos - Chula (Dance Mix) 
20:45 Space Ghost - Private Paradise (Original Mix)
24:55 Manhead - Doop (Original Mix)
29:35 Stratus - Footprints (Original Mix)
32:25 Flamingo Pier - Deeper Soul (Make A Dance ‘Frogs In Space’ Remix) 
37:00 Alice Russell - Gravity (Payfone Vocal & Instrumental Remix)
40:59 Bright & Findlay - NY Disco (Smile Mix)
42:40 Suicide Sports Club - I Don't Know (Soul Mekanik Random House Project Dub)
46:21 Lovebirds ft. Declan McDermott - Great Ocean Road (Original Mix)
49:47 Random House Project - The One Forever (Dub Mix)
56:05

Random House Project A Hard Days Night Guest Mix for QMLS @Radiocafé Ep.07

Mix of low intensity house and disco chuggers.  Great for running to.

Created in Jan 15

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Set The Controls to Medium

set the controls to medium [deep house, nu disco dj mix]

One from the archives (Nov 2011) house, nu disco etc...

modern amusement - cold as ice (louie fresco remix)
Processory - Nightfall (Aeroplane Remix Version 2)
cosmonauts - circle eyes
NSFW - Coconut (Cosmonauts Remix)
calanx - glossin
Human Life - In It Together (Polygon Palace Remix)
Animal Collective - My Girls (Gigamesh Proper House Remix)
Azari & III - Into The Night (Prince Language Remix)
D Pulse - Highway To Saturn
Chemical Brothers - Swoon (Boys Noize Summer Mix)
sophie lloyd and serge santiago - dub worth listening to
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Zero (RAC Mix)
the human league - things that dreams are made of (ilya santana mix)
mighty mouse - junglefish
Metronomy -  Everything Goes My Way (Ewan Pearson Dub)
Radiohead- Everything in its Right Place (Gigamesh DiscoTech Remix)

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Rev D Mixes

different gear [house, nu disco and synthpop dj mix]

slomo chuggers developing into mellow nu disco vibes, then up and beyond...

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11-13

Gold Blend

gold blend [balearic, chill out, nu disco, acid house dj mix]

DJ Mixtape series exploring modern and classic acid house, space disco, cosmic disco, italo, chug, dark and nu disco, slow techno, machine funk, and medium sized underground house.

different gear [house, nu disco and synthpop dj mix]

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