Celebrating the music from across Arabia and beyond with Dar Disku. A voyage into the unknown digging for unheard rarities, an eclectic and spontaneous selection that transports us into lands far away.

Polifonic Podcast 054 - Dar Disku

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1. Thank you for the amazing mix! We heard quite a lot of great new music in your mix and wanted to ask, what are your biggest influences?

Thank you, I‘m glad you like it. My biggest influences as a DJ are definitely clubs I went to and their DJs, that is Stammheim / Kassel with the late great DJ Pierre, Robert Johnson / Offenbach with a lot of underrated boss DJs like Thomas Hammann, Paul David Rollmann and (the of course well known but imho mis-categorized) Ricardo Villalobos. And then Panoramabar obviously with Ryan Elliott, Oracy and my personal hero Boris. 

I gotta say though that this mix does not contain anything new. It entirely consists of Disco tunes from 1976…1980 that are unavailable in digital form and will not be picked up by Shazam. This music would be lost if no one would play it out on vinyl. It's really the aura of a good Club and a dj that understands, nurtures and boosts it that is my biggest influence. That's the essence of a Club. The spirit!


2. Considering your incredible collection, how do you go about the digging process? Is there a particular way you find and organize your records?

I developed various ways of digging. Maybe the most important one is listening to old DJ sets from clubs and DJs I like and pick out the gemstones that really shine. I stopped going to record stores to be frank. The “Discogs pricing scheme” prevents you from making any lucky finds. Some stores wouldn’t even price or clean records so in fact you’re doing their job.

Another digging mode is just digging through my own collection. There’s so much stuff I’ve never played, some I’ve never even listened to, so there’s always a surprise round the corner…

Last thing is, I copy a lot. If one of my guest DJs plays a bomb, I never hesitate to adopt this tune. Most music enthusiast DJs do this. For many of my favorite tunes I remember whom I heard playing this first!


3. We’ve been a big fan of your “Smile For A While” label, with superb releases by Move D, DJ Duke and more, and were wondering, how did that get started?

in 2013 me and a friend heard a lot of nice house tunes on bandcamp that friends of ours from Frankfurt did. There was no way though they could get through to the well known local labels like Perlon, LARJ, etc. Thus we decided to put two four trackers out by ourselves. The rest came just naturally over the years.

Paradisco 016 // Mr. Fonk

Mid Summer Mix

New mix comes courtesy of Frankfurt based producer Lauer.

We hosted Philipp long ago at our defunct "Exotika" party at La Java, Paris and it's a pleasure to finally have him on the series !

In the game for 20 years, Lauer prolific career led him to release on some of the coolest german or international labels such as Live At Robert Johnson, Permanent Vacation, Beats In Space, Running Back, International Feel, Futureboogie, Emotional Especial, Unknown To The Unknown and many more.
He also made plenty of collaborations, such as "Black Spuma" with Fabrizio Mammarella, "Tuff City Kids" with Gerd Janson, "T&P" with Tim Sweeney, "Crabsticks" with Skatebard and also countless remixes.

Enough with the introduction, enjoy the mix !

LYO#210 / Lauer

✦ Mix 020 by Seja ✦
Track ID - @seja-aka-vera

New mix is up and we are very pleased to welcome Seja!

Seja is based in Brussels and it's resident at Weelde (Rotterdam), where she has her own party called Playin' in the Sand. 
She played around Netherlands and Belgium and also has shows on several radio stations such as @kioskradio or @radiotemponaopara .
Seja drawn towards what she likes to call ‘disco for angry people’. 
With her selection of downtempo burners, everything synth-y, new beat, italo disco or acid house, she takes you back to what we used to think the future would look like. Let your metal heart beat mechanically to whatever bpm will be played.

Hope you enjoy the ride! 🐬

Dancing Dolphins 020 | Seja

"Beyond the concept of being a wheelable musical stage, the @camionbazar is also a monthly meeting on Rinse, driven by Romain & Benedetta. After securing its spot on the electronic music scene, the duo now makes sure to provide everyone with catchy tunes to dance to, from house and minimal rock to hip-hop and jazz.

Listen to Camion Bazar every 1st Saturday of the month, from 16h to 18h [CET] on rinse.fr"

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Camion Bazar's Tracks & New Vinyl  - 03 Septembre 2022

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Radio On Vacation with Manuel Darquart

Love On The Rocks - Running Hot ｜ HÖR - Sep 19 ⧸ 2022

New mix by Berlin based, irish producer https://soundcloud.com/brian-ring

Running his own "Clutching at Straws" label on which he releases most of his tracks, he's a master in arpeggio melodic tracks that you can also notice on Running Back, XXX, Freerange or Bordello A Parigi.

He's also a great dj who made plenty of excellent mixes for Ransom Note, Deep House Amsterdam, Honey Soundsystem, Rinse FM etc ...

LYO#220 / Brian Ring

My Sabah ll Noor show is back on @radioalhara & @dublindigitalradio this Sunday! 9am - 11am IST/ 11am- 1pm Bethlehem!

Wasn't able to find time to do this show but there is no better way of introducing a brother and good friend Yassine @track-advisor. Track Advisor (Yassine Hammar) the founder of The Calling, the creative director of Chez Damier, Downtown Vibes Tunis and the co-founder of Eddisco Records, Tunisia's first record shop and one of its main leading label.

He has put together a beautiful 2 hours of fire. Yassine has encouraged me from the very first time we met in person in Paris and since then we have been always able to speak on a deep level about music, family and just general lols.

Here is a blurb from him

"This mix is representative of who I am but surely, of what I've been through this year, a wild journey of extremes going from Incredibly beautiful moments to some very depressing ones. Music itself was both a means to resist and to accept. 
The mix includes elements of my roots as a Tunisian, North African and Mediterranean. It connects every sound and therefore every culture that makes up ours. 
It's also a message of love and friendship from Track Advisor to Moving Still for the mutual support and deep connection we have as individuals but also as two simple humans coming from a shared heritage."


📸: beautiful photo from tunisia from @sofiasofiasofiasofi

Sabah ll Noor صباح النور With Track Advisor (Radio Al Hara 27.11.22)

Les Yeux Orange começou no início de 2013, quando Raph e Stan se uniram para compartilhar sua paixão e conhecimento sobre música eletrônica. 

Colecionadores de longa data e DJs, eles começam criando seu canal no Youtube e compartilhando podcasts de DJs internacionais.

Sua capacidade de cativar a pista de dança através de um amplo espectro dos melhores sons eletrônicos underground, sempre uma trilha musical que promete uma viagem mágica!

Les Yeux Orange - Alter Disco Podcast - 160

Basée à Paris, à Londres et partout dans le monde avec ses plateformes en ligne, Rinse est une radio mais pas seulement : label, management, curation, événements culturels... www.rinse.fr
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Based in Paris, London and all over the world with its online platforms, Rinse is a radio station but not only: label, management, curation, cultural events ... www.rinse.fr

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