For the first release of the year, Manchester-based imprint Club Romantico is set to team up with Manuka Honey for her label debut. The two-track release ‘Machete/777’ is set to release on the 3rd of March and includes collaborations with label founder Florentino and La Favi. 

Born out of a breakup, the release captures the feeling of revenge and the rage of women as Manuka Honey reclaims the tropes of Latina women being sexualised and vilified as aggressive. "It’s a reflection on revenge and protection. The ways they go hand in hand, and how catharsis can manifest sonically. Rage is the haunting yet clear emotion that ties these tracks together,” says Manuka Honey. ‘Machete’, in collaboration with Florentino, sees Manuka Honey use her voice for the first time. On the flip, ‘777’ is a dramatic team up with Latin Grammy award winner La Favi. 

‘Machete/777’ is the beginning of a busy year for Manuka Honey who will be embarking on a Machete tour from the 23rd February, traveling across Asia, before a string of summer festival dates including REWIRE, Sonar and Melt Festival. 

Artwork - Joseph Melhuish

Track 1 - Machete 

Production by Manuka Honey & Florentino 
Vocals written & performed by Manuka Honey

Manuka Honey x Florentino - Machete

Mantra de Retalhos: Areias Movediças

Autores: Nuno Oliveira e Rita Laranja

O episódio inaugural de “Mantra de Retalhos” leva-nos às profundezas do tempo através da música ritualista, religiosa e tradicional, ecos de um templo ancestral que se afunda na areia.

00:00
Derek Laren - Genesis 41-46
Grupo Universitário de Câmara de Compostela - Pagar Ben Pode
Shomyo - Dai Hannya Tendoku E
George Albouze - L'Hypolaïs Polyglotte/La Fauvette Grisette

03:52
Ulvi Erguner - Hicaz Pesrev
Derek Laren - Genesis 41-46
Incantation -  High Flying Bird

9:49
Grupo Cantigas do Minho - Chula Da Segada
Banda Polyphony - Gboyo Two Lenga/Mvrele Ensemble")
Herb Albert’s Tijuana Brass - Surfin' Señorita

12:56
Grupo Universitário de Câmara de Compostela - Des Oge Mais Quer
Guem - Rythme Tarb
Herb Albert’s Tijuana Brass - Surfin' Señorita"
Flux Et Reflux De La Mer

18:02
David Oistrakh - Tchaikovski: Canzonetta (Konzert Fur Violine Und Orchester D-Dur Op.35)

21:36
Nying Mapa Lamas - Invocation To The Goddess Yeshiki Mamo (Tantric Puja)
Crapauds-Bufles
Shomyo - Dai Hannya Tendoku E

26:19
Shomyo - Dai Hannya Tendoku E
George Albouze - La Fauvette Grisette

A capa deste e dos restantes episódios é da autoria de Inês Castanheira, tendo como base a utilização de elementos das capas dos discos utilizados.

Mantra de Retalhos - Areias Movediças

DOIDAS

Following on from a ferocious start to the year with “Machete / 777”, Club Romantico steps into fine form with the labels head honchos first official solo release in almost 4 years. Florentino has been hinting at a new sound for a long while now & its clearest manifestation arrives on the 28th of April in the shape of ‘Xcuse Me / Loka”.

Florentino brings some of the influences from his youth to the forefront here - with his father heavily involved in the Manchester acid house scene & his mother, with her own in-depth knowledge of different strands of latin dance music, also working in Manchesters club scene after first emigrating from Bogotá - the sounds of Madchester, an era gone by, echo equally alongside the sounds of early Nurican / Latin house here.

The artist manifests these sounds in a somewhat freaked manner, mischievous & seductive in equal parts, ‘Xcuse Me’ channels runway energy with cries to push the decibel levels further & further only for the listener to be told “Tu no sabes lo que hay aqui” . On the flip, Loka wears its Latin house influence on its sleeve, running through what feels like a million vocal chops of old Nurican records - only to be destroyed through the lense of skeletal Dembow & Guaracha with a structure that feels somewhat like a club mega-mix. Both are drum workouts with a twist, confident in their execution & unruly in nature.

Florentino - Loka

For this edition of ~hush~ I invited my friend @rivamut to do a mix. I was amazed when she sent me this beautiful piece. enjoy:)

“it was early may, about an hour after the sun had set. we talked slowly about our days, taking turns sitting on each other's laps. the nearly empty square was speckled with lit windows and the sounds of homes and faraway engines. to the right, a broken path lead to a vacant lot full of trash and wilderness. you had just started teaching, the pay was bad. r. and j. had parted ways because they couldn’t handle exhaustion and rent. a man parked his car, perhaps coming from work and —
suddenly a train of lights moved unearthly across the sky. in awe, i jumped and waved at the man. he was so quick as to capture an image of its tail before it faded into the dark sky.
that night i couldn’t sleep. the lights kept coming back to me and besides i was once again caught in the disintegration loops of my depression. it too was fading away into something new and unknown, though in the way of a piecemeal miracle. i warmly accepted it.” — Riva Mut

Tracklist:
Jaco Pastorius — Portrait of Tracy
Klein — signed and delivered
Terre Thaemlitz & Scanner — Terre loves Robin
Aaron Dillaway & Lucretia Dalt — Tender Cuts
Joana Guerra — Onna Bugheisha
Brigitte Fontaine — Encore
recording 1
recording 2
recording 3
recording 4
Filipe Felizardo and The Things Previous — Comehoming at War, Us Newts
Graham Lambkin & Jason Lescalleet — The Breadwinner
Vanessa Amara — Piano II
1995 epilepsy — went too far
Kode9 & The Spaceape — Hole in the Sky
and splashes of Rain by SWV

hush ~ 19 - Guest Mix by Riva Mut

Living Room n°58 ~ @optovolokonniy

q. pls introduce yourself

a. as Vlady, I work in cybersecurity. In my non-working hours, I perform under aliases ϙue, dj chlorophyll, am co-curating @biorhythmradio, @ickpakyiv, creating bio installations, and recently formed a project «OO0oϙ0O0O00O» with oa. 

As ϙue, I apply multiple psycho-acoustic techniques to embark a listener on an introspective trip, where two of us seek to explore the concept of ego death and delve into the depths of consciousness through deep listening and self-reflection.


q. is there a story behind the mix?

a. For the last 1.5 years, my main pursuit has been presenting contemporary Ukrainian cultural and musical heritage in Europe. This mixtape is a logical continuation of Sasha Very’s https://soundcloud.com/cminuss/sasha-very-present-ukraine. The main motif is Ukrainian artists, who witnessed firsthand the preciousness of life and the woe of death. The major part of sound material gathered here is songs, tracks, and compositions created during the 2022-2023 full-scale invasion.


q. what's the best way enjoy your mix?

a. Thinking, appreciating, and developing a sense of care about the joy of “simple” things in your life. 

You may not realise how much your like, comment, Bandcamp purchase, an invitation to make an interview, an invitation to your podcast series, or to record a mix can make an immense difference to someone whose survival and “tomorrow” does not come for granted. Here, I mean any Ukrainian who has not crossed the border since February 24, 2022. 

And if this one-hour overview of the musical landscape sparks within you an interest in Ukrainian underground scene, my goal is accomplished.


q. describe a favorite object in your living room...

a. For the last three months, I had to move places five times, so my living room was always shifting :] 

But I always have my 12-centimeter glass sphere with me. Being an optical filter, it serves as a reminder about the delusional nature of our perception and that experiences are limited — words, visions, smells, touch. Hence, I believe one can only trust their mental images (the language we think and dream in). Which I find funny how easily we, myself included, forget about this basic nature of things. So I carry this physical reminder with me.


q. are you working on any projects right now (music or not music)? 

a. There are some. 

A few weeks ago, after a gentle push from our mutual dear friend Frog of Earth, oa and me formed a sound-art duo «ОО0оϙ0О0О00О». Olenka is a muse to me in mysterious ways which I am yet to understand. We are working on songs, remixes and a body-music performance where our brainwaves and body electricity are processed through synths.  

Earlier in June, there was a debut of the OFF-ICKPA stage in Arkaoda Berlin where I played with other Kiiberboreans (s/o to @ecology141): super inter, TIBSLC, and Andriy Kostyukov — coincidentally, the latter two also have released LR mixes (both are strongly recommended to listen next). I worked a lot on this one and planning the next year’s festival edition. 

And since mid-2022, Kharkiv’s @comechelet and I are working on a collab release by exchanging stems via the web. So far, our first finished work has traveled some internet sites — Noods, HÖR, and 3XL. These days, as I am writing answers to this mini-interview, Comechelet is shooting a music video in southern France for our second single. 

That’s it, love u LR peeps. Many hugs.

donate to Ukraine

Living Room n°58 ~ ϙue ~ 'present Ukraine'

Miguel Limão is a DJ from Lisbon leaning towards non-normative music, always looking for warm bass deviations, fragmented rhythms, detailed textures and exploratory voices.

Kiosk Radio is an online community radio streaming 24/7 from a wooden shack in the heart of Brussels’ historic “Parc Royal”. More info and music: https://kioskradio.com

Miguel Limão @ Kiosk Radio 28.08.2023

Powerstars - CAN I C U LATER ?

Καταπέλτης (katapéltēs)

Erika de Casier - Test It
Babyfather - MANNA
Laila! - baby (make me)
BABYXSOSA - <3
BABYXSOSA - LONELY NIGHTS IN NY
✿VAYDA✿ - mutable signs
Doja Cat - PAY MY BILLS LIL BOY
Kaliii - Peaches and Eggplants Freestyle
Loudy Luna - Foolery
Tommy Wright III ft. Princess Loko - Still Pimpin
Nicki Minaj - Warning
Foxy Brown - Chyna Whyte 
✿VAYDA✿ - bingo
BbyMutha - Translucent
Anycia - BRB
Erika de Casier - Right This Way
Bb trickz - Tu Nightmare
Erykah Badu - I’ll Call U Back
Erika de Casier - Friendly
Anycia - DROP TOP
Gangsta Boo - Nasty Trick  
Erykah Badu - Phone Down
Anycia - So What (jersey club remix X phatlaced)
Sade - Kiss Of Life (dazegxd '23 jungle edit)
Dess - I’m Fucking Em
KenTheMan - Checkin In
✿VAYDA✿ - BLUE LOTUS
c2d - with my hoe! (slowed + detuned + reverb X grezzzo)
Sade - Somebody Already Broke My Heart

feitiço das desalmadas 💋MIX

outubro 2020
~ com amor ~

Para One & Arthur Simonini - La Jeune Fille en Feu
Svreca - Jade (Orphx Remix)
Sarah Jeffrey, Josephine Bode, Dodó Kis - O Virgo Splendens (Trio)
Abençoada - UK Border Diocese
Dean Blunt - Punk
Minais B - My main source of water
Burial - Archangel
Lucrecia Dalt - Edge
Astrid Sonne - Canceled Eyes
DJ Rashad - Acid Bit (feat. Addison Groove)
Taciturne - Mourning
La Monte Young - Dream house
Lotph - Bone of His bones
Cienfuegos - Light a candle
Michel Giacometti & Fernando Lopes Graça (recolha) - Grito de escatilhar
The Haters - Five
Coàgul - Àngel de la guarda
Cienfuegos - Right hand anarchy
Catarina Chitas, Michel Giacometti (recolha) - Dona Mariana
Muslimgauze - Libya
Sorrowing Christ - Judgement / Death
Dorian Bajramovic - Keep on craving

Filipa Cordeiro @Russian Library sessions #5

Riva Mut

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