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Norway's Rub800 shoots for the stars with some dream inducing rhythms and we're happy to be on board for the ride.

Rub800 → @rub800

mooncoral.tape025 ~ Rub800

Tape from June 1994

Francesco Farfa is widely recognised as a symbol of Italian club culture and a benchmark to a generation of diggers and DJs. In a pre-globalised DJ sphere, he was one of the few exports playing far and wide, pushing the later coined Progressive sound.

He has DJ'd through four decades, from playing proto-house, new beat and hip house in the late 80s to becoming the emblem of the north Italian progressive "Sound Of Tirreno" scene of the 90s.

Here is a glimpse into what Farfa was up to in 1994.

Grazie Francesco for letting us archive this work!

@francescofarfa

item.cast 027: Francesco Farfa (1994)

Get smoothly lost into the dreamy curated groove of Brusseller Ben Kamal. @benkamal 
Movement and motion all the way, slices of minimal, elastic basslines, and frenzy dusty house waving on trancy transitions, setting the mood for this clubby mix, a party going on your speakers that will launch you into space.

Enjoy!

#AMA

TASCAM DR-05

Ben Kamal On the Alley

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

Listen Festival w/ Eversines @ Kiosk Radio 02.04.2023

now life has slowly awakened, we swing to a new dance floor podcast to accompany nature’s wild dance. with love and care poured by Moroccan artist Alma. with an array of both past and present well blended rollers. settle in for a steep venture to the Atlas Mountains.

 Alma’s first encounter with electronic sounds was nearly a decade ago back in Casablanca. while now living in Paris, he is radiating his passion for deep house with other beings and refining his own taste for classic deep and dreamy excursions.

sweeping slopes ◦ alma

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Welt Discos! with Joe Delon @ The Lot Radio 04-26-2023

Mattie joins the Echobox airways for the first time, sharing a selection of downtempo after-hours records for his Soft Spot. We also chat Cartulis and all things Yummy Trax! RTD on warm-up duties, Mattie closing with a real nice mix.

@mathijsh

Soft Spots w/ RTD & Mattie | Echobox Radio (29.04.23)

Next up Mother of Whomp Annx (@annx-anna-whomp) invited Muddy Puppy on ‘The Sound of Whomp’ -  up-and-coming London-based duo comprised of Olive (@oliveoiley) and Jen (@jenharkness).

They’ve put together an hour of digs that twist and turn through the depths of tech house, from melodic squelchy rollers to euphoric warpers with a healthy dose of proggy pumpers for good measure.

Sound Of Whomp w/ Muddy Puppy 12/08/23

Malom hits the box for the latest Soft Spots, showing off his love for reggae and roots. Pure sunshine music to close out the summer or to brighten up a rainy day. Seb then finishes with a nice mix of house groovers. I do the warm up with some 100bpm chug & dub. It's a lovely show, filled with good vibes and tons of different styles of music - exactly what soft spots is all about :)

@malom
@unsilenced_music

Soft Spots w/ RTD & Malom | Echobox Radio (16.09.23)

A fervent record collector since 2011, https://soundcloud.com/cailloulapierrequiroule has been waving through Paris' undergound scene since more than a decade, playing in shady bars on dodgy setups. Then he moved to Lausanne in 2015 where he founded Chateau Chépère with two new swiss friends: originally a series of parties and afters, it became later a music label, oriented towards what Caillou calls "Sleep House": a deep sound leaning towards atmospheric sounds that you can both listen in your sofa or play at the club during warmup or after sessions. The influences are multiple: Smallville, Analog Attic, Deep Explorer, Scissor & Threads and the older brothers Guidance, Svek, Driftwood: all quality and timeless labels. 4th release has been announced and it sounds great, so you should have a listen: On the tracklist are figuring Eli Verveine, Tim Jackiw and a romaninan duo: Andu Simion & Dragos Roban. 
When Caillou moved back to Paris, he became a member of the swiss-french crew Duty Free, hand started co-organising parties in secret places and littles clubs, where local and internationals guest can freely express themselves: LeGram, Rafon, Thorgerdur, Alexia from Omato, Club Pizza and even our own Gira!
Our guest is used to intimate dancefloors where he can pick up listeners along the way without them noticing, so expect from him a delicate selection and a subtle mixing rather than bangers all the way: it's all about the storytelling!
Press play and enjoy the sweet trip!

Podcast Beau Mot Plage 6.03 - Caillou

For our eighth podcast, we are excited to host @garo_dbr, an individual with the tendency to work behind the scenes, boasting extensive musical experience and involvement in various projects. His credits include curating Renate Nights through his own project '@drob_am' and driving the renowned Bulgarian club, Dom.

Garo guides us through a listening expedition, showcasing his collection of slow and melancholic music, incorporating sometimes unreleased and sometimes forgotten tracks.

This podcast marks our first steps into slower-tempo recordings, and it's a direction we appreciate and plan to pursue further. If you've ever arrived early at our residency nights at Crack Bellmer, you'll understand precisely what we mean.

Explorercast 008 w/ Garo

Slovenia's finest are in the building for the latest Soft Spots!

DJ couple Nika & Martin, have been digging dope records together for the best part of 15 years, so it was a real pleasure to have them share a special soft spot theme - focusing on music that represents key moments of their relationship over the years. The records are killer and the stories make ya heart warm - what's not to like! 

I keep things very downtempo and experimental for the first 45 with a selection of slow jams from all around the globe. 

@riteofpassagecollective

Soft Spots w/ RTD & Nitka | Echobox Radio (11.11.23)

For the last show of the 2023 top gizza, koen.fm, joins me in the studio. He shares a Soft Spot focusing on the music he plays in the classroom during his day job as a school teacher. There's some funny and heart warming stories in there, including highly rated song suggestions from an 8yr old and Koen sharing music that actually makes plants grow (true story!!).

The whole two hours is a subtle ride through ambient, triphop, ethereal instrumentals and all round downtempo goodness to sooth the soul.

@koenmulder

Soft Spots w/ RTD & koen.fm | Echobox Radio (09.12.23)

Jack Darwin, Breathe Records top boy, joins RTD in the studio for the first Soft Spots of 2024. He shares music around the theme of Nostalgia, taking a trip down memory lane and sharing some musical stories along the way. Expect lots of odd-ball downbeat, late 80s UK elecontronica and plenty of silly chatter from the both of us. 

@breathe_records
@jackdarwin

Soft Spots w/ RTD & Jack Darwin | Echobox Radio (09.03.24)

For the latest Softs Spots show we welcome the lovely @adren_alina to the studio, whilst visiting from Berlin. She runs the wicked @smoovemoceanrec label along with her partner @atree-music. Alina shared a soft spot focusing on some of her favourite female artists from the late 80s and 90s. Expect synth fused house, funk pumpers and plenty of interesting stories behind her selection. Super happy to have her in the studio, she is a cracking DJ with impeccable taste!

Photo by: Sarah Ba

Soft Spots w/ RTD & Alina | Echobox Radio (06.04.24)

mix & photo: https://soundcloud.com/jalilyassir

Outsidecast 18 | Jalil

Soft Spots, monthly radio on Echobox Radio
Co-run: @flux-music

—— 2024 ——
10.01 - RRFM, Amsterdam
23.01 - Chula, Puerto Escondido, Mexico
10.02 - Dynamatis, Puebla, Mexico
09.03 - Soft Spots w/ Breathe Records
14.03 - Love Session, Amore Records, Lisbon
29.03 - Unsilenced, Canvas, Amsterdam
06.04 - Soft Spots w/ Alina
04.05 - Soft Spots w/ Yumi
16.05 - Lusophonica Radio, Lisbon
01.05 - Soft Spots w/ Jorge Caiado
01.06 - Locked-in, Multipla, Amsterdam
15.06 - Unsilenced, Multipla, Amsterdam
05.07 - Soft Spots @ Hintergarten, Amsterdam

Soft Spots w/ RTD & Mattie | Echobox Radio (29.04.23)

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