Rahaan & Mr Mendel teamed up for a night of underground disco and house at BAR, Rotterdam. Two generations of DJ's, from Chicago and Amsterdam, spinning back2back all night long!

Rahaan & Mendel at BAR Rotterdam (2014)

Robert was our friend, and we miss him. It's difficult to put into words just what he meant to us. He was a mentor, an inspiration. Canada’s, and more specifically Montreal’s, disco deity. We won’t burrow into his biography, as it is extensive, and footnotes would simply not do him justice. Check out the Red Bull Music Academy video interview if you want to start to journey into who he was for yourself. We made this mix just a few days after he died. It is a cathartic, vastly imperfect, and quick expedition into his music. It merely scratches the surface of who he was, musically.

We connected through a party we were playing for Pride Toronto, after we suggested that he replace the divine Nicky Siano on the bill, as Nicky had to back out at the last minute. After that party, we played together a handful of times, both in his native Montreal and in Toronto, but we really became close through afternoons spent in his home studio, sharing songs. He was more passionate about music than anyone we’d ever met. He was in his seventies, some forty years our senior, but was a big kid really, and when we were together we were contemporaries. We loved taking him out to dinner, which happened about once a month, and hearing stories of his Limelight disco days, or of his experience making house music in the nineties. Or speaking to what it was like to be a seventy-odd something still making music and djing parties. He was always working on something. Always. We were so proud to help get a few of his edits out to the world, through connections with GAMM, Basic Fingers, and Whiskey Disco. He had so much music to share, and was constantly clamouring for us to send him edits for his radio shows, a request we complied to, often and happily. 

When the world stopped with Covid, we were no longer able to make it to Montreal. We’d chat over the internet, or do video calls, but, in hindsight, we could and should have stayed better connected. When the news of his passing broke, over a stranger's shared Facebook post of all places, we were breathless and in disbelief. We called his phone, over and over again, putting our faith in the unreliability of social media, but he didn’t answer. Shortly after, a text came from his phone, from a friend of his, confirming the news. The hardest part was knowing that those dinners were over. No more advice and no more shared wisdom. The promise of another party to play together was to be left unfulfilled. We just hope that he knew how much we loved him and how important he was to us.

Dylan & John aka the Patchouli Brothers

Lumberjacks Tape 044: Ode to Robert Ouimet by The Patchouli Brothers

Body Talk is a party concept in Antwerp run by John Noseda  (We Can Dance, Body Talk, Running Back) & Bordel. Also a radio show now once a month on WAV with local to international guests. Guest this week: Pete Blaker

Body Talk with Pete Blaker at We Are Various | 13-04-23

@fletcher-lawrence shares a beautiful mix titled 'Time <-> Rising' from across the pond. Dedicated to those in recovery, spiritual or physical.

Loose Format

(c)(l) – -37.8112619, 144.9528512

Another introspective one. Recorded on a very cold, rainy Naarm / Melbourne day.

Winter memories (15/07/24)

Crown Ruler Mix #34 - Kejeblos

Here at CR HQ we’ve been long time listeners and admirers of Zurich based, Kejeblos and we’re gassed to have him join our ongoing mix series. 

Kejeblos is a man of big taste and big ears that leaps through sounds from all around the globe.

A protegé of Lexx and Alex Dallas from Club Zukunft and Drumpoet Community, Kejeblos belongs to that invincible circle of friends, whose members CCO, Wavetest and Late Invitation are doing the wickedest Chicago House in Liechtenstein, sorry, Switzerland.

Some little treats await you as you press play, with two newbie tunes… one from Palace Pasador’s forthcoming release on Phantom Island and the other from Lexx’s new LP about to drop on the label. 

Enjoy the dive!

@kejeblos

Crown Ruler Mix #33 - Kejeblos

THIS WAS THE LAST SET FOR THE LAVA LOUNGE IN 2008 , A PARTY THAT MYSELF AND BRIAN REAVES DID.

THE LAST CALL FOR LAVA LOUNGE

Raw downtempo funk edits. Tracks edited by LTJ Xperience and Riccio, mostly off their Super Value label.

People's Choice - A Mellow Mood (Special Edit) [SV09]
LTJ Xperience - People'$ [Irma CasaDiPrimordine]
LTJ - Money Is Tight [SV13]
Riccio - You're Welcome [SV14]
LTJ - Amazing Rhythm [SV13]
Windy City - Introduction: Windy City Theme (Special Edit) [SV07]
LTJ - Get The Funk [DiscoDat]
Billy Paul - Let The Dollar Circulate (Special Edit) [SV01]
Mandrill - Getting In The Mood (Special Edit) [SV06]
Riccio - Mercy [SV12]

Edits Of Funk

Force Majeure is a mix series bringing inspired and inspiring musical selection from quarantine.

The seventh instalment of Force Majeure is a special one. A selection from the boogie king and part of the J.A.W Family, Leroy Burgess. This mix brings global soul sounds, reflecting on the current circumstances taking on our world. Fall into modern soul, Brazilian, jazz to some uplifting boogie. Thanks to Leroy for bringing this selection to us 🌟

@leroyburgess

Force Majeure 07 - Leroy Burgess

The Mutual Intentions member and KingUnderground Records regular delivers a vinyl mix of raw and freaky DIY deep house and techno cuts.

Interview: https://www.stampthewax.com/2020/09/02/diggers-directory-fredfades/

Edits Of Funk

sam clark