We welcome Tornado Wallace (@tornadowallace), long time friend of the label and whose record 'Falling Sun' we released through Second Circle back in 2016.  Interview (excerpt) down below.

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MFM: Hey Lewie, how have you been lately?

TW: I dipped out to East Asia and Australia for the infamous Berlin winter and now I’m back ready for the euro warmth. Though it’s in no hurry to arrive here just yet.

MFM: There's a new record coming on Basic Spirit, the label you run with Jamie Tiller, and it all looks rather secretive... Can you tell us more about it Lew E? :) 

TW: I made these tracks when I was holed up sick for a week. Not being able to go to the studio I relied strictly on samples and software, which was fun to change the workflow up a little bit. I wanted to make some very club ready tracks, without any intention for a release. They (rather obviously) sample two well known tracks, but there’s a lot of new ideas too. I use a different name as it felt like a different style and approach to how I usually go about things. I think there will be more Lew E things on the horizon though :D.

MFM: Previous releases on Basic Spirit also had this '90s touch to it. What is it that you like about (music from) that era?

TW: I grew up in the 90s so a lot of the music coming out then really hits the nostalgic feels. But also, really interesting things were happening with technology, and it became a lot more affordable to put together a record. So there were a lot of - for lack of a better term - laymen releasing electronic music. Some of which had very new and out-there approaches to processes like sampling, mixing and arranging. But trends and technology all moved along so quickly that some of these sounds and ideas never had a chance to get fully fleshed out. Which is why it’s nice to pick up where some left off. People are currently very responsive to this late 90s/early 2000s sound, which is great for me because that’s a time when I really fell in love with electronic music. As a DJ, I’m playing these really personal tracks that I discovered as a teenager, and for the first time since I began playing parties/clubs 18 years ago, people seem to really understand them. It’s a very cool feeling.

MFM: You've also started a new more pop oriented project called a.s.o. together with vocalist Alia Seror O’Neill. Has it always been a dream or goal of yours to start a more band kind of project? Does it require a different writing/recording approach compared to when making dance music for the clubs?

TW: I like making music that I like listening to. And with the pandemic in full swing in 2020, I was having a little break from club music, and diving deeper into other styles of music I enjoy. Both from a listening and producing perspective. I found it to be a very different approach. It’s more melody/hook driven and focuses on getting ideas down quickly as they’re forming. A lot of the time I would use a basic keyboard and guitar to record, and Alia would add vocal melodies and harmonies on the fly. Sometimes it could get difficult when we would both want to put our fleeting ideas down at the same time! On that note, collaboration is never easy for me as I like to have full creative control of whatever it is I’m working on, and sometimes the creative paths divide and compromises have to be made. Sometimes the compromised path is thick and thorny, and sometimes it is paved gold and smells of roses.

MFM: How did you go through the selecting and recording process, any specific record or mood you had planned?

TW: I came across a bunch of really nice tracks all in a relatively similar downtempo/shoegaze style, and wanted to make a mix of music like that. For moody home/car/train etc listening. I also included a forthcoming Cousin remix of an a.s.o. single which I love and wanted to share early!

MFM Mix 049: Tornado Wallace

Dr Pepper's Lonely Soda Drinkers Club Pt 30

Cosmo executing the art of the warm up to perfection.....

Friday....
Another banger for you lovely people.

The @an_iofficial curated "Der Keller" is back with the rarely spotted IRL live performance from DISSEMBLANCE @electricmeuf...

And @sameheads buddy boy and cream of the night @ilcosmovitelli ....

@an_iofficial will also drop he usual abrasive style in there somewhere....

Please try not to break our toilets again...
Many thanks xxxxx

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Cosmo Vitelli (warm up set) - Der Keller @ Sameheads 01.03.24

Andrea Ida - Listen Listen (Easter Gathering)

Recorded by @freybenedikt in anticipation of Kappa Futur Festival in Torino from July 5 to July 7. Go to bit.ly/KappaFrey to read the interview.

Benedikt Frey – Kappa Futur 2024 Mix

Recorded live at @zmarfestival 2024 in the magical sandstone pit in Mšené-lázně, on Saturday night before full moon.
Artwork: Pája Smékalová & Alexandra Šliková
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Andrea Ida at ZMAR Festival 2024 [Chill-out tent, Saturday night]

Heads Radio 162 – 05.02.25

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9-10PM: Katzele
10-11pm: WD40

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Katzele - Heads Radio 163 – 19.02.25

March WP! live and direct and what a party it was. Accident Machine blew the roof off and it was all captured for your listening pleasure.

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LIVE MIX @ Wrong Party 15/03/25 w/ Accident Machine

8 - Heaven Sent Vibez

The best way to cool down, after big stress and disappointment...Hope always dying last...keep living, keep feeling...(Violin, Piano, Tsymbaly, Lyre, Jaw Harp, Arp Synth and liquid DnB beats, names of tracks in order = Haiku lyrics poetry