Full feature, interview and tracklist coming soon!

Off The Record Mix Series 23: Suzanne Kraft

Such a pleasure to get these two on the series. Malouane and Sam Goku have become the kind of guy I often find myself listening. And I secretly and tremendously appreciated the taste and built for music. These guys are great producer for sure but they come to transpose their art into proper sets that make as much sense here online as on real life with a proper floor to welcomes the kicks. 

National assembly(Dhaka) x Tonhalle (Duesseldorf)
@samgoku

Tdt #24 - Sam Goku

Amsterdam selector Orpheu The Wizard connects oddball and straight forward jams from different decades and different record shelves in a monthly two hour show.

https://www.nts.live/shows/orpheu-the-wizard/episodes/orpheu-the-wizard-22nd-july-2022

Orpheu The Wizard 220722

For this instalment, we couldn’t be happier to host a mix by our dear friend and R.I.O. label cofounder Menqui :)  
He has been a huuuuge inspiration for us since the very beginning of our digging journey, and when you listen to this mix you’ll understand why. 
You know the deal, light it up and hit play 💆‍♂️❤️‍🔥🍁

ID Requests -> @menqui

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MIXES

ALEX ALBRECHT - SANPO 073 - For Sean (NTS 16/7/17)

DJ Regret is back on Trushmix with his annual mix. Live recorded at the Inner Varnika festival 2018, outside Melbourne Australia. DJ Regret provides a groovy mix inna slo style vibe, street soul, 90's hip-hop on a conscious level, trip hop into modern fusion with a dash of spiritual house percussions. Blended in a smooth way. Something to relax your mind and body to.

Enjoy this mix in full effect!

Trushmix.com

Trushmix 124: DJ Regret

It's no secret that Japan has produced some of the finest meditative sounds, from the environmental music of Hiroshi Yoshimura to the warm synths of Haruomi Hosono. 

Ken Hidaka, Max Essa and Dr. Rob are three friends and deep digging collectors who've been immersed in these sounds for years, through writing, DJing or throwing their long-running monthly listening party at Bar Bonobo in Harajuku. 

Together they have charted the history of Japanese chillout and downtempo music from 1988 to 2018 on a compilation for Music for Dreams 'Collectors' series, titled Oto No Wa. Each track is the result of friendships and physical connections, mapping out the development of chilled sounds, from ambient to electro-acoustics, post-house and balearic.

Alongside a mix from Dr Rob, we asked him, Ken and Max to discuss some of their favourites of the genre: https://www.stampthewax.com/2020/07/12/a-brief-history-of-japanese-chillout-&-downtempo/

Image: Haruomi Hosono - Paraiso LP

Interview + Tracklist

A Brief History of Japanese Chillout & Downtempo - Mixed by Dr Rob

one hour of a sensitive introduction to a pristine heaven by @sunjuhargun

steps into 2021 with the shaman behind Siamese Twins Records,
the mind that gave the universe a phenomenal project called 'Extans Mantra' and keeps releasing mental trips as Mogambo, Khun Fluff & Sunju Hargun.

artwork: Hadar Barak

Bazaar 41 || Sunju Hargun

As we approach the end of year and Christmas celebrations I thought I should share this mix we released with Good Morning Tapes earlier this summer. 

The 'Trip to Knowhere' is a new mission. Our sounds haven’t changed, but as this tide spits us back out on to an uncertain shore, our knowledge and ambitions realise the potential of a world where No can become the New Know, and it’s a place for us all to find. It could be infinite locations, where the dust from a Goa beach in '92 takes you beyond the covid highway to a beauty-fuel path, or just that imaginary journey liberating us with an elsewhere of possibilities. Out hear in Knowhere we are the patchwork harmonies, we are the fluorescent heros of an old trip. For now, Full Circle is a destination to Knowhere. 

(Remember: beyond this trip, a vessel shall bring you some extracts From Knowhere... )

An hour can also be streamed here: https://lyl.live/episode/the-other-side-1

Full Circle - Trip To Knowhere (GMT 33)

Landing back on terra firma after the 2020 whirlwind, our annual review winds its way back through a whole range of chillout moods and energised atmospherics that flowed through the home stereo over the year, with a big focus on some of great new Aussie electronica that kept us feeling zen throughout some rather interesting times.

Hope you’ve all been enjoying the vibes from us, plenty more of those to come. 

Big love, MDC.

Mixed by @myles-mac

Tracklist:

Fantastic Man - Superhighway // Mule Musiq
 Florian T M Zeisig - Only Textures // enmossed 
Ameeva - Ascension (Ft Sara Otal Gauvreau) // Lowless Music 
URA - Neo Piano (Unextended Version) // NAFF
 Tecno Shoppe - Ryu & Syusaku // .jpeg Artefacts 
Pontiac Streator - Lamp Fest // Motion Ward 
Noi - Which Truth // Best Effort 
Nadia Khan - Port Ana // Scissor and Thread 
Cousin - TUB4 // OTIS 
Rings Around Saturn - Cloud Action // Repeat Concrete
 Norachi - Nurture // Vessel 
Shinichi Atobe - Yes // DDS 
El​-​B - Dusk Till Dawn // GD4YA 
Sam Brickel & Dashiell - Hey Avalon // Mindmap
 Telephones - Groundshaker, Lightbreaker (Pulse Mix) // Needs
Fantastic Man - Diaspora // Mule Musiq
 Alex Kassian - Oolong Trance (Club Mix) // Love On The Rocks 
RDS - Subsequently // Mindmap 
Sleep D - Nature // Butter Sessions 
DJ Sports - Magic Laugh // Esoteric Exports 
Tornado Wallace - Jungle Dream // Optimo Music 
Ntel - Melt // GARMO 
Biodive - Plane of the Ecliptic // Coymix Ltd
 747 - Aurora Centralis (Tin Man's Spaced Remix) // Aquaregia
 LT - Wet Look // Rhythm Section International 
Killer DJs - 2.1 // DustWORLD 
Maara - Tranquil Lust Mommy // NAFF 
Opal Sunn - Laika // Touch From A Distance
 Priori - SCN 4 // DustWORLD 
Darcy Baylis - Symphony in a Marble Structure // .jpeg Artefacts 
Wilfy D - All About U // Vitamin D Records 
Dust-e-1 - Enthusion // DustWORLD 
Andrea - Lana // Ilian Tape 
Skee Mask - Dolby // Ilian Tape 
Lord Of The Isles - Waiting In Arisaig // Whities

www.melbournedeepcast.net

MDC 2020 Review

2021's first mix in line comes all the way from sunny Australia by dear friend Lauren Hansom (@laurenhansom). Interview (excerpt) down below.

www.musicfrommemory.com

MFM: Welcome on board Lauren. How was your start of the new year? It's summer where you are now right? That must be nice :)

LH: Hiii! Thanks for having me onboard :) The New Year has been great. Spent time surfing & soaking up sunshine in Australia.

MFM: You moved back to Australia last year. What has been keeping you busy there since? 

LH: I moved from Amsterdam to Berlin at the end of 2019 and went to Oz in February 2020 for a holiday. COVID hit, so I ended up staying. An easy decision with nature, beaches, food etc. Although, I’ve pretty much been living out of a suitcase as the majority of my stuff is in Berlin. I bought a Yamaha RM1X & a Poly800 last year to do some music and learnt The Mandalorian theme tune. I’ve also been learning more about quantum mechanics & biology plus space, which actually led me to find more cosmic sounds in genres from IDM to new wave for example. Imagining space with a multitude of soundscapes is pretty neat. 

MFM: While many DJs jumped on the streaming bandwagon it looks like you kept rather quiet over the last months. Is that for a reason? Did you maybe find other ways to creatively let go, or...?

LH: Thought you wouldn’t have noticed - was secretly trying to pull off a “Homer Simpson disappearing into the hedge”. Streaming is a great way for people to stay connected given the circumstances. For me, having a live crowd is always part of my process. No crowd, no party (or a one person party - not bad for these days, actually...). Also not having any gear here made it hard, especially with lockdown and social distancing.

MFM: Things were going really well for you as a DJ, your career seemed to be in a lift. What do you now hope for when touring becomes an option again? Has 2020 changed your perspective? 

LH: Thank you for saying so. I was pretty overwhelmed by how often I was playing and am grateful for it. It’s still very much a “pinch-my-arm” thought. I really would love to continue sharing tunes & creating musical experiences in some capacity. I’ve been thinking about Music Supervision within film & TV, so have been spending time on the side looking into that.

MFM: I've heard quite a few DJs saying they lost the urgency or need to listen to dance(floor) music. How is that for you? Have you been keeping track with new music lately at all? 

LH: I’m always listening to different styles, especially non-club music as it’s sort of where I started. Although I’ve enjoyed the holiday of not having to find a billion new tracks before every weekend, I’ve still been following new releases & it’s been interesting to hear how music has been shaped by the pandemic.

MFM: How would you describe that shape shifting? 

LH: I noticed more people collaborating from afar due to social distancing, restrictions and general lockdown. I think this allowed for some experimentation in a way and often that leads to something surprising and new. Sonically and stylistically, I think 2020 was really diverse as opposed to previous years where there was definitely a “Sound of Summer” so to say. There were also a great deal of compilations for new music to support artists affected by event cancellations and club closures.

MFM: About the mix, do you actually prefer a mix request to come with some kind of theme or direction to it, or do you value the freedom more? 

LH: Both. It’s nice having a brief as it gives you boundaries & pushes your creativity. Sometimes too much freedom can make it difficult. That said, I’m always imaging stories & daydreaming, so often the imagery in my mind’s eye gives me a good starting point. Once I have an idea, I create a selection of music & work out a way to make it all flow until there is some sense of an emotional ark & musical journey.

ALEX ALBRECHT - SANPO 073 - For Sean (NTS 16/7/17)

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