In honor of celebrating 23 years of actively being a dj, here is the SoundCloud release of the radio episode  I did last year for Worldwide FM.  
I hold this mix near and dear to my heart as it shines a spotlight on and retrospectively covers Portland based musical artists for the past nearly 50 years.
Tracklist:
1. Sappho & Damon Boucher - Desire Suite Intro - Koritsi Komma Records
2. The Legendary Beyons - Let's Talk About Love - Albina Music Trust
3. Anime Resource Center - Vista - Self Released by Carly Barton
4. Slickaphonic - Bubba- Albina Music Trust
5. Patricia Wolf - Sotto Le Stelle - Self Release
6. Gangsters - Just A Thing - Albina Music Trust
7. Ghost Feet - 4th Cone - Dropping Gems
8. Carl Smith and the Natural Gas Company - Gotta Be Willing to Lose - BBE
9. Visible Cloaks - Transient - RVNG INTL.
10. Transport - Latin Summer - forthcoming on Albina Music Trust
11. Graintable - Lunar Tides - Ran$om Note
12. Lights Out - Tonight - forthcoming on Albina Music Trust
13. Milton Davis - Let Me In - forthcoming on Albina Music Trust
14. Chanti Darling - St*rs - Tender Loving Empire
15. Pleasure - Glide - Fantasy
16. Ancient Heat - Theme From Zombi 2 - Ancient Heat Records
17. Strategy - World House - Community Library
18. MacGregor - Nan Ye Likan (Sappho & Damon Boucher Edit) - Koritsi Komma Records

Worldwide FM: Portland Takeover of WW Seattle - Sappho // 13-09-21

NeighbourSoul Edits Vol. 4 EP
Label - NeighbourSoul Rhythms
Released - 1st May 2024
Format - Vinyl
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PREMIERE: Tone B. Nimble - Jesus [NeighbourSoul Rhythms]

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Dino Lenny - Lose Control (Tea With Quincy Mix) (RS2405) [clip]

Let's Dance Vol 3 EP
Label - Funkyjaws Music
Released - 22nd April 2024
Format - Vinyl
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Funkyjaws Music keeps on keeping on with its Let's Dance series, which now hits volume number three. It is another doozy that follows the tradition of bringing together four different and equally able artists on one 12". Jacques Renault kicks off with some funky and disco-fried fun on 'Such A Tease' and The Patchouli Brothers take it old school with their steamy disco burner 'Wishin' U Would Call.' The flipside keeps the good vibes alive with some lovely cowbell action and mad-funky riffs on Paul Older's 'Dancin' On Your Mind' and then a little steamy psyched-out guitar magic defines the glorious closer 'House Of Rising Sun.'

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PREMIERE: Paul Older - Dancin' On Your Mind [Funkyjaws Music]

Side B: Bernardo Pinheiro - Expresso Amor

More Brazilian brilliance from Barefoot Beats. 

On the flip side, Belem born, but now Sao Paulo based DJ and producer Bernardo Pinheiro returns to Barefoot Beats and absolutely destroys the dance floor with this peak time euphoric Brazilian Disco anthem.

All delivered on beautiful, LTD edition 10inch vinyl pressing.

BELEZAAAAAA!

Barefoot Beats 14 - Side B1 - Expresso Amor - Bernardo Pinheiro [Snippet]

Elisa Elisa - What about me EP
1. Lift me up
2. You no good to me (Melé remix)
3. You no good to me
4. Whistle me

Franco-Algerian musical nomad Elisa Elisa lands on Heist with a warehouse infused EP + a drum frenzied remix by Melé .

With a wild fusion of musical roots, Elisa Elisa has found her sound in emotive, percussion driven house. She uses her own vocals to add atmospheric depth to her tracks and with a knack for acid lines and driving chords, her tracks have the type of energy that could keep you going all night long. Her music first popped up on our radar after her releases on Heat Up (topping the charts with her debut release), and He.She.They with the track ‘Girl I got you’, that got rinsed by the Heist crew since its release. Her recent release on Melé’s Club Bad records, Panorama bar gigs and a feature in the book ‘Lady of the House’ about women in electronic music really helped cement her position as a rising voice in modern day dance music.

The ‘What about me’ EP kicks off with warehouse anthem ‘Lift me up’. Roughed up drums and toms set the pace while Elisa Elisa chants in loopy fashion ‘Our rhythm is moving’. It’s a fitting vocal for this track, that reaches its full energy when it breaks down into ravey stabs, uplifting vocal chops and a nasty acid line. 

Club-bad owner Melé is a man who knows his peaktime jams. It’s fitting that he was so enthusiastic about this release and chose to remix ‘You no good to me’,since he just released an EP by Elisa Elisa himself on his excellent ‘Club Bad’ imprint. His version is a bubbly electronic affair that has his worldly percussive style all over it. He cleverly chops Elisa Elisa’s vocal and adds layers and layers of tropical bad-assery ona track that grooves like Brazilian carnival and packs a punch like the Liverpool warehouse parties Melé grew up with.  

The original of ‘You no good to me’ takes a more stripped back approach and sees the artist dive into a rave-tinged drum workout with added vocal chops and a killer acid line. The EP closes off with “Whistle me”; a deep burner with a Midwest-inspired synth progression, and -of course- whistles.   

There’s a great crossover energy in Elisa Elisa’s debut on Heist between all the good things of house music, acid and African rhythms and we’re excited to have her on the label.

What about me EP

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Elisa Elisa - Lift me up

exclusive | NachoMarco - 909 File 4 | Chiwax

Valencia's Nacho Marco has an incredibly impressive back catalogue, with releases on brilliant labels including Freerange, Plastic City, Lazy Days, Ovum, We Play House and his own excellent Loudeast imprint too. Now added to the list is the irrepressible Chiwax, with his “The 909 Files" EP. 

Each track is simply titled 'File 1' through to “File 4“, so let's kick things off in the usual order. "File 1“ is a powerhouse of percussion and keys, with an almost Reese-esque bassline rumbling underneath. The weight of the kicks and the metronomic rattle of the rimshots thunders the track along, making this a very impressive opener. 

“File 2" slows the BPM down a few notches, the drums are again super-heavy (being from the 909, as the EP title gives away), but this time the keys take a softer approach, with glorious floating pads underpinning the mellow mood here. A wonderfully woozy closer to the A-side. 

Flipping over for “File 3“ on the B-side, the 909 is joined by our old friend the M1 bassline, with clipped vox parts adding to the energy pulsing through the track. Swinging along in a fashion reminiscent of classics such as  Kerri Chandler et'al, this is a superb straight-up warm house jam. 

Rounding the EP off, “File 4’"is built around a stabby church organ riff which nags away throughout the track, the punchy percussion and tinkling chords coming together in a swirl of joyous depth for the dancefloor. The bassline chugs away with its neat bounce, echoing the thump of the unmistakable 909 kicks, closing the EP off in the style it maintains throughout, namely exquisite dancefloor-driven house music which has a real timeless quality.

Buy the EP: https://dbh-music.com/shop/release_view/15736

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Nacho Marco: @nachomarco // https://instagram.com/djnachomarco 
Rawax/ Chiwax: @rawax-chiwax-housewax // https://instagram.com/rawaxmusic
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Jamiroquai - Canned Heat (Matthieu Faubourg electronic rework)

Shunning the deep chug we’ve come to know from @mrtophat & @art-alfie, we're treated a sunnier side of their, with sultry vocals and jovial strings showcasing their deep rooted love for disco.  Out on @karlovak. 

Read more & buy: http://www.stampthewax.com/2016/05/12/premiere-mr-tophat-and-art-alfie-skunk-silver/
Listen on Youtube: http://bit.ly/tophat-art-alfie-skunk-silver

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Mr Tophat & Art Alfie - Skunk Silver (STW Premiere)

Tartine Records is pleased to present their duo Coco à Gogo with a brand new 4 tracks EP. After a first track released this year on the various “Cut A Rug” of french imprint Aurore 404, the duo formed by John Tareugram and Nuno is proud to bring you this seaside-flavoured release made between Paris and French West-coast. The Coco à Gogo’s intentions are to take you deeply out of yourself keeping the dance-floors and your fav old-fashioned 80’s cabriolet in your mind.

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[PREMIERE] Coco à Gogo - Trico Monti

Born and raised in the nerdery, I am an ardent vinyl collector. Gotta raging passion for disco and house. Go figure!

Worldwide FM: Portland Takeover of WW Seattle - Sappho // 13-09-21

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