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Stop what you're doing and give us your full attention because Hell Yeah mainstay My Friend Dario's new album Senza Estate is going to define the sound of summer 2024. It's an eclectic eight-track collection that has something for everyone and is inspired by dreamy Italian soundtrack composers Piero Piccioni and Umiliani.

Curveball Italian talent Dario is a real dance floor don who collides acid, nu-disco, breakbeat and electro. His take on Balearic is unique and always sends dance floors wild, as proven with his last outing Food For Woofers Vol 2 earlier in the year. His new album is the sound of life by the Mediterranean, Balearic audio pleasure for daytime dreaming and nighttime dancing with vocal tracks written and performed by the UK's Space Echo Records associate Darene Obika.

Dario hails from Catania on the island of Sicily and his inspiration for Senza Estate, which translates as 'without summer,' was an imaginary holiday, weekends at the seaside, car journeys in the sun, relaxing sunsets and late-night dancing. "For five years, I worked in a shop six days a week so despite living on a Mediterranean island I could never enjoy these things. Instead, I locked myself in the studio and jotted down the ideas, sensations, melodies and rhythms I had about another lost summer."

'Keep On Cruising' is a downtempo opener with innocent synths that are filled with hope and promise for the warm months ahead. 'Zingarella' is a wide open sea view with wispy pads, seductive flutes and jazzy melodies that bristle with life and the tropical title cut gets more dancey on shuffling broken beats and radiant synth glows. There's a seductive laid-back cool to the tumbling keys of 'Marittimo' and 'What You Need' is a horizontal groove with loved-up vocals, 'Falò' pairs sensual acoustic guitar with work with pillowy drums and 'Il Pianeta Proibito' layers up sci-fi synths and stuttering bass into a bubbly sound that leads to cosmic take-off. 'Acid Panorama' is the melancholic closer which hints that the summer sun is setting one final time after weeks of carefree fun.

But the good news is, you can repeat the joys of My Friend Dario's masterful Senza Estate over and over again.

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My Friend Dario - Keep On Cruising

To celebrate 10 years of one of London’s most loved underground club nights, Tangent, Mr Bongo are thrilled to launch this new compilation series. Crafted by its two residents, John Gómez and Nick the Record, it aims to transmit a taste of Tangent’s spirit. A party rooted in inclusivity and open-mindedness, whose name captures the spontaneous switches in musical direction that are a defining element of their nights. For the compilation, the pair have cherry-picked a selection of their prized, rare and dancefloor-ready tracks from around the globe, that have soundtracked the past decade of parties.

Friends for close to 20 years, music lovers, record obsessives and internationally renowned DJs in their own right, John and Nick have two lifetimes worth of musical knowledge to draw from. John a long-standing NTS Radio resident and compiler for Music From Memory. Nick one of the UK’s go-to record dealers, resident DJ since the ‘90s at one of Japan’s pioneering parties, Life Force, and co-captain / co-edit-expert of Record Mission with Dan Tyler (Idjut Boys).

In 2014, the pair decided to bring some of Life Force’s grassroots principles to the UK, whilst channelling underground clubbing institution Plastic People’s meticulous attitude to sound. Tangent grew from being a small gathering of friends, to an established fixture in London’s nightlife, whilst always maintaining a strict no guest DJ policy. “As London’s clubs have become increasingly reliant on international guests, we wanted to emphasize the importance of a club night growing through its residents”, John and Nick reflect. With 10 years of the duo at the helm, an intimate connection between DJ and dancefloor has been built, allowing for freedom of expression on both sides of the decks.

Tangent reaches around the globe and across different eras to make connections that stimulate emotional reverberations in the unfamiliar. Where the blissfully Balearic ‘Laberinto’ by Miguel Perikás, goes hand-in-hand with the Cameroonian hip-house of King B.’s ‘Love is Crazy’. The thundering ‘Amek Amek’ by L'Innovateur Djoe Ahmed et le Zoukabyle, rubs shoulders with the soulful Caribbean-influenced touch of Champagn’s ‘Bel Ti Négress’. And Pellegrin El Kady’s afro-cosmic ‘Seiva de Carnaval’, crosses paths with Kajou’s Kompa disco anthem ‘Tet Chajé’.

Tangent’s longevity is in part down to it having always embraced contemporary sounds. The sub-rattling bass of Srirajah Sound System’s stunning Molam dub stepper ‘Si Phan Don Lovers Rock’ and the slow, woozy mantra of leftfield dancehall explorer Androo’s ‘Lyriso’, are two shining examples.

This compilation represents an ongoing dialogue between past and present, transporting listeners to the heart of a pure musical experience, where open minds and open hearts are eager to follow the tangent.

L'Innovateur Djoe Ahmed Et Le Zoukabyle - Amek Amek

Terry Lin " Telephone Lover " (Frankie Knuckles Classic Club Mix)

The Rituals of Infinity

Sun Hat

Dimanche Café (Hip-Hop)

Lost Grooves invite Daniel W. Best. Activiste musical et DJ, il est le cofondateur et programmateur du XJAZZ Festival à Berlin.

Rinse France Podcast

LOST GROOVES INVITE DANIEL W. BEST (X JAZZ) - 10 Novembre 2024

The Eliminators - Get Satisfied (pt. II) [1972]

1) Tell us a bit about yourself and your record collection.

I'm a musician, DJ and researcher of phonographic records. I was born in Belo Horizonte, capital of Minas Gerais, surrounded by mountains, in the heart of Brazil. I've been searching records for over 20 years and I've seen a whole story transforming. My collection is largely Brazilian music, but I'm also interested in jazz, orchestra, grooves, soul, funk, independent music that is outside the big labels.

2) 45/7 is all about celebrating the 7". Can you tell us a bit about what you love about the format.

What to say about the 7''? In Brazil we call it "Compacto". In a large part of my search I began to become more and more interested in 7inch compactos primarily because of their format, being lighter and better to carry. Secondly because they were cheaper at the time and were considered almost trash (nowadays most are even more valued than LPs). Third, because you often find things that were not released on the LP album, artists who released them on the promotional compact that were not for sale, only distributed to radio stations and music journalism.

3) One hour of vinyl goodness... can you talk us through your selection for your 45/7 mix?

The special set that I recorded on 7inch compacts (also called 45s in many countries) I preferred to only separate Brazilian music for this selection. Recorded at home in a spontaneous way, trying to select special things that are not obvious but musical and profound.

4) Where can people catch you / listen to your music?

People can hear my music in person somewhere I'm playing in person, but they can also hear some sets of my recordings. Many things I uploaded on the internet such as sets, podcasts and some live shows

https://www.youtube.com/@DJBill
in My Analog Journal

Transatlantic & Intergalactic Cruise: From South America to Africa with DJ Bill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqhIJXp1SJI
set on mixcloud on my channel and on the project that happens sometimes
https://www.mixcloud.com/DiscotecagemDjBill/
https://www.mixcloud.com/jungleclub/
special sets
https://soulinthehorn.com/creatives/dj-bill-bh/
In addition to doing lives on my channel on Twitch TV since the beginning of the pandemic, which continues to this day, but in sporadic programming
https://www.twitch.tv/djbillbh


5) Top 5 all time fave records

As this is a channel dedicated to 7inch records, I will choose to talk only about this format and also focus on Brazilian music.


1 Fio de Assobio - Walter Gonçalves 
Alterosa label, launched in 1964. samba jazz killer groove

2 Speed - Sonia Santos 
Brazilian soulfunk, music composed by Jorge Ben never recorded by him. Pressed by the RCA-Victor label in 1978

3 Tema do Batman - Célio Balona  Experimental, rock and psychedelic. Recorded in and released by the Belo Horizonte/Minas Gerais label - Bemol in 1968

4 Músicas do Filme "Lei do Cão" -  Conjunto The Babys Disc-test of fuzz guitar, garage and rare rock 60. 196?

5 São os do Norte que Vem - Vanja Orico Regional music from the north of Brazil. Deep Brasil. Label Mocambo/ Rozenblit from Recife/ Pernambuco.

45/7 #92 ARTIST: DJ BILL

Did a little improvised DJ mix of some ambient electronic music thats inspired me over the years!! Hope you enjoy the journey! 

Paul White (Peace In Chaos Ambient DJ Mix)

Carlos, Erasmo

Gente Aberta

Sonhos E Memórias - 1941 / 1972

Mane Joao

É Preciso Dar Um Jeito, Meu Amigo

A Arte De Erasmo Carlos

De Noite Na Cama

Odyssée - EP

Parfum thérémine

To celebrate reaching 750,000 followers on Soundcloud we decided to throw a Gouranga party in New York's Nublu 151.

English edit wizards @Psychemagik closed off the night in style.

*** Apologies for the crunchy sound recording - the mixer was being pushed to the limit!! ***

PSYCHEMAGIK - Gouranga Party - NYC December 2017

Music for Indoors 5th mix comes from DANGEROUS DAVE 

Met at dawn behind the turntables of a neo-hippie seaside festival on a mythical Mediterranean island, @dangerdangerdave proved to be a dangerously good selector and DJ as well as an all-around lovely guy. 

DJing in the Berlin underground and at parties and Festivals in Europe, he always brings the good vibes w/ the finest 80's funk, disco, cosmic and edits.

For Music for Indoors, he took the breezy side streets of his musical taste, teasing us only at the mix's end, with the prospect of arriving at a party where he's playing. Before that, he coasts us through hazy 80's island-influenced vibes. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the trip. ⛵️ Many thanks Dave :)

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DAVE co-runs the show @extranosjuegos every Friday 11.00 - 13.00 CET on www.callshopradio.com where they carefully select music for late morning wake-ups with them and their guests. 

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Music for Indoors

Music for Indoors #5

Music for Indoors 5 - DANGEROUS DAVE (Callshop Radio/Extraños Juegos - Berlin)

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