Love Mirage
© 2025 Geoff French

[Verse]
Saw you standing where the shadows collide
Fingers twitching like they’re tracing a tide
I stepped forward you stepped back
A ghost in the glass an invisible track

[Prechorus]
Can’t tell what’s real
What’s just a reel
Can’t touch it but I feel

[Chorus]
Love mirage love mirage
Reaching out but it’s camouflage
It’s there it’s gone it’s close it’s far
Love mirage love mirage

[Verse 2]
Eyes like whispers pulling me in
Words dissolve before they begin
I’m chasing shapes I can’t hold
Promises wrapped in illusion gold

[Prechorus]
Can’t tell what’s true
What’s just a view
I see it but I can’t break through

[Chorus]
Love mirage love mirage
Fades like smoke then takes charge
It’s fire it’s rain it’s light it’s dark
Love mirage love mirage

[Chorus]
Love mirage love mirage
Fades like smoke then takes charge
It’s fire it’s rain it’s light it’s dark
Love mirage love mirage

Love Mirage

Secret Soul Society, aka South Wales's Cal Gibson, continues his red-hot streak of form with four original jams for Hell Yeah that effortlessly weave decades of influences into intimate, unusual sounds that go from Balearic daydreams to after-hours soul burners.

Gibson was one-half of Nottingham's deep house and downtempo outfit Neon Heights back in the 2000s, a collective that label head Marco has long admired. He has landed here before with the superb Keep The Mystique in 2023, a 15-track collection of brand new curveball cuts built from lovingly sourced samples. Since then, he has continued to collide jazz, funk, Afro, beats, dub, soul and reggae on Paper Wave and Magic Wand.

'Happy To Be' opens with gentle, sun-soaked grooves, swirling keys and dreamy pads that evoke a hazy Mediterranean sunset. Nostalgic soul samples tug at the heart while the track’s laid-back vibe is perfect for golden-hour moments. 'Orange Surprise' is a magical slice of downtempo bliss with hints of romantic vocals. It's built on soft broken rhythms and drifts between ambient soul and laid-back electronica, perfect for introspective moments or late-night winding down.

'Keep On Trying' flips the script with more texture. The synths are crystalline, the pads are sugary, and the meandering bassline unfolds in wonky fashion while soft male vocals bring a steamy edge. Last but not least, 'What You Do To Me' is funky and slow motion disco with 80s synths and reverb that drowns you in good vibes.

This EP is Secret Soul Society at his most expressive and emotive.

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The Secret Soul Society - What You Do To Me

A slow-burn instrumental built for after-hours. “S X 1” slides on a warm, rounded bassline while sax carries the lead strings swell and the flute sketches little sparks at the edges. No words needed; it’s all tension, release, and room-temperature swagger.

S X 1

download here https://hearthis.at/soultonic/
this month with https://soundcloud.com/hotmood

1st hour Soultronic
Wah Wah 45s - Dionne's Walk (Mojo Filter Fly-By Re-Love)
Sunner Soul - Fuwafuwa Groove
Wah Wah 45s - Margie Moves Mountains (Scrimshire Edit)
5th Dimension - No love in the room
Jaques Renault - Norman's fire
Tete de la Course - Cadillac Groove
Wah Wah 45s - Gi's Tata (Scrimshire Re-edit)
Osmose - Broadway Kiss
Chevy Rubs - Future Freak
Coeo - Like it is
Dave Gerrard & Jean Claude Gavri - Dance

2nd hour Hotmood
Hotmod - Walking  Down The Street
Mr. President - Hips 
New Franklin Theory - Overhaill Road Variations 
The Funk District - Turn It Up
Hotmood - In A Disco
Snacks . Deep Fry (Fouk Remix) 
Funk District - Out Of Time
Igor Krsmanovic - Pophero
Voilaaa- On Te Avait Dit (Dimitri From Paris super disco instrumental)
Knee Deep & Erasmus Faber
Vinyl Addicted - Shining Bright
I Think I’ll Do Some Stepping (opolopo rework)

FB love

HGS 01/17 with Hotmood

Ain't No Big Thing on iTunes( https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/aint-no-big-thing-radio-show/id1106603822) and Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/5KYvTXjrRPTKpxVdnNh2dA)

This episode I host Peza and his Love Is The Message Mix. If you're going to the Alfresco Festival at the Hop Farm this weekend you can catch him there on Sunday.  Looks like it's going to be a corker. 
https://djshmeejay.com/2019/05/24/pezas-love-is-the-message-mix-and-dj-shmeejay-aint-no-big-thing/
https://www.facebook.com/PezaSounds/
https://peza70.bandcamp.com/subscribe
https://twitter.com/Peza70

If you want a copy of just Peza’s Love Is The Message mix you can grab it here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/c8o9tmxmg6m5c9c/Peza%27s%20Love%20Is%20The%20Message%20Mix%20For%20Ain%27t%20No%20Big%20Thing.mp3?dl=0

Now keep an eye out for the next Ain't No Big Thing. 

Musica casu,

folO Olof

Ain't No Big Thing

Peza

Peza's Love Is The Messag Mix & dj ShmeeJay - Ain't No Big Thing

Funk Purpose Vol. 3 [Sms016]

Funk Purpose Vol. 3/2 _ C2. SoulBrigada - Gonna Do [SMS016-2]

SB@FB

That Classic House Sound - Superbreak

Monster Disco Vol.3

Between The Sheets (Cole's Rope Bunny Mix)

’’… the thing that I was mostly concerned ‘bout this time, is 
having great songs, and it didn’t matter especially what age were 
in or anything of that nature, whatever vibration is better…’’ 
Maurice White

We’re calming down a bit the Disco crazyness, folks, to dust off 
a 1977 track, that is some how related to the genius of one 
of my hero : music visionary Maurice White…  
i am modestly adding up my sorcerer kinda sound, to turn it
into a more Funky production, with some smoking Basslines, 
new Drums, various keyboards...
Bpm is 88 and the full 6:00 Long extended version is only available on Bandcamp herehttps://doctorsoul.bandcamp.com/track/you-cant-hide-love-doctorsoul-i-betcha-re-therapy
Hope you’ll enjoy it and many thanks for your support !

You Can't Hide Love (DoctorSoul I Betcha Re - Therapy snippet) full version available on Bandcamp

French producer Ferdinand Debeaufort joins Slightly Transformed Friday the 25th Sept 2020 pre order links above

https://soundcloud.com/user-181936486


@juno-download REVIEW
There's much to admire on this first full outing from newcomer Ferdinand Debeaufort, whose only previous outing was a sole track on Slightly Transformed's recent Summer Numbers 2020 compilation. By and large, the re-edits are bouncy and floor-focused, with the lavishly named Debeaufort adding a bit more percussive pressure to a variety of disco-centric cuts. He starts in confident mood with a brilliantly chopped-up and rearranged version of an old Fantastic Aleems cut ('Funny Feeling'), before dancing his way through a rubbery disco-boogie number (the synth-sporting 'Make Love'). Elsewhere, 'Casou' is a killer version of a mid-80s French synth-boogie number, 'Can't Do It Alone' is a horn-sporting disco celebration built around short, subtly changing loops, and 'Show Me How' is a low-slung treat.

Ferdinand Debeaufort - Funny Feeling  [Slightly Transformed]

The Found Sound Orchestra - Do What You Like

Scruffy Soul Recordings is a joint UK / Oz based label started in June2020 by founding members The Secret Soul Society and The Found Sound Orchestra.

Nov 2020: Levisiteuronline premier:
Taken from Scruffy Soul Recording’s ‘Scruffy Soul EP 003: The Kyoto Connection’ our premier today The Found Sound Orchestra’s Do What You Like is a sublime slice of groove heavy deep vocal bliss. Landing somewhere between Chromeo at their coolest and 80’s AOR fused with loft era deep funk fueled disco it’s a track which is clearly influenced by many different genres but which comes out of the other end sounding in equal parts fresh, inspiring and immediate. 
Scruffy Soul Recordings is a joint UK / Oz based label launched in June 2020 by founding members of The Secret Soul Society and The Found Sound Orchestra. Their latest EP features five tracks and is  stunning throughout. There are two individual tracks from Jules Brennan, who is the Kyoto connection of the title as he is based out in the Japanese city, one Jules Brennan vs Secret Soul track and a track each for label bosses Secret Soul Society and The Found Sound Orchestra. 
The whole EP is a Kaleidoscope of sounds from across the globe, it in many ways reminds me of the UK’s Beta Band’s fusion of electronica, world sounds and funk. Jules Brennan’s smile inducing Oh flamingo also has a touch of the Avalanches, a smorgasbord of instruments, short phrases, bass licks, vocal melodies and general off the wall banter. It’s a great fun track. 
Jules second individual track Theme De Kyoto has that Japanese feel through and through but also reminds in places of Thievery Corporation’s world electronica. The playing is sublime, guitar licks and smooth but ever so funky bass merge perfectly with the Japanese instruments. 
Jules Brennan vs Secret Soul Society’s You Turned Me meanwhile has a deep 60’s soulful lilt to it’s deep warm groove courtesy of some great vocal samples. Again expect guitar licks and a cornerstone of the whole EP some fabulous bass playing.
Secret Soul Society’s Groovy Business is just that, it’s horizontal 70’s soundtrack feel is great fun again bringing to mind the Beta Band at their most playful as it’s acidic and eastern notes combine to give it extra grit.

The Found Sound Orchestra - Do What You Like

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