Some beauty in this mix. Thanks for bringing this

Listening Mixes by Imad

Very excited for tonight’s Somersault Mix brought to us by Berlin Based DJ Imad "Imad is a music lover, raver, DJ and producer from Berlin, whose mixes are Inspired by the sounds of 90's New York City as well as the deeper shades of house from Berlin. Growing up in Canada, he was exposed to 90s east coast hip hop at an early age which led him to listen to a variety of genres on a daily basis, including soul, funk, disco, house, electro, jazz, latin, soundtrack & reggae."

Somersault Records 38 (IMAD) “Sleepy Springtime”

Daytimers x Foundation FM Friday Takeover w/Imad

livwutang at Outra Cena, This Side, 20/01/2024

This is a re-recording of my SR set. Unfortunately, the audio recording had stopped due to a power cut earlier in the evening.

Thanks for having me Sustain Release! I'll never forget this <3

DJ Plead - Sustain Release, Year 9

Juanita's Mix 100 with Ciel @ciel_dj

Q. How would you describe yourself?
A. a music maker with too much sincerity and a passion for sampling, film, and leftist politics

Q. What drew you to the music scene in the beginning and where do you hope to see it in the future?
A. Looking back at my life, I think everything from my birth led me on this path towards music. It was my first love. But as an only child, my experience with music growing up was always very solitary. I yearned to be part of a community radio station with Iikeminded music nerds, and it was working for a radio station eventually during my undergraduate that brought me toward DJing and rave culture. Back then I never thought I could do this full time, but once I got the chance to make a living doing this, I realized the scene was far from perfect, in fact it's very exploitative. I hope in the future we can find a way to fairly compensate music makers for the incredible gift of music they bestow upon the world, without becoming beholden to corrupt corporate & military interests. Artists can be hyper individualistic and self-interested, and I hope we can get better at looking out for each other instead of just our own paycheques.

Q. Tell us a little bit about this mix.
A. I wanted to present a different side of myself to international audiences on such a wonderful mix platform. Perhaps people outside of my home city of Toronto are less familiar with my downtempo sets, but it's been a significant part of my wheelhouse for years, and have gained even wider affection from me since I started doing a downtempo party in Toronto last year. Like I always say, 80-100bpm is the most natural tempo for extended human body movements. I also liked the idea of doing a mix that doesn't build in a predictable way, instead it waxes and wanes like the natural rhythm of life. So many of my favourite mixes build and release tension in a way that's very satisfying to listen to, the sounds intensify to a frenzy before disintegrating into nothingness. I wanted to play with that rise and fall and mix downtempo and dub with double time d&b in a non-linear way that is evocative of our most precious memories and tells stories we've only seen in dreams. Downtempo and dub also seemed like the perfect genres to play in the 100th mix for Juanita's, and in the lead up to my fav April holiday. :) I hope the listeners enjoy it.

Juanita's Mix 100: Ciel

Our latest SORRYMIX comes via transdisciplinary performance artist, curator, and educator MIRA MIRA (@mirasamira ) 🎶  

Although we only met fairly recently at Honcho Campout, Samira and I are both from the same hometown of Winston-Salem, North Carolina!! Currently based in Brooklyn, she's also spent a good amount of time in the Pittsburgh underground; co-founding collectives like @dyspheric-x alongside XC-17 (@stephanie-alona-helen) and @yessimusic and Uhaul Disco alongside @johnnyzoloft. Her deejaying is a joy to behold - psychedelic intimacy, passionate + personal, sublimely jacked out improvisational genre-soup flow that I just can't get enough of. 

SORRYMIX29 finds her opening up the first party of our 2024 residency at techno living room @bossanovacivicclub in Brooklyn before sets from @mxblaire and myself. There's some words from Samira below on the recording ✨ Make sure to catch Nowadays debut at our label night this Friday alongside Hits Only (@davisgalvin + @aliberger) and myself! - @nickboydnyc

𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙈𝙄𝙍𝘼 𝙈𝙄𝙍𝘼...
"It was my first time playing at Bossa and I was kinda nervous but also feeling a lot of feelings from the week. I was pulled by cops twice that week, the day before four cops stopped me supposedly for hopping a turnstile, stopped for $2.90... The day of I came in fresh off of a shift at Trans Pecos where I worked a benefit show for Gaza. It featured some powerful performances and a teach-in by DegrowNYC.

Usually, when I'm given opening duties I like to warm things up and keep things a little lighter but I had too much on my heart. I decided that it was more important to speak to what's happening in Gaza, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. I think the mix ended up being a chaotic reflection of what I was feeling. Hopefully it made people reflect with me and wiggle a little bit too."

SORRYMIX ARCHIVE

SORRYMIX29: MIRA MIRA - Live At Bossa Nova Civic Club

🌐 Refuge Worldwide is a radio station and community space based in Berlin-Neukölln.
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Support us by becoming a member on Patreon for just 3€ a month: www.patreon.com/refugeworldwide

Fun Facts - Imad - 04 Apr 2024

Berlin-based Objekt makes his Lot debut.

http://www.instagram.com/objekttt

Objekt @ The Lot Radio 04-09-2024

Bimonthly excursions through memories, geographies and nostalgia from NYC-based livwutang. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/livwutang/episodes/livwutang-15th-april-2024

Furniture without Memories w/ livwutang 150424

Rinse FM Podcast 

DJ Plead b2b Ben Fester - 17 April 2024

OG Club Rooted conspirator & @manarec  co-founder / @blowinguptheworkshop don Matthew Kent returns and he's genuinely conjured the ghost of dubstep :) Thanks so much Matthew!

Club Rooted #9 / Matthew Kent

Simon Aussel is known for a particularly wild DJing style and leftfield bassy bangers, and it's his curious and playful approach to clubland that's won him loyal fans over the years. Whether photographing drink tokens from gigs or creating an 8-bit version of his debut album on a Game Boy cartridge, he seems to approach every endeavour with childlike joy and wonder—rare qualities in an industry that can leave so many jaded.

The Nantes-born, Paris-based artist's love of club culture, digging and world-building has set him on a blazing path in club music. He's released an exceptionally wide range of music, including a Memphis rap tape for Trilogy Tapes, dubstep-trap-jazz hybrids with Egyptian singer Abdullah Miniawy and deadly hard drum for Livity Sound. His mixes, meanwhile, are fast becoming DJ lore thanks to his knack for connecting seemingly opposed genres like new wave and fast techno. Look no further than his now-infamous Dekmantel Selectors set from 2021 or a marathon back-to-back with Skee Mask in 2022. 

As the French DJ gets more comfortable with story-telling, he's getting more personal and focusing on deeper, slower sounds. That's evident on this RA Podcast—six months in the works—which incorporates woozy downtempo, weighty dub and bleepy beats. Of course, in the chaotic middle section there's plenty of huge basslines, plus old-school electro, acidic techno and even a bouncy edit of the Montell Jordan classic "This Is How We Do It." Showcasing his quirks, influences and growth, this is Simo Cell in prime time.

@simocell

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/934

RA podcast

RA.934 Simo Cell

New York trio Purelink give us an exclusive peek of what they have planned for the upcoming summer live music season in this weekend’s Sunday Mix. As the creators of Signs, one of the best ambient and dub techno albums of last year, their 80-minute mix shows off their advanced ears for soundscapes and texture, while adding on head-nodding grooves and dubby four-to-the-floor beats.

It’s as dancefloor suitable as it is Sunday sofa ready. “This new year has mostly been spent in our studio prepping new music and live set ideas,” they say. “A lot of these songs reflect the dancier side we’ve been inspired by lately. Hope to see you on a dancefloor soon.”

Sunday Mix: Purelink

A collection of my favourite R&B/Soul songs that've been essential to my musical upbringing, 

Dedicated to Yakira & Don Cornelius (R.I.P.)

<3


Tracklist:

Bobby Caldwell - What You Won't Do For Love (Album Version)
Greater Davis - I'm So In Love With You
The Temptations - My Love Is True For You
Ned Doheny - Get It Up For Love
The Moments - Gotta Find A Way
Bill Withers - Lovely Day
Sylvia - Sweet Stuff
The Moments - Life & Breath
Michael Franks - Lotus Blossom
Don Moore - Water Lily
Dennis Edwards - (You're My) Aphrodisiac
Isaac Hayes - A Few More Kisses To Go
The Temprees - A Thousand Miles Away
Don Moore - Send Me A Soulmate
Galdys Knight & The Pips - The Look Of Love
DeBarge - All Over
Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough
Barry White - Standing In The Shadows Of Love
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrel - Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing
Al Johnson & Jean Carn - I'm Back For More (Original Album Version)
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - I Say A Prayer
Maze - Joy & Pain (Original Live 12" Mix)
DeBarge - A Dream
Barry White - Love's Theme
Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours
Bobbi Humphrey - Baby Don't You Know
Bill Withers - Just The Two Of Us
Leonore O'Malley - Put A Rainbow In Your Heart
Don Cornelius - Soul Train Outro

Imad Essentials: Soul

At first listen, I used to think Lovers Rock was simply Jamaican reggae, which it actually isn't. The story of Lovers Rock actually goes a little like this:

In the 1950s, about half a million people moved from the Caribbean to the UK & brought with them a variety of music, for example reggae, calypso & soca. Lovers Rock grew from those roots as music of the first generation born and raised in the UK, fusing reggae basslines with the sweet soul sound from the US. Despite gaining popularity in the 70s, there were many other genres emerging at the same time, and Lovers Rock never became quite as mainstream as others had.

Dedicated to Yakira & Dennis Bovell,

P.s. if you want to know more about Lovers Rock, do check out:
Steve McQueens Small Axe episode "Lovers Rock" [2020] & The Story Of Lovers Rock [2011]

P.p.s Sades album Lovers Rock is named after this genre

<3

Tracklist:

Sharon Forrester - Silly Wasn't I
Louisa Mark - Keep It Like It Is
Sonia - Ooh Baby Baby
Barbara Jones - Just When I Needed You Most
Louisa Mark - Mum & Dad
Janet Kay - Can't Give It Up
Eddie Lovette - Just One Look
Janet Kay - Capricorn Woman
Barbara Jones - Dreamlover
Cassandra - Thank You For Many Things
Carolyn Catlin - Peaceful Woman
June Lodge - Someone Loves You Honey
Janet Kay - Imagine That
June Lodge - Stay In Tonight
Elizabeth Archer & The Equators - Feel Like Makin Love
June Lodge - Baby I'm Yours
Brown Sugar - I'm In Love With A Dreadlocks
Cornel Campbell - Didn't I
Janet Kay - Silly Games
African Stone - Choose Me
Cassandra - Unlock Your Mind
Janet Kay - Rock The Rhythm
Sandra Reid - Don't Tell Me Tell Her
Winsome - Homebreaker (Winsome's Mix)
Karen Dixon - I Want To Be Free
Michael Prophet - Body Fusion
Barry Biggs - Love Come Down
Christine Lewin - Juicy Fruit
Sonia - Easier To Love

Imad Essentials: Lovers Rock

music is love & love is the message <3

booking/contact: imadfromlove@gmail.com

@paradiscoberlin
@k7-records
@thfradio

upcoming dates:

01.09.24 @ ???, Berlin
31.08.23 @ Tarmac Festival
27.07.24 @ ???, Berlin
26.07.24 @ Else, Berlin
03.07.24 @ Refuge Worldwide
30.06.24 @ Fusion Festival
28.06.24 @ Paloma Bar, Berlin
21.06.24 @ Oxi, Berlin
14.06.24 @ Fluid Festival
08.05.24 @ Fitzroy, Berlin
13.04.24 @ Fitzroy, Berlin
04.04.24 @ Refuge Worldwide
30.03.24 @ Aeve, Berlin
17.02.24 @ Crack Bellmer, Berlin
15.02.24 @ Paloma Bar, Berlin
01.01.24 @ Torte, Berlin

16.12.23 @ Mensch Meier, Berlin
16.12.23 @ Zur Klappe, Berlin
14.12.23 @ Refuge Radio, Berlin
09.12.23 @ Humboldthain, Berlin
25.11.23 @ Humboldthain, Berlin
12.11.23 @ Fandango, Berlin
10.11.23 @ Refuge Worldwide, Berlin
02.11.23 @ Paloma Bar, Berlin
02.11.23 @ THF Radio, Berlin
28.10.23 @ Plötzensee, Berlin (DM 4 Info)
21.10.23 @ Fitzroy, Berlin
17.10.23 @ Refuge Worldwide, Berlin
13.10.23 @ Monarch, Berlin
11.10.23 @ Hör, Berlin
01.10.23 @ Tanzhaus West, Frankfurt
29.09.23 @ Zur Klappe, Berlin
22.09.23 @ Refuge Worldwide, Berlin
19.08.23 @ Clyde Built Radio, Glasgow
12.08.23 @ Mensch Meier, Berlin
11.08.23 @ Rosa, Greifswald
09.08.23 @ Troya Bar, Berlin
06.08.23 @ Garbicz Festival
21.07.23 @ Torte, Berlin
15.07.23 @ Feel Festival
(Exam break)
17.06.23 @ Fitzroy, Berlin
16.06.23 @ Sägewerk Festival
08.06.23 @ Renate, Berlin
27.05.23 @ RBL Radio, Berlin
17.05.23 @ Plötzensee, Berlin
14.05.23 @ Oxi, Berlin
06.05.23 @ Zur Klappe, Berlin
22.04.23 @ Humboldthain, Beriln
21.04.23 @ Christa Kupfer, Berlin
14.04.23 @ Oedipus, Amsterdam
09.04.23 @ QS1, Berlin (Cancelled)
30.03.23 @ Paloma Bar, Berlin
25.03.23 @ Klunkerkranich, Berlin
17.03.23 @ Swim, Prague
07.03.23 @ Bulbul, Berlin
18.02.23 @ The Lot, NYC 1-2pm
10.02.23 @ Humboldthain, Berlin
28.01.23 @ Humboldthain, Berlin
26.01.23 @ Bulbul, Berlin
13.01.23 @ Panke, Berlin
01.01.23 @ Mensch Meier, Berlin
01.01.23 @ QS1, Berlin

19.11.22 @ Humboldthain, Berlin
12.11.22 @ Monarch, Berlin
03.11.22 @ Crack Bellmer, Berlin
29.10.22 @ Clyde Built Radio, Glasgow
22.10.22 @ Christa Kupfer, Berlin
15.10.22 @ Mensch Meier, Berlin
23.09.22 @ Crack Bellmer, Berlin
17.09.22 @ Paloma Bar, Berlin
19.08.22 @ Crack Bellmer, Berlin
19.08.22 @ Monarch, Berlin
13.08.22 @ Humboldthain, Berlin
13.08.22 @ Plötzensee, Berlin
07.08.22 @ Secret location, Berlin (DM 4 Info)
05.08.22 @ Garbicz Festival, Poland
28.07.22 @ Æve, Berlin
23.07.22 @ Renate, Berlin
20.07.22 @ Repeat Bar, Berlin
(Exam break)
24.06.22 @ Humboldthain, Berlin
17.06.22 @ Pfefferberg, Berlin
11.06.22 @ Bulbul, Berlin
10.06.22 @ Arena Berlin (DM 4 Info)
09.06.22 @ About Blank, Berlin
05.06.22 @ Crack Bellmer, Berlin
05.06.22 @ Secret location, Berlin (DM 4 Info)
03.06.22 @ Renate, Berlin
28.05.22 @ Good2U Festival (DM 4 Info)
27.05.22 @ Bulbul, Berlin
22.05.22 @ Kulturfabrik Moabit, Berlin
14.05.22 @ Monarch, Berlin
23.04.22 @ Humboldthain Berlin
25.03.22 @ Kulturwerkstatt Kühlhaus, Flensburg
04.03.22 @ Renate, Berlin

08.12.21 @ Paloma Bar, Berlin (Cancelled)
04.12.21 @ Humboldthain, Berlin (Cancelled)
02.12.21 @ Amok Radio (18-19h)
27.11.21 @ Renate, Berlin (Cancelled)
10.11.21 @ ÆDEN, Berlin
21.10.21 @ Crack Bellmer, Berlin
02.10.21 @ Humboldthain Club, Berlin
24.09.21 @ Kinky Disco, Prague
11.09.21 @ Birgit & Bier, Berlin
10.09.21 @ Orville's, Berlin
09.09.21 @ Crack Bellmer, Berlin
03.09.21 @ Orville's, Berlin
16.08.21 @ Hör, Berlin (15-16h)
01.08.21 @ Humboldthain Club, Berlin
31.07.21 @ Wehrmühle, Biesenthal
30.07.21 @ Orville's, Berlin
17.07.21 @ Christa Kupfer, Berlin
10.07.21 @ Orville's, Berlin
03.07.21 @ ???, Amsterdam (DM 4 info)
02.07.21 @ ???, Amsterdam (DM 4 info)
20.06.21 @ ???, Berlin (DM 4 info)
12.06.21 @ Birgit & Bier, Berlin
09.05.21 @ Vinokilo, Berlin
19.03.21 @ THF Radio, Berlin (18-20h)
02.03.21 @ Radio Tempo Não Pára
01.03.21 @ Hör, Berlin (15-16h)
21.02.21 @ Bonse1 Radio, (16-17h)

02.12.20 @ Vinokilo, Berlin
13.11.20 @ The Oasis, WWW (DM 4 Info)
12.10.20 @ Vinokilo, Berlin
27.09.20 @ Loophole, Berlin
11.09.20 @ Crack Bellmer, Berlin
05.09.20 @ Funkhaus, Berlin
01.08.20 @ Prince Charles, Berlin
17.07.20 @ Paloma Bar, Berlin (Cancelled)
04.07.20 @ In Retraite Festival 2020 (Cancelled)
03.06.20 @ Sage Restaurant, Berlin
24.04.20 @ Polygon Club, Berlin (Cancelled)
17.04.20 @ Muzik & Frieden, Berlin (Cancelled)
16.04.20 @ LNVRS Club, Nancy (Cancelled)
11.04.20 @ Vinokilo, Berlin (Cancelled)
09.04.20 @ Humboldthain Club, Berlin (Cancelled)
28.03.20 @ Schuppen 6, Lübeck (Cancelled)
21.03.20 @ Schinkelhalle, Potsdam (Cancelled)
18.03.20 @ Bonbon Bar, Berlin (Cancelled)
13.03.20 @ Humboldthain Club, Berlin (Cancelled)
07.03.20 @ Kulturkirche Altona, Hamburg
06.03.20 @ Kulturkirche Altona, Hamburg
29.02.20 @ Zum brennenden Bären 2020, Halle
21.02.20 @ Kinky Disco, Prague
18.02.20 @ Crack Bellmer, Berlin
15.02.20 @ Burg Schnabel, Berlin
24.01.20 @ Griessmühle, Berlin

21.12.19 @ Loophole, Berlin
07.12.19 @ Jovel Music Hall, Münster
06.12.19 @ Universität der Künste, Berlin
30.11.19 @ Prince Charles, Berlin
23.11.19 @ Loftus Hall, Berlin
06.11.19 @ Zur Klappe, Berlin
29.10.19 @ Night Embassy, Berlin
26.10.19 @ Kunsthaus, Neustrelitz
21.10.19 @ Crack Bellmer, Berlin
16.10.19 @ ADE Pollux Pacific, Amsterdam
02.10.19 @ Humboldthain, Berlin
25.09.19 @ Griessmühle, Berlin
20.09.19 @ Klunkerkranich, Berlin
08.09.19 @ Polygon Club, Berlin
16.08.19 @ Griessmühle, Berlin
20.07.19 @ Altes Postlager, Mainz
13.07.19 @ Sisyphos, Berlin
10.07.19 @ Griessmühle, Berlin
06.07.19 @ Panke, Berlin
05.07.19 @ Badehaus, Berlin
22.06.19 @ Webrodeo After Party, Amsterdam
22.06.19 @ Dormfest 2019, Amsterdam
08.06.19 @ Polygon Club, Berlin
07.06.19 @ Veronicaschip, Amsterdam
31.05.19 @ Loftus Hall, Berlin
17.05.19 @ ACUD MACHT NEU, Berlin
19.04.19 @ Humboldthain Club, Berlin
15.03.19 @ Griessmühle, Berlin
15.02.19 @ Griessmühle, Berlin

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Somersault Records 38 (IMAD) “Sleepy Springtime”

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