For this week’s episode we’ve invited: Trujillo, DJ, producer, and record aficionado as well as a one part of “True Class Records”(Trujillo & Claas Brieler of Jazzanova), who has woven a captivating tale from Venezuela to Berlin, akin to the rich tapestry of his music. His skillful fusion of soul, jazz, disco, and 90s tropical house rhythms is accompanied by an unwavering dedication to unearthing hidden dance floor treasures that even the most discerning enthusiasts can't resist. With acclaimed original tracks, collaborations, and exciting upcoming and recent releases, such as True Class’ latest reissue from Johnny Lamas - Danza Cosmica, Trujillo's zeal for crafting, sharing, and performing music is in full throttle.

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The Space In Between [Radio] with Trujillo // 11-03-2023

Secret Soul Society searches far and wide for the groove, this time with Leo Mas, the legendary Balearic maestro himself in the 1st hour with a deep dive of winter warmers

MUSIC IS THE ANSWER W/ SECRET SOUL SOCIETY + GUEST: LEO MAS - 20 JAN 24

Petko Live @Cvece Zla 27.01.2024

Jan Van  Den Broeke - Absent Music
Dip in the Pool - Kuroi Dress No Onna
Mami Koyama - Love Song
Utopia - Lejos De Mi
Nakoki Asai - Yakan Hikou
Nick Mackrory & Harry Collier - Nubian Sun
Cesar de Melero & Mr Claude - Plastic Dreams feat. Chez
Keiichi Tanaka - City of Aleppo/Dub
Jocelyn Mocka - Doudou(BNF edit)
Cantoma - North Shore (Max Essa Inst)
Quadra - Phantom

Music For Dreams Radio Show 10.2.24

Coming from a diverse and randomly mixed musical background, whether as bass player, producer or DJ – Magic Manfred always combines his multiple influences to complement one another and focuses on their common features instead on the differences.
His bass playing influences his DJing and the other way around. A big mutual factor in all his roles is his undeniable love for the Jazzfunk, Disco & Boogie of the 70s and early 80s.
Growing up in Berlin he made his first steps as a DJ spinning also Boom Bap, Detroit Techno & Chicago House which sometimes becomes noticeable in his sets.

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The Space In Between [Radio] with Magic Manfred // 02-09-2024

Aficionado HP aka DUBBEN has found his musical home in Brazil. The combination of playful melodies and familiar rhythms is obviously what he has always been looking for in music. Whether kitschy or completely naive and pure, the feeling always hits the spot.

“Playing radio on the internet gives me the opportunity to play tracks that I would never play otherwise. Let's see what falls into my hands!”

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The Space In Between [Radio] with DUBBEN // 02-16-2024

Don't Let It Be The Last Time (Original Mix)/Fiorious ft.Bawrut

 Furball/Cody Currie ft.Ally McMahon

 Tell Meh/Comfy Bella

 Endless Summer/Ezel & Rona Ray 

 Peace & Harmony (Kaidi Tatham Remix)/Detroit Rising

 Black Noir/Afrosurreal Experience

 Tempest (Atjazz Remix)/Kabuki

 Strangers (Atjazz Remix)/Flashbaxx ft.Kathrin Kempf

 Why Not (Radio Edit)/Mary Ancheta Quartet

 Squire for Hire/NATHAN HAINES

 California Soul/Marlena Shaw

 Woman of the Ghetto (Live)/Marlena Shaw

RADIO.D59B / NAKAMA #40 w/ Shuya Okino

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RADIO.D59B / FORBIDDEN DANCE w/ AMARE

Shades Of Sound Radio - March 2024

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Release: 05.05.2017

It's the utmost honor for Sonar Kollektiv to be in the position to introduce “Ankhor”, the brand new album by Liz Aku. Having recorded all sorts of music with different outfits as well as solo projects over the last fifteen years the Belgian soul singer and highly gifted songwriter definitely earned her stripes and is anything but a newcomer to this game. She seems to have found her own, distinctive voice only now, after traveling to New Zealand and a far-reaching encounter with Mara TK from Electric Wire Hustle.
With “Ankhor” (a combination of the Egyptian symbol for eternal life “Ankh” and “anchor”) Aku accomplished a masterpiece of Nu Soul, Jazz and Pop, which will make her join the upper league of the players on the scene. For this cause, several allies and befriended producers have helped her out. With Mara TK leading the way obviously, who co-produced three out of the album's twelve songs. On “Breathing Water” and the sublime, for the whole album groove defining opening song “The Drum Major Instinct” the native New Zealander duets with Aku.

Further collaborators on “Ankhor” are for instance the Hip-hop rooted Canadian producer duo Potatohead People. Their 2015 track “Blue Charms” is purified by Liz Aku's voice and becomes “Seasons Change”. Also built on a sample (“Waters” by Electric Wire Hustles) is the bass heavy and lasciviously lolling “Deceive The Mind”. The Rotterdam based beat smith Maximoe is responsible for this co-production, as well as for the Piano looping “Hunger”. For “Just What I Need”, one of the most sophisticated pieces of the album, Aku drummed up a whole band with the Belgian Jazz pianist Bram Weijters, the drummer Lander Ghyselinck, the bass player Juan Manssens, the trumpet player Bars Maris and the background singers Ann Waets, Steve Kashala, Vicky Venijn and Charlotte Adigéry. Bart Vincent and Serge Hertoge produced this song, as well as “Ashamed”. Both two companions from Aku's home country. Also at home in Belgium, in Ghent to be exact, is the female rapper Zulu Moon, who delivers on the title song “Ankhor” a spoken word performance in the vein of Ursula Rucker or Me'Shell NdegéOcello. The Bruxelles based producer Morshmellow adopts a quieter tone for this track and creates together with his two compatriots a mood which is present all over the whole album: A positive confidence, a brave outlook in times of unrest, an assertive statement to believe in oneself and of course lots of feeling, or more precisely, soul. And if soul music 2017 has to sound like something, then it should sound exactly like this. Thanks, Liz Aku.

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Sonar Kollektiv was founded in 1997 by Jazzanova. Designed as a platform for own releases it soon attracted numerous new discoveries and like-minded musicians to lead their trumps right here. Still it was never the intention of Sonar Kollektiv to pursue one specific sound or provide an already existing scene. Each and every release on the label (450 and counting) was at all times meant to illustrate the musical taste of the collective, its flavourful development and recollection of past sounds. The various compilations and label showcases played a big part of it. From the renowed „Secret Love“ compilation (No. 6 will be released these days), the „Computer Incarnations For World Peace“ edition, the  „...Boadcasting“ and „....Mixing“-series to the „Romanian Jazz“ label showcase Sonar Kollektiv continuously cares about broadening its own and the horizon of any type of music lovers. How broad this horizon can be expanded showed the release of Âme’s „Rej“ in 2005. Shorthandly minimal techno was redifined and at the same time the sublabel Innervisions (runned by Dixon) was leveraged to worldwide fame. Other milestones in the eventful history of Sonar Kolletiv were the discovery of the New Zealand reggae soul combo Fat Freddy’s Drop (2005), the debuts by Micatone (2003), Benny Sings (2005), Clara Hill (2003) and Eva Be (2004), the first releases by Dimlite (2003), Tricksi (2006), Christian Prommer’s Drumlesson (2007), as well as Georg Levin (2005) and his collaborative project with Dixon, Wahoo (2004). Also for some of today’s legends of more sophisticated electronic music, like Ulrich Schnauss, Ben Klock and Marcin Kozlowski (now a member of Whitest Boy Alive) Sonar Kollektiv offered a stepping stone to their international careers. And in 2003 a certain Eric Wahlforss released his first record here, just before founding Soundcloud.

When at the end of 2009 the rate of fire ceased some thought the label is running on empty or lost touch to contemporary sounds. But the releases of this year so far should prove doubters wrong. The remix album „Jazzanova Upside Down“ (released in January) gathers the who’s who of the currenty most happening and game-changing DJs and producers (Henrik Schwarz, Motor City Drum Ensemble, Filippo Moscatello, Manuel Tur, Mark E, and more) to catapult Jazzanova classics into the future. By signing Phil Gerus from Moscow, the new project Hot Coins out of the UK, EnaWadan from South Africa and the pan-Geman duo Paskal & Urban Absolutes four of the most promising new acts slantingly offside the dancefloor have been added to the already impressive roster. And once again all true pop aficionados with an addiction for soul and a genuine craft in songwriting are pierced to the heart with the brand new albums by FETSUM („The Colors Of Hope“) and Micatone („Wish I Was Here“).

But what is the formula of success of the Berlin based label? A dance music imprint that – with a few exceptions – actually doesn’t release club music? Is it even after all exactly this? Delievering music for prior to, succeeding and one day after a club night?

There’s no other German record label that can boast such an adventurous range of styles: reggae, folk, electronica, jazz, funk, calypso, house, techno and now also chillwave, dubstep, dream pop, and so on. At Sonar Kollektiv there’s somehow room for everything. Still, all of the 250 and counting releases have one common denominator: It’s music made out of passion - without any financial aim or attemps of ingratiation. From and for music lovers.

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