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Dub me Crazy! - DJ Aficionado & Eleonora K - 28 Mar 2025

After a number of years of doing radio, I am enjoying it more than ever before!  And with this, I feel Free Association shows are the best they have ever been, with the range of guests I have had onboard so far in 2025 being truly world-class!

Living up to this standard, I sat down with Dar Disku back in February to talk about their recent month-long residency at NTs Loft, their self-titled LP and forthcoming live plans for this year.  I wanted to drop this one just before their first headline live show in London at @themothclub this Friday, so grab a last minute ticket for that if you haven’t got one.  

Before we got into the chat, I played some favourites including the Good Block album, with Vish and Maz delivering an exclusive mix afterwards.  I closed out the session with Rhythm Driven’s Step On By, a track that a lot of people reached out about since I played it for Gilles Peterson on WWFM, but more on that soon.  

*SAM DON TRACKLIST*

MUSEUM OF NO ART - A NAMELESS PERSON TRIES TO DESCRIBE HERSELF
MAD DOG - MOMENTS IN LOVE
UNKNOWN - UNKNOWN
MS RAY - NO MORE TEARDROPS
GOOD BLOCK - CODA
ORM - TROPIC (AFRICANZ ON MARZ EDIT)
PARTNERS IN CRIME - GET IN TO IT
THE LICK - PYAR KIYA TO NIBHANA
OPTIMYSTIC - TRUST ME (VOCAL MIX)
RIK - RENDEZVOUS
HIDEMI ISHIKAWA - ISHIKAWA LOVE (SIBSON’S LOVE COMES SLOWLY EDIT)

*DAR DISKU INTERVIEW*

LOVE STARSKI - SAY WHAT YOU WANNA SAY (MLiR EDIT)

*DAR DISKU TRACKLIST*

🤫 - 🤫
WALLI - FADELA & SAHRAOUI
JOANNA LAW - FIRST TIME EVER (RADIO MIX)
WALID ROUISSI - YAMMI EL AYOUN ESSOUD
🤫 - 🤫
JOE MANGO - IT’S A PARTY
HAMID EL SHAERI - DARI DEMOU’EK
VENDETTA SUITE - ⁠SHUT UP YA DUB! 
AHMED FAKROUN - SOLEIL SOLEIL
🤫 - 🤫

RHYTHM DRIVEN - STEP ON BY 

Free Association #34 w/ Sam Don & Dar Disku - Feburary 2025

To mark the release of Small Talk on Forager Records, compilation curator Brandon McMahon shares a mix that drifts through the soft-lit corners of 70s and 80s AOR and yacht rock. Featuring selections from the album alongside other recent favorites, the mix captures the essence of an era without the mainstream recognition. Dreamy guitar lines, warm harmonies, and mellow grooves come together in a laid-back journey through overlooked yet timeless sounds.

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LIFE CLASSICS 75 BRANDON MCMAHON

Marsha Stern, the gift that keeps on giving <3 another generous offering from her sacred Roy Thode vault of recordings from a very golden age of dance floor culture. It’s a tremendous honour to be able to house this recording on our Soundcloud page, an untouched time capsule from almost half a century ago, allowing us the luxury of re-living that moment in that room with Roy Thode holding court behind the booth, providing the soundtrack to what would have been a wonderful night in a very special place. 1980, no smart phones, no discogs, no social media, CDJS or sync/loop buttons, the profession of DJing was still in its early beginnings of being defined and Roy’s dedication to the craft certainly helped define it. 
In a time where it’s not always so easy to feel proud of being “a DJ”, it’s inspiring to look back at the origins of dance floor culture, one of them being extremely dedicated, self-educated and oppressed homosexuals in New York who took it upon themselves to explore the aesthetics of music on the dance floor to extreme levels. This recording should give you a glimpse into what that might have sounded like. Please take a moment to listen carefully and allow yourself to understand the genius of Roy Thode’s craft as a DJ. We hope it inspires you as much as it inspired us. On this day, Roy would have become 76 years of age, long live his memory, thank you for the music and inspiring dedication to the craft. Happy Birthday Roy!

Roy Thode recorded at the Ice Palace, Fire Island May 17, 1980

Low, slow and sleazy sounds with babyschön, in the studio for the early afternoon shift...  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/soup-to-nuts-babyschon/episodes/soup-to-nuts-babyschon-22nd-may-2025

Soup To Nuts w/ babyschön 220525

Live recording of B.P.T. resident Jeremy Castillo on 100% vinyl at the wine hole April 2025

Jeremy Castillo Live @ B.P.T. April 2025

A somewhat mysterious DJ from France, Adrien has been lugging around a back-breaking collection of records gathered over 15 years of questionable life choices and obsessive digging. Moving to Amsterdam helped him discover new sounds and obscure subgenres, and gave him a fresh set of eyes on DJing. Amid the chaos his soft spot for disco has always found its way in his selections, and his sets are a hopeful attempt to make sense of it all.

H.A.N.D. MIX 074 : Adrien

🔒From the vaults🔒

Since we’re too excited for our summer bash this Saturday[7.6.25], we’ve decided to treat the community with a recording from our last Sameheads encounter with the super Poly-Ritmo 🪇🪭🤸‍♂️

ID Requests –> @poly-ritmo

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Banana Dance @ Sameheads w/ Poly-Ritmo

3 hours of me spinning 100% vinyl ~ some pop, some club, Italo, easy blends,

Captured on the 22.03.25 at Doka (Amstersdam), which has a very DJ comfortable booth. Play time was from around 3am-6ish.

This live recording is my first in at least 5 years - I’ve always struggled with the concept of DJing without a crowd/dance-floor so for my usual mix output I “record” in Ableton. I also enjoy “mixing” on the sofa as horizontal as possible so go figure.

H.A.N.D. MIX 073 : Bell Towers

𝒢𝒶𝒷𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓁 𝐵𝒶𝒹𝓌𝒶𝓃 𝒷𝟤𝒷 𝑅𝒾𝒸𝒽𝒶𝓇𝒹 𝐹𝓇𝒾𝒷𝑒𝓇𝓉 
BR, Curitiba @gabrielbadwan 
FR, Paris @richardfribert

A slow-burning blend from two seasoned selectors, guided by feel rather than force.

Gabriel Badwan and Richard Fribert craft a patient, flowing mix — rich in texture, full of worldly rhythms, curious details, and gentle momentum. It hums more than it hits, sways more than it pounds.

It dances — gently, deliberately — with space to breathe and time to wander.


CTW219 ◦ Gabriel Badwan b2b Richard Fribert

Off-season music & lose rhythms.

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Linda & Norm @ The Lot Radio 06-25-2025

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