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LNS and DJ Sotofett team up on Tresor Records for the ‘Sputters’ LP.  Hear the tough and dusty acid guest cut by E-GZR, ‘K.O’, now

More info: https://djmag.com/music/premiere-e-gzr-ko

Sputters

Premiere: E-GZR ‘K.O.’

Last mix of the year 2021 comes from long time friend of the label Alex Ho (@j0-j0armani) out of Los Angeles who has just released his debut album 'Move Through It' with us. Interview (excerpt) down below.

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MFM: Hi Alex, you're known for being deeply involved in LA's party scene through your Moony Habits events for quite some years now. How did you roll into the music scene?

AH: Some friends of mine in college were doing parties at this smaller, 200 capacity club in Glendale. I was hanging around these nights, sort of helping out, and eventually decided to do some events of my own at this spot. Eventually I was doing parties at this other place 333Live in DTLA - Prince used to own the spot but then it ended up in the hands of ex-Chinese mafia guys. My last event there, we got shut down because the owners of the venue didn’t have a valid alcohol license and were missing a number of other permits. From there, I just started doing warehouse parties like a lot of other promoter friends were doing, and it became a regular thing. 

MFM: So you've been a promotor and DJ at first, yeah? When came the first steps into producing music?

AH: In college, I learned how to DJ first, yeah. At the time, I had the software for production but didn’t really know what I was doing - still don’t. But I started making some tunes that I actually liked in maybe 2017/2018, and that’s around the time I passed some stuff over to Jamie.  

MFM: Did the Covid situation affect your productivity?

AH: I had my ups and downs with Covid for sure. Isolation didn’t necessarily increase my productivity, it gave me a lot of time to think about my life and I think I just came to the conclusion that I need to be doing more. When Jamie brought up the idea of doing a 7 inch or an album, I didn’t want to just settle for the two songs so I went for the album.      

MFM: On a few songs you've collaborated with other artists too. Those guitar and percussion parts for example. How did that process go?

AH: On those ones I was actually feeling a bit stuck - I knew I had some good ideas but didn’t know where to take them. I passed the sketches to some friends and thankfully they were supportive enough to send back some nice elements that I wouldn’t have been able to produce on my own.  

MFM: What's the story behind the album cover? 

AH: For the cover, Jamie had the idea of using a photo of the city at dusk. I reached out to my friend Kaleb who’s an incredible photographer and he was able to make it happen. We originally had the idea to use a nice, vintage car along with a number of other props in the shot. We got a bunch of different shots on 2 shoots, but ended up narrowing it down to the simpler ones. 

MFM: Is there a masterplan now that you've got your debut LP out? 

AH: No real plan. I just know that I want to make more music. I’ve had a lot of help on this record - from additional instrumentation to extra mixdowns from friends. I want to be able to do it all on my own but still have similar results - I guess that’s a goal, to be a better producer. This doesn’t mean that I don’t want to collaborate with homies - I’ll likely be doing that more as it’s more real and rewarding, and it’s not just one big fantasy in my brain.

MFM: Let's talk about the mix. It actually took a while for you to, as you put it, “get in the DJ mood” and record it. How come? 

AH: It’s not that I need to get in the mood necessarily, I just haven’t been digging or thinking about DJing as much lately. I think a lot of people spent the pandemic/quarantine getting dope records and working on their DJ skills in preparation for this big reopening. And for me, despite being a party promoter, I think I got really comfortable being together with only close people in the last couple of years - being in the party feels a little foreign and crazy to me now. Hoping to catch the party bug again, but I’m trying not to force it!

MFM Mix 035: Alex Ho

Hugging the bend and blowing kisses since 2012, Antinote has been a vessel of choice for lovers of left-of-centre dance music and retro-laced boogie. Covering a supremely wide range of styles, the Parisian outlet has carved out a musical lane truly its own by putting on a nonstop celebration of electronics’ inexhaustible power of enthrallment. A pledge of quality-driven curation and never-ending search for the next thrill that’s proven untiringly relevant throughout the years and opens onto its second decade of existence with equal panache. 

Toasting to its ten years splashing the game with continuously reasserted outsider bravura, label captain Zaltan has bottled some of the finest expressions out Antinote’s versatile vaults of sound to form the present “X” compilation, “ten years of loving notes and foolin around 2012-2022".

DOMENIQUE DUMONT - LA DOLCE VITA

PP#38 BY GRAND VOYAGE

SHAWTY PIMP FEAT. REDDOG - PLAY NO PLAYA [LACR008]

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International Women's Day 2024 w/ Jenny Jen

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DJ Support from Munir, Antal RH, Jacques Renault, Sam Don, Pender Street Steppers, Jex Opolis, Cam Hildebrandt and more across the globe!

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Hey,

After an interstellar odyssey of anticipation, CAL C (Callum Cockburn) bestows upon us his inaugural SPACEDUST EP, a pulsating gift to the dance cosmos. Crafted and pressed with care at the mystical enclave of Mother Tongue in Verona, this sonic voyage is a testament to Toronto's rhythm reveller. CAL C expertly blends the primal with the visionary, injecting a futuristic groove into the vibrant mosaic of contemporary music realms.

Cal Says.......

"Let it decompose in your record bag or rip it and let it rot on your record shelf! 🫠All your favourite diggin’ genres & sounds are here: SA boogie & bubblegum programmed on a megadrive FM chip inna NBA JAM style. Deep hausi breaks & gerudo valley silk guitar preset. Fantasy soca house with NHL 94 solo & crusty rave stab. Dubbed out tribal italia meets balearic downtempo…It’s all here!! Never digg again! 5 songs for the price of 1 record….CHEAP!!"

ARTIST: CAL C
TITLE: 2 THE ORGANISMS

LABEL: SPACEDUST SD004
FORMAT: VINYL 12” / DIGITAL
DATE: JULY 2024

GENRE: ELECTRONIC
STYLE: DUB, BUBBLEGUM, TECHNO, SOCA, HOUSE, DOWN-TEMPO, BREAKS, SA BOOGIE, RAVE, TRIBAL, BALEARIC

SIDE A
1. Calypso Hut (Ringbang Souse Mix)
2. Forest Navel

SIDE B
1. Pearl Green (97 Corolla Mix)
2. Fungi Bubblegum
3. Ayahuasca Icing

Details:
• Producer: Callum Cockburn
• Engineers: James Harris / Callum Cockburn
• Mastering Engineer: Robert Steenkamer
• Lacquer & Pressing: Mother Tongue, IT
• Art Side: Holden Coclough // Info Side: Callum Cockburn
• Distributor: Rush Hour, NL
• Number of Copies: TBC
• Release Date: June 2024

2024

2 The Organisms

OUT NOW WORLDWIDE ! CAL C - 2 THE ORGANISMS EP (SD004)

Legalize Lambada is back and there ain’t no moldy gorgonzola in this Italo homage!

Legendary cosmic captain Albion returns to Lambada-land and starts this edit compilation with “Nucleare”, a robotic jam seasoned with Italian vocals which serves as a great introduction. 
  
Ric Piccolo’s “Disco teacher” on A2 and “Alright” on B1 are serious floor fillers, possibly ready to injure part of the Boston dynamics fleet after inducing uncontrollable dance moves.

At the end it’s Hysteric’s “Moment” on B2 that prompts a soulful side of italo for some deep machine learning.

LEG006 A1 Albion – Nucleare

It's nearly impossible to put into words just how thrilled we are to unveil this week's vinyl special curated by Rijmenants. A magical collection of jazz from the 70s mostly, that has truly moved us. Without delay, press the play button now - it's a must!

01. Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes - Quit Dawn [Flying Dutchman] 1976
02. Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes - My Love [Flying Dutchman] 1975
03. Greg Foat - Pointe-Vénus [Strut] 2020
04. Sven Wunder - Impasto [Mr Bongo] 2021
05. Gabor Szabo - Sealed With a Kiss [Skye Records] 1969
06. O'Donel Levy - Call Me [Groove Merchant] 1971
07. Azymuth - Fly Over The Horizon (Vôo Sobre O Horizonte) [Milestone] 1979
08. Spunk & Gold Coast - La Bimini [Gold Coast] 1981
09. Janko Nilovic & The Soul Surfers  - Maze Of Sounds [Broc Recordz] 2020
10. Sven Wunder - Pentimento [Piano Piano] 2021
11. Arthur Verocai - Na Boca do Sol [Continental] 1972
12. Greg Foat - Symphonie Pacifique [Strut] 2020
13. Ju-Par Universal Orchestra - Is Anyone Listening? [Ju-Par Records Ltd] 1976
14. John Cameron - Half Forgotten Daydreams [KPM Music] 1973
15. Hiroshi Suzuki - Romance [Columbia] 1976
16. Hampshire & Foat - Coastal Drive [Athens of The North] 2018 

More at https://soundcloud.com/rijmenants

SOULMEEX

Rijmenants - SOULMEEX 071

This Youtube episode was recorded live during our monthly Thursday evening session called, After Work Soiree, where we bring in a great DJ or selector for an early evening, after work session. Whoever it is, we’re making after-work great again. This time, with the Balearic Maestro himself, Trujillo. 

Hailing from Venezuela, @Trujillo is a producer, DJ and record collector based in Ibiza. Known for his incredible complication Ritmos Fantasia on the Soundway label, he's also responsible for the official reissue of Johnny Lamas, Venezuelan Cosmic Caribe’s Masterpiece "Danza Cósmica" - another gem for the music heads. So enjoy the wonderful, 60+ minutes of the one and only, Trujillo!

Genres served: Balearic, Funk, Synth
Drink of choice: Natural Wine 
Recommended Album by Trujillo: Ghana Special 2: Electronic Highlife & Afro Sounds In The Diaspora, 1980-93 (Soundway Records)

The Intern IG: https://www.instagram.com/djtrujillo/
For bookings: daniel@best-works.com
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Balearic, Funk, Synth w/ Trujillo

As a small glimpse into some flavours and rhythms we can expect for our night on the 15.6 at Sameheads, our friend Martha prepared a mix full of dance tunes from all over the globe 🌐🧳🛫

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For the third episode of Lunch__Breaks I've invited my friend from Seoul: Tucan Discos! Globally well known for his energetic edits of hidden gems and overall music knowledge, the set he recorded for Lunch__Breaks showcases his diverse taste in music. A great selection, perfect summer vibes. 

Enjoy this nearly two-hour trip of fantastically selected reggae, dub and lovers rock.

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Lunch__Breaks w/ Tucan Discos

Lil' Jo Jo @vinylonlydude

Broadcasted worldwide from Oakland, California.
Streamed live on July 15, 2024 via lowergrandradio.com

Pat's Cafe #02: w/ Lil' Jo Jo (Lower Grand Radio 07-15-24)

Preorder: https://cosmicresonance.bandcamp.com/album/mahogani-forest

KOREA TOWN ACID is unflinching, focused, absorbed and engaged in sound and all vibration. Jessica Cho has been creating buzz in Toronto’s downtown dance music community with her live, improvised electronic music performances and multi-medium DJ sets over the past nine years. A classically trained pianist with an intuition for improvisation and the sonic universe, Jess’ music transcends the dance floor into the astral strata. Her sound palette is vivid and technicolor; cerebral and kinetic; a timeless fusion of raw, fearless creativity and focus. Cho has proven her versatility in dozens of Toronto venues performing solo, and with former live house duo CHOBO. She has released a variety of tracks on labels such as Arachnidiscs, Archi-textures, Toy Tonics from Berlin, Secret Jams from Bulgaria, and her solo EP on Toronto’s Mikita Skyy.

Holed away in Cosmic Resonance’s basement studio/headquarters in Toronto, Jess improvised freely over eight straight early January days in 2018. The result was a free jazz, techno-addled synth orchestra too rich to know its own wealth of nuance. Slowly the layers began to peel away. Glimmers of diamond-encrusted synth rays started peaking out from behind massive bass-lined clouds. Mountains, then valleys, rivers, trees and a full landscape appeared. A world was discovered and it is MAHOGANI FOREST.

CR-003 - MAHOGANI FOREST
Performed & Produced by Jessica Cho
Engineered by James Harris (aka Hemingway)
Tenor Saxophone (Tracks 2 & 5) by Kyle Knapp
Mastered at BUMP Music Toronto by Andrew Seok

Mahogani Forest EP - Korea Town Acid (Preview)

from 'do you feel excited?' EP

Written by: Kamilah Apong, James Harris 
Performed by: 
Lead Vocals: Kamilah Apong 
Bass: Jamie Kidd 
Guitar: Mark Penner 
Keyboards: James Harris 
Drums: Miles Gibbons 
Background Vox: Kaysie Quansah, James Bailey, Ryan Anthony Robinson, Shahi Teruko 
Produced by: Jamie Kidd, James Harris 
Mixed by: Jamie Kidd 
Mastered by: Seok

Listen

Tush - To Darnelladon (And Beyond)

do you feel excited?

Southern Freeez

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VINYL

DJ MUGGS & ROC MARCI - Shit I'm On

Introducing COSMIC RESIDENTS v. 1, the first in an ongoing compilation series from Cosmic Resonance Records. This series will showcase emerging talent from Toronto’s underground creative electronic music scene. 

This first edition features local favourites and Cosmic Resonance residents Radiant Aura Faculty (aka Raf Reza), Korea Town Acid and Hemingway along with (and making their vinyl and Cosmic Resonance debut) Body Butter, WeTurnToRed and Smoke & Shadows.

On the A-side, Hemingway kicks things off with Astralnauts, a deep, dubbed out boogie breakbeat burner dedicated to explorers of the astral plane featuring fellow label don Chris Evans on rhythm guitar. Radiant Aura Faculty (aka Raf Reza) takes us even deeper with the mystical Cid Pit Riddim, a slamming 707 acid bender sure to melt any dance floor. Things get slippery with Body Butter’s debut single ‘Lights In The Hallway’, a timeless operatic pop opus featuring Neil Rankin (aka Burt Sugar), Chris Evans (aka Mr. Bliss) and Hemingway behind the board. On the flip side, things heat up with Shamanta Chandran’s project WeTurnToRed, featuring the progressive modular techno odyssey Warm Winter an escape from Toronto’s long and tumultuous blizzards. Emerging from the Mahogani Forest, Korea Town Acid reinterprets Hemingway’s emotional ode to the jazz aesthetic Blue Notes with her trademark cerebral rhythms and a masterful bassline that elevates the original to new heights. Closing it off, we have an amazing collaboration between Curtis Clark (aka Smoke of Lab.our Music) & Em Zy (member of Nikki Fierce) called Smoke & Shadows with their stellar debut single Convincing Thoughts that features Em Zy’s hazy vocal emanations amidst a backdrop of mystical reverberations and a dark, powerful groove.

Release dates for Vinyl & Digi TBA! 

Available soon through Honest Jon's Distribution.

TRACKLIST:
A1. Astralnauts - Hemingway
A2. Cid Pit Riddim - Radiant Aura Faculty
A3. Lights In The Hallway - Body Butter
B1. Warm Winter - WeTurnToRed
B2. Blue Notes (Korea Town Acid Remix) - Hemingway
B3. Convincing Thoughts - Smoke & Shadows

Cosmic Residents Vol. 1 - Various Artists - Preview

Made a very small run of these CD's during the summer of 2003. Anything goes, leftfield, italo, whatever... just for kicks

Living for Kicks (2003)

Nas1 - Cicci Briucci [Bosconi Extra Virgin]

Following their live performances at the latest two Dimension Festival Editions and vinyl releases on international labels such as Slices of a dog, Money Sex, Odd socks and Sorry For This featuring a remix by none other than mr. Marcellus Pittman, Nas1 are finally back on Bosconi Extra Virgin with a new album titled Polaris Time.
It’s a multi colored sonic adventure, moving from their hip hop and detroit house roots to a new palette of sounds including afro percussions and fresher synth lines blended together into a unique electronic soundscape that creates exotic, psychedelic atmospheres and unconventional, raw midtempo dance-floor tracks.
The Album begins with the enchanting ballad of “L’ isola di Serie B” , moving deeper with the spaced out vibe of Domino Skii , landing on the more tropical and frivolous scenarios of “Cicci Briucci” and on the laid-back interlude of “Il Sangue Non Serve A Niente”.
In the beginning of the flip side appears instead the jazzy and uplifting first cut named “Frigo Deca”, followed by the freaky jam of “Come Thru” and the adventurous balearic tune “Hector Savage” ending with the ethereal closing skit “Il Sangue Non Serve A Niente (outro)"
Fans of Kyle Hall, Theo Parrish as well as John Talabot or Nicola Cruz are warned, absolutely not to be missed if you have been following Nas1 music so far.

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Nas1: 
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Polaris Time

HSM PREMIERE | Nas1 - Cicci Briucci [Bosconi Extra Virgin]

**SD NEWS 2025**

*2 The Organisms EP by Cal C ( O U T  N O W )

Previous SD guests: MAX HAMMUR//Ricky Chong//MUNIR//Cat Town Detroit//PIXIE//Mr Disco Kid//ON THE ROCKS//Admin//KIRK//Trenton Odeneal//SAM DON//Club Roquette//CAM HILDEBRANDT Hildebrandt//Mark Grusane//NORIO SATO//Tambourine Party/PRIVATE PRESSED//The Shamps//PHUK HUGH (CAL C) & KOOL TY//Okouru//TONY PABLO//La Casa Tropical//PHAROA BRUNSON//Fuji's Bazaar//MOKA.....

Mix Submissions: spacedust.usATgmailDOTcom 

SD004
C A L  C  – 2  T H E  O R G A N I S M S  EP (OUT NOW)

SD003
M I D N I G H T   R U N N E R S  – D A G O   99

SD002
M A R K   G R U S A N E – M G M   E D I T S VOL.2

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M A R K   G R U S A N E – M G M   E D I T S VOL.1



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With sounds carefully curated by our 3 residents: Tony Pablo, Kirk, and The Shamps; we have made it our mission to scour the corners of the globe (as well as the local dollar bins) in search of the finest in legacy based dance music. No matter who you are, if you’re with us on the ancient rock spinning around the sun, we all once came from Spacedust... <3 <3 <3