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In the midst of a global pandemic that has seen gigs, club nights and festivals cancelled, and tens of millions around the world in some kind of lockdown or quarantine, the need for musical escapism and aural daydreaming is greater than ever. It was this search for creativity and positivity that led to the recording of Sunday in June, the gorgeous and sun-kissed debut album from Hillside.

The outfit’s origins lie in the ongoing friendship and musical relationship of guitarist/bassist Alex Searle, percussionist Patrick Dawes and Claremont 56 founder Paul ‘Mudd’ Murphy, a trio who have been playing on each other’s records since the dawn of the millennium. They began jamming and creating instrumental music together for what would become the Hillside project a few years back, but the pace of production increased during the pandemic year of 2020, with multi-instrumentalist, composer and arranger Michele Chiavarini (an experienced solo artist and long-term member of Dave Lee’s Sunburst Band) coming on board to help shape the sound of their eight-track debut album.

Built around warm, languid grooves, expansive musicality, simmering strings – arranged by Chiavarini and replayed live by Pete Whitfield – and seductive solos provided by a handful of guest musicians (most notably flutist Tamar Osborne and violinist Mike Piggott, who has previously worked with Ralph McTell, Pentangle and Bert Jansch), Sunday in June could be considered an imaginary soundtrack to a long, lazy drive down the U.S West Coast.

The collective’s intent is exemplified by stunning opener and title track ‘Sunday in June’, where soaring strings, eyes-closed guitar solos, expressive keys and subtle percussive touches seemingly dance atop a sun-soaked groove that sits somewhere between jazz-funk and vintage West Coast rock. It can be heard, too, on the low-down hustle of ‘Trinity Strut’ – think Steely Dan doing Blaxploitation movie funk and you’re close – and in the languid drift of ‘Aguila Negra’, with its heart-aching orchestration, jazzy guitars and sunset-ready synths.

Sunday in June has many subtle twists and turns. Check the swelling, flute-sporting, organ-rich breeze of ‘For Daniel’, a track written in tribute to an old friend of Murphy’s who passed away in 2020, and the kaleidoscopic, smile-inducing positivity of ‘1939 Grand Avenue’, whose title references the address of a favourite San Diego hang out. There’s also room for recent single ‘Walpole Days’, a gorgeous downtempo odyssey, and a new album mix of the combo’s most Steely Dan-esque cut, 2019 single ‘Hidden Port’.

Rounding things off is a rather impressive bonus cut: a previously unheard ‘Spiritual Healing Mix’ of ‘Walpole Days’ by the great Joaquin ‘Joe Claussell’. Whereas his previously released versions of the track were largely percussive and dancefloor-friendly, this interpretation takes us deep into the world of weightless new age ambient, with Hillside’s impeccable instrumentation slowly rising above immersive chords and pads.

As usual with Claremont 56, the album’s artwork is every bit as detailed and painstakingly crafted as the music, with the stunning cover illustration coming courtesy of regular label collaborator Mark Warrington. His vibrant vision is naturally a perfect fit with Hillside’s colourful and emotion-rich music.

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The Summer 2022 extravaganza edition of the **Shaped by What We Love** Threads radio show with Olaf Stephenson for Threads Radio, Tottenham, London......vinyl journey through psyched out cosmic funk, dub, reggae, post punk & jazz.

Shaped By What We Love - July/August-22 | Threads

The ‘No Pressure’ Mixtape - Fiona McMartin

Nightmares On Wax - Les Nuits
Tricky - Makes Me Wanna Die
Massive Attack - Protection
Portishead - It Could Be Sweet
Hooverphonic - 2 Wicky
Björk - Venus as a Boy
Kruder & Dorfmeister - Young Man
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Mustt Mustt (Massiv Attack Remix)
Goldie - State Of Mind
Taja Sevelle - I & I
Tricky - Aftermath
Leftfield - Original
Rockers Hi-Fi - Going Under
Sofa Surfers - Sofa Rockers (Richard Dorfmeister Remix)
Massive Attack - Five Man Army
Garabage - Milk
Ruby - Paraffin
Portishead - Over
Air - La Femme D’Argent
Nightmares On Wax - Archa Noah

Space Is The Place S02E02 - Enelram

Over the course of a 19-year career, Marshall Watson has released all manner of musical treats for a similarly wide array of labels, yet it’s the effortless beauty of his downtempo works – and particularly his ambient and Balearic excursions – that have often left a lasting impression.

It certainly caught the attention of NuNorthern Soul founder Phil Cooper, who brought the West Coast producer to the label in the summer of 2021. That EP, Sunsets on Larkin Parts 1 & 2, was undeniably special. The same can be said about his belated return to the label, Foothills, an EP packed to the rafters with slow-burn melodies, sustained chords, becalmed textures and gently unwinding grooves.

Watson’s distinctive take on Balearic naturally comes to the fore on EP opener ‘High Desert’, a soft-focus delight where languid electric guitars, starry electric piano lines, echoing chords and gently pulsing electronics stretch out across a shuffling groove. While tailor-made for watching the sun set off his beloved Pacific Coast – and over the Mediterranean Sea – ‘High Desert’ offers a dose of hazy sonic sunshine that can brighten up even the greyest of days.

Fittingly, the accompanying remix comes from long-time friends of the label Seahawks, whose textured, layered and atmospheric productions similarly blur boundaries between Balearic, ambient, pitched-down dancefloor grooves and glassy-eyed psychedelia. Employing opaque, shape-shifting pads, effects-laden guitars, subtle spoken word snippets and yearning, almost melancholic chords – all atop a crunchy, head-nodding beat and toasty bassline – the duo deliver a remix that’s as emotive and sonically stunning as Watson’s original mix.

The EP’s three other tracks amply demonstrate the subtle variety within Watson’s downtempo output. Vocalist Julie Childe makes her mark on ‘Sweet Sounds’, a brilliant blend of warming deep house and laidback Balearic nu-disco that sports subtle hints to his work as one half of synthwave duo Causeway, while ‘Open Sky’ brilliantly wraps undulating TB-303 acid lines and echoing Spanish guitars around a hypnotic, locked-in dancefloor groove. 

Then there’s ‘The Landscape’, a deliciously saucer-eyed slab of breakbeat-powered, TB-303-sporting genius that evokes the immersive, early morning waviness of the ambient house era, the beach party psychedelia of San Francisco’s free party movement, and the bleeping wonder of turn-of-the-90s UK dance music. Like the rest of the EP, it’s an enveloping, head-soothing and mind-expanding treat.

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High Desert SAMPLER

An hour long trip through the funked-up side of Brian Eno's output since the 70’s. Expect David Bryne, nonsense verse, Talking Heads, The Grid and a whole lot of slap bass.

Tracklist •
Brian Eno - I Fall Up (Virgin)
Brian Eno & Snatch - R.A.F. - (Opal/Virgin)
Brian Eno & David Byrne - Regiment	(Virgin)
The Grid - Heartbeat (Brian Eno Squelchy mix) (Virgin)
Brian Eno - More Volts (Editions EG)
Brian Eno - Ali Click (Opal)
Brian Eno - Untitled (Opal/Virgin)
Brian Eno - No One Receiving (Virgin)
Brian Eno & David Byrne - America Is Waiting (Virgin)
Brian Eno & David Byrne - Defiant (Virgin)
Brian Eno - Strong Flashes (Virgin)
Brian Eno - What Actually Happened? (Opal)
Talking Heads - I, Zimbra	(Sire / Warner Brothers)
Brian Eno & David Byrne - The Jezebel Spirit (Virgin)
Brian Eno - Fractal Zoom (Opal)
Talking Heads	- Crosseyed and Painless (Sire/Warner Brothers)
Brian Eno - Kurt's Rejoinder (Virgin)
Brian Eno & David Byrne - Help Me Somebody (Virgin)

More Volts: The Funky Eno

T-P-F  MIX 3 --- Bucolic Intrigue Romance

Kompakt Winter Ambient - Max Würden

Mr. Pierpaolo De Sanctis, owner of the supercool Four Flies Records spin from his vault some of his italian favourites: top notched jazz & funk stuff recorded in the 70s for cinema, radio & tv flamed with exotic and psychedelic vibes. Some of the tracks are taken from the amazing  👉🏿Four Flies Records 's catalogue with obscure stuff never released before.
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EP.16 BLF RADIO: Pierpaolo De Sanctis - Four Flies Favourites - Podcast #016

From the upcoming album release, On A Clear Day I Can See You Forever, out October 11th

Lindstrøm - Really Deep Snow

Aired on 14th of October, 2019 at Radio Campus Paris 93.9fm.

Tracklist:
Part 1 with George Rallis
1. Minoru Muraoka Soul Bamboo
2. Various Artists - 向井稔 &曾仲影 - 会津盘梯山
3. M .plessas - Karagouna (Thessalian Dance)
4. Natural Yogart Band - Gelato
5. Alessandro Alessandroni - Young America
6. M .plessas - megali poli
7. De Evergreens - Es Lilin
8. Yuriy Morozov - SP45​-​005 - Rock For Marina
9. Erkek Olana" • ERKUT TAÇKIN
10. Collage - Mets Neidude Vahel
11. Rob-  I've Got To See You Again, Lord
12. Attarazat Addahabia - Al Hadaoui الهداوي
13. Pinduca - Pai Xangô
14. Tenesha The Wordsmith - Again
15. Ethnic Heritage Ensemble N2 Deep (for Randy Weston, Jerry Gonzalez, Cecil Taylor)
16. The Mabon Dawud Quintet - Abeba
17. Azymuth -  Melô da Cuica
18. Mnp - Eugene
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Part 2 with Sercan
Os Paralamas Do Sucesso- Varal
Sarah Vaughan- The Smiling Hour (Album Version)
Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66- Righteous Life
Nina Simone- Four Woman
Nina Simone- Black Bird
Carrousel- Oté Maloya
Madala Kunene- Vila Voco

George Rallis was born and raised in the 80's in a suburb of Athens . He showed his interest in music,thus in DJing in his teenage years by playing his records and cassettes to friends parties and that before he bought his first dj set. Lover of music and its different genres, his lunch money was translated into cassettes, CD's and records. After doing several jobs he finally "landed" at his current one which is sales assistant at Underflow record store-live stage without forgetting his first and long-last love of djing-which in his own mind is showing, sharing and giving to the people new music.

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Lions Milk #143 with George Rallis

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