New chill sets

The pilot mix! Plenty of awesome selectors coming to this mix series, but here’s the first one by me, for you - the fam.

Tracks from:
Kruder and Dorfmeister
St. Germain
Madonna
Angelique Kidjo
Aphrodisiac
Mc Neal
Saada Bonaire
Grace Jones
Yussef Kamaal
Scott Grooves
Theo Parrish

01 - Rodriguez (Unkompress, Berlin)

As a DJ, @hidekazutanaka is known for his ability to play and keep in a groove with black music from chill to dance, and jazz in particular. 

Organizer of the CIRCLE parties at the awesome Contact club and SQUAD party at the audiophile focused Bar Bonobo, both in Tokyo. He invites veteran DJs and alternative live acts in addition to local DJs. He was a resident at the StoiQ parties at Heavy Sick ZERO. Hidekazu is as local as it gets and helps push the scene forward. And here he is for your listening pleasure! 

Thank you Hidekazu! 
Cheers

Cloud Nine / Patrick Gibin Feat MdCL & Javonntte
Never Found Love (Original Mix) / Moondance 
World Confusion / Life Recorder
Atmospheric Funk / Trinidadian Deep
Minnie & Marcos / Hazards Of Prophecy
Naive / Lay-Far
Ruff Draft Pt.2 / Shan 
A Pirate’s Eye Feat Amp Fiddler / Dan Shake
Let Me Show You Love / Moodymann
Family Dynamics (Darkhouse Family Remix) / Myele Manzanza

02 - Hidekazu Tanaka (CIRCLE / SQUAD / StoiQ, Tokyo)

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.

www.musicfrommemory.com

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

Long time DJ and part of the Lost Soul Enterprises crew and The Long Count Cycle, Zack Kerns (aka @Scallywag) is a local staple in New York and has played as far and wide as Japan and South America. He’s a regular at the city's top clubs, parties, and festivals having graced the decks of The Bunker @thebunkerny, Unter, and Sustain Release @sustain-release-nyc. He throws parties like his infamous Fourth World every July and has booked and played along side the likes of Helena Hauff, Veronica Vasicka, Legowelt, Traxx, and countless others. He’s a dope selector that doesn’t get enough attention. And here he is throwing it down for us for over an hour of dark House to Cosmic Techno, from Ambient vibes to Electro, to Acid, to DnB, to Glitchy stuff. Sound messy? Not when Zak does it, he’s a keeper of the craft. Check it out!

Thank you again Zack! Cheers

TRUX - PRELUDE
MALIN GENIE & YALEESA HALL - TOURNANT @malingenie / @yaleesa-hall
MATIAS AGUAYO - LAISSE-MOI PARLER @donmatiasaguayo
WILL LISTER - AGENCY @willlister
TRUX- SLEEPER
AARON J. CUNNINGHAM - WILL YOU CATCH ME WHEN I FALL @aaronjcunningham808
LORD OF THE ISLES - SUNRISE 89 @lordoftheisles
LEONARDO MARTELLI - LAURA @switch02
TRYPHEME - IDEM @trypheme
LOCK EYES - LOVE$LUST @lockeyes
HERRON -TOUCHING
E. MYERS - HATE (VERSION) @e-myers
TM404 & ECHOLOGIST - ADJUSTMENTS (VRIL REMIX) @brendonmoeller
CRETA KANO - FALSE WATER
WILLOW - STRAWBERRY MOON @willowmcr
BNJMN - INOUT @bnjmnnn
SPIVAK - ΠΉΓΑΙΝΈ ΜΈ @mspivak
SVN - DARK PLAN 5
GALAXIAN - FORGET ABOUT IT @galaxian
FLATY - INIT IGNIT @producedbyflaty
HOOVERIAN BLUR - PHANTOM SPACE @hooverianblur
HVL - TEA & SYMPATHY @tabernacle-records
A SAGITTARIUN - CHAPTER & VERSE @elastic-dreams
C-LEKTRO - A2 @mainrecords
DJ OSOM - CHCH
DJ NEDWYT-FOX - HINO DOS MIL MAMBOS
DJ RICK & DJ WILSON - NA PAZ
PUGILIST & TAMEN - CASCA @Pugilistmusic @Tamen
HOOVER1 - HOOVER1A 
COCO BRYCE - LOVIN U @cocobrycebeats
LUKID - USSR @lukid
MEITEI - NAMI @meiteijapan

03 - Scallywag (The Long Count Cycle / Lost Souls Enterprise, NYC)

2022 kicks off with a mix by long time dear friend and Lullabies For Insomniacs mastermind Izabel (@lullabiesforinsomniacs) who recorded the mix live in Melbourne outdoors during a Wax'O Paradiso event. Interview (excerpt) down below.

www.musicfrommemory.com

MFM: Hey Izabel, nice to have you kicking off the mix series in this new year. You're in sunny Australia now but before that you'd been living in Europe for quite some years. What made you decide to move back?

IZ: Europe was home for almost 7 years, I left Australia in my early 20’s thinking I would be away for some months but fell in love in Amsterdam and spent years living in the city. In 2018, I moved to Berlin where I lived for a year, I found inspiration through all walks and was surrounded by great crew but grew tired of life in the big smoke. I wanted new challenges and yearned to be amongst nature, so left the city and travelled south to the Atlantic where I spent time in France, Spain and Portugal before heading to Corsica. I slept in a tent or stayed with friends and got on by doing seasonal work. I had not been back to Australia to see family and friends for many moons and was homesick, so decided to make my way across the Indian Ocean. Australia had heavy border restrictions, so plans to return were slow.

MFM: Your label Lullabies For Insomniacs had some busy times from 2016 to around 2019, after that it got more quiet and also the format shifted from vinyl to digital and cassette. What can you tell about this transition?

IZ: The transition happened naturally, I was traveling a lot which effected the label and my creative output. The tapes from Unearth Noise and Baldruin are recordings that we had been sitting on for some time but for various reasons kept delaying release. We decided to bring them out on tape as the music was better suited to this format. My sound world has been heavily inspired by the DIY music and tape scenes of Amsterdam and Berlin in the 80’s and there are great tape labels around today that were also motivating, my friend Etkin’s label ‘Kinship’ is one of these.

MFM: And now that you're settled in Australia again, what are your thoughts and plans with the label and music? Did the past 2/3 years change your perspective/vision?

IZ: Visions and inspirations come and go, some solidify and take root while others are fleeting in dream form. My focus has certainly changed as I devote more time to learning new skills and pursuing other crafts like furniture design, ceramics and writing. The music scene here in Melbourne is thriving, there are a lot of great artists and as I was
away for so long there is much to discover.

MFM: What can you say about the set/mix? Perhaps you can describe the setting it was recorded in?

IZ: The records I packed were chosen while isolating at home, this setting could not be more different to the glorious Sunday afternoon on the lawns at the Wax’o event. I played before OK EG who did a live set to celebrate their new record released as the debut on the Wax’o imprint. It was the second time I had the pleasure hearing them perform, their set made way for a great night. I thought a lot about European winter whilst making selections, I do miss spending the end of the year wrapped warm in Winters caress. These reflections and the recent passing of someone close to the family has brought me into a state of deep
introspect these last weeks, the session is both celebratory of life and a lament to lost life. This mix is a recording from the first hour, the second hour I played some psych, dub and percussive jams. 

MFM: Any plans, wishes or anything else for the near future that you'd like to share maybe?

IZ: At the moment I am taking each day as it arrives and am happy to continue on a journey learning and growing and enjoying time with family and friends. In February I will start a little party series in Melbourne with my friend Martha called Dub Cake. All the while my dream to move sea or country side lingers.

MFM Mix 036: Izabel

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dj possum - pleasure gallery s2 e9

thanks to the producers of these tracks.

Intrusion - Montego Bay
STL - Calculating Systems
G.R.I.T - TTX-E2
Model 500 - Starlight (Echospace Unrelease)
Deepchord & Mike Huckaby - All it Takes ( Mike Huckaby Synth Remix)
Soultek - Metro Park
Robert Hood - Torque One
Deepchord - Vantage Isle (DC II Mix)
Octal Industries Unn #1
Deepchord vantage Isle (Space Echodub)
CV313 - Infinit-1 (STL)

portals mix

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As the European summer hits full effect, Eternal Love float on through with a bunch of lazy music to match your lazy afternoon. The Italian duo known for their wide ranging selections casually serve up an assortment of slow refreshing jams to compliment the warmer weather. Test drive this with an ice cold one in hand.

LIFE CLASSICS 51 ETERNAL LOVE

DJ Possum offers up a tasty selection of groovers, crooners and slow-movers. Music for swaying to.

Skylab - DJ Possum

"A bunch of well aged favs alongside a few fresher drops, patched together for your listening pleasure. Splash yourself a glass of natures finest, take a toke and roll into the sunset." - @sanctuary3

B.P.T. Radio 062: Sanctuary

Last mix of the year 2022 comes from Rotterdam based Suze Ijó (@suze_ijo) who has been making heat across dance floors world wide. Interview (excerpt) down below.

www.musicfrommemory.com

MFM: Hi Suze, welcome to the series. You used to work at Clone. Do you believe working in a record store has helped you as a DJ and the other way around?

SI: I think that the type of person that gets attracted to working in a record shop are usually music geeks(like I am). So it was wonderful being surrounded by only music geeks for three years and sharing with each other our influences, hearing all the records coming in and finding out about some cool releases on labels you would never even think of listening to if it wasn’t for it being played in the store. I did get a discount but in the end my salary was basically being spent on new records. I think as a DJ working there it did inspire me to dig deeper because you need to advice all different kinds of people about what’s in store. As for benefits for the record store, I guess having qualified music lovers is a good thing to have around.

MFM: By sticking to the more soulful sounds, such as gospel, soul, disco, broken beat and house, and also being outspoken in championing the black community, it seems like you're expressing a message through music. Could you please share your thoughts on this?

SI: Being a black Dutch-Caribbean woman is definitely a big part of my musical identity. I like to weave Afrodiasporic sounds together mostly because they have so much in common, whether it’s House music, Salsa, Boogie, Broken Beat or Techno. I can hear the connections so clearly. Each time I might have a different message but a lot of them have to do with: losing and finding love, letting go, finding community and expressing joy. 

MFM: With playing so many shows at different places on this planet, how do prepare for your gigs?

SI: Sometimes it’s hard to prepare because you won’t know where you’ll end up playing or for what kind of crowd. I usually bring a variation of new finds and old classics with me. Also I try to make a playlist per event in Rekordbox. I kind of see it like puzzling, you want to make sure the pieces fit together. It usually starts with me overpacking and then slowly taking out the records that aren’t necessary or most likely won’t be played. I used to spend a lot of time preparing but because I play so much these days, I am almost always in a state of preparation and that takes away the stress that used to come with it. It allows for more spontaneity.

MFM: Please tell us about this mix, was there a certain vibe or idea you wanted to capture?

SI: I wanted this mix to be slow paced and imaginative, to almost make it feel like a movie soundtrack when closing your eyes. I don’t want to say too much about it because I want every listener to have their own interpretation but the transmission of intergenerational trauma and memory is something that I had thought about a lot lately. Then I found a poem by Brazilian Maestro Milton Nascimento which is the guideline of this mix. The Poem “Era Rei e Sou Escravo” (translation: I was a king and I am enslaved) tells the story of an enslaved person, being taken from the African mainland and no matter how badly he is treated or wherever he is taken, he says that the memory of his country and the memory of the music of his people stays and never goes away. It keeps him hopeful, he ends the poem with: Sou Escravo Serei Rei(I am a slave, I will be a king). From that moment on we travel.

MFM Mix 046: Suze Ijó

freestyle opening set at RSO for CTM Festival

Music from Emeka Ogboh, klaus , space Afrika , Moritz von Oswald , babe roots, second woman, ohm & kvadrant, wally badarou, deadbeat, klein, fka twigs, breakage & David rodigan, James Blake (edit), nat Marcus, off the meds, Vladislav delay, zdbt & Dreamcastmoe, tikiman, dj sports, ike, aspen, Angus mills, Shackleton, dj danifox, Adam Winchester, iota, space drum meditation, hagan, Luis, 8ball, O$VMV$M and more

TASCAM DR-40X

Richard Akingbehin @ CTM Festival, Berlin - Jan '23

For the lovers of obscure sounds from across the globe, Music For Empty Rooms is a treasure trove of music that can’t be ignored once coming onto your radar. Gabriele started the channel a few years back without any particular goal other than to serve as an outlet for his musical discoveries. With an extensive palette that spans across many countries and genres, as a blanket term he describes his taste as “less-known” music from the past century. Take the time to be immersed in 80 minutes of top shelf 70’s & 80’s Soul, Jazz, Folk and more.

LIFE CLASSICS 54 MUSIC FOR EMPTY ROOMS

1339. SWOUND SOUND Radioshow
Makossa & Sugar B present COSMIC DISCO Special feat. Landgraf
recorded @ Clubjochen / SASS Music Club - Pt.1

1st hour: Makossa 
2nd hour: Landgraf

playlist: https://fm4.orf.at/radio/stories/3031509/

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FM4 Swound Sound #1339

Next up in our Record Club Guest Mix series are Sanctuary, the moniker of Ben and Liam, a DJ duo from Australia who have been living in Berlin for the past 9 years. You may be familiar with their 'Life Classics' project. It started as an output for their own edits then later branched out into a mix series and club residency at OHM in Berlin.

Their mix landed in our inbox and from the get-go we knew it was destined for the Record Club series. Covering many spectrums of soul, it masterfully glides through tempos and unleashes a quiet storm inside you. Not ones to fear a vocal, it's stuffed full of soaring voices, sweet strings and the tightest grooves. An extended blend done right!

The guys pulled from of a couple of record bags and served it up on 1210’s at their Berlin base. As they described it "back to back burgers, boozas and records all the way". 

The mix is loaded with many of their favourites and a few dusty ones from the back of their shelves. Look out for cuts from Reggie S, Stage Coach, Edwynn Page and Herby Charles. It's packed with winners, some you knew, some you do now. A real steppers' delight.

Thanks so much to Ben & Liam for the mix.

Find them here:

Soundcloud: @sanctuary3
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/life_classics_

Mr Bongo Record Club Guest Mix - Sanctuary

Kiosk Radio is an online community radio streaming 24/7 from a wooden shack in the heart of Brussels’ historic “Parc Royal”.
More info and music: https://kioskradio.com

Daniel Wang @ Kiosk Radio 18.03.2023

Hailing from Zurich here's Zukunft resident and Phantom Island man Kejeblos (@kejeblos) serving the 15th MFM mix. Interview (excerpt) down below.

www.musicfrommemory.com

MFM: Hi Michael, welcome to the series. How are you holding up during these pandemic times?

K: Actually very well, thank you! I’m spending more time with my son than I usually do and I’m getting better at cooking. Besides that we are preparing some new releases for Phantom Island and I’m helping to keep the record store (Hum Records) I work at alive.

MFM: So the internet says you're a man of big taste and that you could write a doctoral thesis about the art of record digging. Can you take us back a little to where and when all that comes from?

K: First I have to thank Bjorn Schaeffner for those kind words. I was interested in music from a young age, but the record digging really started after I moved to Zurich. Here I was exposed to a lot of great record stores and I took an obvious route from House to Disco and got into it deeper and deeper. Lexx was definitely an important figure for me. He was working at a record store called Zero Zero and I was hanging out there a lot. And through that our friendship grew. At one point he invited me to join him to go t a warehouse that was connected to Zero Zero and housed half a million records. After that first visit I definitely spent a lot of time there and everything took its course.

MFM: Zurich is not particularly known for having a vibrant music scene and it's fairly remote from the cities that are. How did you get your fix as a big music appreciator pre-internet? 

K: I grew up in Liechtenstein and went to school in Feldkirch, Austria. Feldkirch is a small city, but there was a bar called Stone Club where you could listen to proper house and techno. I guess that brought me on the right track and sparked my interest. That’s also where I started djing and learned a lot about it before I was introduced to the Zurich club scene. Anyway, I guess I’m not a music appreciator pre-internet as I’m not that old :) But it was still different back then for sure. I was exposed to all the certified classics before getting deeper into more obscure music from there.

MFM: You're kinda connected to club Zukunft, correct? 

K: Yes, that is correct. That started through Lexx as well. He invited me to play there in 2008 and it really meant a lot to me. I used to visit the club regularly and it was always a dream to play there and it still is. For me it has been Zurich’s best club since it opened its doors and it still is after all these years. First and foremost because of always sticking with quality music. But another key factor is probably the diverse group of people who run the place.

MFM: At what point did you get involved in music production? 

K: Some of my old friends from Liechtenstein who also live in Zurich have been producing for a long time. I always hung out at their flat and out of this we formed Wavetest – but I always saw myself as the DJ in that group and still do. Unlike the others I’m not a trained musician. After some time we started to share a studio with Tobi and Ron (Fuga Ronto) and one day, as Flo (Florin Büchel, CCO), and I were jamming suddenly I was kind of guiding the project. That’s how the first Kejeblos record started. Without Flo, Tobi, Sandro, David, Moritz and Lexx that record would never have happened. I learned more about production during and after this first release but I still see myself predominantly as a DJ. If I have an idea, I try to pursue it. But I’m not constantly thinking about making music. 

MFM: Thanks a lot for contributing a mix! What can you tell about it?

K: Thanks for having me! I wanted it to be a reflection of different influences which turned me into the DJ I am now. A mix which flows well and is not just about track IDs and unshazamable tunes. In the best case you want to listen to it more than once. Also there are some upcoming Phantom Island bits featured.

MFM Mix 015: Kejeblos

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Returning to the lab for a special lockdown edition with two hours of bumpin’ slow jams courtesy of @myles-mac and DJ Possum! Hailing from Colombia and a longtime contributor to the Latin music scene in Melbourne, @djpossums (aka Jolie) has a wonderful ear for the slower, soulful electronic love songs of the 80s and early 90s, with recent sessions for @hotwaxsoundsystem and @loopdreamsau some of the smoothest you’ll hear! 

Get comfy for 120 minutes of lounge friendly nostalgia with chunky UK street soul, 90s hip hop, dub, deep balearic, Kwaito and house! 

www.skylab-radio.com

Tracklist:

The Bionaut - Lush Life Electronica
Bassline feat. Lorraine Chambers - Back To Bass-ics
Shortie No Mass - Like This
Critical Rhythm - I’m In Love With You (Version)
A Tribe Called Quest - Check The Rhime (Mr. Muhammad's Mix)
Bovel - Check 4 U
Dual Tone - Atom (Dub Massacre 2)
Boyz II Men - Vibin' (The New Flava)
Pete Rock - Get Involved
Soul For Real - If You Want It
Kiss The Sky - Same Place Same Time
Dub Addiction - Mae Roe KH (Giraffi Dub)
Critical Rhythm - It Could Not Happen (Essential Trance Hall Mix)
Fifth Of Heaven - Just A Little More
Rahsheed - Never Put U Down
Love & Laughter - I Surrender (Club Mix)
M’Du - e Beach (Extended Mix)
Soul Family Sensation - I Don’t Even Know If I Should Call You Baby
Special Touch - Garden Of Life
YBU - Soul Magic (feat Jonell)
Fresh 4 Feat. Lizz E - Wishing On A Star
The Eff Word - TBC (Crustation Slow Mix)
Patrice Rushen - To Each His Own
2 Tuff - Slow Down
The Primitive Painter - Invisible Landscapes
Dennis Mpale - Paying My Bills
DJ Rasoul feat. Shanan - Let Me Love You (SF Vocal Vibe)
KLF - Make It Rain (Extended Version)
42 Cows In Town - Coffeshop People (Orlando Careca Coffe Dub Mix)
Speedy J - Beam Me Up
Pal Joey pres. Expression - Ancestoral Groove (DJ Duke's Deep Groove)

New chill sets

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