Thanks to his London-born parents, Barnaby Bennett developed a deep interest for music early on, growing up with a rich record collection full of the likes of Bowie and Roxy Music. @barnaby-bennett is a musician, DJ and radio host, having presented the brilliant Lavender Kite Audio Research on NTS Radio @user-643553014 since 2018 — an eclectic and exploratory genre-spanning show, soon hitting its 100th episode. Exploring themes of happiness, nostalgia and dreams, Barnaby’s two mixes for Stora Skuggan are kaleidoscopic journeys through ’60s and early ’70s psychedelic pop, garage rock, and soul — many of them on his favourite format, the cute 45 RPM vinyl record. Enjoy these beauties with the incoming spring.

035–036 – Barnaby Bennett: Lavender Kite Audio Research

Prosumer for Stora Skuggan

001 - Prosumer: How Yuvanaswa Really Got Pregnant - A Night At The Gay Bar

002 - Prosumer: Light Taking Form - Float And Flow

003 - Prosumer: Amabie And Le Loyon Go To Croatia - House By The Beach

006 - Daniel Wang: Real Jazz And Gentle Rhythms

007 - Daniel Wang: Soul And Grooves Around 110 BPM

004 - DJ Marcelle/Another Nice Mess: Sniff, Marcelle, Sniff!

005 - Peder Mannerfelt: Six Hits Of Sunshine And The Scent Of Spring

008 - Marie Montexier: Back In The Days When The Music Was Pure

012 - Josh Caffé: Liquid Love

011 - Kassem Mosse:

Her name stems from the Turkish word for “different”, and @BASHKKA certainly is a uniquely captivating spirit. Her own true incarnation has been shaped by living a decade in New York; being inspired by “the wonderful POC Trans-women” of the Ballroom Scene, BASHKKA’s music serves and represents nothing less than “CUNT!” on the floor. The sensorial mix BASHKKA has put together for Skuggan is full of texture and rhythm patterns, bringing ultra-modern Future Sound of London-vibes to mind. Enjoy!

015 - BASHKKA:

@katemiller

Aussie Kate Miller is one of our favourite DJs at the Stora Skuggan HQ - her diverse online radio sets are often played in the studio - naturally we were delighted when she said yes to joining our scented mix series. Aside from being a DJ, Kate is also a composer, sound designer and foley artist for film and other media; something that does not go unnoticed as her two hour (!) selection unfolds. Kate has created a mix playing with all your senses, exploring hidden sonic crevasses and subterranean pulsating rhythms. Enjoy!

017 - Kate Miller:

@otto_kent aka Jackie House of DJ-collective Honey Soundsystem-fame is the next guest in our soundtracked Stora Skuggan-experience. His mix is full of subliminal messages and conversations; a highly conceptual piece which main focus is to parody the music played in luxury department stores. OttO has paired these specific “streaming site”-style piano pop-covers with more “respected” contemporary pieces, creating a teary emo-experience. Buckle up for some real “hjärta och smärta”. Enjoy!

016 - ˚ºOttOº˚ Kent: ASMR & Muzak for the Atelier

MOLØ is the latest artist to share her vision of a perfumed sonic world for our monthly mix series. As a producer and DJ, Moa Lönnå is a fine-tuner of minimal deep house, but what unfolds here is a deep-dive into a synthetic Avatar-landscape perfused with William Orbit-esque electronica vibes through and through. In MOLØ’s private realm you get to familiarise yourself with liquid hallucinations in the form of fluorescent salamanders and dinosaur-like birds, affectionally nibbling their way into your neural pathways. Enjoy - link in bio!

020 - MOLØ: Wind Down

@snickars-records

He is the owner of one of the best record stores (dare we say, in the world?) and his life is 100% dedicated to music - whatever genre or mood, Mika Snickars always delivers something extraordinary. For Stora Skuggan, Mika put together three hours of music collected from his travels in Asia. The vibe here is a compact funk odyssey consisting of performers who seem to give their all: either they are oozing of vaseline lens-seductiveness, or display that particular larger than life-attitude which is only to be found in the 1970- and 80’s music era. Enjoy our first mix of 2024!

019 - Mika Snickars: Digging In Asia

Operating mostly on the electronic underground scene, Käften Records label-owner, DJ, and producer, @towLie, does things in her own very specific way. Through several mysterious alter egos she creates experimental music, such as acid and electro, always letting her love for analogue machines shine through. Commissioned especially for Stora Skuggan, her 1.5 hour mix paints a soundscape of “A wonky, trudging walk in a dense, ill-lit forrest among droopy, digital shrooms”. Krauty, off-beat — and for sure “off the grid”, miXa-bLanda-dofT-Ljud, is full of exploratory percussion and playful rhythms throughout, keeping its listener curious and surprised. Enjoy!

022 - towLie: miXa-bLanda-dofT-Ljud

A musical Christmas selection from us at Stora Skuggan, the auditory equivalent to sitting in front of a crackling fire, dismembering skewed gingerbread men with sugar coated teeth. Our favourite Americana crooners, sacred choral music and some obscure gems. We take Christmas music very seriously, and this is two hours of the very best. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

018 - Stora Skuggan: Ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho mp3

Starting out as a DJ in 1994, @dexter-lux is well-seasoned when it comes to the craft of selecting music and setting a scene. Aside from playing and collecting music, Dexter is also the booker of the club Lux Frágil in Lisbon; a well-known, beloved spot for international artists and DJs. His mix is a three-hour-long voyage into various styles, rhythms and emotions: according to Dexter, it is inspired by “…the essence of my unforgettable and intense summer, a collection of memories from the deep, endless nights, the profound emotions of those early stirring mornings, the awe-inspiring sunrises, with a touch of autumn's wistful nostalgia and winter blues…” Enjoy!

021 - Dexter:

“Flight mode is the greatest” — the single sentence which makes up @bella-boo 's online biography. Perhaps flight mode is what one switches to when listening to her Stora Skuggan-mix; it certainly takes you off-route from the dance floor into something like a gleaming, two-hour-long fuzzy dream… Bella also really flies up and down, in and out of settings and modes; suddenly you are transported out of the haze, on the beach in Maui; knee-deep in warm sand and on a looney footwork journey. This mix expresses Bella Boo’s very own soft kind of ambient-style, full of floating r&b-vibes. Instead of cold crunchy minimalism, it projects warmth and sunshine, diving in and out of fluffy, pastel-coloured marshmallow-clouds. Maybe this mix encapsulates what the kids mean when they say “rolling into summer like”?! 


023 - Bella Boo:

031 – Fil OK: Perfuman I

A deep Gandalf-ish horn is heard from a distance through the looming, deep fog as KABLAM’s contribution to STORA SKUGGAN’s mix series unfurls, and… Wait — you thought you had it all figured out, didn’t you? OK, sure, but it’s actually time for a rascal jungle-beat totally crashing the elf party, followed by a brazen 2024 lo-fi-interpretation of a modern r&b classic, ending up in a chugging left-field analogue house-stomp. Swedish producer and DJ @ka-blam has filtrated her equally magic, equally chaotic mega-noise-world into a restrained, pulsating, deep soundscape, perfect for heading into crispy, tenebrous autumn days.

026 - KABLAM:

For the 38th instalment of the Stora Skuggan mixtape series we welcome Sweden’s own prime “failed popstar” slash analogue acid alchemist, @yourplanetisnext Drawing inspiration from legendary electronic composer Shiho Yabuki, this ultra-serene droplet was recorded during a recent stay in Tokyo. Built around Japanese ambient music, Your Planet Is Next first checks in his listeners for treatment at a soothing Ghibli-style spa, then guides them through dark, narrow alleyways with the help of his magical lantern—eventually leaving them run free in a far-reaching flower field to watch quirky, animal-morphing clouds drift by. Yeah, it might sound odd, but it’s all in there. Enjoy!

038 – Your Planet Is Next:

034 – Daniel Berj:

027 – Shcuro: Act I

Another three hours of xmas. A vehemently curated selection of the most cosy swooning, eclectic, sacred and unironic yule tide music there is. From all of us at Stora Skuggan, to most of you.

030 — : Ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho 2

035 – Barnaby Bennett: Lavender Kite Audio Research – Mix 1

036 – Barnaby Bennett: Lavender Kite Audio Research – Mix 2

039 – Los Discos Vivientes: Spin The World 78 rpm Mix

Composer and vocalist @kaitlynaureliasmith loves modular synths — especially the Buchla 100 and Musical Easel. Modular synths are (somewhat ironically) often extremely precise examples of ”happy accidents”. In Kaitlyn's case, they add a conceptual ingredient in her way of working, similar to the playful and surprising structure after which she has arranged her latest mixtape. With the 37th STORA SKUGGAN-mix, Kaitlyn delivers a two hour-long, boundary-blurring, playful trip: a walk on a huge xylophone in a sunny video game where polyrhythmic, funky, African rhythms intermingle with advanced, technological, neural pathway-messages. Give yourself a good brain massage, it will be a treat!

037 – Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith:

Experimental musical/visual artist @hoya-helper has recorded a truly beautiful mixtape for our store and your listening pleasure. A rich patchwork of soul-soaring traditional music, contemplative minimalism and layers of sampling. A transcendental journey of laidback wonder.

040 – hoyah:

Niche perfumer, Stockholm based. Feeding your mind invisible messages by volatile molecules.

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