We are back with another amazing trip through Napoli Sound, Disco Boogie, Funk and Italian Hidden Gems all greatly mixed by Livio Improta. Jump into it with a triple tuffo carpiato.

Livio Improta, 33 years of nomadism between his Naples, Sicily, Puglia and Tuscany, between classical studies and music experimental, popular traditions and vinyl records, ethnomusicology and field recordings.
A frenetic journey that translates into musical omnivorousness:  from the house, disco and Neapolitan sounds of the homonym project that brought him to appear with his "Mare010" in Fabric 71 mixed by Cassy; passing by techno with the project Vesàlio for Kapvt Mundi, Blackwater and Unrelated Records up to the artistic project named Baldovino, dedicated to the Mediterranean basin between ethnographic studies and field recordings.
https://soundcloud.com/livioimprota

Maledetta Discoteca Guest Mix

"TUFFO CARPIATO" GUEST MIX by LIVIO IMPROTA

Beautiful rooftop terrace sunset late summer vibes @klunkerkranich ☀️

Markus Tone plays the rooftop sunset @ Klunkerkranich Berlin 18/09/24 (DJ Set live rec. )

The haiku prompt for this:

reminding me not to forget
a toad goes out
to the verdant world

Naviar haiku challenge 615, details here: https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge

Didn't suggest an obvious starting point so I took the opportunity to experiment and constructed everything using two instances of Dust, granular synth from SoundMorph. Everything starts with samples, I did use a couple that come bundles with the software but mostly plundered my previous projects and experiments. I also added parts of the following field recordings of toads from freesound:

Brisbane Ambience Cane Toad.wav by bhobby -- https://freesound.org/s/412092/ -- License: Creative Commons 0
Midwives toads screaming at night in Belgium's countryside during the summer by felix.blume -- https://freesound.org/s/248113/ -- License: Creative Commons 0
Common toad (Bufo bufo) by Breviceps -- https://freesound.org/s/462863/ -- License: Creative Commons 0    


Although the construction process was different I still assembled all the elements, mapped my physical MIDI controls and recorded everything in one live take. I used two instances of Dust so I could add delay effects to some but not all of the components.

Verdant World - (naviarhaiku - 615)

Recorded, mixed & mastered on 29 Oct & 01 Nov 2025 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa. 

Synths, samples, effects.

This original version of "Go Ahead, Ernie” was submitted as part of Naviar Haiku 617: An Autumn Nightfall

an autumn nightfall
the skeleton of a huge fish
drawn back by the sea.

by: Saitō Sanki

Saitō Sanki (1900 – 1962) was a dentist who discovered his passion for haiku poetry in his mid-thirties, when his colleagues at the hospital in Soto Kanda convinced him to write a haiku for a collection. Later, he became one of the most important exponents of wartime haiku: he was imprisoned in 1940 during the government’s World War II persecution of controversial artists, and was officially forbidden to write until the end of the war.

Photography/Art - Jim Lemanowicz, 30 Oct 2025, Massapequa train station, Massapequa, NY, USA

Music & art © 2025 Jim Lemanowicz

For more about the Naviar Haiku Challenge, see www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge

Go Ahead, Ernie (naviarhaiku617)

Echos of Magma Idref

TROPICAL DELICES 

Ecoutes au vert @ Sameheads - Berlin
www.ecoutesauvert.ch / www.facebook.com/ecoutesauvert

1st Part is here > www.mixcloud.com/ecoutesauvert/tropical-délices-15-04-16-part-1-les-diplomates-philippe-noël-ecoutes-au-vert-sameheads-berlin 

PHILIPPE NOËL (Canicule Tropicale / Montréal - Canada)
www.caniculetropicale.com 

LES DIPLOMATES aka Mambo Chick & Jean Toussaint 
(Palmwine - Gravitation / France - Switzerland) 
www.lesdiplomates.fr 

Thursday 15th of April 2016, Ecoutes au vert put up a special Tropical Party at Sameheads in Neukölln, Berlin. We were excited to welcome 3 awesome record collectors/djs from Canada, France and Switzerland, playing their first gig in Berlin. 

PHILIPPE NOEL & LES DIPLOMATES (aka MAMBO CHICK & JEAN TOUSSAINT) indeed brought the heat to Sameheads's low ceiling basement & people grooving in the bar above, playing only original 1950's to 1980's vinyls featuring the best Cumbia, Kompas, Guaracha, Gaitas, Son, Juju, Calypso, Afro-Colombian, Soukous, Afro Jazz, Sudanese music and much more... Killer melodies, heavy bass and irresistible rhythms that brought much love & smiles and got people dancing like crazy. 

This is the 2nd Part of the over 4 hours mix that was actually the 1st ever meeting of these 3 dedicated record collectors and awesome people. Prior to that, they had only exchanged about music and records via the internet. Surely, they will meet again behind the decks...

Enjoy this mix? Like > Comment > Repost > Follow > Share on Socials 💜 Thanks 
www.instagram.com/ecoutesauvert

PHILIPPE NOËL (Canicule Tropicale / Montréal - Canada)

Philippe Noël & la Mano Peluda are CANICULE TROPICALE, 2 DJs from Montreal playing uptempo dancefloor tunes and highly sought after vinyl LPs & 7inches. Promoting their own 5 year old night in Montréal, playing most big events there such as Festival International de Jazz de Montréal, Piknik Elektronik and Festival du Bout du Monde de Gaspé, Philippe layed it’s black gold for the 1st time in Berlin. 

www.soundcloud.com/philnoel
www.soundcloud.com/la-mano-peluda 


LES DIPLOMATES aka Mambo Chick & Jean Toussaint 
(Palmwine / Gravitation - France / Switzerland) 

Digging pearls in Colombia, Costa Rica, Africa, France, Switzerland… and buying/trading records on ebay’s auctions, Les Diplomates spin across France and French Switzerland, are resident djs at La Gravière club in Geneva and regulars at Montreux Jazz Festival's parties. This electrifying duo hi-jacks sweaty dancers through Havana’s moist atmospheres, the scorching heat of the Antilles and the mesmerizing rhythms of Africa. 

https://soundcloud.com/les-diplomates
https://soundcloud.com/jeantoussaint 
https://soundcloud.com/mambo-c

Tropical Délices Pt. 2 Philippe Noël & Les Diplomates / Ecoutes au vert @ Sameheads 15-04-16

A musical journey in all things funk, disco, edits and re-edits! Recorded Live at The Workshop on Friday 28th June.

Including Touchsoul, James Rod, Pete Le Freq, Daft Punk, Peza, Ed Wizard & Disco Double Dee, Rayko, Cuz Electric, Stephen Richards, Parissior, Kylie, Hot Chip.....plus more


Best Of U - Touchsoul	
Latin Life	 - James Rod	
Puddin' and Pie - Pete Le Freq	
Something About Us (Change Request ReVision) - Daft Punk		
I Keep Forgettin (James Rod Rework) - Michael McDonald	
Deep Inside Of You(Peza Edit) - Peza	
Inside Out (Pete's Falsetto Rework) - GBs	
My Funky Flip - Jay Airiness	
Morning Avenue - Touchsoul	
Chuggin Edits - Get Closer (Fingerman Re-Work)		
Orbit - Ed Wizard & Disco Double Dee	
Dance To The Groove (Pete Herbert remix) - Rayko	
Corner Pocket	 - Cuz Electric	
GoGo - Stephen Richards	
Foolin' - Slync	
I Got What You Need - Thoma Cher	
Nothing Left 2 Lose - Shit Hot Soundsystem	
Say It Again - Smashed Atoms	
Heatwave- (Dr Packer Remix) - Ed Wizard & Disco Double Dee		
Yah Mo - Pete Le Freq	
I Want Magic (Dimitri From Paris Vs. Cotonete 12'' Version - 	Izo FitzRoy	
It Just Goes (feat. Sarah Scott) [Ray Mang Extended Mix]	- 	Flevans		
Into The Water (Knee-Deep) - Parissior	
The Spirit (Yuksek Extended Remix) - Mighty Mouse		
Step Back In Time (Mousse T's E-Funk Extended]	 - Kylie	
Hungry Child (Paul Woolford Sunrise Mix) - Hot Chip	
Get Down (Cotton Bud Master) - Andy Buchan	
Designs for You (Doorly Remix) - Phantoms	
You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) (Michael Gray Remix)- Sylvester

A Journey In Funk

The JAM ON THE MOON show is an hybrid performance combining musicians and DJs jamming together, broadcasted live inside Hôtel Costes from STUDIO HC. The intensity of live music creates a powerful vibe inside the hôtel and an exciting challenge for the musicians who know they are aired there.
This platform is inviting anyone who would feel compelled to jam this way: singers, drummers, pianists, poets…

The first session was recorded with pianist Julien Quentin, violist Adrien Boisseau, DJ e/tape and Adrien de Maublanc on modular synths.

JAM ON THE MOON #01

« Hôtel Costes presents... » is a collection of exclusive music recorded at STUDIO HC, the hotel’s studio, and here we see the series deliver its second album from Midiminuit, the outfit made up of pianist Julien Quentin, bass player Yonatan Levi and electronic musicians Cesar Merveille & Adrien de Maublanc (Masomenos).

Following on from the ‘Round The Clock’ LP back in September 2019, Midiminuit return with more of their atmospheric electronic twist on modern classical and contemporary jazz. Across the project they deliver hazy jazz jams like the bass noodle, wandering keys and metallic percussion fuelled ‘Kitchen Table’, the baroquely unfolding improvised feel of ‘Loop’ and the snaking dynamic groove of ‘Why Is The Bass So Low’.

The collective also veers into more abstract realms with contributions like ‘Welcome’, which features the ethereal stylings of vocalist Hani, the psychedelic opening piece ‘Do This Thing’ and the minimal modulating feel of ‘Barrio Acido’.

The album also presents some more new age aesthetics via the slowly blooming synthesis of ‘Deep In’ and the cinematic soundscapes of ‘Kindness’ which flutter amidst an intricately crafted rhythmic pulse.
credits

Release on November 20, 2020

Hotel Costes presents...The Key Boost

A3 - Why Is The Bass So Low

we got to remix our favorite song on Retrofit :)

(out on vinyl on May 13th)

Jay Shepheard & Matthew Burton - Liberal Z (Session Victim Remix) - Retrofit

Highway Records presents new digital EP by talented producers from Belarus Trockensaft and Friga. In the mid 00’s Pavel was a part of famous Access Denied duo, performed all over the Europe. Later he started Trockensaft project and his very own KDB Records. 2 versions of Guns Gungsters are completed with remixes by Karol XVII & MB Valence present Jackspeare (Loco Records, Toolroom, Moodmusic) and amazing live project Tantsui, based out in Moscow.

Supported by Hot Since 82, Kruse & Nuernberg, Someone Else, Walker & Royce, Michel De Hey, Moodymanc, Giom, DZeta N’ Basile, Jay West, Samuel Dan, Adriano Filippucci, Darin Epsilon, Francys, Sahar Z and many more.

Buy on Beatport:
http://www.beatport.com/release/guns-gungsters/1097650

Highway Records on Facebook: 
http://www.facebook.com/highwayrecords

Trockensaft & Friga — Guns Gungsters (Tantsui Remix)

Born in Berlin, raised in Paris @hotelcostes, and now expanding beyond borders.
STUDIO HC ORCHESTRA is a hybrid entity -part studio, part label, part ever-evolving ensemble founded by Joan Costes and 
Adrien de Maublanc (Masomenos)...A living orchestra without fixed form, shaped by collaborations, textures, light, and places.
It started in Berlin, then disappeared behind the construction dust of Hôtel Costes, where everything  grew quietly, in the in-between.
A studio carved into a building in transformation.
Music composed among unfinished walls, flickering bulbs, and dichroic filtered shadows. Private sessions in a space not yet meant to be seen — or heard. That’s where the orchestra found its voice.
Where silence, texture, and light became instruments in their own right layered not only with sound and silence, but with voices:
Terence McKenna, Aldous Huxley, Graham Hancock thinkers who challenge perception, decode the dream, the orchestra doesn’t just play.It listens, samples, reinterprets, and invites.
In the future: live conversations, unscripted dialogues with minds that bend the frame. This is not a genre. It’s a frequency. An invitation to tune in. Every contributor - sonic, visual, intellectual- part of the composition.