Balearic Beat! This is more of a 'day after' mix, downtempo, maybe something that would have happened at Cafe Del Mar, after the night before at Amnesia. Consequently, it's pretty laid back. The mixes aren't too hurried. It's a relaxed, summery one to enjoy with a few San Miguels in the sun.

So what is Balearic Beat?

I've heard that "it's music that makes you feel good, makes you smile, and has no pretensions to be anything else. Big pop records and very underground stuff put together - the Ibiza sound"

Wikipedia says that it "initially was an eclectic blend of DJ-led dance music that emerged in the mid-1980s. It later became the name of a more specific style of electronic dance music that was popular into the mid-1990s. Balearic beat was named for its popularity among European nightclub and beach rave patrons on the Balearic island of Ibiza", "Balearic beat records vary between house or Italo house and deep house influenced sounds and a slower R&B-influenced (under 119bpm) beat consisting of bass drum, snare, and hi-hats (often produced with a Roland TR-909 drum machine) programmed in certain laid-back, swing-beat patterns; plus soul, Latin, African, funk, and dub affectations", "Vocals were sometimes present, but much of the music was instrumental. The sounds of acoustic instruments such as guitar and piano were sometimes incorporated into Balearic beat."

The sleeve notes to the 'Balearic Beats - Vol. 1' album from 1988 reckons that "for joe and the yet uninitiated, balearic is the following and much, much more..... loads of hugs and kisses ... smiley t-shirts and happy faces.... feeling saucey instead of sauced......eating fruits on the dance floor....bashed up converse trainers.....lovely girls with blinding accents.....ice pops.....hedionism....sparklers at the future....indian belly dancers at the shoom....almost everyone finally realising that "only love can conquer hate"....watching the sun set at the café del mar....watching the sun rise on primrose hill....the karma collective....poncho's pony tails and body paint....dj alfredo....new friendships....loads more hugs and kisses....just let this piece of warm anglo-ibizan club culture rush over you, enjoy it mateys!!!"

That kinda sums it up!

Tracklist:

Sample Narrative (BBC Radio 4 Interview) & Sound Effects
Art Of Noise - Moments In Love (1985)
Primal Scream - Higher Than The Sun (1991)
William Orbit - Water From A Vine Leaf (1993)
Voice Of Africa  -  Hoomba Hoomba (1990)
Code 61 - Drop The Deal (1988)
Bassomatic - Fascinating Rhythm (1990)
The Grid - Floatation (Subsonic Grid Mix) (1990)
Fidelfatti And Ronnette - Just Wanna Touch Me (Hallejujah Mix) (1990)
Happy Mondays - Loose Fit (1991)
Innocence - Natural Thing (Elevation Mix) (1991)
Mental Generation - Cafe Del Mar (Original) (1992)
Transglobal Underground - Templehead (1991)
Audio Deluxe - 60 Seconds (1990)
Soul II Soul - Back To Life (However Do You Want Me) (Club Mix) (1989)
Saint Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart (A Mix Of Two Halves) (1990)
Antena  -  Camino Del Sol (Edit) (1982)
Neutron 9000 - Love's Got A Feeling (When The Going Gets Tough Mix) (1991)
Aphex Twin - We Are The Music Makers (1992)
Chris Rea - Josephine (La Version Francaise) (1987)

Roots Before Branches 02 - Balearic Beat '82 - '93

A quintessential house music institution that united the sounds of Chicago and London...

1. Max The Disco Strut - Seaward & Thunberg 
2. Jambonne - Touch Down - Space Grapes 
3. Kassian - So Nice 
4. Jitwam & Cosmo's Midnight Feel Good 
5. Dames Brown featuring Andres & Amp Fiddler - What Would You Do? 
6. Active Ingredients - BlowThe House Down (Original Mix ) 
7. Jkriv & Peter Matson - Ewesse ye (feat. Samy Love) 
8. Prince - Sexy Dancer (Woody Braun FFL remix)
9. Wait - WK7 Wait 
10. Josh Caffe - According to Jaqueline 
11. Dave Sam - The Sauce (Manoo Buzzin Buzzin Dub Mix)  
12. Honey Dijon feat. Corece, Dave Giles and Mikle Dunn - Work For Me 
13. Floorplan - Out Of Control (Extended Mix) 

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Sunner Soul - I Can Feel It
I Gemin - Run Baby Run Villes Et Fleurs
Junktion - Real to Me Outplay
DISGO - MAKE ME STOP [DISCOTOGO 001]
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Erik Ellmann - Southern Comfort Honey Butter Records
Igor Gonya - Habibijam Lisztomania
Craftsmanship - Mary's Theme Hustler Trax
Marlon George - & The Tears (Marlon's Moody Mix) Closer To Truth
Soultronic DJ/Producer - My Love Mostly Cozy
Mathew Ferness - Beached DOBRO MUSIC
Gledd - Behind A Cloud Saint Wax
Vagabundo Club Social - Kili Sundries
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SUDDEN MOVES TRACKLISTING MAR 21ST:

01. Etienne de Crécy - Scratched (Les Diamantaires Remix) - XL Recordings
02. Troydon - To The Beat - Nightshift Recordings
03. White Collar Criminals - Comprende - Fetish Recordings
04. East Coast Boogiemen - Marrying Janie (Smitty & Davenport Remix) - Moonshine Music
05. Parris Mitchell - Ghetto Shout Out Dub (vocals only) - Dance Mania
06. Alexander East - Feel Me (Joey Youngman Remix) - Amenti Music
07. Supakings - Back & Forth (Sounds Of Life Remix Mix) - Peppermint Jam
08. Planet Funk - Inside All The People (Kid Crème Mix) - Illustrious
09. DJ Nekbath - Little Beat - Blend It Records
10. Vaudafunk - Amour Fatal - Frappé Records
11. Kry - Dancing (feat. Toastii Beat) (Extended Mix) - Krygenetic Music
12. Sudden Moves - Long Time - Refuge Recordings
13. Funk Connection - The Hill (Faz! Club Mix) - Ocean Trax
14. Ministers De-La-Funk - Believe (D-Tension Dub) - Defected

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@tmarkakisofficial plays the best deep house tunes for you every 2 weeks on mondays. enjoy these outstanding mixes from this incredible artist.

RE DHF EPISODE 027 / PLAYLIST:

1. Dirtytwo - Embrace (Original Mix)_ Peking House

2. Mark Farina, Homero Espinosa - What Ya Saying (Origina Mix)_ Large Music

 3. Miguel Migs, Aya - Silver Sun (Original Mix)_ Soulfuric Deep

 4. Dutchican Soul - Can We Talk (Original Mix)_ Salted Music

 5. Kevin Yost - Groovy Glory (Original Mix)_ TSOY

 6. Crew Deep - A Whole New Level (T.Markakis Remix)_ i Records

 7. Kevin Yost, Crew Deep - Luv U Soo (Original Mix)_ i Records

 8. Jorn Johansen - Use It (Original Mix)_ TheBasement Discos

 9. Duwayne Motley / EXCLUSIVE UNRELEASED

 10. KPD - Get Girls (Jo Paciello Remix)_ Shocking Sounds Records

 11. Kevin Yost - Tries (Original Mix)_ TSOY

 12. T.Markakis - Ain’t Like That (Original Mix)_ Blur Records / EXCLUSIVE VYNIL ONLY

 13. Dj Christian B - Regular Highs (Original Mix)_ i Records

 14. Crew Deep - Location (T.Markakis Remix)_ i Records

 15. T.Markakis & Drago - Darkest Hours (Main Mix)_ Large Music

 16. Oscar Barila - So Real (Unreleased Extended Mix)_ i Records

 17. Roco Rodamaal - Show The Way (Original Mix)_ Memories

 18. John Julius Knight - On The Move (Original Mix)_ BlackDeep

 19. Homero Espinosa, Mr V - Set Me Free (T.Markakis Remix)_ Moulton Music

20. Jason Hersco - Dream Girl (Miguel Migs Moody Dub)_ Salted Music

 21. Tom Caruso - Do You Feel (Extended Mix)_ Deepalma Records

 22. Discosteps - Don’t Give Up (Extended Mix)_ Glasgow Underground

 23. Mo’Cream, Andre Espeut - Find The World (Ross Couch Remix)_ Large Music

 24. T.Markakis - Disco 2 Disco (Manuel Kane Remix)_ Blur Records / EXCLUSIVE

 25. Abel - Jazz In The Room (Jimpster Remix)_ Atjazz Record Company

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RE - DEEP HOUSE FUSION EPISODE 027 BY T.MARKAKIS

This week's show saw quarterly resident Craig Smith back in action. From start to finish this set is incredible. 

Grab your weapon of choice and turn it up.

Craig Smith - Spin City Ep.310

Welcoming to the FUNKcast Family a familiar face around all Reason 2 Funk activity whether on Twitch where Jon Hart first met and became good online friends with Daniel to just generally being an amazing supporter of everything we do as a label, individual DJs or events we organise.

Youre gonna love this mix, its immediately obvious time and effort has been thrown into this with abundance. Thanks so much for the mix - what a belter bro!!!

Little info on Daniel below:

DaPisk started djing years ago a on a thursday...my genres: House. Homebase: Cologne, Germany | I played in the lineup of the following Raid Trains: Thisco Thursday | Moments of House / Battle of the Decades / Bahay Collective / House Your Sunday / C90 Saturdaze / Twerk your Chair and many more...

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Series 3 - FUNKcast 007 - DJ DaPisk

House Saladcast 937 | Mari Pari
Guadalajara, Mexico

In 2019 she moved from Chihuahua to Guadalajara, and she began there her career as a DJ in the underground scene of local parties, experimenting in different genres of electronic music, such as house music, his subgenres and techno.
Mari Pari stands out for her versatility and her way of turning on the dance floor with his fine musical selection.

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House Saladcast 937

Mari Pari

House Saladcast 937 | Mari Pari

Sutter - OG House Vol 9

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🌙 “MIDNIGHT FEELINGS” – Soulful Tech House 🌙

When the lights go low, the feelings come alive.
Midnight Feelings is a deep, groove-driven Tech House album that blends warm basslines, soulful rhythms, and intimate late-night energy. Designed for afterhours dancefloors and long club sessions, each track flows with emotion, movement, and subtle tension that keeps the body locked into the beat.

Smooth percussion, rolling low-end, and tasteful vocal textures create a sound that’s hypnotic yet heartfelt — capturing the mood of the dancefloor at its most honest. Midnight Feelings is where underground Tech House meets soulful expression.

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Deep Touch

Sutter wasnt born with headphones, or knew he was destined to make people dance at age 3, or any other lame cliches to make a bio sound cool. He did take over his mom’s crate of records filled with Michael, Janet, Stevie, and Whitney pretty young. Big love for hip-hop and R&B as a teenager, but once he discovered underground house music, he turned the radio off and never really looked back. 

Detroits underground music scene, iconic Motor Lounge and the first Detroit Electronic Music Festival were the driving forces behind crafting his own parties back in Flint around 2003. He never really set out to be a DJ, but when you find yourself surrounded by DJ’s, you kinda just learn to DJ. Sutter got booked for gigs before he could even mix. His track selection is what kept him in rotation until his hands stopped shaking every time he put a needle on a record in front of people.	By teaming up with the Disfresh event label, and after countless weekends of non-stop music and years of curating events with the crew, he learned to tighten up his mix. He quickly carved out a name in the underground as a go-to house head. His next big move came in 2010 by co-founding their current creative home base [something clever]; with forever homies Jeremy Poling & Nesto. Sutter’s played just about every spot from Detroit to Grand Rapids on lineups with major players like Mark Farina, Colette, Miguel Migs, Fred Everything, DJ Heather, and Justin Martin to drop a few favorites, but the list goes on. He’s worked to bring new and edgy artists to Detroit for thier first time appearances like Lovebirds, Sonny Fodera, Benoit & Sergio, and Eats Everything. Holding residencies at Detroit’s Oslo, Whiskey Disco, and Northern Lights Lounge and playing on festival lineups like Tec-troit, City Lights Music Festival, and Land Of NOD, with national bookings in Chicago, LA, Miami, and Buffalo, Sutter has secured his position as a seasoned vet of the game. 

His sound lives in the pocket between deep and disco to jackin’ party pumpers, and soulful panty-droppers—all bridged by vocal-heavy edits and throwback samples. With a rooted love for old school hip-hop and R&B, his fan favorite annual OG House mix series features classics from his youth reworked into house edits. This influence comes through his sets while guided by one rule—Rule #1: Make the girls dance. Those who know Sutter can recognize his sound within the first few tracks—deep, vibey, unapologetically soulful, and built to quickly fill a dance floor. 

Sutter’s name is synonymous with unforgettable parties—from legendary loft weekend ragers (yes, the turntables really hung from the ceiling) to iconic pajama jam house parties, monthly club series, NYE blowouts, and Movement weekend gatherings that are now part of Detroit’s underground lore. For over a decade, Prelude has signaled the unofficial kickoff to Movement weekend—a guaranteed vibe, expertly curated by the [something clever] trio and Infiltr8:Celebr8’s own Atnarko.

Sutter’s a DJ first, but he’s shadowed John Johr and Hugh Cleal in the studio, and has since built a respectable discography. (Eric) Sutter’s early production has dropped on labels like D-Records, Coyote Cuts, Open Bar, and Deep Hype Sounds. His recent cuts can be found on House Global Alliance (and HGA Deep), World Sound Trax, Stay Up, Evolve, Twists of Time and 4E&A Records tuned up with remixes by heavy hitters Andrew Emil, Henry Navarro, Andrew Macari and more.

These days, you’re just as likely to find Sutter on a boat as behind the decks—but always ready to show up when his name is called, Henny in hand. 

Booking: sutter.detroit@gmail.com
soundcloud.com/sutter
beatport.com/artist/eric-sutter/167135
traxsource.com/artist/42509/eric-sutter