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Bjørn Torske, DJ Sotofett & Skatebård plays 7" only, recorded live at Kennel, Bergen, July 19th, 2023.

Bjørn Torske, DJ Sotofett & Skatebård - Live @ Kennel Bergen (2023-07-19)

At this point, Shy One might be familiar to most music fans as one of the hosts of NTS's daily breakfast show, Soup To Nuts, where she helps listeners across the UK and Europe settle into their morning routines with an eclectic and soulful selection of dance music and downtempo. But the London artist has been around a lot longer than that, with a discography that goes back well over a decade. 

She started releasing music as a regular on Scratcha DVA's label, and it was there that she sketched out a recognizable but impressively varied approach rooted in her home base of London. On her records, Shy One sometimes feels like London incarnate, synthesizing the histories of Black British dance music—drum & bass, grime, UK funky, broken beat, jazz, you name it—into one syncretic and immensely appealing sound. But her music glows with the warmth of American deep house, too, which lends it a timeless, ageless quality that has proven immensely appealing. She furthers this mission with Private World, a party she started with Ruby Savage. The name kind of says it all: she's inviting you to her own personal space, but what awaits is a whole wide world of music and culture.

Her RA Podcast feels like a hybrid between a club DJ set and her morning show, and here, she zeroes in on a the lineage of American house music from the '90s and beyond, featuring tracks from the likes of Green Velvet, Marcellus Pittman, Roy Davis Jr., Wbeeza, Jay Daniel and more, plus a spotlight from Baltimore club king DJ Technics. It's patient and easygoing but perfect for a small dance floor (or a livingroom party), focused but stylistically diverse. It's everything we've come to expect from an artist like Shy One, who weaves stories and histories with her DJ sets, and does it effortlessly, too.

@shyonebeats

Read more at https://ra.co/podcast/911

RA podcast

RA.911 Shy One

Rotterdam’s @suze_ijo is part of a new generation of house DJs who play with deep, funky and spiritual intention. Alongside a “sweet mix with a hopeful message”, she speaks to Ria Hylton about her musical journey so far

Interview: https://djmag.com/features/fresh-kicks-205-suze-ijo

Fresh Kicks 205:  Suze Ijó

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Gabrielle Kwarteng @ The Lot Radio 11-21-2023

round 199 mixed by @https://soundcloud.com/bassdee

Born in West Berlin BassDee got in touch with dance music in the late 80ies, a few years before the Berlin Wall came down. The G.I. Disco influences on the  Kurfürstendamm Diskotheken, the engulfing Hip Hop movement and suddenly the Acid House wave aroused his inspiration to perform as a DJ. So he bought his first records at the PINKY record store, scratched together all his money to buy turntables to win the first merits in the science of mixing. The year 1989 changed his world inconceivably, when Monika Dietl was performing the best Dance Music Show at the West Berlin SFB 2 radio station, DJ Jon Magic Jonzon was spinning eternal house sets at the Berlin UFO Club, and the newly opened Hard Wax record store supplied unknown House Music from Chicago, Detroit and New York.

BassDee´s  first DJ club gig was at a Dubmission Party in 1991. In 1992, he started the Bassterror Project focussed on Breakbeat together with his brother DJ Feed and Alec Empire, while at the same time playing House and Techno at legendary clubs like the Berlin ELEKTRO (Resident), Friseur (Resident) or Tresor, and the Potsdam Waschhaus, where the Hard Wax DJs René and Pete shaped the probably most futuristic techno nights of that time. The enormous power of the breakbeat science hidden in the the big 1994 Jungle boom fueled things even further. In 1994 he started the admired Drum&Bass show "Radio Massive" together with Thaddeus Hermann at the Berlin Kiss FM station. His next major project was the Case Invaders record label initiated with DJ Bleed. Beside his residencies at the Berlin WMF, Elektro, Friseur, Toaster and Icon he dejayed at the same time in Berlins Clubs like 103, E-Werk, Maria, Ostgut, Cookies, Suicide, amongst others. As one of the creators of the famous Berlin "hard:edged" nights, he tremendously shaped Berlin's Drum&Bass scene. 

Since Drum&Bass somehow lost its edge, he found his way back to the enthusiastic embrace of House and Techno and returned with full enthusiasm to the Berlin club scene playing at places such as the Panorama Bar, Ohm, Palomabar, Acud, about:blank, Gretchen, Prince Charles, Horst Krzberg, WMF, M12,...

BassDee recently joined the Hidden Hawaii crew and co-produced the critically acclaimed “Veteranenstraße EP“ together with Felix K.

https://de.ra.co/dj/bassdee

www.soundscapeversions.de

Bassdee

199 Bassdee

For years now, an old recording of Jeffrey Sfire at Cocktail D'Amore's one and only cosmic hole was one of the highest references for us in terms of downtempo Italo sleaze - an almost 6 hours recording serving more like a PhD aural dissertation specialized in some of the most remarkable dancefloor digs (mainly Europe) had to offer in the 80s at under 115BPM. To be able to share it publicly on the HAND Mix Series as we reach number 50 is a huge honor and we're greatly thankful to Giacomo and Giovanni, the two cuties behind Discodromo that made this possible. We hope you can appreciate it as much as we have over these past years. Here it is HAND #50 featuring the unique sleazy wizardry of Jeffrey Sfire captured in a special moment in time during the moist and lubricated atmospheres of Cocktail, now online - listen carefully! Big thanks to Jeffrey for all the amazing research and excellence in cosmic Jockeymanship ❤️❤️❤️

H.A.N.D. MIX 050 Jeffrey Sfire

rotterdam based DJ charmaine subbed my show while I was out of town, enjoy her beautiful melodies!

'meditate levitate' is the new weekly morning show by suze ijó. here to lift your spirits and get your day started in the most gentle way. no pounding club music here, just gentle downtempo songs and soul-nourishing melodies.

join me every wednesday from 10am to 12pm CET on ox.space!

don't forget to subscribe to my new 'meditate levitate' spotify playlist which I'll be updating weekly!
link to spotify playlist : shorturl.at/euET4

Earth, Wind & Fire - Drum Song 
Alain Peters - La Rosée Si Feuilles Songes
Bilal - I Really Don’t Care 
Stevie Wonder - Too High
Herbie Hancock - Gentle Thoughts
Digable Planets - 9th Wonder (Blackitolism)
Rare Silk - Storm (Arp Duppy Chip Mix)
Tony Price - Telecomm 
Dean Blunt - Pressed
Francis Bebey - Savanah Georgia 
T. Dyson & Company - It’s All Over
Tiombé Lockhart & Georgia Anne Muldrow - An Osirian Dream (T’s Take, instrumental)
Mndsgn feat. Liv.e - (my)PLEASURE
Lucy Pearl - Everyday 
Garrett - Chasing The Clouds Away 
Mtume - You Are My Sunshine 
dreamcastmoe - Lonely Hearts Club 
Aaliyah - Hot Like Fire (Timbaland’s Groove Mix) 
Roy Ayers - Is It Too Late To Try?
Cleo Sol - Nothing On Me 
Syreeta - Tiki Tiki Donga 
Tony Allen - N.E.P.A (Dance Dub) 
Peckre - Kylyn 
Mr. Fingers - Children At Play 
MFSB - Mysteries Of The World 
Prince Far I & The Arabs - Back Weh
Shake - Your Little Black Robot
Gifted & Blessed - The Dreamer
Jimi Tenor - New World

Meditate Levitate 08 w/ Charmaine  @ OX.Radio - 13 dec 2023

For the 124th entry in the Honcho Podcast Series we welcome, @david_elimelech!

Originally hailing from Tel Aviv, now based in Berlin, David Elimelech had his first appearances in the underground queer scene of Tel Aviv. His unique understanding and sensitivity towards all things Chicago, Detroit, and New York House brought him to Berlin, where after joining the UZURI Recordings & Bookings family, he became widely known for his vinyl collection, filled with rarities.

David has out together a fantastic mix to kick of the podcast for 2024. Enjoy :)

Honcho Podcast Series 124: David Elimelech

Good news! Pacific Spirit is back after a small hiatus with our first mix of 2024. This time around it's a 3 hour live recording from one of Pittsburgh's finest, Aaron Clark. Here's a bit of back story on the recording:

In October 2022, Hot Mass threw a fundraiser for the Kyiv Angels – a group doing work to support Ukrainian civilians. We tapped Kyiv’s Closer resident Shakolin, and I took the warm-up set of the night. This is the recording of my part of the night. I dusted off a lot of old favourite records and leaned into a slow build that I try to set the club up with, tugging the floor between psychedelic rhythms, trippy techno and pops of house. This recording landed in that bullseye opening zone I aim for, and I hope it transports you to my favourite little dance floor in the world."

Enjoy the audio everyone! Also be sure to familiarize yourself with the many projects Aaron is involved with including - Hot Mass, Honcho, and Honcho Campout. Aaron is also a resident at the NYC dance institution Nowadays, if you happen to find yourself in the Big Apple and he's playing you're in for a solid session!

@humanaut-aaron

Pacific Spirit No. 85 | Aaron Clark

Part of the NTS family since day dot, Moxie has held her Wednesday show since the stations first broadcasts. Inviting esteemed guests for interviews & mixes and breaking new, unreleased music, she’s got your Wednesday afternoons covered... Tune in to hear anything from Soulful House, Garage, Afro beats and all the way through to rolling techno. 
https://www.nts.live/shows/moxie/episodes/moxie-31st-january-2024

Moxie w/ Partok 310124

The original Mark Grusane visited me before his appearance in Panorama Bar on the 23rd of February at 'Your Love'. Listen back to what might be one of my favorite Front Row Dancer episodes so far.

Front Row Dancer - Nikola & Mark Grusane - 22 Feb 2024

Immersed in music from a young age, Suze Ijó's path inevitably led her into the world of song and dance. The Rotterdam native found herself drawn to dancing and collecting records; a passion that notched up a level after she became a First Floor member.

A communal hub that used to exist in her home city, the space was designed for music lovers to come together to play, listen and talk, as well as collaborate on private events that are influenced by David Mancuso's infamous Loft parties.

That Loft manifesto feeds into the sounds in her own DJ sets too, whether in the booth or on the waves. From infectious Chicago house to uplifting 80s cuts and warm, soulful grooves; the mood transports you back to the heydays where dance floors were becoming spaces for freedom, self-expression and connection. It's music to bring people together, music to get you moving, and music to lose yourself in.



book me worldwide @minor_am
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curating the podcast series for @weareunitedidentities
promo's: suze.ijooo@gmail.com

Meditate Levitate 08 w/ Charmaine @ OX.Radio - 13 dec 2023

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