Moody Disco is back again for volume 5! Take a trip from mother earth to outer space and back again. Overly-reverberated chuggers? Check. Movie soundtrack snippets? Also check. Italodisco belters? A few. Sentimental closer? Tune in && find out...

As always with this series, this is not a DJ mix at all. Instead, this was crafted in Ableton over many tinkering sessions until nothing annoyed me anymore. Finally, in March 2025, it was formally released into the Moody Disco homeland of the southern California deserts with good friends, good canyon walls, and a few well-placed projections (as seen in the cover photo).
--------------------------------------
tracks sampled in order of first appearance:
Mirror to Water - Fuga Ronto
Contact (movie, 1997)
Space Operator (Donato Dozzy Cadillac Rhythms Reshape) - 4 M International
Steps Out (Space Odyssey Mix) - Bernardo Pinheiro
Crystal Mountain Interlude - 40 Thieves
Absolutely Screwed - Bell Towers
Transformation - Nona Hendrix
Stop - B.W.H
Don't Stop the Dance - Martin Brodin
Let's Dance - David Bowie
Mi Amor (Flemming Dalum Remix) - Plastic Mode
Kutt-Outs (Warehouse Preservation Society Remix) - Tronik Youth
Urubú Tá Com Raiva do Boi (Corazón Edit) - Baiano e os Novos Caetanos
Lily - Bayete
oh baby (lovefingers remix) - LCD Soundsystem
I Want You Back (HF & K.U.D.O. Dub Mix) - Jackson 5
I See You In The Shrubs (Donald Dust's Other Thumper) - Eyes of Others
Binz [Trash BF's Re-Bin] - Solange
Deeper Soul (Make A Dance 'Frogs In Space' Remix) - Flamingo Pier
Manticore - Machete Savane
Genius Of Love 2001 (Señor Coconut AtomtomT's Deutscher Heaven Remix) - Tom Tom Club
Remote Control - Discovery Zone
Special Agent Man (Female Version) - Gaznevada
Je T'Aime Tous Les Jours (Club Mix) - Marie Touchet
Passion (Tucan Discos Edit) - Volume
It's All Outta Lovin' You (Dub Reprise) - Temper Temper
Shame (Ah Ah Version) - Take One
Always on My Mind (Extended Dance Version) - Pet Shop Boys
Heroes - Psychemagik
Kelly Watch the Stars (Extended Version) - Air
And She Was - Talking Heads
Fallen (dusk) - One Dove
The One To Wait - CCFX
In this World - Moby

Moody Disco Vol 5

Hell Yeah series File Under Balearic Gabba continues its mission to bring some vital, previously digital-only Balearic Gabba weaponry to vinyl for the first time. This second volume has again artwork by Planet Luke and features Wallace next to new school stars SIRS and Pedro Bertho.

Tartan Records label head and British talent Wallace opens up with a remix of Sewell And The Gong's 'Better Words' that has been a real summer hit for label head Marco Gallerani.
The original came on Jason Boardman's fine Before I Die label and is one of those jams that transcends genre and wins over techno heads, Adriatic beach groovers and festival main stages alike. It is "proper Balearic Gabba" says Marco with its tropical percussion, humid pads and watery droplets all adding lush atmosphere to the dubby drums. The chords and reedy leads are beautifully delicate but get floors in a blissed-out, loved-up trance.

SIRS is an artist on fire right now and already impressed on this label with his remix of Aura Safari which is one of the year's standout Balearic house jams. He has a new single on the way for Hell Yeah but first flips label mate My Friend Dario's 'Tellaro' into a wobbly, psyched-out dub disco and breakbeat chugger. The zippy synths and shimmering keys are underpinned with a taught bassline and playful vocals that bring great fun and irresistible party vibes to any set.

Hell Yeah mainstay Verdo then has his 'Boulevardier' remixed by Pedro Bertho, a rising talent from Brazil with a steamy South American style. This one is a modern beach classic that unites both young and old heads with its frayed analogue drums and snappy percussion joining the dots between 80s Chicago house, new age and Balearic with its big piano chords and phased bass all getting hands the air.

Bandcamp

My Friend Dario - Tellaro (SIRS  Remix)

Verdo - Boulevardier (Pedro Bertho Remix)

My listening for the months of March/April put together....🚀💥

Track list:

Señora - La Alcaicerìa

Ed Isar - Mop Mop

Meat_Katie_-_Whoooosh

airsine - Ghost Orbit

Club Bizarre - Bazzanbasel (Moon Runner Remix)

Signa Rust - Blood Candle

MAKS - North (Yarni Remix)

Rotten City Edits - Rock'n Roll Station (Azaria & Alvaro Cabana Rework)

katakana - Mis-remembered

Dadhaus - Pumps (Airsine remix)

Freudenthal - Deceived Into Consent

Sven Dohse - Harbourlove

Kiakí - Northern Solar (Original Mix)

Tee Mango - Moonshots

Leonor, Ludviq - Capybara Trance (Original Mix)

DVDE - Dramacid (Ft. San Proper)

Yomi_One_-_Water_And_Blood (Original_Mix)

Zillas On Acid - Drones Go Home feat. Matt O'Hare (Zillas On Acid Remix)

April '25

Here we go with a sound I absolutely love, a druggy stoned house sound yes, but wow what a sound! ...An all vinyl Slo-Mo/Cosmic/Balearic/Acid Disco/Chugger of a mix starting in the low 80's bpm wise, & never pushing the beat's much higher than 104 bpm.
Hope you enjoy the mix & the summer! 
Recorded in one take - all vinyl: May 17th 2025
If you do, click the SHARE 🔃 so more people can hear it, please.
Follow me on insta for more musical inspired ✨️ delights from gigs to books to dogs! www.instagram.com/seanie_r?igsh=enc1ZTh5a3RibHlt

Track listing...
Mystic Moods - Intro
Statues - Alaula
Oma & Amberflame - Tropic Of Capricorn 
Shelter - Courant Rouge 
Danny Morgan - The Swimmer (Seahawks swimming through space remix)
Neumayer Station - Crossings
Miyako Koda - Sleep In Peace (In the shadow remix)
Mudd - Eighty Three (Uppity again dub)
Mudd - Spielplatz (Quiet Village deep space dub)
Harks & Mudd - Susta (Instrumental)
Soft Rocks - Look East
The Off-Key Hat - Emergency Calling
Blow Monkeys - Save Me (Neville Watson's dub)
Mike Gill - Inflatable Doll
Escape From New York - Fire In My Heart (Original mix)
Secret Squirrels #3 - B-Side
Surprise Balearic Drop?

Dedicated to the wonderful & beautiful Marianne Faithfull

Things That Might Have Been

The sun is finally shining so here’s a 90 minute chugger mix kicking off with The Beast, from the movie soundtrack Sicario, then into Random House Projects excellent edit of Massive Attacks, Teardrop.  The set builds from 80bpm to 108bpm and includes edits of Elton John, Duran Duran, Talk Talk, Bananarama, to name a few, and includes tracks from some of my favourite DJ’s/Producers such as; Idjut Boys, Random House Project (massive thanks to Gez Dewar for the tunes), Tom Tom Club, Ghosts of Venice, My Friend Dario, Ed Mahon, North of the Island. Get the BBQ on, crack a beer open, turn the base and volume up, sit down and enjoy! 

Track List
1) Johann Johannsson - The Beast
2) Random House Project Thousand Tears Dub 2025 - Teardrop 
3) Elton John - Lovesong - Random House Project Dub
4) North Of The Island - Kit Kat
5) Ghosts of Venice - Get It Up For Dub 
6) Tom Tom Club - Won't Give You Up - Random House Project Rework 
7) Ed Mahon - Cowbell edits - Keep The Fuses Lit
8) Talk Talk - Life's What You Make It - Random House Project Rework
9) Idjut Boys - LUV DUB
10) North Of The Island - Fantacity
11) My Friend Dario - Sunset Outro
12) Ed Mahon - Cowbell edits - Neurotic Friends
13) YSE Saint Laur'Ant - Warm Wind Brewing
14) North Of The Island - SRI
15) My Friend Dario - My Friend Ricardo
16) Random House Project Stories, Poolside Dub
17) Ghosts of Venice - Bananarama - Cruel Summer (Ghosts of Venice Extended Mix)
18) Cantoma - North Shore (Idjut Boys Version)
19) Duran Duran - I don't want your love



Cruel Summer Mix : 80-108bpm Chug Mix (Track list in description))

My latest radio show on the mighty 1BTN, is a head nodding, toe tapping, hip swaying affair.
All likes shares and comments are very much appreciated.

Enjoy,

Spikey :)

Music To Make Your Ears Smile, 1BTN June Show

Solid driver. Mixed by Slurk, Mastered by Basura

Chuggin

Aphorismo

Go Crimson

Re-located my home setup and decided to throw some tunes together that I have been listening to.

Tracklist:

Akio Nagase - This Is Dub (Acid Power Mix）
53X - Kyy
Bunzinelli - Mind's Eye
Jamie Paton - Fleshed Out
Yomi One - Water And Blood (Original Mix)
Red Axes - Waiting For A Surprise (Kris Baha Remix)
Krabberz - Check Log Ten
Zillas on Acid - Underling
Johnny Aux - Supersonic (Chez de Milo Remix)
Man2.0 - CTRL ALT DEL
Anatolian Weapons - Against Oppression
Front De Cadeaux - Le Pédé BPM (Fabrizio Mammarella Remix)

Artists:

https://soundcloud.com/akio-nagase
https://soundcloud.com/53x53x53x
https://soundcloud.com/bunzinelli
https://soundcloud.com/cage-aviary
https://soundcloud.com/yomione_official
https://soundcloud.com/redaxes
https://soundcloud.com/krisbaha
https://soundcloud.com/krabberz
https://soundcloud.com/zillasonacid
https://soundcloud.com/johnny-aux
https://soundcloud.com/chezdemilo
https://soundcloud.com/man2point0
https://soundcloud.com/anatolianweapons
https://soundcloud.com/front-de-cadeaux
https://soundcloud.com/mammarella

Friday Cucina

Just a wee Dark Ethereal Techno Chugger for ya. 

Avert Your Eyes

An uplifting guitar instrumental with some nifty guitar playing.  Bounces along in a summery kind of way but with some howling lead guitar...

Howl

RAVELSTON's funkkky-as flip of Overstimulated. Rob has an inspiringly eclectic taste, both as a producer, DJ and live performer, with a deep fondness for leftfield, cosmic and psychedelic sounds which comes through in spades in the music he creates. His playful, weighty spin of this track definitely needs a field trip to a big sound system somewhere!

Track credits:
Released August 29, 2025
Remixed by Ravelston
Mastered by Izzy McPhee Audio at Weird Jungle.

Overstimulated (Ravelston Remix)

http://discoisntdead.bandcamp.com/album/paradisco-for-palestine?from=discover_page

Splitting the G

Producer / Song writer / Vocalist / DJ - Scotland / Bristol 

Skies Up is my musical sanctuary - a place I return to after years of people-pleasing, to rediscover who I am. I’m a singer, self-taught producer and intuitive multi-instrumentalist, crafting introspective music that blends folk-tinged vocals and ambient shimmer with hazy, nostalgia-laced electronic and dance textures. My sound is rooted in emotional storytelling, where spoken word meets drum texture, where grief becomes rhythm, and softness holds its own in the noise.

Management & Bookings: Team.Moving0still@gmail.com

Releases on:
Bordello A Parigi
CWPT
Discostan
Jive Hive Records
Dar Disku
Orange Tree Edits
The Nail Shop
wherethetimegoes







عودعودعودعودعودعودعودعودعودعودعودعود

Mixes recorded using a basic set-up of only x2 Technic 1210's, a Allen & Heath X:One23c mixer plus a single Numark CD deck...100% NO SOFTWARE!...Keeping it real...ha ha!

An avid record collector & clubber who fell into DJing by chance in 1984 at the age of 17 in a local club in South London playing an eclectic mix of Boogie, Motown, Electro & Jazz Funk. Soon after I became the tour DJ for (the songwriter & producer Mark Topham and his Jazz Funk band at that time) 'The Juice' back in the mid 80's. 
Acid House changed everything by the Spring of '88, Sean being a regular/member at Nicky Holloway's 'The Trip' London...by '89 he was resident DJ at a bar/club called 'The Trading Post' in South London, which lasted a number of years. Playing everything from Balearic & Italian 'piano' to eventually Progressive House, to a great crowd.
Throughout the 90s, Sean was playing regular slots at 'Dolly Rockers' & 'Just Cant Get Enough' plus lots of one-off parties. Warming up for the likes of Dave Dorrell, Judge Jules, Brandon Block, Chris & James & Leftfield's Paul Daley amongst many.
Playing at the 'Gardening Club', 'Legends', 'Maximus' & many other top venues at the time.

Sean still plays out today at selected vinyl only parties, so get in touch regarding bookings.

DJs that have & still inspire...Mark Moore, DJ Harvey, Steve Lee (of the Project Club / SLO / Above Machine), Jolyon, Nicky Siano, Psychemagik, Artwork, Scott Proper, Howler, Kelvin Andrews & Luke Una amongst many.

Favourite all-time regular club nights & clubs... The Trip/Sin (Astoria), Flying (Soho Theatre Club), Fresh (Legends), Club For Life (Gardening Club), Slammer (Northfleet), Amnesia (Ibiza), Peter Pan's (Rimini), "Doo at the/ (Nicky Holloway's Parties) & Soho Theatre Club (London).  amongst so many.

https://instagram.com/seanie_r?igshid=ZDc4ODBmNjlmNQ==

"If you didn't know, Hell Yeah is the Italian label hell-bent on releasing the best modern disco(ish) you can find. Sometimes it's blissed out and Balearic, sometimes it's squelchy and down-right weird and sometimes it's the sort of elongated, tribal stuff that works dancefloors into a salacious frenzy" (Kristan J Caryl - DJ MAG January 2014)


Hell Yeah Recordings, a descendent of leading Italian dance label Mantra Vibes is an Italian-based electronic music label active since 2006. Releasing from Ferrara, Bologna, and Amsterdam and led by Marco Gallerani “peeDoo” (A&R), the label bases its philosophy on a diversity of artists and recording experiences tied together by a common vision of what defines quality progressive recording. 

With a sound as diverse as the artists it represents, Hell Yeah does not limit itself to the constraints of genre but packs a complex palette of sounds ranging from techno to minimal-nu-rave to electro-funk and tech house.  Artists as varied as Radio Slave, Santos, Umek, Oliver Koletzki, Congorock, 3iO, Crimea X and the mighty Balearic Gabba Sound System have helped establish Hell Yeah’s eclectic sound, a distinct take on party music loaded with a sonic Balearic feel good vibe that has made press around the world hail Hell Yeah as a label to watch, always

Hell Yeah aims to build upon its current reputation as a leading Italian Electronic Music play, overseeing the release of a series of progressive productions that straddle genres, defy conventions and blur barriers between listening and dance music. Stemming from Hell Yeah’s initial graphic identity formed by Neverending’s Rocco “the Boghe” Pezzella, new mind-bending web and label artworks from Italian artist Andrea Amaducci and the Berlin-based Ice Cream For Free collective promises complete visual as well as aural stimulation.

info/bookings: 
marco@pplayground.com

Electronic..acid house...chug...and more!

SF-based DJ. Admirer of whales. 
Co-curator of @sounds_worth_sharing
https://www.mixcloud.com/DrWhale/
https://www.instagram.com/dr__whale/
https://open.spotify.com/user/ixlvhs4bbi79ucluqdy04bto7?si=d26e1430211d4739

Spikey is known for having started DJing back in the mid 80's, playing at pubs and house parties. In the early days of Rave he then progressed to play the underground scene at clubs such as Sterns and Empire. Having then moved to Brighton he gained residency for 'The English Disco Lovers’. 
He now has his own radio show. Music To Make Your Ears Smile,  on 1BTN and has close ties with the 'Last Night A DJ Saved My Life Charity'. Having a love for delivering sound in its purest form which has lead to a close connection with Funktion One. This has given Spikey the chance to play at Glastonbury many times.
Check out his Soundcloud page where you can find a selection of mixes, that will make your ears smile!

https://www.instagram.com/_pierre_dont_care_/profilecard/?igsh=MWo4czRmNHFhdHJq

1/4 of Rare Sightings team
Self Declared ultimate after party DJ. You got what it takes to go B2B with me??? Dare ya to show me the worst track on your stick...I'll double it.

Just started making me own tunes. Check em outtttt

Resident at Back2Basic - Pleasure Rooms (1994-1997) & Lover of all good music. Still buying, still playing, still mixing!

New tracks tagged #Chugger