In our never ending quest to meet as many peers as we possibly can across an ever-expanding planetary soundscape, we have managed to get acquainted to the work of a multitude of fantastic people whose devotion to not only seeking but sharing the wealth of sonic treasures the globe holds resonates deeply with our mission. The same that fuels this series and has helped us cover a vast geographical area as well as discover many musical eras in our encounters. This one, for instance, brings us closer to the talents of a young French ensemble whose collective efforts have unearthed precious gems to cut them into gorgeous edits and place them in stunning jewels such as the selection we present here. Pompelope's passionate multifront work involves most things that connects us to all kinds of music in order to generate those special pleasures we hold dearest, from lively events to selling and distributing fantastic records, but also putting together delightful compilations such as the much lauded "Foule Contact" and this voyage of a mix. Fraîcheur française dans une saveur globale.

Gop Cast 071 - Pompelope

By now, after a few years and many weeks of some wonderfully diverse contributions to this series, we believe our priorities must've become clear: we blatantly care about freshness as much as we constantly aim for novelty. This much was obvious, as much as our admiration for the collective endeavour of our contemporaries in reassessing and reappreciating the past, finding and sharing new ways to listen to it, learn from it and love it all over again. But what never fails to impress us is to realise how timelessly universal this ethic has become, pervading many generations all around the world and captivating people as young as our guest for this episode. Looking at any of the many fronts that make up the multifarious agency of this jeune parisienne, it is hard not to admire her utterly relentless and extremely reliable efforts in making all things musical as accessible and as danceable as possible, regardless of when it was done or where it came from. Mimi's movements in the scene, from her leading role at the fantastic CTW Podcasts to wonderful selections such as this one, are guided by this passion for discovery and driven by a desire to disseminate her treasures as far as she can. A deeply relatable mission with which we are just helping her out.

Gop Cast 072 - Mimi

We deem our peers as much more than just people who feel the same hunger for sounds and the urge to experience them on special occasions, we esteem them as part of a community that exists within and between all of us, nurtured by the moments we share and the memories we keep, and especially by the music we play. And anyone who tagged along in our journeys this far knows that they may originate in many places and follow innumerous paths, but the destination is one and the same: that innerspace we cultivate between our ears and inside our hearts. Our guide for this episode is someone who's always dwelled relatively close to us, both in geographic and aesthetic terms. An attentive aural curator, generous musical selector and obsessive sonic collector, Mau Maioli is a reliable source of the type of expertise we hold in the highest regard and a beacon of the sort of constant change that we love to see everywhere, be it in his native Caxias do Sul, where he is an active part of the lively local scene, or in mixes such as this one, where he feels free to show much of what makes him a beloved and respected artistic presence wherever he goes.

Gop Cast 073 - Mau Maioli

It is a great source of pride and pleasure for us to realise how incredibly diverse the spectrum of this series is, and here we are not only speaking of its musical content but also the places that provide us with this wonderful collection of guests we hold so dear. This is why it certainly shocked us to realise that one of these locations, the same that has given us all so much aural delight and cherished dancefloor memories, is somewhat underrepresented  thus far. Schland dwells deeply in our hearts as much as we have a vast contingent of friends and acquaintances who found a new home there in the past years, so it struck us as somewhat weird and a tad embarrassing that we had so few of its natives at the masthead. But the talent we invited for this edition will try to make up for some of this deficiency as we bring in Balearic Banana, the brainchild of Zwei Freunde who bonded over their shared passions of digging and dancing to the cornucopia of rhythms encompassed by both that mysterious and malleable concept and its guiding principle based on freedom of format and open-mindedness that we both apply to our endeavours, one that is used here to its utmost meaning to create a fantastic mélange of whatever goes into the mix.

Gop Cast 075 - Balearic Banana

We love to see our friends spread their wings and fly far and wide towards distant horizons with a mind filled with ideas, a future teeming with plans and a bag full of records, especially when they are imbued with that mission of taking with them some of what makes our music and their enjoyment so special around here across the world. The guest we are happy to present this week is a long time friend and a steady presence in most of our musical endeavours, be it at the booth or the dancefloor, who now calls the stunning landscapes of the province of Lyon his home but hasn't lost his globetrotting impetus. Part of the collective Furie, Pedro Bertho is the type of selector who can surreptitiously put us all into a frenzy to then take us to calmer places in a matter of just a few tracks, the main trait of the type of steersman to whom we trust our minds and bodies to be taken through states that can be mood altering as well as life changing. Nothing short of what could be expected from a selector so devoted to the art.

Gop Cast 076 - Pedro Bertho

Anyone who ventures southward into the country is rewarded by many things that the region presents to its visitors: gorgeous landscapes both in the countryside and the coast, a myriad of vibrant cultural outposts that are the result of the encounters among many fluxes of internal migration and foreign immigration and vibrant music scenes that manage to conjoin the best of both in wonderful festive occasions. After all, music has always been at the core of the processes that galvanised movements around identities and gave each of those capitals a very distinctive yet diverse soundscape. Such is the case of Porto Alegre, a bustling metropolis whose environment of creative effervescence nurtured many generations of revellers as well as the events that sustain their activities and, as such, the perfect place for a collective as innovative as NEUE to blossom. Here we welcome one of its founding members to bring a bit of the magic of these parties to our collection of sonic journeys. For this episode, our guest JP concocts a spellbinding mix of different moods and diverse grooves, conjuring up dear memories of dancing moments at these wonderful events. @neuepoa

Gop Cast 077 - JP

Herself a representative of the global network of eccentric ecletists to which we all belong with pride and pleasure, Adriana is someone whose efforts are quite akin to what we strive to accomplish here. Helming the magnific Opalakia show for some good five years, this Melbourne native has been one of the main sources of aural pleasantries from all over the globe to PBS listeners and pretty much anyone who's been fortunate enough to catch her taking entire dancefloors on ecstatic journeys through wonderfully multifarious soundscapes. By weaving delightful rhythmic patterns and sewing enthralling melodic threads, she creates stunning musical mosaics such as the one we present here, assured to make any time of your day more enjoyable or, at the very least, more vibrant and vivid.

Gop Cast 078 - Adriana

The funk can do many things to you and for you, if you allow it to: it can hit you in the head, it can shake you in the hips, it can take over your soul. Put simply, it can transform you, changing your sense of reality and understanding of the world around you, as well as how you feel within. That's something this rhythmic principle so dear to our dancing activities does to us regardless of tempo or setting, of place or time, and its power is what puts this mix by gifted Parisian selector Clémentine in motion by propelling it while it carries us through a vast array of moods and moments, from intimacy to flamboyancy, from our ears to our feet, from dusk till dawn. The dexterity and delicacy she uses to guide us through these varied soundscapes is something with which listeners of her delightful Mellow Madness show on LYL Radio and anyone acquainted with her curatorial efforts behind the wonderful label Chuwanaga are quite familiar. Here she takes us on a journey that tests the universal reach of that musical template and proves its efficacy in improving all aspects of life, providing this series a proper return with an auspicious vibe to the year we just entered.

Gop Cast 079 - Clémentine

Globetrotters, time travelers, fun seekers, vinyl diggers, dance lovers… Many are the types of beings that thrive in this sonic culture of ours, finding shelter and happiness in this sensorial and emotional universe fostered by musical communion. And the creatures therein are more than just characters, they comprise the fauna and flora of these aural environments in which we dwell and revel, sustaining it with both their projects and their passion. Take the magnificent French trio known as Bayetë for example, an autonomous ecosystem of discovery and debauchery that strives to create the perfect conditions for our enjoyment of the treasures they find in their excursions across the world. A noble purpose that is so powerful that it does not solely rely on the collective's togetherness to exist, each of its members carry that same seminal drive in everything they do individually. Something we can perfectly perceive in this episode of Gop Cast where Simon, one of its members who recently relocated to São Paulo, manages to encapsulate the eclectic excellence of their musical abundance in a stellar mix of moods, grooves and everything in between.

Gop Cast 080 - Simon (Bayetë)

The immense musical fertility fostered by the African diaspora as one of the main factors that nurtured not only the appearance, but the growth and development of modern club music is something fairly known but often overlooked. What should be glaringly evident is usually downplayed as either an understatement that should not be overly celebrated or as a detail unworthy of being widely discussed. But against this obscurantist complacency there is always some conscious and passionate effort to unveil the wonders of our musical ancestry and share its colourful abundance, usually by some aficionado whose devotion and generosity makes all the difference to all of us. Such is the case of Kbulom's impressive personal endeavour, taking it as both an heuristic mission and artistic expression, since they are inextricably roots of identity and source of creativity. This is much of what is factored into the dauntless and boundless mixes consistently put together by this young selector hailing from Belo Horizonte and exactly what is offered here in this episode, much to our delight.

Gop Cast 085 - Kbulom

Record label, party collective and djs crew based in São Paulo. We're dedicated to exquisite permutations of inspired music. 

Gop Tun DJs: Nascii, TYV, Gui Scott e Caio T

get in touch: goptun@gmail.com
dj bookings: carolina@coral.ag

New tracks tagged #Gop Cast