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My Friend Dario - Acid Mosquito In A Summer Night (DJ Spun It's Rong Remix)

File Under Balearic Gabba EP is the first in a new series of serious DJ tools that will encompass remixes, edits, originals and licenses, all with artwork that is a twist on the original Balearic Gabba logo by PlanetLuke.
Up first is a new selection of music from core Hell Yeah artists that is unruly, impossible to define, and sure to twist dance floors inside out.

First up is Daniel Klein better known as SIRS, a Berlin-based mainstay with releases on the likes of Live At Robert Johnson.  His cut of  Caramel 3000's 'Super Rapido' is a dubbed-out blend of kosmiche chug and tropical percussion. Tumbling synth sequences bring extra colour as the groove builds over nine irresistible minutes. 

Then comes Japanese downtempo master Calm with his Mellow Mellow Acid Dub of Sergio Messina & The Four Twenties's 'Sometimes Remember' which is a nostalgic acid daydream and the perfect sunset soundtrack. Melancholic moods and lazy drums sink you in deep as the gentle acoustic guitars keep you afloat.  

Label regular and Internasjonal and International Feel associate Feel Fly then comes through with an Estatico Danzante Remix of Pedro Bertho's 'Tornei' feat Mariana Gehring and takes us to the stars on twinkling keys, dusty breakbeats and steamy, worldly vocals that glow as warm as a setting sun. 

Last of all is New York maestro and Loose Control Band member DJ Spun with his It's Rong Remix of My Friend Dario's 'Acid Mosquito in a Summer Night'. It finds him serving up a nine-minute excursion into jungle humidity with tribal percussion and jumbled bongos all run through with a spooky and primeval lead synth over lurching drum breaks.

The File Under Balearic Gabba EP brings a whole new dimension to wonky dance floor workouts.

Support by Sean Johnston (ALFOS), Chris Duckenfield, Fabrizio Mammarella, Talking Drums, Alexis Le Tan, Max Essa, Kristian (Ame), Tangram DJs.

Pedro Bertho - Tornei Feat Mariana Gehring (Feel Fly Estatico Danzante Remix)

Sergio Messina & The Four Twenties - Sometimes Remember (Calm's Mellow Mellow Acid Dub)

Episode #136 of our fortunea Radioshow. Every 2 weeks on wednesdays at Radio MRS and thursdays at PowerFM:
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PLAYLIST:

SIRS "Ocean Dreams" [Sirsounds Records]
Benjamin Fröhlich "Don't Let Go" [Freeride Millenium]
DJ Rocca & Mike Riviera "Saturday Bounce" [Fortunea]
Joey G II & Klein Zage "Folks Not Guys" (Local Artist Disco Dub) [Rhythm Section]
Demuja "I Lost All Mine With You" [MUJA]
Kerri Chandler "Another Dawn" (Vocal Mix) [Kaoz Theory]
Jakobin "War's For Maniacs" [Bandcamp]
Luca Olivotto "Faster" [Endless Music]
ROTCIV "Frenesy" [Luv Shack Records]
Dzc. "Dimensions" [Freeride Millenium]
J.P. Energy "Iridium" [Evasione Digitale]
Foremost Poets "Reasons To Be Dismal" (Richard Long Theory Version) [Foundation Music Productions]
Strand "3 Piece" [Hardbonder]

Klaus Benedeks Album

fortunea Radioshow #136 // hosted by Klaus Benedek 2024-05-01

TRACKLIST
Tommy Richman - Vanity
Tegel Boys - Flight Force (SIRS Vocal Remix)
Boogie Down Edits - Juicy Fruit
Risk Assessment - Let's Do It
Kano - I'm Ready
Boogie Down Edits - I'm Ready
Rufus Du Sol - Pressure
The Loneliest Hunk - The Dancer
Gino Soccio - Dancer
The Loneliest Hunk - I Just Can't
Sweet Daddy Floyd - I Just Can't Help Myself
New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle
Midland - Fragments Of Us
The Smile - No Words


Democracy's Last Dance

Berlin-based SIRS is back on Hell Yeah with the new single 'Woman', an instrumental version plus a remix from label favourite My Friend Dario.

Sirsounds Records label head SIRS, which means Sounds In Real Stereo and is an alias of Daniel Klein, is a mainstay of the scene with releases on the likes of Live At Robert Johnson and a distinctive laidback style. He previously contributed to the first volume in the File Under Balearic Gabba EP series and brings the goodness once more here.

'Woman' is a magnificent nine-minute odyssey where silky arps loop around fluttering melodic leads. The chugging beats have a perfect mix of snap and deepness so quickly hypnotise you. There is always soothing going on throughout the track, whether that's a classic falsetto vocal sample, Middle Eastern-style chords or textured guitar licks. It's an epic, slow-burning dance floor workout that also comes as a shorter version and a widescreen instrumental.

My Friend Dario was last here with his Senza Estate album in August, which was a perfectly dreamy summer soundtrack. He shows another side here as his wonderful Food For Woofers Remix brings driving, club-ready technoid beats and warped bass under an explosion of melodies that will twist late-night dance floors inside out.

These sounds are designed to keep everyone warm all winter long.

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SIRS - WOMAN (My Friend Dario's Food For Woofers Remix)

SIRS - Woman (Instrumental Mix)

SIRS - Woman (Extended Mix)

Cisco Cisco - If You Want Me (Jay Shepheard Remix)
The Sky - Dreams (Club Version)
SIRS - Woman
Rare Band - Why (La Roze Love Edit)
Raul Midon - Sunshine (Audiowhores Remix)
Late Nite City - Higher Ground
TGZ - Dusty 
Rick Wade - Jazzy Tears
Pentland Park - Nostalgic 
Theory of Movement - Now and Then (Dream Mix)
Intr0beatz - Get Down
Tiger Stripes - All Night Long
Monie Love - Never Give Up (Fire Island Mix) 
Smokey Bubblin’ B vs A.D.O.R - Young World
HOUSEHEAD SAMIRA - Everybody Stomp Your Feet
Girls of the Internet & The Gospel of Thomas - Make U Mine
David Jackson - Up! Up! Up!
Seven Davis Jr - i should be in japan
Hey Cabrera!, Freudenthal & Saeuer - Do It (Extended Dub)
Tony Carey - Enjaw J
Zenana - Witches ’85 (Bedmo Disco’s Spell Of Love)
Retrouve - Feel So Right
Grand Corporation & Jeremy Glenn - Wonder & Amazement (Deetron Vocal)

Episode 235

Aura Safari's richly immersive Island Dreams album has been remixed by a selection of artists close to Hell Yeah. Ahead of them releasing their own originals on the label in 2025, SIRS, Calm, Dawn Again, Secret Soul Society and Aura Safari themselves all contribute to the collection which is out on 14 March.

First up, Japanese downtempo hero Calm offers up a signature Mellow Mellow Acid remix and dub version of 'Sur Mon Balconnet' that is smooth and zoned out as cosmic synths and gentle acid loops ripple next to whimsical reeds. New Balearic beat boss My Friend Dario's take on 'Riserva Naturale' is a percussive tropical jumble with lots of open space for deep thinking. Sirsounds Records label head SIRS returns to the label after his Woman EP earlier this year. He flips 'Wave Riding' into a loose-limbed and funky sound with 80s pads and well-treated vocal hooks. He also adds his own snappy drums and ass-wiggling basslines to 'Disco Mantra'.

Dawn Again dropped his widely acclaimed 'pubwave' album last year and has already backed it up with more escapist originals in 2025. His version of 'Wave Riding' casts you free from land and floats you out to sea on a raft of rubbery bass and widescreen synths. Secret Soul Society aka Cal Gibson, one-half of Nottingham's deep house and downtempo outfit Neon Heights back in the 2000s, steps up to rework 'Dancing in the Moonlight'. It's a dubbed out Afro disco number with playful horns and wobbly rhythms. Elsewhere Aura Safari rework several of their own originals with new dub versions that bliss them out for ever deeper dance floor trips.

This collection brings an array of new yet sympathetic perspectives to the still magical originals.

Aura Safari - Disco Mantra (SIRS Americana Cut)

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.

Sewell And The Gong - Better Words (Wallace Remix)

My Friend Dario - Tellaro (SIRS  Remix)

Verdo - Boulevardier (Pedro Bertho Remix)

Episode #161 of our Fortunea Radioshow. Every 2 weeks on wednesdays at Radio MRS and thursdays at PowerFM:
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PLAYLIST:

Jimi Tenor & Freestyle Man „Little Flutist“ [Studio Barnhus]
Aura Safari „Wave Riding“ (SIRS Remix) [Hell Yeah Recordings]
Jean-Luc Ponty „In The Fast Lane“ (Dope Jams I-87 Thruway Take) [Columbia]
Goustah „Departure“ [3in1Music]
AGP „The World Needs“ (JFunk Disco Mix) [Ausblick]
Boo Williams „Take A Ride“ [MUJA]
Peletronic „Malibu Orange“ [Fortunea]
Life Recorder „Natural Instincts“ [Quintessentials]
Soundstream „Show Off“ [Soundstream]
Nico Lahs „Time To Shine“ [Housewax]
Victorious „Living Without You“ [Sex Tapes From Mars]


Fortunea Radioshow #161 // hosted by Klaus Benedek 2025-04-16

TRACKLIST
Heaven 17 - (We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang
Heaven 17 - Let Me Go
Meat Katie - Midnight In Macau
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - Place Of Failure
Air - Sexy Boy (Etienne de Crecy & The Flower Pistols Remix)
Bikini Kill - Feels Blind
Lady Gaga - Shadow Of A Man
SIRS - Woman
Bebo Best & The Super Lounge Orchestra - Billie Jean (Dub Jazz Mix)
Bebo Best & The Super Lounge Orchestra - Batucada Swing
C2C - Happy (Flow Lab Kid Pleased Remix)
Harlem Dance Club - I Wanna Feel It
Chewy Rubs - Party Down (To The Disco Dub)


Anti Fascist Groove Thang

"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.

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Klaus Benedek grew up in a small town near Vienna. His interest in electronic music began during the 90s techno hype. He spent hours watching video clips on MTV and viva and thus gaining knowledge about electronic music. In 2004, he began teaching himself to produce. Gathering his inspiration wherever he could, he began collecting 12" vinyl records the same year and 2 years later got his first dj-gigs. From 2008 till 2010 he was one of the resident DJs at the MNML Thursdays in the Camera Club. In 2012 he started with Alex Kolodziej the event-series Tellerbetrieb. Currently he finds most of his inspiration in Chicago House, Deep House, Disco and Breakbeat. After releases on labels like Petrol Dollar, Subversaal, rekooda, Soul Shift Music, Clean and Dirty Recordings and tanzbar, Klaus launched his own label forTunea in 2014.

to be continued ...

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