I’ve been quite busy with life and working on a couple of remixes, and February’s a short month isn’t it? So I’ve only had time to do a cheeky mash up for your free download this month. It’s a marriage of two noughties songs you might not have heard for a while - Dance Wiv Me by Calvin Harris, and Gnarls Barkley’s Crazy. I’ve called it Gnarly Calv, and have laid CeeLo’s unique vocal over Calvin’s groovy melody. It’s straightforward, I’m not sure how well it works, but it’s yours if you want it. Maybe I’m crazy?!

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Even Funkier - Gnarly Calv

Heart Beat | Good Old Days | Andy Capp The DJ

The apes have escaped!

Ape Escape is a retro PlayStation game that still holds up if you can survive the awkward controls. If you're into early 2000s gaming or enjoy a solid PlayStation drum and bass soundtrack you should give it a shot. 

The gist of the game is pretty simple: a bunch of monkeys get super smart thanks to some mind-control helmets and they start messing with time. You play as a kid named Spike who has to use his arsenal of sci fi gadgets to catch them.

It was the first game where you needed to use both analogue sticks on the PS1 controller I think. It's crazy to think about now as we all take that for granted. One stick moves you around, and the other swings the net you use to catch monkeys. It was crazy fun playing this back then with friends.

It aged pretty well in my opinion, chunky graphics, weird sci-fi, bright colours, and an absolutely wild soundtrack for its time that sounds like some sorta crazy house jungle hybrid that just went off the rails.

It's one of those games that just looks and feels like it came from an era where the rules were a little looser and game design was a little more unhinged, in a good way. 

The game and it's soundtrack are something special and I made this as a small homage to that game.

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I've never been to Johannesburg but I imagine it sounds something like this. I'm playing dice with fate naming a track after a city whose name I can barely spell.

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Johannesburg

This track is inspired by Ecco the Dolphin. It's not the first track I've written inspired by this game, "how high in the sky can you fly?" is a track I wrote for my Darkly Dreaming EP which is a direct quote from the game. 

The game is a surreal experience. It debuted on the Sega Genesis in 1992 if I recall correctly. On the surface, it's a cute game about a dolphin exploring the ocean but underneath, it's something much stranger and more haunting.

You play as Ecco, a bottlenose dolphin who is suddenly separated from his pod by a mysterious weather event. As you search for your missing family, the game slowly unfolds into a darker sci-fi narrative invoking time travel and cruel and mysterious alien invaders. What begins as a serene underwater adventure turns into an eerie and sometimes unsettling odyssey through the deep sea and beyond.

ų ŋ ɖ ɛ r ῳ ą ɬ ɛ r 🫧🐬

𝔾𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕥 幽灵

Good songs come from love. Great songs come from heartbreak.

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The first time Joe plays Percy one of his songs in his college room in 2000, she instantly realises three things:

One, she is watching a star in the making.

Two, she can shape his music into something extraordinary.

Three, she will always be on the sidelines.

She swallows her jealousy and throws herself into collaboration, transforming Joe’s songs into indie hits with her blistering critiques.

But there’s an undercurrent to the music they’re making – something undeniably electric, hurtling towards love. And then, almost inevitably, towards heartbreak.

As Joe steps into the spotlight, can Percy bear to watch on in silence?

And can he exist there without her?

Deep Cuts is an irresistible novel about passion and obsession, love and longing and, above all, our need to be heard. 

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𝒊 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒎𝒆

Every night I found her at the edge of the lake in the dream that wasn’t a dream. The moon, pale and strange, always hanging in the sky, casting its unnatural glow over everything. It lingered in the quiet like a distant god, observing everything. I couldn’t remember when I realized it, but I knew. It was there for me.

She stood by the water, an apparition, her figure blurred. I should have known her. There was something in the way she moved, something that whispered to me that I had met her before. But I didn’t remember.
The lake’s surface was unnaturally still, rippling only where the light of the moon touched.

“You’re here,” she said, "don't you remember the dream?" The moon seemed to hum in response.

I stared at her, trying to place her, trying to pull her into something familiar. But the harder I tried, the further away she seemed. There was something in her eyes, something that tugged at me, like a song I used to know but couldn’t remember the lyrics to.

“Do I know you?” I asked.

She tilted her head, her eyes soft with something like sadness. "You’ve always known me," she said. But how? Where? The words danced around me like mist.

"How do I leave this place?" I pleaded.

"Leave? You can't leave, you know that already, maybe you've forgotten that too."

The moon pulsed, as if it had taken notice.

"You’re not real," I whispered to myself, but the words felt wrong. The moon shone brighter for a moment, a pulse of light, like it was correcting me.
She turned toward the lake, her silhouette stretching, merging with the water. And that’s when I saw it.

"Look," she said. "The truth is beneath."

I felt the pull of the lake.

I stepped forward, closer to the lake, closer to the rippling reflection. The water was calm, but beneath the surface, I could see it. A place where the truth waited. I didn’t understand how, but I knew it was a place I had been before. A place the moon had been before, too.

"You’ve forgotten," she whispered. Her voice faded as if she was being pulled away. "But the moon remembers."

The cold water enveloped me, the world around me becoming dark and muffled. I sank, deeper and deeper, but the moon’s light followed me, clinging to me like a second skin.

I opened my eyes beneath the water, and the memories came rushing back in fragments. Faces blurred, names lost, a life I couldn’t place, all tangled together in the silence of the lake.

And then, through the murk, I saw her again, for the first time. No longer an apparition. She was standing in the water, but she wasn’t just part of the reflection anymore. She was real. Her face was clearer now, her smile familiar. And in that moment, I remembered.

She was someone I had once known. Someone I had abandoned or forgotten. A part of me that had slipped away long ago, but the moon had kept it alive, in the dark waters, waiting for me to find it again. And when I reached out to touch her, the water enveloped me completely, as though it were no longer water, but memory itself.

And then she was gone, just another ripple in the water, but the moon still watched. It would never stop watching and the lake would never stop holding me. Then I woke up and dreamed the dream that wasn’t a dream again.

𝚒 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚊 𝚠𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚞𝚙

Beneath the silvered skies I swim,
I sink where silent waters glow,
A lake of glass that’s not quite there,
A frozen breath, a secret air.

The waves, they speak in fractured song,
Of echoes that have lived too long,
Where shadows crawl beneath the skin,
And none can tell where time begins.

The lake's dark heart beats slow,
As memories twist, then fade, then flow,
In moonlit lies, I drown, I sleep - 
Trapped in depths I cannot keep.

A boat, a ghost, a flickered face,
All lost within this hollow space,
The water mocks, the stars deny,
As I sink further, yet still I fly.

The lake, it sings with silence clear,
A song that only I can hear,
Caught between the tide and sky,
Trapped beneath the moon's sharp eye.

ỉ͔͖̜͌t̲̂̓ͩ̑ w̦̺̐̐͟ā̤̓̍͘s̠҉͍͊ͅ j̪̟̮̔ͩư̡͕̭̇s̠҉͍͊ͅt̲̂̓ͩ̑ ā̤̓̍͘ ḑ̴̞͛̒r̴̨̦͕̝ẹ̿͋̒̕ā̤̓̍͘ḿ̬̏ͤͅ

I was laying in bed thinking about how I couldn't find a decent like, Jersey Club meets 90's/00's nostalgia satire vibes but slaps hard kind of mix. The closest I could find is Enzo is Burning (shout out Enzo, a HUGE inspiration on this mix). So I made this in my PJs and dusted off random arse beer I found on top of my freezer that was undoubtedly bought as a bus beer many summers ago. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did making it. Drop me a DM on Insta if you listen! @JennCrothers

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Satire in its finest form. A development of one of my favourite songs from one of my favourite films - there are so many meanings to this song. It's about being female, about the pressures of life as a woman in your teens, 20s and in general, it's about growing up in the noughties surrounded by magazines and media telling us how we should look and what we should consume to be considered 'pretty'. But it's also a commentary on society - because many of us don't see these things as a joke. We truly do 'love' them. Perhaps we should be thinking about that - if our value is based on the ever-changing list of things we need to update our bodies with to 'look better' will we ever truly be happy in ourselves?

my favourite wins

nostalgic trance and house bangers to get any party started  

Ibiza mix

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Artist: Reber
Title: This Is Sick (Edit)
Label: Dubøka (Birmingham, UK)
Release Date: April 25, 2025
Format: Free Download
Genre: Minimal-Tech / UK Underground

Track Info:
A modern DJ weapon reimagining Solid Groove’s 2005 UK classic This Is Sick. This edit preserves the original’s gritty, ethereal sonics while injecting a hypnotic minimal-tech drive, guided by a coontemporary rolling bassline. Built for long blends, tight transitions, and late-night floors — this one’s for the heads.

About the Edit:
Paying tribute to a defining moment in the UK underground, this edit bridges mid-2000s fidget attitude with today’s stripped-back dancefloor energy. Ideal for minimal selectors looking to spark a crowd’s memory while keeping it deep and forward-facing.

This Is Sick (Edit)

A special selection of Edits I've made over the last few years, worked on throughout the world from Manchester to Cornwall to Nottingham and Finally Perth Australia.
Expect Trance inspired House tunes to soundtrack your sunsets, to crazy 178bpm breaky Jungle edits for when the sun is well and truly set.

Out now for your ears, your mixes, your gigs.
I know they'll blow the roof off for you!

All proceeds from the first year of this release will go to Save The Children.
www.savethechildren.org

https://jjmayer.bandcamp.com/album/jjs-edits-vol-2



Agnes - Release Me (JJ's Edit)

Retrospective: Ode to our childhood

Immerse yourself in a world where the sounds of the nineties meet the atmosphere of the early noughties, creating a unique musical palette. Retrospective is a track that takes us to the post-Soviet space, where vivid memories of childhood and irreplaceable nostalgia mix. 

The energy of this work fills the heart with light and joy, as if bringing us back to carefree days when simple joys were the main things in life. But underneath this positive shell there is a slight sadness that those times are gone irrevocably. 

Retrospective is not just music, it is a journey through space and time, a return to those days when everything seemed possible. Let yourself dive into this sound and feel the magic that makes us who we are now.

Retrospective

here's most of my set from Saturday at the stunning LIvello in Newcastle. It was my first time here for Forever 54 and it was a great night from start to finish. I was asked to play House, Funky House, and remixes earlier, and more commercial Dance later. I ended my set with a few 00's throwbacks, remixes of RnB and Hip Hop Tracks.

Livello (NCL) 24/5 (House, Funky House, Commercial Dance, Remixes)

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County Durham based multi format DJ. Specialising in House Tech House and sub genre’s, Disco, Techno, Trance, and Hard Dance.

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Bookings: reberdj@icloud.com

London-born and Lausanne-based DJ and producer Reber is known for crafting a unique sonic identity that blends Deep House, UK Garage, Tech House, Jungle, and Minimal into an unmistakable sound. Defined by bold basslines, syncopated beats, ethereal pads, and his own vocal top lines, Reber’s music creates a captivating fusion of moody vibes and uplifting grooves.

His journey began in 2008 as part of D-ANDY & T-RONY, performing in clubs and festivals across Switzerland. In 2013, he embarked on his solo path, quickly making waves with remixes on Fantastic Friends and of Tim Green’s track “Scar.” His debut EP on Disc Over Music garnered support from Joris Voorn, Claptone, and Claude VonStroke. Later, his collaboration with Nicolas Duvoisin produced a series of tracks including “Watermelon” on Yoyaku’s Splitools.

After the 2020 pandemic, Reber accelerated his output, releasing music on Tip Tap, Toasty Beats, and Slightly Sizzled White. His Divine EP expanded his reach, with its main track "As She Walked Into the Room", featuring his own vocals, soon becoming an anthem in Zürich, earning consistent plays and charting well into 2025.

Reber’s music stands out in the Minimal Tech-House scene for its intricacy and originality. Balancing light and shadow, his productions deliver an intellectual yet danceable experience, capturing the essence of the UK underground house sound while pushing its boundaries.

Kaiori Breathe is a Belfast based electronic musician. His releases, 'Sketches In Colour' (2011) and 'Kokoro' (2013), with Loodma Recordings provided a novel take on dubstep focusing on emotive melodies with complex percussive patterns and a signature foley sound. 

After a substantial break from music production Kaiori Breathe returned in 2025 with 'Darkly Dreaming' a release which marked a departure from that signature sound focusing on gloomy atmospheres, haunting melodies and an intense percussive sound.

Jenn Crothers has performed at some of the UK's biggest festivals, and London's most prestigious clubs, including Glastonbury and The Groucho. She is also the co-founder of Boogaloo Radio - an award winning community radio station based in North London. Check it out here. As well as this, she's an assistant producer for BBC Radio 1, Radio 2 and 6 Music.

Bookings and general chatter - tom@evenfunkier.com

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Disco Waltons member and Global Funk Fam resident

London-based DJ, producer and radio host Even Funkier weaves together Disco, Funk, House, Soul, Boogie, Jazz, Hip Hop and Global delights to create something fresh, irresistibly funky and downright groovy. He plays tunes from across the decades, genres and BPMs, mixing up hidden gems with tried and tested favourites, with a focus on sweet, sweet Disco music brought right up to date for modern dancefloors.

As a DJ he’s taken his trademark rollercoaster genre-fluid sets to locations including Glastonbury, ADE and Westival, playing parties for Midnight Riot, Good Custard, Project Bango, Pineapple Police Horse and DiscNoTheque. And as a producer he’s released on over 20 labels labels including Tropical Disco, Hot Digits, Mango Sounds, The Disco Express, Midnight Riot and TheBasement Discos.

Beats for your heart strings ❤️‍🔥

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Contact: jjmayermusic@gmail.com

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