My Favs Mixes 2022

Winter 2023

electronic 4

This set was recorded on the 15.12.21 at Pescheria in Rome with 40 people audience. Most of the tracks were played at the "wrong" speed.

dd@pescheria 15.12.21

Interview:  http://truantsblog.com/2022/truancy-volume-289-bruce/

Soundcloud: @iambruce

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Bruce

Truancy Volume 289: Bruce

Next up on the One mix series ahead of One Records in London is Adam Shelton. Fine selection as always from Birmingham based Adam. 

He will join Subb-an and Seven Hills on Friday 18th at Star Lane in London

Tickets
https://ra.co/events/1502533

TASCAM DR-05

One Records Podcast 012 - Adam Shelton

A Story of Italo Disco, Indie Dance, Slow Motion, New Wave, Breakbeat ...is now starting

INCOMING : Brandski - Buona Sera (Original Mix) #Mélopée
BUY : https://melopeerecords.bandcamp.com/album/moonrider-lp
Release date : 2023-01-25

His previous release on Mélopée with the single « Arena » was the occasion to announce Brandski’s debut album. It was also a preview of the musical themes he will develop.
The owl is really proud by the trust established with the artist. We hope to give Brandski the visibility he deserves !
The challenges Brandski sets, was to merge his broad influences from Disco, EBM and Electro in a united work. He perfectly matches theses vintage fields to more contemporary and future territories. Like an orchestra conductor, he develops melodics rises, supported by chords on top on cutted bass line.
The whole package is made to drive the listener on his journey, from calm and mental songs to brute and dancefloor patterns. To use the words of the artist : “the purpose of the album is to carry the listener, from a point to another, from introspection to self-surrender.”
We are also happy to have Austher on board, another incredible french artist ! He joins Brandski on the track « Disco Dance » and give it a melodic touch !
Austher will come back soon with some good tunes.

☎ Connect ☎
https://soundcloud.com/mat_brandski
https://soundcloud.com/melopeerecords

Moonrider LP

INCOMING : Brandski - Buona Sera (Original Mix) #Mélopée

Rinse France Podcast

Odopt - 30 Décembre 2022

Happy New Year! To accompany tonight's festivities we like to share with you this hot guys of italo disco mix constructed by mr. Disco Al Dente. Enjoy!

Best wishes,

Bordello A Parigi

https://soundcloud.com/discoaldente

A Bordello New Year - Disco Al Dente

Chomp! Chomp! is back with second release “Island Rendezvous” featuring Chris Muñoz as his first mini LP under the label. This dynamic all original 5 tracks mini album comes from years of hard work and devotion as a musician, DJ, composer and producer. He is now ready to share some of the yield of his years of dedication and joyfully present his new sonic perceptions. 

All tracks are mixed by Justin Van Der Volgen and mastered by Rick Essig. Artwork by Yurk.

BUY on BANDCAMP

PREMIERE : Chris Muñoz - Island Rendezvous

1 Ercos Blanka: Boston Tea Party
2 Forty Cats: W.D.Y.M. - Dowden Remix
3 Sergei Spatz: Polina - Robert R. Hardy Remix
4 Traumhouse, LADS: Inside 
5 Nick Lewis, Darren Bray: One of Us 
6 Maris: Candela - Peter Makto Remix 
7 Emmi, Fahlberg: The Way - Anthony Middleton Remix 
8 Cafe De Anatolia, Beije: Fado 
9 Fabian Balino: Sent From Above - Hobin Rude Remix
10 Erdi Irmak: Walls – amháin Remix
11 Hermanez: Minus Seven
12 Andy Arias: En Un Cumple

Tracklist @ beatport:
https://www.beatport.com/chart/moonshots/762144?action=share

Moonshots (Jan. 2023)

The wind beat heavily against her face, whipping her hair into a frenzy and urging her to squint against its sheer force. Edging closer to the precipice, and peering inquisitively over the cliff face she quickly gulped and shuffled backwards. She considered herself open-minded, up for an adventure, for trying things she'd never tried before, but she had to draw the line somewhere. And this was her line; her 'absolutely not'.

Lithuanian imprint Electric Shapes are no stranger to voyaging through strange, cosmic and alluring sonic terrain to mine for the very best unreleased gems. Their yearly Unreleased Territory compilation gathers artists who are part of their musical orbit, some who you'll see return year on year and others who are fresh faced and make their debuts for the first time. On the fourth instalment of the series, they've gathered a whopping 28 tracks from the likes of Etbonz and Gem Wallow to Dazion and Full Circle who each in turn venture into psychedelic sludge, trance-inducing waters and dark, mysterious lands.

Unreleased Territory vol. 4

PREMIERE: Full Circle - Absolutely Not [Electric Shapes]

In a world where magic still roamed free, there lived a rare and magnificent bird known as the Kashmiri Red. It was said that whoever possessed one of its feathers would be granted immense power and wealth. Many sought to capture the bird, but it was elusive and could only be found deep in the enchanted forests. One day, a young girl named Lily stumbled upon the Kashmiri Red while on a journey to find her missing father. She was amazed by the bird's beauty and, to her surprise, it granted her one of its feathers as a gift. From that day on, Lily's life was filled with wonder and adventure as she discovered the true extent of the magic within the Kashmiri Red's feather.



Beigean, returns to his own Tava Discs label drawing on his inherited archive of Punjabi folk, Bollywood disco, and encyclopedic knowledge of UK club culture. This release features a quadruple attack of deeply effective, disarmingly personal rave movements.  Beigean's unique  ability to blend cultural heritage with club culture has made him a standout of late.

Listen!

PREMIERE: Beigean - Kashmiri Red

It were as if he were swimming in some sort of thick soup, the air was exhaustive to breathe and engulfed the senses in a dense weighty fog. It was like moving through heavy cream, weighed down by the very thing which kept him afloat.

He wondered how obvious it was to those all around him, did they notice as he weaved slowly between passers by as if in some sort of dream like haze. Did they notice as he tiptoed between the glow of flickering streetlights as the sounds and sirens of the city all around him swallowed it all up like some sort of pointed shark.

Who knew where his mind was? For he did not...

Kulture Galerie kickstart a new venture with the first release on the new label coming on strong and featuring a heavyweight cast of producers. Abdul Raeva, Gene Tellem and Nesa Azadikhah all feature on the first record on the imprint which is run by Metropolitan Soul Museum.

However, it is the Alien D track which we showcase today, music from a producer who we reckon is one to watch at the moment...

PREMIERE: Alien D - Heavy Cream [Kulture Galerie]

Bristol-based DJ and producer Jamie Paton has been at it for almost 15 years. Starting out as one half of Cage & Aviary - a duo alongside pal George Hoyle who charted releases for DFA, Internasjonal and Dissident - Jamie went on to carve out his own path; one lined with heady, tripped out sounds to move the mind and the body.

Since going solo his music has does the rounds on some of our favourite labels, we're talking Höga Nord, Emotional Especial and the dearly departed Bahnsteig 23.

There's plenty more in the works too. In between his other job as a graphic designer, Jamie's been in the studio cooking up more potent electronics, some of which will soon see the light of day on ESP Institute and Multi Culti, along with another fresh project in collaboration with R$N extended family member, Chez De Milo.

Ahead of all that good stuff in the pipeline, we asked Jamie to supply a mix for us, a task he graciously accepted. Across two hours he takes us down a wormhole of hypnotic electronics, leftfield synth excursions and trippy rhythms. Let yourself get lost....

Jamie Paton: The 'Ransom Note' Mix

The 6th instalment of the Graded Podcast series comes from EM + STAV (@em_stav)who just delivered the 6th recored on InterGraded. 

As Bristol natives with very deep roots in the UK underground the mix is a distillation of everything that makes us tick over here at Graded; trippy, broken and groovy with a healthy dose of rave. Honing their skills at one of the uk’s longest running nights, Simple, in Oxford (where Em has been a resident for 15 years) and Restless Nights, the roving DIY party that Stav runs as well as Field Manoeuvres Residents its clear they have a deep understanding of how to make the dancefloor tick. This ones a K.I.L.L.E.R

You can listen to and purchase their new record here - https://smarturl.it/INTGRD006

Follow Em + Stave here:
https://www.instagram.com/em_stav_music/
https://soundcloud.com/em_stav

Graded Podcast 006 - EM + STAV

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Amber Muse Radio Show #208 with Taran & Lomov // 13 Nov 2020

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