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Best of Listening - 2023

Classy housers, steppers & breakers from https://soundcloud.com/estimulo

Fruitcast #24 Estimulo

Junior - Riviera 

TRACKLIST

Helium – Clouds
Raymond Castoldi – Tone Peom
Green Baize – Holy Dance
Fila Brazillia – Mermaids 
University Of Love feat MBG – Vostok 3 (MBG Deep Trip)
MBG – ORE: Nove Nove
Onirico – Stolen Moments
Riviera Traxx Vol. 1 – Hey Hey
Life On Earth Presents Lifeforce – Altitude 
Manabu Nagayama & Soichi Terada – Low Tension
ST DAVID – A Deep Touch (Afterhours Mix)
Leo Rosi – Hypnotika (Dr Freud)
Psychedelic Research Lab – Tarenah (Chill Mix)
The Deep – X O Surf (Aqua Surf Epic Mix)
EX TERRESTRIAL – Portal Vision (Kali)
Jump Source – Nearly There
Dan Piu – Obsession
DJ Popup – Memory Hole
Dan Piu – Let It Flow (Bass Space Mix)
The New Sound Of Soul – The Strength (Deep In House)
Deep Choice – The Problem 
Nuclear Child – Time + Space (Thunder Mix)
Helium – Out There
Riviera Traxx Vol. 1 – Parfum 2
Dreamscape  - To Think We Met Just Yesterday

riviera 2 final

Junior - Riviera

This month’s guest is Berlin based producer and DJ Joseph Richmond-Seaton, also known as @Call-Super.  

Perhaps best known for his incredible, often surreal, abstract, and psychedelic compositions like 2014’s breakthrough Suzi Ecto and 2017’s Arpo, Call Super’s love of music runs deep. He’s a dedicated producer, starting every day in the studio and working away the hours, whether he feels inspired or not. Music is one of the only pursuits, alongside drawing and painting, that allows him to reach a state of total presence — something he considers essential for happiness. In this conversation, we look back on Joe’s childhood, the escapism he’s found in music and art, and the nature of staying present.

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Music:
"Ekko Ink" - Call Super (2017)
"Coney Storm Drain" - Call Super (2014)
"Every Mouth Teeth Missing" - Call Super (2020)
"Sulu Sekou" - Call Super (2014)
"OK Werkmeister" - Call Super (2017)

AIR 037 / Call Super

Kai Alcé (NDATL Muzik) Atlanta LIVE at Subdivision Toronto 12/03/22

Kai Alce LIVE at Subdivision Toronto 12/03/22

Celebrate the Holidays with @cozzygrl 's set from Merry Funking Xmas
Find out more at houseofyes.org | @houseofyesnyc

Cosmo @House of Yes 12.24.22 ☆ Merry Funking Xmas

With a djing journey that has spanned more than 15 years, Dean Chew (aka Funk Bast*rd) has earned praises from a worldwide range of selectors that include the likes of Gilles Peterson, Lefto, Bradley Zero, San Soda, Hugo LX, Dam-Funk, Dreamcast Moe and more. Being the co-founder of Singapore-based label Darker Than Wax and the newly opened listening bar Offtrack, Dean has been tirelessly pushing and promoting an alternative expression of lefteld music through his widely eclectic and genre-bending sets. Being the main A+R and creative mind behind DTW, the label has flourished tremendously over the past 5 years, cementing its place as one of the go-to labels out of South East Asia.

His musical selections, which traverses across an extensive spectrum from deep jazz to the freshest cuts have left many indelible marks on the dancefloors. A highly respected digger who is also known by many in the circuit for his extensive musical knowledge, technically astute skills, and blends, it’s no surprise that he has warmed up or shared the stage with Bradley Zero, Lefto, HAAI, Pearson Sound, the late Mike Huckaby and many more. Most recently, Dean has debuted at Gilles Peterson’s We Out Here festival, and was also the 1st Singaporean selector to have played a set on the cult HÖR radio platform.

There’s always an element of surprise in his sets - just open them ears.

Lumberjacks Tapes 42: Dean Chew (Darker Than Wax)

Passion by name, passion by nature. Freedom Phillips' musical journey embodies just that. Music took hold of her at a young age thanks to the family she had around her, and an obsession with collecting records followed at just 11 years old. 

She soaked up early grime then rare 90s US garage house and UK G sounds, honing her skills as a DJ and birthing the moniker Lady Passion in the process. She digs deep, it's something that's never left her - you can hear these finds on her longstanding, weekly residency on London mainstay Vision Radio every Friday.

The musical family that surrounds her also continues to inspires her. Alongside her brother DJ Perception - a pioneering force in underground UKG - several years ago they began to build musical hub in their new home for a community of DJs, producers and MCs in South London. It's this space, and the story behind it, that has been documented over the last six years as 'Moodswing', a film that will be released in the near future and takes its name from Perception's record label.

As we enter the weekend, and the sun begins to shine down over London, Lady Passion lights up our day that little bit more with a mix of warm, soulful and bouncy UKG and Garage House selections...

Lady Passion: The 'Shine A Light On' Mix

Sunday Sessions Nº407 w/ Ilja Gabler

Rinse FM Podcast

Wisdom Teeth presents Bakk Heia Records - 07 October 2023

Known for his trusted label Die Orakel, programming the dancefloor at Offenbach institution Robert Johnson and heading up EOS radio, Oliver Hafenbauer is no stranger to the game. 

For the latest instalment of Off-Kilter, he presents us with an uncompromising mix that spans a multitude of genres; dance music influenced but sitting on the fringes, woven intricately together - dark and suspenseful yet light and hypnotic. Downtempo, house, techno, cosmic and unruly, spiralling sounds and cycles of rhythm overlapping and phasing in time. 


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Oliver Hafenbauer is an experienced and versatile DJ with a long-standing history of being one of the key figures in the local club scene and beyond. 

Stylistically motivated to what is beat-driven and highly danceable, he has the perfect sensitivity for the contexts he is involved with. Oliver set his priorities differently a while ago when he hung up a potential career in architecture and decided to go for the music after having DJed for years and promoted his party series. Oliver’s steady commitment to Offenbach’s vastly respected venue has brought him wide recognition: For over a decade, he functioned as music director of Robert Johnson and managed the associated label of the same name. Working behind the scenes allows not only different perspectives but enables many alliances. Rather than producing as a strategy, he consequently fosters talent on his imprint Die Orakel, where he releases music positively undetermined between dance and ambient by artists like upsammy, Reptant, or Roman Flügel. 

Oliver has been co-founder of the Frankfurt-based online radio station EOS Radio since 2021. Last but not least, his approach to playing music as a conceptual act within diverse networks of artists and audiences is what makes of him an allrounder of many qualities.

Instagram, Facebook, Resident Advisor 
@oliverhafenbauer

OK020 - Oliver Hafenbauer

DJ Plead - 15 May 2024

Balamii regular Meg Paine returns to the booth for two house of trance and early tech-house vinyl selects.

Meg Paine - July 2024.

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With our core team immersed in all aspects of dance music, we publish news, articles, and interviews covering the greatest in innovative, underground culture from across the globe. We offer regular, exclusive music and mixtapes from our favourite artists, and publish features shining a light on everything from the freshest new artists to the untold tales from rave history.

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