Dat 'Delano Smith' Vibe Mix #1 - Vinyl Only

Tracklist:
 1. Delano Smith - Road To Nowhere [MM 08]
2. Delano Smith - Ancestors (Main Mix) [UT 008]
3. Kerri Chandler - Sunday Sunlight (Delano Smith Remix) [APOLLONIA 10]
4. Delano Smith - A Message For The DJ (Jimpster Red Light Remix) [STILLM 004]
5. Delano Smith - Truth [3EEP 107]
6. Delano Smith - New Things [SUSHP 13]
7. Delano Smith - No Fear [MB 004]
8. Delano Smith - I Wonder [SUSH 17]
9. Delano Smith - Stolen Memories [MM 14]
10. Delano Smith - Nebula [MM 08]

Promotional Use Only. 

Dat Vibe Channels:
YT: www.youtube.com/c/DatVibe
MC: www.mixcloud.com/DatVibe/

Dat 'Delano Smith' Vibe Mix #1 [Vinyl Only]

One of our fave DJ’s and selectors from Miami the legend that is @djrayfernandez.  With a perfect blend of epic modern soul, 90’s slo jamz and dreamy sunset floaters, this guy turns up the freshest unheard jointz around. With the deepest joy it’s our pleasure to share this blissful journey with you all. Happy Friday! 🌊🍷🌊 

In his own words: 

Hello world, it’s D.J. Ray right back in the zone with a custom-built consecutive blend of songs to sip wine to.. sit back and take a 98-minute trip through rest & relaxation, inspired by the low tide hours in Miami Beach, FL.

DJ Ray - Low Tide

Based in Stockholm since the late 1990s, British-born Mark Seven began his obsession with the dance at now vaunted London parties such as Delirium, to a soundtrack of Soul, Funk, and Hip Hop. As Acid House took root in the capital Mark became a regular at the similarly hallowed Future and Shoom and started organizing his own events. His passion for discovery led him to journey to the U.S. and Europe to source vinyl, and has resulted in his own on-line store, JusWax. In Stockholm Mark set up the Black Lodge all-nighters, mix-tapes from which helped to alert the outside world to his knowledge and ability. 

Mark is probably one of the best selectors around and is making a journey over here next month (details of that here: http://on.fb.me/1dwxT5v). 

With that in min we thought it was high time we asked him to formulate a mix for the R$N series. 

http://www.theransomnote.co.uk/the-ransom-noteparkway-mastermix-mark-seven/


Mark Seven - The Ransom Note Parkway Mastermix Vol 3

We’re thrilled to welcome Mark E back to Stan Radio for Volume 45. Mark previously blessed our airwaves back in 2021 with a deep and hypnotic mix featuring his signature sound and we’re happy to say this follows suit.

Mark Says: “Its been a while since I put a mix together and really enjoyed the process of bringing some of my favourite old and new tracks together in this Part 2 for Stan Ray, again it’s a journey into deep soulful house music and its various moods and feels, but it’s a genre that keeps fascinating me time and time again, I don’t think will ever tire of it.

Thanks again Stan Ray, a pleasure to be invited for a second time around.”

Get Stuck in, press play and enjoy.


Stan Radio Vol. 45 | Mark E

Brand new mix this time featuring one of Naarm’s finest Zjoso. With a West African in heritage Zjoso is a key voice in the city’s underground music scene community. Founder of Tribqu, he blends his work as a DJ, radio host (Skylab), and curator into a mission focused on feeling over genre, sound over trend.
His soulful, genre spanning selections touching Street Soul, Dub, 90s House, Broken Beat, and Detroit Techno have made waves across dancefloors and airwaves.
With roots in dance, discovery, and connection, Zjoso continues to shape the sound of Australian club culture.

LÉMAN MIX 24 - ZJOSO

PLASTIC FANTASTIC is very pleased to be relaunching the series with an exclusive guest-mix from Sanky Was Here.

For the uninitiated, would you please tell us a little bit about yourself?

‘Hola, my name is Sanky, I can't seem to shake a childhood nickname at 52..! Anyway, I grew up in Newcastle amongst some nerdy soul and jazz types which was kind of my first and probably last love. I live in Mexico currently’.

Can you provide some insights to your mix, its inspiration, location of recording, or perhaps a few words about some of the records you’ve included?

‘As I don’t have an address here, I spend a while building up (my record collection) either back in the UK or in NYC, and a few times a year I’ll rip them all. So the mixes take a while, but I like that it’s another ‘edit’ to what I really like longterm. I think this mix is genre-free and focused on mood. I do think of it as a mix of two halves, really focused around what’s in the bag for the summer, and with a few places I’m playing in mind. Just trying to send out some love and emotional connection. There's a couple of new discoveries and weird rarities, alongside some all-time winners that I just feel are good for a summer kick-off. Mama Milk (the 2nd track on the mix) just reminds me of some hazy Ibiza afternoons, and who would’ve thought there’s ANOTHER William Pitt record worth a late night dance too!’

Are there any upcoming projects you have in the pipeline which you would like to share?

‘Well, good question. Covid got me fiddling with Ableton and learning (failing!) to play some keyboards. I made a few sketches which I have told myself I should finish this year. It’s about as close to naive pop as you can get. I played some to a couple of people and they were more enthusiastic than myself about them for sure!
Other than that, playing a couple of festivals, the mighty Love International in Tisno/Croatia in July, and the We Out Here Festival in August.’

A big thanks to Sanky Was Here for providing this awesome mix for The Sunrise Mixtapes, and for taking time out to speak to us

Track ID requests @soundcloud.com/sankywashere 

Artwork courtesy of sankywashere.wtf

Sanky Was Here (Love International)

Had the pleasure of playing the opening 3 hours of Wibar in Leiden's sold out 6th Birthday! 

I wanted to work my way up from 110bpm house (think David Morales Def mixes) to peaktime records and it flowed nicely and ended up being one of my most fun sets in a while, there's something special about going from an empty club to it being packed out.

Hope you enjoy the recording as much as I had in that booth, drop a comment for any ID's

Bevan Live @ Wibar (June 2025)

I opened up for Kuniyuki (live) and Toshiya Kawasaki @ Good Room for a Mule Musiq showcase a few nights ago.

Like I sometimes do, I pressed record on my iPhone to listen back later soooo here's my set - what you hear is what they got!

tracklist:
1 Dr. Togo “Be Free” [Derby]
2 T.B. Funk “Free Blow (Dub Version G&D Edit))” [BBE]
3 Skyy “Here’s To You (Dr. Packer’s Multi Track Mix)” [Salsoul]
4 Chris Rea “Josephine (Chris Coco Edit)” [MB Edits]
5 France Joli “Gonna Get Over You (Pete Herbert & Dicky Trisco Edit)” [Disco Deviance]
6 Sam-Jam “Dance N Chant (Todd Terje Edit)” [Supreme]
7 Mory Kante “Yeke Yeke (Edit)” [It’s Not A Feeling, It’s A Genre Vol 3]
8 Mildlife “Zwango Zop (Artwork Edit)”
9 Sound Stream “Make It Right” [Sound Stream]
10 Ajattar “On The Edges” [Night Parade]
11 Prince Palmer “Serious Play” [Bobby Donny]
12 JohNick “Play The World” [Henry]
13 Limit Blau “Mi Yoyo” [Klasse Wrecks]
14 Inner Sense “MoTP” [My Love Is Underground]
15 Jacques Renault “Never Saw Never (Gerd Janson Tool 2)” [Let’s Play House]
16 The Jump Street Man “B-Cause (Jacques Renault Edit)” [Let’s Get Lost Vol 26]
17 Loleatta Holloway / Nightlife Unlimited “Love Sensation / Peaches & Prunes (Edit)” [Eros03]
18 Sound Stream “Let’s Break” [Sound Stream]
19 Rainbow Brown “Till You Surrender (Gerd Janson & Shan Version)” [Regraded]
20 Hugh Masekela ‎”Don't Go Lose It Baby (I Lost My Shoes On Acid (Neville Watson & Nick Woolfson Version))” [Red 7]

Good Room July 3, 2025 Mule Musiq Showcase

For the 100th installment (!) in our Just For The Night series, selectors take you on their own journey through groove. Anything goes.

Welcome Berlin-based digger, DJ & producer Tom Bolas. He runs Average Records @averagerecordsbln with a killer YouTube channel too, showcasing good or weird (and often rare) music with top-shelf digs

The mix in his words:
"The idea was to play some of the tunes that I enjoyed most through the summer months and to capture that feeling again as we are moving into autumn. I meant to finish the mix a few weeks ago in time for the last summer days, so let’s hope we get an Indian summer in Europe. I’ve had a string of edits come out recently on the amazing new @SmuttyEdits label as well as Duca Bianco and a 10 year-old Reggae-Disco edit is coming out on a local Berlin label in the not too distant future as well. I’ll be in Istanbul in late October / early November to play at @Arkaoda and a couple other places with Venus Exotica - looking forward to it."

Danke @tombolas.. Abschied vom Sommer 🌞🕶️🌴

*if you enjoy what you hear, please please like, share, comment as it goes a long way to making sure guest mixes get heard as far & wide as they can go. we'll crack on sourcing the next hundred...

Just For The Night #100 - Tom Bolas (Last Day Of Summer)

The arrival of autumn is no reason to be sad, especially when you have great music. Our next release from Osman Öz can be described as dreamy house that will allow you to immerse yourself in warm memories and an incredible remix from our artist Mike.D will make you dance without a doubt

Osman Öz 
Soundcloud: @osmanozdemirrr 
Mike.D Soundcloud: @miked-dj 
Facebook: www.facebook.com/MikeD.Dj 
Instagram: www.instagram.com/mikedubssss/

Buy link: https://simplethingsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/sinnoh-ep

PREMIERE: Osman Öz - Numb [Simple Things Records]

Groove bassline chops, samples and vibes!

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