December 2024

13.12 mixes to listen to

DJ & Live Mixes

Journeys

Rinse FM Podcasts

Butter Side Up with Hamish Cole & Malika  - 07 May 2022

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Flight Mode - Vio PRG & MAZE - 28 Feb 2024

Thx to @kioskradio for having me, and to the artists for the music >

1.  Save Us (The Jam) - The Black Science Orchestra [Junior Boys Own]
2. Le Grand Blonde (Emi Koto Edit) - Amazonia [Ears On Earth]
3. The Dragon (Original Mix) - Liquid People, Africanism [Yellow Productions]
4. Just Music - Jex Opolis [Jex Opolis]
5. The Love Theme - Alex Kassian & Running Hot [Love On The Rocks]
6. Unreleased 👀 - Maze [Permanent Vacation]
7. Paradise - The Trip [Tessellate]
8. Get You Some How - C.a.p. & Family [Discomagic Records]
9. Stop (Dubmix EOE Edit) - Bassline [Ears On Earth]
10. Fade Out (Moody Strings Mix) - 小泉今日子 [Victor]
11. Getting' Out - S.L.D. [Mighty Quinn Records]

Maze @ Kiosk Radio 08.06.2024

MAZE - 14 July 2024

aaaand we’re back already for round two with our good friend, mr sam picasso :-)

a no-description-needed journey through the grooves !! slooow down for this one, it’s a headphones jobby ...

sit back, turn on and ease ya self innn

sunday downtime 002 - picasso

Under-the-radar Japanese selector, Yuta Suzuki graces us with his first recording in a couple of years. Having built a reputation for having his ear very close to the ground in the endless hunt for interesting, obscure music, this mix speaks to a man who's done exactly that. 

Put together in a remarkably patient way, it's a mature, eclectic collection of underground tracks that possess a certain character, with a slightly off-kilter thread running through.

https://soundcloud.com/yuutttaaaaszk

Yuta Suzuki

An hour of laidback selections from Rustam.  While he is often heard in Kyiv's Closer, we heard him play at the unforgettable Zorepad Festival near Lviv in August and instantly asked him for a contribution to the Drum Syrup series.

@rustam

DRUM SYRUP PODCAST 20 - RUSTAM

Calypso radiocomunicacion | Episodio IV [Navegando aguas gélidas]

If we talk about a true sailor, we will all agree that Julien is one of them.
Fourth episode of our exciting “Calypso Radiocommunication” 1h07min of expedition in icy waters, by one of the top diggers of the scene, @reusbi.
Part of the @192gmbh collective, who have managed to establish a great style within the French scene

Winter is almost upon us, but the sunset on the distant horizon is still warm.

Our home is far away, the journey is long, All that remains is to sail and wait to arrive.

🐬💙💿 (2024)

© Calypso´s Dream, association.

Calypso radiocomunicación | Reusbi

JEANIE @ LOST LANDS 2024

Celebrating a milestone 20 years of Shogun Audio with a UKF Cover story discussing the label's history alongside a special guest mix featuring some of their most iconic releases.

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20 Years of Shogun Audio - UKF Cover Story Guest Mix

Stanton Warriors proudly present the latest edition of their multi-award-winning series – Stanton Sessions Vol. 5 – OUT NOW!

"This latest Stanton Sessions mix shows that they've lost none of their swagger, swing, edge and innovation. Turn it up LOUD." - Carl Loben Editor DJ Magazine

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Stanton Warriors - Stanton Sessions Vol.5

Hope y'all enjoy this mix of my latest tunes!  To download these tracks head over to the BANkaJI Patreon.  

[TRACK LIST]
BANkaJI - 350 [Unreleased]
BANkaJI - Blood Clot [Unreleased]
BANkaJI - ID003 [Unreleased]
BANkaJI - ID004 [Unreleased]
BANkaJI - Get Paper [Unreleased]

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175 (All Original Mix)

LIVE @ APOCALYPSE FEST ‘24 AFTERS (DNB SET)

Maze has just released her second EP, a new record via the longstanding Permanent Vacation label. Her musical outlook is broad, her DJ sets tend to sit within the realm of House but have been known to extend into deeper, more progressive sounds when the mood is right.

She isn’t focussed on euphoric drops or massive moments and is far more interested in telling a tale which will soundtrack an evening spent on the dancefloor or in the darker corner of a club with a friend or two.

This mix demonstrates a well rounded understanding of the fundamentals of House music – pairing the more intrinsically head down experiences alongside highs and emotional release via the rise in tempo and sound.

For her it’s in “those subtle moments when everything comes together that you really remember.”

We reckon you’ll like this.

Maze: The 'Shine A Light On' Mix

Upcoming Altered Circuits stuff for 2025 only!

Innershades @ Kiosk Radio 12.12.2024

Recording of Soft Break's set at Dekmantel Selectors 2024.

Dekmantel Selectors 2024

Soft Break at Dekmantel Selectors 2024

Big feelings for big rooms with the Club Heart Broken founder.

Club Heart Broken is perhaps a misnomer. The party and label, founded in Cologne by MALUGI, may take its name from one of life's tougher emotions, but the vibe is all about unfettered, unadulterated joy. 

It's a state of mind its founder fully embodies—he's called himself the "happiest man in dance music." (We tried fact-checking this, but watching him perform seems proof enough.)

Club Heart Broken's motto is simple: a party should be fun. A "party for lovers, loners and losers," the crew also made up of ferrari rot, SURF 2 GLORY and fellow maximalist Marlon Hoffstadt, represent the sound of young Berlin in the 2020s, notorious as they are beloved. 

Since relocating from Cologne, the party has snapped the German's capital infamously serious techno stereotype with its anything-goes, unpretentious music policy. It's made him and Hoffstadt especially in-demand worldwide—queues used to extend out of the door of Watergate and across Oberbaumbrücke.

Musically, MALUGI is the most eclectic in the crew. His metaphorical record bag carries a lot of label material, from zingy Eurodance to upbeat pumpers, but also plenty of steppy, tuff UK bass music. Releases from Main Phase and Interplanetary Criminal, the likes of dubplate label ec2a, and even the odd Big Ang record pepper his sets, much of which you'll hear here.

MALUGI's RA Podcast is a window into the more house-y side of his sound. From bubbling garage to chunky chords, RA.981 is a testament to MALUGI's belief: the best parties should leave you grinning, not crying.

@malugienergy

Find the tracklist and interview at ra.co/podcast/981.

RA.981 MALUGI

Berlin-based DJ Maze takes over this week's Crack Mix with a house summer warmer for bleary-eyed mornings locked in on the dance floor. 

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Crack Mix 605: Maze

Monthly mixes and "Bad behaviour" from the crew behind Berlin's acclaimed Mala Junta parties. Expect throwback trance, souped up '90s basslines and party music of a high tempo flavour. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/mala-junta/episodes/mala-junta-7th-july-2025

Mala Junta w/ Zombies in Miami  070725

Excited to present our debut mixtape, Clubdance2025, featuring sixty minutes of new and unreleased material from ourselves. It includes a bunch of remixes, edits, collaborations and originals, most of which should be being released in the next few months.

1.  The Trip - Dance Machine
2.  The Trip & Kepler - Take It
3.  The Trip - The Beat
4.  The Trip - Open Arms
5.  Known Artist - Wuhuhuu (The Trip Remix)
6.  The Trip - Make Me Wanna
7.  The Trip - Dream Cloud
8.  The Trip - La Musica
9.  The Trip - Mind Games
10. Trevor Rockcliffe - The Jam (The Trip Edit)
11.  The Trip - Remix
12.  The Trip & Kepler - House Nation
13.  The Trip - Don't Stop
14.  The Trip - Feel 4 Me
15.  Pianoman - Pasion (The Trip Remix)

The Trip - Clubdance2025 (Mix)

Reece Spooner - 19 August 2025

recording of my all nighter at golden pudel, hamburg (05.09.25)

safe to say that was one of the most wonderful and terrifying djing experiences of my life.

thank you pudel and your wonderful team for the night! will keep this one forever.

all night long @ golden pudel (050925)

If you were at the Edge stage, you know. Sam Alfred delivered pure fire. deep bass, endless energy, and a crowd that just didn’t stop moving.

Couldn’t be there? Or just want to dive back in? His full set is now live.

Sam Alfred at ZeeZout Festival 2025

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