Monday is OK

9.11

A live recording from the Fairfield Ampitheatre on the 14th October 2023. 
Thanks to Adriana and Finding Figaro for hosting a lovely party and thanks to all the dancers for getting down.

Spasta Open Air @ Fairfield Ampitheatre

“I am a mildly confused individual not trying to fake like he knows what is going on, with relatively mild existential qualms, a dabbler, an aspiring jack-of-all-trades:

This week's mixtape for a Monday has been put together by Mr Patrick Larkin:
https://www.theransomnote.com/music/p-larkin-the-monday-is-ok-mixtape/

INTERVIEW

P. Larkin - The Ransom Note 'Monday Is OK' Mixtape

Jexy in the mix at Silicon Radio in Portland. Recorded live on Oct. 1, 2023.

Tracklist: https://goodtiminrecords.com/portfolio/silicon-radio-pdx/

Live at Silicon Radio, Portland, Oct. 1, 2023

Jeffrey Sfire’s introduction to the underground dance scene and illegal warehouse parties of Detroit
occurred at the tender age of 15. This escape from suburba led him to some of the city’s most talented
DJs and musicians, who soon exposed him to a new culture of creative riches. Learning by example,
Sfire’s taste and skills as a DJ developed naturally and he soon began playing out at parties, clubs and
sleazy gay afterhours, usually entering covertly through back doors or with a fake ID. A move to Chicago
exposed Sfire to a whole other side of dance music history, including "Italo Disco" and genre jumping dj
styles of the Hotmix 5 radio djs. He spent afternoons digging through record store crates, meeting retired
DJs and developing his musical palette. Having held numerous club residencies, he regularly plays at
Panorama Bar and Cocktail D’amore in Berlin, The Carry Nation and Wrecked in New York, Hard French
in San Francisco, and his own party Loosen Up! In Detroit, consistently offering a finely-tuned selection of
Acid House, Italo Disco, Latin Freestyle, & 90’s NYC House. In 2013 Jeffrey and SOPHIE released the
first untitled “Sfire” record on Cocktail d'Amore Music out of Berlin which has become a cult classic. Since
then the duo has released 3 more untitled “Sfire” records. He is currently living in Detroit and is one half of
the Italo/Electro duo Looky Looky with Ian Clark released on Dark Entries records of San Francisco

Episode 58 w/Jeffrey Sfire

a bunch of all-time favorites... [see also: JAZ - Greatest Hits (pt. 14 - more variety) for more variety...]

JAZ - Greatest Hits (pt. 5 - variety)

Retrouvez Ivan Smagghe :
Instagram : www.instagram.com/ivan_smggh_jmm/
Resident Advisor : ra.co/dj/ivansmagghe
Soundcloud : @colonelgatito

REXCAST #21 - IVAN SMAGGHE

A sonic adventure in the outer reaches through electronic, funk, new wave, and R&B with Ghana’s Delasi:

https://www.theransomnote.com/music/delasi-the-monday-is-ok-mixtape/]

@brownswood @delasi

Delasi - The Monday Is OK Mixtape

Debut album The Golden Age Of Self-Snitching draws “inspiration from hip-hop pioneers and preserving the spirit of Southern hip-hop’s golden era”, so with that in mind we thought it right to ask Joan for a mix of that golden era for this Monday.
Interview here: https://www.theransomnote.com/music/revival-season-the-monday-is-ok-mixtape/

Revival Season - The Monday Is OK mixtape

The first permanent installation of a soundscape like this,  Thomsen’s Faroese Eysturoyartunnil subsea tunnel composition broadcasts continuously on FM radio within the tunnel.
Full interview here: https://www.theransomnote.com/music/jens-l-thomsen-the-monday-is-ok-mixtape/

Jens L. Thomsen - The Monday Is OK Mixtape

Rough digi-dub and bass-heavy pulsations. Love Song's Thomas Korf and Sebastian Kokus and the prolific Ulf Schütte aka Cloud Management bring forth a ray of sunlight through the February clouds.
https://www.theransomnote.com/music/cloud-management-the-monday-is-ok-mixtape/

Cloud Management - The Monday Is OK Mixtape

Ransom Note is an online music, arts and culture magazine. We provide a home for readers and writers with boundless enthusiasm, esoteric knowledge, fierce opinions and impeccable taste.

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.

Alongside this we offer musings on film, books, life, and art, generating some context and controversy as an antidote to the reheated PR that clogs up the internet. Our office is fuelled by Tunnock’s Bars, cat memes, hangovers and a ridiculous, never ending love for our culture.

We're always interested in getting new writers on board – feel free to get in touch if you’ve got a story to tell.

With love until the grave.