Ok! This one is special. When we where asked to play at Cosmic Gathering this year, we were flattered and scared at the same time. Of course it's an honor to play to all these great DJs and likeminded people in this beautiful location. But what the fuck should we play to move them? In fact the answer was pretty simple after Henna pulled one of his favourite cheapos out: "this disco beat is all I need... I just wanna dance I just wanna boogie!!" Long story short: We decided for uptempo-trash and had one of the best mornings since ages.  

Unfortunately some unicorn decided to change the recorder-setting at the stage which made the recording of our set inedible. But with the help of some Cava and sweet memories we managed to restore the track list and re-recorded this crazy ride once again. You'd better fasten seatbelts, before you hit that play button!

Tales from the sunday sunrise at cosmic stage at @cosmicgathering 2021
@frinda_di_lanco @hendrik_stein
foto @emdestyinternational <3

Cosmic Gathering 2021 – Frinda di Lanco & Hendrik Stein

Next up on @idlecellars mix series is a beautiful mix from @briannotbrian. His history is firmly rooted in his hometown of Belfast, Northern Ireland. Residencies and guest spots in the city's most respected hip-hop, funk, soul and disco nights throughout the mid to late 90's saw him broaden his tastes and cement his skills as a seasoned selector. It was the spirit of growing up in Northern Ireland and his experiences in Belfast that saw him bring his own style and flavor to London at the turn of the millenium. Starting from scratch, obsessively digging, buying records and building new relationships in the metropolis gave Brian the opportunity to put on lots of parties and DJ alongside his friends and eventually his heroes. It also helped that he was putting in shifts behind the counters of the city's premier record spots including: MVE, Phonica, Kristina and Rye Wax. Armed with a heavyweight record collection and a solid crew of close musical friends, Brian co-ran the now infamous, musically open and freestyle minded 'Special Needs' parties that lasted almost 8 years at various venues around the city. 

In more recent times Brian has traveled the world playing music with gigs in Australia, Brazil, the USA and Canada as well as regular trips all over the UK and Europe. These global excursions have no doubt been bolstered by the record label that Brian set up with his longtime friend Salik Z - Going Good. An open-minded and sonically adventurous imprint that has achieved worldwide acclaim. Brian continues to play music far and wide with sets at festivals like Dekmantel, Meadows In The Mountains, Farr Festival and a yearly residency at Kala Festival in Albania. With a deep collection of eclectic music, knowledge and skills to match, Brian has a thirst for sounds of all kinds and enjoys joining often disparate dots and connections between records. This special mix for Idle Cellars is intended to evoke that late night / early morning feel, a selection of new finds, old faves and even some unreleased gems..... probably best listened to outside, on a good system and with a drink in hand ✨🍷✨ 
📸 licensed by @victorrcostta

Brian Not Brian - Idle Fantasy

Feat. great bands: Pavement, Bugsküll, Built to Spill, Guv'ner, Sebadoh, Sammy, Guided by Voices, Dinosaur Jr, Polvo, Silver Jews... 

US/Canada 90's Indie Rock & Lo-Fi are genres I cherish, although few people know about it.

Most people never heard these songs, this was 90s indie music that not many listened to back then, even more so outside of the English western music world (USA, UK, Australia...). 

This Indie scene wasn't that much connected to grunge (different scenes, cities and mindset), Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Smashing Pumpkins and so on, had exploded into the early 90s alternative rock tidal wave that shook & drastically changed the mainstream music landscape to the ground - ending the 80s/90s dominance of the hair-sprayed Metal bands era like Poison, Europe, Bon Jovi... - in the wake of Nirvana's "Nevermind" deflagration. It was a massive cultural shift driven by a new generation. I remember watching MTV before Nirvana as a young teenager, and hating most "rock" music that was on there...

Although metal bands like Guns N' Roses had emerged with a more gritty sound and were huge for a long time, as time went by in the 90s they lost more & more relevance and couldn't stop the massive impact of the grunge/alternative rock cultural revolution and its long-lasting influence, even after the death of Kurt Cobain and the disbandment of other bands of the era. 

Although older and from another generation, and having started around 1980, there was a link/kinship between Sonic Youth and some of the 90s indie bands included in this mix such as Pavement, with whom they shared stages and backstages on several occasions, Sebadoh, Dinosaur Jr, or Eric's Trip (a song by Sonic Youth and the name of one of the members of the band). Although Canadians, Eric's trip landed a contract and put out several albums on Sub Pop, Seattle Nirvana's early label. Sonic Youth outlived almost every other band until the separation and subsequent divorce of founding members Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore in 2011.

In my school in Geneva, only one guy was into indie rock, lo-fi... and none of my friends liked this. I was always going on my own to the few shows that made it to town or Switzerland. Saw Cat Power playing solo at La Dolce Vita in Lausanne, Guv'ner in a Geneva squat, Sebadoh at Fri-Son... Barely 18, I hitch-hiked my way across the whole country to the Rote Fabrik in Zurich in 1995 with an older Portuguese guy I had met at a few concerts, to see the Big Cat Tour feat. Pavement (with two drummers)! www.last.fm/de/festival/268613+Big+Cat 

Was a great music night at Zurich's legendary flagship alternative venue/areal Rote Fabrik. I will always fondly remember Pavement, Mercury Rev and Dirty Three especially, as well as Blumfeld, a great German band. We ended up sleeping on a bare mattress in the attic of a squat near the Zurich train station, then somehow hitch-hiked our way back to Geneva, dirty from the whole trip, between a ride in a truck that left us half way at a gas station kinda in the middle of nowhere, before being super lucky not too long after, when a nice Mercedes with a Geneva license plate pulled over to fuel, and the guy incredibly agreed to take us back for a two hours ride into his beautiful car straight to Geneva! 

Anyway, that's for the memories. Curious to see if this music will resonate and reach a new audience now! It's the 90s revival after all! ;) 

Enjoy, like, share & leave some comments! ❤️‍🔥

Cobeia - 90's US Indie Rock/Lo-Fi Mix

Exclusive live set for Neonlogic World Radio

live set For Neonlogic World Radio

“Hope and fear cannot alter the season” – a very special mix commissioned to inaugurate Convenanza 2023 from DJs Death Wish & Blood Stain, aka Brother Joseph & David Keenan, with a massive five hour plus Manifesto of Bliss dedicated to the code of the gnostic warrior.

MANIFESTO OF BLISS CONVENANZA  Mix 2023

I have recorded this mix live at Karl Marx Boulevard Studios,  using 2 technics 1210 MK2, 1 pioneer CDJ-350 and an Ecler Nuo 4.0 mixer. 98% of it is vinyl and 2% digital promos.
I wouldn't necessarily call this a DJ Mix, in its most obvious and common sense, also because it is partly mixed and partly not. It features some of the tracks/songs, artists or labels that have been especially important/inspiring this year (2014), as well as some recent discoveries and a few classics. Some of this stuff, I have never had the chance to play out in clubs, and so I thought this could be the right space for it.
And as you might know, I like long mixes as much as I enjoy playing long DJ Sets :)
Last but not least, this mix is my little Xmas gift for all of you, my dear followers. 

Wish you all the best and thank you for following and supporting!!

Enjoy the journey,

<3

Massi

p.s. Also, a special thank you goes to OYE Records, my favourite record shop in Berlin, where I found/bought, most of the records included in this mix. I love you OYE!

Track list:

- KHIDJA-LOOKI-LOVE ON THE ROCKS
- THE JUAN MACLEAN-RUNNING BACK TO YOU-DFA
- GLORIA ANN TAYLOR-WORLD THAT'S NOT REAL-MUSIC GALLERY
- ARTHUR RUSSELL-A LITTLE LOST-POINT
- APHEX TWIN-PRODUK 29-WARP
- NEW JACKSON-HAVING A COKE WITH YOU-PERMANENT VACATION
- MARK E-MOLYNEAUX-SPECTRAL 
- ERROI-COMMON SERIES 02
- VAKULA, SIAMAK AMIDI-DIFFERENT SLANG-VOLT MUSIC
- LARRY HEARD-THE DANCE OF PLANET X-ALLEVIATED
- ROY COMACHERO-THE DELETE OF SOCIETY-RUNNING BACK
-TAKUYA MATSUMOTO-THE SUN ON THE REFUGEES-CLONE ROYAL OAK
-HARVEY SUTHERLAND-OSCILLATE-VOYAGE
-JACK J-LOOKING FORWARD TO YOU-MOOD HUT
- J.E.E.P.-ROCKFELLER'S PUNCH-COCKTAIL D'AMORE
- TRULZ & ROBIN-MOSEMANNEN-FULL PUPP
- FUR-PULP(LINKWOOD & STARGAZER MIX)-UNTHANK
- ANOPOLIS-ANOPOLIS 2-LOWER PARTS
- STEFFI-POWER OF ANONYMITY-OST GUT TON
- MARK DU MOSCH-AMULET-TAPE REC
- JUJU & JORDASH-ALBUM SAMPLER-DEKMANTEL
- PABLO MATEO-WHY-CURLE
- OMAR S-WHO WROTE THE RULES OF LOVE(SHORT MIX)-FXHE
- VINCENT FLOYD-CRUISING(LONG RIDE)-RESOUND REC
- HARALD GROSSKOPF-OCEANHEART-BUREAU B
- DAN WHITE-AGENT COOPER-FORBIDDEN PLANET
- KUBA SOJKA-WALK ON MOON-SXYLAX
- PORTABLE-SURRENDER-LIVE AT ROBERT JOHNSON

BONUS TRACK:
- SIR OWN- HOOKED(KONS NITE RMX)- BASIC FINGERS







Massi-Xmas-Si-&-A-Happy-New-Year-Mix (2014)

Si tu crois que ça va mal
Et que rien n'est bon
Vas y, Sors de l'ombre

Refrain
(Il y a toujours une lumières )
Crois en des jours meilleurs
(Il y a toujours une lumières) 
Elle est là
(Il y a toujours une lumières) 
Regarde

Couplet
Sinon, où iras-tu ?
(Sans raison d'espérer)
Y a rien à raconter 

Refrain
(Il y a toujours une lumières )
Crois en des jours meilleurs
(Il y a toujours une lumières) 
Elle est là
(Il y a toujours une lumières) 
Regarde

Couplet
(Elle est là)
Regarde
(Regarde)

Refrain
Regarde, à la frontière
(Il y a toujours une lumières) 
Elle est là
(Il y a toujours une lumières )
Regarde

Karavan

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Multi Culti is full of life, an elaborate project which has sky rocketed, blossoming with musical heritage and a new wave of artists. Red Axes, Clarian, Auntie Flo, Nicola Cruz, Manfredas and many more have all appeared on the imprint. 

Thomas von Party and Dreems first founded the record label back in 2013, unaware of the course it might take. The two are both independent producers and dj's in their own right, however, together they offer something else entirely. 

We are delighted to be able to welcome the pair to contribute to our Ransom Note mix series, a duo who need very little introduction.

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Thomas von Party & Dreems: The Ransom Note Mix

Juan MacLean recorded live from Good Room on 04.24.20.

A word from Juan:
“I played the opening night of Good Room some time in 2014, and the final Saturday the club was open, March 7th, before this Coronavirus pandemic struck. In those years, it has served as my home base in two important ways. One is as a source of community. When I’m not on the road, I am usually there on the weekend seeing friends and my favorite DJ’s, and on arrival it usually takes me a while to get settled as I am warmly greeted by everyone from the person working the door to the owner, most of whom I consider friends. It’s a home away from home, and I think that is generally the vibe of the club. The second is the way Good Room, and Josh Houtkin, the booker and one half (along with the legendary Dave P.) of Fixed, in particular have supported me artistically over the years. Throughout the natural peaks and valleys of my career, Good Room, with Josh’s support, has been a reliable place for me to play, serving to both support me financially and more importantly artistically. It’s a place I can stretch out, try out new things to take on the road, take more chances, and where there is an audience that generally knows and trusts me. This is the primary importance of these medium sized venues. They are a breeding ground for the kinds of parties and DJ’ing that are the life-force of our music scene. It’s just big enough to support bringing in international favorites like Jennifer Cardini, Roman Flugel, John Talabot, and Martyn, among many others. But small enough to retain a purity of spirit, a sprit that is about the music and the shared sense of community that allows for transcendence. That is my first hand perspective, anyway, as someone involved from the beginning, and I am honored to be playing this first live stream broadcast in support of Good Room.”

Good Room is currently closed due the COVID-19 pandemic. If you would like to donate to the club to help cover staff and fixed costs you can donate on Venmo @goodroombk or PayPal - paypal.me/goodroombk.

You can follow Juan on SoundCloud at @the-juan-maclean and you can donate to Juan on Venmo @Juan-MacLean-1

Good Room Livestream Session - Juan MacLean

Heads Radio presents

Show 0019

18:00-21.00h André Pahl & Mr. Monday b2b

🍬🐿 
Mr. Monday
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https://soundcloud.com/monday-berlin

🍬🐿 
André Pahl
https://soundcloud.com/andrepahl

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Andre Pahl & Mr. Monday - Heads Radio 0019 - 06.05.2020

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